The Stakes Are High
10/31/1943, Blood Coven, Austria
The Nurse had looked around, terrified as she had seen that there were Vampires which had made the more vampires that were almost like Baron Blood which had made her a bit worried right about now, she had went and started to try and struggle free before she had seen that there was The Woman who had been there in Azzano who had taken her.
“Normally, I would have changed you,” the woman had said towards Jacqueline, “But unfortunately, it seems that my pet had immunized you.” she had said, annoyed at that while they had started to look, all of them seeming almost feral as they had sniffed her, “So why don’t we get started on getting every bit of information that you have.” she had said before they had gotten started on it.
One of the creatures had went and pulled out a set of knives and offered them to The Baroness, “Shall we begin The Cutting?” one of them had asked with a small giggle and snarl which had made Jacqueline look towards them before she had seen The Baroness there with the scalpel now, “So, shall we make this easy, or hard?” The baroness asked, making her glare, “Just get started.” she told the vampire.
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11/3/1943, The Needle II, Italian Waters
Triton, Zarda, Joseph, Jim and Sk’ym’x were all there and as they had looked around at everything as they had seen that there was Namor coming in now and he had looked to be soaking and annoyed, “I just got back from tracking John, beheaded towards some place… cold.” he had said to them, confusing the others, “Cold?” Joseph had asked of him so Namor looked towards Maximus.
“Alright, one second.” he had said, going using his telepathy, the Inhuman had searched and as he had done so, The Prince had seen everything that was in there and was surprised, it was a dark and cold place, the people that were there seemed to be… they had no warmth to them but a hunger that made Maximus cautious as he saw that Namor had went and flown away from them now.
As he had snapped out of it, the Inhuman had went and shared the memory with the others there and as they had looked at the memories, it was so concerning, and it had made Zarda look towards the others, “It’s vampires, the same kind that The Baron used.” she had said and hearing that, the others had all nodded as they started to think, “Skymax? How much do you know about Vampires?” Joseph had asked.
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11/3/1943, Blood Coven, Austria
Skymax had disguised himself as one of the scouts that had been patrolling, a good stake and the Skrull was easily able to blend in as one of them as Joseph had went and started to circe, starting to pinpoint them all and as he had done so, Maximus had went and started to speak in his mind, “How many have you got?” He had asked, making Joseph take a breath at that.
He had went and started to count them down and as he had done so, the man had taken a deep breath, “I count fifty at the top, more and more of them down below.” He had said and hearing that, Zarda had spoken now, “Then we’ll need a distraction.” She had said and hearing that, Joseph nodded, “Me, Skymax and the others go, you and Jim go in and get our girl.” He had ordered.
“Roger that.” Jim had said, “We will see you on the other side.” Zarda had said as they had cut it off, Joseph taking a deep breath before he had went and crashed downwards, making sure that there was a large boom which had made the enemy inside start to come out, cautious and curious as they had seen him, “Look, more food for the pantry–” one said before Joseph burned him with a blast.
“U.S.A.” He had said before The Invader had created a wave of pure solar energy to burn a few more, others had went and started to escape the attack and approached, which was when the others had went and attacked, Triton having a pair of blades at the ready before he slashed towards them, decapitating several of them before he had went into a fighting stance.
The Vampires had shrieked towards them, furious right about now when Maximus had opened fire, thankful that he had prepared some wooden bullets for this as they had noticed that there was more and more of them had went and started to attack them before the group had started to hope that the others were going to be getting their girl out of there.
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The Human Torch and Power Princess had went and entered the area, cautious right about now and as they had done so, the two of them had been cautious, Jim had no heartbeat and no natural smell, while Zarda had been trained in hunting, making sure that everything was good right now as they had headed further and further into the Nest right now with what could be there.
“<Remember, be careful, no unnecessary noises.>” he had said and hearing that, the Synthezoid had nodded, going and advancing through the hall when they had heard the sound of claws running across stone, making the two of them pause, Zarda unsheathing her blade while Jim had readied his fires as they had started to hear the sound of something that sounded German.
