Y/N Romanoff was experimented on as a child before he escaped with the help of the Creator. Living most of his life as a thief to get by, Y/N found a place among young heroes in the Program.

Now, he is....MONSTER.

Previously, Y/N was kidnapped by an organization known as the Ten Rings. While in their custody, he learned that Taskmaster was once a Striker just like his mother and father. After his escape, Y/N met with Moon Knight who offered to tell him more about his father and the Strikers.

Now, he joins Moon Knight and another former Striker to learn the truth behind his family, and who betrayed them.

Monster:
Year 1

You were dressed and waiting on the couch. By waiting, I mean you were tapping your foot impatiently with a scowl.

Y/N: Where the hell is he?

Viv: Who?

You peeked over the couch and found Viv at the table with the toaster. She even had biscuits out for the two of them.

Y/N: My Godfather.

Viv: Moon Knight? Is he picking you up for something?

You nodded. He had sent you a text to be ready for when he eventually showed up. That was a few hours ago.

Y/N: Yeah. A mission or something.

Suddenly, the door to Widow's room opened and your eyes grew wide. Moony walked out while fixing his cape before he noticed you and Viv.

Moony: Oh, you're ready. Why didn't you say anything?

You just sat there before Venom appeared on your shoulder.

Venom: Oh, they fucking.

Moony: What I do and with who is none of your business, parasite.

Wait, what? Why can't your mind process this?

Moony: So, is the pink one coming too?

You looked over to Viv.

Y/N: Wanna?

Viv: I would like to.

Her clothes changed into her uniform and she stood up. She then looked at the toaster.

Viv: We shall continue our discussion on nuclear physics another time.

The toaster dinged and a piece of toast popped up. Widow then entered the room.

Widow: You two be careful. Try not to get kidnapped again.

You looked at her messy outfit and gagged. So they were really....ew.

Y/N: Why? Why, God? Why?!
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You stood infront of a trail that led into a forested area. You were now miles away from NYC and the sun was now high in the sky.

Moony walked to your side as you and Viv looked at the woods.

Y/N: So, the old base is here?

Moony: Yes. The hellspawn is inside. Let's go.

The hellspawn? That must be the other Striker. Moony headed into the forest and you followed. Viv floated above the ground a bit while you stayed on the ground.

Y/N: So, what were the Strikers, exactly?

Viv: I also wish to learn the answer. I cannot find any traces of the name Strikers in any SHIELD file.

Moony: I would be surpised if you did. The Strikers were around a few years before the Avengers.

Before the Avengers?

Moony: I guess I should start at the beginning.
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22 Years Ago....

I was just a kid back then. I believe I was only 23 then. I was still attending college at New York State. Perhaps you would recognize the name of my roommate and partner.

Reed Richards.

I was attending class when I heard about him and his team returning from their voyage into space. I rushed to the hospital as fast as I could to see them. Along with him was his girlfriend, Sue, her brother, Johnny, and our friend, Ben.

When I arrived, I found the youngest Storm already there. Your mother, Elise Storm. She was 17 I believe. By then, her mutant abilities had already appeared and she was attending Xavier's School. We had met a few times in passing so we were able to comfort each other while we waited on word about the four.

What you need to understand, kid, is that this is where everything started. The Avengers, the X-Men, everything.

Elise was asleep next to me when I found a man approaching me. An older man who wore a suit and a pair of aviators.

Old Man: Excuse me. Are you two here for Richards?

Moony: I am. She's here for the Storms.

Old Man: I see. Any word on their condition?

Now, I was already suspicious of this man. A complete stranger who was asking questions about my friend and his team.

Moony: No. Nothing yet.

Old Man: I see. Very well.

He then walked over to the desk without another word. I watched as he talked to the nurse before he flashed a badge of some kind. The woman nodded and pointed down the hall.

I looked at Elise before I got up and followed. I had to sneak around, but I eventually caught up to him.

Old Man: You're good.

He stopped and turned around. He smiled before he signaled for me to follow.

Once we were in the hospital room where the crew was, I immediately rushed over to my friends. They were awake. Just, disoriented.

Moony: Reed? Bud. You alright?

Reed: I...who is he?

The four noticed the man in the room.

Old Man: I'm a friend. One who knows about what you saw up there.

