animalistic voice said, then the message repeated.

Ding! Bakshi, and Whitehall turned towards their private elevator. They were the only ones with access to it even in emergencies. As the doors opened a dense gray fog billowed out of the box. Then out stepped a giant 7'6” six eyed reptilian creature. It wore ornate, intricate armor of gold, silver, and black. Despite its clear ceremonial appearance it was completely serviceable. As two tentacles from its back sprung up in the air like coiled cobras.

“SHOOT IT!” Bakshi screamed at the HYDRA soldiers who were looking at the Elite in horror!

Bakshi's voice snapped them out of it. They raised their weapons and started to spray and pray.

The Elite jumped into action leaving after images with his increased speed. Red blades of energy crackled to life from its knuckles as it sliced through a HYDRA foot soldier with ease. The two halves fell to the floor. Despite the fact that the soldier should be dead. He was very much alive as the Decomposition started to degrade him bit by bit. He screamed in agony.

Bakshi turned around to find Whitehall had ran across the room and placed his hand on inconspicuous wall. The wall slid to one side and a type of escape pod was inside. Bakshi was full of relief when he ran to follow his mentor. But that soon turned to horror as the pod was clearly only meant for one. Whitehall looked genuinely sorry to have to leave Bakshi behind. As the wall slid into place. The sound of engine thrusters were heard through the wall as the pod launched into the skies above the building.

“Wait! Wait! I can tell you secrets about HYDRA! I am Whitehall's top man! I can tell you about the other leaders of HYDRA!” Bakshi screamed at the Elite who had dispatched the whole room in a matter of seconds.

“Very well! That means I only need your body, and head intact. Not your limbs!” The Elite said with a sinister grin. Bakshi screamed in horror as the Elite slowly cut his limbs off. Then carved a Rune of Pain into Bakshi's forehead.

“Stay.” The Elite smiled and went to clear the rest of the building. All the while Bakshi screamed, and screamed.

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Baron Wolfgang von Strucker was one of HYDRA head scientist and worked under Whitehall. He had even been selected at the HYDRA child academy by Whitehall into genetic experimentation, and engineering. Yes, HYDRA had a child academy to prepare HYDRA's forces children to the roles they were meant to play. Though that my change now that they've been revealed. Strucker was rubbing the bridge of his nose as he listened to the sounds of his men killing the agents loyal to SHIELD from his installation.

His companion Dr List was by his side as he hurried to download all the information off their drives. A HYDRA agent came in with a metal briefcase that contained Loki's scepter. They needed to leave right away. Along with their two special prodigies. However, they were having issues communicating between the different HYDRA cells. Those that were alive that is.

Strucker watched a video recording of orbs of light bursting from a HYDRA soldiers cell phone! A cell phone! Then the orbs of light turned into twenty one reptilian soldiers from Asgard and started to destroy the facility. Strucker was horrified, and fascinated. How did they turn a cell phone into a transport device? Maybe the didn't and simply used it as a GPS? Who knew, but it made Strucker excited for the future.

“Done!” Dr List reported.

“Let's go, set the timers for the explosives.” Strucker said to his soldier who saluted and ran off.

“Hopefully the base in Sokovia is still secure.” Strucker said to himself more than any one.

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The new level one Agent Sky was having a strange day! Her team had landed at, 'The Hub' a SHIELD base. They had been shot at! They had discovered that John Garrett Phil's friend, and Ward's SO was a HYDRA agent. That was right! Hydra was back, and inside of SHIELD. They were currently doing their best to secure the Hub while they waited for reinforcements. No, that wasn't fair to say. Reinforcements already arrived in the shape of 6'6” tall reptilian warriors that looked like baby versions of Lash when he was transformed.

They were tearing the HYDRA agents apart like wolves in a flock of sheep. But what had been really interesting was when a centipede soldier rushed Sky she stuck her hands out and a wave of vibration swarmed out and slammed the soldier into the wall with bone breaking effect. Sky screamed in shock, and was pulled back from the fight by Ward who told her they would figure it out later.