“Ich kann nicht glauben, dass diese Idioten einen Mann geschickt haben, um eine Waffenfabrik anzugreifen!(I can't believe that those idiots sent one man to attack a weapons factory!)” one of the men had said as they had continued, “Wen interessiert das? Sobald wir die Eindringlinge getötet haben, werden wir die Männer dort abschlachten.(Who cares? Once we kill the intruders, we'll slaughter the men there.)”
Hearing that, the two of them had nodded, Jim going and stopping his flames for the moment, allowing the creatures to not be aware of them for the moment as they approached, at least until they had passed, one of them smelling, “Riechst du das?(Do you smell that?)” one asked as Zarda had acted, going and slashing downwards, decapitating the creature before she had thrown her shield to take the other.
As they had went and started to dissolve into dust, Zarda and Jim had looked down at their remains before Zarda had spoken, “We need to make sure that none of these creatures attack that factory.” Zarda said, Jim nodding, “We find Jacqueline, and then we burn this place to the ground.” he had told her, making the two of them nod at that as the pair went and headed deeper in now.
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The group had been fighting hard, Joseph had gotten some air and had been doing some aerial shots while taking care of the flying Vamps, they had been trying to overcome them with Skymax going and shifting to appear like a porcupine like creature as his spine had shot out to hit them in either the hearts or the heads as they shot out, vanishing when the others had went to bite them.
Reacting, Namor had readied the trident that he had and went to attack them, the armor that he had gotten to face off against Baron Blood, soaked in holy water for now as he had Namor burned then as he had tackled and attacked them all before he had attacked with his weapon, at least until he saw that there were a members of The Vampires attacking them now.
That had confused Joseph and the others had been a bit surprised before they had noticed that there was a laughing Maximus who had purple glowing eyes and a grin which had made Namor worried while Joseph had looked towards him, “Max! We need some explosives!” he had said, making The Inhuman laugh at that as he had went and sent a new thought, “Blast off!” He ordered.
The Vampires underneath his sway had went and pulled off the explosives that they had all on their person as soldiers before they had went and charged, going to hug the others there with grins as they had went and started to laugh like their master before they had started to explode, taking a few of the others with them as the nest had went and started to shake all around them now.
“Kill the mind taker!” one of the survivors had shouted before Triton had thrown a blade, right in the skull killing the creature and making him look to them, “We need something bigger!” he had shouted, dodging a shot from another of them as he had went and looked towards the others, “Not a single one can escape!” Maximus had said as he had opened fire on a few more with the others, trying to stall for time.
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As they had went and started to continue, the pair of them had felt the shake, making them cautious and curious, “<Guess they’re getting serious.>” Jim had said as they had reached a larger room, one where they had been surprised to see not one but a whole swarm of Vampires there who had been there before they had noticed a woman there in front of Jackie, “Oh, looks like John didn’t cover his tracks.” she said.
That had made the two of them angry at the confirmation before Jim had lit up and flown forward, he had went to burn at the ones away from Jackie while Zarda had her blade at the ready, “Step away from her, now.” Zarda told the woman who had looked towards her, taking a deep whiff of her blood before the woman spoke, “Tell John he cost me a nest, he owes me a pound of flesh.” she warned.
Zarda had went to attack the woman, only for her slash to make the woman vanish into a mist, confusing Zarda, “We might see each other again, if so, be prepared for pain.” The Baroness had said before Zarda had turned to Jacqueline, seeing that there was large wounds, large BLEEDING wounds which had made the Utopian panic, “Jim!” she had shouted out, making him stop his burning for a bit.
“She’s bleeding out fast!” The warrior had said, making the Synthezoid stop his burning of the people there to see that she was barely conscious, “Jacqueline? Jackie?!” he had demanded, making her barely move her head in his direction, woozy, “Torch…? Zar…?” she had asked, trying to stay awake and alive as Zarda had looked towards Jim, “We need an exit.” she had told him.
