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The Echo of Destiny
Chapter 25: Battle for the future
Aeon and Doom had both seen hideous creatures in their lives; the true identity of the Iron Warlord was no exception. If only Lily Holister could see what her son was destined to become, not a man but a monster. He was a true goblin, smoke rising from his form as his muscles rippled. His fangs were dirty while a scar given to him by his worlds Wolverine ran across his face. Doom and Aeon braced themselves for an attack as steam began to rise from the Goblins back. He yelled out, releasing two blasts of fire from his hands. Doom and Aeon both covered their eyes as the blasts flew into them. The flames burnt off Doom's robes, causing him to fall to his knees as his armour glowed a red-hot colour. Aeon fell to a knee, squeezing his hand into a fist as he looked at the Goblin Warlord.
"Fools, now that you've destroyed my armour you've released the seals on my power, not only am I infected with the Goblin serum, but I also took a downsized version of the formula that created the Sentry, so you see I am quite invincible!" The Goblin laughed, fire rising from his muscles.
But Doom and Aeon weren't men to give up; the Doctor fired a blast from his hand while Aeon ran forward. The Goblin jumped upwards, putting his hand together as he chanted a spell of some kind. Doom and Aeon put their hands to their eyes as the Goblin released a bright flash of green light. When the light passed, both Doom and Aeon looked at their new surroundings. They had been teleported to the old Avengers mansion. Aeon widened his eyes as he looked around. Chained to the walls were several young teens. One was dressed in a modified Enchantress costume, another was dressed in street clothes with a Nazi symbol on her chest, the third woman on the team had six arms. Beside them was a brown haired boy wearing a Spider-man shirt and another wore heavy clothing with a white mask over his face.
The Goblin sat on a throne with the remains of a green and white robot beneath his seat. Leaning on the back of the throne was the future Enchantress. Aeon and Doom went back to back as the future generation of the X-men plus the two Marvels surrounded them. The brown haired boy stirred in his sleep, opening his eyes to see a villain and another armoured man he had never seen before. Melter knew a lot of heroes; he wanted to be one after all. But this grey armoured man wasn't X-man Avenger, not even an old New Warrior. Sylvia woke up and looked at the Enchantress standing with the Goblin. She was Enchantress, not this impostor.
"Against an army of heroes you still stand strong, your both very stubborn" Goblin said.
But Aeon and Doom ignored him and instead focused on the X-men closing in around them. Enchantress walked away from the Goblin, eying Aeon as she walked towards Sylvia.
"You must be very confused, face it girl, you're a wannabe Asgardian, I'm the real deal and in the future I'm queen, it's my destiny to rule over Asgard with my love" Enchantress said.
There was a sudden flash of lightning and Doom and Aeon quivered at the figure who walked out of the shadow of the Goblin's throne. His hair was grey with an added beard, portraying both a wisdom and ferocity; his silver helmet covered his cheeks and had a guard for his nose as well as wings sticking out of the sides. The mans black chest plate immediately alerted the two armoured men of his identity. A black chest plate with six silver circles and a big red cloak, chain mail on his arms and legs and pairs of brown boots and gloves completing the look. His hammer was strapped to his belt with a bronze sword beside it. He was Thor, the ruler of Asgard and fallen god of thunder.
"Do not oppose us anymore, give in to destiny" Thor said as he walked in front of the Goblin.
"And what is that?" Doom asked defiantly.
"Every single person on Latveria will die, while Asgard falls to Earth after a Siege from Osborn's forces" The Enchantress said.
"Our past has already changed, Osborn will activate a weapon that will wipe out the alien forces, despite the intervention of the other heroes Osborn will be given back control of the countries defence, in another month our lord Osborn will be born, his father will attempt to attack Asgard, killing many heroes and even the gods before the island crashes into Oklahoma, after that the registration act will be taken to its next logical step, complete and utter enslavement of every single super human being, upon being born mutants will be trained to follow orders above all else, America will become the dominant super power leading to a third World War, in the midst of this war, the new Green Goblin will take the role of Iron Warlord, leading the entire world into a new age of tyranny, there will be absolute order…and if anyone opposes us" Thor explained.
