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Beta Read by: Will S. LaVi (*reduced to a sludge blob due to Finals, awaiting reconstruction)
Featured BGMS
Seven Nation Army (Glitch Mob Remix)- Battlefield One OST
War-Sick Puppies
Let Go-Beau Young Prince
Not Gonna Die-Skillet
Elevate- DJ Khalil- Spiderverse OST
Notification 7: Last Stand
Earth-616: Genosha
Hate.
Hate never changes.
No.
The only thing that changes are its victims.
It's irrational yet persistent.
A disease that will forever remain unhealed despite its obvious cure…
…empathy.
The spread of hatred was an epidemic that brought an end to countless civilizations and people. This was something that the mutants of Earth-616 knew all too well. They had been brought to the brink of extinction by both humans and Inhumans more times than they could count. Each time they persevered, but this wasn't like those times.
Humans didn't do this.
Inhumans didn't do it.
"One of us did this." Jean thought as she stood on a hill while hundreds of sentinels continued to land in Utopia. Each machine only had one goal, the death of as many mutants as possible. As Jean looked at the mutant bodies that littered the battlefield, some unconscious, some…
…not…
…she realized that that wretched goal might be achieved.
"Why? What caused such hatred for us?" Jean wondered as she heard the sinister laughter of Cassandra Nova echo throughout the ruins of Genosha. The bald woman cackled gleefully as she watched the destruction from the inside of a large mech.
"Oh, such a fitting end. Years ago, I laid waste to 16 million lives here and now today I get to finish eradicating the world of you. (FF 1)" Cassandra said cruelly as Jean's body trembled at the reminder of that massacre. "This time you won't escape. Sentinels, attack!"
It was then all hell broke loose as the machines wreaked havoc on the mutants who still attempted to fight back valiantly.
"Jean, we have to go!" Storm said urgently, grabbing Jean by her shoulder. The redhead gritted her teeth as she glared over at Cassandra hatefully.
"I told you and the world that I would heal it." Jean began as she shrugged off Storm's hand. "If I leave now if I run from this hatred, the world will see my mission as a failure."
"The world wants us to fail! No one has come to help!" Storm snapped as her eyes filled with tears. "I've stood and fought for us for so long, trying to live up to Xavier's expectations but we need to face facts. It hasn't gotten us anywhere. Your mission is admirable but it will go unrealized in our lifetimes. We need to retreat!"
"You misunderstood me. I never said that you shouldn't retreat." Jean said ominously. "I agree, you all shouldn't die here. Your stories shouldn't end here. But I have to stay. I have to commit to my goal."
"Jean…you're our leader, we can't leave you!" Storm said, horrified by Jean's words.
"If I'm your leader then you will do as I say and leave." Jean said firmly as she began to walk toward the battle. "I've kept my mental shields on you to protect you all from Cassandra. Once you all leave, I can concentrate on her and the sentinels."
"Jean, you're powerful, but you don't have the Phoenix anymore." Storm said as she swallowed nervously. "If you go out there you will die."
"What's one more death?" Jean asked with a sad smile. "This life was brief, but it was good to see you all again. Now leave, that's an order."
-With Cassandra-
A golden light flashed and Cassandra glanced to the side to see a hooded woman wearing a black costume walk out from a portal. On the costume was a large golden spider (FF 2).
"Hmph, fighting until the end, this is almost tragic." Adriana mused as Cassandra smiled darkly.
"Well if it isn't my mysterious benefactor. You know if it wasn't for you and your incredible foresight, those X-fools would have ruined a lot of my plans." Cassandra mused. "I have you to thank for this army."
"Indeed, though I couldn't care less about your pitiful goals I just needed you to make a big enough mess to get the attention of my real prize." Adriana said as Cassandra sneered at her.
"Careful, you may have power but you do not want to anger me."
"Or what you shrew?" Adriana asked with a raised eyebrow. It was then a crimson flash of light alerted them to a newcomer and they turned to find a man garbed in a red and silver version of Dr. Doom's armor (FF 3).
"Silence. You two will get nowhere. Cassandra cannot be killed and Adriana is not affected by anything you can do, so both of you cease this useless argument." Death Mask ordered which only made Adriana sneer at him.
"Watch your tone before I put you back in your grave." Adriana said as golden flames spilled from her eyes. "You're only alive because I need you to distract the help."
"Hmph." Death Mask muttered before hundreds of copies of himself appeared around the battlefield. "Deathbots attack."
"That's better." Adriana said before she glanced over into the distance. "And look at that, right on time."
-With Jean-
Seeing that she couldn't talk any sense into her friend, Storm was about to begin extracting the surviving mutants when bright blue and red lights caught their attention. Eyes widening, they turned to find Spider-Man stepping from a blue portal while Deadpool cracked his neck next to him.
"Spider-Man?! Are the Avengers coming?" Storm asked in surprise.
"Sorry, but I didn't bring them. I, on the other hand, am not tied down by a global consensus. (FF 4)" Spider-Man said before he looked around. "Oh no…damn it, we couldn't make it in time!" Spider-Man cursed as he saw the destruction. It was then that a hand patted him on his back as an older Spider-Man stepped from the portal wearing a red and blue spider-themed jacket. (FF 5).
"Kid, if there is one thing that I wish I learned at your age it's that you shouldn't beat yourself up over being late. You can't be everywhere at once, just be glad that you showed up at all and work on your timing later." Spider-Man-312500 said sagely. "Now come on, you have a job to do, right?"
"Right, thanks!" Spider-Man said before raising his right fist high as his teleporter shone brightly. "Moderator: Spider-Man-616, initiate wartime protocol!"
BGM: Seven Nation Army (Glitch Mob Remix)- Battlefield One OST
Storm and Jean looked on in awe as a blue beam of light shot from the teleporter and went high into the sky before it exploded into a massive blue spider-shaped portal. Soon loud battle cries could be heard and their jaws dropped as over one hundredSpider-People descended from the portal and rained down upon the battlefield.
"There you go, kid. I'll see you on the other side." Spider-Man-312500 called out before running forward and entering the fray. His moves were a bit sluggish, but there was a clear level of experience and effectiveness in his combat that outshined the younger spiders.
"Spider-Man, what's going on?" Jean asked as Spider-Man chuckled sadly.
"I promised Logan before he died that I would do my best to help you all." Spider-Man said solemnly. "Not, that I needed a reason to do the right thing anyway. This massacre stops now."
"Yep." Deadpool said before read flashes appeared across Genosha as various members of the Deadpool Corp. entered the fray. "I owe it to Cable. You got more friends than you know red."
"He's right." Spider-Man said before he nodded toward the fight. "Come on Jean, Wade, we're the leaders, right? We gotta be out there too."
Wiping her eyes, Jean nodded as she once more felt hope burning within her.
"Give me a second, it'll be a stretch but I need to shield these new minds."
"Don't bother, the main reason we are so late is that we upgraded our masks to fend her off. We did the same for the Deadpool Corp. as well." Spider-Man explained. "Conserve your strength, we got a hell of a fight ahead of us."
"Right." Jean said as she nodded before a determined expression crossed her face while her eyes shone with a bright pink light. As one, she, Spider-Man, and Deadpool entered the chaos and fought their way toward Cassandra.
As Spider-man flipped, swung, and punched his way through the sentinels, he soon found himself surrounded in mid-air. Time slowing to a crawl, he thought of how to deal with this before the mechs found themselves burned and frozen as Iceman and Firestar entered the battle.
"Spidey!" Firestar shouted as Iceman couldn't help but laugh seeing how the tide had turned.
"You showed up? With help?" Iceman asked as Spider-Man chuckled.
"Of course, I couldn't leave my amazing friends hanging (FF 6)." Spider-Man said before firing a web-line at an air-born sentinel and using it to fly away. "We'll catch up later! I need to give you your invitations!"
"Invitations?" Firestar asked curiously.
"For what?" Iceman wondered before they both shrugged and got back to the fight. Taking down the sentinel, Spider-Man landed before Adriana just as Jean crushed herself a path to Cassandra while Deadpool teleported in front of Death Mask.
"Huh, so she did have help." Spider-Man mused as Deadpool aimed a gun at Death Mask.
"Looks like it, so it's clear who has who right?" Deadpool questioned, never taking his eyes off of his evil counterpart.
"Yes, it is." Jean said as she glared up at an enraged Cassandra who had, up until this point, been oblivious to the "back up".
BGM: END
BGM: War-Sick Puppies
["So what's the plan?"]
"Hold them off until the big guns arrive." Spider-Man thought back in response to Jean's telepathic question.
"If only we were fighting people from Capcom." Deadpool mused. "Fuck it, I'll say it anyway! Live or let die, fight!" The six combatants immediately lunged at each other prepared to bring an end to this once and for all.
As this went on, Wolverine released a loud roar as she tore through the sentinels while protecting a downed Honey Badger (FF 7). Suddenly, she could hear loud laughter and looked up to find Itsy Bitsy cutting through the airborne sentinels while using another repair of arms to shoot down the missiles approaching her.
"Hey!" Itsy Bitsy said happily as she landed before Wolverine in a crouch. "There's a war going on you know, why are you holding back?"
"What?" Wolverine asked both startled and confused before she looked down at the emblem on the blue woman's chest. Of course, this crazy…creature…had something to do with Wade and Spider-Man.
"I can smell your rage, let it out. In case you didn't notice we have plenty of enemies to vent on." Itsy Bitsy said matter-of-factly.
"L-Laura…" Honey Badger gasped out as she forced herself to her feet. Even though she couldn't feel pain, she could definitely feel exhaustion even as her wounds began to heal.
