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Chapter 44 - Fire Marker: Creatures Swarming

(General POV)

Location the New Earth: The Island of Hawaii Overview

The heroes of the Avengers and Justice League, Hulk, Falcon, and Flash, were desperately trying to rescue all the people, trapt in this hellish inferno, that has become of Hawaii.

Just a moment ago, the X-men's new Blackbird has landed, as Nightcrawler teleported both Scott and Logan onto the island, Scott decided to stick with Kurt, going in-land...while Logan, sprouting his claws he'd slice through the burning, hostile wilds.

Wolverine, doing his usual solo stuff, as he was tracking down any sign of the Forsaken, as Wolverine is out for blood!!

Nightcrawler and Cyclops, the two mutants reached another city, at the midst of chaos.

Fire, lava, magma, and rubble was everywhere, immediately the two heroes rushed into the literal fire.

Cyclops, he'd told Kurt to start rescuing everyone that he can find, while he dealt with the falling debrie, in a German accented voice, Nightcrawler responded, "No worries, friend." poofing in a whisp of dark blue and black, as he started teleporting around the city, grabbing people and teleporting them away to safety.

Cyclops, reached for his special visor, and with a flick of the hand, a vibrant, neon red laser, fired from his eyes.

Blasting away molted falling rocks, and obstructions in the way of the people safety, meanwhile Wolverine, he was slicing through the jungle, then he saw the kid, Falcon, flying from above.

As well as picking up Hulk's, roar and actual rampage, having first hand experience with Big Guy, that shouldn't concern the X-man.

But then, he'd smelled something, a scent just like the one that the damned Forsaken spew when their there, just like in Hell's Kitchen.

The scent was coming from the area, that the volcano is, so turning towards the west, Wolverine started cutting from the reddish tinted tropical jungle, running pass fires, animals desperately trying to escape the fire and danger, a angry growl was escaping, the angry face, that blared his teeth.

As he headed straight for these bastards, for Iceman!!

Just outside the reaches of the island, flying through the sky, heading to the mainland, a multi-toned green suited, light brown haired man, with a dark green domino mask over his eyes, this Hal Jordan the first Earthling, Green Lantern and his green will ring, blasting a green bubble construct that holds inside, a dark green, hooded archer Green Arrow.

Green Arrow, has his bow ready armed with special arrows that he'll work against the magma, Hal, called out to Arrow, to be ready.

Swinging the ball construct, disactivated his will construct, and throwing out Oliver, who was soaring straight at the island, he took aim and fired several special trick-arrows that react with magma.

Upon these arrows hitting the liquid fire, they'd exploded and became solid platform, expanding in the sea of magma, stopping much of the lava-flow, with a smirk on the Emerald Archer's face, as he pulled out another trick-arrow, and shot at the newly made platform.

Upon hitting said spot, a expanding, soft foam, allowing Oliver, to land onto the island without any harm, or injury, lifting his right arm, giving Hal a thumbs-up, signaling to Green Lantern to fly into another part of the island, letting Green Arrow, to deal with the flowing rivers of lava.

While all the heroes were desperately trying to save the poor souls, trapped in this ever growing inferno...

Location Hawaii; Holualoa, Mauna Loa-Ground Zero

Mauna Loa, it kept on erupting, surging forth more lava, and spewing great balls of fire, that soared across the island, expanding the reaches of the flames.

But suddenly the lake of magma and lava, started to solidify into lava-rock, as black fog started to amass in the area, and as it did all the lava and magma, suddenly shifted away from the area.

All the heroes' sensors started picking up this surge of outerwordly energy, Falcon told Cyclops and Nightcrawler to take over, guiding Hulk to trapped civilians, as he, Wolverine, and it seems that Green Lantern, and Flash are heading towards Holualoa, to Mauna Loa's base to take on the Forsaken, that were coming.

Along with searching for wherever the Nature's Heart, has sent them here to search for.

More and more black fog, started to spread across the island and when the fog came in contact with a lava-flow, it solidify, making a new platform for the upcoming chaos.

As rifts of black fog, started to form all around the island, mainly near the jungles, cities, and roads, as the first creatures to make their way through, are the zerg.

