New Arrivals
11/13/1948, Hotel, Washington DC
The group had seen how there was similarities between each other and how they appeared to be both similar and different from each other, “This is… so this is The Squadron Supreme?” Mimi asked with confusion before the two Zardas looked towards their opposites, “I have to say, it’s strange… like looking at a warped reflection of myself.” Zarda GA said towards Zarda SS.
“I have to agree… but I have to ask, did Tullamore Voge, The Dystopians or Rush attack you?” She asked of the GA and hearing that, they had looked towards her in confusion, “No, Kekon had attacked us with members of The Crimson Pirates, they wanted Mimi and The Nova Staff.” Rider had said towards them, “The Crimson Pirates are Tullamore Voges enforcers…” Walter said to them.
Thinking on that, the group had wondered what was going on, but what they did know was that they had been trapped here, “We need to take stock of our supplies… figure out what’s going on.” Dusk Sawbones had said, James Dore and Linda Lewis had tucked their wings in as they started to walk through the hotel, looking around towards everything, James and Linda had both moved to the upper levels.
Hawk–Owl and Photon Flyer had started to check the lower levels, as they looked around, The members of The Squadron Supreme following them, The Two Howards had looked towards each other, “This is… strange.” Howards GA told Howard SS, “You’re telling me, one second I’m at The base of The GA, the next second, I’m here with your people fighting The Scarlet Centurion.” he told Howard SS.
“Yeah, I’m here getting ready for my wedding and–” “You’re getting married tomorrow too?” Howard GA asked, making the man nod towards that, “Strange coincidence, but why did The Scarlet Centurion bring you to us?” Howard SS asked, “You mean you to us?” he asked, “Because we were looking at the Hotel, just coming back from the mission when The Scarlet Centurion and Rush came to attack–”
“Same here.” Howards GA said to Howard SS As the Squadron Supreme and Golden Agency started to come in, looking around, “We’ve got enough food and beds for everyone, but there’s no way out.” Robert said, Zoran nodding with that, “I tried to breach through, but it wouldn’t let me through at all.” The Yttrumite said with him rubbing at his wounded hand.
“Whatever it is, there has to be at least Magic or Argonite radiation.” Zoran had explained and hearing that, the group gave looks, glad to know at least two of his weaknesses in the future before they started to think, “There is no way that they’re going to just leave us alone.” Power Extraordinary said towards them.
Before any of them could agree with that though, they heard a skittering, a noise that made the group look around, curious and spooked by what it could be as James went and started to fly upwards towards one of the vent openings, going and opening up the vent to see that there was something that looked Bio–Mechanical which had six pincer like legs and an orb eye.
It hissed towards them, shooting out a kinetic blast towards James, making him take the weapon he had out and going to smash it, but the being had only fired another blast before skittering further into the vents which made it difficult to catch, “Dammit!” he shouted in annoyance, “What?” Sk’ym’x had asked the man, “Some– Some thing had been in there, it looked like– I don’t know– like some spider!” he said to them.
Hearing that, Sk’ym’x had offered his hand, “If you’d like… I’d be more than happy to
See the image, share it with the others.” he said towards him, glad that he kept his ‘Jovian’ form from the war right now, “And you won’t… do anything?” he asked of Skymax, “I swear, all I am able to do is speak to others telepathically… plus shapeshifting, invisibility, pyrokinesis and flight.” Sk’ym’x said towards the group, making The GA all nod towards that, “Fine, do it.” James told Sk’ym’x.
Hearing that, the man had complied, sending them the images and as he did so, the group and guests had all seen the imagery and as they looked towards everything, the creature had looked more like machines that reminded GA of The 31st Century, “They’re from The Scarlet Centurion.” Zarda GA said towards them and hearing that, they figured out what was going on.
“Did you see anything like that?” Jim asked of the group, his siblings going and starting to calm down everyone, “Not in particular, we were trapped in New London where this being, M’Koy had been in command before he rebelled against The Scarlet Centurion.” Zoran explained towards them and hearing that, the group wondered what this M’Koy had felt to rebel in the future.
