Type: Story

TW: None

Part: One of many!

Author Note: This is around two months after the events of Endgame. Yes, things went differently than in canon, as you will see.

It was supposed to be a regular night of patrol. Then, it wasn't. Because it's the Hermits, things always tend to get out-of-hand at least once a week.

"Phas, stop getting thrown!"

"Oh, sure, I'll just not get thrown around like a ragdoll! So easy!!" Bdubs retorted as aggressively as humanly possible.

At the moment, the Hermits were fighting one of their usual crooks: Doctor Otto Octavius, AKA Doctor Octopus, AKA Doc Ock. In case you don't know him, allow me to describe him in this universe: greasy black hair (like, has he ever heard of shampoo- who are you, Severus Snape?), four mechanical arms that come from a device on his back (six arms plus two legs equals eight limbs. Close enough to an octopus), and red goggles over his eyes. He looks kinda creepy, not gonna lie, but also sometimes looks a bit.... Eh. Anyway, back to the fight.

Ock had somehow gotten his hands on some unknown weapons (they called them weapons because they all resembled some kind of gun) that seemed to be a mix of Chitauri, Earth, and once again unknown tech. In other words, it was a bunch of bad news put into one fifteen minute fight.

Many of the Hermits were already exhausted from trying to keep civilians and each other safe from random blasts that Doc Ock was throwing around along with it being way past when a sane person should be awake. Doc (or- since he's in battle- Crepitus) seemed to be the one doing the best right now, and Bdubs (AKA Phasma) was running off of pure rage and spite, so he was doing pretty okay too. Grian (AKA Blitz) on the other hand, was almost down for the count, and he wasn't the only one.

"Can everyone please avoid getting injured?!" Joe (AKA Salus), their poor healer/army doctor, could feel his energy levels go dangerously low. 'Thank you, adrenaline, for keeping me from going unconscious at inconvenient times once again.'

Alex (AKA Venenifer) stumbled to his feet. "We're trying mate- we really are."

While Mumbo (AKA Circuit) was doing his best to keep Doc Ock busy using his suit (which Tony did help with and inspire, he'll admit), Ock took out yet another new toy.

"Oh, come on dude-" Ren (AKA Lupus) groaned, also getting to his feet. He looked around for something he could hit Sir Greasy with, but couldn't find anything. Maybe he should listen to Clint and start having his own weapons...

SHWWWEEEEEMMMMM.

A green blast shot past Circuit and Lupus, hitting the wall of a nearby building. Instead of causing even more property damage, something really weird happened. Weirder than usual. As the blob of light hit the brick, it started expanding and forming a swirly portal, which started acting like a black hole, sucking the closest Hermits in first.

"WhAT THE FU-"

*Here we go....

<HermitVengers joined the game>

Chaos time, heheheheh....*

Alex grunted as he fell from about ten feet and smacked against the dirt. It took a moment for the spots in his vision to fade, but once they did, he shakingly got to his feet. "... Where the ⎓⚍ᓵꖌ am I?"

He was surrounded by a mix of grass and gravel, and some of the landscape had small fires that seemed to be stuck in place. The flames flickered, but didn't spread, which Alex found odd. Well, not as odd as the large, evil-looking building in front of him, with... Was that a statue of him coming out of the roof? He was wearing a suit similar to what he'd sometimes wear during particularly brutal fights, and he had a helmet like his.

"Did.... Did I get drugged?"

"WHOA- OH SH-" Wels grabbed his brother's arm as the three fell, praying Zed would be within his wits to do the same, and grabbed as the closest bit of rock from... a floating island? Know what, he could question it later.

Zed, who luckily managed to grab onto Hels' ankle, made the mistake of looking down and nearly had a panic attack as he instantly looked back up. "Nope nope nope nope nope-"

Haha, fear of heights go brrrr-

"Uh- HOLY- Wels, do not look down and do NOT let go-" Hels made a similar mistake, and also regretted it instantly.

"Okay, that seems like a given, but okay." The other Knight couldn't help but squeak. Usually, he could pull all three of them up, no problem. But right now? Man, was he exhausted.

Etho, just starting to realize his situation, has now learned that he doesn't like being thrown violently through open windows and getting squished between three people. Especially when one of them is made of slime.

"Oh gods- wHAT IN THE- EW EW EW- JEVIN, WHAT THE HELL-"

"Calm down, it's not that gross!"

"Ow..."

Wait, Grian hadn't said anything.

... That's not a good sign.

"Grian-? Oh snappers." Of course the speedster had been knocked unconscious. Perfect. Just splendid.

Hitting the smooth floor with a pained squeak, Hypno took a moment to blink the black spots out of his vision and listen to several other people land around him-

CLANK.

Hypno jumped at the sound of metal smacking against the hard ground, then a groan from the inside of the familiar black-and-red suit of Circuit.

"Uh... you alright Mumbo?" Cub asked, pushing himself off his face and on his knees, looking at Mumbo in slight concern.

"Er... I think I'm fine." Judging from how muffled his voice was, Mumbo's internal speaker in the suit was down. "Although, I think the armour's not... Help."

Doc didn't expect to be stuck on top of a mountain overlooking a really weird village, but when does anything that he does expect happen?

"Oh... this seems kinda bad." Iskall commented as they climbed down from an itty bitty house they'd painfully landed on. "... How... do we get down..?"

Scar groaned, staggering up from his own rough fall. "Don't look at me, I'm too tired to even grow a flower..."

"Rennie, sweetface, you're squishing my legs-"

"Sorry dude!"

"It's not his fault, he can't move with me on him- One sec-"

Impulse awkwardly crawled off of the dog/wolf hybrid so Keralis could eventually move as well. He looked around to see... trees. And lots of them. And more of them. Great.

Joe, who was hanging off a nearby branch, spoke up. "Hello. I would like some assistance."

Snorting, Ren (once he could stand) went over to help their healer out of the tree.

"Man... where are we?"

Part UNO is DONE. Y A Y. Also, TWO THINGS IN ONE DAY LET'S GOOOOOOO-

I don't have anything witty to add, so... move along with yo lives lol- Have an amazin' day, evening, and night! GooooooodbYE-

- CaptainMarra (says hello :D)