Braedey entered the hospital room with Ken to see Sheeva on the hospital bed with a cast around her right lower leg and ankle, and her left arm and elbow. According to Ken, she was attacked by the same person who tried to kill Braedey at work which could explain why Sheeva was in hospital.
"Got something for you." Ken told Sheeva as Braedey entered the room. "Your files."
"Thanks, Ken." Sheeva smiled at Ken as he then left the room.
"You risked life and limb to save the world, and what they give you? Jello, and a crime drama set in Hawaii." Braedey said as he then looked at the TV which had 'Hawaii Five-0' on. "I swear, are you and Kono twins or related or something?"
Sheeva chuckled lightly as she smiled at her son. "It has its perks. Sponge bath ain't too bad."
Braedey closed the door. "Alright, who did this?" He now asked, getting serious.
"You remember Skrull Natasha Romanoff?" Emily asked. "The one who gave us a massive headache, and who we spent six years hunting all over the world? Well, this is her partner. Take a look at this." She then handed a folder over to Braedey who opened it.
Braedey's eyes widened in surprise into who was trying to kill him, Scorcher, and Sheeva. "Kraken Silverback." Braedey uttered as he looked at the picture.
"British special forces assasin. The kind of a unique asset that no government would ever admit to employing, except SHIELD." Sheeva explained to him.
"Black ops."
"Worse; they created a monster. Not like you. SHIELD made him better. It's how I met him, not just because we're blood-related at all. Kraken was Fury's favourite, as was I." Sheeva continued to explain. "We were undercover before Tony Stark became Iron Man, to spy on potential HYDRA cells. Kraken volunteered to stay behind when you were shot. And just before the HYDRA uprising a year later, Kraken disappeared. He's been a ghost ever since."
"Until now." Braedey finished the explanation as he puts the folder down. "What caused your brother to turn to the dark side? How do I find him?"
"My official answer is I don't know." Emily immediately answers.
"He almost killed me, Spike, and my friends."
"He also tried to put me in a bodybag too. Which is why when I get out, I'm gonna put a hurt on Kraken so bad, he's gonna wish he was never ever born." Sheeva told Braedey. "But until then, my official answer to you is stand down."
"You know you can't keep the fight out of the dog." Braedey shook his head; this is a personal matter.
"I know you, Braedey, which is why now, I give you the mother-to-son answer. You do whatever it is you gotta do. When you find Kraken, do one thing for me." Sheeva said.
"What's that?"
"Don't miss." Sheeva simply told him.
Braedey responds by smirking back. Braedey then left the hospital room. Kraken was going to pay for attacking and betraying the family.
~*~*~
After hailing a taxi, Braedey told the driver to take him to the CN Tower to help clear his head on the current situation he, Sheeva, and the others are now in. With Kraken now rogue and hunting the family, Braedey knew that anyone who knows both him and Emily are in grave danger. 'Something must've happened over the last three years. Something that caused him to turn bad. I have to get to the bottom of this, fast-'
Suddenly, without warning, the taxi Braedey was in suddenly got hit hard by a truck as it rolled over multiple times before exploding, causing civilians to scatter in fear of what happened.
The truck then stopped as a man climbed out of the car. He has tanned skin, long black hair that reached down to his shoulders, and green eyes, a scar over his left eye. He has on a black suit with a red shirt underneath. Kraken Silverback smirked to himself as he seemingly has finally killed Transformer.
Kraken then got out his phone and he called someone. "Hood, the Avengers are dead. No one can stop us now." He told The Hood, who is on the end of the line.
"Except for me."
Connor looked to the destroyed taxi that was on fire and he now saw something that caused his eyes to widen shock, horror and anger. A hulking humanoid walked through the flames like it didn't bother him at all. As the being walked out of the fire, it revealed itself to be Venom.
Venom snarled darkly, just before turning back into Braedey, as he walked menacingly towards Kraken.
"Never should've ended up here, hero." Kraken stated.
"I was raised by a family who taught me the difference between being a villain or being a hero." Braedey said back as he glared at Kraken. "Why did you betray your own family?"
"Your mistake!" Kraken exclaimed. "I'm not here to play games. You and Sheeva killed Earth's rightful rulers."
That sentence only took Braedey nanoseconds to connect the dots. "You sided with the Skrulls. Look, they're all dead. You're all alone. Now surrender."
Kraken simply points an SMG at the robot shapeshifter. "How about I just kill you? The Hood and his new friends will be satisfied with you and your Avenger friends' demise." He fired a burst which hit Transformer in the chest, but instead of falling to the ground, Braedey just stood back up as the bullet holes disappeared.
"It's going to take more than just bullets to kill me." Braedey grunted. He smirked internally, knowing his now-Cybertronian anatomy can withstand small firearms without any issue.