I had no idea what he was talking about. But they did. They all began to ramble on about what they saw. They were throwing out words I didn't know about. Phrases that meant nothing to me but seemed deadly important to them.

Mad Titan.

Infinity Stones.

None of it made any sense. And it wouldn't for another year.

However, things began to happen. Strange things that I had no explanation for. Ben's body began to change. Sue would vanish and reappear. Johnny was always smoking. And Reed found his limbs growing and shrinking.

They were exposed to cosmic radiation up in space. And, I would've been as well if I had gone. But Sue replaced me since I had broken an arm a week prior. And Johnny replaced another friend of ours.

Victor Von Doom.

It was nearly three months after their return when I found myself walking home from the lab. It was late at night so not many people were around.

Maybe that's why I was picked.

I turned the corner and found a group of men hanging in front of a shop. I had walked past here so many times, but never this late.

Man: Hey, you.

I tried to keep walking, but the door grabbed my shoulder and forced me to turn around. I was being mugged. I knew it.

I tried to explain that I had no money. What happened next was a blur. But, I learned that I was shot. Killed.

Then, I heard it. The voice from above. A God. My God.

I was given a new life, a new chance, and I became the fist of Khonshu. The Moon God.

Old Man: My. This is a surpise.

I was in the middle of beating down some thugs who were trying trying attack a woman. I didn't have much gear then. Just a jacket and a white cloth to cover my face.

The old man was there. Watching me.

Moony: What do you want?

Old Man: I want to talk. I've been watching you for a while now. You have some impressive skill. How would you like to help me save the world?
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Y/N: That's....a lot to unpack.

Moony: It normally is.

You finally reached a clearing but found nothing there. Moony walked to the center and kneeled down before he placed his hand on a stone slab that was there.

Suddenly, the ground began to move. Moony took a step back and you watched as the ground began to turn and open up, revealing a staircase.

Moony: Come on.

He began to walk down the steps and you followed with Viv providing light.
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21 Years Ago....

The Old Man and Reed were working together. When I was brought on board, they filled me in the best they could.

Reed told me that the cosmic radiation gave him and the others powers. I would say they were crazy, but I had the proof. And, of course, I had seen weirder.

By this point, Reed had began talking to Charles Xavier. Convinced him to start a team of Mutants.

This was the first attempt of a super team in order to combat greater threats. And it worked for a while. But, there were things that even they couldn't do.

Reed: I found a few candidates. Heroes who already have a good track record.

I looked at the screen and saw the photos. The people who would eventually be come to known as the Avengers. But me and the Old Man rejected this proposal.

They were still young. Brash. Too dangerous.

But Reed wouldn't forget about them.

But we still needed something else.
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Viv: The Strikers.

Moony: Exactly! Good little robot.

You reached the bottom of the steps and you found a man leaning against the wall. He fished a cigarette out of his pocket and looked over when he heard footsteps.

???: 'Bout time. I know you're an old man now, but you drag your ass like you're in your 20's again.

Moony stopped as the man snapped his finger, a small flame appearing on his finger tips.

Moony: Kid, robot, meet my fellow Striker. Damon Hellstrom.

???: Pleasure.

Venom: Hellsssspawn! Of courssse!

Damon looked at Venom and smiled.

Damon: Venom. Old friend. It's good to see that you're still alive.

Venom: Like wisssse.

Damon? That name sounded faintly familiar.

Damon: So, you're Elise's kid? Nice to finally meet you.

He shook your hand. He then took a deep breath.

Damon: He's so...grown up.

Moony: I know. I was telling them about how the Strikers started.

Damon: I see. Perhaps I can help.
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21 Years Ago....

Me and the Old Man were on the hunt to find others with great power to help us against this incoming threat. The first one, was none other than the Son of Satan.

We found Damon here in a bar over in Arizona. Some run down place called the Watering Hole. He had just finished an exorcism in the next town over.

Old Man: Damon?

Damon lifted his head from.the counter and found us standing there.

Damon: Yeah. He's over there.

He pointed to some random guy in the bar. But we had his picture.

Old Man: We're looking for gifted individuals such as yourself.

Damon: Well, good thing I happen to know about a school over in New York. Filled with them. Mutants, too.

Old Man: Yes, but we're looking for an expert on the supernatural.

Damon just laughed as he took another drink.

Damon: Of course you are. So, what's with all of this?

