Atomic Armor Mark II

Night had fallen, and the darkness was pitch-black.

NASA West District was brightly lit, its personnel bustling about as red warning lights flashed and piercing evacuation alarms blared.

"Faster, move faster!"

"Take the important equipment and evacuate!"

"Soldiers, fall back three kilometers and establish a defensive perimeter!"

"The Helicarrier's cannons are aimed here. Quinjets are taking off."

"Level Seven incident."

Rapid footsteps echoed through NASA West District. Inside the brightly lit building, S.H.I.E.L.D. security soldiers, researchers in white lab coats, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in black tactical uniforms hurriedly but orderly evacuated with important supplies.

Large trucks and jeeps started up one after another, driving off into the distant night.

Helicopters whipped their rotors rapidly as they departed into the sky.

In the pitch-black night, a suit of black-and-gold armor compressed into a cylinder roughly thirty centimeters in diameter descended from a satellite without any propulsion flames. It shot directly into the NASA West District building, passing fleeing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and staff and drawing cries of alarm. As though sentient, the black-and-gold cylinder traveled through the elevator ventilation shaft leading to the basement and went straight to the underground Cosmic Cube research site.

"Atomic Armor Mark II has arrived," Vivian's voice sounded by his ear.

He-El shifted back on the balls of his feet and leaped backward. The black-and-gold armored cylinder flying in from behind disassembled midair, rapidly forming a hollow humanoid metal frame before him. The sharp lines of Kinetic Nth Metal within were fully revealed as it fitted itself over He-El in midair.

Mechanical clattering rang out in rapid succession as Atomic Armor Mark II enclosed He-El seamlessly. With a mechanical whir, armor resembling steel abdominal muscles extended from both sides of his chest and covered it.

Thud...

He-El landed underground, his black-and-gold steel boots striking the floor with