Chapter 80: The Council Convenes

Chapter 80: The Council Convenes

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Walking through a portal into the Council room at the top of the Avengers Tower, Peter and Professor Xavier were met by Fury, Tony, and Magneto, who were sitting around waiting for their arrival.

Peter always has to pick up Charles for meetings like this. He is the only one that doesn't live in the city and the X-men don't have their cool jet just yet.

"Yo!" Peter calls out as the portal closes behind him and the Professor.

"Good, you're both here." Fury says as he plugs a flash drive into the table and taps a few buttons.

Instantly, a hologram appeared in the center of the table. Videos begin to play, showing body cam footage of a battle between heavily armed soldiers and a giant green monster. The massive muscle-bound green giant was decimating the soldiers with ease.

It was more of a massacre than anything else.

The soldiers were either torn apart, clobbered to death, or thrown away at speeds that would surely kill them upon impact.

Suddenly, the video froze on a close-up picture of the green monster and a window popped up next to it. This window showed a picture of Bruce Banner with a lot of text below.

"For those that don't know, this is Doctor Robert Bruce Banner. He's a renowned scientist who is highly respected for his work in biochemistry, nuclear physics, and gamma radiation." Fury starts but Peter picks up where he left off after taking a seat.

"Banner was commissioned by the United States General Thaddeus Ross to recreate the Super Soldier Serum that created Captain America. However, Ross elected not to inform Banner about what he was creating. During the experiment, Banner was exposed to dangerous levels of gamma radiation."

"As a result, the mild-mannered scientist found that when angered, provoked, or excited, his body and brain would transform into a huge, rage-fueled, primitive-minded creature known as Hulk. For five years, Banner remained on the run from the United States Army with the Hulk under control. Though it seems that they clashed recently, based on this video." Peter says shocking Charles and Erik who knew nothing of this.

"You would be correct. Ross lied to his superior and went down to Brazil to capture Banner. As you can see that operation failed horribly, like many that involve Thaddeus." Fury throws a small dig at the Generals history.

"It sounds like you knew about this for a while. Why haven't we dealt with this yet?" Charles asks and gets a nod of agreement from Erik.

"The Hulk is a strong opponent to face and the Avengers was still new." Peter says with a shrug.

"He seemed to have the Hulk under control as well. It wasn't like he was in Brazil rampaging or something. This incident only occurred because Ross and his men tried to capture Banner." Fury clarifies.

"Should we mobilize some Avengers to take care of it?" Erik asks, thinking this was a strategy meeting to kill Banner.

"Okay, I'm convinced." Charles says as he and everyone else see their reasoning now. "Who should we send when he's found?"

"That's right!" Tony exclaims as he jumps to his feet excitedly. "This will be the Avenger's first real mission!"

"Did you just figure that out?" Fury mutters with a roll of his singular eye.

"Oh, shut up. This is exciting!" Tony responds with a grin.

Even Fury's snide comments couldn't bring his mood down right now.

"This seems like something that Charles would excel at." Erik says as he looks toward his old rival.

"How so?" Charles asks back.

"Can't you simply put this Hulk to sleep with your telepathy? If it truly has a primitive mind, then putting the thing to bed should be child's play for you." Magneto says as if it would be the easiest thing in the world.

"That could work, but we shouldn't count on it." Peter says, knowing it won't be that easy. "Let's call that plan B. Plan A is me speaking to Banner or Hulk. Plan C will be fighting."

"I don't think that many of the Avengers will be able to handle something like this." Tony says after a moment of thought. "Storm is the only one that comes to mind. Kurt can act as support but that's about it."

"We may have to handle this ourselves..." Erik says with a thoughtful look.

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-Chiapas Mexico-

A tired, dirty, and, disheveled Bruce Banner could be seen walking the dirty streets without any clothes whatsoever, not even shoes. Thankfully, he still had what remained of his pants, which were mangled and didn't fit anymore, holding them over his private parts.

Tired from his journey from Brazil, Banner took a seat in a crowded market with arms outstretched and his hands palmed together.

After resting for a while, most people would see him and grimace in disgust before turning their heads away, thinking that he was just a beggar.

Out of nowhere, a little boy runs over and drops a handful of pesos onto the ground in front of him. Before Banner could thank him, as everything he owned was either destroyed or left back in Brazil, the kid ran off and disappeared into the market's crowd.

With his new funds acquired, Bruce first bought himself some clothes before filling his stomach and continuing the trek toward America with a tired but determined look on his face.

A/N: 1482 words

[DONT FORGET MY STONES! I sleep ????????]