Getting Closer
7/5/1945, Manila, Greater Manila
The Invaders had all been in some of the wreckage there, all of them starting to take a drink right about now and as they had started to take sips, all of them looking around before they started to raise their glasses, “To those that couldn’t be here.” Zarda had told them, “To those that couldn’t be here.” The others had explained and that had made the Invaders smile at that.
Maximus, Namor, Bucky and Captain America had made the group starting to take a breath and sip as they saw that there was more of The Americans and their allies cheering, seeing it all, the two of them started to sigh at it all before they saw that there was cheering, “Oo! Malaya tayo!(Yes! We are free!)” one of the soldiers had started to shout out towards them now.
They had looked towards them before they had noticed that there was a message that was running around, Macarthur was telling them all that there was victory there, that they had liberated The Philippines, that was great and all, but Joseph went and created a little figurine before them, “They’re gonna start to get desperate.” the man said, making them all nod at that.
They had seen the soldiers, how they had ran in with swords, how they had crashed their planes into their ships to destroy them, The Fin who was there had taken a breath, “I just hope that Neptunia is safe.” he told them, making Toro and David give a look, “You really like that place, huh?” The Spinning Top had asked, making The Fin smile, “I really do.” he had said towards them when they saw someone.
It was Howard Shelton, Zarda’s boy Friday who had went to sit with them, “Are you all okay?” he had asked of them, making The Invaders smile and nod towards him, all of them picking up one of them right now and as they had done so, Howard sat next to Zarda who had smiled, glad to have him there right about now as he smiled at Zarda, so Z, when we get hitched, where do you want to live?” he asked.
That made them all look towards them with a bit of confusion, “When did you two get engaged?” Triton had asked of them, making the others nod at that, confused at that when Zarda explained, “I told Howard that when The War was over, I’d say yes to his proposal.” she had told them before looking towards Howard now, “And I want to live on Utopia Isle with you.” She had told him.
That made howard grin, “How about we Fall and Winter in Utopia, and we Spring and Summer in DC?” he asked, making the Utopian think on that before she had smiled, “How about we decide at the end of the war?” Zarda had asked with the others smiling at that as they had all started to talk about what they were going to do once The War ended for each of them now.
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7/5/1945, The Throne Room, The Royal Palace
Blackagar was on the throne, listening to the voices of his people until he had seen that there was Kitsu walking in with a smile, “Greetings, my King.” she said towards the man who had motioned for her to speak, “As you know, my daughter has returned and Sterilon has been looking over her mind.” she had said towards him, “I would like to watch over her.” she said.
That made the members of the Royal Family look towards them with some curiosity and some caution right about now before Karnak spoke, “You may see Sterilon.” The man had said for his cousin, “They are currently in the process of searching for whatever Maximus had left behind in her mind.” he had told her, making the woman bow, “Thank you.” she told them before going to leave them.
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7/5/1945, Sterilon’s Residence, Residential Area
Auran was sitting in a meditative stance right now as Sterilon had started to read through his mind and as he had done so and Auran allowed, there was a feeling that had made the Inhuman look up and see that there was her mother, relived at the sight of her, “Auran.” she said before going to hug her, pulling her daughter up now who had been a bit stunned at that before hugging her.
“Sterilon,” Kitsu said, “Looks like you decorated.” she told the telepath concerning his empty dome home, “My mind sees the memories of so many, what use do I have of items of the material?” he askes of her as Auran gave a look. “Have I been cleared?” she asked, making Kitsu shake her head, “Not yet.” Kitsu told her, “But you will be with me now.” she promised, making Auran smile.
“I’d be happy to.” she told her, making Kitsu glad at that before Sterilon spoke now, taking a breath, “I require her to make at least a weekly meeting, so that I can make sure that Maximus The Mad has not harmed her psyche in whatever way that he could have with all that time.” The telepath told them, both of them could agree with that, but it didn't have care right about now, now they had to go home.
