" The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time..."

- John Stuart Mill

(The Next Day: Outside Triskelion Building, Near Potomac River, Washington DC)

" TROOPERS! DON'T LET IT GET IN!! " the Firewing MTF Captain yelled and lead the firing.

The rest of the Rebel Forces and MTF Troopers exchanged bullets against an unknown being. The mysterious indestruc used its large tail to swipe all of the troopers and push them back along with their vehicles into the river. Some remained injured and the others drowned.

" Oh, no..." Elder Carol Danvers-Montmartre muttered in fear and saw the incident.

" Ma'am, don't go out there..." a young half-Reptilian warned and took out his star-spangled shield. " I have to handle this. "

" Look, young man. If I were you, you should stay indoors..." she seriously warned.

" But ma'am..."

" Oh, boy, what a day...." Shadow Reaper summoned his scythe as flames came out of him.

The Kree Eternal looked behind at the others who were injured and some terrified residents. Then, he formed a bright bluish-white forcefield to protect them.

Thorn kept shooting upon the Indestruc before retreating into the city and yelled, " EVERYONE! GET OUT OF HERE! "

The Indestruc roared ferociously and broke through the shield. The Triskelion residents witnessed it in fear.

" I thought that was suppose to protect us! " the Firewing MTF Trooper gasped in fear.

" Remember how it has resisted to Plot maniplation? " his partner answered.

" Oh...."

" Car-Ell, let's do this! " Methu-Selah called his wife.

" Got it, " Carol nodded.

The Kree husband and wife concentrated using their light souls and formed their photonic energy blasts, combining them into a radiant cosmic light. They instantly threw bright ball of cosmic energy and attack the indestruc. The monstrosity took the hit as it appeared to had done nothing.

" What on Hala..." the Kree Eternal anxiously muttered. " This reminded me of SCP-682..."

" That freak is too unstoppable..." Carol rasped. " There's got to be another way. Our son might be in big trouble if it comes inside the building. "

" Carol, he's still safe inside, but he's not participating in this dreaded attack. "

" If that is the case, we need to let the people outta here and stay inside. "

" Good plan, but this monstrosity is not yet over, " her husband reminded. " We need to give it a try..."

The young half-reptilian man named Joshua Rogers stood in front of the intruding indestruc. He looked at it and intently studied his attack to it. He instantly threw his vibranium star spangled shield from his great granduncle and aimed for the head.

" Yes! " Joshua happily cheered and picked it up.

" Lad, look out! " the Kree Eternal loudly cried in warning.

" Wait, wha- "

The indestruc swiped the young man using his tail and charged at him. The half reptilian one rolled over and took out his vibranium shield to protect him. The Kree Eternal formed another force field to make Joshua safe.

" Young man, you have a strength and courage of Captain America, " the Kree Eternal commented.

" Thank you, sir. "

Shadow Reaper took his mask off and fired blasted of flames at the Indestruc. Methu-Selah joined in creating and forming blasts of cosmic radiance. The indestruc was struck down when Joshua Rogers stood up and watched the scene. Then, the reaper began to slash at Indestruc with a loud angry growl. The young reptilian hybrid took out his blaster pistol which he stole from the Kree and aimed at it. The reaper's hands lit up in fire and also targeted at their formidable monstrous foe.

" Now, give up! " Joshua heatedly yelled.

The Indestruc responded with another loud roar before lunging at them.

" Troopers! Get to the launchers, double time! " Thorn also yelled, commanding his subordinates.

The Indestruc turned its attention to the Firewing commander. Thorn sternly confronted with the monstrous one, aimed his mini gun and began spraying the crystal bullets onto it. Looking from the outside, Elder Carol Danvers-Montmartre quickly flew back to the Triskelion building's entrance and saw her fellow retired Avengers, approaching them.

" Guys, we need your help, " she said to them and pointed at the onslaught. " That Indestruc can enter the premises very soon. "

" Well, I guess there's a reason to be angry..." Elder Bruce Banner shrugged and requested. " Punch me on the face, Carol. "

" Wait, what? Bruce, I don't think..."

" Just do it! "

Carol heavily sighed and had no choice, but to fulfill the wish of the retired scientist. She gave him an uppercut strike on his face. Elder Banner frowned and moaned in pain. Her punch made him transform into a giant green muscular being.

