There For Each Other
8/10/1942, Observation Base, Isle of Wight
The group had all looked at the civilians that had been brought in, most of them had just been lucky and were in the same building, but there were a few others that had made them curious, “I don’t understand,” Maximus had said towards them, he and some of the others all brought here to watch the others, “Why did we risk all of you for them?” he had asked of the group as Howard who was there spoke.
“Well, Max, besides it being the right thing to do,” he had replied, making The Inhuman roll his eyes, “The higher ups got a doctor working on a miracle, but he wanted his family out of there and in the States.” he had said and hearing that, the others had all looked at each other before there was sound of John approaching them with a smile, “If it isn’t my favorite Invaders!” he had told them.
That had made Zarda smile with Torch and the others all a bit happy to see when they had seen that there was a few that were there, “The Invaders?” one of the children had said and hearing that, John had motioned for one of them to speak and seeing that, Zarda had decided to, “That’s correct, we’re The Invaders.” she had told them, thinking that a few of the others had decided they might as well own it.
The people there had smiled, a bit relieved and happy as little Esme, seeing her and how she wanted to go up, Zarda had complied, making the young Erskine smile towards the woman as others had went and started to cheer, all of them somewhat safe for now and they were happy to cheer on that for the moment when they had seen that there was something better in store for them.
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8/10/1942, Big Ben, London
Gwenny Lou and Davey had been waiting with Triton and the others there when they had seen that John was there as well, smiling, “It looks like The Invaders are common knowledge now.” he had told them, “Guess it’s going to be impossible to cover you all up now.” he had said and hearing that, Gwenny Lou and Davey had looked excited with Toro, all of them wanting to be Superheroes.
“Which means that we’re going to need to prepare for Germany’s enhanced coming after all of you.” Montgomery who was there keeping an eye on the ones there had said, “Someone call in Joseph, we’re going to have to prepare for any spies or killers set after all of you now.” he had said and hearing that, they had been a bit confused, “Assassin? Spies?” Gwenny Lou asked.
“We’ll start with Maximus and Zarda getting more civilian clothes, someone get Shelton to help them,” he had explained, “No more flying unless on a mission,” he had continued, “And finally… we’re going to have to work on more training.” he had said and hearing that, the seniors had groaned at that before they had went and started to prepare while the newbies wondered what was so bad.
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8/14/1942, Training Yard, Falsworth Manor
Zarda had went and blocked as Gwenny Lou blasted some photokinetic energy towards her, her helmet shielding her from the flash and as she had seen that, the young girl had aimed towards her legs and with that, The Utopian had leapt upwards and as she had done so, Gwenny had panicked, going and raising her hands upwards and as she did so, the young woman saw her powers didn’t work.
“Uh oh–” was the last thing she had said before Zarda had landed and deal her blow, on the other end, Namor was attacking both Toro and Davey as the latter spin, hitting him hard while Toro had circled, but he wasn’t someone that could be easily dealt with before they had seen that there was the staff that Namor had on hand which he had jabbed towards Davey, making him spin back with Toro there now.
“You got to think, what are my weaknesses?” Namor had asked of them, and hearing that, Toro had looked to Davey, “How much heat can you handle?” he had asked and hearing that, the Atlantean raised an eyebrow in curiosity before he started to spin, but this time, Toro had spun around him, his wind and his fire morphing them into a burning twister that approached.
“Stop.” a voice said and hearing that, the two of them had stopped, confused at that, “Attack each other.” the voice had said and hearing that, the two of them had went and tackled each other and started to wrestle on the ground as Maximus and Namor had looked down at them side by side while Zarda approached with Gwenny Lou on her shoulder, “I take it that your lesson went the same way as mine?” she asked.
Hearing that, the two of them had went and looked as the boys had went and started to get up, glaring at Maximus, “You cheated.” Toro had said, making Max snort at that, “There’s no such thing as cheating.” he had said, hearing that, the two boys still weren’t so sure about that as they had seen that Joseph had flown down now, “And besides, your enemies are going to be working together.” he said.
