Chapter 4

This... this complicated things.

When Reed Richards had came here in search for the sons of Hulk, he was expecting children who were like their father. They were after all, supposed to be less than a year old; simply growing faster physically shouldn't allow them to mature that fast. Meaning they likely would be like Hulk as he was before the war, childish with too much power.

He had been right when it came to one of the boys too, Skaar had been very much like his father even if the sword was something of a surprise but that was likely simply an effect of his environment. Sakaar was considered to be a barbaric planet after all.

Hiro Kala on the other hand... he was, in a way, very much like his father as well. Except the gray young man seemed to have taken from both of his fathers, Bruce Banner and Hulk.

The young man seemed quite mature and sophisticated, much more than Reed had expected from anyone from Sakaar. At first he had thought that he was merely the brain of the brothers with his brother bringing the muscle, making a powerful team.

Instead the boy showed an impressive control over the energy the people of Sakaar had dubbed as the Old Power and demonstrated that he wasn't helpless without his brother against their attackers.

Then, right after they were about to reach an understanding, that prick Osborn had his people bomb where they were standing in order to 'protect the people from the rampage of the Hulk', if Reed ever got a chance to meet the morons who put Norman Osborn to a position where he could control SRA and the Avengers Initiative, he would punch them like he used to punch Victor.

He had hoped that a combined effort from Johnny and Scott Summers could deal with the bombs before they could reach the ground but that had been unnecessary as Hiro Kala had once more, shown an incredible power over the earth as he had used projectiles to destroy all of the bombs at once.

But the boy's smile and mannerisms... they scared Reed. They reminded him of the way some of the most dangerous men held themselves, men like Victor von Doom.

Such a thing, combined with the potential Hulk strength and a cosmic power wasn't something Reed wanted to imagine, one Dr Doom was enough.

"Apologies, mister... tights wearing man whose name I don't know. May I?" And the current cause of Reed's stress took the communication device that was connected to Norman Osborn from his hand without waiting for an answer.

"Now then, who am I speaking to?"

"Oh my, quite something aren't you? My name is Norman Osborn, I am..." before he could complete his sentence, the current leader of the bastardized version of the Avengers was interrupted by Kala.

"The man who thought that it was a good idea to drop bombs on me and my brother." Sakaaran boy said with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh that? I do apologize for it, as far as I was aware neither you or your... brother were keen on civilized conversation and more keen on destruction. So I had to do it, in order to protect the people of this planet from an unknown threat. I am sure you understand that." The former Goblin said through the device and Reed grit his teeth in anger, not buying into the reasons Osborn was giving. Worse, Kala seemed to believe going by the easy going smile on his face. This was bad, Osborn already had Sentry with him, if he somehow managed to get his evil hands on the sons of Hulk...

"I am surprised. Out of all the tales of humanity my father has told the people of Sakaar, he seems to have left out your very unique biology."

"...excuse me?" Reed could feel the confusion in Osborn's voice, he was feeling it himself.

"I am talking about the rectum you have inside your mouth. For I can think of no other way for so much shit to come out of one's mouth as they speak."

And then there was silence, broken only by the muffled laughter of Ben, Johnny, Cyclops and Wolverine.

"Boy... do you have any idea who I am?" Osborn asked, with a dangerous edge in his voice.

"If you mean your identity and your past, no. No I don't know who you are. But I think I have a pretty good idea about what you are." Kala said with a smile.

"You… are a tiny little man, one that likely surrounds himself with those who hold true power; trying to trick yourself into believing that you are one of them. That you too are strong. But deep down, you know that you are not. That you are a mere pebble before mountains, that you don't truly matter. And tonight, you were the idiot who thought that he could get away with trying to bomb my brother. Years later, you will be a part of the book written in order to warn those who think they can hurt my family. And even in that, you will be as you are now, a footnote."

And then there was silence, no one could speak. It felt like the world itself stopped as Reed Richards and the rest of the gathered heroes listened to the son of Hulk mock the man who controlled the Avengers.

"...I hope you understand that you will pay for those words, boy."

"And I hope you enjoy the rest of your days, man of Nor, for one can never know how many they have left." With those last words, Hiro Kala crushed the communication device with his grip.

"My... apologies, but I believe these things needed to be said." The son of the Hulk said with a hand behind his head as he sighed.

"Hah! The day one needs to apologize for putting a sleazy bastard like Norman Osborn in his place, is the day the mrs. Grimm's blue eyed boy here will stop eating burgers and playing cards!" Ben laughed as he patted the boy on the shoulder with his enormous rocky hands.

"Though... you did just made an enemy out of a man with many connections." Emma Frost said as she walked up to them.

"Let him come." Were the boy's only words. Reed didn't like that, he needed to make him understand the danger of what he had done. He needed to....

"Reed... Reed!" Before he could think anything else, the voice of his wife reached him from his earpiece.

"Sue? What is it?"

"Reed! Get out of there! I lost control! I lost him! He is coming"

*THOOM*

And then the earth around them exploded, debris flying everywhere, as a newcomer landed near them.

"I'm sorry Sue, but he's already here." Reed said with a pained expression.

The Hulk was here.

"Well well..." And there were only two who didn't seem to mind that among them.

"Hello father."