The Avengers (Marvel;Re)/Issue 3 (GazzaB9)

The third issue of Ant-Man's Avengers team in Marvel;Re and the third part of the "Stellify" arc.

Synopsis
When the Kree and Skrulls land on the moon that the Avengers were exploring, they're caught in the middle of yet another battle of the long-standing rivals.

Plot
Picking up where the last issue left off, the Kree soldier Mar-Adon and the Super-Skrull M'win clash against each other, their respective armies doing the same. Mar-Adon and M'win grapple each other for a bit until M'win punches Mar-Adon in the face. Mar-Adon returns with an uppercut and M'win smashes his fist on Mar-Adon's head, with the two's fight eventually devolving into a massive slugfest. M'win wraps his arm around Mar-Adon's head and his other hand starts glowing. He begins punching Mar-Adon in the head over and over again before he suddenly lets out a massive scream, blood flying from his mouth. It's revealed Mar-Adon has shoved his axe in M'win's back. Meanwhile, Queen Wane-Van and Commander Torak Lok-Spawn stand beside each other high-above their armies on a hovering platform. Torak just squints at Wane-Van and the two go back to watching their two soldier's battle. M'win is somehow still standing even with the massive wound in his back and is successfully dodging Mar-Adon's attacks. Eventually, Mar-Adon manages to kick M'win to the ground and raises his axe, reading to bring it down. M'win's hands glow once again and he brings them both together, firing a beam so massive that it can be seen by all of the Avengers all over the moon, who all stare in awe at it. By the time the beam stops, Mar-Adon is nothing but a pair of legs. His axe then falls beside M'win, who smiles. The fighting Skrulls and Kree stop their war for a moment to stare at M'win, who raises Mar-Adon's axe above his own head. Torak's eyes widen. M'win is kicked directly in the back wound by a half-regenerated Mar-Adon. The rest of Mar-Adon's body then grows back and he uses his newly regenerated hand to pick his axe back up. The "Super-Kree" rushes towards M'win, punching him in the gut. Mar-Adon continues beating M'win until manages to get a good knee to the gut in. He then once again supercharges his hands and blasts a massive beam of energy against Mar-Adon. M'win's eyes widen as the smoke clears, revealing Vision standing in front of a completely unharmed Mar-Adon. M'win grits his teeth. M'win raises his hand and blasts a beam in Vision's face. It does nothing. M'win winds back a punch and Vision lets out a large beam of energy from his eyes that sends him flying. M'win gets back up and just stares at Vision. M'win's hands light up and he places them on his back. He lets out a scream as he burns his wound closed. He smiles and gets ready to fight again. She-Hulk runs in out of nowhere and decks M'win. Vision smiles at the arrival of his friend. However, his head is suddenly cut off by Mar-Adon. It goes flying and is caught by Hercules. Mar-Adon tries to cut into Hercules but he quickly steps out of the way. He then tosses Vision's head into the air, punches Mar-Adon in the face twice and then catches Vision's head. Hercules charges for Mar-Adon while She-Hulk charges for M'win. She continues to beat him to a pulp until he gets in one big hit that's so hard it knocks her to the ground. She-Hulk lies on the ground for a second, some blood coming from her nose. She gets up. She points at something when she says "boom". M'win turns, revealing Wasp is standing beside him. Wasp playfully waves at him before pulling both of her fists behind her back, gathering energy before unleashing it all against M'win. M'win drops to his knees, clawing his fingers into the ground due to the pain. M'win suddenly leaps up at them, malice in his eyes. He tackles them both and starts beating them, his fists flying into them as blood splatters everywhere and he lets out a maniacal cackle. Cut to the reveal that this is an illusion caused by Spider-Woman, who has her hands on his head. Hercules is tossed towards the girls. He doesn't manage to hit any of them but he does crash into the ground. He sits up and hands Vision's head to Spider-Woman. Mar-Adon stands dramatically in front of the Avengers. They all ready for a fight against him. Mar-Adon raises his axe in the air and a blue light bursts from it, engulfing him. The light is absorbed into his body, with parts of his body suddenly glowing blue. What appears to be lightning starts