Issue 23: Between the Dark and Chaos
The Chaos Vortex
'Why the hell didn't he listen to me?' Ero sighed in his thoughts. 'I should have found a way…to get him to listen.' He berated himself for Peter's selfless sacrifice to save him from the Chaos Kin, flying alone through this devilish realm, containing whirling masses and debris strewn across the bleak skies.
"YO! ERO! SLOW DOWN!" A voice exclaimed that belongs to Sonic, boosting along with the rest of his incredible friends to catch up with the armored-up Arachnid God.
"We have no time to waste! Spider-Man's soul is linked with mine! If he goes, I cease to exist!" Ero reminded them of how their souls are intertwined, if one dies, so does the other.
"Then let's speed up!" Sonic ordered.
'Onward, Avengers! We have a spider to rescue!' Viridi encouraged as they boost through the chaotic dimension.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Chaos Vortex
"This is total chaos." Pit said, looking around his hellish surroundings.
'Hence the name "Chaos Vortex."' Viridi said as blast down Underworld monsters that exist in this realm, presumably created by the Chaos Kin. After destroying a horde of Handoras and Paramushs, several realistic eyes suddenly flood their vision, frightening everyone except for Ero, who sensed it was coming and stayed unsurprised. 'Ahem. Yes. Well… I wasn't expecting that…' Viridi said after getting spooked.
'Can anyone hear me?' Palutena's voice came in.
"Loud and clear, Lady Palutena!" Pit answered.
'Good, I was wondering if I could reach you from there…'
'Palutena, you gotta get some rest. You're still weak.' Viridi recommended.
'I know…but, I just want to say…I'm really sorry for everything that I did.' Palutena deeply apologized for all the terrible deeds she's done in the past three years.
"It wasn't your fault, milady. You were under the Chaos Kin's spell." Lucina said.
'I know…but this is still my fault for having you go through all this…Ero…please forgive me for putting you in this situation…I never mean to-.'
"I know. Don't blame yourself, woman." Ero responded, surprising her that he's referring her as "woman" instead of "child". "You had no control over your actions, so I can't be mad at you."
'Ero…'
"Spider-Man wouldn't want you to feel this way."
'He sacrificed himself to save me.'
"And me...He's always been this way. Risking his life to protect the innocent. Saving the lives of even his greatest enemies. That's why he's regarded as the "world's greatest hero"." Ero explained as he uses his repulsors to destroy some Gyrazers.
'I wish I shared half his courage.'
"So be greater." Ero simply replied, making her confused of what he means and how to accomplish that. His Spider-Sense tingles to vault over a massive silhouette of a hand. "What a bothersome realm." He growled as more hands obstruct their path, forcing them to maneuver between them.
"Whoa! Ugh! Hey! Nice to meet ya! Hey! Augh! Whoa!" Pit exclaimed repeatedly as the hands keep obstructing their view. Ero had enough and used his mystic spider-stingers to slash through the hands like a rabid beast.
"He seems angry." Sonic casually said.
"The Chaos Kin DID steal the soul of his partner from him, and is on the verge of dying!" Weiss retorted.
"Good point." Sonic remarked as they notice the area spiraling into darkness, inverting all of their colors.
"What magic is this?!" Lucina exclaimed as she looks at her inverted hands.
"We're looking like that Mr. Negative guy." Sonic compared.
"O…K…Maybe the Chaos Vortex's batteries are dead." Pit said.
'This place doesn't run on batteries, dingle brain!' Viridi insulted him. 'Anyway, it doesn't matter. You're going the right way. …I think.'
"What do you mean you think?" Weiss retorted.
"Quiet, child and follow me!" Ero ordered, using his night-vision and his Spider-Sense to lead them to a bright light shaped as a door in the darkness. They flew out only to have their entire bodies pitch black.
"Aw, man! This is my only tunic!" Pit whined.
'Don't be such a princess!' Viridi said as they fly toward a hot spring waterfall.
"Aw yeah, it's a hot spri-." Pit continues talking as they fly through it, "Blublublublub," regaining their normal colors.
"Well that's one way to get back our color." Weiss remarked.
"I also got water up my nose." Pit said as he clenches his nose to squirt out the fluid. While he's doing that, a giant Monoeye suddenly appears to obstruct their view. "Get out of our way!" He exclaimed as another one joins in. "I SAID get out of our way!"
Ero roars as he pierces their eyes with his spider-legs and monstrously throws them aside. 'You scare me!' Viridi remarked, terrified of Ero's monstrous power.
"Never before I've been so angry! I just want to cut loose and kill something! NOW!" Ero then roared loudly to the skies, scaring the monsters that dared tried to challenge him.
'AH! Well, uh, good news is we're getting close to the Chaos Kin.' Viridi said, still scared.
"Good." Ero sinisterly responded.
'But you should be careful for look-alikes.' Viridi informed them, and just in time too as a hoard of Chaos Kin copies flutter into view.
"Geh! There's a ton of them. Pretty nasty fellas!" Sonic said as he homing attacks a few as more show up to give the others a tough time.
'Is the Chaos Kin replicating itself? They seem exactly the same.' Viridi said.
"If that's true, we're in big trouble!" Pit remarked as he defeats a few fakes.
"Not a problem for the ultimate hunter. Let me show you how to hunt prey." Ero strikes a spider-leg straight through the brains of a few Chaos Fakes, quickly web tossing another to a crowd as he roars in to smash their bodies in. He chuckles, "I'll admit. This is a prey worth hunting." He smiled.
After dealing with the fake Chaos Kins, immediately after, a bunch of black symbols surround them, blocking their path. "This is starting to get annoying! Ugh!" Sonic growled as the symbols fade away, turning themselves into shadow copies of the heroes.
"What are those?" Lucina asked.
"They seem to be our shadows." Ero answered.
"More clones?! We don't need any more!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Besides, they don't look ANYTHING like me! First of all, I'm MUCH more attractive!" Pit said, hearing Sonic chuckle close by. "You know it's true." He muttered.
'Honestly, it's like you WANT me to insult you.' Viridi said.
"No! You just do it anyway!" Pit argued.
"And I wouldn't care!" Ero said as they approach a large, rocky structure with the Chaos Kin coming into view.
'THAT Chaos Kin's the real deal! After it!' Viridi commanded.
"Right!" Pit exclaimed as he took off with his friends right behind him. "Where do you think YOU'RE going?!" He asked.
'Throttling UP!'
The avenging heroes pursue the primitive beast through a cave filled with eyes, leading to clear sky dimension. "My face feels like it's blowing off!" Pit complained.
"Quit whining and stay on the Chaos Kin!" Ero shouted at him as they head through a portal shaped like an eye, repeatedly shooting at the devil monster.
"Ungh! We've almost got it!" Weiss said.
'Not to rain on your parade, but we have to watch the clock!' Viridi said as Pit's flight power is close to running out.
"Just keep me in the air as long as you can!" Pit replied as they head through another eye-shaped portal, leading back to the Chaos Vortex.
