Vol 2 Issue 6: Phoenix Unleashed

S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Invaders

Nick Fury stands in the bridge of his aircraft overseeing the status of the alien invasion from various holographic screens. All his agents are working double-time checking for damage reports and sending more soliders to assist the cities being attacked. Maria Hill runs up to the director to bring some important news.

"Hill, give me an update?" Fury asked his second-in-command.

"It's as we expected, sir. The aliens have hit all major cities around the world. Everyone is reporting severe damage and casualties. Several has already fallen. Unsurprisingly, New Vale is putting up the best defense due to its native heroes. Sources have also confirmed several super-villains working together with the Egg Army and the Grimm spotted at the locations of the Exo Stones." Hill reported all she knows to her superior.

"Doom…" Fury scowled, even though he expected the Masters of Evil was going to make a move during the invasion, it still doesn't make it any less annoying.

The SHIELD director presses a button on his console to contact the GUN commander and Atlas General. "Tower. Ironwood. Do we have an update on Thanos's flagship?" Fury asked his fellow commanders, hoping they might know where's Thanos at.

'Negative, Fury. Too busy dealing with the other dozen warships in the sky.' The GUN Commander replied.

'We'll keep searching when we have the chance.' Ironwood said.

"We GOT to find his ship as soon as possible. Once the heroes are done gathering the Exo Stones, we can be ready to immediately take the fight to his ugly mug." Fury said.

'Acknowledged.' Ironwood nodded before he and Tower signed off.

"Better hurry, heroes. Things are gonna get much tougher from here." Fury said as he glares his stern one eye to the holographic map of the whole united world.

BGM End


Menalian

BGM-Sonic Forces OST-Sunset Heights

"C'mon, guys! I thought this was supposed to be a party!" A grinning Sonic taunts his alien adversaries on the streets of Menalian, the fused island of the Faunus' Menagerie and the Inhumans' Attilan which is also under attack by Thanos and the Masters of Evil's Armies. Faunus and Inhumans alike are running for their lives to safety zones behind impenetrable barriers. Team Gamma, consisting of their leader Winter Schnee, Sonic the Hedgehog, Blake Belladonna, Scarlet Spider, Ant-Man, Star-Lord, Tiki, Wolverine, Frederick, E-123 Omega, The Thing, and Rogue are tasked destroying the aliens and protecting the civilians, all while trying to find the Exo War Stone somewhere in the island.

The speedy hedgehog upper kicks a Chitauri in the face, zooming to the back and boosts through the Metarex and Outriders into the main warzone of the island, "WOOHOO!"

'Sonic! This is no time to be playing around! Help civilians to the safety zones!' Winter contacted the fun-loving hero.

"Ever heard of multi-tasking?" Sonic joked, jumping over and kicking down a few Chitauri soliders, giving the civilians a chance to hide behind the barriers. A hedgehog and wolf-looking faunus girls are trying to escape from the ravage Outriders. It was close, but lucky Sonic boost through the aliens, saving the girls' lives while giving a wink and a cool pose before zooming away to help others.

"Did you see him wink at me? He's so dreamy…" The hedgehog faunus calmly fawned over the superhero hedgehog.

"Hope I live long enough to get his autograph." The rabbit faunus said.

Sonic zooms past Blake, who was fighting her own set of aliens. "Sonic, can't you take this seriously?!" She asked him, sounding annoyed of him playing around. She stabs an Chitauri in the chest and before she could deal with the others, Sonic immediately comes in circling around the aliens and defeats them easily for Blake.

He stands next to Blake for a quick second, "Eh, probably not," before zooming away from the irritated faunus.

"Right. What am I thinking? It's not like it's YOUR homeland being attacked by aliens." She said with an annoyed sarcastic tone.

"It'll all work out. Relax, B." Sonic replied as he locks kicks with Mercury Black, who's here working with the Masters of Evil.

Blake continues fighting more aliens by her lonesome. More Metarex show up to fight but were quickly dispatched by a whirlpool of water, all thanks to elemental Inhuman of the Royal Family, Crystal, who has shown up to assist Blake.