Old Man: Something is coming. Something greater than all of us. And we need all the help we can get.

Damon gave it some thought before he downed the rest of his drink. He then got up.

Damon: Let's go.

He turned to the bartender.

Damon: It's on them.

He then headed for the door.

He was the second.
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Y/N: How many of you were there?

Damon: By the end of it, 12. That's why we wanted you to come here.

He reached a large monitor which he turned on. The power began to kick and all over the old base and Viv turned off her light.

The monitor activated and Moony got to work with activating it. However, he stopped and turned to Viv.

Moony: Can I get some help?

Viv nodded and plugged herself into the mainframe. After a moment, multiple files began to appear on the screen. All photos of people you hardly recognized. The Strikers.

Damon: Let's go through them. Of course, you have me and Moon. The Creator was the leader. As for the others.

He pulled up a photo.

Damon: We have the King of Atlantis himself. Namor. The Submariner.

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Namor: Begone from my city.

Creator: You won't have a city if this threat comes to pass.
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Damon: The warrior from Asgard. Valkyrie.

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Valkyrie: And this foe, he is powerful?

Creator: Unbelievably so.

Valkyrie smiled as she grabbed her blade.

Valkyrie: Then this shall be a glorious fight.
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Damon: The Prince of the Inhumans, at least at the time, Blackbolt.

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Creator: You are brave to fight for your people. I thank you.

Blackbolt nodded.
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Damon: The youngest member of the Fantastic Four. Johnny Storm. The Human Torch.

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Creator: You truly wish to join us? In this fight?

Johnny: Of course. I saw what was coming. Reed wants to hide away and make these teams but I know we need to fight.
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Damon: A fellow demon. At least, in a sense of the word. The Ghost Rider.

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Ghost Rider: Your soul is pure. You mean well. The Spirit of Vengeance is by your side.

Creator: Good. I'm glad to have you along.
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Damon: Venom, who you know.
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Venom: And why shouldn't we eat you alive?

Creator: I'm afraid I wouldn't taste very good. And I'm sure your partner wouldn't enjoy cannibalism.
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Damon: Your mother, Elise, Codex.
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Elise: You want me to, join you guys?

Creator: Of course. You are immensely powerful. You would be the ace in the hole. The turning point in this battle.

Elise gave it some thought before she nodded.

Elise: Okay. I'm in.
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Damon: Taskmaster. Our....he was a brother to us.
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Creator: You're very skilled. Very intelligent. We could use someone like you.

Taskmaster: Just point me to who I need to beat.

Creator: This won't be a super powered criminal.

Taskmaster: Don't matter. They all go down the same.
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Damon: And finally, the reason why you're here.

The last member. Your father.

You watched the monitor as the last file appeared.

Damon: He was....an enigma. The Creator never told us why he recruited him. And none of us could ever figure it out. But he was strong. When we first met, he was willing to try and beat down the Rider. Your mother was the one who stopped him.
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Elise: We're all allies here!

The man glared at her before he approached her. Elise walked back as he got closer until her back was against the wall. The man slammed his hand on the wall and leaned in.

???: You stay away from me, runt. If you don't, I will make sure to use your bones as toothpicks to pluck out your skin from my teeth.
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Moony: They knew each other from Elise's missions as an X-Men. He was a frequent enemy of theirs. His name was Victor Creed. The Sabertooth.

Your eyes went wide as you took a step back. Even Viv was surpised. This, monster was your father?

Viv: I have found Sabertooth in various files from SHIELD's network. He is responsible for multiple deaths, robberies, assaults, and attacks. His files stopped several years ago.

Moony: For good reason.

You looked at the photo again. You looked at his fangs and placed your tounge on yours.

Damon: He warmed up to everyone eventually, but never enough to be friends with anyone. Well, most of us, anyway.

Moony: The hairy fuck ate my fucking yogurt.

Damon: And fewer knew about his relationship with Elise. And even fewer still knew about you.

Moony: Besides us, the Creator, Venom, and Johnny knew. Johnny didn't know who the father was, though.

Damon: They married right before she left to have you. He stayed with us.

So, you were a bastard baby, technically. You figured as much. I mean, Moony was your Godfather.

Y/N: Wait, so, you guys were all united to fight something. What?

Moony: The Mad Titan.

Damon: The worst enemy any of us had ever faced.
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17 Years Ago.....

