New Member Mysteries
9/9/1947, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
The Squadron had been looking towards the door with confusion right now before there was a light which made the Squad start to cover their eyes, surprised by it all when they noticed how there was a man that had a sort of rainbow like bodysuit, making the group surprised at the sight now as the man had went and lowered his light intensity before he looked towards them with a large grin right now.
“Hi there!” he said now, going and taking his cowl off, “Harrison Callahan, but you can call me Solar Flare.” he told the Squad now, makingThe General approach, “Officer Callahan here was in an accident in Washington, luckily there was a blood donor nearby.” The General said to them, “Yeah, but no one knew that she was… special.” Callahan said towards them now.
That made Zarda curious by that now while the man had shaken each of their hands, “It’s just great that I’m meeting others like me and–” “Warning. Majesdanian detected.” Krimonn said out loud now and hearing that, the group looked towards the Prism, even Harrison seemed surprised, “Krimonn, what’s a Majesdanian?” Zarda had asked in confusion right now.
“The Majesdanians are an empirical photokinetic species who have warred against The Skrull species in the past.” He told them, “A honor based society with space travel capabilities, one should beware the appearance of one.” The Prism had said as Harrison looked towards them now as the man gave a look, “You knew all of this, correct?” Joseph had asked now.
Hearing that, the man had sighed, “It’s true… she told me that she was a Majesdanian, but she had never told me anything else.” Harrison had told them which made The General raise an eye, “Then we may need to speak to this…?” he started, looking towards him, “DeAhna.” the man said, making Robbie look to him, “Maybe you and me and Walter can talk to her?” The Speedster asked.
Hearing that, Harrison had looked before he nodded towards him while the others had thought that it’d be nice to see Walter again now, “How fast can you go?” Robbie had asked the man who grinned towards him, “Why don’t we go ahead and check?” he asked with a grin right about now before they had started to get ready to race with each other right now.
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9/9/1947, Callahan Residence, Ashford
The three of them had arrived there now and as they looked around now, the two speedsters being a bit surprised by the sight right about now before they saw that there was a woman who was walking out now with a smile when she saw the two of them there, “Oh, hello there.” she said with a smile towards them now which made the Walter offer his hand, “Walter Jones, at your service.” he said with a smile now.
The woman took it, “Diana Smith.” she told them which made Robbie look to Harrison which made the man speak up now, “They know, DeAhna.” he told her, making the woman sigh as she started to glow now, her skin starting to glow like the field of light that Harrison had, “Before you say anything, I’m not a invader, I’m a permanent resident, I got everything signed with The US and Nova Corps.”
That made Robbie raise his hands towards the woman, “We just wanted to meet you, maybe even learn more about the space around us.” the speedster had said now and hearing that, DeAhna had smiled now which made the group grin while she took a breath and sat at one of the lawn chair that were there, “So then, what do you want to know?” she had asked of them.
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9/9/1947, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
The group had been looking over everything when Joseph had started to work with some of the files that they had done everything that was related to the Project Tomorrow, Oblivion Institute, and The Externals now which made the man start to get curious at some of the things he had seen when Zarda had walked in now with a curious expression right now.
“We’ve got something else.” she said, going and giving the file to the man which had Harrison on it, “This is Harrison’s medical file, there is no way that it was just a blood transfusion.” she had told him and that made Joseph curious as he went and looked it over, “This says that he had to get both his kidneys replaced.” Joseph said, “So do those… light aliens have more than two or what?”
Hearing that, they had looked around now, wishing that the Skrull was there,but he and Jim Hammond were both going to New York and some of the others had been running around when Zarda spoke, “At least we have Krimonn.” she said and hearing that, Joseph went and look to the prism, “Krimonn, how many kidneys do Majesdanians have?” he asked the gem which spoke now.
