Cleaning House
11/5/1943, Falsworth Manor, Dymhurst
The group had all been at the ready as they had watched the car come in, all of them ready as Montgomery as well as Maximus had been waiting at the threshold, all of the watching the location that was there before the car had stopped, opening up and revealing that there was John there who had looked towards the two, “I heard the news.” he had said to them with a smile.
“I’m so glad that Jacqueline is safe!” he had said with a grin, “Can I see her?” he had started to ask before hearing a whistling, making the man turn and see that there was a wooden stake that was heading towards him, making the Vampire leap out of the way which had made John turn and hiss towards them as Montgomery and Maximus had each raised a pistol to fire at him with wooden bullets.
“Hello there, Baron Blood.” Montgomery had said towards him as they had seen him become more and more vicious as he had went and headed into the shadows, “Damn, I was hoping I could get to her before–” “She’s your niece!” Montgomery had said towards him, “And I don’t care.” he had simply said before pulling out a whistle and blowing it, confusing them at the noise.
They had then seen that there was Meranno who had come out of the car with a grenade, “Special delivery!” he had shouted out towards them before he had thrown the grenade towards the two of them, making the pair go and run back towards the inside as the item in question had exploded a bright blue flash, disintegrating the area that was around them and making the group worried.
He had proceeded to motion for John to follow as Joseph had flown from the roof, aiming a blast towards them that had had to convert into a shield as he had aimed a shot towards the man, the shield breaking after a few shots and making him have to go down there which was when John Falsworth had swiped towards him now, making Zarda come out now to protect him with her shield.
He had snarled towards the two of them as the others that were inside of the car come out, aiming their weapons towards them now which was making Triton and Robbie as well as the kids come out now, Toro and The Golden girl flying upwards to blast them while Davey had started to spin and spin around now which had made the soldiers there start to get caught up now.
Seeing this, John had sighed at that, “Meranno! Get us out of here!” he had ordered, making the Atleantean who had been fighting against Namor had scowled before he had pulled out a vial, “Let’s hope that mad bastard wasn’t lying.” he had said before breaking the vial, making a black liquid start to pour out as he had leapt towards John as the liquid began to envelop them now.
They had seemed to be covered as the soldiers had started to run and get absorbed by the black liquid that was there, “Next we meet, it’ll be on the battlefield!” he had shouted with a grin before they had started to vanish now, as if the black was a spot of emptiness that had started to fill in itself now which had made the group all the more confused as Maximus had went and approached it.
He had looked at the space in question, trying to search for their minds, but they had vanished, it was as if they had never existed at all and it was making him all the more fascinated by it while the others had gotten angered, “We need to tear everything apart, NOW.” Montgomery had said towards them, Robbie nodding at that as he had turned and prepared to run towards the city in a simple flash.
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11/5/1943, Strategic Scientific Reserve Headquarters, London
Robbie had come in where Jim Hammond and Zarda were, both of them surprised by the sight of him, “John escaped.” he had told them with a breath, making the two of them glare at that as they had heard the sound of gunshots, making them all flinch and move to avoid the attack when they had seen that there was Peggy Carter, the one that Maximus liked, who had appeared to shoot at Steve Rogers.
“Yes, I think it works.” Peggy had said before storming off, making Zarda, Jim and Robbie look in confusion at that while Howard and Rogers watched her walk away, “I had some ideas about the uniform.” Rogers had asked, giving the paper to Howard who was still watching her, “Whatever you want, pal.” Howard said, taking it while Zarda had went and approached Peggy.
“What was that about?” she had asked, making Peggy sigh at that as she had looked back towards them, “Have you ever met a man so dumb and so brave at the same time?” she had asked, making the Utopian sigh at that as she had went and nodded at that, “Howard Shelton, he’s so…” Zarda had said, recalling the man that came with the princes, “Sometimes I want to murder him and other time…”
“You want to show him why you care so much?” Peggy had asked, making the two women laugh at that, each of them glad that there was somebody that understood what they had each thought, “Would you like to accompany me for some tea?” Peggy had asked, making Zarda smile, “I would.” she had said with a grin, the two of them going and wanting to talk about anything and everything right now.
