The First Hour
X-Force: a team of super humans with their x genes activated. They are based in Toronto and are secret projects of the Canadian government They perform mercenary work from that government. They include “Wolverine” Logan (X), “Deadpool” Wade Wilson (XI), “Psylocke” Kwannon (VI), “Quicksilver” Pietro Maximoff (XIII), and “Sub Mariner” Namor (V). Only Logan and Wade are Canadian while Pietro is Romani, Kwannon is Japanese but potentially British, and Namor is Hispanic.
Defenders: are ‘freelancing’ superheroes in the city of New York. They are not aligned with the government at all and most lead double lives. They are not allied with each other except in defending civilians of New York. They include Spectacular Spider-Man (photographer Peter Parker), Daredevil (lawyer Matt Murdock), “the Punisher” Frank Castle, Black Cat (kleptomaniac Felicia Hardy), the morbid Moon Knight (multiple alters), “Keeper of the Terrigen Mists” Blackbolt, and local wizard Doctor Strange. There is also the agency known as Heroes For Hire run by Luke Cage, Iron Fist (billionaire investor Danny Rand), Colleen Wing, Jessica Jones, and Misty Knight.
Manhattan: the main setting of this conflict
Mission: to scare the other world powers from threatening Canada, X-Force is to eliminate all the Defenders, a task never done before.
Wednesday morning 8:43
The X Force were traveling in a windowless Jeep down the U.S. Route 9. This would take them into Manhattan from the city of Yonkers. It was a 13 hour drive not including food stops and potty breaks. During this last phase of driving, it was Wade in the driver’s seat and Kwannon next to him. She directed him down Route 9. Logan, Pietro, and Namor sat in the back half asleep. Finally, they loudly crossed the Broadway Bridge–Kwannon and Wade singing along to “Cherry Bomb”–the short Broadway bridge into Manhattan. They passed through Washington Heights and Harlem before stopping in Central Park. In their civilian clothes, they took some pictures and ate some truck food. They did not travel that deeply into the Park before deciding to leave.
“So we’re supposed to kind of lure them out,” Pietro said, as they sat in the Jeep chowing down on hotdogs.
“Well the boss even said that they sometimes just pop out,” Logan mentioned.
“We should split up. There’s 12 of them,” Namor said.
“I wanted to do some more sightseeing though,” Kwannon said. “We need go to the downtown and stand on top of those tall ass buildings.”
“A need?” Logan asked.
“Hey, you’ll be able to say you got to see the view off the Twin Towers,” Wade mentioned.
“It’s just some towers. I could probably say that shit after the mission. They will still be up.”
“You never know.”
“Shut up Wade.”
So they decided to head to the Downtown as Kwannon convinced them of the vantage points of the Twin Towers.
As they passed by the concrete jungle of the Central Business District, they faced more and more traffic. As the car finally did get up to speed, their superhuman senses warned them of an object about to fall in the car.
The RHINO crashed down onto the Jeep completely flattening it. The Rhino is a Manhattan villain. He is Russian and wears a metal exoskeleton in the shape of a rhinoceros. He is quite huge, towering at 7 feet tall. His armor increases his size to about ten feet and a few hundred pounds.
The X Force had easily jumped out of the car. Kwannon and Logan were on one side of the street and the other three were on the other side. “Hey white horn,” a cheery voice said. The gang looked up to see Spider-Man swinging from a building. He flipped a little into the air while saying, “what are you doing back in town?”
“A little bit of trolling,” Rhino replied before just dashing through the now stopped traffic.
“Hey! We weren’t done talking,” Spider-Man swung back around to chase Rhino who headed north. As a defensive mechanism, the new yorkers stopped driving and those in Rhino’s way jumped out.
Logan and Kwannon stood up. They looked down the street to see Rhino continuing his run. An old black couple walked by them. Logan asked, “Hey, does that guy just do that all the time? He crushed our fucking car!”
The couple looked at each other and then said, “not my business”. They sped away from Logan. What the?
“Cheerio, there goes Spider-Man. See they’ll pop out whenever, let’s just enjoy the city,” Kwannon said.
Logan nodded as he looked across the street to see the other three start chasing after Rhino. “I can’t fight the webhead anyways.” They’ve got that handled. Logan and Kwannon then entered the coffee shop behind them. 39 hours remain.
