Strikers: Monster, Scarlet Witch, Cloak, Dagger, Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Toxin, Bruiser, Enchantress, Squirrel Girl, Bloodstone

Unaffiliated: Sabertooth, Loki, Moon Knight

SHIELD: Mockingbird

Avengers: Thor, Black Widow, Captain America

Monster:
Strikers

Wanda nervously stood off to the side while Thor looked around at the group.

Thor: Where is my brother? Where is Loki?!

Elsa: Who the fuck is magic Fabio here?

Robbie: How do you know Fabio and not Thor?

Thor started to get mad when no one answered. That was until his eyes landed on Amora.

Then he got pissed.

Thor: Enchantress! I should've known that you were involved!

He pulled back his hammer and threw it, but Robbie tackled Amora to the ground to avoid her getting hit.

Robbie: Dude!

Everyone got into their fighting stances as Thor called back his hammer.

Thor: Stay out of my way, children. Amora and Loki will pay for their crimes.

Wanda: Thor, you don't want to turn this into a fight. Amora is a Striker and Loki is our prisoner.

Thor: Nay!

Cap: Thor! Stand down!

Everyone looked over at the woods to see three more figures rushing out.

Cap: That's an order!

Tyrone: Uh, what's happening? Why are the Avengers here?

Widow: Not all of us. Everyone just, calm down.

Moon Knight: And one of us isn't even an Avenger, so watch it.

Everyone relaxed a bit, but Robbie, Laura, and Wanda stayed on guard. Cap placed a hand on Thor's shoulder.

Cap: They aren't pur enemies.

Thor looked at Amora and turned away. Cap just sighed and turned to Bobbi.

Cap: Agent Morse. Long time no see.

Bobbi crossed her arms.

Bobbi: What are you doing here? You know the Avengers have no jurisdiction in Burns.

The Strikers looked at each other. They didn't? Was it because you guys were here?

Widow: We aren't here to make any arrests or to do any Avenging.

Moon Knight: I'm just the guide.

Tandy leaned over to Wanda.

Tandy: So, uh, that's Y/N godfather?

Wanda: Yes. And Widow was our mentor back at the Program.

Tandy looked at Widow.

Tandy: Wow. She's really pretty.

Wanda stood there for a moment before she leaned over again.

Wanda: Are you bi, by any chance?

Tandy: Can you blame me?

Wanda just shrugged while Widow walked over to Bobbi.

Widow: I'm guessing you're in charge right now?

Bobbi shook her head.

Bobbi: I'm not a Striker. Not even honorary. Y/N is in charge of these bozos.

Widow looked around.

Widow: And where is he?

Everyone stayed silent.
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Spring....

Victor: I was just a boy back then. Only about a year younger than you are now. It was my brother's birthday. Back at the place I once called home.

Victor sat across from his brother, Luther, as he ate a slice of pie. Victor could feel his mouth starting to water up.

Victor: Just a bite, Luther. That's all I want. Give it t'me.

Luther: I don't have'ta, Victor. It's my birthday.

Luther took a big whiff of it before he smirked at his brother.

Luther: This lie is all mine.

Luther laughed while Victor scowled at him. Without thinking, he leaped over the table and tackled his brother to the ground.

Luther screamed as Victor tried to wrestle with him.

Luther: MA! MAAAAAA! MAAAA...!

Victor's mother, your grandmother, walked into the room with a kettle of tea.

Ma: Now if you pair don't quit, your pa will be hearing about all...

She stopped right when she entered. She dropped the kettle to the ground where it spilled.

Victor sat there, half eaten pie in his hand and cherry all over his face. But Luther wasn't moving.

And that wasn't cherry on his neck.

Victor: Aw, Ma. We was only playing.
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Y/N: You killed him?

Victor nodded.

Victor: My brother was my first kill. My Mother hid until my Father came home with his gun. After that, I was locked down in the cellar.

He rubbed his hands together and sighed.

Victor: What's happening to you, right now, is what happened to me. You got my mutation as well as your mom's.

You looked at him in fear. You then looked down at your own hands.

Y/N: How many....

Victor: I've been alive for a long time, boy. Longer than you could imagine. And I've done some awful things.