“Sometimes you’ll be on your own and some of you will be with each other, but you need to plan for facing multiple opponents.” he had said and hearing that, the others had all looked towards them and they were all a bit cautious and curious on that as Robert had went and sped forward, the speedster giving them each a glass of water and making three of them look at each other.
“So when are we going to be in the field?” Davey had asked of them, “If we ever need you, then we’ll call you in.” Namor had said as he had looked towards the others that were there, at least until Max spoke, “Are you going hunting again, Prince Namor?” He had asked and hearing that, the two recruits had looked towards Namor in curiosity now, “Hunting?” Gwenny had asked.
“Namor is convinced that there is a vampire hiding here in the estate.” Zarda said, “So I have decided to accompany him.” The Utopian had said, “If any of you wish to join us, we will be more than happy to take the assistance.” she had said and hearing that, the two of them were a bit curious and then a bit excited at the thought, “We’d be happy to help however we can.” Gwenny said with a grin.
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8/14/1942, Falsworth Manor, Dymhurst
Zarda was sitting on top of the roof, looking everywhere and as she had done so, the warrior had seen that there was Gwenny there and Davey who were outside, trying to hide and as they hid, the warrior had went and taken a breath, wondering where the beast in question was as she had checked the spear that she had forged from some metals that she had found.
Zarda had thought on everything that was going on and every bit of training, but the death of her first foe, that– that creature, it was all manor of traumatizing and it had made her take a deep breath before she had went and started to pull herself up before there was a noise, there was a flap of wings that had seemed to loud to be a bat or a bird and it made her cautious.
Zarda stood now and the spear was at the ready before seeing that there was some sort of being that was there and looking at it, the Utopian had a guess who it was as she readied her spear, “Golden Girl, light it up.” she had said to her and hearing that, Gwenny Lou had went and fired a blast of bright energy, making the night sky light up and instead of Baron Blood, it was someone else.
It was a Vampire that was there and it was making her worried as one of the creatures had went and started to head towards her when Namor had went and flown up to attack the vampire, tackling him and as he had struggled, the two of them trying to attack each other before they had seen that there was a bright blast from the ground, making the Power Princess turn and see what was happening.
It was Gwenny Lou and Davey who had went and attacked a few others that were there and it had made the Utopian go and get a bit more worried as she had went and turned to her back where she had seen that there was a one about to attack her, on instinct, Zarda had went and thrust her spear forward, towards the heart and as she had done so, the creature gasped.
It had looked at her, “Thank you.” the undead told her before breaking down into dust now and as it had done so, Zarda saw that there were more now and it was making her surprised and a bit worried as she had went and readied herself to attack a few more of them that were around her and the others, Zarda had taken a breath as she had hoped that they’d wake up soon.
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Triton and Max had been exhausted with the others and as they had looked around at the skeletons that were there which had come from the sunrise with the ones that they couldn’t deal with as Zarda and Robert were checking on the kids, Namor though was taking a breath in the fountain looking around right now, “The Baron wasn’t here.” he had said towards them.
“Yeah, that could mean he’s getting wise, or that there’s something else going on.” Torch, Jim Hammond, had said towards them as he had went and seen Spectrum who was going and making bubbles of pure light around the bones just to be safe as Skymax had cleaned his fingers which he had turned into blade to pierce through multiple vampires right about now.
“These creatures, they were dangerous.” The Skrull had said towards them, “If any of us were unprotected, we might have ended up with a more powerful enemy.” he had said and the others agreed with that, “I’ll go do a search, make sure that there’s nothing else running around.” Doctor Spectrum had said towards them and hearing that, they had all nodded, agreeing with that plan.
As he had went and flown upwards, Jacqueline and Montgomery had went and walked towards them, “A new wave?” Jacqueline had asked as she had seen that there were so many corpses and it was making them confused, “How often does this happen?” Gwenny Lou had asked and that had made the others curious as well, “A couple of months or so.” Montgomery said.