'You're running out of time!' Viridi shouted.
"We almost got it!" Sonic exclaimed as he jumps up and kicks the Chaos Kin straight into a floating rock, leaving it dazed and vulnerable in the air.
'Now's your chance! Shoot shoot shoot!'
"It's mine!" Ero web zips and kicks the Chaos Kin through several floating rocks, quickly appearing behind it to repeatedly spin kick before brutally axe-kicking it to a large platform below.
'Chaos Kin down!' Viridi said.
"Now it's time to get Spider-Man's spirit back!" Pit said as they flew down to pursue the falling Chaos Kin.
BGM End
Chaos Island
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Chaos Island
Pit and Ero were the first to land first. "Where's Spider-Man?" Pit asked him as he takes off the Arachna-Prime Armor.
"I can sense him. He's close. But we'll have to finish off some enemies first." Ero replied, unsheathing his stingers as everyone else arrives.
"Our pleasure!" Pit said as they begin fighting against a random wave of various enemies they've fought in the past, from Lucina taking on some Underworlders, to Sonic messing around with Aurum troops, to Weiss dodging attacks from fake Forces of Nature creatures, then Pit blasting a squadron of Underworlders and Forces of Nature, and Ero demolishing all groups without batting an eye.
'There are all enemies that you've seen before, but never together like THIS.' Viridi said.
"Tell us about it!" Weiss replied, back-dashing while blasting some Aurum Urgle and Skuttler Cannoneer.
"The Chaos Kin must be creating them!" Lucina believed, blocking a Blader's strike.
"Oh, man! Don't tell me there's, like, an endless supply of them!" Pit said.
'No, I don't think that's possible.' Viridi said. 'Even though these enemies are knock-offs, they're real enough to hurt you. So I'm sure they require quite a bit of energy to create. Which means this will be an endurance contest between all of you and the Chaos Kin.'
"Keep 'em coming! We can outlast any evil moth!" Sonic grinned while sliding under a Boom Stomper, tricking it to slam down onto nothing so he could destroy it, ending the first wave of monsters.
'Here comes the second wave!' Viridi informed.
"And here comes my second wind!" Pit smirked as an Orne appears, surrounded by Aurum troops forming multiple shields.
"Leave the Orne to me." Ero said, zipping over to punch the Orne into nothingness since a Spider-Totem's touch can easily kill them.
"What are those Aurum troops that was shielding it?" Sonic asked.
'They're called Rezdas. They'll put a hurt on you too, so stay away from them.' Viridi advised.
"Nah. We got this." Pit said as they destroy the Rezdas from a distance, ending the second wave.
'And here comes the third wave. This is getting old fast.' Viridi said.
"Tell me about it!" Weiss agreed as Aurum Tribytes and Nature Cacaws appear to cause trouble.
"Those Aurum troops are doing their best Game and Watch impression." Pit noticed.
"That guy was always weird. Moving all 2-D and those weird noises he makes." Sonic said.
'Check out the gaming IQ on these guys! You two are regular video-game historians!' Viridi said, somewhat impressed. 'But enough nerdery for now. This place is crawling with Cacaws!' She said while Weiss experiences a headache from their piercing cries.
"Ugh! Why did you create an enemy so annoying in the first place?!" Weiss asked.
'You can thank the Chaos Kin for this batch! Don't blame me!' Viridi retorted as Weiss freezes the Cawcaws for Ero to smash them with his spider-legs, ending wave three and starting wave four.
"We're at the fourth stage." Ero pointed out as two large Belunkas suddenly appear to spit out Armins.
'The Chaos Kin sure is persistent!' Viridi said.
"Yeah? Well, so are we!" Pit said while attacking the Armins at their vulnerable sides.
Meanwhile, Ero lunges onto a Belunka's side, striking it with his stingers enough times before jumping to the air and web zips in for a finishing dropkick. "Deal with the Belunkas first that are spawning the Armins." He advised his allies.
'Actually, "spawning" is a polite way of putting it. "Barfing up" is more accurate.' Viridi said.
"Ugh! Hurl." Pit groaned as Lucina and Sonic deal with the remaining Belunkas while the rest finish off the Armins, ending the fourth wave as the fifth enters with Plutons, Shootflies, and Aurum Octobots.
'The fifth wave is here!' Viridi exclaimed.
"This is getting ridiculous!" Lucina said.
"At least we got some Octobots to keep us company." Sonic quipped as he boost through them in a flash.
'Shoot that Pluton before it steals anything from you,' Viridi advised Pit and Weiss, but just as they are about to do that she immediately says something else. 'No, wait! Don't shoot! Those Shootflies will react to your fire!'
"Want do you want us to do? Shoot or don't shoot?!" Weiss asked.
"Just attack! Melee them!" Ero suggested, slashing the Shootflies with his stingers while webbing the Plutons down.
'Yeah! Melee like crazy! Melee til the cows come home!' Viridi said as Pit and Weiss perform rapid-dash strikes that take cares of the remaining enemies of wave five. 'Wave six!' She said until she notices something about this variety of enemies. 'Wait, that's a Boom Stomper and some Bumpety Bombs! Those are MY troops too!'
"Don't forget the Aurum Beowolves." Weiss added.
"I'm also spotting Risen! That is very strange!" Lucina included when confronting her old nightmares in the form of the Risen, undead warriors that once tortured her world for years. Despite being initially wary of confronting the Risen, Lucina quickly persevered and slice them down. "You will not haunt another world!" She declared.
'Seeing these copies of my warriors turns my stomach!' Viridi said.
"Boom Stomper and Bumpety Bomb, eh? You come up with those names yourself?" Pit asked.
'Are you getting smart with me?'
"No, I'm just curious."
'Because I DID come up with those names myself. Aren't they just the cutest?'
"Riiiight…Cute." Sonic said.
'Bumpety Bomb…' Viridi giggled. 'Have you ever heard anything so adorable?'
"Eh." Sonic simply said, spinning around a Boom Stomper to catch it in a tornado to slam down on the remaining Beowolves, ending the sixth wave.
'Wave seven!' Viridi exclaimed.
"I've just about had it!" Weiss complained.
"I'm still game! Look! Let's play with the Egg Hammers!" Sonic grinned, revving up a figure-eight as he confronts a few giant Aurum Egg Hammers.
"Ahhh-hunh-hu!" Pit whined as Lucina cuts the legs of the Egg Hammers for Weiss to pound with her projected ice fists.
"Focus! Let's take down the Shildeen." Ero told the whining Pit to focus on another batch of monsters.
"But it has a team of bodyguards!" Pit replied.
"Don't worry about the Monoliths. Just don't get hit by the Quoils." Ero said.
"In other words: don't get hurt and I won't die." Pit replied.
"Yup." Ero responded as he webs up the Quoils, leaving Pit to shoot the Shildeen.
'And here comes the eight wave.' Viridi said.
"It's just a few Underworld Komaytos. …And another ORNE! Oh, no!" Pit exclaimed.
