Battle of Sicily
Mera was very surprised by Sicily.
She expected it to be a disgusting human city full of greedy people.
But instead, this city was very clean, and the people looked nice.
"See. It's not all so ugly up here."
"Hum."
Tony went to a stand and picked a News Paper.
“Heh, so Thor and Bruce ar back, have to visit them once this is over.” Tony read the newspaper. "Wait a minute......why the hell was Bruce with Thor ? Was he in space all this time ?"
“Yeah.” Seeing she didn’t know those two. She ignored him in favor of seeing the town.
"Next thing we know. Loki is actually still alive. Actually....that wouldn't be surprising."
Mera continued looking on.
This fruits where beautiful, and the people where laughing. Everyone they met was extreme kind to them.
A nice man offered her a flower, she looked at the others, saw that they were eating red things.
"Well....the surface is a new world....so new food right ?"
So she ate this.
"Hey what....what ?"
"Eating this....thing ? Want some ?"
"Eh...sure ?"
Tony grabbed the rose and ate a bit.
She saw a kid on a fountain and went to look at it.
She didn’t notice Tony choking from the rose.
The girl was holding a coin in the fountain. Tony told her that people do that to get their wish made true.
"It's a surface...thing." He coughed. "I think I swallowed a spine."
She decided to make the girl happy. So she used her powers to make some water dolphins jump around for her.
The girl was amazed.
“Seems you’re liking this surface people.”
“It would be wrong to judge a place I haven’t known.”
He smiled at her.
“Wait here.”
As he left, she looked at him. She didn’t understand why his ex team decided to leave him, he was kind, patient, and was full of good intentions. She was comfortable telling him of her mother. She had only known him for 2 days, but it seems she knew him better than those people. Then again, they seem to be living in a delusion.
If Mera ever meets Steve Rogers, she has a lot to say to him. And maybe she will drown him.
The girl gave her a book, she nodded as thanks.
The book was called.......Wait a minute.
“So we have to go up there.”
“I just learned something very interesting.”
She gave him the book.
“Pinocchio, you risked our lives for something you read in a children’s book?”
Tony looked greatly surprised.
“Wait, it’s a book ?, I got it from the movie.”
".....What's a movie ?"
“So, What are we looking for.”
“The message said a king, so we look for a king ?”
King...Wait, all this status where of people in history, so maybe one of them was a king.
So Tony started looking at the status, non of them where Kings except for.
Rhombulus, first king of Rome.
Tony then notice his hand, like he could hold a...
“Give me the bottle where the map was.”
She did, although she didn’t understand why.
Tony placed in ton the statue, and there it was, their final location.
“There it is.”
“What, let me see.”
She went to see and noticed he was right.
“We did it we....”
She slipped and Tony caught her.
Both where standing incredible close to the other.
“Eh, not bad for a surface guy right.”
“Not bad at all.”
"Well let's..."
BAM !
Sadly, their little moment was interrupted by a blast.
Orm’s commandos came, as well as a man in a black suit.
"The Manta armor."
"What ?"
"A new portyipe of Atlantan war amor, experimental at best. I can't believe Orm really sent it here."
"Yeah, that's my little brother for you."
The guy on the suit came closer to him.
“Ironman, you beated me in my own game, now, let me beat you in your own.”
His helmet glowed red, and blasted Tony
"TONY !"
Tony was sent flying
Tony can’t let the people know it’s him, so he had to fight without the suit.
“Am I supposed to know who you are.”
"You don't remember me ?!"
"Dude I have beat a lot of people who probably want revenge. Also with that helmet, I can't see your face...of anything really with the suit.....eh, Hail Hydra maybe ?"
“Close....Maybe this will jog your memory.”
He took out a familiar knife.
Mera tried to help Tony but the commandos stopped her.
“I order you to stand down.”
“Princess Mera, you have been charged with high treason.”
Murk, she always hated him. Too loyal to Orm that he could break the laws for him.
"Really Murk. I doubt my father is gonna be happy when he hears of this."
"Too bad he will never hear your voice again."
Oh now he's done it.
Her father is not perfect, but she loves him. And this asshole just threaten him.