“So that means that there’s some strange machine that was hiding in the vents and as they looked towards the sight of the opened vent, “We need to split between defense and offense.” Howard GA said towards them, “You guys, speedsters?” he asked of Robert and Walter who both nodded towards that, “You two are on search and destroy he said as Howard SS looked to Zoran and The Zarda’s.
“Y’all are the heavy hitters, we need you three on standby, ready if anything happens, anything big.” he told them as they started to split up who was staying and who was going and as they split into teams, “I’ll be working communication and then we–” Sk’ym’x said before there was a knocking on the glass, making the group look at each other before seeing there was a window.
Looking, they saw that there was Nestor Ayala who had a looked through them with some confusion, “What’s going on?” He wrote on the glass with some fog as it flickered, revealing them switching between the two realities, “Sk’ym’x, can you reach them?” Zoran had asked of the Skrull and hearing that, the man tried, “It’s… it’s static.” he said before looking to Aix still in her disguise, thought.
“Let me try.” She thought, making the two of them link their minds and try to speak to him, “Scarlet Centurion. He trapped us between here and The GA universe.” The two of them said towards him and hearing that, Nestor nodded, “I’ll find Burr, find… anyone, and get you out.” The Man said towards them as he left them, making the group a bit relieved by that as they started to hope he’d find something.
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11/13/1948, Zog Industries, Washington DC
The Vigilante had come in, his medallion hidden under his clothes and as he entered, the man saw The head of Zog Industries, John Borden for the past Three years after his old friend Philo had passed, leaving his company and daughter to him, “Hello there, how can I help you?” he asked as the Seven Year Old girl Polish American Girl who had followed after him.
“Hello there, I need your help– The Invaders need your help.” Nestor said to the pair, making Elizabeth look at him with some confusion, “The Invaders? Like the ones that helped papa?” she asked, making the man nod, “Exactly like them.” he said to her while Borden gave a look, “I’m sorry… sir, but how are we supposed to believe a strange ‘individual’, like yourself.” He told Nestor.
He glared towards that, but there were plenty who were light him, he wasn;t going to let it get to him, he never did, “If you don’t believe me, listen to the news.” he ordered, pointing to a nearby radio that had been shut off, so Elizabeth had went ahead and started to turn the radio, “In other news, a hotel had appeared to be taken hostage! No one can get in or out!” The Radio said to them.
Hearing that, the two of them gave a look towards him and as they did so, Nestor scowled, “Is that enough for you?” he asked of them, making Elizabeth nod towards that, going and running into the workshop, as she did so, John Borden gave a look towards the man, “Who are you… to the Invaders?” he asked of Nestor who had tried to smile towards him, “I helped them out recently, when they went to Asia.”
Hearing that, the man seemed a bit curious about that, but nodded, not keeping track of them since Electro and eleven other heroes had vanished during The Attack on Berlin, “I got the bag!” Elizabeth had shouted with a smile, making Nestor curious, “What bag?” he asked of her, “Papa’s Hero Bag!” Elizabeth said to him, showing what was inside and seeing strange tools he assumed that the hero Electro made.
“He could always fix everything when he had his bag and Electro!” Elizabeth had told him, making Nestor smile towards that while John Borden had looked towards the secretary, “Get the car, we need to head to… where exactly did you say it was?” he asked Nestor, “I’ll show you.” Nestor said, he wasn’t a fan of the man, but at least they were able to get some help here since he already called Burr.
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11/13/1948, Hotel, Washington DC
The three of them arrived where Desmond Burr had come in with a team who secured the area, “Ayala, Borden,” The General said before noticing that there was Seven Year old, “And…?” “Elizabeth Zogolowski.” The girl said towards him with a smile, “Okay, so what’re we doing here?” Nestor asked as they saw that there was people through the windows who were looking panicked.
