Marvel: A New God's Reign

Chapter 75: The Battle of Giants

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"Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain't how hard you can hit. It's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It's how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done."

– Rocky Balboa, (Rocky Balboa)

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<(Omniscient POV)>

"Sir, Iron Man is getting thrashed around a lot here. I don't think he is ready to deal with a threat as big as the Hulk or Subject B, I think we should dispatch some of our resources and forces to take care of the situation before things escalate further." Agent Phil Coulson pleaded on his radio as he watched the Abomination smack Iron Man around like a ragdoll.

His boss had sent him here to monitor the situation and report anything important that he found out.

"I see your point, Coulson. But we currently don't have any free assets that are strong enough to take on this monster without causing massive damage to the city. The same goes for the weapons in our arsenal since Project Tesseract isn't ready yet. The only chance we have at subduing the Abomination without using some serious city-destroying firepower is to let him fight something that is on the same level of strength as him..." Director Nick Fury trailed off as he seemed to remember something important.

"What about... Atem and his metahumans followers? They can surely try and take care of him, right? I mean he is literally a God... or at least has powers like one." Phil asked with a measured voice, knowing that his boss would definitely get angry or annoyed after hearing him even mention the name of the self-proclaimed god and his army of believers. After all, Fury never liked people he could not control. But he still didn't hesitate to ask because he understood that it was his responsibility as an Agent to present all the options available to them in front of his boss to get the situation under control.

And currently, Atem was the most suitable option to stop this monster as efficiently as possible.

"Are you getting stupid, Agent Coulson? With the immense potential danger that someone like Atem represents to this world, we cannot justify asking him or any of his subordinates for their help against Subject B without knowing their true objectives. We need to keep them as far away from Shield as possible until we figure out everything there is to know about them. They already possess too much-uncontrolled power and influence. No, we can't ask for their help... Also, we don't need them to stop the Abomination. We have someone equally as strong as Subject B here, remember? He can stop Abomination for us." Fury answered from the other side as he pulled up a few files about Bruce Banner on the computer screen in front of him.

"You mean Dr. Banner...? Is this some ploy to kill me, boss? If you are still angry about the pay hike I demanded last time, you can just ignore it you know. Telling me to cause two giant monsters with anger management issues to fight against each other is too cruel even for you." Phil said with a sad smile.

"Approach General Ross and find out about Banner's current status. Try to see if you can get him to change into the Hulk and fight the Abomination for us. This will also be a good test to see if he can meet my expectations for him in the Avengers Initiative. Now, go and quickly take care of it. I need to talk to the council and prepare for the worst-case scenario." Fury ignored Phil's complaints and ordered before shutting off the radio.

"... I am definitely going to get that pay hike after I am done here," Phil whispered to himself with a determined expression before he looked at his men and relayed Fury's orders to try and approach General Ross before he left with Dr. Banner on his chopper.