"If anyone opposes you they get turned into your own personal slaves, I saw it all through Slade's memories" Aeon said.
"It cannot be stopped Aeon, your destiny was to remain in the ground so that your legacy could fall into the darkness" Thor said.
"Sieg, he wouldn't let that happen"
"But it will happen, he's destined to fall just as you are destined to enter the next world…the entire worlds destiny is to bow to us" Goblin cackled madly. "And these supposed "New Young Avengers" will be the first to fall"
Aeon jumped from his place, stepping off of Rockslide's shoulder and intercepting the blast Goblin fired at Sylvia. He rolled across the floor, maintaining his fighting stance as he recovered.
"Impressive, I can see why Slade sacrificed himself to bring you back, but its all for nothing, X-men, Avengers…kill all those who oppose destiny!"
Destiny was being opposed, or at least the destiny that people predicted. The young heroes fought their future selves. Victor and Victorious flew across the desert, shooting one another with streams of lightning. In their shrunken forms, Cassie and her older self flew in a swarm of ants, jumping and grappling one another. Skaar punched the World breaker across the head, sending him flying into a rock. But the older Skaar merely smirked, rushing towards his younger self and punching him in the gut. The Super Skrull was using all his powers against Xavin, burning him, trying to crush him with a thing like foot and even suffocating him with an arm around his neck. Xavin tried to get his older self off of him by flaming on, but the Super Skrull kept a barrier around his body. Even Nico was fighting a one sided match with her older self, she was spending more time dodging spells than actually fighting.
"Have you even begun to consider why your losing Nico?" The Sorceress supreme asked.
"How about you go…"
"ENOUGH OF THE INSULTS!!" The older Nico yelled, conjuring a miniature tornado that sent Nico flying into the back of Victor.
They rolled across the floor, coming to a stop near Skaar and he nursed a broken arm.
"These guys are brutal" Victor said.
"And hard to figure out, then again they are adults" Nico said.
"We aren't supposed to figure them out, we're supposed to kick ass" Skaar growled.
"Or get ass kicked" His older counterpart laughed.
The two Cassie's grew to their giant sizes and slammed their fists into one another. Both were sent falling to the ground, causing a crack to run across the desert. The only ones not fighting were Violet and Armoury.
"So have you given into destiny then?" Armoury asked.
"Of course not, I just realise that fighting you isn't the way" Violet said.
Armoury widened her eyes at the girls comment.
"Promises lead to dreams, and dreams lead to action and it is these actions that shape our future, that decide our destiny" Violet explained.
"What are you talking about?" Armoury asked.
"You see you're a result of my former dream, to be feared and respected in the world…but now I see that I didn't need a big gun to be a hero…hell having super powers isn't even a heroic act, alls I needed was the drive to do the right thing, you see Armoury I've chosen another dream, no more fear and no more fighting, from this point forward I'm going to do things the right way, I'll rejoin the Initiative and become a rescuer, I could use the Tactigon to save lives not take them…I wont be a woman trying to take life with a gun, I'll be a woman embracing life with a tool to save those lives" Violet explained and smiled as Armour's Tactigon returned to its regular form.
The older Violet dropped her head, smiling as she remember the feeling of loving life. She didn't need to be bitter and depressed anymore, because she now had a bright future to look forward to. Armoury disappeared and the other future Avengers were distracted by the sudden changes in their memory. The hundreds of people that Armoury had killed never died and a resistance movement still remained in their future. But resistance in the future wasn't enough, the future itself had to change.
"You keep pretending, for what, to please a woman who doesn't even love you" The Older Xavin said, slamming his younger self's head into the ground.