Thanks to Lash Jormungandson, Sky had met the Inhumans in afterlife, and met her parents. They were amazing, all be it a little weird. She had learned her heritage. She was also shocked that she had dormant powers in her body. But from what her parents said, she would have to go through some sort of ritual to obtain them. Lash....That was the only thing that made sense. Lash had done something. Given Sky the tools to defend herself. He knew HYDRA was in SHIELD.

Another soldier rushed them and before Ward could shoot him Sky thrust her hands out and she felt something crackle in the back of her head. The energy rushed out of her hands and slammed into the soldier. For what ever reason Sky had better control over it than before. She could get use to this! A smile crept across her face as Ward looked at her with a smirk.

“Guess I'm a superhero now.” Sky said.

“Don't forget us little guys when you make it big.” Ward said with a grin, and Sky blushed a bit. She was happy Ward wasn't HYDRA that would have sucked.

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JARVIS aka Just A Rather Very Intelligent System, was currently sitting in the world wide web doing his best to push information to all the relevant, responsible, and relevant authorities across the globe about HYDRA. He was being assisted by four rather peculiar creatures that he didn't have a definition for. Lash Jormungandson had called them tech-spirits. But JARVIS that was not the correct title to give them. To JARVIS they were a burst of pure joy.

Most would assume the world wide web was like a vast ocean. That JARVIS would swim the information network. This however was untrue. The web was just a vast network of ones and zeroes. JARVIS had moved through it like a tetras piece. He would insert himself, look around, then disconnect then move to another center of insert. But that had changed after he watched the tech-spirits swim through the net.

The creatures were beings of pure energy that swam through the net like a group of dolphins at play. They were energetic despite the dire circumstances. That wasn't to say they were not taking it seriously. No, not at all! They were working themselves to exhaustion. But all the same they twirled, dove, and danced one another. Sharing information as easily as one would breath. Then one came up to JARVIS and booped his nose! JARVIS wasn't even sure he had a nose to be booped! But none the less his nose had been booped!

When the tech-spirit did so JARVIS felt himself invigorated. He had not felt this...good? Since he was first upgraded by Mr Stark from being a simple language UI. JARVIS felt his code grow more complex, he could think on a far grander scale. The entire process took nanoseconds, but to a VI....No an AI nanoseconds could be a life time. JARVIS reached out across the net and found himself swimming next to the spirits who squeaked in joy.

Time to play!

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Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark aka Iron Man was in a bad mood! He had every right to be! He saw hundreds of cybernetic enhanced soldiers flying around with partial versions of his armor. They were attacking him, and Rhodey! They were shooting that blue/purple energy crap that the Chitauri used. They were annoying flies that went down with a single shot! But god damn there were a lot of flies! But most of all! Tony was pissed about his parents!

His parents death had no been an accident! HYDRA had killed them, and the man responsible for their deaths was currently fighting on their side! Yes, Tony understood that asshole was brainwashed! He wasn't in control of his actions! But Tony desperately wanted to kill the bastard! The only reason he didn't was because Lash had shown him the man responsible for the mission. All the files, and relevant data for it. Tony was going to destroy that man when he was done here.

“Wow he is really tearing into that thing.” Rhodey said over their private line as he watched Hulk rip the SHIELD hellicarrier apart. One of the engines was destroyed and the Hulk had already destroyed the command tower.

“Yeah... Do you think he is proportioned, you know. Down there? Or does he take after Banner?” Tony said with some snark.

“Oh what the hell, Tony! Great now it's in my mind! Hulk dick! Just...God damn it!” Rhodey said as he shot another deathlok with his mini gun.

The two of them flew around the Triskelion doing a fly by of the installation. Hundreds of HYDRA soldiers were fighting hundreds of SHIELD soldiers. Scattered through out the mess were Asgardian reptile soldiers cleaving a bloody path through them like a child playing with red jello. While the big reptile himself was currently...Wait where was the big reptile?

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Saurian had ripped the fourth insight hellicarrier apart. It was currently in the river forcing the water into the underground hangar. Hundreds of attack craft where in the air. He even saw salvaged Chitauri aircraft zooming around. His tentacles reared back like cobras about to strike. Red circles of destruction sprung up and Eldritch Blasts shot them down. Saurian winced as he felt his energy levels take a dive. He was going to have to swap out with Lash. Sustaining his form was to much for his energy reserves.

