A Little Too Close For Comfort
5/5/1948, Bobo’s Home, Long Beach
The Speedster ran towards the other end of the continent now, having promised Namor that he would check on his cousin Bobo, looking around and seeing if there was anything before noticing that there was some damage in the house, it looked ransacked, there must have been a struggle here and seeing that, the man paused, looking towards it all now as Robbie went and looked around, “Bobo?!” he shouted.
But there was no response, the man getting worried when he heard someone outside now, “Hello? Mr. Bobo?” a voice said, making Robert look and then see himself before he did a quick change into civilian clothes before going and walking outside and seeing that there was a Police Officer, “Hello? Who the Hell are you?” he asked, making Robert raise his hands in surrender.
“Hi, my name’s Robbie, I’m a friend of his cousin and he wanted me to check up on the man.” he said, looking around, “Do you know what happened in there?” he asked, making the officer see that there was some chaos and a few things broken, “I have no idea, he was back here on April 30th, then nothing.” the man explained and hearing that, Robbie had an idea now.
“I’m going to ask around, there might be something they know.” he said and hearing that, the man nodded, “Okay… if there’s anything, please call me.” he said, offering a card which Robbie took, “Sure, I promise.” he said before going to move now, he started to think on who he would ask, this wasn’t the kind of thing that he could tell his friends about this and knew who he needed to tell.
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5/5/1948, Frank Residence, Sacramento
Robbie had arrived at his house, making his wife, Madeline Joyce Frank, Miss America, almost gasp before she laughed towards him, “Robbie! We talked about that!” he said and hearing that, the speedster shook his head before going to the phone and dialing away the number for the Blue Harbour place, “Robbie?” she asked of him, “SorrySorrySorry! IjusthavetotalktoNamorsincehiscousinismissing!”
That made the woman try and parse through what he said before he got a response, “Hello?” Namor asked of him, “Namor, it’s Robbie, Bobo’s been kidnapped!” He said and hearing that, there was a pause, “Any leads?” He asked, making Robbie shake his head, “No idea, I’m going to head back and try to find him!” he said and hearing that, Namor seemed to have an idea.
“He said something about going to Pierce County in Washington, maybe check in Seattle first?” He asked and hearing that, the man was relieved, “Thanks, I’ll start there and then spread out.” Robbie said towards him while Madeline looked towards her husband, “Do you need some backup?” she asked of him, making Robbie look towards the love of his life now.
“Are you sure? I’m sure that I can–?” “Please, it’s been a while since I’ve put on the cape, plus if his cousin is anything like Namor, you’re going to need all the help you can get if they’re tough enough to take him down.” Madeline said as she went to the closet and opened the hidden compartment where she kept her own uniform in, picking it up and smiled at the item.
“It may need a little bit of an update, but I’m sure that you can use some muscle.” the woman said, giving a small flex of her arm now, making Robbie chuckle at the little action of his wife before looking at the red outfit that had a American Flag shield, blue belt and cape on it, “I can think on a few ways for it to be ‘up to date’.” he said which made Madeline curious on what he’d do.
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5/5/1948, Seattle, Washington
It didn’t take too long for them to redesign her outfit and then fly/run towards the city, Robbie dressed in his uniform, the same mask and goggles on as Walter as he looked towards his wife, her auburn hair in a ponytail, she wore light beige tight paints with high boots, her cape was replace while she had a dark blue utility belt, gloves on now with her logo still on the chest with buttons on the left on the ront.
“I have to say, it’s not horrible.” Madeline said to her husband while he looked at the map that he was able to get, “It looks like we’re going to have to split up, “I’ll go North to South, you go East to West, that way we’ll be able to meet up with each other in case we’re attacked by whoever had done this.” he said to Madeline, “OKay, and if we find anything, we head straight to the other.” the woman told him.
Both of them smiled towards each other now before they went and started to move now, Madeline starting above the water in the West, looking towards the boats that were around there now before she started to head towards the inside of the city, while she did so, Robbie headed towards the Northern area of the the city before getting into a running position and beginning his run through the city.
