#Gods & Legionnaires

[dzelonis]

Jason Anspach, Nick Cole - Galaxy’s Edge: Savage Wars #1-3

[fatal-blow]

First Paragraph Game

Tagged by @hueynomure !  Rules are to post the first paragraph of each of my wips and choose my fave so let’s see what I got.

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Defenders of Earth - Cry Wolf

Anxiety tried to burn a hole into Amp’s stomach, like a white hot poker driven straight through his insides.  He shouldn’t be anxious.  He’d done this before. Why was he anxious?

Defenders of Earth - Prequel

Henry Stohln drops the large box of files, letting it clunk loudly on the sturdy oak table.  Dust billows forth.  Elliot Golden watches, unfazed, from the other side of the stained wood. Finally, she turns her eyes to Maxwell Stohln.

Lionheart

As the sun dips down beneath the blurry line of the horizon, the Agni Sands go from impossibly searing to simply unbearable.  It feels like a breath of fresh air in comparison, but Kastor came north from lands where he could see his breath, where heat is as imposing and intruding as it is sought for comfort.

And for fun, a couple of WIPs that have been sitting on the backburner~

South Pawed

As the sun rose higher in the sky, the prison yard bustled with activity, watched by the careful eyes of the guards.  The occasional fight broke out, but things were more peaceful than normal that day.

Gods of War

A powerful gust of wind blasted across the open field, scattering powdery snow and dried up leaves, rustling the trees—blue and silver, with branches that ended in tiny mushroom tops—and stirring the force of soldiers camped along the slope of the hill.  Grand Legionnaire Qaydon Tosic didn’t so much as flinch when it ruffled her white fur and whipped her scarf around her body.  She parted her lips, revealing pearly fangs, to scent the auras of their enemy.  Nothing. Nothing yet, at least.

Honestly my fave is probably Lionheart, with Cry Wolf coming in second.  Of the WIPs here those are the two that are final draft and almost final draft so,,to be expected I suppose.

mm gonna soft tag @requiemforicarus and @skeletonguts uwu

[minimin1993]

B/L 21

Warning: Violence

After the little heart to heart with Laura they both headed out to the kitchen to start making dinner laughing and talking about the most randomest things to the stupidest things. When Steve came inside the house after chopping wood he was surprised but happy to see Linda smiling and laughing again. Food came out not long after that and the team settled down for dinner before Fury came and called a ‘meeting’.    “Ultron took you folks out of play to buy himself time. My contacts all say he's building something. The amount of Vibranium he made off with, I don't think it's just one thing.” Fury said.  

“What about Ultron himself?” Steve said  

“Ah. He's easy to track, he's everywhere. Guy's multiplying faster than a Catholic rabbit. Still doesn't help us get an angle on any of his plans though.”  

“He still going after launch codes?” Tony asked.  

“Yes, he is, but he's not making any headway.”  

“I cracked the Pentagon's firewall in high school on a dare.”  

“Yeah, well, I contacted our friends at the NEXUS about that.”  

“NEXUS?” Steve asked.  

“It's the world internet hub in Oslo, every byte of data flows through there, fastest access on earth.”  

“So what'd they say?” Clint asked playing with the darts.  

“He's fixated on the missiles, but the codes are constantly being changed.”  

“By whom?” Tony asked when a dart fly right next to his face hitting the dart board.  

“Parties unknown.”  

“Do we have an ally?”  

“Ultron's got an enemy, that's not the same thing. Still, I'd pay folding money to know who it is.”  

“I might need to visit Oslo, find our "unknown."”  

“Well, this is a good time, boss, but I was kind of hoping when I saw you, you'd have more than that.”Natasha said to Fury  

“I do, I have you. Back in the day, I had eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else. You kids had all the tech you could dream of. Here we all are, back on earth, with nothing but our wit, and our will to save the world. Ultron said the Avengers are the only thing standing between him and his mission, and whether or not his mission is global destruction. All this laid in the grave. So stand. Outwit the platinum bastard.” Fury said pointing to the team.  

“Steve doesn't like that kind of talk.” Natasha and Linda said almost simultaneously before looking at each other and laughed.   

“You know what, Romanoff?” Steve said looking at Natasha then Linda who both smiles mischievously at him.  

“So what does he want?” Fury asked.  

“To become better. Better than us. He keeps building bodies.”  

  “Person bodies. The human form is inefficient, biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keeps coming back to it.”  

“When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed.”  

They don't need to be protected, they need to evolve. Ultron's going to evolve.”    “ How?” Fury asked.  

“Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho?” Bruce asked. 

The team started to suit up for mission once again, Linda had of course stayed by Steve side along with Natasha and Clint. Bruce had left with Fury, and Tony had met up with the Nexus people. When they reached the U-Gen Genetic Research lab Steve and Linda got off the quinjet while Natasha and Clint stayed in the jet.  

“Two minutes. Stay close.” Steve said, as they enter the lab they saw Helen on the ground wounded. “Dr. Cho!” Steve said, Linda grabbing something to pressed against her wound slowing the bleeding.  

“He's uploading himself into the body.”  