"This was my home too, Blake. Thanos and Doom will pay for what they've done." Crystal said to Blake. She nods and the two work together to fight more of Thanos's Army.

The southern-loving X-Man Rogue uses her superhuman strength to throw giant rocks to crush some of the Metarex while standing beside Omega as the walking arsenal fires a barrage of energy bullets along with some rockets on more of his alien meatbags.

"I still insist we'd call ourselves 'Team Omega'." Omega said, wanting to switch the team name from "Team Gamma" for obvious reasons.

"Would've been too obvious, 'Mega." Rogue snarkly remarked, throwing hands with more alien scumbags.

"We are just dooming ourselves to failure." Omega said.

A giant Chitauri tries to smash Thing with its hammer but that ain't nearly enough to clobber him as the rock brute easily blocks it with his arms. "You know what they say…the bigger they are, the more fun it'll be to clobber ya!" Thing kills the Chitauri with a heavy punch, knocking it to its back. More Chitauri was going to ambush him from behind, if it wasn't for an invisible faunus and her lightning whip that didn't knock them down before they got the chance.

"Hmm?" Thing turns around to see Ilia reveal herself. "Thanks, kid." He waved at her, who happily appreciates it.

"Never imagined. Fighting an army from beyond the stars. Sure is strange" Frederick said, riding on horseback as he strikes his axe on his alien foes.

Ant-Man jumps from small to normal size in time to punch a Metarex. "Strange? I heard you fought zombies and dragons." Scott Lang replied to the wary knight.

"And they too were strange." Frederick replied.

Up in the sky, Star-Lord rides the back of Tiki in her large dragon form and the two work together blasting alien ships off the sky. "Tiki, go left!" Quill orders her to move out of laser fire and counters with flame shots from his Elemental Gun. "Yeehaw, this is awesome!" Quill exclaimed as it's not every day you ride a transforming dragon girl from another dimension.

"Be careful, Star-Lord! More seem to be coming!" Tiki spots more alien ships from behind, blasting them.

"Oh yeah! I see them!" Quill said and concentrate fire on their pursuers.

"RRRAAAAGH!" Wolverine roars as he battles against another new E-100 robot, the orange tiger-looking E-113 Xi. Logan goes for a forward slash but Xi was agile enough to avoid it. It fires a powerful laser from its tail Logan leaps away and counters with a leaping slash. "Is that all you got, bub?!" Wolverine taunted the animal robot, clashing his claws with its own.

Winter, Ghira Belladonna and members of the Royal Family like Karnak and Gorgon kill more aliens to leave a path for civilians to the hide in the royal palace.

"Head for the palace! Quickly, people!" Ghira ordered the civilians to safety.

Kali Belladonna and her pet Chao stand by the entrance to the palace, gesturing people inside. Two Outriders almost ambushed her, but a pink-spiked armor Scarlet Spider comes to her rescue and kills the aliens with his enhanced stingers.

"Kaine, thank goodness." Kali said, thankful for his help.

"Chao chao chao!" Kali's Chao also express it's gratitude to Scarlet Spider.

"Mrs. Belladonna, are you alright?" Kaine asked her.

"I'm fine, and so as most of the people. What are you wearing?" Kali asked about Scarlet's new spiky look.

"I absorbed one of those pink wisps that gave me this." Kaine replied, showing his new look to her. He spots Wolverine having some trouble with Xi and offers his help. "Wolverine, get back!" The ruthless spider throws a stinger straight through the robot's head, blowing it up almost immediately.

"Thanks," Logan said to Kaine, "So what are you? Spider-Man's evil clone?"

"Yeah."

"Pfft. I got a clone, too."

"So I've heard." Kaine sheathes back his stingers at the same time his Spike Wisp power was used up and the wisp flew away.

BGM End

Queen Medusa of the Inhumans rips apart a Metarex with her long red hair and throws them away. Black Bolt also finished destroying his own set of aliens and descends beside his beloved and meets with Team Gamma.

"Good. Most of the citizens have evacuated to safety. Thank you all for your help." Medusa told the team.

