" When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. "

- John F. Kennedy

(February 8, 2018: Boston, Massachusetts: 1:20 am)

Carol yawned and covered her mouth, leaning her head on her boyfriend's shoulder. Rhodey blushed and smiled at her as he finished eating his slice of pizza. He took a sip of his soda and watched her falling asleep. The US Air Force Colonel intently read the multiple incident reports from SHIELD and MIB and scrolled every page, deeply becoming intrigued at the dangerous SCP object.

" The Foundation? Who are they? What do they want? " Rhodey thought, crossing his eyebrows and scratching his chin. " Are they even responsible for this horrible lizard's creation and containment?  Are they just like HYDRA, AIM, or perhaps a different organization? I wonder where can I find more information of them aside from my received incident reports? There must be something else. "

Suddenly, his phone began vibrating which he saw a picture of Tony Stark and swiped it. Rhodey stood up from the couch and became annoyed and sighed as this conversation would disturb his girlfriend. He stepped outside the house, picked up the call, and lowly spoke, " Hello? Tony? What the hell are you doing at this time of the night? "

" Just spending the graveyard shift monitoring some stuff, " a snarky male voice answered and chuckled. " Don't tell me you're still house sitting your lovely girlfriend's place! "

" Tony, got any leads about the Foundation? " Rhodey asked. " Carol's old friend, Mar-Vell just spilled the beans about the lizard and that shady organization. "

" I already know that, " Tony replied. " SHIELD interrogated him and his Faunus chum yesterday morning. Got a slight lead from Agent Johnson, but still that wasn't enough. "

" What do you mean? "

" More secretive than the MIB. I tried hacking and penetrating their systems with help of Doc Pyro and Friday just a week ago, but we failed. They have the ability to block any data infiltrators and hackers, like tending to shut you off and release any bugs. "

" Damn..."

" Definitely, spot on, Rhodey, " Tony seriously said. " Dr. P of MIB has also another leads of an ancient Kree hiding on Earth. No one knows where he is right now. "

" Where did he get the sources? "

" He has friends from out of town. Dr. P's lovely blonde Remnite wife knows everything about the Inhumans and the Kree. "

" Right, " he nodded. " Is this ancient Kree working to the Foundation? "

" That seems a mystery, my friend. We don't have an idea who are they. If we encounter them, we can get rid of them for good, including that lizard. "

" Tony, I don't even think we can do that without obtaining information from them, " Rhodey frowned in doubt and reasoned. " Are you even sure we can do that? How are we going to fight that way? "

" Well, we can't trust them. They've just released their damn out of control lizard from nowhere. We need to eliminate it before we take them. "

" Right, " Rhodey nodded no furiously and looked at his sleeping girlfriend. " Now, we have to act immediately. "

" By the way, Friday just detected that anomaly going to Boston from the West Coast. "

" That fast?? "

" A freakin' monstrosity, Rhodes, " Stark commented.

" Aren't you supposed to come with us Tony?! "

" Nope, I'm gonna find a way how to infiltrate the Foundation for the rest of the night. I'm gonna send out Thor for back-up. Just wake up your Interstellar Princess and it's showtime! "

" Noted. "

The call got ended as Rhodey received the coordinates from Iron Man where the SCP object was located. He sighed which he was supposed to rest. The African-American Air Force official entered the house, walked over to her, and gently shaking her shoulder. Carol moaned and frowned as she didn't want to get disturbed from her peaceful slumber.

" Rhodey...get some...sleep..." she angrily muttered.

" Carol, wake up! We got Code Red! " he exclaimed and kept bringing back to her senses. " The anomaly is in the city! "

" W-wait...what?! "

" Look, I won't wake you up if it's unimportant. "

The blonde half-Kree woman instantly enlargened her eyes in disbelief and stood up from her couch. She cocked her eyebrows and said, " Rhodey, that's impossible! That freak of nature was in California! How come it has reached?! Don't tell me..."

" That...I really don't know, " Rhodey sighed. " We need to get there, ASAP. "

Carol stretched her arms, raising above her head. Using her seventh sense, she saw the monster was rampaging around the city. The blonde lady looked at her boyfriend with concern and said, " Rhodey, I know exactly where that freak of nature is. "

" Right, let's go, " he nodded.