“We usually ward them off,” He had continued, “Make a few stakes and then set them all up.” he had said and hearing that, the group had looked at the spikes that were all there before they had went and looked back at the corpses, surprised at that as Jacqueline went to check them, “None of you were bitten, correct?” she had asked, making the group all check themselves for marks.
As they had went and looked at each other, the nurse had smiled and saw that there was no wounds of that kind on them, “Looks like we’re all okay, no turns today.” Jacqueline had said with a smile as they had went and helped them all up, “Let’s go ahead and get you all well fixed up, huh?” Montgomery had said towards them, and they were all happy to hear that.
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8/17/1942, The Royal Palace, Attilan
Medusa and Blackagar were walking side by side, it having become a habit of the two ever since they had gained victory against their cousin, as Medusa had went and looked towards the window where they had seen all of the citizens that were out there, smiling at them when there was a voice, “My King.” Sterlon had said towards them, making the pair look in curiosity.
“I bring news of Maximus and Triton” he had told them, “They appear to be fine, there was an attack by a virus known as vampirism, but otherwise, they appear to be fine.” he had said towards the pair of them, making the two of them relieved, “How is Maximus, is he still The Mage or has he become Mad?” Medusa had asked, knowing what Black Bolt had wished to ask.
“He appears fine, but there almost seems to be some sort of lie in his thoughts, as if he is not telling everything.” The Telepath had said, hearing that, the two of them had looked at each other before there was a silent agreement, “Ask Triton to send regular reports, to make sure that they are without incident.” Medusa had said and hearing that, Sterilon had nodded.
He had went and left them and as Sterilon had done so, the Inhuman pair had went and looked towards each other, knowing that they might have loosed Maximus The Mad onto the outside world and there was no telling how good or how bad it would turn out for them all as they had went to go and prepare for the worst possible situation that might befall if they weren’t careful.
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8/24/1942, Oahu, Hawaii
Auran had found herself back at the base like she had been ordered, walking through the streets where she had seen that there were a few others that were all there and as Auran had noticed a few soldiers that were speaking with each other, she saw that there was a picture of Maximus Boltagon which had made Auran stop, “Excuse me, but what is that?” Auran had asked of them.
That had made the soldiers all look at each other before Auran spoke, “Mage Maximus and The Invaders.” he had said and hearing that, Auran was curious, “The Invaders?” Auran had asked, making the group all look at each other, “Yeah, apparently over the pond, there’s this group making some sort of super team over there and they finally got found out.” he said.
She had went and motioned for the newspaper and as she had looked it over, Auran read the names, “The Power Princess, Doctor Spectrum, Skymax, The Human Torch and Toro, Prince Namor of Atlantis?” she had asked, reading Mage Maximus to herself and planning to tease on it while she saw that there was no Triton which meant that there was more on this team that were hiding.
“The Mage Max catches your fancy, huh?” the soldier had asked, seeing how she had been focusing on him more than the others, “He’s handsome, nothing wrong with that.” she had said before seeing the woman there, “And she looks beautiful, at least what I can see.” The current nurse had said and the men there had all smiled at that, going and pulling out some photos of their own.
Auran had looked towards them and as she had done so, The Inhuman had seen here with Gwenny Lou as well as Davey before deciding that she had to go and make contact with Maximus in some shape or form, “Do you wanna send them letters?” one of her nurse friends who survived the attack said, “Apparently someone had decided that to send a way to contact them.” Fiona had said.
Hearing that, Auran had tried to keep calm while she had went and started to plan, wondering what it was that she would send and how when Fiona had tapped her shoulder, “Come on, we gotta go and get to work.” she had told her and hearing that, Auran had followed after her so that they could go and prepare for the first contact she had made with him since she had come here.