Swarms of Raptor Zerglings, shriek and rushed out the rifts, easily making their way through the fire and death, as Char, is the zerg new homeworld in the games, and Abathur, made sure to make the Forsaken's Swarm resilient to almost everything.

The zerglings, were leaping over obstacles, rushing in with incredible speed, as their claws, fangs, and teeth tore into the few people that haven't been rescued by the heroes.

Next came the mutalisks, the known flying draconian insectoid creatures, that have once again, swarmed out and took flight, shooting sharp barbs or acidic projectiles at their victims.

Even catching the Hulk, in their sight and start raining down attacks onto the strongest Avenger, this was starting to piss off Hulk, screaming at the mutalisks attack him, "Annoying bugs!! Hulk smash!!!" just when he was about to leap over at smash, the flying zerg.

A torrasque ultralisk, in it heavy spiked, and purple horrific glory, burst through a blacken, and heavily damage building, roaring as it charged straight at Hulk.

Smashing into him, making the Green Big Monster, grunt in pain, then scream, as the kaiser blades of the Ultralisk, bit in deeply into Hulk, green blood gushing.

Hulk, he used his superstrength, and weight to lift the giant zerg and tear off one of the kaiser blade of it body, making the zerg, roar out in pain, as it smashed through parts of the city, and directly onto a stream of lava.

Burning nearly half it body off, as more ultralisks were coming, Hulk saw something that meant that these new Forsaken monster were a bigger threat than he'd imagined, the first ultralisk, that he'd though was on its last legs.

It started regenerating, just like his wounds, and the kaiser blade that he just tore off, was starting to grow back.

Hulk said to himself, "I wasn't expecting that. No matter. Just means I get to smash you all, longer." as he finished talking, big excited smile was plastered on the Avengers, as the Ultralisks and many Mutalisks were closing in on him.

In another part of the island, the Flash, was running through the burning jungle, taking a old native woman, to safety out the island, when as he was blasting through the jungle, a horrific creature that looked like a skinless dog with a human skull, for a head, cover in leather straps.

In his enhanced perception, these creatures looked like they were pouncing him, in slow motion, but in truth they were going at full-speed to attack him and the civilian in his arms.

Doing a sliding move, dodging the first mauler, then other maulers he'd rolled to the right, then left, and left again, and the last of this pack of malefactors, Flash he leaped over with ease...as a yellow streak of electricity, blurred away.

Leaving the maulers confused, and angry, snarling and barking as they went after the prey, their relentless unless taking out, just like in their world of origin.

The Flash, he continued to run across the jungle, as he'd encountered more and more of these monsters, remembering from the Jersey City, and Hell's Kitchen attacks, reports these creatures, with other horrific unknown nightmares, since Bruce, he still hasn't named these things, and forbade Cisco from doing soo, but that wasn't important at the moment.

There was more of them appearing allover, as he dodged another pack of six maulers, the Scarlet Speedster, he started hearing screaming and pleads for mercy, realizing that there are people in the jungle as well, he wanted to rush in and help.

But the old woman, currently in his arms needed to lead to safety, before he can go and rescue more people, soo he activated his comms...

In the air, close to the base of the volcano, Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern, he was thrust his right fist with his green lantern ring, glowing brightly, as a construct of a pair of military jet rockets, were fired at the mutalisks swarm in front of him.

A big explosion, and the death shriek of a couple of the flying zerg, was made, more mutalisks flew out the smoke, shooting their barbs and acidic attacks at Green Lantern, who in a quick arm motion, made a Roman style shield construct to block the attacks.

After he dropped off Oliver, and rescued some people trapped in the roofs of burning cities, these draconian alien looking things...they came flying out the black fog, a large group has been after him, ever since.

These little buggers, have been relentlessly harassed the First Lantern of Earth, at the moment the mutalisks, briefly stopped their attack, Hal made his counterattack.

With a swing of his ring hand, a huge green fist construct was made, and following Hal's hand motion, striking down these pack of flying zerg.

