The "Heroes Vs Villains" Marvel RPG - Season IV

[ElectroFlare]

"THATS ENOUGH!" Cain shouted. The real Cain, as he clapped his hands together, sending a shockwave through the air that sent the weaker heroes back, and stumbled Death's Head and Thor at the very least.

"I'm unstoppable! I'm the Juggernaut! No one can stop me!" Cain shouted, grabbing Thor's shoulder and punching him in the face several times. He then tossed Thor in Death's Head's direction.

"You might as well give up! Me an' Thanos gonna take over the world!" Cain shouted again, this time ripping a piece of ground up and tossing it at Iceman and Archangel.

"With dese new powers, ain't noone that can stop me!" Cain laughed.

Slowly at first, but then faster, the Eiffel Tower could be seen falling over in the distance. Miracuously though, it did not hit the ground. It was being carried by four Juggernaut clones.

And then it was tossed by those clones at the jet the heroes had used to arrive in Paris...

[Electro UK]

Crystal lets down her barrier and sees me coming toward here. She hurls a boulder at me and puts up another barrier. I catch the boulder and throw it through a wall.

"What's going on. You're only human, you shouldn't be able to lift up that boulder." Crystal says behind the barrier

I teleport behind her.

"Right now, I would be more worried about my safety then my opponents limitations."

She quickly blocks herself with a sheet of rock. I unsheath my sword and cut through it, the sword touching her neck after the cut.

"Sorry but in war there are always casualties."

I run the sword through her neck and move on.

"Wade... come in Wade..." Deadpool pickedup his intercom as he ducked under Juggernaut's arm.

"Wally... this really isn't a good time to call... is something wrong? I thought Jarvis handeled the bed wetting problems."

"Wade... there's someone in the mansion... he's... he's killed Crystal."

Wade dropped in the intercom in disbelief. In the next second, he was gone.

***

Wade skidded down the hall. He was going to find whoever did this, and kill them.

"W-Wade?" It was Wally. deadpool reered round the corner to see him... leaning over Crystal's body.

"Oh god... Crystal..." he knelt down by her side, she was barley breathing, she wasn't going to make it. "Crystal? Can you hear me? It's Deadpool... I'm going to fid whoever did this to you, they'll pay... don't worry, they'll pay."

He closed her eyes as she took her last breath. Wade stood up and unsheaved his sword. Someone had come into his home and killed her. That someone was going to pay. "Wally... your parents ever let you see a Die Hard movie?"

"No, they didn't like me watching those sughts of films at my age."

"Well in that case, hide... cause this ain't gonna be pretty." And with that, he belted down the hallway, sword at the ready.

He came to a stop when he saw a figure down the end of the next corridor... Taskmaster. "Damn it Tasky... you've just gone and made me very, very angry... but I just can't help saying it... en guarde!

[Spider-Man9X17]

"THATS ENOUGH!" Cain shouted. The real Cain, as he clapped his hands together, sending a shockwave through the air that sent the weaker heroes back, and stumbled Death's Head and Thor at the very least.

"I'm unstoppable! I'm the Juggernaut! No one can stop me!" Cain shouted, grabbing Thor's shoulder and punching him in the face several times. He then tossed Thor in Death's Head's direction.

"You might as well give up! Me an' Thanos gonna take over the world!" Cain shouted again, this time ripping a piece of ground up and tossing it at Iceman and Archangel.

"With dese new powers, ain't noone that can stop me!" Cain laughed.

Slowly at first, but then faster, the Eiffel Tower could be seen falling over in the distance. Miracuously though, it did not hit the ground. It was being carried by four Juggernaut clones.

And then it was tossed by those clones at the jet the heroes had used to arrive in Paris...

"Thanos?THANOS?! That rat b@$t@rd is behind all this?" Hawkeye brushed himself off and approached Juggernaut. He stood face to...chest...with the behemoth.

"And here I thought you were becoming you own man, Marko. But your still just s stooge. Dirtying your hands for someone elses glory. Is where is old raisen face? Too afraid to show himself? Still licking his wounds from last time and doesn't want another butt-kicking from the Avengers?"

The clones threw the Eiffel tower into the Quinjet. The shields repelled most of the former landmark, but the force was just too much to stop it all. Hopefully, it was still flyable.

"And that...is coming out of your allowance. Now run back and tell your master we're not going to roll over and die."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Thor, Deaths Head. I gotta get back to New York. We're gonna need the FF in the city to stave off any attacks."

Johnny flamed up and took off. He could have been home in minutes, but he couldn't burn out his flames now. He reached the Baxter Building in just under an hour. Ben was just coming out of the armory. He still hadn't been able to revert to Thing form. No matter.

"Benjy, you ready to show these alien maggots who they're dealing with?"

[ElectroFlare]

"You think you're funny, little man?" Cain stared down Hawkeye.

"Well I don't think so." Cain said and threw Hawkeye straight up into the air as high as he could.

"Who's next?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

Hawkeye managed to grab a flagpole at the last second, and swing himself onto a roof. The thud reverberated through his whole body, momentarily knocking the wind out of him.

"Freakin' mutants, man..."

"Your wife's going to be a mutant," the little voice in his head told him.

"Yeah, but she's a pretty one. Now shut up. I can't breathe."

[kang604]

“Colonel Fury…are you online? Do you have any idea who this invading force is?”

Watching in horror via video monitor, Nick Fury could barely mutter the words.

"It's... its Cap. He's... attacking the city."

The Colonel slumped back in his chair in shock. Captain America was like a brother to him, his right hand man... the one man he respected more than anyone. A warrior. A warrior that had made a turn for the worst and was now defying everything that he stood for. It hurt him so bad that Nick Fury couldn't help but let a dissapointed tear fall down his cheek.

But only one.

Getting back to reality and using his secure line to the FF and the Avengers, the leader of SHIELD got down to business.

" Ben, as much as it pains me to say it, we have to take him down. He's murdering civilians and causing wreckless mayhem. Imagery has reported Taskmaster and The Hulk are accompanying him as well.

Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, anyone who is listening, listen good. Our planet is under attack from a threat indeed god-like. Right now the super-powered space vessel known as the Enslaver is orbiting Earth with Thanos the Mad Titan at the helm. It seems the bastard has his eyes set on us.

SHIELD is sending units as we speak to counter the threat here in NYC. I am co-ordinating forces to assist the Avengers in Europe to take down Juggs and Doom. But you guys gotta be with me on this one cause if we dont work together...

we're all gonna be calling Thanos master. And I sure as hell aint having that on my watch." Fury slammed down the communicator, lit a cigar and stormed his way to the Main Control Room of the Triskelion.

He had work to do.

[kang604]

- NORTH AFRICA -

The desert was calm... quiet. Unusual for such a conflicted region... Hundreds died here every day from war and hunger. The people were ruled by corrupt dictators and power hungry war mongers.

And nothing was about to change.

As the sun began to set, a massive presence formed on the horizon. The people were confused at first, but as it came closer and closer it became all too painfully clear... invasion.

Victor Von Doom glared into the dusk from his armoured transport as the combined might of Latveria and the Enslaver secured control over the desert. One would think he would have gone after the big cities first, trying to control major politicians and such, but Dr. Doom was a genius and he knew how to wage a war. First, Latveria must secure a steady stream of resources, something the Middle East and Africa had plenty of.

Victor smiled as his forces went to work, easily overcoming the pathetic opposition. But slowly his smile turned to a frown. This was a world meant for DOOM, meant for the greatness of Latveria... and he was now aiding Thanos in its conquest. Would Thanos of Titan succeed where Dr. DOOM had failed? If so, where did that leave him? Incapable? Inept?

Victor grimaced. NEVER! he thought. No-one will ever match the wit or might of DOOM...

[Darth Wolverine]

"Who's next?"

"Wrong question to ask, buddy!" Iron Man growled, his metallic fists pulsing with raw power. "You've really got me riled up...and when you hurt my friends, you pay for it!"

He launched himself forward, slamming into Juggernaut and pounding his fists against him, releasing energy blasts simultaneously. The crimson energy flashed over his body with each hit. Gotta up the ante, Tony thought in frustration, and increased his blows, using all his strength to pummel the monster.

This had better work...

[taskmaster]

"Wade... come in Wade..." Deadpool pickedup his intercom as he ducked under Juggernaut's arm.

"Wally... this really isn't a good time to call... is something wrong? I thought Jarvis handeled the bed wetting problems."

"Wade... there's someone in the mansion... he's... he's killed Crystal."

Wade dropped in the intercom in disbelief. In the next second, he was gone.

***

Wade skidded down the hall. He was going to find whoever did this, and kill them.

"W-Wade?" It was Wally. deadpool reered round the corner to see him... leaning over Crystal's body.

"Oh god... Crystal..." he knelt down by her side, she was barley breathing, she wasn't going to make it. "Crystal? Can you hear me? It's Deadpool... I'm going to fid whoever did this to you, they'll pay... don't worry, they'll pay."

He closed her eyes as she took her last breath. Wade stood up and unsheaved his sword. Someone had come into his home and killed her. That someone was going to pay. "Wally... your parents ever let you see a Die Hard movie?"

"No, they didn't like me watching those sughts of films at my age."

"Well in that case, hide... cause this ain't gonna be pretty." And with that, he belted down the hallway, sword at the ready.

He came to a stop when he saw a figure down the end of the next corridor... Taskmaster. "Damn it Tasky... you've just gone and made me very, very angry... but I just can't help saying it... en guarde!
"Damn it Wade, what are you doing here? How much are the Avengers paying you anyway?"

I run up to him and before he knows what's happening I cut of the bottom half of his jaw.

"Wait, don't answer that."

He may hate me right now but he'll like that. I kick him down the corridor. I can see his jaw already starting to grow back.

"Now, Wade, I could just shoot you in the face but to be honest, I couldn't do that. We've been friends before so I'll go easy on you."

I raise my sword in a defensive position.

"Come on."

[Silverstein]

"Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, anyone who is listening, listen good. Our planet is under attack from a threat indeed god-like. Right now the super-powered space vessel known as the Enslaver is orbiting Earth with Thanos the Mad Titan at the helm. It seems the bastard has his eyes set on us.

SHIELD is sending units as we speak to counter the threat here in NYC. I am co-ordinating forces to assist the Avengers in Europe to take down Juggs and Doom. But you guys gotta be with me on this one cause if we dont work together...

we're all gonna be calling Thanos master. And I sure as hell aint having that on my watch."

An electronic voice, it must have been coming from someone's device. Some kind of communicator or speaker or something. But it wasn't what the voice was, or where it was coming from. It was all about what it said.
He felt like maybe he could be some kind of hero. Maybe this was the purpose that he forgot. He felt inspired to step up and attempt something. He didn't know what exactly he wanted to do. But when the man's voice said "X-Men", he felt a sudden rush of energy like he wanted to destroy something. Maybe they were his friends and they destroyed enemies together. Whatever the case may be, he wanted to fight now.

Besides, if Earth is destroyed he would have no where to live. Every sane being, able and ready, would be willing to die for freedom than live as a slave. Regardless of the outcome, he almost had to fight anyway.

Pyro stepped out from hiding and began to approach the people. He had his firey bird circling above him, ready to strike if he were attacked. It was like having a pet phoenix.

[Electro UK]

"Damn it Wade, what are you doing here? How much are the Avengers paying you anyway?"

I run up to him and before he knows what's happening I cut of the bottom half of his jaw.

"Wait, don't answer that."

He may hate me right now but he'll like that. I kick him down the corridor. I can see his jaw already starting to grow back.

"Now, Wade, I could just shoot you in the face but to be honest, I couldn't do that. We've been friends before so I'll go easy on you."

I raise my sword in a defensive position.

"Come on."

"Ow! My fhucking jawph! Wha te fhuck di ou do tat or ou ittle sehiter!" Wade mumbeled as his jaw grew back. "And now I'm going to ****ing kill you, you... aww I can't swear anymore."

Deadpool pulled a knife from his belt and chucked it at Taskmaster. "Friends or not, we've all got our limits... wow did I just say something noble?"

[SuperFerret]

I don't know how she did that, or why she's able to do it, but in a few moments it won't matter.

"HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!"

I step off of the bridge, simultaneously pressing the button on my wrist that'll summon my glider. I fall towards Sarah, making my body into a missile, and I slam into her feet first.

I land on my glider as Sarah swings on some sort of grapple-cable back towards the bridge. I lose sight of her for a moment as she swings around the pillar, and then she's gone.

GONE!!

I search for the bridge for a good twenty minutes, before heading back to Norman's office. As I fly over Manhattan I notice that there's some kind of ruckus going on near Central Park.

Oh well, not my problem.

[taskmaster]

"Ow! My fhucking jawph! Wha te fhuck di ou do tat or ou ittle sehiter!" Wade mumbeled as his jaw grew back. "And now I'm going to ****ing kill you, you... aww I can't swear anymore."

Deadpool pulled a knife from his belt and chucked it at Taskmaster. "Friends or not, we've all got our limits... wow did I just say something noble?"

I catch the knife he throws at me.

"It's just another thing that shows you don't belong here. You can't change who you are, no matter how hard you try."

I charge at him and our swords clash. I slash downwards, he evades and tries to cut my legs off below the knee. I jump and kick him in the face. He thrusts his sword at me, I bend backwards and trap his arm with my legs. I twist snapping his arm, a compound fracture.

"Come on Wade, you're better than this."

He picks up his sword in his left hand and run toward me. I jump over him, sliding my sword through the straps on his costume. As I land any weapons he had on him beside his sword fall to the ground. I take a grenade and kick Wade back. I pull the pin and throw the grenade at him. Surprisingly he kicks it back. It drops at my feet and explodes. The smoke clears and I see Wade with his back turned.

"Hey Wade, we're not done here." I dust myself off and rush him.

[Duker Jay]

"Benjy, you ready to show these alien maggots who they're dealing with?"

"Always." Ben strapped a rifle-sized, neural impactor to his back among his other weapons. "It's what we do, ain't it?"

They stepped out onto the roof. Ben mounted a personal air-speeder and started the engine.

"Ben, as much as it pains me to say it, we have to take him down. He's murdering civilians and causing wreckless mayhem. Imagery has reported Taskmaster and The Hulk are accompanying him as well.

Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, anyone who is listening, listen good. Our planet is under attack from a threat indeed god-like. Right now the super-powered space vessel known as the Enslaver is orbiting Earth with Thanos the Mad Titan at the helm. It seems the bastard has his eyes set on us.

SHIELD is sending units as we speak to counter the threat here in NYC. I am co-ordinating forces to assist the Avengers in Europe to take down Juggs and Doom. But you guys gotta be with me on this one cause if we dont work together...

we're all gonna be calling Thanos master. And I sure as hell aint having that on my watch."

"Destruction sounds about right fer the Hulk but what's Cap think he's doin'? Time to saddle up, kids." Ben called to Susan and Johnny. "The city needs savin' again."

"With SHIELD units coming, we'll let them handle the footsoldiers...we need to stop the leaders. We need to stop Captain America."

The three sped off to Avengers Mansion.

[Electro UK]

I catch the knife he throws at me.

"It's just another thing that shows you don't belong here. You can't change who you are, no matter how hard you try."

I charge at him and our swords clash. I slash downwards, he evades and tries to cut my legs off below the knee. I jump and kick him in the face. He thrusts his sword at me, I bend backwards and trap his arm with my legs. I twist snapping his arm, a compound fracture.

"Come on Wade, you're better than this."

He picks up his sword in his left hand and run toward me. I jump over him, sliding my sword through the straps on his costume. As I land any weapons he had on him beside his sword fall to the ground. I take a grenade and kick Wade back. I pull the pin and throw the grenade at him. Surprisingly he kicks it back. It drops at my feet and explodes. The smoke clears and I see Wade with his back turned.

"Hey Wade, we're not done here." I dust myself off and rush him.

"Good, I almost thought that was too easy." Wade said as he stepped past Taskmaster, tripping him up. He grabbed a knife from the floor and stuck it in Taskmaster's costume. "You know, lately, maybe I've been thinking you're right, maybe I don't belong here. But I made a promise to a special lady about this stuff. And let's face it... with my mung there ain't many special ladys in the world of me."

Wade's sword handle swipped arcoss Taskmaster's face, while the other grazed the skin of his leg. "Oh what's that? No healing factor to make that all better? Well I'm sure I could kiss it better, but seeing as you just killed one of my best friends, I think I'll step on it!" And with that, he let his foot down on the wound, hard.

"I'm sure seeing as you killed a member, the Avengers could pass me for one tiny little murder, not like you'll be missed or anything, though Jarvis'll be pissed about having to clean all the blood up... well if he complains, I'll remind him I'm steal angry bout the wheel of cheese he ate all by himself, I was saving that for happy hour."

[taskmaster]

"Wade, shut the hell up. You'll never be a hero and you'll never kill me."

I take the knife and shove it into Wade's crotch. Wade shierks in pain.

"What's the matter? You said it you're self that you're probably not going to be able to use it. Maybe that's why you've got the kid around."

Wade looks up at me in anger.

"Don't worry I'm not going to hurt him. I've haven't been payed to."

I use my sword to cut off Wade's legs. Then pull out two stakes.

"You know that I've memorized all of the parts of the human body, right. So, if I push this stake right here."

I push it in his neck in a way that will paralyze him from the neck down, but not kill him.

"And here" The second one goes in his back just incase he gets to the other one.

"You'll heal around around them, you won't be able to pull them out because you can't move your arms. And this bullet, will keep you from telling them what's wrong. And keep me for having to cut your jaw off all the time."

I take a bullet out of my .45 and put it in Wade's neck, through his vocal cords.

"At least you'll be able to think about what you're doing here. Bye Wade, see you around."

I leave Wade, motionless and speachless. I couldn't tell you how long I've been waiting to do that.

[Toby_Temple]

"Thor, Deaths Head. I gotta get back to New York. We're gonna need the FF in the city to stave off any attacks."

Johnny flamed up and took off. He could have been home in minutes, but he couldn't burn out his flames now. He reached the Baxter Building in just under an hour. Ben was just coming out of the armory. He still hadn't been able to revert to Thing form. No matter.

"Benjy, you ready to show these alien maggots who they're dealing with?"

You alright Thor? I guess we should give it all we've got. Use your hammer always. Right now you're the only one who could probably hurt him.

Death's Head got back up. Iron Man's attack gave him and Thor a little time to "regroup" and plan things out.

Alright Juggernaut! I'll deal with you the same way I dealt with the Hulk. And I know you won't like it. Yes?

In seconds, Death's Head's right arm changed shape again. This time, it turned into menacing set of blades.

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[bkhedr]

Thor rubbed his bearded chin as he rose from the rubble. Ironman was still pummeling Cain and Death's Head right arm had reshaped into a wicked looking bladed instrument.

Despite the heroes best efforts, the chaos continued unabated all around them. Thanos' army was sadistically efficient and the french police and convential millitary units were horribly overmatched. At least Fury was sending Shield units to help hold the line, but that wouldnt stop Cain, or his clones.

Well behind the battle lines a gas main exploded and sent a fountain of flame shooting into the air. It was then that Thor realized that the front lines had moved. Thanos' troop numbers acctually seemed to have increased in number and Cain, Hela damn his soul, was keeping the Avengers pinned down here while the invasion force continued to advance!

Somehow, Cain had to be neutralized...and fast!

[Electro UK]

"Wade? What's that coming out of your... oh that's sick." Wally said as he approached Wade. "...I'm gonna have to pull that out arn't I?" Wade shook his head. "Okay... you did rescue me from that crocodile that time we went to the zoo... then again it was you who pushed me in the pit."

Slowly, Wally reached out and grabbed the 1st stake, pulling it out fast. "Okay that wasn't nice... kinda reminded me of that time you gutted the rabbit when we got lost in that forest... there's another one isn't there?" Wade nodded. "Okay here goes." he pulled the next one. After quickly healing, Wade pointed to his neck.

"What's that? Cat got your tongue? Oh hey! I made a funny!" Wade rolled his eyes in a now's not the time mannor. He reached to his thorat with a knife, and made stabbing motions towards it. "Stab you in the neck? But Wade, you're my mentor, I wouldn't dare... okay I'll do it."

Wally took the knife and stabbed Wade right through, the bullet came out the other side. Wade sighed with relief. "Jeezus! What an owning! Stupid no killing rule! Cheers Waldo."

"Wally."

"Whatever. "Okay, he can break and enter, he can kill a fellow Avenger, he can paralyse me from the neck down... but he CANNOT cut off my means to talk. Now its personal!" Wade strapped up his weapons once more and drew a smoke grenade.

Darting down the hallway, he noticed Taskmaster. He threw the grenade at him. As a burst of smoke was unleashed, Wade tackled Taskmaster to the ground, sticking a knife into his little finger on his right hand. "Try to stop me talking? How dare you! Just for that, I'm gonna tell every joke, every critism... and I'k gonna do it all while kicking your ass!"

[Electro UK]

Octavius laughed."You are even more pathetic than I gave you credit for wall crawler.I haven't seen you this pathetic since our first encounter".

Ock retracted on of his tentacles and delivered a devastating blow to Spider-Man's face knocking him out.Spider-Man's body went limp.Ock dropped him to the floor.

"Weak and pathetic.Like I've always said.Something else you can include in your worthless rag Jameson" Ock said as he walked over to Electro.

"We're done here.Spider-Man is ours.We'll take him somewhere more private to issue him a most fitting demise.Then we move on to bigger and better things".

Ock raised himself on two tentacles,and coiled Spider-Man in another two.Carrying him like a prize trophy,Ock exited thru the large hole in the Bugle wall,followed by Electro who floated on a wave of electricity.

Max was... well he was kinda dissapointed. What was with Spider-man? He'd figured killing that dumb girl was only gonna enrage him... but he'd surrendered? What a coward! This was the Spider-man that didn't quit on him when Max had over powered and could have killed Spider-man at any moment? This was the Spider-man that single handedly defeated the Sinister Six?

"I don't get it... what's with him?" he asked Ock as the two made their way. "It's almost as if he's chickened out or something. We sure its him? Coulda been Daredevil or someone. That T.V. broadcast could have brought any imposter."

At that moment, Max had to remind himself that Spider-man was a human. And looking at the circumstance, probably a sensible human at that. When filled with a crowd of people, any of who Max could have easily killed in seconds, it did seem the smart thing to surrender. But maybe therewas a way of making sure, Max didn't know what Spider-man looked like, but there was every chance that it could give them some answers. "Maybe... maybe we could take off his mask?" he suggested to Ock.

[Charlie No-One]

Polaris watched the events going on in the mansion. She had stalked her prey long enough. It was time to strike. Suddenly, a clouded memory came into her head. It was Alex, her long time lover. He was snuggled up next to Lorna on a beach with rich sunlight basking down upon them. They had just ended a victorious fight against her father, Magneto. It was joyful memory, yet it still pained Lorna.

“I do not want relive this dream..this terror. I should be fighting..not remenicing..NO!”

Lorna screamed, raising her illuminated hands, power billowing from her body. The metal structures of the mansion glowed. Moving her hands back, part of the building ripped from the base. Upon seeing the floating house, more invaders gathered around the famed mutant. Polaris turned to the opponents, the structure still hovering over her head.

“You have no power over me. Now be gone, before somebody drops a house on you!” screamed Lorna. She slid her hands forward, the house following her movements. Clenching her fists, the house fell on to the mass of soldiers. Polaris walked over to the edge of the crash.

“No slippers for me? What a shame,”

The woman walked towards the exposed edge of the mansion. Her mind had changed. Something had snapped in her head. The original Lorna would have never killed. Emotions cycled through her head. In minutes, she quickly expelled these thoughts.

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[Silverstein]

"WHOA!! Some green haired chick just dropped part of a house on those guys.! She must be what that guy was talking about when he asked for everyone's help!! She's probablly the reason I was jumped by those guys!! She must be that "Thanos" that one of the guys mentioned." He made his phoenix increase in size and temperature, He sent it flying towards the ground around her.
He was becoming very angry, he didn't know why, but something about her angered him. If only he could remember.

[taskmaster]

Darting down the hallway, he noticed Taskmaster. He threw the grenade at him. As a burst of smoke was unleashed, Wade tackled Taskmaster to the ground, sticking a knife into his little finger on his right hand. "Try to stop me talking? How dare you! Just for that, I'm gonna tell every joke, every critism... and I'k gonna do it all while kicking your ass!"

"Now is not the time for you to be making jokes Wade."

I grab the back of his head and pull it down on the handle of the knife in my hand. The handle goes though his right eye. I hold it to his face and pull the blade of the knife out of my hand. Then I take it out of his face and stab it into his shoulder.

Wade tries to hit me with a left but I block it. I trip him and while he falls he pulls out the knife. He jumps back up, I grab him by the throat and throw him through a wall. I step over the broken wall in to the next room. Wade's ready and hit's me in the face. I slam into a nearby window, Wade tries to kick me through it. I move out of the way and his leg goes through. I get ready to hit him again when I hear a sickening crack.

The next thing I know, the glass shatters and I'm falling to the ground. Bastard must have used his other leg to kick me. The only way for him to do that from his position was to break his other leg. I get up off the ground.

"Come on out Wade, let's finish this"

[Electro UK]

Just then, the ground started to shake. Taskmaster stared in awe as a Quinjet exploded through the Avenger's hangar wall. "Opps, I gotta learn how to open that door." Wade said. "Ah, if anyone asks, I'll say Taskmaster did it."

Taskmaster was in sight. "And locking gun turrets now... oh boy this is gonna be fun!" Taskmaster immeadiately started to weave his way through a flurry of bullets, meanwhile Wade was fiddeling with the CD player inside. "Damn, none of these CDs match my mood right now, Abba? No, Beatles? No, 50 Cent? Hang on, I better just throw this out of the window... ah! Stupid Hawkeye, what's he trying to do? Turn the Avengers into a bunch of gansters? Oh I'm sorry, ganstas Motorhead? This'll do."

Wade launched several rockets at Taskmaster, who flipped and twisted his way out. "Nah nah nah nah nah the ace of spades, nanananananana the ace of spades. I just hope the police don't come along, I haven't got my Quinjet licence yet."

[taskmaster]

God damn maniac. I should've expected him to do something like this. He fires off another round of rockets. I start jumping on top of them to get close to the Quinjet. I teleport the rest of the way. I start punching the windshield. Wade smiles underneath his mask and guns it. I stab a knife through the windsheild, to keep my balance. I slowly stand and jump into the Quinjet.

"I suggest you put it in autopilot, because you're going to have your hands full."

[Electro UK]

"I knew I threw that 50 Cent CD away too soon, he surely would have had to block his ears from the infernal racket and fall off!... then again I would have probably crashed the Quinjet into a wall... again, I'd have said Taskmaster did it." Wade flicked the Quinjet onto auto pilot.

"Destination?"

"Uh-- I dunno, Savage Land?"

"Destination set."

"Oh...figs. Anyway, which of these buttons opens the roof? This one? No. This one? Whoah somethings ringing."

"Hello?"

"Uh... hello?"

"Who's this?"

"Um... Jesus?"

"Oh this is that little ****ing prank caller again isn't it? Listen you ****ing *******, why don't you get off your piece of **** phone and stop calling me!" with that, the phone we silent.

"Wow... violent. This button?"

"Ejecter seat, commencing."

"Oh sh-- Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeee! Now I totally see why John Mclane did this!" Wade teleported onto the top of the Quinjet, leaning against a wall so as to not fall off. "Oh Taskmaster, would you please come up to the top of the flying super machine to fight the whacko with a healing factor?"

[taskmaster]

I jump through the top of the roof. I take out my sword and slash upwards with it, slicing Wade's mask off and cutting the tip of his nose.

"That felt like the right thing to do but now looking at your face I wish I wouldn't have done that."

Wade charges towards me, I sidestep him and put my sword at his throat.

" Wade, this has been really fun but I'm done toying with you. I think I'm going to go back the the mansion and find someone who might be a challenge for me. Before I'll show you why I'm so confident."

I kick Wade through the hole I made when I came up. I look down to him.

"You know me Wade, I wouldn't have taken a job like this for money alone. Thanos had to give me something more. I was tried of being beaten by people with less skill just because they could fly or bend cars in their hands. I wanted that power and I got it. I was one of the best in our profession Wade, now I'm one of the most dangerous people on earth. It was nice seeing you again Wade."

I ball both of my hands together and jump. I come down and hit the Quinjet, sending it to the ground below. I teleport to a nearby building. I begin going back to the Avengers Mansion.

[Electro UK]

"Well look on the bright side, I may be seconds away from a horrbile pain, but at least I'm not going to the Savage La--"

"Acitvatin emergancy thrusters, continuing route to Savage Land."

"Aw jimmies. Okay, which was the last issue published by Marvel that had the Savage land? New Avengers 4 I think..." Wade pulled out an issue from one of his belt pouches. "Lucky Bendis wrote this, I usually have his issues on hand to roll up and squash bugs with."

"Nearing destination."

"Spider-man: You don't go to the Savage Land without crashing... heh! That's actually quite fun-- aw nuts." BOOM! The Quinjet smacked into the ground, throwing Wade miles away. He got up and dusted himself off, "Okay... it'll be fun explaining how I trashed Tony's Quinjet to him later... so how do I get out of here?"

[ElectroFlare]

"YOU'RE NOTHING BUT MAGGOTS TO ME!" Cain shouted, and the Earth rumbled under him. He through Ironman over his shoulder without a second thought.

Thor was the toughest threat here. Take care of him first, then the rest will fall.

Cain charged at him, his massive arms swinging menacingly. With a collousal wind-up, Cain landed an uppercut on the jaw of the Thundergod. How far it would take him was uncertain, but it definately had to hurt.

Good. Cain was already tired of this fight.

[Charlie No-One]

Polaris watched as a sheet of fire came racing towards her. She manipulated the remains of the house to create a shield around herself. From inside her metal bubble, she closed her hazel eyes, as she centered all her power into the ground. The water and sewage pipes blasted out from their concealment, dousing the flames.

“Your flames are..” A memory raced into her head. In the dream, Lorna was lifting immense sheets of metal over a fire. As she turned the plates, water spilled out. She was using her powers for good. Alex was handling crowd control. Her old love was working along side her. He had turned on her though. He was no friend.

“No…I am not Polaris…I am..I am… MALICE!”

