Author's Note:
It took me five "introduction" chapters but I finally managed to bring Saver and Mash closer to a future Avengers.
This chapter can be divided into two parts, the first part focusing on Saver and Mash having their tender moment, the second part focusing on Iron-Man facing HYDRA and receiving some help from our Master-Servant duo.
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Story Arc: Welcome to a Parallel Earth
Episode 2: Iron Man Is Born
Chapter 5: Morning Cuddles and Afternoon Fights
Plot: After a rather lively evening, the Last Master of Chaldea decides to dedicate his morning to spoiling Mash.
Shortly after, the terrorist organization HYDRA decides to attack the United Nations. Of course, the situation will be saved by heroes.
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POV Narrator
Morning inside [My Room]
The Master and Servant duo are still in the small pocket dimension known as [My Room], although it is more of a pocket studio apartment.
Mash is sleeping in bed, under the covers with a smile on her face, she clearly enjoyed yesterday's recreational activity and/or is dreaming of something pleasant.
Bruce is sitting at his desk, looking at three screens showing different news stories.
In order not to wake the Demi-Servant girl, Bruce wears large high-tech headphones, so only he will hear the noise of the news.
The screen on the left shows footage from California of Iron Man saving the city from what one eyewitness called a giant robot.
The center screen features an article about the Wrecking Crew, consisting of Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball, and the Wrecker. These four Super-Villains were defeated by Thor, while attempting to steal the Gamma Energy Emitter.
The screen on the right shows amateur footage of the Hulk appearing in Vegas and being captured by SHIELD.
'For many, being insomniac is a curse, but for me a blessing, I work at night in peace, while the girls sleep.' Bruce thinks, watching the news, noting the differences between these heroes and their variations of his Earth.
The Planeswalker has learned to appreciate his chronic insomnia; if he ever wants to rest, an hour of meditation a day is enough for him.
Bruce's life is almost never quiet, if there are no threats to stop or mysteries to solve, the few people who are part of his private circle or extended family keep him busy.
So to make progress in his varied research, Bruce had to transform the girls' sleeping schedules into his working hours dedicated to study and progress.
'This Iron-Man hasn't developed nanotechnology yet, so it won't be a problem if I ever have to fight him. After all, I've been studying the Klironomia of the Twelve Machine Gods of Olympus for years, a bullet with my imitation Klironomia should destroy any kind of human technology.' The Planeswalker thinks, designing a silver bullet for Tony Stark.
'This Thor is different from the Thor I know, you only have to look at the hammer he wields to see the first of many differences.' Bruce thinks, keeping his attention on a successful photograph of Thor.
The Planeswalker remembers well that Thor-2126's Mjolnir is a giant hammer, not a small hammer that can be wielded with one hand.
'It is doubtful that in this world Donald Blake found the legendary hammer, Mjolnir, gaining some semblance of the Authority of the Divine Spirit, Thor.' Bruce reasons, classifying the son of Odin as a stronger opponent, being a True Divine Spirit and not a human with a Divine Construct in his hands.
'If I ever face this Thor, I'm going to have a lot of trouble. Mjolnir is a particularly effective weapon against me and what's in me. To defeat Thor alone in a direct fight, I'd have to use Laevatein or the Sword of Satanael, which are my personal equivalent of the atomic bomb.' Bruce thinks, unable to imagine a scenario where he defeats Thor without blowing up a city or making a mountain disappear or sinking an island.
'As for the Hulk in prison, I don't want to get involved in the Green Goliath's business, the last time I met a Hulk I had to regenerate most of my organs and reattach what was left of my legs.' Bruce thinks, crazy enough to face an angry Hulk, but sane enough not to do such a thing without a good reason.
The Planeswalker, ceasing to think, has to face three famous and powerful heroes of Earth, closes the three screens and takes off.
By closing his good eye for a moment, Bruce checks his internal clock, a side effect of his in-depth study of time magic, resulting in an extremely accurate mental/spiritual clock.
'It's 7:45, I have to get off work for now and take care of Mash.' Bruce thinks, getting up from his chair.
The Planeswalker walks silently to the bed, getting a perfect view of Mash and her smile.