Xavin spat at the older Skrull, throwing him aside with a barrier. He then shifted his hand into a hammer and slammed it into his older self multiple times. Then he changed into his flaming form, blasting the Super Skrull. But his future counterpart merely laughed, punching Xavin across the head. Victorious grabbed Victor by the neck, laughing as his eyes flashed a blue colour.
"Nothing you do is going to change your fate" Victorious said.
"I can AND I WILL!!!" Victor yelled, kicking Victorious in the chest.
"You say you will and yet here I am" Victorious laughed.
Cassie yelled as her older self threw her against the ground. She shook the dust out of her hair and looked to Violet, casually leaning against the Quinn jet. Getting up off the floor, Cassie punched her older self in the face.
"I realise now, you're my desire to live up to my father gone wrong, but I swear from here on out alls I will do is honour my father, I can never replace him…I swear I will never become Ant-woman" Cassie said.
"Words are useless" Ant-woman growled.
"I already acted, by giving Amadeus Cho the ant helmet, the rest is up to my thoughts and my words, because a persons dream sets them on the path to their future, I choose a good future…NOT ONE RULED BY A TYRANT!!!!" Cassie yelled as she slammed her fist into Ant-woman's head, shattering the helmet and causing the woman herself to disappear.
Xavin kicked the Super Skrull across the head, creating a barrier to block a few fireballs. Then he changed his fist into a "Thing hand" and stretched it towards the Super Skrull, punching him directly in the nose. Landing on the floor, Xavin shifted into a female version of her Skrull form. Standing tall and proud, she looked to the older Skrull with flaming fists.
"That may have been what it was originally about, but as a Skrull I hadn't yet found my own identity, so I chose a form that would please my betrothed" Xavin began, smiling as she remembered those care free days "But now I know who I want to be, I am Xavin female Super Skrull, lover of Karolina Dean, I am a proud Skrull woman, THAT IS THE IDENTITY I HAVE CHOSEN!!!" She yelled.
The Super Skrull disappeared and Xavin swore that as soon as she saw Karolina she'd give her a wet kiss. Skaar yelled as he charged at his past self, but stopped as soon as his fist was within an inch of the other Hulk's nose.
"I see what you are, your everything my mother despises, you're the world breaker, the one who destroyed Sakaar…the fool who thought he could kill the Hulk" Skaar said.
"We can kill the Hulk"
"But what if I don't want to, what if I finally accept that there is no revenge to be claimed from the Hulk, because he didn't do anything wrong"
"SHUT UP! STOP TRYING TO CONFUSE US SKAAR!!!" The World Breaker yelled.
"Guess what idiot, Skaar not angry anymore, Skaar not need you anymore" Skaar said mockingly as he shrunk.
"NO! YOU NEED US! WE ARE YOU!!!!"
"Your hatred is just a parasite, acceptance is a cure…I forgive him, even though there was nothing to forgive" Skaar said, looking up at the sky with a smile as he changed into his human form.
The once future Skaar yelled as he disappeared from existence. Victor and Nico continued to clash with their other selves. Both didn't understand, no matter what they thought, nothing changed their destiny. The older Nico hit her younger self with her staff, and then shot her in the chest.
"You'll never understand" She sighed.
And then it hit her understanding was the key. Nico had never understood the adult heroes. She never understood the concept of Heroism. But thinking back on all that had happened she realised that she needed to follow a wise mans advice.
"This might be hard for you to believe…but you'll be an adult one day, you're going to be faced with the same problems that adults face everyday, if your lucky you'll get responsibilities…fall in love…gain faith" He explained, walking around the young heroes with his arms crossed. "Don't you dare think that your better than everyone else, your as far from being superior to adults than you can get, I've got some advice…grow up, learn to see the good in others"
She needed to accept a lot of things, that adults had responsibilities. That they needed to make certain sacrifices in order to ensure their children lived a better life. This was something her parents failed at, but it wasn't something she'd fail at. Getting up off the floor, Nico didn't say a word, she merely thought about things for a change. The heroes, though they made mistakes were the kind of people they should have striven to be. They deserved respect for the sacrifices they made.
