AN: Hello one and all! Hope your ready for more action with our resident Justice League&Captain America crossover, 'cause its time for the epic conclusion of the lyokoMARVELanime special crossover event!
Diana: Does anyone else feel like that's a bit of a mouthful?
Flash: Yep. I'm pretty sure that's what we're all thinking.
Everyone else: [nods in agreement]
AN: Well it's not like I'm going to being mentioning it again, 'cause again, this is the conclusion of the crossover with the Code Avengers series. Any-who, I would've had this up sooner, but stuff happened, such as technical difficulties, posting of a new story, but then, something really incredible happened. The premiere of The CW's 4 night crossover event, Heroes vs. Aliens, which includes the four shows of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow! Seriously, did you guys see that? Cause if you didn't, you missed out, and it. Was. AWESOME! And then a week later, we saw the awesome mid-season finales of The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which were just as equally awesome! Seriously, you'd have to have seen them for yourself to just get an IDEA of how incredibly, spectacularly, amazingly awesome all of those were! Add in the mid-season finale of Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D., and how could I not think about posting something a new chapter for this story!
Captain America: Okay, I think they get the point soldier.
AN: Right, right. Okay, I...I think I'm all good now. But just in case, before I go into another fan-freak-out, witness the events of this newest chapter, and the adventures that are now about to unfold, as we see a true uniting of the heroes of Justice Marvel and Code Avengers!
I do not own anything from any of either of the MARVEL or DC Comics franchises or any other franchise mentioned in this story.
Chapter 12: Heroes Assembled
Even though the combined forces of the Avengers and the Justice League were indeed powerful, it was not until after Iron Man, Wasp, Angel Guardian, and Diana finally got back that they were able to finally finish off the last of the robots that Kang had left for them. Afterwards it was just a matter of cleaning up the mess that had been made by the battle, something that none of them were really too fond of even with J.A.R.V.S.'s help, but it was still necessary, especially since Hank wanted to study one of the robots so he could learn more about this Kang's tech. The entire time though, the League had not been able to get any answers from the Avengers as to how they knew of this being that had attacked them, but each time they did, the Avengers all said that they would explain after they had straightened out and repaired the mansion, so it was not until about a few hours later when they were all gathered in the Assembly Hall once again that the League finally got some answers.
"So exactly who was that guy, and how did you know him," John asked, his patience already waning after being forced to wait this long.
In response, Tony pulled up a three-dimensional image on the holo-projector in the table of the man who had just attacked them, although this time around, the Leaguers could see a few differences between the image before them and the man that they had encountered earlier. "Kang the Conqueror is a time traveler from the Forty First Century that the Avengers fought about half a year ago, and apparently, he's the ruler of both the world and the universe in his time, but something from our era caused his timeline to be wiped out, and forced him to come back to our century so that he could prevent it from happening."
"What would force him to come back here," Diana asked.
"Apparently, his timeline was wiped out and he figured that the reason for that was Aelita, Ulrich, and our Captain America, so he came back to 'fix the problem,'" Wasp replied.
"She basically means that he wanted to kill the three of us so that he would prevent us from possibly doing something that would destroy the world at some point in the near future," Ulrich clarified.
"And that was just the beginning," Aelita picked up. "Kang knew that the war between the Kree and the Skrull was going to come to Earth, so in order to keep Earth safe, he planned to give us advanced, future technology that would make Earth's military forces ready for when they came."
"I'm guessing he wasn't going to do this out of the goodness of his heart," Hawkgirl stated.
"Well the guy's name is Kang the Conqueror, so I don't think the words 'peaceful negotiation' exist in his vocabulary," Carol pointed out.
"Kang intended to conquer our world so that he would already rule our world by the time the war between the Kree and Skrull came here, and he was willing to do whatever it took to accomplish his goals," T'Challa finished.
"In the end though, the Avengers managed to stop him, but we couldn't risk sending Kang's ship back to where, or rather when it came from," Tony finished. "If we did, we would've ended up killing the woman that Kang loved."
"Perhaps you can explain why that was the case," J'onn asked.
"It's a long story," Hank replied. "And in point of fact, our Kang is still currently locked up in Forty-Two, so I can't say how it is that he showed up before us."
"Well if he is a time traveler, maybe it was just him from another point in time," Diana suggested.
"I don't think so," John argued. "He said he came here for us, the League specifically, so if this was another Kang, I don't think it was from any point in this timeline."
"Lantern's right; this guy is definitely from our world," Flash nodded. "He mentioned two of my old enemies who had been able to master using the Speed Force for time-based abilities."
"If he came here to destroy us, then does that mean that he's doing something back in our world," Hawkgirl asked.
"It could be," Ulrich nodded. "Kang has access to entire armies and fleets of ships in his time, and he can bring all of them into any era that he wants in an instant, so he's probably already started something of an initial invasion of your world, and since the Justice League is the greatest threat to whatever plans he may have in your world…"
"Then it would make sense that he would come here to try and defeat us," J'onn finished.
"If that is the case, then we need to get back quickly," John said.
"Hang on," Tony said. "There's something else you need to know. When Wonder Woman, Wasp, Aelita and I were out fighting Mandarin, he disappeared in an instant, and it was not in the way that he normally teleports. After looking back at the scans I took of the area to try and figure out how he got away, I found that I had picked up on some traces of tachyon particles."
"Which indicates time travel," Flash picked up. "Are you saying that Kang saved Mandarin?"
"And he's likely made a deal with him to take you guys out in exchange for something he wants. Three guesses as to what it might be," Wasp answered.
"Guys, we can't just leave them to deal with this on their own," Flash insisted.
"Flash, we've got our own world to worry about. We can't just drop everything to help these people out with their problems," John argued.
"But only half of it is their problem. The other half comes from our world, and we can't just ignore that," Captain America pointed out.
"They've defeated their own Kang, so how would this one be any different," Hawkgirl said.
"For starters, this Kang's got tech and abilities that are different from the one we fought, and besides, it took the entire Avengers team to stop him, or at least all of the team at the time," Ulrich revealed. "And in case you guys haven't noticed, we're currently short a few members. Sure, Ms. Marvel could probably make up for the areas that we lost after Thor went back to Asgard, but at the moment, we're short one Hawkeye, one Hulk, and our own Captain America."
"Not to mention that Mandarin has powers that could easily rival Kang's in any timeline, aside from the fact that unlike Kang, he can't get any attacks through mine or Ulrich's suits' protection," Aelita added.