'My Kohai is cute when she sleeps, no one would say she is a warrior woman capable of taking on the greatest in the multiverse and putting up with me for years.' Bruce thinks, showing a small smile on his face.
The Planeswalker is a twisted person, but that doesn't stop him from feeling affection for certain people, even if the way he expresses his effect is out of the ordinary.
Framed by arms, Bruce stands still as a statue and watches as Mash sleeps, observing how her rib cage rises and falls with each breath.
'It's 8:00, Mash has slept exactly eight hours, should I wake her up as usual or try something more intimate?' Bruce thinks, turning his left palm towards the ceiling.
In an instant, a perfect sphere of pure water appeared above Bruce's hand.
Just a wave of the hand and Mash is suddenly awakened by the water sphere. This method and others like it were used to wake the Demi-Servant girl in a matter of seconds.
With just a wave of the hand, Mash is suddenly awakened by the water ball.
This method and others like it were used to awaken the Demi-Servant girl, along with many other people.
Instead of doing what he's done a hundred times, Bruce stands still, holding the ball of water suspended figuratively and literally.
'Yesterday was a day that took an unexpected turn. I spent my time and energy giving Mash a pleasant evening and night. I have no plans for today, I could also give her a pleasant morning.' The Planeswalker thinks, making the sphere of water disappear, deciding to change his approach.
'I don't know if my feelings are pure friendship, camaraderie or love. I'm not good with feelings, but I sure want to see you happy, Knight Girl.' Bruce thinks, gently touching Mash's sleeping face.
This is a Kūdere in action, 90% of the time he is an indecipherable person, the other 10% he is a sweet person.
'What should I do for Mash? Take off my clothes, get under the covers and wake her up with caresses and little bites?' Bruce thinks, placing a hand under his chin, considering a more direct and physical approach.
'Better not, yesterday I satisfied Mash's libido. Better to wear a nice dress and prepare food. In my personal experience, receiving surprise food is better than a naked partner who wants sex.' Bruce thinks, considering it more thoughtful to prepare a gift with his own hands.
Making a gesture with one hand, Bruce uses one-hundredth of one-tenth of his energy to create a dome-shaped barrier around the king-size bed and Mash.
This barrier has no defensive properties, but rather serves to prevent the person inside from receiving stimuli from outside the barrier.
"I'll change my clothes and appearance, then I'll make a big breakfast." Bruce said, walking towards the small kitchen available in [My Room].
As Bruce walks, his tight suit begins to move as if it were a living being, changing shape, texture and color.
When the Planeswalker arrived in front of the refrigerator, her tight attire had become a French maid costume, complete with a short skirt, high stockings, and a maid's headdress.
The change did not stop only at her clothing, but also included her physical appearance, her light lilac hair became inky black, her good fluorescent purple eye became light grey.
For a few seconds, Bruce stares at his reflection in the refrigerator's surface, placing his hands on his hips and adjusting a few places on his suit.
'Being born with an androgynous body and an effeminate face has a lot of advantages, if I had even an ounce of testosterone I wouldn't be able to be a cross dresser or wear this French maid outfit with style.' Bruce thinks, finding his appearance and the outfit he's wearing pleasing.
"The cute look is there, now I just need a delicious dish and I can wake up my Knight Girl." Bruce mutters, deciding to apply a less Magical and more Psychic power.
The effeminate Planeswalker's good eye begins to glow a unique shade of purple-pink, shortly after the refrigerator opens on its own.
All the ingredients inside the refrigerator started floating out of it, at the same time, knives and bowls started moving by themselves.
"Gene-X is a curse and a blessing, but telekinesis despite its origins is too useful a power to not use." Bruce mutters, dividing his attention between using his power to quickly prepare breakfast and changing his hair.
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Within ten minutes, Bruce left the kitchen, his French braid replaced with a pair of long pigtails, held in place with hair ribbons.
A tray with a classic English breakfast floats around the Planeswalker at chest level.
Once near the bed, Bruce makes the barrier disappear with a simple gesture.
Then, Bruce leans forward and gets close to Mash's ear.
"Master Mash, this is Servant Saver, we must stand up and solve a Singularity." Bruce whispers, changing his accent from British to French to sound more sweet or charming.