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11/5/1943, Big Ben, London
Max and the others had come back now and as they had done so, the group had seen that there was Zarda and with Peggy Carter which had made Max smile, “Hey there, “Peggy!” He had said with a grin as the english woman and the Utopian had grinned back towards them, “Hey there, max.” Peggy had said towards him, offering a cuppa to him which he had taken with a smile.
As he had sipped, going to sit down, Zarda spoke, “She just tried to murder Captain America.” The warrior had said as she had tried to keep the smile off of her face which had made the others curious at that, “Idiot?” Max had asked as his eyes had glowed purple, making the two women glare at that while Jim and Namor had smirked at him, only for Triton to sigh.
“So we lost John,” he had told them, “But we need to start disassembling his networks, we don’t know how many of them are working for The Nazi’s.” he had said towards them and hearing that, Max had cracked his neck, “I’ll start with the internal web he has set up, we don’t know who he’s been letting through.” Max had said towards them, making the others nod at that.
As Maximus had gotten up, Triton had went and offered a pair of pills to him, making The Inhuman glare towards his cousin, “Better safe than sorry.” he had said towards him, making Maximus glare towards him before he had went and taken the pills, feeling a headache starting to come now which had made his sigh before Maximus The mage had went to work now.
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11/5/1943, Dungeon, Ryūgū-jō
Auran had woken up, almost gasping as she had realized that she was underwater, and she was breathing, it had made The Inhuman terrified as she had looked around towards everything there when she had seen that there were green skinned people there, glaring at Auran, “[Who are you, and why were you sacrificed to us?]” a strange man had asked, wearing asian robes with a serpent like crown.
She had never heard that tongue before, not even from Attuma’s smugglers when they had been working with each other, “What?” she had asked before a blue skinned Atlantean in a similar fashion had went and swam towards her, “Hello there,” she had said, “My name is Nammu Sar Dorma, and you?” she had asked of her, making Auran nod, “My name is Auran Amakitsu.” she had told them.
The woman named Nammu had turned back towards them and spoken to who appeared to be their king, he had spoken again which making Auran curious as she had spoken once more, “Immortal Naga, long may he reign, has demanded to know why you had been sacrificed.” she had said, making Auran glare, “You can tell him that your ‘neighbors’ are Hydra, and they–” “Did you say Hydra?” Nammu had asked.
That had seemed to anger The Immortal Naga who had snapped at her, she had bowed and apologized towards him, “Yeah… how do you know about Hydra?” Auran had asked, making Nammu glare, “One of them, Baron Strucker, had dug into the waters of Atlantis, and released a stone that had ravaged The Chasm People.” she snarled, making Auran see an opportunity.
“Baron Strucker is up there now, he is planning, and one day, he will look towards Lemuria like he did Atlantis.” she had explained towards her, making Nammu glare at that before she had went and spoken to Immortal Naga who had appeared to be getting more and more enraged before they had shouted out, making her grin as she had seen that there was now an army ready to kill them now.
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11/8/1943, Throne Room, Hydra Island
Phaeder had been packing everything up ashe had noticed that there was The Baron who had Werner Reinhardt, one of the scientists that he had been able to rescue from Johann’s poaching, seeing them both, Phaeder had knelt, “Commander, Doktor, wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?(Commander, Doctor, how may I assist you?)” he had asked of the pair, making Werner speak now.
“Ihre Arbeit mit der Verbesserung der Biologie unserer Soldaten,(Your work with the enhancement of our soldiers biology,)” Werner had said towards him, “Wir müssen Sie verlegen, für den Fall, dass ein weiterer Attentäter auf Sie losgeht.(We will have to move you in case another assassin is sent after you.)” he had warned, making Phaeder shake his head towards them.
“Mein Land wird nur eine schicken, und bevor sie zurückkommt, werden wir schon lange weg sein.(My country will only send one, and we will be long gone before she returns.)” Phaeder had said, making Wolfgang curious at that before speaking again, “Ich möchte sehen, wie Sie die Biologie Ihres eigenen Volkes auf unsere Soldaten anwenden können,(I want to see how you can apply your own people's biology to our soldiers,)” he had ordered.
