Let's Get Hitched!
11/7/1948, Shelton Residence, Washington DC
The Utopian had been looking towards the information that was there and it made the woman sigh, she looked towards the stuff that was all a part of the wedding, making the woman take a breath before looking to her fiance, “Seven more days, Howard.” she said to him, making Howard smile towards the woman, “Seven more days.” he told her with a smile before he went to sit beside her.
“So then, is everything okay?” he asked of her, “Yes, The Guests, The food, The church, everything, we just need to hope that nobody else tries to invade it or try to destroy everything there for some strange petty reason.” Zarda said and hearing that as they looked towards each other, “Okay, so Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.” The woman exclaimed as they started to prepare.
Looking over everything, Zarda went to lean into the side of the man as as they looked towards each other, “Do you think that Joseph is safe in wherever he is?” The Utopian asked and hearing that, the man had no answer for that as they started to head away and towards the next part of their little schedule for everything before the pair of them began to get prepared for their wedding.
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11/12/1948, Shelton Residence, Washington DC
The couple of them looked towards each other before they saw that their friends had begun to come in, including Timothy Dugan, Howards maternal cousin who had come stag, “Hey there, everyone.” he told them with a smile, The Squadron Supreme members looked towards them with some curiosity towards him, “I thought that you were gonna be bringing someone?” Howard asked of him.
“Yeah… Clara wanted to come, but she’s busy in Canada right now, something about big game hunting with her son.” he told them, making Robert with Maddie, “She has a kid? Is she widowed? Divorced…?” The former Miss Liberty had asked of him, making Dum Dum scoff, “She’s widowed, and her son’s Seventy.” he told them which made the group all pause in confusion as Maddie spoke again.
“How is that–?” “Wait… Clara who?” Walter asked with his wife, “Clara Creed, Victor and Jimmy’s sister, they showed a single picture and I was smitten.” he said, taking a photo of his own out of the wallet and showing the image and seeing that, the group saw the scars that were on her face that made things looked pretty enough as Howard looked towards them all.
“Well, Zarda is upstairs, and if the ladies would like…?” Howard started to say, hearing that, Maddie, Marilyn, DeAhna and Aix had been walking out, as they started to head up, the men started to go and gather their drinks and such, as they did so, Howard looked towards him, “So Tim, what can you tell us about the mysterious sister?” Howard asked, making the man chuckle towards them.
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The group looked towards Zarda who had gotten herself in a lovely white dress that almost seemed to had been in the form of a white bodysuit that had a lovely trail, the wrists looking like they flowed as her hair had been made into an intricate braid that was wrapped around her left shoulder which made the group surprised by that before they began to approach the woman.
“You look beautiful.” Marilyn, Walter’s wife, said towards the woman, making the group look towards her, “I have to say… I didn’t expect you wear something so… tight and interesting.” Zarda said towards them and hearing that, the group looked towards each other until Maddie spoke, “Are you nervous?” she asked of him and hearing that, Zarda chuckled towards them.
“I served in WWII, I fought The Scarlet Centurion and– and I have no idea what to do, all I know is that I’m anxious… it feels like there are butterflies in my stomach, it makes me want to sweat like crazy, I’m worried that the dress will end up soaked before I even get to the aisle.” Zarda said with a nervous chuckle, making the group smile towards her before they started to hear the sound of cheering.
That made the women all realize what was going on, “Well then, if we’re going to have some fun as well, we can use the hard stuff.” she said towards them with a mad grin, grabbing at a bottle that she kept hidden, the woman all grinning towards that before they proceeded to grab a glass each so that they’d be able to enjoy the drinks there and as they did so, the group began to get excited for the drinks.
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11/13/1948, Shelton Residence, Washington DC
The group looked around and realized that there was no Zarda and it made the group confused by the sight, “Wh– Where’s Zarda?” Howard asked and hearing that, the others started to look around, confused by everything and the damage that was there, “Was there an attack?” Maddie asked, making them look around with confusion towards as none of them remembered.
