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So I saw Part 2 of COIE and it was better than the first. *SPOILERS* Smallville Clark only appeared in one scene but at least they treated him and his show respectfully, unlike other characters and their media. He even decked Earth-38 Lex Luthor without his powers and said to him 'You're not Lex.' Lex ain't getting any ointment for that burn ever! And Routh's Superman IS the one from 'Superman Returns.' Plus, Routh is amazing in the role even after all these years. Yes, his movie was terrible but he was amazing and is still the closest to Reeve in his portrayal of Clark and Superman. The Lois, Jimmy, Perry and Jason from his world are all dead but he still fights for justice. And he kicked the ass of Hoechlin's version, which makes sense as he is much more powerful. But what they did to Conroy's Batman pissed me off BIG TIME! It was worse than Oliver's death yesterday. It was even worse than Jake Skywalker. He is among the most iconic Batmen and many people's first choice for him, and they screwed him horribly in his first live-action outing as he had turned evil and was killed by Kate and Kara. And Kate is some Paragon of courage which is BS as she is only a Paragon of selfishness. And Oliver is resurrected by Lazarus Pit but his spirit is trapped like Sara and Constantine can't bring it back because anti-matter wave is messing with his magic. And we saw Anti-Monitor for the first time at last! *END SPOILERS*
Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review. You're right. Thanks again for finding it that great. Glad you enjoyed the argument. Glad the scene with Frigga was great and fit and yes, there will be. Yes, there's always bigger and glad it was a good call and glad the callback to Sam's speech was nice. Don't blame you. You will see. Just watch on Thor. Yes, Cap can be among the most powerful Lanterns for sure. Actually, when Thanos snapped his fingers again, anyone who didn't listen to him was under his mind-control again and that hasn't been reversed still. Karnilla sounds interesting for sure. Oh yes, many epic scenes. Yes, so many Steves for Diana to choose from. And both of them are Chrises. Lucky woman! Yes, we're saved from that ending and glad it was a fair point as that shows his growth. I love Thor Talk and I've seen that video. It was great and made sense. Thanks for the correction on Mark 49, I have faith in you. Now enjoy the chapter.
Guest 1: Thanks for the review. Glad you loved the Frigga scene. To answer Question 1, no spoilers. To answer Question 2, yes. To answer Question 3, I saved them for the final fight as it seemed more fitting.
Guest 2: Thanks for the review. I got a different plan.
Guest 3: Thanks for not spoiling this time and I noticed. Though I'm still pissed.
Chapter 19- Assemble!
Banner looked around at the dark background before hearing a roar and turned around to see Hulk approaching him.
"Puny Banner hate Hulk." Hulk said gruffly.
"I know I'm puny. But I don't hate you." Banner said honestly, surprising Hulk, "I never did. I hated that I couldn't control you. This whole time I've been treating you like a disease. I think I should stop that and start treating you as a cure. Why did you save me all those years ago?"
"Someone had to." Hulk said with as much honesty as Banner.
"Thank you. It means a lot to me." Banner said gratefully, "We can be together again."
"No fighting?" Hulk asked.
"No. None at all." Banner said, "We can do it together. Help our friends. And have our revenge on Ross."
Hearing that, Hulk growled as Banner smirked.
He held out his hand and Hulk grasped it firmly as they sensed the very fiber of their being changing and evolving.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Rocket groaned while trapped under debris.
Before the building could collapse on him and Rhodes, a terrifying roar was heard as Hulk rose up and held it up effortlessly to save them both. Rhodes noticed that he was a foot taller than before and his skin was now greyish.
"Whoa!" Rhodes said before commanding his suit, "Canopy. Canopy. Canopy."
The damaged suit opened and Rhodes got up with a groan, crawling towards Rocket as Harry groaned and woke up in a corner, fumbling a bit.
"Let me out! Let me out!" Rocket said desperately as J'onn flew down to the scene and staggered, still weakened.
"Friends get out!" Hulk said gruffly.
"Let's do so!" J'onn said.
Loki suddenly rushed to the scene. His eyes widened in fear on seeing Hulk but he was given a reassuring smirk instead.
Seeing that, Loki recovered himself and lifted the debris off Rocket saying, "Come on Rabbit!"
Hulk then gestured to something with a grunt and they noticed water rushing towards them in the form of a flood.
"Uh oh!" Harry said.
Scott, who had shrunken down just as the firing had started, groaned as he woke up and removed the debris off of him before hearing Rhodes' desperate voice in his comms.
"Mayday, mayday! Does anybody copy? We're in the lower level, it's flooding!"
"What?" Scott asked just to be sure as he tapped his earpiece.
"We're drowning! Does anybody copy? Mayday!"
"Wait! I'm here!" Scott called out, "I'm here, can you hear me?"
In another part of the rubble, Frodo and Bobbi helped Fitz up before Frodo noticed the Gauntlet a few feet away with all the Stones in it. Running towards it, he picked it up while Fitz and Bobbi helped up Mack who had fallen near them.
"Come on! We must go!" Fitz said desperately as they turned to leave when suddenly someone appeared next to Frodo and snatched the Gauntlet from his hands before disappearing, horrifying them all. Fitz and Mack gasped in horror as they recognized the person. Fitz was shaken.
"What is it, guys?" Bobbi asked.
"Hello, Leopold." Aida said as she appeared in front of them with a smirk on her face.
"Aida." Fitz greeted, trying to keep himself calm.
"Who is she?" Frodo asked.
"Your death." Aida smirked as she moved to kill them when an ice blast hit her, throwing her back as Killer Frost lowered her hands, "Let's do it, lady."
