Gands

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There was an idea:

To bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to. To fight the battles we never could."

This is a continuation of Rise of the Marvels...
CLOSED SIGNUPS - Rise Of The Marvels (IC Thread)

Our story thus far....

It has been a few scant weeks since Hydra attacked several landmarks around the world. Our heroes were involved in a secondary attack some time later on a fashion show in New York city, then that same night a massive gang attack on a policeman at the port of New York. They have faced off against the most dangerous Mutant terrorist known, Magneto. On the eve of a scheduled move to a new base, there was a new attack, something more devious. A scent released into the ventilation system caused one member to attack her team mates, and another to have been revealed as a shape changer.

Our team has moved now, into a new base. Old abandoned camp Lehigh in New Jersey.

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There have been changes since our team first started. Personnel have come and gone. There has been a week and a half since the move into the new base.


Our heroes

Captain America
Fandral of Asgard
Jessica Jones
Wanda Maximoff

Maya Lopez
Lincoln Campbell Medical officer
Jubilation Lee
Sarah Rushman aka Marrow
Frank Castle aka Punisher
Hank McCoy aka Beast
Phil Coulson

Posting Order

GM
Captain America / Lincoln Campbell
Punisher
Jessica Jones / Jubilee
Fandral / Wanda

Marrow
Maya Lopez
Beast
Phil Coulson

to be announced




 
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Episode one: The new base

With the mistakes and awkwardness of the past now behind them, our heroes are getting used to life at the new base.

There is a new Shield rep and in command of your shield staff.

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There are a couple of top notch tech specialists

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Simmons

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And Fitz

You have a training agent

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Daisy Johnson, who doubles as your computer programming expert.


One of your people works with the science staff.

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Now in regards to the new base. .

There are two areas specific to living quarters. You have about 20 Shield personnel in one area. In this area, two to a room, each apartment type area is about 1000 square feet. including two bedrooms and two bathrooms, small living room.

In the Meta human living quarters, about a dozen regular sized rooms, each about 1000 square feet except Captain Rogers who has an additional private office area. All the personnel rooms have very limited kitchen areas.

Both living quarter areas have large physical fitness / training areas with pools and therapy areas. Also, there are entertainment areas, large televisions, music areas and small libraries.

There is a small house on the surface and much of the old base still stands, dusty, rusty and abandoned.
 
Captain America

A lot can happen in a week and a half. For starters, he had decided to end or at least temporarily spend less time away from Susan Storm. After the Mystique incident, Cap didn't want to appear ton be showing favorites and was on edge with all of his teammates. A second vetting had helped, but he wasn't in the frame of mind to be in a relationship. Maybe somebody in the future, but not now. He also hadn't really shaved in the last week and a half, a light stubble growing on his face. It was nowhere near a beard, but give it a week to another week and a half and it might become one. He was grateful for those who had stayed. He decided to call a meeting, to try to mend the fractures that had been left behind. " If you would also please join me in the training room after breakfast, I think it's time for an overdue discussion," he said into the intercom.

Lincoln Campbell

Lincoln sighed as he woke up. It had been a long week and a half and a lot of the team had left for different reasons. Mystique was gone and he felt better about it, Logan had taken Laura away, which was a smart idea so that she couldn't be compromised and attack them in the base. It felt weird to see people leaving and even weirder to live underground. It also felt the Captain had more distance with everyone recent. Maybe it would be good to talk it out. He heard the announcement over the intercom. " Got it Cap, meet you there in a bit," he said, eating his half eaten sandwich into his mouth and heading towards the training room.

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Wanda Maximoff

Wanda, since the move has been kept very busy working on her long term endurance while using her power. Logan and Laura leaving hit her pretty hard though. She very much admired Logan and had always treated him like family. She has been a little down about it for the last 10 days since the move.

The new facility is really nice though, she spent much of her time in the library. She had finally vetted all of the shield people and anyone new coming into this facility. Sometimes she sought out Susan to talk to. Jessica still seemed standoffish with her. Miss Van Dyne she just hasn't been close to yet. Hopefully in time. The new girl Sarah, likewise, Wanda just didn't know her yet.