"Gabby, get back–"
"No!" Honey Badger snapped startling Wolverine. "Whoever or whatever she is is right–"
"I'm Itsy Bitsy!" Itsy Bitsy said happily, only to get ignored.
"I can smell your anger, your hatred, bottling it up isn't doing us any favors!" Honey Badger declared. "Let it out, there is more than enough bad guys. Don't worry about me. I can handle myself!"
Wolverine gritted her teeth as she thought about everything that had occurred up to this point. The needless violence, the constant persecution, the unnecessary deaths and her friends that laid slaughtered around her.
Something inside her snapped.
Like a broken dam, all of her emotions came flowing out as her vision turned red. Even though she had urged Wolverine on, Honey Badger couldn't help but look on with wide eyes as her guardian released a feral roar that echoed throughout the battlefield. Running purely on instinct, Wolverine lost herself in her Berserker Rage and attacked anything and everything around her. Fortunately, her allies, both old and now new, could tell to stay away from her.
…
…
"Cool…wish I could do that." Honey Badger said as she saw the carnage Wolverine left in her wake. In response, Itsy Bitsy laughed.
"Wait until you get your first visit from Aunt Flow, you'll be out there with her!" Itsy Bitsy said, confusing Honey Badger before she grabbed the small feral mutant in one of her arms and swung off into battle. Gabby cheered as they swung around. Soon a roar echoed throughout the battlefield as a man garbed in a red and black wolverine costume landed behind the berserk Laura and tore through his enemies with six adamantium claws. (FF 8)
Gabby cheered as Itsy Bitsy swung between the two Weapon-X super soldiers and cut through a Deathbot with her katana.
Aww, that's adorable!
Wade, she's corrupting children!
Meanwhile, Armor cursed as she fell to a knee, her psionic armor vanishing. The Deathbot approaching her was suddenly shoulder-checked into oblivion by Peni. The back of the mech opening, Peni flipped out of it and began to fight alongside her mech which continued to fight autonomously. When the enemies cleared a bit, Peni rushed to armor and webbed one of her wounds shut.
"[Can you stand?]" Peni asked urgently in their native tongue and Armor nodded while wincing as Peni helped her to her feet. "[Then you can fight.]" Peni continued knowingly.
"[Yes.]" Armor said with a small smile. Her armor reformed around her and she batted away a sentinel while Peni flipped back into her mech. Nodding to each other re-entered combat. The battleground shook as the two fought through the mass of enemies. Soon three more sentinels rushed to flank the two armored women but before they could reach, they found themselves cut down.
"[What?]" Peni wondered for a second before she looked back to find a man standing with his back to them. He was garbed in a red and black kimono that bore a Deadpool emblem. His face was obscured by the shadow cast by his large bamboo hat. He sheathed his katana with an audible click as the three sentinels exploded. "[No fair, Watari-san!](FF 9)"
"[It's not about fairness, little spider. My blade hungers for war, tell me, can your weapon from times yet to come keep up?]" Watari questioned as Armor looked between them curiously. "[Past, present, and future all exist on this battlefield today. Shall we see which era reigns supreme?]"
Peni and Armor glanced at each other, both feeling a burning determination in their hearts.
["You're on!"] The girls both said making him chuckle before the three leaped back into the action.
"This is the strangest backup I have ever seen but I'm not complaining." Shadowcat muttered as Gambit landed behind her. Appearing with a "bamf", Nightcrawler stood next to them.
"Seriously, I don't think some of them are even from this time period." Nightcrawler said and on cue, Deadpool Dinosaur (FF 10) stomped into the scene with a roar. Standing up on the dinosaur's back, Spider-Man Noir slid down its back and tail and leaped on top of a sentinel.
"I don't care what year you're from! Nazi's, organic or mechanic, will all still get biscuit boxed!" Spider-Man Noir declared as he webbed the sides of the mech before flipping away. "Come at me! I'm about to snap my cap!"
"The wind's not blowing that hard right?" Gambit couldn't help but ask. He looked down at his coat briefly before jealously looking at Spider-Man Noir's that billowed majestically in the wind.
"Don't question it." Shadowcat said before the three of them got back into the fight.
"I tell you my reptilian pal, something ain't right about this Earth." Spider-Man Noir mused as he petted the side of the Dinosaur which was trying to bite the head off a Deathbot. In the distance, a sentinel flew around sporadically as Gwenpool (FF 11) stabbed a sentinel in the eye with her blade. When it began to spark, she released it which led to her free falling down to the earth below.
"Seriously?! They actually recruited you?" Miles asked in disbelief after swinging by and catching Gwenpool before she died.
"Hey, Spidey! Long time no see, talk about a hell of a crossover event, right?!" Gwenpool asked with a manic laugh as Miles realized then and there that he would be cursed by this woman's constant presence in his life like Peter was with Wade's. "How come we never hung out again? Did our last team up make things awkward? If I came over would your mom make us keep the door open again? (FF 12)."
"Excuse me?!" A voice asked which made Miles curse.
"Oh no." Miles whispered before looking over to see that Gwen had swung by. "Wait! I can explain-"
"Save it, we have a war to win!" Gwen snapped before she web-zipped away and slammed into a Deathbot with more force than Miles knew she had.
"Oh my gosh! Was that Gwen?! I ship you two so hard!" Gwenpool gushed as they landed. Miles simply face-palmed while Max and Charlotte landed next to him.
"What the heck did you do?!" Charlotte asked her younger father incredulously as Max whistled at the sheer havoc Gwen was now unleashing on their enemies.
"Hey, aunt Gwen." Max said which only made Gwenpool gush even more.
"Oh my God, It's canon?! How did I miss that issue?! You got with Gwen…" Gwenpool trailed off as the sight of the younger spiders finally sunk in. "…and got busy!"
"Kill me." Miles muttered.
"We'd have to get in line behind young mom." Charlotte mused. "Advice, let her vent on the enemies, get her that album she wants, then in a couple of days apologize-nope-stop. Doesn't matter if you didn't do anything. Just do it. She'll realize she overreacted and apologize to you then you can clear this up. Trust me. This is the only way this ends peacefully."
"Yeah, listen to her. I want a younger counterpart to mentor." Max said before he and Charlotte swung away leaving a distraught Miles with a still gushing Gwenpool. Silently, Miles raised a finger and released a weak venom blast into the insane merc making her yelp. As this went on, Spider-Man UK and Galina speed-blitzed through the devastation, flipping over and ducking under missiles and blasts before they leaped up to the top of a cliff. On the Cliff, Octavius stood and overlooked the carnage with his arms crossed.
"The sentinels keep coming, bloody hell, we need to get rid of them if we want to win this." Spider-Man UK said which made Octavius nod.
"You're right." Octavius murmured as Galina raised an eyebrow.
"Not to be rude, but what the hell are you doing?"
"Currently playing where's Waldo…" Octavius murmured as his lenses scanned the battlefield. Finally, they stopped when his gaze landed on a mutant who was doing her best to not get blown up. "Finally." Octavius said before he fired a web-line across the carnage that attached itself to her back. With a powerful pull, he tugged the poor mutant up to them, her screaming in surprise the entire way. "I've got you." Octavius as aid as he caught her.
"What. The. Hell–"
"You're the mutant known as Trinary, correct?" Octavius interrupted as he placed her on her feet. "Technomancer?" (FF 13)
"Yes?" Trinary said suspiciously as he nodded.
"Marvelous." Octavius said as he typed something in to his teleporter. Soon, hundreds of small spider-drones flew out from a portal behind him. "You can be of assistance, if you could do me a favor and give my drones a bit of a boost, I can't transfer the virus I have inside of them into these damnable machines and take them out."
At first, Trinary wasn't sure-still a bit lost in the confusion of battle- however, when she noticed the Spider on his suit, she paused. Recently the Spider had become almost synonymous with heroism as the various Spiders tackled the earth's problems over the past months. Even the X-Men had been aided a couple on a couple of occasions, but never on the level that was currently happening now.
There was really only one answer to Octavius' request in all honesty.
"Of course." Trinary said as she turned around, placing fingers on her temples as the drones all began to glow blue due to her enhancing them with her powers.
"Now, I hope you caught your breath, it's time we entered the fray." Octavius said to Spider-Man UK who just nodded his head.
"Lina, guard her." Spider-Man UK told Galina who nodded. Soon, Ladypool appeared in a red-flash at the other side of Trinary with her blades drawn.
"Ooh! I'll help!" Ladypool said enthusiastically making the Spider-Men nod before they swung off to battle. As they swung, Octavius couldn't help but speak up.
"So…Lina?"
"Bloody hell, not now." Spider-Man UK groaned, glad that his mask hid his blush as Octavius chuckled. As one, they dived down, as four metal spider legs popped out from Octavius' back and began to attack the Deathbots.
Back on the opposite side of the battlefield, Cassandra laughed as her mech blew through large debris that Jean launched at her.
"So, this is it? This is the best you have without that damnable bird in you? The strength of the leader of the X-Men leaves much to be desired!" Cassandra taunted as Jean glared at her with bright pink eyes. She gritted her teeth as blood spilled from her nose.
Jean was a powerful psychic, arguably the strongest on the planet even without the Phoenix force but Cassandra was no slouch either. Cassandra's telepathy was arguably stronger than Xavier's and she lacked his moral compass. This meant that Jean had to focus most of her mind on shielding the minds of the mutant's as well as protect her own from Cassandra's ravenous onslaught. It was as if thousands of nails were being scratched against a blackboard in her mind which left her barely any strength to use her telekinesis.