Aida got up with a roar and was about to charge when Daisy arrived and fired her blasts, throwing Aida back again. Aida crawled to the Gauntlet to pick it up but someone kicked her away.
It was Astra. She bent down and picking up the Gauntlet, tossed it back to Frodo.
"Go!" She said, "I will handle her!"
"I'll help!" Daisy said and Astra nodded.
The others nodded as they ran while Aida got back up with a scowl on her face, "You will pay for that."
Then an energy blast hit her and sent her back as a glowing Carol landed.
"We will see." Astra smirked as her eyes glowed.
As the other five ran further, a gunshot rang out and Killer Frost groaned in pain as she held her bleeding shoulder while the others looked at her in concern.
"You gonna be all right?" Bobbi asked.
"It will heal." Killer Frost said as Grant Ward walked up to them.
"Won't let you go this time." Mack said as he aimed his shotgun-ax.
"We'll see." Ward said as he aimed at Fitz, "Hello old friend."
"We're not friends." Fitz sneered when suddenly Matt leapt between them.
"You'll have to go through me to get to them." Matt warned.
"With pleasure." Ward said as he tried to fire but Matt threw his Billy Club, disarming Ward and with a flip, kicked him on the face, throwing him back. Before Ward could recover, Matt leapt and kicked his abdomen, sending him back again before grabbing his face and kneeing it and then leaping up, gave him a flying kick, staggering him back once more.
As Ward tried to get up, several gunshots rang out and he fell down, dead. The others turned as Frank and Alex lowered their guns.
"You guys all right?" Frank asked and they nodded.
"Come on!" Alex said as they ran together.
Somewhere else, Blade, Sara, Earth-2 Laurel, Slade and Nyssa woke up together.
"What happened?" Laurel groaned.
"The bastard attacked us at our base is what." Blade said grimly when they heard roars and saw Vampires charging at them.
"Oh boy!" Sara said as she brandished Ciris.
"Some things never change." Slade said, taking out his own sword.
"Nope." Nyssa agreed.
"Never faced these kinds of Vampires before." Blade quipped before firing at them with his gun, taking them down and then decapitated one in a rotatory motion as Sara stabbed one through the throat and Laurel sent several flying back with her scream while Slade elbowed one and stabbed it in the heart while Nyssa fired an arrow at another's heart.
Clint woke up with a groan in another part of the rubble and switching on a flashlight looked around, "Cap?"
"Clint!"
He looked down to see Natasha and helped her up as she groaned, "Just like Budapest all over again, huh!"
"Budapest is Heaven compared to this." He said as both chuckled dryly.
"Hey guys!" Elektra groaned from a corner as they helped her up while Jessica staggered up in a corner, "What is this shit?"
"Thanos and Morgoth." Natasha said.
"Natasha! Clint!" Nebula said as she ran up to them with Gamora, Arwen and Constantine.
"Thanos is here." Gamora said in horror.
"Look!" Constantine said as they all looked down to see the Silmaril while he spoke from experience, "I'm not touching that thing."
"The Silmaril." Arwen whispered as all looked at it in awe.
Nebula bent down and picked it up, looking at it. It burnt her hand but she didn't feel the pain due to cybernetic skin as all looked at her in sympathy. She looked at the others before putting it inside.
"Come on let's go." Clint said when they heard low growls behind them. Turning around, Clint fired an arrow with a light on it and it lit up several Outriders.
"Shit!" Jessica cursed.
"Come on!" Gamora said as they ran together while the Outriders followed.
Tony walked through the remains of the Compound before finding the unconscious Steve. Kneeling down, he said, "Come on, buddy. Wake up."
Steve gasped as he woke up and Tony said, "That's my man."
Holding out the shield, he said, "You lose this again, I'm keeping it."
Steve took it as next to him, Kara woke up Barry by saying, "If you don't wake up, Oliver will stick more arrows in you!"
Barry woke up with a groan and said, "Yeah! That always works!"
"Pointy-ear! Come on!" Gimli said as he helped Legolas up.
"Thank you, my friend." Legolas said while Logan and Storm helped up Bobby near them.
"There we go, bub!" Logan said.
"What's going on?" Bobby groaned.
"Nothing good." Storm said grimly.
"Looks like this is not over." Bruce said as he approached the scene.
"What happened?" Steve asked as he looked around.
"We poked the dragon. Now its breathing fire." Tony said as he helped Steve up, "Come on."
Thor, Gandalf, Aragorn, Oliver, Galadriel, Elrond, Clark and Diana stood at an opening in the rubble. Thor was holding his injured arm. They all walked next to them and looked in the front.
The sky was darkened due to the smoke and it looked like night had fallen.
"The air is a poisonous fume." Aragorn said as all nodded in agreement, finding it disgusting.
They all looked in the front to see Thanos sitting on a rock, fiddling with a stone with the Thanoscopter planted next to him and his helmet on it
Morgoth and Sauron stood to his right as Saruman stood to his left while Zod was hovering in the air.
Red Hulk was circling the area, growling every now and then.
"What have they been doing?" Tony asked.
"Absolutely nothing." Thor replied calmly.
"Where are the Stones?" Steve asked.
"Lost somewhere under all this." Oliver replied.
"All we know is they don't have them." Diana said as she gestured to their foes.
"So we keep it that way." Clark said firmly and all nodded.
"I believe it is a trap." Gandalf said.
"It is obvious even without my powers, Mithrandir." Galadriel told him.
"Do you know something about this?" Steve asked Galadriel.
