57: The Intruding Symbiotes
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Apr 5
Eddie Brock was a struggling journalist on the verge of being fired, but a stroke of absolute luck had completely turned his life around. He had managed to capture the White Demon on camera!
From the initial mutant street brawl, to the dismantling of the Iron Monger, the absolute brutalization of the Abomination and the Hulk, the tense standoff with the X-Men, the miraculous survival of the nuclear blast, and finally, the apocalyptic erasure of the White House...
Whether by sheer coincidence or sheer journalistic instinct, he had managed to capture exclusive footage of it all! As the White Demon's infamy skyrocketed, so did Eddie's career.
Today, he was the hottest name at the Daily Bugle, a rising star in the global news industry!
That evening, having bluffed his way into a high-society gala in Stuttgart, Germany, Eddie noticed a strangely dressed man casually executing people in the crowd. His journalistic instincts flared instantly: Breaking News!
He immediately ordered his cameraman to start rolling, hastily establishing a live uplink to the Bugle servers to broadcast the chaotic crime scene!
As expected, the live-stream numbers exploded exponentially within seconds!
Just as Eddie was practically vibrating with excitement over the skyrocketing viewership, he noticed the cameraman staring at something behind him, a look of absolute, paralyzing horror on his face.
Eddie realized something was wrong and immediately turned around. But the moment his eyes fell upon the man wielding the bizarre, glowing scepter, an agonizing, piercing pain erupted in his chest!
Trembling, Eddie looked down. The alien scepter was protruding completely through his torso, a massive torrent of hot blood pouring out from the catastrophic wound!
Another wave of blinding agony tore through him as the man in the tailored suit viciously yanked the scepter out. Blood sprayed across the marble floor.
With his lungs punctured and his lifeblood rapidly draining, Eddie's vision began to darken. His consciousness violently slipped away. In the periphery of his fading vision, he saw the mysterious man casually blast the cameraman with a beam of blue energy. The man's suit then dissolved into an elaborate, golden-horned set of Asgardian armor as he strolled out of the gala.
Just as Eddie's consciousness was about to completely extinguish into the void, a writhing, living mass of pitch-black liquid suddenly lunged from the shadows, rapidly violently merging into his dying body!
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Having effortlessly executed a few insignificant mortals, Loki strolled out of the gala at a leisurely pace, completely ignoring the terrified screams of the glamorous elites.
His illusory suit melted away, revealing his regal Asgardian armor. Looking at the chaotic, panicking Midgardians desperately fleeing in absolute terror, a profound, intoxicating wave of euphoria washed over Loki!
Yes! Exactly! Loki thought, a manic grin spreading across his face. This is exactly how it should be! This is how these pathetic mortals are supposed to act!
He slammed the butt of his scepter violently against the concrete. Several illusory clones materialized, instantly surrounding the terrified crowd in the plaza.
Loki stepped forward, looking down at the cowering masses with absolute aristocratic contempt.
"Kneel before me!" he commanded, his voice echoing across the plaza.
The crowd fell into a stunned, paralyzed silence. But they didn't move. Annoyed, Loki slammed the scepter down again, his voice turning into a ferocious roar.
"I SAID, KNEEL!"
Terrified by his display of power, the hundreds of mortals finally dropped to their knees, bowing their heads in submission.
Loki smiled in profound satisfaction. He slowly walked through the kneeling crowd, drinking in their fear and submission as he delivered his grand monologue.
"Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel."
Suddenly, an elderly man with snow-white hair slowly stood up from the crowd. He looked at Loki without a shred of fear and spoke with quiet defiance.
"Not to men like you."
"There are no men like me," Loki sneered dismissively.
"There are always men like you," the old man replied.
Instantly enraged by the pathetic mortal's defiance, Loki raised the Mind Scepter, pointing it directly at the old man. He addressed the rest of the kneeling crowd with absolute arrogance.
"Look to your elder, people. Let him be an example."
The glowing blue gem at the tip of the scepter flared, and a lethal beam of cosmic energy screamed toward the old man!