'This could spell trouble. Leave the Orne to Ero and keep taking out the Komaytos.' Viridi ordered.
"Don't those Komaytos remind you of something?" Sonic asked Pit.
"Yeah. They look an awful lot like little Metroids." Pit replied.
'No! Shhh! Stop right there!'
"What's the matter? We were just thinking the Komaytos look like Metr-." Sonic said but was cut off by Viridi's humming.
'Hmm hmm HMMMM hmm! I can't HEAR you!'
"Hey, what's your problem?" Pit asked.
'This universe and that universe have NOTHING to do with each other! So don't go around spreading rumors!'
Sonic sighed as he shakes his head to Viridi's denial. "Whatever, kid." He said as they finish off the eight wave.
'Hope you're not too tired, guys. The ninth wave is coming up!' Viridi said.
BGM End
As Ero prepares to fight the next swarm of enemies, he senses something approaching from the air, which turns out to be Dark Pit flying down to assist them. "It's you." He said to him.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Dark Pit's Theme
"Looks like you could use a little help." Dark Pit grinned.
"We can do this ourselves. And why are you suddenly so interested in helping us anyway?" Pit asked while they fight together against the ninth wave.
"While you were a ring? I was less than nothing. Unconscious. Un-MYSELF. We're connected, No you, no me. Two sides of the same coin." Dark Pit explained.
"Similar to my relationship with Spider-Man. As he evolves, so do I. Our bond makes us strong." Ero remarked.
"That's crazy! So that's why you have to help us save Spidey!" Pit said to Dark Pit.
"Ok then. Let's take these enemies down/OK then. Let's take these enemies down!" Both Pits said at the same time.
BGM End
"So…that's what's going on!" A random, dark voice remarked from the shadows.
"Who said that?" Pit asked.
BGM-Breath of Fire III OST-Dragon Slayer
From the bleak skies, a sudden barrage of energy blasts destroys the remaining ninth wave of monsters leaving a black smoke in its wake. Beaming from the smoke are sinister red eyes, and with a simple gesture the smoke disappears, revealing to be the shadowy Dark Sonic in all his malicious black aura.
"Dark Sonic?!" Sonic exclaimed in surprise to see his dark clone after a long while.
'How did he get here?!' Viridi asked, surprised as well.
"This isn't the best time!" Sonic said to his clone.
"I heard the Spider's soul has been captured by the Chaos Kin. You all seem so miserable. Soon, you'll all be joining him." Darkhog made an ominous threat to the heroes.
"Ha! Is that a joke?" Sonic confidently smirked. "I beat you twice before, Darkhog, and I'll do it again!"
Dark Sonic laughed, "No you won't! This time, I have the advantage. These constant endurance matches have slowly weakened you. And if that isn't enough, I've also procured "this" recently." He shows them in his hand a Chaos Stone Prototype, surprising them he has one.
"Hey! It's a C.S.P.! But I thought we destroyed them all!" Pit exclaimed.
"During the Aurum Invasion, I sneaked in the Hive and acquired a more "finalized" version. Just my strong will alone is enough to activate its power. Observe!" Dark Sonic clenches his hand over the C.S.P. and loudly charges up his dark energy, causing it to explode around the whole arena while the heroes block themselves so they won't get pushed back.
From the loud, cackling thunders, it says quite a bit of Dark Sonic's evolved power. His overall appearance has changed at all except his muzzle is peach color like Sonic's. He's gained pure red eyes, a slightly messy hairstyle, and more apparent, demonic wings while he's enveloped in a devilish purple aura.
"Now this is a problem." Dark Pit remarked.
"HAHAHAHA! Be amazed by my new, terrifying power! Even Grimadoom didn't stand a chance!" The transformed NEGA Sonic proclaimed.
'Grimadoom!' Viridi exclaimed, knowing full well what Grimadoom's capable of, and horrified to hear Dark Sonic might have beaten him.
'This is a problem.' Palutena speaks up after having some rest.
"We don't have much time." Ero calmly said as he can feel Spider-Man's soul slowly getting chewed away by the Chaos Kin, which in turn, slowly killing him.
"You fools aren't going anywhere! This time, you will die, Sonic the Hedgehog! And once you and your friends are out of the picture, I will control everything!" Nega Dark Sonic said.
Unknown to everyone, Grimadoom has been watching from a floating rock from afar. "The only one who deserves to kill him…is me!" He said before teleporting directly to the battlefield, surprising the whole crowd as he stands beside Sonic.
"Grimadoom?!" Sonic responded to his sudden appearance.
"I'm not here to save you. I have my own personal mission, starting with the destruction of this lingering annoyance. *" Grimadoom said to Sonic as he's determined to destroy Dark Sonic. (Their clash began but wasn't shown in *D-Avengers: God Mission Issue 21*)
"YOU! I thought I took care of you!" Dark Sonic said.
"Then you are a bigger fool than your counterpart. You haven't BEGUN to see my true power." Grimadoom stated.
"Hmph! All right then! I'll take you two down in a blink of an eye!" Dark Sonic said as he challenges Sonic and Grimadoom to a final showdown.
"Is that so? Bring it on then!" Grimadoom replied, accepting his challenge.
"The two of us got this covered! Go find the Chaos Kin!" Sonic told his friends to continue the endurance rounds for the Chaos Kin to reveal itself.
"You sure you can trust him?" Pit asked after everything Grimadoom has done regarding the Aurum Invasion, destroying Skyworld and using the Chaos Kin to control Palutena.
"I can handle this! Leave it to me!" Sonic smiled, winking while giving them a thumbs up.
"I sure hope you know what you're doing." Pit replied.
Sonic smirks, smashing his fists together as he stands side-by-side with his grim rival. "Try not to slow me down, Grim." He cockily said.
"Just don't get in my way." Grimadoom arrogantly replied.
BGM End
BGM-Sonic Adventure 2 OST-For True Story
While Ero leads the remaining Avengers and the Pits into the tenth wave of assault, Sonic and Grimadoom have one final clash with Nega Dark Sonic. Grimadoom dashes for a rocking right hook that Nega Sonic blocked with his arm. Immediately after they fight in an insane clash of high-speed clashes neither holds the advantage until Dark Sonic bends over one of his straight punches and kicks him far to the sky, crashing through some rocks until he got pinned to one.
Dark Sonic flies in and was about to attack while he's stunned, but Sonic comes out of nowhere and head-butts under his jaw, flinging him upward so the two can have a little dance in the sky. "All right, Darkhog! Time for me to finish this!" Sonic declared as he flies over for a homing spin attack, but Darkhog vanished from his attack, reappearing to kick him to a large, lengthy rock. As Sonic safely landed, he began speeding away from a rainy barrage of his counterpart's dark energy spheres, dodging each blast before it could hit him. When he saw an opening, he jumped through the rain and bounced off a few floating buildings and continues running on their walls while Nega Darkhog teleports close enough, only to find himself trading blows with Grimadoom again.
