(Tobi) Chapter 5: Savagery on display
In the first second Tobi lost his lower Torso as the dragon bit into it, but as the monster jaw clamped down. Tobi's helmed face grew a fanged mouth and bit into it's left cheek tearing a chunk out. Instantly the dragon's power filled him, cells evolved rapidly adapting to the threat before him.
Green electricity sparked to life in his left hand, Tobi then bitch slapped the dragon. The electricity stunned it briefly, allowing Tobi to pull his lower half out. As the two halves reattached themselves, the dragon retalisted firing human sized spikes impaling him. Then the dragon flew in to finish off, it's mind still confused why it considered this weakling a theart. Only for it's instincts screamed for it to defend itself.
Wings grew spikes and started to wrap around its body, brand new spikes formed to skewer any form of retaliation from the weak human. As the wings fully covered the dragon, it caught a glimpse of the spikes shrinking into Tobi's body.
The next moment a black clawed gauntlet tore into its wings, the claws on the back of the gauntlet rendered it's flesh when Tobi pulled it back. He had gained a new set of armour. Transforming into a humanoid version of the Elder dragon, wings grew from his back and two fought.
Savage was the best term to describe two tearing into each other, clawing and biting one another. Their blood and flesh fell down to the earth, any wound no matter how grievous healed rapidly. While the dragon was clearly superior and dominating the short fight, Tobi was growing stronger with each exchange. Ramming it's horn into Tobi's chest puncturing it, Nergigante delivered a fatal wound, but it was not enough to kill its opponent. A large jawed mouth formed from Tobi's chest and snapped shut.
Spinning the dragon's tail slammed into a healing Tobi, his hands grabbed the appendage. Even when the spikes on the limb stabbed through his hand, he refused to let go and bit it.
The battle was soon interrupted as a missile was fired slamming into a roaring elder dragon's face. The force of the explosion sent it flying, giving Tobi an opportunity to tear the tail off and devour it.
The smoke from the explosion was blown away from the enraged dragon's roar. A new tail was already forming as it glared up, ignoring Tobi in favor of seeing it's new attacker.
"WOO HOO!!!!"
With a gleeful shout, Wade Wilson rode down on a large warhead missile. A cowboy hat in one hand he waved it happily while another held a smoking bazooka.
"YEAHHHHH!!!"
Throwing away the smoking weapon, the mad man pulled out a large sparking rail gun and fired it at the lunging dragon. The bullet struck the dragon sending it tumbling towards the earth. However, The sheer force of the shot nearly ripped him in half sending him off the warhead. Flying into Tobi. Ignoring the pain, Wade latched onto his berserker friend and fired a high tech magnetic grappling hook above them.
The aircraft came by, piloted by Laura caught the hook. The sheer speed of the aircraft would have ripped off Wade's hand if he had not shoveled the grappling gun into Tobi's mouth when he tried to bite him.
With the warhead falling on the downed dragon the fight and the fact that they were escaping should have been an indicator that the battle was over. But the alien influence driving Tobi to fight would not have it. It wanted him to fight more, to be pushed in the worst case scenario and evolve or die.
"Stay still Berserker!" The berserking Tobi thrashed about, the thorns growing from his form cutting into the mercenary but Wade refused to let go through sheer force of will. "Don't have an midget albino murder child to control you yet so calm the fuck down!"
It was then the bomb smacked into the Dragon, a large explosion erupted mid air. The heat and shrapnel from the blast struck the two but the cable held firm as the shaking aircraft escaped the blast range. The mountain under them was set ablaze, despite there being little vegetation to catch fire.
"Ah that's a nice flame shame I don't have anything to make s'mores." Then Wade realised Tobi was silent and was staring at the epicentre of the blast. Following the line of sight he shouted. "OH COME ON! CAN'T YOU GIVE US THIS CUTSCENE VICTORY!!"
On the mountain side bated In a sea of flames a gut wrenching roared filled the entire area. From the melting rocks a green dragon rose, with rage filled eyes honed in on it's targets. Burnt skin and muscles regrew, followed by glistening new scales which soon darkneed.
As its wings flapped away the surrounding flames it took flight once more.
"GOD DAMMIT, IT'S A CHASE SEQUENCE. BOOK IT!" Shouting at Laura, the aircraft's thrusters ignited. The sudden increase in speed and Tobi's crazed struggle whipped the duo around as they tried to escape a raging dragon. As they whipped around Wade caught the sight of the mountain's top and an idea came to mind.
"Wait, assassin girl, go towards the mountain. We're going full Disney princess on this dragon." He received nothing but silence from Laura, snarling Tobi and the hum of the engines. "...Damn, it sure sucks to not have someone to banter with."