“Majesdanians have two kidneys which have multiple nodes connected to them which regenerate depending upon the amount of sunlight they absorb.” Krimonn said and hearing that, they realized that she probably made another kidney when it was removed as the group didn’t like that there was nothing too bad there right now as they started to go off that route.
“Well then, how about we–” Zarda started when there was something that rushed by them, making the wind blow around them now and making the papers fly everywhere, making the group look around in confusion as some sort of white, almost like lighting streak of everything had run around before eventually it vanished now, making them all confused by the action, “What the Hell was that?” Joseph asked.
But none of them could answer that as they saw that there was a file missing, something that had been related to Walter Jones and Robert Frank, Zarda had went to touch where it had been and noticed that there were footprints burned into the ground now, making the duo curious at the sight right now before they had seen that there was dust falling from the ceiling now.
Looking up, they saw a large message written there, “DON’T BE IN A RUSH TO DIE, DON’T LOOK FOR ME.” The message had said and that made the two give a look, “We’re obviously not going to be listening, right?” Zarda asked and Joseph had nodded towards that, “No way in Hell.” The man said now as they had proceeded to look over everything that was there to find out the truth.
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9/9/1947, The Foundry Manhattan Lab, Manhattan
The scientists that were there had been looking over everything right now when the secretary on the first floor had rang them up, “Sir, there are agents Hammond and Smith here asking about Project Tomorrow.” She said and hearing that, Doctor Essex who had been enjoying himself here working with The Foundry had went and started to look towards them, “Someone get Dr. Barrett!”
That made the group look around before the man had appeared from what appeared to be nowhere, he went and gave a look, “You want Project Rush to clean up?” he asked and hearing that, the Doctor had nodded, “Get to it, oh, and have the damn thing take me away too.” he had ordered, making the man nod in annoyance as all of a sudden, there was a rush of wind as he and the materials were taken away.
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The Skrull and Jim had both looked around, the duo in suits with Sk’ym’x disguised as a human now as they walked in, seeing that there was a few men that were around there now before the two saw that there was nothing related to ANY of their groups before he noticed how there was a few scientists that were there who had looked to the dup with confusion.
“Agent Smith, Agent Hammond, welcome.” an old man said now and hearing that, the duo saw that there were a few scuff marks and some blood which made the Skrull slightly adjust his nose and then get confused by that now before SMith had smiled, “Could you please tell us everything that you can about your operation?” he asked, Hammond following his lead.
“We just want to make sure that the reports about unethical experiments were hearsay, nothing more.” The man had told them and the older man had nodded towards them, “Of course, we’re going to be researching advancements in agriculture.” the man told them as Jim looked and saw that there was a few things that made him and his friend worried right now with plans to research on their own now.
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9/9/1947, The Institute, Mojave Desert
M had been walking around, wearing an opera mask as he looked towards everything that was there as well as he went ahead and began to collect files, “Hey! Who the Hell are you?!” a man had shouted now and hearing that, he turned towards the soldier who aimed his weapon towards M who only smiled towards him, “I’m a part of the audit, I just need to make sure everything is a okay.” he said.
Hearing that, the soldier had lowered his weapon, “Ah, apologies, sir, your appearance had just thrown me off for a moment.” he explained to M who had chuckled, “I get that a lot.” he told him, turning to leave before having a thought, “I’m sorry, but I have to ask, WHO owns the intellectual property that this organization is using?” he asked of the man, “Koch International, of course, sir.”
Hearing that, M nodded, “Thank you, and remind me again, WHO is in charge of Koch International?” he asked, making the man give a confused look, “Walker Price of course, sir.” he said, making M smile, “Thank you for that.” he said, “If you’ll excuse me, I’ll be off now.” he said towards the man which made the soldier nod as the man headed to a room to deal with his escape right now.
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9/10/1947, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
The members of The Squadron had all gathered around there now and as they looked around at everything, “So DeAhna is clear, she’s an exile, nothing more.” Robbie said, making Harrison smile towards the statement while Walter who had been brought in looked towards the carving in the ceiling, “And apparently we have some… thing, as fast as me and Robbie.” Walter had told them.
