Issue #4 Doom Castle: Latveria, Not So Distant Past

(On TV monitors) It truly is a devastating sight. Norman Osborne and his team of avengers with every available HAMMER agent has infiltrated Asgard here in Broxton, OK. We cannot get close enough to see any details of the ongoing battle, but by the destruction seen from this distance it can only be described as completely catastrophic on every level- -The floating godly fortress has just come crashing down on our mortal plane! Through all of the crushing debris this reporter can see nothing but faceless flying figures, impossible to make out if it is our foes from the heavens or our comrades defending our freedom, winning the battle! All we can hope is that our savior, the Iron Patriot and his team of noble warriors, can come out on top and help us all sleep a little better at night.- Doom Idiots TV Monitor: -We have reached the outer most perimeter of the battle, at a distance no other reporter has dared come, to bring you this broadcast! But it is my belief that someone needs to report the real news! Not the news that Osborne allows us to hear where he promotes himself as our messiah. Point the camera over there! Do you see that?! Can you get it in focus?! Oh my God!!! The Sentry just took the Greek god of war by the shoulders and tore him in half!! Doom Yes, perfect

The Sentry now has some enormous black energy around him, it has completely engulfed his body and taking out all our heroes! Osborne has unleashed a force he could not possibly control. Will anybody be able to stop this?! Turn the camera away, we cant shoot this, this is not something the public needs to see. Doom No!!! Wait, what is that? Its Thor!!! Turn the camera back, Rick, you Idiot! Just when all hope seemed lost, Thor comes in to save the day! He is hurling lightning and

delivering blow after blow into this terrifying force that one can only assume is some new form of The Sentry. Thor is taking a heavy beating as well, this looks like it could result in a stalemate Doom He has already destroyed one god today; show us what you can do against the prince of Asgard. All of the heroes are standing in wonderment whilst these two colossal titans literally tremble the Earth beneath them. It begs the question; if Thor loses this battle, and Sentry is Osbornes right hand man, what will become of anyone who opposes him? What mistake did we make building up a man who uses an allpowerful lunatic as his lackey? Wait, wait, Thor has just pummeled Sentry with a barrage of blows!! The mysterious aura has dissipated! (to the camera man) : Is that it?! Did we win?! Sentry is unconscious and Thor has just taken to the heavens carrying what can only be presumed is a deceased Sentry Doom There, now is my opportunity Cut Scene: to a portal opening and engulfing the Sentry before he can reach the sun. Cut Scene: Our heroes in the Quinjet, en route to Latveria (Present Day) Nightcrawler How do we presume to infiltrate Doom Castle? I doubt hes laid out the welcome mat Hellstrom We could always drop War Dog on the roof, seeing as how that turned out so well before(Imitates getting hit in the jaw) Ares You seem confident enough, why dont I leave Sentry to you? (Hellstroms jaw drops, surprised, and scared) Spider-man That shut ya up!

Cap All right, boys, were coming up on Doom Castle, save the insults for little green riding hood down there. Ironman I dont know, Steve, Im rather enjoying watching Ares trying not to Sparta-kick horn-head Jr. over here. Cap Dont instigate this, Tony. Doom isnt exactly a light weight competitor, we should be gearing up, who knows what kind of redundancies he has in place to keep out intruders such as ourselves. Ironman I call dibs on the self-proclaimed Doctor. Cap What?! No rock, paper, scissors? Spider-man I love this game! Can I play?! Ares We used to settle these disputes with a duel to the death! Does anyone oblige? (smiles) Spider-man He really doesnt know how to play nice, does he? Hellstrom He is the GOD of War, kind of a dumb question, web-head. Nightcrawler Anyone else ever notice how many nicknames we all have for each other? (All look at the audience) Ironman

How about this, first one to subdue Doom, the real Doom, not some Doombot, gets the number to every one of the girls at the playboy mansion, including a VIP front row seat to the next centerfold shoot, courtesy of Heff himself. Ares What? Nightcrawler Youve been alive for centuries and you dont know who Hugh Heffner is? The Playboy mansion? Im a bible thumping die-hard and even I know what it is!! However unholy it may besort of (winks and smiles) Ares Demon! You will speakSpider-man -Beautiful, Naked women, dude Ares Ahhh!!! You have yourself a wager, Stark! Ironman Thats how you speak a Greek gods language. Cap Glad hes on board because Dooms air defenses have just been detected and(BOOM!!!!!)-Need I say more? Ironman Steve, I love how much youve adjusted to the 21st century with your wit and charm, but allow my two hundred million dollar jet to get hit again and youll be demoted to private Rogers. Cap So dont crash it into Doom castle? Spider-man