Hearing that, The Synthezoid had went and started to heat up, burning hot as he had aimed towards the roof, “Take cover.” he had ordered before going and firing a jet of flame up high that had started to hit the roof which had made the two of them take cover as they had prepared for what was going to happen next as they had went and gone through the nest now.
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As they had went and kept them contained, the group had seen that there was some fire coming out from The Nest now and as they had looked at that, Maximus had went and laughed, “Why don’t we dive in!” he had shouted out towards them and hearing that, the Vampires that were under his thrall had went and started to run into the flames, making the Inhuman laugh at the sight, enjoying it it seemed.
The others had looked towards the Prince now, appearing to be worried for the sight of him and that had made the Invaders all get ready to take him down as they had seen that there was a noise, making them all turn, Maximus going and aiming his machine gun towards it when they had seen that Zarda and Jacqueline had come out there while Jim had shot out through the air now.
He had looked down upon them before going and aiming at the Vampires that were there, all of them screaming in pain at the heat that was there before the majority, maybe a few stragglers, had escaped, as they had looked around, The Invaders had been looking around before they had seen that there was the nest starting to collapse now and that had made them all relieved.
Jacqueline had looked like she was getting weaker, Joseph had went and surrounded her, lifting and stabilizing her up, “Who has a matching blood type?” he had asked of them, Zarda didn’t know, The Princes blood was too mutated, Sk’ym’x would do in a pinch but they didn’t know how well, and the others were– “I’m O–Negative.” Jim Hammond had told them, turning his flames off as he had said this.
Hearing that, Maximus had went and pulled out a few supplies that were needed, “Joseph, you hold her and Jim still, I’ll make sure that she doesn’t die before we go and tear John a new one.” he had told them and all of The Invaders could agree with that as they had decided that a walk back would be best for them as they had marched towards the nearest camp that they could find.
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As The Invaders had went and marched towards the camp when they had noticed something, making the Invaders at the ready, Triton going to shed off the cloak when they had seen that there was a group of Allied forces, all of them looking wounded and bedraggled with weapons that had seemed like they came from one of Maximus’ wildest dreams as they had noticed them.
“We’re friendly!” Zarda had shouted out, making the group there look at him, one of the men, Fury it seemed who had lost an eye had looked towards them before he had recognized them, “What The Hell are you all doing here?” he had asked of them and hearing that, Maximus who had a few pills shoved into his mouth to calm him down as the group looked at them.
“We had received a message of Baron Blood being in a nearby location,” Joseph said, “We went in to retrieve him for information and discovered Jacqueline instead.” he had said towards them, revealing the nurse which made a few of them surprised and wanting to go and help them before they saw somebody, “You’re Captain America?” Namor had said, making Sk’ym’x and the others look at him with surprise.
“I thought that you were a cartoon character.” The Skrull had said towards him, making The Soldier chuckle at that, “I thought the same with you guys.” he had said and hearing that, they had smiled as some that had been Medical Corps going to help the others with the woman, making them all relieved as they had went and started to follow from the rear just to be safe right about now.
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11/3/1943, Hydra Island, Pacific Ocean
Auran had been careful as she had went and climbed up and out, the Inhuman looked around with some caution and some anger as she had went and checked herself, the Inhuman uniform covered by a bandolier that had a sheath for a tanto and a holster for a couple of pistols, her hair had been cut short for her more… human form, and as The Inhuman had readied herself, she took a breath.
Looking around, The current assassin had seen that there were men in the green uniform, all of them looking around and as she had done so, Auran had noticed that there was one that had been a woman, one that was dressed as a assistant or maybe a scientist, and that had made her think, she had went full stealth mode as she had went to go and follow her, seeing the perfect way to hide now.
While she had been going through, watching and waiting everywhere, the Inhuman was unaware of the men and women in red who had seen her, some of them wanting to kill her, but others thinking that she would be a great way for them to test if this Head of Hydra was worthy of their assistance while they had went and continued onwards towards stalking their prey.