The pain was unbearable.
But she had to endure.
With a roar, Jean glared at an incoming missile barrage and made them all explode before they could reach her. Off to the side, Spider-Man shot down toward the ground like a bullet and Adriana chuckled before she raised her arm. Soon, Spider-Man's forearm slammed into hers as she gazed into his lenses. The ground beneath her exploded but she didn't as much as budge as her cloak blew back from the force of Spider-Man's blow.
Spider-sense tingling, Spider-Man saw a powerful sonic screech tearing him asunder and quickly disengaged and flipped away to avoid the screech that ripped from Adriana's mouth.
"Impressive. You've gotten much stronger." Spider-Man's eyes widened beneath his mask and he turned around to find Adriana in the air behind him. A massive spider-leg ripped from her back and shot toward Spider-Man who just barely managed to grab the end of it before it could impale him. Still, his quick thinking didn't manage to prevent him from being slammed into the unforgiving ground. "This would be much easier if you just accepted your fate as my mate. You've already formed our kingdom, why won't you rule it alongside me?"
When the dust settled, Spider-Man was able to push back the massive spider leg and roll to the side as it stabbed into the ground.
"That's the problem, right there! I don't rule them! I lead them!" Spider-Man declared as he forced himself to his feet. "The fact that you can't tell the difference? That's all the reason you need for why I will never accept any union between us!"
"Such a shame, such wasted potential!" Adriana sneered. "You have no idea the power you contain. Your totem alone…the things we could accomplish together if you could just see reason!"
"Funny, I was thinking the same thing!" Spider-Man declared as he flipped back to his feet and shot toward her, dodging the massive spider limbs as he cocked his fist back. "I gotta keep moving if she can catch me with her telekinesis I'm done for!" Spider-Man thought before he released a devastating right that Adriana batted away with ease. Before their fight could continue, both of their spider-senses tingled and they leaped away from each other as Deadpool and Death Mask slammed into the ground between them.
"Insolent fool!" Death Mask shouted as he flew high into the air and glared down at Deadpool while Spider-Man and Adriana continued their fight. "Guns and blades? Do you think you can honestly stand up against a master of the arcane arts?!"
"Well a good old bullet hasn't failed me yet!" Deadpool shouted before releasing a storm of bullets that were deflected by a magical barrier. "And spoiler alert, you're dying today!"
"Hmph, impossible. Now kneel before your better!" Death Mask declared before releasing crimson bolts of lightning from his hands and at Deadpool. Each blast tore the ground asunder as Deadpool did his best to teleport away from each other. Unfortunately, one managed to blast him in the back, blowing it apart and sending him flying away.
Though powerful, the attack didn't hinder Deadpool for long as his back healed rapidly before he teleported back into the action. Like this, the carnage continued as the stakes of the six clashing enemies continued to rise. Their fight turned into a personal war as the battlefield seemed to tremble from their climatic battle.
"Your mental strength is admittedly respectable, but how long can protect both them and yourself?!" Cassandra questioned before the arm of her mech transformed into a heavy machine gun that released a storm of heavy bullets at Jean. Before the bullets could reach Jean, they slammed and flattened against an invisible wall in front of her.
"As long as I have too!" Jean shouted as she ignored the splitting pain in her head and continued to valiantly fend off the unrelenting attack. However, soon, a missile fired from behind her and slammed into Cassandra's mech, knocking the evil telepath back.
"What?!" Cassandra asked before she looked up to see that a large number of sentinels and Deathbots, each carrying a spider drone, had now turned on them.
"Impossible, to turn on me?!" Death Mask questioned as he erected a barrier in front of himself before releasing a few bolts of lightning to tear down his own machines.
"Damn it!" Adriana cursed before four massive spider legs ripped from her back and surrounded her, effortlessly shielding her from the missile barrage. "Reign in your toys!" Adriana ordered which made a dark grin split Cassandra's face.
"Of course, you aren't the only one who has a good foresight." Cassandra said as all the sentinels suddenly stopped in their attacks. "They have a technomancer, I'd be a fool to not have prepared a contingency."
At that moment, Spider-Man's spider-sense exploded as time slowed to a crawl. Turning around, he saw the other Spiders suddenly get alerted to an incoming danger before they all sprung into action and grabbed the nearest X-Men or Deadpool corp. member just as the sentinels began to collectively shine brightly. Spider-Man quickly spotted Jean and went to grab her when a hand gripped his wrist tightly and shattered his teleporter.
"No, you don't." Adriana said before she tossed him to the side and to the middle of a group of sentinels and used her telekinesis to pin him down just as they all exploded. "Goodbye." Adriana said before shielding her self with the massive spider legs. Shields appeared over Cassandra's mech as Death Mask protected himself with a barrier.
In the distance, the only thing that could be seen from Genosha's former capital city was a massive dome of light. The country shook from the explosion while Cassandra looked on at the destruction with glee.
BGM: END
-Web of life-
"She tried to wipe us out!" Spider-Man UK said angrily as he rose to his feet, his suit badly damaged. In fact, when he looked around at the gathered Spiders, X-Men, and Deadpool corp. He could see that they had all sustained varying levels of damage from the explosion.
"Yes, and she would have succeeded if you all were even just slightest bit less trained than you are." Karn said as he gazed up at the massive web.
"Where…are we?" Storm asked as she held her side tightly, wincing a bit from the pain.
"The Web of Life, headquarters of the all the Spiders in the multiverse." Octavius explained as he sat down with a grimace and pulled off his mask. "This was all explained to Deadpool and his Corp. but I expect you to honor this request and keep this to yourselves in exchange for our aid."
"I'll make sure to pass on the message." Storm said after she took a moment to take everything in. Currently, the only mutants who weren't dead were the core members of the newest X-Men team and she was positive that they would honor the request. After all, they knew better than anyone the importance of secrets. "When can head back?"
"That's easy. You won't. At least not until the battle is over." Karn spoke up from the side, never breaking his eye-contact with the web as he moved and manipulated the web-lines.
"Excuse me?" Shadowcat questioned with a frown as she and the other X-Men gathered around Storm. "We have to stop her! Cassandra can't be allowed to do any more damage!"
"She will be stopped but for that to happen you must stay put. Your part in this particular story is over. Your X-Men have been battling all day and can barely stand. Only your Wolverine is combat ready." Karn explained patiently.
"Then send me back." Wolverine said as her wounds finished healing.
"With your unprotected mind?" Karn asked rhetorically. "Cassandra will turn you into her own weapon with ease." Karn spoke matter-of-factly and Wolverine grimaced when she realized that he was right. "Your Jean Grey lives, but can only afford to shield the minds of the two now with her. The rest of her power must now be focused on keeping Cassandra at bay for the optimal ending."
"The rest of us are out of commission as well." Octavius continued. "If our masks keeping Cassandra at bay aren't damaged, then our suits protecting us from Adriana's control are. The only one that has developed a natural resistance to her is the Spider-Man from our earth, the rest of us will just be turned into mindless drones."
"So what? We just sit and hope for a miracle?" Shadowcat questioned helplessly.
"No." Karn said before he raised a hand, suddenly a massive vision formed above him and the gathered heroes could see the dust settling on Genosha. "We watch."
-Genosha-
BGM: Let Go-Beau Young Prince
"Ugh…okay…my entire body is agony but that's a good thing, means I didn't lose anything." Spider-Man gasped out with his right lens shattered as he forced himself to sit up. "Question is, how-" Spider-Man stopped cold when his eye opened and he took in the sight in front of him. He had thought all the Spiders had managed to evacuate.
He was wrong.
In front of him was Spider-Man-321500 who stood crouched over his body with arms outstretched as if trying to shield as much of Spider-Man's body as possible. Around the Spider-Man was a large dome of webbing that was currently burning.
"Ouch…that hurts." Spider-Man-321500 muttered before he fell to a knee. Spider-Man quickly rolled forward and caught the older man. Spider-Man's visible eye widened when he saw the sheer damage that his counterpart had taken by protecting him.
"You didn't retreat…why?"
"Because…this isn't where your story ends kiddo." Spider-Man-321500 said and Spider-Man could see him smile weakly due to his mask being destroyed. "The life you've been building for yourself…it's beautiful…and if I can protect that then why shouldn't I?"
Spider-Man was speechless even as his eyes watered.
"The others need you, kid. Oh, if only you could hear the things they say about you." Spider-Man-321500 continued before coughing violently as blood spilled from his mouth. "If only you knew how much hope you give them. You've defeated Morlun twice, the Inheritors terrify them but as long as you are standing…they believe they can win and I can't let that die. Not here. Not like this."
"Quit talking, save your strength." Spider-Man said urgently as he tried to find his counterpart's teleporter.
"Stop. We both know its too late for me…this…this was my last stand."
Spider-Man-321500 reached up and grabbed the side of Spider-Man's face.
"In my earth, I've seen what hate and fear can do to a planet. Don't let that happen to yours. End this now." Spider-Man-321500 said as his vision began to swim. "You need to get out of your head, kid. You've gotten stronger than I could ever hope to be but you're still overthinking everything. Do you remember your fight with Firelord? You won that because you didn't think. You just did. Quit ignoring your Spider-sense, lose yourself in it, trust in it, and let the web guide you to victory. Blind faith is a hard concept for men of science, but you have to learn to do this or else you will lose more than you know. Do you understand me?"
"I…yes…"
"Good." Spider-Man-321500 said weakly. "Now go. You still have a job to…do…"
Spider-Man-321500's hand fell limply to his side as Spider-Man bowed his head as he held his older counterpart.