"No. I was only able to see up till the point where we sent Pepper, Hamfast, Elanor and William away." Galadriel responded.
"Not a problem." Oliver said.
"We know this is a trap." Elrond said.
"I don't really much care." Logan said.
"Good." Thor said, "Just as long as we're all in agreement."
Thor then raised both his hands as lightning flashed in his eyes and cracked in the sky darkened by the explosion's smoke before hitting Thor.
And then Stormbreaker flew into his right hand and Mjolnir into his left as lightning emanated from him and the burn on his arm healed completely as if it had never even been there.
"Let us go for all their heads this time." Legolas said and all nodded.
The 18 marched towards their 6 opponents as one, slowly spreading out to surround them.
Thanos looked at them and announced, "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me."
"You are all loud in your defiance." Morgoth sneered as he pointed at them.
The 18 slowly surrounded the 6 as Thanos said, "I thought by eliminating half of life, the other half would thrive. But you've shown me, that's impossible."
"Which is why you all must be destroyed." Sauron said as he raised the One Ring.
"And as long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be." Thanos announced, "They will resist."
"Yep. We're all kinds of stubborn." Tony quipped.
"You get used to it." Oliver said darkly as he gripped his bow tighter.
"Oh the stubbornness has given us all pain long enough." Saruman sneered as he and Gandalf glared at each other before he noticed Bruce and not having met or seen him before asked, "And who might you be, boy?"
"I'm Batman." Bruce introduced his alter-ego calmly.
"I'm thankful. Because now, I know what I must do." Thanos said as he threw the rock away.
Zod lowered himself to the ground and said, "He has seen the truth now."
"Well, I believe in truth..." Superman said with a smirk, before adding, "...but I'm also a big fan of justice."
"What truth?" Kara asked with dread in her voice.
"I will shred this universe down to its last atom." Thanos said as he stood up and took his helmet from the top of his sword, putting it on, "And then...With the Stones you've taken from me, create a new one."
He picked up his Thanoscopter and said, "Teeming with life, that knows not what it has lost but only what it has been given."
"So you have fallen in your delusions even more than before, Thanos of Titan." Gandalf said as he looked at Thanos.
Thor's weapons glowed with lightning while Clark's eyes glowed with Heat Vision.
"A grateful universe." Thanos said, ignoring Gandalf.
"Born out of blood." Steve pointed out in disgust.
"They'll never know it." Thanos said as they all prepared to fight each other, "Because you won't be alive to tell them."
"Because it will never happen." Aragorn said firmly as he held Anduril high.
Oliver nocked an arrow and announced, "YOU HAVE FAILED THIS MULTIVERSE!"
Thor bellowed a war cry as he and his weapons flashed with lightning while Tony formed a blade with his suit and jumped at Thanos who deflected with his sword, throwing him down as he rolled and recovered before Thanos deflected Steve's shield which he had thrown as well back at him and dodged Mjolnir thrown at him by Thor and then smacked Steve away by hitting his shield while Tony flew up before he kicked Thor away into a rock and Tony fired his lightning repulsors which he blocked with his sword.
At the very same time, Diana roared and leapt at Morgoth but he side-stepped to avoid and without turning back, pointed the back tip of Grond at her, sending her flying back with a telekinetic blast and twirled his mace to deflect Heat Vision fired by Clark back at him, sending him back just as he swatted away a Batarang thrown at him by Bruce.
Aragorn leapt at Saruman with a roar but with surprising agility, the former White Wizard avoided and deflected an arrow fired by Legolas with his staff before smacking a charging Gimli with it, sending him back and then turning around, smacked Aragorn's feet, sending him down once more.
Red Hulk brought his fist down on Logan with a roar who leapt back to avoid as Red Hulk put his hand in front of his face to defend it from an ice blast fired by Bobby while more lightning cracked in the sky as Storm flew up, her eyes flashing with power and hit Red Hulk with a powerful lightning blast, staggering him back.
Oliver fired 3 arrows simultaneously at Zod who blew them back with super-breath before he flew up to avoid a speeding Barry just as Kara flew at him with a punch but he blocked and spinning her around, threw her back down.
Sauron used his mace to block a sword strike from Elrond before kicking the Elf-Lord back and also deflected the lance thrown at him by Galadriel and used his mace to form a barrier to protect himself from being hit by the shockwave caused by Gandalf tapping his staff on the ground.
The Battle for the fate of the Multiverse had begun at last.
Hulk held up the collapsing building while the area flooded as Rhodes said to Rocket, Harry, Loki and J'onn, "See you all on the other side."
"It's been a pleasure." Harry said.
"Oh come on! Don't talk like that!" Loki of all people said.
"They're making me nervous!" Rocket said too.
"I do not believe we will die." J'onn said as he moved to help Hulk in spite of being weakened.
Scott floated on debris, saying, "Hang on! I'm coming!"
He leapt off some kind of a lever and dived into the water.
Natasha, Clint, Elektra, Arwen, Jessica, Gamora, Nebula and Constantine were running from the Outriders as Natasha fired Widow's Bite at one, knocking it down before Clint planted 2 explosive arrows in the walls and ran further as an explosion occurred, throwing them down and killing some more.
As more came at them, Constantine took out his lighter and chanting his spell, formed a fire before blowing it at them, killing some while Arwen swiftly took down 3 of them with Hadhafang.
Clint fired a grapple arrow at the ceiling and commanded, "Climb up!"
They started as some of the Outriders tried to jump at them but Jessica kicked two of them down, "Fuck off assholes!"
