Hello all you rotten people out there! It's been a while but the Defender of Time is back and he's brought a new chapter! I don't really have much to say, but four more characters are introduced in this chapter. Anyways, get to reading this thing a leave your thoughts in the reviews! So without further ado, Time/Space Productions presents: Through the Video Games: Chapter IV.

Chapter IV: The Going Gets Tough...

LJ's P.O.V.

Cameron and I were in an alley, sitting in a dumpster and reading Marvel comic books that we found in the bin. I was flipping through a Deadpool issue when Cameron spoke up. "Ya know, shouldn't we be looking for the others so we can all find our way out of here?" He asked. I set the comic book down and looked at him.

"That's not a bad idea, but I'm pretty content right now." I said. "I mean hey, maybe if we look around, we can find a dumpster full of tamales."

"I don't like tamales." He replied.

"Well, then it can be full of burritos."

"Burritos! Yeah!"

"Yeah!" We thrust our fists into the air, picked up as many comic books as we could carry, and climbed out of the dumpster. We walked down the street, dropping comic books and keeping our eyes peeled for food-filled dumpsters. After a bit of walking, I suddenly remembered the bar floating above my head. "Cameron," I said, "what do you suppose this is?" I pointed to the bar above my head, which was still yellow from our short skirmish with Lizard Cassie.

"I think it looks like a health bar." He said.
"So… Are we in a video game?"

"We could be. I mean, we got sucked in through our phones."

"I came in through my computer."

"Well that's because you're different." Cameron chuckled.

"Shut up. I'm Iron Man." I said.

"But can you do this?" Cameron dropped his comic books and covered my legs in web, causing me to faceplant onto the cement. I leapt up and hopped after him as he ran down the street. After a moment of struggling, ripping, and tearing, I managed to get my legs free of the web. I activated my rockets and launched forward, tackling Cameron. We tumbled in the street and smacked into a parked car outside the alley we were just in. Suddenly a sensor on my suit beeped, indicating that other people were in the area. I stood up and looked around and helped Cameron to his feet.

"Hey, why'd you stop?" He asked.

"There are others nearby." I whispered.

"What did you say?" Cameron asked, confused. "Say that lou-oof!" I grabbed him and yanked him into the alley as I saw two figures round the corner down the street. "What are you doing?" Cameron yelled.

I shushed him and peeked out onto the street. The two people had seen us and were heading in our direction. Crud. I thought about what we were going to do if they turned out to be more bad guys, and then an idea popped into my head.

"Cameron, get ready for some butt-kicking."

"What are you talking-woah!" I picked him up and threw him in the dumpster before jumping in after him and shutting the lid. Fortunately, being filled with comic books, the dumpster didn't smell too bad. I listened as the two people walked into the alley and spoke to each other. They were too quiet for me to hear what they were saying, but it was obvious that they were both female. A moment later, they stopped talking and approached the dumpster. "Get ready, Cameron!" I hissed. "On my mark: 1… 2… 3… NOW!" We threw open the lid and leapt out at our potential attackers. My face was immediately met by a large hammer and I went flying back into the dumpster, flipping it over and flinging comic books everywhere. Once again, my armor prevented any real harm to me, but the health bar above my head was now red.

I watched as Cameron went flying over me and landed in another dumpster filled with what appeared to be Grabbed by the Ghoulies discs. I sat up and peeked over the dumpster to see what we were up against. What met my eyes appeared to be a female Thor and a filipino Black Widow, and I recognized their faces almost immediately. "Chelsey! Esther! Hold it!" I flipped up my mask and they quickly left their fighting poses and rushed over to the two of us.

"Oh gosh, are you alright?" Chelsey asked as she helped me to my feet.

"Yeah, I am. But I think Mr. Health Bar says otherwise." I pointed to the red bar above my head. Behind me I could hear Cameron groan as Esther helped him up.

"Is this the real Spider-Man?" Esther asked.

