Disclaimer: I dont own The X-men, Thunderbolts, Avengers or any other Marvel character

The only characters that do belong to me are the OC's Slade, Sieg and others that appear

This is a sequal to my X-men fix Cry of the Phoenix, reading that one is not central to understanding the plot here, only the character Sieg, but even then he will be explained as well as some of the changes that occured in the Cry of the Phoenix fic. This fic is set up in the post SI world so there will be spoilers. It's a massive crossover with the X-men, all teams of Avengers, the Initiative, the Thunderbolts and Runaways. The Main character is an OC but central mainstream Marvel characters are Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and some of the main X-men characters like Jean Grey, Wolverine and Cyclops are focused on as well.

Chapter 1: A Hunt for Heroes

2300 hours

He ran through the streets of Manhattan, his form partially covered by the tattered coat he wore. But passers by could just make out the design of a red and yellow costume. Sweat dripped off of his grown hair and beard as he ran into the alleyways.

"Big mistake, he's just giving us a good target" The Cape Killer captain pursuing the unregistered super human said.

The Captain flew alongside the members of his unit on an OsCorp tech hover bike. Each member of the Cape killer unit loaded their tranquillisers as they took aim.

"Target identified: Dennis Dunphy AKA Demolition Man" The Captain said as he shined the spotlight in the trapped heroes face.

Demolition Man threw off his coat, revealing the D on his torn red vest. He broke off into a run, jumping off of a bin and flying towards the Cape killers. They opened fire, bombarding him with darts. But thankfully D-man was a powerhouse. He clothes lined two of the Cape Killers, knocking them off their bikes. After landing on the floor he had perfect access to the units blind spots. He picked up a sewer cover and threw it like a discuss, knocking one of the hover bikes off balance until it crashed into the ground. The Four remaining Cape Killers quickly changed their angle and fired at him again.

"WHERE THAT HELL'S THAT BACKUP WE REQUESTED!!" The Captain yelled into his radio.

Dennis jumped onto the front of one of the hover bikes, grabbing the agent riding it by his collar. He swung him round, throwing him into the agent across from him.

"GOD DAMN IT GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR CLOUD NINE!!!"

D-man once clothes lined another Cape-Killer, then turned his attention to the Captain. He crouched on his feet, ready to jump towards the Cape Killer. Suddenly a blast of energy flew into his back, knocking him into the bonnet of a car. Dennis groaned as he got up off the floor, turning his head towards the ones who attacked him. He widened his eyes in utter shock when he saw an old Spider-man foe.

Herman Schultz AKA the Shocker wore his traditional padded yellow and red costume, his wrist blasters aimed straight at D-man. Beside him were heroes of the Initiative, Cloud Nine, wearing her Freedom Force costume. Also included in the team sent from Camp Hammond were Red Nine, Annex and Blue Shield.

'Even if I do have tasers swimming around in my body I could get used to this' Shocker thought as he took aim at D-man.

Dennis opened his mouth to speak, but was once again struck by Shocker's blast. He was pushed past the car, rolling across the floor. Blue Shield ran into D-man, punching him across the face. As Blue Shield hit him at impossible speeds, Cloud 9 pelted him with bullets from her rifle. D-man clapped his hands together, creating a sonic boom that threw Cloud 9 and Blue Shield back. Red Nine slammed his fist into D-man's chest, and then fired an energy blast at point blank range. Demolition man clutched his smoking chest, looking around him as he saw the Thunderbolts T-wagon flying over him.

"Dennis Dunphy you are under arrest for breaking the Super human registration law" The Cape Killer captain said as the Thunderbolt agents cuffed the man.

He grinded his teeth together as he elbowed one of the soldiers in the face. Then D-man ran into Annex, tackling him onto the bonnet of a car.

"Get this idiot off of me" The Former soldier growled, pushing the beaten hero towards the other soldiers.

People watched, cheering for the heroes as they forced the unregistered combatant onto the T-wagon. Demolition man was thrown into a cell, the steel doors slamming shut behind him. He breathed heavily, clutching his chest as he felt his heart beat gradually quicken. Dennis Dunphy looked at the cameras inside his cell, reaching out to them, gasping for help.