Dark Sonic summons a circle of energy spheres around himself, aiming them at Grimadoom. The grim hedgehog doesn't bother to counter as Sonic leaps in to do it for him. The blue blur quickly kicks all the energy spheres back at Darkhog, forcing him to shield himself in a dark sphere. "That won't be enough!" Grimadoom proclaimed, using his telekinesis to mentally lift two floating buildings and smash them together between Dark Sonic, stunning him for Sonic to stomp on his face and circling around him to distract and attack him with a speedy kick to another rock formation.
"You're stronger than you look." Dark Sonic said, having arrogantly underestimating his hedgehog enemies.
"We're just getting started." Sonic grinned.
"You're not leaving this dimension alive. You have my word!" Grimadoom stated as he powers up for another go at Nega Dark Sonic.
Back with Pit and his friends, "Let me at 'em!" Dark Pit works together with his counterpart to destroy the Aurum Egg Pawns the Chaos Kin's creating.
'Defeat that Guttler first. Guttlers get more powerful the more they eat.' Viridi advised them.
"Well, so do I." Pit remarked.
"And you're disgusting!" Weiss retorted as she fires on the Guttler.
'They really don't have the most discriminating tastes. They'll eat anything.' Viridi said.
"Well, so does Pit." Pittoo remarked.
"Hey! At least I don't eat my friends!" Pit retorted.
'Not now anyway!' Sonic joked, communicating through his earpiece.
"Sonic! Focus on your battle!" Pit retorted as the tenth wave of enemies is finished.
"We're approaching the eleventh round. I can sense the Chaos Kin's weakening." Ero informed.
"Just gotta power through it!" Lucina said as she fights an Igniot.
'Igniots can temporarily paralyze you if you get in their way. So try to avoid that.' Viridi instructed.
"That's it? No joke or snappy commentary?" Pit noticed.
"This is wave eleven! The time for jokes is over!" Dark Pit replied.
"Spider-Man still would, if he was still around." Pit depressingly said.
'It is oddly wrong not to hear his voice consume the air constantly. Guess we're so used to his jabber it's dead without it.' Viridi said, implicitly implying she's also missing Spider-Man as he brought a sort-of uniqueness to the conversations, even though most drive her crazy.
Back with the epic showdown between the strongest hedgehogs in reality, Sonic skids backward on the roof of a floating building after a powerful blast from Dark Sonic. "That's it! No more playing around!" Sonic declared, using the Dream Stone in his possession to transform into the silver-aura Ultra Sonic.
Grimadoom teleports beside after sensing his transformation. "Getting serious, huh? Didn't think you had to transform against this weakling." He said to Sonic.
"He transformed, so I should too. Gotta keep it fair for consistency." Sonic grinned.
"A waste of energy," Grimadoom ridiculed him, "But if that's what you wish." He stands in place while Ultra Sonic darts to fight Nega Sonic for a bit, watching as they trade destructive energy blast in the sky.
"HAH! A simple power-up like that won't stop me!" Dark Sonic arrogantly said.
"Villains should really stop saying those sacred words. It's like they're ASKING to get beat." Sonic quipped as he manipulates the matter in the air to wrap his clone with, keeping his trapped while he prepares an anti-matter beam of devastating energy that blast him through the air. Grimadoom pops behind the flinged Darkhog and backhands him back to Sonic, who kicks him back to Grimadoom to pinball around for a short while until the dark hedgehog had enough.
"ENOUGH!" He shouted, unleashing a dark explosion that scatters the two of them. He then uses his energy to create two large shadow claws underneath his wings, using them to slash on the hedgehogs repeatedly before they could react, then commands his shadow hands to create two giant dark energy spheres and throws it at each of them before using both hands to form an even bigger one. The hedgehogs quickly disposed of their respective energy blasts before being confronted with the larger one.
Dark Sonic laughed, "You don't stand a chance against this one!" He proclaimed while holding his death ball.
"Give us your best shot." Grimadoom dared him to attack.
"If you say so!" Dark Sonic throws the giant sphere of destruction at the hedgehogs. Grimadoom prepares his energy beam to counter while Sonic prepares a spin dash. Once fully charged, Grimadoom fires his large beam that stops the sphere in motion, so Sonic can spin through Grimadoom's beam and pierce through Darkhog's attack, launching from the other end to deliver a destructive spin attack on his doppelganger while Grimadoom reflects the sphere for even more maximum damage.
Meanwhile on Chaos Island, the eleventh wave is done and over with, now it's time for the twelfth. 'Wave twelve! TWELVE! I think we're getting close to the end!' Viridi said.
"You keep saying that, but the enemies keep coming!" Weiss complained.
"Bickering won't help us! If we want to defeat evil, we have to unite as good!" Pit told them.
'No, if we want to defeat evil, we have to unite against platitudes.'
"Or how 'bout you shut up and fight!" Ero said while fighting Skuttler Cannoneers.
"What he said!" Dark Pit remarked as he shoots down the remaining enemies and then finally enters the last wave.
'We're at the thirteenth wave. I'm sure this is it! Is it?' Viridi asked Ero.
"Correct."
"Then it's time." Dark Pit said.
"Time for what?" Pit asked.
"Our pre-boss-battle rallying cry!" Pittoo replied.
"Oh, right. Okay!" Pit smiled as he clears his throat for their awesome speech. "Filth of the land, hear our words!"
"And see our actions!" Dark Pit continued.
"I am Pit, servant of the goddess of light!"
"And I am Dark Pit, servant to no other but myself!
"Together we will rain death upon you/ Together we will rain death upon you!"
"So, anyone who wants to die, step right up!"
"And anyone who doesn't want to die, too bad!"
"Aw, yeah/Aw, yeah!" The Pits finished with a high-five, while their friends stared at them sweatdropping.
'Nice speech, guys. Did you stay up all night writing it? Or maybe it's your super-secret twin connection talking.' Viridi joked.
'Eh. 7.8 out of 10. Too much Pit.' Palutena joked.
"Enough with the peanut gallery-!" Dark Pit was cut off when the hedgehogs bring their battle to the island. Their clash was so intense it cleared out the remaining enemies of the last wave, making their jobs easier.
BGM End
"SONIC! YOU ALMOST GOT US KILLED! AGAIN!" Pit shouted.
Sonic doesn't reply as he's too focused on dealing with Dark Sonic, with Grimadoom blinding-sighting him with a kick. "Quiet, brat! See? We're going! Bye!" He said to Pit as he and Sonic fly over to continue their fight with Dark Sonic.
It was at that moment, the Chaos Kin had enough hiding and pops out of the ground, scurrying around. "Well, look who decided to show up." Dark Pit said with bow blades in hand.
"It's game over, Chaos Kin!" Pit glared at it.
"You should be honored. You're going to taste the full wrath of the ultimate totem in the multiverse." Ero said, unleashing his stingers and spider-legs to scare the Chaos Kin, causing it to sweat and attempt to fly away.
'Here, let me help!' Viridi projects an invisible barrier around the arena, making it impossible for the chaos creature to escape. 'There. That should make things easier for you guys.'
