Mortified, Bruce has to find a way for Caiera to remember him.
Or does he?
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Standing there in a pristine crystal hall, Bruce had a dumbfounded look on his face. He just stared at Caiera. Who in turn stared at him with a frown on her face. She was wondering who this man was, and how he just randomly appeared in her domain.
As no one else, not even Ashborn nor Antares could just walk in here all comfortable like.
But she needed to sort this situation out first before the later arrives here. As this was the only, she granted him permission to see her.
And so, she positioned herself in an aura of strength, an air of power and authority, then she solemnly stared at Bruce waiting for his answer.
"Who the fuck are you?"
"Who the fuck are you?"
"Who the fuck are you?"
Those words rung in Bruce's ears like drums.
Bruce stood there frozen; he looked as if his heart had been stabbed by a knife, and the hand guiding it was twisting slowly as it penetrated deep into his heart.
And if his skin could get any paler it would. His body even began to slowly vibrate on a deep molecular level. Rage began to fester inside of him like a disease.
But a sliver of control grew inside of him as he struggled to rein in his emotions.
As he did, a sickening feeling of desire to break and warp Caiera came inside of his mind. It was like a sticky; slimy water had latched into his insides and made its way up to his mind. This feeling was alien in nature, something from beyond this realm of creation.
It was...Eldritch in nature.
This feeling began whispering to Bruce, covering his eyes in a much darker than normal black color.
"SHE DARES!?"
Like a worm wriggling inside of his mind, its words laced with poison as it said, "BREAK..."
"BREAK....BREAK HER!!"
That same feeling inside of him even began affecting the real world as well. As time froze, and the laws that ran this realm stopped completely.
"BREAK THIS ENTIRE REALM!!!!
"OFFER IT UP UNTO THE ABYSSSS!!!!!"
Bruce stood frozen still struggling with this intense desire to rid himself of these minor problems.
Even his main body which was still in hibernation was affected. He needed a form of control, a way to function without problems.
And so, there was only one option that he could think of at the moment. It was something he remembered form his time in marvel traveling the world. Control of his emotions, and the way to turn them off.
So, he just simply turned them off.
Yes.
Bruce simply turned off his emotions, and all of what just happened right now ceased to exist at the moment. That feeling of wanting to warp and break Caiera disappeared, and what replaced it was a cold analytical mind that processed what he just heard.
"Who am I?"
He looked at her, and said, "You ask who I am, it's quite simple really."
"I'm....your husband."
It was dead silent after his cold voice spoke those words.
Caiera eyes were just blank as she heard that, and all she could just say was, "Huh???"
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[Marvel, Universe 616]
Back in marvel, many things have happened in the time of Bruce's departure and the creation of his neo-gamma realm. One the Phoenix Force, along with Eternity reshaped the destroyed universe of marvel.
Much to Death's chagrin.
They restarted it cycle over again, while also fixing any cracks in the multiverse. And after some time, the universe healed completely while growing ever more in size and density.
Time was sped up so that life could thrive once again. And now finally its back to the normal timeline in which the avengers have just formed in existence.
With minor changes to it continuity.
Like there was no Bruce Banner or Incredible Hulk, but instead there was Sentry who took his place as the strength aspect of the team. And there was no Thor, but instead there was a Jane Foster who wielded the hammer of Thor.
This granted her the power of said God of Thunder.
The rest of the team was just the same, with minor changes to them.
Now let's back track for a bit, in ancient times a few things changed.
Some of those cracks in the multiverse allowed certain things and beings to escape their places of origin. Things like a few demons out of hell, certain mad gods running amuck, and
Along with other things as well.
Though they are being thwarted at every turn thanks to the sorcerer supreme and his sanctum.
But one of those things were the object of our focus at the moment.
It was the arrival of two little miscreants that have cause so many problems, that it wasn't even funny.
Skarr, and Arcann.
They have become a bit of twin troublemakers since they left their home a few months ago.