sparking from his body, clearly showing he has powered himself up. Mar-Adon charges towards the Avengers with his axe and explodes. Pieces of him fly everywhere while Ant-Man grows to normal size, revealing he blew Mar-Adon up from the inside. He is also carrying Stella. He puts Stella down and walks over to his team. Hank turns around to face the army of Kree and Skrull soldiers. Hank passively nods his head at them and all of them scream in terror. Wane-Van jumps down in front of her army. Wane-Van throws her arms by her side and grins as above her flies a small fleet of Kree ships. The Avengers stare up in terror at the ships. Torak stares in terror at the ships as does the Skrull army. The ships start landing and they slowly start opening up. Wane-Van points at the Avengers and Skrulls. Ant-Man runs over to Wane-Van. She laughs. The Kree soldiers walk off with their new prisoners. A few grab Vision's body while others gather up the pieces of Mar-Adon. One mildly pokes She-Hulk with a spear. Stella runs up to Ant-Man. Ant-Man grabs Stella and pulls her close to him, whispering something in her ear. Stella runs back while Ant-Man walks into the Kree ship and is taken by them. Stella runs over to Wasp. Wasp walks over to Torak. Wasp points at Stella. Smash cut to the heroes staring at their ship, which is surrounded by unconscious Skrull soldiers. Moon Knight sits in the middle of them. Later, the Avengers fly alongside a few Skrull ships. Inside the ship, Moon Knight pilots while the other heroes just around. Spider-Woman looks around, noticing the awkward silence. Spider-Woman stays quiet for a bit. Moon Knight death stares Hercules. Hercules looks around the room. Janet walks down the halls of the ship, stopping when she reaches Hank's room. She sighs before walking inside. She approaches a mirror in the room, looking around at Hank's possessions. One of them is revealed to be a picture of the two of them when they were still together. She stares at it for a bit. Jan turns around, revealing Stella is lying on Hank's bed. Wasp looks back at the picture. Stella notices this. Wasp stares at Stella for a second. She walks over to a window and stares out at the vacuum of space. On the Kree homeworld of Hala, Ant-Man, She-Hulk, and Vision (newly reattached to his body) are shoved down a hole. They all smash on the ground but quickly get back up. Ant-Man nods and starts walking around the area. He knocks on what appears to be a metal door. They all turn around and see an older Kree approaching them. She-Hulk quickly rushes towards and attempts to punch Tel-Kar. Tel-Kar's arm turns into a black and yellow tendril and pins her against a wall. It then begins expanding, wrapping itself around her, with some of it trying to get into her mouth and nose. Vision blasts at Tel-Kar. An entire yellow and black suit suddenly engulfs Tel-Kar and he tanks the blast from Vision right to his chest. Vision's eyes flash yellow. Tel-Kar stops suffocating She-Hulk. She drops to the ground, gasping for air. Vision just looks at him for a bit. Tel-Kar pulls out a remote and pushes a button. The metal door opens up, revealing that they are actually in the waiting area of a colosseum. Tel-Kar bursts out laughing. The three Avengers stop talking. Tel-Kar points into the colosseum, revealing Mar-Adon is one of the two combatants. The other one, a member of Korg's race, is pinned to the ground by Mar-Adon. Mar-Adon then proceeds to beat the Kronan to death with his bare hands. By the time he's done, the Kronan's head is just a pile of rocks and blood on the ground. Mar-Adon then stands up and looks at the Avengers menacingly. Mar-Adon points directly at Hank. Mar-Adon continues to stare down Ant-Man. Ant-Man gulps in terror. Picking back up with Wasp's crew, their ship finally lands on Tarnax IV alongside the other Skrull ships. The Avengers get outside of their ships and are escorted by Skrull soldiers into a large golden palace. They all enter the golden palace. A pair of large doors swing open to a massive throne room. The Avengers all walk into the throne room and kneel before the Skrull ruler. Hercules looks up. His eyes widen as he realizes standing before him is Kl'rt, the Super-Skrull. Kl'rt looks at Hercules with disgust before his face morphs into contempt. Super-Skrull starts walking towards the Avengers. Super-Skrull leans down to look Hercules in the eye. They all stare at Super-Skrull, a twinge of fear in all of their eyes.