Under the command of Norman Osborne, the Initiative had now increased its effort in locating unregistered heroes, bringing them to "justice". Norman sat in his office, swirling a glass of wine in his hand, admiring the handy work of public relations.

"Dennis Dunphy died after being picked up by an Initiative strike force, he had long suffered from a heart condition which was only made worse by his vigilante activities. He chose to break the law, endangering the lives of civilians and himself"

The sad thing was that nobody mourned the mans death, they just saw him as another New Warrior. But there were a few people who at least cared.

Upon reading the paper he had paid for, Siegfried Wallace crumpled it up and leaned against the brick wall. He was an unregistered super human with the ability to summon a sword containing the spirit and power of his hero. Sieg wasn't rich, experienced or even part of a team; he was just one person on his own trying to make a difference. And quite recently he had made a difference, by destroying the Phoenix, saving Jean and Scott Summers marriage and restoring the emotions of three of the most beautiful girls he had ever known. The Stepford Cuckoos, who had encouraged him to have more training and explore some of his abilities. He was also dating one of them, Celeste Cuckoo.

Sieg smiled as the said girl was walking elegantly through the crowd. Her blonde hair practically shined in the sunlight, the white dress she wore caught the attention of jealous girls while their boyfriends stared at Celeste's "form", something she got from her teacher Emma Frost. Celeste walked up to Sieg, running her hands through his silver hair. Sieg placed his hands on her hips the way he always would and pulled her in for a passionate kiss. The two of them blushed as passer by stared at their moment.

"So Sieg, where to now?" Celeste asked.

"Well I don't have a lot of money but there's this place around the corner Driver recommended to me" Sieg said.

"It's not a fast food place is it?" Celeste asked.

"Well it doesn't look like one" Sieg said sheepishly, knowing the speedsters taste.

Driver was exactly that, a driver for his boss James Crowner; the chairman of Crown Industries. But more about him later, back to the couple. Celeste held onto Sieg's arm as they walked through the streets towards the diner they would be eating at. It wasn't exactly the best of places, but it was pleasant enough. At least pleasant enough for Sieg, who often hung out in places filled with homeless men and overweight chefs.

"Any of youse know where Sofia is?" The Chef asked his staff.

"Late" A waitress named Tina (judging by her name badge) said.

"So what would you like?" Sieg asked Celeste, ignoring the conversation going on in the background.

"I just can't decide, everything sounds so delicious" Celeste said, sarcasm dripping off her mouth.

"Sorry, I've been trying to find jobs that'll pay me better" Sieg said.

"Then why not just live at the mansion, we have spare rooms and you could even get a job training some of the new mutants we have coming in, that and it would save us coming to such ghastly places" Celeste said, tossing her hair back with pride.

"I'm just not used to the kind of places you've grown up in Celeste" Sieg said.

"You can get used to it you know, and being in the team will get the Initiative off your back"

Sieg nodded his head, leaning forward and kissing Celeste. The young lovers embraced one another, smiling as they silently wished this moment would never end. But when it came to their life, good moments never seemed to last. Celeste's eyes flashed a white colour as she sensed what was coming. Sieg pulled away from Celeste just as a giant figure slammed into the concrete outside.

"AH NOT AGAIN!!" The Chef yelled.

Sieg and Celeste got off their seats and ran outside. The two of them widened their eyes as they saw a massive purple and green suit, with beetle styled wings on its back. But it was the figure on top of the armour that caught their attention. He wore a body suit with the left side white and the right side black, his red eye lenses seemed to give off a glowing effect while red lines run across the mans body, ending at his shoulder pads. His right shoulder pad was bigger than the left, shaped almost like a blade while the rest of his arm was covered in black fabric and armour, his left had a much smaller, sphere like pad with white armour covering his left arm, ending at his wrist while his hand was covered by a red glove. Strands of blonde hair hung in front of his eyes with the rest of it hanging off his shoulders.

'Slade!' Sieg thought as the costumed man jumped off of the giant Beetle.

"I heard this Beetle squad was trained by the original Beetle Abner Jenkins, your friend might be in for a fight Sieg" Celeste sent telepathically.