“Let me check.” Sk’ym’x said towards them, activating his sense of smell to make it so that he could track them, but as he did so, the man found that there was nothing at all, “What the Hell?” he muttered in confusion, looking towards them, “Her scent vanishes around the time we all started to fall unconscious…almost as if someone had stolen her.” he said to the group.
Hearing that, the group all got up, spooked aa they all started to get up, the moment that they did so, Howard went to open up the armory that Zarda collected and went to grab at a few of the weapons there, “Who stole her? Any idea?” The fiance asked and hearing that, none of the Squadron had an idea until AIx spoke, “What about the man in Red that arrived?” The Alien asked of them.
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11/13/1948, Unknown Building, Washington DC
The Utopian woke up and looking around the woman saw that she had been strapped down and in anger towards it all before she tried to tear off said restraints before seeing that there was a large man that was looking down at her before smirking, “Not to worry, we’ll just be making sure that everything is in order as we collect all of your samples.” The man told her.
Hearing that, Zarda went to bite into the hand of the man as he tried to stroke her face, tearing off flesh and making the man start to back away in pain and anger, “Keep your mitts off her, we need her undamaged.” another voice said, making her turn to see that there was Caroline whose tattoos glowed different colors which made the Utopian glare towards The Dystopian.
“What do you–?” she started to ask before seeing that there were a few containers which made the woman realize what they were doing, “You–!” She started to say while Caroline tsked, “Don’t worry, we’re just making sure that you’re not alone here on Earth.” The man said and hearing that, Zarda gave a look before Caroline had seemed to blast a bolt of energy towards the man.
“Oi! Your masters said no one can know anything!” she snapped towards him before looking down towards the victim, “I apologize that there’s a need to take these when you are going to get married on the next day, but we’re on a bit of a deadline and Xenios wanted to make sure that everything was in order before we arrived.” she said and hearing that, the Utopian glared in worry.
Zarda about to try and break through the bonds, but as they did so, the Dystopian grabbed at a gag, “Sorry, but calm down, understood?” she asked and hearing that, Zarda tried to bite towards the Dystopian, but she seemed at ease as Caroline smiled and was starting to think on what it was that she was going to do next against them when The Power Princess got free.
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11/13/1948, Washington DC, District of Columbia
The members of The Squadron had walked around and as they did so, Sk’ym’x and Aix having been disguised as humans, one thought ability and the other through telepathy, they looked around towards everything with some curiosity and concern, looking around and as they started to look, “I can’t pick up whatever they had done… there must be some sort of sorcery to hide them–”
“Perhaps it was The Oblivion Institute?” Aix thought towards them and hearing that, the group started to think on that, “It’s possible.” Walter said as he ran back towards them, “But he usually works on making Dr. Moreau–like monsters.” He explained towards the group which made Aix look towards the two with curiosity until they saw that Maddie had arrived.
The woman taking a breath as she looked towards them, “I checked everywhere and saw that there was a building that looked to be… off.” she said towards them, making the others that were coming in, “Off?” Jim who had been one of the ones that had come in later including Namor, “Yes, there were more people around there than there should be, and I could have sworn that there was a strange technology there.”
That made them look towards each other before Namor spoke, “So then, we’re going to be moving in on that, right?” Jim asked, making the members of The Squadron look towards each other before nodding, “Yes, let’s move.” Sk’ym’x said towards them and hearing that, the group motioned for the civilians and support to move on back while the team headed off to rescue their friend with Howard.
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11/13/1948, Unknown Building, Washington DC
They appeared to be finished up and as they did so, Zarda had found that there was a loose thread which made her smile, going to fiddle, trying to remove the item, “Well then, we should be done for–” Caroline started to say when the big man that she bit had raised an ax, “What are you doing? Xenios is the one–” Xenios isn’t here and I;m not going to let her get away with biting off my hand!”