'I don't want to runaway anymore' She thought.
"Well, that's a start, just don't grow up to be a bitter person" The Sorceress Supreme said.
"I swear, I'll become a better person" Nico said.
With those words, the Sorceress Supreme disappeared and Victorious was left alone. He shocked Victor, Cassie and Xavin away from him. Victor quickly got up off the floor and looked to his future self. It seemed that no matter what he thought he was destined to become this man. But Victor then began to realise, while he was still cybernetic the man standing before him was flesh and blood who had been bought up the wrong way. Victor realised that at some point he would become flesh and blood, but before that time Ultron would activate a hidden programming within his system. A program that demanded him to kill the heroes, or to at least enslave humanity.
'This isn't one of my better ideas' Victor thought with a chuckle as he put his hands to his head.
Victorious raised an eyebrow while the others looked to Victor with confused expressions. Victor looked to Nico and smiled.
"Have Hank Pym fix what's left of me" He said.
"NOOO!!!!" Nico and Victorious screamed as Victor ran electricity through his own head.
Victorious screamed as he disappeared and the other teen heroes looked at the remains of Victor in complete shock. Cassie was already on the jet, contacting anyone with experience in robots to support them. Xavin however was prepping the jet for take off while Nico and Skaar carried Victor onto the jet. They needed to get as many allies as they could find and put an end to the future Avengers once and for all.
Aeon had quite frankly enough of all the talk of Destiny. Rising up from the floor, Aeon reached for the power lurking in his soul it was one he would need. Hope Summers had drained the X-men of their emotions and Enchantress had enslaved them. Thor drew his sword and flew at Doctor Doom. Aeon quickly jumped in the way, taking a slash to the chest from the Thunder god. He span around, punching Thor so hard that it knocked his helmet off.
"Tell me Thor, why aren't you using your hammer?" Aeon asked.
"Because the impossible has happened" Doom said, charging a blast in his hand.
He fired the blast into the ground, throwing himself and Aeon into the sky. Doom then began releasing magical balls from thin air, these energy orbs then split apart to bombard the future X-men. One of the bombs hit Melter's left chain, blowing it apart. The young hero looked at the male Marvel and focused hard.
"May god forgive me" He whispered.
The Marvel suddenly screamed in agony as his clothes began to melt. Doom slammed his hand into the ground, releasing green electricity that spread amongst the X-men. Aeon then ran at Thor, dodging a sword swipe from the god and punching him in the chin. He then kicked Thor in the chest, knocking him to the ground. Jumping off of the god of Thunder's chest, Aeon flew at the Goblin. But Enchantress fired a blast from her hand, hitting the side of Aeon's head.
"Cant you see that its already over, destiny is coming" Thor said.
"We can still fight it!" Melter said, pulling on his other chain.
The Female Marvel cradled her brother in her arms as he yelled in agony over his melting skin. Goblin slammed his fist into Aeon's chest, sending him flying into Doom. They got up off the floor, defending themselves against the X-men. Doom grabbed Daken's face and poured electricity into his brain, Aeon however opted for the less lethal approach and punched War Machine across the head.
"Doom, free their prisoners" Aeon said.
"Do not order me" Doom said.
"JUST DO IT!!!"
Doom fired multiple blasts, destroying the chains around the Young Masters. Melter melted War Machine's guns, then thrust his foot into Push's face. Big Zero grinded her teeth together as she grew, then slammed her foot into X-23 and Daken. However four sets of claws stabbed through her foot. She yelled in pain, holding her foot as Daken and X-23 crawled away. Turning around, the Female Marvel unleashed her full fury, blasting a hole straight through Big Zero's chest. The Giant woman began to fall to the ground, but before she could even touch the dirt her skin was burnt off. Hope's hands glowed with fire as she flew towards Doom.