Hearing this definitely made the Leaguers feel a bit more worried about the Avengers' chances for stopping both Kang and Mandarin, so there was really only one thing any of them could say. "We'll do whatever we can to help you before we need to head back," Captain America promised.
"Speaking of which, what have you come up with to get us back to our world," Hawkgirl asked.
"We've got an idea, actually," Hank replied, and he then dismissed the image of the Avengers' Kang to replace it with an image of a circular device. "This wormhole generating device is one that Tony and T'Challa created to help Thor return to Asgard after he found himself unable to use any of his usual methods of getting there. I've been working on some modifications so that it should, in theory be able to open a breach to your universe."
"In theory," John asked.
"Well, we never really got a chance to use the device for its original purpose, and doing this would be going even further beyond that purpose," Tony admitted. "But for right now, we need to devote a lot of resources to finding Kang and Mandarin, preferably before they're able to finalize whatever their plans may be."
The League looked like they were about to protest this, until Hank said, "Don't worry, I'll be working as hard as I can to get the device working until its ready. I'm just going to have to juggle that with our efforts to find Kang and Mandarin."
With that last matter settled, everyone started deciding on who would handle what in their efforts to locate the two villains, and eventually split off to carry out their assigned tasks, all of them hoping that whatever Mandarin and the Kang from the Justice League's world had planned, it would not be ready by the time they did find the two.
At the same time that the heroes were holding their meeting, Kang had finished explaining the full extent of his plans to Mandarin, and the wielder of the ten Makluan Rings was more than simply intrigued by it. In the simplest of words, Kang intended to combine his future technology with the incredible powers of Mandarin's rings, and the results would be that they would have an endless army of powerful troops that could give any of the heroes a run for their money. It did not stop there, as Kang revealed that there was a way that he could actually increase the power of Mandarin's rings to levels that even the Mandarin himself had only briefly felt at one, far-too-short point in his life. The mere idea of ever being able to hold that power in his grasp again was something that Mandarin had long since thought would never become a reality, and now, it was here before him. There was just one small thing that had him feeling hesitant about accepting this offer.
"Just what is it that you would gain for granting me the ability to unleash the rings' full power again? I know there must be some form of hook to it," Mandarin asked.
"The only hook is that you help me to destroy the Justice League, as I've already told you. That is all the catch in this offer," Kang reassured Mandarin.
"You'll forgive me if I am a little skeptical. You would not be the first person with incredible powers to deceive me into being a pawn in someone else's game," Mandarin sneered.
"Yes, I have seen the history of your universe. Such an injustice cannot go unpunished, and when we are finished here, I doubt that you will let it, now will you," Kang asked.
Mandarin just smirked behind his helmet in confirmation of that, not that Kang could see it, but his silence was more than confirmation enough for Kang. A minute later, Kang had summoned a vast number of his troops to the warehouse so that they could be given their new upgrade, and once that was done, all that was left was for Kang to grant Mandarin the powers that he had promised him. After stepping back a little, Kang activated his signature device used it to release a powerful energy wave into Mandarin, and after the beam struck, Mandarin began to glow with energy that coursed through every single piece of his armor and his body. As the energy grew stronger and stronger, Mandarin could feel his strength and powers increase at a rate that was far more incredible than anything he could ever remember it reaching, and eventually, it started to feel a little painful. That pain soon increased to a point where he ended up unable to suppress a scream of pain, but when the energy beam finally stopped, that scream turned into a deep, dark, maniacal laugh that would send chills down the spines of even the most soulless or fearless of people.
Seeing that their little operation had worked, Kang could only smirk at this, but there was still the matter of whether or not the improvements to his troops had worked. Thankfully, he had the perfect idea on how to test them. All he had to do was get someone's attention.
After much discussion, everyone agreed that it would be a good idea for everyone to pair up and search the city for any signs of Mandarin or Kang, but not all at once. Most of both teams would remain at Avengers Mansion, while at least two pairs of heroes would search the city, only stopping to rotate out with another pair of heroes after a few hours, with Hank coordinating everyone's efforts from the mansion. This allowed any scientific minds on both teams a chance to help work on the device that would allow the Leaguers to return home once the two villains were dealt with and help in the search as well. At the moment, the two teams that were out searching were Flash and Sprint Samurai, and Green Lantern and Ms. Marvel.
John was not entirely comfortable with being partnered up with Carol if he were being honest, but it was not for the same reasons that he initially had for distrusting her. The main reason was because he was still trying to wrap his head around the fact that the woman was half-Kree, and he had a hard time trying to remember that fact. It was not really helped by the fact that her powers were so much like that of a Kree, but right now, he knew he had to deal with it. His time in the marines had long since taught him that there were sometimes things that you just had to deal with when it came to carrying out a mission, especially the most important missions. Unfortunately, it he found out that he was probably a bit more apparent in his discomfort than he thought, because after Ms. Marvel reported in on their progress, she finally confronted him on it.
"You know, if you've got a problem with me, just come right out and say it. It won't kill you," Carol told the Green Lantern of Earth.
"What makes you think I've got a problem with you," John questioned a little too quickly.
"Do you really want to play it that way, Marine," Carol asked. "You spent a lot of time glaring at me ever since we officially met at Stark Tower, and every time I entered the room, you tensed up like you were ready to fight at a moment's notice. I'll admit, you haven't been that way after you had a chat with Samurai and Angel, but you're still really tense around me, so you might as well fess up on what your problem is."
John did not question Carol on how she knew he was a former Marine, mostly because of the fact that the Avengers had made it clear that he and his teammates were all characters of fiction on this world, save Cap, but he was still hesitant to explain his reasoning. That did not mean he did not explain at all. "Look, I'll admit, it wasn't exactly a big fan, but that was because at first, I thought you were a Kree," John explained.
"Well first off, I'm only half Kree, and second, what would that have to do anything?"
"In my universe, the Kree have never really been the best of friends with the Green Lantern Corp, or even good acquaintances. I've had to watch a lot of good friends get gunned down by the Kree, some for no reason other than the fact that they were trying to convince the Kree to not invade a world, so when it comes to anything involving the Kree, my first instinct is always to be ready for a fight. Oh, and I know about the fact that you're half-Kree. Your young friends explained it to me," John elaborated.
Carol's stern expression softened a little at that, and she then said, "Hey, I get not being a fan of the Kree, especially considering our most recent encounter with them, but I can't exactly deny who or what I am. I'm half-Kree, but the rest of me is human, and that's the part that matters to me. Think you can handle dealing with both?"