"Nope. That's Cameron." I said as I turned around. I saw that he now had his own health bar. It was still green, but it was missing a good chunk of itself.

Esther pulled a small pink canister out from her belt and handed it to Cameron. The moment it touched him, his health bar refilled and disappeared along with the canister. "What was that?" I asked, surprised.

"We're pretty sure it's a health container." Esther replied. "We found a couple of them when Chelsey was trying out her powers. They apparently generate in the cars around this city."

"You wouldn't happen to have another would you?" I asked.

"Of course." She pulled another canister out of her belt and handed it to me. I took a closer look at it and saw that it was shaped like a heart, before it disappeared in my hand. I watched as dings and scratches on my armor disappeared, and my health bar filled back up to green, but it now looked like Cameron's had a few moments ago.

"Well then," I said, "hows 'bout we get a move on to find the others?"

"Is everyone here?" Chelsey asked me.

"I think so. Cassie is for sure, but she's the Lizard right now."

"The Lizard is a good guy, right?" Esther asked.

"Girl in this case, and umm… Not this one." I replied.

"Hey guys, look!" Cameron called down to us. He had climbed up the alley wall and was pointing at something above the buildings. I activated my rockets and flew up next to him to see what he was pointing at. Esther clung to Chelsey as she levitated into the air with her hammer. Off in the distance we could see a tall, slanted build with a large "A" on the side. It was Stark Tower.

Chelsey's P.O.V.

From where we were, Stark Tower wasn't too far away since most of us could travel by air, and Esther flew with me. LJ randomly yelled out "Race ya!" and took off towards the tower. Cameron shot a web at LJ and snagged his foot, causing himself to get yanked along. I held my hammer out in front of me and flew after them as I carried Esther. Despite being Thor and having extra strength, it was still hard to carry her. As it turned out, we were quite a bit further away from the tower than we thought.

After a few minutes of flying, we finally reached the enormous building. LJ whipped Cameron onto the penthouse balcony before landing on a small path leading off from it. As he walked forward, a large circle rose up around him and started to pick off his armor. By the time he reached the balcony, the armor was completely removed. Fortunately, he was still wearing his regular clothes underneath

"Oh this feels great!" He said as he stretched his arms and legs. Cameron walked over to him and slapped him in the face.

"You should know better than to strip in public." He joked.

"Well, I did it anyways." LJ replied, as he jokingly slapped Cameron. They kept slapping each other and a sissy fight quickly ensued. I threw my hammer in between them to try and break them up, but I misjudged on my aim and the hammer smacked into Cameron. He went flying into the penthouse through an open door and crashed into mirror, shattering it. "As if your luck wasn't bad enough already." LJ guffawed as we walked inside.

"I wouldn't talk about luck, I mean you're the one who got maimed by Cassie." Cameron called back.

"What does that have to do with luck?" LJ.

"Nothing, but you got beat up by a lizard."

"A giant lizard!"

"Doesn't matter."

"Yes it does!"

"Nope."

"Gah!"

They resumed their sissy fighting, and I rolled my eyes in disgust.

"Um, shouldn't we be looking for the others so we can all find our way out of here?" Esther spoke up. The boys looked at Esther for a moment before bursting into laughter.

"How is that funny?" She huffed.

"Talk about deja-vu!" Cameron guffawed.

I slammed my hammer on the ground, creating a shockwave and causing everyone else to jump. "LJ! Cameron! Please listen." I snapped. "Go on Esther."

"Well, I'm just saying that it would be smart to see if we could find the others." She said. LJ folded his hands behind his back and walked up to Esther with a sarcastic, yet dignified, look on his face and leaned towards her.

"And how do you suppose we do that, hm?" He asked, raising both eyebrows as far as they could go.

"I don't know… We could split up I guess." Esther replied, leaning away from him.

