New Foundland, Canada

Morbius had freed Thomas along with Ares' dogs and stolen a transport. After meeting up with Sean and explaining what had happened they made their way back here to Ares' ship. It was still stocked with weapons and even a few vehicles. Once they boarded they all sat down on the deck to discuss what they intended to do.

M spoke in their minds,"We need to punch holes in the Iron age defenses, Hellstorm and Stryfe have been working together for a while. As part of their deal several Hell lords have been imprisoned on Earth in exchange for them being used as power batteries for various places. The one nearest to us is a repurposed oil rig that was made into a shield generator plant to keep extra terrestrial threats away from Earth and is powered by Dormammu. If we release him back into his Dark dimension not only will that force the army to worry more about possible invasion and perhaps let some things happening down here slip by. Secondly Dormammu being back in his realm will weaken Hellstorm's claim to power over the Hell dimensions."

The group looked to Morbius who nodded," Sounds like an excellent place to start."

Manhattan, NYC the year 2015

Morbius lays dying in a back alley, a disease designed specifically to kill him works its way through him as several men approach. They pick him up and take him to a car. The ride takes about an hour but stops at a massive Mansion. The men help Morbius to his feet and bring him in to see their master. Dracula sets on a chair as the men lay Morbius on a sofa across from him,"Those scientists didn't turn out to be the friends you thought they were I see." Morbius rolled over and glared but didn't have the strength to speak.

Dracula smiled, "I'd like to make you an offer, I will cure what is ailing you if you will agree to do something for me." Morbius nodded as Dracula stepped to him,"There is only one way to cure this. It is DNA specific so we must alter yours." He sat Morbius up on the sofa and took a seat next to him,"You're going to need to become a real vampire." With that Dracula bit into Morbius' throat for a few seconds then cut open a vein on his wrist to allow Morbius to drink.

Wellsville, Missouri

Lash is leaning by a tree pulling a bullet out of his elbow as he hears a transport pull up. Cutthroat hopped out as it stopped and walked up to Lash, "Sinister has ordered you to come with me." Lash looked up,"I'm on a hunt." Cutthroat shot back, "Do you really want to go against the Doc's orders? It doesn't tend to end well."

Lash sighed and followed Cutthroat, he recognized Slaughter from the lab but the cybernetic Creed was a bit of a surprise. He asked," What's the job?" Cutthroat looked back to him, "We have 1 more team member to pick up then you'll all be briefed.

Several hours later, Linton, Indiana

A man sits by a pond with a fishing pole in hand and a cooler full of beer, He was an old man tough he looked much younger than he was. Cutthroat knew the man well. This was the man who had trained his rival Scalphunter, He called himself John though it is unknown if that's his real name, all that is really known is that he was old enough to have seen the rise and fall of the previous age of heroes and that he was one of the very best killers in the world. Cutthroat's transport pulled up and he stepped out, John watched him approach as he said, " I haven't seen you since you and Scalphunter tried to take me out." Cutthroat smiled, "It was just business." John stood up, "Always is."

Cutthroat continued," I know you must hate Scalphunter and I, believe me I don't care too much for him myself" John chuckled,"Hate? That boy was my prize pupil. That boy is an artist when it comes to the job, and hell I barely gave you a second thought after I left you in that ditch in Germany." Cutthroat gritted his teeth, "Well, that doesn't matter, I'm putting a team together, the pay is good and it'll get you back in the Chairman's good graces, you interested?" John picked up his cooler and his pole and tossed them in his truck, "Let me go get my gear."

Time Square, NYC

Sandman, Rhino and Shocker had Spiderman cornered as the rest of the Sinister 6 approached to finish the job when a powerful gust of wind slammed into Sandman sending him scattering across the city. A man in blue tights with a flowing red cape lands in front of the charging Rhino and caught him by the horn slamming him into the pavement as Shocker hit him with a blast. Superman responded with his heat vision, melting his gauntlets. Doc Ock, along with Vulture and arrived and attempted to go around Superman but were caught and knocked unconscious with no effort by the man of steel. Chameleon surrendered without a fight.

Spiderman got to his feet and thanked Superman for the rescue, Superman looked at him and said, "I'm sure you would've done the same for me." Spiderman looked around," Would I really need to?"

