Phoenix Under Attack!

[hulksmashed.livejournal.com]

That's the headline people are trying to avoid.

The Hulk doesn't care. His gait brings him ever closer to the populated city, and so far, nothing seems to stop it.

There's hope that the sandstorm that just kicked up might buy them more time. A sandstorm that's the doing of Crusader, the new girl carrying Thor's hammer and Captain America's shield, who's crazy enough to try to face the Hulk without the help of her team, who have been held up by dealing with some other U.S. agent.

The storm doesn't stop him. It only slows him.

Slightly.

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[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"You can call me Patriot," the man answers, firing a blast of stun-energy at Wolverine, taking advantage of the webbing. "You must be with the flying girl, right?"

[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

Another gob to Moondragon's face.

"In case you haven't noticed, there are about FORTY flying girls here, Pattie, but we're with the one with the hammer!"

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"That's her," Patriot replies, sending a kick to Wolverine's gut. "I'm an old friend of her old man -- I'm not sure, but I'm guessing we're on the same side."

[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

"How 'bout you tell us what your side is, and we'll figure it out from there!"

His body jerks suddenly - WAY too close with that last blast from the lightning-bolt swimsuit woman...

[proteus-maximus.livejournal.com]

Morph moves towards the Hulk, shifting his form almost randomly, hoping the beast will be confused by the changes.

"So, can we knock him to the North Pole or something?"

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"Long as you're not murderers," Patriot replies. "We need to save Phoenix, but we can't let them just kill the Hulk!"

He turns his energy blasters on the Hulk to further distract him. "Look at me, you big green bastard!"

[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

Spidey swings with Dazzler, but lands a reasonable distance from the creature to keep the non-invulnerable types safe.

"Why not? It's obviously going to have no problem killing us - and if the guy that spawned it isn't even IN there anymore... what are we really killing?"

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

"Who's to say?" Patriot replies. "How do we know that there isn't a duplicate of Banner in there? We don't know what the Beyonder did to him." He fires again, trying to get the Hulk pursuing him.

"And what set him off towards Phoenix anyway? Look... there are other alternatives, but the Hulkbusters don't want to hear them!"