You slowly looked up.

Y/N: Tell me.
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Fall...

Pa: In the name of all the saints! Out! Out!

Victor cried out as his father pulled his teeth out with the rusty pliers. The sound of his gums tearing filled the dsrk cellar as Victor struggled against his restraints.

Finally, the tooth was ripped out of his mouth.

Pa: There we go!

He looked at the fang before he turned to his son.

Pa: You got the devil in you, boy. If I pull out enough, then one day these Satan teeth won't grow back.

He threw the tooth down and tossed the pliers onto the wooden table. He then started up the steps.

Pa: The beast took one son. I'll be damned before he takes another.

Once he was gone, Victor's ma let out a shaky sigh. She pulled a rag out from her apron and began to clean Victor's mouth.

Victor: Let me go, Ma.

His mother looked at him.

Ma: You know I can't. Your Pa...he's too strong. He'll....

Victor: You shouldn't be scared of him, Ma.

His mother looked at him as he grinned. His teeth were already back, sharper than last time.

Victor: You should be scared of me.
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Victor: And she was. Til the day she died, she never came back down.

Y/N: Did you...

Victor nodded. He then lowered his head.

Victor: I killed my father first. But my mother.....I couldn't bring myself to do it. But she found the shotgun and decided that she couldn't live with the devil as a son.

You shook a bit at the idea. If that was you....to be all alone like that....you would've lost it too.

Who knows what you would've done? You got lucky with people around you. You had the Creator, then you had Felicia and Cat.

Victor: You've lost people you loved, right? Then you know the pain. You know it doesn't ever stop hurting.

You nodded. Of course you knew. You lost the Old Man. You lost Venom.

Victor: You know, you can talk to me.

You looked back up.

Victor: I know you feel like I left you behind, and I can't ever make it up to you. But I'm here now and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to be there for you.

You rubbed your hands together.

Y/N: Why do you care about what's going on between me and Tandy?

Victor looked at you for a moment before he grunted.

Victor: Because relationships are important. More than you think. People like us...we live a long time, kid. It's a lonely life to live unless you have the right people at your side.

You couldn't help but chuckle.

Y/N: Yeah right. I had someone, and I let her go. Even then, if it wasn't going to be Felicia, it was gonna be Nadia. I fucked it up. I always do.

Victor: Yet you're here. Getting stronger to be able to protect them.

Y/N: What's the point? I'm.....I'm really a monster. Who the hell could love someone like me? A weapon? Someone who can't even understand what he's feeling?

Victor: Your mother did.

You looked up at him to see that he was looking at his hands.

Y/N: Can you tell me about mom?

Victor nodded.

Victor: I can. Let me start by saying, she was the most wonderful person I could have ever known.
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Cap: You mean to tell me that Y/N is possibly undergoing a feral transformation?

Everyone looked at each other and nodded.

Widow: And he's with his father right now?

Wanda: Victor has it under control.

Widow seemed a bit uneasy about it. Moony placed a hand on her shoulder.

Moony: If anyone can help him, it's Victor. Trust me.

Widow looked at him for a moment before she nodded.

Widow: Fine. But that doesn't excuse the other reason we're here. Who's in charge?

No body moved.

Robbie: Uh, Y/N is normally around.

Thor: This is pointless.

Thor stepped forward.

Thor: Give us Loki and Amora.

Wanda stepped forward to meet him.

Wanda: Amora is a Striker and Loki is our prisoner.

The front door opened and everyone turned to see Loki step out with a bowl of oatmeal. He looked around before he walked back into the manor.

The Avengers looked at the Strikers.

Thor: Your prisoner?

Molly: He's still a person!

Wanda: He's currently....undergoing a....trial run.

Cap: You're going to make him a Striker, too?

Everyone looked to Wanda.

Wanda: Well, we're going to talk to Y/N about it when he gets back....

Thor: You let him walk free?! Are you mad?!

To everyone's surprise, Robbie stepped forward and pushed Thor back.

Robbie: Back off! You heard Bobbi. You don't have power here. Step off, Fabio.

Thor looked at the boy in shock. Cap walked over and got in the middle of the two.

