Chapter 7
Reign of Evil
Part 3
Synopsis: Yoshi, Spider-Man, Felicia and Spawn are embroiled in a battle with Fin Fang Foom, and all seems lost until the Avengers arrive. Meanwhile, the Smash Brothers attempt to stop the Lizard from unleashing his Lizard serum across Smash City, with a little help from Delta Team. Later on, Spider-Man and Yoshi find themselves confronted by the Savage Squad and the Sinister Six while Felicia faces off against a monstrous raptor named Riptor and a brainwashed Jon Talbain. Lastly, Knuckles and Silver search through the Mystic Ruins for the first three pieces of the Master Emerald, but they encounter a new and more deadly threat in the process.
Guest Appearances: Spider-Man, Felicia, Spawn, Lizard, Fin Fang Foom, The Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Thor, Hulk, Giant-Man, Ms. Marvel, Wolverine, Spider-Woman) Delta Team (Morrigan, Sophitia, Valkyrie, Klonoa, Dante, Chun-Li, Cammy, Taki, Zero), Riptor, Jon Talbain, Sinister Six, etc.
Supporting Characters: Smash Brothers, Knuckles, Silver, etc.
"I know that I've fought plenty of monsters before, but this is ridiculous." said Yoshi as he dodged a tail whip from Fin Fang Foom.
"Tell me about it." said Spider-Man whom managed to swing clear of Foom's acidic blasts.
"Will you two get serious for once, there are goddamn lives at stake!" snapped Spawn as he threw fiery balls of Necroplasm at Foom.
"Gee Spawn, you think maybe you could try lightening up?" asked a sarcastic Yoshi.
"Just shut up and get your damn head in the game, knucklehead!"
"And I thought Wolverine had anger issues." muttered Spider-Man.
Yoshi, Spider-Man, Felicia and Spawn all continued to clash with Fin Fang Foom, who proved to be more than a handful. Spidey was able to throw off his focus for a bit with few globs of webbing to the face, but this only served to anger the dragon. Felicia used her reflexes to evade his stomps while using her claws to scratch him, but her attacks didn't appear to have any effect on his thick skin. However, her running on all fours was slightly off due to still feeling pain in her right arm, which wasn't fully healed.
"Time to put my Multi-purpose bracelets to the test." said Yoshi.
With sheer concentration, the bracelets began to expand and form around his arms before encasing his body in some kind of advanced hi-tech armor, which included the metal being fused to his web shooters and Infinite Backpack.
"Now it's go time."
Spawn lashed out at Foom with his Agony Axe, but the dragon swatted him away, knocking him onto a taxi cab. He quickly recovered in an instant and jumped back into action. Yoshi followed up by leaping into the air and striking Foom in the gut with a powerful, energized punch which sent the dragon stumbling backwards a few feet before regaining his balance.
"Is that all you've got?" taunted Foom.
"No, I'm just getting started."
As the heroes continued to fight on, Fin Fang Foom began to get more aggressive. All the attacks they used on him did nothing to slow him down as he kept on coming, even Spawn's deadly attacks and Yoshi's technology did nothing to harm him. The heroes themselves were giving it all they had, only to find that they were fighting a losing battle. Foom currently had the advantage due to his incredible power and massive size. He snatched up the heroes in his clutches, attempting to crush them to death.
"Now you fools will suffer the wrath of Fin Fang Foom." snarled the giant.
"Save it freak show, your threats don't scare me!" Spawn snapped.
"Hmm, your resistance is impressive. But it shall do you no good, your fate is sealed."
"Not today, vile beast!" said a new voice.
Suddenly, Foom was hit in the face by a thrown hammer, forcing him to drop the four heroes from his grasp. Yoshi and Spider-Man both used their web shooters to slow their descent while Spawn used his cape to float down safely. Felicia however was caught in midair by a giant hand, which belonged to none other than Henry Pym, also known as Giant-Man.
"Hey, I know you. You're Giant-Man." said Felicia.
"Me and the other Avengers thought you could use a helping hand." said Giant-Man.
The hammer that was previously thrown had quickly returned to it's owner, which turned out to be the Mighty Thor, Asgardian God of Thunder.
