Marvel: The Enlightened One-Chapter 71: [] - The Beginning of Hawk’s Vengeance (Bonus)
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Hawk?
Anya?
What the hell was this about??
Bruce Banner and Natasha Romanoff exchanged a look of pure confusion.
...
Hawk’s gaze on Bruce Banner grew calmer, his tone becoming completely devoid of emotion.
"September 10th, 2009."
"Manhattan."
"That day, my sister and I were leaving Times Square after a day out. The Abomination appeared, and then the Hulk showed up."
"The two monsters started fighting, and the entire block descended into chaos. In the fallout from their battle, countless innocent people were killed."
"Including my sister."
"When the Hulk smashed the Abomination into the side of a skyscraper, the falling debris... it struck my sister."
"..."
As Hawk spoke, his voice calm and almost hollow, the initial confusion on Bruce and Natasha’s faces slowly gave way to a dawning, grim understanding.
Right.
A victim’s family had come to collect...
Natasha thought to herself, her eyes instinctively flicking toward Bruce Banner.
A look of profound guilt washed over Bruce’s face.
He looked at Hawk, who was watching him with that same unnervingly calm expression, and opened his mouth. "I am so sorry for the loss of your sister."
Hawk just snorted.
Just as he was about to speak, Natasha cut in, her brow furrowed. "Hawk... we sympathize with what happened to your sister, but that wasn’t Bruce Banner’s fault. It was the Abomination’s. Dr. Banner was the one who stopped him."
Hawk’s gaze shifted to Natasha.
His voice was hauntingly quiet.
"Are you saying my sister’s death was just... collateral damage?"
"What??"
Natasha was taken aback for a second before shaking her head. "It was a terrible tragedy. No one wanted to see that happen. Your sister’s death was a horrible accident..."
"..." Hawk’s face was completely expressionless.
"I will deal with the Abomination... But my sister died because of the Hulk. If the Hulk hadn’t thrown the Abomination, the debris wouldn’t have fallen, and my sister wouldn’t have been killed on the spot."
Listening to his tone shift from calm to ice-cold, Natasha felt a prickle of unease.
Bruce, however, was overcome with guilt and spoke to Hawk again. "I am so sorry for your sister’s death. Truly. If there was any way I could make it up to you, I would."
He wasn’t a bad person. He never had been.
If he were, his first reaction after becoming the Hulk wouldn’t have been to run.
Just look at the Abomination—the moment he transformed, he went full Homelander.
So, His guilt was real. And his desire to make amends was genuine.
Hearing Bruce Banner’s words, Hawk laughed.
He looked at Bruce, a brilliant, chilling smile spreading across his face.
"Make it up to me? You’ll get your chance. Hand over the Hulk—"
"What?"
"A life for a life. The Hulk killed my sister. So I’ll take the Hulk’s life in return."
"..."
Bruce Banner froze.
Natasha was floored. Her expression shifted as she stared at Hawk, a sense of dread creeping in.
Is this kid a lunatic?
Natasha thought, shaking her head with a weary sigh. She took Bruce by the arm and started pulling him toward their sports car.
"We’re leaving—"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The car, parked a short distance away, suddenly imploded. An invisible palm print appeared, pressing down on the frame from above.
Instantly.
The sports car crumpled under the immense pressure.
CRACK!
Natasha instinctively drew the weapon holstered at the small of her back, chambering a round as she aimed it at Hawk—the man she had just dismissed as a lunatic.
Hawk narrowed his eyes, watching her level the gun at him.
"My score is with the one responsible. The Hulk killed my sister. Are you planning on harboring a criminal, Agent Natasha Romanoff of S.H.I.E.L.D?"
"..."
Natasha’s eyes widened, her pupils contracting as she stared at the man who had just stated her name and affiliation with perfect accuracy.
"Who are you?"
Hawk ignored her, his gaze shifting to Bruce Banner, whom Natasha had instinctively shielded behind her.
Natasha’s voice was low and steady. "And for the record, Dr. Bruce Banner is not a criminal. He was granted a full presidential pardon."
A pardon?
From the president??
A derisive smile touched Hawk’s lips as he looked at Natasha. "A presidential pardon? What the hell does that have to do with me? I’m the victim’s family. Did you ever hear me say I was dropping the charges?"
Hearing his words, Natasha’s expression became intensely wary.
Just then.
"Natasha."
Bruce Banner, who had been shielded behind her, stepped forward. He gently pushed down the barrel of her gun and looked at Hawk, who had come for justice, his lips pressed into a thin line.