"Don't thank us yet, your highness. I just got word some of those 'giant, flying beasts' are headed this way from Sylvania Castle Zone." Winter informed the team some of Thanos's Leviathan creatures are headed to the city. "Sonic, Tiki, Ant-Man, Rogue. We're heading to Sylvania Castle to stop those creatures from advancing!" She ordered those four.

"On foot?" Ant-Man asked.

"Works for me." Sonic smiled.

"How about you take Lockjaw?" As soon as Medusa said his name, the Inhumans' giant dog shows up beside her. "He can take you there immediately." She said, making the dog bark loudly.

"So the dog can teleport or something?" Ant-Man asked, wondering about the dog's abilities. Before everyone could believe their eyes, Lockjaw does in fact have the ability to teleport and transport the five heroes to their destination.


Menalian, Sylvania Castle Zone

BGM-Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 OST-Sylvania Castle Zone Act 3

Under the beautiful night sky is an old castle located by the lake. Somewhere near the castle is where Lockjaw has teleported Sonic, Ant-Man, Winter, Rogue, and Tiki in. "I guess it can." Ant-Man finished answering his earlier question casually.

BGM End

BGM-Sonic Forces OST-Danger in the Sky

"There they are." Winter points to several of the alien Leviathans flying towards the main city. They battle the military's aerial fleet but they are quickly losing, prompting the heroes to even the odds. Schnee summons three Ice Nevermores for herself, Sonic, and Ant-Man to help fly towards the sky battle.

"Now this is cool!" Sonic grins as he hops on his own Nevermore.

Everyone flies over to battle the Alien Leviathans. Rogue throws some heavy punches to knock out one in the face. Tiki burns one up, weakening it for Ant-Man to jump off his Nevermore and grown giant and punch it and a couple others off the air before shrinking back onto his ride. Sonic flies away from a Leviathan chasing him, but he doesn't seem so worried. As they move up, he purposely falls off his Nevermore and rolls down on the back of the Leviathan to find the squishy part that acts as the weakpoint, ripe for a charged homing attack. Winter flies around until she stands still and summons a giant glyph behind her. Combining her mystical training with Dr. Strange with the power of a Laser Wisp she absorbed, she unleashes a plethora of lasers that shots down four Leviathans off the air.

"Sonic, catch!" Winter throws a Drill Wisp and a Void Wisp capsule for him to use.

Sonic cockily chuckles, absorbing the Drill Wisp first to drill through a Leviathan, killing it with ease. He then absorbs a Void Wisp to turn himself into a large black hole that sucks up almost all of the Leviathans without trouble. Unfortunately, five more are still alive and would've made it to the city if Black Bolt didn't suddenly block them.

"Uh-oh." Winter silently said, fully informed of Black Bolt and his signature, destructive ability. "Everyone, cover your ears!" She ordered her team.

The Leviathans get closer and closer to the unfazed Inhuman King and his kingdom. Black Bolt hovers in the sky, looking as calm as the wind, that is, until he spoke.

"Away."

With but a single whisper, a powerful shockwave echoes out of his mouth all across the Sylvania Castle. The shockwave was so powerful it shredded through the Leviathans' metal plating and knocked them off the air before they could've reached the city.

BGM End

Everyone from Sylvania Castle to the heroes in the city stood by utterly amazed, and possibly terrified of Black Bolt's insane power.

"A-Amazing…" Sonic said, stunned in utter amazement.

"Whoa…" Ilia stood in shock herself.

"So that's Black Bolt's power…" Blake said, too stunned to even move.

"A voice that can shake the heavens themselves…" Frederick commented as he too is shock of Black Bolt's power.

"Hate to imagine what a shout would do." Scarlet Spider said.

"At least the city's is safe." Ghira said.

And since there's no time for a break, something else pops up for the heroes to handle. Thankfully, Jean Grey telepathically informs Team Gamma of their next objective, 'Team Gamma, can you guys hear me?'

"We hear ya, Jean. What's up?" Wolverine asked.

'I've located the War Stone, but so as Grimadoom and some of the aliens as well. I'm about to engage him in combat. I'll keep him busy while you guys get the stone. It's in White Park.' Jean informed the team.

"We're on it, Jean," Sonic replied and then turns to Lockjaw standing on a pillar, "Lockjaw. Care to take us to the amusement park?"