Elektra sliced them down with her sword along with Gamora as Nebula struck one with her baton.
As they climbed up, Elektra sliced one clean into two as they all leapt at the upper level and except Arwen, all lay on the ground in some exhaustion.
Outside, Tony landed and the back of his suit opened to reveal a new energy absorber as he said, "Okay, Thor. Hit me."
Thor roared and charging both Mjolnir and Stormbreaker, hit the absorber with a huge blast of lightning, supercharging the suit as Tony fired eight overpowered lightning repulsors at Thanos.
Thanos spun the Thanoscopter fast enough to deflect them all and walked closer.
Thor threw Mjolnir up and used Stormbreker to bat it at Thanos.
However, Thanos grabbed Tony and lifted him up, putting him in the way. Mjolnir hit him and both Tony and the hammer were sent tumbling to the ground, with Tony out cold.
"Boss, wake up!" FRIDAY said and even the AI sounded concerned.
Steve flipped and kicked Thanos' face, very slightly affecting him. Thanos then punched him as he put the shield in the way but was still sent flying back, crashing into a rock.
Morgoth then fell into Thanos as they both tumbled back while Clark flew at them with a roar, firing his Heat Vision. Morgoth got back up and deflected with Grond before dark tendrils of energy shot out of his hand and trapped Clark, making him groan in pain.
Diana leapt up and with a slice of her sword, cut off the tendrils as Clark was freed.
She rushed at Thanos who threw the Thanoscopter at her. She ducked and slid under it as Thanos caught it on return, just in time to block her sword.
During that time, Barry sped around and unleashed 3 bolts of lightning at Zod, staggering him back as Kara lifted him up and flying up with him, threw him to the ground, forming a crater.
Oliver turned to see Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli still struggling with Saruman and fired an arrow at him. Saruman turned around and stopped it telekinetically but it exploded, sending him back.
Aragorn then charged at Sauron who blocked Anduril with his mace and slammed it on the ground, the shockwave sending him, Gandalf, Galadriel and Elrond flying back.
Logan leapt at Red Hulk and sliced his throat with his claws before being grabbed and slammed to the ground as Red Hulk punched him before being hit by an ice shard from Bobby. He groaned in pain as he pulled it out while Storm sent him flying back with powerful winds she summoned.
Diana blocked the Thanoscopter with her shield and with a slice on the wrist managed to disarm Thanos of his sword.
As she tried to attack again, Thanos struck her wrist, disarming her of her sword too and lifting her up by the throat, threw her into a broken tree.
Thanos punched Diana several times before tossing her into a rock on the other side, dazing her badly as her shield fell from her grip. He then kicked Diana on the chest and punched her face again, dazing her more as Diana bled.
Then Steve's shield hit him from behind as he turned to the Captain who gave him a steely glare.
That was when Clark rammed into him hard, sending him tumbling away.
Then Morgoth fired a mystical blast at him, sending him flying back as Clark held his chest in pain.
Then Thor threw Stormbreaker at Morgoth who deflected with Grond. Then Thor threw Mjolnir at Stormbreaker.
The clash of the two weapons unleashed a powerful explosion of lightning that sent Morgoth, Thanos, Sauron, Zod and Red Hulk all tumbling on the ground.
Steve helped Diana up and handed her the sword.
She accepted with a "Thank you."
"Thank me when we're done." Steve said grimly as he gave her the shield too and she accepted with a smile.
Thor leapt at Morgoth with Stormbreaker which clashed with Grond, causing a shockwave which formed a crater before Bruce fired his grapple hook at Morgoth. Morgoth pointed his hand at the hook and pressed it into a fist, destroying the hook as Bruce threw his gun away in frustration.
Sauron defended himself from a telekinetic blast by Galadriel before blocking Gimli who tried to strike him with his ax. He kicked the Dwarf away, knocking him out, and as Clark fired his Heat Vision, blocked with the One Ring and sent it back at Clark who had to fly up to dodge.
Kara punched Zod twice and gave him an uppercut before trying to kick but he grabbed her foot and spinning her around, threw her to the ground next to Barry as they both fell down.
He then flew down to Oliver before he could fire an arrow and lifted him up by the throat, about to crush him.
Then he turned around to stop an arrow fired at him by Legolas and smirked. Legolas smirked back when the tip of the arrow sent a blast of enchanted ice at his face and throat, making him gasp in pain as he staggered back, letting Oliver go.
Taking the opportunity, Kara flew into him at full speed and punched him hard, knocking him out at last.
During the same time, Logan stabbed Red Hulk in the foot as Bobby fired huge blasts of ice at him which covered him, angering him more as he heated up to melt the ice. Storm blew powerful winds around Red Hulk which he couldn't stand.
Soon, in spite of his struggles, he was sent flying up into the air and out of the Earth's atmosphere. As Storm lowered her hands, her eyes stopped flashing. But during that time, a telekinetic blast from Sauron hit her and Bobby, sending them both to the ground and knocking them out.
Morgoth picked up Thor and slammed him to the ground, making him drop his weapons. Thor roared and punched Morgoth with a lightning-charged punch, sending him flying back.
During that time, Thanos deflected Steve's thrown shield and blocked a strike from Diana before Steve flipped and kicked him on the face again and Diana took the opportunity to ram her shield onto his face, staggering him back.
As Saruman got back up, a Batarang from Bruce grazed his cheek and returned to the man.
As Saruman turned, Bruce threw two more Batarangs. Saruman stopped them telekinetically but they sent electric shocks at him, making him scream in pain as he held his chest. They stopped and he fell to his knees.