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7/5/1945, Lai Shi, Nepal
Lai Shi was being built up right now and as they had looked towards the community being built, Jiaying looking at it all and as she had done so, taking a breath from her work, the woman had noticed that there was something coming upwards towards her, a Nepali who had been dressed as a soldier there, making Jiaying nervous as he proceeded to speak.
“तपाईं को हुनुहुन्छ? यो मठ परित्याग गरिएको छ।(Who are you? This monastery is abandoned.)” the man said, raising his weapon towards her, “तिमी को हौ भन नत्र म तिमीलाई मार्न बाध्य हुनेछु।(Tell me who you are or else I will be forced to kill you.)” the man said, approaching to grab her now, seeing that, Jiaying had panicked, she went and recalled what Phaeder told her.
She had grabbed his outstretched hand and started to devour his kindling, the man confused, trying to pull away, but his life was draining away so fast now, it was almost gone as he looked at her with so much fear now, “तिमि के हौ?(What are you?)” he had asked weakly before he had fallen down, dead now while Jiaying had realized that she was feeling so much stronger now.
She was shocked by the feeling, how she had felt so much stronger now, how she was feeling all of the aches and pain she had over time beginning to vanish, it was… horrible, this was something that she could never stop with, something that had made her want to stop herself from ever doing it again, “这个过程就是这样的，很有趣。(So that is how the process appears, interesting.)” a voice said.
It was Phaeder again, having appeared here like he had done ever since he left them here, it made Jiaying wonder if that was his ability or something of the like as The Scientist had started to observe and see how there was a corpse that was there, “不想这么做。(I didn't want to do it.)” she had said towards him, but Phaeder didn’t seem to care as he poured a solution onto the corpse.
It had started to devour itself now and as it had done so, Phaeder had looked towards her, “然后教你自己，当你掌握了它，再教给下一代。(Then teach yourself, and when you have mastered it, teach the next generation.)” he told her, making Jiaying start to shake, start to think on that before she had nodded, “如何？(How?)” Jiaying asked of the man who smiled towards her.
“我以前见过像你这样的人。(I have seen people like you before, in the past.)” he told her, “我会教你如何掌握它，以便当我们都离开之后，莱诗能够坚持下去。(I will teach you how to master it so that Lai Shi shall persevere when we have all gone.)” Phaeder told her once more, hearing that, she began to look at him, wondering what kind of plans it was that he had for them all now.
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7/15/1945, Amakitsu Residence, Residential Area
Auran had been looking over some of the files that were there when she had noticed that there was The Worm, the same worm that had haunted her friend as a child, snarling, she had went to get a book now, “Not yet.” The Worm, Alveus had said towards her, “I come with a message from Maximus.” He told her, making Auran pause with a glare right now towards him.
“Don’t speak, think, it’s more difficult with you, but we can still communicate this way.” He told her, making Auran glare but comply with that as she had went and thought in her mind now, “What does Max want?” She had asked, making the Worm smile now in his monstrous way now, “Max has a plan to get out, to make everyone think him a friend for now.” He had said towards her.
That made Auran raise an eyebrow, “What do you need me to do?” She asked of Alveus who had chuckled a deep chuckle in her mind, “There is a list that we require to create a machine.” He told her, making Auran take a breath, “I am not a mechanic, they’d be suspicious.” She told him, making Alveus grin, “But you have been a nurse, worked with medical tools and techniques we are unfamiliar with?” He asked.
“I have also been to Lemuria and learned of their machinery.” She told him which made Alveus smile, “Then you have your excuse.” He had said towards her, making Auran nod at that as she had went to get up now, “I cannot wait for the day you die.” She thought before going and walking away, making Alveus give one last look, “And I hope the same.” He replied as well.