“Where?”  

“The real power is inside the Cradle. The gem, its power is uncontainable. You can't just blow it up. You have to get the Cradle to Stark.”  

“First we have to find it.”  

“Go.” She said  

“Did you guys copy that?” Steve said over the radio to Natasha and Clint.  

“We did.”  

“I got a private jet taking off, across town, no manifest. That could be him.”  

“There. It's the truck from the lab. Right above you, Cap. On the loop by the bridge. It's them. I got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the   driver.” Clint said pointing at the truck leaving the lab.  

“Negative! If that truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron.” Steve said climbing up the structure of the Lab.  

“Ready?” Steve asked looking at Linda.  

“You betcha.” Linda/Luna said reeving up the energy before both runs to the end of the bridge jumping right onto the truck, Linda stayed on top while Steve slide   to the door.

“No, no, no, no, no. Leave me alone!” They heard Ultron say before the door got blasted off. “Well, he's definitely unhappy! I'm gonna try and keep him that way.” Steve said hanging on by a thread.  

“You're not a match for him, Cap.” Clint said  

“Thanks, Barton.” Steve said.  

“But I am.” Linda said drawing some of the energy from the Legionnaires inside the truck. Steve tried to enter the truck but gets blasted off again by Ultron. Linda   sends the charge she been amping up whipping Ultron sending him flying back before catching himself flying back toward her sending a blast of his own at her.

“You know what's in that Cradle? The power to make real change, and that terrifies you.” Ultron said Linda dodge it in time for Steve to throw his shield at Ultron.  

“I wouldn't call it a comfort.” Steve said throwing his shield one more time sticking it into his chest plate.  

“Stop it!” Ultron said throwing Steve shield aside and blasts him and Linda one more time.  

“Dam is my blasting this annoying.” Linda said falling into the car in front of the truck.  

“Nope but his is.” Steve said dodging hits from the Legionnaire thats driving climbing back up to fight Ultron. Linda jumps back onto truck helping Steve whipping Ultron only to have him dodge everymove kicking her off the truck onto the busy streets.

“Shit.” Linda said shaking herself back up seeing Natasha arm coming towards her, Linda grabs on immediately jumping behind Natasha.  

“Thanks.” Linda said.  

“Don’t thank me yet.” Natasha said driving closer to Steve who was getting choked, Natasha drives up throwing Steve his Shield, Steve catches it in time punching

Ultron away from him while Linda jumps back into the opening of the truck blasting the Legionnaires inside who was blasting Natasha. Before Linda could send a crucial whip the 2 Legionnaires flies off to the quinjet.  

“Guys I am inside, but I am not good with this type of stuff.” Linda said looking at the screen. “In my time the hardest thing we had to do was set the radio to the   right station.”  

“I am right behind you.” Natasha said jumping onto the truck.  

“Oh thank god.” Linda said sighing in relief.  

“ Heading back towards you. So whatever you're going to do, do it now.” Clint said  

“ I'm in, Cap can you keep him occupied?” Natasha said  

“What do you think I've been doing?” Steve said.  

“I am going to go help Steve, you got this right?” Linda said seeing Natasha nod before jumping out of the moving truck onto the car behind her, Linda then jumps one more time landing on top of the subway train running toward Steve.  

“The package is airborne. I have a clean shot.” Clint said as Linda sees the truck now flying.  

“Negative. I am still in the truck.” Natasha said  

“What the hell are you...?”  

“Just be ready, I'm sending the package to you.”  

“How do you want me to take it?”  

"Uhh, you might wish you hadn't asked that.”  

Linda made it into the bunker of the subway seeing Steve take hit after hit. Linda whips her whip cracking Ultron away from Steve further down the subway when Pietro and Wanda shows up blocking Ultron way back.  

“Please. Don't do this.” Ultron said looking at Wanda.  

“What choice do we have?” Wanda said as Linda and her works at Ultron together blowing the front of the subway before Ultron flies off.  

“I lost him, he's going your way.” Steve said running up to check on the conductor of the subway who was knocked out.  

“Steve.” Linda said running up behind him seeing the track ending soon.  

“Nat! Cap, you see Nat?” Clint said looking out the window.  

“ If you have the package, get it to Stark! Go!”  

“Do you have eyes on Nat?”  

“ Go! Civilians in our path. Can you stop this thing?” Steve asked Wanda using his Shield to block Linda and himself from the debris flying in only to get thrown back   when boulder hit him sending them both flying back. Once the train was stopped Wanda got off running over to Pietro who was out of breathe.  

“I'm fine. I just need to take a minute.” Pietro said sitting down.  

“I'm very tempted not to give you one.” Steve said walking over to them.  

“Steve let the kid breathe for a bit.” Linda said grabbing his bicep.  

“The Cradle, did you get it?” Wanda asked  

“Stark will take care of it.” Linda said.  

“No, he won't.”  

“You don't know what you're talking about, Stark's not crazy.” Steve said.  

“He will do anything to make things right.”  

“Stark, come in. Stark. Anyone on comms?”  

“Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it. Where do you think he gets that?” Wanda said