Bruce jumped and kicked him hard on the chest, sending him tumbling to the ground. Before Bruce could kick him again though, Saruman pointed his staff at him and sent him flying back. As Bruce tried to get up, Saruman increased his telekinesis' force and Bruce's armor cracked, knocking him out.
Sauron slammed his mace to the ground and a massive telekinetic blast hit Oliver, Barry and Kara, knocking the former two out. Kara tried to stagger back up but Sauron hit her on the face with his mace and the sorcery in it knocked her down again.
Thor roared and charged at Morgoth with Stormbreaker before avoiding a fireball by him. Morgoth then twirled Grond to deflect Clark's Heat Vision as well as Thor's lightning and blew out super-breath from his own mouth, sending them flying back. Clark realized Morgoth had stolen this power from Kara.
Morgoth pulled Clark towards himself telekinetically and slamming him to the ground, hit him repeatedly with his mace and magic-enhanced fist, knocking him out at last.
Sauron deflected Elrond's sword, Galadriel's lance and Anduril again before sending them back with a telekinetic blast. Galadriel and Elrond hit their heads hard and were knocked out as Aragorn groaned.
Gandalf tried to summon lightning into Glamdring but Sauron hit him with his mace. Gandalf summoned his shield for defense but was still knocked away onto the ground, rolling away and being knocked out as his weapons fell off.
Legolas fired at Saruman but he deflected the arrows before lifting the Elf-Prince up telekinetically and slammed him to the ground, dazing him.
Thor charged at Morgoth but timing it right, Morgoth side-stepped at the last moment and grabbing Thor by the back, slammed him to the ground before hitting the back of his head with Grond, knocking him out temporarily.
Steve put his shield in the way of Thanos' kick and was sent flying back once more as Diana was grabbed and thrown to the other side, dazed.
Logan tried to charge but Sauron sent him flying off with a strike of his mace.
As Legolas tried to get up, Saruman pinned him to the ground telekinetically and decided to rile the one person who he knew had survived Sauron through a Palantir.
"You may have prowess in your mind, King Elessar." Saruman sneered as he raised his staff, ready to thrust its tip into Legolas, "But you will not save your friend."
"No!" Aragorn groaned as he tried to stand up.
Unseen to everyone, a few feet away, Mjolnir rose into the air.
"Prepare to die." Saruman sneered at Legolas, about to bring his staff down on him.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Aragorn screamed.
At that moment, Mjolnir flew, striking Saruman in the side of the head, knocking him out. Legolas' eyes snapped open in that moment as the enchanted hammer gained in speed and hit Morgoth, Thanos and Sauron, knocking them all back before flying into the hands of a stunned Aragorn who stood up, gasping, as the power of Thor rushed through him!
"He's worthy!" Thor gasped happily as he woke up but Morgoth knocked him down again with Grond.
Aragorn now held Anduril in his right hand and Mjolnir in his left. Spinning Mjolnir rapidly, he ran up to Thanos, gaining speed. Thanos charged at him too.
Aragorn leapt up and swung Mjolnir upwards, hitting Thanos under the chin and knocking him down into rubble.
Sauron tried to attack him but Aragorn used Mjolnir to block and stabbed his left foot with Anduril, making the second Dark Lord scream in pain as he retracted his blade and threw Mjolnir at Sauron, throwing him back.
He then threw up Anduril and used Mjolnir to bat it at Sauron. It went right through his abdomen and came out of his back as Sauron screamed in pain and fell to his knees. Aragorn then leapt up and hit Sauron's face with Mjolnir, making him tumble away before he picked up Anduril.
He then raised Mjolnir into the sky as clouds gathered, summoning a large lightning bolt which struck Sauron, making him spasm violently.
He turned left a little too late to avoid Thanos who struck his face, throwing him back as Mjolnir fell off while Thanos lifted him by the throat and threw him back again, making him drop Anduril too.
Thanos marched up to him and raised his blade, ready to strike him down when suddenly Mjolnir struck him again, making him stumble away and drop his sword as Mjolnir halted in its path, then reversed course and flied back over Thanos' head. Right into the hand of Steve Rogers!
"I knew it!" Thor laughed happily as he dueled Morgoth but the distraction was all Morgoth needed to punch him with his magic-enhanced fist.
Thanos picked up his sword again and charged Steve who threw his shield. Thanos deflected the shield with his sword. Steve then threw Mjolnir at the shield and a loud shockwave went off, knocking Thanos to his knees.
Aragorn got back up and picking up Anduril, leapt at Thanos from behind, stabbing him in the back of the foot as he screamed in pain again. Aragorn retracted his sword and stepped out of the way as Steve caught his shield on return and leaping up, kneed Thanos back before hitting his knee with Mjolnir and following up by a shield blow to the face, before striking his face with Mjolnir twice, the second strike breaking the helmet as Thanos staggered back.
Aragorn noticed Sauron getting back up to charge at him and called out, "Steven!"
Steve immediately threw Mjolnir to Aragorn who caught it and with a leap, used Mjolnir to knock Sauron away before slicing his leg in a rotatory motion and then hitting him with a powerful lightning bolt, knocking him down once more.
Steve then threw the shield at Thanos, staggering him back and then caught Mjolnir as Aragorn threw it back at him. He batted the shield with Mjolnir at Thanos, staggering him back again and catching the shield, fired a powerful lightning bolt from Mjolnir which ripped the ground and hit Thanos, throwing him down.
Steve raised Mjolnir skyward and as clouds gathered, an even larger lightning bolt was summoned which struck Thanos, making him roar in pain.
