User:Mister Explicit/Chase of Bruce Banner

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"The Bruce Banner Manhunt is still not over. This shadowy figure renowned as a doctor and professor at the Culver University Science Department has once again slipped through the authorities' hands and is still on the run."

- Nick Fury, in a typed report

The Chase of Bruce Banner, also called the Bruce Banner Manhunt was a organized search issued by the United States Army for Culver University scientist Bruce Banner, who had transformed into the Hulk following the results of the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project. The manhunt for the Hulk was led by General Thaddeus Ross, who later dedicated his life to the dissection of the Hulk so he could create replicas for the United States Armed Forces.

Banner travelled to various countries in order to escape the Army. He disappeared for five months after his failed suicide attempt in Greenland and then disappeared again for almost five years after he was spotted in Italy. In 2011, Banner resurfaced on the map in Rio de Janeiro and went on the run again after he was targeted by Ross. Desperate, Ross had re-initiated the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project and used Emil Blonsky as a test subject. Banner was found in Harlem by Blonsky with Samuel Sterns and took him into General Ross' custody, ending the manhunt.

Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project
"Let me emphasize that what I'm about to share with you is tremendously sensitive, both to me personally and the Army. You're aware that we've got an Infantry Weapons Development programme. Well, in WWII, they initiated a subprogram for Bio-Tech Force Enhancement." "Yeah, Super Soldier."

- Thaddeus Ross and Emil Blonsky

Following the, General Thaddeus Ross initiated an attempt to recreate Project Rebirth, a United States Government project which was issued during World War II, the purpose of the project being to create super soldiers to fight against the Axis forces. This attempt was the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project. Initially, the project was struggling, as it was denied by United States Congress when the project was made public knowledge.

Ross' daughter, Culver University professor Elizabeth "Betty" Ross convinced her boyfriend Bruce Banner to join the project. However, General Ross kept private the true intentions of the project, instead having Banner believe that he was working on radiation resistance.

Transformation of Bruce Banner
"He was so sure about what he was onto that he tested it on himself. And something went very wrong..."

- Thaddeus Ross

In 2005, Banner had became confident in his work and tested the imperfect Super Soldier Serum and an overdose of Gamma Radiation on himself. Bruce then underwent a transformation that had turned him into a hideous, green monster that would later be referred to as the Hulk. The Hulk caused an explosion at Culver University and trashed the laboratory. In his rampage, he had killed two scientists and a military soldier and also injured General Ross and placed Betty in a hospital.

Considering the matter at hand, Banner was deemed a fugitive by General Ross of the United States, starting the chase.

The Worldwide Manhunt
"He made it five years and got across borders without making any mistakes."

- Thaddeus Ross

The Greenland Suicide Attempt
"I put a bullet in my mouth, and the other guy spit it out."

- Bruce Banner

In 2007, Banner, who has grown incredibly sick of being hunted by Ross travelled to Greenland to commit suicide alone where no one could find him, in hopes of finally ending the worldwide chase for him.

When he had opened his revolver in the vast, icy, uninhabited area and placed it in his mouth, it triggered his transformation into the Hulk, who spit out the bullet, rendering him practically unkillable. The Hulk then shattered the landscape in a fit of rage - the event was captured via satellite. Shortly after, the Hulk then transformed back into his human form. This was the last sighting of Banner for nearly five months.

Ambush in Rio de Janeiro
"We've got a bogey of some kind. Please advise." That is the target! Use every tranq you've got! Do it now!"

- A military soldier and Thaddeus Ross

Capture of Bruce Banner
"You all have copies of the correspondence. The aliases Mr. Green and Mr. Blue have been added to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Operations Database. If he comes up for air, we'll be waiting. If he makes a peep, we'll hear him. And when he slips up, we'll be ready."

- Kathleen Sparr

A day following the Battle at Culver University, Banner and Betty escaped to New York City to meet Samuel Sterns, who went by "Mr. Blue" when collaborating with Banner without using anything that would trace the United States Armed Forces to their location. The three conducted an experiment to create the antidote that Banner had been longing for in Grayburn College.

Thaddeus Ross and his team, however knew of "Mr. Blue" and later realized that Sterns was Banner's contact in Brazil. With that provided, they traced him to New York City at Grayburn College. Ross, Kathleen Sparr and their field team, led by Emil Blonsky travelled to New York City to apprehend Banner.

All of a sudden, Blonsky marched in and knocked down Betty before grabbing and slapping Banner by the face and angrily confronting him in an attempt to unleash the Hulk. However, his efforts were a failure, as he was already injected with the antidote. When a military soldier came in to stop Blonsky's rage, he knocked out Banner with blunt force.

Banner, who was recovering from the concussion he had received was then taken outside on a stretcher outside Grayburn College. Ross confronted him outside the building, threatening that if the Hulk was really gone that he would place him away in prison for the rest of his life. Banner and Betty were taken into a cargo helicopter, ending the six-year manhunt.