But just before the beam could vaporize him, a muscular man wearing a star-spangled uniform dropped from the sky! He raised a circular shield, directly intercepting the energy beam!
The unique kinetic-absorption properties of the Vibranium shield violently deflected the blast right back at Loki, knocking the God of Mischief off his feet!
Captain America slowly lowered his shield and looked at Loki.
"You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing."
Having thoroughly studied Midgard's history before his invasion, Loki immediately recognized the man standing before him.
"The Soldier," Loki mocked, getting to his feet. "A man out of time."
At that moment, a heavily armed Quinjet descended from the clouds, hovering above the plaza. Black Widow's voice echoed through the PA system.
"Loki, drop the weapon and stand down."
Loki's response was a swift, devastating energy blast from the scepter that nearly blew the Quinjet out of the sky!
Seeing this, Captain America instantly charged. He hurled his shield and engaged Loki in brutal hand-to-hand combat!
However, Loki was a Frost Giant, the absolute elite of Asgardian royalty. His baseline physical stats vastly eclipsed those of a Super Soldier!
After his shield was easily swatted away, Captain America found himself completely outmatched!
Furthermore, Loki was still absolutely furious and humiliated from his recent encounter with the White Demon. He had no intention of "playing" with Captain America. Spotting a momentary opening, Loki viciously swept the scepter, brutally shattering both of Steve Rogers' legs!
As Cap collapsed in agony, Loki slammed his armored boot onto the Super Soldier's chest, pinning him to the ground. He pressed the razor-sharp tip of the scepter directly against Steve's forehead.
"As I said," Loki sneered maliciously. "You are obsolete."
Captain America gritted his teeth, pushing back against the scepter with every ounce of his enhanced strength. But he couldn't stop the blade. The tip slowly pierced the skin of his forehead, drawing blood.
Suddenly, an explosive, incomprehensible surge of raw power violently erupted from deep within Steve's body!
With a roar, Cap violently shoved the scepter aside and kicked Loki squarely in the chest, sending the Asgardian skidding backward!
Before Loki could recover, a viscous, blindingly white liquid suddenly erupted from Cap's pores, rapidly completely enveloping his entire body! The shattered bones in his legs instantly snapped back into place and healed in a microsecond!
As the thick white substance encased him, a strange, echoing voice rang out inside Steve's mind.
"Hello, Steve. My name is Serum."
Looking down at his newly transformed, stark-white Star-Spangled suit, Captain America was bewildered. He wanted to ask what the hell was going on, but the entity seemingly read his mind.
"Steve, I think we should focus on defeating the enemy in front of us before we get to know each other, don't you agree?"
Steve clenched his fists. The absolute, explosive power coursing through his veins felt exactly like the moment he had first stepped out of Dr. Erskine's Vita-Ray chamber all those decades ago. It was a complete, transcendent rebirth!
A confident smile touched his lips as he looked up at Loki.
"Yeah, you're right..." Cap said, dropping into a combat stance. "I can do this all day."
Loki stared at the white, muscular monstrosity Captain America had become. With his thousands of years of cosmic knowledge, he instantly recognized the parasitic organism.
"A Klyntar... a Symbiote," Loki muttered, highly amused. "Interesting. But do you honestly believe a mere parasite is enough to defeat a God?"
Loki suddenly slammed the butt of his scepter into the shadows nearby, violently impaling a writhing, dark-silver mass of symbiote goo that had been creeping toward the battlefield!
Without a moment of hesitation, Loki channeled the absolute dominance of the Mind Stone into the dark-silver symbiote, entirely wiping out its consciousness and subjugating its will!
The dark-silver symbiote rapidly crawled up the scepter, violently merging with Loki's Asgardian armor! The Frost Giant physiology and the alien parasite established a terrifying, perfectly synchronized symbiosis!
The dark-silver mass hardened, forming razor-sharp, jagged blades along Loki's forearms.
Wielding the glowing Mind Scepter in one hand and a terrifying symbiote blade in the other, Loki flashed a wicked, fanged smile at Captain America.
"Let Round Two begin!"
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