AN: Alright, this is it. The conclusion of the AVX arc. I had a lot of fun writing the climax, I hope you all have fun too.
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The Avengers and the X-Men both watched apprehensively as Kitty Pryde and Captain America met in the middle of a field.
"And why should I trust you?" Captain America asked suspiciously making the mutant release a sigh.
"This…this has gone too far." Kitty said as she shook her head. "I think we can agree on that don't you? Cyclops crossed a line when not only betrayed one of our own but helped in the attempted destruction of Wakanda. Hell, even if he hadn't done all those things he has the students back home cowering in fear." Kitty said with a frown. "He must be stopped."
"And after he's stopped?" Captain America asked with a frown as he crossed his arms. "Do you really think you and the other X-Men can get off with a slap on the wrist after what happened so far?"
"Hey, don't act all high and mighty as if you didn't all escalate the situation. You invaded our country, our home! You all didn't even have a damn plan to deal with the Phoenix, you just got in our way!" Kitty said with a glare making him frown. "Look if we're guilty of anything…it's not listening to those Alliance people when we had the chance." Kitty said with a sigh.
"What?" Captain America asked with a frown.
"Let's face it, hindsight is a bitch, but those guys were right. We should have handled this like adults. God, we set such a bad example for the students with this. Both the young mutants and Avengers in training. Wherever they took Hope, I'm sure is better than where she was or where she would have gone with you." Kitty said before extending her hand towards Captain America.
"You're right." Captain America admitted reluctantly as he took her hand. "Both sides are at fault, and I'm still not entirely sure if this Alliance team can be trusted, but they apparently have something we lack. A plan. They hasn't given me a reason to distrust their judgment yet so we'll have to take a leap of faith and hope this works out in the end because we are out of time."
"Well look on the bright side, even if we can't protect the earth…we can avenge it. Together this time." Kitty said with a small smile which Captain America found himself returning.
Alliance Headquarters: Peter's private lab: Impromptu Medical Wing
"You know, with as much dangerous tech as I deal with, you would have thought I would have put a med-wing or something down here." Spider-Man mused as he leaned on a wall while Naruto stood at a table that Wanda was laying on. Naruto frowned in concentration as his hand hovered over Wanda's arm. Currently, he was pouring the Yang Path Power into Wanda's body to help refill her energy reserves and improve her recovery rate.
"Would you even have enough room?" Naruto asked as he looked around the lab.
"Good point."
"By the way, what's Hope up to now?" Naruto asked.
"She's meditating with Goku right now, got a little bit of time before I need to get back to my Spider-Sensei duties." Spider-Man said with a shrug.
With Goku and Hope
BGM: Dragon Ball Z Budokai OST - Night of Tempest
Hope was finally fed up this, she thought that training with the Saiyan Son Goku would help her progress in her training. But so far all they did since this morning was some light sparring and meditating which she was doing now while her so called teacher was busy punching and kicking in the air. It was then she looked over to see that Goku had stopped and was now in front of her with a puzzled look on his face.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"That's what I want to know, so far all you've had me do is meditate and some light sparring in the morning." Hope replied looking irritated.
"Well of course, how else would you strengthen your mind but still stay at your peak physically." Goku said.
"This isn't the time for me to train my mind...I came here for training, training that could get me more results than what I got back in Utopia."
"Then meditate."
Hope grew even more annoyed which Goku was quick to notice.
"Alright...how would you describe your ki?"
"My ki? It's...latent energy right?"
"You got it, and what is that energy?"
"I guess...I don't know..."
It was then, that the two found themselves in a black void, courtesy of Goku's telepathy. He would normally use it for image training if there wasn't enough space for sparring.
"Ki is made up of a couple of things...but when you get down to it Ki comes from two specifically." Goku explained as a red outline of himself appeared above, "Your body," then a blue outline appeared, "And your mind."
"I see." Hope said looking amazed. "So what does that mean?"
"When both of these come together, it creates ki basically." Goku replied as the two outlines merged together to create a white outline of Goku enveloped by a blazing aura.
"That was an example of how my ki is created. This is yours." said Goku as red and blue outlines of Hope then appeared. They were soon enveloped by auras but the blue's aura was smaller than the red one's.
"The blue is weak..." Hope pointed out.
"Your mind is weak..." Goku answered as the two auras then merged into a hot red outline of Hope.
"I think I get it..." Hope realized as they found themselves back in reality. "I can train my body all I want...but if my mind will just hold me back..."
"You'll reach a wall where the only way to increase your ki is to strengthen your mind, training your body will do nothing." explained Goku.
"...So that's why you...if I strengthen my mind now..."
"You'll reach a whole other level...so what do you say?"
"I will get stronger...that's a promise." Hope inwardly declared as she went back to meditating.
"Hmmph..." Goku smirked.
With Spider-Man
"Alright, new missions. I've uploaded an App to your Web-Wares that will track the energy readings of the Phoenix Force to those people who can't sense energy like the Saiyans can." Spider-Man said as he entered the main area. "Ichigo."
"Yeah?" Ichigo questioned as he looked over at the Web-Head.
"You, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks will deal with Emma. Her next target should be Avengers Academy. What better way to stop the Avengers than by stopping the future ones, right?" Spider-Man asked rhetorically making Ichigo grimace.
"I may not particularly…care…for Emma, but would she really attack children? You know how distraught she gets over her own students." Wanda said as she looked over at Ichigo.
"We can't afford to take chances with that damn Phoenix in her head." Ichigo said making Wanda nod in understanding.
"Indeed. Looking over the recordings I pulled from your Web-Wares, she seemed more than a little uncomfortable attacking Wakanda, but as long as she has the Phoenix in her she cannot be reasoned with, especially now that Namor's gone." Spider-Man said solemnly. "When one of them falls their power goes to the remaining members. If we keep taking them down, we'll be left with one member who is on par with Jean Grey herself on a bad day."
"So what do we do?" Wanda asked in confusion, paling a bit as she remembered the last time Jean was overcome by the full might of the Dark Phoenix.
"Make sure the last one standing is someone we can handle." Spider-Man said simply. "Emma is far too dangerous to be the last one remaining. Her telepathy alone would be able to win her this war. This is why I am sending you two, Your mental barriers might just be strong enough to keep her at bay while you attack her and force her into her diamond state. From what I gather she can't use her diamond form and telepathy at the same time."