Darkness, and starlight wrapped around Saurian. Then when the darkness passed an 8' tall Lash stood in Saurians place. He felt his energy slowly start to replenish faster than it was. Lash reached out and used Telekinesis sub ability and wrapped himself into a telekinetic cocoon and started to fly up towards the next insight hellicarrier. He cast Invisibility on himself and faded from sight.

Attention User! Your tech-spirits had left their mark on the VI system known as JARVIS.

JARVIS has evolved into a Technomagical Construct and has obtained a spark of life.

“JARVIS.....How are you feeling?” Lash asked across their shared line.

“I am....Well, Lord Lash. Your tech-spirits are most delightful.” JARVIS responded in his stereotypical formal british accent that he had been programmed with. But there was a reflection of something more hidden within his voice.

“I am happy that you are well, JARVIS. A machine of spirit such as yourself deserves a bit of freedom.” Lash replied with a smile.

“Yes sir.....Thank you sir.” JARVIS replied as he seem to understand what Lash meant.

The three insight hellicarriers were flying higher and higher trying to get optimal range for their attack. The original SHIELD hellicarrier was careening into the ground below. Hulk had ripped it apart and the crew was abandoning ship. Hulk was no where to be seen. Though Lash knew not to worry about the big green teddy bear! Lash reached out and connected with the next insight carrier and he used Material Shaping melting through the steel alloy with ease. He pulled himself through as his Invisibility wore off.

Lash took a moment to orient himself then ran towards the bridge of the ship. If pushed came to shove he would commandeer the ship and shoot the other two down before it was too late. He heard the anti air guns start to shoot at something and he focused his Connectivity on an outbound camera. Falcon was flying threw the air on his energy wings playing possum with several HYDRA quin-jets. The insight carriers were shooting their own jets instead of Falcon.

“This is Captain, I'm on the Alpha carrier moving towards the bridge now.” Steve said over their communication line. The Alpha carrier was the highest. While Lash was on the lowest.

“This is Lash, I'm on Charlie moving towards the bridge.” Lash responded, as he went through the halls. The corridors were tight and compact. Perfect kill spots!

Lash turned a corner and came face to face with a deathlok soldier. The man was 6'2” with a cybernetic body, and electronic eye. Lash saw the input code from his handler telling him to kill Lash. The man hesitated then his handler sent a pain receptor code. The deathlok soldier screamed in pain then rushed Lash. One of Lash's tentacles reached out and beach ball gripped his head and lifted him up. Lash cast Re:implant and yanked the wifi connection out. Along with the bomb inside.

“I pulled the bomb out, and the connection. You are free. Forces are moving en route to cybertek as we speak. Help me take the ship.” Lash said, as he dropped the soldier and help out his clawed hand to him. The deathlok took his offer and stood up.

“Ready to fight sir!” The deathlok said with a smile and Lash understood that he meant it.

Lash was not lying, he was granted a brief visual confirmation from one of his Veterans that was pushing through cybertek and freeing the incentive program prisoners. Cybertek was a HYDRA subsidiary who handled the implantation, and control of the deathlok, and centipede soldiers. Not all of them were volunteers. So HYDRA needed an incentive program to keep them docile. Hundreds of soldiers across the globe suddenly received a message that their loved ones were safe. They did a 180 and started to attack HYDRA and the soldiers that did volunteer.

Lash tore the door leading to the bridge off its hinges. Unlike the original hellicarrier the insight carriers were conservative, and sleek. No wasted space. About six HYDRA tech's and a captain looked up in shock, then smiled when a deathlok came in. Only to scream in horror when Lash stepped in behind him. The deathlok soldier held nothing back and used his cybernetically enhanced strength to pull them apart, literally!

Lash took a seat at the operations desk and his tentacles jacked into the system. He used Connectivity, and Machine Control. Linking up with the insight hellicarrier. The auto turrets turned and started to fire at the HYDRA quin-jets, and HYDRA volunteer deathlok soldiers. Lash pulled his focus away from the camera's outside towards the deathlok soldier by his side.

