#fractask

[obscuraxclea]

Task 001 : The Fallen Queen

6 Months ago

She wanted the good of her people, at heart, she wanted what was best. However, slowly, surely, her birthright poisened her mind and sent directives that were stricter than under any ruler. She wanted to make sure that no one would overthrow her and thus acted in consequence. Bend free will too much however and it will snap at one point. 

That is what happened to the Queen of the Dark Dimension. In all her strength of being the Sorceress Supreme, she could not avoid what had happened. The coup, the pain, the sorrow and finally the exile that followed. However, what was worse to her, was that she wasn’t worthy anymore. A portal had thrown her to Earth again, and while she was looking at the deep cut on her thigh , the slash seemed not to hurt as much as the realization that she couldn’t heal herself. She couldn’t get up, she didn’t have any strength left in her body to do anything but sit there and watch the red gushing out of her wound. She, once so strong, was now at the bottom, and she couldn’t bring herself to care , because she had failed, she had lost everything she had fought so hard to achieve. Now she was deemed unworthy, and it wasn’t fair. 

@stephen-v-strange

[twlvepercent]

Task 001 : Pepper Spray

      “It’s fine, I got it.” With both her hands on the side of the building, she pushed with her jet-boots to maintain the building up. The armor was built to rescue heavy stuff as well. She was working on some “suits exercises” on the coast when the first tremor happened. She was lucky to see the school nearby, about to be crushed by it. She didn’t use a single weapon, but her bare hands in the armor powered by Tony’s reactor energy. //Miss Potts, I detect a commercial plane nearby in distress with high risks to --// “We go.” This day wasn’t supposed to be like that, but she loved being Rescue too much. She reached the plane who was about to crash in a few minutes. “... Tony’s going to kill me again.” //You can do it Miss Potts.// “Activate the shields, prepare the magnetic fields for impact and get ready.” I can’t do it, she thought. But she did. //Speed and mass calculated, revulsion redirected on fields generator. You can proceed.// Pepper felt the power beneath her feet and the reactor on the suit’s chest. Rescue then charged bother her hands and created an enormous force field around the plane trying to control its speed and then pushed with all her strength. //Plane under control. Congratulations again Miss Potts, you avoided a crash.//  

      She left the suit once in her office and passed a towel on her face. She sat down, opened her letters until she came across a fine paper, and a fine picture, a logo. It made her pause, and smile. Her first baby, ever. “Miss Potts, may I come in?” The redhead cocked an eyebrow at the sight of Norman Osborn already in her office. “You already are, but, please, be my guest. I’m sorry, we��re about to close, what is it I can help you with?” She wasn’t stupid, she knew who he was and why he was there. But he was in her building and she’d treat him like everyone else. “We had an appointment two hours ago.” “Ah yes, I’m sorry I had priorities over a meeting we could easily report for some other day in the week. My assistant called you about that.” “She did, but I assumed I’d come anyway. This is an urgent matter and I’m sure is more important than whatever you were fighting in Stark’s armor an hour ago if you don’t want to end up in prison.” He smiled then, a smile Pepper knew too well on people assuming they were about to crush her down. But she was Pepper Potts. And no one was threatening her without her defending herself. “I’m sure you know about the new law which --” “I know about it.” she cut him. “Then you sho--” “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mister Osborn. I am not eligible for this registration of yours.” “You fly around with a suit of armor full of weapons, risking lives every day and responding to no one besides yourself and Stark.” She frowned. “First of all, this suit has no weapon. Come on, look at it, it’s right here.” she pointed at the suit in a corner. “It’s just a suit with R.T technology, green energy as a generator. I’d be happy to share with you the list of its components. You’ll see no weapon of any sort in here. Secondly, this suit is a gift from Tony Stark to Resilient and is going to help us with our medical technology in the future. Whatever you saw me doing this morning what basics exercises. And doing so, met people needing my help. I figured I’d rescue them. Since you weren’t there.” He looked pissed. “I’ll take that list. But don’t think you’re going to fool me with this story.” “What story? I just received my new logo for Resilient. It’s happening and I’m very happy about it.” she gave him the logo she just received. “It’s my company and mine alone. Friends helped me along the way, I respect them. But it’s mine. I respond to no one. Not Stark, not you, but myself and I’ll prove it in a near future. I won’t sign the registration act since I can’t. But I’ll continue to help around if I find myself in this kind of situation. And if I find the time to do so, which will be complicated in the times to come.” She stood up and gave him a polite smile. “Now, remember that if we had met this morning, hundreds of people would've died today. If you care about those things. So mind your manners and think twice before coming in my building to threaten me. Have a nice day.” she poured herself a glass of water, waiting for him to leave.

