Declaration of War

Mark stood quietly in his room with a white board and markings on it. " Okay, let's go over this. I've made strides in my training over the past three weeks. I'm up to sixty-eight times earth's gravity in the chamber. I've gotten stronger too. I can feel it. I know Conquest is heading to earth right about now and I know I've got at least two months before Angstrom returns. Perhaps it's time to test my mettle against a strong foe. I should be able to beat him. But If I'm wrong I'll die." Mark thought deeply about his choice until finally he nodded. " Nothing ventured nothing gained." Mark grabbed his phone and dialed Eve's number.

" Hey, Mark What is it?" Eve asked over the phone.

" I need to head into space for a while." Mark told the girl.

" Why? What's going on?" Eve asked.

" Look, I need to go take care of a threat coming to the planet. I'm going to be gone for a bit, I honestly don't know how long." Mark told the girl.

" And what? You expect me to be okay with this?" Eve asked the man.

" Yes, I do. And I hate to be that guy, but this is happening. And it will happen again until I'm certain our planet is safe from those who want to destroy it. I know it's unfair of me to ask this of you. But I have to go." mark explained to the woman.

There was a silence on the other end of the phone and Mark knew that Eve was not happy of the news.

" Can I come with you?" Eve suddenly asked.

" No, you can't. It's too dangerous. I'm sorry." Mark replied. " I had Robot make another communicator like the one Allen left with me. If you need to reach me or just want to check if I'm safe, you can use it to call me anytime." Mark told the girl.

" What about Invincible Inc?" Eve asked.

" I'm leaving you in charge of it. Until I get back. You and Oliver will be my on the ground agents. And if you need it Rex and his team are on standby. I also pulled some strings and got firebreather onboard. So, Invincible Inc will be taken care of." Mark explained to the girl.

" Okay, Mark. You're right. I don't like it. But I'm glad you told me instead of just vanishing. I'll handle things on earth, just be careful, okay? I need you, Mark. I can't do this without you." Eve told the man.

Mark rubbed his eyes in an attempt to fight back his tears. Hearing Eve sad wasn't something he enjoyed, being the one behind it even less. " I'm sorry, Eve. I want you to know that. I love you." Mark told the woman.

" I love you too, Mark. Take care of yourself." Eve responded.

" Wait, Eve. There's one more thing. I need you to tell Robot to get to work on that frequency that hurt me. I don't know how, I don't know when, But I do know that Levy's gonna come back. And when he does, I know he's going to come with an army of me's." Mark told the woman.

" Levy? You killed him, though." Eve stated.

" I thought I did, but I've got a feeling he survived. Cecil doesn't have his body and then there's been this weird feeling, like I was being watched. I need you to trust me on this." Mark told the woman.

" Okay... Is there anything else?" Eve asked.

" Yes, Take care of yourself. When I get back, I promise I'm going to make this up to you eve." Mark told the woman. " I'll see you again." Mark told the woman before hanging up the phone. " Let's make this count." Mark said to himself. He opened up his window and flew out of it and into the sky. He took one last deep breath and then rocketed off with great force into space beyond. ' I don't even know where to begin to look. I guess I'll try heading for the coalition first. Maybe they can give me some kind of direction towards the home planet.

The travel through space was rather spectacular and marvelous. Mark passed by many of planets, some vibrant and beautiful and others droll. However, as Mark flew through space he suddenly ran into a giant ship.

' That's a prison ship.' Mark thought to himself. ' What's it doing out here? It can't be the same one dad's trapped on.' Mark thought to himself. ' Guess I'm about to find out.' Mark thought to himself. He picked up his speed and slammed into the ship.

Deep inside the ship that Allen and Nolan were indeed on, Allen was in the middle of his escape when the ship suddenly rocked.

" What the hell?" Allen cursed as he caught himself on the walls of the ship. The Alarms started blaring and Allen knew he had to pick up the pace. Allen stuck his arms into the walls and flew down the hall, tearing open all of the cells.

" Who is brave enough to free Battle Beast?!" Battle Beast yelled as he stepped out of his cell.

" That would be me. Would you be interested in helping my friend and I escape this prison?" Allen asked the man.

" I desire only to find worthy adversaries... You can have my aid only until our two goal's no longer coincide." Battle beast replied.

" Works for me this way." Allen told the man as he started running down the hall

As those two started wrecking houses, Mark continued smashing through the ship until finally he arrived in the Viltrumites holding cell.

" Who dares interrupt a viltrumite execution?!" One of the men asked.

" This ceremony is sacred!" The other one yelled.

" Is taht right? Well, too damn bad. The only ones dying today are you two." Mark told the men.

" Mark!!!" Nolan shouted.

" Hey, dad. Ready to get off this damned ship?" Mark asked the man

" You know it." Nolan replied.

Mark took a step towards the two when the roof of the room suddenly tore open.