"Thanks, Viridi! You're always thinking!" Pit smiled as they charge for battle.
BGM-Sonic Adventure 2 OST-Supporting Me
"Alright! Let's get to business!" Weiss shouted as her glyphs shoot electric balls at her target, scaring the Kin to dodge them at an alarming rate, speeding around the arena only for it to fall under one of Viridi's electric traps.
'I step up an Electro Trap in the center of the field.' Viridi informed them.
"Did you name it after Spider-Man's enemy?" Pit asked, referring to "Electro" while Lucina and Dark Pit go ham on the trapped Kin.
'Shut up!' She lied. 'Just use it if you're having trouble keeping up with the Chaos Kin.'
"Just like I said. You're always thinking!" Pit replied.
'Well, one of us has to.'
Even though it is trapped, the Chaos Kin won't stop. It fires lasers from its eye to knock Lucina and Dark Pit afar and destroy his cage. As it tries to escape, it was unfortunately caught a web strand on its leg by Ero. "Did you think you were safe?!" He reeled it in for a relentless claw assault, moving so fast he's leaving afterimages to distract it, trick it into firing its fireballs at the fakes while it gets kicked in the side.
"You'll pay for what you've done, Chaos Kin!" Lucina said as she attacks it with her sword.
"Eating souls is bad enough, but going after the soul of a goddess and the greatest of heroes is just vile." Dark Pit said as he shoots it across the field.
'Palutena resisted being consumed for over three years. I have to hand it to her—that takes a certain strength of will.' Viridi said.
"She must have suffered so much…" Pit muttered.
'She used every last ounce of her power to resist…She was waiting for you, Pit.' Viridi said.
'I was. I was waiting for all of you. Avengers. Ero. Mostly you, Pit.' Palutena piped up.
"Aw, thanks." Pit smiled.
"Enough babbling. We need to take down the Chaos Kin." Ero reminded them of their objective.
"You're right!" Pit replies by repeatedly shooting at the Chaos Kin along with Dark Pit, pressuring it backwards for Weiss to shield the floor in ice so it can trip on its body for Lucina to stab on its chest, leaving it to Ero to web it up and swing it over for a brutal slam to the ground, causing a crater.
BGM End
Ero slowly walks over to the Kin, thinking it's weakened enough for the kill. "It's over." He said, unsheathing a stinger and prepares to end it, but before he could he was caught off-guard by its poisonous gas he accidently inhaled, forcing him to his knees, weakened.
'ERO!' Palutena shouted.
"How careless of me…" Ero muttered as he coughs badly, unable to do anything while the Chaos Kin prepares to take away his soul as well. He chuckles, "You think you have me beaten…" He mysteriously smirked. "It would be unwise…to underestimate a spider…that continues to evolve…right, Parker…"
Unknown Space inside the Chaos Kin…
BGM-Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 OST- "Spider-Man" (Main Theme)
Trapped in a world of darkness, Spider-Man is repeatedly blasted by the large eye of the Chaos Kin plastered in the void. It blasts him down the empty void, causing him to fall along with sudden debris as his soul is slowly consumed. Whispers about Spider-Man can be faintly heard in the darkness, all in their best attempts to discourage the Webhead and get him to give up.
'Spider-Man…'
'Spider-Man…'
'You are nothing…' Peter's suddenly grabbed by a phantom version of Doc Ock, who pounds him further down while a phantom version of Medusa watches.
The whispers continue to grow worse.
'Nobody…'
'Loser…'
'You're a freak…' As a Phantom Electro and Pandora blast him further down his depression.
'You don't belong here…' As Phantom Green Goblin, on his classic glide throws pumpkin bombs at Peter, with some assistance from a Phantom Thanatos.
'Give up…'
'Useless…'
'You're a failure…' As Phantom Scorpion and Phantom Hewdraw grabs him by their tails to slam him down to the empty ground while a Phantom Rhino and Twinbellows loom over his defeated self.
'Everyone hates you…' Rhino speaks and then stomps Peter, putting enough force to smash him through the darkness like its glass, ready for him to be consumed.
All alone, Spider-Man can do nothing but float in the endless void as the Chaos Kin's tentacles slowly crawl up his skin. With no strength left, he's about to close his eyes forever, that is, until he hears the familiar, warm voice of his favorite aunt.
'Peter? Peter? It's time to get up.'
With his resolve strengthened and his will shining bright, Spidey regains consciousness as he bursts off the Kin's tentacles and begins web-zipping upwards. He easily defeats the fake Rhino and Twinbellows with a simple kick, leave a beam of light where they stood.
Outside…
At the same time, the Chaos Kin felt that inner pain, causing it to scurry away from Ero as he stands up his feet. "Huh? What's happening?" Pit asked, confused why the Chaos Kin is in pain.
Inside…
Spider-Man continues web-zipping upward, bouncing off Scorpion and Hewdraw to break in some more light.
Outside…
Again, the Chaos Kin felt that pain as it feels like it got kicked in the stomach. "Is this normal?" Lucina asked.
'No!' Viridi replied, as she has no idea what's going on either.
Inside…
Spidey bounces off the falling debris and webs up Goblin and Thanatos, spinning them into solid objects that disintegrates them into light as he continues to rise above any mortal foe or godly opponent.
Outside…
With every resistance inside it's body, the Chaos Kin receives it in a painful way, this time getting knocked across the arena. 'It looks like it's fighting something.' Palutena noticed.
"But what?" Weiss asked.
Inside…
Spidey approaches Electro and Pandora, webbing them for a slam dunk on concrete that shines more light in the darkness.
Outside…
Simultaneously, the Chaos Kin is strangely slammed to the floor as its body starts to crack showing a small rays of light.
"You seem to know what's going on?" Dark Pit asked Ero, who has remained unfazed this whole time.
"…He's coming." He simply replied.
Inside…
The Phantom Ock and Medusa are the last line of defense of the Chaos Kin. They both strike at the rising webhead, but Peter twirls through their attacks to grab Ock and throws him at Medusa, slamming the both of them to the giant eye. Spidey attaches a web on the eye, and with one roaring punch, he destroys all three of the phantoms as the light starts to consume the Chaos Kin from within.
Outside…
A crack breaks open on the Chaos Kin's back, letting out a familiar red-and-blue orb into the air. Everyone, including the gods and the Chaos Kin turns their heads upward as the light orb transforms into a body, a body everyone is familiar with. A body surrounded by a fiery violet cloak and the symbol of the spider plastered on the chest, completely transforming into Aura Arachnid Mode Spider-Man, leaving everyone shocked that through his sheer will, Spider-Man broke free from the Chaos Kin's grasp.
Spidey releases a web strand from the air, next to the Chaos Kin, declaring, "I'm not done!"