Steve leapt at him with Mjolnir raised but he rolled away at the last moment and picking Steve up by the throat, slammed him to the ground.
Aragorn ran to help him when Morgoth hit him with Grond on the head from behind, having taken Thor out from the fight at last. Aragorn fell to the ground, knocked out.
Steve rolled away and got up as Thanos picked up his sword and threw his broken helmet away. He swung but Steve blocked or dodged a few times before being stabbed in the leg. He yelled in pain but tried to strike with Mjolnir. However, Thanos grabbed Steve's wrist and stopped the strike, dropping his sword and punching Steve with his other hand, knocking Mjolnir away. He then sent Steve back with a powerful kick.
As he marched towards him, he heard someone call out, "Over here, ugly!"
Thanos turned around to see Logan with his claws out.
Thanos slashed his sword at Logan's head but he ducked and leaping up, slashed Thanos' chest. Thanos managed to pull back at the last second, preventing the claws from cutting into his skin but it still opened a gash in the armor.
Thanos looked at that gash in surprise before slashing again. Logan leapt up to avoid and slashed his claws at Thanos' right shoulder, cutting out a large chunk of the armor.
Thanos growled and threw a punch, knocking Logan away into rubble and was about to bring his sword down on him when Logan rolled away and with a leap, stabbed Thanos' right shoulder. Thanos screamed in pain before grabbing Logan by the throat and lifting him up, making him pull out his claws.
He then slammed Logan to the ground and asked, "What kind of monster are you?"
Logan gave the same reply he had given to Shingen years ago.
"The Wolverine." He snarled as he rolled away to avoid Thanos' foot and tried to stab but was kicked away. As he staggered up, Thanos slashed at his leg, opening a huge gash as he cried out in pain and was kicked away.
Logan then lay there, dazed, waiting for his leg to heal.
Thanos was knocked away by Mjolnir again as Steve caught it on return and threw it again but Morgoth knocked it away with a telekinetic blast while Thanos got back up and marched to Steve.
Steve raised his shield as Thanos brought the sword down on him. Steve's shield held up. But Thanos brought it up and back down on Steve's shield many times and the seemingly unbreakable shield shattered into pieces at the top.
Thanos then smacked Steve who put his shield in the way and he was thrown back. Steve lay on the ground, straining heavily and groaned to get up.
"You shall all pay for your defiance." Morgoth announced as he, Thanos and Sauron looked at Steve.
Thanos announced, "In all my years of conquest...violence...slaughter...It was never personal. But I'll tell you now...what I'm about to do to your stubborn, annoying little planet...I'm gonna enjoy it. Very, very much."
Morgoth then did a spell and all of their troops appeared on the scene at last.
The Chitauri army was there led by Ebony Maw, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian and The Other. Leviathans were flying in the air too. Some war devices were being moved by Sakaarans. Chitauri gorillas were unchained. Orcs, Uruk-hai and Goblins were chanting with weapons raised while some rode on Wargs as Attack Trolls, Frost Giants, Cyclopes and Minotaurs roared. And Outriders, Vampires and Wendigos ran into the fray as well. The Nian flew above them as the Pulgasari marched while the Chimera and Jotunheim Beasts started walking with them all too. A giant wolf-demon was with them as well. Flames spread on the ground as Gothmog the Lord of Balrogs and Durin's Bane opened their wings. Ungoliant landed on the ground as several other Giant Spiders crawled behind her, including Shelob. Many foes, alive and resurrected were there too. Giant figures could be seen flying towards the battleground from a distance, appearing as a big dot right now due to the huge distance. And some other huge figure could be seen approaching from a distance but Steve couldn't make it out due to the distance.
Saruman got back up with a groan, rubbing his head as he glared at Steve again while Zod woke up and hovered in the air, looking down intently.
A roar was heard and Red Hulk leapt onto the ground, forming a crater where he landed. He had been thrown onto a satellite and leapt back down from there to rejoin the fight.
Steve looked at the approaching army. All of his friends in this fight were knocked out while the rest were trapped in the rubble. He himself wanted so badly to just lie down and rest. But he was the last line of defense between not just Thanos and Morgoth and the Stones, but the Multiverse as well.
"Why do you keep fighting? You are but mortal flesh and bone, I am Melkor! Greatest of the Valar! You cannot win, what do you have to gain?" The Dark Lord taunted with Grond pointed at Steve's downed form.
Despite the unrelenting aura of dread emanating from Morgoth, the pain coursing through his shield arm and the sheer exhaustion he felt from trying to fight the master of Sauron and the Mad Titan, Steve remembered the past. His past. As a skinny kid from Brooklyn, everyone was bigger and stronger than him, but not once did he turn and run. When he came out of the ice, it was more of the same with beings more powerful than he could've imagined, Loki, Ultron, Sauron, Thanos and Morgoth. Yet still, he stood and fought.
"You think I'm fighting for me? To save my own life?" Steve barely heaved himself back on to his legs, "That's why you'll never win. I'm not fighting for me, I'm fighting for them." He turned to his team, their barely conscious eyes watching as one man stood against the Behemoths of Evil that were Morgoth, Thanos and Sauron.
With renewed strength, Steve Rogers tightened the strap of his broken shield, sealing a giant cut Thanos' sword had made, "And that's something you'll never understand, monsters!"
And then, he staggered towards the limitless marching army, as much from Hell as from Space, ready to face them all alone.
As Steve continued marching, he suddenly heard a voice in his earpiece.
"Cap?"
Steve froze in disbelief.