As he'd catched his breath, he was receiving a comm-call, from Barry, taking it he said, "Flash what's wrong?" Flash responded, "Lantern! I'm in the west jungle, theirs people trapped here. And some messed-up, dog with skull heads, are swarming the place. I can't save everyone alone, I need your help buddy." Hal, told his speedster friend, and college, Green Lantern looked at the mutalisks.

Deciding to leave these flying creatures a little present, before leaving to go to where the Flash is, with green ring glowing brightly, he swung his right fist in a arc, shooting some spinning green sawblade constructs.

Slicing through the mutalisks, making them spread out to avoid death, as Green Lantern's body glowed in green energy, as he flew off to were Flash is running around...

Meanwhile, as Logan was slicing down another palm tree, and other vegetation in his way to Mauna Loa, he was about to swipe his right claw, when he'd stopped his action.

He just caught something's scent, lowering his claws, he started to sniff the air, trying to identify what was trying to sneak on him, buffering out the smells of burning plants, people, and sulphur, he started to narrow this strange scent.

After a moment, he nose was starting to zone in on this enemy, he'd sense that their were a dozen of them at least, but apart from the weird "Forsaken environment scent", but this scent...it wasn't that Creature (Blackmore), or Golem, or that green lizard thing (Kothoga), or that bastard Mao.

It was something new, something that he or probably anyone faced before, growling he got into his usual stance, bending his knees a bit, hunched forward, with fist upside-down and his claws pointing up.

Growling, and baring his fangs...literally, as pale darkish grey creatures without eyes, and bub like head, Logan, he swore that they resemble something like a dog, started coming out the wilds of the jungle.

Crossing his arms and adamantium claws in front of his chest, growling as Wolverine said to these thing, "Come on. Come on!! Come get some, bub!!" one of the creatures, roared at Logan revealing it mouth.

A red colored maw, covered in rows of sharp fangs, a mouth that looks like a split-open flower, Logan, he wasn't intimidated, smirking at the demodogs, as he said, "Nothing new. Just a little runt, that thinks his a predator. But listen bub. I'm the Best There Is, and the real beast, here." the demodogs, growled and roared at Wolverine.

As they'll rushed out the shadows, and headed straight at Wolverine, once they reach a bit closer to the X-man, Wolverine roared back at the demodogs, and counter-charge at the monsters, without fear.

The first demodog, leap at Wolverin, with it claws stretched at its prey, and mouth spread open, but Wolverine struck the creature while still airborne, thrusting his right claw, stabbing the demodog in the belly.

Making it shriek in pain, smashing it down onto the leafy ground, before he can follow-up with some kill blows, two of the demodogs of the pack pounce at the mutant, taking him down.

They started bitting and tearing at Wolverine, bleeding and shredding the skin and muscles of Wolverine, he growled and snarled against the pain.

As his flesh was regenerating quickly, as he'd roared in anger he stabbed one of the demodogs on top him, piercing the head of the creature, through the frontal flower maw, and into the skull of the monster.

Killing one, pulling out the claw as he started to stab and slash the other damn hound on him, as the other demodogs, including the one that he'd stabbed in the chest were, quickly getting closer to him.

Logan said to himself, "Damn this is gonna suck..." at that moment as a demodog was about to leap at the X-man, a green colored arrow, came soaring right pass, Wolverine's masked face, and hit the demodog.

Exploding in great force, leaving behind gore and sparks of the explosion caught the other demodogs, burning and knocking them away.

At first Logan thought it was Hawkeye, but then he'd realized the scent didn't match...whoever took that shot, isn't Barton, that when several more green arrows, soared and stabbed onto the demos on top the mutant.

Forcing them off of Wolverine, allowing him to get back on his feet, as Green Arrow came out the jungle, and stood beside Wolverine, as he said to Wolverine, "Whoever you are bubby, I hope you're good with those claws. Cause these were just the opening act." Wolverine scoffed, as he'd responded to Green Arrow, "Don't matter to me. Whoever or whatever these Forsaken bastards throw at me. I'll slice them up. Cause that what I do, hope you can keep up, archer." both men with their respective weapon ready, as more demodogs were coming out the jungle, slowly prowling closer to them, along with something else... something sweet...

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