"Aunt May…I'm…coming…" Spider-Man-321500 whispered before the life left his body.
BGM: END
-With Cassandra-
"Oh, such a shame, it seems that they fled." Cassandra mused as the dust cleared. "Well…not all of them." Cassandra continued as she saw Spider-Man rise from a cocoon of webbing. His counterpart's body rested before him as he put on the older Spider-Man's tattered jacket. Off to the side, Jean was on her knees and a tear fell from her eye as she could hear the anguish in Spider-Man's mind.
"Spider-Man…I'm sorry." Jean spoke up as she rose to her feet while Deadpool, who had managed to shield her with his body, rose up as well after he healed.
"Don't be sorry." Spider-Man said quietly.
"Yeah, be angry." Deadpool continued as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "I know you're trying to be mutant Gandhi or whatever, but you're making the same mistake wheels did. He didn't believe in letting his anger get to him and where did that get him? His people? Nowhere. Now I ain't saying Magneto was right or anything cause' he fucked up just as bad. But there is a time and place to let out your frustrations…and if this ain't it then I don't know what is. You're scary as hell red, with or without the bird. So, get mad, and show them your power."
"Please? What power could this pacifist possibly possess without the Phoenix?" Cassandra questioned rhetorically as Jean began to breathe heavily, glaring at Cassandra as pink cracks began to appear over her body. "Though amusing, your little resistance has gone on long enough. I will kill you and then kill the rest of you damnable mutants."
"Kill us?" Spider-Man wondered. "Jean, Wade, between the three of us how many times have we escaped death?"
"Way too many times, she's honestly still a bit pissed about that." Deadpool mused as he cracked his neck. "DJ, get ready to play some fight music."
"This...ends… now!" Jean boomed as she threw her head back and screamed at the heavens themselves before a pink pillar of flame like energy erupted from her body
BGM: Not Gonna Die-Skillet
"WHAT?!" Cassandra screeched as she saw the torrent of pure psionic energy. The sheer rage alone pouring from the pillar made her tremble slightly as she assumed that the Phoenix had somehow once more bound itself to Jean. However, the closer she looked with her telepathy; the more Cassandra realized that this power that shook the country itself…
…if not the continent…
…was purely Jean.
"Spider-Man, Deadpool." Jean spoke as the pillar died down revealing a nude woman that seemed to be made out of pure pink psionic energy (FF 14). Her eyes shone brightly as she glared at their opponents. "Time for Round 2."
"Let's go." Spider-Man said before running forward at Adriana, leaving nothing but after-images in his wake. With a glare, Adriana sent a massive spider leg at him that pierced him in the chest. However, to her confusion, he simply vanished revealing himself to be an after-image.
"What?" Adriana asked in confusion, not seeing Spider-Man behind her. By the time her spider-sense caught on, he had buried a vicious right hook into her face that sent her flying across the battlefield.
"Fuck it, maximum effort it is." Deadpool said before teleporting inside of Death Mask's barrier. The villain cursed as he was forced to magically summon a pair of blades to counter Deadpool's katanas. Unfortunately for him, he was far out of practice when it came to close quarters combat. Death Mask cursed as he found himself disarmed and quickly released a bolt of lightning at Deadpool only for the merc to teleport away. Reappearing in the distance, Deadpool pulled out a sniper rifle and fired an adamantium round at his counterpart.
"AHHH!" Death Mask screamed as the bullet ripped through his armor and shoulder. Though he was able to react fast enough to avoid a fatal shot, he couldn't escape the shot entirely.
"Damn it all!" Cassandra cursed as she had to use all of her mental capacity to prevent Jean from ripping her asunder. Thinking quickly, she called upon the remainder of her army and soon the battlefield was flooded with hundreds of sentinels.
"What's the matter? Afraid?" Jean wondered as a pink flaming circle appeared around the city. Lifting her hands, the entire city was ripped from the ground. Clenching her fists, the broken city was reduced to rubble. Undeterred in the slightest, Adriana and Spider-Man continued their battle, hopping from each piece of debris and attacking each other in mid-air with unprecedented ferocity.
Landing on the side of a now airborne building, Adriana released three sonic screams in quick succession destroying each piece of earth Spider-Man flipped to in order to avoid them.
"Why? He barely has a fraction of the control over the web that I do." Adriana thought as she failed to land a hit on him. "I have much more power yet I still can't hit him?! Is this the power of the center?" So stuck in her own head, she missed her spider-sense's warning as Spider-Man appeared above her and drop-kicked her through a skyscraper.
"Why…why do you have so much power?!" Cassandra asked angrily as Jean released two beams of psionic energy from her hands that destroyed dozens of the sentinels at a time.
"You sound upset?" Cassandra's eyes widened with what seemed to be fear as she looked up to see that Jean had teleported on top of her mech. "You know what the best part about this power is?" Jean questioned as a burning pink sword appeared in her hands. "I can control it." Jean brought the blade down and Cassandra moved her head just in time to avoid being impaled. Releasing the blade, Jean formed a second one before she could try again, an invisible force blasted her away from Cassandra.
"Watch your own back, I can focus on both of our fights!" Adriana snapped before raising a forearm to block a kick from Spider-Man who flipped back. When he landed, he speed-blitzed her and attacked her from multiple directions. Time slowed as Adriana barely managed to avoid each strike before stepping forward and releasing a powerful palm-strike just as Spider-Man did the same. The resulting shockwave from their attacks meeting tore the piece of earth they were standing on asunder.
Off to the side, Death Mask fell from the skies toward the massive crater below as Deadpool fell above him, shooting at him repeatedly with both handguns.
-Web of Life-
The Spiders and mercenaries cheered as they saw their respective leaders fight while the X-Men looked at Jean in awe.
"So, she can do it too then?" Wolverine wondered as she saw Jean trap the sentinels in a twister of psionic energy and destroyed them all.
"Holy shit." Shadowcat muttered, never quite seeing this level of strength or even anger from Jean with the Phoenix not involved.
"Her younger self had triggered her powers earlier; it seems our Jean just needed to find the trigger she needed to call upon the same strength." Storm said only for Iceman to scoff.
"Same strength? Storm, she's much stronger." Iceman deadpanned.
"You know what I meant, the same ability, of course it's stronger. Our Jean is much older, stronger, and more experienced than her counterpart." Storm explained.
"So, is this what we had to wait on? Are they gonna defeat them?" Gambit asked Karn who shook his head.
"No. Their role is to simply buy time." Karn said, confusing them. "The secret weapons are still being prepped."
-Genosha-
Adriana and Spider-Man landed on the side of an airborne building and crouched as they glared at each other. Adriana's frustration had all but blinded her from her visions of the future and with a roar she charged at Spider-Man who responded in kind. She released a sonic scream at him only for him to dive forward and roll under the attack. Rising up quickly, Spider-Man grabbed her by her mid-section and slammed her back down onto the side of the building. Rolling over, he grappled her arm and with all of his strength, he pulled and snapped it.
"AHHH!" Adriana screamed as he rolled over and repeated the process with her other arm. He then rolled forward and repeated the process on her legs before flipping back to his feet and leaping high into the air. Firing two web-lines on opposite sides of the broken Adriana, he sling-shot himself back down upon her and slammed both of his feet into her chest with enough force to shatter her rib-cage and send her flying through the building as a shockwave ripped through the nearby windows.
Adriana slammed into the unforgiving ground and glared up at the floating capital with golden flames burned in her eyes while she laid broken. Above her and the city, Jean moved her hands back and pulled Spider-Man and Deadpool up next to her. Whipping her hand down, she dropped the city upon her opponent. Each piece of rubble was covered in psionic energy and appeared to be a make-shift meteor shower.
"Not…like…this…." Adriana gritted out as the rubble came closer while Cassandra and Death Masked crashed next to her. "NOT LIKE THIS!" Adriana roared, her body exploded in a golden light as a massive sonic wave slammed into the city, reducing it to dust. Jean's pink eyes widened in surprise before she covered herself, Deadpool, and Spider-Man in a psychic shield to block the attack. The devastating sonic attack was so powerful, cracks began to appear on the shield as Jean looked on horror. It wasn't long before the shield shattered. Thinking fast, Deadpool grabbed his allies, protecting them from the brunt of the attack before teleporting away before they could be consumed by it.
BGM: END
-Moments Later-
Jean weakly opened her eyes; her head and ears were both ringing as she sat up in a daze. She looked down at her hands and saw that she was now in her base state. Looking to her left saw Spider-Man groaning on his side while Deadpool laid on his back on her right. Unfortunately for the merc with a mouth, he had lost his legs somewhere while protecting them. Soon a massive shadow appeared over them and when she looked up, she felt her heart skip a beat.
Before her was Adriana in her true spider form, standing twenty-eight stories tall and glaring down at them with four blazing eyes. Behind her were at least fifty sentinels that survived Jean's onslaught and in front of her, Cassandra and Death Mask stood up.
The tables had turned and once more the odds were against them.
Clenching her fists, Jean started to rise to her feet, prepared to fight even without any power left. She stopped, however, when Spider-Man grabbed her wrist.
"Just…just sit this out…" Spider-Man said tiredly.
"What?" Jean asked in confusion.
"He's right, we can't go on any further." Deadpool said before smiling a bit. "Besides, we did our job." Deadpool continued, confusing Jean even further. Tapping the side of his head, Spider-Man looked at Jean and she took that as permission to peek even further inside. Her eyes widened once she dug deep enough as what she saw…
…made her smile.
Shaking her head, she fell back and stared up at the sky as Cassandra frowned.