“There appears to be some sort of electric field here with a secondary energy signature we can’t detect.” he said and hearing that, the girl picked up a sensor, looking and seeing that there was something that was making Elizabeth walk along the border of the building before it went hard, “OVER HERE!” the girl shouted towards them, making the scientists they had come over.
“The building seems to be REALLY crazy over here.” she said, pointing as one of them took the device from her and checked as well, looking, the scientist nodded, “This appears to be The Nucleus, sir.” He said towards Burr and hearing that, the man approached and looked, “Thank you, Miss Zogolowski.” he said to her, meaning the girl beam happily towards that compliment.
Nestor had went to put his gloves on, glad that his wife and children had all decided to tour while he visited the Squadron a little later, the man gave a look before he saw that there there was something interesting, looking, Nestor had grabbed at his amulet and started to think on what he was going to do as he began to claw at the barrier which seemed to make something go off.
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The two teams had seen that there was a crackle, making the group look with confusion and some worry right about now before the group began to move and as they had moved forward, Zoran saw that some of the creatures were starting to coalesce, coming from the vents and the halls, they all started to panic towards that, Mister Hypnos raising his pistol while Blue Eagle and Lady Lark flew over.
They led the charge to attack them, but there was still a large amount of them able to meld together and as they did, the group saw as the creature had melded together and formed into a larger being that had three eyes, the creature had started to extend and as it did so, the spine like needle claws had shaken like a rattle snake as they went and started to fire.
The spines firing out towards them all and as they had started to move, going to attack, The two Zardas at the ready and going to attack, Power Extraordinary had looked towards the being, the bronze creature had started to click, firing and as it did so, things were cleaved as others started to come over to absorb into the larger one, making it seem less humanoid and more draconid now.
The wings that it had started to extend out and as they saw this, The two Speedsters had both started to grab everyone that was a non–combatant before they had been emptied out, “WE NEED TO GO, NOW!” Zoran had shouted out towards them and hearing that, they complied, going and starting to leave as there was a charge until an explosion went off around them.
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The room where the action was happening had started to cave in, making sure that the others were all safe as the structure broke apart and showed a colored barrier in the shape of where the building once was, and as they had looked, Elizabeth went to take another of the items from the bag, a sort of tuning fork that she had in hand before looking to Nestor, “Hit it with this, please.” She told him.
Hearing that, the man complied, taking said tuning fork and setting it off, the man seeing that there was a color to it that made him curious, the man went and pressed it to the field and as he did so, the barrier had formed a hole of sorts, making the man smile before he saw that the barrier was already trying to close, “Give me supplies!” he shouted, making a soldier toss a bag to him.
The hero took it and started to run into the scene, rushing in, he was already starting to strip off his clothes to reveal the White Tiger uniform that he had on, putting his mask on, the barrier had already closed, taking away their ability to see him while he checked the supplies and hoped that there was something that could help as the human looked at the destruction before him.
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The people had found themselves in the dining hall, relieved by the sight, they began to check on each other, their supplies and what they would need when there was a noise, making them all look with curiosity before seeing that there was Nestor Ayala who had been walking in carrying a duffel bag as he wore his White Tiger uniform, “Who are you?” Zarda GA had demanded of him.
But Jim was already walking over with a smile, “White Tiger!” He said, hugging him as the other Hammonds went to join him in the embrace him, making the others all look towards the Squadron Supreme, “Meet The White Tiger, he’s like Rider, only instead of gadgets, he has a mystical amulet.” Walter told them, the Golden Agency and their allies had been relieved a bit by that.
Eventually, they had seen the supplies that he had, looking, the people saw that there was food, water, blankets, and another bag with a note, “To help people! Elizabeth Zogolowski.” Was written on it, “Zogolowski?” Hawk–Owl said, “Is Philo a girl here?” he asked, making the Squadron Supreme look to Nestor, “No, it’s his daughter, Zog died three years ago.” Zarda told them.