Kraken was about to shoot again when suddenly, he got blown off his feet by a grenade explosion. Kraken shook his head, now looking over to see what caused the explosion. His eyes narrowed darkly. "YOU!"
Transformer follows Kraken's eyeline to the individual, and his eyes immediately widened in shock and surprise. "No fraggin' way."
The individual happened to be Rex Salazar, the 16-year-old, amnesiac EVO with the ability to grow weapons and machines out of his body at will. Rex had his Slam Cannon armed, the barrel smoking as a result of the explosive round he just shot.
"Whoa... didn't expect this." Braedey commented softly.
Kraken's face turned to that of anger. "You. EVO scum! I'll deal with you later." Kraken threw down a flash bang, forcing both Transformer and Rex to cover their eyes. That was a mistake as Kraken had vanished.
Rex, after turning his Slam Cannon arm back to normal, turned to Transformer. "You alright there?"
Braedey continued to look on in shock and surprise. "You... You're Rex Salazar... What the scrap? I'm... oh, it's an honour to meet you."
Rex smiled as he shook his head. "The honour is mine, Transformer."
"Sorry, it's a shock. But, hang on. What are you doing here?" Braedey apologised as he started to walk away from the area with Rex following close behind him.
"I've been watching you for a while ever since what happened in Sokovia. But right now, you need to come with me." Rex explained.
"Whoa, wait. I'm not going anywhere. I've got some business to take care of, Rex. So, I would appreciate it if you would leave." Braedey immediately as he then stormed off to go hunting for Kraken.
Suddenly, time started to freeze except for Braedey who looked around in confusion as he saw Rex was frozen as well. Braedey waved his hand in front of Rex, but got no reaction. Braedey now started to hear someone eating some popcorn as he turned around to see who it was.
It happened to be a man wearing a eggplant purple cashmere frock coat that reached mid-thigh with a corduroy collar, wearing it with a burgundy bow tie and braces, dark jeans and a new pair of brown leather boots.
"Ah, Mr. Martin. Finally found you at last. Took me a decade to find you." The man said nonchalantly.
"Wait a second, you are Professor Paradox." Braedey realised who it was, from the stories Ben had told him.
"Quite right, Mr. Martin. Glad to know Mr. Tennyson still remembers you from your last dimensional journey." Paradox said.
"So Ben DOES still remember me from our little cross-dimension adventure awhile ago." Braedey chuckled, then he got her serious. "But if you're here, then it could mean something very very bad is about to happen, correct?" Braedey asked to Paradox.
"Right, you are. Thanks to your surrogate mother Sheeva's brother's involvement with The Hood. The entire multiverse is in danger, unless you go with Rex Salazar and rendezvous with the others. You have a higher call to duty, Mr. Martin, and you must heed the call. Otherwise, to put it in your view, we're toast." Paradox explained the situation.
Braedey now started to process what Professor Paradox has told him. Singlehandedly, Kraken Silverback has not only doomed the universe, but even the multiverse, and Braedey was the only one who can stop him, The Hood, Animo, and their new allies. This was much bigger than Braedey could ever imagine.
"Alright, Paradox. If Kraken is indeed threatening the multiverse, guess I have no choice but to step in." Braedey finally said, feeling he's ready to widen up his circle of trust.
"That's my boy. Now if you would excuse me, I'm missing the 2008 Olympics." Paradox said with a shrug. And in a bright flash of light, Paradox was gone as time resumes.
Braedey immediately turned back to Rex. "Actually, on second thoughts. I wanna help, guess we both share an common enemy."
This caught Rex by surprise. "Really?" Braedey just nodded his head. "Hell, yeah! Whoa, wait till everyone else finds out you're real, they're so gonna flip."
"I'm not just a machine. An Avenger." Braedey corrected to the EVO.
Rex looked at the brunette in complete shock. "Shut the front door."
"Let's ride." Braedey smirked, separating himself to form one part of him into a motorcycle, his other half being the rider.
~*~*~
Soon, the two arrived at the same place where the first Hollow Earth tunnel was discovered by Ken. On the way, Braedey had left a note for the Young Avengers, putting them in charge of looking after Seattle and Earth while he was gone. Rex got out of Ironhide who was in his pickup truck form before transforming into his robot form.
"This was where Ken discovered the Hollow Earth tunnels three years earlier. This is your safehouse?" Ironhide asked.
"Anywhere safer than out here. It's not just a safehouse." Rex said as he lead the robot shapeshifter into the safehouse. The only difference is everything was cleared up, and the lights were on. In addition, there looked to be Cybertronian technology lining the hole like a Spacebridge. Also, multiple heroes from across the omniverse walked around, doing their tasks.
"You can turn back. Pretty much everyone here knows who you are. They'd probably shoot you at the sight of a Transformer." Rex adds. Ironhide chuckled lightly as he shifted back to human form. Braedey took in all the technology which was high-tech as he continued to follow Rex.