 * M'win: W-what in the hell...?
 * Commander Torak: Your newest soldier lacks honour. He attacked my son from behind.
 * Queen Wane-Van: I could say the same to you. He grabbed Mar-Adon's head in an attempt to gain the upper hand on him.
 * Commander Torak: That is an actual move that Skrulls are taught to use. He was simply--
 * Queen Wane-Van: Oh, I don't care anyway. Honour doesn't have a place in war.
 * Commander Torak: M'win! You have permission to go all out!
 * Queen Wane-Van: Mar-Adon, you have permission to go all out as well.
 * Commander Torak: What? He's dead.
 * Queen Wane-Van: Is he now?
 * Commander Torak: M'win! Duck!
 * M'win: Huh?
 * Commander Torak: How can he regenerate? I thought he was just a Kree Accuser... I-I trained my boy to take on a Kree Accuser! Not a...
 * Queen Wane-Van: Super-Kree.
 * Commander Torak: What?
 * Queen Wane-Van: I don't experiment on my people. That's why I made a whole new subject. He was grown in an artificial womb using the DNA of the galaxy's greatest Kree soldiers, including a little bit of the late Captain Mar-Vell's. Using that and combining it with cybernetics... we mad our own Super-Kree.
 * Commander Torak: That... that's crueller than how we make Super-Skrulls!
 * Queen Wane-Van: So you admit your way of making Super-Skrulls is cruel.
 * Commander Torak: Bitch...
 * Queen Wane-Van: Bastard.
 * M'win: There... that should be enough energy to--
 * ???: Destroy him? I'm not sure it was.
 * Vision: But if it was then I truly apologise for stopping your finishing blow in its tracks. You see, due to my time amongst the Avengers, I have become... attached to organic lifeforms. Even ones that are only 65% organic, such as this one here.
 * M'win: You're... stopping me...? Then... then you're my enemy!!
 * Vision: I'm surprised you didn't figure it out by now but I'm able to absorb the energy you're emitting from your hands. In fact, if I'm being honest, all it's really doing is powering me up.
 * Vision: Huh. Interesting. That was the equivalent of all of the energy I absorbed from you blasting out of my eyes. The non-lethal blasts from my eyes should've at least knocked you unconscious. You're quite strong, aren't you? Well, I suppose the fact you kept fighting with a wound in your back should've proved that already.
 * M'win: Oh, thank you for reminding me...
 * ???: Well, that's useless.
 * She-Hulk: After all, I'm just gonna make more!
 * Hercules: Sweet Zeus, what in Hades was that for?!
 * Vision: I'm not entirely sure. I suspect that he sees me as a rival in spite of the fact I saved him. I'm still calculating whether this is because of Kree programming or if he's just generally insane. The fact he doesn't seem to speak isn't making it easier.
 * Vision: Please be sure to reattach me to my body.
 * Hercules: Will do.
 * She-Hulk: Okay, I'm willing to admit... you're kinda strong...
 * M'win: Same to you... If we weren't enemies I would even consider you a potential breeding partner.
 * She-Hulk: And you made it weird...
 * She-Hulk: But, like I said, you're pretty strong. But you know who else is pretty strong? Boom.
 * Wasp: My stingers have a lingering pain effect. Cool, huh?
 * She-Hulk: Where the hell were you?
 * Wasp: I was gathering energy. Those blasts don't pack a punch big enough to hurt him on their own.
 * Wasp: What're you doing?
 * Spider-Woman: I'm emitting chemicals into his head that are stimulating his brain. Made him sleepy. He's currently in REM sleep right now.
 * Wasp: You can do that?
 * Spider-Woman: People seem to forget a lot.
 * She-Hulk: Pretty sure some actual canon writers forget about that.
 * Wasp: So, that's one guy down... what about the other one?
 * Hercules: Holy CRAP he's so strong! And that is coming from me!
 * Ant-Man: Regenerate that...