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The two of them had stopped their search and found themselves in the center of the city now, looking towards each other now with some curiosity and some confusion before the pair of them both sighed, “So we have nothing there… but that just means we can cross this one off.” Madeline told her husband as they checked the map, “I think we should try to check on Tacoma.” she said.
Robbie nodded towards that now, “Race you there?” he asked with a smile, making Madeline grin towards that now as the two of them started to move, going and starting to move now, heading towards the place in question and as they did so, one of the agents that was in Seattle watched the pair of them and knew that they were going to be an issue and they were gonna have to work around them.
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5/5/1948, Tacoma, Washington
The two of them arrived in Tacoma, looking around towards everything that was there before the two of them looked towards each other, nodding before they had decided to be more subtle, the two of them going and starting to walk now in plain clothes, making sure that they appeared like some random visitors of the town of Tacoma and as they did so, there was something that made Robbie pause.
There was a girl that had pointed ears like Namor who had scratching at her neck, nervous, “Hey, Maddie.” Robbie said to her and Miss America saw her and decided to approach, “Hello there.” she said with a smile, “Are you alright, sweetie?” she asked of the Atlantean who gave a look, “DId you by any chance see anyone with ears like yours? Their name is Bobo and–” “You shouldn’t have come.” she told them.
“Meranno said he’d hurt us if you do.” the girl said now before going to grab her hand, the veins in her arms starting to glow purple and as they did so, Maddie started to feel pain now, some sort of poison? Venom? It was no matter as she took her hand away and saw that the same purple was on her skin now, “You should have stayed away.” the woman explained to her.
Robbie had rushed over and grabbed Maddie, making sure not to touch her infected hand, “We need to get this off, NOW.” he said, rushing away to get rubbing alcohol, water, anything that he could think of from the nearby medical facilities nearby and as he returned, Miss America saw that the girl was gone, “Did you… Did you hear that?” she asked her husband as he went to remove the infection.
“IheardIheard!Merannoishereandhesentthatgirltopoisonus!” he said with fear now, trying to make sure that she was okay as a new noise could be heard, making the two of them look towards the water that was nearby now, seeing that there was a strange bubbling in the water between Anderson and McNeil Islands, at least before they saw that there was a monster there now.
“I think that you should tell The Squadron Supreme now.” Madeline said as she tore off her plain clothes to reveal her super suit, “Agreed.” he said, going to ready the ring that would bring him there, “I’ll tell them then get back as fast as I can, can you–?” “I’ll keep it distracted she said, already flying forward to stop the red whale/kraken like monster that headed towards Tacoma now.
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5/5/1948, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
“I need help in Pierce County!” he shouted out loud, making the members of The Squadron Supreme look towards him in confusion, “What’s wrong?” General Burr had asked, coming out now as he saw the panicked expression on The Whizzer, “Namor’s cousin, Bobo, went missing, I promised to help him look and then… then this little Atlantean girl said Meranno was behind it and a monster came out.”
Hearing that, Zarda went to call Namor as Joseph flew over to the hangar to grab a plane, “Namor, we have a lead on Meranno involving Bobo–” she started to say when he must have hung up, only less than a minute later, he appeared, having a ring like the others and wearing some armor and holding his trident, “Where?” he demanded of them as the plane had started to roll in, “Come on and see.” Doctor Spectrum told him.”
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5/5/1948, Eagle Island Marine State Park, Pierce County
Madeline had been flying up above the beasts now and as she avoided another tentacle, the woman avoiding another swipe and as she did so, the other tentacles had grabbed at her instead and started to wrap around, the suckers making her writhe in pain now before she saw how there was the roar of an engine, making her look and see that there was a plan that had three people leap out of.
Skymax, Namor and Doctor Spectrum heading towards the beast, Spectrum going to slice through the tendril now and as he did so, Madeline had the chance to fly up again and as she did so, Namor had hurried over to her and offered a weapon while looked like a cylinder like gauntlet, “Inside is the trigger, aim and squeeze.” Namor had said just as another tendril had hit him.