"And even diamonds can't stop Zangetsu, good thinking web-head." Ichigo said with a smirk.
"Right, but these are Phoenix empowered diamonds. You're gonna need to bring your A-gamewith you for this fight." Spider-Man said making Ichigo nod.
"So what will you have the rest of us do?" Uryu questioned.
"You've lost the element of surprise but that's fine, it lasted longer than I intended actually. You, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Sasuke deal with Cyclops, don't kill him but keep him busy so that the other three can be taken down." Spider-Man explained. "He has the least dangerous power set. Once he is completely consumed by the Phoenix, we should be ready for round two."
"And Colossus and Magik?" Hope asked as she approached them, deciding to end her meditation a bit early.
"I'll deal with both of them."
"What/Excuse me!?" A majority of the room said in shock and disbelief.
"I'll deal with them, both, at the same time." Spider-Man repeated.
"You'll die!" Hope said with a look of horror etched in his face making him chuckle as he ruffled her hair.
"Remember this, kid." Spider-Man began. "You can have all the Thors, Hulks, Saiyans, and whatever but at the end of the day everyone is eventually going to have to stand up. Even the little guys like me will be on the front lines, taking on gods and look, I'm still here."
"But...But…at least take me with you!" Hope pleaded. "This is my fault, my responsibility, I don't want you to end up dead because of me!" Hope continued. "I don't want you to be my Uncle Ben!" Hope sent to him telepathically.
"Don't worry, kid." Spider-Man sent back reassuringly. "You're ready, Hope. But it's not time yet. Your battle is with the Phoenix, not the X-Men. So rest up. Let us heroes deal with our own for a bit, okay? You have the biggest fight of us all approaching. When its time for you to stand up, you'll know it. Back to the matter at hand, I'll deal with them."
"So recap, We keep Scott Summers busy, the rest of you guys make sure he gets the rest of the Phoenix, finish him off and Hope and Wanda here takes out the Phoenix Force itself in the end?" Uryu asked making Spider-Man nod. "It's a st."
"Do I have a role?" Goku asked curiously making him nod.
"Many of the Avengers who couldn't make it to Wakanda were trapped in Limbo by Magik. Right now she should be there keeping an eye on them with Colossus. I need you to teleport me in so I can stop them and save the Avengers. Whether they are against us or not, we're heroes and we protect everyone." Spider-Man explained. "Everyone clear, then let's move out!" Spider-Man said.
Later: With Spider-Man
Spider-Man stretched a bit as he stood with Naruto and Goku who busy was searching for Magik and Colossus' energy signature.
"You sure this is safe?" Hope asked once more.
"Meh, my Spider-Sense isn't going off so I guess." Spider-Man said with a shrug before turning to a very concerned Hope. "I'll be fine."
"Just make sure you come back alive," Hope whispered
"I always do." Spider-Man said as he stepped back and she could see that he was smiling. "See you all in a bit!" Spider-Man said before all three were all gone in a flash.
Meanwhile: Utopia
"Cyclops. You need to stop boy." Magneto said as he stood defiantly against Cyclops. "The Phoenix has tampered with your mind."
"You dare stand against me? What happened? I thought you wanted our people to succeed." Cyclops said with a sneer.
"I do, but now you seem to be working for your own goals…or perhaps the goals of the Phoenix. Damn it boy, I was a fool to think you could handle its power…a power that had broken a far more capable mutant." Magneto said with a grimace as he raised his hands which began to glow slightly with power. "I'm sorry but this ends now."
"AHHHHHHH!" Cyclops shouted as he felt his armor and visor begin to crush his body. "You dare!?" Cyclops boomed before releasing an optic blast that forced Magneto to dodge only to scream in agony after a flaming phoenix shaped energy blast released itself from Cyclops and slammed into his body.
"GAHH!" Magneto shouted as he was engulfed by the flame-like energy. Once it died down, the master of magnetism collapsed and blacked out from exhaustion.
"Stop this Scott! Can't you see what you are doing is wrong!? We need acceptance not fear!" Charles Xavier shouted angrily.
"No, Charles what we need is no one left to seek acceptance from!" Cyclops declared.
*BANG!*
Cyclops grunted in pain as a spiral energy blast ripped through his abdomen forcing him to turn around to spot Piccolo on top of a nearby building having used his Special Beam Cannon.
"See Charles!? They even resort to assassinations…they see us as animals!" Cyclops shouted as he released a blast at Piccolo whom with his speed, quickly got away at the last possible moment.
"No! Just you, and we are going to make sure you get what's coming to you." Piccolo said making Cyclops sneer.
"Oh? And just how are you going to do that?" Cyclops asked before he sensed a presence behind him.
"With this!" A new voice interrupted and Cyclops' eyes widened as four Seele Schneiders surrounded the area. Quickly disengaging from his latest bout, he tried to escape but it was too late as Uryū Ishida slammed the five and final Seele Schneider into the ground and Sprenger activated. The five focusing rods flared to life as they drew a line to Cyclop's form, rapidly forming a pentagram beneath him, the dense reishi from the technique holding his legs in place no matter how hard he shook.
"What is this!" Cyclops shouted in anger and slight fear, staring at the arrival of the white clad Quincy, who pushed his glasses up his face.
"This is one of my many techniques." Uryū said, staring at Cyclops with veiled disgust. "It's name is Sprenger. It immobilizes any target caught in it from the waist down, making them unable to escape." Reaching to his waist, he pulled out one of his many Gintos. "As this is the final form of Sprenger." Tilting the tube slightly, even Charles Xavier watched in fascination as droplets of glowing blue liquid escaped and fell directly towards the metal rod at Uryū's feet.
When it made contact, every rod flared with a blue light as another large pentagram formed between the rods as the energy contained in them rushed down the previously drawn lines, making them flare brightly and giving them an appearance close to that of flames. The ground beneath Cyclop's feet began to glow brighter every second before a column of light blue energy erupted skywards, the sound of it's activation drowning out Cyclops' screams of pain and agony, as it pillared upwards, breaking through the roof with ease and then causing the dark clouds that had formed in the cloud to disperse.
Alliance Headquarters: Peter's Private Lab
"And…we're back." Spider-Man said as he, Goku, and Naruto arrived in a flash.
"You're back, and in one piece!" Hope said with wide-eyes as she couldn't believe he actually succeeded. "Did you actually face them?"