Id kinda rather you didnt, if that means anything (raising his hand) Cap Well, Ill have to have SHIELD reimburse you for the damages were about to take Ironman What the hell are you talking about?! What did I justCap Yeah, landing gear is out, Id recommend jumping ship because a crash landing is about all thats on the table as of now. Ironman Youre totally disqualified from the Playboy deal, damn you. (While jumping out of the Quinjet) Ares I will stand firmly by your side for the impact, Captain. Cap Why dont you take the reins then while I brace myself? Ares Verily!! Cap Wheres Spider-man? I didnt hear an annoying complaint about having to jump out. Ironman (On Com-link) Nightcrawler transported him out before he could spout out a syllable. Trust me; hes complaining enough out here for the rest of us to suffer through. Ares Time to brace yourself, Captain!!! Cap

Ares! Why are you aiming for the highest tower?! Ares Im no pilot- (CRASH!) Cut scene-outside Dooms castle, battle time! Ironman (Com-link) Steve, did you survive crashing my multi-million dollar, state-of-theart, military jet? (While firing repulsor rays) Cap Lets just say you need to get ready to crack open your little black book, Tony.(moving his way out of the wreckage and rubble) (All in battle) Hellstrom Is Cap all right? Ironman Hes in better condition than my damn jet. Spider-man Anyone else wondering how were supposed to get home then? Nightcrawler Dont give me that look. Cut Scene: The very recent past, Doom Castle. Weeeoooo!!! Weeeoooo!!!! Doom What?! Impossible! (Checking monitors and sensors) The temple has been disturbed. Lets take a closer look shall we?

Cut scene: Team in the temple just hours ago. Ares Finally! I came all the way back from hell for you! Cap Tony! What the hell did you do?!... Doom Ahh, I should have guessed it was the Avengers. Interesting choice of playersbut they have awoken the Sentry, I cannot allow him to find me. Damn meddlesome do-gooders. Why cant you just leave things be!!!! Sentry Where is he? Cap Who, Bob? Doom &%$#. They will undoubtedly be coming for me. It is only a matter of time before they connect the dots, I should have killed Reynolds when I had the bloody chance!! I must prepare (as he turns away to leave) Ahh, an unexpected visitor, clearly the Avengers do not know they have a tail but I do. Advantage; Doom. Cut scene: Back to Doom Castle, now. Cap All right, we have to make it out of this tower. Doom isnt going to be hiding in the damsel in distress tower, we have to find the main quarters. You find Doom in ten minutes and you get time with some beautiful naked women, I hear theyre easy. Ares Say no more, Captain! (Levels all the walls to the outside courtyard). Cap

(Under his breath) Tony, youre a genius in more ways than one, but Id never tell you thatfathead. Ironman Thanks, Steve! You know youre never living that one down! Im a genius! You said it! Cap COM-LINK!!!!!!!! Hellstrom What the hell was that?! Ironman That was Captain America admitting I was right. Spider-man Oh, thank god! I was afraid the hulk was here too! Nightcrawler Speaking of green things, what are we fighting right now?! Ironman Who knows? Doom always has some new cronies or something every time we come here and raid. Nightcrawler Is this a regular thing? Spider-man & Ironman Sorta. (Spidey and Ironman teaming up on goons) Hellstrom Doom is well versed in the dark arts, these are some kind of dimensional demons. It takes a powerful summoning spell in order to get them on this plane of existence. Spider-man

(to nightcrawler) Friends of yours? Nightcrawler I get it, I dont look like a human, can we get past the demeaning jokes? Spider-man Demon-ing jokes! Ok, last one. Sorry. Hellstrom I thought it was funny. Have you ever thought of doing superhero stand-up? Spider-man Actually!Hellstrom Shut up. Ironman Is it just me or has this been too easy? Weve been cracking jokes this whole time. It hasnt exactly seemed dire in any way. Steve, where are you? Im starting to think we were expected and that Doom wants to be found. Hes never been too unpredictable but this is too easy. Doesnt exactly have keep out written all over it. Spider-man Are you crazy? Different dimensional demons is enough to make me want to turn aroundCap Yeah, Ironman. I was starting to have the same annoying feeling. Ares and I are in the castle and there hasnt been anything after us. Dooms leaving us a trail of breadcrumbs. I think it best to re-group. Ironman Roger that. No pun intended. Ok, enough of this. Nightcrawler; teleport the rest of the team into the castle. Im going to eliminate all bogeys and you guys shouldnt be here for it.