"Bark!"

"Nice boy!" Sonic smiled. Lockjaw teleports Sonic's group back to the others to pick them up and take all of Team Gamma to White Park Zone.


Menalian, White Park Zone

BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Shut Your Mouth

White Park was a deserted amusement park created on a snowy mountaintop. Sonic and Tails once ventured through this Zone a long time ago during a plot to stop Dr. Eggman and Metal Sonic from taking over Little Planet. The citizens of Menalian were planning to re-open this park for everyone to enjoy until the alien invasion and has also become a battleground between all three armies.

Team Gamma and Lockjaw were teleported to the scene just in time to see Egg Bosses, Clove the Pronghorn and Thunderbolt the Chinchilla crash-land next to time.

"Ow…" The little chinchilla shakes her head until she recognized her battle-suit was destroyed after the crash. "HOW COULD YOU?! LORD EGGMAN BUILT ME THAT!" She shouted in anger.

"What's going on here?" Winter asked, frightening the little Egg Boss when she noticed the heroes have arrived.

"AH! It's Sonic and his annoying friends! Bad timing! Bad timing! We're in no mood to fight you bozos after that guy trounced us!" Thunderbolt holds onto her tiny frightened head.

"Who are you talking about?" Sonic asked.

A second later, The Rhino was seen smashed through a roller coaster but quickly regained his footing against the indestructible bruiser of the Black Order, Black Dwarf. The alien smasher swings his axe and roars at Rhino since he holds the War Stone.

"Rhino?!" Blake remarked, surprised to see a member of the Sinister Six is here.

"RRAAGH! You think you're tough?! Tough enough to defeat Rhino?! Think again!" Rhino uses that Makluan Battle Armor of his to surround himself in flames thanks to the Flame-Blast Ring. He charges straight for Black Dwarf like a flaming freight train and stabs his horn at his alien. Black Dwarf didn't feel a thing because of his indestructible skin and effortlessly swats Rhino away, causing the War Stone in his hand to fly to Sonic's.

"Thank you, Rhino." Sonic joked.

"That's him. One of the aliens we fought back at Hang Castle." Winter scowls as she recognizes the brutish alien.

"Black Dwarf. He's gonna be a tough one, people!" Star-Lord said, already prepping his gun for battle.

"I will enjoy having my revenge against this alien meatbag." Omega said, setting his weapons ready.

"RRRAAAAAAGH!" Black Dwarf lets out a monstrous roar at his new adversaries that now holds the prized stone his master seeks.

Sonic does a little cocky chuckle and a little hop in excitement. "Woohoo! Finally, a better guy to play with has shown up! Bring it on!" The hedgehog does some playful punches to the air, looking forward to a challenge. Both Kaine and Blake give him a strange look before everyone else gets serious to fight against the powerhouse of the Black Order.

BGM End


Elsewhere in White Park Zone

BGM-Sonic Forces OST-You May Call Me "Infinite"

Around the same time Team Gamma are about to face off against Black Dwarf, somewhere else in the amusement is another battle happening against two very powerful opponents. Jean Grey, an Omega Level Mutant with vast telepathic/telekinetic abilities and the avatar of the powerful Phoenix Force, was slightly pushed back in mid-air by a blast from Grimadoom the Hedgehog. She almost immediately regains her footing in the sky and glares at the supreme hedgehog descending in front of her.

"This has exceeded my expectations. Wasn't expecting to fight the almighty Phoenix here of all places. I must say, I was indifferent to the idea of merging universes. But thanks to it, I've been given the opportunity to fight the most powerful beings in the universe. I'll make you all learn…you have no hope of surpassing me." Grimadoom said menacingly.

"Hope will NEVER die! As long as you don't throw it away!" Phoenix retorted, showing her clenched left fist.

BGM End

BGM-Mega Man ZX OST-Rockin' On (Tunes Ver.)

Phoenix and Grimadoom fly about, clashing with each other at devastating high speeds as they do all above the park. At the very last second during the clash, Grimadoom teleports behind Jean and kicks her to the snowy mountain area. He fires a stream of energy Jean blocks with a telekinetic shield, and with the help of the Phoenix Force, absorbs the blast and fire it back twice as strong at Grimadoom.