He was soon followed by the arrival of Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, the Incredible Hulk, Wolverine, Ms. Marvel and Spider-Woman.
"Avengers Assemble!" called Captain America.
"Wow, the Avengers. Earth's Mightiest Heroes, what a surprise." said Yoshi.
Suddenly, the tables were turned in favor of the heroes as they all worked together to take on Fin Fang Foom. Iron Man and Ms. Marvel attacked him from the air with repulsors and photon beams, Wolverine used his admantium claws to slash at his skin, Hawkeye fired out a barrage of explosive arrows while the Hulk attacked with powerful and violent punches. Thor used his mighty hammer Mjolnir to call down lightning from the sky and fire it at the giant dragon. After putting Felicia down safely, Giant-Man joined in the battle by grappling with Foom, attempting to bring him down. Captain America tossed his shield with incredible accuracy as it slammed straight into the monster's face, with Spider-Woman following up by blasting Foom with her Venom Blasts.
Soon, Spawn got back in on the action, using his Agony Axe and Necroplasm attacks to inflict damage upon Foom. Spider-Man and Felicia were working around the clock to get the remaining civilians out of harm's way while Yoshi projected a large energy barrier from his armor to shield them from Foom's attacks.
"I am such a genius. I almost thought my Multi-purpose Bracelets wouldn't work." said Yoshi.
"You never cease to amaze me." said Spider-Man.
Meanwhile in Smash City...
The Lizard dodged a barrage of gun shots from S.W.A.R.M troopers as he fought his way through them, taking them down one by one with his ferocious claws, tail whips, brute strength and lethal jaws.
He rampaged through the streets of the city, throwing cars and knocking over trucks and sending the citizens into a panic. On his back he was carrying some kind of device he had stolen from the Science Facility, with the intention of using it to spread his Lizard serum across the city, turning everyone into creatures like himself.
But halfway during his rampage, The Lizard was hit in the side by a big blue ball which came out of nowhere, knocking him off his feet. The blue ball turned out to be Sonic the Hedgehog, whom was soon joined by Mario, Donkey Kong, Bowser, Ness and Captain Falcon.
"Going somewhere, Lizard boy?" taunted Sonic.
"You fools are only delaying the inevitable. You won't stop me from accomplishing my plan." snarled the Lizard.
"Save it, you're going down." said Bowser while cracking his knuckles.
The Lizard lunged at the Smashers, lashing at them with his deadly claws. Bowser blocked the attacks with his shell and struck the Lizard with a punch to the snout. Shrugging it off, the monstrous reptile grappled with the koopa as they both attempted to overpower each other, with Bowser giving it all he had. Despite his best efforts, Bowser found himself being lifted off the ground with relative ease and then tossed onto a nearby car.
The rest of the Smashers got in on the action. Mario shot out a barrage of fireballs, which the Lizard managed to dodge with surprising agility. Donkey Kong rushed in for a punch, only to be smacked into a street light by the Lizard's powerful tail. Sonic went in for a homing attack, but the Lizard swatted him away into the window of a pawn shop. Ness used a PK Thunder and Captain Falcon initiated a Raptor Combo, with both attacks sending the Lizard stumbling backwards a few feet. Hissing angrily, the Lizard charged forward and rammed into Falcon with a headbutt before grabbing him and throwing him into Mario. Ness was about to use PK Flash, only for the Lizard to clutch him by the head and slam him on the ground, followed by throwing him aside.
A recovered Bowser shot out a fireball from his mouth, which hit the Lizard from long range. Enraged, he started to charge towards Bowser head on, with Bowser returning the favor. Right as they closed in, the Lizard launched Bowser over his head with surprising strength, flipping him into the air before using his tail like a baseball bat to send him flying through the brick wall of a building. Suddenly, a recovered DK came up and tackled the Lizard to the ground, where he proceeded to pound into his face with multiple punches. But at the last minute, the savage reptile caught his fists and kicked him off, jumping back to his feet.
Mario jumped into the fray and struck the Lizard with a punch to the jaw, followed by a knee to the gut and a kick across the face. Falcon came in with a Falcon Kick, Sonic followed up with another Homing Attack while Ness used a PK Fire. In a fit of rage, the Lizard knocked them all away in random directions.