That made Zarda glare towards that, wanting to tear herself off and as she saw the ax raise up, Zarda saw that she got a hand free, so the Utopian grabbed at a bar, a part of the bed she was strapped to and used it to hit him hard, causing the man back away in anger, rubbing at his face before looking towards the woman, “Tullamore Voge can get you another! I want to kill–!”
But the Dystopian had sighed towards that before she picked up several of the containers, “Well then, have a pleasant time getting beaten to death.” Caroline said towards them and hearing that, the man scowled while she went to leave, looking and seeing that there was something that made the woman surprised before she pressed at a small rod and proceeded to snap the item.
It made the woman start to vanish which made the man give a look, long enough that the Utopian used the bar to slice through the restraints with the broken edge, seeing that she freed herself, the woman got out and went to throw a punch towards the man who tried to block the attack and as he was connected, the man realized that there was a strange occurrence going on.
The man had been thrown backwards and made a crater in the wall, as he did so, Zarda thought that she was fine, but it seemed that the man was tougher than she thought, “Tullamore is going to–” “Tell Tullamore Voge and his Crimson Pirates that I am going to find them and destroy their entire operation.” She snarled towards the man which made him smile, “Which ones?” he asked of her.
But instead of answering, there was fire that was starting to come in and it made Zarda while widely as The Human Torch followed by Namor came and punched the man hard, Walter and Robert having come in with Sk’ym’x, Maddie and DeAhna flying in and checking on her, “Are you okay?” The Majesdanian asked of her as the man started to change, his skin starting to turn green with grey splotches.
“Smash… SMASH!” he snarled out in fury towards the group and hearing that, Skymax started to morph into a large Skrull similar in appearance and grabbing at his hands, “Then why don’t I smash you?!” he snarled out towards the giant as the speedsters started to run around and through the building to make sure that the civilians who were there were all safe an away.
“SMASH!” the giant said once more and hearing that, DeAhna went and raised a fist, firing a blast of light towards his head to burn his face off, but the man seemed absolutely fine if you didn’t account for the third degree burns and how he seemed to get bigger now, “I really wish the doc was here to bottle that thing up!” Maddie shouted before going and tackling him.
The giant started to punch her back and seeing that, Robert reacted, rushing forward and as he did so, the man started to think before having an idea, getting onto the giants back, he began to spin his hand over the face of the giant, making a vacuum that took away his oxygen from his lungs, “Sm– Sma…” the man tried to say, but he had nothing to breath, he started to lose consciousness.
As the man fell down, he shrunk down back to his original size, good, they could cuff him and– but before any of them could do, there waa snap, some small rod that he had on his person started to break and it allowed some strange portal to appear which caused the man to fall into it, “Don’t–” Zarda started, but it was too late for her statement, the man vanished.
As the group looked, DeAhna was the first to speak, “What happened? What did they want? Why was a Haarg here on Earth?” she said towards them and hearing that, the group looked towards each other, unsure what a Haarg was or what happened while Zarda seemed to be calm, “I think I can explain everything that I at least know.” she told them and hearing that, the group decided that it was the right thing to do.
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11/13/1948, Shelton Residence, Washington DC
“And that was when you came in.” Zarda told the group as Howard went to get some food, “So they’re working for Tullamore Voge?” Howard asked, sounding the name out, “What the Hell’s a Tullamore Voge?” Dum Dum asked of them, making the group look towards each other before Zarda spoke once more, “They’re slavers, those that would steal from other Earths, but now they’re trying to make copies.”
That made the group look towards her with confusion, “So those materials that they took, your blood, your saliva, some of your bone marrow–” “All to make another me it seems.” she explained towards the group which made Howard sigh, “No offense to their plans, but I prefer the original. She’s who I want to marry after all.” he told the group which made them all nod towards that.
As they started to think about one of the possibilities before they all looked to each other, “Should we check the hotel, make sure that everyone is okay and that there’s nothing about Tullamore Voge or the Dystopians around there to cause any issues.” Howard explained and all of them were in agreement as they each started to get up in their human disguises to join her, just in case.