"Yup, and I took them both out without breaking a sweat." Spider-Man stated making her gape at him.
"How!?"
"Well…" Naruto trailed off as he scratched the side of his head as even he had trouble processing it.
Flashback: Limbo
"Demons and fire, demons and fire, wait is that-no just more demons and fire." Spider-Man thought as he climbed on the ceiling of a hellish looking cave as demons walked underneath him while Goku and Naruto were keeping any demons that wanted to cause trouble preoccupied. Spider-Man was incredibly happy his new suit was so heat resistant or he was positive he'd be burning his hands and feet right now.
"It's a good thing I got two of the most powerful guys in the universe watching my back, I guess the good ol' Parker Luck is taking a break." Spider-Man mused before releasing a silent cheer when he entered the inner Sanctum of limbo and found the unconscious forms of a few of the Avengers.
"Web…web-head?" She-Hulk gasped out weakly as he leapt down from the ceiling and placed Black Widow next to her.
"Sup, Jen. Hey if I get you all out of here, promise not to tell anyone I came here with those two guys?" Spider-Man asked curiously.
"Heh, if you can get us out of here, I'd be willing to do more than give you a promise." She-Hulk said with a weak laugh.
"Sorry, but the missus would kill me." Spider-Man quipped making her chuckle.
"Damn, all the good ones are taken…look web-head they are still here, you gotta leave while you can or at least lay low-"
"Hmph. Well, well, seems like we have a few intruders." Magik said as she appeared floating in the air from a flaming vortex.
"Indeed, should we crush this one like the puny bug he is sister?" Colossus asked after appearing next to her.
"Shit, Spidey run-"
"Talking pretty big for people who just got their asses handed to them in a five on one match in their favor." Spider-Man said dryly as She-Hulk looked at him as if he had two heads. "What? Am I supposed to pretend I didn't see that shit and immediately make a viral video out of it? Be glad, you're trending on Twitter."
"Do you have a death wish!? Run!" She-Hulk boomed as he crossed his arms defiantly.
"Perhaps you should heed her advice, in fact, I'm feeling merciful. I will give you a five second head-start before I hunt you down." Magik said with a dark smirk as he shook his head.
"Nah, I'm good. Besides lil' old me isn't who you need to be worried about." Spider-Man said confusing all three of them. "I mean you had to have felt it, right? When Namor fell, you got his power…" Spider-Man began making She-Hulk gape at him.
"There is no way he's doing what I think he's doing…no way something that simple will work!" She-Hulk thought incredulously.
"Going after me will just give one of you an opening to take out the other one, I mean the surge from Namor was stupidly high. Can you imagine if one of you fell?" Spider-Man asked knowingly making the siblings pause before glancing towards each other hesitantly. "But hey if you want, come get me."
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*FA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
"Double K.O." Spider-Man thought as he shielded his eyes from the resulting light from the massive explosion. When the light died down, Spider-Man and She-Hulk could see the depowered and unconscious forms of Magik and Colossus.
"You gotta be shitting me!" She-Hulk snapped as he laughed.
"Avengers, this way!" The two heard from a distance.
"What do you know, here the Calvary comes." Spider-Man said before leaping on the ceiling and crawling away stealthily as the Avengers stormed the inner sanctum.
"What? They're down?" Captain America asked with a frown as he turned to She-Hulk. "The heck happened here, soldier?"
"Cap…you had to be here." She-Hulk said dryly with an eye-twitch as Spider-Man gave her a thumbs up before Goku teleported him out.
Flashback: End
"You're shitting me." Hope said with a deadpanned expression.
"Language~" Spider-Man chided good-naturedly. "But yeah, that pretty much sums up my mission so we can get back to training Hope."
Avengers Academy
*FLASH*
*KRACKABOOOOOOM!*
"Hmph. Seems as though my power has grown exponentially. To think they could have fallen in Magik's domain of all places." Emma muttered as her diamond skin negated Gohan's Masenko and SSJ3 Gotenks' Big Tree Cannon. She teleported suddenly to avoid being skewered by Zangetsu and reappeared above them. "Well now, are you hasty. So quick to go for the kill." Emma said before releasing a flaming bird shaped energy blast at Ichigo which he quickly cut in half with his sword. "So predictable."
*BOOM!*
*BOOM*
Ichigo glared at her after the split blast of pure psionic energy exploded behind him.
*Rumble*
"Emma…" Scarlet Witch began angrily, her eyes glowing brighter as the wind speed picked up. "You are going to destroy everything the X-Men have worked so hard to build for our people! You all are setting us back, how can you not see this!?" Scarlet Witch questioned angrily as she summoned a hex bolt that engulfed the three of them. She had to ensure Emma stayed in her diamond form.
"Frost, you need to stop this." Ichigo growled out as he glared up at her. "Out of all five of you, you've done the least, if any, actual damage. It's not too late!" Ichigo shouted making Emma grimace as Wanda turned to him in surprise.
"Are you trying to reason with her?" Wanda asked in surprise.
"She's not too far gone yet Wanda. I know that look on her face, she's like a cornered animal, stuck between a rock and a hard place." Ichigo said as a smirk graced his lips as he face Emma. "I've been there more times than I can count, but you know what? As long as I had even the tiniest bit of control I never strayed from the person I really am! Everyone has one Frost, even you."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Emma asked as she narrowed her eyes.
"I've read your file, You're probably one of the coldest people I've ever heard of, but even you have something you love. Your students and teaching in general, I have to say, even I have to respect your teaching skills. You're capable of so much, Frost. We all are, but we have leave these kids out of this!" Ichigo snapped making her flinch ever so slightly. "This isn't you. That Phoenix Force is messing with your damn head!"
"You don't understand…I don't have a choice." Emma said as she raised her hand towards them, making the Alliance members tense as it ignited with a flaming energy. "You think, I don't understand that we've crossed a line? That we're blatantly in the wrong? If I surrender after everything that's happened…it won't matter if I participated or not, I'll either be jailed for life or dead."
"Damn it Frost, I didn't say a damn thing about surrendering." Ichigo growled out. "You're fighting for your freedom, I get that. I'm just saying we don't have to be so close to these innocent people. We'll finish this fight, someplace were no one will get hurt." Ichigo said making Emma pause as she thought over his words.
"Hmph, fine." Emma said coolly but the Substitute could both sense and see the relief she had from his words. "It's about time we settled this war anyway." Emma said as she raised her hands.