An example, the first week after they left, Skarr decided to test his metal in battle. And do you know who he went and challenged to a fight?
The God of Storms Susanoo from the Japanese pantheon.
Yes, you heard that right, Skarr challenged a God of all things. Granted he lost, but it was a very close fight all things considered, and Skarr grew much stronger from that fight.
He even learned more things about himself in the process.
And he even went back to challenge him once more, again and again until he won.
That final fight between the two of them shook the earth, and damn near critically injured it if not for Gaea's timely assistance in protecting it alongside the Sorcerer Supreme Agamotto.
After that fight, all other godly pantheons, and magical begins where made aware of the existence of foreign gods. To the Gods and other magical beings that originated from Earth, or better known as Gaea.
This was a very shocking fact to understand, but this prompted them to act accordingly either way.
And they all kept an eye out for Skarr's where abouts at all times.
Skarr himself didn't very much care about that, as he welcomed all challenges, but Arcann very much did.
A spotlight was on them, as many beings were watching them closely. Or at least they tried to, thanks to Arcann's magic power and knowledge of the arcane. He has been able to circumvent many of the things that were watching them.
And also making their journey of travel easier than it could have been.
They have made quite a few friends though, in their travels. One was the sorcerer supreme Agamotto the All-Seeing, he and Arcann met some time ago when the two boys first arrived on earth.
Arcann magic power was like a beacon to Agamotto, and many other non-friendly beings.
Once they met, Skarr did not like Agamotto, and the same was for the later.
But Arcann gained what would be a long-lasting companionship with the sanctum of mystics.
He learned quite bit from Agamotto, who spared no effort in teaching him. Arcann soaked it all in like a sponge. His level of magic mastery rose above many people who claimed master of the mystics.
Agamotto saw in him the pointel to be the greatest sorcerer alive and eternally, even above the future Sorcerer supreme Dr. Strange. But he never asked Arcann to be the sorcerer supreme as he felt a mark of horrid power dwelling inside of Arcaan and even Skarr.
It's depths and origin were unknown; all he knew was that it was old magic. Very, very old magic, one belonging to Chaos. So, he just decided to build a friendly relationship with Arcann, he even tried with Skarr, but the later really hated him for some unknown reason.
The feeling was mutual, and he didn't know why he did not like the young kid. This plagued him the entire time both boys stayed in the sanctum, and until they left. But he just moved on in his teachings with Arcann, maybe one day he'd know why.
He knew that they would meet again one day soon, and it would be with the others when the time was right.
Another group of people who met with the boys were none other than the Greek Pantheon.
But that was a tale for another time, but they are very friendly with one another.
As of right now though the boys were in the middle of another pickle.
The pickle was that a very huge green plant woman, made up of earth was staring directly at them. her hair made of brown and green branches twisted and churned all around the place like lighting all in the dark sky.
Her yellowish green eye glowed like two torches, as they stared down at the two boys.
She was pretty angry, if the huge dark grey apocalyptic hurricane surrounding them said anything.
And the earth beneath them cracking and shaking all over the place. Skarr and Arcann were standing on a floating piece of stone, thanks to Arcann reacting quickly and conjuring this piece of stone before they fell in the monumental dark pit beneath them.
"Why did you have to steal that thing, Skarr?" He asked his brother nervously.
"Ah, you wouldn't believe me if I told you Arcann." Skarr replied, holding a bright green crystal water drop in his right hand. The crystal was quite big, about the size of a football.
"Oh, I don't know bro. Just try me, Skarr." Arcann said through gritted teeth as he looked at Skarr who was rubbing his head shamefully.
Skarr seemed calm on the outside, but on the inside. He was a nervous wreck, he was thinking o himself, "Now I can't tell him truth now, can I? No, I cannot tell him I was planning on eating it cause it looked tasty."
"No, I absolutely can no-
"You were planning on eating it weren't you!"
