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Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

@mattmanganon there's gotta be s reason better than plot

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

Here's a query. For Age of Ultron... Why did the Avengers reform/how. At the end of the first Avengers they went their separate ways, then they had solo outings of not being together. Other than Banner and Stark. What brought them all together? We know Thor wanted Loki's sceptre but why did he team up with the others to get it? Cause let's be honest the Thor we know and love would have been all like 'I need not your help mortals, for I hathe the mighty Mjlolnir!'

I mean Tony and the Iron Legion kind of makes sense. I'm also surprised Banner was willing to Hulk out at all, then there's the Widow being there rather than using all her spy skills to take down hydra. Where did this come from? I watched a video and it ended with the quote from Hill about them all going separate ways and it got me thinking.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

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’...Amidst controversy about the announcement that continued use of Stark Industries technology in Trasnia will result in the intervention of Iron Man, Tony Stark has taken an impromptu vacation with his former military liaison James Rhodes. As another attack is reportedly underway in Trasnia our sources indicate that despite warnings from the state department, that intervention could result in prosecution, Tony Stark was adamant to ‘cease his legacy of murder, whatever the cost’ now onto the latest from Kord industries…’

Previously on Iron Man

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TRASNIA - SOKOVIA BORDER
_{"Breakthrough.”}

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Footsteps heavy on old stone cobbles. Frantic breathing, screams in the distance as chaos spread through the small border town of Velinsky. A man ran through the street, he tripped over a knocked over stroller. Dragging himself to his feet he winced as a coffee shop beside him exploded. Throwing his hands up to protect his face from falling debris he felt glass slice into his arms. The fire of pain spread through his body, his limbs feeling heavy as he lifted himself again. Ignoring the blood that was pouring out of his arms. He could hear other people running, see them alongside him but they did not register in his conscious mind. What mattered was the border. There was a checkpoint only a mile away from the edge of town, the Sokovians had guns. They could protect him.

There was a thud ahead, a figure slightly larger than a man crashed into the street in front of him. Standing up it raised its arm and flame spat forth. <No. No no no no no.*> Skidding to a halt he dove into some kind of mechanic workshop. THUNK, THUNK, THUNK. He turned to look behind himself, he could hear the footsteps coming. Panic enveloped him, he was breathing but not receiving any air. He fell, turning to face his pursuer he tried pushing himself away along the ground as a sword of energy came out of the robotic mans wrist. In the distance he could hear the thunder of more suits coming. He bowed his head as the suit came right up to him. “ Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un-” the prayer came out of his lips in broken sobs. A scream leaving his lips as the ceiling crashed just as the sword was raised for the final swing.

CLANG

He opened up his eyes, as the rough metallic suit was thrown out of the building, crashing through a wall. Before him stood another suit, red and gold. Towering over him.

As the enemy suit reappeared at the door with two of its friends, they all raised their hands in unison. A trio of repulsor beams lancing out to hit the suit. Tony spun on his heel and crouched himself over the fallen man. The strikes hitting his armour, he could feel the force of the blows.“Shielding appears to be holding steady sir.” As they stopped firing Tony stood up, turning to face the enemy suits. If they could have seen his face all they would have seen was a grimace as he raised his left arm, clenching his fist till the knuckles were white the chaingun mounted on his wrist started spinning up.

“Okay. My turn.” Depressing his thumb into a button that wasn’t actually there small energy pellets were fired at the suits, they raised their arms to try and protect their faces. Tony pushing forward as he did so, gaining ground against the Iron Men he grabbed the one in the middle by the helmet with his right arm as he stopped firing, swinging it into the one on the left as he attempted to grab the one on the left with his other hand, however it ducked below his grasp and dashed into his midsection. Arms around his waist and pushing. As Tony was knocked back he dropped the one he was holding. Reaching around he grabbed the one pushing his midsection around its own waist. Squeezing tight he pulled back, flipping himself onto his back and throwing his attacker up through the roof behind him. Tony saw one of the other two suits push himself up into the air with repulsors, activate its energy sword in an attempt to impale him. Moving in a roll red warning lights flashed as the sword nicked his right arm.

