Chapter 7: WE NEED TO TALK
NO ONE'S POV:
(Inside the hut, we see Y/N attempting & failing at making coffee before Eve finally makes herself a cup of coffee using her powers.)
(Y/N): It's the thought that counts, right?
Eve: [yawns] Right.
(She stretches but she's sore from all her hero work.)
Eve: Ow, ow, ow!
(Y/N): Want a massage?
Eve: Just a massage?
(Y/N): I mean, maybe it could lead to something more.
Eve: Too early for that.
(She gets up & walks up to Y/N.)
Eve: Play your cards right...
(She kisses him.)
Eve: And tonight we could do "something more."
(Y/N): *smiles* All right.
(She walks up to a mirror & using her powers, cleans herself off.)
(Imagine Y/N behind her, on the right.)
(She pours herself a cup of coffee & takes a sip as she scrolls through social media seeing the vineyard she helped grow.)
Eve: I'll see you upstairs.
(She makes some stairs that lead to the roof. Y/N walks up them to see Eve already on the roof. She helps him sit down & she sits next to him as they enjoy the view together.)
The GDA
(We see Debbie, followed by Donald, into a control room.)
Cecil: Debbie. Good. We need to talk about--
Debbie: Nolan killed the Guardians of the Globe.
Cecil: I know.
*SLAP*
(She slaps him.)
Debbie: How could you know and not tell me?
Cecil: I couldn't risk Nolan finding out we knew. Not until we figured out what he was doing and how to stop him. We failed on both those counts, by the way.
Debbie: What do you mean, stop him?
(She looks at a giant screen with Nolan analysis & a tracker on him.)
Debbie: Do you mean kill him? Cecil--
Cecil: I'm not sure we could kill him. Not us, anyway. [sighs heavily] There's only two people I know who might be able to go toe-to-toe with Omni-Man and come out on top, Debbie.
(She realizes who he's talking about.)
Debbie: No. No. Never. You can't. You bring in this other guy.
Cecil: Believe me, I'm going to. But if I can't find him or he doesn't want to fight Omni-Man...Where's Mark, Debbie? Where's--
(Cut back to the same control room where everyone just saw Donald blow himself with Omni-Man.)
Cecil: The honor was all mine.
Debbie: Oh, no...Oh, god. Nolan? You monster.
Cecil: He's not dead. Even after evacuating the neighborhood, we had to keep the yield down. Best it'll do is knock him on his ass for an hour or two--
(They get a visual of Omni-Man unaffected by the explosion.)
Cecil: Or maybe not even hurt him at all.
(Omni-Man flies away.)
Debbie: He's going to find Mark. I don't know who Nolan is anymore. I don't know what he's going to do.
Cecil: Me neither. So we'd better find Mark first.
GDA Tech: Sir.
Cecil: What is it?
GDA Tech: We have Juggernaut's location.
Cecil: [sighs] Finally. Put it in.
Debbie: Juggernaut?
Cecil: That is the "other guy" I pray that can take on your husband.
Eve's Hut
(We see Y/N stretching after Eve has left in the hut again while she's off doing hero work.)
(Y/N): *pops fingers*
(He shakes out the leg that got shattered by Battle Beast's hammer.)
(Y/N): Ugh. Still kinda hurts.
(He slaps the side of his knee.)
Cecil: I gotta say, (Y/N). You never striked me as a hut guy.
(Y/N): [sighs] I'm actually not. This is my--that is none of your business. I'm not going to ask how you found me. What can I do for you?
Cecil: You need to come with me right now.
(Y/N): Why? I'm...on vacation.
Cecil: I'm kinda strapped for time and I really need you to come with me, (Y/N).
(Y/N): My knee isn't--
Cecil: Omni-Man killed the Guardians of the Globe.
(Y/N): What the fu--
Cecil: And he's searching for Mark as we speak.
(Y/N): Okay, okay, holy shit! Wait...you want me to stop Omni-Man?!
Cecil: Not just brawn.
(Y/N): You...you can stop trying to convince me. But I don't even have my suit.
Cecil: We have your suit. Helmet and all.
(Y/N): [groans] My knee.
Cecil: I know about your knee. And trust me, I would prefer asking you to do this if you were 100% but--
(Y/N): It's now or never.
Cecil: Exactly. Are you coming or not?
(He thinks about it for a second before grabbing his cane...)
*SNAP*
(And snapping it in half over said knee.)