As she heard the clarion call of Captain America, she telepathically sent that she was on her way.
 
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Fandral of Asgard

Fandral spent a couple of days recovering from Laura's unexpected attack. He did so with he usual good mood and panache. At least a day spent with Jessica Jones somewhat attending him. He said farewell to those teammates he felt close to. He felt a touch of sadness when they left, it lasted about a day or so. He resumed cooking here at the new base.

To be honest, between cooking, sparring with Captain Rogers( This has grown to a real challenge for both men now), training with his bow and reserving time in the afternoon to spar with Jones or one of the others. He sat and watched Daredevil for a bit one morning while Captain Rogers was busy, and was duly impressed. That man was fast and extremely nimble.

Cooking as always was relaxing for him. In the evenings, he watched old movies and some new ones. He usually got a few hours sleep a night, more for him mind than his body. He heard the intercom and went to it with his answer.

" On my way Captain, just finished with the lunch sandwiches, I'll just bring lunch with me. "

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Marrow
"...Uhh, Roger."
Sarah got up from her seat in the lounge, adjusting her shirt, and looking over at the dart board.
"...I mean, Roger, as in a confirmation of what you just said, and, you know...not your name," She corrected, to no one in particular. She looked up to where the voice had come from, unsure if the comms were two-way, or if she was talking with the ceiling.
"Wait, is this a meeting I'm supposed to attend?" she wondered, walking over to the dart board, "He didn't mention anyone in particular, but at the same time..."
She lifted her hands, considering whether or not to remove the shards of bone from the dart board, but the thought of seeing someones confused face at the sight stopped her.
"I suppose I'll go, just in case," walking away from the board.
She made her way back to her table, making sure she didn't forget anything, before walking out the room.
 
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Another day, another pain in the ass. Though, seriously the past few days since moving into the new digs, despite being in New Jersey, had been pretty nice. By my standards of nice anyway. No one had tried to kill me or even chew me out for some shit I did. It felt weird.

When Cap called us down to the meeting, I felt something really odd - for me anyway. I was actually looking forward to interacting with people. Normally, people are shitty. Even when they're acting like they aren't. Especially when they're acting like they aren't.

So I rolled in, sober and with just the barest hint of a smile on my face.


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Finally, some action! And it was Captain freaking America! Jubilee waltzed into the meeting like she'd just been called to be a contestant on her favorite game show, her oversized headphones around her neck blasting a song that embodied her mood.


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Love is like an Ocean. Someday, I will join you, but for now the joke is on me ...


I wake up screaming, and Maria is not with me.

Walking through the warehouse, I see signs of the recent haste to depart. They've heard of me, and they are afraid. They killed my wife. They killed my family. They killed my love.

I will hunt them all …I will kill them all...there are no innocents. They will learn to be afraid, and how to die.
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Staggered lines from the song "Poem for the People" run through my head as I walk through the hurriedly abandoned depot. I kill the forlorn stragglers.

"The world's a funny place you know.
Most of what goes on. Is rarely funny.
Rarely funny. Could the people understand.
In only whispers and screams."

The world erupts in shades of orange, red, and yellow behind me as I exit. There will be no witnesses.

I've heard that Fury is putting together a team. Fury, I respect him. He understands. Maybe I will go and join them. Maybe I can teach the Do-Gooders that the world can't be changed. We will all die in nuclear fire...all we can do is make life easier for the people trying to live with their lives and families.

Maria, I love you.
Maria, I need you.
Your love is like the Ocean.
Someday, I will join you.
 

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Maria, I miss you so much. They're all gone, but you're still not with me.

I try to sleep at night, but the Darkness won't come. I lie awake, tossing and turning.

Cursing I turn on the TV, but it's the same crap. Thirty-two people killed in a car bombing in Beirut. Antifada is fighting the "Patriots Prayer" in Oregon (Are you kidding me? What a bunch of losers). A woman in Texas shoots a carjacker trying to take a SUV with her two children in the back seats. (Well that is a true hero. I need to stop down in Texas and help her find a good life). The rest is all liberal true believer crap.

