Post by stormshadow on Nov 6, 2024 12:17:23 GMT -7
" Are outside looks clear for now. Most are retreating. I need to leave it is urgent. Rider, if your interested I have a spot on my new team for you great pay and benefits. If you need to talk to me press my card."
Iron Patriot radar picks up more drones moving past them and heading for Mutant town. He tosses ghost rider a com link card." Looks like things are escalating, you can easily handle the remaining three hiding in the upper left hallway. The skies above New York City were dark, but not from the usual storm clouds. This time, it was the shimmer of alien ships, their shapes gliding through the upper atmosphere, invisible to the naked eye. But for Iron Patriot, they were far from a mystery. He had been tracking them for days.
Two Skrull attack ships had breached Earth’s airspace, and they were heading straight for the city.
"Time to remind these aliens why they should stay out of our world,"
Iron Patriot streaking through the darkened sky toward the enemy ships. The Skrulls had been a growing threat for months, infiltrating governments and sending advanced warships to test Earth's defenses.
The first Skrull ship unleashed a barrage of plasma beams as it descended, its engines let out a green light. It wasn’t aiming for Osborn, it was targeting the city. People below screamed and scattered as the beams tore through a building and a few cars, turning them into rubble.
Osborn swore under his breath. He activated his flight systems to dart behind a nearby building, weaving through the smoke and debris."You're not getting away with this," he yelled with his suit speaker system turned up, launched a barrage of repulsor blasts from his gauntlets. The blasts toward the Skrull ship. The Skrulls were fast. The ship dodged at the last moment, its cloaking mechanism flickering into view, firing back with more beams.He activated the Iron Patriot’s shoulder-mounted missiles. Two missiles toward the ship, one striking its shield while the other managed to breach it, exploding fire and debris. Before he could follow up, Osborn detected the second ship A loud alert sound rang out through his helmet's comms as the ship locked onto his position and fired a barrage plasma bolt. The blast struck Osborn’s armor, making him lose control for a split second. His systems went haywire. Gripping the gauntlet controls, Osborn reoriented himself. He targeted the second ship’s engines its weak point locking on with precision. He activated his destabilizer weapon, a device built into his armor that fired a beam capable of scrambling the enemy’s power systems.
A bolt of energy shot out and struck the Skrull ship’s engines. The Ship fell to a safe area with no people around. Iron Patriot turned back to the first ship which was trying to escape, its cloaking device flickering back on. He flew directly toward the Skrull ship, unleashing his firepower. Missiles, repulsor beams, and destabilizer energy hammered the ship’s shields, weakening them until finally a large explosion and the ship began to break apart.The remaining Skrulls aboard the ship, trying to scramble their escape pods, but it was too late. The ship disintegrated in a final explosion, sending a shockwave across the city. The debris rained down, Osborn hovered in mid-air. His armor's HUD blinked with new data a survivor count, damage reports, emergency alerts. Only one civilian death one too many but he saved so many more. Osborn tapped a few keys on the suit’s display, sending a signal to the city’s emergency services. The Mutant purge was underway, the day was with many causalities. Then the War for New York was in the Horizen.
THE END