"Saver with my Seal of Command I command you, let me rest and lie down next to me." Mash mutters softly, finding himself between waking and sleeping, moving his hand as if he had a Seal of Command.
'You're having one of your dreams where you and I switched roles. I appreciate that you're so into our adventures that you want to relive them in your own way.' Bruce thinks, starting to run his fingers through Mash's hair delicately.
"Master Mash, can you tell me who your favorite Servant is?" Bruce asks, taking advantage of the moment to have a little fun.
"You are my favorite, Saver, I always keep you by my side. Jeanne d'Arc and Scáthach are also beautiful and powerful, but you are special." Mash replies, admitting her preferences.
"For those words you deserve a small reward, My Lady." Bruce said in an exaggerated sweet tone.
The thawed Ice Prince now leans forward and kisses the Knight Girl on the lips.
As if in a fairy tale, Mash opens her eyes, as if she were Sleeping Beauty or Snow White.
"My Knight has finally awakened or should I call you Princess." Bruce said, as he caresses Mash's face.
"Senpai... I'm not a princess." Mash replies, blushing heavily since morning.
"No, you are my Master, my beautiful lady and I am your Servant Saver in a maid's outfit." Bruce said, lifting the corners of her skirt and giving a short bow.
Since the effeminate boy is wearing a short skirt and is lifting it up… you can understand why Mash turns red in the face and tries to look away – and I stress the word tries.
"Senpai, am I dreaming or am I awake?" Mash asks, slightly confused as to what's going on.
The Demi-Servant girl is not used to being woken up like this by her Senpai, certainly not by a Sepai dressed as a maid. It is not strange that Mash thinks she is in a naughty dream.
"What do you think?" Bruce asks, coming face to face with the Knight Girl.
'If it's a dream I don't want to wake up so early, if I'm awake I'll enjoy the moment.' Mash thinks, keeping her answer to herself.
The Planeswalker, receiving no response, moves Mash's hair to get a view of her left ear.
Then, he marks Mash as his woman by licking her ear. If that's not enough, he playfully nibbles Mash's ear.
"This is definitely not a dream!" Mash exclaims loudly, holding back a moan of pleasure and pain...
Bruce stops playing and returns to standing composedly by the bed.
"Round human ears are boring, but yours are cute and sweet." Bruce comments, complimenting in his own way.
"Eat, I made you breakfast in bed and got dressed especially for you." Bruce said, moving the tray with his telekinesis, placing it on Mash's lap.
"The food is delicious!" Mash said, smelling the hot breakfast.
"Is it my birthday or something important?" Mash asks, hoping she hasn't forgotten an anniversary or something.
"No, there is no event that needs to be commemorated or celebrated." Bruce replies with his usual stoic tone, but his face is decorated with a small smile.
"Another question, why a French maid?" Mash asks, trying to look her Master in the eyes and not down around her legs/thighs.
"Who doesn't love waitress uniforms they are some of the nicest things a beautiful woman or a cute guy with the right body type can wear." Bruce states, running a hand around her waist and hips.
'Without a doubt, the Senpai in my dreams would not talk about his love for maid uniforms.' Knight Girl thinks, completely sure that she is not dreaming.
Seeing that Mash is thinking too much and not eating, Bruce grabs the fork, spears a piece of omelette and brings it to the Demi-Servant girl's mouth.
"Open your mouth and bite." Bruce said, wanting to feed Mash.
'Enjoy the moment.' Mash thinks, with red cheeks, opening his mouth and eating the piece of omelette.
"Delicious as always." Mash comments, smiling, enjoying the experiment.
"Are we going to keep this up or should I let you eat alone?" Bruce asks, holding his fork up to Mash, letting her decide how to finish her breakfast.
Mash remains silent for a few seconds, wondering whether or not she will accept the proposal of her Master who is posing as a waitress.
"I'd like to eat breakfast alone." Mash said, taking the fork from Bruce.
"As you wish, My Lady." Bruce replies, returning to his soft, French-accented voice.
Mash quickly glances at her Senpai and starts eating her breakfast, not wanting the food to get cold.
The Master and Servant pair, whose roles have been reversed (?) for the time being, remain in comfortable silence.