" Hulk Smash! " the green being loudly roared and rushed himself, giving the indestruc an intense smack down by his fists.

" It looks like, Avengers Assemble..." Elder Pyromaniac muttered, calling his fellow Avengers. " We need to get going! "

" I don't think we can beat that freak ourselves..." Elder Stark shrugged.

" What do you mean? "

" Look..."

As the Hulk repetitively hitting the indestruc, it roared ferociously. Shadow Reaper whispered a phrase as most of his body turned into flames. He was releasing all souls for a limited use until the target would be eternally silence. Flaming figures came out of him and took the form of a wolf, large crow, dragon, fox, and a demonic figure.

The Indestruc made a series of body slams to the Hulk in his abdominal region as it bit off his left side of the green ogre's chest. The Hulk yelled in excruciating pain and found himself bleeding. Then, he instantly grabbed the indestruc's arms and smashed his formidable opponent.

" Puny being...." he muttered.

It growled and pierced its tail into the Hulk and flung him off of its tail and into Shadow Reaper. Seeing the fight from a distance, Thor instantly flew, released his electricity onto his Mjolnir, and charged it. He struck and stunned the monstrous being. Shadow Reaper saw the sudden attack from the Asgardian and stood as the six figures charged, running past him, approaching the indestruc, and attacking him.

It had enough of receiving so much attacks from the three and began to charge them. Suddenly, the charge sequence was interrupted when a giant mass of soul energy blasted towards the indestruc and hitting it, sending it toppling into a small residence home. Following by it, a barrage of of Dark energy sprites hit the indestruc as its body to wither away. The Indestruc roared in excruciating pain. Shortly afterwards, a multiple dark energy blast was sent into the Indestruc, killing it as its body exploded into soul particles.

" What the?! " Thorn exclaimed in shock and turned to where the spells emanated. " That was Dark magic! "

" Yes..." the Kree Eternal nodded and saw a male figure who joined him and fortified the cosmic energy forcefield. " Stephen Strange? "

" I doubt it came from Dormammu himself, " Strange replied. " I would prefer to stop this one..."

FW MTF Trooper approached to the ancient Kree and the Sorcerer Supreme, "....Um, Sirs! We got a figure apporaching! "

" Don't tell me, it's the entity with Dark Magic or its cohorts. " Methu-Selah sighed.

" Well, most likely..." Strange shrugged.

Thorn noticed something within the distance and took out his binoculars to have a closer look and called the other two men, " Sirs! Another figure approaching..." He was was visibly shocked as he drops his scope. " ......Iron Pointed hat......Crimson Capes......Medieval outfit, wielding Greatsword paired with dagger.....Dark energy coming off of it......"

FW MTF Trooper asked, " Sir, isn't that what I think you're describing? "

Thorn rushed towards Methu-Selah and Stephen Strange and said, " Sir! We got visuals of an Creature of the Abyss approaching, it's a shadow, a creature that is born from the dark emotions of another person's souls and takes their appearance. "

" What's worst, it's the Abyss watchers leader! We don't stand a chance against it! "

" It looks they have spotted us, " the Kree Eternal seriously answered.

" Interesting..." Strange muttered. " Perhaps, we can try to examine further before they would attack us. "

Shadow Reaper turned to the figure as his eyes began to burn, " Oh no..."

(From a distance)

A mysterious being was slowly approaching his way to the gate and overheard them talking by sensing their souls as they couldn't sense his. He sighed, " Great....already marked myself as a huge threat..."

Methu-Selah and Strange formed a combined magic and cosmic light energy to blast the other entity from afar. Elder Carol Danvers-Montmartre and the others watched the attack.

" Welp....if the Darkness wanted me dead, and now the Light wants it too, so be it. But it would only wound them into subbmission, probably to show them I have no attentions in hindering their side..." he thought and became transparent as the blast passes through him and didn't get hurt whatsoever. He took back into his physical form and continued his walk.

" Wait what?! Seriously?! " Elder Pyromaniac exclaimed in shock and noticed the figure returning to his physical form.