Sieg then looked up as the other two members of the "beetle squad" arrived, wearing the old versions of Abner Jenkins armour. The man in the white and black suit broke off into a run down the street as the giant Beetle got up off the pavement. Sieg took a step forward, but stopped as Celeste planted a hand on his chest.

"Just watch Sieg, you'll never know he might just pull through"

Slade skidded to a halt, spinning around to face the approaching Beetles. As the Beetle in the second armour began firing her blasters, Slade crouched as a black shield appeared in his right hand. The beams bounced off of the shield, but did force Slade back a few feet. He rolled to the side, dodging a punch from the third Beetle. But the First beetle fired a blast into Slade's chest, knocking him to the floor. He rolled backwards, deliberately keeping his distance. The Second Beetle swooped in just as Slade jumped to his feet. She landed a punch across Slade's cheek, and then followed with a knee to his ribs. The First Beetle then flew behind Slade, kneeing him in the back.

'He's getting ass kicked' Sieg thought.

Slade's eyes flashed before he elbowed the First beetle straight in the face. He reeled back in pain, giving Slade the perfect shot. Slade slammed the edge of his shield into the Beetle's faceplate as hard as he could. The Beetle reeled back even further, clutching his cracked faceplate.

"Joaquin!" The Female Beetle said in concern.

"That bastard broke my nose" The college student beneath the armour said.

Slade didn't give them another chance to speak, throwing his shield into the second Beetle's chest, knocking her back. He then span around, planting a swift kick to Joaquin's neck. Slade stepped off of the Beetle's shoulder, then rebounded off the streetlight, flying towards the tank styled beetle.

"Hah you think you can take me on!" The pilot scoffed as he thrust his giant fist forward.

Suddenly a red and white scythe appeared in Slade's left hand. He hooked the scythe onto the giant Beetle's hand, swinging off it and landing on the exo-skeletons head. Slade held his right arm out, and the black shield suddenly flew smoothly into his arm. He raised the shield and slammed it onto the cockpit of the Beetle Tank.

"Idiot you think that a petty shield can crack my armour" The Pilot said.

The tank Beetle slapped Slade, sending him crashing into a wall. As Slade got up off the floor, the other two Beetles fired their blasters, hitting Slade in the chest and leg. He fell to his knee, blocking another shot from the female Beetle. Slade quickly got on his feet and summoned his scythe. He looked underneath the giant Beetle, confirming whether or not there was anyone behind or underneath him. There wasn't, and with that information he ran forward. The Beetle's fired their blasters and Slade rolled to the side and blocked each shot. One beam slammed into his shoulder, but Slade kept running towards the giant Beetle.

"Go for it!" Sieg whispered, knowing what Slade had planned.

Slade jumped to the side, dodging a crush punch from the Beetle tank. He then rushed forward, cutting straight through the mecha's leg with his scythe. The Third Beetle lost its balance and slammed into the ground, shaking its pilot.

"Oh shit!" The other two beetles whispered as Slade turned his attention to them.

He ran his scythe across the giant Beetle's shoulder, chopping off its arms before jumping towards the second Beetle. With one slash he shattered her wings, sending her falling to the floor. Then his glowing eyes turned to the last Beetle.

"Double shit!" Joaquin muttered, remembering his broken nose.

Slade threw his shield, but the Beetle flew to the side, easily dodging the projectile.

"Idiot, I've been trained by the original Beetle and I've seen your moves, so what makes you think you can win?" The Beetle asked, flying towards Slade.

The man smiled underneath his mask as the Beetle got closer. Suddenly, Slade's shield flew into the back of the Beetle's waist. He yelled out in pain, giving Slade the perfect opportunity to deliver an uppercut to his jaw. With his enemies either unconscious or disabled, Slade crouched on the floor and with incredible strength he jumped onto one of the buildings. Sieg had to smile as Slade made a hasty retreat from the scene.

"Well that was rude, he never said hello" Celeste said, wrapping her arms around Sieg's neck.

"He's always like that, always on the move" Sieg said.

Slade leaned against the wall of the alleyway, rubbing his bruised ribs. He looked around and seeing that it was safe removed his mask. Reaching underneath the trash bin he pulled out a bag where he kept his regular clothing in. After changing he walked back onto the streets.