“Vielleicht können Sie sogar den Wurm nutzen, den Sie so sehr beschützen.(Maybe even utilize the worm you are so protective of.)” he had explained, making Phaeder bow deeply at that, “Sobald ich alle Gläser habe, wirst du einen Krieger haben, wie ihn kein anderer bietet.(As soon as I have all of the jars, you will have a warrior like no other.)” he had said.
That had made Wolfgang and Werner smile at that before the latter had went and approached him, “Also gut, fahren wir mit unserem Experiment fort.(Well then, let us proceed with our experimentation.)” he had told Phaeder, making him nod at that as they had both went and started to walk, the scientists both wondering what it was that they would be able to do in Austria.
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11/10/1943, HYDRA Fortress, Krähennest Thal
The two of them walked through the facility, the soldiers there all going and examining everything that was there and as they had done so, there was the sign of a corpse that was an odd color, making the Inhuman go and approach the container, whistling at it, “Beeindruckt, oder?(Impressed, yes?)” Werner had asked, making the man nod at that as they had looked at it all.
“Wir hatten die Leiche gefroren in einer bizarren Höhle gefunden. Darin musste irgendeine Art von Macht stecken.(We had found the corpse frozen in a bizarre cavern, there must be some sort of power within it.)” His compatriot had said and as he had looked, The Worm had spoken in his ear, whispering and telling him everything that was there before he hadspoken.
“Dies ist ein Mitglied einer Wissenschaftlerspezies namens Kree. Sie waren es, die mein Volk erschaffen haben.(This is a member of a scientist species known as The Kree, they were the ones to create my people.)” he had said, making the German smile at that when they had heard a scream which made them turn, seeing as one of their soldiers had started to carbonize until only a stone statue remained now.
They had watched as he had started to crumble with the metal object in hand, making them all cautious while Phaeder had went and picked up the obelisk with tongs, “Faszinierend.(Fascinating.)” he had said and hearing that, Werner had went and started to examine it, “Kannst du es nochmal machen?(Can you do it again?)” he had asked, and Phaeder was happy to comply.
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11/10/1943, The Royal Palace, Attilan
Blackagar and the rest of The Royal Family had summoned a new member of their court, Midrita The Far Seeing, who had created a bubble of energy that had allowed them to view into the area there, seeing Maximus and Triton as well as other members of the Inhumans that had been around there before they had seen that there was no sign of Auran.
Crystal had gasped as she had seen the atrocities and the violence that was there before they had noticed that there was something that had made them all pause as they had seen that Phaeder had moved to Austria now, there being so many more there which had made the Royal Family wonder before they had decided act on it, “Mesili and I can tear them all apart–” “And destroy the landscape in the process.”
Gorgon and Karnak had went and glared before Crystal had hit them both with balls of water, making them chuckle at that before Medusa had spoken towards them, “We had already sent Auran–” “<And she’s missing.>” Blackagar had said towards them, “<We would need to send someone else unless–>” “My King.” Midrita had said, “We have found Auran.”
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11/10/1943, Hydra Island Border, Ryūgū-jō
Auran was there with the Lemurian warriors, all of them cautious and watching as they had reached the border, “There’s a shaft here.” She had said towards Nammu, “If we can open the hole, we can access there and–” “We are here only to map, nothing more, nothing less.” Nammu had told her and hearing that, she had went and nodded before they had started to dig in.
As they did so, Auran had went and placed the gill scarf on as they had went and started to move, all of them being cautious as The Lemurian warriors that were there with them had started to feel off it seemed as they had drawn their weapons, at the ready while Auran spoke, “There’s weaponry there and there in surplus, you can use that to advance your own technology.” she had told them.
The warriors there had nodded, going and preparing themselves as they had moved in, Auran and Nammu looking at each other before the former had started to point, “That way is the barracks, a few floors up is the officers quarters,” she had said, “They come in multiple spirals with the throne being in the center.” she had told them and hearing that, Nammu nodded before they started to move.