"They didn't use to call me Marvel Girl for nothing." Phoenix mentally lifts up chunks of debris and throws them at Grim.

"Heh!" Grim easily moved to the right to dodge her attack. He uses his own telekinetic ability to grab her attack and the surrounding snow, fusing them together to form a mighty snow tornado. "My telekinetic powers are more than a match for your own!" He pushes the tornado at his fiery opponent. As the snow storm approaches her, Phoenix charges up her power to launch a beam of cosmic flame straight through the tornado to dispel it but failed to hit Grimadoom. The grim hedgehog teleported above her and sends her a volley of energy blast that destroy the surrounding area.

"No worries here." She taunted.

To Grim's surprise, she was able to capture all of his energy blast and convert them to cosmic flames. She throws them at light-speed that Grimadoom had no time to dodge and was sucked into a mighty cosmic tornado created from her flames. Grimadoom was able to break free with an explosion of energy but was still powerless from being slammed from her psychic hammer, hurling him down to the icy cold waters.

"HRRRRAAAAGH!" With a mighty shout that scattered the water, Grimadoom rise back up to the air next to Jean in his Binary Form. He grins, "Not bad. All your attacks hit like trucks. Time I return the favor." He powers up his cosmic energy and teleports towards Jean for a relentless combo that's too fast for her to dodge or block.

Phoenix's eyes glow like flames as she gets tired of being pushed around. "That's enough!" She shouts as she gets engulfed in a flaming phoenix-shaped aura. From a wave of her hand is a cosmic fire wave that knocks Binary Grimadoom away. "Now…Face the fury of the Phoenix Force!" She said, now enveloped in her Phoenix Aura, granting her extra strength that matches even Grimadoom's power.

"Showing off more of your power!" Grimadoom grinned.

"You're about to deal with forces you cannot possibly comprehend." Phoenix glared.

"I don't NEED to comprehend you have no chance of beating me!" Grimadoom powers up his cosmic blue energy, just as Jean does the same with her cosmic flames. The two cosmic combatants duke it out once more. And the moment they clashed, a giant explosion shook the whole island.

BGM End


Back with Team Gamma…

BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Black Bull

Sonic lands on his feet after avoiding a swift axe swing from the indestructible Black Dwarf. "Missed me! C'mon, I thought we were supposed to be havin' fun!" He taunted the roaring alien.

"Fire!" Winter shouts as she, Star-Lord, Tiki, and Omega launch powerful projectiles together at their common foe.

Dwarf stands in place, tanking all their attacks without showing any signs of flinching. He easily swats Rogue away like she's nothing before briefly having his hands full with Thing.

"C'mere, handsome! I'm gonna clobber ya so hard your own mother won't recognize ya!" Thing punches Dwarf in the face, barely staggering him. He quickly retaliates, swinging his axe that flings the rocky hero away. Before he knew it, however, someone very tiny uppercutted from his jaw.

"He didn't see that, right?" A tiny Ant-Man asked. Dwarf roars and attempts to squish the tiny bug. "Oh crap!" Scott shouts for his life as he runs away from being squashed.

Frederick and his horse charged at Dwarf while he was distracted, saving Ant-Man. "Away, monster!" The warrior knight clashes his axe briefly with Dwarf's until he was quickly overpowered and knocked off his own horse.

Sonic and Wolverine quickly attacked Dwarf from both sides and immediately leaped away from his spin attack. "Let me show ya how a real spin master does it!" Sonic charges up a spin dash, greatly empowered by the flaming War Stone. His attack was powerful enough to send him flying straight to a brutal swing from Rogue so she gets the chance to clobber him up.

"I'm gonna whoop you good. Now stay still so I can continue beating ya up." Rogue taunted.

Black Dwarf roared in anger, slamming his axe right on top of Rogue. Luckily, she withstood the attack, but properly not another one. Before another axe slam, he was pelted by the bullets from Blake, who's holding onto Scarlet Spider as he swings around him.

"Throw me!" Blake told Scarlet.