9 AM
With his hyper speed, Pietro easily caught up to Rhino. Surprising that with his size, he’s traveling at like 80 kms and he looks like he’s walking. Pietro looked back at Spider-Man who was keeping up with his web swinging in the air. So that’s the mascot of New York. Wait, how do I get him away from the Rhino?
Wade and Namor were a few blocks behind these three. “Well jeez, I didn’t stretch before this,” Wade complained.
“Bro catch up, I can’t have you slowing me down.”
“Uh well if you looked at my Pokedex entry, YOU’D KNOW I’M NOT A RUNNER!” Then Namor had a thought. He screeched to a stop. Wade twirled around in shock. “Uh, are you taking a breather now?”
“Bro, Wade, bro, why am I putting effort into chasing some rhinoceros? If there’s just super people casually living in New York, then there must be a legal system to ascertain them.”
“What are you talking about?”
The duo were now in Hell’s Kitchen. Namor pointed up to the building beside them. On it was a sign that said “Nelson and Murdock, Attorneys at Law”.
“Huerta, are you saying you’re just going to sue the rhino guy?”
“Yup. I mean Petey can run circles around Spider-Man so that’s one hero down. Wolfy and Locke are probably dealing with someone else now. So until I find someone, I will find my compensation here.”
“Here?”
“What is with your lack of faith, Wilson?” Namor stepped up to Wade and slapped him. “These are two men bound by society to enact justice. That was our personal vehicle. The Rhino must pay.”
“Oh there has to be some cooler storyline uptown. Like you gotta be kidding me. ‘Namor hires Matt Murdock’ is literally some bullshit from the 60s.”
“Nobody ever understands what you’re referencing, dumbass. Just go find some super hero. Go uptown.”
“I am going uptown. Because that is the best storyline we will have in this saga.”
Namor went into the building and Wilson hailed a taxi.
Finally, at Central Park, Spider-Man dove at Rhino and tossed him into the green using his horn. Rhino crashed through some trees but soon got up. Spider-Man landed on another tree to the side of him. “No but seriously, you’re just running around with no plan. This isn’t some diversion for Ock or something?” Pietro found a streetlight to stand behind as he watched the two.
“Well no it was robbery. I robbed a criminal, very bad man with very bad guns. So I leave without endangering citizens and you leave me alone.”
“Oh and is this criminal in the room with us now?”
“Not even his blood stained my white horn.”
“Well that’s enough out of you.” Spider-Man fired heavy webs at Rhino’s feet, sticking him to that place on the ground. Then Spider-Man fired one at Rhino’s right arm. He came down and ran around Rhino who seemed to not care.
“And who is your friend?” the giant asked.
“What friend?” Spidey jumped on his left shoulder and pulled on the web before wrapping it around Rhino’s neck. Now his right arm was stuck against his back.
“The one who kept up with me and tried to hide it. All on foot.”
Spidey did the same to the left arm as he said, “don’t know if you know this but the other heroes don’t like me that much. I don’t have a friend as fast as you.”
Spidey then somersaulted several feet into the air. He fired two strings at Rhino’s eyes. Then he pulled on them accelerating his descent. His feet would land squarely on Rhino’s face sending the two of them into a crater.
In his hiding spot, Pietro wondered; how exactly is he going to arrest this man? It would be easier if Spider-Man was a murderer. But if Spider-Man just calls the police, he needs to also escort the Rhino because of his overwhelming power. Seeing as I need to personally kill him for the mission, it doesn’t matter if I let them fight.
Spider-Man was tossed out of the hole and crashed into another tree. Rhino jumped out with loads of energy. “Aw man, I thought you were surrendering,” Spidey said.
I’m not going to wait around for whatever tank they need to bring to arrest Rhino nor will I fight him. Unfortunately, he will be free to commit his crime while I kill the Spider.
The Rhino started to dash at Spidey who ran up to him in response. Pietro removed his street clothes revealing his silver bodysuit underneath. On its chest were three blue lightning bolt symbols. He stood up his hair and then zoomed in between the fight. After throwing pocket sand into Rhino’s eyes, Pietro kicked Spidey a good distance away. The Rhino stopped, a bit confused. “You want to fight me on your own, speedster?”