Hearing that, the group looked towards each other, “In our universe, he’s alive, started to make The Electro Corps, robots to help the police force.” Blue Eagle told them, making the group curious about what their Philo would have done while Nestor who was carrying what looked to be a tuning fork, hit it against the window there, but nothing seemed to happen.
The man was confused, “I had tried to use it to make a hole, like I did to get in before, but nothing happened.” he told them, making the group look towards each other with some confusion about that before they had started to look inside further and see that there were tools and materials that were hidden in there, but also a field guide which made them relieved at least.
Looking through it all, the group had recognized that there was a few things that were there and as the group looked them over, the group had seen that there was something that made Power Extraordinary confused, going and picking up what looked to be a… he had no idea what it was, but the thing appeared to be a part of something important at the very least as he turned it on.
The man saw that there was a sensor that was going off, almost like a radar that showed everyone and looking them over, the man realized that there was something off, the blips that were there, there were red blips which were all of the members of The GA depending upon what was moving and who was in which location, which meant that the SS group were all the blue dots… but the purple dots.
As they looked towards the imagery, the purple dots had been moving around and seeing how the creatures that had been fighting had appeared to be moving around and as they had done so, moving, Power Extraordinary looked to Sk’ym’x and Aix, “Hey! We have a radar!” he shouted out, making the group all relieved by that before he turned to the telepaths, “Can you link us?” he asked.
“Link?” AIx asked, “Yeah, I’ll keep an eye on the radar and then everyone can know where everyone is.” the man told them, making the group all a bit surprised by that as they started to see it, their vision had all changed, making them all see that there was a pillar where the marks were on the radar, it had no elevation so this was the best the two telepaths could do with the tech.
Seeing that, the group had all be relieved by the thought before they started to break down tables and then get some clothes and anything they could use as pillows so that they would be able to set themselves up with something that was… it was defendable, it was careful, but it was also perfect for them as the group started to watch and make sure that everything was good.
“I’ll take first watch.” Both Zardas said in unison, both of them going and readying whatever weapons that they had on hand, the two of them on the first watch now, Dusk Sawbones checking on the others that had been injured or there was any sort of medical conditions, it was a long day, but there was tomorrow, the wedding day it was supposed to be, and they hoped they would get free soon.
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11/14/1948, Dining Room, Hotel
The group had been waking up and as they did so, the group had seen that there was nothing there but what looked to be a mechanical priest that was there, making the group looked towards everything until the machine looked towards them, “Greetings, I am here for both Zardas of Utopia Isle and The Howard Sheltons of both universes.” The Priest said to them.
They looked towards each other, confused by the sight before they all looked to each other, “I mean… we’re all here.” Jack Danner said towards the group and hearing that, the members of the GA and The SS had smiled, a bit nervous but also a bit happy as they started to move and as they started to get to work on it all, the two teams had gotten more and more excited on what was going on.
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“And do you, Zarda of Utopia Isle of Earth–20484, hereby take Howard Shelton of Earth–20484 as your lawfully wedded husband?” The machine asked, “I do.” the woman told them, “And do you, Zarda of Utopia Isle of Earth–139119, hereby take Howard Shelton of Earth–139119 as your lawfully wedded husband?” The machine asked again.
Hearing that, the woman nodded towards that before the man smiled, “Then I now pronounce you both Husbands and Wives.” The robot said and hearing that, they both went and locked lips, making The GA and SS smile towards that, cheering for them now and it made the two couples happy at the moment before they went and started to get in a joyful mood.
At least that was until they saw that there was something which made both of them confused, seeing how there was more of those creatures coming in, making the two wedding parties start to get ready, the civilians starting to have some fun while the members of both the hero teams went to fight with their allies that had come in, the teams going to charge forth.
Photon Flyer had started to create a barrier, warding more of the creatures off before there was another noise which made them start to take a breath as each team began to fight against them, giving the new couples the time that they needed to at least enjoy a minute of wedded bliss before they eventually had to get to work on whatever was going on, hopefully they’d at least be able to escape it all.