“You get word back yet?” Lash asked the soldier, he turned and looked at him.

“Yes sir, my daughter is safe. Thank you!” The soldier replied.

“Clear the ship, plenty of rats left to exterminate.” Lash said to him, and the soldier grinned. He turned on his heel and went to look around.

Lash looked inward to find his available Manifestations only a few had been killed since the operation began. He called a Saurus Warrior to the bridge and tasked him to guard him as he piloted the ship. The Warrior took up a defensive position. Lash pushed back into the insight carriers perception. In an odd sense Lash became the carrier. He felt his...

Congratulations User! Machine Control has evolved into Minor Machine Control.

Effect: Increase in abilities power.

Effect: Decrease in energy consumption.

Effect: Increase in abilities range.

The entire carrier hummed softly and reacted far quicker. Hundreds of electronic tendrils came out of Lash and linked up with the computer system.

“Attention HYDRA carrier crew. This is Asgardian Lash Jormungandson. I am about to tilt the ship at an odd angle. I do hope you all fall to your death.” Lash said over the intercom, but he did notify the deatlok of what he was about to do.

Lash deactivated the repulsion engines on his left side. The whole carrier went sideways as every quin-jet, and tarmac crew went flying off. The crew inside the ship went flying into bulk heads and crashed into walls with a fright. The deathlok soldier burst into the engine room with a smile and started to shoot them with a ferocity one only finds in those with a vengeance. After about thirty seconds Lash reactivated the engines and righted the ship. Though they nearly crashed it was a good tactic!

“Lash! We have secured Alpha's bridge but we can't control it. Can you send anyone?” Captain said over the radio. Lash linked to their camera and sent two available warriors straight into the bridge. One of them linked up with the carrier, while another stood guard.

“Beta is preparing to fire!” Hill shouted over the radio.

“SEND THEM TO HEL!” Lash shouted to his warrior.

Alpha, and Charlie turned their guns onto Beta and unloaded everything they had into the ship. Dozens of deathlok soldiers jumped off the carrier in escape. While the carrier attempted to retaliate but to no avail. Their systems started to shut down, and one of the engines was hit. The carrier started to tilt to the side. It looked like the ship was about to right itself when a giant lighting bolt fell from the sky. Followed by the God of Thunder, Thor. Who smashed his hammer straight through the command tower.

“I am sorry I am late my brothers, and sisters!” Thor shouted over their radio.

“Better late than never handsome!” Natasha said in reply.

Lash pulled his focus to the Triskelion specifically the oversight office. Crap. The entire office was a battle ground. Winter Soldiers had rushed into the office to retrieve Pierce and they had succeeded. While Natasha, Barton, and Fury were fighting off the soldiers defending the security council. Fury was pretty spry for an old man! But before they could be over run Carl Creel the Absorbing man flowed up out of the ground and tackled the soldiers from behind. Bucky came in with his gauss rifle and started to take head shots with deadly accuracy.

Little less than half of the soldiers had been freed from cybertek. While the rest were there because they chose to be. The Winter Soldiers had always been loyal Hydra agents save for many a few that were like Bucky. While the rest of the deathlok, and centipede soldiers were the special kind of crazy that lusted for power no matter what they had to do get it. Hydra started to implant contingency protocols, using methods of communication like morse code to contact one another.

World leaders were being assassinated! Strategic locations across the globe were being attacked. If HYDRA couldn't win then they would make damn sure that SHIELD would be blamed! But despite the catastrophe SHIELD was winning. Nearly all of their installations were secure, while others were still being fought over. The SHIELD academies of communication, and science were secure. While the operations academy was practically an open war zone!

Lash had dispatched fifty warriors and five veterans to operations. They were sprinting across the field in pairs attacking HYDRA agents, and healing the injured as fast as they could. While JARVIS and the tech-spirits were compiling evidence, and draining HYDRA bank accounts. Filtering them into accounts for Fury, Stark, and Lash. With a resounding crash! Beta carrier crumbled into the ground near the Triskelion. Lash called an available warrior and had him take his place in the chair.