 * Wasp: "Regenerate that"?
 * Ant-Man: I'm not good with quips, okay?
 * She-Hulk: What about them?
 * Ant-Man: I don't think they're gonna be a problem.
 * Stella: Wonderful. Then let's get back to--
 * ???: NO!!
 * Queen Wane-Van: You refuse to fight just because one soldier was defeated?! Cowards! You are Kree! Kree do not forgive, Kree do not forget, Kree fight until they cannot fight anymore! These men are strong, yes.
 * Spider-Woman: Men?
 * Queen Wane-Van: But, together, we are stronger! Now battle until we can't battle anymore! And, if that's not enough to motivate you into combat...
 * Queen Wane-Van: Then this surely will!!
 * Ant-Man: Stella, do you think you're strong enough to beat them?
 * Stella: I was...
 * Ant-Man: Shit.
 * Spider-Woman: That is three ships with an army of... Vision, count the Kree here.
 * Vision: 200.
 * Spider-Woman: Of 200 people!
 * Hercules: You know, I'm pretty sure that I could survive but I'm not entirely sure about you guys.
 * Vision: He is correct. In our current state, most of our ranks only have a 20 to 46% chance of winning against an army of 800.
 * Queen Wane-Van: Now my army... I have a simple request.
 * Queen Wane-Van: Let none survive.
 * Ant-Man: WAIT!!
 * Ant-Man: Take me!
 * Queen Wane-Van: You're cute but I'd rather not sire half-breeds.
 * Ant-Man: No, I mean take me to your planet.
 * Queen Wane-Van: Excuse me?
 * Ant-Man: Leave everyone else alone and take me as a prisoner. I'm pretty strong, I think I can be a big help to you.
 * Commander Torak: No, he has a point.
 * Queen Wane-Van: Eh?
 * Commander Torak: All Avengers are at the top of their game when it comes to combat. During our secret invasion of Earth a while back one of my fleets was destroyed by just a few of their members.
 * Queen Wane-Van: Hm... Going into this battle with an Avenger soldier would be very nice but I'd need more than one to--
 * She-Hulk: I volunteer to go with the Kree as a prisoner!
 * Vision: I also volunteer.
 * Queen Wane-Van: Hm... three... Yes, three is good! I will stop this war in exchange for three Avengers as my prisoners.
 * Commander Torak: Forgot about your dead son pretty fast there, ay...?
 * Queen Wane-Van: Shut up before I change my mind.
 * She-Hulk: I'm going, I'm going...
 * Stella: This is... this insane! It's so stupid! It doesn't help me at all! I'm the one you're meant to be helping out here!
 * Stella: ...Well, it's not the best plan in the world, but I suppose I see your logic here.
 * Ant-Man: Now, go back and tell everybody else.
 * Commander Torak: So... a stalemate...
 * Stella: You're the leader when he's not around, correct?
 * Wasp: Um... sure.
 * Stella: As pointed out to me by Mister Pym--
 * Spider-Woman: You're calling him Mister Pym?
 * Hercules: That's adorable!
 * Stella: AS... pointed out to me by Mister Pym... He just saved many Skrull lives by going with the Kree. That means the Skrull are in debt to us. He may be able to get information about my existence from the Kree while we may be able to get information from the Skrulls. Now, go bargain with the Skrull commander, child.
 * Wasp: You're literally a child but okay.
 * Stella: I'm older than all of you...
 * Wasp: Excuse me, sir?
 * Commander Torak: Hm?
 * Wasp: Our members just saved a lot of your soldiers by going with the Kree just now. Could you answer a few of our questions as payment for that?
 * Commander Torak: I don't need to pay you anything. But... I suppose you've got a point. I'll answer your questions.
 * Commander Torak: Hm... Unfortunately, no. But we have a lot of very knowledgable Skrulls on Tarnax IV. Perhaps we could take you there?
 * Wasp: That'd be great! Thank you so much! We'll follow you with our ship.
 * Moon Knight: ...What?
 * Spider-Woman: So, Moon Knight, you know how to fly a space ship? Who taught you that?
