Ch 47 : Waking up to the Unexpected.

"How do you think it will take till he's awake?" Agent Coulson asked Fury as they were both looking down at Nick's still form, Marceline hovering over the top of him protectively.

He was laying in a king-sized hospital bed that seemed specifically made to fit him, with his 2 meter height and gigantic wings he wouldn't fit in anything else.

Suddenly a black blob appeared on Nick's shoulder, shaping into Venoms face, "We will be fully healed soon, it would be faster if you got us some brains to eat." Venom smiled deviously at them.

They both remaining stone face though, they had been told about Venom from Ghost and Marceline, and yes they were still getting used to a talking were-tiger and talking ball of fire, calling themselves Nick's children, Ghost had told them what Venom was and that he didn't actually need to eat humans, he just preferred them over chocolate.

"I'll have someone bring you some chocolate." Fury said as he and Coulson both left the room, making Venom huff as they did, 'Someone will fall for it in the future and bring us human meat, hahahaha!' Venom thought to himself as he went back into his hosts body.

Venom had been injured by the hellfire just like Nick but his own healing was always better when his host was a fast healer as well, it just didn't make sense that Nick wasn't up yet.

There seemed to be more damage done to Nick then was originally thought, not that it was surprising when you think about how he was burnt by hellfire, anyone else would have burned to ashes in seconds.

A couple silent minutes passed before Nick finally opened his black and blue eyes, he looked around the room, he instantly realised that he wasn't in the underworld still he just had no idea how he got back on earth, "Venom, how did we get back from the underworld?" He asked aloud.

"The fox took control of our body for a couple seconds when he was healing us and he then teleported us back to our bedroom, where Bruce then called S.H.I.E.L.D to help us. We are in a secret S.H.I.E.L.D hospital in New York." Venom explained to his host.

"Okay." Nick acknowledge what Venom said, he then got up out of the metal bed, taking the heart monitor off and the needles they had put in two of his arms.

He stretched out his arms and wings as he walked over to a sink with a mirror, he froze when he saw himself in the mirror, "Did you hold back my hair from growing back?" Nick asked no one in particular and all he got back was a bunch off different laughter, "You guys and assholes, haah." Nick sighed but he realised that Marceline was the only one not laughing, she had a sad feeling about her.

Nick kept that in mind before he spoke again, "Alright you had your fun now grow it back." And within a couple seconds all of Nick's hair grew back to the way it was before, "Good, now Marceline. Why do you look so upset? I'm okay now right, there's nothing to be worried about... so why are you still sad?" Nick asked his fiery daughter.

"I could have killed you Dad... you trusted me and I almost killed you!" Marceline cried out, her voice increasing getting louder.

Nick watched her silently for a second before saying, "I still trust you with my life, it just didn't workout the way I wanted it to this time, you shouldn't blame yourself for my getting hurt... Now you can make it up to me by practicing your many new abilities and mastering them so you can help me in the future, Ok?" Nick asked her, smiling supportively.

"Okay Dad." A big purple smile spread from the center o the blue and black fire ball.

"Good girl, now let's go exploring!" He grinned as he looked around the building with his Byakugan, Marceline taking back her spot above his head.

He spotted a good looking blonde man on a table, looking like he was just taken out of cryogenic storage, "So they already got him out of the ice huh, let's go say hello shall we." He said as he teleported away from the room.

...

Nick reappeared next to the recently frozen man and looked him over, "So this is Captain America, I thought he would be taller." Nick then closed his eyes and opened his third, dark red vein's appeared around the eye.

He was using it's power to see what made the man in front of him so special, from what he saw he wasn't that different to any other man he just had this blue energy covering every fiber of his muscles, the energy was like a liquid but Nick had a feeling that you wouldn't have been able to extract it from his body that didn't mean Nick couldn't though.

Nick put his hands on the man's chest and used his golden energy to capture some of the blue super soldier energy, once he had it he use his golden energy to attach the blue energy to his muscles from there the blue energy seemed to want to spread by its self.

So Nick left it to do it's thing, he looked back at the Captains body and saw that the energy he took was being filled back in by the blue energy around it, 'That's good to know.' Nick thought as he put a hand back on the Captain's chest, he moved some of Kurama's chakra over to the Captain, making him get covered him a chakra cloak.

The chakra cloak did it's job and he was starting to show signs of waking up, Nick took back Kurama's chakra but left just a little bit hidden in his job just in case.

...

"Morning Cap, welcome to hell." Nick smiled at the dazed man.

"Huh... I'm in hell... " He said half dazed half in defeat.

"Hahaha, don't worry man I was just fucking with you, hahaha!" Nick laughed as he slapped him on the back.

Steve looked at him with surprise, "Then way do you... " He started but didn't finish.

" ...look like the devil? That's because I basically am, but I'm part human if that's any consolation. The devil's in the Bible are based on an ancient mutant race, the race I'm from." Nick explained but it seemed to be too much for the Captain right after waking up; he had a confused look at Nick's explanation.