Skymax started to shift, becoming almost serpent in appearance right now to coil around, multiple heads that started to bit into the beast now as the others started to leap out or get off the landed plane, The members of The Squadron Supreme going to deal with the creature, “Spectrum! We need a barrier around it, now!” Zarda shouted and he was happy to please, creating a dome that had blocked out the signs of the battle.
The moment that they saw this, sealed off, they went and started to try and contain the creature, Solar Flare who had just landed the plane getting out now and aiming a concentrated beam towards the face of it, blinding the creature which made it roar in pain before the Atlantean and Utopian started to get to work, attaching chains to their spears and beginning to throw them.
The two of them grabbing at the chains and making sure that they were secure before grabbing more and throwing them, the two of them moving while The others had been firing at the creature, making sure that there was a nice little bit of a distraction for them Robert had went and ran through, locking all of the spears in place before the beast had started to howl.
They had restrained the beast now and as they had started to check up on everything, the group saw how there seemed to be no way for the beast to escape which made the group smile at the sight now, looking relieved towards the sight before Solar Flare looked towards them, “Okay, now what are we going to do with this thing?” Joseph asked, lowering down with his Prism as they tried to think on what they’d do.
“I… I have an idea…” Namor said towards them, stumbling and almost falling dead before Madeline grabbed him, relieved by that now before they looked towards the sight of beast and then Zarda took a breath, “Okay… try and make sure that Namor is okay, but we should try and find their hostage too.” The Utopian said now, looking towards Tacoma, She, Robbie, Walter and Maddie on the move to check there.
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5/5/1948, Tacoma, Pierce County
The group had looked around now, Solar Flare joining now and seeing that there was a building which made them curious, it had some wreckage near it and strange glyphs etched there, one in particular was the one that followers of Meranno utilize back during the war, “I think we have our answer.” Zarda said towards them, the group going and started to walk over to the house.
Cautious, the members of The Squadron Supreme opened the door, looking and seeing that there was Atlantean technology and surgical equipment inside of it which made the group know that they were in the right place, going and entering to see that blood was in the air and it made the group all at the ready to fight, not knowing what had gone on before hearing a moan.
That made Zarda ready her sword, going to enter the area now and as they looked inside of the room, the group had seen that there was a blue skinned man who had been tied to a chair and was moaning in pain from the cuts and stitches that were there and it made them go to free him, “Bobo?” she asked, making his eyes start to flutter open and look at them.
“Can… Can I help… you?” he asked, making the group relieved now as Maddie went and started to remove the bindings, “Your cousin was worried about you, he sent us here to help.” the woman said which made Bobo nod, “Good… did you get Dorcas…? The fake General…?” he asked now and hearing that, the group were surprised by that statement of a fake general.
“We haven’t found either yet, but we will, I promise.” Robbie said as he and Walter finished up searching the area now, as they did so, they found nothing that related to the situation and it was making them concerned on what exactly tipped them off, the beast was obviously theirs, but there was something that they were gonna have to look into MUCH later to figure out.
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5/5/1948, The Foundry, Mount Rainier
Thompson and Golmen had been looking through the footage that the cameras and telescopes had caught and saw that there was no issues in appearances, Dorcas hadn’t been found, Bobo was recovered and if Amora’s spell worked, they wouldn’t have to worry about him remembering Burr, but the loss of The Sea Beast was something they were going to have to deal with.
“Harrison will be making sure that they don’t notice anything that is off, but the loss of The Giganto–Kraken is something we’ll have to recover in some way.” The soldier said which made The Director sigh towards that now before he looked towards Dorcas, Stasis and Phaeder, “And you’re sure that it won’t lead them back to us?” Thompson asked of the scientists who all nodded.