"Listen, kid. I’m truly sorry for your sister’s death. But the Hulk did that, not me. I’m a victim of the Hulk, too. Believe me, if there’s anyone in this world who wants the Hulk dead, no one wants it more than I do."
And that was the truth.
At least, for now, that’s exactly how he felt.
He was the Hulk’s first victim.
Because of the Hulk, he’d lost his job with the military... Because of the Hulk, he’d lost his mansion in Quantico and his girlfriend whose father was a general...
And because of the Hulk, he’d been forced to flee the land of the free and hide out in India.
Standing before Natasha, Bruce Banner looked at the young man who had come to hold him accountable, his voice sincere and filled with emotion.
Hawk just laughed.
"Dr. Banner, I know you are you, and the Hulk is the Hulk. That’s why I haven’t laid a hand on you. As I said, I’m here to settle a score with the one responsible. So, I’ll say it one last time. Let the Hulk out. This is between me and him."
"I can’t."
Bruce Banner shook his head, his expression grim. "Kid, I can’t do that. If the Hulk comes out, I can’t control him."
Hearing this, Hawk looked down and sighed.
When he looked back up at Bruce Banner, the calm in his eyes had been completely replaced by a coldness as deep and unforgiving as a glacier.
The next second.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Hawk’s figure vanished. In the same instant, Bruce Banner was sent flying backward, crashing like a meteor into the vacation cabin behind him.
Natasha stared in shock at Hawk, who now stood where Bruce had been just a moment ago.
"Sh—"
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
Hawk drove his boot straight into her stomach, sending her flying five meters back. His voice was ice-cold. "This is between me and the Hulk. If S.H.I.E.L.D gets involved, I have no problem turning the entire organization into collateral damage."
Natasha, who had crashed hard to the ground, stared back at him in utter disbelief.
Just then.
A low growl echoed from the cabin, which now had a massive, man-sized hole in its wall.
Peering through the hole, a vague silhouette could be seen struggling in the wreckage, its guttural roars sounding as if it were desperately trying to cage something within itself.
Anya.
I’ll have your revenge soon!
Hawk stood outside, stone-faced. He took a deep breath, bringing his body and mind to their absolute peak in an instant.
At the same time.
The figure in the ruins of the cabin let out a final, agonized roar that grew louder and louder.
It was clear.
Bruce Banner could no longer contain the Hulk. With the sound of tearing fabric, the once-struggling cabin fell completely silent.
The next second.
A massive green silhouette filled Hawk’s vision.
...
"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUULK!!!!!!!!!"
The colossal, green-skinned Hulk, sporting his signature bowl cut, leaped from the hole in the cabin. With a roar announcing his arrival, he brought his fists together into a massive hammer and swung down at Hawk, who looked like nothing more than an ant in comparison.
Hawk looked up. The moment his right hand clenched into a fist, the ground beneath his feet fractured. He met the Hulk’s mountain-sized fists, driving his own right fist upward to meet the blow.
The Hulk’s massive fist and Hawk’s small one collided.
Instantly. The world went silent, as if it had entered a realm of absolute quiet.
And then—
The sound barrier shattered.
A shockwave of pure, kinetic energy exploded from the point of impact, a ring of destruction that tore through the landscape.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The ground beneath Hawk’s feet shattered, spiderwebbing cracks spreading out in all directions.
CRASH!
The Hulk, who had used the momentum of his jump to try and smash Hawk into a pulp, was sent flying backward. His massive, hill-like body once again crashed through the vacation cabin, disappearing into the wreckage.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The shockwave from their collision tore outwards like a hurricane, ripping through everything in its path.
The vacation cabin, being the closest, took the full force of the blast.
The wooden structure offered no resistance. In the blink of an eye, the front porch was ripped from its foundation, followed by the door, the beds, and even the walls.
Natasha met the same fate.
The hurricane blast reached her five meters away. Just as she managed to get to her feet, the force of the shockwave slammed into her. Her face visibly distorted under the pressure, and then her entire body was lifted off the ground once more.
BAAAAAAAM!
She was thrown through the air in a perfect arc before crashing onto the roof of a yellow Corolla. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
The moment she slammed onto the roof, the car’s four side windows and both the front and rear windshields shattered simultaneously.
The roof caved in like a tin can.
Gwen, who had been hiding under her car on Hawk’s instruction, stared wide-eyed at the crumpled remains of the Corolla her father, George, had given her for her sixteenth birthday.
And at the unconscious woman who was now sleeping on top of it.
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