Kaine does what he's told and throws Blake straight at Dwarf, who looks ready to hit her like a baseball. Too bad for him, it was an explosive clone he hit that knocked him slightly backwards, with the real one watching Scarlet web slam to his chest and starts pounding his unbreakable face.

"How much would it take to break you?!" Kaine asked while still beating on his face.

Dwarf grabs the clone spider and throws him on top of Blake. They quickly stand back up. "Think I should use my monster form on him?" He asked her, referring to his third Semblance ability.

"SPIDER form, and no, save it as a last resort." Blake replied.

"Good. Hate that form." Kaine said.

"I'm worried about Jean. Someone should go back her up." Logan said, slashing his claws on the unbreakable alien commander.

"I'll go." Sonic volunteered, kicking Dwarf in the face.

"We handle things here!" Winter told him.

Sonic throws the War Stone to the Atlas Specialist before Lockjaw could teleport themselves to Jean's location. Winter empowers herself with the War Stone, giving herself a flaming red aura. She surrounds Dwarf in a box of red glyphs that fires powerful lasers that even his unbreakable skin can't handle for very long. The alien commander roars loudly as he energizes his axe. He slams the ground with Hulkish strength that shatters the glyphs surrounding him and blowing Winter away with a shockwave.

"I got ya! Hold on!" Thing shows up and catches Winter before she was flung too far. He gently settles her down and turns to Dwarf, "That ain't no way to treat a lady, pal!"

"Yeah! First you ask them out on a date!" Quill quips, flying around and shooting fire shots at Dwarf.

"That explains why you are still single." Omega replied, still shooting missiles at Dwarf but barely able to get him flinching.

"You don't need to say that out loud!" Quill quipped while flying away from an axe swing.

Scarlet webs up the face, leaving Dwarf to get squashed by Ant-Man's giant foot. "YEAH! HOW DOES THAT FEEL?!" Lang asked. The way Dwarf responds by lifting Lang's foot and throws him to a ferris wheel. The shrinking hero shrinks back to normal size to groan in pain, "Ow, that hurts…"

Tiki blasts Dwarf with a stream of flames that barely slow him down, "Can he even get tired?" The dragon girl asked before she was knocked off the air and back in her humanoid form.

"Lady Tiki! Are you alright?" Frederick asks as she helps the manakete princess back to her feet.

"I think so…" Tiki rubs her aching head.

"This battle needs to end now." Winter declared, getting an idea ready. "Thing, grab a Drill Wisp! Rogue, hold onto the War Stone! Scarlet, Blake, hold him tight!" She gave her teammates their orders.

"Roger, sis." Rogue said as she was handed the War Stone.

Wolverine, Star-Lord, and Omega do their best to distract Black Dwarf while everyone else gets into position. Scarlet and Blake stand on sides of the alien commander so they could throw and wrap their webbing/ribbon on each arm and tugs it outward as hard as they could, with Blake needing additional help from Frederick and Wolverine.

"It's drillin' time!" Thing shouted as he frees a Yellow Wisp from its capsule. When he absorbs the wisp, his right rocky fist turns into a drill made of rocks itself. He leaps over and drills a hole on Dwarf's seemingly unbreakable skin, causing him to scream in pain. He couldn't take the damage any longer and throws the people tugging him right on top of Thing, but this only leaves him wide open for the finishing blow.

"Sit tight, fella!" Rogue flies in with the War Stone empowering her to ultimate levels. Her right fist's enveloped in flames as she delivers a smoking attack that clearly sends Black Dwarf packing out of the island entirely, never to be seen again. "HOME RUN! I am good!" Rogue smiled for defeating a powerful member of the Black Order.

BGM End


Back with the battle between Phoenix and Grimadoom…

BGM-Sonic Forces OST-Divine Intervention

The snowy sky shakes from the epic battle between Phoenix and Binary Grimadoom. Every collision between the two makes it hard to determine who has the upper advantage. They both stop for a moment to catch their breath as both seem to have suffered damage during their battle, both panting while hovering away from each other in the sky.

"Quite impressive. We are evenly matched…" Grimadoom panted as he finds himself equal in strength with Jean Grey and her Phoenix powers, "Though, I shouldn't be surprised. You ARE the Phoenix. Just a sample of your power could destroy planets. Yet I can tell you're still holding back."

