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District X
Callisto fought with controlled fury, her enhanced senses tracking every threat. But there were too many. Always too many.
A Chitauri chariot screamed toward the bunker entrance. Civilians still streaming inside. She couldn't block it, nor could she reach them in time.
Suddenly, light pulsed, and her body exploded with power.
Enhanced senses became supernatural awareness. She could hear heartbeats three blocks away, smell the ozone from alien weapons and even feel vibrations through the ground, mapping enemy positions without seeing them.
Her reflexes tripled as she moved, faster than any normal human, intercepting the chariot mid-flight. Her hand punched through its hull. She ripped out the power core and threw the entire vehicle into a building.
"Morlocks!" Callisto's voice carried absolute authority. "Stop holding back! Show these invaders what happens when you threaten our home!"
Marrow's bone blades, already formidable, grew longer and sharper. She could shape them now into different weapons. Swords, spears and shields grew from her forearm.
She charged into a squad of Chitauri soldiers. Bone blades carved through armor. Each movement was lethal and perfectly placed.
Anole's reptilian form bulked up, his scales hardening beyond natural biology. Energy blasts that should have hurt him bounced off harmlessly. His regeneration accelerated as an alien blade cut his arm, and it regrew in seconds.
"I'M A GODDAMN LIZARD!" Anole laughed, tail whipping out to take down three Chitauri. "AND I'M ANGRY!"
Sack grew larger, his grotesque form expanding, becoming a living wall between the civilians and danger. Chitauri fired at him. He absorbed the hits, his malleable body catching energy blasts and kinetic impacts.
"None shall pass," Sack rumbled, his voice deeper, more resonant. "This is our district. Our home. And you are not welcome."
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âShelter Near Grand Central
Danny Rand felt his chi return. And not just return, but Amplify.
The Iron Fist ignited again, but brighter and stronger. Both hands glowed golden, not just his right. The energy extended up his forearms, creating gauntlets of pure chi.
"The Iron Fist serves the innocent," Danny whispered, assuming a stance. "And you have harmed the innocent."
He moved.
A single palm strike created a shockwave that knocked a dozen Chitauri off their feet. His kicks left golden afterimages. Every punch detonated like a bomb.
Luke Cage felt his already bulletproof skin harden further, becoming impenetrable on a level beyond human enhancement. A Leviathan tried to eat him, but its teeth broke against his flesh.
"You know what?" Luke grabbed the creature's jaw, muscles bulging. "I'm tired of playing defense!"
He ripped the Leviathan's mouth open, actually tore the creature's jaw apart with his bare hands. Blue blood sprayed on him as the Leviathan's death throes carried it into a building, but Luke had already moved on.
"Power Man's the name!" Luke laughed, grabbing a Chitauri chariot and throwing it like a javelin. "And you aliens just got powered the fuck down!"
Jessica Jones, who'd been barely conscious, sat up as her body healed. She was more than healed. She was enhanced.
Her flight, which had been struggling, stabilized. She could feel the power now, understand it. Control it properly for the first time since getting her abilities.
And her strength... she'd always been strong. Now she was in Luke's league.
"Okay," Jessica stood, cracking her knuckles. "Now I'm pissed."
She launched herself at a Leviathan. Her punch connected with its skull, and the impact echoed like thunder. The creature's head snapped back, neck vertebrae shattering.
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All Across the World
The light didn't just touch the heroes Jay knew.
Across the entire world, Jay reached out. Through every continent, every nation, every hidden corner where potential waited dormant.
In Japan, Noriko Ashida, who'd been dreaming of heroes all her life, felt electricity crackle between her fingers.
In India, Chakra the Invincible felt his armor respond, the ancient technology surging with new power beyond what his father had designed. Beside him, Krrish's alien heritage awakened fully, his strength multiplying as he looked up at the sky, knowing where he was needed.
In Africa, Ngozi, a local hero, discovered she could not only turn invisible, but also phase through matter like a ghost.
In Europe, dozens of mutants who'd been suppressing their powers, terrified of persecution, felt those abilities amplify beyond imagination.
In South America. Robert Decosta, a boy who could use the power of the sun itself responded.
In Australia. Two surfer siblings, Life Guard and Slipstream, responded to his call.
And Jay pulled them.
And in their minds, broadcast across every newly awakened consciousness, a single message:
"Take the chance if you want to be more than yourself. If you want to be an Avenger."
Hundreds of thousands of people, all across the globe, felt the offer. The call.
Most ignored it and chose to stay home, safe and ordinary.
But thousands still answered.
With a 'SNAP', Jay muttered through gritted teeth, "Let there be Heroes!"
Rainbow light flashed across the world. Teleportation on a scale never attempted.
The crack in Jay's temple spread further, branches spider-webbing across his forehead.
But it was done.
People appeared in Manhattan, confused and terrified but empowered. In the streets, on rooftops, in safe zones away from immediate danger.
Surge appeared on a roof, lightning crackling around her body. Below, Chitauri swarmed. She didn't think just acted. Lightning lanced downward, frying a dozen aliens.
"Holy... I'm in New York. I'm in NEW YORK!"
Two blocks over, Chakra materialized in a flash of light, his armor gleaming. A Leviathan turned toward him, jaws opening. Chakra's hands came together, channeling energy through his suit. A massive blast of concentrated power struck the creature head-on, punching through its skull.
"This is for you 'bhaiya'," he said quietly, remembering his brother, then launched himself at the next target.
Krrish landed beside a National Guard unit that was being overrun. His enhanced strength, fully awakened now, let him move faster than the eye could track. He grabbed a Chitauri chariot mid-flight, spun, and hurled it into three more.
The sergeant stared. "Who the hell are you?"
"Someone who wants to help." Krrish's alien heritage showed in his eyes, glowing faintly. "Where do you need me?"
The sergeant pointed toward a collapsing building. "There's civilians trapped inside."
Krrish was already moving.
Nagozi from Africa materialized near a Chitauri squad. She panicked, and her instinct took over. Her body phased and becoming intangible. Alien weapons passed through her harmlessly. She reached out and touched a soldier. It began phasing too, but only partially. The creature screamed as half its body passed through the ground while the other half stayed solid.
She looked at her hands, then at the civilians cowering nearby.
"Run! I'll cover you!"
The story repeated across Manhattan. Newly awakened heroes, unprepared, thrust into a war zone. Some died. Some finally fled, seeing the reality of war. But most fought because Jay had offered them a chance to be more.
To be heroes.
To be Avengers.
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