"What's the matter give up? So much for your resistance." Cassandra sneered as Jean, Spider-Man, and Deadpool all glanced at each other before collectively raising their middle fingers at Cassandra, not even bothering to move as Adriana took a deep breath. "Impudent fools…"
Adriana's eyes blazed as she released another sonic scream that was even stronger than the last at the heroes. The country shook as it slammed into them, and wiped away everything in sight. However, to Adriana's confusion, she still was unable to foresee their deaths.
"IMPOSSIBLE…THEY…SURVIVED?" Adriana muttered, surprising them. Though Death Mask knew that his counterpart wouldn't die from the attack, to hear that the other two didn't either was unsettling to say the least. Especially when he knew that he himself would be unable to withstand an attack of that magnitude. When the dust settled from the attack, their eyes widened when they saw an orange dome of psionic energy shielding the heroes.
"The big guns?" Jean mused as Spider-Man chuckled.
"The big guns." Spider-Man confirmed as he and Jean sat up while Deadpool propped himself up against a rock. Jean smiled warmly as she saw Hope standing before her, her tattered cape blowing in the breeze as she placed two fingers on her temple. On her left, Spiderling stood speaking into her teleporter while a figure cloaked in black stood on Hope's right.
"Retreat? What? Sorry, can't hear you you're breaking up." Spiderling said before she hung up on her parents who were now extremely terrified for their daughter.
-Web of Life-
Spinneret looked at her teleporter incredulously as her daughter blatantly hung up on her.
"Did she just hang up on me?!" Spinneret asked before glaring at her teleporter. "When she gets back, she's gonna wish Thanos snapped her narrow ass!"
-Genosha-
"I'm so grounded." Spiderling muttered and Spider-Man couldn't help but chuckle.
"I'll talk to them, try to lessen the punishment." Spider-Man said as she looked back at him. "Good to see you, Spiderling." Her expression softened when she saw the coat he was wearing.
"I'm late."
"No. You're on time. You're right where you need to be when you need to be." Spider-Man said trying to dispel her guilt. "He…he went out the way he wanted to. So just win this for him, okay?"
"Okay." Spiderling said quietly as the cloaked figure turned to her, revealing a young woman with caramel skin.
"Spiderling? That's your name? Bit derivative isn't it?"
"It's a work in progress." Spiderling muttered as Hope chuckled. "Now come on, we have a job to do." Spiderling said as she cracked her knuckles before lowering herself in a crouch.
"Oh~ My baby's first crossover fight." Deadpool gushed as she began taking pictures of the cloaked girl who just groaned as Spiderling snickered. "Come on, smile for the camera, Ellie!" Deadpool was cut off when Ellie shot his camera.
"You're embarrassing me, Papi!" Ellie snapped as she glared at her father who just gushed even more (FF 15).
"They grow up so fast!" Deadpool wept. "Did you have fun spending time with your soon to be step-mom? I want you two to be able to bond."
At this, Ellie grinned viciously.
"Oh, we bonded, I think I'm going to like having her around." Ellie said as she turned to face Death Mask while pulling out a second black handgun. "The things she taught me blew my mind."
"Jean…" Hope began as she glanced back at the older telepath. "…you can relax now, I'll handle this." Hope said before turning to Spider-Man. "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten what you taught me either. (FF 16)" Spider-Man glanced up and notice a small orange light in the sky that was starting to grow. None of the gathered villains could see it as they stood with their backs toward it.
"Wax on, wax off?" Spider-Man said with his best Mr. Miyagi impersonation which made Hope grin.
"Still haven't seen that movie, but yeah, sure. Wax on, wax off." Hope said before she glared up at Cassandra as the shield vanished. "Oh, and Wade?"
"Yeah?" Deadpool asked hesitantly, knowing they had a rocky relationship at best with Hope blaming Deadpool for bringing out the worst in Cable.
"Thanks for assisting them. You're not so bad."
Deadpool smiled.
"Anytime, kid."
"Oh, this is just great, you couldn't stop us. What makes you think three little girls can?" Cassandra sneered which just made Spider-Man laugh.
"Jean, would you like to explain to the class?"
"Of course." Jean said with a smile of her own. "The campaign I led was to heal this world. My generation and the ones before me all but broke this world, and though we can take responsibility and try to help…at the end of the day the ones who will really fix this world…truly heal it…are those that come after us." Jean said passionately before glancing at the three young women in front of her. "These three…have more power than you could possibly imagine."
"Hmph, pretty speech. That's all you're good for though, isn't it?" Cassandra questioned as she shook her head. "What power could these children possibly possess–" Cassandra stopped when she noticed an orange light shining down on the area. Despite herself, she couldn't help but have a sudden feeling of dread as she slowly looked up into the sky. The massive form of Adriana looked up and all four of her eyes widened while Death Mask trembled ever so slightly.
"It's been awhile." Hope spoke up as she gazed up at the Phoenix Force that flew above the battlefield and gazed down upon them with all its destructive glory. "Jean has never wanted to be your vessel. Now, you can continue to fight her for who knows how long or you can pick me and together we can try to have a mutually beneficial relationship. I promise, this time, I won't kill you."
The Phoenix force seemed to gaze down at Hope who met its gaze easily. For a while, Jean held her breath before the flaming power released a powerful cry before it dove down into Hope's body.
"I…I…."
"Remember what I taught you!" Spider-Man urged as Hope's eyes snapped open, flames burning within them.
"…can control it!" Hope roared before her body exploded into a form, not unlike Jean's psychic one though she was bright orange, almost gold, in color. Ellie whistled in appreciation as Spiderling grinned.
"Awesome!" Spiderling cheered before lowering herself into a crouch as her white armor appeared on her. Like Adriana, golden flames spilled from her eyes as she looked up at the so-called Queen. Adriana herself cursed when she looked up to find the Spider constellation shining brightly in the night sky.
"HOW…IT'S TOO SOON FOR THE ZODIAC TO APPEAR?!"
"I'm the pattern maker, I weave my own destiny and the zodiac appears when I want it to." Spiderling explained before smirking. "Jealous?"
"YOU!" Adriana spoke angrily as Death Mask glared heatedly at Ellie who just smirked back. Slowly, a cloaked figure rose from Ellie's shadow and placed its skeletal hands on her shoulders.
"Death Mask, right?" Ellie asked as she tilted her head. "Cute name, but tell me, have you ever seen Death's face?" Ellie asked as Death leaned forward and whispered in her ear.
"Bring me his soul."
BGM: Elevate- DJ Khalil- Spiderverse OST
"Of course, mami." Ellie said as tattoos appeared over body in the shape of bones, making it appear as if a skeleton had been tattooed on her body. "Hey? We going to stand here posing or are we going to fucking fight?! Andale mis amigas!" Ellie shouted firing a bullet into the air.
Just like that as if a switch had been flipped, the two sides charged at each other. Spiderling ran forward leaving after-images in her wake, next to her Hope flew forward with a fist cocked back. On Hope's right, Ellie appeared from a black portal and shot at Death Mask, her bullets piercing his armor. Cassandra flew away only for Hope to teleport in front of her and slam her back into the ground with a psychic push.
"DIE!" Adriana released a sonic scream only for it to be reflected harmlessly off Spiderling's armor as she ran up the Queen's massive body.
"Hope!" Spiderling called out as she flipped, ducked, and dived around Adriana's massive limbs. Reading Spiderling's mind, Hope raised her hand and snapped her fingers. Spiderling took a deep breath before she and Adriana vanished in a flash of orange light.
-Orbit-
Reappearing above Earth, Spiderling puffed her cheeks as she continued to hold her breath. She wasn't sure the limits of her survivability in space but she wasn't going to test it. Her armor managed to protect her from the worst the vacuum but she still doubted she could breathe in space. Realizing she couldn't stay there for too long, she fired two web-lines at Adriana and pulled herself into the massive spider with enough force to knock them both back into Earth's atmosphere.
-Genosha-
What looked like a meteor appeared in the sky as Death Mask continued to fight a laughing Ellie. Raising his hand, spikes of molten lava shot from the ground and pierce her chest. With a grin, Ellie simply vanished and reappeared above him, unscathed with a grenade in her hand. When she was close enough the grenade exploded, killing her and blowing apart more of his damaged armor.
"Damn you!" Death Mask roared as she resurrected at his side. Grabbing her, he released powerful crimson lightning into her body that reduced her to ash in his very grasp. Resurrecting on his shoulders, she tightened her legs around his neck while flipping a blade in her hand. Bringing it down swiftly, she stabbed him in the eye before he knocked her off of him.
"Pobrecito." Ellie taunted as he released a cry of pain as he ripped the blade free. "Did that hurt?"
"What the hell are you?!" Death Mask asked angrily which made her snicker.
"La muerta." Ellie answered before she charged Death Mask. "I can't die, I'm like Kenny in this bitch!"
"Enough of this, I'm going back to my kingdom." Death Mask said as he opened a portal to leave. Seeing this, Ellie put her pinky finger in her mouth and bit it off. Spitting it out to the side, she then tackled Death Mask through the portal. Concentration broken, Death Mask's eyes widened as they were sent flying through space and time.
-Earth-616: Millions of years ago-
Falling from the sky toward the ocean, Death Mask couldn't help but look at Ellie in horror.
"What did you do?! Where did you send us?! I was retreating you idiot girl!"
"Nu-uh, I promised your soul and I keep my promises." Ellie shouted.
"If you kill me, I can't send you home!"
"I'll take my chances." Ellie said before she opened a black portal beneath them, in which they both fell through.