*FLASH*
Utopia: Shore
Ichigo, Gohan, Gotenks, and Scarlet Witch all looked around at their surroundings with thoughtful frowns as they found themselves on the shores of Utopia. They all were standing in the sea with the water up to their knees while Emma floated above the sandy shore.
"Finishing where it started." Ichigo said before raising his spiritual pressure up to maximum.
The White Queen then extended her right hand and gathered a large sphere of flame within its palm. A moment later the sphere reached its maximum amount of energy, as indicated by its rather evident increase in size, after which it fired off in a massive wave of destruction.
Scarlet Witch and Gohan watched with worried expressions as the orange-haired teen refused to move out of the fire blast's path, and in fact the former wanted to scream in order to beg him to move. However, what happened next shocked both them, as well as Emma, to their core.
Ichigo extended his free left hand just as the flame wave was nearing his body, after which the attack seemed to just scatter off to his sides. The large wave of power shot into the surrounding area, and even decimated large portions of the X-Men's base to the substitute's left and right, but his hand held firm.
As a result of this, there was a very clear safe zone once the attack had vanished, and all five of the combatants were within it. In the aftermath of her own attack, Emma just continued to stare into the hardened eyes of her opponent, the remnants of the flame energy the attack had contained dissipating in front of the man's body.
'He blocked that attack with his bare hand?!' Wanda thought, her eyes nearly shooting out of her head at the sight.
What had just occurred was viewed as an impossibility, and the only people who should have been capable of doing so were those on the same level or above that of the Gods themselves. However, this boy wasn't even at that class, yet he still managed to do something and make it seem as if it took him very little effort. In fact, it was so perceivably impossible that she was unable to keep the expression of sheer shock from coming onto her features.
"Impossible…" Emma muttered, seemingly incapable of stopping herself from doing so.
"Did it really catch you off guard that much? Yes, I did stop your attack with my hand just now… does that scare you, that something you can't comprehend or stop happened right before your eyes?" Ichigo taunted, allowing his hand to rest at his side once more.
"Don't get cocky…" Emma said warning, slight amounts of sweat dripping from her brow as she spoke.
"I notice you didn't answer my question… oh well, guess that doesn't really matter." Ichigo stated.
A moment later he used flash step to appeared directly on front of his opponent, after which he grabbed Emma's face within the palm of his hand and threw her with incredible force. If he had one regret about his method of attack, it was that he didn't get to see the likely flabbergasted expression on the White Queen's face as she shot through a series of walls in the base and then finally skidded across the ground clearly injured from Ichigo's attack, before Emma could counter, a sudden flash interrupted the fight.
*FLASH!*
"Emma!" A wounded Cyclops shouted as his injuries began to heal. At once, Ichigo, The Saiyans, Scarlet Witch and Emma all paled when they saw the limp form of Xavier in his hand. Cyclops merely tossed the telepath to the side as as Sasuke, Uryu, Vegeta, and Piccolo all emerged from a portal in front of Ichigo's group.
"Damn coward, as soon as he starts losing he runs away like the trash that he really is," Vegeta remarked now undeniably pissed.
"I'm…I'm sorry Kurosaki, I wasn't able to save Xavier." Uryu whispered as Cyclops dropped Professor X like he was trash.
"No, you did good Ishida." Ichigo whispered so that only Uryu could hear him. "His heart's still beating…but I'm not sure for how long or even if he'll wake up."
"Charles!" Wanda shouted in pain after the sight fully registered in her mind causing her hexes to go haywire. Emma simply looked at Charles stunned before looking up at Cyclops.
"Scott, why-"Emma was forced to stop talking when he grabbed her by the neck suddenly after appearing in a flaming vortex before her.
"Sorry, but it's clear now. I need your power." Scott said as a feeling of complete betrayal engulfed her before he cracked her neck and siphoned the remainder of the Phoenix Force for himself. Like with Xavier he dropped her without remorse but fortunately enough for her, the extraction of the Phoenix healed her mortal wounds as she was rendered unconscious. Cyclops exploded with power as he felt the full might of the Phoenix before turning to wade and releasing a massive optic blast which Ichigo was barely able to deflect with Zangetsu. "Now…it's time we settled things once and for all fools-"
*FLASH!*
Cyclops suddenly looked up angrily as both Avengers and the X-Men appeared from one of Dr. Strange's portals. The two groups stood together in unity and casted their differences aside as they prepared to face down what they had agreed was the true enemy. Rogue looked at the down forms of Charles and Emma before shaking her head.
"Even Charles, Scott? Phoenix in ya head or not. Ya gonna go down today!" Rogue snapped as Captain America raised his shield.
"Avengers and X-Men, assemble!" Captain America ordered as they charged an enraged Cyclops.
Five minutes later...
"Damn it all to hell!" Ichigo shouted as the ground under him was destroyed while he blocked a continuous optic blast from Cyclops with Zangetsu, doing the best he could to protect an exhausted Scarlet Witch whom was on one knee behind him and then Gohan proceeded to kick Cyclops. All around them, various Avengers and X-Men looking completely worn out.
"So I'm guessing things didn't go exactly as planned huh?"
Alliance Headquarters: Peter's private lab
"What the hell do you think?!" Ichigo responded while Naruto looked at Spider-Man in surprise.
"Alright, alright." Spider-Man said knowingly with a chuckle as he exited the main area and went towards the Medical wing.
"So, what's the plan? I'm not sure how long the others and I can keep it up. Cyclops has beaten the crap out of the Avengers and all of the X-Men are down too."
"Alright, grab Wanda and the Saiyans and come back to New York. He'll follow you, no doubt about it. Just make sure you come to the actual city that is, not my lab." Spider-Man explained as he heard explosions in the background.
"Is that a good idea? He has the full Phoenix." Gohan said making Spider-Man laugh.
"Hey may have the Phoenix…" Spider-Man trailed off as he found Naruto Uzumaki and Son Goku getting ready. "…but we've got the next best thing. How are you feeling man?"
"A lot better actually." Naruto muttered with a small wince as he stood up. "Still, I doubt he'll make the same mistake again like last time."
"Now I wouldn't say all that." Spider-Man said.
"I think I got a plan," Goku spoke up, "But I need you guys to buy some time."