Malice reached her hand behind her back. She pulled a small tube from her corset. It was filled with liquid metal. Hank had made it for her to use as a way of containment. Once it made contact with the air it expanded until Lorna manipulated it then it hardened.

Malice hurled the tube at Pyro. The liquid splashed on to his skin; instantly it started to expand. It molded around his body leaving only his face to be exposed. Lorna hardened the glop around his skin.

“That metal can not be melted. Try getting out of that!”

[Silverstein]

Pyro said nothing. He was confused and astounded. She had encased him in some kind of metal in mere seconds. It seemed unreal. He thought he was done for but noticed all the small embers and flames from the earlier battles. He resurrected the phoenix from another flame. But instead of using it to attack he sent it into the air.

He used another spark to become another fire, and had that one sneak off in another direction. And another into the opposite direction. He did not have to look at the fires to control them, so he kept his eyes on the girl. He didn't think that she saw what he was doing, so he tried not to look like he was focusing too hard.

"I never said you were. I don't even know who I am right now lady. I only remember waking up in the park, surrounded by ashes. Your buddies over there mentioned someone named "Thanos" and kidnapped me and brought me here." He stopped.

A cold wind blew past and for a brief second he knew who she was but forgot, just as quickly.

"Hey you're....uh..Are you Thanos?" Pyro somehow knew how to deal with people like her. He didn't know what type of person that actually was but the situation seemed familiar. All he knew is that he had to keep talking, keep making her think. The longer that she thought and talked, the longer it would be before she sealed the rest of the metal and killed him. And if he said the right words he might not have to use his plan.

[Charlie No-One]

"I know what you are trying to accomplish. It will not work. I notice what you are doing and your life is now forfeit. So for your sake, I hope the effects of the metal dissipate before you die,”

Malice sealed the metal. In an hour the metal would be a liquid again. Lorna turned and flew off towards the city.

[Silverstein]

Pyro had to think fast. How can a human get out of a metal incasing before suffocating, without burning his own flesh with the molten metal?

Scenario I:
I could create a tornado of flames around the casing, and then send a strike of super heated flames to instantly melt the metal off...The vaccum from the tornado would stop the metal from burning my skin.

No...no no...

Scenario II:
Using dual flames I could try to burn the outter most layer of the casing and use the second flame to cool the casing. Causing it to break.

No that can't work. I would need incredible amount of nova heat.

Scenario III:
If this is Vibranium I could use the subsequent frequency harmonics to errupt a time spacial barrier and disrupt the molecules of the casing's metallic structure.

I don't even know what that means...uh.

Scenario IV:
I could call her bluff and try to break this damn thing. Yeah. and now i'm angry!!

He tried shaking and moving to break the casing, but to no avail. He was amazed to find that there was no way out. It would not break. As thin as it was, the metal would not crack.
He tried using the fire birds to melt the casing, but it had no effect. Nothing worked. He began to fear being stuck forever.

"When I get out of here, you'll pay, Thanos!!! I swear I'll make you pay!!!!"

[Toby_Temple]

"YOU'RE NOTHING BUT MAGGOTS TO ME!" Cain shouted, and the Earth rumbled under him. He through Ironman over his shoulder without a second thought.

Thor was the toughest threat here. Take care of him first, then the rest will fall.

Cain charged at him, his massive arms swinging menacingly. With a collousal wind-up, Cain landed an uppercut on the jaw of the Thundergod. How far it would take him was uncertain, but it definately had to hurt.

Good. Cain was already tired of this fight.

Death's Head knows how important Thor is in this battle. Without him and Mjolnir, the possibility of defeating Cain is slim. He has to get Cain's attention away from the Thunder God.

With no moment to spare, the cyborg lunged his attack. He striked Juggernaut's face with his blades. Cain blinked and positioned his hands for cover. His body is now wide open. Death's Head followed his initial attack with a left punch to the Cain's gut. Cain curled down a little bit, feeling the force of the blow. Then Death's Head raised both his arms and hurled both of them to Cain's head, sending him to his knees. Cain is seemed to be stunned. He looked up but saw a huge barrel several inches from his face.

CHUUZZZOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!!!!

The blast send Cain several meters away. It was just what he need; time to bring the Thunder God back to his senses.

THOR! What's wrong with you?! Get up and pound Juggernaut with your hammer! Better yet, use your God-Force on him now! We need to take him out so we could deal with the others!

Thor was stunned. This cyborg seemed to know alot about him and the Juggernaut.

[The Joker]

"I don't get it... what's with him?" he asked Ock as the two made their way. "It's almost as if he's chickened out or something. We sure its him? Coulda been Daredevil or someone. That T.V. broadcast could have brought any imposter."

At that moment, Max had to remind himself that Spider-man was a human. And looking at the circumstance, probably a sensible human at that. When filled with a crowd of people, any of who Max could have easily killed in seconds, it did seem the smart thing to surrender. But maybe therewas a way of making sure, Max didn't know what Spider-man looked like, but there was every chance that it could give them some answers. "Maybe... maybe we could take off his mask?" he suggested to Ock.

Ock paused as Electro said this.He was right.This could be an imposter.Some glory hound out for fame and fortune.It wouldn't be the first time someone impersonated the wall crawler.And if it is an imposter,they will die for having the temerity for trying to fool the great Octavius.

Ock was not a man who dished out praise,unless it was to himself.But he managed to spit out the words "Good point Max.There was something off about the wall crawler.As pathetic as he is,he never does quit quite so easily".

They both had stopped now on one of the many Manhattan rooftops.Ock laid the unconcious Spider-Man on the ground.Both Ock and Electro stood over him staring at him.

"If this is an imposter,I shall kill him where he lies.Nobody tries to make a fool of me" Ock said,as he flexed out a tentacle and gripped Spider-Man's mask,ripping it off.

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Both Ock and Electro stared.Beneath the mask was the unconcious face of Peter Parker.Ock frowned."So this was no imposter.It was him after all".

Ock picked Parker up and stared at him:

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"So why the weak performance?? What was his game?? Was this all a trap?? Did he intend to surrender?? Are we being followed by some super hero friend of his??".

Ock looked back at Electro.

"Whatever the agenda,he will tell us everything.One way or another".

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Honey, I'm home!" Johnny yelled, walking into Avengers Mansion. The immediate area was quiet, but he could hear a tussel down the hall. Walking through the darkened area, he tripped over something and nearly fell on his face.

"What the..." He lit his hand, sweeping the area to find whatever it was he hit.

His heart stopped. His blood froze.

Crystal was laying on the floor in a pool o fher own blood. She had stopped breathing some time ago.

"N-no," he choked, falling to his knees. "Oh God....youb@$t@rds. NO!"

"Do not weep, Johnny Storm."

The Torch looked up. A ghostly image of Medusa and Blackbolt stood before him.

"My sister's body may be gone, but they can never extinguish her soul. She will live on, somewhere, somehow."

"Bring her back. I know you people can do it."

"It is not our choice to make. Her soul will return to the realm of Attilan to wait for judgement, and maybe new life."

Crystal's body began to fade.

"Her physical form will be prepared for memorium. Now go, Johnny. Your friends will need your help."

"Who...?"

"A man called Taskmaster is responsible, but that situation is well in hand. Go and help bring Captain America back to his rightful self."

The images disappeared, and Johnny was left alone again. His heart was broken, but his resolve was as strong as ever.

"FLAME ON!!"

[Spider-Man9X17]

Hawkeye emerged back onto the war torn streets of Paris. Juggernaut was still running rampant. Hawkeye knew he was strong, but this power now, whatever Thanos had done to him, it was ungodly.

"Hawkeye to Fury. We need a team of Hulkbusters in Paris stat. And try to round me up some Pym Particles. Bows and arrows are only gonna get me so far in this fight."

[Darth Wolverine]

Iron Man let out a groan as he forced himself into a sitting position. Her brought a hand up to his dented mask. It was digging into his cheek, coated in the blood flowing. He had to remove it. He was one the powerhouses here; he couldn't afford to be dropped. Secret identities weren't top priority here.

With a gulp, he released the mask'ss seal and gently removed it. The lance speared in his cheek withdrew. He tossed it aside and took to the air, powering up his weapons systems once again and rerouting all available energy to his chest omni-laser. The enhanced version of this could knock the Hulk cold...

"Hawkeye!" he yelled, noticing the archer barking into a communicator. "Get my Hulkbuster armour here, now! Go fetch it yourself if you have to, but just don't stand around catching flies in your mouth!"

As he prepped to fire his chest laser, he ordered the rest of the team to back away. This should at least knock the wind out of Juggernaut so that Thor and Death's Head could slam him while he's down.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"The Quinjet is boned!" Hawkeye yelled into his comm. "Any of us who can't fly are stuck here."

Hawkeye thought gor a second. If the comms were up and running, maybe the remote relays would work on the same channel. Rushing to the damaged Quinjet, he fed the remotw lines through Reed's broadcast channel.

"Yes!" he said to himself as the armor responded. He uploaded the coordinates, and instructed it to bring him the Particles and his Goliath outfit as well.

"Tony! Three minutes ETA!"

[Darth Wolverine]

"Tony! Three minutes ETA!" Hawkeye responded.

"Not soon enough, Clint!"

Tony felt the metallic tubes that enhanced his strength become a little more rigid as a third of its power was siphoned into the pulsating omni-laser situated on his chets plate. He couldn't wait to suit up in his Hulkbuster unit, and feel the power surge through him...

[bkhedr]

Thor blinked hard and shook his head in an attempt to clear the stars from his vision. He was laying in a pile of rubble that only recently been a french house and Death's Head was saying something to him.



...and pound Juggernaut with your hammer! Better yet, use your God-Force on him now! We need to take him out so we could deal with the others!



God-Force....yes, that might be the only way.

Taking hold of the debris on either side of him the son of Odin heaved himself up to his feet.

"Avengers! Deal ye now with Thanos' forces! The God of Thunder shalt deal with the Juggernaut!" Thor yelled as he began so spin his mystic hammer over his head and the wind began to howl.

Within seconds Thor had opened a massive whilrwind vortex which blew depris and garbage all around as it swirled about to encompass both its creator and the Juggernaut.

Before anyone could react the vortex dissipated, the winds died down, and the sounds of chaos and battle were once again the loudest sounds on the streets of Paris.

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Antarctica -

Thor and the Juggernaut stood alone in the frozen desert several meters apart. The biting cold bothered neither one of them but Cain, despite his recent feats of teleportation, appeared disoriented.

The Mighty Thor, his hammer crackling with energy and his torn cape billowing in the wind, wore a grim look on his face.

"Juggernaut! I grant thee one final opportunity to surrender and return the Lady Sif!"

Teleportation might have disorientated Cain, but physical threats did not. He smirked and was in the middle of making a snide remark when Thor cut im off.

"SO BE IT!" Thor declared as he held his hammer in two hands and used it to chanel his own godly essence into a devasting wave of energy which arced out from the hammer and directly towards the Juggernaut

KRA-BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!
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The sound was deafening.
Cain screamed but it was lost in the sound of the blast. At the triskelion reports began coming on of a massive explosion akin to several nuclear blasts in Antarctica. In orbit Thanos' commanders witnessed in disbelief as the southern hemisphere of the globe was lit up by the blast.

Back in Antarctica the devastating wave of energy continued to shoot out of Thor's hammer. The ground shook, and the very earth itself began to split and crumble underneath the combatants even as a streak of deep blue cosmic energy knifed through the atmosphere towards them.

Satisifed, and unaware of the new presence, Thor lowered his hammer. The use of the God-Blast had left him weakened and drained, but the effect it had on Cain was worth it. The Juggernaut's helmet was gone, his armor scuffed and scratched. He lay hunched over in the snow on his hands and knees breathing heavily, clearly much worse off for wear.

Before Thor could even speak the Fallen One was upon them firing a concentrated and indiscrimanate bolt of Cosmic plasma at the spot where Thor stood. The blast took Thor by surprise and served to shatter the already weakened ice shelf upon which he stood, sending both Thor and the Juggernaut into the icy depths.Then, without a second glance, The Fallen One shot upwards and back into space.

[Midnight Ice]

Iceman stood there, just staring.

"Uh...where did they just disappear to exactly?"

He looks at Arcangel who just shrugs his shoulders.

"Does that mean we won?"

[Hyper Venom]

Tackling the 16 foot tall behemoth, Devil Hulk put Yellowjacket through two walls before leaping up to meet his face. The demonic creature grabbed Pym by the ears and forced him downwards, crashing into the floor of the mansion and destroying everything in their path. He began to pound the giant mercilessly in the face, leaving nothing but a bloody pulp behind. He stood and turned away, looking for someone else to fight.

But then, a shadow loomed over him.

"This isn't over. Turn around and fight like a man!"

Devil Hulk looked back over his shoulder at Yellowjacket and grinned.

"Nah, I'd rather fight like a devil..."

Devil Hulk lunged toward Yellowjacket's face again, but was batted away by the giant's right hand. Crashing through a wall, the creature landed on his feet, ran forward, and jumped on the giant's face again. With both hands, he dug his talons into Yellowjacket's right eye. The giant screamed in pain and shook from side to side, crumbling the walls of the mansion as he did so, in an attempt to get the Hulk out of his eye. Devil Hulk grinned as he pulled backwards and yanked Pym's eye out of its socket. Pym fell back to the ground, crushing even more of the mansion, and held the socket where his right eye used to be. A river of blood and mucus began to flow through the halls of the mansion. Devil Hulk mounted Yellowjacket's face and held his severed eye over his shoulder.

"You seem to be in a bit of pain there, Pym. Take a pill. It'll help take your mind off of the pain.."

With that, Devil Hulk shoved the eye into Yellowjacket's mouth and forced it down his throat. Yellowjacket choked and gagged as he was forced to eat his own eye. Instinctively, he grew once again. He stood up, bursting through the roof of the mansion, and stood at forty feet. The river of blood now engulfed the entire mansion.

Devil Hulk fell a short distance before grabbing onto Pym's costume, hanging from his chest. He climbed up Pym's body, digging his talons into his flesh like he would the side of a building, until he reached Pym's mouth.

"You bastard! I'll kill you!"

Devil Hulk simply grinned.

"Bite me."

With that, the creature leapt into the giant's mouth. He forced his way down Pym's throat until he reached the tonsils.

"I always saw them do this in cartoons. Let's see what will happen in real life."

Devil Hulk proceeded to punch Pym's tonsils like a punching bag. The giant screamed, and the force of the scream nearly hurled Devil Hulk back out. He grabbed onto the tonsils and bit into them, causing Pym's scream to painfully hault itself. The demon leapt further downward until he could no longer fall. He was stuck in Hank Pym's throat, causing him to choke. Pym staggered about uncontrollably, destroying even more of the mansion. Eventually Devil Hulk grew tired of this. He began to claw away at Pym from the inside out, tearing away at flesh and sinew until he finally saw daylight. Tearing away what was left of the obstruction, Devil Hulk climbed out of Pym's throat and jumped to the ground. As he fell, Pym fell backwards, crushing what was left of the mansion.

As if the resounding shockwaves from the giant's fall to earth weren't enough, Devil Hulk crashed into the ground, shaking the surrounding area in a mini-earthquake. There was nothing but fallen mortar and brick, drenched in the blood of the fallen Yellowjacket. Devil Hulk smiled at his handiwork.

"Too bad that Deadpool character left already...I really wanted to kill him..."

[ElectroFlare]

From Paris to the Antarctic ocean...a weird turn of events.

The cold or the water didn't bother him. It probably didn't bother Thor much either, but who knows what that guy is capable of.

All Cain knew is that he had to get out. The Avengers would be able to stop Thanos's and Doom's troops...maybe.

Or maybe he could end the Thunder God here and now?

Smiling Cain wrapped his hands around Thor's throat...

[ElectroFlare]

Spider-man groaned and stirred. His eyes snapped open and he was staring straight into Doc Ock's glasses.

"Alright Ock, what's your plan?" Spider-man said, and then saw his mask hanging from Ock's tentacle.

Electro had now seen his face.

Was everyone gonna find out who he was now?

With one smooth gymnastic-style move Spider-man was on his feet five feet from the villians.

"What do you really want? If you had wanted me dead you would have killed me then!"

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker stands over the body of a former military general. He listens as the screams continue to lesson, until it becomes clear that all military personel have been slaughtered by Thanos' forces. He looks around and sees that this military base that houses some of China's greatest weapons has become theirs. The people of China became so entangled with the forces outside that they were spread much too thin. Their bases have fallen one by one until finally, this last one has been claimed. All the military bases on and off file have been claimed, and the chinese military have gone into hiding. Most are now dead.

The Shocker smiles. Only weeks ago he was just another slacker. He was a guy that no one took seriously. But not anymore. This is the day the Shocker took over China. He has all their power, and he has all their bases. He's done something that even Thanos' other leutinants have been unable to do, take over a world power with little to no trouble. The others are still struggling, but China, China's officially claimed. He holds the comunicator to his mouth.

"Shocker to Hypron. I want you to set up a parimeter of guards around China's borders. No one comes in and no one goes out. I want you to prepare all missles and military devices for our defence. Once that is set, I want you to start forming camp for the people of China. Round them up, and if anyone needs to be made an example of, start with surviving military officials if possible. Put heads on stakes, pile up the bodies of the dead. Make it so that everyone knows that China has fallen."

"It will be done as you request," comes Hypron's response

_________________________________________

Time passes and the Shocker arrives back at the base, where Rogue awaits him. He finds her sitting at the computer with a holographic image showing the happenings in Paris.

"So what's going on, Rogue?"

[twylight]

Rogue yawned, it had been too easy to take over China, no Avengers, and no X-Men.

She sighed, she did so want her 'teammates' to see the new her, to see how powerful she really was. She'd let Shocker do most of the killing. An inhabition she'd had even when she was part of the Brotherhood. Yet she did it slyly, commenting that she was needed at the base with the computers. Shocker would never know, and she doubted Thanos would mind.
"Ah wondah how the rest of the invasion is going'."
Rogue looked at the computer and once again drew up Kitty's computer knowledge. Pressing a few buttons she pulled up a holographic image of Paris and leaned back to watch.

"So what's going on, Rogue?"

She swiviled around.

"Looks like it's quite a shindig in Paris." She commented before looking back at the Shocker an idea coming to her mind.

"We could have one of ouh own." Rogue winked.

[Electro UK]

"Whoah! Did Hulk just say something smart!?!?!" Wade asked as he leapt onto the scene.

Hang on... Wade what're you doing back in NYC?

"Oh like I'm gonna spend 5 posts figuring out how to get back from the Savage Land."

...fair enough.

"Dude, I'm so happy to see you! It's been so long since I've had a fight with someone who has a lower I.Q.! I mean you're to stupid that you--"

At this point, Devil Hulk turned round and glared into Wade's eyes, letting out a fierce roar. "You're so stupid that...uh...um...great, I just soiled my specially made boxers. I had to kill John Lenon to pay for these, John-fricking-Lenon!"

Wade sighed as he drew his weapons. "Sorry to ask this but...would you mind not tying my tongue in a knot before ripping it out this time? Cause last time you did that my tongue grew back in the very same knot... and it wasn't fun getting Wally to reach inside my mouth and twist my tongue around... then he couldn't do it so I got Johnny... then Hawkeye... then Captain America... I hate my life... any chance Johnyy's about to burst through the doors and scream in rage of Crystal's death?"

[JewishHobbit]

"So what's going on, Rogue?"

She swiviled around.

"Looks like it's quite a shindig in Paris." She commented before looking back at the Shocker an idea coming to her mind.

"We could have one of ouh own." Rogue winked.

Shocker smiles a sly smile beneath his mask.

"Tempting, but I have another idea."

He walks toward the computer and watches the holographic image of the events in Paris. It seems that Juggernaut and Thor have disappeared, but a few other heros are facing some of Juggy's clones. He asks Rogue to flip through other news broadcasts, explaining what's happening in other parts of the world in regards to the war. Finally he nods.

"We own China, Rogue. It was a world power, and now, so are we. We have an amazing amount of power at our disposal, it'd be a shame not to use it."

He goes on to explain his new plan, to which Rogue simply nods. Once finished they set up a camera, and Rogue patches it through to most major forms of media. All over the world, on television, radio, and other such broadcasting frequencies, Shocker becomes heard, and seen.

"I CALL THE WORLD TO ATTENTION"

"My name is Herman Schultz, but most of you will know me as the Shocker. You've mocked me for as long as I can remember, but in these final days, it is I and my comrades who will have the last laugh. We have claimed China as our own, and that includes all the weaponry and power of this country. That being said, a war is being faught all over the world, but I call it to an end. I will offer you an ultimatum, and do not think for a second that I will not follow through on it. On behalf of our lord, Thanos, this world is ours. You have one hour to admit your defeat, and the heros of this world must surender themselves to our forces. If this is not done, then we here in China will begin launching nukes and other such biological weapons to various cities of the world. You have one hour, and then after that, weapons will be launched every 30 minutes until our wishes are fulfilled.

The clock starts now."

[bkhedr]

Thor couldnt believe it. Not only had he been attacked by what seemed to be some kind of cosmically powered being, but now the Juggernaut was trying to strangle him while they sank to the bottom of the frigid ocean. The Thunder God, weakened as he was both by the attack and his own expenditure of Godly force wasnt sure if he would have the strength to fend Cain off. What was it going to take to stop this brute?

At least Paris was safe.....



.....but Sif wasnt!

Summoning every last ounce of strength in his body, Thor began to pry Cain's hands off of his throat. Hopefully the Juggernaut was as worn down as the Thunder god was.

[Logan Howlett]

He hit hard......real hard, but he aint gettin away with this. The pain is intense, but the damge is minimal. Whoever this guy is, he aint thinkin like Steve, he to cocky, to full of himself, maybe.......maybe I can use that gainst him. I slowly stand, I pretend to that I'm dizzy, or in shock or something.......go lul him into that "false sence of security".

So.......bub.......who...are.....you realy? I know ya ain't Cap......cant can't.....be. So lets cut the B.S. and get straight to brass tax!........who are ya? What do ya want, and why are ya here?

I let my leg colapse under me, as if I was to weak to stand. I put my hand on the back of my head, wher he hit me with that SHIELD a his. May not be Steve but that sure felt like adimantium.

Come on.......just between us? What is yur deal anyway?

[The Question]

"My deal? Let's just say, I'm not from around here. Now, why don't you pick yourself up, and we can continue our little dance?"

[Logan Howlett]

Dance huh? What is it with you and dancin bub? You some kind of evil dance instructor/hero impersonator, who wants to chacha me to death? Well if thats yur MO, than tell me what my claws should do when I embed them in yur stomch? Should they do the twist? The macharana? Could always line dance? Maybe square? You just tell me when you want me to docy do ya!

I stay on the ground, clutching my head, still pretending to be in pain, gasping for breath as if I need it. All this guy needs to do is make one move, just get a little to cocky, a little to arogant, and I'll cut threw him like I'm makin sushi!

Come on bub......What....ya....Errrgh.....afraid of?

[Purple Man]

"Wake up. The world needs you." The words seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
The voice was unfamiliar, but gave a strange feeling of deja vu, like a lost memory
hanging on the edges of the mind.

Like a child in the womb, he laid in the fetal position within the fiery mass we call the sun. That voice stirred the lost
legend. Stretching his muscles, he knew that he would have to leave the warmth of the silent star. The world needed him,
like the sun to bring light to a dark world.

He did not know how long he had been absent from the world he protected. Time seemed to have no meaning when slumbering
in the heart of the sun, where he experienced a peace that came with a world without shadows. There was no darkness here
to swallow the souls of men. Light and warmth were his only companions. Like all good things, his exile to paradise couldn't
last forever.

In the vacumn of space there was no air to carry the prayer he spoke for the Earth. Slowly, he opend his eyes towards the
world he had left behind long ago. Eyes that could see in a wide variety of spectrums saw the vast armada Thanos had amassed.
This filled him with a righteous fury that burned with the fires of the sun. Clenching tight fists that could shatter moons,
he rocketed forth, chasing a beam of sunlight towards the Earth. Space debris and space ships unfortunate enough to get in
his way were instantly obliterated.

After just over eight minutes of non stop, near lightspeed flight, he arrived at his destination.

Standing just outside Earths atmosphere, he surveyed the world below him, wondering if the world always seemed so dark.

Blue and gold garb would temporarily turned scarlet with the fire of reentry. The darkness threatening his world would soon
have to face the light. The golden guardian of good known simply as the Sentry.

http://www.leaderslair.com/sentry/sentry5pic1.gif

[The Question]

Dance huh? What is it with you and dancin bub? You some kind of evil dance insturtor/hero impersonator, who wants to chacha me to death? Well if that yur MO, that tell me what claws should do when I embed them in yur stomch? Should they do the twist? The macharana? Could always line dance? Maybe square? You just tell me when you want me to docy do ya!


I stay on the ground, clutching my head, still pretending to be in pain, gasping for breath as if I need it. All this guy needs to do is make one move, just get a little to cocky, a little to arogant, and I'll cut threw him like I'm makin sushi!



Come on bub......What....ya....Errrgh.....afraid of?



"You do realize that you're not funny, right?"

The General smacks Wolverine across the face with his sheild.

"And you're also a terrible actor."

[Logan Howlett]

Alright.....(spits blood) Maybe ya aint as dumb as I had ya peged! But at least now ya know the Ol' Canucklehead aint goin down that easy! RAAAAGGH!

I tackle him into the wall and start tearin at him with my claws! He deflects with his shield, but I manage to get one good gash on his shoulder! I embed my claws DEEP inside it!

How does it feel bub? Ya like pain? You want a little more? Huh tough guy?

[The Question]

"Get off of me you stupid Canadian."

The General hits Logan with his sheild, pushing him off of him and getting Logan's claws out of his shoulder. He looks down at the wound.

"It'll heal."

The General lunges at Logan, sending both of them into the hallway. He then hits him in the stomach with the edge of his sheild, slicing his gut open.

[Midnight Ice]

Iceman speaks into his comm unit.

"Hey Lorna, honey, how are you doing? What you said earlier about killing Cap and the Hulk, you were in the danger room, right?"

[Logan Howlett]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGGGGGGGG!................Errggh... ...Now THAT stings! But.......

I cut away what intestines that dangle outside of my body......ya know so I dont trip! Hurts like all blue blazes!

As you said, It'll heal!

I feel my body already starting to go to work fixin em. I heal a HELOFALOT faster in times of extreme stress, or mutalation! The mucel starts forming around the stomach, inside I feel the organs strtin to regenerate tissue.

Aint the first time I been gutted! Why dont ya try somethin new pal?

I stand up, and shake off that dizzy little DIEIN feelin. Time to show this creep who he's dealin with! I rush him, but before he blocks I jump over him. He turn anyway, aint no point in tryin to pull a fast one, just gotta out manuver him! I stike again, naturaly he blocks it, but I hook my other arm around his, the one holdin the shield, and start bashin my adimantium skull into his forehead!

HOW....YOU....LIKE...ME....NOW....BUB!

[The Question]

"N...not so much...."

The General flips Logan and slams him into the wall. He then begins striking him with his sheild repeadedly.

"You....you do rea....lize we c...could be at this all....day."

[Logan Howlett]

I dodge a hit, spring off a wall, kick this guy in the face, flip back around to my original position and say,

"Ya I know, but I once fought Sabretooth for a week straight in Alaska, you aint gona phase me too much!"

I slice at him furiously with my claws, without connecting one blow! I step back and look at him in the eye,

"Come on bub! You gotta be tired! I aint an easy guy to fight ya know! Tell ya what pal, why don't ya turn around and leave right now before I REALY start to get mad! TODAY is not the day to pull this **** with me pal! NOT TODAY! Any other day is fine, but you picked today, so I'll ask ya nicely to leave before I go all bezerker and tear up half of this block along with you! We can do this later, tommorow even, just walk away, and I'll have Wanda put you into her palm pilot schedual, okay bub?"

[The Question]

"Have....have you EVER considered not talking for at least a minute?"

The General lunges at Logan. He misses, and quickly turns around and regains his balance to block an oncoming blow.

[twylight]

Shocker smiles a sly smile beneath his mask.

"Tempting, but I have another idea."

He walks toward the computer and watches the holographic image of the events in Paris. It seems that Juggernaut and Thor have disappeared, but a few other heros are facing some of Juggy's clones. He asks Rogue to flip through other news broadcasts, explaining what's happening in other parts of the world in regards to the war. Finally he nods.

"We own China, Rogue. It was a world power, and now, so are we. We have an amazing amount of power at our disposal, it'd be a shame not to use it."

He goes on to explain his new plan, to which Rogue simply nods. Once finished they set up a camera, and Rogue patches it through to most major forms of media. All over the world, on television, radio, and other such broadcasting frequencies, Shocker becomes heard, and seen.

"I CALL THE WORLD TO ATTENTION"

"My name is Herman Schultz, but most of you will know me as the Shocker. You've mocked me for as long as I can remember, but in these final days, it is I and my comrades who will have the last laugh. We have claimed China as our own, and that includes all the weaponry and power of this country. That being said, a war is being faught all over the world, but I call it to an end. I will offer you an ultimatum, and do not think for a second that I will not follow through on it. On behalf of our lord, Thanos, this world is ours. You have one hour to admit your defeat, and the heros of this world must surender themselves to our forces. If this is not done, then we here in China will begin launching nukes and other such biological weapons to various cities of the world. You have one hour, and then after that, weapons will be launched every 30 minutes until our wishes are fulfilled.

The clock starts now."


Rogue Smiles and stands up, draping her arms on his shoulder she rests her chin on them.

"Just like the good ol' days of the Brotherhood." She drawls. Flicking a button holograms pop up all over the computer console displaying different parts of the world, and the effect of Shockers announcement.

Rogue winced at the tingle of guilt she felt.

"Rogue this isn't youme" The voice rang from the back of her mind, flooding her with memories of what she used to be. How her mind used to reel with the thoughts and feelings of other people.

"NO! Ah am who ah am now. You can't stop me!" She replied bitterly pushing down herself as she focused on the panic ensuing around the world. She looked at the digital clock on the wall they'd set with the time.

0:57:07

[The Joker]

Spider-man groaned and stirred. His eyes snapped open and he was staring straight into Doc Ock's glasses.

"Alright Ock, what's your plan?" Spider-man said, and then saw his mask hanging from Ock's tentacle.

Electro had now seen his face.

Was everyone gonna find out who he was now?