-Ocean floor-
Nearly immediately Ellie and Death Mask fell from the portal and were crushed by the water pressure. Death Mask managed to survive, barely, thanks to his armor but soon drowned in the water.
-Earth-616: Present-
Ellie's lone finger twitched before she reformed around it unscathed.
"Outstanding…his soul was delicious. You may be my favorite agent."
"Gracias Mami." Ellie thought as she rose to her feet and made her way to Hope who landed on the ground in front of Cassandra.
-With Spiderling-
As they descended upon Genosha, Spiderling slingshot herself at Adriana. Taking the Web of Life, Spiderling weaved herself a pair of blades and began to spin rapidly, cutting through Adriana like a buzz saw. Spiderling then web-zipped from limb to limb, tearing through each one before she ran down Adriana's massive back and cut through the nape of her neck.
But she didn't kill her.
No.
She had something far worse planned.
Time slowing to a stop, their surroundings seemed to shatter as she gazed into Adriana's massive eyes. Soon they found themselves surrounded by the Web of Life and Destiny and Adriana looked down in confusion as she suddenly found herself in her human form.
"What?" Adriana asked in confusion as Spiderling flipped from web line to web lines and began attaching them to Adriana. "No!" Adriana shouted but was unable to stop Spiderling before she bound Adriana with countless web-lines.
"You want to be Queen? Fine. Go ahead but I'm going to make you earn it!" Spiderling shouted before she fired a web-line at the web's center and attached it to Adriana. Adriana's eyes went wide as a golden flame ignited on the web-line connecting her to the center, making her scream in agony as her heart itself felt as though it were shattering.
-With Hope and Ellie-
The now burning form of Adriana's massive spider body slammed into the ground behind them and began to collapse upon itself as Spiderling flipped from the body and landed next to them. The sentinels flew down to the three young women making their way toward a frightened Cassandra. However, before they could reach them, they were reduced to ash by a single thought from Hope. Cassandra's eyes trembled as her mech was disassembled with ease. Placing a foot on Cassandra's chest, Hope tilted her head as Spiderling and Ellie crossed their arms.
BGM: END
"Ask again about what power we have." Hope said as her new allies smirked.
"What…what do you plan to do to me?! Kill me?! Destroy this body then it'll only be a matter of time before I come back-AHHHHHH!" Cassandra screamed in agony as Hope ravaged her mind to stop her talking.
"Jean." Hope called out as she raised a hand toward the older red-head. Gently, Hope probed Jean's mind so that she would know what she wanted. Nodding, Jean pulled out a small device from her pocket and tossed it to Hope. Cassandra's body floated up and turned so that her back faced Hope. Hope grabbed the device and attached to the back of Cassandra's neck before melding it to her skin. With that done, Hope stopped ravaging her mind but Cassandra's screams didn't stop.
Instead they grew louder as tears fell from her eyes.
"Make it stop, please make it stop!" Cassandra begged as she openly wept, her forehead pressed against the ground as she clutched desperately at her chest as if trying to rip out her own heart.
"Damn, what did you do?" Ellie asked with wide-eyes.
"I took a page out of Spiderling's book." Hope answered before waving a hand at Adriana, reducing the massive body to dust and revealing her sobbing nude in a fetal position.
"Spiderling?" Spider-Man asked as he made his way toward them with Jean while carrying Deadpool under his arm.
"She wanted to be Queen." Spiderling said softly. "What Queen doesn't know the suffering of her people? She had too much control over the Web to simply be locked away or killed. There is so much good she can do…so…I improvised." Spiderling said as she looked up at Spider-Man. "I bound her in place with the Web and used your totem as a gateway to the spiders. She now feels all of our suffering. She now has empathy and with that, she can help us build a better future."
Adriana continued to sob.
"After she settles down…that's a lot of pain though, I might have messed up." Spiderling continued now feeling a bit guilty as she saw the broken woman. Unfortunately, her own guilt seemed to add on to Adriana's who cried even louder. In response, Spider-Man shook his head and ruffled her air.
"No. You did the right thing. She's hurt a lot of people, Anna. We'll lock her up for a bit until she stabilizes and then…we'll see if she is truly ready to turn a new leaf. To help those she's hurt." Spider-Man told Spiderling who nodded in response.
"And you did the same thing to baldie?" Ellie asked Hope.
"Sort of. That device is one that instills empathy. Jean had planned to use it on her after it became clear Cassandra couldn't be killed." Hope explained as Cassandra sobbed. (FF 17)
"What have I done?!" Cassandra asked herself self in horror.
"The one thing that separated Cassandra from Charles was her lack empathy." Jean said softly. "We need to heal. The only thing that can stop hatred is understanding, and now that she-they…" Jean corrected as she glanced at Adriana. "Have that, they can spend the rest of their lives atoning for their mistakes. Just like the rest of us." Jean said as she sent a knowing glance to Spider-Man who just nodded.
"And what did you do?" Deadpool asked his daughter softly.
"Oh me? I drowned that fucker." Ellie answered and Deadpool nodded.
"That's my girl." Deadpool whispered proudly as he hugged his daughter while the rest face-palmed.
"Well…hopefully this can be the start of the end of travesties like Genosha." Jean continued as she looked at their destroyed surroundings in sorrow. "Perhaps with this, the souls lost can finally rest in peace."
It was then that Ellie gasped when she heard Death's voice.
"No way, really?!" Ellie asked incredulously to seemingly no one. Turning to face Hope, Ellie tapped the side of her head with a grin. Frowning in confusion, Hope read Ellie's mind and her eyes widened before she quickly shot a glance at Spiderling and projected a thought into her mind.
"Well?" Hope asked quietly as Spiderling rose a trembling hand over her mouth.
"I…we will only have how long?" Spiderling asked Ellie, confusing the adults more with their private conversation.
"Five minutes." Ellie answered and Spiderling grimaced.
"I can try but I've never done this before…"
"Hey, I've never been a portal before either." Ellie countered and Hope shrugged.
"I used the Phoenix to heal but not like this, but it checks out right? Death, Life, Destiny, Creation, Destruction, we've got it all covered between the three of us. We're practically an infinity gauntlet." Hope said and finally, Spider-Man raised his hand.
"Uh…mind letting us old folks know what you're talking about?" Spider-Man asked as Jean raised an eyebrow.
"Jean, my dad's fiancé wants to make a bet with you."
"Okay…" Jean said clearly confused.
["Fiancé?"] Jean questioned Spider-Man and Deadpool telepathically.
"Death." Deadpool answered and Jean blinked slowly before glancing at Spider-Man.
"Death." Spider-Man confirmed and sent her a mental image as well.
Jean paled.
"What's the bet?" Jean asked hoping that she had managed to keep her voice from shaking.
"She says Between Xavier, Magneto, and Scott, none have really gotten it right. She wants to see if given an opportunity would you make the most out of it or waste it like the others." Ellie explained.
"Well, what's the opportunity?" Jean asked hesitantly.
"You'll see." Ellie said ominously. "Don't worry she's not like Mephisto or something, no price or shady ass deals. She's just bored. That said even she has rules to follow, but the three of us managed to amuse her boss to the point he'll give us a couple of minutes."
"Her boss." Jean repeated as both Spider-Man and, hell, even Deadpool paled. There was only one person they could think of as being Death's boss and his name started with a capital G and end with an od.
"Come on mis amigas, how often do we get a chance to perform an actual miracle?! We may never get this chance again!" Ellie said enthusiastically while the young red-heads tried and failed to hide how terrified they were at the prospect.
"Okay, okay…let's…just do our best." Hope said before Ellie grabbed her and Spiderling's hands. Hope and Spiderling glanced at each other before grabbing each other's hands as well.
"What's your spider-sense telling you?" Jean questioned. "Should we stop them from doing …whatever the hell they are about to do?"
"That's a complicated question." Spider-Man answered as he scratched the side of his head. "My Spider-sense is going haywire, whatever is about to happen will be dangerous…but…its not telling me to run." Spider-Man pursed his lips as he saw Spiderling shaking. "Anna!"
Spiderling looked toward him helplessly.
"Deep breaths. Get out of your head and let the Web guide you." Spider-Man instructed making her nod her head before she took a deep breath.
"Better?" Hope asked and Spiderling nodded.
"Better. You?"
-Flashback-
"I heard a lot about you can't believe how hard it was to find you, hope everyone is okay." Hope heard and turned to find Spiderling and Ellie standing on the roof behind her. "You know, they need you in Genosha."
"And what exactly can I do in Genosha?' Hope asked bitterly.
"What can't you do is a better question." Spiderling said with a bright smile. "You're Hope Summers, right? The mutant messiah–"
"The savior of mutants, blah, blah, blah, I've heard it all before." Hope interrupted. "Look, I can't do much, I couldn't even protect my father. How the hell am I expected to help a species the world collectively does its best to see driven to extinction?!"
"By not giving up!" Spiderling answered confusing Hope. "Will it be hard? Yes. Is it fair that you have to do it? Absolutely not. But someone has to Hope and I'm sure your dad knew you were up to the task or he probably would have named you something different. You were given all that power for a reason and with great power comes great responsibility."
At that moment Hope noticed the spider-emblem on her chest and for a brief moment, she could see Spider-Man standing behind Spiderling. She glanced at Ellie's belt buckle and noticed the familiar Deadpool emblem and like with Spiderling, she could see Deadpool behind Ellie.
"I'm sorry, who are you two again?"
"When we get back to Jean you can use her power to get my whole life story. Just know that we're friends, and us two, in particular, might be the only ones who can relate to you. I'd say more but we're on limited time. Are you in or are you out?" Spiderling questioned as she extended her hand."