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11/4/1943, The Royal Palace, Attilan
The members of the Royal Family had been going through the rounds, Blackagar had readied himself for a flight when he had noticed that there was Sterilon who was approaching them now, “My King.” he had said with a somber expression, making him and Medusa look, curious as he had spoken, “There seems to be a situation going on amongst Maximus and Triton.” he had said.
That had made the two of them surprised at that, looking towards him as Sterilon had went and sent them images that were of Triton laughing, of him making monsters kill their comrades and themselves, it was… it was startling as the two of them had gotten the full load of the memories which had made them all startled in surprise at that, “I thought that the pills were helping him?” Medusa had asked.
“<It appears that he will need to increase the intake of the pills or decrease the usage of his powers.>” Black Bolt had told them both and hearing that, Sterilon had shaken his head, “He is already doing both, my King.” he had explained, “I fear that eventually… he will slide backwards and we will be facing Maximus The Mad once more.” he had said, making the two of them worried.
“Then we must prepare for when his madness would return to plague our kingdom.” she had said and hearing that, Blackagar had nodded, The King had been of the same mind before they had seen that there was something, something that had made the pair confused, it was a Alphan who had been working in the halls, but he had something strange with it, a communicator.
The Alphan had looked towards them, going and bowing at them deeply before he had went and ran off, making them even more curious as they had seen that The Alphan had approached Karnak and Minxi who had seen him, went to go and help The being there and hope that none of others had seen him, this was dangerous and if they weren’t careful, could end up with all of them losing their heads.
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11/4/1943, SSR Camp, Italy
As The group had went and started to the set themselves up near the medical tent, all of them a bit worried as they had seen that there was Jacqueline who had seemed to be going some of her color right now and it was making them all relieved for the moment before Namor had spoken, “We need to deal with John, now.” he had said and hearing that, the others had nodded at that.
The Invaders had all started to think on that, there were plenty of way that they could deal with this, “We need to present our evidence to Montgomery first.” Zarda had said which was when one of the brits with a red cap had spoken, “I’m sorry, do you mean–?” he had started to say before seeing that it was Jacqueline who was there, making him angry it seemed.
“You know the Falsworths?” Namor had asked of him, “Montgomery is my Uncle.” he had told them before looking, “If Uncle John is a danger to The Allies, then I’m more than happy to help deal with that bastard.” he had said, making them nod in appreciation at that as Maximus had an idea, “How skilled are you with a bow?” The Inhuman had asked, making the man a bit curious on what they had in mind.
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11/4/1943, Hydra Island, Pacific Ocean
Auran had secured herself quite the nice position at the moment, having ears that could hear quite a distance, enough that she could pick up their languages, their codes and the goings on that they couldn’t place her but knew that she was a part of them as Auran had went and walked through, looking around before she had noticed that there was a lab now that made her curious.
“Hey, Heinz, wohin führt das?(Hey, Heinz, where does this lead to?)” she had asked with some confusion, “Ah, das ist das Labor des seltsamen Wissenschaftlers, Annaliese.(Ah, that's the strange Scientist's lab, Annaliese.)” he had said and hearing that, Auran had snapped her fingers, “Meister Von Strucker wollte, dass ich ihm eine Nachricht überbringe.(Master Von Strucker wanted me deliver a message to him.)”
The others had nodded at that, going and leaving her there while Auran took a breath, going and entering, The Inhuman had looked around before she had seen him, “Phaeder.” she had said, making the man pause at his dissection, “So Attilan finally sent an assassin for me.” he had told them, making Auran aim her pistol towards him, “Any last words to Attilan?” she had asked of him.
Hearing that, Phaeder had turned to look at her now, “Just one thing,” he had said, “Make sure that you’re not tailed in the next life.” he had said and hearing that, Auran was confused before she felt a blade go through her heart, confusing her and making Auran start to kneel in pain as a man in red had appeared in front her, raising a blade before everything had faded to black.