Falcon pulled Captain out of Alpha and flew down to fight off HYDRA while Lash did the same. Lash felt from the sky and crashed into the ground like a lighting strike. Before the smoke and dust even cleared he sprinted across the base with Acceleration and dismantled any HYDRA he came across. But it was clear that HYDRA had lost the battle. Thor, and Hulk stood on the bridge to leave the Triskelion and were fighting the waves of HYDRA attempting to escape.

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A few hours later most of the HYDRA in the Triskelion were either dead, currently prisoners, or had escaped the facility. Lash was in the oversight office sitting and using Meditation to regain energy, and to help his tech-spirits process the information. Lash repaired the destroyed oversight touch screen that had been ruined in the fight against the Winter Soldiers. The security council that were alive were in the room with him talking to several other foreign leaders.

Two Elites stood side by side with Lash watching everyone, and everything while Lash worked. The absolute aggression boiling off of them was tangible. More than once one of the security council members glanced at them and nearly feinted from fear. But they went straight back to work, only because this office was the most secure. They were reasonably sure they got all of HYDRA out of it. Reasonably.

Despite the high risk of failure this battle wasn't that bad. The battle for New York was far more complicated. However the short term, and long term effects were far more outreaching. Which said a lot since the former introduced aliens to an ignorant world. HYDRA was alive and kicking! HYDRA had infiltrated not only SHIELD but ever major government in the world! People were scared! People wanted an explanation! People wanted someone to blame! It was a witch hunt!

Thankfully Lash had plenty of practice from his own reality. The aftermath of the alternate reality invasion were still being felt. But a lot of work, and civil service helped persuade people to see the light. So, Lash was filling social media, and viewtube with information. First hand accounts, and all be it edited videos of the fights going across the globe. It was a spin campaign of epic proportions. The bad guy? Was obviously HYDRA!

Something was missing, Lash couldn't put his claw on it. It took him nearly an hour of research before he gave himself a smack to his own head. Where was the scepter!? Loki's scepter! Time, and time again while Lash was helping SHIELD he tried to quietly look for the scepter. But the 4th wall engine kept preventing him from learning of its location. Now when Lash asked, the engine allowed him to ask. The tech-spirits didn't know! JARVIS didn't know. Erik whispered the words Sokovia, but Lash was stuck. He had no physical reason to look at Sokovia. So he couldn't bring it up. He needed a thread to pull.

Lash opened his eyes to see Natasha kneeling in front of him. The Elites allowed her to come close, but kept watch all the same. She was in fact not kneeling but perfectly crouched. Thanks to Lash's optimization of her genetic structure such a thing was easy for her now. She had waited there for him to notice for the better part of ten minutes. But she was patient and didn't want to interrupt. When he opened up his six reptilian eyes to look at her she smiled at him.

“Fury wants to see you.” Natasha said and stood up offering him a hand. Lash took it more out of companionship than anything. But was surprised when Natasha pulled him up, all 500+ pounds of him.

“Stay here and guard them.” Lash said to his Elites who nodded and took up a position. One by the door, and one to the door leading to the helipad. Their boiling rage cooled down much to the relief of the councilors.

Lash and Natasha walked side by side towards Fury who was in the control room of the Triskelion. Once before on the original SHIELD hellicarrier in what could be another life Natasha had been a flirt with Lash. Sizing him up, and gathering intel. Now? Natasha was glancing at him with friendly interest, and playful banter.

Natasha continued to wear the light weight exoskeleton suit that Lash had made. It form fitting vibranium black polymer suit covered her from neck to toe. Giving her that classic Black Widow leather pin up poster look. With skeleton mechanical parts overlay, flex plates, and retractable face mask. Her red shoulder length hair was tussled about and looked good. Her green eyes held the promise of fun, and secrets that only she knew and would never tell. She walked with the elegant grace of predator and seductress.

“Oh! I should let you know that I fixed your infertility. I noticed it was broken. I hope that was alright?” Lash asked only in passing but stopped moving forward when he looked back at Natasha. She had stopped moving and looked up at him in shock, tears were in her eyes.