(Underground North Station, Boston: 1:58 am)

The commuter and cargo trains were left junked where fragments of metal and machinery were scattered on the ground. Much crimson liquid were splattered and stained the entire place aside from smoke roaming around. A group of three hired mercenaries walked over the chaotic scene when they saw a large reptilian chewing and ingesting human flesh.

A medium scarlet haired man in a brown leather jacket took a grenade and eyed the creature with disgust. His companions held their weapons and targeted at it.

" Seriously? That's beyond abomination, already, " the redhead man frowned and whined.

" Dealing with freaks is part of our job, Jack, " the dark haired man remarked and checked his bullets from his weapons.  " I'm not gonna waste my time to track down like that one. "

" We have to do this, boys, " the brown haired Frenchwoman in black and grey tactical suit determinedly spoke and held her rifle. " This is our chance to bring that abomination down for good. " She looked at the redhead and said, " Jack, your turn to make a distraction. Allen and I had to come after. "

Jack Redfield had let a deep sigh, removed his pinecone grenade's safety pin, and instantly threw it from the human flesh eating lizard. It flew, reached the creature's tail, and exploded. The three rushed away from a fallen debris as they headed onto the stairs and watched the bright and loud outburst. Smoke and fire had come into the subway. 

" Hah! " the redhead happily chuckled and confidently raised his left fist. " I knew I can do it! Thanks, Allen, Karena! "

" Good job, Jack! " Allen smirked.

" Still, we're not even sure if it has survived, " Karena seriously spoke and waited for the smoke to die down. " We just need to check if it's still alive. "

" I don't think it can..." Allen paused in surprise, looking at the silhouette of the enormous reptilian.

" What do you mean it can?! " Jack loudly raised his voice in disbelief.

The monster stepped out of the cloud of smoke and flames. He was evilly grinning and chuckling when he saw the three mercenaries. Karena pointed her rifle at him and prepared to pull its trigger anytime he would attack. Allen held his pistol and looked at his redhead friend who grabbed a baseball grenade from his belongings.

" You three humans are nothing, but failures who thrive to exist, " the dark and sinister lizard spoke and slowly approached them. " You are such foolish creatures. "

" You talk, eh?! " Allen sarcastically replied. " You should be saying that to yourself. "

" I will not waste my time in talking to you, putrid of mud. Only your death can satisfy me. "

Karena pulled the trigger from her rifle when the bullet flew off and struck the lizard's eyes. Allen joined her and released another bullet from his pistol to the other eye. The two kept firing the horrible creature as they could. The enormous lizard remained unaffected with their bullet strikes and darkly laughed at them. Allen and Karena were running out of bullets when Jack looked at them with concern.

" Dammit, now what?! " the dark haired mercenary angrily muttered.

" We tried everything, but this being is the worst! " Karena replied.

" How about throwing him another grenade, " Jack suggested and threw his weapon, sending the creature to explode.

The lizard received the grenade from his mouth and instantly threw it back to them. The mercenary trio widened their eyes in fear and instantly rushed away into their safety. Allen instantly grabbed the Frenchwoman's left hand as Jack kept looking behind and noticed the lizard approaching them. The SCP object ejected and threw his spikes from his back to them. They immediately dodged from the attacks, but they never realized he was approaching as fast as he could.

" Oh, crud! " Jack fearfully cried and knew that he and his friends were being chased by a lizard.

" This is my last bullet to end him! " Allen sternly muttered and loaded another bullet.

" Sacré Bleue, Allen! " Karena cried and warned. " Save that bullet, later! We can't waste anything right now! Our survival matters! "

" But I can't stand being chased with that freak! "

" Allen, we're losing any ammos, soon! " Jack added. " She's right! We don't wanna get empty handed! "

The lizard opened his mouth, revealing his sharpest teeth. He was very prepared to devour them for his early breakfast. Allen, Karena, and Jack kept running for their safety, but they seemed to be confronting Lady Death very soon. The SCP object was hindered when two outbursts of light and flames striking him down.  The reptilian angrily growled and kept shoving his spikes at them.