Thorn looked over to the Elder Pyromaniac and asked, " Sir, do you want me and my troops to protect the civilians while you guys fight? "

" Yes, Amnon and the others for the security and medical response. We'll be dealing with more enemies we're on our way to New York, " the Inhuman answered. " We have to leave Triskelion Building for now. We'll be going to Upstate New York, the Avengers Compound. "

" Yes, sir! " Thorn saluted and turned too his troopers. " You hear the Avenger, let's move out! "

" Doctor..." Methu-Selah approached the Inhuman and lowly spoke. " My son is not around and not working with them. "

" Wait, what?! " Elder Pyromaniac exclaimed in shock. " Old Methu, what's wrong?! "

" A sudden conflict occured earlier. Skoùro and I had to speak up and told everyone the truth. "

" Oh....I see..." he nodded and asked. " It didn't go well for the both of you. I'm sorry...I hope you and your son will reconcile each other. "

The Kree Eternal emotionlessly nodded back and turned to his wife who waited for him. Carol held her husband's hand and gave him an assuring smile when they walked away from the area and returned to the building. The Kree spouses also worried of where Amnon had been during the entire unexpected onslaught.

Preparing to leave the building, all of the troopers and the Triskelion residents were packing up since they decided to move out and transfer into a new location. The air became too silent when everyone was ready for any intruding force.

" Methie..." Carol whispered to her husband's ear. " Are we supposed to find our son first before leaving here? "

" I know, but I can sense the same dark entity from earlier..." the Kree Eternal whispered back to his wife.

" I'm so worried that he might get lost track in the sea of crowd..."

" I understand that, Carol. I know he's safe within the building. He might be waiting for us there. "

Suddenly, they all heard a voice which was very similar to Kai and asked, " Be honest to yourselves, can you really destroy the darkness? "

The Kree Eternal and his wife got interrupted and confronted the man's voice as he answered, " The darkness can go anywhere, I'm afraid Kasius has been influenced with it. He is a Kree with a corrupted soul and his girlfriend, Basha the Lizard. "

" The Abyss is a powerful force, one that could reset the world as we speak, " the man responded. " If not, the universe..."

" Crap..." Shadow Reaper muttered and widened his eyes in shock.

" It's neither beneficial or dreadful, " Methu-Selah doubtfully added. " Darkness could be a threat. "

" Excuse me?! Mister Whoever You Are?! " Carol raised her eyebrows and condescendingly asked. " Why do you tell such things far out even we have an unending current threat? "

" But tell me one thing first, Are you guys even prepared to face such a force? "

" Yes, " Methu-Selah nodded. " But some species are not even prepared to confront what you are referring to. "

" I... hope so... " Shadow Reaper paused and gulped nervously.

" Okay then......one more thing....." the man's voice echoed as he reappeared to be the same figure from earlier. " Prove it..."

" Methie, this is a damn time waster, " Carol reminded. " Who's more important, our son or this guy? I'm too old for fighting and I really don't give a damn. Amnon needs us right now. "

" I'm not going to retaliate, " Methu-Selah replied. " I'm reserving my light soul for our son before I pass on. Now, I will let the others fight. "

Shadow Reaper overheard the conversation from the spouses and looked concerned at them. Suddenly, the man summoned a dark dome around them, giving them endless expanses of darkness to fight in and without to damage to the entire premise. Carol and her husband were being forced to use their light sould energies. They saw him charging at Thor and opened with a blast of soul mass from his staff.

The elderly half Kree woman activated her Binary energy and
angrily blasted the attacker as her husband secretly used his regenerative powers to heal the Asgardian.

" I have enough nonsense! " Carol heatedly growled. " You are like some damn Overlords who may be difficult to destroy. If you're willing to help us win this unending war, then you're free to go. Do you understand me?! I have no time to deal with you. My son is waiting for me and my husband! "

" Heh, your son....If you can't even start a fight with me, then how are you going to even fight the "Father of the Abyss" himself? " the man scoffed, warped behind to Tony Stark and Slashes and stabbed him with his Great Sword and Dagger.

Methu-Selah blasted the attacker and immediately rescued and revived Stark. In his wife's Binary form, Carol was ready to give in to the madman's request, however the Shadow Reaper interrupted her by calling over the souls and lighting up his scythe on fire.

" Go and find your son, you two, " he said to the spouses. " Let me handle this one..."

The Kree Eternal and his wife nodded and grabbed away Elder Stark and Thor from another attack. Shadow Reaper fired shots at him when his mysterious attacked noticed, warped behind, and kicked him down to the ground.