“We’re calling it Rush.” Joseph explained as they showed the footprints and the skidmarks, “I think that this thing was at the lab, there was skidmarks like these there.” the Synthezoid had explained and hearing that, the group had started to write a name on the board that was there and as they had done so, The Squadron had looked towards everything that was there right now.
“This is a issue… we need to develop some sort of countermeasure for this ‘Rush’.” Jim had explained and hearing that, the others were in agreement now as they had put Rush there with The Oblivion Institute and as they began to look over everything before the group of them were thinking on what they were going to deal with now when the General had approached.
“All of you, we saw that there was a board which made the man look towards everything, “This is–” he started to say before noticing that there was Walter who was looking up and towards him now, “I’m sorry, do you have clearance for this location?” he asked, making the speedster look towards them now before he had shaken his head, “I’m Walter Jones, Robbie said that I could come here to assist them.”
He looked towards The Whizzer who had raised an eyebrow towards him, “What? I trust Walter, and he doesn’t want to hurt any of us.” the man said now and hearing that, the man glared towards them both before seeing that there was a an identical uniform like Roberts, “I take it the two of you share the identity of The Whizzer?” he asked, making Walter glare as both looked at him.
“Fine, more ground to cover anyways, I want two of you to research something in New Orleans.” he told them, making the group confused by that as Zarda had looked to Harrison, “I always wanted to see The Big Easy.” she said with a smile while The Photokinetic had smiled as well right now as the General spoke, “Your assignment is to discover everything you can about The entity known as The Menace of Crime.”
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9/11/1947, New Orleans, Louisiana
Phaeder had been walking through the city right now, having taken a break and hearing about the Thieves Guild that lived there, taking a breath as he enjoyed everything that was there, the man that he had contacted walked beside him, “So let me get dis straight.” the man said, he gave no name to Phaeder, but he didn’t care, “You wan us to steal blood from de people on dis list?” he asked.
“That is correct.” Phaeder had told him, looking around at everything that was there now, taking a breath when he noticed that there was a familiar woman, “Dammit.” he muttered in anger at the sight which made the man look as well and see that there was Zarda Shelton, “Is that de Power Princess?” he asked, making Phaeder nod as he decided to watch them, “I can’t be seen.” he explained.
At the same time, the Utopian had been looking around before she spoke, “Alright, the Menace had a base of operations here in the 19th Century, early 20th Century.” Harrison had said, reading over it all, “It looks like there are plenty of rumors, some say he was an alchemist, other people a martial artist, a few a hypnotist or inventor, but everyone agrees that he fought a war on crime.” He said.
Zarda looked at the file as well, seeing that there was some scant images of old newspapers, the earliest one was set in 1888 but he wasn’t named until 1938, it was a hat and a coat on a form, “It looks like he and five other formed a sort of group… there’s not much, but it should be enough to find The Menace.” She had said as they saw that there was a building there, “Cormier Chemicals.” It had read.
The two of them had walked to the door where a guide was, “Hello there, are you here for the tour through Cormier Chemicals?” the woman had asked and hearing that, the two of them had looked towards each other before Zarda smiled, “That is correct, we’re here for the tour.” she said towards her, making the woman smile wider towards them as she had motioned for them to follow.
“Cormier Chemicals had originally started as a apothecary in Paris, Louis Cormier was a favorite of French nobility and so, during The French Revolution, he had escaped to America, fearing that his family would be hurt like the people they once served,” the woman said, stopping by the image of a man in a portrait who had been looking down at them now.
“The Cormiers had used their medical and alchemical knowledge to make themselves a part of New Orleans, but it wasn’t until Valentine Cormier, the great grandson of Louis, that they had made a name for themselves internationally.” The woman continued now with a wide grin which made the two of them curious on this Valentine as they looked at the images of the men down the line.