'Heroes hunted, is that the world the people want?' Slade asked himself as he walked into the crowd.

Name: Unknown

Aliases: Slade Muga, "The Hero who doesn't care"

Age: Unknown, physically appears to be in early twenties

Contacts within the last week: Siegfried Wallace

Last place of appearance: New York

Threat Level: Unknown

Blood type: Unknown

Family: Unknown

Powers: Increased durability in bones and skin, near Olympic standard stamina and fitness, defining ability is the shield and armour that covers his left arm, an armour and scythe will cover and appear in his right arm

The director of the Thunderbolts and the new face of the Initiative looked at the data on his desk screens. They showed video footage from the Skrull invasion, specifically a battle between a super Skrull with the collective powers of Xavier's first group of New X-men and the man known as Slade Muga. He was a short man, at least five feet 2 by Norman's calculations; his clothes consisted of dirty grey trousers, a blue coat with a high collar that left the sides of his neck partially covered, the coat also had black lines running down it towards his heels. A pair of grey and red armoured boots covered his feet starting from his knees, while underneath his coat he wore a white and red shirt. Slade's hair was a blonde colour, with the back spiking downwards and a few strands of his fringe hanging over his eyes, though he had since given up the spiked hair.

Slade had some potential, but the problem was he lacked skill, when he fought the Super Skrull to put it lightly he was getting ass kicked. But he was able to knock his opponent out cold with of all things a head butt. He was a renegade hero with quite frankly little training and care for what the people thought of him. And that made him the perfect candidate to be figuratively crucified by the Thunderbolt Initiative.

Norman stood in front of the main Thunderbolt's team. Behind him was a screen showing both the video footage S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had collected and newspaper clippings of Slade in costume.

"Slade Muga, that appears to be the name that the media has given him, the Daily Bugle refers to him as the hero who doesn't care, yet the Daily Post has referred to him as "a hero needed", because he hasn't appeared that many times, mainly for threats that would result in a loss of life, one being a hostage situation at a bank, a car accident where he applied CPR to a wounded child, he even stopped a man from committing suicide" Norman explained.

"How did he do that?" Chen Lu asked, his green skin lighting up the briefing room.

"Followed him around all day stopping him from jumping off a bridge, drowning himself, running out in front of a car, he even held his arms when he tried to choke himself…oh and of course the one that made me really laugh" Norman said, the insane grin he had running across his face.

"Well what did he do?" Songbird asked.

Norman paused for a moment, trying to compose himself before he broke in a laughing fit. He adjusted his tie and went back to the briefing.

"When the man intended to pick a fight with a group of gang members, that must have been the final straw because he broke the mans leg and sent him to the hospital, what's really funny is that the man stopped trying to commit suicide"

"Why?"

"I'm not quite sure, maybe he just realised that it was pointless to try suicide, or he decided to find a good shrink, who knows? Anyway back to why you're here, Slade Muga's actions have begun to spread fear amongst the civilian population, his lack of concern for property and his recklessness make him the perfect candidate for a public capture…which we will of course begin once public opinion has shifted in our favour by revealing his face to the public and showing him his reckless fight against the Skrull in New York and the Beetles" Norman explained.

"And once the people are begging us to apprehend him we take him down in public" Moonstone summarised.

"Of course, now I don't want him dead nor crippled, make him draw out his true power, get him to cause some real damage in the city before taking him down"

The Thunderbolts nodded their heads as Norman closed the meeting. They had been hunting heroes throughout the month that had passed since the Skrull invasion. At the top of their list were of course the New Avengers, New Warriors and the Counter-Force.

But there were lesser heroes that Norman had ordered the members of the Initiative to capture. Unregistered heroes like Turbo the former New Warrior and Julie Power and Ricochet had been hunted down and shipped off to the Negative Zone. Prodigy rebelled against the Initiative, but he was promptly defeated by one of the Initiative newest recruits. Even retired heroes like Firestar had been arrested.

As he watched the news reports of the "reformed" villain Rhino beating the Mattie Franklin Spider-woman to the ground, James Crowner gripped his remote tightly, grinding his teeth together in utter fury. His beautiful blonde haired secretary Gloria laid a soothing hand on his shoulder. Since they were out of the office and instead in his penthouse in Malibu, they were out of their business clothing and instead in more casual summer clothes.