The Strikers all laid around the battlefield nearly defeated. I pushed myself up and looked at our foes. Thanos, and the Black Order.

The fight was long and no one got it easy. We were running out of options. Running out of time. Thanos had his plan to invade earth and find the Ininity Stones there.

We were the last line of defense.

The Avengers were there, sure, but they would stand no chance against Thanos and his forces.

But the Old Man had been working on something alongside Reed and Doom over the years. I had some part in it as well.

The Godslayer Project.

And your mother was the first attempt.

She held back Thanos the best she could before everything went white. No one can really recall what happened after that. But, we were back on earth when we woke up.

Now knowing the scale of the threat we faced, the Strikers regrouped and agreed to stand by for the next attack.

However, Taskmaster found himself questioning the Creator and Reed. Wondering why they created a failsafe rather than a weapon.

We never knew that he began to work with Doom behind our backs. Trying to turn the Godslayer Program into something else entirely.

And they found their test subject in a girl named Alice.

My....she was like a daughter to me.
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Y/N: So, there really are other Godslayers out there?

Damon: No. Just you.

You looked at him confused.

Viv: What of this Alice girl?

Venom: I don't remember her.

Damon: Of course you wouldn't. Not after the raid. But, Alice was the second attempt at making a Godslayer, and the first in Doom's program.

Moony: But she wasn't made for it. Those fuckers took her and turned her into a weapon. And they nearly succeeded.

Nearly?

Damon: The Strikers were sent to stop them. By the time we got there, however....

Moony: She was gone. Vanished without a trace. So was Doom and Taskmaster. That's also when we learned that they weren't working alone.

Y/N: The Ten Rings.

So the Ten Rings were responsible for everything after all.

Damon: And to make manners worse, Taskmaster had all of our files leaked. Not to the public, though.

Moony: We had the Ten Rings coming after us. All of us. Most of us manages to escape but we all went into hiding. The only deaths were Venom's former host, and your mother.

Taskmaster was the reason they died? He leaked their files?

Damon: The only one we were able to beat was the Mandarin. But even that was close. None of is have made contact with each other since. Besides me and Moony, of course.

Y/N: So, that's why you brought me here? To tell me all of this?

Moony nodded.

Moony: And to give you this.

He handed something to you and you looked at it. A postcard.

Y/N: Burns, Alaska? What is this?

Moony: A postcard. Duh.

Y/N: No shit, Sherlock. Why is this important?

Moony looked over to Damon who nodded.

Moony: It's from your father.

Your eyes went wide. You looked at him to see if this was just another joke, but he was being dead serious.

Y/N: You mean...

Moony: This is where I was before I warned you about the Ten Rings. Of course you didn't fucking listen. But I figured you should know. He's alive.

Damon: And he knows you're alive.

You looked back at the postcard and turned it over.

Damon: But he wants you to stay away.

Viv: The Ten Rings are still active. Should they decide to track down the former Strikers...

Y/N: They would find him. And probably try to kill him.

Moony: He has a lot more enemies than the Rings, kid. He's rattled a lot of cages.

Venom looked at you as you looked at the card again.

Venom: Kid?

You slid the postcard into your pocket and let out a shaky breath.

Y/N: So the other Strikers are alive? Just...missing?

Damon: Well, we know where a few are. Namor is back in the sea, Valkyrie is hiding out somewhere in Asgard, and I'm pretty sure Blackbolt is on the moon with his people. But everyone, yeah. Everyone else is missing.

Moony: Or dead.

You slowly nodded. Well, your father was alive. That much you can confirm. You never heard of Burns, Alaksa before, but you were sure you could find it on a map or something.

Y/N: Thank you. For telling me all of this.

Damon raised a brow. He had seen that look before. He knew it well thanks your mother.

Damion: You want to find the Ten Rings. Take them down.

Viv and Moony looked at you.

Y/N: No. Nothing like that. But, I am going to eventually find the Strikers. And this Thanos guy is still out there, right? I have to get stronger if I want to stand a chance.

Moony placed a hand on your shoulder.

Moony: Of course. Just remember that we're here for when you're ready.

You nodded. The postcard felt like it was burning a hole in your pocket.

But you also knew that you other responsibilities to take care of first.

But when you were ready, you will look for your father.

And you will learn as much as you can.

You wanted to be the most powerful Godslayer.