" GAH!!! Attack!! Search and destroy!! " he yelled when
the Kitsune soul opens its mouth widely and fired an explosive blast.

The mystery man summoned his dark energy and commanded them top slow down the blast. Then, he did and completely recoiled the blast back to Reaper.

" Oh son of a...." Reaper angrily muttered and got vaporized from the blast.

" I didn't mean that to happen! " he sighed.

Shadow Reaper managed to regenerate back with an internal screaming of pain.

" And there he goes..."

" That's it!!! " he angrily yelled, releasing control, allowing all trapped souls for limited use, and shooting his brains out. But instead of blood, the untamable dark flames were released.

" Jeez if this universe had gone too s#!t, everyone is just another maggot crawling into the pile..." the man thought and watched.

The reaper's body began to burn down and turned into flames. Before a barrage of bullets, knives, spears are fired at him. The man with a dark magic sighed and became transparent. Then, everything went through him without hurting him. The red glowing eyes appeared in the flames, fully determined to find a way to end him. The mysterious man with a dark magic ceased and took his stance.

Shadow Reaper formed a bit and asked, glowing his eyes in orange, " What is your name lost soul? "

" A few of my friends,all deceased but one, they called me Shade. "

" Well then, Shade. I have to say, you seem like quite the opponent. Oh, you have quite an interesting soul as well. "

" It's the soul of men or more commonly known as the Dark soul, the source of all humanity and darkness, " Shade answered. " If you wish to destroy this soul, you'll only destroy every life in this universe. "

" Well, that'd be a pain to do. But perhaps, I can try something different, " Shadow Reaper grinned.

" I'm not taking any chances, " he warped behind Reaper and stabs him with his now enchanted dual swords, withering away his opponent's power and soul until he sensed him on the brink of death and removed his swords from him. " Do you now know what you and your friends are up against? "

" No...But I wish them the best, " he dropped thirty shurikens and smirked at him, especially two individuals activated them, causing them to explode.

Shade instantly warped away from Reaper and took a little bit of damage. The smoke cleared, revealing the last black flare distinguishing, and no sign of the Shadow Reaper. He closed his eyes and tried to sense Reaper's weakened soul.
He found a fragment of his soul left, using an unknown energy to repair itself.

Shade walked over to the fragmented soul and gently picked it up and keeps it stable with his dark magic, " You don't deserve to leave here, not yet..."

He converted some of his endless amount of dark energy and transformed them into a similar energy like Reaper's soul, returning in the energy into him to repair it faster. The reaper's soul instantly regenerated and returned to life.

" Hey, are you okay? " Shade telepathically asked.

" What the?! " Reaper exclaimed.

" Relax...save your strength..."

".....Why are you helping me? "

" Because I'm not like the Darkness, although I once served the darkness until I became independent and learned of their true meanings, " Shade answered and reminded him. " Now, go regenerate fully, there's still a test I need to grade." He teleported the soul to a person he trusted and opened up another portal to follow the Avengers. " I wonder how she's doing back at our camp? "

Elder Carol Danvers-Montmartre sighed in relief and looked at her husband as she said, " Well, I hope that's a big deal to see another soul. "

" Right..." the Kree Eternal nodded and reminded his wife. " Before we go, we need to find Amnon first. He could be anywhere. We can't let him miss our flight to New York. "

" Don't worry, we'll find him. "

Just then, a middle aged Caucasian MTF Trooper just watched the entire scene and evilly grinned at the scene. He slowly stepped away, avoiding anyone's attention.

" Heh, you sleuths win several times. Your dark blokes are too OP to deal with on my own, " he maliciously thought. " But I have an important job to do, makin' the Prince of Hala downtrodden until he dies in the hands of his parents! "

(MOMENTS LATER)

Amnon spent alone in the basement after his sudden argument with Kai and the others. Learning the truth from Skoúro and his father, he intentionally kicked the large garbage bin and caused it to topple down, making the trash fall over the ground. The pink Kree took an empty bottle of beer and threw on the wall, causing it to shatter into pieces. He was loudly yelling and letting his frustrations out of his chest.

" Cheese, what on Hala are you doin' kid?! " a medium-pitch male voice with a Brooklyn accent echoed. " I take it, you've been so f@#ked off with that pyromancer from the Foundation. He sucks, right? Then, your dear ol' daddy and angelic best friend made you face the music about yourself. "

Amnon said nothing and noticed a middle-aged Italian-American looking man cladded in a white kevlar suit from the Foundation. He rolled his eyes in disgust and kicked another empty plastic bottle at the older man.