About an hour Superman was standing on the roof of the Daily Bugle building watching over the city when he heard someone approach, he turned to see Iron man hovering behind him. "Hello, Superman, Is it?" Superman nodded, "That's what the news keeps calling me."

Iron man went on,"You've been doing a lot of good lately, those powers of yours are quite impressive. I'm here to extend an invitation to you. How would you like to be an avenger?" Superman shook his head,"I'll have to pass."

Iron man replied,"But you could do a lot of good on the team." Superman kept his stance," Maybe that's true but may I ask you a question?" Iron Man nodded as Superman continued," Where were the Avengers last week when Sentinels were attacking mutant children not 4 blocks from your head quarters?" Iron man started,"It's not our place....." Superman interrupted,"It's not your place to what, stop killer robots from massacring children? Is that how you define a hero? As someone who will protect others so long as they're your definition of normal? I was raised to believe that my power gave me a responsibility to protect all innocent people not just the ones that fit in. So thank you for the offer, Mr. Stark but I'll pass." Iron man was shocked, "How did you......" Superman looked down on him from the air saying,"X-ray vision." He then flew away.

Germania 15 A.D.

2 men are walking along a well traveled path through a forest, the taller of them a North man named Grimmr stopped and sniffed the air. His companion, a Celt called Cale asked him, " What is it?" Grimmr looked around saying, "One of our kind is following us, he's up in the trees."

Cale sniffed the air now and looked at the branch where he saw the boy, Josef. He was shocked that he'd been spotted so he jumped down and attempted to run. Grimmr managed to catch him with minimal effort moving at blinding speed. Cale yelled to him, " Don't hurt the boy, he probably doesn't even know what he is."

Josef stopped struggling and looked back confused as Grimmr asked,"Have you gone through your first change yet?" Josef's eyes went wide, "How did you know about that?" Grimmr chuckled as he put the boy down, "Come with us and we'll explain everything."

New York City present day

Police officers are standing outside a crime scene arguing with federal agents who are ordering them away claiming this was not a local matter. A man wearing jeans and a T-shirt crossed the tape causing one of the officers to step in his way but the agents informed them that he had clearance as their captain called the detective in charge ordering them to back off. The man in the T-shirt was Josef, he walked past the commotion to the body followed by a younger man in a cheap suit named Bill and a feral agent named Mark.

Mark asked, "Hey Joe, whose the new guy?" Joe not looking up said," That's Bill, he's new just finished up his training. I think he'd be the first enforcer you ever met in your age group." Bill stuck out his hand saying,"Hi."

Mark Shrugged and asked," What do we have here, some young one lose it again?" Joe chuckled, "You know as well as I do that if that were the case we'd be picking up bone fragments instead of a whole body. No, this was planned. You got an I.D. on the vic?"

Mark looked at his notes, "Name, Harold Smith some diplomatic aide, works at the U.N." Joe takes a closer look at the body and notices a peculiar scratch pattern and looks up to Bill," You recognize this new boy?" Bill looks a bit flustered as he answers, "That's a runic symbol, it means Fenris." Joe nodded,"Mark, we got problems."

Ferrum Tech bio weapons division subterranean base, undisclosed location

Cutthroat stands next to Sinister in front of a tank containing a large man with black hair. Cutthroat looks at the man saying, "Doesn't look like much." Sinister grins as he opens the tank, "Looks can be deceiving."

The man steps out as Sinister continues," He is one of my favorite creations, I call him Slaughter." He looks to Slaughter saying," Show him the real you."

Slaughter stands at attention as his body transforms to an organic steel form, from his back a massive set of metallic wings extend and 2 sets of 3 organic steel claws emerge from the back of his hands. Cutthroat smiles as Sinister begins again, " He is quite literally the perfect killer, practically indestructible, relentless and utterly emotionless. He is unflinchingly loyal to me but I've told him to obey your orders without question."

Cutthroat looks around, " Are there any more?" Sinister nods and takes him to another room what appears to be a Creed is lying on a table under a sheet, Sinister pulls away the sheet revealing it's mostly cybernetic body explaining, "On occasion some of my Creeds come out flawed, malformed or physically incomplete but I always say waist not, want not, so from this genetic error I've made a technological marvel. I've taken to calling him Cybertooth, my lab techs get a great chuckle out of it every time I say it. He is equipped with an energy shield and his left arm can convert into a plasma cannon and he is also equipped with an adamantium saw concealed in his right arm. He has all the hunting capabilities of a Creed but I had to use nanites to compensate for his healing factor."