Tony swore. He should have compensated for the decrease in mobility, while the Mark 7 was his most physically strongest suit it was the slowest as of a result. Well, slower than everything after the Mark 1. He flicked a switch with his tongue, cutting his speakers so that what he was saying wasn’t transmitted externally. “Jarvis, what the hell was that?” He backed up as a scanner focused on the energy blade, scanning it. He stood with his hands down at his side, ready to move as he and his target circled each other. “It cut right through my shielding.”

“Scanning…” Tony raised his right palm in a repulsor blast as the man charged him, firing the suit of armour deflected it. He fired a couple of more shots in quick succession, then as the blade came down he drove his knee up towards the abdomen of the man. Knocking the suited soldier backwards as he felt another one try and wrap its arms around his shoulder. “Enemy units appear to be utilising some form of repulsor based blade.” Well at least while they were stealing his technology they were doing something new and original with it. A rocket pod came out of his shoulder, turning and firing at the suit behind him blasting it off. By this point all three suits surrounded him again. All of them deploying swords.

Tony moved his legs apart to brace his body as the three of them surrounded him. <”We’ve been expecting you Iron Man. Now prepare to meet your end.*”>

The roof collapsed as three more suits crashed through the roof. This was going ot be a long day.

^{*Translated from Trasnian.}

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

I'm currently writing my next post. I've changed it around a lot. I'm experimenting a lot with how I'm writing so it's taking a while to get it to sit right.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

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Honestly, you, me, @Inkarnate, and @Sep could probably afford to have a chat at some point about the nature of the competition between our tech moguls -- Osborn vs. Kord vs. Luthor vs. Stark, and that.

@DocTachyon

Well you have a PM button up there ;)

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

Some Notes on Stark/Iron Man

Just to save DMs/PMs.

Stark has been active as Iron Man for five years, until the recent press conference there was a lot of speculation of Iron Man being Starks creation but no confirmation. Iron Man hasn't really been a hero yet. He's been focusing on the Ten Rings, and any other organisation that has been using his technology. He hasn't so much as lifted a finger against any other kind of super villain yet. That isn't his job. He's not there yet. Stark has been pretty vocal in his distaste for advanced weaponry. Stark Industries initially had a pitfall in stock and profits for a while but made a comeback in power generation technology (primarily), while also making breakthroughs in aviation and automobile technology (electric cars anybody?)

Stark tower isn't built yet, but Stark is trying to get building permission on a building he bought.

Well we're almost a week into the IC and already on our third page so out of curiosity, what are the driving factors and influences in your story?

@Lord Wraith

I'm doing a heavy mix of MCU/Legacy/EMH into a new version of Stark. I'm also wanting to build on the business aspect more once I've established Iron Man as his own hero(?). Which will be happening after Trasnia, as I want to do something a bit different.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

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Always good to have a Hulk.

@Lord Wraith

Hulk means one day, in the far off future. I can have a Hulkbuster so I'm behind this idea.

Avengers of the Supernatural was a thing for a minute...

@NinaDivine

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Kinda need a Justice League* first to have that.

@Inkarnate

*Avengers

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

<Snipped quote by Hexaflexagon>
Haven't seen either of us this active since the last time we were in @Sep's Jedi Exile RP.

@Inkarnate

That's a throwback right there.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

It's hard cause I'm doing this on my phone and it's hard to judge my length lol. I'm banking on my quality instead of quantity lol

@Archangel89

Yeah I hate writing posts on my phone for this very reason.

>such a majestic post
>such length
>beautiful its so long and well written
>I should write professionally


Then you hit post and it's like two paragraphs long.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

Ah basic BBCoding, you kick me in the bollocks once again.

@Hound55

Same.

Love the post, I'd love to see Stark and Kord in a room. I especially like that you had the reveal be involved