With one smooth gymnastic-style move Spider-man was on his feet five feet from the villians.

"What do you really want? If you had wanted me dead you would have killed me then!"

Electro made a move to blast Spider-Man,but Ock placed a tentacle on his shoulder,restraining him.

He then turned to face Spider-Man again."You're quite right.......Parker,I don't want you just dead.I want you beaten,humiliated and then dead".

A chuckle came from Electro.

"But there's something not quite right about all this.I suspect there's more to this than meets the eye.We've come together time and again,driven by demons neither of us have ever fully understood.And now I find you weak,vunerable and even more pathetic than ever before.I could have unmasked you in front of the entire Bugle staff.I could have really ruined you.But you ruined my moment.You put up no resistance".

Ock removed his shades and began to wipe them.

"I don't know what your ruse is here wall crawler.Whether all this was an act.If I'm being tricked or set up.But I know there is more to this than you're letting on.And you shall tell me everything I wish to know.And then you die".

Ock placed his shades back on.

"So tell me,what was with the pathetic performance tonight?? Are you trying to lure me into a false sense of security?? Or are we being followed?? Were you hoping to lead others to my secret lair?? Have you learned what I'm involved in?? Is that it?? Tell me!!!"

[twylight]

*RING-RING*


I shift a little in bed at thedistant sound of the phone.

*RING-RING*

“Uhhh…” I moan. I peek my eyes open allowing a thin line of sunlight to come through the slit. I can feel Sassy at the bottom of the bed stretch and daintily walk across the comforter towards my face.

*RING-RING*

“Okay, OKAY!” I say impatiently as I push Sassy away from my face and sit up, stretching.

I raise my arms over my head before bringing them down into my comforter covered lap. I look at them for a moment as I try to recall what happened last night.

Green…everything was green. I hate that color, and…Harry Normon? The Green Goblin, my brother….Words floated through my head as I tried to remember.
Something I remembered with vivid detail though was holding onto the side of the brick tower of the bridge, with nothing more than my hand pressed against it. Was it because…

*RING-RING*
I jump along with sassy and look at the clock next to my phone.

11:00am

My heart jumps, I’m late for work, that must be while they are calling.

*Rin-*

I pick it up.

“Sarah here.”

“Sarah?”

Beth’s voice comes over the phone, she sounds stressed and I curse inwardly, I must have caused a lot of problems coming in late…

“Thank goodness you are okay. We were so worried. I’m glad your at home.”

Okay, officially confused…

“Beth, what is it?”

“Haven’t you been watching the news?” My senses were coming back and I could hear ruckus in the background, Neil’s voice yelling and a few others.

“No….look…I’m..” I press my hand to my forehead not believing that I’m lying for my first sick day.
“I’m sick, I just woke up. I..”

“Don’t worry about that, turn the news on and get down here!” She said practically yelling over the noise.

“Beth..what’s going on it sounds like a riot down there.”

“It is! Get here as soon as you can!” She said urgently before I heard a ‘click’ of the phone being hung up.

I look at the phone as the dial tone comes from it. Hanging it pu I slide out of bed and pick up the television remote, turning the TV on, while I go off to slip into some clothes while I watch the TV.

“se joining us now a recap. It all started a few hours ago with the report that Captain America and what seems to be the Hulk in one of his many incarnations attacked Paris. They were held off by several costumed heroes.”

The picture cut to a picture of brightly clad figures in the streets of Paris duking it out.

“These pictures come from our subsidiatry’s in France and England. It was thought to be a solitary incident, however we soon received word from China that a vast invasion was taking place.”

I pause, my jeans halfway up my legs. I stare at the screen as fuzzy images of China appear, building’s toppling an a huge…robot walking through the streets.

“We have just received the final word that these incidents are indeed related. Moments ago this message was sent world wide, taking over every media, this it it’s content.

A black screen with white writing popped up, scrolling down as the male voice spoke.

"I CALL THE WORLD TO ATTENTION"

"My name is Herman Schultz, but most of you will know me as the Shocker. You've mocked me for as long as I can remember, but in these final days, it is I and my comrades who will have the last laugh. We have claimed China as our own, and that includes all the weaponry and power of this country. That being said, a war is being fought all over the world, but I call it to an end. I will offer you an ultimatum, and do not think for a second that I will not follow through on it. On behalf of our lord, Thanos, this world is ours. You have one hour to admit your defeat, and the heroes of this world must surrender themselves to our forces. If this is not done, then we here in China will begin launching nukes and other such biological weapons to various cities of the world. You have one hour, and then after that, weapons will be launched every 30 minutes until our wishes are fulfilled.

The clock starts now."

“That was a mere 3 minutes ago, now the world waits in anticipation and fear as…”

I switch the TV off and throw open the window curtains looking to the street below.
People were hurrying along the street, cars lined the street as people carried boxes to their cars. This was a residential street, people must be mobbing the main part of town.

Darn it….Trudy..

I grab my leather jacket, camera and purse and head for the door. I halt thinking of something and drop my items rushing back to the bedroom. Pulling out the glider from the hide-away I stuff it in an old army knapsack and sling it over my back. It was fairly light weight for me considering I had enhanced strength. Scooping up my items and Sassy I race down the stairs past neighbors I didn’t know I had as they carried boxes down to cars.

I run to Trudy’s door and knock loudly.

“Trudy? TRUDY!” I call pounding on it. Time was at a premium and I needed to…the door cracked open.

“Sarah?”

I shove the door open all the way and shut it behind me. She has her TV on and the curtain’s drawn, the images of the fight in Paris replay at intervals with China and images of panic world wide interspersed with it.

I look ay Trudy, her face is white with worry.

“Are you feeling well dear? Par…” She says, always worried about someone else.

“Look, Trudy I have to leave. Stay here, with the door locked. If you hear tapping on the window go up to my apartment.” I cut her off and hand her my key’s.

“Looters might not be as frightened as the general populace. There are two gun’s in my dresser, second drawer from the bottom. If someone breaks in don’t be afraid to use them. Point and shoot.” She looks at me, her eyes wide and I place Sassy in her arms.

“Please take care of Sassy for me.” I say bolting out the door and closing it behind me. I lean against it for a second and take a deep breath before running back up the stairs to my apartment. Reaching it I race to the bedroom and pull out my guns from my hide-away, making sure they have full clips I place them in the drawer I told Trudy they’d be in. Closing up the hide-away I slip on my special boots, run to the window and leap onto the fire escape. I need a clear shot to the skys above New York.

Heck of a way to test drive something. A few leaps and I’m on top of the room. Pulling out the glider I hold the controls in my hand and stepping on, firing it up. It rises slowly from the ground and I sway back and forth my arms outreaching as I catch my balance. I had no safety net, no lines or anything. Using the controls I rise farther into the air and lean forward telling the glider where to go. Putting as much speed into it as I can I fly over the rooftops of New York.

I wish it had been under more opportune circumstances, I might have been able to at least enjoy it. I might have been able to think about last night, but as it is I can’t. As I near the downtown and business district I can see that I was right to take the glider, the streets are full of people and car’s in their fruitless hope that if they get out of the city they are safe.
They might be safer, but once a nuclear missile hits someplace in Europe the nuclear fallout will be felt in even the most rural areas. I study the building carefully as I pass over them, hoping I’ll be able to recognize the Alternates building from the air.

And…there it is…I smile and look at my watch, record time. Maybe I should do this everyday. I set myself down on the roof and make for the roof access door as I shove the glider into my knapsack. My camera and purse straps crossway’s across my chest, pair that off with my leather jacket around my waist and my knapsack, I look like I’m going to war. I tug on the door’s knob but it doesn’t give. I give it a look and pull the knob from the door, tossing it to the side I insert my fingers into the door knob mechanisms and unlatch it, barreling down the stairs. The small narrow and dark staircase opens onto the top level of the building, well, it opened because I knocked the door down. I race down the hallway’s and to the floors The Alternate rent’s and occupies for it’s own. The relative silence of the upper level’s shatter as I emerge onto The Alternates levels.

I rush to the newsroom and the noise hits me like a hammer.

I stand there staring at the people as the room seethes with movement.

“Sarah!” Beth waves from the back and I walk towards her noticing that there is a little huddle of Parker, Todd, Beth and various other staff writers and photographers around Neil.

“You saw?”

I nod, my mind still numb from everything.
I saw.” She hugs me as Parker turns.

I smile at him, knowing his question.
“She’s fine.”

Relief floods his face.
“I couldn’t get over there it’s so busy..”

“ALL RIGHT LISTEN UP!” Neil calls, papers in his hand.

He starts pointing and assigning things.

“…you…Manhattan…Tim, Nick, Alice, take uptown. Todd, Jeff, the Coast Guard is setting up barriers by the harbor, get down there.
Parker, the Army National Guard is getting airborn with Black Hawks, you’re got a press pass.”

I look around in awe. Was this what is was about? I admit that what was going on wasn’t good, but the sheer rush of excitement I got was unholy. I couldn’t help but smile.

“Am I going as a reporter or Photographer?..”

“You need a photographer.” Neil flips through the papers in his and curses.

“Where’s O’Neil?”

Todd speaks up.

“He lives on Long Island and probably wasn’t...” He cuts off at Neil’s angry stare.

“Sarah can shoot pictures.” Beth piped up. I looked at her in shock. She smiled and tapped the camera case around my neck.

“DONE!” Neil bellowed as the group scattered and Neil walked off to another group standing nearby, he yelled over his shoulder.

“Move! Beth get Sarah a press pass.”

Beth smiled and raced to her desk leaving me and Parker there. His face grim but imbued with the same excitement I felt.

“I’ll get the bike.” He said making his way for the door.
Beth returned carrying a clip-on pass. I took it expecting it to be generic, and surprised to see it was a picture of me with my name and information.

I look at Beth quizzically. When did they get this made?
“Beth, what is this?”

“We all get one when we work here. I just haven’t had time to give you yours.” she say’s yelling over the noise as phones ring off the hook and people race back and forth in and out, the TV’s and radio’s blasting, the tap of many computer keyboards and the hollering of various inside tips and knowledge.

“GO!” Beth say’s shoving me forward. I wave and pin the press pass onto my shirt as I push my way through the crowd. I make it outside and find Parker waiting on the motorcycle, his helmet already on. He holds out his extra helmet.

“Here.” He say’s, barely audible through his helmet and the honking and yelling of people. While it’s loud out her it was nothing compared to the press room.

I slip on the back of the motorcycle behind Parker as he takes off going the opposite direction of the traffic, weaving in and out of cars at a tremendous speed. I glance at my watch and compute the time left in my head.

0:51:25

[Sachsmachine]

Quicksilver is a blur through the narrow streets and alleyways of Paris. Since his arrival he had been going nearly non stop saving civilians. The damage control was intense. Glass, stone, landmarks were now little more than projectiles now easily avoided by the son of M.

He slides to a stop,"Was that lightning?" things don't seem nearly as loud as they were before and within a heartbeat he is on the comm. "What is going on? Thor? Hawkeye, Ironman where are you!? Anyone?..."

Quicksilver blasts down one of the less debris filled streets and straight up the wall at the end of the T intersection and onto the rooftop as he looks for signs of his fellow Avengers.

He crosses his arms over his chest as he surveys the damage and waits for a reply. "This is taking entirely too long..." he muttered to himself with disdain. But to Pietro, everything took entirely too long.

[Watchman]

The moon rises and the knight comes out. After a hard day of making and breaking deals its going to be a hard night protecting people. He stands on top of building holding a newspaper.

"Shocker? The Shocker threating the world what will happen next?" He throws the newspaper down and leapts off the building and lands on the next building.

"I'll let the Avengers take care of Shocker....or the GLA but right now I have the city to take care of. They deal with the aliens I deal with the drug dealers, rapists" he looks over to the building right next to him and see some people jump over to the building he is standing on, "...or vampires". The group approaches him and one of them stands ahead of the group must be the leader.

"Now moony they made you a simple offer now we have to do this the hard way" a grappling hook goes through his skin hitting his heart. The vampire is pulled foward and smashes against Moon Knight's fist. The vampire turns to dust and bones. The other vampires swarm him but Moon Knight jumps forward and grabs one of the vampires by the neck and jumps of the building. The fall and Moon Knight grabs onto a fire escape. The Vampires neck lands on the edge of the dumpster snapping his head backwards.

"OW...that hurt your going to pay for that" the rest of the vampires look down and then disappear from the edge. Suddenly one appears and kicks Moon Knight through the window. In the apartment a woman screams and Moon Knight gets up. The vampire comes and Moon Knight hits him with a chair. The chair breaks and the vampire barely flinches. He knocks Moon Knight down. He picks up a sharpe piece of chair and impales the vampire through the heart. He runs through the door and another pops up. He grabs it and throws him down the stairs. He jumps and stomps down on the vampire's head. There is a loud crack but the vampire still looks up at him.

"My skull you cracked opened my skull". Moon Knight makes to the outside and jumps on a passing car. He spots the remaining group running to the street. He has to find out what these things are up and the means to stop them. He needs to find Blade.

[Toby_Temple]

Iceman stood there, just staring.

"Uh...where did they just disappear to exactly?"

He looks at Arcangel who just shrugs his shoulders.

"Does that mean we won?"

Not yet! We still need to deal with Cain's clones and those humanoid soldiers. But this time it would be alot easier. Yes?

Death's Head analyzed the current situation in seconds, acquiring the best method of attack. Without warning, the cyborg mercenary charged for the kill.

[Silverstein]

The end of Pyro..?

No one noticed. No one cared. He had died honorably. Saving the one man most against his whole race, Senator Kelly. He died with dreams of a mutant and human co-existance. But was brought back by darker means. Someone had tried to return him to the selfish man that had used to be before.
But regardless of his past, despite the spells and charms, he did not die as a villain again. He thought he was doing the right thing. Pyro was confused and stuck, falling away from reality and seaping back into the world he came from. He remembered it all now. He remembered why he hated her. He remember why he hated "The X-Men", they had once been his enemies and cared nothing of him. He smiled a brilliant smile and laughed loudly from behind his metal casing on the lawn of the Avenger's Mansion.

"HAHAHA"

It was funny that he had been used again. He looked forward to the next life, wondering if he would be a tool or a man.

"Whatever I am in my next life. Where ever I am, be it in heaven, hell, or another body...I'll never be a villain again. I died a hero. And now I'm dying in confusion with memories of my forgotten past. But I'm not going out alone.."

He sent the firey phoenix birds down like commets. Kamikaze phoenix strike....The birds crashed into the clones in front of the mansion. He used as much intensity on the beings as he could, but made sure not to hit anyone else. There was a man with claws fighting some kind of soldier, one his birds flew right between them and hit a clone behind them.

Pyro felt himself growing weaker. It was starting to get dark.
"Not yet. I'm not finished. The world needs me, the world needs all mutants. If we could do it...save the world together. Then mutants and humans could live in peace. Do not take me yet..."

He continued making his birds fly. burning everything in their path now. He gave up on the clones, for their were too many. Instead he bonded them together to make one great, burning phoenix. He sent it into the air.


At the top of it's flight it stopped, and suddenly dropped down towards earth, spiraling. He fainted, not knowing if it hit the mansion or not....

[ElectroFlare]

Electro made a move to blast Spider-Man,but Ock placed a tentacle on his shoulder,restraining him.

He then turned to face Spider-Man again."You're quite right.......Parker,I don't want you just dead.I want you beaten,humiliated and then dead".

A chuckle came from Electro.

"But there's something not quite right about all this.I suspect there's more to this than meets the eye.We've come together time and again,driven by demons neither of us have ever fully understood.And now I find you weak,vunerable and even more pathetic than ever before.I could have unmasked you in front of the entire Bugle staff.I could have really ruined you.But you ruined my moment.You put up no resistance".

Ock removed his shades and began to wipe them.

"I don't know what your ruse is here wall crawler.Whether all this was an act.If I'm being tricked or set up.But I know there is more to this than you're letting on.And you shall tell me everything I wish to know.And then you die".

Ock placed his shades back on.

"So tell me,what was with the pathetic performance tonight?? Are you trying to lure me into a false sense of security?? Or are we being followed?? Were you hoping to lead others to my secret lair?? Have you learned what I'm involved in?? Is that it?? Tell me!!!"

Spider-man thought about the surrender at the bugle. True, he didn't have much choice.

But he didn't act very heroic either. What kind of hero surrenders like that? On his knees?

"Yeah, I know exactly what you're involved in Ock. I really thought you would have given up on it, but I guess we both know you can't." Spider-man said, putting on a tough face.

"Those pastries are just too tempting, aren't they?" Spider-man laughed, raising his arms, ready for an attack.

Or was he?

[Midnight Ice]

Not yet! We still need to deal with Cain's clones and those humanoid soldiers. But this time it would be alot easier. Yes?

Death's Head analyzed the current situation in seconds, acquiring the best method of attack. Without warning, the cyborg mercenary charged for the kill.
"Fine by me!"

Iceman reached out towards the nearest Juggernaught clone. These were not the real deal, so they could be killed.

The clone ran at him full speed, throwing a punch at him. Iceman concentrated until the clone in front of him completly froze, with his frozen fist onnly an inch away from his face.

"Ha! See, Cain always comes up short!"

[ElectroFlare]

Cain laughed underwater as the Thunder God tried to pry his hands away from his throat.

Cain snarled as bubbles of air rose from his mouth. That God Force blast or whatever it was called had weakened him. Eventually Thor pried Cain away and they seperated.

Maybe another time, when Cain recovered, he could take down Thor.

"I'll get you next time." Cain thought, floating back to the Antarctic shore...

[bkhedr]

Thor wearily made his way to the surface as the current pulled him and the Juggernaut further apart. He didnt have the strength to fight the current, let alone Cain....

-------

The god of Thunder awoke some time later on a sandy shore. He didnt know how long he had been unconsious but he did know that his head ached and his limbs were sore. Still, the rest, if it could be called that, had done him some good.

Struggling to his feet Thor surveyed his surroundings. Unlikely as it would have seemed, he had been washed ashore on what appeared to be an uninhabited island. For a second he allowed himself to entertain the notion of laying under a tree and resting on this quiet isle.....but only for a second.

"Avengers.....this is Thor....come in Avengers..." he spoke into the comm built into his winged helmet.

[Sachsmachine]

Pietro could barely even be precieved now on the streets of Paris as he searched for his fellow Avengers. He enters a tight alley and rounds the corner twisting just in time to miss the fire of an invasion team who had fortified a position in the courtyard beyond. The 8 man squad emptied their sidearms at thier target, soon the whole courtyard filled with dust and smoke.

As the smoke clears the squad leader orders his men to clear the area and fortify the position, it is only a second before the tinking sound of dozens of keys dropping could be heard and the tiny objects rained down onto the men. There was only enough time for the men to do two things: Track Pietro standing on the roof of the three story building overlooking the courtyard and register that those 'keys' were the pins of the 4 frag grenades that each man had strapped to their belts.

Pietro shielded himself as the explosion shook the foundation of the building he was on as a voice crackled over the comm.

"Av..gers.....t... is Thor....co.. in Aveng......"

Pietro is on the comm almost immediatly. "ThorishtatyouwhereareyouwhathappenedtoJuggernaught westillhaveclonesandtheinvasionforcetodealwithhere nadi'vebeentryingtocontacttheotherAvengers" his words flew off his tongue before he even realized he had not slowed himself down. He takes two deep breaths and speaks into the comm once more. "Thor? come in where are you?" He slowed his breathng down even more thinking about how good the crepes were at the cafe that smouldered across the street, barely recognizable now in the chaos...

[The Joker]

Spider-man thought about the surrender at the bugle. True, he didn't have much choice.

But he didn't act very heroic either. What kind of hero surrenders like that? On his knees?

"Yeah, I know exactly what you're involved in Ock. I really thought you would have given up on it, but I guess we both know you can't." Spider-man said, putting on a tough face.

"Those pastries are just too tempting, aren't they?" Spider-man laughed, raising his arms, ready for an attack.

Or was he?

Ock turned and looked at Electro.They both smirked at eachother.They knew now Spider-Man was bluffing when he said he knew what Ock was up to,because even Octavius himself didn't know what he was up to,as the Gentleman was keeping the future stages of his mysterious master plan a secret.

Ock turned back to face Spider-Man.

"My dear wall crawler,I should have known a mind as feeble as yours could not unravel what I was up to.Incidently fool,your demise has nothing to do with what I'm involved in.This was a personal pleasure I wanted before I embarked further on my scheme".

Ock raised himself on two tentacles."As entertaining as this evening has been,I regret our little tete a tete must come to an end,and that goes for your pathetic existance too Spider-Man".

Ock made a hand gesture at Electro,who powered up and fired a massive blast of electricity towards Spider-Man.

[Toby_Temple]

Death's Head reached his first target. He thrust his right arm straight to the humanoid's face. The timing and position were perfect. It would impale the invader at dead center of its face. Then his arm stopped moving. The humanoid has grabbed his arm with both hands and started to apply pressure on it, trying to crush it. Death's Head expected this, long before his attacked. With both hands grabbing his right arm, the humanoid is left without anything to shield itself. He striked the humanoid with a left hook to its head. The invader's head twisted a good 95 degrees to the left. The force pushed it's body as well to the same direction. But it won't let go of his arm. Death's Head turned the opposite way and raised his right arm, bringing the humanoid along. Then he plunged his arm down to the concreted. The invader lost its grip and the blades went straight to its face. The humanoid lay motionless on the ground. Death's Head pulled his arm out of the body. Blood was dripping from it. He turned his attention to his next target.

[Purple Man]

The tranquil jungle paradise of Wakanda became a land of total chaos
when the villainous Klaw and a platoon of Thanos' stormtroopers
attacked. Homes burned while the women screamed and the children cried.

Many men fought to protect their homeland. They fought for their
nation. They fought for their families. And they fought for their
lives. Their lives were the ultimate price they would pay this day.
The primitive weapons of man were no match for the war machines of
distant galaxies.

As the great warriors of Wakanda fell one by one, they prayed for their
god to intervene. To show mercy upon the faithful. While the war
turned to a slaughter, many soldiers devoted to their religion began
to lose faith. Except for one young man, no older than sixteen years
old. His prayers were answered when he looked skyward as the energy
being known as Klaw lowered his antennae like arm to the boys face.
With a light that made it appear as if the sun had risen in the
midnight hour, a streak of light, like a golden meteor came
crashing down upon the battlefield. The impact shook the Earth to its
core, sending a shockwave rippling across the ground, knocking Thanos'
legion off their feet, yet sparing the young man who fought for
Wakanda.

A thick layer of dust obscured ground zero. As the armored soldiers of
the tyrant Thanos regained their composure and stood their ground, the
dust began to settle. In the wide hole crouched a blonde haired man.
Muscles bulged under his yellow and gold costume, a golden 'S' glowed
on his oversized belt, and his sapphire cape draped regally over his
broad shoulders.

"Who dares challenge Klaw? The master of sound!" The villain spoke,
sending a wave of solid sound towards the man who fell from the
heavens.

"The Sentry.." Tilting his head up to look at his adversary,
analyzing his unique structure. A creature such as Klaw shouldn't
exist, but evil seemed to always find new forms to take.
The ray seemed to approach him in slow motion as his every atom shifted
forward in time, moving him away from the blast and toward the
henchmen who had amassed around the rim of the crater. Great winds, and
the sound of metal tearing insued as he became a blur of motion.

Suddenly Thanos' armored troops found themselves quite vunelrable, and
quite nude in the steamy jungle enviroment without their battlesuits.
The wind died down, leaving only the Sentry and Klaw left standing.

If the Sentry could cast a shadow Klaw would be in it as the hero
towered over his enemy. Another ray of pure sound would emit from the
fiends arm. This would have no effect on the caped man, his golden
aura repelling the assault.

"If I thought you had a soul, I would feel bad about this." Like the
grim reaper about to condemn a damned man, the Sentry looked at Klaw with
no remorse in his glowing eyes as he brought his hands together infront of him
in a mighty thunderclap. The sound was deafening, and the winds created uprooted trees and sent them sailing for a couple hundred yards.
As the waves reverberated within Klaws sound made body he lost his
internal frequency, scattering his every screaming atom into
the atmosphere.

"This is only the beginning." This once peaceful village in the heart
of Wakanda was utterly destroyed. The only human left standing was the
young man who prayed for divine intervention. Though lives and land
were lost, the Sentry had no doubt that the people of Wakanda would
endure. Though they may not have shared a common tongue, any peoples
could understand a friendly smile. The soldier smiled back, though
his body didn't glow like that of his savior, his soul shined through.
With a glance to the heavens, he returned from where he came,
disappearing into the sky.

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[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker stands and smiles. He had been watching the moniters around the world, seeing the frightened reactions of the common person, but ironically, no heroes have turned themselves over to him, or have even shown interest in his threat. Do they think that he's joking? Do they think that he's still the laughing stock of the criminal underworld? He smiles. He hopes they don't come. He hopes they just laugh at him and disreguard his threat. It's not a threat. They'll learn it soon enough, and then he'll be the one laughing. He gets on his radio.

"Hypron, send out a message. If any heroes, or super powered being of any type, try to enter China, have them report to the northern borders, away from us. If anyone seems to want to stop our missiles, send the Tri-Sentinel after them."

"Yes, Sir," comes the reply.

Shocker sets the radio down and looks to the clock once more.


0:41:26

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Whoah! Did Hulk just say something smart!?!?!" Wade asked as he leapt onto the scene.

Hang on... Wade what're you doing back in NYC?

"Oh like I'm gonna spend 5 posts figuring out how to get back from the Savage Land."

...fair enough.

"Dude, I'm so happy to see you! It's been so long since I've had a fight with someone who has a lower I.Q.! I mean you're to stupid that you--"

At this point, Devil Hulk turned round and glared into Wade's eyes, letting out a fierce roar. "You're so stupid that...uh...um...great, I just soiled my specially made boxers. I had to kill John Lenon to pay for these, John-fricking-Lenon!"

Wade sighed as he drew his weapons. "Sorry to ask this but...would you mind not tying my tongue in a knot before ripping it out this time? Cause last time you did that my tongue grew back in the very same knot... and it wasn't fun getting Wally to reach inside my mouth and twist my tongue around... then he couldn't do it so I got Johnny... then Hawkeye... then Captain America... I hate my life... any chance Johnyy's about to burst through the doors and scream in rage of Crystal's death?"

The wall blew apart, shards of debris instantly incinerated. The temperature in the room rose instantly. Johnny was no longer visible under his flames as they licked around him in blind fury, looking for anything, anyone, he could take his anger out on.

"Get down, Wade," he commanded, as the living plasma begin to turn a brilliant white.

-

"Thank you," Hawkeye said, taking the serum and costume off the Hulkbuster armor before it sped away to find Tony. It only took a second to change into his other costume; red pants, blue buccaneer boots, harness, and quiver. Hawkeye eyed the serum, holding it up to the sunlight. Hank didn't use Pym Particles anymore, but always kept a steady batch at ready, just in case. This new batch could be directly injected into the blood dtream. Took effect faster, and didn't wear off unless the antidote was taken.

He rubbed his upper arm with an alcohol swab, and thrust the needle in, flinching at the initial sting.

"Lets see how they like me now," he said, walking off the Quinjet. "Twice the size, three times the smart ass."

Hawkeye grew to right around 12 feet. He wanted to hurl. Size increase was always a little wierd for him. It took a second for the dizziness to wear off, and then he noticed the Juugernaut clones still running around. One was coming right for him. He lifted he foot up, and brought it down on the demonic duplicate. He heard the satisfying crunch as the clone shattered beneath his boot.

[bkhedr]

"ThorishtatyouwhereareyouwhathappenedtoJuggernaught westillhaveclonesandtheinvasionforcetodealwithhere nadi'vebeentryingtocontacttheotherAvengers" his words flew off his tongue before he even realized he had not slowed himself down. He takes two deep breaths and speaks into the comm once more. "Thor? come in where are you?" He slowed his breathng down even more thinking about how good the crepes were at the cafe that smouldered across the street, barely recognizable now in the chaos...


"Calm thyself Pietro. I didst use mighty Mjolnir to transport the Juggernaut to the barrens of Antarctica. There I did assault him with the full fury of mine unfettered might...."

Thor paused at the recollection. The godblast, his ultimate weapon, which had wounded mighty Galactus himself, had done little to slow the Juggernaut. Thor wasnt used to fighting someone he couldnt beat, especially when a loved one's life was on the line. And what of the cosmically powered being who had attacked him in Antarctica? That being, whoever he was, could be even more dangerous than the Juggernaut. Shaking the memory from his head, Thor returned his attention to the matter at hand. The best thing he could do for Sif was keep fighting. Once the invasion was stalled, then he and the other Avengers could find a way to save her.

"I know not where I am Quicksilver," Thor spoke into his comm "but it doth not matter, for by the power of mighty Mjolnir shall I rejoin thee anon."

------

A second later a small whirlwind dissipated behind the mutant speedster and the Mighty Thor once again stood on the battlefield that had once been Paris. Pietro was schocked at the sight. He had been an Avenger for what seemed like forever and rarely had he seen Thor look so frayed around the edges. But if Thor was worn down from his 12 rounds with the unstoppable Juggernaut, he wasnt about to say so.

"How fares the batlle my friend?" he asked Pietro as he strode smoothly to the edge of the rooftop they stood upon and looked out upon what was left of the historic city.

[Duker Jay]

Upon their arrival at Avengers’ Mansion, Ben and Sue had come under attack by Thanos’ soldiers. As Johnny burst through and entered the building, his two teammates fell back to defend it against the amassing forces.

“Matchstick…let us know if you need us in there. Right now, we got our hands full.” Ben yelled into his comm as he unleashed a powerful blast from one of his weapons. A half-dozen foot soldiers fell from the sky.

--

Back in his lab, Reed Richards kept steady vigil at his monitor screens. Twenty minutes ago, the announcement had come out from China. Despite being one of the most brilliant minds in the world, he stilled hadn’t figured out a way to neutralize that threat.

He reached for the communicator. “Be warned, team. I may be pulling you away from there shortly. We may be facing a more urgent threat within the hour. In a nutshell, there may be an array of nuclear weapons sent your way.”

“Can’t you jam their signals? Ain’t that what all them fancy gizmos are for?”

