"Talking ain't free action!" I said with a laugh as I flew after Wrecker, easily overtaking him in speed and hitting him again; this time towards one of his teammates, the one with white suit. Which unfortunately didn't hit as the rest of the Wrecking Crew scattered and the fight begun.
Though I didn't really expected that it would last long.
Not to say that the Wrecking Crew was made out of weaklings, these people regularly went into fistfights with the likes of Thor and Hulk after all, but… they were kinda dumb. The way they fought was similar to how Hulk fought except they didn't have the green goliath's unparalleled strength or the ability to grow stronger throughout the fight. Not to mention they were far more durable than they were strong or agile.
Facts that became quite clear as Hercules and Betty each started beating up one member each while Storm and Laura was more or less demolishing the white suited guy I had sent Wrecker at. Finally, Bruce and Valeria were just staying away from the fight and just keeping watch. Well, Bruce was; Valeria was looking at her nails with a bored look on her face.
"Now you've gone and done it." Wrecker said as he got up from the blow I gave him and grabbed his crowbar with both hands like it was a sword. "We were only here for Banner but I think I just might enjoy working overtime for no pay for once."
"No, you were here as appetizers to Hulk so that Sterns could have a buildup for his clash with him." I said with a shake of my head as I mockingly smiled at the green wearing loser. "Don't try to make yourself seem more capable than you are."
"Screw you!" Quite an eloquent fellow, wasn't he?
Still, as I dodged the wide swipes of his crowbar, I couldn't help but wonder how his powers worked.
In the comics it was supposed to be some sort of bullshit like the queen of Norns mistaking him for Loki, cause he had a horned hat, and granting him immense durability as part of a deal she had with the god of mischief. Which meant that his powers were based on arcane arts but just how far did it go, was it only against physical attacks? That sounded like a very good reason to experiment around a little bit.
So as Wrecker tried to hit me with his crowbar once more, instead of simply dodging I turned intangible and let the weapon pass through me; meaning that hitting hard was all the weapon could do, somewhat disappointing. Not as much as Wrecker who just fell flat onto his face due to the momentum of his own attack though.
Seeing that there was only one last thing left to check, I concentrated for a moment and the glare on Wrecker's face was replaced with a blank look. It had been almost laughably easy to get through the man's mind and take over his bodily functions, there were basically no defenses other than a momentary stop due to his temper. Which wasn't surprising; the spell that had given him powers were meant for Loki in the first place and there were very few people in existence, if any, who could actually go through the mental defenses of the god of lies.
"I'll be taking that." I said with a smile as I shrunk back to my normal form and took the crowbar from Wrecker, who offered no resistance, before turning back to see that everyone else were finished with their opponents as well.
Hercules was sitting on the back of one member while Betty had one under her foot and finally the white suited member was on his back with many slash and burn marks, occasionally twitching and all of them unconscious.
"So, what do we do with these guys?" I asked with a frown.
"In my days we would kill our adversaries but the current political climate is kind of against that." Hercules said with a shrug, seemingly uncaring of the glares he was getting from Storm and Laura.
With Storm it was simple, she didn't really condone killing; at least when the opponent was already down, she probably would be far more accepting it if it happened in the heat of battle. Laura on the other hand had a different reason, she liked not killing people. It was kind of understandable after all the times she had been forced to kill by the Facility. It was good that she was trying out new things. It was not so good that she seemed to be contemplating about trying to cut Hercules.
"I have a better idea." Fortunately for the immortal son of Zeus, Valeria came to rescue with two green lights coming from her hands as she started to murmur some strange words right before the lights got brighter the Wrecking Crew vanished. "There, I sent them to the nearest S.H.I.E.L.D. base; they can deal with them." Sounded like she was going to make the biggest spymaster on the planet very paranoid, but cool. And more importantly...
"You are so teaching me how to do that." I said with a grin, it was about time I gained an understanding of the more mystical sides of this universe.
"It would be my honor, my lord!" And Valeria seemed willing too.
"Yeah, you guys can do that later." Betty said with a huff as she got between us. "Now we need to think about how to find Sterns."
"Oh there is no need for that." We all suddenly turned around to see a man with green skin and a very big head with veins bulging standing behind us. How in hell had he sneaked up on me?! "Now then, shall we begin our epic battle Banner? Or would you like a moment or two in order to get you smarter half out?"
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