Chapter 7 – The Battle for Earth: Part 1


Avengers Mansion, Republic City

"Olympus is gone…gone." Hercules said as he tried to cope with the fact that his home and his brethren had been killed by the Chaos King and his minions.

"And Earth will be next if we don't do anything to stop that thing." Giant-Man said while he worked on a device that could help them.

"What are you doing?" Wasp asked her boyfriend.

"If we lose this war...we'll need some assurance that the people of this Earth find refuge in another Earth." Giant-Man responded as he continued to build the construct.

"Another Earth!? But…how…is that even remotely possible?" Wasp asked him again.

"Not with our technology, impossible even. But with I was able to salvage from the destroyed Kree Sentry bot, the Asgardian and Olympian tech that Hercules and Balder brought to us and my brains we can open a gateway to the Spirit World and then enter the Nexus and escape." Giant-Man explained. He placed one of his tools on the table and turned to look at Janetto. "This is just a fallback plan, we'll win."

"I hope so." Wasp said as she walked towards her room. Giant-Man looked as she exited Kuro's Workshop that he had borrowed to make the construct.

"Do you believe that we'll win?" Hercules asked Hang.

"I would be lying if I said no." Hang responded as he went back to his work.


Somewhere Else…

"Thor…I think that your hammer's busted." Korra said as she only saw darkness.

"Mjolnir cannot detect any sort of exit from this place." Thor responded as he made Mjolnir glow, giving some light on their surroundings. "We're trapped for the moment."

"What happened in Olympus…is happening on Asgard and the other realms. Without a leader, our people are going to fall." Balder said as he took out his helmet and rubbed his head. His white hair dirty with blood and dirt.

"They will hold as long as possible, we need to stop the Chaos King and once we do then this will be over." Thor said, reassuring his younger brother.

"Hey, why is the ground purple?" Korra said as she looked at the floor, it was metallic and was colored in a shade of dark purple.

Then a pair of squared eyes opened behind them. "ALWAYS ARE YOU QUESTIONING, ALWAYS RESTLESS AND TO THINK THAT I ONCE FOOLISHLY THOUGHT THAT UNLIKE MYSELF LESSER BEINGS COULD BE CONTENT. HAHAHAHAHA…." The voice thundered through the darkness.

"It is you once more…Devourer of Worlds." Balder said as the mighty World Eater appeared. "We are standing on your open palm."

"Galactus! We believed that you were dead." Korra said as she gazed upon the space-god once again.

"YOU SHOULD NOT WORRY FOR GALACTUS OR ANY OF THE OTHER ABSTRACTS, AVATAR OF EARTH. LISTEN AND LISTEN WELL FOR THERE IS SOMETHING ASIDE THE ARMY OF DARKNESS COMING TOWARDS YOUR WORLD." Galactus responded.

"Speak mighty Galactus!" Thor said, wanting to hear what the cosmic god had to tell.

"MAD GODS ARE COMING, NOT THE SKYFATHERS OF THE DOOMED PLANETS THAT THE CHAOS KING HAS ERADICATED BUT SOMETHING MUCH WORSE. THE CELESTIALS HAVE BEEN TAINTED BY THE DARKNESS." Galactus heeded.

"Impossible, those beings are part of the cosmos itself they cannot fall prey to the dark being!" Balder shouted, not believing Galactus' words.

"IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE, GODLING. NONE ARE SAFE FROM CHAOS' INPURITY. BUT I HAVE CONSUMED FOUR PLANETS FOR THIS VERY EVENT; I WILL PROTECT YOUR WORLD FROM THIS THREAT." Galactus informed them.

"You will? But why?" Korra asked.

"GALACTUS GAVE A PROMISE ONCE, TO NOT CLAIM THIS WORLD TO DEATH BUT TO LET IT LIVE. IF I ALLOW THESE MAD BEINGS SET IT ABLAZE WILL I NOT BE GOING AGAINST MY VERY WORD? LIKE I ONCE DID AGAINST THE GRANDMASTER AND HIS ALLY, I WILL DEFEND YOU, AVATAR KORRA."

The palm of Galactus then began to change…


Republic City, Earth

The trio were now standing on a grassy field, they looked around…they were back on Earth. Could it have been possible that what Galactus says is true? There's no reason to doubt the Devourer's words.

"We have to prepare." Thor said. "Brother, you have to return to Asgard and cleanse it from the darkness."

"Yes." Balder acknowledged his brother's orders and opened a portal to Asgard.

"Korra, we have to tell the others that the Chaos King's invasion is soon to hit Earth." Thor said.

"Right." Korra responded.


Beyond The Moon's Orbit

"THE UNIVERSE HAS A REASON TO HAVE ME HERE, TO PROTECT THE LAST BASTION OF LIFE IN IT…THIS GALAXY SHALL NOT FALL TO THE DARK HAND OF OBLIVION AND CHAOS. THIS IS WHY I AM HERE…" Galactus said as he looked on towards the endless sea of space.

"THIS IS THE DEATH I HAVE BEEN FORESHADOWED. MAD GODS HAVE COME TO DESTROY US ALL." Galactus saw a number of immense robotic-like beings appear in front of him. Wielding great power cosmic with them, Galactus was not intimidated seeing these mad titans using his precious power, the power of the universe itself.

"THE CELESTIALS HAVE ARRIVED."