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How can this be happening? I am the Abomination! I was the Royal Marine, the best of the best. Even after Ross's serum, after becoming this… this thing, I was still on top. Stronger, faster, a god of war incarnate! I've faced the Hulk before, traded blows, even held my own. And that kid with the… cats? Please. Child's play.
But now… now I'm getting my ass kicked. That damn green rage monster won't stay down, and this Ethan kid is not like the other humans. He summons monsters of his own! How is this possible?!
Their attacks are unrelenting, a coordinated assault that's pushing me back, wearing me down. I can feel my strength waning, my movements slowing. No, no, no! This can't be how it ends. I was promised power, dominance! Victory was supposed to be mine!
Is this all I am? Just a brute? A stepping stone for someone else's glory? I wanted to be stronger than the Hulk! I wanted to be the ultimate weapon! But it seems I'm not enough. Even with everything I have done.
"Do you want more power, Emil?"
The voice… where did that come from? It's inside my head, slithering through my thoughts like a viper.
"Who's there? What is this?!" I roar, the sound echoing strangely in my own skull. It's like my mind is no longer my own. The voice, it is like someone or something else, is in my head.
"I am your salvation!" it whispers, the voice gaining a sinister, soothing quality. "I am the answer to your desires, the key to your ultimate victory. Accept me, and victory will be yours!"
Salvation? Victory? Those words resonate deep within me, striking at the core of my ambition. I glance at the Hulk, the green behemoth still pounding on me. Then I turn my gaze to Ethan, that smug look on his face that makes me sick to my stomach. The two cats he has, they are the ones who have been doing the most damage to me!
Images flash through my mind: crushing the Hulk beneath my heel, watching Ethan grovel at my feet, the world trembling before my might. I will make them suffer. I will be the strongest.
"I can show you true power Emil" the voice whispers. "I can make them all pay for what they have done."
Desperation claws at me, a burning hunger that overrides all reason. It is a hunger that demands to be filled, at any cost. I will sacrifice everything, my body, my mind, my very soul, if it means achieving the power I crave.
Yes. Yes! I want the power!
"Yes! I accept!" I shout, the words ripping from my throat. "Give me the power to crush them all!"
A surge of dark energy explodes from within, a tidal wave of pure, unadulterated power coursing through my veins. It's agonizing, my bones screaming in protest as my body is forced to change, to adapt. It's like my whole body is on fire! I can feel something burrowing in me!
This energy is so dark, so twisted that it makes the gamma radiation I was dosed with feel like child's play. I feel myself being twisted and contorted in ways that are both agony and ecstasy. Like I am breaking and being rebuilt at the same time. The Shadow Bond. That is what this is. It is something new. Something amazing!
The world warps around me, colors blurring, sounds fading into a deafening roar. My bones crack and lengthen, my muscles surge and expand. The shadowy energy is molding me, reshaping me, turning me into something… more.
I can feel the bones on my back getting longer, and sharper. Shadowy tendrils weave around my body, enhancing my musculature and covering up my skin. My very being is being merged with something sinister and new!
The oily, black aura intensifies, enveloping me completely. It feels like I'm being reborn, shedding my old skin and emerging as something far more terrifying. This is it. This is my true potential unleashed. I am the Abomination, and I am about to become a god.
The last thing I see before the darkness consumes me is my own yellow eyes burning with a malevolent red light, reflecting the twisted, ravenous presence that now shares my soul. I am no longer Emil Blonsky, not entirely. I am something new, something darker, something… abyssal.
I am now… Abyssal Abomination.
Silence.
Then, a roar. A sound that isn't my own. The dark energy thrums off me like an aftershock. I feel bigger. I feel… stronger. It takes a second to orient myself. And then I see them.
I gaze upon the armored kid in his bug armor, the Hulk, and those wretched creatures. They are frozen, just staring at me. They can't believe what is happening? Good. Let them drown in fear.
I clench my fists, testing my newfound strength as the ground cracks beneath my feet. A surge of power flows through me, a power unlike anything I've ever tasted. I can feel the strength that it has given me. I can feel its hatred and its desire for destruction, and it mirrors my own with perfection.
I need to see just how strong I am now. I will show the green monster and that kid who they are messing with!
I unleash a shockwave of pure force, an explosion of dark energy that rips through the battlefield. The shockwave is so strong that even I am knocked back. The armored kid, still in that ridiculous bug armor, is sent flying like a ragdoll. The green monster stumbles, roaring in defiance, but even he can't withstand the force of the blast and gets thrown back. Those mutts... they are just gone.
I gaze upon the scene, a twisted smile spreading across my face. This… this is power. This is what it means to be truly strong. I am unstoppable.
I AM A GOD!
I stand tall, silhouetted against the smoke-filled sky, the embodiment of fear and destruction. My transformation is complete. My enemies are scattered. And the world… the world is about to learn what it means to face the Abyssal Abomination. I will rule them all!
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