What am I doing? Maria, they're all dead, but I still don't find peace. Maria, you are still gone, so I continue to hunt. What have I done? What have I become?

I follow an endless path, eliminating drones with the occasional Capo as a reward. Is this the journey to salvation? Is this the way to join my beloved?


I've been at the underground base for two days. Are they kidding? I would have expected Fury to have a better plan.

I think I understand Cap. He fights the good fight, and understands that not all things can be resolved by 'doing the right thing'.

The head agent, she's a puzzle. There's a dark side to her. I can feel it, even though she preaches the 'Do-Gooder" song. Maybe I can reach her.

The technical agents? They're a bunch of college idiots. Have they even been in the field before? Our "training agent" seems just out of diapers. I'm sure she can enlighten us with tactics to resolve the world's problems.

The other "Heroes", well they all seem to be too 'innocent' to understand what they are getting into. All except for one.

Fury didn't tell me about the Daredevil. We've crossed paths before, on a few occasions even on the same side. He's a 'True Believer" in the Goodness of the world. Maybe when others are launching their nukes, he'll finally understand. He'll be the true challenge. We both fight Kingpin. Maybe that's a start.

I'll go to their meetings. I'll "be a good boy", if only because Fury asked me to.

I've been hunting ghosts and morons, and that is leading nowhere.

Maria, I have no answers, but I'd trade my life for you. Help point me in the right direction. Help me find answers to the Darkness.

 
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In the meeting room, Captain America's staff is assembling.

Melinda May Lt. Commander & in charge of Shield personnel at the base.
Susan Storm Metahuman liaison to Shield

Melinda hands Captain Rogers a file folder.

"Captain, there are files of possible new personnel for you to approve. Two of your personnel have returned to New York on an Emergency basis and will return in a few days I am told.
I am told that ongoing training has been well received by your people. You'll also find the report on the location you requested, and as you requested... Eyes only to those persons specified by you... "

With that May sits down.

Susan came in with her and is wearing just the tiniest little grin.

In the room there are containers of Coffee, Milk, cold Water and Hot tea. There is a tray of sandwiches & burritos, all labelled. The meeting room has a large round table and a series of very large screens on each wall.

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At Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters:

“Hank, welcome back from sabbatical!” said the Professor, turning his wheelchair towards the door.

“Thank you, Charles”, said Hank McCoy, AKA Beast, standing tall and muscled in his sleek blue cat-like fur. As they were both professors and had known each other so long, there were no honorifics between them. “Mendelia is entering adolescence, if you look out your window, you can see her.” With a silent radio signal, the ship stopped blending with the greenery. Hank looked out the bay windows and beamed with pride at his creation, named after the father of genetics, Abbot Gregor Mendel. It looked like a grey, mottled killer-whale shaped windowless vehicle without fins that hovered silently a dozen feet above the ground. “It can only hold four people now, cramped, but it's growing”.

Charles wheeled over and looked. “Impressive, Hank. Using Shi’ar anti-gravity, aren’t you worried about EMP or… magnetic disruption?” Charles indirectly referenced Magneto.

Blend again, baby. “No on both counts”, said Hank, “It’s truly a bioship, and doesn’t use electricity to drive the anti-gravity”.

“Not electric?... No, please don’t start... Sorry friend, I asked you here for something else. It’s about the Hydra situation” said Charles.

“I thought we were staying out of this because we’ll get blamed by the public either way?”

Professor X sighed, "We sent a few members quietly to help, but they had... personal issues. I’m hoping you can now help his team.”

“If someone can cover the classes I was scheduled to teach, Charles, I’ll be glad to join Team Heracles. “ grinned Hank.

“Heracles?”, asked Charles, “I wasn’t aware the team had a name.” “Oh, Charles, now I KNOW you spend half your time psychically occupied elsewhere. Heracles, Hercules, killed the Hydra! Hesiod,remember? It’s too bad we don’t have some Olympians to help. Oh well. I’ll leave as soon as we have the coordinates.”
 