"You know the reason why, Grimadoom. My power puts everyone in this planet in danger if I lose control." Jean said, fearing for the people of the planet what would happen if her "dark" power consumes her.

"The Dark Phoenix," Grim said," I've heard the stories. You're right. Your dark persona would prove to be troublesome against me. Which is why I will throw away your life here and now!" He said, slightly admitting Dark Phoenix is stronger than him. The dark hedgehog charges up an energy sphere in his hand and immediately makes a beeline for Jean, intending to finish her off before she really cuts loose and accidently unleash the Dark Phoenix.

BGM End

BGM-One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 OST-Battle of the Speed of Sound

Just seconds before his attack connected and Jean braced for the attack, suddenly Sonic and Lockjaw showed up between the two fighters. "What?!" Grimadoom said in surprise, then gets kicked away by Sonic.

"Yo, Jean! I got your back!" Sonic said as he lands on the snow next to Jean.

"Sonic!" Jean said, relived to have some back-up against this grim adversary.

Grim rubs his head before turning a mean eye towards his inferior rival, "Interrupting my battles? Figured from a dirty hedgehog."

"Sup, Grimadoom. Long time no see. Whatcha been doing since we last danced?" Sonic grinned as this is their first time meeting each other since the adventure in Pit's World.

"Practicing some new dance moves I've been DYING to show you. I call this one 'The Crusher'!" Grimadoom mentally lifts two large boulders and tries to crush Sonic, Phoenix, and Lockjaw, but they quickly escaped in time. "With you here, I can kill two birds with one stone. I'll prove to everyone who's the superior life form in this universe!"

"Let's get him, Jean!" Sonic said, standing in a battle pose.

"Right!" Jean replied while also taking a battle stance.

Phoenix telekinetically grabs Sonic in his ball form and throws him straight darting at Grimadoom, who easily dodges their attack. Sonic floats above him and hits him with a homing attack. The two hedgehogs collide spin attacks for a little while, ending with Binary Grimadoom catching Sonic off-guard with brutal punches to the gut, axing him to the snow below. Phoenix throws fireballs in an attempt to hurt Grimadoom, which barely work after he stretches his arm like Mr. Fantastic to grab Sonic to hit her with. The heroes are smashed back through the attractions of the amusement park where they were about to be hit by a teleporting Grimadoom if Lockjaw didn't teleport them out of the way.

"Darn you!" Grim cursed. Sonic was teleported above him and axe-kicks Grim in the head.

"Sonic!" Jean throws him two Laser Wisp capsules she found nearby.

Sonic uses one to zigzag at light-speed, blitzing Grimadoom from all sides. "Didn't think those little guys could pack so much power!" Grim commented on the Wisps and their enormous power output. He was pushed back in the air and quickly regained his footing to throw a giant ferris wheel at Sonic while he's depowered of the Wisp's energy. Thanks to Jean, the ferris wheel was stuck in mid-air, allowing Sonic to spin through it while absorbing another Laser Wisp to continue assaulting Grimadoom with.

"This ain't over!" Grimadoom grunts as he telekinetically lifts up the surrounding debris and Sonic in mid-air, causing him to float in this telekinetic bubble.

"Heh! You got that right!" Sonic grinned.

He collides boosts with Grimadoom's in the telekinetic bubble. The two just don't let up, and despite Grim being in his Binary Mode, putting Sonic at a disadvantage, he still doesn't give up and continues fighting. Jean shows up and throws a fire beam that knocked Grimadoom off-balance for a quick kick from his hedgehog rival. Sonic floats in front of Jean, charging up a spin-dash in mid-air while she channels her cosmic flame around him. Grimadoom sees this and responds by charging up a spin-dash made of his cosmic energy.

"Take this!" Phoenix Dash!" Sonic shouts, darting in the shape of a giant phoenix straight at Grimadoom. Both hedgehogs collide their spin-dashes in mid-air that packed enough force to scatter the floating debris. Neither hedgehog is gaining the advantage in strength and neither refuses to give up. Phoenix floats above Sonic with her hands in front of her. She channels more of the Phoenix Force to give him an extra boost. With a loud shout and a full thrust from her arms, Phoenix gives Sonic the edge he needs to overwhelm Grimadoom.