“I don’t want to fight you at all. You would have me outmatched. Go complete your crime. This is the last time you’re seeing Spider-Man.”
Understanding slower than Pietro was explaining, Rhino asked “are you sure? There’s six of us that have literally ‘killed’ Spider-Man and he still plays around with us.” Pietro stepped away from Rhino but he continued, “seriously, if I could trust you do it, then the whole Underworld would hold festival. But no, I will finish delivery and go home.”
The Rhino started running north again. “Hey!” Spider yelled and he fired a string at Rhino. Pietro threw a pebble in its path so it never landed on Rhino. Spidey’s danger sense started ringing like crazy as he asked, “Who are-”, and he would find Pietro’s fist on his diaphragm.
Again, Spidey was sent flying and this time landed in another tree. That’s crazy, he thought, he was too fast for my reactions! Perched on a branch, he looked around for Pietro. The man was gone! Spider’s warning system was ringing off the hook. Usually it gave some vague direction where the danger was coming from but it was all over the palace with Pietro. After five seconds of confusion Pietro finally appeared just to kick Spider-Man at high speeds. Spider’s senses were alright as the threat was further away. As he spun quickly through the air, he never lost the idea of what the ground was or where he was flying towards. Some people waved at the superhero as he flew by. Finally, he was slow enough that he could push his hands to the ground and spring 30 feet into the air. Spinning a string at a building, he found himself even higher in the air. At this height, he fully relaxed. Higher and higher the spider gained more freedom. Up there, he scanned the street and saw Pietro chasing him. Easily!
“See I knew I really didn’t have any friends. What should I call you? The Whizzer? Speedmageddon?” Spidey fired several webs ahead of Pietro who just sped past under them. They continued racing across Manhattan with Pietro being slightly entertained by his target. Eventually, Spidey took Pietro to a fairly narrow street in between two apartments. In the middle of that street, Spider-Man spun around shooting many strings across the walls, floor, and even his web ceiling. This would create a 3d web to fight in. Spidey dropped to the ground while Pietro looked up at the artwork.
“Well my codename is Quicksilver,” he said, finally introducing myself.
“Oh great. Why’d you let the Rhino get away?”
“It wouldn’t really matter if Rhino got arrested when you won’t live to see his next crime.”
“Whoa-ho-ho, everyone’s really on edge today. Why do you wanna kill me?”
“It’s just the job. No questions asked.”
Pietro dashed at Spidey who was more ready this time. He blocked the speed punch shouting, “whoa whoa wait”. Pietro reached under the guard and punched Spidey in his stomach. With a string fired out, Spidey flew out of the way of another strike. He turned and spawned a net on the floor. That was just on time as Pietro stepped on it and it sprung him into the air. Spidey swung back around and dug his two feet into Pietro’s chest. “Okay now I’m ready!” Pietro’s back hit the wall hard, but he bounced off to attack Spidey. Challenging the Spider mid air would prove foolish as the hero lowered himself to uppercut Pietro. Pietro flew widely into the net and grabbed one with his left hand. He wiped his chin with the other. That was a crazy punch. I’m only strong if I accelerate. Spider-Man started to climb up. Pietro released his hold to jump on another string which put him in a position to knock down Spidey. He brought one arm back as his body flew towards Spidey perched on one web. Spidey pulled on a web slightly above and in front of him and let go to have it slingshot Pietro in the eye. Yelping as he fell down, he would be pulled back up and made to somersault before Spidey dunked him. He would still not hit the ground as a web he landed on catapulted him in an arch. Spidey fired a string to pull the man into a punch on the back of his head. Spidey then dove upside down and quickly webbed up Pietro in a cocoon. His entire body was wrapped in webbing except for his head and then the cocoon was attached to the walls by 8 different strings. This was also at a very high point where no regular person could retrieve him.
Spider-Man landed back on the ground saying, “well it’s too bad you want me dead, you could be a big help against someone like the Rhino. I do have to go catch up to him so I’ll be back if you’re patient.”
“SPIDER-” Pietro’s mouth would be shut by some webbing. “Man!” Spidey finished his sentence, “thank you, thank you.”
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