When Mash put down his fork, Bruce spoke: "I like to see you happy, it's not like a rare diamond or the perfect crime scene, but it's close in quality."
After these words, Bruce took a napkin and wiped the corners of Mash's lips.
"Senpai, you are rarely this affectionate in the morning, you are often more abrupt, has winter just arrived in this world?" Mash asks, with a red face, not knowing how to explain his Master's caring/seductive attitude.
"It's not the changing seasons or my instincts. I just decided to make a little effort and be warmer to you." Bruce said, stroking Mash's head, moving her hair just enough to see both of the Knight Girl's eyes.
Taking a silver hair clip with a flower decoration from her dress, she adjusts Mash's hair.
"So I can see both of your eyes." Bruce said, having a weakness for certain eye colors.
"I love it when you're sweet, why can't you always be like this?" Mash asks, not realizing she's speaking her thoughts out loud.
Bruce's expression remains a perfect poker mask, showing neither hurt nor happy by Mash's confession.
"I'm a Tsundere and a Kūdere, 90% of the time I drive you crazy and 10% of the time I make love to you like crazy." Bruce declares, knowing he is a difficult and demanding lover.
"I agree with both of those things," Mash comments, somewhat embarrassed at not being careful with her words.
"That's why we make a good couple, we both know each other." Bruce said, getting down on his knees to open one of the compartments under the bed.
"Mash, you can go take a shower, I'll get you some clothes to go out, today we have to do some shopping to fix up the condo." Bruce said, choosing some rather daring clothes.
If Bruce has decided to be a devoted maid this morning, then his lady will have to be a rich diva who attracts everyone's attention.
Not knowing what kind of clothes she will have to wear during her afternoon outing, Mash gets out of bed, covering herself as much as she can with the thin blanket.
The Demi-Servant Girl has a habit of sleeping without clothes, no problem when she sleeps alone, but sometimes she gets strangely embarrassed when walking naked in front of her Master.
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Later, towards the afternoon inside Stark Tower.
Iron Man, real name Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark, has just entered the private parking lot of Stark Tower with his sports car.
Tony Stark is a genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist.
Not only did he invent the Iron Man armor, he wears it himself.
He is the CEO of Stark Industries, which once sold highly sophisticated weapons system technologies to government defense organizations like SHIELD and SWORD, who used them to maintain peace and order, but he retired his company from the weapons business and rededicated it to creating a better future for Earth.
Inside the fire-engine red sports car are two people, Tony Stark, in the driver's seat, and to his right, James "Rhodey" Rhodes.
Physically, Tony is a middle-aged man with black hair with two protruding tips and brown eyes. Currently, Tony is wearing a designer suit worth a five-figure sum.
Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes is Tony Stark's best friend and an officer in the United States Armed Forces.
Physically, Rhodey is a middle-aged man, well-groomed, has a proper haircut, and has brown eyes. He currently wears casual clothing.
When Tony got out of his car he was greeted by Pepper Potts.
Virginia "Pepper" Potts is an employee of Stark Industries, where she serves as Tony Stark's chief secretary.
She is close friends with Tony and Rhodey and is responsible for managing many of Tony's and Stark Industries' business deals.
Physically, Pepper Potts is a beautiful woman with long red hair tied in a low ponytail and green eyes.
She wears a tan blazer with a black shirt, a brown skirt, and shoes. In her hands she holds a corporate tablet with the Stark Industries logo.
"Pipier, I already know you're a great assistant, okay?" Tony said, still talking like a playboy.
The billionaire has decided to take a more upright and fair room in his life, unfortunately he has a whole life full of defects and bad habits behind him.
"You don't even have to park my car. We have valets for that." Tony said, obviously joking with this speech.
"For someone who lives for technology, you should try to answer the phone. I've been calling you for 20 minutes." Piper said, her voice serious, so professional and/or used to Tony's demeanor that she didn't show any anger or frustration.
Clearly, Piper and Mash will get along in the future, both are women who can handle men who are brilliant and equally complicated.
"I've been late an hour or two before, twenty minutes late is almost on time for me," Tony said, treating his tardiness as a minor enough issue to be no big deal.
"Tony, I wasn't calling you because you're late for an appointment. I was calling you because HYDRA just attacked the United Nations." Piper said, showing her boss the tablet.