Cutthroat was pleased as he left with his new soldiers and profiles for his last 2 recruits that he'd need to track down in the field.

My name is Josef most people call me Joe, I am a werewolf. Before I start my story I feel I should clear up a few misconceptions. The full moon has nothing to do with our change nor is being a werewolf some horrible curse, we can turn humans into our kind but a lot of us, myself included were born this way. Secondly, this whole thing were it's thought that we're just normal people when not in wolf form, not true. We have all the attributes associated with our kind at all times the change just amplifies them. Next, silver bullets, they hurt like hell but won't kill us. We can only die by having our heads removed or being burned to ash. Recent movies and books have been pretty spot on about our feelings toward vampires, some scientist who researches our kind proved that there is actually a chemical response in our brains that makes it biologically impossible for us to feel anything but animosity toward them.

We aren't some wild beasts living on the out skirts of society, we live among you, we do have our own culture with laws and customs. It's my job to make sure my kind obeys those laws. I am an enforcer, basically the werewolf version of a cop which tends to be a little more intense than the human kind. Currently I'm on the hunt for one of my kind whose been killing humans which has been a serious no no for our kind for hundreds of years due to humanity's tendency to blame all of us for the actions of a few and get all lynch mobby.

Hope, Kansas 13 years later

Jonathan and Martha Kent entered their house and found burn marks on the walls, they followed the marks up to Clark's room where they found the boy crying in the corner. Clark looks up to his father and says, "Dad, I think I'm a mutant." Jonathan looks over to Martha and tells her,"It's time."

They took Clark to the barn and swept aside the dirt and hay covering a door in the barn door. Jonathan opened it to reveal the dusty ship his son had arrived in, he opened it and took out a small device. He told Clark it had activated the night they found him, it was a recording from his birth father asking who ever found the child to take care of him and that this device would tell him all there was to know about where he came from. Jonathan and Martha left the boy alone in the barn. A few hours later they went in to check on him and found him floating about 10 feet off the ground. Clark looked back happily at his parents shouting, "I can fly!"

New York City, 5 years later. Daily Bugle building

Clark had just finished up at Columbia University where he'd majored in journalism and today he had his first job interview with J. Jonah Jameson.He was alone on the elevator with a young free lance photographer named Peter Parker who'd become fairly well known for his pictures of Spiderman. Clark told Peter this was his first real job interview since he worked at the Hope, Kansas Dairy Queen and that he was nervous. Peter told him that JJJ was a blow hard, but his bark was worse that his bite.

JJJ's office

He stares at Clark's portfolio with disinterest as Robbie Robertson entered. He informed Jonah that Clark came with a laundry list of great references including their own reporter Ben Urich who had told Robbie "This boy is going to get a Pulitzer someday." After a few minutes of posturing JJJ offered Clark an entry level job that he gladly took. Clark passed Peter on his way out and gave him a nod as he went into Jonah's office saying he got some good shots of a new Super hero in town along with some of his Spiderman photos.

Krypton was one of the few worlds capable of defending itself from all conquerors. The planet was home to the most advanced civilization in all the universe but these people kept themselves isolated. They had long since banned all off world travel. For years they kept to themselves to the point of refusing to even acknowledge life away from Krypton, when a respected scientist called Jor-El began desperately trying to warn the planet of the coming of the world devourer Galactus he was scoffed at and threatened to keep his mouth shut. He began work on a space craft to take his family away and had just finished his test shuttle when the Herald arrived. The Kryptonian army attempted to fight but it was for not as it's master arrived.

Jor-El knowing he had no more time loaded his son Kal-El into the craft along with a small device containing the sum total of Kryptonian knowledge and launched just as Galactus began his meal. The shuttle traveled far beyond the speed of light allowing it to transverse galaxies in seconds before coming in contact with a world that would be habitable by a Kryptonian. The craft landed in a field outside the small town of Hope, Kansas. Jonathan and Martha Kent were sitting on the back of their truck star gazing, Jonathan was trying to comfort Martha who'd been told earlier that week that she was incapable of bearing children by a fertility specialist. She was the first to notice the landing craft and talked Jonathan into investigating it with her.