John paused in thought for a moment in thought before he finally said, "Well, if I can handle dealing with Captain Marvel, I guess dealing with you shouldn't be that hard."
Carol smiled in response to that. "That's good to hear, and it's nice to know that Captain Marvel is a real hero in at least one universe."
John was soon returning her smile after that before he said, "I actually have to ask, did he have anything to do why you call yourself Ms. Marvel?"
"He might," Carol admitted.
Before the two could go any further, Carol's ID card suddenly beeped to signal she had an incoming call from Hank. "Avengers Mansion to patrol teams. J.A.R.V.I.S. just picked up on a large concentration of tachyons on the outskirts of the city. I'm sending the coordinates to your ID cards now."
"Got it Hank. Flash and I are close by. We'll head over there and check things out," Ulrich responded.
"Hey, don't go rushing in there on your own," John warned.
"Relax, Lantern. This isn't my first day on the job. Besides, unlike Flash here, I actually know how to fight beyond just my powers."
"Oh gee, thanks," Flash retorted, though John could tell from the sound of his voice that he was not being entirely serious.
"Well all the same, Lantern and I will head over there to back you two up, so try to be careful until we get there," Carol requested.
"You got it, Ms. M," Ulrich responded, and the two fliers were immediately turning around to head in the direction of the coordinates that Hank had sent to Carol's ID card.
Reaching the coordinates that Hank had sent them in little to no time at all was not a problem for either of the two speedsters, and in a flash of gold, Sprint Samurai appeared on site of the heroes' destination, followed shortly by Flash, leading Ulrich to smirk and say, "For the record, I got here first."
"Yeah well I had circled around a few times to check for traps or guys waiting to ambush us when we got inside, so I let you get here first," Flash insisted.
Both of the speedsters could not help but laugh a little at their own banter, but that laughter quickly ended when Ulrich noticed something off about their surroundings. "This is definitely where Hank had picked up on that tachyon signal, right?"
"Yeah," Flash replied, having seen the info on his own, temporary Avengers ID card.
"So if that is the case, where's our big bad time traveler and his black armored friend with excess power rings," Ulrich said.
The Sprint Samurai had a point, as the warehouse they had arrived in was completely empty as far as anyone could see or hear. Being the experienced heroes that they were, Ulrich and Flash both knew that this meant that they had either just missed the supervillains or this was likely an elaborate trap of some kind. Both scenarios were very likely in this case, and that was why they made sure to proceed with caution as they started to search the rest of the building, or at least as much caution as any speedster could possess. A search that likely would have taken hours then ended up taking only a few seconds, and in the end, neither one of the two speedsters found anything that could lead them to Kang or Mandarin. After one last look, they were just about to leave when the trap was finally sprung.
In an instant, the entire room had become shrouded in a blanket of darkness so thick that neither Flash nor Sprint Samurai could so much as see their own hands in front of their faces, but they were still able to hear quite well, and they could both hear the other one letting out grunts of pain after being struck by something or someone. When the shadows finally subsided, the two were both down on one knee and staring up at more of Kang's robotic minions wearing what looked like simplified versions of Mandarin's armor. The main differences being that none of their helmets had horns on the top like Mandarin's did, and each armor seemed to be highlighted in a color that matched that of one of the ten rings that Mandarin wore. Looking around at these troops, Ulrich could see that the red troops all had small flames forming around their fists or other parts of their bodies, the yellow troops had a cold mist about them, the green troops had electricity dancing around them, and so on and so forth, until he had accounted for nearly all of the various powers of Mandarin's rings.
"That's new," Ulrich commented, and he had barely even finished said comment before the Mandarin-enhanced soldiers charged him and Flash. Both Speedsters were instantly on their feet again and racing around the room to try and avoid being hit by the robotic menaces, but they could only do but so much against them, especially after they realized were almost as fast as they were, namely the ones with white highlights on their armor, and that made it all the more difficult to keep ahead of enemy attacks.
Ulrich was more than used to deflecting attacks in close or long-range combat with his sabers, and Flash had quite a great deal of experience fighting other speedsters, so the two were able to hold their own for a short time, but even they had a limit on how long they could last, especially since the ones with armor that was all black could create shadows around them in an instant. It soon became much more difficult when the ones wearing armor with purple highlights started teleporting around the room as a way of staying ahead of the two, and then went so far as to increase the gravity around Flash and Ulrich so that they had a harder time moving, right up to the point where they had to struggle just to stay standing. When both heroes were forced down onto their knees, the troops started to move in, ready to finish them off, until they all paused at a very loud shout.
"ENOUGH," said person shouted, and the troops all stood down before parting like the Red Sea so that Mandarin could step forward and look down on the two heroes, energy dancing around his body like wild electricity. "You are either very brave or incredibly foolish to come here alone, heroes, but still, I should thank you. You've given me the opportunity to truly test the new limits of my powers."
"Glad we could help," Ulrich remarked sarcastically, but a minute later, he was crying out in pain after Mandarin struck him with a fire blast, sending him crashing back into the wall behind him. When he fell to the floor again, he was shocked to discover that Mandarin's attack actually hurt him a lot more than it should have, and his suit was fizzling in and out of its active state. "How did you…"
"You've never truly faced me at the greatest height of my power before, Sprint Samurai, and now, I've not only been granted the ability to call on it again, but I've exceeded it, thanks to Kang's assistance," Mandarin answered. "Though I will admit, I am just as surprised as you are that I was able to inflict harm upon you despite you the protection your suit provides you, but I find it to be a very welcoming benefit."
Ulrich just glared darkly at the black armored villain, saying nothing in response, before he started struggling even harder to stand up again so that he could attack Mandarin. It was all for not though, because the gravity field around him was still in effect, and Flash was having no better luck at standing up than his young friend was. Thankfully, they did not have to worry about getting out of this mess on their own, because it was at that moment when Green Lantern and Ms. Marvel arrived on the scene, both blasting the black armored villain with their respective energy blasts. While the blonde heroine was quick to drop down next to Ulrich to make sure he was all right, John made to push back the army of enhanced mechanical soldiers with his ring, but even he had to struggle in order to do that, especially when Mandarin stepped forward and simply raised a finger to push back against it.
Seeing Green Lantern struggle so much prompted Carol into action, and she immediately let loose a barrage of energy blasts from the air, forcing the enemy forces to either scatter or throw up energy shields in order to save themselves. It also served to distract Mandarin for a moment, and thankfully, that was all Carol needed. "Lantern! Blast me with your ring, and give it everything you've got," Carol shouted.