With Naruto, Goku, and Spider-Man
*FLASH!*
"Right on time." Spider-Man said as he could vaguely make out the forms of Sasuke, Ichigo, Uryu, Piccolo, The Saiyans, and Wanda racing through the city as an enraged Cyclops found them instantly.
"So…Goku…what exactly do you plan on doing?" Naruto asked suspiciously.
"Well, it's one of my most powerful attacks but it's going to take some time to gather energy."
"Say what!?"
"Excuse me!?"
Spider-Man and Naruto exclaimed respectively.
"How long you going to be?" Naruto asked.
"Not sure. But I can't be interrupted while I'm doing it." Goku explained.
"This better not take long." Naruto said.
"And you better not miss!" said Spider-Man.
Goku nodded as he flew straight up into the sky.
"So, everyone is willing to lay down their lives to end this mess, I'm no different. We all need all of us to pull through for this world." Naruto said making Spider-Man smile beneath his mask as Captain Marvel looked at her with a stunned expression.
"That's the spirit! Speaking of laying down lives, if Goku needs time to charge his attack. So I'll stay put and make sure One Eye doesn't get to him. So go distract him and buy Goku some time." Spider-Man declared.
Naruto nodded as he use the Hiraishin to teleport away.
With The Alliance
"Getsuga Tenshou!"
"Kamehameha!"
"Masenko!"
"Burning Attack!"
"Galick Gun!"
"Light Grenade!"
"Chidori!"
Sensing the power behind these attacks, Cyclops crossed his arms hoping the Phoenix would shield him as the attacks all hit him full force causing a massive explosion which rocked the city to it's core. He was half-right, but it was still incredibly painful. Just what exactly were these people?
Ichigo dove over an optic blast in order to behead Cyclops whom simply back-handed him away. He went to follow up but found himself gritting his teeth when a powerful hex bolt slammed in to him courtesy of Scarlet Witch. It was one of the most lethal she had ever conjured as she knew, Scott was far too gone at this point in her eyes. All that was left was the Phoenix. It was then that Naruto suddenly appeared behind Cyclops and slammed a Rasengan into his back sending him crashing into the city streets.
"Guys, you all are exhausted, fall back and catch your breaths. Goku will take it from here for a few minutes. We're finally reaching the end of this thing." Naruto said making The Saiyans, Ichigo, Uryu, and Sasuke glance toward each other quickly before the Shinobi nodded and teleported the others a considerable distance away.
Goku flew up until he was high enough where no one could see him, he then raised his hands up into the air, "Now to gather energy from the planet itself." A blue sphere of energy was slowing starting to form and it just got larger and larger as more energy was gathered, "This is the energy of all the dying planets in this universe. The same planets that are dying because of this war. The same planets that want this over."
Aunt May's Apartment
BGM: Uncontrollable-Xenoblade Chronicles OST
May, Jameson Sr., and Mary Jane all watched the breaking news report on the Fact Channel apprehensively.
"Things are looking grim, yet again, as this war seems to have made it to the heart of New York City." Natalie Long reported as footage of Cyclops terrorizing the city was shown. "Neither the Avengers or the X-Men are anywhere to be found, it is advised that all evacuate the city-wait, what's this?" Natalie asked suddenly as the footage showed The Shonen Alliance racing off towards the mutant. "It's Spider-Man! It seems he's coming to help and he's accompanied by…wait…" Natalie trailed off with a confused frown. "…who are they?"
With the Alliance
*BOOOOM!*
"This isn't looking good. All we're doing is pissing him off, don't think we even hurt him yet." Trunks muttered.
"Well that's the point. Can't think clearly when you're angry, we're just making Goku's job easier." Naruto said as a trembling Cyclops stood up as his visor began to crack due to the massive amount of energy building up behind it.
"You will all learn your place!"
*FABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
"Come on think, think, think!" Naruto thought as he tried to figure out a way to stop the massive optic blast.
Cyclops panted tiredly as the remains of his visor fell to the ground. His eyes were glowing red while bright blue cracks appeared on his face. On his back were two flaming wings that showed he had been completely over taken by the Dark Phoenix. He smirked when he saw his destroyed surroundings.
"Now to finish off with this city."
"Not so fast!"
Cyclops suddenly whipped his head around as Kurama and Sasuke's Susanoo stood in front of the entire team, completing unfazed from Cyclop's attack
"Oh man that was close." Spider-Man answered tiredly. "Still, that went smoothly."
"I agree, thanks Kurama." Naruto said before pointing towards Cyclops. "You know what? We're done here."
"Hmph, you're surrendering? Do you truly expect me to show you mercy?" Cyclops questioned making Naruto laugh.
"Surrendering? No, more like tagging out. We were just distracting you." Naruto said before raising his hand to sky which made Cyclops frown. "Was just charging up our secret weapon to take you out."
Space
DBZ OST - Genki Dama Theme
An orb of pure ki was forming as energy was collected all across the cosmos until it was the size of a small moon. Using Instant Transmission, Goku arrived to where the rest of team and Cyclops were.
"NOW! EVERYONE, GET OUT OF THE WAY NOW!" Goku shouted as he threw the Spirit Bomb down at it's intended target.
New York
Cyclops looked up in alarm as the clouds suddenly parted when a bright flickering light descended down from the atmosphere and landed somewhere across the city. Cyclops turned back to see the Alliance had already gone.
"What?" Cyclops asked in confusion before his head whipped to the side to see the Spirit Bomb heading straight for him. Knowing full well what the attack could do, Cyclops powered up and put a barrier around him.s
"Stubborn little...HAAAHHHHH!" Goku screamed as he transformed into his Super Saiyan God form and with one final push, The Spirit Bomb destroyed the barrier and consumed Cyclops.
*BOOOOOOM!*
The entire Earth shook as the resulting shockwave from the attack destroyed the streets, buildings, and shattered the nearby windows. Moving at the speed of light, Goku returned to New York instantly and reverted back to normal. Looking up she noticed with a smirk that he had landed behind his comrades whom seemed to have regrouped during the struggle.
BGM: END
BGM: Saitama Main Theme- One Punch Man OST
"Father!" Gohan said in surprise once she noticed Goku whom was walking towards them.
"You deal with Cyclops?" Ichigo asked.
"Not yet." Goku said as the smoke cleared up and revealed a severely injured Cyclops who was just one step closer to death.
"There." Naruto said with a smirk before he appeared in front of Cyclops and released a devastating punch towards him who was about the slam into Naruto.