 * Moon Knight: Carol Danvers. Now stop talking, flying this thing requires a lot of concentration.
 * Spider-Woman: Okay. Welp... How're you, Herc?
 * Hercules: Well, you know, I almost managed to get laid but the woman I'm assuming is my girlfriend now kinda left with the Kree. But, at the same time, I gotta fight a really strong guy and it was fun, even if he was stronger than I thought. So, you know, I've had better days but I've also had much worse.
 * Spider-Woman: C-cool...
 * Spider-Woman: You know, I'm just now realizing that I don't really have a lot in common with either of you guys. So, I don't really know how to talk to either of you...
 * Hercules: Oh, don't be that way, I'm sure we have things in common. Like, um... Oh, you're a mother! I've been a father several times over the course of my life!
 * Spider-Woman: Wait, really? That's great! I've been looking for somebody to take care of my son whenever I'm out on solo missions. There's a baby-sitting clinic for superhero's babies but if I'm being honest it just doesn't seem personal enough. Maybe when we're not on missions you can be my sitter? That way I won't need to use the clinic all that much.
 * Hercules: Absolutely, anything for a friend! Plus I love kids!
 * Moon Knight: Stop bonding while I'm concentrating...
 * Hercules: Oh, shut up you Ennead loving tool.
 * Hercules: What? You're an Ennead loving tool. You love the Enneads. And you're a tool. Both a tool in the sense that you're stupid and a tool in the sense that you're Khonshu's tool.
 * Moon Knight: Do not insult my god, Olympian. My faith plays a major role in my life and if you insult it I will not hesitate to claim your head...
 * Hercules: Okay, jeez.
 * Spider-Woman: Hey, come on, Herc. You upset your friend. Say sorry to him.
 * Hercules: Okay, okay, I'm sorry. The Olympians and the Ennad don't get along and I guess I took that out on you. That was a jerk move. Sorry.
 * Moon Knight: Hm...
 * Hercules: What's "hm" mean?
 * Spider-Woman: I think he forgives you?
 * Hercules: I can never get a read on that guy.
 * Hercules: Oh, by the way, do you know where Wasp went?
 * ???: What're you doing?
 * Stella: Why're you here?
 * Wasp: I... could ask the same to you...
 * Stella: So you could. So... you could...
 * Wasp: Uh... So... why're you on his bed?
 * Stella: I suppose... um... I suppose I've grown more attached to Mister Pym than I thought. I came here to cope with the fact he's left us. He's only been gone for a few hours but the fact I don't know if he's okay or not is making me... I believe you people call it "stressed".
 * Wasp: Yeah... I think I know what you mean.
 * Stella: ...You love him.
 * Wasp: Excuse me?
 * Stella: No one stares longingly at photos of people they don't love. You're still in love with him, aren't you?
 * Wasp: Uh... no? I hate him. He slapped me in the face!
 * Stella: If you hate him then why are you upset about the fact he isn't here? Shouldn't you be overjoyed?
 * Wasp: I am! I... came here to celebrate.
 * Stella: You don't believe that.
 * Wasp: I don't love him! Why am I even letting you get under my skin? You're a kid!
 * Stella: I look like a kid but I'm a lot smarter than any of you, ma'am. One of the abilities I have that hasn't faded yet is my nigh-infinite knowledge. And I know that you haven't gone out with anyone since your relationship with Mister Pym. Why?
 * Wasp: Why do you even care?!
 * Stella: Becomes I... like you. And I want to see you be happy.
 * Wasp: I wonder how he's doing...
 * Stella: As do I, ma'am.
 * She-Hulk: This is a very abusive way of treating prisoners!!
 * Ant-Man: Well, on the bright side they at least reattached Vision's head before knocking us down here...
 * Vision: I did miss my body when I was just a head.
 * She-Hulk: Ugh... well, we might as well figure out where the hell this is.
 * ???: Don't touch that.
 * Middle-Aged Kree: If the people on the other end hear you knocking then it'll distract them...
 * She-Hulk: Who the hell're you?
 * Tel-Kar: I am Tel-Kar. I am the guard of your cell.
