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Chapter 42: The End?

(NYC, Empire State Building, Doom's throne room, moments later)

Doom's right armored hand glew green then swung his sword. From the blade came a wide surge of green mystic energy flying towards the group.

"Move!" Iron Man shouted.

The heroes quickly rushed out of the way of the attack.

"Hulk! Doom's 'elite guard' are all healed up. Smash them! Thor and I will take on Doom!" Iron Man ordered.

"What?!" Hulk grunted.

"Do it friend Hulk! Once you deal with them, you can aid us in battling this fiend! HAVE AT THEE!" Thor bellowed, and at his last sentence he rushed at Doom with Iron Man following him then Hulk leapt at the machines.

"Iron Fist! Help Iron Man and Thor! Your experience with magic will help them! Power Man! Nova! Help Hulk deal with Doom's machines! Taskmaster, Captain America, and Wolverine might be getting up soon so be prepared for that! Siren and I will deal with Spidey!" Tiger commanded.

"But…" Nova started to say.

"NOW!" Tiger and Siren screamed in unison.

Nova rushed away, a fearful look on his face. Power Man followed him. Iron Fist followed Iron Man & Thor into battle against Doom. White Tiger and Scarlet Siren rushed at Doom Spider-Man.

"The only ones to die are the two heroines! Subdue the rest!" Doom shouted.

Doom swung his sword at Thor, whom brought up his hammer. The weapons collided in a clash of mystic metal. Both combatants growled as they tried to force one another into submission. Thor brushed off the sword then swung his mighty hammer again; however, Doom quickly blocked it with his blade. They then continued to swing and parry one anothers' attacks, much to Thor's shock.

"How can this be?! No mere weapon made by a mortal can stand against Mjolnir!" Thor gasped.

"Doom is beyond mortal Asgardian fool!" Doom snarled, then punched Thor with his free left armored fist.

Thor flew back through the room and hit a wall with a thud. Iron Man and Iron Fist rushed at Doom.

"Puny machines! Hulk smash you first! Then smash Doom!" Hulk growled as he leapt at Doom's elite guard.

A machine leapt at the green goliath with its bladed hands, Hulk standing before it ready to attack it. But a blue blast hit the machine knocking it to the ground. Hulk turned to see Nova and Power Man leaping into the fray. Nova dodged two blasts from an elite Doombot, then fired on them repeatedly shooting off their limbs one by one. Power Man punched one machine then blocked a slash from another then kicked it.

"Haha! Time to smash!" Hulk chuckled as he literally punched a hole in one of the machines.

The three heard growling and turned to see a charging Doom Wolverine. Nova fired off his blasts, which the mutant did his best to dodge. One or two shots hit him in his chest, but only dazed him. But he looked to see a fist from Power Man and a fist from the Hulk come at him. Doom Wolverine yelled in panic as he soared to the other side of the room, and was then practically imbedded within the wall he hit with a great thud. Both powerhouses then saw Doom Captain & Taskmaster running at them.

"Help your friend with the wind up toys! I'll take care of this." Hulk said, cracking his knuckles.

"Right!" Power Man said, then ran to help Nova.

"Spidey! Listen to me! It's me! Snap out of it Web Head!" White Tiger said as she blocked a jab from Doom Spider-Man.

Doom Spider-Man pulled back his arm then threw a kick. White Tiger ducked under and aimed her own kick at his other leg. The puppet hit the ground. White Tiger and Scarlet Siren then pinned him to the floor.

"Spidey! It's us! Come on!" White Tiger begged.

"Pete! It's me! Come back to us! Please!" Scarlet Siren pleaded.

The heroines pleaded with the puppet to return to his former self.

"Peter, please…we love you…Please…you don't know how much we've been hurting knowing you're this way…please…" Tiger begged, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Petey, you don't know how crazy we've been for you to come back. We're begging you…please Pete." Siren pleaded, crying as well.

The two could see Doom Spider-Man's eyes twitching, then they closed. Doom Spider-Man clutched his head and groaned in pain. He then opened his eyes.

"A-Ava?...M-MJ?..." Doom Spider-Man gasped.

"Peter!" Both heroines gasped in excitement & shock.

"You will not succeed Doom!" Iron Fist shouted as he back flipped over a slash from Doom's sword.

Doom shouted as he brought down his sword. Quickly, Iron Fist's hands glew with its mystic power then caught the blade with both hands. Despite catching the sword, Iron Fist's arms shook as he barely held back the power from the sword. Doom growled as he tried to force his blade down further. However, he felt the same pain in his head…but this one was different. It was more powerful and…he thought he heard…whispering.