"Mutant Messiah or not you stand no chance against my WRATH!!!!" Doom yelled as he grabbed Hope's head.
The blast that Doom unleashed shook her very brain and Hope fell back, leaving herself wide open to another attack. But, Thor slashed Doom's wrist, causing him to back up. The Female Marvel slammed her fist into Aeon's face, throwing him into the Goblin's arms. With a chuckle, the Goblin engulfed the area around his throne in an intense explosion of fire. Even his own allies Beast and Shard were caught in the blast. Aeon yelled as he felt the flames burn his second skin. Grinding his teeth together, he slammed his head into the Goblin's.
Everyone widened their eyes in shock as the Goblin fell backwards, blood dripping from his forehead. There had only been one man that had drawn blood from the Goblin Warlord, that man left a scar across the Goblin's face that never healed. Osborn growled as he wiped the blood off his face, fire rising from his muscles as he glared at Aeon.
"Defiance against an empire, what a surprise, you heroes are always so defiant it gets so boring" The Goblin said.
"Yeah well I'm not just fighting an unfair empire I'm fighting time itself, and guess what"
"What?" Goblin asked.
"I'm gonna win!" Aeon said.
Battles would not be fought against the future but rather for it. For the future that people hoped for. In Stamford, Spider-man and the team of super heroes that joined him faced off against Osborn's army. Vision faced off against Sofen, dressed in her Moonstone costume, while Hank and Luke faced Venom and Weapon Omega respectively. Fortunately more allies arrived to aid the heroes, from the X-men came Psylocke, Beast and X-23, and of the Avengers came Tigra, Hulk, Rick Jones and 3D-man. Fighting alongside Sophia and Laurie against half of the members of the Zodiac was Surge, Mercury, Rockslide and Dust.
"WHERE IS FROST!!!" X-23 yelled as she ran into the Hood's gang.
Wrecker and his crew ganged up on X-23, but a suddenly gust of wind blew them back. Thor Girl flew into the Wrecking Crew, alongside Namor and Ares. Thunder ball tried to strike Namor with his mace, but the king of Atlantis easily grabbed the steel ball and threw Thunder ball into Pile Driver. Thor Girl and Wrecker clashed their weapons together, striking each other across the face.
"So your back from the dead huh? Is that ever going to be explained?" Rockslide asked as he hit Taurus into the air.
"I'm not quite sure, Emma read my mind, she might know" Laurie said.
"But that coward isn't even here" Surge growled.
"Don't worry we'll find her!" Mercury said as she slashed Cancer's shoulder.
Scorpio fired a blast into Sophia's barrier, firing more and more energy from his key. Sophia kicked at Scorpio, but the Zodiac leader held her leg in place then threw her into Surge. Luke Cage punched Weapon Omega across the head and Hank tried to crush Venom underfoot. But the symbiotic villain easily rolled out of the way, his muscles expanding as he changed into his feral form. Spider-man kicked Hydro Man and Wizard across their heads, and then jumped off of Juggernaut and straight at Norman Osborn. But Menace slammed her fist into Spidey's face, knocking him away from the Green Goblin.
"HULK FINISH RED WANNABE!!!" Banner yelled as he and the Red Hulk clashed.
The very ground cracked as the two Gamma powered brutes punched one another across the face. Their strikes sent shockwaves that knocked some of the villains to the floor. Namor slammed his fist into Pile Driver's nose and Tigra slashed Mystique across the chest. A-Bomb and Juggernaut rolled across the floor, the former trying to remove the unstoppable mans helmet so that Xavier could attack his mind. Weapon Omega hit Luke with a blast to the chest and Karla slammed her fist into Vision's face, throwing him into the ground. Spider-man launched a web at Menace, pulling her off her glider.
"Cant you see how out of hand this has gotten Lily, or has Osborn spread his insanity to you?" Spider-man asked.