Nick patted Steve on the shoulder after he sat up on the table, "Don't worry about that though, you'll learn more in time, but I should tell you now that you have been asleep for 66 years." Nick let that settle in for a couple seconds before he spoke again.

"My grandfather is actually a friend of yours, I'll take you to him now if you want?" Nick told him before he stood back and let him think over what he just said.

After a couple seconds of looking around and thinking Steve hopped off the table and nodded to Nick, "Alright let's go." He said confidently, it just went to show that he didn't stay down when he was dealt a bad hand, Nick thought to himself as he also nodded to him.

Nick then reached out one of his hands for a handshake, "I'm Nick Stark by the way, nice to me you Captain." Steve's eyes widened at that but he took Nick's hand anyway, "So you're a Stark, I wouldn't have expected that." He said as he shook Nick's hand, before he had the chance to let go Nick teleported them both away from the S.H.I.E.L.D hospital.

They just missed the S.H.I.E.L.D agents that burst into the room, one of which Nick was familiar with, Agent Coulson, he looked around the room for a second before he took out his walkie talkie, "Stark has the Captain." Was all he said over it, he was sure the person on the other side knew exactly what he meant.

...

"Yes, but that's not the grandfather I was talking about." Nick said as he let go of Steve's hand and let him regain his balance.

Nick had teleported them into the kitchen of the Xavier Institute, a school for mutants.

"Kurt!" Nick shouted making Steve next to him wince, "You did that on purpose." He grunted at Nick; just getting over his teleportation sickness.

"Hahaha, don't worry it's just like sea sickness and you seem to be over it already." After he said that Kurt teleporter into the kitchen, hugging Nick straight away.

"Hey Bro! You have wings now?! That's awesome!" Kurt shouted in excitement as he messed around with Nicki wings.

"Hey, can you go get Logan for me." Nick asked him, Kurt nodded his head and teleported away.

"So that was your brother?" Steve asked Nick, only slightly surprised over the teleporting.

"Umm~, I would say we are cousin's." Nick said before Kurt teleported back into the kitchen holding onto Logan who looked at the ready to attack.

"Kid, I told you never to teleport me unexpectedly like that." Logan said to Kurt as he retracted his claws.

A gasp was suddenly heard from Steve, "James? How are you still so young?" Steve said in amazement as he walked up to Logan.

"Steve? I was told you sacrificed yourself by crashing into the sea, how are you still alive Bub?" Logan wondered aloud.

"The ice froze him until he was recently found by S.H.I.E.L.D, I just chanced upon him by accident, it was lucky that I knew you were apart of his team otherwise I wouldn't have bothered him." Nick explained to his grandfather, "I see that you also remember now, do you remember everything now or~ " Nick said leaving the question hanging, waiting for him to answer.

"I've done what you taught me to do and now there's only a little bit remaining, it just doesn't seem to work though." Logan said.

"You'll get there eventually." Nick patted him on his shoulder, "I'll leave the Captain with you for a bit before I should take him back to S.H.I.E.L.D, I've just got a small job to do, Bye." Nick told him before he teleported away.

"So, James... your grandsons the devil?" Steve asked Logan cautiously.

"He can be." Logan grunted before he took out a cigar and started smoking it, "He's a good guy though."

...

"When will it be ready?!" Carlton Drake asked the man next to him, like he was about to bite his head off as he did.

"Soon." Was all the man could say to Carlton without him getting overly mad.

Carlton grunted in anger, walking away right after, once he was alone a silver blob came out of his shoulder and formed into a face, just like Venom could.

"We need to get more Symbiote's down her-" The silver Symbiote started before a giant cloud of red smoke suddenly appeared next to them.

"Sorry I didn't come sooner, I was busy, you know how it is." Nick said to them as he slowly became clearer in the red smoke.

"Stark! You have my Symbiote!" Carlton shouted at Nick as a silver suit formed around him, he had grown a lot taller and more muscular, his mask was the silver face that came out of his body before.

Before he even had a chance at attacking Nick Marceline flew out in front of Nick, she looked eyes with Carlton and that was it for him, he dropped to the ground his suit fell away to reveal his body, brain dead and soulless.

A silver blob tried to slither away but Nick got in its way, "Now where do you think you're going?" He said with a smile, Venoms head popped out of his suit a d ate up the silver blob without it being able to fight back, Venom burped loudly as he grinned, "We've always wanted to do that."

"Did you gain his abilities?" Nick asked Venom.

As an answer to Nick Venom made spikes, like on a bikers jacket, appear on Nick's combat suit, "We could become a porcupine if we need too." Venom said as liked his lips clean.

"Alright let's get back to the old guys we left behind." Nick said to Marceline and Venom before he teleported again.

...

"What the hell is happening here?"