“To be honest, Ben, we’re lucky to have the communicator channels up…most of my equipment is still operating at less than optimum capacity. But we still have forty minutes or so…I’m sure I’ll come up with something.”

Reed went back to work on the bay of machines, elastic arms and fingers stretching here and there to make adjustments to various dials and monitors. It took almost everything that his computers had to keep the communication open for small force of heroes combating the invading forces.

“Reed Richards to every who can hear this. In case you’re unaware, some of Thanos’ forces have overthrown China and are threatening nuclear attacks unless the rest of the world surrenders. I will do my best to stop the launch before it starts, but be prepared if I’m unsuccessful. In the end, we may have to disarm them by hand…”

Again, the leader of the Fantastic Four went back to work.

[Spider-Man9X17]

“Reed Richards to every who can hear this. In case you’re unaware, some of Thanos’ forces have overthrown China and are threatening nuclear attacks unless the rest of the world surrenders. I will do my best to stop the launch before it starts, but be prepared if I’m unsuccessful. In the end, we may have to disarm them by hand…”


"Guys, we may wanna wrap this up," Hawkeye called into his comm as he reverted to normal size. "We have a four o'clock flight to China."
Reed's message cut out to make way for an incoming from the mansion.

"Clint, it's Carol. The mansion's been compromised. Crystal's dead, and...Clint, it's Cap. We've lost Cap. He's helping lead this attack."

"Oh man..." Clint rubbed his face. "Carol, where's Wanda?"

"She got the babies to safety, and she's joined the attack."

"Pull out, Carol. Tell everyone you meet the same thing. The mansion is a lost cause. So are New York and Paris. Meet us en route to China. That's the best chance we have right now of stopping this. And someone please fond Pietro and tell him about Crystal."

Hawkeye's blood boiled. He entered the Quinjet and began flight prep and repair work. They should be ready to go in a few minutes. As he waited for a final systems check, Hawkeye picked up the Quinjet receiver.

"This is Hawkeye to all Avengers. Active, reserve, retired, I don't care. As of now, you are all being place on the active team. Transport jets will be sent to your locations. We have a global threat that stand to take over Earth and kill any and all who oppose. You will be briefed on the details upon your arrival in China with the main team. This is not a drill. Hawkeye out."

[ElectroFlare]

Ock turned and looked at Electro.They both smirked at eachother.They knew now Spider-Man was bluffing when he said he knew what Ock was up to,because even Octavius himself didn't know what he was up to,as the Gentleman was keeping the future stages of his mysterious master plan a secret.

Ock turned back to face Spider-Man.

"My dear wall crawler,I should have known a mind as feeble as yours could not unravel what I was up to.Incidently fool,your demise has nothing to do with what I'm involved in.This was a personal pleasure I wanted before I embarked further on my scheme".

Ock raised himself on two tentacles."As entertaining as this evening has been,I regret our little tete a tete must come to an end,and that goes for your pathetic existance too Spider-Man".

Ock made a hand gesture at Electro,who powered up and fired a massive blast of electricity towards Spider-Man.

Spider-man leapt out of the way to his right, avoiding the blast and landing on his hands and feet. He look up at Ock with fury in his eyes.

"So, Electro, you're down to attack dog status? I would have thought after freezing the city you'd be able to order around your own goons. Guess you'll always be that lame loser." Spider-man laughed, bouncing to the cieling.

This was going to be tough.

Could he handle it?

[twylight]

We arrived at the airport in record time…considering the crowded streets where riots had already broken out. Parker parked the motorcycle near the airstrip and locked it up, pulling his camera out from the saddle bags. I stand my hands interlaced with the chainlink fence and looke through it at the 5 large helicopters all in various stages of taking off.

One of them lifts up into the air and I brace myself against the backwash as another soon follows. I sheild my eyes and watch as they hover for a moment before flying off, the “THWAP THWAP THWAP” of the blades fading into the distance as other three helicopters blade noises pick up the noise themselves.

I feel a hand on my arm and look over to see Parker holding it.
“This way!” He yells over the noise pulling on me. I move away from the fence and his hand slides down my arm to grasp my hand. A very unprofessional, given the end of the world was near, shiver went down my back as I felt his large warm hand envelope mine. He leads me along the fence till we reach a gate where a few men in BDU’s and a yellow vests stop us. Whe show them our press passes and the usher us in as another Army Guard man comes near.

“PARKER!” He yells.

Parker waves and waits for the man to come closer. The wash from the helicopters blades pulling my hair away from my face, and pressing our clothes to our bodies.

“Nice to see you again Mick. Thanks for this.”

“No problem. Here.” Mick held out two bags and Parker took them handing one to me.

Ear plugs.” he mouthed over the noise. I nod and follow his lead, placing them in my ears. The noise still drums on reverberating in my head and through my body. Droning out my hearing.

Mick moves towards one of the helicopters and we follw, ducking in the wash and bracing ourselves. Mick ushers us onto the helicopter and buckles me in.
I watch as Parker buckles himself with proficiency and Mick checks the straps before smiling and giving Parker a thumbs up. Slipping aboard himself he buckles up in a seat across from us, facing the back of the Helicopter. He slides the door shut and gives a thumbs up to the pilots behind him. He places large earphone things on and speaks into the mic before handing one to Parker and one to me.

I look at mine confused, watching Parker and following suit as he places them on over his head and then removes his earplugs. I imitate him. Mick speaks a few words and the helicopter rises from the ground, the “THWAP THWAP THWAP” of the blades faint once I get the headphones on.

“-impl Recon.” I hear Micks voice over the headphones as I settle them over my ears., it’s piercing and harsh sounding.

Parker nods and smiles looking at me.

“Mick, this is Sarah Stacy. She’s the photographer for this mission.” Parkers voice comes in over the head phones. A small click occuring before he spoke and after he was finished speaking. I smile a childish smile and touch the outside of the large headphones with my fingertips as Mick reaches his hand out.

“Nice to meet you Sarah.”

I shake his hand.
“Nice to meet you too! Where are we going?”

Mick pointed out the windows on the side as we flew over into the harbor.

“We don’t know where the bomb’s will be coming from. And while the radar is useful eye contact is better.”

“Have you received any notice from the Avengers or X-Men concering the demands?” Parker asks.

Mick shakes his head.
“No. Nothing. Although we wish they would reply somehow. As it is we’re going in blind when ti comes to them.”

“What about the Armies surrendering?”
Mick gives Parker a ‘what-do-you-think’ looks.
“Us? Surrender without a fight? You know how the military operates.”

Parker smiles and I wonder just how much I really know about him. I look out the window at the Harbor below. We’re circling around the Statue of Liberty and memories of the last time I’d past her in the air flood back. It had only been three weeks ago. Why did it feel like so much longer?

“How much more time do we have?” I ask turning towards the guy’s.

Mick looks at his watch.

“Less than 40 minutes.”


0:38:45

[Sachsmachine]

"I know not where I am Quicksilver," Thor spoke into his comm "but it doth not matter, for by the power of mighty Mjolnir shall I rejoin thee anon."

------

A second later a small whirlwind dissipated behind the mutant speedster and the Mighty Thor once again stood on the battlefield that had once been Paris. Pietro was schocked at the sight. He had been an Avenger for what seemed like forever and rarely had he seen Thor look so frayed around the edges. But if Thor was worn down from his 12 rounds with the unstoppable Juggernaut, he wasnt about to say so.

"How fares the battle my friend?" he asked Pietro as he strode smoothly to the edge of the rooftop they stood upon and looked out upon what was left of the historic city.
Pietro made a sweeping motion over the horizon. Paris was in ruins, smoke and flame licked the cityscape and the sounds of combat can be heard all around the two heroes. "The city is overrun, there are invasion forces everywhere. Though the fight continues I still have yet to hear from anyone over the comm..." He cuts off as his comm crackles to life once more...

"Guys, we may wanna wrap this up," Hawkeye called into his comm as he reverted to normal size. "We have a four o'clock flight to China."
Reed's message cut out to make way for an incoming from the mansion.

"Clint, it's Carol. The mansion's been compromised. Crystal's dead, and...Clint, it's Cap. We've lost Cap. He's helping lead this attack."

"Oh man..." Clint rubbed his face. "Carol, where's Wanda?"

"She got the babies to safety, and she's joined the attack."

"Pull out, Carol. Tell everyone you meet the same thing. The mansion is a lost cause. So are New York and Paris. Meet us en route to China. That's the best chance we have right now of stopping this. And someone please fond Pietro and tell him about Crystal."

Hawkeye's blood boiled. He entered the Quinjet and began flight prep and repair work. They should be ready to go in a few minutes. As he waited for a final systems check, Hawkeye picked up the Quinjet receiver.

"This is Hawkeye to all Avengers. Active, reserve, retired, I don't care. As of now, you are all being place on the active team. Transport jets will be sent to your locations. We have a global threat that stand to take over Earth and kill any and all who oppose. You will be briefed on the details upon your arrival in China with the main team. This is not a drill. Hawkeye out."
The two Avengers listen to the communication. Upon the news of Crystal's death every muscle in Pietro's body clenched and shuddered before he fell to his knees. "No... Crystal... CRYSTAL!!!" He screamed to the skies before his head and shoulders slumped towards the ground slamming a fist on the roof of the building. After brief moment, which was only a second at most to the rest of the world Pietro stood up his face twisted with a rage only barely held in check he responds to the communication.

"Hawkeye this is Quicksilver, I've found Thor or rather he's found me. We're on our way." He turns to Thor his fists still clenching and releasing over and over. "You have another teleport left in you Thor?" Pietro asked, wondering himself if he had enough juice left. It didn't matter, for each of them it was far beyond personal now. China needed their attention first that would be for certain. Then he would find out who killed his beloved and make sure they suffered. The only thing that kept him from completely losing it was word that Wanda was well and the children were safe, for now...

[Midnight Ice]

Iceman and Arcangel enter the Quinjet. They see Hawkeye at teh controls.

"So, we're off to China? Awesome! You know we will all be hungry 30 minutes later though right?

Iceman does what he always does under pressure, he jokes. It helps him deal with the stress, and often times helps the others too.

"Lorna didn't answer my transmission, which means, iether it is broken, or worse. I will have to hope she is ok, The whole world needs my help right now. The help of Iceman!

[Logan Howlett]

"GIVE IT UP PAL! You ain't HALF the man that Cap was, that means you ain't got a shot against me bub!"

I elbow him in the face, adimantium bones to the nose tend to hurt like hell!

"I'M WARNIN YA PAL! YOUR GETTIN ME ALL RILLED UP, AND THAT AINT SOMETHIN NOBODY WANTS!"

I dodge a few attacks, I can feel the feral rage buldin inside o' me. That beserker is about to be unleash if this don't end soon. I take a shot at the guy right in his groin, puts him down for a couple of seconds.

"I'M ASKIN AS NICE AS I CAN! GET THE HELL OUTA HERE!"

[The Question]

The General stands. He wipes the blood away from his upper lip. He moves his toung around inside his mouth, pulling out a tooth Logan knocked loose and spitting it out.

"Well then. I suppose you and I better end this."

The General smacks Logan across the face with full face, causing a clanging sound to resonate through the hall. The General delivers a kick to Logan's knee, knocking it out of place.

Then, he runs.

He runs away from Logan, dashing through the halls. He finally finds his way to a large metal room full of weapons.

The armory.

The general picks up a gun.

"This is going to make things much more interesting."

[Toby_Temple]

That's the last of them.

Death's Head's right arm changes back to its normal form. The blood remained is his fingers. He activated his comlink.

Hawkeye. This is Death's Head. You think you can handle China without me?

Death's Head mind was wondering on Johnny's decision to leave and join his fellow FF 4 back in Baxter Building. Reed might be in need of help. Somehow, his experience with him 8 years ago reconfigured the programming of his brain and somewhat programmed the concept of "debt of gratitude".

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker sits, still in thought. He watches the moniters and not but moments ago he overheard an intercepted transmission from Hawkeye, the wonders of alien technology. It sounds like the heroes of the world have decided to finally take him seriously. But it sure seems like they aren't coming to surrender. He has enough footsoldiers to hold the borders from an oncoming attack, and the Tri-Sentinel still defends their borders. Add that to the fact that China's a big place, and it should take them a good amount of time to trace his signol and find where exactly he is in the country. Again, the wonders of alien technology.

But then he begins to wonder, what if they do make it to him? What if they manage to overcome the forces at his disposal? He needs a back up plan, something to secure their power, even with people like Thor coming against him. He continues to think on this as he looks to the Moniters, and then it hits him. He focuses on several places that appear on the moniters, and smiles. He picks up his radio.

"Hypron, Rogue, I have a plan in case we need a back up. The heroes are coming to stop us, so we'll have to prepare it quickly, get as many soldiers on this as possible, contact all the bases through out the country. I want this done within the next twenty minutes. Here's my idea......"

0:35:08

[Hyper Venom]

"Whoah! Did Hulk just say something smart!?!?!" Wade asked as he leapt onto the scene.

Hang on... Wade what're you doing back in NYC?

"Oh like I'm gonna spend 5 posts figuring out how to get back from the Savage Land."

...fair enough.

"Dude, I'm so happy to see you! It's been so long since I've had a fight with someone who has a lower I.Q.! I mean you're to stupid that you--"

At this point, Devil Hulk turned round and glared into Wade's eyes, letting out a fierce roar. "You're so stupid that...uh...um...great, I just soiled my specially made boxers. I had to kill John Lenon to pay for these, John-fricking-Lenon!"

Wade sighed as he drew his weapons. "Sorry to ask this but...would you mind not tying my tongue in a knot before ripping it out this time? Cause last time you did that my tongue grew back in the very same knot... and it wasn't fun getting Wally to reach inside my mouth and twist my tongue around... then he couldn't do it so I got Johnny... then Hawkeye... then Captain America... I hate my life... any chance Johnyy's about to burst through the doors and scream in rage of Crystal's death?"

Devil Hulk was ready to pound Deadpool into the ground. The merc talked too damn much, and that suggestion about tying his tongue into a knot didn't sound like a bad idea.

Just then, the door burst open, and the Human Torch stood in the doorway. At least, it seemed to be the Human Torch. The flame was incredibly hot. Devil Hulk could probably spit on him and extinguish the flame, but he would not allow himself to be distracted.

Devil Hulk ran toward Deadpool, gripped him by the throat, and leapt through what was left of the roof and thirty feet into the air. He wrapped his massive right hand around Deadpool's throat and grinned at him.

"The beautiful thing about this is...after I crack open your Adam's Apple, it'll grow back, and I can crack it again..."

Squeezing with minimal effort, the creature did exactly as he promised: he cracked Deadpool's Adam's Apple. What was worse, they were still thirty feet in the air...

[Electro UK]

"And...the...even better thing is...once I put a bullet in your brain...you won't come back at all." Wade said as his adams apple grew back. "Jeez, my adams apple? What's with you! Arn't you Devil Hulk? Doesn't that mean you should rip out my eternal soul or something? On second thoughts, don't do that."

Deadpool drew a grenade from his belt and pulled the pin. "Open wide!" he shouted, shoving the grenade in Devil Hulk's mouth. "Knew I played the Quinjet card too soon."

[Electro UK]

Spider-man leapt out of the way to his right, avoiding the blast and landing on his hands and feet. He look up at Ock with fury in his eyes.

"So, Electro, you're down to attack dog status? I would have thought after freezing the city you'd be able to order around your own goons. Guess you'll always be that lame loser." Spider-man laughed, bouncing to the cieling.

This was going to be tough.

Could he handle it?

"Get down here you maggot!" Max cried as he sent out a blast at Spider-man's feet. Why wasn't he attacking? Did he have something up his sleeve? "Parker... that name... no. Don't tell me you're the little nerd that married Mary Jane Watson! That real hotty? Sucks to be you, I almost thought of stopping Bullseye myself back in that van... only so I could have a little fun with her." Max smiled, someone was about to get angry.

[ElectroFlare]

"Get down here you maggot!" Max cried as he sent out a blast at Spider-man's feet. Why wasn't he attacking? Did he have something up his sleeve? "Parker... that name... no. Don't tell me you're the little nerd that married Mary Jane Watson! That real hotty? Sucks to be you, I almost thought of stopping Bullseye myself back in that van... only so I could have a little fun with her." Max smiled, someone was about to get angry.

Spider-man's anger could be seen through his face as Electro began talking about MJ.

What right did he have to talk about MJ!?

With a flick of his wrist his hands were covered with webbing, to strengthen his hits and protect him from the electricity.

In the next second he was on Electro, smashing his face into the floor and then throwing Electro over his shoulder...

[Electro UK]

Max hit a wall, hard. He nose was broken, blood ran down it, but he'd had worse. "Oh, got someone angry did I? Well all the better. Think you can take me an the Doc webhead? Oh wait, I got you so angry you forgot about him!"

Doc Ock had come up behind Spider-man, he sent out two tentacles and ripped the webbing off of his hands. "How about trying to punch me now idiot?" Mac tackled Spider-man to the ground and started to shock him.

[ElectroFlare]

Max hit a wall, hard. He nose was broken, blood ran down it, but he'd had worse. "Oh, got someone angry did I? Well all the better. Think you can take me an the Doc webhead? Oh wait, I got you so angry you forgot about him!"

Doc Ock had come up behind Spider-man, he sent out two tentacles and ripped the webbing off of his hands. "How about trying to punch me now idiot?" Mac tackled Spider-man to the ground and started to shock him.

Spider-man's body convulsed and shook as Electro shocked him.

With a desperate kick in Electro's face, Spider-man ripped himself free and leapt back to land on a wall.

Only to have Ock's tentacle's knock him down and slam him into the floor.

"Ever heard of a fair fight?" Spider-man spit, a tooth and a drop of blood following his words. He rubbed his mouth and shakily stood up.

Can't forget about Ock...can't forget about either of them...can't beat them...no...they're too much...

[Logan Howlett]

"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHGGGHGAAGH!"

That hurt like all blue blazes! I gotta snap my joints back in place if I'm gone catch up with this guy.

POP!

"RAAAAAAARRGGHHGGHHG Yousonofa......."

I pick myself up, the skin has finaly healed on my stomach, in just a few secands I should be fighting fit again. This guy is good, I'll give him that, but I'm better. I'm about to give this guy the fight of his life! Aint no sence in waitin for him to come back for me, I gotta get as many people outa here as possible, thats when I remember,

"WANDA!"

I jump up and run back through the broken wall into Wanda's room, she's still layin there unconsious. I pick her up and throw her over my shoulder. Gota get her to safety. I run back outside and down the street to a near by deli, put her down in a booth and look at a waitress,

"Ma'am, please call an Ambulance."

"What.....huh.....oh.....maybe you should speak with my manager..."

"Listen dollface, I'm Wolverine with the Avengers, I need you to call an ambulance now this gal is badly injured."

"But......uh....hold on one second...."

"I aint got time for this Lady!"

I pop my claws to let her know I'm serious.

SNIKT!

"I AINT ASKIN AGAIN, MAKE THE CALL!"

"YES SIR! IM SORRY! I'll.......I'll cal right now....."

"Good, I'll be back soon to check on her."

I run outa the deli and back to the mansion. I can smell this guy, he's close by, but I aint gona rush him, I'm lettin him come to me! I quietly climb to the top of the cealin, concealin myself in a dark corner, this way I can get the drop on him.......literaly!

[Duker Jay]

This had not been a good day for Reed Richards. After his home was attacked, he and his family returned to the Baxter Building just in time for an alien invasion to begin. Now, he stood in his laboratory watching numerous monitors as the invading forces decimated various locales around the world. On top of all this, The Shocker, broadcasting from China, had given the world an hour to surrender before he unleashed the Chinese nuclear arsenal upon the world's major cities.

"Colonel Fury, does SHIELD still have access to the military robots we amassed when Dr. Doom last tried his own conquest of earth. Those machines* were formidable and could buy us some precious time in this battle. We need to stall Thanos' forces long enough for us to figure out how to stop him."

Reed reset his dials once again. This time, he turned them to a channel that was rarely used but kept active, nonetheless. In this battle, the earth needed every warrior it could muster, hero or not.

"Victor...it's Reed. As you've no doubt heard, the world is invaded. If the earth falls, so does Latveria...we need your help. You can't just sit on your throne and believe the will not come to you, too. We must stand together..."

*Editor's note: see Season 1

[The Joker]

Spider-man's body convulsed and shook as Electro shocked him.

With a desperate kick in Electro's face, Spider-man ripped himself free and leapt back to land on a wall.

Only to have Ock's tentacle's knock him down and slam him into the floor.

"Ever heard of a fair fight?" Spider-man spit, a tooth and a drop of blood following his words. He rubbed his mouth and shakily stood up.

Can't forget about Ock...can't forget about either of them...can't beat them...no...they're too much...

Octavius snared the wounded Spider-Man in his tentacles.He stretched Spider-Man's arms and legs out with such a force,that he nearly popped them out of their sockets.

"A fair fight?? Since when have you ever known me to play fair web slinger??" Ock said mockingly as he reeled Spider-Man in closer.

Ock glanced towards Electro."Get up Max,and stop licking your wounds.This little tussle is about to come to a dramatic end".

Ock reached inside his jacket pocket and pulled out a small remote."See this Spider-Man?? This is the control for the aformentioned explosives Max planted in the Bugle".

He smirked as he pressed the button."5 minutes until detonation web slinger.Can you get there in time to save the sheep??".Ock tossed Spider-Man on the ground.

Spider-Man paused and stared in surprise as Ock had released him.

"Well??" Ock said."Are you going to sit there or are you going to play the hero?? Time is of the essence.Tick tock tick tock tick tock".

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[ElectroFlare]

Without a word Spider-man leapt through a hole in the wall, blasted out by a stray blast from Electro.

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"Gotta get there fast!" Spider-man thought. Electro had fried all his comms, he couldn't call for help. It was all on him. A flick of his wrist after flipping from a webline, and the bottom half of his face was covered with webbing.

He reached the Bugle with a minute to go and burst through a window. People screamed as he grabbed them and tossed them roughly out the window.

They landed across the street, webbed between two buildings. Not very comfortable, but there was not much room for comfort.

Time was ticking down fast.

Could Spider-man save them all? Even if he did, what could he do with the bombs?

Spider-man only had a minute to go. And several hostages still to save.

He tossed the last person out the window and leapt out after them, landing on the building to which his web nets were attached. He would let the people down safely now, now that he didn't have to worry about the explosion.

"HELP!" A voice cried out from inside the bugle. NO! Someone was still inside. Spider-man leapt for the bugle. But...

BOOOOOOM!

Spider-man was thrown back from the shock wave, and landed on his back on a car. The bugle collapsed in on itself, and crushed whoever was left.

He had failed.

[bkhedr]

"You have another teleport left in you Thor?" Pietro asked, wondering himself if he had enough juice left. It didn't matter, for each of them it was far beyond personal now. China needed their attention first that would be for certain. Then he would find out who killed his beloved and make sure they suffered. The only thing that kept him from completely losing it was word that Wanda was well and the children were safe, for now...



"Aye Quicksilver, that and much more besides!" Thor proclaimed as he began spinning his mighty mallet.

-----

The Chinese-Indian border:

The victorious Thanos troops had been standing guard at the border for the last twenty minutes. It was merely a temporary halt, giving the invaders time to make preparations for the invasion of India. Now those preparations were nealy complete and the battle hardened regiments geared up to renew their advance.

Without warning the weather goes first foul, then dangerous. A lightning bolt strikes an APC, causing it to expode. A second bolt brings down a communications array, a third destroys a fortified firing position. The bolts keep coming sending the troops into disarray, and in the middle of the chaos a flash of lighting illuminates two figures who had just a second ago not been there.

"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!" Thor bellowes as he hurls his hammer at a tank.

[Sachsmachine]

Without warning the weather goes first foul, then dangerous. A lightning bolt strikes an APC, causing it to expode. A second bolt brings down a communications array, a third destroys a fortified firing position. The bolts keep coming sending the troops into disarray, and in the middle of the chaos a flash of lighting illuminates two figures who had just a second ago not been there.

"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!" Thor bellowes as he hurls his hammer at a tank.
Pietro opened his eyes after feeling the disorienting feeling of Thor's teleport. No matter how many G forces his body endured moving as fast as he did transporting always made him feel like he was going to vomit no matter how many times he went in the past. Pietro needed only the briefest of moments to regain his composure. This is coincidentially all the time the thunder god at his side needed to properly announce their arrival with a volley of lightning strikes that decimated the enemies regiments.

Thor is barely able to let the first syllable of Avengers out before Pietro is gone, leaving only a 30 foot high dust plume in his wake. Pietro knew that Thor could handle himself and sped off to find any signs of missle silos.

His search would not last very long. He raced up a towards a ridge checkpoint he stopped only a moment to loot a repair bay of a multi-tool and take the next few seconds rendering every vehicle, gun and electronic device completely useless. Racing down the other side of the ridge Pierto stopped so suddenly he slid of at least 50 feet on the loose gravel road and stared wide eyed as the ground shuddered from the approach of something Pietro thought long gone.
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"The Tri-Sentinel?!?!" He stood for a whole second in disbelief before getting on the comm.

"Thor this is Quicksilver. What is 60 feet tall has six arms and a appetite for destroying nuclear power plants amongst other things?" Pietro was already en route back to Thor's position as he asked, racing up to him and stopping just as he finished the question.

"Well in about 3 minutes it's coming over that ridge heading straight this way." He pointed to the ridge on the horizon. "I sincerely hope you weren't exagerating when you said you still got some fight in you" Pietro crosses his arms over his chest and looks to the horizon and does something he is not well known for. He waits...

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker watches the moniters as Thor begins his assault. He knew that Quicksilver was with him, but where he is now he's not sure, having lost him on the holographic screens. Thor looks warn, but he's still fighting as strong as he ever does. He watches as the Tri-Sentinel marches toward them, and he anticipates their meeting. The Thundergod facing a device of his brother, Loki's, making. This should be interesting.

0:27:59

[Hyper Venom]

"And...the...even better thing is...once I put a bullet in your brain...you won't come back at all." Wade said as his adams apple grew back. "Jeez, my adams apple? What's with you! Arn't you Devil Hulk? Doesn't that mean you should rip out my eternal soul or something? On second thoughts, don't do that."

Deadpool drew a grenade from his belt and pulled the pin. "Open wide!" he shouted, shoving the grenade in Devil Hulk's mouth. "Knew I played the Quinjet card too soon."
Devil Hulk's eyes widened as Deadpool forced the grenade into his mouth. In about four seconds, it would explode. He forced himself to swallow the grenade, forcing it down his own throat until he finally swallowed it. He smirked at Deadpool.

"Tasty..."

One second later, the grenade exploded. The explosion caused Devil Hulk to belch fire into Deadpool's face, immolating him.

"...'scuse me."

Devil Hulk tightened his grip around Deadpool's throat and looked downward. It was a long, long way down. He smiled and hurled Deadpool toward the ground.

[The Question]

"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHGGGHGAAGH!"

That hurt like all blue blazes! I gotta snap my joints back in place if I'm gone catch up with this guy.

POP!

"RAAAAAAARRGGHHGGHHG Yousonofa......."

I pick myself up, the skin has finaly healed on my stomach, in just a few secands I should be fighting fit again. This guy is good, I'll give him that, but I'm better. I'm about to give this guy the fight of his life! Aint no sence in waitin for him to come back for me, I gotta get as many people outa here as possible, thats when I remember,

"WANDA!"

I jump up and run back through the broken wall into Wanda's room, she's still layin there unconsious. I pick her up and throw her over my shoulder. Gota get her to safety. I run back outside and down the street to a near by deli, put her down in a booth and look at a waitress,

"Ma'am, please call an Ambulance."

"What.....huh.....oh.....maybe you should speak with my manager..."

"Listen dollface, I'm Wolverine with the Avengers, I need you to call an ambulance now this gal is badly injured."

"But......uh....hold on one second...."

"I aint got time for this Lady!"

I pop my claws to let her know I'm serious.

SNIKT!

"I AINT ASKIN AGAIN, MAKE THE CALL!"

"YES SIR! IM SORRY! I'll.......I'll cal right now....."

"Good, I'll be back soon to check on her."

I run outa the deli and back to the mansion. I can smell this guy, he's close by, but I aint gona rush him, I'm lettin him come to me! I quietly climb to the top of the cealin, concealin myself in a dark corner, this way I can get the drop on him.......literaly!


The General walks out or the armory. He makes his way back to the scene of the fight, to find Logan gone. He looks in Wanda's room, and sees that she is gone aswell.

"Hmmm...."

He makes his way to the main entrance, where the fact that Pym and Banner had been fighting was most noticable.

"I know you're around here somewhere, Logan. Where is she?"

[Electro UK]

Devil Hulk's eyes widened as Deadpool forced the grenade into his mouth. In about four seconds, it would explode. He forced himself to swallow the grenade, forcing it down his own throat until he finally swallowed it. He smirked at Deadpool.

"Tasty..."

One second later, the grenade exploded. The explosion caused Devil Hulk to belch fire into Deadpool's face, immolating him.

"...'scuse me."

Devil Hulk tightened his grip around Deadpool's throat and looked downward. It was a long, long way down. He smiled and hurled Deadpool toward the ground.

"Why do I get the feeling that Warner Brothers is writing this RPG, Looney Toones style on me?" Wade said as he hurtled towards the ground. "Not to worry, at a time like this there's bound something on my utility belt that can help me, I do stick all kinds of crap on here anyway, it's not like he use there little pouches round our belts."

Wade started to rummage through his belt. "Digital camera? No. Alien symbiote? What the heck is that doing in here? Get away! I'd sooner go into limbo than join forces with you! Hey my wallet! Was wondering where this was. Ah here we are, all purposes parachute."

Wade tugged on the cord, a parachute flew up above his head. "...oh crap this thing says Acme on it!" he glanced up to find a hole in the parachute. "Great... what next? I pretend to run in mid air and just fall down? Maybe if I shoot that pigeon Dick Dastardly will show up and offer me a lift." WHACK!

"Funny... my heart normally fails on me on impact... oh wait there it goes."

[Johnny Blaze]

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The Titan sat in his throne as he watched the War of Wars continue.
China had fallen. Even now, thousands of reinforcements were being sent into the country to fortify it's borders. He had heard the Shocker's broadcast, and had ordered his fleet to lift the communication jam in place just enough for his message to make it through.
It was a crafty move from the human. One Thanos silently applauded.