"Sorry Parker, but I'm afraid this time next year Norman and I'll be living it up with Junior in Miami, it's our destiny after all" Lily said.
"Destiny?"
"Yeah, our son all grown up told us about it, we kill every last single alien out in space and have our records cleaned and put back in charge of national security, so you see Spidey its been prewritten that we win" Menace explained.
"Your wrong" Peter growled.
Surge blasted Cancer with all her power whilst Mercury sliced off one of Aries wings. X-23 and Daken slashed one another's arms and growled as they clashed their claws together. Beast kicked his evil counterpart in the chest, but was slashed across the arm by Swordsman. Dark Beast then punched Hank in the face, grabbing his hair and slamming his head into the ground. 3D-man smacked Firebrand across the head and tackled Swordsman to the ground. He crashed his fist straight through the mans helmet. Then he threw him aside and ducked just in time to dodge Taskmaster's sword swipe.
"Don't you see? Osborn will put an end to all of Earth's problems in one brilliant moment" Dark Beast said.
"But at what cost, the genocide of an entire alien race?" Beast asked.
"Sacrifices must be made Hank"
"What about Julian, he wasn't necessary, none of the death was" Beast growled.
"Its all in the name of progress, do you really think that your children wouldn't be fighting as hard as they are now if they didn't lose the ones they loved, there is no greater motivation than revenge" Dark Beast explained.
Venom slashed Hank's heel, causing him to collapse to the ground. Weapon Omega then fired a blast into Luke's chest, throwing him into Vision. A-Bomb was sent flying across the desert and Daken stabbed X-23 in the chest.
"You must be wondering why your wounds aren't healing, well guess what, these claws of mine aren't Adamantium, they've been infused with the metal of the Muramasa blade, the sword made from my father's soul, not even he could defeat me, so what made you think a cheap knockoff like you could?" Daken asked, dragging his claws across X-23's chest.
"You've got it wrong pup, you're the knockoff, I'M AN ORIGINAL!!!" Laura yelled.
In one swift movement, X-23 cut through the bones of Daken's arms, slicing them off. As he stepped back screaming, she popped out her leg blades and performed a spinning kick. She cut Daken's throat, and slashed his eyes before kicking him in the face and sending him crashing to the ground. X-23 raised her claws for a moment, but then stopped, Logan wanted to save his son. She sheathed her claws and fell to the floor.
"NORI GET X-23 TO A MEDIC NOW!!!" Sophia yelled.
Noriko unleashed a surge of energy, picking up X-23 and running her away from the battle. She collapsed just inches from a medical tent. Paige Guthrie and David Alleyne ran out of the tent with several medics beside them.
"What happened and whose arm is that?" Paige asked, pointing at one of Daken's hands.
"Quickly, take it out…save her" Nori said before falling into David's arms.
"Nori, Nori are you all right?" David asked.
"Hi Dave, see your still wearing the goofy glasses" Noriko whispered.
David sighed, his former girlfriend had only ran out of energy, With a little rest she'd be fine. Paige gently pulled Daken's claw out of X-23 and stepped aside to let the medics do their work. Alls they needed to do was stabilise her and pray that her healing factor would at least partially heal the wounds.
Iron Man's team of Avengers and X-men were on their own facing Karabai and his elite guard. The Alien warlord had absorbed several of his guards, healing his wounds and recovering his armour. He put on his helmet, a simple dome shaped mask with eye lenses. Sitting atop a throne, Karabai watched as the heroes battled his Elite Guard. She-Hulk tried to punch one across the head, but he easily managed to dodge the strike, slashing Jennifer across her back. Tony fired beam after beam at the guard's, some dodged his attacks, and others deflected them with their swords. One of the guards managed to redirect the beam at Thor. Hawkeye fired a flurry of arrows, hitting several of the guards. But they quickly recovered and ran at the Clint. Molly slid into the marksman's path and clapped her hands together, releasing a shockwave that sent the guards flying backwards. Her eyes glowed a pink colour as she slammed her fist into the ground, running a crack across the ground that caught three of the Guard's feet.
