The Univengers

Chapter 5: The Flight Vessel

It was 8:00 am on Chesapeake Bay. The water was layered with the morning fog. The team was on a military ship. Optimus was in his truck form. Letty brought her 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, which was in the luggage area of the private plane that went to Washington. Harry wore a black jacket with two white stripes on each sleeve over a light blue t-shirt and khakis. Letty was wearing a brown jacket over her black tank top. Morshower was with the group. A few minutes after they boarded the ship, it began to lift out of the water. It was no longer a ship. The team looked down at the huge propellers emerging from the water. Morshower walked inside and nearly everyone else followed. Optimus went into the hangar. The control room of the flight vessel had a dozen workers operating the station.

"Engaging camouflage mode now," said a worker. The flight vessel now reflected its surroundings and seemed to turn invisible.

"Letty, E.T., Harry, you're up," announced Morshower. The three of them stepped forward. "We're gonna send you guys to Seuss Landing on a chopper. There is a library that we think might have info on the AllSpark. One thing you should know about the island: everybody and I mean everybody speaks in rhyme." Letty snickered.

"You gotta be kidding."

"No," said Morshower with a bit of embarrassment. "Our ETA is 1:07."

The Death Eaters and the Decepticons woke up in the forest and heard a noise.

"You hear that?", asked Draco.

"It sounds like some sort of aircraft," said Fenrir Greyback. Draco couldn't resist his curiosity. He used suspicion as an excuse for that.

"Thorfin, Greyback, you come with me," ordered Draco. The three Death Eaters flew off to follow the noise while everyone else and the Decepticons watched in judgment.

"They're wasting their time," scoffed Megatron.

The team sat at a table in the control room, except for Optimus.

"So have you all done this type of stuff before?", pondered Letty.

"The farthest I've had to travel for a mission was from my school in Scotland to the Ministry Of Magic in London," said Harry. "It was just me and a few of my friends. Then again, it wasn't an official mission because we snuck out of school. We got there with these flying creatures called Thestrals. You can only see them if you've seen someone who died and I guess it was appropriate that we flew on them because I almost died that day. Voldemort got inside my head and tried to isolate me emotionally. He was urging Albus Dumbledore to kill me since my consciousness became his. I fought back though, I told him he was the weak one and that doesn't know love or friendship. My friends were there and I thought hard about them. If I hadn't fought back, I don't know what would've happened."

"That's amazing," said Letty. "What were you going to the ministry for?"

"A prophecy," Harry said. "Only I was being fooled to get it. Voldemort got into my mind and created a false vision of him torturing Sirius Black, who was my godfather. He made it look like it was happening in the ministry so I went there with my friends. It was a trap though. One that resulted in the death of Sirius and the ministry itself learning that Voldemort was really alive. They thought I was mad for telling them he was back."

"This Voldemort sounds like a sorry excuse for a person," said Banner.

"You have no idea," Harry responded. The wizard's story reminded Banner of the time he almost died.

"After I got exposed to a radiation bomb, I thought I was going to die, but I turned into the Hulk," said Banner. "Thaddeus Ross wanted to arrest me because of how much of a threat the Hulk was. Tanks, trucks, and helicopters would come after me. I tried numerous times to take my own life. I jumped into the Atlantic Ocean, but the Hulk swam out. I put a bullet in my mouth and the other guy spit it out." E.T. couldn't speak much so he didn't say anything about his past experiences. He did remember when he first went to Earth and telepathically connected to a 10-year-old boy named Elliot. E.T. would get sick being exposed to Earth's environment and so would Elliot. They started dying and E.T. had to end the connection to save Elliot. That was 21 years prior though, and over time E.T. would visit Earth to adapt to the environment and he would see Elliot every few years and watch him grow up.

It was 1:07 pm and the flight vessel was approaching Seuss Landing. The buildings below shone colorfully in the sun. Morshower looked down from the window and then turned to E.T., Letty, and Harry.

"You guys will take a helicopter down there piloted by Alex. Remember, look carefully." The trio walked into the hangar and said hi to Optimus along the way. Then, they got into the helicopter and were greeted by Alex the pilot.

"I heard the locals are really weird so don't buy any of their stuff," he informed. The hangar doors opened horizontally and the helicopter departed. Banner looked down at it descending toward the island from the control room. He knew why he wasn't down there. A place like this would probably annoy him to the point where the Hulk would pop out. This wasn't the time nor place for that. Not yet. E.T. looked out the window of the helicopter and saw some Sneetches on the east beach. Sneetches looked like yellow penguins with white collars. Some had stars on their belly, others didn't. Some were swimming in the water, others were sunbathing or talking to their buddies. The helicopter landed on a flat area near the shore on the south side of the island.

"Welcome to Seuss Landing," said Alex. "I'll wait for you guys here. Take your time, but be careful." The blades stopped spinning and the trio stepped out. They walked into the town.