So she wasn’t gonna feel any regret from what she was gonna do.
She quickly took Murk’s sword away.
"What ?"
Without any warning she slashed his suit and kicked him away.
Others tried to attack her, but she used the sword against them.
She broke one’s helmet, they where not highborns, so they couldn’t breath air.
However the other 3 began shooting at her, so she had to run.
“You’re the guy from the Sub, Hail Hydra after all.
“Yes, But now I have Atlantean steal ! ”
He stabbed Tony.
Luckily Tony was no longer hiding his Atlantean side, so it didn’t kill him, it did hurt though.
It also confirmed that Orm has really weaponize this guy.
“Hydra is dead, I might as well leave them.”
He kicked Tony away.
“Call me, Black Manta.”
With that he shoot Tony with his red lasers, sending him crashing into an old lady’s home.
Tony felt bad for her. He would pay for the damages.
Black Manta came down.
“Now time to end....”
Tony grabbed him and slammed him into the roof.
"I think I told you to not make this a habit."
The old lady looked at him.
“Escusi.”
"Giuro che succede quasi ogni mese." She groaned.
Black Manta kicked him out of her home.
Good, poor old lady.
“How did you find me.”
“Your lady friend, has people keeping tabs on her, but don’t worry, once I’m done with you, she is next.”
Mera was running threw the roofs, avoiding the blasts.
Two guards where fallowing her. But Murk was nowhere to be seen.
She didn’t know he was falling her from bellow, destroying people’s homes.
Tony tried to hide, but Black Manta found him and blasted the town’s bell.
It was falling straight to the plaza.
At that moment Tony had to make a choice. He had to reveal himself, he can’t let this people die.
"Shit." There was no other way. So long hidden life.
He might as well go live in the ocean after this, he liked it in there.
So Tony activated the suit and blasted the bell away.
Everyone looked at him.
Then someone started clapping, people joined him.
“Ironman is back !”
Mera got distracted seeing the suit, that Murk blasted her into a building.
He grabbed her by the neck.
“Consider yourself lucky, the pirate is the one that must kill you. So that your father truly joins my King. Enjoy living while you can Princess Mera. You could have been part of this. You were betrowed to the great King Orm, instead you will go like a traitor, just like....”
"Gosh, you really don't know when to shut up, do you ?"
But Mera used his monologue to break his water filter.
Murk was suddenly drowning.
He let go of Mera, he had to find water.
"Water. Water. WATER !
He noticed a white circular thing that had water.
So he quickly went to it.
He slammed his head into the toilet and breathed.
Mera saw the two remaining commandos approach her.
She then saw that this bottles held liquids, perfect.
So using her powers, she created giant red spikes, and impeled the commandos with them.
Tony was now beating Black Manta.
His suit was good, but Ironman was more advanced and has more skill.
Black Manta was struggling to fly, Tony saw his chance.
He quickly charged a repulsor blast, as Black Manta charged his red lasers.
"I'll say it one time. Get away from this world, it is to dangerous for a human !"
"YOU WILL PAY FOR KILLING MY FATHER !" He charged his lasers again.
"Then tell him I am sorry, when you meet him again."
Lucky Tony was able to shoot first, blowing up the laser chargers and the repulsors.
Black Manta went crashing into the ocean.
He didn’t come out.
Tony landed and took off the suit.
His body was fool of cuts and burns.
Mera quickly aproched him.
“Tony !”
“Mera...”
“What ?”
“They are tracking you.” He said as he lost conciousnes.
The bracelet, she quickly destroyed it.
“Tony, stay with me, Tony come on.”
The people watched as Ironman’s friend tried to help him.
The same guy that started clapping yelled.
“Ironman needs our help, come on !”
So the town’s peope, helped Mera treat Tony’s wounds.
Ironman had saved them to many times, it was their turn to help him.
Murk kneed, his head still on the toilet.
He had to warn King Orm that the halfbreed and traitor had escaped. But....
He couldn't touch his communicator, as if he got his head out of here, he would die.
"Hm how the hell do I get out.....Wait, what is that brown thing ?"