The mercenary trio watched the further onslaughts as they had an idea how to give their mad opponent his ultimate end. The blonde half-Kree Avenger gave him a radiant punch on his face. Her dark armored boyfriend fired his machine gun mounted on his back. Still, the lizard remained thick skinned and darkly chuckled, giving them a menacing grin. Carol Danvers or Captain Marvel never gave up in radiating her both hands and firing the monster. War Machine also used his repulsor blasts and combined with his girlfriend's photon blast. The warrior couple managed to send the monstrous one an illuminating kiss of death, however, the indestructible lizard thrived the fatal strike and laughed.

" You foolish humans dared to defeat me, but you haven't met your ultimate death! " he scoffed.

" Really?! " War Machine or Rhodey indignantly paused and automatically opened his mask from his helmet. " Then, who the hell are you?! "

" Stupid humans from that Foundation Facility called me, 682. Your child's play didn't affect me that much! "

"  We don't know where you come from, but we heard you killed a lot of people, yesterday! So, back-off! " Carol heatedly replied.

" A warrioress...How brave of you confronting me, but it did not impress me that much, " 682 retorted. " You reminded me of that Kree man from the Foundation and his younger relative aside from my futile hybrid double..."

" How did you know about Mar-Vell and the other Kree?! " she indignantly asked. " Tell me! "

" That light soul of yours, woman...I don't even think this will work on my end... My own darkness and wrath shall destroy you! "

Rhodey noticed SCP-682's tail was after his girlfriend as she was ready to gave her ultimate ability, her bright Binary form. The lizard prepared to pin her down for good as the Armored Avenger instantly hugged her down, protecting her. Finally, it was Allen and his lot's chance to fire the lizard when they took their projectiles and struck him down. SCP-682 was still unaffected and unamused. He walked away since he had no prey to satisfy his bloody appetite.

" Crap! " Allen angrily muttered.

" I guess, it's not the right time to deal with him, " Rhodey replied and parted his arms from his loved one.

" Wait, War Machine and Captain Marvel! " Jack happily beamed and felt starstrucked at the Avenger couple. " I'm glad you guys joined us fighting that brute! The name's Jack Redfield! These are my friends, Allen Stroud and Karena Lesproux! "

" Oh, hi! " the dark haired mercenary grinned. " We're honored to meet you guys. "

" Same here, " Carol slightly smiled and replied. " Tell us, did you also hunt that lizard? "

" Sort of, " Allen shrugged. " Karena, Jack, and I followed his tracks from the sewers. We saw some traces of blood on water and found him eating those carcasses including the burned ones. "

" Damn..." Rhodey sadly muttered and removed his helmet to his grief when Carol gently placed her hand to his shoulder.

" Mademoiselle, monsieur, we also didn't know where he came from, " Karena added. " We tried our best to find its origins. "

" Right, " the half-Kree woman nodded and turned to her boyfriend. " Rhodey, I think we need to report to the Avengers and the others of what happened here. "

" Yeah, before we get to encounter that freak again, " the US Air Force Colonel replied and held his helmet.

" Anyways, I wish we can join you guys and chat, " the redhead man shrugged. " But we have a lot things to do. It's nice to meet you two! "

" See ya! " his dark friend smiled and saluted the couple.

" Merci beaucoup, " Karena greeted.

" You're welcome, " Rhodey replied.

" Until, we meet again, " Carol added.

The other two waved their hands to the three and watched them walking away. Then, they looked at the chaotic effect of this commuting place. Carol heavily sighed and sensed the place's gloomy aura.

" Carol, are you okay? "

" It's too horrendous, Rhodey, " she seriously answered. " 682 has left a tragic mark in this place..."

" I understand, " he nodded. " But my search with that Foundation still leaves me more mind-blogging things than ever. "

" Did I tell you something about it? "

" Not that much, but Tony just gave me a slight clue for being too obscure. "

" He did? "

" Yeah, he's gonna try his best to obtain information, " Rhodey replied and saw a piece of paper left on a fallen debris. " Wait a sec, Carol. Did our new friends leave a note? "

" I don't even think it's from them, " she picked up, opened, and silently read it.