He webs zips to the Kin's vicinity and kicks it before it could fire its lasers. Spidey swiftly dodges the lasers and kicks it again, this time in the eye before swing around in the air as it continues to fail landing a single shot. While dodging its fireballs, Spidey webs up its eye to blind it, allowing him to slide under and kick it into the air for a finishing assault, several flying kicks through it while ensnared in a large web, leaving it vulnerable for a powerful foot-stomp that sends it crashing down in defeat.
"Now THAT was a rain of death. Aw yeah!" Spidey said.
"SPIDEY!" Everyone races towards Spidey, happy to see he's okay.
"What took you guys so long? I got tired of waiting." Spidey joked.
"H-How did you break free from the Chaos Kin?" Pit asked him.
"It wasn't easy. I was consumed by self-doubt, almost lost it there. So instead, I used it as an opportunity." Spidey said.
"For what?" Pit asked.
Spidey stares at Pit for a moment before answering, "…To be greater."
That little response left Pit speechless, almost to tears as he has learned an important lesson: No matter how impossible the situation may be, no matter if the odds are against you, you should always push yourself to be greater, even if your opponent is a powerful deity, be greater. Then, the impossible becomes possible.
'So that's what you mean.' Palutena privately said to Ero, as she recalls he said something similar earlier during this trip.
"Hmph."
'You're amazing! You're REALLY amazing! That was TOTALLY amazing!' Viridi happily admitted.
"Glad you admit it." Spidey responded.
'I-I did?! FORGET I SAID ANYTHING THEN! I MEAN IT!' She retorted, causing everyone to laugh.
BGM End
Meanwhile, during the Battle between Hedgehogs
BGM-Devil May Cry 3 OST-Now You've Really Crossed the Line
The epic clash between hedgehogs is slowly coming to an end, starting with Nega Dark Sonic making a daring escape from his opponents, flying away when he spotted Grimadoom's Chaos Spears, leaving Ultra Sonic and Grimadoom to purse him through the air. "Running away, you coward!" Grimadoom mocked him before vanishing.
"You're finished!" Sonic declared, firing multiple energy spheres at his clone.
Darkhog grunts as he forms a large barrier to protect him from the blasts, but it didn't account for Grimadoom smacking himself through the shield and relinquish it with his own energy, kicking him to more of Sonic's blasts and spin attacks, keeping him dazed in the air for the two's final attack.
"This can't be! I am the purest form of darkness! Your true self! I SHOULD BE UNBEATABLE!" Dark Sonic yelled.
"You're not, and never will be! Goodbye, faker!" Sonic replied as he combines his powers with Grimadoom for a massive blast that finally ends the threat of Dark Sonic from the universe.
BGM End
"That guy was nothing but talk. And to think he's your dark side...How pathetic." Grimadoom said as he was expecting more from the living darkness of Sonic the Hedgehog.
With the fighting over, Sonic deforms back to his normal state. "Glad I'll not be seeing him anymore." Sonic said.
"As long as you keep your darkness in check." Grimadoom told him, knowing Dark Sonic will forever exist in Sonic's heart.
Sonic chuckled, "Don't you worry. I have everything under control."
"I hope so. You're much more fun to fight on the side of light." Grimadoom said before they reappear on the island where the revived Spidey and the others are waiting for them.
"Spidey, your safe! Knew there was nothing to worry about." Sonic said.
"I still need my body. Ero, would you please." Spidey turned to his other.
"Hmph." Ero allows Peter to retake control over his body, giving him back full control while Ero returns to his humanoid spirit form.
"Awww. Nice to feel my legs again." Spidey said as he stretches his legs.
"Nice to have you back, Spider-Man." A voice belonging to Palutena as she teleports in to personally greet his return.
"Hey, Pally. You're looking better." Spidey waved at her.
"Thanks to you guys," She smiled as she turns to Ero. "You too." She said, hearing his usual grunt as he turns around, arms folded.
"Yeah..." Spidey said as he turns to his other. "Were you lonely being separated from me?" He happily teased him. "I MISSED YOU!" He loudly said, purposely getting him angry AND embarrassed as he quickly makes a 180 to retort to his face.
"WHY ARE YOU TALKING SO LOUD?! I WASN'T LONELY! I WAS DYING BECAUSE OF YOUR RECKLESS ACTIONS!" He shouted, but no one wasn't buying it as they all laugh at his uncharacteristic embarrassed state.
'I didn't know the great "Divine Demon" could get so embarrassed and flustered like that!' Viridi laughed, unfazed his sinister growl.
"C'mon. Admit it. You missed us when we were gone." Palutena said as she flirty puts her arm around Ero's neck.
"The only thing I missed was using you as a punching bag!" Ero retorted but Palutena remains unfazed and cheerful.
"You really are a stubborn bastard." Peter said to his Other.
"You two are the stubborn ones!" He pointed at them while looking extremely irritated and annoyed.
"You just can't be up front about your feelings, can you?" Peter slyly smiled.
"He's always been this way." Palutena sly smirked as the two of them share a small laugh together.
"YOU BASTARDS! YOU TWO HAVE BEEN MAKING FUN OF ME A LOT LATELY!" Ero yelled so loud he causes the wind to almost blow them away, almost forcing them to shut up.
Grimadoom doesn't bother interacting with the heroes since they are his enemies. He just stands by his lonesome with his arms crossed, waiting until he spotted his two robot buddies approaching him. "Did you get lost?" Grimadoom joked as they landed.
"Negative. Unfortunately, the Dark D-Avengers escaped before we could finish them." Neo Metal Sonic told his leader.
"Not much loss there." Grim calmly responded.
Not far, at the corpse of the defeated Chaos Kin, it's ashes start to rise in place, forming something very ominous that got everyone's attention. "What's going on?" Pit asked but no one seems to have an answer. The ashes of the Chaos Kin start to enclose itself and begins to crystalize into a dark purple gem with a similar style to the Exo Stones, containing what appears to be a galaxy within.
The mysterious gemstone floats ominously in place, leaving everyone confused and shocked what they just uncovered. "The Chaos Kin…was an Exo Stone?" Spidey remarked, stunned.
"The Nether Stone?! How can that be? The Chaos Kin didn't consume Palutena's soul!" Grimadoom remarked, surprised by this unforeseen development.
"HUH?!" Pit exclaimed to learn that was what Grimadoom had planned all along.
BGM-The Avengers (2012) OST-Doors Open from Both Sides
'And so, after all the fighting. The suffering. The sacrifices they chose to make at their direst hour, the mortals, and the gods they've worked so hard for, finally realized, they've been duped. Too little. Too late.' That random voice echoes through each of their heads a portal opens up behind the Nether Stone, and out came the God of Mischief himself, Loki to pick it up with his sinister palms.
"Loki…?" Spidey muttered as his spider-sense rings like crazy, as everyone is chained by Loki's unbreakable magic, leaving them paralyzed to their knees while the only thing they can do is stare at the god of mischief.
"I've really done it this time, haven't I? Never before have my plans ever gone so flawless. And none of you suspected your role in the occasion. None of you." Loki smirked. "By Odin's beard, I truly am a master."
"What is the meaning of this, trickster?!" Palutena demanded, receiving a backhand from the mischievous god.