"Pathetic fools, you are no match for the Lizard. No one can stop me!" he taunted them.
"Well now I wouldn't say that." said a new voice.
The Lizard was struck from behind by a midair kick to the head, which knocked him to the ground. He growled as he turned to face his new opponent, who turned out to be Chun-Li, one of Yoshi and Sonic's teammates from Delta Team. She was accompanied by her fellow teammates Morrigan, Sophitia, Valkyrie, Dante, Klonoa, Cammy, Taki and Zero.
"It's about time I got in on some well deserved action." said Dante.
"For once, you and I both agree on something." said Cammy.
"Wretched heroes, you won't stop me so easily." the Lizard sneered.
"Save it for someone who cares." remarked Taki.
With that, the battle raged on. The two teams of heroes began working together to take down the Lizard. But alas, the fight was still slightly even, as the Lizard managed to hold out against them with limited effort. Despite being repeatedly kicked, punched, thrown, slashed and even blasted with brute force, he continued to fight back with incredible ferocity. He even went so far as to viciously bite DK's arm, slash Falcon across the chest and smack Mario into Sophitia with his tail.
"Just give it up freak, you can't fight us all at once." taunted Sonic.
But the Lizard merely laughed as he stood near an entrance to the sewer before responding.
"Who said I was trying to fight you, this wasn't even a warm up. I told you before, you were only delaying the inevitable."
"Stuff it, you're done." remarked Bowser.
"You clueless fools. You don't seem to understand one thing."
"And what's that?"
"I haven't even begun to fight!"
With a sadistic smirk, the Lizard lifted his arms up. Soon, a horde of giant humanoid lizard-like creatures emerged from out of the sewer and rallied behind him. They were not mutated humans, but in fact normal lizards whom were transformed by the villainous reptile's experiments.
"Now my fellow brethren, go forth and attack these wretched fools!" he commanded.
Doing as they were told, the army of monstrous reptiles charged towards the heroes while the Lizard himself made his escape.
"The Lizard's getting away." said Falcon.
"We don't have time to catch him, we have bigger problems to worry about with these reptilian freaks." said Mario.
"In other words, it's show time." said Dante.
Back in New York...
"Thanks for all the help. I have to say that it's quite an honor to have the privilege of fighting alongside the Avengers." said Yoshi as he shook hands with Captain America while standing before a defeated Fin Fang Foom.
"The Avengers always help anyone in need." said Cap.
"It's been a while Spidey, haven't seen you around at Avengers Tower very often." said Iron Man.
"You know me, just out doing what I do best." said Spider-Man.
"Wait a minute, where did Spawn go?" Felicia wondered while looking around.
"Who?" asked Ms. Marvel.
"Spawn, he was just here not too long ago."
"Spawn, who the heck is that?" asked a confused Hawkeye.
"He's this big scary looking guy who we've met twice today. He's not real easy to get along with though, he's got a rather bad temper, can't even take a joke." said Yoshi.
"Kinda like Wolverine over here."
"Watch it bub!" snarled Wolverine.
"Hey, Felicia's got a point. One minute he was here, then all of a sudden he vanishes for some reason." Spider-Man pointed out.
Later on after Foom was taken away by S.H.I.E.L.D, Yoshi and his two fellow heroes went off on patrol throughout New York, keeping an eye out for any signs of villain activity.
"I still don't get why Spawn would just ditch us like that." said Yoshi while navigating across the buildings, running and jumping across from one building to the next.
"He could at least have stuck around long enough to meet the Avengers though." said Spider-Man whom was travelling along with him via web swinging.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we ran into him a third time."
"Hey, cut him some slack guys, maybe he just had other things to do at the moment." said Felicia whom was running on all fours down the sidewalk. But halfway in her travel, she stopped short when she spotted what looked like a blue and white werewolf running nearby.
"Jon Talbain, what's he doing here?" she wondered to herself.
"Hey Felicia, why you'd stop?" called Yoshi from on top of a building.
"I'll catch up with you guys later, there's something else I gotta do first."
With that, she took off after her intended target, leaving Spider-Man and Yoshi behind.
"Where is she going?" asked Spider-Man.
"Not sure, she said there was something that she had to do."