"Are you crazy," John demanded. "You could end up getting killed if I did that!"
"Just do it!"
After another moment of hesitance, John dismissed his shield and jumped back before firing a powerful blast of energy right at Ms. Marvel. Instead of being knocked through the ceiling or harmed though, Carol's body just lit up with an aura of yellow energy until it looked like her whole body had changed to the color. With that done, Carol pulled back both hands as she formed an energy ball between them, and threw it straight down at the ground, creating a powerful shockwave with an explosion of light that either knocked Mandarin and his forces off their feet or blinded them. When the light finally cleared, all four heroes were long gone, but Mandarin did not get discouraged at all. Instead he just laughed at the new development.
"It seems our efforts have paid off, Kang. We have the heroes running for their very lives," Mandarin chuckled.
"They can run all they want to for now. In the end, they will all perish before our combined might," Kang promised in agreement as he stepped out of the shadows, and the two were soon sharing a mad cackle of laughter at what seemed to be their fast approaching victory.
After escaping from Mandarin and his army, the four heroes had immediately hightailed it back to Avengers Mansion, and upon arriving, Hank had immediately ushered Ulrich into their medical center so that he could look the young man over for any injuries he had sustained. Ulrich had tried to insist that he was fine, but his assurances were all ignored after he let out several grunts of pain as Hank examined him. In the end, it seemed that the young Avenger had managed to escape with very minor injuries, but that still left the question as to what had happened to him and Flash before Green Lantern and Ms. Marvel had arrived. When they were finally asked about it, the two were quick to answer all of the questions that their respective teammates had, and said teammates did not like the sound of it at all.
"Okay, back up a minute. You're saying that Kang's troops had armor like Mandarin's and all of his powers," Tony asked in disbelief.
"Armor, yes, but as far as powers go, it was more like they only had the powers of one specific ring," Ulrich clarified.
"Yeah, aside from their basic attacks and abilities, which we all saw earlier, they all had some kind of differences to their abilities and powers," Flash clarified. "It was pretty easy to tell who could do what though, seeing as they were color-coded, but that didn't make it any easier fighting them."
"Why didn't you two just try to leave after learning everything you could," Hawkgirl asked.
"That was pretty much what we were doing, but there was just too many of them, and they had quite a few guys with super speed as well," Ulrich protested.
"To be fair, neither of them were expecting an ambush quite like that, so we should just be glad that they were able to get out of there at all," John said in the two's defense.
"Yeah, but now we've got to deal with an army of Kang robots that have Mandarin powers," Wasp pointed out.
"Makluan Ring powers," Iron Man corrected, drawing looks from everyone else. "Mandarin's powers come from his ten rings, the Makluan Rings, so technically…"
"We get it, Stark," Captain America interrupted. "But none of that matters now. The bottom line is that we need some way to stop those two, and it starts with disabling their new army of super magic warriors."
"It's not magic," Tony immediately argued. "The Makluan Rings are highly advanced alien technology."
"Does that really matter right now," Diana asked.
"No, this is just Tony continuing to be in denial of the existence of magic, or just flat out hating it. You should hear the arguments he has gotten into with Thor," Aelita explained.
"Well, we won't have to worry about discovering a way to disable those Makluan Troopers, because I think I might have something," Hank revealed as he finally let Ulrich leave the examination table and approached the others so that they could see what was displayed on the tablet he had in his hand. "Specialized nanotech disks that are keyed to disable any of those troopers once they are placed on them, based off of what we've learned about our Kang's tech. I just need to make a few, slight modifications so that they'll be guaranteed to work on the League's Kang."
"How much time will it take to complete those modifications," J'onn asked.
"By my estimates, I'd say about three hours at best," Hank replied.
"We might not have that much time," Tony pointed out.
"Well that's really the best I can do at the moment, especially since I need to juggle that with modifying the wormhole generator that will get the League home," Hank argued.
"Iron Man and I can take over on that front while you work on your nanotechnology device, Doctor Pym," T'Challa instantly said. "He and I worked together to develop the device for its original purpose, so we are better suited for modifying it as well."
Seeing as they did not have much time to argue, Hank agreed to T'Challa's suggested course of action and they all quickly dispersed for the moment after deciding that it would not be safe to send anyone else out on a patrol of the city in case Kang and Mandarin decided to catch them in another ambush like the one that Flash and Ulrich had been caught in.
Almost an hour later saw Ulrich down in the training room of the mansion getting in a small workout in order to shake off the last aches and pains he still had from the previous fight. He probably should have been taking it easy, but Ulrich was never one to just sit around and do nothing when there was something going on, so this was really his only option for taking his mind off of the problem for the moment, since there was not anything he could do to help. Of course, it also served the purpose of helping him to organize his thoughts and vent his frustrations when nothing else seemed to help, and at the moment, he was very frustrated with quite a few things. For starters, there was the fact that Mandarin was now able to get past his suit's protection, which meant he could more than likely do the same in regards to Aelita's suit. The list of people who could do that had once been very short, but lately, it seemed as though someone out there was trying to make that list longer and longer as the days went by, and that both terrified and angered him, because it made it seem like someone was gunning for them specifically. Some would argue that such things were par the course in the life of a superhero, but for Ulrich and Aelita, this was very different.
Of course, that was not the only reason Ulrich was frustrated, and the second reason actually ended up walking into the room right after he had landed a particularly hard kick into the punching bag. "Think you could stand some company," Captain America asked.
Ulrich was about to throw the super soldier a small side glare, but quickly reminded himself that this Captain America was from the Justice League's universe, and not the one that he and Aelita were currently very suspicious of. Even so, he really did not want to have to deal with the super soldier of any universe at the moment, especially given all that had happened with his Captain America as of late, but there was just one small problem with that. "I'm pretty sure you're going to join in even if I said no," Ulrich replied.
"I guess you really do know me," Cap joked in response.
"I know another version of you, or at least I thought I did," Ulrich huffed as he finally brought his routine to a pause so he could catch his breath.
"Yeah, Lantern and Hawkgirl told me about the trouble you were having with your Captain America," Steve revealed. That got Ulrich to stop what he was doing and throw the super soldier a questioning look. "I just want to make sure that you know I'm not him, especially when it counts out there."
"Hey, I'm not so petty that I'd let my problems effect how I work in the field, and besides that, I do know that you're not my Captain America, but it's not always easy to remember that," Ulrich defended. "I mean, you look just like the guy, and fight like he does, or at least, how he did before our little adventure in Asgard, so you'll have to forgive me if I sometimes forget that little tidbit."