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7/20/1945, Maximus’ Cell, The Royal Palace
Maximus had been playing with a musical instrument, the harmonica being fun but now he was playing with something new, something that had appeared to look like a cross between a bagpipe and a flute which he was working on when The Worm had approached from his hole, “It appears that we’re one step closer to your victory, Maximus.” He said, making The Prince smile.
“Good to hear.” he had said and hearing that, the Prince had went and pulled out a tuning fork, looking at it with a bit of fascination before he had hit it on the floor, making a ringing that started to echo through the cell now and as it had done so, the Prince had started to smile, liking the sound as he had prepared for what was going to be happening next now.
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7/21/1945, Balikapan, Netherlands
Jospeh was pulling bullets out of his teammates right now and as he had done so, Sk’ym’x had been working with the prisoners there, looking around at it all before he had seen that there was somebody who had been looking at it all, “Hello there, can I help you?” Sk’ym’x had asked of the man, making him give a curious look, dressed in a white lab coat before he cocked his head.
“What ARE you?” he had asked, making The Super–Skrull confused by that, “I am Skymax–” “No, I mean are you from Earth or somewhere else?” he had asked, making Sk’ym’x confused by that, “How do you know?” he asked, making the scientist smile at that, “Interesting, so you are.” he had said towards Sk’ym’x before he had went and pulled out a device now.
“What Division are you with?” he asked, making the Scientist smile at his question before pulling out something else, “Goodbye.” The Scientist said again, shocked by that, He had shota tendril out to attack him as he had blown a whistle, the noise shocking and confusing him before noticing how a Red Devil was before them now, “Что?(What?)” The Devil had asked of them.
“Лай Ши, сейчас.(Lai Shi, now.)” The Scientist said, making the Devil sigh before he had grabbed at his coat and now vanished, making Skymax confused by that while Triton who had been nursing a broken arm had looked towards him in confusion, “Sk’ym’x? Was that Phaeder?” he had asked, making the Skrull look towards him with some confusion at that now.
“Who is Phaeder?” he had asked, making The Prince sigh, “He was a scientist, a madman who had worked on cloning our people, who had done experiments that had endangered us all.” he had said, making the man worried, “Then does that mean that he could be an enemy?” He had asked which made Triton take a breath, “Worse, we thought he was dead until now.” he said, making them all the more worried now.
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7/21/1945, Castle Zemo, Zeulniz
Phaeder and Azazel had arrived at the Castle now, appearing there after they had made a small stop at Lai Shi as he had seen that The Baron Zemo was there, taking a breath as he had walked in now and as he had done so, The Baron had smiled towards him, “Ah, hello friend.” Zemo said, making the translator work full time as Phaeder had started to check his scans.
“It seems that I have a new sample to utilize.” he had said, making the man confused by that before they had noticed that there was Maelstrom playing with a child, “Where did that child come from?” head asked, making the Baron take a breath, “It had grown from the worm you had brought with you.” he had said, making the Inhuman surprised by that as Maelstrom and Alveus look to him.
“Hello there, Phaeder.” he had said, making the scientist take a breath, not liking the sound of that as Maelstrom smiled towards him, “Father! You’re back!” he had said, running over to hug him now which Phaeder smiled at before he turned back towards Heinrich, “Have you prepared for South America?” he had asked, making the German nodding at that, “Yes, my people are ready.” he said.
The Inhuman nodded at that, all of them were preparing for the move after the loss of The Nazi’s, unlike the others who seemed more… humane, Phaeder decided that Zemo was the best option for them to continue with their experiments outside of Attilan, “So then, what monstrosity have you created while I was gone?” he asked, making Zemo chuckle as they went to see what was made.
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7/28/1945, The Royal Palace, Attilan
The King of Attilan had been looking from the roof of the palace, looking at all of them as he sat on the tip, thinking about how he and his brother both had the ability to tear apart all of the city, it was dark thought that he tried to not entertain right now, when he had seen that there was someone who had been walking up towards him, Astog smiling towards him right now.