*CRUUUNNNCHH!*
"GAHHHHHHHHHH!" Cyclops screamed as Naruto's fist enhanced with Kokuo's chakra slammed into his chest burning right through his armor and entering his chest cavity. "Y-you!"
"You Phoenix hosts have so many deaths you can take before the Phoenix leaves you, right?" Naruto questioned. "Well we all got tired of killing you so I figured we'd just use one blow that will kill you a thousand times over to separate you from that bird. This attack was just the icing on the cake."
"YOU! You can't stop progress!" Cyclops shouted making him chuckle as he began to open his fist.
"I have no intention on stopping progress, but it won't be your type of progress." Naruto said firmly. "Look around you, remember these individuals, as long as even one of them is alive your idea of progress will never come into fruition." Naruto said firmly.
"Ha...as if you are going to spare me once the Phoenix leaves." Cyclops muttered as his body went limp.
"Killing you would be too easy, your actions have already cost you everything and once the Phoenix is out of your mind you will understand just how far you have fallen. And you will live with it." Naruto said making him grit his teeth as blood spilled from his mouth.
Another reason was that his existence did save a lot of lives as he partook in some Armageddons none of the Shonen Alliance were present for. So while he was being honest about the guilt, Naruto also couldn't ignore the fact this asshole did make a difference.
"Who…who do you think you are?"
"Me?" Naruto asked as he stepped forward as he formed a Lava Release Rasenshuriken. "I'm Naruto fucking Uzumaki! Believe it!"
*FABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Cyclops screamed as he was engulfed and lacerated by the colossal sphere and blades that forced everyone but Naruto to shield their eyes as the massive sphere and blades expanded. The ground trembled as the sphere continued to kill Cyclops as he continuously resurrected. Finally after a few more moments, the attack died down as a powerless Cyclops fell down onto the unforgiving ground.
"Nice!" Goten complimented as Naruto shook the blood from his fist.
BGM: END
"Thanks, though I'm just glad he wasn't this Jean Grey." Naruto muttered as he looked at the downed Cyclops. "If he wasn't such a crappy host we all would have died, Spirit Bomb or not."
"So, like, does that mean everything is done now?" Spider-Man asked in confusion.
"No, it is never that easy with the Phoenix." Scarlet Witch said knowingly with a glare and sure enough the sky began to shine brightly with an orange glow as a giant flaming bird formed above the city.
*FLASH!*
The heroes looked up when they saw a portal form. They, minus the Shonen Alliance, were surprised to see both the Avengers and the X-Men coming from it and not attempting to kill each other.
"Man, we're they always this late to the party?" Spider-Man mused. "Their timing has been horrible this whole war."
"Be grateful, they probably would have gotten in the away if they had shown up earlier." Sasuke said making Ichigo snort.
"Ain't that the truth?" Ichigo muttered.
"Hey! Over here!" Goku shouted at the newcomers whom turned to them in surprise as Goku waved at them energetically. "Man you guys are really late!"
"Yeah, well, better late than never." Iron Man said as his face plate went up as he looked at them suspiciously.
"Glad to see you all got that stick out of your collective asses." Naruto said as he looked between the Avengers and the X-Men and crossed his arms. "Say it…" Naruto said with a smirk as he zeroed in on Captain America whom sighed.
"You were right. We should have stopped and tried to reason with each other back in Utopia." Captain America admitted. "This one is on me."
"It's on all of you, those who blindly follow orders are just as responsible as those who give them." Naruto said before glancing up at the Phoenix. "Still, it no longer matters. You're far too late to be of any use."
"What? Excuse me? This Phoenix is right there! Are you giving up?" Kitty asked incredulously. "It's hard but we've all faced worse than this."
"You don't seem like the type of person to give up without a fight." She-Hulk said with a confused frown.
"You're right, but this isn't my fight nor is it yours." Naruto said firmly. "And we all know it, even the Phoenix knows it, why do you think it hasn't started going on a rampage yet?"
"It's waiting." Spider-Man piped up.
"On what?" Iceman asked with a confused frown.
"On who." Spider-Man corrected before gesturing before them making them all turn their attention to the destroyed street before them. Many of their eyes widened when they saw Hope sitting on the hood of a destroyed car with her eyes closed while her tattered brown cloak which she wore over her green and yellow costume billowed in the wind.
"SO. YOU HAVE FINALLY DECIDED TO ACCEPT YOUR FATE." The Phoenix said as he gazed down at Hope whom slowly rose her head and opened her eyes to reveal two orange flames.
BGM: DBZ: Pikkon's Theme (Silent Warrior Mix) (Youtube it.)
"You know what?" Hope asked as a small smile graced her lips. "Yeah. I have." Hope said as she hopped off of the car and began walking towards the Phoenix while both of her hands ignited in a flaming energy. "But if you want my body…" Hope trailed off as she tilted her head with a smirk. "…come and take it."
"SUCH INSOLENCE. I SHALL CONSUME YOU!" The Phoenix boomed as the jetpack Hope wore under her cloak ignited before she blasted up towards the celestial entity.
"You'll try!" Hope shouted before flaming optic blasts release from her eyes and into the Phoenix. The Phoenix showed no signs of the attack affecting it as it flew down toward Hope who's right fist began to crackle a bit as she reached down into herself and drew upon the power of the Scarlet Witch.
*Flashback*
"The reason we're meditating so much is increase your range so to speak." Spider-Man said as Hope sat in a lotus position. "Your powers will increase the closer you are to the Phoenix but if we train this now, then when the time comes in theory you should be able to draw upon all of the known mutations."
"Whoa." Hope said with wide-eyes as she thought of the possibilities.
"And when that's done, I'll teach you a move that's taken me years to master." A voice spoke up making them turn to find Goku "My secret technique called…."
*Flashback: End*
…Hakai!
Hope extended her hand out and unleashed a powerful blast, and unlike the previous attack, this one had a noticeable effect with the addition of Scarlet Witch's hex energy. The Phoenix's head whipped up as it released a pained screech while its entire body shot high into the air.
With the Heroes
"Wow! Even if it's just an imitation of Beerus' technique, The Scarlet Witch's power more than makes up for it!" Goku grinned.
The thrusters on Hope's jetpack increased in intensity as she blasted towards the massive entity and began attacking it from every direction mid-air with both of her fist blazing brightly. The Phoenix couldn't help but get batted around as it was far too big to effectively fight against her.