"I understand, soldier, but the fact of the matter is that I'm a different person than he is, despite how many similarities we may share, so how about you and I agree to leave those problems aside and start over," Cap offered.
Ulrich had to pause and think for a moment, before he finally gave a small nod of acceptance for this and waved Cap over so that they could train together. From that point on, Ulrich found himself starting to smile a little more, because for a moment, it felt a bit like how his training sessions with his Captain America used to be, and yet it was still different enough to prove that this man and the Steve Rogers he knew were not the same guy, only this time, it was different in a good way.
It was not until an hour and a half after Cap and Ulrich had started sparring together that Hank finally called everyone together again so that he could announce his success at completing the devices that would allow them to disable Kang's drones, and now they just needed a run down on exactly what it could do. Unfortunately, Hank's explanation was interrupted before it could even begin, as J.A.R.V.I.S. suddenly announced that the two villains were broadcasting their intentions on all channels of news and information. To be more specific, Kang and Mandarin were calling the heroes out, and telling the Justice League and the Avengers that their combined forces would soon be spread all across the world in a matter of hours, ready to destroy all who would oppose them, unless the two teams of heroes could stop them in time. Normally this would seem like an egotistical boast, but given what Flash, Ulrich, John, and Carol had seen when they encountered Mandarin and Kang's troops earlier, they all knew that there was a very strong chance that the villains could back it up.
After hearing this broadcast again, it was not difficult to figure out where the two villains were waiting for them. "They're in Times Square," Tony revealed aloud for everyone.
"One of the most popular places in all of New York City is about to become a battlefield, and if we don't face them now, your whole world will be crawling with these Makluan-Kang Troopers," Diana stated.
"Just how much of the globe has already been covered," J'onn inquired.
"Just about all of the USA, and they're quickly starting to spread out to the rest of the continent and beyond," Aelita replied, bringing up a map of the world that highlighted the specified areas as she did. No one liked that response at all.
"If we're going to stop them, then we need to do it now," John stated.
"Well then, it's a good thing we have something that can help with that," Hank said as he revealed the small circular device that had been the end result of his hard work. "This little nanotech miracle will cause any Kang Trooper it's placed on, Makluan enhanced or otherwise to shut down in an instant once it's activated, along with any other troop within its immediate area."
"Define 'immediate area'," Hawkgirl asked.
"Well…I'd say they'd have to be as close as you currently are to Flash, Diana, and John," Hank replied.
"Well, at least we won't have to use so many of them," Flash shrugged in relief. That relief soon vanished though when Hank's face suddenly became pensive. "There's a catch, isn't there?"
Hank's silence was all the confirmation needed, prompting Captain America to say, "Whatever it is, Doctor Pym, just give it to us straight. We don't have time to beat around the bush."
Hank nodded in response and then went on to explain, "Well the only downside is that, since Kang's robots have adaptation capabilities, you will need to place them on all of Kang's troops, if not most of them before activating, otherwise they will likely not work again."
"There are hundreds of those things across the country, maybe even half the world by now. Even with Flash, Ulrich, and I all working together, we couldn't get one of those nanotech cocktails of yours on all of those drones before Kang and Mandarin catch on to what we're doing," Carol protested.
"Unless we give them something else to notice," Aelita pointed out.
The two teams looked amongst themselves for a moment before Iron Man stepped over to Green Lantern and said, "You guys don't have to do this, you know."
"Hey, part of this threat came from our world, so that means we're involved this no matter what," John pointed out.
"He's right," Cap nodded. "Your world needs both the Avengers and the Justice League."
Everyone immediately exchanged smirks of excitement at that remark, and they were all soon locking hands in firm handshakes, cementing their alliance and promising that the battle that was about to come would be one of the greatest that either of their worlds had seen yet.
Times Square was normally an area where hundreds of people, New Yorker and tourist alike, were always gathered for any number of reasons, and none of those reasons had ever been because of a supervillain attack, mostly because of the fact that most sensible would not want to be in the area of such attacks, but also because somehow, the area had avoided being caught in such an incident for the most part aside from the rare mass invasion, like the one it was facing right now. Countless Makluan-enhanced drones were crawling around the area, along the walls, on the ground, and even in the air, and standing in the center of both the famous location and the invading forces were the Mandarin of this universe, and Kang the Conqueror of another universe. They both simply stood where they were, looking out over the area smugly, silently boasting of how sure they were of their victory. Their smirks of assurance only grew a little more when they saw Iron Man, Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel, and the Avengers Quinjet land nearby, the last which deposited the rest of the Avengers and the Justice League once it had landed.
"I was beginning to think you would finally realize the futility of fighting us and ran like the pathetic insects you are," Kang commented to the gathered heroes.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Kang, but we're just too stubborn to quit," Iron Man snipped in response.
"I believe it would be more accurate to say that you are too foolish to do anything else, Stark," Mandarin mocked.
"Think whatever you want in that regard, but just know that no matter what you try to throw at us, we're not going to let you have this world, or any other world so long as one of us is still breathing," Captain America retorted.
The two sides then glared each other down while J'onn set up a telepathic link amongst the heroes so that they would be able to communicate amongst themselves with minimal risk of the two villains overhearing them. "I have set up the link. Is everyone online," J'onn telepathically asked.
"Yeah, and feeling a bit weirded out by this," Wasp replied.
"Just try to stay focused. Remember, most of us just have to distract them while Flash and Samurai focus on getting the devices planted on Kang and Mandarin's forces as fast as possible," Green Lantern thought.
"Don't worry. Fast is the only speed I know how to work at," Flash boasted.
"That makes two of us," Ulrich smirked.
With their last bit of reminders on the plan now settled, there was really only one thing that anyone on both teams needed to say, and it was said by Iron Man and Captain America, respectively. "Avengers…"
"Justice League…"
"Assemble/Attack!"
In the blink of an eye, the heroes were blasting into action and meeting the army of enemies at full force, be it on the ground or in the air, and if anyone were present to see it, they would tell you that it was a sight that you would have to have seen in person to really understand just how incredible it was. In the air, Hawkgirl was slamming her mace into enemies left and right, sending many of them flying into the range of Angel Guardian's energy fields, while Ms. Marvel, Iron Man, and Green Lantern were lighting up the skies with their respective energy blasts. At the same time, Black Panther, Captain America, and Wonder Woman were dealing out some damage against the enemies who were on the ground and along the walls of nearby buildings with a show of incredible acrobatics and combined martial arts styles, while Wasp and J'onn varied between enemies on the ground and in the air. As all of this was happening, Flash and Sprint Samurai were racing around the area planting Hank's devices on the various enemy drones while dealing out some attacks whenever they saw a chance to, and so far, it did not seem that either one of the two leading villains were going to catch on to that any time soon.