"Hm, that's a pretty good idea. Got any other great ways of making it easy for a psychopathic lizard girl to kill us off?" LJ said, adding a sarcastic drawl to his voice.

"I don't see you trying to come up with anything." Esther snapped.

"Well maybe because I don't want to die!"

"What are you afraid of? It's just Cassie."

"Psyco Lizard Cassie!"

I decided to break up the argument before a fight broke out. I stepped between them and pushed them apart. "Okay, listen. LJ, I know you're afraid of Cassie now that she's a lizard, but didn't you suggest that we search for the others just a few minutes ago?"

"Well, yeah, but that was before we found this place." LJ sputtered, trying to recover.

"And how does this building make our situation any different?" I asked him.

"It's safe." He crossed his arms and gave me a smug smile. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Cameron look around as if he heard something, and then make his way out to the balcony. I paid him no mind, however.

"Look, I want to get out of this mess, and I also want everyone else to..." I said, my temper growing.

"Uh, hey guys?" Cameron called to us from the balcony.

"Not now Cameron!" I snapped, glaring at him. I turned back to LJ. "So if you want to run off on your own to who-knows-where, be my-"

Cameron interrupted again. "Uh, I really think you-"

"Cameron! Please!" I snapped at him again before turning back to LJ one more time. "So if you want to leave, then go!" Behind me there was a "BOOM!" and I whirled around just in time to see Cameron hurtling at me.

Cameron's P.O.V.

I was watching Lizard Cassie climb up the side of Stark Tower when a bomb hit me and literally blew up in my face, sending me flying backwards into the penthouse and into Chelsey. I crashed into her and then smashed her against a wall, and I could feel her go limp behind me. The health bar above her head had drained into yellow only slightly, while mine was half empty. As I stumbled to my feet, another bomb blew out the all the balcony windows and the Green Goblin swooped in on his glider, cackling.

"Well well well, it looks like we interrupted their little party, wouldn't you say Lizzie?" As he said this, Lizard Cassie hoisted herself onto the balcony and stomped into the penthouse.

"I told you, don't call me that." She growled, before turning to the rest of us. "Where's LJ? I owe him something." I looked around, and it appeared he had disappeared. I then noticed him cowering behind a drink bar while silently praying. Esther stepped forward to confront Lizard Cassie and the Goblin, the latter looking suspiciously familiar.

"Cassie, listen. I know you're angry because you're a lizard, but we have to work together to get out of here!" She said.

"I just want my old body back, and Goblin said that he'd be able to get it for me." Cassie snapped.

"Um, you do realize that the only thing the Green Goblin can really do is throw bombs and make lame jokes, right?" LJ said. He had poked his head above the bar, and it was obvious that he was shivering.

Cassie seemed to hesitate for a moment as she slowly realized the situation. "What did you say?" She growled.

"I, uhh, the Green Goblin cannot fix you." He said, retreating back behind the bar.

"WHAT?!" Cassie roared. She grabbed the goblin off his glider and held him in front of her snout. "You had better pray that he's not telling the truth." She hissed.

The Goblin looked like he was about to pass out from fear. "Well I can't actually heal you myself, but if we searched around I bet we could find someone that could retur-URK!" He was interrupted by Cassie nearly squeezing the life out of him.

"YOU LIED TO ME!" She roared. Esther and I stepped back as she hurled the Green Goblin out of the penthouse and into the air. His glider swooped out of the room and caught him mid-fall. He turned back to us and shook his fist in the air as he yelled.

"You'll rue the day you turned on the Gree-" There was a sudden "Bang!" and his glider caught fire and dropped, with him screaming as he plummeted. I turned to see Esther blowing out the barrel of a semi-automatic pistol.

"That was actually a lot of fun." She said, grinning. Suddenly, Cassie let out a roar and charged at LJ's hiding place. "This is all your fault LJ!" She screeched. LJ squeaked and dove away from the bar just before Cassie smashed into it. LJ jumped up and sprinted over to me and ducked behind me.

