Zemo was on his way towards the airport when suddenly a spark of energy appeared in front of the road he was driving on. Then from the sparkling energy out came Wonder Man a little bruised and out of breath. Zemo got out of the car and approached the ionic energy fueled superhuman.
Zemo: "I guess he is stronger than we thought. You're still getting the hang of your powers too."
Wonder Man: "I-I'm starting overload. When will you give me the cure before I explode?!"
Zemo: "Calm down my friend. A deal is a deal. I'll give you the cure once they are dealt with. Come, we must retreat for now. Regain your strength."
Wonder Man slowly stood back up and walked towards the car Zemo used and got inside as he was weak to fly around. Zemo looked and saw a crowd forming around then. He just scoffed and drove away towards the airport.
While Hyperion was still in his damaged clothing as he was flying to Queens. His old home. He landed on a building's rooftop before using the stairs to get down the third floor where his room is. He grabbed the key from under the rugs and opened the door.
He walked in and started to walk down memory lane. All the times he spent in this place back in the day and his time with first love. He walks towards his room and closet to see his old clothes still there.
Hyperion: "I guess they didn't have the time to get rid of them. They're still clean and no dust."
He changed clothes with his signature trench coat. Fun fact, Hyperion loves trench coats. He heard a car roaring from outside with his super hearing and used X-ray Vision to see who it was and it was Tony walking up the stairs. He came out of his room to meet him.
Tony: "Pops? What are you doing here?"
Hyperion: "Just visiting my old apartment. You?"
Tony: "I'm recruiting someone."
Hyperion raised an eyebrow.
'Why would he want to recruit the Parkers ? Unless.'
He just remembered that one guy who swings around helping people. He saw him on the news ones and knowing that Tony wanted to recruit someone from the Parkers.
Hyperion: "No."
Tony: "So you know?"
Hyperion: "I have my suspicions. He's just a kid, Tony."
Tony: "He has potential. He'll be a great hero in the future. Come on. Let's go meet him."
Tony knocked on the door as they heard shuffling coming from inside. The door then opened to reveal the beautiful May Parker.
May: "Oh Mark it's good to see you. How are you?"
Hyperion: "Been doing good, May. Sorry if I didn't say that I was moving out."
May: "It's fine. Oh Mr. Stark. I'm surprised to see you here."
Tony: "Well uh, nice to meet you. We're looking for Mr. Peter Parker."
May: "I think he's on his way home now. Come inside."
The two walked inside with May going towards the kitchen to prepare some food for the two.
Tony: "Is she really someone's aunt?"
Hyperion: "Yes Tony."
Tony: "I forgot to ask. How are you and Helen doing?"
Hyperion: "Great for the most part. How about you?"
Tony: "Well me and Pepper are taking a break for now."
Hyperion: "Sorry."
Tony: "It's fine. We have....a mutual understanding."
May came back and had some little talk with the two and Tony came up with an excuse on why they are looking for Peter. The door opened and someone walked in.
Peter: "Hey May."
May: "Hey. How was school today?"
Peter: "Okay, I guess. Hey, there's this crazy car parked outside..."
Peter turned towards the living room to see Tony and Hyperion sitting there.
Tony: "Oh, Mr. Parker."
Hyperion: "Hey Pete."
Peter: "Um....hey. Mr. Stark. Mr. Milton. W-What are you doing.... Hey. I-I'm Peter."
Tony: "Tony."
Hyperion: "Calm down kid."
Peter: "What are you- What are your two doing here? Y-You guys know each other?"
Tony: "Know each other? We are practically family. And It's about time we meet. You've been getting my emails right?"
Peter: "Yeah, yeah."
Tony: "Right?"
Peter: "Regarding the..."
May: "You didn't tell me about the grant?"
Peter: "About the grant."
Tony: "The September foundation."
Peter: "Right."
Hyperion: "Oh dear."
Tony: "Yeah, remember when you applied?"
Peter: "Yeah."
Tony: "I approved, so now we're in business."
May: "You didn't tell me everything. What's up with that? You keeping secrets from me now?"
Hyperion: "He certainly wanted to surprise you."
Peter: "Right! Right. I just know how you love surprises, so I thought I would let you know.... Anyway, what did I apply for?"
Tony: "That's why I'm here to hash out."
Peter: "Okay. Hash, hash out. Okay."
Tony: "It's still so hard for me to believe that she's someone's aunt."