The heroes did not spend all of their time focusing on the minions though, as eventually, Iron Man and Green Lantern moved in to attack Mandarin and Kang in a full-frontal strike. Given his past experiences fighting the black armored villain, Tony was sure that he would be more than ready for any surprises that Mandarin would have for him. Despite that, he found himself unprepared for when Mandarin actually moved fast enough to almost seem like he had teleported when in reality he was just moving faster than he ever had before, and he ended up being bashed aside like a fly. Green Lantern fared no better against Kang, as the self-proclaimed master of time easily managed to counter any construct that John threw out at him with his wrist weapon. Eventually, Kang used his weapon to not only break John's most recent construct, but also to send him flying through several nearby buildings. He would have ended up crashing into the ground had it not been for a timely intervention by Ms. Marvel, who soon planted him back on his feet when she landed again.
"Thanks," John nodded.
"Anytime," Carol smirked, and the two then took off to rejoin the battle.
While they were doing that, J'onn and Janet had taken a shot at beating the two, the latter having become Giant-Woman just for the occasion while the former had shapeshifted into a monstrous, snake-like form, but the two villains were just too much for them, as Janet found out when Mandarin managed to nearly burnt her to a crisp with his enhanced powers before pinning her down on the ground with little trouble at all. Luckily she was able to escape by shrinking back down into Wasp, and flew away just in time to avoid being caught up in the barrage of energy fields that Aelita rained down on the black armored villain from above. Hawkgirl was quick to use the cover that the pinkette's barrage in an attempt to attack one of the two, but the only reward she received for her efforts was being slammed into the building after Kang threw J'onn right at her. This had ended being the distraction that Mandarin needed to blast Aelita out of the air as well, but thankfully, she was able to avoid a hard landing thanks to Captain America catching her before she hit the ground.
This pattern continued on after a while, until Iron Man shouted for everyone to let their biggest guns to focus on the two villains while the others handled fighting the drones, and in no time at all, Mandarin and Kang were dealing with a good number of the most powerful heroes on both teams, while the rest were quick to deal out as much damage as they could to the drones in the surrounding area. Even with the combined strengths of Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Angel Guardian, and Martian Manhunter, the two were still able to firmly hold their ground against the heroes, but their troopers were a different story, as Captain America, Black Panther, Wasp, Flash, and Sprint Samurai were all able to disable or destroy a good number of the drones when they were not busy planting the nanotech devices on them.
This continued on until Hank finally radioed in from Avengers Mansion and reported, "From my readouts, it looks like you've got a satisfactory amount of the devices in place so that every one of the drones in Time Square will be knocked out of action. The only problem is that we've still got several hundred more all across the country that we need to tag before I can safely say that we'll be ready to activate them."
"Any recommendations," Captain America asked as he slashed his shield through another drone and then used it to deflect a combined blast of lightning and fire from several others that were nearby.
"I can only think of one," Hank replied. "This looks like a job for the Flash."
Flash was instantly racing out of the area in one direction, having quickly caught on to what Hank was suggesting, and Sprint Samurai was doing the same a minute later in another direction, but not before getting a word in to his friend. "Thanks Hank. I'm not the least bit insulted."
"Ah, sorry! I meant the Flash and Sprint Samurai. This is definitely a job for the both of you. That's what I meant. The Flash and…Sprint Samurai. I'm just gonna shut up and let you guys do your thing now."
"That would be appreciative at the moment, Doctor Pym," Black Panther commented as he drew his vibranium daggers and used them to cut down even more drones than he had before.
While the two speedsters were racing across the country, the other heroes were immediately starting to refocus as much of their efforts as possible into fighting Kang and Mandarin, which was no easy task even if they did not have to deal with the army of foot soldiers at the two's command. If they ever took their eyes off of either the two supervillains or their minions for even a second, the other was almost always there and ready to take advantage of that and hit them from behind, and that only made things all the more difficult for anyone to get so much as one hit on any of their opponents many times, including the ranged-fighters. The fact that Mandarin and Kang were also teleporting and running all over the place so that they were able to avoid any damage or injury in the blink of an eye did not help at all, so all they could really do at this point was wait and hope that Flash and Sprint Samurai would finish their tasks soon.
Those hopes ended up going unanswered for a few more minutes, during such time, Wonder Woman was nearly suffocated by a vortex of wind created by multiple troopers, Hawkgirl and Aelita were forced down by a massive gravity field, Wasp and Martian Manhunter were nearly cooked alive, and everyone else was basically thrown around like ragdolls by the leaders of the pack. Needless to say, they were all extremely thankful when Hank finally called in and said, "The devices are all planted. Just give me the signal and we can kiss these wannabe Stormtroopers goodbye."
No one gave the signal right away, but instead waited for a few moments as the combined forces slowly closed in around them, hoping to overwhelm the heroes and putting themselves within closer proximity of one another. When he finally deemed them close enough, Iron Man finally shouted, "DO IT!"
"…Done."
Barely seconds after Hank had spoken, the various robots around them all jolted and jittered for a moment before they all collapsed down onto the ground, immobilized and in some cases broken apart, much to the shock of both Mandarin and Kang. What came as even more of a shock was that Kang and Mandarin were also caught in the chain reaction of the devices, and they both let out a cry of pain before they fell to their knees. When the effects finally passed, Mandarin's aura had faded significantly, to the point where it was almost barely noticeable, and this did not escape his notice at all.
"What is the meaning of this?! Explain yourself, Kang," Mandarin demanded.
"I don't understand. How is this…What did you…" Kang stuttered as he glared around him before finally settling his gaze on the heroes.
"You're tech may be seriously advanced, Kang, but we're all quick studies," Iron Man quipped.
"Plus the fact that you came to a world where another version of Kang has already attacked and got his butt kicked wasn't really a smart move," Wasp added as she and the other heroes all started rising back up to attack once more.