"STOP THAT!" Pit yelled, angry at Loki for dare slapping the goddess of light.
"It's not wise to interrupt me like that, milady. We're just getting to the good part of the tale." Loki said to Palutena's face as he walks away from her.
"What have you done, Loki?" Spidey asked.
"Done?" Loki lightly chuckles as he magically summons a throne to seat to further mock his enemies. "You fools have been doing all the heavy lifting. You all make such good pawns."
"Pawns?" Grimadoom growled.
"That's right. Everything that has happened 'til now was because of ME." Loki answered. He sees the angry faces forming on their faces. "You all look so confused. Please. Allow me to take my time to put the pieces together for you." He said as he starts explaining his grand master plan to his foes.
"When I heard of the Exo Stones and their incredible power, I knew it required more than mine to acquire them. Inspired by Dr. Doom's "Masters of Evil", I forged an alliance of my own. You all know Hades. I came to him because I knew some of the stones were in his dimension and that you fools would soon come for them. So we revived Medusa, distracting you simpletons with her meager revenge plot, while I secretly gather clues of the special Exo Stones: The Dream Stone and the Nether Stone, the light and dark taken form. But by the time you defeated Medusa, I've only learned of the Dream Stone's location, hidden by the Phoenix, guardian of the Wish Seed. I "knew" the Dream Stone wouldn't work for me, so I let you keep it, leaving you all unaware a second was still to be found. I "knew" the best way to keep you busy was to trick the humans of this world, impersonating as their beloved goddess while I continued working in secret."
'You KNEW I would attack the humans the moment they started fighting, didn't you?!' Viridi shouted.
"And you played your part so well, keeping the heroes busy. Neither you nor Palutena was also aware "I" was the one who told you about the other and their plans on the Lunar Sanctum." Loki said.
"You impersonated as that Centurion!" Palutena said.
'And one of my children!' Viridi retorted.
"Correct, 'cause I "knew" the Chaos Kin was locked up there. The resulting conflict would free it from its imprisonment and into Grimadoom's hands." Loki said.
Grimadoom growled, "Now I understand. You were the fake Arlon who told me about the Chaos Kin!"
"And you were the old man who directed me to the Aurum!" Metal Sonic added.
"I wanted to play around with you fools a little longer, so I had you orchestrate the Aurum Invasion for me." Loki said.
"YOU ALMOST DESTROYED THE WORLD!" Lucina shouted.
"It was a bit of a gamble. I thought Pyrrhon would do his job better, but in the end he failed me." Loki said.
"WHAT?!" Pit exclaimed, surprised to hear Loki enlisted Pyrrhon to do his dirty work.
"It was no matter. The world was saved, correct? Too bad you were ALL exhausted from the battle, leaving Skyworld defenseless to Grimadoom's assault." Loki continued.
"You KNEW I would attack Skyworld on that day?!" Grimadoom retorted.
"Great minds think alike." Loki grinned. "I tricked you into believing the Chaos Kin required a soul of pure light to reveal the Exo Stone. So while Palutena was under its control, those next three years she almost wiped out the human race she SWORE to protect. It provided me such needed entertainment," He said which really pisses off Palutena as he continues telling his tale. "The only requirement was the destruction of the Chaos Kin to reveal its true form: The Nether Stone. There was no need to sacrifice a soul, well, my soul at least." He smiled.
"Because you're a coward!" Dark Pit retorted.
"It's what any king would do: Use their faithful knights to accomplish dangerous tasks, and you all fitted the role so perfectly." Loki replied.
"Does your pal, Hades knows what you've been up to?" Sonic asked while glaring at the godly trickster.
"Hmm. This and that. The general stuff. I wanted to surprise him. I doubt he'll be mad." Loki replied that even the lord of the underworld had no idea about Loki's full plan and how he executed it.
"You are sick!" Weiss insulted him.
"Not anymore." Loki smiled as he shows them the Nether Stone they unwillingly obtained for him. "The Nether Stone. The pure, raw, dark power of the Darkforce, is now mine to command. Power... Power that rivals the all-mighty Odinforce! And I have you all…to thank for it." He laughs sinisterly.
BGM End
Grimadoom had enough. Through his rage, he unleashes a powerful explosion that breaks them all out of their chains and is dead set on murdering Loki for using him. "YOU JUST MADE A HUGE MISTAKE! NO ONE MAKES A FOOL OF ME!" He yelled as he dashes towards Loki.
"What are you doing?! STOP!" Sonic shouted but Grimadoom was too consumed by rage to even hear him.
"YOU'RE DEAD, LOKI!" Grimadoom shouted as he closes in on the unnerving calm trickster.
BGM-Dragon Ball Super OST-Unwinnable Battle
With a simple glow from his newly-acquired Exo Stone, Loki commands it to actually consume Grimadoom's soul, and Grimadoom with it into the Nether Stone, effectively wiping him out of existence.
"WHAT THE?!" Sonic exclaimed.
"He just…how did…" Spidey and all his friends have gone speechless, horrified that someone as powerful as Grimadoom was defeated so easily from a simple command.
"Even the strongest of creatures have their weakness." Loki said. "Grimadoom may have been powerful, but his spirit was lacking. Just like you two!" He directs his attention to Metal Sonic and Mecha Spider-Man, blowing them up with a destructive blast that scatters their pieces to the farthest reaches of the Chaos Vortex.
'He…He destroyed them…Just like that…' Viridi replied, horrified and scared.
"Yes. Just. Like. That." Loki creepily responded as he proceeds to blast the heroes and Palutena across the arena, leaving them extremely weakened to the soul. The god of mischief laughs as he hovers above his weakened adversaries. "YES! This is what I've needed my whole life! Taking over the Nine Realms will be a snap with this power! I'll even take over THIS earth as well! Rule them all as their supreme god!"
"Everything…that's happened up 'til now…was because of you…" Pit weakly said as he slowly stands up. "My world…was almost destroyed…Skyworld destroyed…Lady Palutena and Spider-Man…THEY ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF YOU!" He shouted with tears at the laughing trickster.
"Don't be mad, little angel. As compensation for retrieving the Nether Stone for me, I'll rebuild Skyworld and the rest of your world…all in my image. And Lady Palutena will serve as my lovely servant. None of you will have to perish, just as long as you see me as your king. Am I generous or not?" Loki asked them.
"You monster!" Palutena cursed before she got blasted away.
"Lady Palutena!" Pit exclaimed until he was blasted too.
Dark Pit tries to attack him, but Loki tortures him near death with his magic, forcing Spider-Man to enter the scene and punch Loki in the face. "Ah, yes. How could I forget about you?" He asked, completely fine even after receiving the full force of Spider-Man's punch. Spidey goes for another one, but Loki effortlessly catches it, crushing his fist as he grabs his throat so he can stab Peter in the chest with his scepter, causing him to cough out blood before getting thrown to an edge. Loki re-releases the ashes of the Chaos Kin to torture both Peter and Ero as it slowly chews away of their souls. And if that isn't torture enough, the trickster god continuously shocks them with dark magic electricity, amusing himself with the tortured screams of the mortal web-slinger.