[dominoxladyluck]

Task 001: A Glimpse at the Life of Domino

“Another job well done.”

[hydraqueenofsin]

Task 001: Long Live the Queen

Sin watched the video footage of Zemo getting murdered on a loop, laughing each time when the killing blow came. It was so fulfilling to watch the usurper finally get what was coming to him. It all played perfectly and while she hadn’t expected some civilian to film the footage and put it up on the internet, but it only made her rise that much sweeter. Her power was absolute. Under her, Hydra would become the powerhouse it once was, and more.

After watching the film once more, she closed the file on her phone before dialing a number and putting the device to her ear. “It’s me....Yes, I need more forces to mobilize in New York. I want Barnes found and brought to me, preferably alive. Will you make sure Norman gets the message?....I don’t care how you do it, just get it done, unless you want to lose your position in that fancy office of yours, Maggie.....I’m glad we could come to an agreement.”

With a grin, she closed her phone and got up from the park bench she had been sitting on. Damn, it was good to be the queen.

[icarusofhousestark]

Task 001 : Captain’s Kirk logs

- taping begins - 

Tony sighed and rubbed his neck, looking at the broken helmet he kept all his secrets in since he started this project on the Peak. It was quiet in space, especially where he liked to hang out , splendid vue. 

“ October 20th 2022 , it’s 3 AM EST on Earth , I just came back. Every time I feel like down there gets more and more foreign. “

He shifted.

“I had no idea what to expect when I started Peak, the thrill of just building something new ....I didn’t realize how important this all was, how big the universe really were....I used to be afraid of what was out there, Earth needed protecting, that was Wanda’s vision ...but ...I was wrong ... the universe is fine...most people are just like us...trying to survive in this goddamn absurdity of life. “

He scratched his beard and leaned against a pile of boxes. 

“  Why didn’t you say anything Tony ?  .... that’s what Steve told me after everything and by everything I mean the great Bruckheimer show of throwing everything and anything at me for the actions of the Avengers. It took that to get Rogers to get out of retirement , moral support  I suppose...or shared responsibility...because we created the Avengers .....maybe it’s my fault ...I let them alone ... god knows these kids don’t know how to clean a coffee machine, let alone make sure to not become the very thing they hate.... “

Tony closed his eyes. Interrogation, after interrogation, Shield, NSA, CIA , United Nations, his name dragged in the mud with a few others, he thought he could handle it, it all eventually caught up to him afterwards, when he was alone, all the anxiety. No one had said anything to him upon returning to Peak, they all left him space. 

“ I haven’t said anything because there were no point in ratting out my family ... no matter how much I disagree, no matter how I should have by now made them all turn themselves in...I can’t carry them ...only love them....there’s a registration ... I’m gonna sign it ... not because I have to ...but because it’s necessary to protect everyone involved....I am scared however, that not everyone will view it that way... I really don’t want to face that again ....”

he whispered, still traumatized by his stay with the Skrulls, the mental torture of it and stopped the recording. 

“It’s not your fault Tony” 

Tony lifted his head to spot Gamora. 

“It isn’t ? This is the path I started more than ten years ago....this is where it led. “

Gamora sat down next to Tony.

“I am a monster for some , I’ve killed thousands,but no one saw it, they did not expect a hero to be that violent, civilians forget some truths behind actions, I do hope they see that it was all for a greater good.....”

“You take enough blame for others, Tony, let those people take their responsibility too, I know you think they are your family ... but to us you are too now...and we all worried about you “

She put a hand on his shoulder.

“Whatever your decide, we’re behind you.”

And that actually made Tony smile, and he put his hand on Gamora’s patting it before she stood up and left him be. 