(Y/N): Let's go.
(As this was happening, Mark appears in front of Eve as she's flying & she decides to help him for today. We cut back the GDA where everyone in the control, including Y/N now, are shown...)
GDA Agent: Invincible and Atom Eve. Approximately 300 miles away, traveling northwest over Rideout National Forest.
GDA Woman Agent: Sir, Omni-Man's closing in on their location. Estimated time to intercept--six minutes.
Cecil: Shit.
Juggernaut: All right, send me in.
Cecil: Not yet, loverboy.
Debbie: Can't you use your teleporter? To bring Mark and Eve back here?
Cecil: You need to be wearing one of these.
(He shows her the teleportation bracelet he's wearing.)
Cecil: The big guy also's wearing one, had it specially made. And it can't do us all at once. We need to buy some time first. Let's bring the hammer down.
(Cut to Eve & Mark sitting on top of a waterfall.)
Eve: [groans] That sucks. I'm sorry you got dumped.
Eve: I thought once I told her the truth, we'd be good. [sighs] Stupid. A little naive, maybe. You and (Y/N) have that in common.
Mark: Hey, you're the one who told me not to tell Amber I was Invincible.
Eve: Yeah, but I didn't tell you to string her along for five months while being an asshole about it. I thought you'd figure that part out yourself.
Mark: Oh, my god. I haven't figured out anything. I don't know who I am, who I'm supposed to be...
Eve: Yeah, took me awhile, too. I was with Teen Team for three years, and with Rex much longer than that.
Mark: And now you're...this.
(She elbows him in the side.)
Eve: Uh, I'm still Atom Eve, and I've saved more lives in the last three days than I did in the last three years.
Mark: [groans] Sorry. I didn't mean it like that.
Eve: Um, and trust me, being out here is an upgrade to living with my parents. I should call my mom, though.
(Cut to Nolan flying while he's aimed upon.)
Omni-Man: You wouldn't dare.
(Birds fly dead from the sky as Nolan flies up to the Hammer.)
Cecil: Hit him again.
Cecil: 400 billion dollars for the world's most expensive nosebleed.
(Nolan destroys the drone watching him.)
GDA Woman Agent: Omni-Man is back on course to intercept Invincible and Atom Eve.
Cecil: [sighs heavily] Power up the teleporter.
Debbie: You said we couldn't teleport them yet.
Cecil: It's not for them. (Y/N), follow me.
Juggernaut: About damn time.
(The Guardians find out what's happening as we cut back to Mark & Eve.)
[EXPLOSIONS BOOMING]
Eve: [gasps] What is that?
Mark: Huh, I'll tell you what it is, not our problem anymore.
Eve: We should check in with Cecil.
Mark: Forget it. I'm done with all that. So are you. Let (Y/N) check it out, I'm sure he heard it too.
Eve: That's not why I came out here.
Mark: You came out here to get away from Rex and that superhero bullshit.
Eve: Rex had nothing to do with this. I came out here because I needed to start over, but that doesn't mean ignoring the world when it needs me.
Mark: The world was fine before I came along. It'll be fine without my help. Better, probably.
Eve: I get that you're feeling shitty because Amber dumped you, but trust me, you'll feel worse if you sit here and do nothing when you could save lives.
Mark: I doubt it.
Eve: Fine, but I'm going.
(She flies off towards the explosion as we cut to the end of Nolan & Cecil's conversation.)
Cecil: I'm a good liar. I'm a very good liar, but you, you're better. You fooled her. Hell, you fooled all of us for what, 20 years? Wait, does Mark know that his dad's a murderer? Does he know? No? Well, what's he gonna do when he finds out, huh?
Omni-Man: This is pointless. You can't stop me.
Cecil: Yeah, you're right. I can't, but I can do the same thing I've been doing since I figured out you were a lying piece of shit. I can buy us a little more time.
(Nolan lunges at Cecil again with only half his tie in his hand. Three pods land around him.)
(Not too far away, we see Y/N watching the fight. Cut to the control room where everyone is watching the three cyborgs beat down Nolan. Eventually, Nolan's able to rip each of the cyborgs in half & tear them limb from limb.)
Debbie: [gasps]
Cecil: Bring 'em over here, bring 'em over here right now.
(An agent brings him two teleportation bracelets.)
Cecil: Teleport me to Invincible and Atom Eve's location. Once they get these strapped on, you bring us home.