"You hear me?"
"Cap, its Sam. Can you hear me?" Sam Wilson asked again as Steve breathlessly tapped his earpiece with shaking hands.
And in that moment Wilson settled a score from years ago.
"On your left."
Steve turned behind to his left to see a golden portal open up.
Out of the portal walked T'Challa, Boromir, Okoye and Shuri.
T'Challa retracted his visor as Steve looked at the four, panting in relief. Boromir gave him a nod.
Then Wilson flew over their heads as several golden portals started opening up all around.
Thanos and Morgoth looked around as out of one portal flew Doctor Strange and Cisco with Mantis and Drax.
Drax brandished his knives as Mantis took a fighting pose while Strange summoned Tao Mandalas and Quill flew next to them, retracting his visor just as Peter swung down and standing up, retracted his mask too, revealing a smile on his face while Cisco landed next to him and retracted his as well.
Steve smiled in relief on seeing Cisco and Peter.
"Yibambe!" T'Challa chanted and Okoye, Shuri and his Wakandan troops that had assembled behind him with M'Baku and Ayo repeated. Even Boromir did.
Another portal opened next to the Wakandans and out walked Thorin III Stonehelm, Dwalin, Gloin, Dori, Nori and Bofur with weapons raised as the Dwarves assembled behind them, all crying, "BARUK-KHAZAD!"
From another portal came out Ghan Buri Ghan with his Dunlendings as they all howled.
Wakandan and Ravager ships flew out of the portals in the sky with Ravagers coming out of several of the portals on the ground. Out of one portal walked Kraglin Obfonteri, Stakar Ogord, Aleta Ogord, Martinex, Charlie-27, Mainframe and Krugarr.
Kraglin whistled as the Yaka Arrow flew into his hand from behind the portal while Stakar and his team raised their guns with Stakar commanding, "Live for nothing or die for something, boys!"
Bucky, Groot, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Mick, Nate, Zari, Nora, Eowyn, Danny, Colleen, Roy and Thea walked out of another portal with several other Wakandans as Ray flew over them.
Eomer rode out of another portal with the Rohirrim riding behind him as Erkenbrand rode to their front.
"ROHIRRIM!" Eomer commanded as he raised his sword and the other Rohirrim followed suit, "DEATH!"
"DEATH!" They all declared together.
Korg and Miek stood in front of another portal with Valkyrie on her Pegasus, also called Aragorn, while several Asgardians stood behind them led by Sif who held her sword and shield. Wanda flew down to join them.
Faramir, Imrahil and Beregrond stood in front of another portal as the Gondorians stood behind them. Faramir raised his sword and chanted, "FOR GONDOR!"
They all repeated his chant.
Out of another portal rode out Queen Hippolyta, leading an army of Amazons as all screamed war cries.
Another portal opened as out rode the Haradrim cavalry with several Oliphaunts marching behind them, archers on their top. Aragorn had made peace with the Haradrim during his rule and now here they were to aid them.
Another portal opened to the left of the Wakandans and out walked Thranduil with a solemn look on his face, the Woodland Elves behind him.
Another opened and from it came out Hank McCoy, Marie D'Ancanto, Piotr Rasputin, Kitty Pride and Kurt Wagner.
Out of another came Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen.
Out of another portal walked Luke Cage, Trish Walker and Abraham Whistler.
Another opened and Melinda May, Lance Hunter, Elena Rodriguez, Piper, Davis, Deke Shaw and Robbie Reyes walked out. Robbie had his chain wrapped around his shoulder.
Another opened and out rode a man on a fully carbon fiber GSX-R1000 K4. He had no face but instead a skull lit with flames. Robbie shot him a look and recognized him as the one who passed part of the Spirit of Vengeance to him. Then Robbie's face lit up on flames as well as he transformed into Ghost Rider.
As another portal opened, out of it rode King Bard II on his horse, holding up his bow as the Men of Dale rode behind him.
From another portal rode out Elladan, Elrohir and Halbarad the Ranger, leading the Grey Company which was a group of 31 Dunedain Rangers. Lord Glorfindel rode with them too.
From another portal walked out Haldir, the Galadhrim marching in perfect coordination behind him.
Out of another portal came Selina Kyle-Wayne, John Diggle, Lyla Michaels and Rene Ramirez.
From another came out Alex Wilder, Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Gertrude Yorkes, Chase Stein, Molly Hayes Hernandes and the genetically engineered dinosaur like creature called Old Lace. They were a team of teenage superheroes known as the Runaways and Old Lace had a telepathic bond with Gertrude.
Another portal opened and Treebeard walked out, leading several Ents as he announced, "This is the Last March of the Ents!"
Finally, a breach opened and out sped Wally West, Jesse Quick, Jay Garrick and Accelerated Man as Gypsy and Breacher stepped out of it.
Wong and other Masters of the Mystic Arts clapped their hands, forming Tao Mandalas, prepared to fight.
As Ravagers and Howard the Duck marched out behind them, Hope van Dyne, in her suit, suddenly enlarged, looking at them all.
An awakened Thor summoned Stormbreaker to him and smiled happily as Clark and Kara woke up too, flying up in the air while Diana grabbed her sword and shield and gave Bruce a hand which he accepted with a smirk, getting up too. Barry helped Oliver up as Aragorn got up, picking up Anduril just as Legolas and Gimli woke up next to him, picking up their weapons too.
Gandalf's eyes opened and lifting his head up, he looked around and laughed merrily as Elrond helped Galadriel up next to him.
Bobby rolled and picked himself up as an awakened Storm gave Logan a hand which he used to support himself up, giving her a nod.
