[Space : 17/02/2001]

Above Earth's atmosphere, a massive planetary-class cruiser was cloaked, while sending out several Chitauri spider ships, this was the same mothership that knocked out Nova earlier.

Entering the ship, a cold and sinister climate was established between the walls of the Chitauri ship, its crew were beings that resembled bipedal reptiles, with scaly gray skin, with metal devices adorning their bodies, these were the mercenary race of the Chitauri.

Deeper in the ship near the center was a separate room, with lamps that fired red lights, meanwhile trapped in circular machinery, Earth's Greatest Hero, Superman, had his hands and feet trapped, receiving radiation from the red sun after being captured by the Chitauri invaders.

POV : Calvin Kent/Superman

My head was spinning a little, those weapons took me by surprise, but they didn't hurt me much, they just left me unconscious.

"Pekhen-shadai" (So you woke up)

A groggy voice spoke, I looked in the direction of the voice and saw UN Secretary General William Chester, but using a language I had not heard anywhere on Earth.

"I figured we might be invaded." I say looking at him.

"Really? what gave you?" he asked in amusement.

"I have X-ray vision, and although you can apparently emulate the appearance, the organs are all wrong." I tell him.

He chuckled and walked over to me, looking down at the machinery that had me trapped.

"You are a brave man, Superman. But your courage will not be enough to save your planet this time." He said smiling.

"What do you want?" I asked him.

"Nothing much, you as a Kryptonian should know that we Chitauri are mostly mercenaries, we were hired by a much larger force that was interested in you, and he told us that we could take this planet as payment." He said explaining without much detail.

"But what value would Earth have for you?" I asked about raising an eyebrow.

"For us, it doesn't have much value in itself, but it's what your planet has to offer that is interesting for us." He answered cryptically.

"You won't make it." I mean seriously.

"Hahaha!! your optimism is incredible Kryptonian, try to keep it when we hand you over, but for now I'll let you see the end of your world." William said laughing.

"But for now, I'm going to get rid of this form, I don't know how the Skrulls manage to stay in different forms for so long." William then began to shift back into his Chitauri form.

"Funny, you among humans are almost a god, but just find the right radiation frequency, and you become as fragile as these humans." He said looking at me with his face covered by a metal visor.In response I strained my muscles.

*Trink!!*

And all the machinery shook, and I could see he was startled by my strength.

"Rao was a very specific red star, and you space geckos are far from getting enough technology to replicate its specific frequency." I say with a smile.

"Grrrr!! , don't underestimate us!! your world will burn , without you they are just helpless monkeys!!" He snapped and I smiled.

"Who says I'm the only hero in the world?" I say ironically, looking at the window that showed the Earth.

'I hope you guys will come soon.' Superman thought to himself.

[Fortress of Solitude, North Pole]

In the middle of the north pole Superman's huge Kryptonian crystal base stood imposingly, in front of this huge base some of the heroes who were called by the "New Age" protocol, a contingency plan to deal with planetary invasions, basically joining the most powerful and capable heroes to deal with this Invasion.

And now with Superman captured and Earth in a bind due to thousands of ships falling from the sky to cause destruction, that protocol was triggered and the first to arrive in front of Superman's base was the King of Atlantis, Namor the Sub-Mariner.

"A truly extravagant house." Namor said as he looked around.

*VRRRRRRR*

The sound of turbines drew Namor's attention and he looked up, seeing a black craft descending. Namor stood at attention.

The ship landed and then T'Challa stepped out of it, in his full Black Panther costume.

"Namor King of Atlantis, I'm T'Challa King of Wakanda, I imagine you too have received Kelex's call." T'Challa said looking at the other monarch.

Namor looked at T'Challa with superior air and said.

"Yes, I got the call from Kelex. But before we discuss that, I must say I'm surprised to see you here, T'Challa. Wakanda is not known for its interventions in global crises." Namor said ironically.

T'Challa crossed his arms and replied firmly "We're not here to argue about Wakandan politics, Namor. We're here to help save Earth." He said seriously.

Namor smirked and replied

"Ah yes, Earth. Of course I'm here to save it. After all, I am the King of the Seven Seas." He said slamming his Trident to the ground.

T'Challa wasn't shaken by Namor's attitude, he was going to answer but the sounds of the wind suddenly ceased.

They both looked up and saw Ororo Munroe the Storm descending from the heavens like a goddess.

"Ororo!" T'Challa asked shocked.

"Wait... T'Challa!?" And Ororo was also surprised.

T'Challa's eyes lit up when he saw Ororo. He hadn't expected to see her there, but he was glad to have a familiar face beside her amid all the tension.

"Ororo, good to see you again," T'Challa said with a warm smile as he removed his mask.

"I never expected to find you here, T'Challa," replied Ororo with an equally warm smile.

Namor watching it all couldn't help but feel like a third wheel, and decided to stop the sappy talk.

"Cough, cough, we need to save the world remember?" Namor said drawing attention to him.

Only for a blue figure to suddenly arrive and surprise everyone."Hey guys, sorry I'm late, had to save some old ladies on the way." Pietro or Quicksilver said as he looked at everyone.

"I see that everyone on Earth has already come, let's go in." T'Challa said putting on his mask and getting serious again and then all four entered the fortress of solitude.

[Utopia Isle]

Away from all the turmoil of Earth, the Isle of the Amazons was as calm and peaceful as it had been in recent years, but that peace was not in Princess Zarda's heart.

In one of the temples Zarda was looking at a huge chalice placed on a pillar, she could see all the chaos that the world was in with this alien invasion, but she also saw men and women working together to keep everyone safe.

'Am I entitled to do less?' She thought to myself.

Zarda sighed and got up, walking towards the exit of the temple. As she walked around the island, she saw her Amazon sisters training and preparing for any threat that might arise. But even with all the preparation, Zarda felt she needed to do something more to help the world.

She walked to the top of a hill, where she could see the ocean stretching to the horizon. She wondered if the people of the world were fighting the invasion with all their might, or if they were just waiting for the heroes to do everything for them.

Zarda felt a mixture of emotions inside her - anger at the injustice, sadness at the destruction and hope for humanity's resistance. She wondered if she should get involved and help, even if it meant revealing the existence of the island of the Amazons to the world.

She was then taken by an unprecedented determination, and so she went towards the temple of Hera, where there were the most sacred objects of the island of the Amazons.

'I'm sorry, mother, sisters, but my heart does not allow me to turn my eyes away from all this suffering.' Zarda thought as she headed towards Hera's temple.

To Be Continued....