"That's…oddly familiar." Naruto mused making Spider-Man snort.
"Yeah, it's what you did when you snapped. When Hope saw the recording she made me take her to the garage for flying lessons." Spider-Man said before shaking his head. "Almost wrecked the Spider-Mobile."
Suddenly the Phoenix released an earth shattering cry as it send Hope flying away from it when a pulse of energy ripped from its body.
"TO THINK…" The Phoenix muttered as its body began to shrink as it shone brightly. Hope watched with wide-eyes as its power began to spike as it became more condensed. "I WOULD BE FORCED TO SINK TO YOUR LEVEL"
*FABOOOOOOM!*
Hope had to shield her eyes as a torrent of energy released from the Phoenix as it completely changed forms. A sinister chuckle got her attention as she looked up to see…
With the Heroes
"Jean…"Wolverine muttered as the heroes watched apprehensively as the Phoenix to the form of a sinister Jean grey whom was clad in a black and gold version of her costume.
With Hope
"Now…" the Dark Phoenix muttered with a sickening grin.
*Flash*
*BOOOOM!*
"…Let's try this again." Dark Phoenix said cruelly as she buried her knee into Hope's abdomen making the teen keel over before she was backhanded into the streets below. "I wanted a host, but you know what? I think I can wait to find another." Dark Phoenix said as a flaming phoenix shaped blast formed in front of her hand. "Now die in the blaze of the Phoenix's inferno."
"Like hell!" Hope shouted as she pulled herself from the crater and drew on Blink's power before creating a massive portal in front of her as another one appeared behind Dark Phoenix. The Phoenix blast went into the portal and instantly exited out of the one behind its caster. Hope narrowed her eyes as she suddenly drew on Magneto's power.
*FABOOOOOOOM!*
"Gah!" The Dark Phoenix shouted before grunting as it was quickly bound by large twisted pieces of metal which acted like make-shift chains. Normally she would be able to break free easily but it seemed Hope was using her fragment of her power to reinforce them.
*Flash*
The Dark Phoenix looked up angrily as Hope teleported above her mid-flip as six bone-claws ripped from her hands as she drew on Wolverine's power. Suddenly the bone claws were coated in metal as she also drew on Colossus' power.
Hope's jetpack propelled her forward like a bullet as she spun around rapidly towards Dark Phoenix.
*SHING!*
"*GAK!*" The Dark Phoenix's eyes were open wide in agony as massive cuts appeared over her body while she was bound by the chains. Hope landed on the ground beneath her with on one knee with her head bowed. A shadow was cast over her eyes as her blazing irises shone brightly. Slowly, she stood up as the Dark Phoenix's body exploded.
*Flashback*
"Remember tier six of being a hero, Hope. Badasses don't look back at the explosion." Spider-Man said seriously making her look at him incredulously.
"Are…are you serious with this?"
"Trust me, I've never been more serious." Spider-Man said as he crossed his arms with a nod. Hell Naruto, Goku, and Ichigo who were all prepping for a mission nodded in agreement.
*Flashback: End*
With the Heroes
"Nice." Ichigo said with a smirk as Spider-Man acted as though he were wiping a tear from his eye.
"I'm…so proud." Spider-Man said as he choked up. "They grow up so fast."
With Hope
BGM: END
Before the Dark Phoenix could reform, Hope held one hand up once the explosion finally died down.
"Listen to me, past vessels of the Phoenix Force. Many of you have fallen to its darkness but I know that there are still some, like me, whom refused to go down without a fight. Whom didn't fail. It's the only reasons the universe is still alive. I ask all of you, my predecessors, to give me your strength for one last fight." Hope begged as the Dark Phoenix reformed. "Please!"
"Fool do you think-"The Dark Phoenix was cut off as she was forced to hold her body as small phoenixes peeled themselves from it and shot towards Hope. "What…impossible!" The Dark Phoenix shouted angrily as they slammed into Hope and gave her their fragments of the Phoenix force. Hope smiled brightly as her jetpack and cloak disintegrated while her costume transformed into a white and gold version Dark Phoenix's.
BGM: Sonic Unleashed OST - Perfect Dark Gaia
"Nothing is impossible." White Phoenix said with a smile as she walked towards Dark Phoenix whom mirrored her actions, their surroundings turning to dust. "Now how about we actually try for once?"
!Spider- Sense!
White Phoenix leaned back just in time to dodge a flaming drop kick from the enrage Dark Phoenix.
"You…how?" Dark Phoenix muttered she could read her counterpart's mind. She knew that the white-clad woman had no idea what attack she was going to use.
"This power shattered my limits…I'm no longer bound to just my species…I have the strength of whoever has placed their hope into me." White Phoenix muttered as she slid into the way of the Spider stance. "I no longer have to even think to fight you, I'll just let my body do all the work. Try to keep up." White Phoenix shouted as she and Dark Phoenix charged each other. Once they met, they both simply vanishing as after images of them fighting appeared all over the city.
Then the state.
The country.
The continent.
And finally the world.
Their flaming after images almost made it appear as though the very world was on fire.
Space
White Phoenix ducked under a stream of flame-like energy before teleporting under Dark Phoenix and grabbing her by her ankles. White Phoenix spun around rapidly before slinging her counterpart through the void of space.
Pluto
Dark Phoenix grunted as she slammed into the rock and glared up to find White Phoenix only for her counterpart to suddenly appear and slam both of her feet into Dark Phoenix's chest with enough force to shatter the entirety of Pluto.
"Well it wasn't a planet anymore anyway." White Phoenix mused before blasting forward and punching Dark Phoenix in the face. "Face it. This type of combat is too new for you to be a threat. Give up."]White Phoenix sent to Dark Phoenix telepathically.
"No…I will not be beaten like this, I will not lose to my own power!"]Dark Phoenix shouted before reverting into its massive form. ["EVEN IF I HAVE TO DESTROY MYSELF WITH YOU AND THE REST OF THIS WRETCHED GALAXY!"
"No…" White Phoenix whispered as the massive bird turned its entire body into one large Phoenix blast.
"DIE IN MY BLAZE!" Dark Phoenix boomed before slamming its massive beak into White Phoenix' chest. White Phoenix gritted her teeth as they blasted through the void. No matter what she tried she couldn't find a way to slow it down.
There was nothing she could do.
Nothing could stop this.
