Gone, not forgotten

"You..."

"Good so you do know me. That must mean that you somehow escaped. I wonder how?"

Standing in front of Andrew was one Aldrich Killian. After being ditched by Tony Stark and spending all night waiting for him made him hate his previous idol. This began the events of Iron Man 3 and in the end, he is defeated.

'He shouldn't be infected with extermis already. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't have other infected...' Andrew thought. He didn't want to be involved with Killian just yet, as he had a plan or more like extortion that Killian would play a crucial role in.

'I've only been here for six months and already messed up the timeline. Although not a very relevant part of the MCU, it did have a role to play...'

"Your eyes are different though... the iris instead of the pupil. The horns, claws, strength, that water thing, the durability, and the electricity... I have never seen or heard of you using fire before though... I wonder if its a mutation?"

Andrew deduced that Killian was here because of his eyes. He didn't remember at first but his eyes share a semblance to the extermis virus. At this point in time, Killian was indeed not infected yet as he was planning to inject himself next year.

"No matter. If you have extermis and somehow mutated it will advance my own research and even if you don't... I still have my uses for you."

"Killian... what do I owe the pleasure?" Andrew said with sarcasm and hostility. He hated Killian's guts. The man was just a sad little baby who wanted revenge for his abandonment. A powerless but regenerative extermis could have saved millions of lives if it were brought to the public and Killian wasted it on revenge.

While both Andrew and Killian had gone off the rails after certain events Killian wasted his gifts on petty revenge and Andrew, though hurting people, had saved countless others in his short time as a vigilante.

"Now is that the way to talk to your creator or soon to be doctor?" And the arrogance really added a cherry on top.

Though Killian was necessary for the future, Andrew was sure he could somehow make do. A plan started to formulate in his head and he was going to take out Killian for his grand finale as The Beast.

"Remember what I promised you. Once you capture him you could all go home. Go to your families." Andrew already knew Killian was not alone now that he wasn't distracted. Out of the shadows came glowing pupils and what seemed like a fire burning beneath their skin. They smelled like melting metal in a furnace mixed with sweat, dirt, and blood among others not as pleasants smells.

All twenty of them eyed Andrew with unwillingness but when they remembered their families the fire in them intensified(pun intended). They started running towards Andrew, leaving molten footprints along the concrete floor. Andrew was in a bit of a dilemma now. He could either kill them and forget his plan or he could go ahead with his plan and use these people and fake The Beast's death. Though that would be morally wrong it would be better than whatever Killian planned to do with them or anyone else(HYDRA). Not to mention what could happen if they become unstable near their families...

Andrew knew that [Eletric Ell' discharge ]and [Water shot] wouldn't work in extermis enhanced. He also had a guess that [Abalone's durability] wouldn't protect him for long against extermis' heat.

All the test subjects started charging towards Andrew with reckless abandon. They were still disoriented after surviving the procedure and being locked up so they were uncostumed to their newfound power.

One reached Andrew and threw a punch. It stung a little bit but it was nothing he couldn't handle.

He made it look like it hurt more than it did as he slid a couple of feet. Andrew could see Killian's previous anxious look explode into mad glee seeing he could, in fact, hurt The Beast.

Andrew started fighting back by jumping and throwing a punch. He easily broke the ribs of the person who punched him earlier and sent him flying. The person easily stod up, his ribs visibly healing. Andrew grinned. He could, at last, go all out with is powers for the first time.

Three people surrounded Andrew and started to punch and kick with their superheated limbs. Andrew grabbed the kick coming his way and spun around with all his strength. the person and the other two were left on the floor, with all the bones broken in their body.

The first extermis enhanced Andrew had thrown earlier joined his fellow test subjects and surrounded him. Their throats started to shine and Andrew had a bad premonition. The seventeen people opened their mouths and started breathing fire as Andrew made sure to run the opposite way of the 'cargo' and breaking a large piece of concrete to cover himself.

It only took a second to reach him and Andrew felt like he was right next to the sun. The concrete slab only lasted one more second before collapsing into melting. At this point, Andrew had already left.

One of the female extermis enhanced getting desperate started to glow more than usual. The chance to see her family again was right in front of her and she could not do anything, enhanced or not. She started to madly charge towards Andrew, easily overtaking him. Andrew took a note to get an ability to make him faster after this as the second part of the plan was starting.

"Ahhhhhhh!!"

The woman reached Andrew and started to glow even brighter than she was before. She was about to explode. Andrew crouched down and braced himself.

*BOOOM!!!*

The woman burst into a big ball of fire causing an explosion. All that was left of her was a deformed shadow left on the burning concrete floor. Andrew shot out of the fire rolling for dramatic effect. The explosion had not harmed him much but he wouldn't be able to withstand continuous explosions like that. Once he was out of sight he quickly smeared some blood from the injured criminals on himself and pretended to look severely hurt.

Killian and the test subjects hurriedly caught up with him. Killian was happy that Andrew was almost down.

"Not so tough are you now, Beast? If you give your self up to me now I will promise the experiments will not hurt... maybe just a little hahaha" While Killian talked Andrew got up and made a run for it. Killian and the extermis enhanced were surprised by Andrew's tenacity and were late to react.

Andrew ran like his life depended on it. He could hear the enraged yells of the test subjects as he ran. The person blocking the path to their families was getting away with each passing second. Eventually, Andrew heard a couple of explosions and saw the fire. Some of them had gone so mad the extermis destabilized and they exploded. He was counting on that as he wouldn't be able to withstand all those explosions himself. He was also counting on the fact that even though it was over midnight the surrounding people would wake up from hearing the explosions.

They did not disappoint as when Andrew got out of the warehouse the place was surrounded by police, firefighters and curious civilians. When they saw The Beast the police all pointed their guns at him and the firefighters stayed still, unsure of what to do. Most civilians fled the scene and the more curious or stupid stayed and started filming.

"Second part of the plan completed," Andrew muttered.

Killian and the rest finally caught up yet again, with Killian gasping for breath. When he noticed all the people outside was already too late. The extermis enhanced didn't seem to mind though as they mindlessly charged Andrew. They all started breathing fire as they moved, finally giving the firefighters a purpose. Even though the water hit the people seemingly on fire it did nothing because it evaporated the second it touched them.

All the steam made it hard to see. When one of the enhanced luckily encountered The Beast the rage inside them became too much and they detonated themselves. Andrew was starting to feel the effect of the explosions and he knew it was time to end this. Closing his eyes and focusing on his sense of smell he started looking for Killian.

Killian was worriedly watching from a distance when he felt a hand on his shoulders.

"Let's go out with a bang shall we?" Terror dawned on Killian as he realized what that meant. His test subjects were uncontrollable now and he was captured.

"Wait I can call them off-" Killian said in dispair.

"No need, you made this mess yourself. You should have prepared accordingly." Andrew said with a cold voice of The Beast that he was trying to get rid of.

"HEY! HERE I AM!! COME GET ME!" All the moving glowing orange spots within the mist stopped for a second before turning towards Andrew and charging. Out of the mist came out the ten-odd people that were left.

Time slowed down for Andrew. He could see Killian desperately trying to run from his grip, the people in the background, the mindless glowing eyes of the subjects, the fire glowing beneath their skin, the molten asphalt they left with every footstep, and the intensifying glow on them as they approached.

"Goodbye for now... I'll see you soon..." Andrew was soon engulfed in orange light and all the subjects exploded.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*