"Spider-Man…!" Pit weakly exclaimed.
Spider-Man continues to scream until Loki stopped with the torture, leaving him and Ero absolutely weakened to move a finger while the Chaos Kin's ashes still insist on killing the both of them. But it's working too slow for Loki's case, so he charges up a finishing blast from his scepter pointed directly on Spider-Man.
"The Amazing Spider-Man. Out of all the mortals, I never would've imagined YOU would give me so much trouble. To think a simple bug could master Perfect Synchro, the secret technique of the gods. You are dangerous. But, even though you'll cease to be, know you have earned my respect. I hope that's some compensation to you. Farewell."
Loki blasts the floor beneath Spider-Man, causing him to scream as he falls to his doom while Loki just watch from mid-air.
Pit gasped in horror, and without hesitation, runs to Spider-Man's aid. "SPIDEY!" He shouted as he hops off the edge after him.
"It doesn't matter what you do. One of you will die today." Loki ominously said before teleporting away with his new prize.
BGM End
Pit free-falls to save Peter, but quickly realizes he's too far away to reach him in time. So, inspired by Peter's words and actions to rise above himself, "to be greater", he takes an extreme action that might seal his fate. "Viridi! I need to fly!" He shouted.
'You already used the power of flight! Don't you remember? If I enable it again now, your wings will catch fire!' Viridi told him.
"The Chaos Kin is going to destroy Peter!"
'Who?'
"It doesn't matter! Can't you see what's at stake here? I don't care if my wings catch fire!"
'No way! Just forget about it! I'm pulling you out!'
"No! Stop! If we don't help him right now, we won't have another chance! I'm begging you, Viridi! Let me fly! Now!" He pleaded.
Viridi growled and accepts Pit's stupid offer, 'Fine! But whatever happens to you isn't my fault!' She reluctantly Pit's request and enables the power of flight, causing Pit's wings to catch fire as he screams in great pain. 'Hang in there, Pit! Be strong!'
"No…Pit…Gah…" Peter weakly tells him to stop and retreat, but Pit ignores his words and continues flying through the pain.
Pushing through the flames slowly engulfing him, Pit managed to align himself correctly with Spider-Man and grab ahold of him. 'I'm getting you out of there!' Viridi whisk them through a light back on solid ground, both lying unconscious as their friends come to their aid.
"Spidey! Pit!" Sonic rushes to them.
"How's Spider-Man?" Weiss asked Viridi.
'He's hurt…badly, but he'll heal in time.' Viridi answered.
"…And, how's Pit?" Dark Pit reluctantly asked her.
'Pit…Pit's in bad shape. Critical condition.' She solemnly says as they see Pit's wings burnt to a crisp. 'He can't fly. He's barely breathing.'
"No…" Lucina turns her head away as she can't bare to see Pit in such bad shape, so close to death.
Footsteps belonging to Palutena can be heard as she makes her way to Pit. 'Palutena? What are you doing?' Viridi asked as she kneels down and lifts up Pit's unconscious body, looking at him sadly, quietly reminiscing fond memories of her beloved angel.
'My wish would be to fly by myself…'
'One of these days, I want to be an Avenger too…'
'I'll return to Skyworld victorious…'
Those words echoed in her mind as she sighs, "Oh, Pit…" She said, nearly tearing up while everyone else stands defeated.
"Geh…"
They stop when they see Spider-Man slowly standing up through his wounds. "Spider-Man…" Lucina remarked.
'No, Spider-Man! You're in no condition to be moving!' Viridi shouted as Peter clenches to his broken left arm and walks through his excoriating bruises so he could take a look for himself at what has become of Pit.
'Pit…' He said in his thoughts. During their time together, Peter has grown to see Pit not just as a student to teach him the proper ways to be a hero, but also as a little brother he'll do everything in his power to protect, even if it means sacrificing his own life. But it was Pit who nearly sacrificed himself to save him. A hero so young, almost died to save the one who inspired him to be greater.
Peter growls, angry at himself and at Loki who orchestrated this entire ideal right from the beginning, using them all as tools, couldn't care less which tool broke during his childish crusade to take over the throne of Asgard.
"You…" Peter speaks in a cold, menacing tone as his aura starts to flare.
"Spider-Man…" Palutena senses Peter's aura rising to frightening levels. So much so, she slowly backs away while holding Pit.
BGM-Dragon Ball Kai 2014 OST-Theme of Piccolo
"How…How dare you!... You'll pay…" Spidey cloaks himself in his violent purple aura, unintentionally entering his Aura Arachnid Mode through his rage. "HE'S GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!" His aura explodes in a violent expression, scaring his friends as it takes the form of a monstrous spider on top of him.
'Spidey! Calm down! PLEASE! You have to calm down!' Viridi told him but he isn't budging, not one bit. 'Spidey! SPIDEYYYY!'
His aura continues to flare loudly as it suddenly burst into the skies. "PIT ALMOST DIED SAVING MY LIFE, AND I "REFUSE" TO TAKE HIS SACRIFICE SITTING DOWN!" He shouted, scaring Viridi. "HE WAS A GOOD KID! ONE OF THE BRAVEST I'VE EVER KNOWN! THE FATE THAT BASTARD LEFT HIM WAS THE "LAST" THING HE DESERVED!" He silenced everyone with his words, leaving them stunned and speechless to really say anything to argue with him. "We will save his life, and we WILL stop Loki! 'Cause before I'm done with him, he will bleed." He declared with a calmer tone, which really send shivers through everyone's spines.
'You got that right.' Ero responded. 'Palutena.' He calls for her.
The goddess of light stayed stunned for a second from Peter's declaration before shaking it off with a serious face. "Yeah." She nods as she uses her powers to send everyone back to Skyworld, where they must regroup before coming up with a solution to save Pit and stop Loki from taking over the Nine Realms.
BGM End
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Opening
Spider-Man: Hey, it's Spider-Man. Loki played us all like fools. He's already attacking the Nine Realms with the Nether Stone. We have to stop him, but first we need to heal Pit.
Palutena: There's only way to save him. We'll use the Rewind Spring.
Spider-Man: Will that do the trick?
Palutena: It's our best shot. Please, save Pit.
Spider-Man: You have my word. No one dies on my watch!
Next time on D-Avengers: God Mission:
Burned Feathers
Palutena: We'll save you, Pit. Just stay strong.
KFX Here: How did you all like this bombshell of a chapter? I hoped I impressed you, especially what's to come. We're now entering the final arc of this story, but instead of it called the "Hades Arc", it's predictably called the "Loki Arc". Expect some more original events that'll decide the fate of the Nine Realms, and maybe more Marvel cameos. Oh, and the scene where Peter breaks from the Chaos Kin was totally inspired by the "Be Greater" trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4. It's a beautiful trailer that really makes me wish I had the game now.