GDA Agent: Sir, Eve and Invincible are back on the move. Intercept in four minutes.
Cecil: Shit.
(Nolan takes one of the drones watching him & shoves it into one of the cyborg's bodies.)
Cecil: (Y/N), you're up.
Juggernaut: Yes, sir.
*JUMP*
(He jumps into the air...)
Omni-Man: [screams]
(And tackles Nolan out of the air.)
*SMASH*
(The two crash into the ground. The dust begins to settle as we see Y/N stirring.)
Juggernaut: [groans] Where is he? Where is he?
(He looks up to see Nolan above him.)
Juggernaut: There he is.
(Nolan glares at him.)
Omni-Man: I know you. Cecil must truly be desperate if he's sending children to try and stop me.
Juggernaut: Two things, you lying slack! One, call me a child again and I will beat into the Earth's core.
Omni-Man: Two?
Juggernaut: I wouldn't be able to face Mark if I didn't at least try to talk you down. So...wanna get on ground...hands behind your head...?
Omni-Man: I don't have time for your childish jokes.
Juggernaut: So much for words and I did warn you.
(Nolan's about to fly away but before he can, Y/N grabs his foot.)
Juggernaut: I saw what you did.
*KRKRACK*
(He slams Nolan into the ground.)
Juggernaut: I have to admit, I am curious if you can do the same to me!
(Nolan slowly rises from the ground.)
Omni-Man: You want to get in my way, you big mongoloid? Fine.
*PUNCH*
(He punches Y/N across the face, denting his helmet.)
*THUD*
(Y/N headbutts him, disorientating Nolan. This gives Y/N the chance to charge at Nolan.Spearing him into a mountain.)
*KRNNCHH*
(Y/N pushes him through the mountain but lets up on the pressure due to his knee starting to give up on him.)
Juggernaut: [groans]
(Nolan notices Y/N lifting his bad leg. He pushes Y/N off him...)
*KRACK*
(He breaks Y/N leg by kicking him in the bad knee, shattering the kneecap once again.)
Juggernaut: Yaah!
(He slumps down & holds his knee.)
Juggernaut: Dammit--same knee, same exact spot--aahh--
*KICK*
(Nolan kicks Y/N in the gut which sends him sliding across the ground. He eventually stops in an open field.)
Juggernaut: [groans]
(Nolan appears behind him & starts tearing his helmet in half.)
Omni-Man: Let's get this ridiculous helmet off.
(He's able to rip one half of Y/N's helmet off. He grabs him by his hair...)
*THUD*
(And backfists Y/N across his face.)
Juggernaut: *spits out a tooth*
*PUNCH*
(Nolan punches the helmeted side of Y/N's face.)
Omni-Man: Where's your big talk now, huh?
*PUNCH*
(Nolan punches him right on the nose, breaking it.)
Omni-Man: Where is all that bravado? All out of confidence.
*KRACK*
(Nolan punches Y/N on his forehead.)
Omni-Man: Agh!
(But his hand goes numb after the punch.)
Juggernaut: Ha. I'm hard headed. Even without the helmet.
(He punches Nolan in the gut.)
Omni-Man: Hurrk!
(Y/N backhands Nolan across the field.)
Omni-Man: Ahgk--!
(He stands over Nolan & starts pounding him into the ground.)
Juggernaut: Guess you never--heard--of Ali's famous tactic--the rope-a-dope. And you're the do--
(Nolan's grabs both of Y/N's fists in his hands...)
*KRACK*
(And breaks his hands.)
Juggernaut: Aahh!
Omni-Man: So you can brawl, good for you. Try brawling with broken hands!
(He spears Y/N into the air before...)
*SMASH*
(Spearing him down into the ground.)
Juggernaut: [coughs blood]
*PUNCHES*
(Nolan starts punching Y/N repeatedly in the face, he goes between punching Y/N's exposed face & the helmeted part before solely focusing on the exposed part.)
Omni-Man: Enjoying the show, Cecil?!
(Cut to the control room.)
Debbie: He's going to kill him...
Cecil: Get Hail Mary out of the icebox...
(All the agents in the room gasp in shock. Cecil holds up one of the bracelets.)
Cecil: And feed her this!
(Cut back to Nolan beating Y/N. He pulls Y/N's head up by his hair, his face is a bloody mess, & is about to slash his head off but before he can...)
[TELEPORTER WHOOSH]
(The kaiju Nolan fought before appears in front of him...)