In Paris the fighting was difficult, as most of the heroes congregated there. But, the city, as well as all of France, was slowly giving way to his troops. Italy and Spain had already fell, and most of central Europe would soon follow.

Moscow had fallen along with most of eastern Russia.

New York and most of the US was still under siege, especially New York. California was beginning to fall to his forces as the heroes there were simply overwhelmed. With California under his guard, it would provide a excellent point to strike at the rest of the west coast.

Japan was still locked in bloody battle as the Hand had apparently joined forces with the Japanese military to fight the invaders. The mutants Sunfire and Silver Samurai were leading a horde of Hand ninja and Japanese troops against his forces.
They would surely die, but Thanos respected the gambit of the two men.

He watched as the Fallen One came down from his position in orbit and attacked the Asgardian, Thor.

One of the monitors caught the Titan's eye more than the others though. It was a view of the Antarctic...where one of his minions was seemingly stuck.
With a sigh, Thanos contacted Drexxen, "High Commander, it seems Mr. Marko has lost his way. I am feeding you his coordinates now. Send him back to the battlefield where he may prove his worth."

"Yes, Lord Thanos."

Thanos cut communications as he leaned back in his grande seat and took in the events as they unfolded. So far, with the exception of a few setbacks here and there, the invasion was going excellently.

[ElectroFlare]

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The Titan sat in his throne as he watched the War of Wars continue.
China had fallen. Even now, thousands of reinforcements were being sent into the country to fortify it's borders. He had heard the Shocker's broadcast, and had ordered his fleet to lift the communication jam in place just enough for his message to make it through.
It was a crafty move from the human. One Thanos silently applauded.

In Paris the fighting was difficult, as most of the heroes congregated there. But, the city, as well as all of France, was slowly giving way to his troops. Italy and Spain had already fell, and most of central Europe would soon follow.

Moscow had fallen along with most of eastern Russia.

New York and most of the US was still under siege, especially New York. California was beginning to fall to his forces as the heroes there were simply overwhelmed. With California under his guard, it would provide a excellent point to strike at the rest of the west coast.

Japan was still locked in bloody battle as the Hand had apparently joined forces with the Japanese military to fight the invaders. The mutants Sunfire and Silver Samurai were leading a horde of Hand ninja and Japanese troops against his forces.
They would surely die, but Thanos respected the gambit of the two men.

He watched as the Fallen One came down from his position in orbit and attacked the Asgardian, Thor.

One of the monitors caught the Titan's eye more than the others though. It was a view of the Antarctic...where one of his minions was seemingly stuck.
With a sigh, Thanos contacted Drexxen, "High Commander, it seems Mr. Marko has lost his way. I am feeding you his coordinates now. Send him back to the battlefield where he may prove his worth."

"Yes, Lord Thanos."

Thanos cut communications as he leaned back in his grande seat and took in the events as they unfolded. So far, with the exception of a few setbacks here and there, the invasion was going excellently.

"What?" Cain asked as he felt the now-familiar feel of teleportation. It may have been familiar, but it was far from comfortable.

"Lord Thanos has ordered me to send you to a better point on Earth then the southern pole. Is there a particular place you know of that would be of most help?"

"Yeah, you can send me to 'Vengers mansion in New York. While dem heroes are tryin' to stop the troops, I'll take out deir base." Cain said and cracked his knuckles. He no longer had a helmet, but it didn't matter. He didn't need it anymore.

After the teleportation, it seemed Cain was too late. The mansion already lay in partial ruin.

"I wonder what happened here?"

[The Joker]

After Spider-Man had left,Octavius turned to Electro,who was frustrated by the fact Spider-Man had just left with his life.

"There was no other way Max" Ock explained as they began to leave."While you and the wall crawler were having your little tete a tete,I recieved a message from the Gentleman.There's some kind of worldwide panic happening,due to Herman Schultz of all people".

"Whatever that half wit is up to,it has caused worldwide waves,and it forced us to step up our timetable.The plan must be completed tonight.So we head back to the townhouse for the briefing.The Gentleman was adamant that you come,as you are vital to the final stage of the plan Max".

Those last few words left a bad taste in Octavius' mouth.But it didn't matter.As soon as the Gentleman revealed all,and the profit from this scheme was acquired,the Gentleman was as good as dead.

Too bad Spider-Man survived.It was a nasty habit of his.Maybe he'll perish in the Bugle explosion.But it didn't matter.Not even Spider-Man could stop him now.Whatever panic the Shocker was causing,was a drop in the ocean compared to what they have in store.

[Spider-Man9X17]

Pietro opened his eyes after feeling the disorienting feeling of Thor's teleport. No matter how many G forces his body endured moving as fast as he did transporting always made him feel like he was going to vomit no matter how many times he went in the past. Pietro needed only the briefest of moments to regain his composure. This is coincidentially all the time the thunder god at his side needed to properly announce their arrival with a volley of lightning strikes that decimated the enemies regiments.

Thor is barely able to let the first syllable of Avengers out before Pietro is gone, leaving only a 30 foot high dust plume in his wake. Pietro knew that Thor could handle himself and sped off to find any signs of missle silos.

His search would not last very long. He raced up a towards a ridge checkpoint he stopped only a moment to loot a repair bay of a multi-tool and take the next few seconds rendering every vehicle, gun and electronic device completely useless. Racing down the other side of the ridge Pierto stopped so suddenly he slid of at least 50 feet on the loose gravel road and stared wide eyed as the ground shuddered from the approach of something Pietro thought long gone.
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"The Tri-Sentinel?!?!" He stood for a whole second in disbelief before getting on the comm.

"Thor this is Quicksilver. What is 60 feet tall has six arms and a appetite for destroying nuclear power plants amongst other things?" Pietro was already en route back to Thor's position as he asked, racing up to him and stopping just as he finished the question.

"Well in about 3 minutes it's coming over that ridge heading straight this way." He pointed to the ridge on the horizon. "I sincerely hope you weren't exagerating when you said you still got some fight in you" Pietro crosses his arms over his chest and looks to the horizon and does something he is not well known for. He waits...





Hawkeye looked up at the TriSentinel. The TriSentinel that shouldn't have been there, that should have been decommissioned and blasted in a million different directions.

The thing was at least 30 stories high. He had never tried a growth that high. Hank Pym had rarely ever tried a growth that high.

"Still though," he thought, "something is better than nothing."

"OK, guys and gals" he called into his communicator. "We have reenforcements coming real soon. I need as many people as possible to get into the country and stop these bombs."

Hawkeye began growing. His head was a whirl, as was the world around him. He felt as though his head was about to explode when he maxed out. He looked around. He was pushing anywhere between 15 and 20 stories. Still though, he was only flesh and bones. He could slow this thing down, but he wasn't going to beat it with his bare hands. Luckily, that wasn't the plan.

"Thor, I'm going to try and slow this thing down. I need you and any X-Men available to take it down while it's attention is on me."

-

"Oh no, you're not getting away that easily."

Johnny bolted for the hole in the wall, He leapt forward...

...and smacked off of absolutely nothing, flopping to the ground below.

"Johnny, don't!" Sue begged, entering the room.

"They killed Crystal!"

"I know, and I know how you feel. I want to rip all of their heads off. But I won't. I can't. We wouldn't be any better than they would."

Johnny's flames began to recede, until he was once again visible through the plasma.

"You're right," Johnny looked out over the city. The only thing louder than that sounds of the battle were the screams.

"We've been told to evacuate the city. The primary mission is in China."

"No. I'm not leaving. I'll die here before I let that purple toad take complete control. Because he can't win as long as the four of us are still standing. Go find Ben, we need to get out into the city and slow down there advance."

[Electro UK]

"Oh no, you're not getting away that easily."

Johnny bolted for the hole in the wall, He leapt forward...

...and smacked off of absolutely nothing, flopping to the ground below.

"Johnny, don't!" Sue begged, entering the room.

"They killed Crystal!"

"I know, and I know how you feel. I want to rip all of their heads off. But I won't. I can't. We wouldn't be any better than they would."

Johnny's flames began to recede, until he was once again visible through the plasma.

"You're right," Johnny looked out over the city. The only thing louder than that sounds of the battle were the screams.

"We've been told to evacuate the city. The primary mission is in China."

"No. I'm not leaving. I'll die here before I let that purple toad take complete control. Because he can't win as long as the four of us are still standing. Go find Ben, we need to get out into the city and slow down there advance."

"Ride on sista!" Wade yelled over the intercomm. "Let's take this city for ours-- I mean America! Yeah... that! Anyways... when you're done being all grown up and mature (which is really scaring me by the way) mind blasting Devil Hulk before his feet land on my stomach?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Ride on sista!" Wade yelled over the intercomm. "Let's take this city for ours-- I mean America! Yeah... that! Anyways... when you're done being all grown up and mature (which is really scaring me by the way) mind blasting Devil Hulk before his feet land on my stomach?"

Johnny stood at the hole in the wall and blasted the Hulk with two columns of flames. It hardly phased him.

"He's too pumped up. At this point, I'm not even sure if a SuperNova could put him down."

"I got this," Sue said, reaching out with a forcefield. "By the way, why is Wade wearing a blue uniform?"

"Oh, well, that's a long story, the reasons for which I blame on you and Reed........Five bucks says he goes through the forcefield and Wade screams for his mommy."

-

"This is gonna hurt..."

The TriSentinel backhanded Hawkeye, sending him stummbling into a radio tower. The robotic killer moved in for another attack, but Hawkeye dodged out of the way, ripping the tower out of the ground as he did. It wasn't the best weapon, but it would od in a pinch. He swung as hard as he could, smashing the tower across the abdomen section of the robot.

The tower shattered into thousands of pieces.

"Jeezus..."

[Duker Jay]

Ben Grimm crouched on the lawn of Avengers Mansion. Periodically, he would peek out from his kiding spot behind some rubble to fire at Thanos' soldiers. They were endless but, luckily, they were not attacking civilians...just the heroes, military and police. The mansion was under siege.

With a flash of light, The Juggernaut appeared a few yards from Ben.

"That's a bad guy if I ever saw one." Ben pulled his neural impactor from his back. He let a full-powered blast loose.

[Darth Wolverine]

Tony grimaced behind his Hulkbuster armour as he saw the barrage of soldiers attacking Avengers mansion. The frown deepened as Juggernaut appeared in a plume of white light, a few yards away from...

"Thing! Coming through!" he barked.

Juggernaut was about to pay for his actions in Paris...even he had no chance against Tony now. He could go toe-to-toe with the Hulk in this armour...he could at least slow Cain down. Dropping down before him, Tony slipped into an offensive position, reayd to launch his first devastating attack.

"Any last words?"

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[Toby_Temple]

Death's Head was left alone in Paris. It seemed that Hawkeye and the others were too busy to give him instructions. He tries to contact Hawkeye again.

Hawkeye! This is Death's Head. I am currently here in Paris while the rest seemed to have left this place. I need a means of transportation to get back to Baxter Building. Do you copy?

[ElectroFlare]

Cain stumbled forwards when Ben Grimm's blast hit him in the back, and then Ironman landed in front of him, and threatened him.

"Yea, I got some last words. Go away!" Cain yelled and kicked Ironman in the chest.

He then turned to see who had shot him.

"Well well well, look what we got here." Cain laughed and ran towards Ben Grimm...

[Sachsmachine]

Hawkeye looked up at the TriSentinel. The TriSentinel that shouldn't have been there, that should have been decommissioned and blasted in a million different directions.

The thing was at least 30 stories high. He had never tried a growth that high. Hank Pym had rarely ever tried a growth that high.

"Still though," he thought, "something is better than nothing."

"OK, guys and gals" he called into his communicator. "We have reenforcements coming real soon. I need as many people as possible to get into the country and stop these bombs."

Hawkeye began growing. His head was a whirl, as was the world around him. He felt as though his head was about to explode when he maxed out. He looked around. He was pushing anywhere between 15 and 20 stories. Still though, he was only flesh and bones. He could slow this thing down, but he wasn't going to beat it with his bare hands. Luckily, that wasn't the plan.

"Thor, I'm going to try and slow this thing down. I need you and any X-Men available to take it down while it's attention is on me."

As the Tri-Sentinel lumbered over the ridge Pietro turned his head quickly in the direction of a framiliar sound. Landing just behind their position the Quinjet powered down as Hawkeye arrived on the scene and began to grow. "Glad you could make it Hawk... or should I say Goliath?" He smirked up at his friend before Hawkeye began to grow much larger than he had ever seen even Pym attempt and his concerned expression showed it.

"Where's Spider-Man? Didn't he beat this thing before?"

Pietro spun the multi-tool that he had stolen from the enemy on his finger before dissapearing in a plume of dust once more. He was sure now that Clint and Thor would be able to keep this thing busy while he tried to find Shocker and disable those nukes, the base on the ridge had some paperwork that Pierto had taken a fraction of a second to go over. In one of the maps he discovered what would be the best place for Shocker to hole himself up in.

Pietro pumped his legs harder than he had ever before, pushing the 300 mph mark as he almost flew towards his destination. The troops stationed along the way having no time to react his presence, he was already gone before they even had a chance to precieve him as more than a ridiculously strong wind that knocked most standing troops to the ground.

There was no time... He kept radio silence as he tore along. No time...

[Darth Wolverine]

Tony stumbled back a step as Juggernaut's foot impacted on his chest. He snickered as the crimson-cald mutant behemoth ran towards the Thing, his every step sending shockwaves through the ground. Tony slapped soldiers away like ragdolls, working his way towards Juggernaut slowly but surely.

The Thing might as well take a chunk out of him first.

[Duker Jay]

Ben dove to the side as the Juggernaut reached him, pulling out another gun as he ran by. Another energy blast hit Cain in the back.

"Come on, Benjy-boy...get scared, already."

Ben started running...as fast and far from the Juggernaut as he could. He was brave, but he wasn't stupid. Even as The Thing, Juggernaut was a worthy match. As Ben Grimm with a few guns, he didn't stand a chance.

"Take him out, Stark...I ain't quite in the fighting mood, yet..."

[bkhedr]

"This is gonna hurt..."

The TriSentinel backhanded Hawkeye, sending him stummbling into a radio tower. The robotic killer moved in for another attack, but Hawkeye dodged out of the way, ripping the tower out of the ground as he did. It wasn't the best weapon, but it would od in a pinch. He swung as hard as he could, smashing the tower across the abdomen section of the robot.

The tower shattered into thousands of pieces.

"Jeezus..."

"Back thou infernal machine!" Thor yelled as he swung his hammer. He had taken advantage of Hawkeye's distraction and flown right up to the Tri-Sentinel's face. The machine stumbled backwards from the blow but recovered quickly, and lunged at the floating asgardian.

Thor struck the Tri-sentinel again. This time the blow smashed through the machine's shields and sheared a deep gash in its chest.

The Tri-Sentinel, its auto-repairs already sealing the wound, raised a massive fist which the god of thunder easily evaded.

"Enow!" Thor yelled as he fired a bolt of anti-force from his hammer. The anti-force tore a hole the size of a house through the Tri-sentinel's chest. It's eyes dimmed and it began to tumble earthwards.....

Suddenly the Tri-sentinel's eyes lit up again and it its two middle arms grabbed a hold of Thor, taking him by surprise, and pinning his arms to his side. Then its giant interlocked its fingers and began to squeeze the struggling Thunder god.

"NNNHHRRRG" Thor groaned as he flexed his arms and tried to break the Tri-Sentinel's grip. The machine was impossibly strong, and he was still weakened from his use of the godblast.

"nngg..can it be that I who hath leveled mountains cannot break this mere machine's grip! NEVER!" Thor thought as he strained against the relentless squeeze.

Just as it seemed that he might break the grip, one of the Tri-Sentinel's upper hands comes crashing down on Thor in the form of a giant fist.

EXECUTING PRIMARY OBJECTIVE.......
ELEMINATE ENEMIES OF THANOS......

The machine droned as it began to pummel the imprisoned god of Thunder

[Logan Howlett]

The General walks out or the armory. He makes his way back to the scene of the fight, to find Logan gone. He looks in Wanda's room, and sees that she is gone aswell.

"Hmmm...."

He makes his way to the main entrance, where the fact that Pym and Banner had been fighting was most noticable.

"I know you're around here somewhere, Logan. Where is she?"



I sit queitly in the shadows, barely even breathin. Guy starts walkin around he's lookin fer me, just a little close and he'll get his wish! Come on........come on.....almost there.......GOTCHA! I release my claws from the wall, and drop straight down on him, tearing down his back!

Suprise bub!

I kick his Shield and his gun down the coridor, fair fight are always more fun! I sheath my claws, and sit on his back pumelin his head with my fist.

"You are one......*SMACK*....STUPID.....*SMACK*.....SONOFA. ...*SMACK!*......*****!

This ain't gona keep him down long, and I still smell Taskmaster down the hall! I gota come up with a plan. Wait, the other Avengers, I'm sure they wouldn't like to hear about this! I pick myself up and run down the hall and into a control room. Ok......gota find it......come on.....Technological crap!..........FOUND IT! Central comunications device, should patch into thier radios, I'm sure that Bobby and Warren are still wearin theres.

"THIS IS WOLVERINE CALLIN ALL AVENGERS! DO YOU COPY?! THIS IS WOLVERINE CALLIN ALL AVENGERS! THE MANSION IS UNDER ATTACK! SOME GUY CLAIMIN TO BE CAP IS STORMIN THE PLACE! HE HURT WANDA REAL BAD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID TO THE OTHERS! DO YOU COPY! THIS AINT A DRILL BUB! WE GOTA A BAD SITUATION DOWN HERE! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?"

[The Question]

The General picks himself up slowly.

"Son of a *****."

He grabs his sheild and gun, and heads outside.

"Don't have time for this ****."

The General looks around. New York is in chaos around him. Thanos' soldiers are atacking the city in full force.

"Where the hell could he have...."

The General spots a deli across the street from the mansion. He walks over to it, and opens the door. Inside, he sees a woman tending to Wanda, who lies on a table. The woman looks up at him.

"Captain America?"

The General smiles slightly, raising his gun up to her.

"Not quite. Hand over the woman."


"But...."

He steps forward, holding the gun right up to her.

"Hand her over."

She stands aside. The General picks Wanda up gently, and slings her over his shoulder. He hits his com link.

"This is General Rogers. I'm going to need a group of ten soldiers to the Avengers Mansion in central park. Looks like we might be getting some company, and back up would be most apreciated. Also, inform Lord Thanos that I have an omega level superhuman with me. She might be of some use to him."

[taskmaster]

I've been teleporting for a about fifteen minutes when I finally reach the Mansion. I see the General carrying the Scarlet Witch.

"Hey, General, you needed some back up? What can I do?"

[The Question]

"Give me some back up, would you? And help me keep this one safe. Her powers could be useful."

[Sachsmachine]

"THIS IS WOLVERINE CALLIN ALL AVENGERS! DO YOU COPY?! THIS IS WOLVERINE CALLIN ALL AVENGERS! THE MANSION IS UNDER ATTACK! SOME GUY CLAIMIN TO BE CAP IS STORMIN THE PLACE! HE HURT WANDA REAL BAD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID TO THE OTHERS! DO YOU COPY! THIS AINT A DRILL BUB! WE GOTA A BAD SITUATION DOWN HERE! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?"
Pietro slowed to a stop a couple miles from the perimeter as he listened to the broadcast. "Sister?" His heart began to pound in his chest... His sister was in danger and no matter how fast he was he wouldn't be able to protect her. His fists ball up tightly, 'Save the world first Pietro...' he thought to himself as he once again became a blur.

[twylight]

The Shocker watches the moniters as Thor begins his assault. He knew that Quicksilver was with him, but where he is now he's not sure, having lost him on the holographic screens. Thor looks warn, but he's still fighting as strong as he ever does. He watches as the Tri-Sentinel marches toward them, and he anticipates their meeting. The Thundergod facing a device of his brother, Loki's, making. This should be interesting.

0:27:59


Rogue leaned on the back of The SHockers chair watching the holographic screens. A mixed group of avengers had landed in China.

Rogue smirked, like they had much hope of.....wait...Where was Quicksilver?

She moved swiftly bringing her hand down on a giant red button. An alarm sounded around compound as all the doors shut and closed. The Security monitors showed heavy metal slabs closing around all the entry points. Door's and on the upper levels, windows.

She turned and smiled at The Shocker who looked at her as questioningly as he could through his thick mask.

"Just coverin' all the bases Sugah."

No use in tipping her hand so soon. If Pietro managed to get in and see her then her little 'suprise' was done for.

"Ah'm gonna wait till they take out the Tri-Sentinal an' then, Ah'll supriahs them." She grinned wickedly.

0:27:45

[Sachsmachine]

Rogue leaned on the back of The SHockers chair watching the holographic screens. A mixed group of avengers had landed in China.

Rogue smirked, like they had much hope of.....wait...Where was Quicksilver?

She moved swiftly bringing her hand down on a giant red button. An alarm sounded around compound as all the doors shut and closed. The Security monitors showed heavy metal slabs closing around all the entry points. Door's and on the upper levels, windows.

She turned and smiled at The Shocker who looked at her as questioningly as he could through his thick mask.

"Just coverin' all the bases Sugah."

No use in tipping her hand so soon. If Pietro managed to get in and see her then her little 'suprise' was done for.

"Ah'm gonna wait till they take out the Tri-Sentinal an' then, Ah'll supriahs them." She grinned wickedly.

0:27:45

Pietro was just on the compound when the alarm went off and the place started locking down. He slid under the perimeter door but as he did he saw the main building's last security door slam and lock into place. He was now canned inside the perimeter of the compound. It was only about ten seconds and the platoon that was left to defend the the yard was weaponless and deprived of consciousness.

Pietro gathered up the last of the weapons and found an empty garbage dumpster to dispose of them in. He whipped out the multi-tool and went to work as fast as he could around the entire outer complex disabling cameras and sensors. 'I may not be able to get inside' Pietro thought 'But Shocker won't be able to see what's outside his front door.' He grinned to himself.

Pietro searched the yard and found a storage pantry in one of the small buildings and began the eat as many field rations as he could. They tasted disgusting but he had stomached worse and he needed as much energy as possible if he was going to find a way inside and beat Shocker. 'No time...' Pietro thought to himself. 'So much to make right...'

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker stiffens and points toward the holographic image.

"Camera just went out, Rogue, and this technology doesn't just fail. Do you think maybe someone got in?"

[twylight]

Rogue closed her eyes and drew up Jean's telepathic abilities.

"Pietro. Ah ain't suprised. Ah only wished Ah'd thought of shuttin' the place down before he got so close." She said softly.

[JewishHobbit]

Shocker leans back in his seat.

"Well, he's stuck between barriers at the moment. So let's not open a door on the inside, but we can teleport someone out to take care of him. Not sure if there's anything I can do against his speed, but what about you? Wanna go take care of him real quick, or should we send some soldiers?"

[Darth Wolverine]

"Take him out, Stark...I ain't quite in the fighting mood, yet..."

Tony batted aside another trio of soldiers and tok to the air, his mammoth thrusters disabling yet more attackers with the small inferno it generated to even lift the armour a few metres upwards.

"You ill, grim?" Tony quipped, attempting to lighten the mood. Unfortunately, jokes weren't his fortè, and his attempts, he realised, would fall flat on their face. That wasn't a good enough reason for him to stop trying though. "Hey, muscle man!" He dropped down in front of Juggernaut and swung one giant fist. It clipped Juggernaut's jaw with a force powerful enough to knock the Hulk back.

[Hyper Venom]

Johnny stood at the hole in the wall and blasted the Hulk with two columns of flames. It hardly phased him.

"He's too pumped up. At this point, I'm not even sure if a SuperNova could put him down."

"I got this," Sue said, reaching out with a forcefield. "By the way, why is Wade wearing a blue uniform?"

"Oh, well, that's a long story, the reasons for which I blame on you and Reed........Five bucks says he goes through the forcefield and Wade screams for his mommy."



Devil Hulk brushed off the flames that the Human Torch had blasted him with and continued to fall toward Deadpool. The Invisible Woman attempted to stop him with a forcefield, but her efforts were futile. He fell through the force field and continued falling until his foot became implanted in Deadpool's back. His fall caused powerful tremors to rock the ground nearby. He smiled and cocked his massive fist back.

"It was a valiant effort, Deadpool. But I'm afraid it just wasn't enough..."

Devil Hulk proceeded to pound Deadpool into the ground, punching him in the head and back repeatedly and breaking bones all over his body. He cackled madly as he created a crater with Deadpool's body, pushing him deeper into the ground with each punch. After punching him twenty times, he palmed Deadpool's head like a basketball and lifted him into the air.

"I wonder if you'll regenerate if I pop your head like a zit..."

He wouldn't have time to find out...

Suddenly, Devil Hulk felt a sharp pain in his head. He dropped Deadpool to the ground and stumbled back, clutching his head with both hands.

"Arrrgh....what's....happening...to....me...?"

Devil Hulk removed his hands from his head and stared down at them.

They were...green...

"Oh no..."

*******

Bruce Banner's mind...

Bruce lay unconscious on the floor. The Professor and Mr. Fixit had been chained to the wall, just as Devil Hulk had been before, but they were free now and fighting for their freedom.

They each tackled Devil Hulk and grappled with him. The demonic entity fought back as best he could.

"Fools! I'm in control now! Banner's body belongs to me!"

Mr. Fixit struck Devil Hulk with a left hook to the jaw.

"Ah, shaddap..."

The Professor slapped Devil Hulk into a full nelson.

"Somehow, we've got to subdue him, Joe! Especially now of all times! The Avengers are going to need some help!"

"No kiddin'! Not to mention Bruce's probably not gonna survive with this yellow freak runnin' things!"

The three Hulks continued to fight inside of Bruce's mind. Whoever won would be in complete control. But then, a blood curdling shriek could be heard. They all stopped fighting at the sound of it.

"Out..."

"What the hell was that?" they all asked in unison.

"Let me out..."

"Holy crap..."

"It can't be..."

Devil Hulk grinned. He knew exactly what it was.

"Nightmare Hulk..."

He had warned Bruce of this before. Nightmare Hulk - The embodiment of every terrible action that Bruce Banner was too afraid to imagine. If it gained control of Bruce's body, it could very possibly mean the end of the world.

But the creature was still subdued. Nightmare Hulk wasn't strong enough to awaken yet. Devil Hulk would have to remain in control of the body.

Taking advantage of their distraction, Devil Hulk plowed his fists through Mr. Fixit and the Professor's faces, sending them both flying into a wall. The two of them retaliated by punching Devil Hulk in each side of his head. The three Hulks all stood there for a moment, all three of them dazed. Then, they all collapsed to the ground.

"No...can't lose control..."

"Wait...if we're all knocked out...who gets control of the body...?"

"....crap..."

With that, the three Hulks passed out of consciousness.

******

The truth of the matter is, the answer to their question was very simple. If Bruce, Mr. Fixit, the Professor, and Devil Hulk were all unconscious, then nobody was in control of the body. Which meant there would be no restrictions on the Hulk's behavior. What was left was a mindless, feral beast that was almost impossible to defeat. Arguably, what was left was infinitely worse than Devil Hulk.

The Hulk had been unleashed...

http://www.central-game.com/membres/Hulk_eye_p3.jpg

"RARRRGH! HULK SMASH!"

[Electro UK]

"Oh good! He's stupid again!" Wade said, finally recovering from his wounds. "And green... suits him much better than orange I thought." Wade flipped over Hulk, grabbing a brick from the broken wall and launching it into the back of Hulk's head. "Hahaha! Now say something stupid like "Ow! Puny man hurt Hulk!" It always cracks me up when you do that."

[ElectroFlare]

Cain stumbled a bit from the blow of Ironman, but not much. Thor was stronger then Ironman, and Cain had already beaten Thor.

With a smirk on his helmetless face Cain attempted to clap his hands together.

With Tony Stark's iron helmet between it.

"When I'm done with you there won't be enough iron to make a nail clipper..." Cain laughed...

[Sachsmachine]

Pietro finished off his last field ration. It left a pasty aftertaste in his mouth but the momentary rest did alot of good. He stood up and moved back into the yard, with all the cameras and sensing equipment he could go about finding a way inside the main building without being seen.

Examining his surroundings his mercurial mind took but a second to realize that he was not going to force these doors open. There was no way to dismantle them or destroy them using anything he had access to in the yard.

Pietro examined the exterior of the main builing and found that one of the smaller entrances though still inpenetrable physically had an emergency keypad. "Perfect..." Pietro smirked as his hand became a blur of motion as he tried to break the code imputting hundreds of codes per second.

Pietro already knew that this was most likely not going to get him in. But it would make whoever's inside very nervous. Pietro made sure to keep his wits about him. No doubt this would definatly attract attention, but he was rested up and eager to take care of Shocker quick so he could make whoever killed Crystal pay. He also had to find his sister Wanda and make sure that she and her children are safe. 'No time...'

[Hyper Venom]

"Oh good! He's stupid again!" Wade said, finally recovering from his wounds. "And green... suits him much better than orange I thought." Wade flipped over Hulk, grabbing a brick from the broken wall and launching it into the back of Hulk's head. "Hahaha! Now say something stupid like "Ow! Puny man hurt Hulk!" It always cracks me up when you do that."

The brick exploded upon impact with the Hulk's head. It didn't do any damage, but it was enough to make the Jade Giant even angrier than he already was. He turned toward Deadpool and punched the ground in front of him, sending a shockwave toward the merc that slammed him into a wall.

"Puny man no hurt Hulk! Hulk is strongest one there is!"

The Hulk stomped toward Deadpool and raised his massive fist into the air.

"Hulk SMASH puny pimple-face man!"

With that, the Hulk punched Deadpool and sent him sailing away. Knowing him, he would be right back in the Hulk's face in a second. But Hulk didn't care. He wasn't just angry with Deadpool. He wanted to smash everything.

Looking around him, Hulk saw a large number of Thanos's foot soldiers. They were engaged in battle with police officers, soldiers, and various Avengers. Hulk didn't care who was who. He plowed into the whole group, swatting aside anyone who got in his way. He roared as he punched anything that moved. As he mowed down the group of combatants, he found himself running toward the fallen Deadpool. Ignoring him as if they hadn't just been fighting a moment ago, the Hulk stepped on Deadpool's face and ran into the center of the battlefield. Looking down, he saw that Deadpool was stuck under his foot. He peeled the mercenary off of his foot and then lifted him into the air.