[sgt-barnes-archived]

Task 001 : Winds of Winter

2 years ago. As soon as Barton was off of sight, Bucky put the shield in front of him, ready to welcome the Hydra agents coming his way. He and the Avengers were attacking Zemo this time, in Lagos. He really wanted the team to remain together and work as a team, and maybe his doubts were real when he watched Clint go away. He doubted him telling the all truth here, he doubted he’d let Zemo be their captive and breathe. Too much to think as the leader of their team. Right now he needed them at certain places, he could contain the Hydra agents by himself. 

And it went pretty well, they were all down. Until the last two came from nowhere, watching since the beginning their toy fighting. Barnes deeply breathed in after the fight, looking up at them and he froze on both his feet. They should've died. They shouldn’t be there. “No...” He whispered for himself, making a step back. “Oh, yes, Soldat.” One spoke in perfect Russian. He was scared for a minute. Because those two were the two old KGB’s agents who used to put him into cryostasis and such, most of the time playing with the programming in his head. Then he heard Nat in his coms and he blinked. “James? What is it? I don’t have any visual.” “Don't -- come here.” She wanted to know more but he activated the safety on his coms Tony made for him, so he wouldn’t be triggered by the damn words again. And so she understood. 

Captain America did not hesitate and lifted his gun up at them. “Don’t move. I won’t hesitate.” They continued in English with a strong accent: “Oh, we know that. We watched you. But you’re not what you think you are. You’re not that uniform and shield, whatever you tell yourself. You will always be what you fear, and ours.” James didn’t reply but tighten his grip on his shield and gun. These two men fed him with so much anger towards them, hate, urge to murder. They had history. They were also the ones discovering his forbidden relationship with Natasha back in the Red Room days. The ones erasing their memories. The only good ones they had, making them very much human. But despite all of this, despite all the hate he felt towards them, he didn’t want to kill them right away. He was who he wanted to be. And he wasn’t theirs. “No. You should know that by now. You’re trapped, you won’t escape. Surrender, now.” They smiled and then talked again. But James couldn’t hear what they had to say. He heard the beginning only because his earphones cut it all for him. They were trying to reprogram him with the words and seemed upset when they saw it didn’t have any effect on him.

“James, talk to me, what is going on?!” “Where’s Barton?” “...” “I need him, make him come right now!” “I’m coming.” “No!” He urged her. She was not the best one to deal with those two, she had history too with them, and he couldn’t tell her or she’ll come as well. “Why, Soldat? It’s been so long since I’ve seen her redhead.” Oh, Bucky didn’t expect that. Neither did he expect the blow on his neck which put him down on the ground, the head suddenly heavy. He was too focused on the two scientists he didn’t see that one coming. But that voice... “Leo...” he moaned in pain, fighting to keep his eyes open. He trained him well, that should-have-been-Winter-Soldier. “That’s right. And I’m happy to be the one that will take you back home.” And of course, in the soldiers Bucky trained during his bad days working for Russia, Leo was the worst. It took him great strength to sit up straight and throw his shield at Leo, making him stumbled a bit. But here, James was not at his best and his try failed very quickly, eating the floor again after a few exchanges of punches, his blood covering the ground from his nose and mouth. “Clint... for fuck’s sake...” he moaned, not really listening to the other voices calling for him. His head burnt, his eyes couldn't see clear and his senses were failing him. He only felt Leo’s hands on his head, trying to put the earphones off. When he understood, Bucky bravely fought again, firing into Leo’s legs with his hidden gun, even trying to use his knife on him. But nothing worked really good. He heard Natasha’s voice again, but then, then she wasn’t here anymore and the earphones as well.

Leo put him back on his feet to make sure he was listening and then the two scientists started to pronounce the trigger words. Even his work with Charles-Xavier couldn’t prevent Bucky to fall for that. It helped him not to fall too quickly however. Or at least, in a way to help him defend himself. At first, it didn’t do anything, just putting a quick migraine up his head. But then, then he felt it, he felt him. The Winter Soldier. Coming back in, making the walls tumble one by one with such simplicity it scared him. And if he hated someone more than those two it was the Soldier. The rage boiled inside of him as he felt his head coming crazy, trying to drown him. James screamed, find new strength in him to push Leo away, knock him off.