"Impossible!" Grimadoom shouts as Sonic rams him straight bouncing on the floor and fall in defeat.

BGM End

BGM-Sonic Forces OST-Theme of the Resistance

"Woohoo! I'm feeling good! End of the line for you, Grimadoom!" Sonic does a victory pose while Phoenix hovers beside him and Lockjaw teleports in with a bark and wet tongue.

"Geh!" Grimadoom grunts, looking very annoyed that he lost again to Sonic. Despite possessing the DNA and powers of the strongest heroes of their dimensions, including Thanos, and the ability to continuously grow stronger, he still finds himself losing to Sonic the Hedgehog.

"Darn it! How is it I keep losing to you?" Grimadoom asked his inferior brother.

"You'll never beat me. I got friends and a whole world counting on me. That's why I can't ever afford to lose." Sonic grinned, basically saying the power of friendship beats all.

"I've noticed." Grimadoom said, remembering his last fight with the hedgehog. How he almost destroyed him and Pit's World, but because of Sonic's "Never Give Up" attitude, he prevailed against him and saved the planet. "An intriguing power and I respect that. But know this! One day I WILL become strong enough to crush you and that power you believe in! An exciting challenge, don't you agree?"

"Oh yeah. Can't wait for the rematch!" Sonic grinned with enough spirit that causes Grimadoom to smirk in respect.

"Until next time." Grimadoom teleports away, just as the rest of Team Gamma have finally caught up to Sonic, Phoenix, and Lockjaw.

"Jean! Are you alright?" Logan asked one of his many love interests.

"Oh, sure, don't even bother to ask how 'I' am." Sonic joked, earning Logan's angry growl.

"I'm fine, Logan. Have you guys recovered the War Stone?" Jean asked the team.

"Affirmative." Winter nodded as a smiling Rogue shows her the crimson stone in her hand.

Jean smiled, "Nice. I can sense the aliens have retreated the island. Menalian can rest in peace."

"Booyah! We sent them packing!" Thing happily fist-pumped the air.

"Your home's safe now, Blake." Kaine said, putting a comforting hand on his girlfriend's shoulder.

Blake smiles in response, "Thanks. You did good today."

"If you say so." Kaine replied, hiding his smile behind his mask.

"Let's head back. This war isn't over yet." Winter commanded.

"Keep 'em coming! I'll blow them all the way back to space with my speed!" Sonic cockily said, racing his friends back to the main city with the second Exo Stone in the Unified Army's hands.

BGM End


BGM-Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds OST-Main Theme

Sonic: I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog! I am SO glad I was not chosen for Team Delta. A mission in the underwater kingdom of New Atlantis? No thanks.

Ruby: It ain't so bad. This place is awesome! Now if only we could convince Namor to give us the Star Stone.

Invisible Woman: Uh-oh! The city's under attack! We have to protect it!

Next time on D-Avengers: Exo War-

Swim for the Star

Ruby: The two of you are sisters? Why is she a cyborg?


KFX Here: Got some exams to study for, hence why it took a while for this chapter to be uploaded. Pray for me, folks. I need the support. Next chapter, Ruby and Team Delta will be swimming in Atlantis in search of the Star Stone, the one stone that was in Thanos's possession.

Fun Fact: In case some of you were wondering, Spider-Man's fighting style in these stories were inspired and based from the comics, of course, but mostly the video games, like the grounded-combat style of Marvel's Spider-Man mixed in with the crazy combos and web styles of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, and Spider-Man: Edge of Time. Thought I share that little tidbit with you all.

Question of the Chapter: What do you like about the United Heroes Series you don't see in other fanfiction you've possibly read before? Do you simply like the writing? Character characterization and interactions? The fact these stories actually get done and not left in limbo for 20 years? That's pretty much my answer. Read some good fanfic that never got finished for reasons I don't know. That's pretty much the big reason why I started writing fanfiction in the first place, to write stories that have definitive conclusions for people to enjoy.