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9/3/1942, Big Ben, London
Triton had went and looked over the messages that had been sent, all of them from fans of the others and as he had done so, the Inhuman had realized that there was one for Auran Amakitsu, that had surprised him as he had went and pulled it out, seeing that it was just a tirade against the Japanese and telling them to go after the Germans when Triton noticed something.
There was a series of symbols, their written language, etched down the side to look like some form of stationary which had made Triton go and look over it all and as he had done so, Triton had gotten the translation, making him chuckle as he had read it when there was a noise, making him turn and see that it was Maximus who had looked relieved or at least not trying to kill anything.
“What is that?” he had asked of Triton who had went and offered the letter to him, “It’s a letter from Auran.” he had said and hearing that, Maximus had went and approached them and that had made the Prince go and approach him, “What’s it say?” He had asked, making Triton go ahead and speak, “Dear Maximus, great to write to you,” he had said towards him.
“I’m good, running around in The States… and wanted you to know that I’m playing nurse around here,” it had said, making the two of them grin towards each other before Triton had see something, “Goddammit.” he had said, making Maximus look towards him, “What?” he had asked, making his cousin look, “Looks like she’s on the trail of someone that slipped through to the States.” he said.
That had made him curious before seeing the last message, “See you soon, good buddy.” he had finished and hearing that, the two of them had went and smiled towards each other before they had went and burned the letter, the pair of them smiling towards each other before they had went and thought, “So what do you think The others are up to?” Maximus had asked and Triton had no idea.
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9/4/1942, The Western Beach, Attilan
Crystal had decided to go ahead and practice in the waters, trying to enhance her skills with Water before she had realized that there was somebody that was walking up from the water, making her cautious before seeing that the person in question was blue like the smugglers that they used to utilize, “I’m sorry, but is Triton here?” the woman had asked of her.
That had confused Crystal, “No, he’s elsewhere… who are you?” she had asked in confusion at that as the woman had offered her hand, “My name is Codri, I’m not sure if he’s talked about–?” “Oh, Triton’s lover.” she had said, making the woman pause before nodding, “That’s correct, would you be so kind as to tell me where he is?” Codri had asked of her, making Crystal smile.
“He’s currently in London, if you would–” “With Prince Namor?” she had asked, making Crystal pause before she had went and nodded at that, having heard of him in the reports, “Then there’s nothing to worry about.” Codri had said with a smile, “That’s the safest place for him right now.” she had said, making Crystal wonder what that was about as the healer had went and left them now.
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12/31/1942, Pub, London
Zarda was singing a song with the lads, enjoying herself on the piano as Howard had played, loving being here with her and as she sang a song that she had been taught by some of the men and they had cheered at the warrior woman in purple while Joseph had went and leaned back, in uniform, but he had been ‘spinning’ the power prism on his finger right now.
He had looked at it and at how the item had allowed him flight and allowed him to create such devastating attacks, he had went and sighed at that before going and putting the diamond back in his pocket while Sk’ym’x had went and sat beside him now, “The Prism… it is working properly?” he had asked his friend, making Joseph nod at that, “Perfect, as if I was born with a third hand.” he had said.
That had made Sk’ym’x nod, “Good.” he had said, “You and Zarda are the only people I’ve seen it react to.” he told his friend, “Zarda?” he had asked as Sk’ym’x nodded, “Yes, I was as surprised as you, I believe that it’s a genetic trigger– something in your blood, that the two of you share.” he had explained and hearing that, Joseph had looked at the Prism again, “Then how many can use it?” he asked.
Hearing that, Sk’ym’x had smiled towards him, “Let’s best not try and find out, for now at least.” he had said and hearing that, Joseph could agree with that as they had decided to go and enjoy their time with each other before they had went and started to take some drinks and cheer with the others, going and enjoying the rest of the night with each and every one of their group.
They had all went and enjoyed their time with each other and as they had done so, Zarda had laughed and grinned, going and hopping off to talk to them while Maximus and a disguised Triton had went to join all of the others, Robert and Jim among them as they had went to celebrate the year away with their friends and such and hope that the war would end soon now.