"Cameron! Do something!" He threw a beer bottle he was holding at Cassie, but it only shattered harmlessly on her snout, fueling her rage. She charged at us, but some sudden gunfire from Esther distracted her for a moment. Unfortunately, the bullets just bounced off her reptilian skin. I took this moment of distraction to cover her lower body with web, but she tore it off like it was paper. LJ had moved over to Chelsey and was trying to wake her up by shaking her. Cassie stomped over to LJ and grabbed him by the throat and lifted him flailing into the air. She squeezed his neck and his health bar started to drain.

"Jarvis." He gasped. "The sp-gack!-The spare!" From the back wall of the room, a new Iron Man suit launched towards Cassie and slammed into her face, knocked her over and causing her to drop LJ. "I cannot believe that worked!" He said, gasping for breath. As he tried to stand up, the suit started to build itself around LJ, immobilizing him.

Out of nowhere, a hammer slammed into Cassie and knocked her out to the balcony. I turned to see Chelsey back on her feet.

"That's for knocking me out." She said.

LJ raised a finger into the air. "Actually it was the Gre-mhp!" He was interrupted by the suit forming the mask around his face. Chelsey's hammer returned to her, and she launched forward and into Cassie, knocking the Lizard girl off the balcony. We all ran to the edge and looked over to see Cassie crash into the ground, creating a small crater in the pavement.

"Do you think she'll be alright?" Esther asked.

"No duh. Look." LJ pointed down at Lizard Cassie, who had gotten up again and was running off towards the harbor.

"We've got to stop her before she get's into more trouble." Chelsey said. "Still think this building is safe?" She asked LJ as she flew off the balcony and after Cassie. LJ grunted and leapt off after Chelsey, and I was about to leap when Esther grabbed my arm.

"Wait, how am I going to get down there?" She asked, worried.

"Just stay here." I said. "Your guns don't do anything to Cassie anyways." I leapt off the balcony, snagged a web on who-knows-what in the sky, and swung after Cassie, Chelsey, and LJ.

Esther's P.O.V.

I watched as my friends left me and chased after Cassie until they disappeared behind the buildings. I sighed and walked back into the penthouse where I found a can of Coca-Cola on the floor. I picked it up, popped the tab, and took a sip of the beverage. Today was going to be a long day.

Cassie's P.O.V.

After Chelsey knocked me off of Stark Tower, I decided to run again since there was probably no one else who could help me return to my normal self. I kept running until I reached the city harbor, and sat on the end of one of the piers. I whirled around when something crashed into the ground behind me, and I saw LJ lying in a heap on the cement.

"I'll be okay." He whimpered. "Just let me work my pelvis back into place." Cameron and Chelsey landed behind him and took fighting stances as I stood up.

Suddenly, somebody yelled "Bonzai!" and Wolverine leaped over the group in front of me. He ran up and crashed into me, knocking me into the water. Fortunately, the water was somewhat shallow, but I noticed an iceberg, about the size of a small semi-trailer, floating just a few feet in front of me. I looked back at Wolverine whom had taken off his mask, revealing himself to unmistakably be David Filipino. He turned to the others and bowed jokingly. That was it for me. With a loud roar, I grabbed the iceberg and hoisted it above my head, leapt into the air, and smashed it down on David. The iceberg shattered and David's health bar went from full to empty in a blink of an eye. He exploded in a flurry of blue pixels and disappeared. LJ, Cameron, and Chelsey were stunned by the sudden turn of events, so I took the moment to leap over them and run off down the streets once again.

Chelsey's P.O.V.

Cameron, LJ, and I watched stunned as Cassie utterly destroyed David F. in front of our eyes. She bounded off over us, but we were too shocked to move. From the iceberg rubble emerged a somewhat chubby Captain America, who we instantly recognized as Carson Carnale. And just when I thought this day couldn't get any more messed up.