“Hello there, my King.” he told her, making Blackagar nod his head, greeting him right now before Blackagar had stood up now, “Would you mind if I had followed you?” he asked, making the King nod at that as Blackagar had went and flew downwards, gliding through the city and as he had done so, Astog had followed afterwards, creating a sort of slide to follow after him.
The two of them started to move towards the more open areas before falling towards one of the parks that were there which made the children and citizens there start to gather, all of them smiling and enjoying the sight right about now and as they had done so, Blackagar had smiled, glad to see his people right now while Astog had smiled towards them, the children in particular.
The day for his child to be born was coming sooner and sooner and it was making the man anxious, but also excited right now at what could come as the Inhuman had bowed, “I bid you good night, my King.” he said before going to walk away, as Astog did as much, he had sighed, recalling the fact that his own ability was too weak, too weak for him to be a competitor against Blackagar.
But his child on the other hand, he had been working with The Genetic Council and he had been promised, through every possible modification, ever genetic advantage, what was inside of his wife’s womb was a weapon that he could not wait to unleash, Mordis Boltastog was going to be the future king, and he could not wait to see the day when he was going to overcome the King.
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7/28/1945, Lai Shi, Nepal
The citizens of lai Shi had been looking towards the whole of the land now,thanks to one of their people, they had been gifted with the ability to see the land and share the images with them, many shocked by the cruelty, but also they had been enraptured by the beauty that had been there before them, seeing that though, Jiaying had started to take out the monocle and search.
Looking and seeing with the monocle that had been gifted by Phaeder, she had seen how there was so few of them like them, but still, there were enough for them to smile as the woman had turned, bowing towards them each before she had went to walk towards the room that was where they had kept their most valuable material away from anybody that would take it.
She had started to nod towards the two guards that were there, the largest and more fearsome of them, warriors, who had nodded back in return, the woman smiled at that before she had went and entered, seeing the stockpile that had been given to them by Phaeder and as she had looked at them, going to stroke them, Jiaying had known that this was something they had to protect.
Bowing towards the source of their power, she had turned back and started to return to the others, “聚集寻求者，(Gather the seekers,)” she had commanded towards the guards, “现在是我们把家人带回家的时候了。(It is time that we bring our family home.)” The others nodding in agreement with this as they had went to do as much, ready to help add to their numbers now.
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8/1/1945, The Gungnir, Brazil
Heinrich and Phaeder had looked at the materials that were being taken out, all of them had a purpose and all of them would allow for the warriors to become more, it was a shame that they could not utilize the castle, but it would be better for them in the long run, “Do you trust that worm?” Heinrich had asked, making sure that his English was correct now as Phaeder shook his head.
“No,” he had said, “That thing desires only to be whole, and it is already dangerous as it is.” he warned, making Zemo glare towards the child like creature that had seemed to pause, almost as if he were listening to something, “I am here.” he had said in that unnatural voice, making them all turn and look at the beast with some concern, “One of my Jars is on this continent.” he said.
That made the Inhuman approach him now, “And I take it that you will become more powerful?” he asked, making Alveus nod, “If all of them are gathered, I will be unstoppable.” he explained, making Phaeder worried, not liking the sound of that one bit, “Well then, we best collect that one.” he said, both planning to kill the other, but for now, they were going to play nice in this little exile they found themselves in.
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8/2/1945, Japanese Air Space, Japan
Joseph had been looking over the destruction that the B–29s were causing, seeing how much damage, how much danger there was for everyone and as he had looked over it all, The Pilot had looked at his Prism, how it would be so easy to use to blast at a majority of it all and as he thought of that, Doctor Spectrum had taken a breath before he had stopped and turned.
He had started to fly back down and towards the others, he was not going to be acting as a warrior, this was not right, this was just absolute slaughter, and he was not going to be a part of this destruction, taking a breath, the Doctor had started to move towards The Invaders and as he did so, the drumming that came from their explosives was ingrained into his mind for years now.