"PUNY HUMAN!"

With minimal effort, he tugged at Deadpool's torso with his right arm, and his legs with the left. In a matter of seconds, Deadpool's body had been ripped in half. The Hulk tossed both halves of his body to each side and watched as everyone around him continued to fight.

Having Devil Hulk in control for so long had caused the beast to grow angrier and angrier. The Hulk didn't know who to blame, so he would take out his anger on everybody. He began seething at the thought of somebody usurping his mind and body. As he grew angrier, he increased in mass. He began to growl like an angry animal as he grew bigger and stronger. He stood at ten feet, weighing well over a ton. Finally, the Hulk let out a war cry at the top of his lungs. The scream itself shattered every nearby window that was still intact. Everyone around him could literally feel him scream.

"HULK ANGRY!!!!"

[The Question]

The brick exploded upon impact with the Hulk's head. It didn't do any damage, but it was enough to make the Jade Giant even angrier than he already was. He turned toward Deadpool and punched the ground in front of him, sending a shockwave toward the merc that slammed him into a wall.

"Puny man no hurt Hulk! Hulk is strongest one there is!"

The Hulk stomped toward Deadpool and raised his massive fist into the air.

"Hulk SMASH puny pimple-face man!"

With that, the Hulk punched Deadpool and sent him sailing away. Knowing him, he would be right back in the Hulk's face in a second. But Hulk didn't care. He wasn't just angry with Deadpool. He wanted to smash everything.

Looking around him, Hulk saw a large number of Thanos's foot soldiers. They were engaged in battle with police officers, soldiers, and various Avengers. Hulk didn't care who was who. He plowed into the whole group, swatting aside anyone who got in his way. He roared as he punched anything that moved. As he mowed down the group of combatants, he found himself running toward the fallen Deadpool. Ignoring him as if they hadn't just been fighting a moment ago, the Hulk stepped on Deadpool's face and ran into the center of the battlefield. Looking down, he saw that Deadpool was stuck under his foot. He peeled the mercenary off of his foot and then lifted him into the air.

"PUNY HUMAN!"

With minimal effort, he tugged at Deadpool's torso with his right arm, and his legs with the left. In a matter of seconds, Deadpool's body had been ripped in half. The Hulk tossed both halves of his body to each side and watched as everyone around him continued to fight.

Having Devil Hulk in control for so long had caused the beast to grow angrier and angrier. The Hulk didn't know who to blame, so he would take out his anger on everybody. He began seething at the thought of somebody usurping his mind and body. As he grew angrier, he increased in mass. He began to growl like an angry animal as he grew bigger and stronger. He stood at ten feet, weighing well over a ton. Finally, the Hulk let out a war cry at the top of his lungs. The scream itself shattered every nearby window that was still intact. Everyone around him could literally feel him scream.

"HULK ANGRY!!!!"



The General turns his atention to The Hulk.

"Looks like Banner's lost his temper. That certainly complicates matters."

The General takes out the genetic inhibitor controler and activates the inhibitor.

"Taskmaster. When he changes back, tranque him."

[Darth Wolverine]

Juggernaut's hands imapcted on either side ofTony's helmet. There was a deafening ring and a slight creak as the metal strained, but there was little resistance. The billionaire businessman allowed hismelf a small smile. Thank goodness for the Hulkbuster armour.

"First time I've ever been damn grateful to Hulk," Tony quipped, securing a grip around one of Juggernaut's mammoth fists. "If not for him, I wouldn't have built this armour...and if not for this armour, your hands would be covered in grey goo."

With a heave, Tony hurled Juggernaut away into a gathering Thanos' forces. His hands pulsed with energy as he hurled another barrage at his foe.

[Duker Jay]

"HULK ANGRY!!!!"

If the half-dozen soldiers flying past him didn't get Ben's attention, the loud, feral scream did.

"He's madder‘n usual..." Few knew The Hulk better than Ben Grimm in a fight. And now, they had more in common than ever. Ben watched as the green behemoth swatted people aside like flies and grew from the rage. This Hulk was not quite himself and seemed even more unstoppable than usual. "Someone's gotta bring him down...now."

Ben turned his neural impactor on the mammoth figure who stood yards away but another swatted body knocked his aim off. The blast hit a small group of soldiers instead. It did, however, get The Hulk's attention. The jade giant slowly turned towards Ben Grimm, another puny human, and set him in his sights.

"Sonuva..." Ben exhaled as Hulk stalked towards him.

Ben Grimm did not ordinarily concern himself with his own physical well-being. In his time as The Thing, there had been little that could hurt him and he had grown used to being close to invincible. However, numerous run-ins with Bruce Banner and his alter-ego had taught him a thing or two about getting hurt. The Hulk was one of the few people who could actually hurt The Thing with his bare hands. It was this thought, as the irradiated beast came towards him, that triggered the fear deep within Ben's heart. It quickly took hold in his chest and soon, Ben convulsed as his body changed. His muscles and tendons strained under the pressure. The familiar, orange, rocky hide emerged again and Ben cried out in agony.

"AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!"

Much like The Hulk, these tranformations were proportionate to the amount of fear felt by Ben. In this case, Ben grew to almost eight feet, nearly four feet wide. The rocky plates protruded unevenly around his body and the strain hunched his neck over.

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7987/thinghulkrpg5bm.jpg

With terror still in his eyes, he looked up at his large, green adversary.

"NOOO!!! STAY AWAY!!! NO HURT THING!!!"

He swung an arm, backhanded at the approaching giant.

[Toby_Temple]

Death's Head turned his comm link off. No one was responding. He is left alone in Paris. Abandoned. But he is not complaining. He must now find a way to get back to Baxter Building fast.

Might as well do it now.

The cyborg focused all is energy to its legs and dashed towards east. A moment, there was a splash. Death's Head is now running underwater.

[Electro UK]

The General turns his atention to The Hulk.

"Looks like Banner's lost his temper. That certainly complicates matters."

The General takes out the genetic inhibitor controler and activates the inhibitor.

"Taskmaster. When he changes back, tranque him."

"Owned... so many times... lost count." Wade said picking himself up. "Okay... so Benjy boy's got the Hulk covered... better find someone else to kick me around... hey look! There's evil Captain America!" Wade flipped over Hulk and landed next to Cap. "So you're evil now... is this like one of those cool American conspiracies? Wouldn't be the first one I've been involved with."

Wade drew his sword. "So Cap... I'd like to try the whole "Come back to the light" gimmick but its been a long day, I've fought Juggernaut god knows how many times, been kicked around by Taskmaster and Hulk and yet killed nobody... so I think I'll just take off your head and be done with it."

[The Question]

The General looks at Deadpool, and the turns to Taskmaster.

"I guess he's annoying in every world."

The General holds his gun up to Deadpool and shoots him.

[Electro UK]

The General looks at Deadpool, and the turns to Taskmaster.

"I guess he's annoying in every world."

The General holds his gun up to Deadpool and shoots him.

"...well that made no sense." Wade said. "Every world? What you been sniffing Cap? Tell ya what, I'll just end your confusion by having you dead and once I'm through making you dead, I think I'll kill you... and after that I'll give murdering you a go." Taking the bullet, Wade chraged towards Cap with a sword.

[The Question]

The General drops Wanda, blocks the sword with his sheild, and continues to fire at Deadpool at close range.

[Electro UK]

The General drops Wanda, blocks the sword with his sheild, and continues to fire at Deadpool at close range.

"Will-ow-you-ow-stop-ow-shooting-ow-me-ow! It took three days for my pinky to grow back last time it was shot off you idiot!" Wade took a throwing start from his best and tossed it into Cap's gun. "Ah! Try spewing your cannon now!...ewwwwwwwwww."

[The Question]

The General looks down at his gun. He pulls out the throwing star and drops it to the ground. He looks at Wade.

"What the hell do you think this is, a cartoon?"

[Electro UK]

The General looks down at his gun. He pulls out the throwing star and drops it to the ground. He looks at Wade.

"What the hell do you think this is, a cartoon?"

"Well actually no... its an RPG... sorry, you were probably expecting that one, it was bad even for my standards. Come on Cap, lighten up beautiful sunny day, the birds are singing, men are dying with screams of pain, what's not to love? I feel right at home." Deadpool flipped into the air, bringing his leg down on Cap

[twylight]

Shocker leans back in his seat.

"Well, he's stuck between barriers at the moment. So let's not open a door on the inside, but we can teleport someone out to take care of him. Not sure if there's anything I can do against his speed, but what about you? Wanna go take care of him real quick, or should we send some soldiers?"


Rogue smiled

"Ah got it." She said as she shifted through her catalog of powers. Looking for one that would be most useful against Pietro. SHe stopped as a button blinked.

Hmm...he was trying to crack the code...

Rogue smiled wickedly and teleported herself near Pietro. Her body engulfed in flames courtesy of Shiro, she appeared as Pheonix.

"What do you want?" She flamed, Jean's mental powers reaching out and dulling Pietro's speed.





OOC: I can edit the part with Jean's powers dulling him...:)

[The Question]

"Well actually no... its an RPG... sorry, you were probably expecting that one, it was bad even for my standards. Come on Cap, lighten up beautiful sunny day, the birds are singing, men are dying with screams of pain, what's not to love? I feel right at home." Deadpool flipped into the air, bringing his leg down on Cap


The General catches Deadpool's leg and slams him onto the ground. He then holds his gun up to Deadpool's face.

"I know I can't kill you. But I can put you through an endless amount of pain. Now, I'm not normally a sadist, but torture does serve it's purposes. But, I'm willing to do buisness. How much money would it take for you to work for us?"

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker saw what Rogue had done and found himself impressed. He flips through the holographic moniters until he found the keypad being messed with. There Quicksilver stood, a shocked expression appearing on his face.

"Rogue, if you can get him to stand still, then I have an idea. Get him distracted."

The Shocker then stands and runs toward the door that Quicksilver had been trying to crack open.


0:23:48

[Electro UK]

The General catches Deadpool's leg and slams him onto the ground. He then holds his gun up to Deadpool's face.

"I know I can't kill you. But I can put you through an endless amount of pain. Now, I'm not normally a sadist, but torture does serve it's purposes. But, I'm willing to do buisness. How much money would it take for you to work for us?"

"...hang on let me go into "Maths Wade Mode"... okay times that by that, add 60 onto that... minus that 50... would $400000000 be too much? Oh wait-- I don't do this stuff anymore, made a promise to a special little lady just before I fell into one of those coma type things... didn't I just break your gun?" Wade grabbed the gun and forced it out of Cap's hand, slamming it into his nose.

"Come on Cap, where's the old you? It must be the noble part of me.... but fighting you just ain't right, no matter who's side you are on. Unless of course there's some sort of big cash pay off at one end."

[The Question]

The General lunges at Wade and smacks him across the face with his sheild. He then holds the sheild's edge up to Wade's throat.

"Tell me, if I cut out your larynx, how long would it take to grow back?"

[taskmaster]

The General lunges at Wade and smacks him across the face with his sheild. He then holds the sheild's edge up to Wade's throat.

"Tell me, if I cut out your larynx, how long would it take to grow back?"

"Not long enough, trust me, I've done it before."

The Hulk is fighting The Thing, wouldn't be very smart to get involved in that. I rush into what's left of the mansion to see if there's anyone else left.

[Sachsmachine]

The Shocker saw what Rogue had done and found himself impressed. He flips through the holographic moniters until he found the keypad being messed with. There Quicksilver stood, a shocked expression appearing on his face.

"Rogue, if you can get him to stand still, then I have an idea. Get him distracted."

The Shocker then stands and runs toward the door that Quicksilver had been trying to crack open.


0:23:48

Pietro spun around instantly as what he thought was Jean Grey being intimidating with her phoenix force. He put up his hands infront of him palms out.

"Hold on X-Man, It's I Quicksilver." He lowered his hands slowly.

"I'm glad someone made it. How are the rest doing with the Tri-Sentinel?" He waved his right hand infront of him dismissivly.

"Nevermind we don't have time for that. You've probably heard about Shocker or you wouldn't be here. I was in the process of cracking the code on this door before you interrupted me."He pauses for a second wondering why the pheonix flames hadn't died down yet. Still he continued...

"Now unless you intend to pull the door from the hinges or something I should get back to it before they realize what is going on."

Pietro looks at her curiously...

[Toby_Temple]

North Atlantic Ocean, Two miles below:

Death's Head is not moving as fast as he was on land. The pounding pressure is also affecting his performance. His maximus speed is just thrice faster than the fastest submarine of this time. Yet, he does not seem to worry. After all, even though they could learn and comprehend human emotions, a cyborg is still a cyborg.

Unknown to Death's Head, back in Avengers Mansion, an old adversary and friend was rampaging the place.

[ElectroFlare]

Juggernaut's hands imapcted on either side ofTony's helmet. There was a deafening ring and a slight creak as the metal strained, but there was little resistance. The billionaire businessman allowed hismelf a small smile. Thank goodness for the Hulkbuster armour.

"First time I've ever been damn grateful to Hulk," Tony quipped, securing a grip around one of Juggernaut's mammoth fists. "If not for him, I wouldn't have built this armour...and if not for this armour, your hands would be covered in grey goo."

With a heave, Tony hurled Juggernaut away into a gathering Thanos' forces. His hands pulsed with energy as he hurled another barrage at his foe.

Cain landed on his back, surrounded by Thanos's foot soldiers.

"Don't just stand there, get 'em!" Cain shouted as he charged back at Ironman, only to be hit by Ironman's energy blasts. It slowed him down, but it could not stop him.

Nothing could stop him. It wasn't fun to charge through Ironman's energy, but it couldn't stop him.

Nothing could.

[ElectroFlare]

Spider-man sat on a wall, with rain falling down around him.

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/2268/_1140750057.jpg


He had failed to save everyone. Sure, he'd saved some people. But he hadn't saved that little girl that was in the explosion. He had searched through the rubble but couldn't even find her. All he found was a ripped teddy bear.

He couldn't make a difference in this world. What kind of world was this anyway, when people like Ock and Electro ran free?

[bkhedr]

The Tri-sentinel had only landed a few punches before Thor began to crackle with energy. He had not been able to break the machine's grip, he was simply too worn down, but he was by no means helpless.

"No machine can best the God of Thunder!" Thor exclaimed as a massive bolt of lightning stuck the Tri-Sentinel's head.

BOOM!!!

The Sentinel didnt go down. Its sophisticated auto-repair function already going to work.

BOOM!!!

Another bolt struck the massive robot, causing a component in its shoulder to explode and momentarily disabling its upper left arm. Undaunted, the machine raised its upper right arm and fired a beam of concussive force at its captive tormentor. The beam made a high pitched whine as it impacted the god of thunder and bathed him in a red glow.

"Suh...So...more..is..n-needed..." Thor said as the sky darkened.

BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!

The lightning struck the tri-sentinel again and again, blowing parts off of it and overwhelming its auto-repair function. A final lightning bolt struck the Sentinel full on in the head, blowing it into a million pieces which were then scattered by the wind.

When the smoke cleared the other heroes saw Thor standing on the edge of a shallow, smouldering crater. His hammer aglow in his hands.

http://www.amazingcomics.it/thor5web.jpg

[The Joker]

Back at the luxurious townhouse,Ock went to the bar to prepare himself a drink,muttering angrily to himself as he did.

Electro and his wife embraced eachother warmly.

The Gentleman entered the room,followed by Pity."Good evening gentleman" he said coldly.

"No it's not old man,not for you it won't be if you don't have a damn good reason for interrupting Spider-Man's long overdue execution" Ock said angrily,as his tentacles flailed around him.

The Gentleman seemed unconcerned."As I told you in the message Doctor,we must step up our timetable.This Shocker business has given us ample opportunity to strike now".

Octavius was unimpressed."Spider-Man's death was a far more pressing matter.You have no idea how much grief that pest has..."

But the Gentleman interrupted him."As I understand it Doctor,you both had Spider-Man at your mercy,but failed to murder him".

Octavius snarled."That's different.He deserves more than just death.He deserves humiliation as well as death.Like he has humiliated me in the past".

"Quite so" the Gentleman sniffed."Such a shame between the both of you that you failed to accomplish that.I hope you both fare better at the next task I am assigning you".

Octavius was fuming.His face had turned a dark shade of red.His fists were clenched so tight that his knuckles turned white.His teeth were gritted into a hateful snarl.He wanted to rip the Gentleman's heart from his body right where he stood,and squeeze the bloody juices from it in a tentacle claw.

The Gentleman could clearly see Octavius' anger.Everyone on the room could.But once again,the Gentleman appeared unconcerned."Now then,this is the final phase of the scheme,the one that shall net us a profit beyond any of your wildest dreams.And to do that,you must acquire a device called the Oltion field generator from the Rand Meachum corporation".

Octavius raised an eye brow.He had heard of that company.They were a research firm,who had done some ground breaking research with adamantium,a metal Octavius always found useful.

"And what exactly is this Oltion device going to do for us??" Ock snapped.The Gentleman took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

"Quite simply Doctor,it's going to destroy the world's economy,and your friend Electro here is the only one who can give it enough raw power to do that".

[Spider-Man9X17]

If the half-dozen soldiers flying past him didn't get Ben's attention, the loud, feral scream did.

"He's madder‘n usual..." Few knew The Hulk better than Ben Grimm in a fight. And now, they had more in common than ever. Ben watched as the green behemoth swatted people aside like flies and grew from the rage. This Hulk was not quite himself and seemed even more unstoppable than usual. "Someone's gotta bring him down...now."

Ben turned his neural impactor on the mammoth figure who stood yards away but another swatted body knocked his aim off. The blast hit a small group of soldiers instead. It did, however, get The Hulk's attention. The jade giant slowly turned towards Ben Grimm, another puny human, and set him in his sights.

"Sonuva..." Ben exhaled as Hulk stalked towards him.

Ben Grimm did not ordinarily concern himself with his own physical well-being. In his time as The Thing, there had been little that could hurt him and he had grown used to being close to invincible. However, numerous run-ins with Bruce Banner and his alter-ego had taught him a thing or two about getting hurt. The Hulk was one of the few people who could actually hurt The Thing with his bare hands. It was this thought, as the irradiated beast came towards him, that triggered the fear deep within Ben's heart. It quickly took hold in his chest and soon, Ben convulsed as his body changed. His muscles and tendons strained under the pressure. The familiar, orange, rocky hide emerged again and Ben cried out in agony.

"AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!"

Much like The Hulk, these tranformations were proportionate to the amount of fear felt by Ben. In this case, Ben grew to almost eight feet, nearly four feet wide. The rocky plates protruded unevenly around his body and the strain hunched his neck over.

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7987/thinghulkrpg5bm.jpg

With terror still in his eyes, he looked up at his large, green adversary.

"NOOO!!! STAY AWAY!!! NO HURT THING!!!"

He swung an arm, backhanded at the approaching giant.

"You know what that reminds me of? One of those 'How do you keep an idiot busy' jokes. They just keep goin' round and round, not making any sense..."

"Johnny!"

"Sorry. Idiots is a bad word...ummm, mentally deficient?"

"Is this all the help that's left?"

"Ummmm, yeah. We're boned. No......just a sec...."

Johnny pulled his commlink out.

"Torch to Spidey. Come in Pete. If you're not too busy or not beating yourself up over guilt, we could kinda use your help at Avengers Mansion. No biggie, really. Just tryin' to save the world."

-

Hawkeye began to reduce size as Thor stood triumphantly in the smoldering crater. Before he could offer any congratulations, his commlink activated.

"THIS IS WOLVERINE CALLIN ALL AVENGERS! DO YOU COPY?! THIS IS WOLVERINE CALLIN ALL AVENGERS! THE MANSION IS UNDER ATTACK! SOME GUY CLAIMIN TO BE CAP IS STORMIN THE PLACE!

"Yeah, Logan, we know. Evac the mansion, we have bigger..."

"HE HURT WANDA REAL BAD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID TO THE OTHERS! DO YOU COPY! THIS AINT A DRILL BUB! WE GOT A BAD SITUATION DOWN HERE! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?"

Hawkeye froze. His heart skipped a beat. Wanda. His first instinct was to head back. The rest of the group seemed to have things pretty well in hand here.

"No," he told himself. "Wanda is strong. She can stand up for herself. You have a job to do now. You can't walk out on a fight."

Hawkeye got on his comm.

"Wolverine, the mansion is lost. There's nothing more you can do there. But I want you to stay in New York with the FF. Try to hold off a full occupation as long as you can. When we're done here, I'll deal with Cap."

Hawkeye flipped his comm closed and headed to the Quinjet to retrieve his bow and quiver.

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker Sprints until he finds his way to the door. He stops and puts his ear to the door and listens. He hears Quicksilver speaking to "Jean" and then him messing with the keypad once more. He's standing still, good. The Shocker then kneels down quietly and places his hand barely an inch from the ground, and with the advancemed powers that Thanos gave him, he begins to send a controled vibratory beam of air slowly under the door. There doesn't seem to be any room for it, the space is so minuet, but the Shocker finds the smallest of cracks and sends the air through it. He then slowly feels his way up the otherside of the door. The air is invisible and makes no sound, and thus, Quicksilver has no way of even knowing it is there, provided it doesn't touch him. Shocker feels his suroundings with the air, and when he's high enough, he knows it. He angles it toward Quicksilver until he's close enough, and then when he's sure the air is in place, he shoots the blast right into Quicksilver's ear, slamming it into his ear drumb. He hears Quicksilver scream from the pain, and so he quickly stands and enters the code to open the door. The door slides open and the Shocker quickly unloads a medium-powered blast into Quicksilver's chest, blowing him several feet from the door, and roling in the dirt.

"A damaged eardrumb does wonders for your balance doesn't it, Quicksilver? You'll be lucky to stand or walk straight, or even swing at a target for a while. And I wouldn't suggest running either. Your speeds, running into a wall, well, let's just say it wouldn't be pretty. Now, let's have us a little fun, huh?"

And with that, the Shocker fires off another blast to his disoriented foe.

0:20:58

[Electro UK]

The General lunges at Wade and smacks him across the face with his sheild. He then holds the sheild's edge up to Wade's throat.

"Tell me, if I cut out your larynx, how long would it take to grow back?"

Wade stared blankly at Cap. "...dude seriously... you could of had any line and you threaten to take out a part of my body that I don't even know?"
Wade kicked Cap back, immeadiately tackeling him to the ground. "Point being is Cap, why are you attacking the mansion? You in a bad mood? I was once, I lashed out at my friends too... but then I found that a nice warm glass of milk calmed me down... you want to go et some?"

[The Question]

"No, I really wouldn't."

The General strikes Deadpool in the stomach, turns him over, punches him across the face, and stands up.

"As for why I'm atacking the mansion: None of your buisness."

The General strikes at Deadpool's throat with his sheild.

"And your larynx is what makes you able to speak, dumbass."

[bkhedr]

Thor lowered his hammer and looked around. The Thanos troops had, at least for the moment, been driven back, and the Tri-Sentinel would not be troubling anyone for awhile. But there couldnt be much time left on the nuclear countdown. They had to stop the shocker.

"Quicksilver, hast thou located the Shocker?" Thor said into the comm.

[Electro UK]

"Captain America using potty mouth?" Wade said in surprise. "I never thought I'd see the day!" he ducked, just in time to be nabbed on the head by the shield. Quickly, he drew a pistol and shot the shield off course. He let his foot fly into Cap's stomach before whacking him round the face with his gun handle. "Wow, I enjoy fighting you, nice change not to be ripped in two for once."

[ElectroFlare]

A loud electric buzzing noise could be heard coming from Spider-man's belt. A comm link.

"Torch -beating - help at -sion. - save-rld."

That was all that made it out of the comm link as it died. Electro had fried it. From what Spider-man could understand, the Torch need help beating a "sion" and saving a "rld".

Sion? Mansion?

Rld? World?

Could Spider-man do anything? Maybe.

Anger at the world would have to wait.

Spider-man lept into the sky and was instantly web slinging.

"Johnny, if you can hear me, I'm coming to the Mansion."...

[The Question]

"Captain America using potty mouth?" Wade said in surprise. "I never thought I'd see the day!" he ducked, just in time to be nabbed on the head by the shield. Quickly, he drew a pistol and shot the shield off course. He let his foot fly into Cap's stomach before whacking him round the face with his gun handle. "Wow, I enjoy fighting you, nice change not to be ripped in two for once."



The General grabs Wade's arm and pop's the joint out of place. He then dives for his sheil, grabs it, and runs at Wade, stabbing him in the stomach with the edge of his sheild.

"Actually, I could probably arrange the whole 'ripped in two' thing."

[Electro UK]

The General grabs Wade's arm and pop's the joint out of place. He then dives for his sheil, grabs it, and runs at Wade, stabbing him in the stomach with the edge of his sheild.

"Actually, I could probably arrange the whole 'ripped in two' thing."

"Okay, I was doing the patriotic thing and holding off on you, now you've got me pissed off." Wade brought his head down on Cap's, then back up, then down again. Blood started to gush from his nose, but it didn't hold Wade back, he let his fist round Cap's face before bringing his knee into Cap's stomach. "Fall down Cap... fall down or I am gonna get maaaaad."

[The Question]

"Soldier, I've seen things that would make you die of fright. You don't scare me."

The General flips Wade over his shoulders, and throws him a good ten feet behind him. He then picks up his gun, and begins firing a constant stream of bullets into Wade, until the gun runs out of ammo.

[Electro UK]

"Soldier, I've seen things that would make you die of fright. You don't scare me."

The General flips Wade over his shoulders, and throws him a good ten feet behind him. He then picks up his gun, and begins firing a constant stream of bullets into Wade, until the gun runs out of ammo.

"I BROKE THE GOD DAMN GUN HOURS AGO!" Wade screamed. "Seriously, do you need to go back over the part where I threw a ninja star into the gun? I suppose if I took out your eye and then you were killed you'd be alive next post with your eye back? If that happens give Morlun a call, he's all for eating eyes."

Wade landed on his feet and put away his weapons. "Cap, why are you doing this? You're helping Thanos... the big evil guy with a humungo-chin. 60 years ago you fought in World War 2 to protect this country, every kid grew up knowing you as a legend and a hero, now those kids are hiding from you in their greatest hour of need. What's with you? Why are you not defending this country this time round?"

[The Question]

"I BROKE THE GOD DAMN GUN HOURS AGO!" Wade screamed. "Seriously, do you need to go back over the part where I threw a ninja star into the gun? I suppose if I took out your eye and then you were killed you'd be alive next post with your eye back? If that happens give Morlun a call, he's all for eating eyes."

Wade landed on his feet and put away his weapons. "Cap, why are you doing this? You're helping Thanos... the big evil guy with a humungo-chin. 60 years ago you fought in World War 2 to protect this country, every kid grew up knowing you as a legend and a hero, now those kids are hiding from you in their greatest hour of need. What's with you? Why are you not defending this country this time round?"


"I don't want to reveal any information. The less your enemy knows about you the better, I always say."

[Electro UK]

"I don't want to reveal any information. The less your enemy knows about you the better, I always say."

"You know what Cap? I can't do this, I can't fight a fellow Avenger. I don't know how but something in your mind is telling you that you are fighting for the better purpose... and you're not, you really arn't. Even I'm fighting for the better purpose... me! But somewhere in your head you're lost, because this is not the Captain America we all know and love, there's something different about you, and I'm thinking its breaking almost everyone's hearts at we're out here today, having to fend to earth from even more scum, and you're with them, the man that we thought would always be there to lead us into battle and fight the good fight. I can't fight you anymore Cap... this isn't you."

[The Question]

"Hooray for you."

The General rushes at Wade, using his gun as a bludgeon to smack him over the head.

[Electro UK]

Wade took the hit. He was going to move an inch, as much as he wanted to fight--

"Aw let me fight... please!"

No, you have to be noble for a bit.

"Aw you're no fun."

He couldn't do it. Hulk, Taskmaster, Juggernaut, he'd rush into battle with all of them but not Cap. There was something too different about him. In a sense, it wasn't being fair on him. "Come on Cap, you're not gonna knock me down. We can still win this battle. You want to protect this country don't you? You've given your life for this place countless times. Cap, you're attacking the Avengers at their mansion. Their home, your home. We're your family Cap, always have been, always will be. Stop this madness."

"Okay you're centimeters away from being official out of character here UK."

Yeah well do you see anyone else trying to get Cap back on our side?

[The Question]

"Oh my GOD! I thought the Canadian was bad. Christ, do you EVERY shut up?"

The General punches Wade in the gut, and kicks him in the crotch.

[Electro UK]

"He's right... even when I'm not trying to be funny I don't shut up." Wade thought to himself. "...well we all knew I had a short fuse."

Wade caught Cap's leg before he could bringit back down. "All right you flag spitting, A for ******* wearing, n00b, invading my country is one thing, but kicking me in the Deadpool zone is uncalled for. This means war!" Wade pulled forward on Cap's leg, tripping him up. He beat down and Cap's face, harder everytime. "If you're not with us, then I'll have to do the next best thing and take you down... in which case I'm stealing your name. Captain America is such a cool name."

[The Question]

The General grabs Wade's fists, and pushes Wade up.

"You don't get hurt. I don't get tired. This'll go on until I get knocked out or you collapse from exauhstion. So...."

The General kicks Wade off of him. He hits his com link.

"Anyone in the area of Central Park. Target Wade Wilson."

[Electro UK]

"Aw jimmys..." Wade said as a huge crowd of warroirs rushed towards him. "This ain't over Cap!" he said as he teleported out of the area.

[Logan Howlett]

"Aw jimmys..." Wade said as a huge crowd of warroirs rushed towards him. "This ain't over Cap!" he said as he teleported out of the area.

I been hearin Wade keep him busy for a while, I was just about to step in and help as he decided to teleport out, oh well he's usless anyway! i sneak up from behind and backslah this Cap imposter across the back.

"He's right bub, this aint over!"

I start slahin and kickin and punchin for all I'm worth. I hit him hard in the mouth.

"You hurt Wanda!"

*SMACK*

"You hurt my friends!"

*SMACK*

My mind start takin me to places I aint been in years, I cant stop thinkin about Mariko. Now I'm startin to loose it. Uh-oh, this aint gona be pretty!

"YOU!........YOU KILLED........MARIKO! MARIKO!"

