Fantastic Four: The Engineer of Eternity

Chapter VIII: Long Live Kang

        The TVA are in the midst of pruning a variant that got lost along the way. No nefarious deeds or malicious intent. Just a curious soul that ended up away from their designated timeline.

One of the TVA officers takes off her helmet to calm the young variant, "Hey, buddy. It's ok. I'm not gonna hurt you."

The variant is just a young Skrull girl. She meant no harm and seems genuinely frightened by the whole ordeal.

The officer continues to calm the little girl, "I'm gonna send you home. You won't feel a thing. I promise."

The little girl smiles as the officer touches the prune stick to her head, wiping her from the timeline.

A tear streams down the officer's face as she puts her helmet back on.

"And to think, they say I'm the heartless one." Kang says as he suddenly appears out of a portal behind the TVA.

"Stop right there!" One of the other officers yells.

"I handled the Reed Richards problem. He's no longer a threat to the multiverse... for now. I'd like a word with your bosses. In regards to my proposal."

"Stand down, variant." The officer commands.

"Variant?" Kang says as he feels disrespected. "You dare insult Kang?"

"You don't even remember which world you come from. Now back off!"

Kang chuckles, "You know, now that you say it," he opens a portal with his mind and pulls a large futuristic rifle out to point at the TVA officers, "I actually have lost track of how many worlds I've conquered. Might have even included my own somewhere along the line."

"Hold it!"

Kang fires a shot and completely obliterates the officer, turning him to blood and bones. The other two officers try to attack from different sides, forcing Kang to split the gun into two parts and fire at them both. He defeated all three officers in a matter of seconds. Kang approaches one of the piles of scorched meat to retrieve one of their belts. On the belt is how Kang can open a portal and locate the headquarters of the TVA. He presses the pad on the belt and an orange rectangle appears. Another portal, no doubt. Kang steps through.

Arriving at the TVA Headquarters, Kang admires the large building. His admiration doesn't last long as he notices four figures walking his way.

"No!" Kang yells as he realizes who stands before him.

"You've lost, Kang." so claims The Human Torch. "You might as well save us some time and surrender."

"I have turned countless heroes into piles of limbs. I've bathed in the blood of fallen Avengers and X-Men. What's one more team of superheroes blocking my path? Simply an inconvenience."

The Fantastic Four rush Kang bringing everything they've got.

"Flame on!" Johnny yells as he takes to the sky and attacks Kang from the air.

Kang uses his neurokinesis to block The Human Torch's flames with a force field. He follows it up by summoning a portal and taking out a laser gun to shoot Human Torch out of the sky.

Invisible Woman encases his gun in a bubble and pulls his from his hand.

Kang opens another portal and pulls out a giant futuristic axe. He flings it at Sue, with the hilt of the weapon smacking her in the side of the head, sending her down to the ground. Using his telekinesis, Kang keeps it spinning around the courtyard in front of the TVA building. Reed catches it, which zaps him the second he grabs a hold of it. Before the axe falls to the ground, Kang pulls it back. As he obtains his weapon again, Kang swings it as The Thing closes in behind him. The axe smashes Thing in the chest, piercing the suit, and sending him flying backwards. Sue struggles to get to her feet as Kang approaches and kicks her in the face, keeping her on the ground. Kang steps on her stomach with a ton of pressure. Sue has a hard time breathing, but does everything she can to get Kang off. Before she's able to do much, Kang holds the blade to her throat. She freezes in fear. Kang winds up and lifts the axe into the air as if he were an executioner. The Human Torch sees where Kang's going with this and springs into action.