"Come on." Ellie egged her on with a grin. "You're la chica loca that made the Phoenix her bitch. These posers can't hold a candle to that."
Hope wasn't sure what it was about these two…
…but she liked them.
Hope, despite herself, accepted Spiderling's hand and shook it. She couldn't turn her back on her people no matter how dismayed she got; Cable raised her better than that.
-Flashback: End
"I'm good." Hope said as she squeezed their hands.
"Alright, it's now or never." Ellie told them seriously. "Five minutes."
BGM: Halo-Beyoncé
Closing their eyes, they stood for a moment before Ellie spoke first.
"Death."
-?-
Floating in a void, Ellie never let go of Hope and Spiderling even as she felt Hope link their minds together. Once more, the skeletal markings covered Ellie as Death embraced her but they spread to the other two as well.
"Life and Destiny." Spiderling spoke as the Web of Life and Destiny appeared behind her as white armor cover the three of them.
"Destruction and Creation." Hope spoke next as all three gained a flaming aura as the Phoenix manifested itself. At that moment, in between the three of them, a ring of light formed.
"Magnificent." Death whispered.
"Indeed." Another voice spoke up and she glanced back only to see a silhouette standing before a bright golden light. "To think you three could actually work together for once."
"Father…I…"
"I know. It's because of Earth. Amazing little marble isn't it?" The One Above All questioned curiously as Spiderling, Hope, and Ellie all tried to block out his voice not wanting to go into cardiac arrest. The implication alone of whoever Death would call father shook them to their core. "Relax girls you're doing fine!" The One Above All laughed as he put them at ease.
-Earth-616-
As their allies returned from the Web via portals, they all stopped and stared in awe as the three were now floating high above the city. Soon the halo of light in between them began to expand, casting its light on the ground. They watched, incredulously as the light seemed to heal the very Earth. Buildings begin to repair themselves as if time itself were being reversed.
But most startling of all?
Life.
Life returned to the fallen and not just the mutants that died recently but those that had died long ago in that disastrous genocide.
"Oh my God." Jean whispered, tears falling from her eyes as she covered her mouth with her hands. Spider-Man just rubbed her back reassuringly as she struggled not to break down. The veteran X-Men weren't faring much better with Shadowcat openly weeping.
"Let it out." Spider-Man urged her and it was then that Jean broke and sobbed as Spider-Man held her close.
"It's okay, you all earned a break for once." Deadpool told her. Even Cassandra and Adriana stopped their self-loathing to watch the actual miracle taking place before them.
-?-
Hundreds, thousands, millions of souls poured from Death and into Ellie who then released them to her friends in the form of dull gray web-lines. Spiderling took the web-lines and weaved them into the Web of Life and Destiny so that Hope could continue on and breathe life back into them. The web-lines went from a dull gray to a bright orange before eventually cooling into a vibrant blue that matched the rest of the web.
"Marvelous, amazing, spectacular!" The One Above all said as he watched them finish up their work. "I say we do this again, say in a billion years or so?"
The girls all paused fearfully.
"I'm kidding I wouldn't force you all to live that long." The One Above All said. "Tell you what, as a reward, I will give one additional soul."
"This is totally a test, right?" Ellie asked which made the powerful being to chuckle. "Ay dios mio."
"Si?"
"Er…" Ellie trailed off before turning to the others. Like Ellie the others realized that this was a test. For what? They didn't know. Perhaps it was to test their bond? After all, they only got one soul.
"…Cable…" Hope whispered only for Spiderling to shake her head and squeeze her hand reassuringly.
"His…journey isn't over." Spiderling answered confusing Hope. "I see his bond to you and it isn't severed, not completely. He still has a destiny and will return in time."
"I…" Hope stopped as Spiderling allowed her to reach deeper into her mind and Hope could see that Spiderling meant every word. Closing her eyes sadly, Hope just nodded.
"That said…one spider did end up falling today…"
"I'd let him rest." Ellie interrupted Spiderling. "He's happy. Just like my mami. He's where he belongs with his family. His time is over."
Spiderling looked at her for a moment before silently nodding her head.
"Logan?" Hope wondered which made Ellie shake her head.
"Not dead." Ellie answered which made them frown in thought.
"What about you?" Spiderling asked Ellie who hummed in thought before taking advantage of their mental link and looking a bit closer at her new friends.
It was then that Ellie smiled and turned to Hope and gave her a wink.
"Well, there is one soul."
Hope blinked before grinning as she read Ellie's mind.
"Ohohoho, splendid choice." The One Above All said, startling them. Spiderling was still confused having not heard the choice. Hope was confused as to how he knew until realizing who she was probably talking to. "I will handle this personally. This version of my daughter doesn't have that particular soul."
"Now I'm curious." Death mused as the Phoenix released a cry and the Web released a low hum.
"Now farewell girls, I will see you soon." The One Above All spoke making them pale as they believed their lives would be soon ending. "For my daughter's wedding!" The powerful being laughed. It was then that they realized he was a troll.
They all got migraines shortly after as they realized that explained so much.
"Oh, and tell 616, not to mess up this marriage again." The One Above All told Spiderling who's eyes widened before the being snapped his fingers. (FF 18)
-Genosha-
BGM: END
The three gasped as they released each other as their powers died down. Fortunately, Jean, Spider-Man, and a completely healed Deadpool managed to catch them.
"What the heck did you all just do?" Spider-Man asked incredulously.
"A miracle." Spiderling said tiredly as he helped her to her feet. "God says not to mess up your marriage twice, whatever that means." Spider-Man paled at the warning though he assumed that she was referring to his failure to get to the altar the last time he tried to marry MJ.
"You really are the mutant messiah." Jean chuckled as she hugged Hope tightly. "Thank you. So much."
"No problem." Hope said as she hugged her back.
"I'm so proud of you!" Deadpool said as he tried to hug his daughter who stepped back. "Honey?"
"Papi, put on some pants, por favor." Ellie groaned as she covered her eyes while Deadpool looked down to see that he was naked from the waist down. Before he could even ask, Spider-Man handed him a pair of web boxers.
"Spiderling!" Spiderling jumped as she turned to face her proud yet very unamused parents.
"Uh…hi…"
"You…you...!" Spinneret muttered before she and her husband hugged their daughter tightly. "Stop scaring us like that baby!"
"Sorry, comes with the mask." Spiderling chuckled weakly as she hugged them back.
"You raised a fine daughter." Spider-Man told her parents proudly before glancing around. "Well, I guess this is it. All's well that ends well…though we still need to prep a funeral for 321500." Spider-Man said as he took off the jacket while the spiders nodded solemnly.
"Wait." Spiderling spoke up suddenly, turning to face Hope and Ellie. "Who did you two bring back?" Ellie and Hope glanced at each other before smirking at Spiderling. "What? Come on guys! Not funny leaving me out–"
"…Anna?" A voice spoke up making Spiderling freeze. "Mom…d-dad?" An oddly foreign yet familiar voice spoke up, wavering slightly. Shakily, Spiderling turned to find an older red-haired girl behind them standing in a white robe.
"M-May?" Spiderling whispered as her parents gasped. Eyes watering, May nodded her head and immediately grabbed Spiderling tightly.
"Oh my God…" Spinneret whispered and her husband had to catch her as her knees went weak.
"You two…" Spiderling began as she pulled of her mask after breaking the hug. Rushing forward she hugged Hope and Ellie tightly, lifting them up. "Thank you!"
"You're…welcome…" Hope winced out as Ellie grimaced.
"I can't really feel pain but I think you broke a rib." Ellie gasped out.
"Let's give them all a moment." Spider-Man told Jean and Deadpool before the three began to walk away. "Come on, Wade and I will help you get everything organized. You have millions of confused people to manage."
"Much appreciated." Jean said before the three got to work as the reunited family and new friends spent some time together.
-One Week Later: Genosha-
"Mutant, Human, Inhuman, Alien, it didn't matter, he would save you. Spider-Man of Earth-321500 was a hero and mentor to anyone who would listen. A great man with an even greater heart. He made his share of mistakes, but he did his best to ensure you learned from them." Spider-Man spoke as the other three mods stood solemnly behind him. His mask was black and he was standing in a black dress suit. In front of him was a crowd of mutants, Spiders, and mercenaries. "He saw something in all of us, something so beautiful that he was willing to give his life for it. He saved my life, a debt I will never stop trying to repay."
Spider-Man took a breath and loosened his tie as Octavius grabbed his shoulder reassuringly.
"Even with his dying breath, he gave one last lesson. To stay out of your head. To not overthink because there are some things you just have to do. If he had overthought his final action, I would not be here and I hope that one day I can be even half the Spider-Man he was." Spider-Man continued. "But we shouldn't be sad, he's at peace now. So, for now, let us learn from this and understand that there may come a time where we all must make our last stand. So, let's continue making ourselves better so it's at least half as glorious as his was."
And with that Spider-Man left as they brought the memorial to an end. Pulling off a large tarp, they revealed a statue of the fallen Spider-Man that now stood proudly in the capital of Genosha.
"Are you going to be okay, Pete?" MJ whispered as she grabbed him by his arm.
"Yeah…I think I will." Spider-Man answered as he stealthily removed his mask. "Thanks for coming out here and keeping me company this past week, it's been rough."
"Hey, don't thank me, tiger. It was my pleasure to do so." MJ said warmly.
"Heading back to New York?" Deadpool called out to Peter. Peter turned to see the merc making his way toward him with Jean.
