Meanwhile in New York unnoticed from most of the Other Authorities the Avengers had their own Problems. After they had fought against Gravitar in the Harbor they had done all to form a Team. Tony had put most of his Time into build the old Villa of his Mother into a State of the Art Headquarter for the new found Avengers. But it wasn´t that easy he soon had to learn. First it was fun. Most of the Villains had surrendered by the sheer force of the united Heroes. But soon he had to learn that his Members had first to understand that they were a team now. Most of them understood that it was better for them to work in a team but Members like the Hulk and Thor had been alone for most of their times and both of them hadn’t been the best friends in the beginning. Thor didn’t understand the World he was in and Hulk was a Force of destruction. In the best case he was able to focus his anger to someone else but he had made plans to take down the Hulk if necessary.
Soon after their first fights they had found out that another Asgardian Fighter had entered the Earth Realm. Her name was Amora the Enchantress and she was a Magician. Not that Tony believed in Sorcery but he had to admit that her control over an unknown form of Matter Manipulation was impressive. Her first attack was focused on the Hulk. She had managed to manipulate his Mind with her Magic and so he and Thor had fought their first Battle in the Central Park. There the new found team was almost beaten by Amora and her Bodyguard. Some giant Hulk-like warrior from Asgard. His Axe was had the Power to manipulate the four elements and they had put on a terrible Fight. But after this the Team begun to work together.
After the fight the Avengers had to follow the Hulk who had run away. On this Tour they had found the legendary Steve Rogers aka Captain America. He had been frozen in the Ice and was still alive. After he had learned what he had to know about the last 60 Years he had teamed up with the Avengers giving them a PR boost that made them over night to the most trusted Super heroines in the World. The World had never forgotten what Captain America had done for the World in WW2. But sadly Steve had mighty Enemies in the Past and some of them were still active. The most dangerous of them was Baron Zemo. He had been one of the Leaders of Hydra during WW2 and as soon as he had found out that his archenemy was still alive he had put everything besides until he would have personally killed Captain America once and for all.
His first try to kill him was a terrible failure and he was almost beaten but Amora had an offer for him. With the assistance of the Enchantress had been able to form his own team of Villains and called them “Masters of Evil”. The Avengers and the Masters had fought many fights but in the End the Avengers had been always victorious and had even gained new Members.
T'Challa, also known as the Black Panther, was the Ruler of a little Nubian Country named Wakanda. His skills in Martial Arts were almost as good as the Skills of the Black Widow or even Captain America. But his most powerful weapon was his Mind and his Vibranium Weapons. Wakanda was the only place on this Planet where this Metal could be found and Cpt. Americas Shield was built from it and a special Metal.
Hawkeye was a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent that had been arrested because of a plot from the Black Widow. He only a normal Human but his skills with a Bow were something that nothing could match. He was able to hit under every condition and it was told that he never missed a target in his life.
The rest of the team was Tony Stark as the Leader, Captain America, Ant-Man, Hulk and Wasp. When the Avengers hadn´t to work on some global Crisis they tried to keep a normal Life as good as possible. Thor and Hulk stayed most of the Time in the Villa and Wasp and Ant-Men worked on their individual Jobs.
Hawkeye tried everything he could to track down the Black Widow who had betrayed him during a Mission and who worked for Hydra. Little did he know that she was undercover there on a secret mission from Nick Fury.
Only Tony Stark was always on duty. He had promised to help S.H.I.E.L.D. to build a new Prison for the captured Super Villains but most of the plans were not good enough for him. The 4 most secured Prisons on this Planet had been shut down all in a matter of Hours and not even the best secret had been able to protect them. So he had burned all the Plans right in front of Fury and his Second in Hand Agent Hill with a Repulsor Beam. Then he had said that he and Reed Richards would work on something new and flew away.
Now he was in the Baxter Building and tried to get the attention of the Men with the greatest intellect on this Planet as the Press called Reed Richards. It wasn’t easy for Tony but he had to admit that on certain fields Reed was really smarter than him and with his Wife he possessed something that fueled the envy of Tony even more. Even as he was in a relationship with Pepper Pots he had always had a crush for Susan Storm Richards. She was a true Bombshell and very clever too. What she found on a Nerd like Reed was something he could never understand.
“Hey. If you won’t talk to me I could go to your wife and have a bit of fun with her?” he asked Reed who immediately responded to him now. He stretched his body until his torso was right before his head.
“Right now I know 12 possible ways to seal you inside your armor forever Tony!” he said angry but only seconds later he understood that Tony had made a Joke to get his Attention and both of the Masterminds laughed.
“What do you want here anyway? Didn’t you play the great Superhero?” he asked him and Tony grinned at him.
“Pah! The Avengers saved this World this Week two times! Beat this before you try to be funny.”
“The Fantastic Four saved this Planet this Morning and as much as I Remember 129 times the last Year. But you Avengers do a good job.” He smiled back and Tony crossed his arms before his Mark 8 Armor. He knew that he couldn’t win this Game. The Fantastic Four were active for more than 7 Years now. Most of their battles were legendary and even the Supervillains that the Avengers had fought until now were only B. List Villains against Enemies like Doctor Doom or Galactus the Planet eater. But while the FF4 fought Cosmic Level threats they hadn’t the Time to fight the lower Level Enemies of the Planet. He knew that Reed meant it like he said it. He was happy that the Avengers were out there to keep the Streets save while he and his team fought against everything that was a threat for the entire Planet.
“I came here so we could try to find a way to imprison the Captured Villains in a place that is save. Do you have an Idea?” he asked him and Reed nodded.
“I do. But it is a bit risky. My last Research was an alternative Dimension that I called the Negative Zone. It is a Mirror Universe of our own and is build up entirely out of Anti Matter. First I was only able to monitor it but now I have created a way to enter the world through a Portal.”
Tony´s eyes widen as he heard this. “MOMENT MOMENT! You said Anti-Matter? Are you nuts? If Matter comes into contact with Anti-Matter it will annihilate itself in an Explosion!”
“No Really? I didn’t knew that. And besides it isn’t an Explosion. It is a Transformation from Matter into Energy. I know the risk but I have found a place inside this Dimension I can enter without triggering a…. Explosion… as you called it. I had planned to travel to this place in 2 days. If you want you can come with us?”
“Why should I do this? I need to find a safe spot for the Villains not an Antimatter Dimension.”
“And you call me nuts. Tony. Think of it. You can only enter this Dimension from this Building. It is like a safe. Even if the Prisoners could escape the Prison again they wouldn’t have a place to go. This is the Perfect Place for a Prison. But I haven’t solved the Problem with the Guards.”
“Maybe I could help you with that. Pym and I had worked on something new for S-H.I.E.L.D. This is the ULTRON unit. It is an Android that is built with my ARC Reactor Tech and Pym´s own creation of a Positronic Brain. They are programmed to rehabilitation the Prisoners and are built with non-Lethal Weapons in case they need to defend themselves. What do you think of them?”
“Mhm. Looks like an interesting Design. You should try to build a new version for the Head.”
“I know. But Pym had put an Ant as the Model and he won´t change it. You know how he thinks about Ants.”
“He calls himself Ant-Man.” Reed smiled. “Okay. We will travel tomorrow at 8AM. That is in the Morning Tony!” he smiled and Tony rolled his Eyes.
“You are the best Science in the World but your Humor is terrible.” He countered and then both of them tried to work on the Plans for the Trip. Reed had planned to take only Ben with him in case that the Dimension was dangerous. Tony told him that he would bring the Black Panther with him.