"Here, we have Chase Davenport, you two have met." Ahsoka introduces as Chase nodded his head at Braedey in both greeting and respect. "That is Morgan Stark."
"Wassup." A brunette girl greeted Braedey as she happened to be wearing her own streamlined Iron Man suit with the iconic red and gold paintjob.
"Pleasure." Braedey nodded back, shaking hands with her.
"And I think you already know this guy." Rex chuckled as he finished introductions.
A brunette with green eyes in a green jacket walked up towards the group, Braedey looking at him. He then spotted the gauntlet on the left arm, and the familiar hourglass symbol on the gauntlet.
"Ben Tennyson." Braedey greeted with a smile, he and Ben sharing a bro-hug. "It's been some time."
"You've aged a bit." Ben noted, and took note of Braedey's attire. "But you definitely kept your colours."
"Same to you." Braedey added. He then eyed the gauntlet. "New Omnitrix?" He asked.
"Actually, it's called the Ultimatrix. Think of it as an upgrade of sorts." Ben clarified. He then saw no sign of the Transformatrix on Braedey's wrist. "Where yours?"
"I am NOW the Transformatrix." Braedey clarified, now opening up his chest to reveal his new Matrix. "Voila."
"Nice." Ben noted, Braedey now shutting up his chest. "You handled yourself well out there. Saw what you did with the container ship."
"Thanks." Braedey smiled. "By the way, why are you, Rex, and Morgan here?"
Before Ben could explain why they were here in the first place, a voice interrupted him.
"No way!" The three looked at the source as Skylar Storm had entered the room and had already noticed the new arrival. "Rex, you didn't tell me we were getting help from an Avenger. I'm Skylar Storm."
"Skylar Storm. If I remember correctly, you have 26 superpowers, definitely Avenger material with enough training." Braedey scratched his chin as he thought about her.
Skylar smiled as she reacted to the praise. "Thanks."
"So, why are you all here,?" Braedey asked again to Ben.
"We need your help." Ben replied, now looking serious as a portal opened up. "Follow us."
Braedey looked back at Ben, and he nodded sharply, watching the other heroes go first into the portal. He stopped at the portal, touching it with both of his hands. When he retracted them, they were completely dry. Braedey closed his eyes and took a deep breath before stepping through, then everything went black.
~*~*~
Seconds later, Braedey comes running out of the portal before stopping himself as he looked around his new surroundings; he was in some kind of underground base with a green ambience to it. There also looked to be some sort of control room at the other end of the large room.
Braedey then noticed two figures that looked rather familiar to him from his own universe, one being that of a female redhead in red attire with green eyes, and a male who has short black hair, jeans, and boots.
"Braedey, this is Kevin Levin, and that's Ben's cousin Gwen Tennyson. Guys, you already know who this is." Rex gave some introductions.
"You must be Braedey. I'm Gwen." Gwen stepped forwards, introducing herself as she shook hands with the Avenger.
"Pleasure. Have to say, it's almost like looking into a mirror." Braedey commented nonchalantly. "You really remind me of my cousin, Jessie."
"Oh?" Gwen raised an eyebrow.
Braedey then looked around. "So, this is your HQ? Not bad." He noted.
"Follow us." Ben said, Braedey now following with the other heroes alongside them. "This isn't actually Plumber HQ, it's a mountain base/bunker, a good place to lay low when every big bad guy wants you dead."
"And since Union Academy went dark, we've been sending information to and from operatives who haven't been captured yet. And gather as many allies and forces from across the omniverse to help us." Gwen continued to explain as she turned to Braedey. "We need a wild card, a secret weapon. That's why we needed you."
"I'm all ears." Braedey answered. "Besides, saving the world and the universe has become sort-of a job for me."
Soon, the group stopped in front of a pair of large steel doors. Kevin began working on the delicate electrics of the device while a question popped up in Braedey's mind. He turned to Ben.
"How long has this been going on for?" Braedey asked with interest.
"Two months now. Things have changed since the attack." Ben replied as a loud clunk comes from the metal doors. "We're no longer an army, Transformer. We're The Resistance." The doors opened slowly and everyone walks inside. "Welcome to the SuperDome."
Braedey looked around in awe of the base which is built directly into the mountainside, the rock wall forming the arches for the roof. The entire base is six times the size of the Singapore National Stadium with the roof rising over 600 metres. Along the walls are large scaffolding as multiple buildings are built into the rock walls. In the open spaces are thousands of people including soldiers, mechanics and scientists along with dozens of vehicles including ships, fighters, gunships and other vehicles, all with a symbol of a rising phoenix.
"Aw man, can't believe Ken isn't here to see all this. He's so gonna be jealous." Braedey commented.