" Hello! Anyone home?!" Allen shouted as he and battle beast broke into the room. " Wait, Invincible? What are you doing out here?" Allen stopped and asked.

" I was heading to the coalition of planets or at least trying to find it when I came upon this ship. Decided to test my luck." Mark told the man. " You ready to kick these viltrumites assess?" Mark asked.

" Viltrumites? Did you say Viltrumites?!" Battle Beast shouted. He then ran up to the closest man and grabbed him up by his collar. " Are you the ones I seek? The fabled conquerors feared across the universe in all corners of existence. I must face you in battle. Fight me!" Battle Beast demanded.

While Battle Beast confronted the men, Mark broke Nolan free from his restraints.

" This guy for real?" Nolan asked.

" Seems that way. He's a huge help." Allen told the man.

" Good, let's kill these bastards." Mark told the two

The odds were massively in Mark and Nolan's favor as Battle Beast battled with one of the Viltrumites, giving him the battle, he wanted more than anything else, leaving Mark, Allen and Nolan to easily dismantle the remaining guard.

" Kill'em!" Nolan shouted as he grabbed one of the man's arms.

" This is going to hurt." Mark told the man as he and Allen began helping Nolan tear the man limb from limb. Mark pulled and ripped the man's arm off. " A LOT!" Mark then grabbed the man's head and Allen and Nolan each grabbed a leg and pulled.

" Yeahhhhhahhhhhhhh!" The man shouted in pain as he felt his skin tearing.

With one final tug, Mark separated the man's upper body from his lower half.

" His done, but stay ready there's more enemies coming our way." Nolan told the two men.

" Let them come. We can survive in space." Mark told the two. " Can they?" He asked.

Nolan and Allen smirked and each lined up against a wall as a platoon of guards rushed towards them.

" Now!" Mark shouted.

With one fierce punch the three men destroyed the entire wall of the ship, causing everyone to spill out into the void.

As the three men floated Nolan suddenly flew up and hugged Mark.

' I'm so glad to see you son.' Nolan told the man.

' I'm glad to see you two dad.' Mark told the man.

' Look, I don't want to ruin the reunion. But we need to hurry. I need to grab my scanner and we need to get out of here before more Viltrumites come. I'm sure they were already alerted.' Allen told the two men.

' Oh, you don't need to worry about that.' Nolan told the man.

' Why?" Allen asked.

' You have tie to get your gear. Take your time, we'll look for supplies. Trust me no ones coming.' Nolan told the man.

' How do you know that? How can, you be sure?' Allen asked.

' They're not coming because there is no one to send. I am confident in this because I know how far away the viltrumites are.' Nolan told the man. ' My execution was postponed because they were called away-- It was only recently they were able to send back the two agents required by law for an execution. They had no one to spare. The reason for this is simple... There are less than fifty pure-blooded viltrumites left alive in the whole universe.' Nolan explained to the two men. ' That's the secret. That's why we can beat them.'

' I see. Okay I'll grab my scanner; you guys go ahead and reunite.' Allen told the man before flying back to the ship.

Mark slowly started to float towards the ship as well but was stopped by Nolan.

' Where are you going?' Nolan asked.

' I want to try and find a communicator. Something I can use to send a message to the viltrumites.' Mark told the man.

' What? Why?' Nolan asked.

' Just because. Can you help me do that?' Mark asked the man.

' Yeah, but you'd be putting your face out there.' Nolan told the man.

' It already is.' Mark replied.

Nolan nodded and followed Mark back to the ship.

Once inside the main control room, Nolan finished setting the device for Mark up.

" It's ready." Nolan told the man.

Mark nodded and stepped forward.

" My name is Mark Grayson, I am a Viltrumite half-breed. My father is Nolan grayson. I send this message to you my fellow Viltrumites to tell you that I will not have any further transgressions against my home planet. Do you hear me Thragg? Do you understand me? You ever set foot near my home, and I will kill you. Let this message reach your ears. Send your best your strongest and I will crush them under my foot. I Mark Grayson am Declaring war on you all. And Thragg, when the time comes, I will crush you as well. You have been warned." Mark's message played out across the universe on every Viltrumite platform there is.

" That arrogant Brat! Surely he does not think there will be no consequences for this." Kregg exclaimed in disbelief.

' I can't wait to meet you again.' Anissa thought to herself as she watched the message. She smiled and bit her lip so hard it bled.

Sitting on his throne in his flagship, Thragg watched the message angrily. Once it was over, he slammed his fist down on the chair shattering the arm rest. " Get me Conquest, now." Thragg commanded.

" Yes sir." One of Thraggs underlings responded before running out of the room.

' Mark Grayson. You just signed your death warrant.' Thragg thought to himself as he replayed the message once again.

Over on the other side of the galaxy Conquest had just gotten in touch with Thragg's command ship.

" I saw it very clearly. Tell the Grand Regent I'll gladly handle this." Conquest stated before crushing the communication device in his hand.