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11/13/1948, Hotel, Washington DC
The group had come in and as they did so, both synthezoids who had been at the hotel, trying to keep people calm with what happened, Franklin and Penny noticing them and waving them over, Penny smiling towards that before Maddie looked towards her husband who had been rubbing at his wrist, looking around towards everything before she spoke up, “Robert… what happened in that… Speedway?”
That was a strange time, he had come back the same day before midnight in his home, screaming, and it made the woman shocked and scared by what happened before he seemed to think, “I met The Squadron Supreme, Centuries in the future, and I was there with a man, Redvers Barrett, and–” he began to say before there was some sort of catch in his throat, “And Rush was there.” he snapped.
Maddie heard about him, the speedster that was working with Mr. Tomorrow during that hostage situation, he had harassed them a few times but mostly he dealt with the times when they tried to get her through the usual issues before there was an idea in mind, “Rush was there? And there was a Squadron Supreme there as well?” She asked and hearing that, the Speedster nodded.
Before he could say anything else though, the chatting started to go down, beginning to recede before they realized that there was something which made the people start to pause, all of them confused as they looked around for the source of it, a clapping, ‘clap’ ‘clap’ ‘clap’ which made everyone look around with confusion at what was happening when they noticed that the lights went out.
It made the group all start to pause, confused and worried about everything when a spotlight turned on and revealed a shadow,, one which was vibrating, shaking as it walked over slowly through the hall, making them all confused and worried when they saw that there was the man in question, it was Rush in his full regalia and over it he was wearing a tuxedo like one would wear for a wedding.
“I have to say that this is quite interesting.” Rush told them, making the group look towards each other before there was something which made the group spooked as they saw that the Speedster was accompanied by men with gun wearing some strange armor, “But then again, there’s also the fact that I was told by a mutual acquaintance and a few others that I was invited.” He told them.
Hearing that, the group looked towards each other before they had started to get ready to fight, Zarda going to grab at a sword that she told Howard to hide in a case before they saw that one of the men had raised a pistol and fired towards a person, making them scream before being replaced by someone else, “What are you–?” “Howard started before he had been replaced as well.
Another Howard was there, “What is–?” “Wait, you’re that Zarda from that time, right?” he asked and hearing that, the Utopian was about to say something while The Synthezoids had rushed forward, Walter and Robbie going to attack Rush, but he seemed faster than them at least, “Oh… are you still upset that I killed Redvers?” he asked of the man, “I mean, it’s not my fault that he let me phase him through the wall.”
That made Maddie who went to block a few of the enemies that were there, grabbing their pistols, get a better picture, whoever this Redvers Barrett was, he was important, and Rush murdered him as they started to move, the group went to try and stop the swapping that was going on before Rush started to cackle, “I had to say, this is going to be fun when the cracks start!” he told them all.
Hearing that, the Squadron were confused while the guests were confused by that, “What are you–?” Zarda started to say while Rush had simply given a look, “You know… magic is a lot like pressure, you use enough force on a certain place or object– doesn’t matter what kind of force, but eventually something breaks.” he told them, making the group still confused at what was going on when they saw it.
There was a being, something that looked to be a strange electrical entity that crawled out now, it had been shouting out in rage, trying to get out as there was a red armor that applied to it, almost appearing to contain the being as Rush went and ran over to the area before he smiled towards them all, “Well, a interdimensional electric entity.” he said towards them.
That made the group surprised by that as it looked towards them, hissing to the group as The Howard from the other Earth looked towards them, “We need to get that thing dealt with!” he shouted and hearing that, the Utopian nodded towards that before they proceeded to head over to attack the creature that had seemed to snarl as the lightning hit the portal, making it rebound back towards everyone else.
The bolts having hit them and as they were hit, the members of the Squadron more that they were having their bioelectricity taken away instead of being electrocuted, making them start to fall down, gasping in pain towards it all, whatever this electrical creature was, it was something that was curious and it made the group worry that the beast was going to end everything before the wedding even happened.