"NOW HIT HIM HARD AND FAST!!!" Cyclops yelled.
The Thing threw Hawkeye into the air whilst Cyclops charged one of his beams. Hawkeye fired three explosive arrows just as Cyclops released a thin beam that consumed the three guards. The explosion caused by the combo not only destroyed them, but threw several of the other guards back. Wolverine roared as he ran through the Elite Guards, jumping towards Karabai. The warlord fired a blast from his eyes, blowing a hole through Wolverine's chest. Angel flew at him from behind, and altered his flying path just in time to dodge a beam fired by Karabai.
"This ends now!" Karabai growled as he jumped into the snow.
With a simple wave of his arm, he created a gust of wind that threw Wonder Man and Patrick back. Nightcrawler teleported behind Karabai, attempting to kick him across the head. But Karabai grabbed the X-man's foot, twisting it out of place. Colossus and She-Hulk ran into Karabai, squashing him between their elbows.
"Very good heroes, but team work isn't enough!" Karabai growled.
Thor threw his hammer into Karabai's chest, sending him crashing into a rock. Songbird unleashed a sonic scream on the Elite Guard's forcing them to gather together. Patrick then covered them in webbing, sticking them together. Ms Marvel and Iron Men then flew above them and bombarded them with energy blasts. The explosions shook the very mountain and the heroes looked to the top, smiling as a snow and ice began to avalanche towards them.
"EVERYONE GATHER TOGETHER!!" Jean yelled.
While Ms Marvel, Iron Man and Wonder Man flew above them, the other heroes gathered behind Jean as she created a telekinetic bubble. Only Thor remained outside of the bubble, swinging his hammer around, using wind to throw rocks of ice into Karabai before the Avalanche consumed them both.
Aeon and the goblin continued their brutal fistfight, with Doom and the Young Masters struggling to survive against an Onslaught of future X-men. Executioner and Coat of Arms rolled out of the path of Ms Marvel's beam, while Melter pressed his hands against Elixir's head.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" Melter cried as he activated his powers.
But Doom wasted no time in killing his opponents, electrocuting Push and Torque without mercy. Aeon took a punch to the head from the Goblin and countered with an elbow to his face. Locking their hands together, both tried to push one another back. This time it was the Goblin who slammed his head into Aeon's. Then he fired a blast of fire from his mouth, throwing Aeon into Enchantress's arms.
"We're winning Aeon, your friends will fail" She whispered.
"Shut up, we wont give in, we'll never surrender" Aeon growled.
He grabbed Enchantress's hair and threw her to the ground. Thor then lunged forward, plunging his sword into Aeon's chest. Sentry flew above the mansion, just in time to see Thor stab Aeon.
"NOOOO!!!!" He yelled.
Sieg awoke from his sleep, widening his eyes as he felt what had happened. Xavier too was faced with shock as he sensed Aeon's mind linger. The mans thoughts had been focused on stopping the Goblin, but now he began to think of the most important person in his life. With a yell of anger, Sentry flew into the X-men. He clapped his hands together, knocking most of the X-men back. Then he slammed his fist into Thor's face, throwing him into Enchantress. Aeon looked at Thor's hammer, knocked off of the god's belt and just lying on the floor.
"I know now why you don't use your hammer, because it no longer considers you worthy, this is for Slade!!" Aeon picked up the hammer and with the last of his strength he threw the hammer, smashing Enchantress's face in.
The god's brain washing began to fade and the X-men stopped in their tracks. Hope looked at her teammates, the people she had betrayed. She stole their emotions, making it easier for Enchantress to take over their minds. Lowering her head, a smile spread across her lips. With a simple wave of her arm she and her teammates began to fade away.
"HOPE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!!" The Goblin Warlord yelled.
"Face it Osborn, its over, we're finished…the one thing we couldn't do was stop them from choosing" Hope said with a smile as she disappeared.