“Valentine here was the man to turn us into a pharmaceutical super power that had assisted World War I and II with medical supplies and research material to assist The Invaders and other groups!” she said towards them now and hearing that, the two of them had been a bit curious by that before the woman had looked to a flashing light now which seemed to make her pause.
“Excuse me, but there’s an issue, can we please escort you to the private room?” she had asked and hearing that, the pair had been confused by that, nodding towards him now and deciding that following the woman may lead to no confrontation at the moment as they went and started to follow after her, the moment that they had done so, the woman had opened a door that had been hidden.
Seeing that, the two had looked to see that the was nothing inside there before the two of them started to hear a hissing now, making the two of them look around while the woman had put on a gas mask, making Harrison go to power up his fist, but the woman had simple pulled out a pistol, shooting him and then hitting Zarda, taking both down with little to no resistance now.
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9/11/147, The Hideout, New Orleans
The two of them woke up tied up in chairs over pits, a rope connecting them to the roof and making them start to get worried right now at who was standing before them, wearing a trench coat and a faceless full mask underneath a fedora, nothing told them anything about the man as he looked towards them, “Why are you looking for me?” the man asked, making Zarda and Harrison realize that THIS was The Menace.
“My name is Zarda of Utopia Island, The Power Princess, and we were sent here to determine one, if you were real, and two, if you and your group known as The Covenant would join The Squadron Supreme in–” “Let me stop you right there.” the man said towards them, “One, the others on The Covenant? One of them would make it so no one would believe you, the other four would kill you or worse.”
“And two, I’m too busy to help you people, and neither one of you will remember anything about this.” he said, looking at their file right now, concerning the pair as they realized the Hypnotist part might be true, “Wait, you don’t need to do that.” Zarda had told him, “You can join us like Namor, The Human Torch or The White Tiger, neither one is permanent, just a receive to help us.” she had told him.
That made the man pause at that now, “I am fine on my own.” The man told them as a noise started, the walls starting to change colors, “Yes, but if you work with us, then you can have the support of an entire country for your work.” Harrison said now and hearing that, the man paused, seeming to consider while a chuckling had begun which made the man pause in annoyance.
“They have you there, Menace.” another of their targets, Vaness Baker, a woman that was said to be more intelligent than the famous Sherlock Holmes, “And besides, they want our help with all of those little secret projects and societies that they’ve been finding out about.” Vanessa said and hearing that, the man seemed to think on that right now before the man spoke.
“Fine, but we can’t let them know about The Covenant.” Menace had said and Vanessa nodded towards that, “Fine then, we can play with that.” the woman said towards them all, making the two members of The Squadron Supreme look towards the pair of them right now as Vanessa Baker had put on a pair of sunglasses and then went to walk out of the room now, “Make sure they’re not brain dead.”
Menace had looked towards them now as he went and started to spin them around now, making the two of them start to see the lights and then noises that were going on right now before he spoke, “The Menace and Vanessa Baker are found, The Covenant doesn’t exist.” the man said towards them before he went to repeat the phrase, adding more as time went on.
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9/12/13, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
The two of them and walked in with Vaness and Menace, the two of them having been the only memes of The Covenant they could find, these two had been happy to become reserve members with Vanessa being the one to find the place after a simple look over them now, Vanessa giving a whistle while The Menace had dropped a few marbles that were there right now.
The General had looked towards the pair of them, “Thank you for joining us, Miss Baker, sir.” The General said towards them as The woman had looked around towards everything, “Would you be so kind as to tell me everything that you can about the organizations you are dealing with?” she asked, making Joseph motion for her to follow while The Menace had looked around towards everything.
“This is an interesting set up you have.” The Menace had told them now, Joseph not liking how they had nothing on the man, but an extra two members would be great for them, a duo to help them find out what exactly is going on here, unaware that the duo both had their own plans in mind that neither one was going to compromise for this country when they were planning to help the world.