*SMACK!!!*

"MARIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

My thoughts......I cant......see staright....cant......

"ARRARARARRRRRRRRGHGHGHGARRR! AARRGAGAHGSRR!"

*!!!!!!!SMACK, SLICE, CRASH, BOOM, SMACK, SNIKT, SNAKT, SMACK!!!!!!!!*


I don't know what I'm doin........but I got an idea.........I'm tearin this place apart, I gone berserker, and now........there aint no stopin me........

[The Question]

The General holds up his sheild in defense, and then swats Logan aside with it. He proceeds to hit him acroos the face several times with him. He hits his com link.

"Everyone in the Central Park area. Forget Wilson. Target Wolverine."

[Watchman]

A loud electric buzzing noise could be heard coming from Spider-man's belt. A comm link.



That was all that made it out of the comm link as it died. Electro had fried it. From what Spider-man could understand, the Torch need help beating a "sion" and saving a "rld".

Sion? Mansion?

Rld? World?

Could Spider-man do anything? Maybe.

Anger at the world would have to wait.

Spider-man lept into the sky and was instantly web slinging.

"Johnny, if you can hear me, I'm coming to the Mansion."...


Moon Knight stands on top of a building looking down. Failure to locate the hunter or find out anything more about the vampires he decide maybe he could help in saving the world. Then he spotted him swinging below. He shot off his grappling hook a swung right beside him.

"So Spider what's the good news?"

[ElectroFlare]

Moon Knight stands on top of a building looking down. Failure to locate the hunter or find out anything more about the vampires he decide maybe he could help in saving the world. Then he spotted him swinging below. He shot off his grappling hook a swung right beside him.

"So Spider what's the good news?"

"Good news? Let me now when you find it. Everything's going crazy. Ock and Electro blow up the Bugle and I can't save everyone. I couldn't save them at all. What kind of world lets freaks like that run loose? Now Johnny said something over the comm about the mansion and saving the world. I'm telling you, saving the world is looking less and less fun these days." Spider-man said as they both continued to swing.

"But then again, that's how it is, isn't it? We're heroes, thats what we do. That's the Avengers do, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the X-men, ect. We're heroes...we have to save the world..."

[Silverstein]

In a secret corridor, in a hidden room, a beacon was going off at the X-Mansion. A blinding, blaring, red light flashed and was sending information to cloaked satelites in the heavens.
Kurt Wagner had read various reports and briefings on what was going on. The team was scattered across the globe, the majority being in China. So that's where he was heading.
Kurt had been trained in pilotting and was qualified to fly, not that getting a liscence was hard, but he was more than just skilled in getting up and setting down. He had done it before many times.

Above ground. The mansion's pool suddenly began to drain, and the pool began to split. A small one man jet began to rise, covered in beads of water.

"I'm nine going to loose mein team, or mein planet." Kurt pulled goggles over his eyes and flipped a scarf around his neck. The jet engines flickered on. Take off engines began to elevate the plane into the air, far above the pool. Nightcrawler took off.

[Watchman]

"Good news? Let me now when you find it. Everything's going crazy. Ock and Electro blow up the Bugle and I can't save everyone. I couldn't save them at all. What kind of world lets freaks like that run loose? Now Johnny said something over the comm about the mansion and saving the world. I'm telling you, saving the world is looking less and less fun these days." Spider-man said as they both continued to swing.

"But then again, that's how it is, isn't it? We're heroes, thats what we do. That's the Avengers do, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the X-men, ect. We're heroes...we have to save the world..."

Moon Knight continue swinging with Spider-Man, looks like tha I'm going back to Avengers Mansion haven't been there in awhile.

"Well since was this ever this a fun job? If we didn't do this job we would have more freaks like Ock and Electro it's are job are responsiblity. If we do not answear this call who would?" They swing around a building "And saving the world... I've just been beating up drug dealers all this month I need a change of pace. One question though how did Shocker you know threaten the world?"

[Sachsmachine]

The Shocker Sprints until he finds his way to the door. He stops and puts his ear to the door and listens. He hears Quicksilver speaking to "Jean" and then him messing with the keypad once more. He's standing still, good. The Shocker then kneels down quietly and places his hand barely an inch from the ground, and with the advancemed powers that Thanos gave him, he begins to send a controled vibratory beam of air slowly under the door. There doesn't seem to be any room for it, the space is so minuet, but the Shocker finds the smallest of cracks and sends the air through it. He then slowly feels his way up the otherside of the door. The air is invisible and makes no sound, and thus, Quicksilver has no way of even knowing it is there, provided it doesn't touch him. Shocker feels his suroundings with the air, and when he's high enough, he knows it. He angles it toward Quicksilver until he's close enough, and then when he's sure the air is in place, he shoots the blast right into Quicksilver's ear, slamming it into his ear drumb. He hears Quicksilver scream from the pain, and so he quickly stands and enters the code to open the door. The door slides open and the Shocker quickly unloads a medium-powered blast into Quicksilver's chest, blowing him several feet from the door, and roling in the dirt.

"A damaged eardrumb does wonders for your balance doesn't it, Quicksilver? You'll be lucky to stand or walk straight, or even swing at a target for a while. And I wouldn't suggest running either. Your speeds, running into a wall, well, let's just say it wouldn't be pretty. Now, let's have us a little fun, huh?"

And with that, the Shocker fires off another blast to his disoriented foe.

0:20:58
Pietro let the Shocker monalogue, the blast to the ear knocked him for a loop but not nearly as much as Shocker had believed. Perhaps a homo-sapien would be in serious trouble perhaps even permanently deafened but not Pietro Maximoff. Not the son of Magneto, Homo-Superior. Though he had come to respect humanity he always new he was much more than that. His mind raced as he recovered.

'Where was Jean? No time for that Shocker wasn't going to let him rest for more than a second after that speech before another blast will come my way... There it is.'

Pietro springs out of the way and sprints up along the wall. He launches at Shocker with blinding speed driving his feet at his chest in a full force dropkick as his comm crackles to life:

"Quicksilver, hast thou located the Shocker?" 'Thor!' Pietro smirked to himself as he hit his emergency locator before picking Shocker up spinning him around a few dozen times in about a second before releasing and letting momentum slam him hard into the wall.

"Jean?..."

[Logan Howlett]

Everythings dark, its like I'm traped in the back of a tunnel. I struggle to get myself free, tryin desperately just to see two feet in frontt o' my face. I hear somethin, somethin.....faint......


"Eve****e in the C***ral Par* ***a. Forget Wil***. Target Wolverine."

What, what he say? Come on Logan, get a grip! I'm able to see a little more now.......but.....its that blood red haze coverin my eyes, I know I've lost it. I can see myself, I'm an animal, slashin an' tearin at this guy, with no reguard for anything around me. He doges, but I keep goin, I slash through wall, catch his sent again, and go right back after him. I can't stop myself, not like I to much want to, but I cant stay like this for long, I could wind up hurtin the wrong people. I just keep comin at him though.

"RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHGG!!!!!!!"

*SLASH!, CHIIIING!, BANG! SMACK!, CRASH, SLASH!, SLASH, SNIKT!!!*

[Midnight Ice]

Bobby stood in awe as the Tri-Sentinel was destroyed into a million pieces.

"I am so glad Thor is a good guy."

Bobby looks at the other heroes, including Hawkeye and Thor.

"Lets go after Shocker! After all, he is just a Spider-Man villian, so he can't be THAT hard!"

[twylight]

Pietro let the Shocker monalogue, the blast to the ear knocked him for a loop but not nearly as much as Shocker had believed. Perhaps a homo-sapien would be in serious trouble perhaps even permanently deafened but not Pietro Maximoff. Not the son of Magneto, Homo-Superior. Though he had come to respect humanity he always new he was much more than that. His mind raced as he recovered.

'Where was Jean? No time for that Shocker wasn't going to let him rest for more than a second after that speech before another blast will come my way... There it is.'

Pietro springs out of the way and sprints up along the wall. He launches at Shocker with blinding speed driving his feet at his chest in a full force dropkick as his comm crackles to life:

"Quicksilver, hast thou located the Shocker?" 'Thor!' Pietro smirked to himself as he hit his emergency locator before picking Shocker up spinning him around a few dozen times in about a second before releasing and letting momentum slam him hard into the wall.






Rogue smiled, the flames flickering around her. A small time criminal like Shocker had no idea what he was dealing with when he attacked Pietro.

"Jean?..."

Rogue laughed, her voice ringing in the air. She let the illusion drop and stood before him as herself. Using Jeans mind control she froze him in his spot.

"Hello Pietro, Suprised t' see me?" She said as she walked near him, her arm extended as she held him in place.

[bkhedr]

Immediately after Thor finished speaking, the tracking system built into his comm began to beep incessentanly for his attention.

"The call has been sounded!" Thor announced to the gathered heroes as he spun his hammer "Let all who value life make haste!"
With that the God of Thunder shot into the sky and towards Pietro's beacon.

[Sachsmachine]

Rogue smiled, the flames flickering around her. A small time criminal like Shocker had no idea what he was dealing with when he attacked Pietro.

"Jean?..."

Rogue laughed, her voice ringing in the air. She let the illusion drop and stood before him as herself. Using Jeans mind control she froze him in his spot.

"Hello Pietro, Suprised t' see me?" She said as she walked near him, her arm extended as she held him in place.
"I'm more suprised I fell for your ruse. But considering you were once my disreputable father's floozie this isn't a stretch. What was your price? Power?"

His eyes shift to the Shocker who was slowly getting up and then back to Rogue.

"Oh no... don't tell me you and this pathetic excuse for a conquerer are an item?"

Pietro gets a distasteful look in his eyes.

"Perhaps my father was the best you've ever had, considering your affinity for gutter trash."

Pietro had thought of nothing but insults to throw at her since he was pinned in position. He knew if he could keep his mind racing at his superhuman speed with thoughts of pure inconsequence, Rogue may not be able to concentrate as well as Jean could and overload her psyche.

[Toby_Temple]

Death's Head emerged from the Manhattan port. He scanned the vicinity for any signs of trouble. He found something but it was not from Baxter Building. It was from the Avengers Mansion.

The cyborg focused on the Avengers Mansion. While scanning the area, he detected Johnny. He knew Johnny went back to Baxter Building. Why is he in the Avengers Mansion?

[twylight]

"I'm more suprised I fell for your ruse. But considering you were once my disreputable father's floozie this isn't a stretch. What was your price? Power?"

His eyes shift to the Shocker who was slowly getting up and then back to Rogue.

"Oh no... don't tell me you and this pathetic excuse for a conquerer are an item?"

Pietro gets a distasteful look in his eyes.

"Perhaps my father was the best you've ever had, considering your affinity for gutter trash."

Pietro had thought of nothing but insults to throw at her since he was pinned in position. He knew if he could keep his mind racing at his superhuman speed with thoughts of pure inconsequence, Rogue may not be able to concentrate as well as Jean could and overload her psyche.

Rogue raised her eyebrow at the Magneto comment.

"Now, there's a switch. Ah don't remember you bein' that scathin' when I was an X-Men."


She followed his look to Shocker and laughed.

"No, we ain't an item. Neveer thought Ah'd see the day when a girl like me would be called a 'floozie'. Kinda a mockery, dontcha think? COnsiderin' Ah can't touch anyone."

She could sense his scheme through her mind, via Jean's powers.

"What are youI Doing? Using poor Jean's powers against Pietro?"

"GO AWAY!"

Rogue rose into the air and released Pietro.

"And why did Ah do this? It is because of power. Ah've gained control over mah powers. Ah can be normal now. Somethin' the X-Men never let me be." She pulled up Magnetos powers forming a shield around herself.

"Since ya think so highly of your Papa..." She yanked a metal sheet from the wall and curled it into a million tiny darts.

"Betah run boy." She said, releasing them in all directions.

[Toby_Temple]

Death's Head dashed towards Avengers Mansion. He's eyes was locked on a familiar figure; big, strong and green. He fought that thing before. And now that thing is attacking Ben and Johnny and everyone else in the Avengers Mansion.

Stands 7 feet and weighs 1040 pounds. Has incalculable strength and superb durability and is always pissed. Thats the incredible Hulk. This is going to be fun. Yes?

[Sachsmachine]

"And why did Ah do this? It is because of power. Ah've gained control over mah powers. Ah can be normal now. Somethin' the X-Men never let me be." She pulled up Magnetos powers forming a shield around herself.

"Since ya think so highly of your Papa..." She yanked a metal sheet from the wall and curled it into a million tiny darts.

"Betah run boy." She said, releasing them in all directions.
The last thing that Rogue saw was Pietro smirking up at her as she launched the projectiles, and then he was gone and the millions of darts rang out as not a one hit it's intended target. The only sound that could be heard afterwards was the sound of Pietro's laughter fading quickly from the open security door.

Pietro blitzed through the compound in search of the control room, he had no time for her. There were more important things to do. He picks up a wrench off of a workstation as he jets through a corridor releasing it just in time for it to find the back of a soldier's skull. The rest of his fellow Avengers would be here soon, at the very least Thor had enough left in him to keep that Tri-Sentinel at bay he was sure of it... He pushed harder as he raced to the control room dispatching soldiers before they even knew what happened. He had no time to waste, the whole world was counting on him now.

[twylight]

The last thing that Rogue saw was Pietro smirking up at her as she launched the projectiles, and then he was gone and the millions of darts rang out as not a one hit it's intended target. The only sound that could be heard afterwards was the sound of Pietro's laughter fading quickly from the open security door.

Pietro blitzed through the compound in search of the control room, he had no time for her. There were more important things to do. He picks up a wrench off of a workstation as he jets through a corridor releasing it just in time for it to find the back of a soldier's skull. The rest of his fellow Avengers would be here soon, at the very least Thor had enough left in him to keep that Tri-Sentinel at bay he was sure of it... He pushed harder as he raced to the control room dispatching soldiers before they even knew what happened. He had no time to waste, the whole world was counting on him now.

Rogue watched Pietro's wake and smiled. lowering herself next to The Shocker.

"Ah think our plan is comin' together."

[ElectroFlare]

Moon Knight continue swinging with Spider-Man, looks like tha I'm going back to Avengers Mansion haven't been there in awhile.

"Well since was this ever this a fun job? If we didn't do this job we would have more freaks like Ock and Electro it's are job are responsiblity. If we do not answear this call who would?" They swing around a building "And saving the world... I've just been beating up drug dealers all this month I need a change of pace. One question though how did Shocker you know threaten the world?"

Spider-man kept swinging. They were almost to the mansion.

"Shocker threatened the world? I've been so busy with Ock and Electro that I haven't heard. All my comms were damaged. What's he gonna do, insulate the world? Oh wait no, global warming already happened..." Spider-man said jokingly.

It may have been a joke, but Spider-man's mind was racing. Shocker threatening the world? Shocker? Quilt-man? How could that guy threaten the world?

Another thing to put on the list. It has seemed like lately the world has been overrun...

[ElectroFlare]

Cain laughed as he approached Ironman. The energy blasts would not stop him.

"You ain't got nothing tin man! I'm gonna rip you apart and make some soda bottles outa ya!" Cain shouted, punching the ground in front of him. It caused a massive shockwave and caused a rift to open up. The shockwave spread out in all directions, and the rift went straight out in two directions-one heading right for Ironman, the other behind him went straight for Wolverine and Captain America...

[Spider-Man9X17]

Rogue watched Pietro's wake and smiled. lowering herself next to The Shocker.

"Ah think our plan is comin' together."

The arrow lodged itself in the wall just inches from Rogue's head.

"That's what they all say right about this time." Hawkeye said, surveying the room. This place wasn't even supposed to exist. It wasn't on any maps, reports, no S.H.I.E.L.D. intel. Someone was going to have a lot to answer for when this was all said and done.

"So, you two are Thanos' feared generals. A schizophranic X-Man and a Bounty spokesperson. I do have to admit, you gave us a hell of a workout. We kinda broke your little toy though. So then, now that you've had your fun, I think it's time we had ours. Avengers.....Assemble!"

-

"Oh good, Spidey made it. OK, so, we have a variety of choices here. We can make some popcorn and watch Ben and the Hulk beat each other senseless, we can start beating the snot out of mindless shocktroops sent here by Thanos, or we can save Wade from an evil Captain America. And, since I can tell you're beating yourself up for some sensless reason that you couldn't possibly have avoided one way or another, even with your mask still being on, how about you pick. Oh, and no pressure, but try to pick in the next 15 minutes or so before the nuclear warheads are launched."

[Electro UK]

Deadpool reappeared in front of Johnny and Spider-man. "Nuclear warheads? This isn't going to turn into me riding a bomb and being blown into the atlanctic where I'll be frozen for 50 years is it? If so I bettery go tell Buk-- I mean Wally he hasn't got long to live."

[JewishHobbit]

The arrow lodged itself in the wall just inches from Rogue's head.

"That's what they all say right about this time." Hawkeye said, surveying the room. This place wasn't even supposed to exist. It wasn't on any maps, reports, no S.H.I.E.L.D. intel. Someone was going to have a lot to answer for when this was all said and done.

"So, you two are Thanos' feared generals. A schizophranic X-Man and a Bounty spokesperson. I do have to admit, you gave us a hell of a workout. We kinda broke your little toy though. So then, now that you've had your fun, I think it's time we had ours. Avengers.....Assemble!"


The Shocker grows angry at this. He told them to surrender or else, did they not take him seriously? They never take him seriously. They will now. He lifts the com in his wrist and speaks directly into it.

"Hypron, they didn't play their part like they were suppose to, launch the first bomb and teleport out of the compound. And just in case, send the launch codes to the other luitenants of Thanos, so that they may launch them as well."

He then looks to the heroes, "That's just the first one, we have dozens more ready to go, and the command to launch aren't just ours to give. You didn't believe me when I gave you the ultimatum, or the chance to surender, fine. Laugh at me, laugh at the Shocker. Now people are going to die because of you."

Then the Shocker grabs Rogue by the arm and pulls her near, and within a second, he unleashes an extending vibration field around them like unto a bomb in itself. It breaks down the walls that suround themk, sending brick and metal flying in all directions, as the compound quickly begins to crumble.

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On the other side of China, a hatch opens from one of the country's hidden bases, and from it, a missile is launched. If flies into the air at blinding speeds toward its target, New York City.

[twylight]

The arrow lodged itself in the wall just inches from Rogue's head.

"That's what they all say right about this time." Hawkeye said, surveying the room. This place wasn't even supposed to exist. It wasn't on any maps, reports, no S.H.I.E.L.D. intel. Someone was going to have a lot to answer for when this was all said and done.

"So, you two are Thanos' feared generals. A schizophranic X-Man and a Bounty spokesperson. I do have to admit, you gave us a hell of a workout. We kinda broke your little toy though. So then, now that you've had your fun, I think it's time we had ours. Avengers.....Assemble!"

-



Rogue looked lazily at the Arrow before pulling it out.

"Ah should break you for that lil' man." She said as The Shocker pulled her to him. She fought the urge to push him away as the building collapsed around them.

[twylight]

I stare out the window at the vast amoun of helicopters hovering over the harbor. Jet planes shrieking by above us. Pulling my camera out I start clicking a few pictures.

I turn as Mick leans forward.
“We’ve got word. Some Super-Heroes are on the ground in China, where the transmission originated from.”

”Who’s there?” Parker asks.

“Intel say’s some avengers and a handful of X-Men.”

I lean back.
“What about the other heroes? “

“Wherever they are, they are on their own.”

I look back out my window and glance at my watch.

0:27:59

The minutes tick by and I turn to look out Parkers window and he turns towards me. We exchange a smile, but don’t speak. There isn’t really anything to say after all. Mick’s talking on the headset to someone else, they’ve obviously shut us out of the military transmissions.

“You okay?” Parker asks, breaking the humming noise of the helicopter.

“I’m fine. Nervous..”

“Ha..who isn’t..” he smiles.

We both turn at a sudeen jerk from Mick.

Parker is the first one to ask the question.
“ What?” His voice sharp.

Mick looks like he’s going to be sick.

“A Missile is inbound for New York.”

My blood freezes, this is not happening to me..this is not happening to me. I was supposed to have a normal life here..I was supposed to…

“What’s the ETA?” I look at Parker in shock. He’s calm and in control, his jaw set.

Mick looks at his watch and asks a question over the headset.

“5 minutes.”

I could feel my brain flip through numbers like one of those old train tables. 20 minutes turned into 5 minutes.

0:05:34

[bkhedr]

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[Toby_Temple]

"Oh good, Spidey made it. OK, so, we have a variety of choices here. We can make some popcorn and watch Ben and the Hulk beat each other senseless, we can start beating the snot out of mindless shocktroops sent here by Thanos, or we can save Wade from an evil Captain America. And, since I can tell you're beating yourself up for some sensless reason that you couldn't possibly have avoided one way or another, even with your mask still being on, how about you pick. Oh, and no pressure, but try to pick in the next 15 minutes or so before the nuclear warheads are launched."

Out of nowhere, a devastating blast of energy hits Hulk, sending the behemoth hurling towards the remaining walls of the Avengers Mansion.

Bullseye! Yes?

Death's Head lowered his right arm and walked towards Ben.

[Watchman]

Moon Knight crashes through one of the windows of the Avengers Mansion. He lands on his feet cape flowing. One of Thanos's men charges him and throws a punch. Moon Knight catches it and snaps it. He drops to the ground holding it. He walks up to Deadpool, Spider-Man, and Torch.

"Nice night gentlemen, what seems to be the situation?".

[Duker Jay]

As Death’s Head approached him, Ben’s eyes widened. Seeing the Hulk get blasted and then the grim visage of the futuristic cyborg instilled just a little more fear in him. Although Ben’s mind was a lot clearer than when this new condition first manifested itself, he was not his same, old self. The Thing grew slightly as did his terror. He picked up a large chunk of rock and held it over his head.

“NO! STAY AWAY! NO HURT THING!!!”

--

One screen on the bay of monitors flashed with alarm. Reed Richards looked up to see the warning sign that a missile had been launched…its destination, New York City.

“Sue! Johnny! Ben! We have a nuclear warhead en route to New York City as we speak. Some of the Avengers are in China…but, if they can’t stop it, do you have anyone there who can?”

[Toby_Temple]

As Death’s Head approached him, Ben’s eyes widened. Seeing the Hulk get blasted and then the grim visage of the futuristic cyborg instilled just a little more fear in him. Although Ben’s mind was a lot clearer than when this new condition first manifested itself, he was not his same, old self. The Thing grew slightly as did his terror. He picked up a large chunk of rock and held it over his head.

“NO! STAY AWAY! NO HURT THING!!!”

--

One screen on the bay of monitors flashed with alarm. Reed Richards looked up to see the warning sign that a missile had been launched…its destination, New York City.

“Sue! Johnny! Ben! We have a nuclear warhead en route to New York City as we speak. Some of the Avengers are in China…but, if they can’t stop it, do you have anyone there who can?”

Death's Head stopped as he saw Ben raise a huge bolder and acted as if he's going to use it against him.

Hey Ben, its me, Death's Head. And I mean you no harm. I came to help you and Johnny. So please put that thing away.

Ben's face showed that he was afraid of something or someone. Death's Head changed his arm back to human-hand state and cautiously moved towards Ben to avoid aggravating him.

[Sachsmachine]

The Shocker grows angry at this. He told them to surrender or else, did they not take him seriously? They never take him seriously. They will now. He lifts the com in his wrist and speaks directly into it.

"Hypron, they didn't play their part like they were suppose to, launch the first bomb and teleport out of the compound. And just in case, send the launch codes to the other luitenants of Thanos, so that they may launch them as well."

He then looks to the heroes, "That's just the first one, we have dozens more ready to go, and the command to launch aren't just ours to give. You didn't believe me when I gave you the ultimatum, or the chance to surender, fine. Laugh at me, laugh at the Shocker. Now people are going to die because of you."

Then the Shocker grabs Rogue by the arm and pulls her near, and within a second, he unleashes an extending vibration field around them like unto a bomb in itself. It breaks down the walls that suround themk, sending brick and metal flying in all directions, as the compound quickly begins to crumble.

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On the other side of China, a hatch opens from one of the country's hidden bases, and from it, a missile is launched. If flies into the air at blinding speeds toward its target, New York City.
Pietro had made it to the control room to see Hypron teleport out of the compound. He sprinted to the terminal but it was to late. One missile had been launched and the access codes for the other nukes had been transmitted. He could do nothing from this terminal.. unless... his fingers could not be seen as he pulled up the locations of the remaining bases and downloaded them onto a disc. As he pulled the disc out of the computer the whole compound was rocked by an immense shockwave.

Pietro dodged shrapnel and falling debris as the compound began to crumble around him, he tucked the disc away in a safe place and ran for it. The whole place was coming down, Piatro sprinted for the exit as fast as he could. This was going to be close, he dived for the entrance...

[The Question]

As Logan atacks The General, and Thanos' soldiers atack Logan, The General gets a signal on his com link. He pulls away.

"What is it?"

"Sir, we're detecting a nuclear warhead. It's headed from China to New York City."

"China? Shocker."

The General sends a signal to The Shocker and his forces in China.

"Herman! Taskmaster, myself, and our forces are in New York you moron!"

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker hears the General's transmission. He didn't even think about them being in New York. The only face he saw in New York was Spiderman, and so he made it the first target. Oh well, he never much cared for those guys anyway. He picks up his comm.

"Then I'd suggest getting out of its way. Or at the very least distract the heroes long enough for it to reach them, and then teleport out. By the way, if you didn't get Hypron's signal. You got nuclear and biological weaponry at your disposal now. Feel free to use it."

[The Question]

The General tenses in anger.

That arrogant.....

He calls Taskmaster.

"Taskmaster. We're pulling out of New York. Schultz launched a ****ing nuke at us. Prepare to teleport our forces to Washington DC."

[Midnight Ice]

Iceman couldn't believe it.

"Rogue! What are you doing? We are your friends."

Iceman couldn't tell if he was getting through to her, but he had to try. There were times where he and her got extremly close, so he knew her pretty well.

"I know what its like to be tempted with power. To be controled. I was one of Apocalypse's horsemen just last year, remember? Let us help you, let me help you!"

[twylight]

The Shocker hears the General's transmission. He didn't even think about them being in New York. The only face he saw in New York was Spiderman, and so he made it the first target. Oh well, he never much cared for those guys anyway. He picks up his comm.

"Then I'd suggest getting out of its way. Or at the very least distract the heroes long enough for it to reach them, and then teleport out. By the way, if you didn't get Hypron's signal. You got nuclear and biological weaponry at your disposal now. Feel free to use it."

Rogue turned to Shocker, the General’s message reaching her ear. At Shockers reply she commented softl bowed her head.

“YouI can stop it.”

“No, Ah can’t, Ah’ve come too far.”

“No, it’s never to far. What about the people in New York, what about them?”

“If it hurt’s them…”

“It’ll only hurt youme…”

They called me schizophranic an’ a floozie. Ah owe them nothin’”

Iceman couldn't believe it.

"Rogue! What are you doing? We are your friends."

Iceman couldn't tell if he was getting through to her, but he had to try. There were times where he and her got extremly close, so he knew her pretty well.

"I know what its like to be tempted with power. To be controled. I was one of Apocalypse's horsemen just last year, remember? Let us help you, let me help you!"

Rogue clenched her jaw.
“It ain’t any power you’d know of. You were neveh unable to touch anyone, to feel anyone. To know how it felt an’ then once again be pulled back into it with no rhyme or reason. The X-Men never helped me Ah was always the ex-villian, the girl in th’ back.” She paused her eyes hard.

“Rogue…”

“Ah’ll tell ya what. Stand down. All of ya here and Ah'll stop the Missile.” She rose into the air and waited, her eyes on Thor. She lifted the tiny darts back into the air with Magneto’s power.
"Or the Missile can explode, take out New York, the fallout will ruin the Eastern Seaboard, and Ah can still take ya'll down."

[bkhedr]

Thor watched as Rogue took to the air. He knew her to be a true heroine and he couldnt believe that she was acctually capable of murdering millions of people.

"Rogue, heed the words of thy felow X-men! If tis within thy power to stop yon nuclear missile then do so and swiftly! Lest millions die and you commit an act which will haunt thee for the rest of thy days!"

The god of Thunder lowered his mighty hammer to his side as he spoke. Fighting would have to wait, saving lives came first. They had to try to get through to her, and pray to the All Father that either she, or their allies in New York, stopped the missile.

[Sachsmachine]

Magneto sat in a throne of Adamantium with a fierce look in his eyes. He had been watching the invasion process since the beginning. During that time Magneto had tasked the powerful Exodus to protect Genosha from the invasion to which he was doing quite an effective job. It was odd however that none of the power players in this concerned themselves heavily with Magneto's island, where mutants had made a prosperous life for themselves under his rule.

Xavier's X-men and the Avengers were doing what they always did in the face of a global threat. But it seemed that this time it wasn't going to be so simple. A nuclear missile was now headed to New York and would be there in minutes.

Magneto waved away one of the monitors with a dismissive motion. It floated back up and docked into it's cradle in the ceiling.

Magneto's voice boomed through the large chamber. "Bring me Exodus!"

[bkhedr]

Exodus floated high above the Genoshan Capital of Hammerbay. Genosha, unlike so many other nations, remained unscathed by the invasion. Exodus had, in the service of his lord magneto, erected a force field around the entire island nation. It was a feat he had once performed in order to crush the entire country as punishment for neglecting the words of Magneto, now he performed it to defend what had become his lord's nation. A nation which offered salvation for his people.

Exodus could not help but think about the people of Genosha. They were homo-superior, mutants, members of a master race. They were his people, his fellows, and Exodus, chosen heir of the Lord Magnus himself, would defend them to the death.

"Exodus! Lord Magnus summons you!" Voight called to Exodus from behind and below him.

"Thank you Voight, I will attend our Lord at once." Exodus replied without turning to face her. His voice seemed laced with power and Voight could not help but feel a little afraid whenever he spoke.

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A few moments later the massive metal doors to Magneto's throne room seemed to open of their own accord and the Disciple of Magneto, his long white cape draped over his shoulders like a cloak, strode into his master's presence.

"My lord?" Exodus said as he dropped to one knee and lowered his head in respect.

[Silverstein]

The jet flew over and away from the mansion. Too much was going on, all of his beacons and communication devices were flashing, blinking, and beeping. The control panel looked like flashing stars. Every button, every screen was going insane.