"Gotcha Doom!" Iron Man laughed as he fired a repulsor blast, which hit Doom in his side and sent him skidding to the side.

Doom growled then began to levitate in the air.

"You shall fall to my rising power!" Doom proclaimed, but his voice wasn't his.

Taskmaster dodged a punch from the Hulk and retaliated with a bash from his shield. He turned to see Doom speak and he froze slightly.

"That voice…it sounds…familiar…But how?..." Taskmaster asked himself.

Before his thoughts could go any further, he turned to find Doom Captain fly into him because of a hit from the Hulk. Doom shook his head.

"Fall fools!" Doom shouted with his own voice, his left palm open while a ball of fire formed and a stream of fire shot at Iron Man, Thor, and Iron Fist.

The three quickly moved out of its way.

"G-Girls…I-I'm...s-so…Agh!" Doom Spider-Man screeched in pain, clutching his head as he felt the same pain as Doom.

"PETER!" Tiger & Siren screamed in worry.

Hulk pinned Doom Captain and Taskmaster with either huge hand to the ground. Power Man and Nova hurried to his side after finishing off the rest of the machines.

"Fall villain!" Thor shouted as he flew at Doom.

Doom shot forth the fire from his free armored hand at the Asgardian. Thor groaned as his rush was blocked by the stream of flames, however, was slowly moving closer to Doom. Doom growled as he slowly moved forward, applying more force to the flaming stream. Thor then brushed aside the flames, but Doom quickly punched him sending Thor flying back yelling in panic.

"Take this!" Iron Man shouted as he fired his uni beam.

Doom growled as he slashed down on the energy surge with his sword, which literally separated the energy blast to move away from Doom on either side of him. Iron Man and Iron Fist gasped. Doom opened his free left armored hand and shot two balls of fire, each sending Iron Man & Iron Fist to the ground with a thud.

"HULK SSMMAAASSHH!" Hulk roared as he leapt at Doom, Power Man & Nova right behind him.

Doom's free left armored hand glew blue then he shot a bolt of lightning at them. The blast hit each of them, they cried out in a buzzing manner as they were shocked by the lightning. The three hit the ground with a thud. Tiger and Siren looked on in shock.

"Forget this…Spidey…sorry about this, but you'll get over it." Tiger said, then punched Doom Spider-Man in his face.

"Does this mean…" Siren gasped.

"Let take this fucker down!" White Tiger growled.

"About time." Scarlet Siren laughed.

Doom then lowered to the ground.

'Despite this pain in my head…I've won…heh heh heh. *Groans*' Doom thought to himself, clutching his head in pain.

He looked in the corner of his left eye and turned to see two feet slam into his mask. Doom grunted as he stuttered back a few feet. As he regained his composure he then saw claws slash at his mask. Doom grunted in pain, then he felt his feet get kicked from underneath him. He hit the ground then looked up to see his sword wasn't in his right hand. Doom gasped and turned to see Scarlet Siren holding the blade in her hands, White Tiger beside her.

"You foolish cunts! I shall…" Doom tried to say.

He was quickly cut off as the rest of the heroes approached Doom. He then saw all of him punch him in unison.

"Hahaha! We did it!" Nova laughed.

"True, but we still need to free our friends from Doom's control." Iron Fist said.

"The Fist of Iron is correct. We have won the battle, but we must free the Man of Spider, the Captain…and this other warrior." Thor added.

"Once that's done, that will be the end of this madness." White Tiger grunted.

They then heard laughing.

"The end? You think this is the end? Hahahahaha!" That familiar voice that come from Doom earlier laughed suddenly.

The group gasped as they saw Doom's glow blue & white. Taskmaster groaned as he slowly stood up he then heard the laughing.

"…I…I recognize that voice…but that's…that's impossible!" Taskmaster gasped.

From Doom came a blue & white mist that slowly rose in the air. Doom groaned in great pain. The sword then flew out of Siren's hands.

"Oh you've got to be joking! What now?!" Nova growled.

The mist then took the form of a figure that Doom and Taskmaster recognized.

"I…I destroyed you…How?" Doom gasped.

They all looked up in shock at seeing the laughing ghost of Mordred and Doom's sword flying into his right hand. The sword changed some, the pommel of the sword changing into the shape of a bladed star. The green markings of the sword turned to blue and the gray steel turned pure white.

To be continued…

(I hope you guys like this twist, sorry if it's a stupid change. There's a little more I want to do with this story.)