chapter nine
For Confused-gay-boi I hope you enjoy it, sorry it is kind of short, I didn't want to jump around too much
"Sir, do you mind explaining what a Skrull is?" Steve asked, staring at the paused footage of the supposed Skrull attacking the Californian city.
Fury glanced at the time displaced Avenger. "The Skrulls are a race of aliens that can shape shift and change their physiology into any living creature. I ran into them back in the nineties."
"Do they also possess super strength?" Banner asked.
Fury shook his head. "Not typically, no, which leads me to believe that this Skrull is either not entirely a Skrull or has been experimented on."
The Avengers looked to one another. "Hydra?"
"Quite possibly, but I'm not ruling anything out." Fury looked to the team of heroes. "Your top three priorities right now are to find Loki, find the twins, and figure out who that Skrull is. Understood?"
"Yes, sir." Natasha replied.
"Good. I'll leave you to it then." Fury and Hill exited the room, the Avengers staring after them.
Steve looked over at the rest of the Avengers, a serious expression on his face. "I say we divide and conquer. Wanda, Pietro, and Vision - you three focus on finding the twins. Bruce, Tony, and Rhodey - you three focus on figuring out who that Skrull is. The rest of us are on Loki duty. Everyone got it?" The heroes nodded. "Good. Let's get it done."
The trio that had the mission of tracking the mutant twins left the conference room, making their way down to where Wiccan had blasted a hole in the wall. Wanda lifted her hand, feeling the energy signature of the boy with her powers. When she was done she turned to Vision and her brother, nodding once. "I've got a reading, let's go."
Pietro furrowed his brow. "Why did you need to get a reading if Vision is connected with the boys via the Mind Stone?"
"The more information we have on Tommy and Billy, the better." Vision informed the speedster. "Plus, this way, if we were to get separated for any reason, Wanda can track the boys on her own."
Pietro nodded. Wanda looked at the two men with her. "I assume we are taking a car or a Quinjet seeing as Pietro can't carry us both?"
"A Quinjet would be wisest."
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Tommy kept running with his twin brother in his arms until he physically could not move anymore. Collapsing on the ground in a heap, the two brothers stared at one another with unsure looks. "Where do we go from here?"
Billy shrugged, tugging up a handful of grass and letting it blow away in the wind. "I guess we get to the bottom of this fake Hulk mystery, see if Hydra is involved. Possibly clear my name in the process."
The speedster nodded once, turning away from his twin with a grim expression. "Billy...you know what will happen to us if we fall into their hands once more, right?"
"I am aware, yes." Billy clenched his fists at his sides, looking to Tommy at the same time his brother turned back to him. "But if it means possibly saving another like us from their clutches...isn't it worth it?"
Shrugging, the white haired twin stood up, offering a hand to his brother. "Well, I guess we head to California then." The brunet stood up, accepting the outstretched hand. "Uh, any idea where in the ginormous state to begin looking?"
Smirking, the brunet's eyes began to spark blue with energy, He grabbed onto Tommy's hand before speaking. "Bring us to the Hydra Hulk."
As blue energy began to swirl and twirl around the brothers, Tommy's eyes become uncertain. "Wait, Billy. What if the Hulk isn't Hydra? What if you have just delivered us straight to our nightmare?"
Billy's face filled with doubt as the energy around the two brothers began to collapse inward on them. "Then we shall deal with that when we get there." The hilly fields around the twins disappeared and in their place stood destruction and ruin of a city, once a great landmark of American culture. Speed and Wiccan looked to one another, a sinking feeling entering both of their stomachs. "I think we are too la - "
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the infamous Speed and Wiccan, Hydra's greatest creations." Turning to look behind them, the brothers' eyes widened when they saw a Hulk look a like landing on the ground behind them with a blank expression. Speed instinctively stepped in front of Wiccan. The Hulk look a like noticed this and scoffed. "Trust me, if I wanted to harm you, I would harm you. Or, more accurately, she will."
Furrowing their brows, the twins went to ask who the Hulk look alike was talking about when they were knocked to the ground from behind. Groaning, they tried to roll over only find someone sitting on top of them, a grin on their face. "Did you see that, Hulkiling? I got the drop on Speed and Wiccan! Am I the greatest or what?"
"Sure, Hawkeye, sure." The Hulk look alike, who the twins now knew to be called Hulkling, nodded. "Hit them with your specialty and I'll radio America."
Hawkeye, an ebony haired girl not much older than the twins, perched on top of the brothers while she reached into the quiver of arrows attached to her thigh. She pulled out a specific non arrow baton, holding it in front of their faces before snapping it, the baton leaking a gray gas into the twin's noses. A second later, they were passed out and at the complete mercy of Hulking and Hawkeye.
The ebony haired girl got off the twins, brushing her hands off as she approached Hulkiling. "So, what's America's ETA?"
"She should be here - " A blue star shaped portal appeared between the twins and the two other teens, an Afro-Latina teenage girl stepping out. " - now."
The newcomer, America, took one look at the passed out twins and sighed, slinging one over each of her shoulder. "Come on. They are working on our newest members right now. They said we shouldn't be late. Plus, the Avengers will be here soon. Don't want to be involved in that mess."
Hawkeye and Hulkling shook their heads, following America through the portal as the star closed behind them. They had accomplished their mission, no need to stick around any longer.
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