Tomorrow Men (The Ultimates) by Michael Jan Friedman

Author:Michael Jan Friedman [Friedman, Michael Jan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781416510659
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2007-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

12

"Ready?" Thor asked.

Fury nodded. 'Whenever you are."

Thor glanced at Stark, whose Iron Man armor looked resplendent in the brassy, high-altitude sunlight. Then he turned to Rogers, who was adorned with the red, white, and blue of Captain America.

Both of them were symbols of everything Thor had come to distrust in the world. And yet, he felt good about going into battle with them, considering the characters of the men behind the masks.

Then there were the other Ultimates - Black Widow and Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Though the first two weren't covert operatives any longer, all four of them were used to working quickly and efficiently in hostile environments.

Last of all, the son of Odin scanned the faces of the fourteen khaki-uniformed SHIELD operatives whom Fury had hand-picked for this mission. They looked focused, prepared to go into action at a moment's notice.

Though if all goes well, Thor reflected, they'll have a bit more preparation time than that.

No one seemed the least bit discomfited by the fact that they were standing on the deck of a heli-carrier some thirty thousand feet above the Caucasus Mountains. Which was strange, considering most mortals get jittery on their garage roofs.

On the other hand, none of the heli-carriers had ever lost anyone overboard - or so Fury insisted.

The plan was for Thor to transport himself into Tiber's hideout, then bring the rest of them down with him. Except for Stark, who would descend on his own power to watch for Tiberites who managed to escape the mountain.

Despite the difficulty everyone seemed to have with Thor's godhood, they had gotten comfortable with his godlike abilities in no time. In fact, they seemed to take them all for granted.

But Thor himself didn't take them for granted. He couldn't imagine himself ever doing that.

Especially since he hadn't always been aware of his identity, much less the extent of his abilities. Oh, he knew even as an adolescent that there was something different about him, that he had been chosen to do great things. He just didn't know by whom, or what those great things might be.

It's all right, he remembered telling himself at the time, his heart full of youthful optimism. It will all be revealed soon enough.

But as the years passed, he came no closer to the truth of his existence than he had before. He eventually fell into a career as a nurse, working in one institution or another - but not because that was what he wanted from life. It was just that he had to eat, and it seemed nobler to help people than to take part in the myriad business schemes that injured them.

It wasn't until three weeks short of his thirtieth birthday that Odin plucked him from Midgard, in spirit if not in body, and brought him to Mimir's Well. It was there, beneath towering oaks and circling eagles, that the All-Father had received his wisdom from the inky-black waters. It was there that Thor received wisdom as well.

Kneeling beside

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