Avenging

Chapter 12: Teamwork

Previously

Last time, Ben found himself tracking down the villain known as Taskmaster, who was on the list of escaped villains who had escaped during the breakout. Upon tracking down Taskmaster to an abandoned Roxxon warehouse, Ben encountered a S.H.I.E.L.D agent who had also been tracking down Taskmaster. Her name was Roxie Salazar, and hesitant at first decided to work together with Ben to capture Taskmaster and bring him in. Once they entered the warehouse, the two saw that it was empty. However, a trap had been set for them involving a gunshot that Ben saved Roxie from. Afterward, the two faced off against Taskmaster, who had revealed himself to them.

Using his unique ability to copy the physical abilities of his opponents along with his many tools, Taskmaster was able to make short work of Ben and Roxie, who had the ability to form weapons and machines. Knocking both of them out, Taskmaster was able to escape without any problems. Waking up, Ben and Roxie decided to continue to work together as they tracked Taskmaster down to a new location. This time, Taskmaster was hiding out in an abandoned processing factory that wasn't that far away from where they were. Heading there, Ben and Roxie snuck into the abandoned factory and managed to find Taskmaster. Unfortunately, Taskmaster had set up another trap, and both of them ended up getting ensared by it.

Taskmaster then explained the basics of his plan to Ben and Roxie as they hung there before him. Using special drones that Roxxon had built, Taskmaster was either going to sell them to someone dangerous or use them for himself. Not only that, but Taskmaster was going to give Ben to Baron Zemo, who wanted Ben's omnitrix for himself. Ben tried to activate the omnitrix but was stopped by Taskmaster, who gased Ben and Roxie, putting them to sleep once more.
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Abandoned Processing Factory: New York City

After getting gased again by Taskmaster, Ben slowly woke up to see that Taskmaster was continuing on trying to power up the remaining Roxxon drones. Looking over to his left, Ben saw that Roxie was still passed out from the gas and hadn't woken up yet. Swinging over without alerting Taskmaster, Ben was able to lightly bump into Roxie and wake her up.

"What the?" Roxie asked, confused as she woke up

"Shhhh" Ben told Roxie, silencing her

Looking around, Roxie saw the position that her and Ben were in and grew quiet

"What's going on?" Roxie asked Ben quietly

"Taskmaster us trying to access the remaining drones and power them up" Ben answers quietly

"We have to get out of here and stop him" Roxie says quietly

"Tell me something I don't already know" Ben said quietly with a sigh

The two looked around for a way to escape, but so far, they couldn't find anything. Ben was unable to access the omnitrix, and Roxie had an inhibitor disk on her chest that prevented her from making any of her builds or use any of her other technopath abilities.

"Sometimes I wish Azmuth gave me master control before I left Bellwood" Ben says to himself quietly with a sigh

"What?" Roxie asked Ben, confused

"Never mind" Ben said

"You know, while I may not have superhuman hearing, it doesn't take someone who does to hear you two trying to be quiet" Taskmaster says as he stops working on the computer monitor

Taskmaster then turned around and saw that Ben and Roxie were awake and were trying to escape

"We'll get out of these snares and stop you" Roxie tells Taskmaster