" Oh, come on, Seriously?! Are you treatin' a fellow pink Kree like a damn dirt?! I know who you are, Amnon-Selah. You're Methu-Selah's missin' hybrid brat who's been hidin' and escapin' from those idiotic and weak Foundation numbgrunts. I have been followin' ya ever since Boss Taryan asked me to watch you rest in pieces..."

The blonde pink Kree frowned at him and crossed his arms, kicking another empty metal can and targeting at the other Kree.

" For Pama's sakes, Kid?! What's the matter with ya?! " the disguised Kree quickly dodged and raised his voice. " You too angry?! "

" I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYONE ELSE! LEAVE ME ALONE! " Amnon furiously retorted.

" Leave you alone?! Leave you alone?! " he tauntingly stressed, slapped his abdomen, and loudly laughed, making himself too ridiculous in Amnon's eyes. " You'd gotta be kiddin' me! Look, young man, I saw you took a tumble there earlier. I knew you've seen so much miserable and unfortunate things in your life. I can help you, kid. "

" HELP ME?! " Amnon heatedly repeated the word. " NOBODY CARES ABOUT MY LIFE! EVERYBODY WANTS ME DEAD! I WAS THAT DAMN MONSTROUS CLONE OF THAT..."

" Woah, woah, woah, Kid. Calm down...Relax...Take it easy...Chill..." the disguised pink Kree gently patted his fellow's shoulders and intently smiled. " You're gettin' overly melodramatic. I already know your unending boohoos for five decades. You don't need to tell me twice until the f@#kin' Skrulls will kill ya for good. "

" WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?! "

" Simple, I'm gonna help ya..." he grinned and shrugged, playing along. " You know, I'm a damn nobody just like you. Those troubles you have? Forget about it! Although I would not go in that direction, unless you want to be in the records of Hala and Earth under recently. You know, deceased? "

" Mar-Vell..." Amnon sadly sighed and remembered his late cousin from fifty-two years ago.

" That traitor. Was he a friend of yours? "

" No, he's my cousin....late older cousin..."

" Ah, I see..." the mischievous Kree scoffed. " I'm glad that vermin ain't gonna live at this age. " Then, he changed his topic and curiously asked, " Tell me, what was your fondest memory of him? "

The young pink Kree sadly bowed and recalled his days with the late Captain Mar-Vell from Los Angeles to San Francisco. He heavily sighed and silently wept as he missed his cousin so terribly. The other Kree in a Kevlar suit curiously tilted his head and waited for the other one to respond.

" Somethin' wrong, kid? "

" I missed him so much..." Amnon sadly spoke while weeping. " I wished he was still here with me. He would have listened to me..."

" Sorry to hear that. That traitor had been so close to you, hadn't he? "

" Mar-Vell and I could have been drinking over this matter! " he knelt down and watered his face. " He could have been here defending me from those damn Foundation people like Kai! "

The middle-aged pink Kree sparked an idea and evilly smirked. He levelled down by squatting and gently rubbed Amnon's back.

" I know how you can cope with that, " he calmly smiled. " Perhaps, you should come with me at the bar and drink it over. "

" D-Drink? " Amnon shakingly repeated.

" Yeah. You deserve to have more alcoholic intake to erase all your sorrows. It ain't bad if you booze up until twenty to forty bottles of beer. "

" You're right... I should drink this over...."

" Bingo! Atta boy, Amnon-Selah! Sooner or later, you will be joining with your dear ol' cousin Mar-Vell. Besides, nobody wants you to exist especially that Kai Izalieth and his Foundation goons. Your mommy and daddy will see you in your deathbed and mourn for your demise. So drink until you die, okay? "

" Right. What's your name? "

" The name's Hec-Bron, my young fellow pink skin friend. You'll enjoy my company until you cry and die. "

(Scenes on this chapter is based from Great War RP by FlashlightMan, Budderwriter1, and yours truly. )

(Additional scenes, edits, and dialogues by yours truly.)

(Shadow Reaper belongs to KaijuReaper)

(Thorn and Shade by FlashlightMan)

(Hec-Bron/Hector Bronco by valorithsaga)