"That sounds strange. Why would-
But Spider-Man paused his response upon detecting incoming danger.
"Spider Sense, that doesn't seem good."
"You are quite right, Spider-Man!" said a voice from behind.
Suddenly, Spider-Man was ambushed from behind by none other than the Vulture, who rammed into him and sent him falling down onto a car.
"SPIDER-MAN!" screamed Yoshi in alarm.
But as he jumped down to check on him, Yoshi was subjected to being charged from the side by a humanoid Bighorn sheep, sending him slamming into a wall.
"Bet you didn't see that coming, dino boy!" said the villain.
Yoshi retaliated with a sucker punch across the face.
"Right back at ya, Big Ram!"
"I wouldn't get cocky if I were you!"
Yoshi and Spider-Man quickly stood side by side as they found themselves confronted by The Sinister Six, which consisted of Doc Ock, Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Sandman, Electro and Rhino. They were accompanied by The Savage Squad, consisting of Mega Gator, Mighty Bull, Big Trunk, Big Ram and Boa.
"The Sinister Six, never thought I'd run into you guys again after the last time we met." Spider-Man teased.
"I could say the same thing about the zoo animals over there." Yoshi teased.
"Joke around while you can Yoshi. Because we're gonna crush you like the pests that you are!" said Mega Gator.
"Ooh, I'm so scared that I'm shaking in my suit." Spider-Man remarked.
"I assume you guys are working for Cybergon and Doom?" asked Yoshi.
"Cybergon and Doom promised us loads of money in return if we took care of some loose ends for them. In other words, that means getting rid of you big shot heroes." said Mighty Bull.
"What do you say to this Spidey?"
"Well Yoshi, I say it's time teach these goons a lesson, the hard way."
Getting into their fighting stances, the two heroes braced themselves as the villains moved in to attack them. Pretty soon, it erupted into an all out big brawl, with Spider-Man taking on the Sinister Six while Yoshi clashed with the Savage Squad.
Meanwhile, Felicia was still on her trek through the city as she tried to follow Jon Talbain. She had last seen him running off towards an old abandoned construction site on the far Eastern parts of the city. But little did Felicia suspect that she was being lured into a trap.
"I don't understand why Jon would be here in New York at all. What could he possibly be up to?" she pondered.
By the time she made it to the construction site, she looked around the area for Jon. Her feline senses of smell and hearing would enable her to keep eye on her surroundings.
Unbeknownst to her, Felicia was being watched from the shadows of an alley by a bloodthirsty creature.
"Jon, it's me Felicia. Are you here?" she called out.
The monstrous creature snarled with hunger as it waited patiently, opting for the moment to strike it's intended prey.
"Jon, stop playing around. This isn't funny, just come out already." said a now irritated Felicia.
"F-felicia." said a new voice.
Felicia turned her attention toward the source of the voice, which came from behind a stack wooden planks.
"Jon?"
She watched before her eyes as Jon Talbain came walking from behind his hiding spot. However, he appeared to be in some kind of pain as he was clutching his head with one hand.
"Jon what's wrong, are you okay?" she asked with concern while approaching him.
"Stay back, don't come any closer!" he warned her while backing away.
"Jon I'm your friend, I only want to help."
"I said stay back!"
"Jon, what's the matter with you?"
"Felicia listen to me. You have to run away, I don't want to-AAAAAAAAH!
He screamed with agony as he fell to his knees, clutching his head even tighter.
"THE PAIN, MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT ST-AAAAH!"
"JON!" said a shocked Felicia as she ran to him.
But in an unexpected response, Jon clutched her throat and lifted her off the ground as he stood back up.
"Jon...what...are you doing?" she asked in a strained tone.
It was from the moment he raised his head up that Felicia had noticed something different about him. His eyes, instead of being yellow like always, were now bright red. He snarled aggressively while raising his free hand in the air, with his sharp claws bared out. It didn't even take long for Felicia to find out the reason for why he was behaving this way.
"He's being controlled, but how?" thought Felicia.
Having no other choice, Felicia knew what she had to do. Just as Jon brought his claws forward, Felicia caught his arm and countered with a knee to he face, freeing herself from his grasp before tossing him over her shoulder. Felicia quickly assumed her fighting stance as Jon regained his footing and turned to face her.