The electronic device shows live images of a huge skull-shaped machine, with mechanical tentacles and weapons, underneath the machine there are about ten terrorists dressed in green and yellow.
"Is this happening right now? Where is SHIELD?" Tony asks with a serious expression.
Stark's female secretary can't answer things she doesn't know, but she can tell you what she does know.
"There's a military team at the UN. But, Tony, it's a plenary assembly. All the world leaders are there, including the President," Piper said, emphasizing how serious the situation is.
Tony, seeing an unprecedented disaster about to happen involving several high-profile figures, decides to take matters into his own hands.
The billionaire genius walks in a hurry towards his private elevator that is supposed to take him to his personal laboratory.
"Hey, where are you going?" Rhodey asks, asking a stupid question.
Isn't it obvious that Iron-Man is about to save the day?
"Pepper, reschedule my business lunch. I'll be a few minutes late." Tony declares, before leaving the room, having a new urgent assignment on his agenda.
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In a matter of minutes, Tony Stark enters the most secure room in Stark Tower, the armory.
Tony is ready for action, instead of wearing a normal suit, he wears a black jumpsuit covered in blue lines and his Arc Reactor in plain sight.
The billionaire stopped in front of a kind of metal capsule as tall as an adult man.
"Jarvis, turn it on." Tony orders, speaking to his trusty AI, Jarvis.
"Very good, sir. I'm starting Mark 6." Jarvis replies, starting up the capsule's systems.
The machine in front of Tony opens, revealing the pieces of the Iron-Man Mark 6 armor, devices designed to facilitate quick assembly.
Stepping into the capsule, Tony rests his back against the cold metal and raises his hands, then the technology does the rest of the work.
The capsule's mechanisms, coordinated by Jarvis, assemble the pieces of the Iron-Man armor around Tony, readying him for battle in less than a minute.
"Jarvis, open the roof." Tony said, stepping out of the capsule, ready to take flight.
A circular beam opens above Tony's head, no, Iron-Man, the armored superhero's personal take-off runway.
The High Tech armor's thrusters kick into action and Iron-Man blasts off from Stark Tower as if he were a human missile.
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Meanwhile, as Iron-Man is flying, Bruce and Mash are walking the streets.
Bruce decided to keep his maid outfit and take up the business of pushing a shopping cart full of room remodeling supplies and blue overalls—thin.
Mash wears Bruce's chosen outfit which is a golden dress with a slit that clings to her curves and a deep neckline that shows off her breasts, high heels, soft white fur, black bag, gloves, diamond earrings.
Simply put, Mash looks like a rich sex bomb.
'Why am I not surprised that Senpai dressed me like this?' Mash thinks, walking behind her Master, keeping her arms crossed under her chest.
Demi-Servant Girl being Bruce's third best female friend and his current assistant/accomplice, became the main victim of Bruce's doll game.
'I don't know what's more embarrassing to wear, Cosplay clothes or sexy clothes.' Mash thinks, having opted for a more modest outfit. However, she can hardly say no to her Senpai, especially when he's dressed as a French Maid and has brought her breakfast in bed.
'Mash, try to keep a stoic face, if you show embarrassment or any other emotion, you ruin the image I've tried to build.' Bruce said, speaking through his mental connection with the Demi-Servant Girl.
'Senpai, unlike you, I have a sense of modesty, embarrassment and shame. People are staring at us.' Mash thinks, aware that numerous men and women are looking at her.
'Everywhere we go we attract attention you should have gotten used to it long ago.' Bruce thinks, getting the same amount of attention from the people around.
The waitress uniform is a magnet for male and female attention.
'Attracting attention as a Shielder is one thing, attracting attention with a bold outfit is a whole other thing.' Mash thinks, walking slightly closer to her disguised Senpai.
"If my Lady feels uncomfortable with the attention of the plebs, you may hold my hand." Bruce said with a small smile and French accent, taking Mash's hand.
'You're having fun with this Roleplay.' Mash said, as she intertwined her fingers with her Senpai's fingers.
'You have Luz to blame, she was my first female best friend, my first Watson and my first sister. She influenced me a lot with her being a passionate nerdy girl.' Bruce said, blaming his previous female partner for developing some of his habits.