He turned to the two scientists, still trying to trigger him, but James took his shield and threw it on one of them with such brutality he fell down, coughing hard. Barnes jumped on the other one, taking his head to push him against a wall, knocking his head against it again, and again, and again, screaming with such pain and rage at him to shut up and “-- shut up shut up shut up shut up --” He was unable to identify what he was truly doing, what was right or wrong. He just wanted it to stop, now and forever. And so he hit, and hit, and hit with his bionic arm until the Russian man’s cries stopped and his skin and hair covered the wall already painted in red. Eventually, James let go when the other one hit him from behind, letting the already dead man down. The second one found himself with a bionic fist punch on his torso and couldn’t breathe anymore. Barnes took his knife on the floor and walked to him taking him by the collar. The American was crying, tears streaming down his face. He knew what he was about to do was wrong, he would hate it, they would hate it, it would throw away everything he fought for, everything he stood for... But the pain was too much, the soldier inside of him was still there, trying to make himself a place, trying to become one, to make him understand. And he couldn’t live knowing these two could speak to anyone. He put the blade on the Russian’s throat. “You will.... never... touch... speak to... and control... anyone.... ever..... again. No one... will be your toy... You don’t get to... choose who I am.... who... people... are... For what you did... to me.... to us... I’ll gladly... lose the most... precious thing I have...” On these words, his face crumpled as he cut the man throat, the blood spraying him, covering him and the uniform in blood. 

Barnes closed his eyes, letting the man fall down, dead, at the same time the door opened, revealing Natasha in panic “... James?” she looked surprised, shocked was a better word, looking everywhere and back at him. She was scared of who he was and threatened him with her gun, just to be sure. Bucky looked down at his uniform, realizing, then at the shield covered in blood at his feet, the blade... the blood, the corpses... Leo had time to escape, but right now he didn’t care. He fell on his knees, looking at the blood on his hands, shocked, as he did the only thing he promised he would never do ever again. Kill. Even them. His head still hurt and he was still trying to fight the Soldier to come back. Even if something was telling him he was already there, somehow. His eyes closed... Only feeling the two hands on his face after a bit, but couldn’t hear any words for now... Numb in his pain, in his trauma. He wouldn’t fight fate after this, he wouldn’t fight anyone. He deserved what would follow, he knew it. 

[l-groot]

Task 001: I am Groot.

When do we really become an adult? I can’t be an easy question, but this morning when Groot woke up and looked at himself in a mirror, he felt like one. He simply removed a little twig from his face and stared at himself for a moment. He could say he was happy, he could say he was safe and he could say he was supported by the best persons. Groot knew all of this and yet he still remembered his life on his original planet, Planet X, he knew how bad his species acted, how bad he could have become and definitively he knew he had no regret of his choices. But the fact was, that at this precise moment, Groot felt indefinitely grateful for his family, they raised him, helped him to grow up and he couldn’t say enough “I am Groot” to thank them. So instead of words, Groot left his room and hug each member of the ship his family, not asking for permission, not explaining himself, simply hugging them, one by one, with no exception. He was an adult again and with no hesitation, he could now protect each of them. 

[trashpandaxrocket]

Task 001: I Gotta Do Everything Myself...

Rocket was surrounded by idiots. Well, besides Stark, but metal-head had his days. It seemed like Rocket had to do everything if he wanted it done right. “This is what I get for asking Drax to put together a macro-polarizer. It was just two stickin’ wires,” he grumbled to himself as he threw the broken piece of equipment into the junk box. 

Being a part of this SWORD thing was sometimes a pain in the tail, but if it helped keep stupid aliens away and they made a pretty penny off of this, then it would all be worth it. As Rocket began to work on another broken piece of junk satelitte they were hanging out on, he heard a crash followed by Drax laughing. Rocket growled and picked up a wrench. “I swear I will skin you if you just broke my new satellite tracker!” Rocket yelled as he ran off towards whatever Drax just broke....again.

[samfalconwilson-avenger]

Task 001: Going Rogue

Sam couldn’t believe what he was seeing on the news. A registration act? Seriously? “Damn it, Barton,” he muttered under his breath. He knew full well that this was only getting passed after that damn footage was released after Lagos. Lagos. What a shit-show that was. In his opinion, Barton had no reason to be there. And meanwhile, while Barton was in the wind, Barnes was stuck answering for his past crimes that, in Sam’s opinion, had no reason to be brought up.

Everything was a mess. Sam knew that what this stupid act would do was only going to hurt the Avengers more. There was no way in hell he was gonna sign the damn thing. Instead, he flipped up the collar of his jacket and disappeared. Sam Wilson had work to do.