"FUCK!" Skarr exclaimed loudly, and he squinted his eyes as he looked over at Arcann who had a very scary look on his face at the moment.
He looked just like, "You look just like mom when she gets mad Arcann." He said in a chipper tone of voice, trying to downplay the situation.
A vein bulged on Arcann's forehead hearing this. "See, same vein on the forehead and all bro."
Skarr said not realizing the dangerous aura beginning to ooze out of Arcann.
You need to be punished for your ill manners, don't you think bro?" Arcann said all of a sudden, and not letting Skarr question him, Arcann turned and faced the giant female humanoid of earth and said, "My apologies, Oh Great Earth Mother."
"My dull headed older brother doesn't always think before he acts."
"Hey! I'm not-" Skarr wasn't able to finish his sentence as a brown tree root climbed up and out of the ground, then it wrapped around his mouth tightly binding it. It even went as far as to bind his arms and legs to one another.
It rooted Skarr to the earth, rendering him immobile. Skarr was shocked, while Arcann although afraid a bit but on a brave front to save himself and his brother.
He turned back to the Gaea and said, "Please do forgive us, we meant no harm at all Earth Mother."
"In fact," Arcann said as he whipped his hands out from behind his back and conjuring up the same green crystal tear drop in his palms. He telekinetically rose it up in the air for Gaea to see.
"We both return this personal item back to you."
The green crystal was ripped from Arcann's control, and it shot into Gaea's large bosom. And they juggled with stunned both Skarr who was trying to break out of the roots and Arcann who was still looking at her.
Arcann wondered how earth and rocks had the ability to jiggle like flesh, while Skarr's thoughts were most impure at the moment, especially if his blushing was anything to go by.
"You're a cute one, and well-mannered as well." Gaea's mature voice echoed into Arcann's head, making bashfully rub his head.
"I do try ma'am."
Gaea chuckled, then she said, "unlike your brute of a brother, you at least know when your outmatched, that's good."
"So, you won't kill us then?" Arcann asked meekly. A loud bout of laughter echoed into his head like a bell. And Gaea said, "I'd be a fool to even entertain the idea of harming the two of you."
"Anyone would to be honest, lest they would what a horrid outcome if they laid a finger on either one of you."
Arcann sighed a deep breath of relief from his soul, Gaea scared the hell out of him.
Then Gaea gained a serious tone as she said, "but you would do well to try and not to draw to much attention. You've already caught the sight of quite a few nasty individuals already."
"And I do not wish to go through the destruction of another universe because of your father's wrath."
Arcann was gob smacked hearing this from Gaea. He knew his dad was strong, but to the point of having a primordial being afraid of him, this made him realize how different the people of the universe might view him and Skarr.
"Not to mention your two mothers, even I would have to be wary. Let alone the other god's and entities of the cosmos."
Gaea shivered when she thought of Wanda, that horrifying wail from Chthon as he was devoured by her sent echos all over the multiverse.
"Well, I thank you for your mercy, and I do promise to make sure that we are more lowkey from now on."
"Though I do think someone needs a little lesson," Arcann said mischievously to Gaea, who took a moment then she began to laugh in amusement.
"Yes, a certain someone does need a lesson." She said, and they both looked over at Skarr, who was still thinking certain things jiggling.
Until he felt a dark foreboding sense of danger coming from in front of him. And this made him snap his attention up to see Arcann and Gaea smiling while looking at him.
But it wasn't a friendly smile, more like smile when you know something's about to hurt very much.
Skarr knew he was in for a bad time, his eye's pleaded for mercy. Any type of mercy from either Arcann or Gaea. But sadly, there would be none for our poor Skarr, the God of Calamities.
His last thoughts as the shadows of Arcann and Gaea closed in around him was, "I wonder if I'll be conscious after this is over."
"I got the legs; the part is your Arcann." Gaea's voice rung out into air as both her and Arcann got closer to Skarr.
"Probably not."
And so, our valiant hero, just closed his eyes and accepted his fate.
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