At that precise moment, Iron-Man flies above the block where Bruce and Mash are.
"Someone's running." Bruce comments, watching as the armored hero flies away.
"Senpai, is there something serious going on?" Mash asks, not having access to the information to figure out where Iron-Man is going or what he wants to do.
Instead of using magic, the Planeswalker simply pulls out of his suit a sort of futuristic rectangular smartphone with a metal case.
By pressing digital buttons and typing some keywords, Bruce finds out what's going on.
"The United Nations is under attack by HYDRA, a HYDRA with a terrible green and yellow aesthetic sense. The late HYDRA of our world at least had more style." Bruce comments, his sense of aesthetics and beauty hurt by the sight of those hideous uniforms.
'Senpai, we have to do something.' Mash said, wanting to help, her heroin sense kicking in.
Bruce sighs, takes off his ribbons, giving up his pigtails and his roleplay.
"Mash, we're not on vacation, Iron-Man is more than enough to save the day, especially against a group armed with inferior technology." Bruce said, not believing his presence is necessary, if it was a paranormal threat or a serious threat he would have chased Iron-Man immediately.
"Senpai, I like being with you and doing normal things, I want to enjoy a short vacation before going home. But we can't ignore a disaster that's in our range." Mash said, wanting to act as a Shielder and not stay on the sidelines living the good life with her Senpai, even if it's a tempting option.
Bruce draws a Rune in mid-air, using his magical energy. The people around have started to ignore the Master-Servant duo, paying attention to their own personal affairs.
"Shinuba is holding the groceries for me." Bruce said, looking down at his shadow.
Hearing these words Mash smiles kindly, happy that her Senpai listened to her.
Bruce knocks over his shopping cart and all his groceries should have fallen onto the sidewalk.
Instead, every single item in the cart sank into Bruce's shadow, as if it were quicksand.
"What I won't do out of love and duty." Bruce comments stoically, before snapping his fingers.
Her attire has gone from that of an attractive waitress to her tight black and purple jumpsuit that hides very little.
Her skin has returned to its light purple/white color, her hair is now a light lilac color, and her eyes glow neon purple.
His numerous tattoos are back on display, along with his physical features that resemble a dragon: two large, curved amethyst-colored horns on the top of his head, two large bat-like wings on his back, and a long tail covered in amethyst-colored scales.
"Let's go save the United Nations with Iron-Man, then the two of us will go back to the condo, I'll watch as you play the role of handyman, and I'll be your demanding customer." Bruce said, as if it were some kind of punishment for Mash.
"I would have done it anyway." Mash replies, a smirk on her lips, calling upon her Shielder armor.
"Tonight if I want to satisfy your carnal urges I'll put you on a leash and your Dangerous Beast Halloween costume." Bruce said, spreading his wings and taking Mash into his arms bridal style.
The Demi-Servant girl blushes at the mention of her Dangerous Beast costume, back then she didn't understand certain things and feelings.
"It's not a common punishment, especially if you're the only one seeing me in that costume." Mash said, her face returning to its normal color.
"I'll be less tender than usual, I'll bite and use my claws, horns and tail." Saver said, increasing his grip around Mash, so that his claws left thin scratches on the armor.
"Nothing new, this Knight is used to fighting a certain purple dragon." Mash said, making a first flirtatious move.
Saver doesn't respond to Mash's comment, instead he flaps his wings and takes off into the sky with Mash in his arms, chasing Iron-Man, who has a head start.
Saver has wings, but without using a potentially magical ability he is no faster than a sports car.
While the Iron-Man armor can reach speeds of Mach 2 with ease and beyond.
"Senpai, I'm busy. I don't want to be late." Mash said, aware of the difference in speed.
"I'll come up with a punishment fit for a Good Girl like you later." Bruce mutters, before applying the Reinforcement to his wings.
A basic spell but with enormous effects if used properly. In an instant, the Master and Servant duo are sprinting forward, going a dozen times faster than before.
"We should be reaching Iron-Man at the United Nations in a few minutes." Mash exclaims, holding on tight to her Senpai.
The first official meeting between two future Avengers is approaching.
Continues ...