Hours later the were back at home, Jonathan had hid the craft in their barn and a representative from child services was called. They told her the baby had been abandoned in the field. She was an old friend of Martha's and was more than happy to recommend them as foster parents for the child and after a few months of what the Kents knew would be a futile search for the birth parents they adopted the child they now called Clark.

David Hardy's voice journal

Me, Molly and Raven were running for our lives through the woods from a relentless assassin when we saw 7 running toward us next to one of those Shield guys and for a second I thought our odds had improved. Then I saw what was behind them and honestly at this point I can't say I'm surprised. Being stuck in the middle of a bad situation is just my life now. Luckily 7 seemed to be in a fighting mood as he lept over me and began firing rapid repulser blasts into Lash's face and telling me to start shooting. Lash was totally caught off guard by this which allowed 7 to get some devastating hits in before he could muster a defense. Unfortunately none of us could help out considering an angry Creed Omega was attacking from the other side.

Raven did what was expected and disappeared on us while Molly, Agent Fry and I fought Omega. I shot him twice but it didn't even slow him down. Molly went at him like a panther slashing with he claws and I didn't notice at the time but Omega was getting disoriented as her attacks went on. Apparently one of her many abilities was to affect the more animal part of the brain leaving people like Omega particularly vulnerable. Her tampering allowed for an opening for Fry to sling him to the ground and then attempt to stomp him. We got distracted but a roar of pain from 7 as Lash shocked him with his tendrils and hurled him into a tree. Omega jumped up and went straight for him as Lash turned his attention to us.

He wrapped up Fry's arm in a tendril and tried to shock him, Fry looked at him and an evil smile crept onto the agent's face as Lash realized the electricity was having no effect on Fry's super durable skin. He grabbed Lash's tendril and yanked the killer toward him and smashed his fist into his face using Lash's own carbonadium tendril like a pair of brass knuckles. Lash did manage to knock Fry down but I had time to load my carbonadium bullets so I shot the assassin in the knee cap causing him to shriek in pain. The next shot went through his elbow and caused him to retreat allowing us to focus all our attention on Omega.

Creed 7, field journal entry 14 continued

I saw David running toward us along with Molly Creed and that thief being chased by Lash, I decided the only way to get out of this situation was to strike hard and fast. Lash was not expecting me to attack him head on after our last encounter so he was off guard when I jumped straight at him. I caught him with several repulser blasts and then proceeded to deliver several punishing blows that would have killed a lesser opponent. The thief of course disappeared at her first opportunity while David, Fry and Molly attacked Omega. I thought for a moment I'd actually be able to take Lash down on my own but he wrapped his tendril around my throat and shocked me till I couldn't stand before hurling me away. After I landed Omega was right on me slashing away, Molly slammed into him giving me time to get up. Omega was having trouble concentrating which allowed me to get the upper hand.

I was pommeling him as David and Fry ran up, finally Omega knocked me away and stared off with an almost frightened look to him and suddenly ran off into the woods. Apparently Molly's ability had triggered some primal emotions in him that he was unable to understand or control so he chose to retreat. Fry informed me that David had put 2 bullets in Lash causing him to flee as well though I suspect Molly's power had more to do with that than David's shooting did. I had felt what she was doing on some level I'm willing to bet Fry did as well but David was oblivious as far as I knew because unlike us he isn't a killer by nature.

Chicago, Iron Army holding cell 66

Morbius lays sleeping on the floor when a voice comes into his head." Wake up vampire, we don't have much time here." Morbius shot up recognizing the voice as M," What is it demon?"

M began," Follow my directions exactly and I will get us out of here."

Morbius scratched an Olympian symbol in the wall as he was told and then cut his finger smearing blood across the symbol. This was an ancient spell Mephisto was working. The image of Zeus appeared and Morbius explained what was going on to the God King.

Zeus' rage was visible as M spoke," I cannot bring any of you to Earth fully but perhaps this vampire could carry some of your power and help you avenge your sons."

The building shook as Zeus' arm came out of the image into Morbius' cell and Zeus ordered," Drink your fill Vampire." Morbius dug his teeth into the Sky Father's arm and drank as much as he could. He fell back as the arm pulled away. His eyes went wide as he felt raw power pumping through his veins. He then ripped the door off his cell. Guards tried to stop him but he smashed through them and began his search for his imprisoned team mates.