Kang and Mandarin were both ready for anything that the heroes before them would throw at them, but what they did not realize was that not all of their enemies were standing ready in front of them. At least, not until it was far too late, and thanks to a telepathic heads-up, the League and the Avengers were all able to get to a safe distance before Flash came barreling in and delivered a powerful, supersonic punch right into Kang's back. Mandarin was quick to follow his temporary partner, as a second later, Sprint Samurai came racing in and started running around him in a triangular formation, creating the illusion of their being three of himself at the three points on the triangle, and all the while, Mandarin could feel himself getting slashed over and over again. After the last slash sent him flying, the triangle formation broke off and revealed that there were in fact three Ulrichs, and all three of them were instantly racing in to attack Mandarin at once.
None of the other heroes were going to stand by and watch their two, fast moving friends have all the fun, and soon enough, Mandarin and Kang were being assaulted by vibranium daggers, Cap's shield, Wonder Woman's tiara, energy blasts of four different varieties, and every other form of attack that was available to the gathered heroes until they were both knocked onto their backs and restrained by a hero from their respective universe, Kang being tied up by Wonder Woman's lasso, and Mandarin being restrained in cement that was conjured up by Aelita's creativity. Neither one of the two villains were content with being captured though, and Mandarin proved that by teleporting himself away in a flash of light, eliciting a groan from all of the Avengers.
"Next time, remind me to make sure that I make something that he won't be able to teleport out of, or that he's completely unconscious, or that we just take away his magic rings," Aelita told her teammates.
"They are not magic," Iron Man said once again.
"Well, they certainly make me think that they are," Diana commented.
While the heroes were discussing this, none of them had ever registered when Kang growled, "This is far from over."
An instant later, Kang had also vanished in a flash of light, and the indestructible lasso dropped to the ground, much to everyone's ire. Iron Man and Hank were both instantly scanning for traces of the two, but they ended up coming with nothing in regards to Mandarin. Kang on the other hand, they were able to determine the same thing, given that all of his forces had vanished along with him. "The tachyon trail indicates that Kang has disappeared completely, almost like he's left this time, maybe even this universe," Hank reported.
"In other words, we did it," Green Lantern asked.
"Yeah, we did," Carol nodded.
"We won," Captain America finished, and everyone was more than able to stand tall and proud at this knowledge, exchanging victorious smiles amongst themselves the entire time.
A few hours had passed since the Avengers and Leaguers' victory over Kang and Mandarin, and in that time, Tony, T'Challa, and Hank spent every single second working on the device that would get the Justice League back home. Even though they had won, there was still the fact that Kang presented a real threat to the League's Earth, so the need for them to get back home was very great. While the three were working on that, the rest of the heroes were all spending a few last peaceful moments hanging out together, and this time around, you would find everyone getting along great. Just about everyone was exchanging stories of adventures, laughing at the most ridiculous of memories, or just doing whatever they felt like doing in their last few moments hanging out together.
One such example could be found with Carol and John, who were just exchanging crazy stories about their time in their respective military branches, and how it went on to affect their hero lives later on. "From Air Force pilot to half-alien heroine who works with a special organization that handles stuff in space, huh? A guy could think someone was trying to make an Earth-based Lantern Corp of your own," John commented.
"Hey, after dealing with everything that's happened over the past year, it'd be a little weird if we didn't start setting up some sort of organization that could respond later on," Carol shrugged.
John had to laugh a little at that, and said, "You know, I think you'd probably get along great with Hal if you ever met."
"Really?! I mean…not that I'd really care one way or another. I mean, it's not like the Green Lantern comics were always my favorite growing up as a kid or anything, but…I just said that out loud, didn't I," Carol stuttered.
The Green Lantern of the two could only smirk at the blonde's embarrassment before he said, "Well I guess you just got to have the time of your life by teaming up with your childhood hero."
Carol just beamed happily at that, and the two continued on from there, neither of them able to hear that much of the conversation between the two speedsters from the other side of the room. "So hey, Aelita and I actually went to another universe with a Justice League a while back, and their Flash was a guy named Wally, so I was just wondering if you could tell me whether or not you were the same guy or anything like that," Ulrich asked.
"Well…I don't know," Flash replied a little hesitantly.
"Hey, it's not like I'm going to tell anyone from your universe or anything, and if it makes you feel any better, you could just tell me your first name, and the only person I'll tell is Aelita. Plus, I could tell her after you guys have left," Ulrich pointed out.
Flash had to admit that Ulrich did have a good point, and after another minute of thought or so, he finally held a hand out to Ulrich and said, "My name's not Wally. It's Barry. Nice to meet you, Ulrich."
Ulrich smiled brightly at this as he accepted the handshake and stated, "You know, out of every version of the Flash I know of, you are definitely my favorite, Barry."
"Well I think after today, my favorite speedster is Ulrich Stern, the Sprint Samurai," Barry quipped in response, getting a laugh out of both of the two.
The final notable meeting among the two teams was actually between Aelita and Captain America. Steve had planned to clear the air with the other Lyoko Warrior of the two young heroes, but Aelita beat him to the punch by saying, "I know that you're not the Captain America Ulrich and I know, and to be honest, I'm glad you aren't. It all just means that there's still at least one version of Steve Rogers out there who's still an honest hero, and I'm glad that we got to work with you for this."
"I appreciate that, Aelita," Steve nodded in thanks. "And don't worry. Whatever is going on with your Captain America, I'm sure that if anyone can resolve it, it's you and your brother."
Aelita immediately smiled widely in response to that, and was soon wrapping Steve up in a tight hug, which Cap happily returned. He had meant what he said, because somehow he knew that the young girl and Ulrich were going to make a big difference in this world, and not just in the case of the mystery surrounding their world's version of him. After all of these conversations and exchanges had reached their ultimate closing points, Tony's voice suddenly sounded over the speakers to let everyone know that they were ready to give the device a try, and they were all instantly racing down to the lab to see if it would work.
Upon arriving in the lab, they could all see the device was already set up and ready for action, but another thing that they could not help but note was that there seemed to be a large ring around it with wires connecting the two together. They all figured it had to serve some really important purpose, so they just put it aside and turned to the geniuses that had managed to complete this project so that they could get an explanation. "We've done everything we can to convert the device so that it will create a breach like the one that brought you all here in the first place, but there's still just one thing left that we have to do if we want to be absolutely sure that it will send you home and not to some other dimension by accident," Hank explained to the League.
"And what would that be," Diana inquired.
"Well as Flash had stated, every different Earth vibrates at a different frequency so that they can't interact with each other, so in order to open the portal to your Earth, we need to find the right vibration frequency," Tony explained. "To do that, we're going to need Flash and Ulrich to have a little race on this track here."