*SMACK*
(And smacks him away from Y/N.)
Juggernaut: [muddled] Cytt...
(The kaiju walks over Y/N & attempts to crush Nolan but he pushes off.)
Omni-Man: [grunts]
Kaiju: [bellows]
Omni-Man: You really are desperate. I beat this thing already.
Kaiju: [bellowing]
(Cecil speaks through a drone next to Nolan.)
Cecil: Sure...but we removed its pain center, and juiced it up with every drug, enhancement, and upgrade we had.
(The kaiju walks towards Nolan.)
Cecil: Plus, all that really pissed it off, and it blames you. Good luck.
Kaiju: [bellowing roar]
(Nolan fights the Kaiju as two news helicopters pick up the fight & Cecil tells the Guardians to keep their asses parked because if this goes south, they're the last hope against Omni-Man. The kaiju is thrashing Nolan around as we cut to the control room.)
Cecil: That should buy us five minutes or so. Teleport me to Invincible's location.
GDA Agent: Can't, sir. Hail Mary was so big, she burnt out the teleporter.
Cecil: Well, goddammit, get it working, or we're all dead. Where do you think he's coming next?
Debbie: Mark's with Eve again. Call her phone.
(Cecil snaps his fingers as we cut to Eve & Mark flying together.)
Atom Eve: Took you long enough.
Invincible: I'm not here to help. Just here to make sure you don't get hurt.
Atom Eve: Well, then you shouldn't have come. Jesus, Mark, you sound just like my--
Invincible: Dad!
(He flies past Eve & knocks the kaiju down before it can eat Nolan. Eve's phone rings & she picks it up.)
Debbie: Eve. It's Mark's mom. I need to talk to him!
Atom Eve: You just missed him. What's going on?
(Mark & Nolan fly towards the kaiju as we cut back to Eve.)
Atom: But I need to help them!
Cecil: Do not do that.
(The kaiju smashes Mark & Nolan to the ground & brings them to its mouth.)
Cecil: Get to Guardians HQ.
Atom Eve: What? Cecil!
Cecil: Listen to me and do as I say.
(She looks down to see the state Y/N is in.)
Atom: [voice shakes] (Y/N)?
Cecil: Leave him.
Atom Eve: I am not going to just leave him!
Cecil: We will--I will personally get him myself if we survive this, now go!
(Debbie tries to get Cecil to call off the Kaiju due to Mark also being in its mouth but Cecil won't because he doesn't know if Mark is with his father or against him & the Kaiju is the only thing that might stop Mark & Nolan. The kaiju knocks Nolan away.)
Immortal: Omni-Man!
(Nolan turns around to see The Immortal flying straight at him.)
Immortal: You bastard! [roaring]
(He tackles Nolan into the ground.)
*SMASH*
(Nolan punches him into the air, following him as he goes up as we slowly pan down to Y/N.)
Juggernaut: [coughs blood] Cytt...Cytt...
(A red light starts to come out of his chest. He slowly turns his head to the side & spits out the blood in his mouth.)
Juggernaut: Cyttorak!
(The red light from his chest burns bright, covering him entirely. The light dims just enough to show a red gem hovering above Y/N.)
Cyttorak: Yes, my avatar?
Juggernaut: [groans] Give...give me all of it.
Cyttorak: All of what?
Juggernaut: All of your power.
Cyttorak: To protect your woman? More weakness—
Juggernaut: No...not anymore. I want all of your power to...fulfill my true purpose.
Cyttorak: And what is your true purpose?
Juggernaut: To...to trash Omni-Man. To show the world...to show myself...that I...That I'm still...That I can be...
(He lifts an arm & reaches for the gem.)
Cyttorak: Yes...you begin to accept it now. But you must embrace it completely. There can be no turning back. Decide, (Y/N) Marko. Here, surrounded by the rubble of your defeat and humiliation...
(He's about to touch the gem.)
Cyttorak: Decide what you want to be.
(Mark's able to subdue the Kaiju in some power lines that electrocute it while Nolan punches right through Immortal's chest. The world is shocked by this. Immortal isn't dead yet however.)
(Nolan remedies this.)
(Mark watched this happen.)
Invincible: Dad?
(Nolan turns around & flies up to his son.)
Omni-Man: Mark...We need to talk.
(There is one more person who watched this happen. Some of Immortal's blood splatters across the chest piece of this person's reddish bronze armor.)
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