 * Ant-Man: Aren't guards meant to be on the outside of the cell? Why're you in here with us?
 * Tel-Kar: Because you can't hurt me.
 * Ant-Man: Excuse me?
 * Tel-Kar: If any of you were actual dangers to me then I would indeed stay on the other end of the cell. But since none of you poses any kind of a threat to me then I'm completely safe in here.
 * Ant-Man: Stop it!
 * Tel-Kar: That was irritating.
 * Vision: The suit that just engulfed his body is a symbiote. It has genetic make-up similar to that of the supervillain Venom's. There is a 95% chance that Tel-Kar's symbiote is a spawn of Venom.
 * Tel-Kar: Please don't do that again.
 * She-Hulk: He... his symbiote responded to me so fast...
 * Tel-Kar: Of course it did. It's common knowledge among Kree that Klyntar, "symbiotes" as you call them, create more and more powerful spawn with each child they have. My Klyntar, Sleeper, is the newest birth of the Klyntar Venom.
 * Ant-Man: How did you even manage to get your hands on that...?
 * Tel-Kar: I've already conversed with you prisoners more than I feel comfortable with.
 * Vision: Isn't it polite to answer a question when a person asks you one?
 * Tel-Kar: You're not a person.
 * Vision: I don't think I like you.
 * Tel-Kar: I don't care. Now all of you shut up and listen. I am the man you have all been assigned to. That means I own all of you. That means I get to do whatever I want with you. And that means...
 * Tel-Kar: I get to make you fight for my people's enjoyment...
 * Ant-Man: I made a deal with the queen. If I talk to her then--
 * Tel-Kar: I'm sorry, I'm sorry... that was just... oh my, that was funny...
 * Ant-Man: What was funny?
 * Tel-Kar: The Queen was the one who gave me permission to do this.
 * Tel-Kar: The current battle's almost over from the looks of it. All of you put on your armour and pick your weapons. You're up next.
 * She-Hulk: I'm scared to ask but who're we fighting?
 * Tel-Kar: Him.
 * Ant-Man: Is... is he looking at me?
 * She-Hulk: Yeah, he's definitely looking at you.
 * Vision: No, I think he may just be looking in our general direction.
 * Vision: Nevermind, he's looking at you.
 * Tel-Kar: I know what you're thinking and no, you aren't allowed to use your shrinking powers this time around...
 * She-Hulk: Don't worry, pal. I've fought in a colosseum just like this! I can totally protect you!
 * Ant-Man: That was your cousin.
 * She-Hulk: Oh, right. Then you may actually be screwed.
 * Wasp: Where exactly are you leading us?
 * Commander Torak: To our leader.
 * Hercules: Wait, you're not the leader?
 * Commander Torak: I'm the leader when he's not around.
 * Wasp: Who is the actual leader?
 * Commander Torak: You wouldn't know him. He's been on Earth a number of times but I don't think he's met any of you while there.
 * Commander Torak: Enter and kneel. Adress him as "Grand Regent".
 * Wasp: Oh, Grand Skrull Regent. We are the Avengers. We have come to ask you if--
 * Grand Regent: Hercules?
 * Hercules: ...Uh oh...
 * Wasp: What? Do you two... wait a minute... okay, he kinda looks familiar.
 * Super-Skrull: I am Grand Regent Kl'rt... the original Super-Skrull.
 * Wasp: YEP. Definitely recognize him now!
 * Moon Knight: How do you know him, Olympian?
 * Hercules: You remember the secret invasion a while back?
 * Moon Knight: Yes?
 * Hercules: I beat the crap outta him during that...
 * Super-Skrull: I still have the scars to prove it. Although, I guess I should thank you.
 * Super-Skrull: Shortly after the secret invasion of Earth, our leader, Veranke, went missing after a confrontation the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director. Apparently, the fact I managed to hold my own against the mighty Hercules had already spread amongst my people and I was eventually elected Grand Regent until Veranke's return. So, if it weren't for you...
 * Super-Skrull: I wouldn't be the man I am right now...
 * Stella: ...Forgive me for pointing out the obvious, but you are all very much screwed.