P.R.O.T.E.A.N. Hybrids

P.R.O.T.E.A.N. Hybrids were A.I.M. soldiers enhanced with implants created as part of Project P.R.O.T.E.A.N..
==History==
Kearson DeWitt was dismissed from Stark Industries and ultimately recruited by A.I.M., who tasked him to their own Iron Man project. DeWitt revived Project P.R.O.T.E.A.N. and enhanced his soldiers with P.R.O.T.E.A.N. implants. He also enhanced himself with one, which allowed him to merge physically and mentally with Ultimo.
While raiding an A.I.M. base in search of DeWitt, War Machine and Iron Man faced off against a P.R.O.T.E.A.N. Hybrid. Despite their best attempts, they realized that none of their weapons would be able to kill it due to its rapid healing abilities. However, even A.I.M. were not stupid enough not to build a kill switch. Stark and J.A.R.V.I.S. noticed the base's pylon towers use Shock Point energy and, if unified together, would output in excess of 50 petajoules; a pocket sun, capable of exceeding the P.R.O.T.E.A.N regeneration. They restored power to the Shock Point assembly and activated it, causing it to absorb the P.R.O.T.E.A.N. Hybrid and destroy it. Stark ordered J.A.R.V.I.S to access his own files on Shock Point energy to upgrade their weaponry in order to handle Hybrids in the future.
Several P.R.O.T.E.A.N. Hybrids attacked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier. One of them grabbed Pepper Potts and threw her from it. Stark flew down and rescued her before she reached the ocean, but due to the limited capabilities of the Mark VI armor, he was unable to fly her back up; he left her in the care of a S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot. Stark fought against the P.R.O.T.E.A.N. Hybrids and A.I.M. Drones before Rhodes arrived with a plane which Stark boarded to lead them away from the Helicarrier.
During the final battle against Ultimo, Stark entered the giant robot's body and engaged DeWitt in single combat. While Dewitt's implant provided him with metallic tentacles and defense turrets, Stark was still able to defeat him. The exoskeleton attempted to extract itself from its organic host. J.A.R.V.I.S.' biological scans showed that there was irreversible P.R.O.T.E.A.N. integration. In a last desperate attempt at survival, DeWitt grabbed Stark and began draining his life force. Stark escaped when Rhodes blew up Ultimo's head and DeWitt was killed when Fury destroyed Ultimo by crashing the Helicarrier into him.Iron Man 2 video game
==References==
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