“Not unless they have a scientist that is at least as skilled as the rest of us, Director.” Phaeder said towards him, “And the likelihood of that is… there isn’t anyone in Fort Erskine at least.” The man known as Doctor Stasis said towards them and hearing that, Director Thompson and Golmen were annoyed by the statement, “Are there any that are an immediate threat?” Thompson asked.
“Not many.” but there is an Atlantean Geneticist we can use for cloning, and I can make sure that my… my counterpart, will stay distracted.” he told them, Thompson though was focused on the fact that he said an Atlantean Geneticist and cloning, “Does he have a name?” The Director asked, making Phaeder nod, “Yes, His name is Vyrra.” The Inhuman explained as they got to work now.
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5/6/1948, Fort Erskine, Mount Rainier
Maddie looked around towards the scene now and seeing the base which she had been permission to enter, she had to say, it was shocking to say the least that this was where her husband and Walter had been working in, it made the enhanced individual shocked before seeing that Namor was coming in with a relieved look, “I talked to Nammu, she’ll be taking The Giganto–Kraken.” he told them.
That made Burr give a look, “And we can make sure that there’s no chance of it coming back?” he asked and hearing that, the Atlantean nodded, “Giganto hibernate deeply for decades after coming out of water, there’s nothing that we need to worry about there.” The Prince explained which made them all a bit relieved by that before they looked at Bobo who came in for a checkup.
“So… am I okay?” he asked them as Burr walked over, “That’s right, doctors have given you the all clear so you can head home whenever you want.” The General said which made Bobo smile at he looked towards the Burr, “Thank you, did they take anything from my home?” he asked of them, having given a list of all of his items and Walter happy to check, “No.” he said.
“I think they were just trying to make it look like a robbery to make sure that it was not traced to them.” The speedster said and hearing that, the Atlantean smiled as he got up and stretched, “Well then, I signed that… paper.” he said, Maddie doing the same for the confidentiality of Fort Erskine, “Can I please go home now?” he asked and hearing that, the General sighed.
“That’s fine–” he started to say towards them as Vanessa Baker had walked in now, smiling towards the General, making him sigh towards that before waving them off, the group going and starting to move now, as he did so, the detective smiled towards him a vicious little fox–like smile which made the General sigh, “How much do you know?” he asked the woman now, cautious of her.
“Project Tomorrow and The Oblivion Institute, not the center of your little web though.” Vanessa said, making The General glad that Skymax took Drutch out right now, “And what? You’re going to find out everything?” he asked, making the woman shake her head, “No, me and my associates wish to work with you.” She said, making The Menace come out from the shadows.
Seeing them, The General raised an eyebrow, “And if I say no?” he asked of them, making the two of them look, “But you’re not, because you’re happy to use any tool at your disposal to make sure America stays the greatest, and we want to be the last ones standing.” She said towards him, making Burr look to them and seeing something that he could use.
“Well then, I’ll have to talk to my associate.” he told them, making The Menace and Vanessa both give a look before they both nodded towards that, seeing that there was an accord, the duo went and started to move, both of them going and starting to head off to their own plans now while The man knew that there was issues that he was going to have to deal with in the future for their projects.
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5/10/1948, Vyrra’s Sea Save, Southern Ocean
Vyrra had been working on a new culture of algae, wanting to see if he could design them to devour harmful chemicals inside of someone’s body when he heard a noise, making the Atlantean look up and see that there was a pair of fish–men and a man in some submersible suit, “Hello there, are you Vyrra?” the submersible man said towards him, making Vyrra curious.
“I am… are you here to kill me?” he asked, ready to release some of the primordial clones he was working on, “My name is Doctor Nathaniel Essex, and my organization would like to hire you.” he said towards Vyrra, making the scientist confused, “And what would I want to join you?” he asked of the man which made him smile, “We have associates, ones that can help you get home.” he promised.
Hearing that, The Scientist took a breath now, keeping his hand near the release before looking, “And where would I be working?” Vyrra asked and hearing that, the man opened up a map to show it, “Here would be some of the places that we have in mind.” The Doctor Essex said towards him and seeing that, the location, he knew that this would be a useful occupation for the future.