Nightcrawler Can do! Hellstrom Stark! You need me to stay. Ironman Believe me, even you wont survive this, Ill be right behind you guys, now stop wasting time. (Nightcrawler teleports Spidey and Hellstrom) Ironman Ok, Doom, what do you have planned? (Ironman uses a massive attack that wipes out all demons, his entire body becomes a giant 360 degree repulsor ray at 100% power) Cap Good to see you guys- (RUMBLE!!!!! The repercussions of Ironmans attack shakes the castle) Spider-man Whoa, Tony just exerted himself way too much. Hes a smart man, but that was a Hail Mary attack. He is going to be winded to say the least. Cap I know Tony, if he used as much power as you say then he already thought ahead and is going to need us to take the lead. Nightcrawler Here he comes, hes walking instead of flying, he must be tired. Spider-man Tony, that was a hell of an attack, but I need to talk to you. Ironman

It can wait, I know Doom has some kind of upload link around here somewhere, I need to recharge my repulsor power, I basically just set off a small nuclear bomb. Nightcrawler Please tell me there isnt any radiation residue, I cant take any more physical mutations! Spider-man Nice little science term drop there, Kurt! Ironman Yeah, no kidding, even Im impressed. Nightcrawler Im from GermanyWWII? Atom Bomb? Hiroshima? Cap History buff, I love it. Spider-man (pulling Ironman aside) Tony, look, Im not an idiot, you think I dont see the similarities between your new suit and the symbiote? What have you done to yourself? Ironman I designed a new suit, simple as that. Spider-man Oh, no s&!t? Duh! Please tell me you didnt use an actual symbiote because I know first-handIronman Pete, save it, Im not that stupid, I would never endanger myself by intentionally attaching myself to a parasite. It mimics the functions and mechanics of a

symbiote because there are many advantages of a symbiote, but it is artificial, rest assured. Spider-man I cant help but notice there are some other incorporations in your new design that the primitive symbiote does not possess, tell me right now what youre dealing in, Stark. Ironman Jesus, another Hank Pym. Look, this really isnt the time ok? Right now your brain would be put to better use in finding me some way to recharge my power, or else itll take a while to do it on its own. Spider-man We are against the clock, at least Im assuming we are, really hasnt been any sign of Doom. For now, all I can tell you is to save whatever power you do have and put the armor away. You do have clothes on dont you? Ironman Ill conserve much more power letting my suit look like normal clothes instead of retaining its armor functionality. But we need to really find something that I can basically plug-in to. Spider-man Knowing you, that sounds a little dirty you little Playboyboy. Ironman Shut up, youre pretty good with technology, Peter. I need you to help me look for something before Doom.shit. Spider-man Before Doom??!!(turns around) Oh Doom

I wish I could say this was a pleasant surprise and that you are welcome to stay as long as you like, but neither are true. Leave now before I lose my patience and choose not to ignore the act of terrorism you have committed against my kingdoms capital. Cap Enough of the bravado, Victor. We are only here to talk. Doom Guests that wish to speak with me do not make the horrid entrance that you and your team so ignorantly indulged in. Spider-man Well, we couldnt find a doorbell or an ugly robot head with a knocker on it. So, naturally we just crashed the partDoom Silence! Ironman All right, Doom. Dont even pull this victimized crap, you shot first when we entered Latverian air space. Doom You were not cleared, nor did you ask for permission to land. And Stark, I am insulted to see that you came here in civilian clothing, although I do recognize a nice Dolce suit when I see it. Hellstrom (aside to Tony) Really? That was what you picked your suit to look like? Ironman Ive got an image to uphold, sue me.

Cap Look, you displayed acts of aggression first, so we retaliated, although I cant say we werent expecting it. Spider-man I was expecting some tea and a hey, web-head, how ya been?! Doom Do you ever shut up?! (uses a spell to temporarily inhibit spider-mans ability to speak) Spider-man Mmmm!!! Mmmm mmm mm mmmmm mm!!! Nightcrawler Honestly? Thank you. Doom Dont thank me just yet. I cannot allow this intrusion any longer. You may leave from the wreckage from whence you entered, this is my last offer to leave unharmed. Cap Why is the Sentry looking for you, Doom?! What does he want with you?! Doom I warned you of your insolence! Now it will cost you everything you know of this life! Cap Kurt! Nightcrawler

On i- (Doom transports the whole team) Doom Rogers, you think you really know anything about being a man out of time? Haha Cut scene: The whole team after being transported. Ironman Uhhh.what the hell happened? Spider-man Hey, Steve. Tonys awake, about time, what a light weight. Cap Tony, are you all right? How are you feeling? Ironman I feel worse than the next morning after partying with Motley Crue all night, Jesus, what happened? Spider-man Looks like Doom sent us all to his dungeon! Ooooo!! Hellstrom Knock it off, Doom used some kind of transportation spell on us, it must have been a doozey though, because we all feel like hammered shit. Must have affected you worse than all of us because you were already so drained; hence everyone being awake before you. Cap Kurt is also missing, but it looks like we picked up an unaccounted for straggler. (Cap signals toward a shadowy corner. All we can see is a dark silhouette of a man crouching in the corner with a skull on his chest).

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