Howey walked through the bustling street of New York guiding his little brother Terry through the slightly crowded streets. Thankfully around noon the crowd of panic buyers had thinned. Around Times square there were still some people running around carrying large bags full of stuff and rushing home.
"Move it, move it coming through here!" A large bald man carrying a bag full of canned foods pushed people aside and smashed into a tall man with a buzz cut holding a large set of water bottles.
"You watch it!" The two started pushing and shoving as their stuff fell to the ground. Around them others ignored them but some tried to snatch some. That had not gone unnoticed.
"Get over here wise guy!" The bald man stepped hard on a hand grabbing his canned food and dragged the thief up for a punch.
"Shit another fight, someone call the cops!"
As the fight broke out Howey guided his brother away and made his way back home. Their mother had left to get more medical supplies in the morning when the monsters attacked the city. The police and the heroes around New York worked together and were able to drive them off but still some people were still panicking and stocking up. He and his brother were unlucky enough to be stuck getting groceries for home when it all went down.
After seeing the news from the shop's TV about monsters appearing throughout the world a part of him felt it was the end-times. The sky darkened, the world was shaking and then monster attacks occurred throughout New York. But it was not all doom and gloom, seeing Spiderman saved them. The web head arrived and fought off the monsters, webbing them up and that kept hope alive in the boy.
No matter what that moustache frowning Jameson said Howey believed Spidey was a hero. Still there were still people in full panic mode as they boarded themselves in their homes while others ran to the police or places they felt were safe and he remembered seeing the faces of a neighbour waving goodbye to them as they passed them by on a car packed to the brim with luggage an hour ago.
Howey's family didn't have that option, they had been getting by luckily these past months and did not have anywhere else to go. It wasn't all bad for them, recently his father Bob had gotten a high paying job. It sucked because dad had to live at his super secret job so he wasn't home at all but lots of money was sent home so Howey guessed that was fair. A father's role was to provide for the family after all.
Then the TV screens from nearby shops, smartphones people were holding and the large screens on buildings all froze and started sparking. People started panicking thinking it was another monster attack or something weird happening again. Instead of another attack, the screen displayed a video of an asian looking man in a medical gown strapped to a metal table.
"Brother, it's like that He Man episode where Skletor captured him." Terry spoke up and dragged Howey's arm as he jumped up and down. Excited thinking it was a live action cartoon.
"Subject is regaining consciousness." A robotic female voice came out. The man started to wake up then a horrifying scene followed.
"Administering test 1: 100 joules of electricity"
As electricity filled the room, the man's body started to shift and change. Soon he was clad in grey bone like armour and escaped. While the boys were fascinated at the powers displayed as the man fought his way out through the facility. Others however were horrified at the violence and monster-like qualities of the person called Subject PWXI.
Then it turned into a completely other mess when he met a disfigured patient called Deadpool. The secret organisation called Weapon X, had their secrets blasted throughout the world and everyone with a TV or internet connection knew of their existence. It got worse when the spandex clad assassin girl attacked. All the scientists and higher ups associated with that organisation were forever labelled as perverts by the general public.
"Can someone explain to me why this is still up." In a low but powerful voice, the panicking staff of the shield helicarrier looked anxiously at a bald man in an eye patch.
Eventually a brave technician Cameron Klein stood up and answered. "We have been trying Director Fury, nothing we do is working to cut the connection."
"Then have them be physically pulled down."
"Our operators in the helicarrier and from around the world have reported that there's a barrier up shocking people if they get too close." As if on cue an agent who tried to smash his monitor was flung away by a blue electric barrier. Immediately a nearby medic and other agents rushed to treat the wounded agent.
"So we're stuck watching this?" On the various monitors around the room, the nearly comical and terrifying scene showed PWXI trying to negotiate with Laura. Someone who Fury was surprised existed, already he had sent his agents to apprehend the director of the Weapon plus program Truett Hudson for questioning.
"The boy is either terrible at conversing with girls or the psychic employed in Weapon X half succeeded in making him savage." Vice director Maria Hill spoke dryly as she entered the room.
"Possibly, but his heart seems to be in the right place. With the right training he could be an asset." Even without being there the battle hardened agents in the room could visualise the killing intent in PWXI's red glowing eye. Half his body trying to break out to skewer the assassin. "Any results from my order to apprehend Truett or any of the higher ups of Weapon X."
"No sir, we have not heard from any of our agents who were sent to apprehend the individuals."
"This is a mess, that project was supposed to be decommissioned and now the public and the world knows that there are super powered clones running around."