"You fools, YOU FOOLS! I DON'T NEED YOU I'LL KILL THEM ALL!!!" Goblin yelled as he looked towards the worn out heroes and villains.
Sentry held Aeon in his arms, kneeling on the floor and looking into the young mans eyes.
"Are you afraid?" Aeon asked.
"Of course I am, I'm terrified of my power, but a man always faces what he's afraid of, he never backs down or surrenders to fear, that's what Slade taught me" Sentry said.
"Lot better than that "no void" crap right?"
"Damn right!"
"Are you ready?" Aeon asked.
"Yes!"
"Whatever you have planned it won't work!" Goblin growled.
"You don't know a thing about me Goblin, you don't know what my true power is" Aeon said as Sentry helped him up off the floor.
Goblin merely grinned, this man couldn't do a thing against his power of a million exploding suns. Even as Sentry and Aeon floated into the air, the Goblin maintained his confident expression. Suddenly, the Sentry disappeared, replaced by a golden energy ball. The ball flew around Aeon before flying straight into his chest. In a bright flash of light, Aeon's form changed, long locks of blonde hair stuck out of the back of his helmet while the armour itself changed into the colour scheme of the Sentry's costume, with the Sentry's symbol glowing on his chest and a cloak hanging off his neck.
"Impossible!" Goblin whimpered.
"Destiny ends here goblin!" Aeon said, his own voice and Robert Reynold's voice echoed together.
As yellow energy glowed around Aeon, Goblin released his own flaming energy. They flew at one another and both doom and the Young Masters ducked for cover as Aeon slammed his fist into Goblin's face, throwing him straight through his throne and out of the mansion. The Goblin crashed through three buildings before coming to a halt at Avengers tower. Jarvis, his Skrull counterpart and Lindy Reynolds ran out of the door with several Guardsmen. Aeon landed in front of Goblin, grabbing him by his neck and looking him straight in the eyes.
"You can't stop it, I am destined to rule" The Goblin said, coughing blood onto the victor's face.
"The least I can do is try" Aeon said.
Goblin simply smiled before the light faded from his eyes. In another flash of light, Sentry and Aeon separated, Bob fell to his knees and into his wife's arms while Aeon stood tall.
"I've given you most of my power, you can still make it" Bob said.
Aeon nodded his head before a yellow aura surrounded his body. He took flight into the air and began his journey to Stamford. Norman Osborn laughed as he typed in the codes to activate the beam cannon. His army was keeping the Avengers and X-men occupied. Soon he would be declared the hero of the entire world. People would look to him as the man that had destroyed every threat to Earth in just one shot. And after a few years as Earth's defender, he would be Earth's conqueror.
"PUSH THROUGH! WHATEVER THAT CANNON THING IS IT CANT BE GOOD!!!" Spider-man yelled.
His spider sense ran and Peter ducked just in time to avoid a sword swipe from Vargas. The swordsman swung his blade at Spider-man, but a glowing purple Katana stopped the blade.
"I thought I killed you" Vargas growled at Psylocke.
"That trick never works, it's payback time!" Betsy said.
'Okay, I'll just get away from this' Peter thought as he crawled away from the imminent duel.
"Yes, its full charged…now let very stinking alien die in the blackness of space!" Osborn said before he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
The machine released a sonic boom that knocked down the fighters. Robbie Baldwin and Michael Pointer shook their heads as the effects of their brain washing drugs ran out. They looked in shock as a gigantic beam was fired from the dome, flying straight towards Earth. In the mountains, Karabai burst out of the snow and watched as the magnificent beam flew into space. His servants and soldiers would die; including the alien race that raised him after his planets destruction would be wiped out. Genocide was about to be committed, and it was a human's fault.
"Humanity is the race that seeks destruction!" He whispered.
Chapter 26: A shared belief
Here it comes, the final moments of the war, who will stand and who will fall? Who will be declared the victor?