"Our stocks haven't taken a tumble, and I haven't got Stark on my back about giving his Initiative more technology…but I still feel distracted" James said, rubbing Gloria's hand affectionately.

"Osborn's too arrogant to admit that your technology is greater than his, but don't worry sir, anyone who actually cared would be distracted by this" Gloria said.

James switched the TV off and got up off his chair.

"Window close!" He said.

The shutters closed as James walked towards the wall beside the library. He pressed his hand against the wall and suddenly, a small portion of the wall-slid open, revealing a screen and number keyboard. James typed the number into the board and clipped a headset onto his ear. He tapped his finger against his arm impatiently as the image of the inside of a car appeared.

"For the fastest person alive he sure doesn't believe in timing" James sighed before he turned his head towards Gloria. "Tell me Gloria, would you support me in every choice I made whether it be business or personal?"

Gloria blushed at the question.

"You know boss most women might take that question the wrong way" A cheerful and somewhat hastened voice said.

James turned around and was quite shocked to see Driver standing before him, wearing his black business suit with his hat tilted down to cover his eyes.

"How'd you get past Security?" James asked.

"Oh you know me boss, not to insult the guys skill but Securities no where near fast enough to catch me" Driver said with confidence in his voice.

"Tell me Driver, do you think you'd be able to outrun the Initiative?"

"Oh definitely, I mean sure they have Blue Shield but he's not a genuine speedster"

"Good, I want you to pick up some people and take them to the location I'm downloading to your handheld computer" James explained, typing on the computer at his desk. "I've heard that these people have been appearing quite a lot recently and I want you to pick them up".

"Is this a profitable action or a charitable one?" Driver asked, tilting his hat slightly.

"Let's just say that it's the right thing to do" James said solemnly.

"The right thing huh…then I'd better put in my best effort" Driver grinned as he looked at the names and locations on his hand held computer.

Before James could say good luck, Driver had already disappeared. The billionaire inventor got up off his chair, running a hand through his hair.

"Do you think that Osborne's going to cross the line sir?" Gloria asked.

James paused for a moment and lowered his head "Jack Flag, Steel Spider, Americop, I don't think Osborn even drawn a line" He said before he opened his windows and looked out at the sea.

'Be careful Sieg…if anything were to happen to you I don't think he'd forgive me' James thought before he went back to relaxing.

It lurked on the edge of space, not one but many ships of an entire fleet. Pure black ships hidden in the blackness of space, floating towards the blue and green planet. Asteroids would slam against the hull of the ships, but nothing would stop them as they flew towards Earth.

From their home on the moon, the Inhuman's watched as the fleet descended towards the Earth. Inside the leading ship, in a dark hall filled with red lights sat a figure on a thrown. He wore a pure black cloak, covering his face and the rest of his body. All's that could be seen were a pair of sinister red eyes glowing beneath the hood.

"The Earth was created in Seven Days, and what a world it has become, Annihilation, Genocide, fools goals…this world will become the capital planet of my empire…and the universe I create will be one of pure order, the onslaught I unleash upon this planet will destroy half the planet, yet the rest will kneel before my feet and worship me as the god I am"

He clicked his fingers and the hall was suddenly lit up. Kneeling at the feet of this one man were hundreds of aliens of many different races, including the Kree and Skrull. The ships suddenly began to change from black to a red and purple colour and the leader of this new threat to the planet stood up, squeezing his armoured hand into a fist as he made a prediction.

"In seven days Humans will bow!"

Next Chapter 2: The Arrival

While the Thunderbolts begin their PR attack on Slade, the Xavier institute is attacked in the dead of night. The new invaders approach the Earth, but are held back by the combined might of the Inhuman royal Family. As the X-men defend their home they're shocked to discover the return of an old friend!

Hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter, it'll get better as the main villains show up. Slade and Sieg's origins wont be fully explained in this fic. Slade will take over the main character role that Sieg held in the Cry of the Phoenix fic. This is just the beginning of an epic fic, which I think at least makes Secret Invasion and even World War Hulk look like as Ares describes "slapfights". Next chapter will be primarily be an X-men presense as well as the Inhumans.