But one in particular screen caught his eye. On a radar, he picked up an object. An object heading towards the country on the exact opposite course he was on.

Minutes became seonds. Fractions of seconds.

After flying for a bit, he was close enough to track it on radar as a missile. He did not have the technology equipped to determine just what kind of missile it was.

"Mein Gott! Ein Flugkörper nähert sich!"

[ElectroFlare]

"Johnny, not everything is funny. This is chaos." Spider-man said, the eyelets on his newly retrieved mask narrowed as he looked at the fight.

"Let's go." Spider-man leapt into the fray, knocking out soliders left and right.

He found himself next to Captain America.

"Hey, Cap, what's with this? Where'd these guys come from?"

[JewishHobbit]

Rogue turned to Shocker, the General’s message reaching her ear. At Shockers reply she commented softl bowed her head.

“YouI can stop it.”

“No, Ah can’t, Ah’ve come too far.”

“No, it’s never to far. What about the people in New York, what about them?”

“If it hurt’s them…”

“It’ll only hurt youme…”

They called me schizophranic an’ a floozie. Ah owe them nothin’”



Rogue clenched her jaw.
“It ain’t any power you’d know of. You were neveh unable to touch anyone, to feel anyone. To know how it felt an’ then once again be pulled back into it with no rhyme or reason. The X-Men never helped me Ah was always the ex-villian, the girl in th’ back.” She paused her eyes hard.

“Rogue…”

“Ah’ll tell ya what. Stand down. All of ya here and Ah'll stop the Missile.” She rose into the air and waited, her eyes on Thor. She lifted the tiny darts back into the air with Magneto’s power.
"Or the Missile can explode, take out New York, the fallout will ruin the Eastern Seaboard, and Ah can still take ya'll down."


The Shocker watches as Rogue lifts into the air, and he is near blasting her when she seems to suddenly change her mind.

"Rogue, are you going crazy? If you go after that missile, Thanos will have your hide. Thor's right there, take him down NOW!"

[Sachsmachine]

Exodus floated high above the Genoshan Capital of Hammerbay. Genosha, unlike so many other nations, remained unscathed by the invasion. Exodus had, in the service of his lord magneto, erected a force field around the entire island nation. It was a feat he had once performed in order to crush the entire country as punishment for neglecting the words of Magneto, now he performed it to defend what had become his lord's nation. A nation which offered salvation for his people.

Exodus could not help but think about the people of Genosha. They were homo-superior, mutants, members of a master race. They were his people, his fellows, and Exodus, chosen heir of the Lord Magnus himself, would defend them to the death.

"Exodus! Lord Magnus summons you!" Voight called to Exodus from behind and below him.

"Thank you Voight, I will attend our Lord at once." Exodus replied without turning to face her. His voice seemed laced with power and Voight could not help but feel a little afraid whenever he spoke.

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A few moments later the massive metal doors to Magneto's throne room seemed to open of their own accord and the Disciple of Magneto, his long white cape draped over his shoulders like a cloak, strode into his master's presence.

"My lord?" Exodus said as he dropped to one knee and lowered his head in respect.
Magneto looked down at his chosen heir.

"I have a special task for you. It would seem that the X-men and the Avengers have been unable to diffuse the situation in China. The one called Shocker has launched one of the missiles and it is headed for new york city, it will arrive there in less than 5 minutes."

Magneto paused for a moment and stood from his throne and looked down at Exodus.

"You are to go to New York, find my grandchildren and bring them here to the safety of Genosha. Should my children or their father the Hawkeye get in the way you are not to harm them. Take them as well if you must but I want them in one peice."

[twylight]

The Shocker watches as Rogue lifts into the air, and he is near blasting her when she seems to suddenly change her mind.

"Rogue, are you going crazy? If you go after that missile, Thanos will have your hide. Thor's right there, take him down NOW!"


Rogue looks at Shocker calmly and raises her arm, storm clouds gathering in the skys above them a roll of thunder comes and then a torrent of rain. Wetting the heroes and ensuring that Thor placed his own endanger if he called the power of lightening.

Rogue called up the Jean's telepathic ability and spoke to the Shocker.
** This way we still get them to surrender, and we save the mess of losing our own in New York. 'Sides, you think Thanos has use for a world that has Nuclear Fallout?**

Rogue turned back to the group of heroes. She knew it was a slim chance and knowing the two groups they most likely had a back-up plan. Still, she had a chance to prevent deaths, and if the General already had the codes to the rest of the missiles, then little was lost if they didn't surrender and the Missile didn't hit New York.

"Times tickin' gents. Lay down the weapons and surrender. "

[Duker Jay]

Whoops! Double post.

[Duker Jay]

Death's Head stopped as he saw Ben raise a huge bolder and acted as if he's going to use it against him.

Hey Ben, its me, Death's Head. And I mean you no harm. I came to help you and Johnny. So please put that thing away.

Ben's face showed that he was afraid of something or someone. Death's Head changed his arm back to human-hand state and cautiously moved towards Ben to avoid aggravating him.

Ben dropped the large chunk of rock. He was starting to be able to see through the haze that was his mind. He almost started to calm down when he was hit by a hail of fire from above. More of Thanos' troops swarmed the area and renewed their assault. The inability to pinpoint their location swelled the anxiety in Ben's chest again and caused him to grow little further. He now stood around ten feet.

"STOP!" He yelled. "LEAVE THING ALONE!!!"

Be took off running. Without realizing it, he had started running towards where the Hulk had landed.

[Toby_Temple]

Ben dropped the large chunk of rock. He was starting to be able to see through the haze that was his mind. He almost started to calm down when he was hit by a hail of fire from above. More of Thanos' troops swarmed the area and renewed their assault. The inability to pinpoint their location swelled the anxiety in Ben's chest again and caused him to grow little further. He now stood around ten feet.

"STOP!" He yelled. "LEAVE THING ALONE!!!"

Be took off running. Without realizing it, he had started running towards where the Hulk had landed.

Death's Head caught a signal coming from Reed. Planning on talking to Reed first before doing anything, he run for cover from the assault. Death's Head adjusted his comm link to accomodate the signal.

Reed! This is Death's Head. Don't you need any help back there in Baxter?

[JewishHobbit]

Rogue looks at Shocker calmly and raises her arm, storm clouds gathering in the skys above them a roll of thunder comes and then a torrent of rain. Wetting the heroes and ensuring that Thor placed his own endanger if he called the power of lightening.

Rogue called up the Jean's telepathic ability and spoke to the Shocker.
** This way we still get them to surrender, and we save the mess of losing our own in New York. 'Sides, you think Thanos has use for a world that has Nuclear Fallout?**

She turned back to the group of heroes.
She knew it was a slim chance and knowing the two groups they most likely had a back-up plan. Still, she had a chance to prevent deaths, and if the General already had the codes to the rest of the missiles, then little was lost is they didn't surrender and the Missile didn't hit New York.

"Times tickin' gents. Lay down the weapons and surrender. "

The Shocker says or thinks nothing in return. He simply stares at Rogue, unhappy with this little turn of events. He doesn't like not being in control. He's not been in control of anything his whole life, and this was his shot. It looks like Rogue's his new superior. He decides to simply let her gamble play out.

[Sachsmachine]

Rogue looks at Shocker calmly and raises her arm, storm clouds gathering in the skys above them a roll of thunder comes and then a torrent of rain. Wetting the heroes and ensuring that Thor placed his own endanger if he called the power of lightening.

Rogue called up the Jean's telepathic ability and spoke to the Shocker.
** This way we still get them to surrender, and we save the mess of losing our own in New York. 'Sides, you think Thanos has use for a world that has Nuclear Fallout?**

She turned back to the group of heroes.
She knew it was a slim chance and knowing the two groups they most likely had a back-up plan. Still, she had a chance to prevent deaths, and if the General already had the codes to the rest of the missiles, then little was lost is they didn't surrender and the Missile didn't hit New York.

"Times tickin' gents. Lay down the weapons and surrender. "
Pietro crawled out of a small pile of rubble and stood up. A few rips in his suit and scratches but otherwise no worse for wear. He dusts himself off and looks to the situation developing before him, quite the standoff. He stood still and watched waiting... for something... anything... seconds ticked by... but for Pietro it was like standing there for hours...

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Avengers...."

Hawkeye looked around at his team. His word was law. At that very moment, he had the power to save New York, or destroy it. He just didn't know how.

Carol hadn't arrived yet. He could always call her, have her divert the nuke. But there would be more. She coulnd't stop them all.

Iron Man, maybe he could hack into the launch sites. But how much time would that take? Were they booby trapped?

He could give the word, they could take the plunge and fight to the end. But Rogue, she had information on Thanos now. If they could help her, bring her back around.

"Less than 3 minutes, Barton."

Hawkeye had seen death. He was in no hurry to go back.

"Death...Thanos....keep that in mind."

"Avengers.....stand down. Let the lady do what she said she would do."

[Spider-Man9X17]

The sun began peaking up over the horizon. Johnny turned around to glance the first few rays of a new day.

"Another day alive," he said as he followed the others. "Not much time left though."

"Do you know what today is?" Sue whispered to him.

"Yeah...never thought I'd be spending it like this."

"Then don't. Johnny, this is....we may not come out of this. If this is it, take one last day, and go be with Frankie."

"I'm not going to let you all stay here and burn in a nuclear holocaust."

"We all know the risks, Johnny. We can fight this. And if we do...you know...you'll still be here to fight on. And that's that much better of a chance the world will have."

Johnny's whole body tremored. He pulled hsi sister in close, and the two embraced, for maybe the last time.

"I love you, sis."

"I love you too, little brother."

Johnny held the embrace for a few more seconds, and then activated his teleporter.

-

Frankie sat in her private quarters, as the Inhuman world buzzed by outside. The children ran around the room, enjoying life, oblivious to what was happening to their home.

The door behind her suddenly creaked open. Her eyes lit up in astonishment.

"Happy Anniversary, honey."

[bkhedr]

"Avengers.....stand down. Let the lady do what she said she would do."

Thor shot a glance at Hawkeye. The thought of Avengers surrendering to, of all things, a second rate spider-man villian, and an unstable x-woman did not sit well with the God of Thunder. But he knew Hawkeye was right.

Thor paused for a second, and then slung his hammer from his belt by the leather thong. He then crossed his powerful arms and looked up at Rogue while the rain continued to pour.

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker could barely hold his jaw up. It worked? They surrendered! He looks to Rogue and back to them. Now all they have to do is device some type of cell to keep them from betraying them. He then remembers something, the perfect prison. He turns from the others and whispers into his com.

"Hypron, where is your new location, and do we still have our prisoner from Beijing?"

[bkhedr]

Exodus seemed serene as he floated high above the chaos in New York. He had thus far neither been noticed nor challenged. Far below him the battle for what was left of Avengers mansion continued, but it was none of his concern.

Probing the vicinity with his psionic powers, the red faced mutant quickly located his objectives. The children were in a bunker almost a mile underneath the mansion along with the mansion's support staff. They would be easy enough to acquire. Unfortunately the daughter of his lord was out in the open. She was unconcious in an enemy supply base being guarded by a contigent's of Thanos troops......

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A second later, a Thanos tank, exploded into a large ball of flame and Exodus was upon the supply base.

"Destroy the fool!" ordered the base commander "The General's gift to Lord Thanos must be protected!"

All around the small base was chaos as the troops began to fire at the attacking mutant. Their attacks meant less than nothing to him. Small arms fire simply bounced off of his skin while larger rounds were deflected by his personal force fields.

"You would call me a fool?" Exodus said as he advanced through their fire "If I am a fool then what name should one give you who would try to stand against me!! For I am power incarnate!"

He was enjoying himself. His psionic eye blasts cut a swath through the enemy soldiers, reducing whole squads to smouldering corpses with a single pass. They were no match for him.

Seconds later Exodus telekinetically ripped the hinges off the cell door in the back of the base. All around him was death, the base, and its contigent of soldiers, were but a memory.

Exodus walked up to the unconcious Scarlet Witch and picked her up so gently that one would be hard pressed to believe that the man who now held her was the same man who had mercilessly slaughtered a hundred men to get to her.

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The emergency bunker below Avengers mansion had been built as a precuationary measure and had never been used before today. Now it was overflowing to capacity with mansion staff, wounded soldiers, and civilians. All of them praying that their heroes would yet find a way to save them.

On one bench sat the Avengers loyal butler Edwin Jarvis. In his arms he cradled the two newborn sons of Hawkeye and the Scarlet Witch. Wanda had entrusted him with their care when the attack began. That was nearly an hour ago.

Without warning the bunker was filled with a flash of light and a tall white caped figure stood amongst the bewildered humans, the unconscious Scarlet Witch in his arms.

"Miss Wanda!" Jarvis said, fearing the worst, as he rushed towards her totally uninterested in his own well being.

"Back" Exodus said casually as a burst of psionic energy shot forth from his eyes and sent Jarvis crashing into a wall.

"I have come for the grandchildren" he said as he floated towards the babies. A group of security personal moved to block his path and were immedietly killed by a bolt of eneegy from his eyes.

"Humans..." Exodus spat the word, as psionic energy overflowed from his eyes "...you will not interfere."

As he said the words everyone in the room found themselves unable to move. He then approached the two babies who were immdiately lifted from their cradles his telekinetic powers.

Exodus grinned at the immobile humans all around him and then dissapeared in a blinding flash leaving behind a grouping of crying, terrified humans.

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Genosha

Having delivered the Scarlet Witch along with her children to Magnus' personal healers, the wraith like Exodus quickly made his way to his master's throne room.

"My lord it is done." he said as he kneeled before his god.

[Sachsmachine]

A second later, a Thanos tank, exploded into a large ball of flame and Exodus was upon the supply base.

"Destroy the fool!" ordered the base commander "The General's gift to Lord Thanos must be protected!"

All around the small base was chaos as the troops began to fire at the attacking mutant. Their attacks meant less than nothing to him. Small arms fire simply bounced off of his skin while larger rounds were deflected by his personal force fields.

"You would call me a fool?" Exodus said as he advanced through their fire "If I am a fool then what name should one give you who would try to stand against me!! For I am power incarnate!"

He was enjoying himself. His psionic eye blasts cut a swath through the enemy soldiers, reducing whole squads to smouldering corpses with a single pass. They were no match for him.

Seconds later Exodus telekinetically ripped the hinges off the cell door in the back of the base. All around him was death, the base, and its contigent of soldiers, were but a memory.

Exodus walked up to the unconcious Scarlet Witch and picked her up so gently that one would be hard pressed to believe that the man who now held her was the same man who had mercilessly slaughtered a hundred men to get to her.

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The emergency bunker below Avengers mansion had been built as a precuationary measure and had never been used before today. Now it was overflowing to capacity with mansion staff, wounded soldiers, and civilians. All of them praying that their heroes would yet find a way to save them.

On one bench sat the Avengers loyal butler Edwin Jarvis. In his arms he cradled the two newborn sons of Hawkeye and the Scarlet Witch. Wanda had entrusted him with their care when the attack began. That was nearly an hour ago.

Without warning the bunker was filled with a flash of light and a tall white caped figure stood amongst the bewildered humans, the unconscious Scarlet Witch in his arms.

"Miss Wanda!" Jarvis said, fearing the worst, as he rushed towards her totally uninterested in his own well being.

"Back" Exodus said casually as a burst of psionic energy shot forth from his eyes and sent Jarvis crashing into a wall.

"I have come for the grandchildren" he said as he floated towards the babies. A group of security personal moved to block his path and were immedietly killed by a bolt of eneegy from his eyes.

"Humans..." Exodus spat the word, as psionic energy overflowed from his eyes "...you will not interfere."

As he said the words everyone in the room found themselves unable to move. He then approached the two babies who were immdiately lifted from their cradles his telekinetic powers.

Exodus grinned at the immobile humans all around him and then dissapeared in a blinding flash leaving behind a grouping of crying, terrified humans.

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Genosha

Having delivered the Scarlet Witch along with her children to Magnus' personal healers, the wraith like Exodus quickly made his way to his master's throne room.

"My lord it is done." he said as he kneeled before his god.Magneto sat in his throne, his right hand resting on his helmet which sat on the arm of the throne.

"As always Exodus, you have not let me down." he grasped at the air with one hand and three large monitors detached from their docks in the ceiling and floated down before him. With his free hand he motioned for Exodus to draw his attention to the monitors.

Magneto brought up images of Paris, China, New York and many other major cities around the world. The invasion was in full swing and it was obvious that this was a losing battle. It was the sovreign nation of Genosha that still lived in relative peace. He waves his hand and the largest monitor in the centre showed a desperate message from the UN begging for the assistance of Genosha.

"I recieved this message shortly after you departed Genosha. It would seem that Xavier's prescious X-men and their Superhero counterparts the Avengers are surrendering." The leftmost monitor changed to a sattelite image of the stand off in China.

"Under any other circumstance I would leave the rest of the world to rot. But I have my doubts that Thanos will allow us to have our freedom without a fight."Magneto picked up the helmet and put it on slowly.

"First we shall see what happens to the X-men and Avengers."

[The Joker]

Octavius' curiosity was peaked now.

"What is this Oltion device,and why does it require so much power from Max here??" Octavius demanded.He strongly disliked being kept in the dark.Ock was used to being a leader,and not a follower.

"Quite simply my dear Octavius" the Gentleman said,as he lit a cigarette, "The Oltion device emits an EMP-an electro magnetic pulse".

"I know what an EMP is you old fool" Octavius snapped."You forget that I am one of the world's leading scientists".

The Gentleman smirked."Thank you for reminding me Doctor.Anyway the EMP,if set off somewhere in Manhattan,it will completely scramble every electronic system and electronic recording medium within twenty blocks.Run it at maximum power,which shall be provided by our friend Electro here,and you can expand that effect for more than 100 miles.That's enough to blanket this city and much more".

Ock stood silent for a moment.He was in fact genuinely surprised at the ingenuity of the Gentleman's plan,and also angry that he hadn't once concieved such a scheme himself before,considering it's scientific basis.

"Of course" Ock said."That's why you've been converting all your ready cash into other forms of wealth all over the city.That's why you've been paying us in diamonds rather than cash".

Electro looked genuinely confused.Ock took notice of this and smirked.

"It's quite simple Max.If you set off an EMP in Manhattan,one of the financial capitols of the world,you wipe out all the electronic records of all the banks.There'd be a worldwide financial crisis,raising the value of all gold and jewels and other negotiable valuables alone by god knows how much".

The Gentleman nodded as he puffed on his cigarette."But that's not all Gentlemen.You forget the cannister I had you steal from the army base".

Ock looked around sharply."Yes,what is that?? Whatever it is it was well guarded".

"And so it should be" the Gentleman said."It's a catalyst,which was developed at a weapons research lab in Los Almos laboratories in 1983.The federal goverment keeps it on hand in the event international hostilities would ever require us to cripple the economy of an enemy power".

Ock snapped his tentacle claws impatiently."But what does it do exactly??".

"It takes the form of a highly unstable gas that exposed to atmospheric nitrogen,expands with explosive speed to become a new compound that bleaches all inks and dyes in it's path.That includes every contract,every treasury note,every stock certificate,every medical file,every birth and death certificate,every trial trancript.......basically anything on paper exposed to open air will be rendered blank and useless.Everything will be unidentifiable" the Gentleman said as he stubbed out his cigarette into an ashtray.

A sinister smile spread across Ock's face.

"Using that in conjunction with the EMP pulse,we'll cripple the world.Chaos of unspeakable proportions will break out".

"Precisely" the Gentleman said."And since we already have the catalyst,which I shall distribute over Manhattan using my private jet,that just leaves you two to acquire the Oltion device from Rand Meachum.And then.." the Gentleman said as he turned towards Electro,"You shall power it up to the maximum,releasing the EMP pulse,and thus crippling the world,and at the same time making us all richer than Midas himself".

[Midnight Ice]

"Yes Rogue, of course we will stand down so you will stop that missle. No matter what you want to believe, you are still one of us. Now go stop that missle!"

[twylight]

"Avengers.....stand down. Let the lady do what she said she would do."

Rogue nodded,

"Yes Rogue, of course we will stand down so you will stop that missle. No matter what you want to believe, you are still one of us. Now go stop that missile!"

Rogue raised her eyebrow and spoke softly, the edge out of her voice.
"As much as you think that, Ah don't think your companion's do."

In an instant teleported herself high in the air above New York Harbor.

Helicopters swarmed the air and jets zoomed past her. Her mahagony hair whipped across her face, she looked up At the oncoming missile. She flew towards it, turning sharply to fly over it, matching the speed of the Missile. Using Kitty’s powers she slipped her hand into the missile and disarmed it. Grabbing it she pulled it to a halt. Closing her eyes she transported herself back to China, the missile in high above her head she balenced it on one arm. She appeared in the sky above them and dropped the missile. It landed with a loud thud and clang on the ground in front of the heroes.

“Ah kept mah side of the bargain. Are you so noble?” She asked, eyeing Thor.

[bkhedr]

Thor didnt move am muscle, but the fierce look in his eyes said it all.

He took a deep calming breath

"Have a care girl. Tis not proper for a mortal to question a god's nobility" Thor said, keeping his voice even.

[Electro UK]

Max's jaw dropped. This had gone incredibly deep.

"Max." Max turned round to face Norma, she looked sad. "Please... please tell me you're not out there killing people for our wealth."

"Me... I-- I'm sorry Norma, I can't say I'm not."

"But... but this isn't like you. Not when I married you. You're different."

"...you're right, I am different. I'm not Max anymore, not really, Electro is who I am. He's always been with me, it wasn't until I got my powers that I was truly able to let him out."

"Max I-- this isn't you. Don't do this! I can't--"

"I have to go now Norm, me and Ock have got some stuff to do."

"I-- please don't kill anyone." Max gave Norma a long hard stare.

"No promises."

[bkhedr]

Exodus rose and stood beside his master.

"Do you have further instructions for me my lord?"

"Yes Exodus. You and I may soon have to leave Genosha and attend to larger matters." Magneto replied "Prepare the Acolytes to defend Genosha in our stead."

"By your will Lord Magneto" Exodus bowed before leaving the room


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The Acolytes were Magneto's personal army. Chosen from among his most devoted followers to receive special training, these mutants were battle hardened and ruthless.

At this moment they were busily equipping armor and weapons, preparing to defend their lord's nation.

Exodus could hear their thoughts, they were morbid, discouraged. The Acolytes had faith in their lord but they felt that they could not win the coming battle. Fools! Now one of them was voicing those ridiculous notions....

"I'm just saying, maybe bringing the grandchildren back to Genosha isnt a good idea." Orator said as he rummaged through a weapons crate.

"Just focus on the job at hand Orator" Senyaka said as he leaned against a wall.

He at least knew better than to doubt Magneto's wisdom.

"Hey I'll fight and die for Magneto. I just dont see why I have to fight and die for his daughter or her children...I mean, are the kids even mutants?"

That was quite enough!

"AAAAAAARGHHGHG!!!!" Orator suddenly screamed. He crumbled to the floor in pain with his hands on his head as Exodus strode into the room, his eyes aglow with power.

"Tell us Orator, do you doubt our lord's wisdom" Exodus inquired

"Nnnn...noo..Exodus..I sweaarrggh"

"I thought not" Exodus said, his face deathly serious "Now give praise to our Lord"

"Aalll...gghard..ppraise be to Magneto"

As Orator mouthed the words, the pain disappeared and he recovered almost immediately. Nobody in the room breathed. They were all scared and Exodus could feel it. He was reveling in it.

"Now children..." Exodus addressed the group, ignoring the fact that many in the room were far older than he appeared to be."Our lord Magnus has assigned you the duty of defending this nation...and his family."

No one said or thought anything.

"You will perform your duties with faith and you will be victorious...for you are homo-superior" Exodus said as he teleported out of the room.

[Sachsmachine]

Rogue nodded,



Rogue raised her eyebrow and spoke softly, the edge out of her voice.
"As much as you think that, Ah don't think your companion's do."

In an instant teleported herself high in the air above New York Harbor.

Helicopters swarmed the air and jets zoomed past her. Her mahagony hair whipped across her face, she looked up At the oncoming missile. She flew towards it, turning sharply to fly over it, matching the speed of the Missile. Using Kitty’s powers she slipped her hand into the missile and disarmed it. Grabbing it she pulled it to a halt. Closing her eyes she transported herself back to China, the missile in high above her head she balenced it on one arm. She appeared in the sky above them and dropped the missile. It landed with a loud thud and clang on the ground in front of the heroes.

“Ah kept mah side of the bargain. Are you so noble?” She asked, eyeing Thor.Pietro sprinted towards the Quinjet as soon as she dissappeared and started the download of the contents of the compounds computers to the quinjet's computer network and zipping back into position before even Shocker knew he was gone. He watched as the dead nuke dropeed lifelessly to the ground. Had they really surrendered?

[Hyper Venom]

The Hulk crashed through a wall, rolled backwards, and ended up back on his feet. The inhibitor collar that the General had placed on him was beginning to irritate him. With a grunt, he ripped it off and tossed it aside. Looking back up, he saw Death's Head attempting to console a frightened Thing. Hulk cared little for Death's Head at the moment. He recognized Thing and wanted to beat him up for awhile, just for old times' sake.

Rushing toward the pair, he struck Death's Head with a mighty punch to the face that sent him flying. He turned back toward the Thing and delivered a vicious backhanded slap across the face.

"ROCK MAN COWARD! HULK KILL ROCK MAN!"

[Silverstein]

Nightcrawler had followed the missile back to New York, preparing to use all of the jet's energy to manually disarm the bomb using a laser weapon. He had to reverse quite a few of the laser's properties to make sure that it was strong enough to pierce the missile, steady enough not to hit other wires, and small enough to only hit a direct spot.

If he had of used it, then the jet would have been destroyed. He would have had to teleport out.

But before he could make that sacrifice, he was saved. By...his sister. Rogue?! She looked different, somehow, but he knew it was her. She was even displaying the powers of other mutants.

He switched on the communication device and went to the X-men's frequency.

"Nightcrawler to Rogue!! Rogue, come in!! Come in. Vas it really you?!"

Nightcrawler waited for a response, but also began sending messages to all of the x-men. He activated their com-links.

[The Question]

"Johnny, not everything is funny. This is chaos." Spider-man said, the eyelets on his newly retrieved mask narrowed as he looked at the fight.

"Let's go." Spider-man leapt into the fray, knocking out soliders left and right.

He found himself next to Captain America.

"Hey, Cap, what's with this? Where'd these guys come from?"


The General turns to face Spider-Man.

Parker. Great. Seems like he doesn't know.

He quickly gets back into character.

"Looks like there's some kind of invasion force. And one of their generals has launched a nuke at New York. We need to evacuate as many people as we can, and take a quinjet to Washingotn. The city may be lost, but we need to make a stand at the nation's capital."

[JewishHobbit]

The Shocker stares at the Bomb as it drops before them. His anger builds, but he says nothing. He wanted that bomb to hit. He wanted to know that Spiderman was dead, his chared skeleton lying in ashes on the streets of New York City. And now he isn't because Rogue had a sudden streak of heroism. But nonetheless, he says nothing. She's got the heroes to surrender, and so he'll play along for now. But she better not overstep her boundries. There's more missiles where that one came from, and she could find herself at the front end of one if she's not careful.

His com then sounds and he turns to listen to it. It is Hypron.

"Luitenant, I apologize for just now returning to your message. But we are just under a mile from where you are in the nearest military base we've comandeered. Xorn is here with us, and imprisoned once more. I will come to meet you with a large squad."

"Thank you, Hypron." He then turns to the heroes before him. "Alright people, let's remember one thing here. Rogue stopped that nuke, but there's more where it came from, and they're all over this country. One false move, and another gets launched." Now he looks to Rogue sternly, "And this time she WON'T stop it!"

Silence follows for a moment before Shocker continues, "Now, we're going to be marching to another location as soon as back up arrives. Don't try a thing."

A little time passes before Hypron and a force of fifty soldier appear around them.

"Alright then, let's go."

[Electro UK]

The General turns to face Spider-Man.

Parker. Great. Seems like he doesn't know.

He quickly gets back into character.

"Looks like there's some kind of invasion force. And one of their generals has launched a nuke at New York. We need to evacuate as many people as we can, and take a quinjet to Washingotn. The city may be lost, but we need to make a stand at the nation's capital."

"Aw no you don't!" Deadpool yelled, leaping over the battle and landing next to Spidey. "Come on Spidey, use your Spidey-sense... which is obviously going off. Cap, for some odd reason, is with them now." Deadpool drew a sword. "But I'm sure we can take im. This is so cool, maybe we'll get our own mini-series after this."

[Watchman]

Moon Knight rose right behind Spider-Man and Deadpool. He drew his nunchaku and a crescent shape blade.

"Don't forget about me" he said. He stares Cap in the eyes. "Deep down inside I always wanted to just punch you in the face"

[The Question]

"Aw no you don't!" Deadpool yelled, leaping over the battle and landing next to Spidey. "Come on Spidey, use your Spidey-sense... which is obviously going off. Cap, for some odd reason, is with them now." Deadpool drew a sword. "But I'm sure we can take im. This is so cool, maybe we'll get our own mini-series after this."


"Wade, this is no time for jokes."

The General turns to Pete.

"What's gotten into him?"

[Electro UK]

Moon Knight rose right behind Spider-Man and Deadpool. He drew his nunchaku and a crescent shape blade.

"Don't forget about me" he said. He stares Cap in the eyes. "Deep down inside I always wanted to just punch you in the face"

"Moon knight? Whoah! This just got about 10 times cooler. We're so gonna own Cap now. Yay! Now is fighty time! Fighty time! Blood, blood, blood!"

OOC: Sorry for being so lame on the funny side at the moment... I haven't got much to work with.

[Electro UK]

"Wade, this is no time for jokes."

The General turns to Pete.

"What's gotten into him?"

"Dude, you can lie all you want. This guy has a Spider-sense, right now I bet its ringing like a bell. Did you not see episode 4x14 of the 90's cartoon? Spider-man's Spider-sense clearly went off when The Chameleon disguised himself as Aunt Anna, so there."

[The Question]

The General looks at Deadpool momentairily, and turns back to Spider-Man.

"Peter, we have to get to the mansion and prep the quinjet. We don't have much time."