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Trees passed below them at 200 MPH, just 50m above the tree line. “No faster, baby, you’re still getting used to this.”, said Hank, petting the armrest on the fleshy chair. He eyed the external cabon-fiber steering controls. He didn’t want to use them, they’re like training wheels to Mendelia.

Her flex skin over fullerene armor blended both in texture and color like a cuttle fish. From below she looked like sky, from above she looked like forest. “We’re near the base, drop me off in the tree line, lower… Stop here.” A hole opened in the floor of the chamber.

Hank dropped into the trees, laughing as he swung from branch to branch on the way down. When he reached the ground, he radioed Mendelia… “Go to the kelp forest girl. Check messages when you surface.” The ship made a sing-song sound over radio, a farewell melody.

The blue-furred Beast ran on all fours over broken terrain and pulled up just before the gates of abandoned Army Camp Lehigh in New Jersey.

He stood erect and still at his 5’11” height and called out, “Cap! An old friend has come calling!”

With his 402 lbs. robust frame, he remembered the old tune “Mr. 5x5”:
 
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Wanda

On her way to the meeting, Wanda felt a familiar mental thumbprint. She nearly squeeked with delight as she started to run for the exit. She sent a message to Cap telepathically.

" Cap, Proffessor Xavier sent someone to help. Dr McCoy! I am heading to the surface to show him in. "

In the meeting room, Melinda May started talking softly into a communicator. Then to Cap...

" Captain, one of our people is heading to the surface and there is a large blue furred man waiting at the gate. I am assigning two of our undercover surface patrol team to keep an eye on the situation. Our file on the new gifted will be on your screen. "

Wanda of course could gradually feel the Shield people just bristle as she headed out to greet Dr McCoy. She telekinetucally unlocked the gate and jumped into Hank McCoys arms.

"Dr. McCoy! I am so glad to see you !"

Nearby, two men in beach gear were watching lazily.

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“Wanda, my favorite student!”, Hank squeezed her as carefully as if she were an infant, “It’s been too long. You’ve become quite the woman, more beautiful than ever!" Conspiratorially he said, "Let’s get inside before we tax the patience of your security,” glancing towards the beach-goers.
 
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Wanda

Taking Doctor McCoy by the hand, his former student leads him into one of the abandoned looking buildings . Once inside, a panel slides to one side revealing a set of stairs.

Heading down the stairs into a state of the art looking stairwell and elevator. Voice & retinal scanning preceed the elevator door opening. Finally truely inside the facility, it seems brighter and less institutional than you might think. There are several picture windows approximating real windows along tge hallways.

Wanda leads Hank into a meeting room where Cap, Agent May & Susan Storm are waiting.

"Captain, Agent May, Susan, this is my friend, Doctor Henry McCoy"

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Captain America and Lincoln Campbell

Captain America knew that it was a good idea to talk with his team about all the developments that had happened and he also knew that it was long overdue. Maybe it was the fact that he wasn't a fan of change, that he didn't mention all the changes that were happening until nearly a week and half later.

It was funny that he had decided to not shave in the past week and half, but he hadn't thought much about all, feeling that he was the one who had screwed up for everything that had happened. He knew that it wasn't his fault, but perhaps it was the fact that he hadn't done something for so long that made the guilt come back to him. However, he would keep himself composed during the meeting.

He was thankful that everyone was on his way to the meeting and he didn't have to force them to come. Maybe Susan was right.

" On my way Captain, just finished with the lunch sandwiches, I'll just bring lunch with me. "

" Good to know that you are bring lunch Fandral," he replied over the intercom to the message.

Captain America understand the irony in that statement.
" I understood what you meant, no need to apologize," he replied. The comms were most definitely two way and he could hear everything over them, including her debating and he didn't bother to correct her in this incident. She was new after all.

Captain America was used to the staff assembling around him.

Over the week and a half, he had gotten to know May and after last night, he knew Susan in more ways than one.

Steve takes the files from Melinda's hand and started to read it over.

" I'll review them and get back to you as soon as I can. As for the personal, I am assuming you mean Daredevil and Wasp, and that is something I understand, especially with his other job."