[valkyrja-hild]

Task ; Skrull War

Oh, so, something exploded? Well, that was great, Barbara honestly smiled when she learned it but joy wasn’t the only feeling she got. It was weird but somehow Barb’ felt almost disappointing to not be a part of it, not that exploding things was a hobby but yeah... She felt like wanting to participate, to help, it was definitively weird, this desire for help, inexplicable but since the beginning of the war this feeling was growing, giving her some strange dreams.

[scarletwaanda]

task: skrull war

Green eyes followed the Hydra agents across the room from behind the glass walls of her cell. She could only pick up parts of the men's conversation but it was enough to figure out what they were talking about "Apparently they saved some of them.....the Avengers.....held captive....rescued." The words were enough to peak her interest. Pushing herself up off her seat she moved towards the glass wall. "Wait..." she called after them. "What happened? Who was held captive? Wait! Come back!" The men kept walking without so much as a glance back. More unanswered questions about what was happening out in the world. She could feel the pit in her stomach growing with every second passing she couldn't help anyone.

[shielddirector-coulson-blog]

Task: Skrull War

They did it. They did managed to raise that base to the ground and free the people the Skrulls kept in their possession there. It was a big win, the first one that really felt like they could actually fight back that invasion and it was a nice change, nobody could deny that. Phil was a bit relieved now but knew all too well that the fight was far from being over and that with this victory, their ennemies would be even more on their guard and he was really hoping that with the intel Fitz managed to gather, they’d be able to root out any Skrull double they still had left. A lot remained to be done, he’ll have to talk with Fury, go see Maria and Pepper himself to offer his help -even if he knew they’d both say they don’t need it- and plan for the next moves. Done wiith his report, he touched the Box to close it, happy that they finally were making progress but still wary about the rest. This mission went well, almost too well and maybe it was him being too paranoid or experience speaking but that seemed a bit fishy... He just hoped that for once, his guts weren't right.

[drhankmccoy]

Task: skrull war

His worry was great. Not because they had won a crucial battle against the enemy, but he was worried about Jean. Her state of mind had always been fragile. He could only imagine how it was now. They could not risk losing another Omega mutant, not after Wanda. He and the professor did their best to bring her back smoothly, which with Scott around, wasn’t easy. 

Hank then proceeded to assist as medical staff in taking care of the refugees. He had told Reed and Banner that he would assist them if necessary, but both had the anti skrull system covered, he was sure of it. His skills would be more useful in mending wounds, may they be physical or psychological.

[silkmxxn]

task: skrull war

Cindy was glad she was able to help out again with the Skrull problem. After the success of the last mission she was on, she quickly volunteered to help with the next one. Since most of the crew from their first Skrull job was there, plus many others it seemed like they were ready to take on the job ahead of them. It felt good for once to feel like they were coming out ahead. They were getting people back, they were making a difference again. This war was brutal and horrible but the survivors were tough. They would push through this. They would make it to the end. It might take tiny jobs like this but Cindy held out hope that they could defeat these green monsters and send them back to where they belong.

[reginleifr]

Task : Skrulls War.

       If she was contented for Humanity when the rescue was a sucess, she quickly lost her smile when she heard somewhere in Norway, in what was apparently a skrull base, thousands of humans captive were executed. And of course it had to be in Norway. 

       Curious by nature and used to investigate, the Valkyrie made her way to what some asgardians gods called home, what Odin used to call that way. The base was left to a state of neglect but she entered the place anyway. Reginleif didn’t stay long, only wanted to make sure there were no survivor, but death left for some time now and there were infortunately no one left to save. 

[bubblegumxjubes]

Task: Skrull war

Jubes was happy for those that got away. She had taken her distances from the other mutants, from the revolution. The anger she was feeling all the time mixed with the thirst. She went on rampage after rampage, alone, with one idea  and one only : find her son, no matter the cost. 

She had learned about the base when being on the look out for her maker. She didn’t want to see him, but with Logan having basically talked her away, she didn’t have anyone else to ask for help. Of course this was a bad idea, and she soon enough regretted it. Dracula had his own agenda, almost trapped her again, but did give her a good piece of advice. One she was going to put into form. One of those green things must have had some intel. They monitored the whole world. It was not much, but it was at least something.