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11/10/1943, London, England
The members of The Invaders had all been walking, they had seen that the Squadron of soldiers that had been set up with Captain America, as Zarda and a few others had watched before there was a sharp whistle, making them look and seen that there was a Montgomery and Jacqueline who had looked pissed, “Alright Invaders,” he had told them, making the squad at the ready.
“While they’re dealing with HYDRA, we’re dealing with all of the Supers that they’re squeezing out.” he had told them, “With every one of them, we’re sending you all out.” he had said towards them and that had made the group nod at that as they had proceeded to nod when Zarda spoke, “I’m sorry, but will Jacqueline be helping you with support?” she had asked of them.
That had made the woman start to light up, fire coming from her hand as she had went and fired a blast towards Zarda, making her block it with her shield, surprising that as they had looked towards each other before Jim spoke, “Was… was that–?” he had asked before Montgomery had spoken, “I guess your Synthezoid blood had changed me…” Jacqueline had said.
Hearing that, they had all started to think before Maximus spoke, “Where are we going first?” he had asked of them, making the leader pull out a file, “There’s a lab that had been set up by a Werner Schmidt.” he had said, making Namor glare which had made the group look towards him with some worry before he spoke, “I know about the place, I can lead us in there.” he had told them.
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11/11/1943, Underwater Base, Casablanca
As they had all been looking though, the base and as they had done so, The Invaders had all started to move right now, Namor with Triton and Zarda as they had entered, looking around everywhere as the trio had went and opened up the pod there while the others had been waiting at the access, and as they had entered, Triton and Zarda had readied their weapons while Namor marched through.
“What is this place?” Zarda had asked, making the Atlantean pause before speaking, “A lab made here, for observation and experimentation, like the one that we had sunk.” he had said towards Zarda who had nodded at that as they had continued to move, seeing that there were tubes there which had made the trio notice the corpses that were there, many of them appearing monstrous.
Seeing them, they had been disturbed, a bit worried with how they had captured the people here and how they had experimented on them, it was making the group all the more worried before they had seen that there was a twitch from one of the fleshier corpses, in reaction, Namor had went to stab it, “Namor–!” Zarda had started when the creature turned and knocked the trident away.
Seeing that, Triton had went and stabbed it in the head next with both of his Kopis, “We need to be ready, he can’t be the only one.” The others nodded at that as Namor went to the lift, “I’ll call the others down, Nammu told me how to activate it.” he had said, making the other two of them look, wondering how Nammu knew about this as he had operated the controls.
That had made them look and see that there was a moaning that was coming from one of the halls there, it had made them look around before seeing that more of the creatures that were there now, “We’ll hold them off, get the others.” Zarda said, drawing her sword since she knew it would be a mercy as they had proceeded to give them time for the others to come now.
They had started to rush and a s they had done so, the two of them readied their weapons as Zarda charged and Triton leaped off of her back as the pair of them went and started to swipe and slash, tearing them into them and as they had done so, the creatures had tried to get the advantage, one almost getting Zardawhen Namortacked, smashing it into a wall amongst the others as he joined the fray with them.
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11/11/1943, HYDRA Fortress, Krähennest Thal
Phaeder had the worm wrapped around his neck, feeling it as it had started to whisper while he had looked at the Obelisk, “It is an ancient tool, one that could wipe out this entire country if we so desire.” He had said, making Phaeder consider it, “No,” he had muttered, “We still need their resources.” he had told the worm and hearing that, Alveus consented to that.
As he had seen that, Phaeder had went and walked off, going and thinking as he had went and started to head towards his lab when he had noticed that there were men and women being dragged out from a pen and towards Werner’s lab, “Was ist los?(What is going on?)” he had asked one of the men who had been escorting the people there, many looking scared.
“Wir hatten diese Chinesen für Experimente gefangen genommen. Der Doktor möchte die Auswirkungen seines neuesten Werkzeugs auf sie sehen.(We had captured these Chinese for experiments, the Doctor wishes to see the affects of his newest tool on them.)” he had advised, making Phaeder nod at that, ignoring it as he went to go do his own work now for the betterment of his studies.