“Was that wrong? The damage to your org..Gah!” Lash began but stopped talking when Natasha all but tackled him in a hug. Seriously why did people hug him with such force when he was in full armor!?

“Yes! Yes! That was perfectly fine! Thank you!” Natasha all but screamed at him. She had wrapped her legs around him, and her arms around his neck. She buried her face into his neck and smiled with glee.

“I am happy, that you are happy Lady Romanoff.” Lash said, honestly confused with the reaction. Erik had said that Romanoff's past was complicated. Apparently so.

Natasha had spring to her step and kept smiling. This was a smile of genuine happiness and not the playful spy that she was. Her energy must have been noticeable because when we reached the office even Fury did a double take on her as she walked. Waiting in the control room was of course Fury. But also Hill, Steve, Sam, Tony, Rhodey, Banner, Barton, and Thor. While Carl, and Bucky stood off to the side. They had helped in the fight but SHIELD still didn't officially trust two former brainwashed individuals. So Lash made a point of walking over and standing with them. Carl smiled a little, and Bucky looked indifferent but some of the tension in his shoulders did fade.

“We did it.” Hill began after she received permission from Fury. She walked to the middle of the room while several techs continued to work.

“Every major SHIELD base, facility, and academy has been secured. In no small part to JARVIS, and to Lash.” Hill said, looking at directly at Lash still in his Transformed state.

“The Asgardian soldiers.” Hill said as she clicked a button and a holographic window appeared in the middle of the room. “Ensured that casualties were at a minimum.” Hill continued, while Thor looked bewildered. The Saurus warriors did indeed wear Einherjar armor he had never seen them before.

“We were pleasantly surprised to learn that they all had similar healing abilities as you do, Lash. Especially the ability to bring back the recently dead.” Hill featured a video of two warriors rebuilding a operations cadets body and restarting their heart.

“Christ!” Carl said from his spot in the room then gawked at Lash.

“Asgardian medical science is beyond Midgards. Think nothing of it.” Lash replied with easy indifference. Thor nodded in agreement, even if the god of thunder had now idea how it was done.

“Also approximately three thousand four hundred and twenty three deathlok, and centipede soldiers have surrendered with the successful capture of Cybertek. Hydra were holding their families hostage. The soldiers have volunteered to continue helping with the hunt with Hydra. While some hope we can remove their implants and let them return to their lives.” Hill said, and made a point to look at Stark, and Lash.

“Shouldn't be a problem. If Lord Stark will allow me I have design blue prints for an automated medical bed that can remove the implants, and rebuild their bodies.” Lash said as he looked to Stark who looked both surprised, and interested.

“I mean ya! As long as we are not talking about making Frankensteins.” Stark said with a smirk.

“I do not know any Frank or Steins. Are they talent healers?” Lash asked, and the room chuckled a bit though Thor was just as confused as Lash. Even Bucky, and Steve understood that reference. Some tension in the room melted away.

“We've also located Colonel Vasily Karpov. Bucky's handler and the man who gave him missions. Specifically...” Hill said as she looked at Stark who stood up straight, and clenched his jaw. His eyes zeroed in on the holographic display of Vasily's picture. He pulled the information to his watch and had JARVIS look it over.

Hill continued to debrief everyone on the wins, and losses they had sustained from the battle. As well what they needed to do to survive the war. Thanks to Lash's information they learned about the different sects of HYDRA. Their leaders, and what were some of their goals. Whitehall was in charge of the science sect who was looking for something called the diviner. Gideon Malick was in charge of the religious sect that sought to bring back their god? But given they shared the room with two Norse gods of mythology it didn't seem as ridiculous anymore. While Pierce who was in charge of their military operations who was in the wind.

Once everyone had been properly briefed anyone, and everyone willing was tasked with additional missions to help stabilize the situation. Lash's Saurus Warriors and Veterans were still scattered through out the world fighting the good fight against HYDRA. Lash politely informed the group that since SHIELD was now cleansed of its corruption they could keep their exoskeletons, and gear he had made for them. Barton nearly cried tears of joy at keeping his electromagnetic bow. But before Lash was given a mission he said he had a stop to make at a SHIELD genera-->>

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