May: "Well we come in all shapes and sizes, you know?"
Tony: "This walnut date load is exceptional."
Peter: "Let me stop you right there."
Tony: "Yeah?"
Peter: "Is this grant, like, got money involved or whatever? No?"
Hyperion: "Of course, knowing this guy. It does."
Tony: "Just like what the old man said, yeah."
Peter: "Yeah?"
Tony: "It's pretty well funded."
Peter: "Wow."
Tony: "Look who you're talking to. Can we have five minutes with him?"
May: "Sure."
The three of them walked towards Peter's room as Tony locked the door and spit out the date loaf he ate.
Hyperion: "Really Tony?"
Tony: "As walnut date loaves go, that wasn't bad."
They looked around Peter's room and saw the different types of computers.
Hyperion: "Nice room Peter."
Tony: "Yeah. Look at all this. Retro tech, huh? Thrift store? Salvation army?"
Peter: "Garbage, actually. Okay, I have a question. You guys really know each other?"
Hyperion: "You don't know who I am Pete?"
Peter: "I have no clue, sorry."
Tony: "You look a little different from before Pops. Your hair wasn't that long and you don't have a beard."
Hyperion: "You've got a point."
Peter: "Wait! Wait! O-Oh my god! M-Mr. Milton.... Y- You're H-Hyperion."
Hyperion: "Took you long enough."
Peter: "I-I can't believe it. Two of my favorite heroes are in front of me.
Tony: "Enough fanboying for now. We came here for a different reason."
Peter: "This is about the grant that I don't know about."
Tony: "Yup. Quick question of the rhetorical variety."
Tony pulled out his phone and showed something to Peter. It was a video from YouTube about a guy swinging over a guy who was trying to steal a car and webbing him up before the video stops right in front of the guy's covered face.
Tony: "That's you right?"
Peter: "Uhm, no. What do you- What do you mean?"
Tony showed another video where the same guy stopped a 3000 pound car from running over a bus full of people and swung away after.
Hyperion: "Not bad. 3000 pounds. 40 miles per hour. You have potential, kid and don't lie. I hear your heart rate spiking."
Peter: "Come on. That's clearly fake. You know how people are these days. It's like that video. What is it?"
Hyperion gestured to Tony pointing at a door on the ceiling. Tony nodded.
Tony: "Yeah, yeah. You mean like those UFO's over Phoenix?"
Tony grabbed a pole and opened the attic door on the ceiling as it dropped Peter's suit making the teen catch it and hid it inside his closet.
Hyperion: "Nice hiding spot kid. Saw it when I came here."
Peter: "Uh... That's a..."
Tony: "So you're the...Spider...ling.... Crime-fighting Spider... Spider-Boy?"
Peter: "S-Spider-Man..."
Tony: "Not in that onesie, you're not."
Peter: "It's not a onesie. I don't believe this. I was actually having a real good day today, you know, Mr. Stark. Didn't miss my train, this perfectly good DVD player was just sitting there and.... Algebra test. Nailed it."
Hyperion: "Does May know, Pete?"
Peter: "Nobody including her. If she knew, she would freak out. And when she freaks out, I freak out."
Tony: "You know what I think is cool?"
Tony showed a small cylinder as he held it up.
Tony: "This webbing. That tensile strength is off the charts. Who manufactured it?"
Tony threw it to Peter who was about to catch it but Hyperion used his speed to catch it first as he appeared on the other side of the room in a blink of an eye.
Peter: "I did. I made it myself."
Hyperion: "Impressive. How about your wall climbing?"
Peter: "It's a long story. I have had these powers for six months now."
Hyperion: "We wanna know why you are doing this Pete? What makes you go out there and help people?"
Peter: "Because..."
He looked down as he started to play his hands.
Peter: "Because I've been my whole life. I read books, build computers and.... and yeah, I would like to play football. But I couldn't then so I shouldn't now."
Tony: "Is it because you're different?"
Peter: "Exactly. But I can't tell anybody that, so I'm not. When you can do the things that I can, but you don't....well except Mr. Milton here, and then the bad things happen..... they happen because of you."
Hyperion: "I know that feeling. So you wanna lookout for the little guys? Help people in need."
Peter: "Yeah. Help out..... the little guys. That's - That's what it is."
Tony slowly walks towards Peter and sits beside him as Hyperion leans on the room wall and decides to listen to their conversation.