"Yes…stranger I've never met before."
"It's okay, Spidey, I know." Jean said amused and MJ chuckled as she saw Peter pout.
"You peeked."
"Hard not to when I'm shielding your mind and can only hear 'don't die, Pete, don' t die, Pete, don't die.'" Jean pointed out and Peter chuckled.
"Good point." Peter admitted. "Heading back to the U.N.?"
"Yes, I need to explain how Genosha is back after all as well as the desire for peace." Jean said before smiling. "And don't worry I'm blaming everything on the Phoenix. They don't know enough to dispute that and it wouldn't be the first time it brought back mutants."
"Good idea."
"I just wanted to thank you once more for the help." Jean continued. "Are you and Wade sure you don't want to join me and make your statement for your people?"
"Well, most of my people are mutants anyway so you're already speaking for us." Deadpool piped up.
"And mine are trying to stay out of politics, the whole point of having a base in the middle of the multiverse." Peter joked. "We just want to be able to save people. That said if you ever need us, well, we gave you and Hope each a teleporter for a reason."
"Appreciated." Jean said as Deadpool nodded. "And don't worry, the X-Men know a thing or two about secrecy we won't tell anyone. I even made a point of hiding most of the spiders from the minds of the mutants that attended today."
"Damn you're scary." MJ said with a whistle which made her fellow red-head laugh.
"Not as scary as you if you can somehow keep that one in line." Jean teased which made Peter pout. "Well it was nice chatting, but I have to get to the airport."
"We're headed their ourselves, want a lift?" MJ offered only to stop when they heard a roar of an engine.
"Thanks, but I have my own ride. Hope made a point of tracking him down after last week." Jean said and to Peter and Deadpool's surprise, Logan rolled up with his motorcycle.
"Holy shit! Logan!" Deadpool called out as Peter gaped at him.
"What's up, bub?" Logan asked with a smirk as Jean climbed on the back of his bike.
"Oh, hell no! Next week, we're all going to a bar in New York and I am going to make you understand the absolute shit you left me to deal with after you died!" Peter snapped and Logan just laughed as he revved the engine on his bike.
"Whatever you say, bub, whatever you say!" Logan said before he pulled off.
"I'm serious you dick! I'm not afraid to start a third civil war just to fight your ass!" Peter called out angrily as Logan laughed. "Damn it." Peter muttered as he glared at Logan soon, he couldn't stop the grin from appearing on his face. "I hate that guy."
"Sure you do, Pete. Come on, let's leave before Silver calls her jet back." MJ said as she dragged Peter away. "Bye Wade!"
"Bye girlfriend~!" Deadpool called back flamboyantly. "We still on for brunch?"
"Of course!"
"Not a bad crossover, Deadpool, not a bad crossover." Deadpool said as he began walking away. "Just hope that the heroes don't question our involvement with Genosha too much, because a third Civil War will be the shortest."
And indeed, it would.
What had started as an alliance of a handful of Spiders had expanded into the thousands all of varying power levels with destiny itself at their side and powerful technology. This wasn't even including the Intergalactic Alliance of Spider-Men that were present in nearly every earth either (FF 19).
And they were no longer alone.
Their first alliance was with Symkaria who had exchanged powerful technology in exchange for mercenary work and promised protection from their enemies.
The next alliance was the Deadpool Corp. A group of insanely skilled mercenaries, a good amount of which were unable to be killed. Their leader actually courted Death and they thrived when it came to chaos.
The latest alliance? The X-Men. Hope alone was a nuclear deterrent and the main reason the UN would even give Jean the time of day. The rest of their powers? So vast and unpredictable? Not to mention that they were also no longer missing numbers…
…safe to say the power now held by these factions was no longer to be laughed at and the best part? No one, not even the leaders-minus Deadpool- understood just how powerful they were as this was the last thing on their minds.
As much as Deadpool wanted peace for the X-men and for the Spiders to be left alone…
…he also kind of wanted to see someone try them just so he could laugh his ass off when it backfired tremendously.
The poor Inheritors had no idea what was waiting for them.
But that was a story for another day.
End.
Now Fun Facts!
FF1: Genosha is a former mutant nation ruled by Magneto that had a population of 16 million. The citizens were eventually slain and the nation was destroyed by Cassandra Nova's sentinels.
FF2: Adriana Soria AKA "The Queen" was a soldier in World War II that was experimented on in attempts to recreate Captain America's super soldier program by the U.S. government. Secretly exposed to radiation, the effects it had on her metabolism drove her to insanity. As a result she would gain the ability to control those with the insect-gene (1/3 of the world's population).
Later, thanks to the Jackal and her "spider-flu" during Spider-Island, her connection to the Web of Life would be amplified significantly making her far more powerful. She has telekinesis and her sonic scream, low powered, can one-shot Spider-Man effortlessly. Her saliva contains a mystical mutagenic enzyme that can mutate others and grant them spider power before eventually transforming them completely into arachnid monsters. The effects are varied and unique when used on those already possessing the Spider-totem however, and she once incidentally increased Spider-Man's strength as a result.
She has been deemed an Omega-level threat post Spider-Island.
FF 3: Death Mask is a version of Wade from Earth-11638. In this Earth after Reed Richards removed his tumor, Death Mask gained an insane amount of intelligence and would later become that Earth's Dr. Doom.
FF 4: During the events of X-Men: Red when Jean was at the U.N. A foreign diplomat was killed by Cassandra and Jean was framed for the death. As a result, the world turned on her.
FF 5: Spider-Man-321500 is an older Spider-Man that killed Kraven the Hunter in order to avenge Mattie and Kaine. He lost his loved ones as he took to a life of killing his enemies as he became an anti-hero.
FF 6: Spider-Man, Firestar, Iceman made a super hero trio in the cartoon "Spider-Man and his Amazing friends" this relationship carried a bit over to the comics as well where they have had team-ups.
FF 7: Honey Badger AKA Gabby Kinney is the youngest of Laura Kinney's (X-23/Wolverine) cloned sisters. She has a single bone claw in each hand as well as powerful healing factor and acute senses. Unlike Laura or Logan, however, she also possesses an inability to feel pain. Also, despite her healing factor, she maintains facial scarring that existed before her abilities awakened.
FF 8: Wolverinepool is a version of Wade from Earth 1946 that had adamantium claws embedded into him during the Weapon-X program.
FF 9: Ronin Deadpool is a version of Wade named Watari from Earth-TRN150 that lives in the past where he is the most powerful swordsman.
FF 10: An Amalgam of Deadpool and Devil Dinosaur from an unknown earth.
FF 11: Gwenpool, Real name Gwen Poole (Has no relation to Gwen Stacy though she did start off as an alternate cover image of Spider-Gwen). A girl from OUR earth that fell into Marvel and possibly one of Miles' biggest fans. A huge comic fanatic, she quickly jumped at the opportunity to become a costumed hero. Powers? Skills? Secret Abilities? None. However, she possesses a firm belief that death doesn't matter in comics and that if she dies, she'll just come back like everyone else eventually. Because of this she might be one of the single fearless (and possibly insane) people in the Marvel Universe.
How the hell is she still alive? I have no idea.
Admittedly, through dumb luck and sheer will she can somehow hold her own though when she is too in over her head, another hero tends to be close by to save her.
That said, she's young and her adventures have shown that she has the ability to become one of the most power beings in the Marvel Universe. Being a real human from our Earth gives her an ability to manipulate whatever medium she is in on a level that far outclasses Deadpool once she's older.
FF 12: Gwenpool and Miles had a disagreement about trying to kill an aspiring villain. As a result, Gwenpool pulled out a knife to fight Miles, believing that the key to a good team-up was to fight so that they could make up and become better friends later like in all comics. Miles just punched her and knocked her our and left her for the cops. Before this she had snuck into his house and pretended to be a friend from school to his mother.
Safe to say this girl is crazy.
FF 13: Trinary is a relatively new mutant with the ability to manipulate technology.
FF 14: After the Events of Avengers vs. X-Men, the teenage versions of the original X-Men were brought to the future by a desperate Beast. As a result, the younger Jean was exposed to a different world and had her own adventures which triggered her more powerful abilities sooner while unlocking new ones that her older counterpart had not even discovered. One such ability was her "psychic form" an ability that turned her into a being of pure psionic energy. In this state her powers are amped significantly and can be seen as a way to compensate for her lack of the Phoenix force though her strength in this mode is nowhere near that of her Phoenix form.
FF 15: Ellie Camacho, daughter of Wade Wilson and Carmelita Camacho is a young mutant. Like her father, she has to heal from damage however hers seems to be the next level. See she doesn't possess a usual healing factor but rather the ability of rebirth. She can heal from anything so long as she dies first. Upon her resurrection she reverts to an age in her teens around the time she first awakened her ability. She is effectively immortal in every sense of the word.
FF 16: In Avengers vs. X-Men Spider-Man was revealed to be the one destined to teach Hope to handle the Phoenix. Initially an unlikely duo, Hope warmed up to him a lot when he trained her and sure enough thanks to him she was able to control the phoenix when the time came and used its powers to awaken the X-Gene in mutants around the world and then she killed it by using the powers of Scarlet Witch.
FF 17: In X-Men: Red, Cassandra was finally defeated thanks to a device that was attached to her that forced her to feel empathy for the first time in her existence.
FF 18: Before Spider-Man gave up his marriage to Mephisto, The One Above All himself directly intervened and tried to persuade Spider-Man not to do it.
FF 19: There exists an organization known as the Intergalactic Alliance of Spider-Men that are essentially the Spider-Man of other planets in the universe.
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