Cap: Thor, stand down. We're not here to fight.

Robbie: And you aren't here to take Loki. He's a Striker problem now.

Widow: So, you're the one in charge now?

Robbie stopped and stood there. He looked back at the others who all nodded.

Robbie: I am.

Widow looked at him for a moment. These kids were all your team? Seems like you were doing good. Robbie had some balls to step up to the lord of thunder.

Cap: Then how about we wait until Y/N has returned. I'm sure he would want a say in this discussion.
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Victor sat in the mess hall with a bowl of meat. He ate them alone while some of the other Strikers were eating at their own tables.

He looked up when he heard the door open. Taskmaster and Codex walked in but they both stopped. Codex spotted him and said something to Taskmaster before she turned invisible.

Victor just huffed and turned back to his food. It's been like that since the Creator brought him on.

To be fair, the first time they met, Victor was trying to rip the head off of her friend.

Plus, threatening her on the first day probably didn't help matters.

Johnny: Aw, look at that.

Victor looked over to where Blaze was sitting. A cigarette in his mouth.

Johnny: Little Codex has a crush.

Victor stared at him while Johnny laughed.

Johnny: She hates your guts, man. She's fucking terrified.

Victor: Good. It keeps her away from me.

Johnny rolled his eyes before he got up and left the hall. Victor turned back to his food and began to devour it.

It was true.

He didn't want to be disturbed.

Creator: Too bad.

Victor looked back up and found the Old Man standing there.

Creator: The next mission is going to be you and Codex.

Victor growled a bit.

Creator: You want to prove yourself? Put in the work.

He turned to leave but stopped and looked back.

Creator: And no "playing". Understand, Creed?

Victor just groaned.

Victor: No playing.
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Y/N: You wanted her to hate you?

Victor: I wanted her to fear me. To stay away.

Y/N: Why?

Victor: Because I was like you. A monster.
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Victor walked through the hall towards the transport jet. Waiting there already was Codex.

Victor groaned.

She wore a skintight suit that all the X-Men wore. Her hair was tied in a bunch. Her E/C eyes were glued to the floor.

Victor: Head up.

Codex looked up as Victor walked past her and into the jet.

Codex sighed and followed after him. The mission was a simple one. Just a recon mission.

Then again, it was supposed to be an easy recon mission last night as well.

As the jet took off, Victor leaned back in his seat. He crossed his arms and laid his head back.

Codex: How can you sleep on these things?

Victor opened one eye and looked at her.

Codex: I mean, it's always shaking. My brother made these things, but he didn't think we'd be going all over the world with them.

Victor just looked at her before he closed his eye again.

Codex pouted a bit but decided not to bother with it. Teammates or not, he was still a villain. An enemy to the X-Men.
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The jet landed at the drop off point and the two Strikers got up. Victor was the first one off followed by Codex.

The two looked around for a moment.

???: So, this is the best the Creator could do? Guess you two will have to do.

The two looked up and Victor sighed while Codex smiled.

Codex: Carol, long time no see. Love the new outfit.

Carol: I've missed you, Elise.

Victor watched as the two women hugged. He just grunted before he looked back towards the camp.

Victor: What are we here for?

Carol looked over and hummed before she leaned towards Codex.

Carol: Who's big boy? He single?

Codex stuck her tounge out and walked over to Victor.

Codex: The Creator said that there were some weird readings here. He just wants us to look into it to make sure it's not a cosmic problem.

Victor looked over at Carol.

Victor: So, who's Victoria Secret?

Codex: Ms. Marvel. She works for SHIELD.

Victor: SHIELD? Great.

Codex looked at him before she placed her hands behind her back.

Codex: You're not a big fan of them, are you? If I recall correctly, we handed you over to them when we kicked your butt.

Victor looked over at her and grinned.

Victor: You know, you were pretty tough. Kinda makes me want to have another go.

He leaned down to reach her eye level, which caused her to take a step back.

Victor: What do you say? Wanna see how many rounds you can go with me?

Codex said nothing as she stared at him. Finally, she smirked.

Codex: Like you could last even one with me.

Victor couldn't help but smile.

Seems like this one had guts after all.