Tony: "Got a passport?"
Peter: "Uh no. I don't even have a driver's license."
Tony: "You ever been to Germany?"
Peter: "No."
Tony: "You'll love it."
Peter: "I can't go to Germany!"
Tony: "Why?"
Peter: "I got..... homework."
Tony: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that."
Peter: "I-I'm being serious! I just can't drop out of school."
Tony: "Might be a little dangerous. Better tell Aunt Hottie I'm taking you on a field trip."
Tony was about to grab the doorknob when Peter used his web shooters to web Tony's hand.
Peter: "Don't tell Aunt May."
Tony: "Alright, Spider-Man... Get me out of this."
Peter: "Sorry, I'll get the-"
Hyperion: "No need, kid."
Hyperion blasted the web off of Tony's hand using his Atomic Vision making the teen jump in surprise as well as Tony.
Peter: "Woah!"
Tony: "Damnit! Warn me next time old man. You nearly blew my hand off."
Hyperion: "It was funny."
After talking with May about Tony bringing Peter to Germany for the "grant", the two adults walked out of the apartment complex before stopping near Tony's supercar.
Tony: "I really cannot change your mind, huh?"
Hyperion: "You know me well enough Tony. Just don't make it worse than ever."
Tony: "What are you saying?"
Hyperion gave him a stern gaze making Tony sigh in defeat.
Hyperion: "Don't mess this up."
Hyperion then heard his phone ring as he pulled out his pocket.
Hyperion: "Surprised this thing still works after it went through."
He answered it as he saw Helen was calling him.
Hyperion: "Helen?"
Helen: "Uhm Honey, I think I might need you to come to the lab."
Hyperion: "Why?"
Helen: "I can't explain it on call. I want you to see this for yourself."
Hyperion: "I'm on my way."
Tony: "What's going on?"
Hyperion: "Helen needed me at the lab. Remember what I told you, boy. They are still family."
Tony slowly nodded to his words as Hyperion shot off into the sky and towards South Korea where Helen's lab resides.
Earlier that day
Helen was working on the androids they used back when they were in Arcanna's home dimension. The magic wielding sorceress was also there to help with the androids.
Arcanna: "I've put some enhancements on the androids making them more effective in battle."
Helen: "Thank you for helping me around here Arcanna."
Arcanna: "Of course. Everyone in this facility is very nice and welcoming."
They were doing some work when suddenly Arcanna felt something shift in the air. This caught Helen's attention as she turned towards her friend.
Helen: "What's wrong?"
Arcanna: "Something's not right."
Out of nowhere, a portal appeared in the middle of the room surprising everyone in the lab.
Helen: "Everyone go!"
Some of the staff ran out of the room leaving Helen and Arcanna as the latter got ready if a fight broke out. From the portal, out came a teenage boy in what appears to be a hero suit land on the ground as he appears to be unconscious. He has some cuts and bruises with his hero suit rip in some places as the portal disappears.
[Picture of boy]
Arcanna: "A teenager?"
They approached the boy as they touched his neck to check for a pulse and find out he is still alive.
Helen: "Let's get him to the infirmary."
Arcanna nodded and made the boy float using her magic. They immediately went towards the infirmary as they laid him on the bed. Helen walked out to call Hyperion with the Eternal telling her he is on his way. Helen inspected the boy as he slept on the bed.
Present
Hyperion just arrived and was greeted by Helen with a hug. They walked towards the infirmary with Hyperion asking her what was going on.
Helen: "He came out of nowhere."
Hyperion: "Let's ask him some questions then. He's already awake."
Once they arrived, they peeked through the glass on the door to see the boy already awake and was looking outside. A knock was heard as he turned around to see Helen walking in with Hyperion following behind. The boy's eyes become widened not believing what he was seeing.
Helen: "I see you have recovered so quickly. How are you feeling?"
???: "Y-Yeah and I'm feeling fine now. Thank you."
Hyperion: "Where are you from kid? Your energy signatures are a little different. And what's your name?"
Helen: "Hyperion, don't ask too many questions. The boy just woke up. He is still recovering."
???: "It's okay. I'm used to it. I'm actually from South Korea which is obviously here.....b-but not in this timeline."
Helen: "So you're saying-"
???: "Yes. I'm from an alternate future and the name's Tae-won. Cho Tae-won."