"Using the data gathered from their respective speed energies, we should be able to extrapolate the exact vibrations that are attuned to your world and open a gateway there," Hank explained.
"That's a pretty big theory," Flash pointed out.
"Don't worry, you can handle this. I'm ninety percent sure," Hank said, only to add on to his statement. "Well…maybe seventy eight percent…or a strong seventy two, I can't stop. Aelita help!"
"You guys can handle this. That's why you're both going to be doing this together," Aelita said to both Flash and her adoptive brother, much to their relief.
With the explanations settled, Flash and Ulrich just exchanged a quick glance between them before the latter suited up, and the asked the Scarlet Speedster, "You ready to finally settle the question of which of us is faster, Flash?"
"I don't know. Think you can keep up, Sprint Samurai," Flash smirked in response.
Ulrich just chuckled in reply, and a minute later, the two were positioned at the starting point, waiting for Tony to give them the signal to start. As they were waiting, Diana leaned over to Steve and asked, "If Tony Stark is Iron Man in this universe, do you think that means he's Iron Man back home as well?"
Steve looked over at the Avengers leader in thought for a minute before he finally said, "Somehow, I don't think so. Our Tony Stark may be a better man than he was back when he was in the weapons business, but I'm pretty sure that he's the farthest thing from the hero type."
Diana and every other Leaguer who heard that could only nod in agreement of that, and then watched as Tony signaled Flash and Ulrich to start their little race. The minute they heard the man shout go, the two speedsters were off and running as fast as they could around the machine, and everyone could only look on in awe with baited breaths to see if it would work. They were not really sure how long they were waiting, it honestly felt like an eternity to some of them, but eventually, Hank announced that he had a fix on the frequency and hit the control to trigger the device. A minute later, the center of the gateway opened up to reveal a glowing, blue portal, and Hank shouted, "You'll have to jump through while Flash and Ulrich are still running, with Flash going in last, otherwise I don't think we'll be able to hold it open."
The Justice League all nodded in response, and spared the Avengers one last look of thanks before they raced into the portal. Once the last of his teammates had jumped through, Flash gave Ulrich a mock salute and jumped through as well, while the Sprint Samurai skidded to a stop next to his own teammates as the gateway closed with a loud bang. As he caught his breath and looked on at where the Justice League had just disappeared, Ulrich had to smile and say one simple last sentence. "Bye Barry."
Once again, the Leaguers all found themselves waking up in an alleyway of some unknown city after they had crossed through, and after checking to make sure everyone was okay, Flash raced out to check a nearby newsstand to see if they had landed where they wanted to. When he returned he had a grim look on his face did not send a message of good news. "Guys, we definitely landed in the Central City of our world, but there's something you have to see," Flash announced.
The entire League immediately followed the fastest man alive out of the alleyway and soon let out gasps of horror at the sight that greeted them. There, flying high above the city, was a massive fleet of ships all similar in design to the technology that Kang was using, and numerous drones were constantly flying out of them while the countless others that were already deployed were marching through the city like Stormtroopers boarding a Star Destroyer. Streets were covered with ruined cars, and buildings had giant holes in their walls and shattered windows. Simply put, the entirety of Flash's hometown seemed to be in ruins.
"Are…are we too late," Captain America finally asked.
Flash was the only one to receive an answer, when his private comm. link suddenly beeped in alert of an incoming call. "Barry? Barry is that you?! Are you there," Cisco's voice practically shouted in Flash's ear.
"Vibe? Yeah, I'm here, and so are the rest of the League," Flash immediately responded, getting everyone's attention. "What's going on? What happened? Where are you?"
"Hey man, whoa! I know it's hard for you to do, but slow down for a minute. I'm still stuck on the part where you said that you and the rest of the missing Justice Leaguers are all alive," Cisco replied. "As for what happened, we got invaded! The whole world's been attacked by this wacked-out dude that says he's a time traveler from the future. Goes by the name of…"
"Kang the Conqueror," Flash finished for his friend.
"Uh, yeah. How did you know?"
"Long story, dude. I'll explain later, but…how long have we been gone?"
Cisco was completely silent for a moment, until he finally revealed a piece of news that Flash did not want to hear or relay to his friends. "Barry, you and others have been MIA for almost three weeks now."
AN: Whoa, didn't see that coming, did you? Yeah, they saved one world only to come back home and discover that Kang's already been attacking theirs for three weeks now. Crazy, huh? Well of course things aren't going to be resolved that easily. That would be a little weird if they were.
On another note, yeah, the League did not really have much of an impact on the events of Code Avengers: Cosmic, beyond the fact that they were there, but they did still have an impact nonetheless. For those of you following said story, there will at least be a mention of this in that story, and I'm sure you all noticed how Ulrich mentioned that he and Aelita met a Justice League who had Wally West as the Flash. Well I'm sure you can all guess what that would likely imply, huh? If you can't, well, I'm sure it'll come to you sooner or later.
Also, we got to see a few more references in this chapter to some DC series in this chapter, along with a few other cool things. Honestly wish I could've had the League help out in uncovering Skrull Captain America's true identity, but as was stated in the previous chapter, he was off on another mission with Hulk and Hawkeye, so the League never got the chance to meet him. Plus, it'd be a little weird to have two Captain Americas in the same place at once in this case.
So yeah, now it's back home, and back to work not even a second after they get back. And I'm sure you're all wondering how Kang managed to take over when there are so many heroes left back in the League's dimension, including Superman and Batman, right? Well for starters, the guy is a time traveler and a conqueror from the 41st century, so that would mean that he's got a serious edge in several areas, even against Batman. Plus, with most of the greatest heroes MIA...wait, why am I telling you all this now? Seriously, these are things that you should learn in the next chapter. Hehe, almost made myself a victim of my own spoiler prevention gags.
Well anyway, the crossover may be over, but the adventure that it started has still got one more chapter left before it can come to a close. To learn a little more about what you can expect for next time, go Onto the Preview!...
The League's return home is not what they were expecting or hoping it to be, as Kang the Conqueror has invaded their world. Heroes all across the world, from Miami, to Star City, and all other cities beyond have been doing everything they can in a struggle to survive the invasion, but they all know that the best chances of the world surviving Kang's wrath lies with the Justice League. Locating where Batman and Superman have taken shelter for the moment is but the first step, but just what else can the Leaguers do in order to save the world from the master of time? Find out next time in…Chapter 13: Clash with the Conqueror.
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