Avengers Legacy: Phase 1

Solar Flare

Drifting through space, two men were aboard a space shuttle, set on a course for Mercury, assigned by NASA. They were landing on the surface of the grey planet, when they looked up. All they could see was the blistering surface of the sun, burning their eyes by looking at it. The space suits they wore were heat resistant so they could survive the temperature.

One thing stood out though, as one of the men looked up, a black blur was gradually growing larger beneath the surface of the sun.

"What the..." the man uttered. Suddenly, the black blur shot into the atmosphere, at the speed of sound and burst towards Earth, creating a solar flare.

At the speed this thing was moving at, the visors of the astronauts shattered, instantly killing them, turning to ash.

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A deathly rattle awakened me from my slumber. I started to open my eyes, when I realized that I have no idea who I was. I looked around. I was in some form of enclosure, with a glass door. This door was cracked, so I pushed through it. The door instantly came off it's hinges, and fell down below. I looked down, it turned out I was in an escape pod of some kind and have crashed into the side of a building. Looking down at the streets below, I noticed what seemed to be beings staring up at me.

The only way down was to jump, so I did exactly that, and landed on one knee on the ground. Gasps all around me meant that I wasn't like one of them. Flashing lights burst through the crowd as people with weapons aimed at me got out of those flashing vehicles.

I slowly put my hands up in surrender as a wave of fire burst out of the palms of my hands, turning the attackers to ash, along with the whole crowd watching. Shaking, I backed up against the wall behind me, and collapsed against it. Looking down at my hands, they were still smoking.

"What... What am I?" I said to myself.

"You, are going to the raft." I looked up for the voice, and a masked red and blue being was hanging upside down from above.

"No, please you need to help me. I don't know who I am. I will pay for everything I've done, just help me. Please!" I begged.

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The masked man led me to a rooftop, which he swung to. I followed, by flying which I found out I was able to do. "Don't burn anything." He told me as he lead me to some form of lab. The building seemed to be some form of secret base, with every form of technology inside.

"Right, I'll introduce myself. My name is Spider-Man, and that is what you shall call me by. Do you have a name?" He told me, without taking his mask off. I now had a closer look at his suit, and noticed a webbed pattern to it, and that a small spider was centred on his chest.

"No. Can you give me one?" He sighed and nodded.

"Well, first you look like a guy, but it's 2039 you can be whatever gender you want."

"Yeah I guess I'll be a guy."

"Ok then, how about... Joshua. Joshua Mason?" Spider-Man asked. I nodded. I guess my name now is Joshua.

Spider-Man grabbed some form of silver object and started to tinker with it, unscrewing parts and editing. I walked around, inspecting where I was. I seemed to be in some form of secret lair.

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I followed Spider-Man through the concrete jungle, towards one of the taller buildings in the centre. Smoke was rising out the top of it, which didn't look normal. Spider-Man completed multiple front flips, landing in a squat on the desired building. I caught up, and landed next to him.

A large crowd stood in front. None of them human, some form of other race. A red faced creature, slightly taller than me, and much more built was stood towering over us. The group behind it, were similar but not as large.

"Stand back, who are you and why have you come to Earth?" Spider-Man stated.

"We, we are Kronin and we are here to teach your world the joy of our own technology." The main Kronin that spoke explained, with a large grin on its face. I decided that these people were not threats, as the smaller Kronin behind grabbed a case.

"If you are telling the truth, I can arrange you to meet the President. If you are lying, I can arrange you to meet my fist." Spider-Man threatened. "Do you have names?"

"No we do not. We have codes, which represent who we are. Mine is 4 P 3 X." The main Kronin said.

Spider-Man was crouched down on the floor writing out his name with his web fluid, and instantly jumped up. "Looks like Apex. Can I call you that?" He asked. Apex nodded.

The box that the other Kronin brought out opened suddenly, and a spherical obstacle was centred. Apex picked it up and juggled it like a ball. "This, is a amulti-Sphere. It will do whatever you want." The Sphere sprung up, and waited patiently. "Sphere, give me a smile." The Sphere morphed his face to create a curve to look like a smile.

"Huh, that seems useful. How much of those do you have?" Apex smiled and a dozen more spheres flew out of their crashed ship, all with smiles on their surface.

A thunderous chopping sound began to drone behind us, as u turned around to see an attack helicopter hover behind us. I stepped back, to cover the Kronin, while Spider-Man held his hands up.

"Ross, is that you? These creatures are harmless, stand down!" Spider-Man screamed to the chopper.

"- Spider-Man, step away from the criminal. He is a wanted being, and he has brought an army. We will open fire. -" A voice from inside the helicopter stated, they had everything mixed up, they believe I have an army of Kronin.

Spider-Man webbed up the barrel of the gatling guns on the side of the chopper, but that wasn't enough, as the web's were instantly broken by the rapid firing of bullets towards me and the Kronin. I was safe, as bullets that touched me turned to ash, as so was Apex as he was directly behind me. The rest of the Kronin were not so lucky as they were caught in the crossfire.

Suddenly, I launched a fireball towards the tail of the chopper, which made it crash into the nearest building. I still couldnt control my powers. Looking down and my smoking hands, I noticed a trail of black liquid seep from beneath my feet. Turning around, I was shocked to find scattered dead Kronin, with Apex on his knees.