*Flashback*
"Hope, there will be times when you believe you have no choice and that no matter how hard you try you will fail." Spider-Man said solemnly. "And hell sometimes that will be true, but you know what? You don't have the luxury of accepting that."
"The hell is that supposed to mean!?"
"It means you have to make your own choice even when something seems impossible, it doesn't matter. You will succeed. I know you will." Spider-Man said making her glare at him.
"What kind of half-assed advice is that? How could you possibly know I will succeed-"Hope stopped when he simply laughed and placed a hand on her head.
"Because, kid, you're you. That's all the reasoning I need." Spider-Man said making her look at him incredulously.
"That's all any of us need." A tired voice called out making her glance across the lab to see the exhausted Naruto winking at her.
"You're gonna be fine, girl." Ichigo muttered.
"Yeah, ain't nothing gonna take you out!" Goku said with a laugh.
*Flashback: End*
"That's right." White Phoenix realized. "They put their hope in me, I can't lose like this…I can't fail them!"
*SNICKT!*
Her phoenix enforced claws stabbed into the massive entity as she called on the healing factors of both Wolverine and Laura to repair the massive hole in her chest.
"WHAT CAN YOU DO!? YOU'VE REACHED THE LIMIT OF YOUR POWER!"
"I'll just have to break that limit then won't I?" White Phoenix declared as Earth grew closer and closer while her body began to crack as she drew on Captain Marvel's power as her body suddenly transformed.
"WHAT!? NO!"
White Phoenix's body suddenly appeared to have transformed into Binary only her skin seemed to turn into pure energy. One couldn't tell where her face ended and her hair began. She had on a copy of Binary's costume only instead of two star shaped holes over her chest, there was a phoenix shaped opening above her bust.
"I'll take your power!" White Phoenix declared as she absorbed the massive Phoenix whom screamed in horror as it was sucked into the woman's body. White Phoenix screamed as she completely absorbed the Phoenix before her body returned to its more human appearance.
BGM: END
With The Heroes
*Flash*
"It's over." White Phoenix said as she appeared before the heroes with a teleport.
"Told you, you could do it." Spider-Man said making her chuckle. "And with a surprising lack of damage…I mean yeah, a few streets are gone but at least the city is standing."
"Yeah, well we kind of lost Pluto." White Phoenix said sheepishly. "Kind of blew it up after I kicked her into it." White Phoenix said making them gape at her.
"Sorry." White Phoenix said sheepishly before flying up. "Now, it's time to rid the universe of this power once and for all."
"FOOL! YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THAT EASY!? YOU FELL INTO MY TRAP! THERE IS STILL ONE SMALL FRAGMENT LEFT" The Dark Phoenix boomed inside of White Phoenix's head. White Phoenix screamed as she held her head tightly as Cyclops' body slowly stood.
"N…no." Cyclops gritted his teeth as he struggled against the Phoenix controlling his body. Before anyone could register what was going on, a phoenix-shaped optic blast tore from his visor and but unfortunately Goku appeared in front of Hope and backhanded the optic blast. Cyclops then passed out once more due to the sheer mental exhaustion.
"THIS CAN'T BE! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!" The Dark Phoenix screamed as it's final attack had failed
"Out of my fucking head!" White Phoenix roared as slowly, she flew back and raised her hands high into the air as she drew on Scarlet Witch's power. "No more destruction."
The heroes watched in amazement as the city repaired itself as a flaming halo appeared above her head while her burning wings shone brightly.
"And no more Phoenix!"
Space
The entirety of the Phoenix Force floated above the planet before releasing an agonized cry as it shattered. Its power rained down upon earth and showered some of its inhabitants with remnants of its power as its soul plus the souls of its previous vessels all went to the afterlife.
New York
"Rogers, I'm getting a crap ton of reports of new mutants appearing out of nowhere!" Iron Man said making the X-Men look at him in shock.
"I used the Phoenix to fix what Wanda had broken." Hope said as she stared at the X-Men, obviously not caring about what she had just did for her people. Hope glanced at Kitty and Rachel with a nod. "I saved mutant-kind and stopped the Phoenix. I completed my destiny, so you can all kiss my ass. I quit."
"But Hope-"Beast was cut off when Hope raised her hand to silence him.
"I quit." Hope repeated not giving a damn what any of them had to say. "Go find your new students."
"Whoa." Spider-Man gasped. "Hope…best pupil ever." Spider-Man chuckled as the young woman raced forward and hugged him tightly.
"Remember what you taught me, everybody gets one." Hope said with a tearful smile.
"That they do, that they do." Spider-Man said as he patted her back while the rest of his friends rushed over to him, relief on all of their faces. "The war is over."
"Yeah and my life can begin." Hope said before feeling a bit scared. "And I have no idea what to do." Hope muttered only to look up at Spider-Man when he held her tighter.
"I told you kid, We all got your back."
BGM: END
The Next Night
BGM: Opportunity (SIA version)-Annie 2014 OST
…and after that the city went on like nothing happened, New York is really too used to this kind of crap in my opinion. The Avengers helped the X-Men track some of the new mutants. Scott-world's-biggest-Dick-Summers is in the Raft facing a life sentence. Emma surrendered peacefully since she was consumed by the guilt of what she did when she was possessed. Apparently it's because she murdered a man who accidently ran over a mutant in front of his own family.
Poor Xavier is in a coma, but he's alive at least so there is that.
Wanda was shaken about what happened during the wae but decided she really did want to be a hero again so Naruto and Ichigo agreed to train her with the others. Apparently Naruto, Ichigo,The Saiyans, and Spider-Man had plans to make a smaller task force or something in the future. I was offered a position too but…
…fuck that.
As for how I am living now?
"Ready, Hope? We need to leave if we wanna make it to the school orientation." Peter said making Hope look up from her journal.
"I'll be right there." Hope said with a smile before continuing her writing.
"Life is great…no…" Hope thought as she looked up at Peter. "…It's amazing."
AN: So that's the end of this arc. I apologize for taking so long considering I've been busy with some real life stuff lately. So Hope's now trying to live a normal life and Xavier's alive, that would put a huge dent in the Red Skull's plans. As for Cyclops? I have something for him later so stayed tuned for that. Next chapter will focus on Alpha and how everyone reacts to the Shonen Alliance. Then after that, we'll move on to the Dying Wish arc, something that I'm looking forward to write about. Until then, see you next time!