"Jon, as your friend, I don't want to hurt you. But if I have to knock you out, then so be it!" she told him.
As much as she didn't want to fight him, she knew that there was no way to talk him out of it.
At that moment while she was distracted, the unknown creature soon came charging out towards her, revealing itself to be a giant, humanoid raptor-like monster with orange skin, green eyes, a yellow belly and black stripes. At the same time, Jon began to run towards Felicia in an attempt to attack her.
But right as both of them lunged at her, Felicia quickly moved out of the way, causing them to crash into each other. Felicia could only brace herself for combat as she watched them regain their footing before focusing their attention upon her.
"Riptor's here too, I don't believe it. Yoshi had told me about how this monster almost killed him when they first fought. I'd better be careful though, I don't wanna risk becoming raptor chow."
Elsewhere...
Knuckles and Silver had started off their search in the rain forest of Mystic Ruins, looking for the scattered pieces of the Master Emerald. Knuckles had detected the energy signature of the first three pieces, which were located somewhere around the area.
"Keep an eye out Silver, I think we might be getting closer to one of the pieces." said Knuckles as they went along the path.
"I don't understand. What could a robot like Cybergon want with the Master Emerald?" asked Silver.
"I'm not sure, he must be planning something big. But there's no way I'll let him get his hands on my emerald."
But Silver suddenly stopped halfway along the path, prompting Knuckles to stop as well.
"What's wrong Silver?" asked Knuckles.
"We're not alone, someone else is here. Whoever it is, they might be after the Emerald shards too."
Realizing that they didn't have much time, Knuckles and Silver sped up their pace as they rushed off to find the first piece before it was too late.
Unfortunately, this was not to be the case.
Before they even saw it coming, in the blink of an eye, a fast moving black blur suddenly zoomed out of nowhere and struck Silver in the face, knocking him back several feet away from Knuckles.
"SILVER!"
Knuckles didn't have time to act, however, as the same black blur slammed into him from behind. After recovering, Knuckles attempted to confront the threat, but he found that he was unable to concentrate on his target.
"This thing's too fast, I can't follow it's movements."
He suddenly heard a scary and demonic laugh which sent a shiver down his spine. Before long, the black blur came to a stop in front of him from a few feet away, thus allowing Knuckles to get a clear visual of it.
It was a dark looking, ominous and creepy demon with glowing red eyes and no visible mouth. It had a long, prehensile tail, a muscular physique and long, porcupine-like quills on it's head.
"Who the hell are you?" Knuckles demanded.
"I am Blackheart." replied the demon in a raspy, evil tone.
"If you're after the Master Emerald shards, then you're just wasting time."
"Oh, you mean these?"
Blackheart raised his hand up to reveal that he was holding three shards of the Master Emerald.
"Give me those shards!" Knuckles snapped.
Blackheart only laughed at him.
"You think you can stop me?" Blackheart taunted.
"He won't be fighting alone!" said a recovered Silver whom landed down next to Knuckles.
"You pathetic fools won't stand a chance against me."
"We'll just see about that."
To Be Continued
Finally, Chapter 8 is up and running. Sorry for the long delay.
Well, things have just gotten more interesting for the heroes.
The Avengers arrived to help Yoshi, Spider-Man, Felicia and Spawn take down Fin Fang Foom.
The Smash Brothers and Delta Team got their butts kicked by the Lizard despite having him outnumbered, and now they have to deal with his army of mutated reptiles.
Spawn disappears, again.
Yoshi and Spider-Man are forced to fight the Savage Squad and the Sinister Six on their own.
Felicia gets lured into a trap and now she has to battle her friend Jon Talbain and the bloodthirsty Riptor in a 1-on-2 battle.
Lastly, Knuckles and Silver get attacked by the evil Blackheart, who has three pieces of the Master Emerald in his possession. They have to fight him in order to retrieve them, but it won't be easy.
Anyway, tune in next time for Chapter 8. Also for a quick heads up, I've got some new story projects on the way. One of them is a prequel story called "Yoshi: A Hero's Beginning", which centers on Yoshi's earlier years back when he first started his hero career.
Until then, later folks.