"Ben, tell me you brought something good this time." A voice calls out, causing the four heroes to see a handsome man with an athletic build, short, brown hair that is gelled on the top and has blue eyes.
"No, Alaric. Even better, an Avenger." Ben replied as Alaric shook Braedey's hand. "Braedey, meet Alaric Saltzman. One of the two headmasters at Union Academy."
"You caused quite a buzz here. Especially after the Avengers Civil War mess." Alaric then turned to the Alien trinity. "They need you in the briefing room, they've started the briefing."
Ben, Gwen and Kevin then left the two as Braedey walked beside Alaric. "Yeah, well, I've faced much bigger threats."
"That, I'm impressed with. I'm curious, Braedey. Did you have an idea of Union Academy's existence back on Earth-199?" Alaric asked to Braedey out of curiosity.
"No, Alaric. I was just too busy living my life and saving the world." Braedey answered, taking note of the many different military forces and vessels. "Impressive."
"Incoming!" A voice called out as seconds later, a female landed in front of the two. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and slim body while wearing a blue suit with a yellow belt, red skirt and the red 'S,' dark pantyhose and red boots. "Hey, Alaric."
"Hey Kara. I'm just showing the new kid around before his first mission." Alaric greeted the girl before gesturing to Braedey who gave her a two finger salute.
"How you doing?" Braedey greeted casually.
Kara immediately wasted no time as she held her hand out. "I'm Kara, but you can call me Supergirl."
"Name's Braedey Martin, codename Transformer. And I can do this." Braedey then began to break apart and transform into Bumblebee. "Sting like a bee."
"No way." Kara uttered in shock as Transformer turned back to normal.
"Nice knowing you, Supergirl." Braedey said before walking off with Alaric.
Kara smiled at not just the teenager's abilities, but how cute he looked. Kara smiled before squealing to herself like a little girl. 'I so wanna date him when this is over.'
Back with Braedey and Alaric, Alaric retrieved a J2O from a vending machine. "J2O, can't beat a nice cool drink. Want one?"
Braedey shook his head as Alaric then got him a cola. "Look, The Hood is not on his own. He has recruited other villains to form some kind of Negative Ten team, and has vowed to wipe out every superhero and anyone they've allied with. This puts everyone on and off campus, even in the omniverse in grave danger, which is why we came here, and I don't give a damn about The Hood. It's you I want, and we both can both help to get what we both need."
Braedey stared at Alaric for a few seconds before responding. "I'm listening."
~*~*~
"Just recently, intelligence has emerged that one of The Hood's associates, Deathstroke has kidnapped a superhero known only by the name 'Rogue.' She's got herself into some deep water because from the information so far, this Rogue can absorb the powers, skills and memories of other people just by touching them." Alaric explained to Braedey as they stood in the ops room of the base.
Braedey absorbed the information, now surprised by Rogue's abilities. "What else do we know?" He asked.
"Well, Rogue has been trying to deliver a device unlike anything we've seen before." Alaric then gestured for one of technicians to bring up something on the screens. "Say hello to God's Eye. This thing can hack into anything that's on the digital network. Every cell phone, satellite, ATM machine and computer, simultaneously. If it's got a microphone or a lens, God's Eye can use it to find you."
"So, it's a tracking device and a kidnapped mutant. That's it?" Braedey asked.
"Not exactly." Alaric stated. "It's the killing blow. If The Hood can turn Rogue to the dark side and gain God's Eye, the omniverse's only hope will be crushed. But if we can get rescue Rogue, retrieve God's Eye. We can locate where The Hood and his cronies are operating from, and launch an attack." Braedey continued to gather the information presented to him so far as Alaric continued. "And that's why we need you, kid. We need the perfect weapon."
"Alright. I'm in. How much have I got? I need to go find Rogue and God's Eye. And Fast." Braedey stated, agreeing to help the Resistance fight back.
"Good on ya, Braedey. I assumed you'd say that. Which is why to save time, we've selected and put together a team for you. Fits into your style of operating." Alaric smiled as the elevator doors, announcing the arrival of Transformer's new team.
"Braedey Martin, allow me to introduce your teammates." Alaric said as the group entered the room and shook hands with the shape-shifting Avenger. "Zatanna Zatara, Anakin Solo, Ben Tennyson, Rex Salazar, Skylar Storm, Morgan Stark, Gwen Tennyson, and Kevin Levin."
"A sorceress, a Jedi, a tech, an EVO, bearer of the Omnitrix, a multi-powered hero, an Osmosian, and a born leader. Doesn't sound like a recipe for disaster for starters." Braedey smirked.
"Guess we're working with an Avenger. Tick that off my bucket list." Anakin smiled.
"Wish we had to time to get to know each other. But we've got a job to do, right Chimera?" Skylar looked at Braedey, who smirked in reply.
"Let's get underway." Braedey announced.