" That is good to know that everyone is on board on with the meeting and the location has been secured and only seen by the people that I have approved of as well," he replied back to her with honesty.

" Okay, I will be waiting here for you to bring him back and then we will start with the meeting." He nodded in response to what May said. " It's my pleasure to meet you Dr. McCoy," he said.

Captain took a deep breath and decided to start with the worst news first. " Ward escaped from the security van he was in and nobody quite knows where he is still, but I imagine he will appear again."

Lincoln bit his lip down and tried to not show anger about that, but it could be seen by the man gripping the table tightly.

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Likewise, Mystique was taken off the team and Logan has left with Laura, and Daredevil and Wasp will be back in a few days time. That being said, we also have new recruits as well," he gestured at Marrow and Punisher. " In more mission related stuff, one of my friends informed recently that HYDRA has a base underground at this location," he gestured to the screen where he had pulled up the image. " We're going to be stopping their little operation there soon," he added.

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I've been here at the camp for five days, when the the message finally arrives. "Meet in the main conference room at 0900 base time."

The S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives they tasked to keep me occupied in the training rooms must have been finally exhausted. I'm sure that their bruises will heal in short order.

Cap and Agent May are in the conference room when I arrive. I approve. Those arranging that people may die, should be the first to look them in their eyes and accept the consequences.

I find a chair in a corner and await the others' arrivals. Looking around the room, I notice the video screens and displays. It seems that they've been keeping updated on current events. They even have Musk's most current toys in their display case.

As the others start to arrive, I look at the arrangements. It seems that Cap and agent May have done thier homework, although the gathering belongs more in a holiday parade than a staff meeting. There's red-white-blue, blue, red, green, more blue, and one in black. Considering why we're here, at least agent May has the right idea.

Hydra is the target. I approve.

Maybe Fury did do things right. I'll wait and see about the others.
 
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I zoom in on the coffee. The rest can wait. Scanning the room, I see a few changes in the roster, but nothing I couldn't deal with. I really don't see a point on being Miss Congeniality right now. I'm only nice when I really need to be, and since this meeting was just to give us information I totally didn't need to be nice, or even say anything unless I had a relevant question.

It was very good coffee though, and that put me in an even better mood. Maybe there's something in the water here.

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Jubilee, on the other hand, nearly dove for the burritos, securing herself one along with both a container of milk and a bottle of water. After plopping down in a chair and balancing the drinks on the arm of it, she immediately started in on the burrito.

"So, what are we waiting for? If you find a snake nest you don't just let it sit around. They move around a lot, right? I mean, these are amazing burritos, but shouldn't we be blowing down doors and knocking skulls by now if we know where they're at?" and somehow, during that sentence, she managed to take a bite and swallow while still being intelligible.

Of course she hadn't bothered to turn off her headphones either...

 
Fandral the Loyal

Fandral walks in with a fresh tray of food and drinks. Today he is wearing his Shield looking gear with the green trim. As always, he is carrying his sword & scabbard. He has a gun of some sort in a holster in a reverse position on his right side. The tray is set down next to the first tray, from which he takes a sandwich and a large coffee.

As he passes Jubilee, smiling as always, he slowly reaches down and pulls her headphones off.

" Miss Lee, I'd say we'll need just a little information on this supposed base. Our first real chance at a Hydra base of any type... We'll want to do it right ! "

He walks by Beast offering his hand..

" Fandral, pleasure to meet you "

Then he sits down. He had been listening through his earpiece to everything that's been said. He has now spent time with everyone here accept Beast. Dr. McCoy obviously has the approval of Wanda at least and likely she's already vetted him mentally. Agent Castle is a very competent fellow, if a bit humorless. Marrow and Jubilee seem a tad young to the already ancient Fandral. Wanda he knows well enough, but nice to see her mood improved lately. Jones too, in a better mood. Dr Lincoln Campbell is here now, quiet fellow..

Truthfully, it is a good thing in Fandral's opinion that the team has something solid to pursue. Hydra to date has been ... enigmatic to say the least. Not much to follow up on.

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