"At least it can't get any worse sir." Fury's single eye alongside the eyes of everyone in the room glared at Cameron, the technician wilting slightly under the combined gazes.
The wall in the video was busted in a monster barged in. It looked like one of the many unknown monsters that had suddenly appeared across the world. The unknown monster settled its rage filled eyes on PWXI, who recognised it.
"Wait, how the hell is that here!" His startled voice at the sight of the creature gave Fury a mixture of an oncoming headache and hope for answers. "Did someone crossbreed it from the savage lands or crack up a hole in dimensions again."
"Cross reference the name Banbaro in our database, start studying the background in the recording. Find where this facility is located." Turning to Maria Fury kept barking orders. "Get five fully armored squadrons and prepare for a clean up operation. The moment we get the coordinates, storm that base. Leave no stones untruned."
Pointing at a nearby agent Fury ordered "You, look in our database for anything regarding this so-called savage lands."
"Someone get me a line to Reed Richard, we need to know if someone did open a hole another portal."
As the agents and staff got to work, Fury gazed at the screen. His single eye studying the armored youth, a single question echoing in his mind.
"Who exactly are you?"
"Your failure has cost us dearly trash."
"It was-" A glare promising death from the ancient man shut Kimura up. The anger shimmering within Romulus made the ugly diagonal scar across his face more pronounced. For the first time in the countless centuries the man was alive he had a scar that would not heal, if he was not so experienced he would have lost an eye in that fight. Adding to the scar, the exposure of the weapon X program ruined decades of planning.
"Normally I would have you killed but that would be a waste to the time and effort we put in you." In a room full of panicking scientists and agents Romulus looked at the monitor displaying the source of the setbacks on his side being thrown around by the monster named Banbaro. The cathartic sight helped ease the pain. "Fail one more time and you will be scrapped."
Giving a fearful nod, Kimura ran away the moment she was dismissed. "What's the progress of transferring our assets?" Glaring at a nearby scientist, the man nearly pissed himself in terror.
"We…. we've relocated the adamantium and various equipment into secure locations."
"Good, any progress in-" Romulus' anger flared once more at sight of Wade Wilson, the failed experiment slashed at the monster with the red Muramasa blade. The anger then died down as he and every scientist focused on PWXI.
Even though it was just a day, Weapon X has captured various monsters that appeared but no matter what they did. They could not decipher the monsters DNA or even extract them as they had done with various mutants. Because of this they sealed all the monsters in secure vaults.
The sight of PWXI creating an armour based on the monster Banbaro by eating its meat changed things. "Contact our German friends, I have a request for them. It's time for them to repay some favours their order has owed me."
"That's the last of them." Dropping the sewer lid back in its place a muscular blonde man in old fashion clothes walked away from a street full of unconscious monsters. All of them were twitching from bullet wounds and blunt force trauma to the head.
"Amazing work, Captain." A short haired half balding man in a smart suit walked closer.
"It's fine for you to call me Steve, Coulson." Beside them armed agents approached the monsters and used strong chains and various equipment to transport them away to a secure place to be studied.
"Ah…very well Steve."
"What's SHIELD's progress in taking down the transmission?" Turning away Steve Rogers, Captain America looked overhead at the TV. The fight between the dragon and the escaped prisoners were escalating with one turning into a miniature berserked form of the dragon.
"Our people are working hard but they can't shut it down or find where it's coming from."
"Keep at it. What's the progress on search and rescue? Our main priority now is to detain any stray monsters and ensure the safety of the civilians." Overhead Quinjets and flew overhead and SHIELD agents descended down onto the street.
"Shield has confirmed that nearly all cities across the states are under control." The agents all saulted to the Captain who pointed them towards where they needed to go.
"What is that mad man doing." On the screen the mad man called Deadpool, dangled himself and a violently struggling PWXI near the dragon. Baiting it and narrowly avoiding being devoured whole by mere inches. Flying towards the mountain to the onlookers it seemed as if they were going to crash the plane.
Then they fired a missile against the mountain triggering an avalanche as the mountain shook causing large sections of it to fall on top of them. Against all odds Deadpool who was restraining PWXI and Weapon X-23 Laura were able to escape the avalanche using jetpacks. The dragon on the other hand was caught in the rock slide due to it's large body and was buried.
"God the damage done to the environment is going to be a nightmare to clean up."
"True, but he stopped the dragon and ensured the safety of his team." However, despite it looking like a clear victory to some. To Steve it looked as if they just bought time, from the shaking grave of the dragon. It was still alive and trying to dig its way out.
"Captain, there's some delay but a quinjet will arrive in a few hours."
"Good, I'm leaving for that destination as soon as it arrives."
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