Hyperion: "Cho? O-Oh my god! That means-"
Tae-won: *nods* "I'm your son. Both of you are my parents"
Helen: "What?!"
Helen stood up not believing it. A hand touched her shoulder as Hyperion gestured for her to calm down.
Helen: "I can't believe this."
Tae-won: "S-Sorry for dropping a bomb on you like this. But I'm telling the truth."
Helen: "Okay then, prove it."
Tae-won: "Your birthday is on the 27th of February, 1985. You are the leader of the U-GIN Research group. You have this habit when you are in thought, you put a hand on your chin."
Helen just stared at him in surprise. Hyperion pointed that out too back then. Tae-won then turned to Hyperion as the Eternal just waited for him to continue.
Tae-won: "You're Marcus 'Mark' Milton, real name Hyperion. One of the Eternals who arrived here on Earth 7000 years ago. You are considered one of the strongest beings on Earth. The Sun God."
Helen: "Wow.... I thought you couldn't reproduce."
Hyperion: "I'm different and I believe the kid. His body is filled to the brim with cosmic and solar energy. Not as strong as mine but it's still strong. Why are you here then?"
Tae-won: *looks down* "My timeline was destroyed. It was so sudden that we didn't have the time to prepare ourselves. We fought the enemy for over 5 years. You guys died in those 5 years."
He clenched his hands into fists as Helen grabbed them to comfort the sad boy.
Tae-won: "Arcanna made a last ditch effort when we were on the ground battered in the beaten. She created a portal not knowing where it would send me in order to protect me. The last remaining member of the Avengers."
Helen: "I'm sorry if you have to go through that."
Hyperion: "This enemy you are saying, does he have a name?"
Tae-won: "We don't know who he is. He just sends his minions to do his dirty work for him."
Hyperion: "You should rest for now. Helen here will take care of you. I have to go and check on Wanda."
Helen: "Has the problem been settled?"
Hyperion: "It got even worse. There's a new superpowered being out there and he is helping the one responsible for the problem."
Helen: "I know you have an invulnerability or something but be careful."
Hyperion: "Always."
Hyperion gave her a hug and a kiss to the head before walking out but stopped when he was near the door.
Hyperion: "Hey kid, how old are you?"
Tae-won: "15."
Hyperion: *nod* "See you when I get back."
Tae-won: "See you too..... Dad."
Hyperion nodded and walked out of the room leaving only Helen and Tae-won.
Helen: "You hungry?"
A grumble was heard as Tae-won scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
Tae-won: "Yeah."
Helen: *chuckles* "Come on then."
When Hyperion got out of the facility, it was already night time. He flew in high-speeds back towards the compound only to see fire in the distance. He landed with a loud thud as he ran inside only to see Vision coming out from a hole on the ground.
Hyperion: "Vis, what happened?"
Vision: "Barton. He took Wanda to Captain Rogers."
Hyperion: "This is getting even worse by the second. Have you heard of Pietro?"
Vision: "He hasn't come back."
Hyperion: "That kid. Where the hell is he on a time like this. What about Jasmine?"
Jasmine: "I'm here."
She came out the corner in her suit as she approached the two.
Hyperion: "You didn't go with them?"
Jasmine: "I don't want to be on any side. I treated all of them as family and they did the same when I joined."
Hyperion: "You know how to fly one of those Quinjets, right?"
Jasmine: "Yup."
Hyperion: "Good. Take one and go to Helen."
Jasmine: "Roger that. See you there."
Jasmine ran out of the place and towards the hangar as the Eternal turned towards Vision.
Hyperion: "What about you?"
Vision: "I'm going to stop Captain Rogers upon Mr. Stark's request."
Hyperion: "I can't change your mind can I?"
Vision shook his making Hyperion sigh.
Hyperion: "Stop them before they kill each other."
Vision nodded and flew out of the compound. Hyperion walked out and looked at the moon in the sky before flying away.
Somewhere else, Zemo was in a room with Wonder Man sitting on the couch fully recovered from last time.
Zemo: "This time, finish your mission for I will give you the cure for your condition Simon and let you get your revenge on Stark."
Simon: "I will."
Zemo: "Good."
He walked out of the room as Simon stared at his arm before balling it into a fist as a spark of energy appeared before disappearing.
Simon: "You'll pay for what you have done to me and my family Stark. Because of you, my company went down. Then after you, I'll find that no good brother of mine, responsible for tarnishing the company's name."
To Be Continued.....
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