" Whoever finds this note, I have to meet my adoptive brother in this city. My apologies if he's not here with you. This is a serious talk if you want to know about this mad lizard and that suspicious organization . Please meet me at the Tollgate Cemetery before sunrise. "

" What does it say? " he asked.

" We're gonna meet a familiar person at Tollgate Cemetery, " Carol answered. " I hope this guy is worthy to answer our questions. "

" I guess so. "

(TOLLGATE CEMETERY, BOSTON: 3:15 AM)

The nearby forest of this peaceful resting place for the departed ones was visited by a cold breeze and snow. Carol Danvers and Colonel Rhodes noticed a tall well built blond muscular man talking to a raven haired one claded in a kevlar suit. The couple had heard their conversation and approached them.

" Is anybody all right? " Rhodey asked and caught their attention.

" Finally, it's Captain Marvel and War Machine, " the blonde Asgardian prince replied and held his hammer. " How rude of me not coming to chase that monstrous brute. "

" No, it's okay, Thor, " Carol smiled and showed the letter. " We just found this on our way. "

" Yes, right..." the dark haired Asgardian MTF Trooper admitted. " I was with the Midgardians in kevlar suits who observed the onslaught with SCP-682 and your group. We were about to stop you against the damn Keter class murderer. "

" Keter Class? SCP-682? " Rhodey curiously repeated the words. " Loki, what are you talking about? "

" You have a lot to explain, brother..." Thor sternly answered.

Loki heavily sighed and shrugged, " Look, I have worked with the Foundation for three years. You people are unaware of those creatures far beyond your enemies! They might come from different realms! That murderous monster is one of them! "

" What do you mean? "

" They are labelled as experiments and threats to humanity just like all of us, but they are being locked in each containment cells. "

" So, did you come to warn us about them? " Carol asked.

" Not just any warning, " the disguised god of mischief sternpy answered. " I know you are eager to take down SCP-682, but I'm warning that you can't kill him! Only the Midgardians of the Foundation can handle that beast, you Avengers and your allies will just fail. "

Thor and Rhodey's faces frowned as they heard and threatened him, by releasing their weapons. Carol instantly defended the MTF Trooper by standing infront of him.

" Carol, you're defending that creep?! Why?! " Rhodey exclaimed.

" He cannot be trusted! He is telling lies! " Thor defiantly added.

" Mar-Vell had spoken to me about 682 back in Los Angeles yesterday, " Carol reasoned. " Loki's right! What if we die in the hands of that monster?! Rhodey, you saw how indestructible he was, earlier. "

" Right..." her boyfriend nodded and sighed.

" But still, the Avengers and the allies are formidable and worthy to defeat that brute! " the god of thunder proudly retorted. " That 682 is no match for us! "

" Thor, if you were there along with the mercenaries, you would have a hard time to defeat him. He's a thick skinned freak, " the half Kree lady explained.

" Unity will make us conquer to stop that beast! We need to find a way! "

" I know what you mean, Thor, " Rhodey said and raised his right hand in interjection. " But you were never there, you misunderstood that situation! Carol and I saw what happened there! "

" We have our ways to fight it! "

Rhodey and Carol both exasperatedly sighed and shared glances which Thor couldn't comprehend the situation. Loki rolled his eyes in his annoyance when he couldn't take his adoptive brother's hubris and stubborness.

" I really need to tell you this. If you can only pay attention to me, " the Asgardian MTF Trooper broke his silence when the three Avengers listened. " There is another thing that you need to know aside from that Hard to Destroy Reptile. The Kree Eternal's hybrid son is also contained and physically abused there! "

Carol widened her eyes in shock and recalled not to tell that secret to anyone. Mar-Vell had told her yesterday as she had to keep that promise. Thor and Rhodey remained non-speaking and exchanged glances which they never knew anything about it.

" L-Loki, how did you know all of these? " she apprehensively asked. 

" The creator or father of that abused hybrid child had predicted of me disclosing this to all of you even it's forbidden, " Loki sternly answered. " Now, you know why. "

Rhodey asked, " What's the name of his father? "

" Dr. Jean Meir Montmartre, a high ranking Foundation scientist. The Kree knew him as Methu-Selah."

(Allen Stroud and Jack Redfield belongs to Knightfall077)