The meeting room.
"Hulk, are you kidding me?" Bruce Banner put down the chicken leg and spoke with a serious expression on his face.
He wasn't going to take the blame for this!
Kyle frowned and got straight to the point. "Bruce, has your Blood fallen into the wrong hands?"
"Blood?" Bruce Banner looked puzzled. Under the gaze of everyone, he began to sweat, hastily nodding. "I remember. A while ago, I did send my blood to a scientist friend and asked him to help me study a way to decode the Hulk's genes."
"Sent... it?" Tony smirked.
"That's not the point." Natasha sighed and groaned, "Could it be that there's another Hulk running around?"
"Vis, connect to the military's surveillance cameras over there and let us see what's happening," Kyle calmly ordered.
Vis's mechanical eyes rotated, emitting a faint blue light. It projected a live holographic feed from the cameras.
First came the chaotic screams.
The camera footage was shaking, indicating a busy central street, congested with cars. Numerous people were fleeing in all directions. At the far end of the street, a colossal green beast roamed recklessly.
Law enforcement and military units began evacuating civilians, while military green armored vehicles entered the street to suppress the creature.
"Boom!"
A rocket launcher missile accurately hit the green monster. Flames and shockwaves erupted.
A massive hand extended from the explosion and, like a fan, swiftly closed, dispersing the fire-laden shockwaves.
The savage and chilling beastly eyes peered into the camera.
Most of the people in the meeting room gasped for breath.
It looked very much like Hulk, but its physique was even more robust, with an entire section bald, and its sinister muscles protruding, along with a row of bone-white spikes on its back.
The creature in front of them was far more hideous and violent than Hulk, like a cold-blooded monster from a bloody hell!
"Abomination," Kyle muttered.
Defeating Hulk was faster than the original storyline, and the idea had been to prevent the emergence of Abomination. However, Kyle hadn't expected Bruce Banner's blood to leak early.
"Vis, get ready," Kyle said without overthinking it. He finished his drink, and the Venom card was already discreetly gripped between two fingers.
"Godfather, I happen to have some free time. I'll go with you and test the improvements to the Iron Man suit," Tony raised his hand, looking somewhat interested as he watched Abomination in the video.
"Sure," Kyle nodded.
Just as the two of them were about to head upstairs, Bruce Banner suddenly stood up and made a request. "I want to go with you."
"Are you sure?" Natasha looked at him with surprise.
Hulk's uncontrollability was currently very high, and the consequences of its interference were unimaginable. As SHIELD's Deputy Director, she had to prioritize safety.
"I'm sure," Bruce Banner wiped the grease off his mouth with a tissue and said earnestly, "It's a product of my blood, and it's my job to stop its rampage. Besides, if I can't adapt to becoming the Hulk, then I'll be useless even if I join the Avengers."
"Doesn't matter. If it gets out of control, we'll be there to suppress it together," Kyle said casually, causing the entire hall to fall silent, and the sense of reassurance in Tony and the others increased.
This was just too dependable.
"Good. Then I'll go too," Natasha said after thinking for a moment.
"In that case, does this count as the Avengers' first mission?" Tony couldn't help but laugh.
"Then let's go."
Kyle summoned Venom and led the others to the rooftop.
…
California.
The bustling main street.
"Boom, Boom, Boom!"
Cars on the road seemed like plastic toys in the hands of Abomination, which it threw wildly in all directions. These cars smashed into buildings, causing explosions, and flames and thick smoke filled the air.
Around, the bullets and shells from the military forces poured onto the green bone shell but were all deflected.
Abomination cast a cold glance around and continuously picked up cars from the roadside, smashing them in the direction of the military. Explosions and flames engulfed half of the street.
"Symbol of Peace, come out!" Abomination roared hoarsely.
That's right, this abomination figure was Emil!
The world-class top soldier, later a genetically enhanced super-soldier, and now, Abomination injected with a serum created from Hulk's blood!
After two severe injuries, he had undergone a transformation in his low moments.
The fusion of the super-soldier and Hulk genes had left him unable to return to human form. But he felt that his body contained boundless power!
"Symbol of Peace..."
Abomination repeated these words, just about to clear the military, when a familiar and calm voice rang out from behind. "Are you looking for me?"
Abomination's body froze, and it quickly turned around.
Kyle, with silver hair and wearing a hooded leather jacket, stood less than five meters away. He had a pair of dark wings retracted on his back.
"You really came!" Abomination smirked.
"Yes and I'm here to send you on your way," Kyle replied calmly.
"Do you think you can beat me in my current state?" Abomination retorted. He casually lifted a nearby car over his head, preparing to throw it at Kyle.
"Who said I wanted to fight you one on one?" Kyle looked at Abomination like he was an idiot and didn't make any attempt to dodge.
"Sizzle, Sizzle!"
Just then, two blinding lasers were the first to strike the car Abomination was about to throw, causing the vehicle to explode prematurely.
Abomination retracted his hands and shook his head, and his scalp was slightly scorched by the nearby explosion.
"Who?" He asked angrily, glancing around.
"Godfather, you're pretty fast," The Iron Man descended from the sky and landed with a clang on the road, standing shoulder to shoulder with Kyle.
Both of his raised hands were accumulating intense laser energy and were aimed squarely at Abomination. He politely reminded him, "Green-skinned monster, kindly raise your gruesome meat claws up in the air and surrender your ugly self."
"Who are you?" Abomination continued in a cold tone.
"You can call me Iron Man, and we are the Avengers! By the way, another member is coming soon..." Iron Man was interrupted before he could finish. The sound of Bruce Banner's scream came from far away.
"Snap!"
Bruce Banner fell freefall and crashed into the concrete ground between Kyle and Iron Man. It left a human-shaped crater.
Abomination: "..."
Kyle: "..."
Iron Man covered his face with his hand and tried not to look at the crater. He said somewhat awkwardly, "When I said the thing earlier, just forget about it; I don't know him."
"Crack, Crack!"
The ground shook slightly, and the crack of the human-shaped crater grew larger. A thick green monstrous hand emerged from it.
Hulk climbed out from the hole, his hair on his head not yet fully recovered, and with a slight hint of blackening.
It let out a furious roar, and with a casual swipe, it punched Iron Man, who was standing beside Kyle, and sent him flying.
But when Hulk looked to his right, he suddenly lost his menacing demeanor. Instead, he had a distinctly human expression of dread on his face when he saw Kyle, who seemed terrifying. He was petrified by the sight.
Eternal Flame had really scarred him.
"Whoosh!"
Iron Man flew back to the area, dodging Hulk. He landed carefully and stood beside Kyle.
"Shall we begin?" Kyle shrugged. Starting from his chest, a resilient dark horn-like membrane spread, covering his whole body, and extending to his limbs and neck.
Kyle, Hulk, and Iron Man.
A full cast of Heroes!
Abomination scanned the bizarre-looking trio and, for some reason, swelled with overconfidence and a strong sense of foreboding.
(End of this chapter)