Diana walked to Steve and held out her shield. Steve was a bit puzzled until she said, "You need it more than I do."
Steve smiled gratefully and unstrapped his shield, putting it on his back before taking hers and strapping it on his hand instead as they smiled at each other while Diana twirled her sword.
Tony woke up, looking around in shock. The good kind of shock.
There was a crash in the rubble as Aida was thrown out of it and flying over the heads of the heroes, fell amongst the villains, having been thrown off by Astra who flew up and landed on the ground as Carol landed in front of Tony while Daisy walked out of the opening in the rubble Astra had made by throwing away Aida.
Another part of the rubble exploded from a sonic scream as out walked Earth-2 Laurel, Blade, Sara, Slade and Nyssa.
The rubble exploded one more time from an explosive arrow as out walked Clint, Natasha, Arwen, Elektra, Jessica, Gamora, Nebula and Constantine.
"Blimey!" Constantine said as he looked around at the assembled heroes.
"Is that everyone?" Strange asked Wong.
"What, you wanted more?" Wong asked incredulously.
Then there was a crashing sound as Hulk leapt from the rubble and landed on the ground, forming a crater where he landed and then Scott emerged from the rubble as Giant-Man and opened his fist. Rocket, Loki and Harry jumped out of it while Rhodes flew out in a new War Machine suit with J'onn as Rocket jumped at Rhodes' shoulder and loaded his gun just as Harry loaded his energy rifle.
"Whoa!" An awed Ray said on seeing Scott as even he had never grown that huge.
All the armies of Wakandans, Asgardians, Ravagers, Gondorians, Rohirrim, Amazons, Galadhrim, Woodland Elves, Dwarves, Men of Dale, Haradrim, Dunlendings, Ents and Masters of the Mystic Arts roared in unison.
Seeing that, Steve turned to look at Thanos and Morgoth who were watching in shock.
Everyone got into fighting stances while Steve stepped forward, knowing they all looked to him in the moment.
"Avengers!" Steve shouted and held out his hand while all looked at him and the approaching army just as Mjolnir flew into Steve's hand, "Assemble."
Hulk roared, followed by Logan, followed by Thor bellowing, with T'Challa, Aragorn and Diana joining in with battle cries as all charged while Rhodes flew with Rocket on him and Valkyrie too flew on her Pegasus along with Clark, Tony, Kara, Ray, Zari, Storm, Astra, Carol, Wanda, Wilson, J'onn, Hope, Quill, Cisco and Wakandan and Ravager ships as Scott ran in giant form while Peter swung from his hand and Bobby slid on his ice slide while Barry, Wally, Jesse, Jay, Accelerated Man and Elena sped forwards with the first Ghost Rider riding his bike forwards, leaving a fiery trail behind.
An unintimidated Thanos pointed his sword at the charging army while Morgoth smirked as Sauron raised the One Ring while Saruman sneered and Zod looked in a bit of dismay as their army charged too with a roaring Red Hulk in its midst.
Thor continued bellowing as the armies reached closer with M'Baku and Ghan roaring next to him.
And then the two armies clashed, determined to end the Battle of Earth for the fate of the Multiverse once and for all.
And that ends this!
Hope this chapter was worth the wait and did not disappoint anyone.
For anyone wondering where Frodo, Fitz, Matt, Frank, Killer Frost, Bobbi, Mack and Alex are, remember that I gave them Clint's part of running with the Infinity Gauntlet so they will arrive a bit late.
Now of course, the biggie- Aragorn wielding Mjolnir!
Some of you might think that as he is my most favorite character ever, I'm doing it to make him look better than he already is but that is not the case (All right, it is. But not totally).
I was originally going to have only Steve wield Mjolnir like in the movie but Stand with Ward and Queen having Barry wield it in his 'Crisis on two earths' gave me some inspiration.
Then I thought about it. Like Stand said, from Arrowverse, only Barry comes close to wielding Mjolnir. And that too, Seasons 1-2 Barry as Season 3 onwards Barry was written to be a selfish jackass. Plus, Season 1-2 Barry with the development Stand gave him in his series. Out of the others, Oliver is a great guy but still has too much darkness inside of him while Kara may look like the perfect candidate on a surface level but she is self-righteous too and lets her principles get in the way of saving lives and we don't know enough about Arrowverse Clark to judge. The others are a complete no-no.
Now from The Lord of the Rings, there are four good candidates- Frodo, Sam, Gandalf and Aragorn. With Gandalf though, it might be a bit too obvious. And there is one thing that probably disqualifies him and that is the fact that he has only taken it upon himself to guide, not completely lead or dominate.
Then we have Frodo and Sam. Frodo selflessly volunteered to take the One Ring to Mount Doom and persisted till the end while Sam was completely loyal and did not falter in helping his master one bit. But again, they're too humble and do not want anything. Plus, Hobbits wielding Mjolnir will look kind of ridiculous, even if they are worthy, and then it would be like a parody.
So we come to Aragorn. This guy has pretty much every single quality Odin is looking for- selfless, noble, humble but not too humble (when he decided to be King that is), great leader, strategic-minded and a great King too. Odin wants noble and selfless people but also those who have leadership quality great enough to be good Kings. And that is what makes Aragorn worthy in my book.
Plus, if you think about it, movie Aragorn is basically the Captain America of Middle-earth. Book Aragorn is a bit more like Thor (After he became worthy that is). So both versions of Aragorn are worthy.
But Steve wielding Mjolnir was a great moment too so I had them both wield and exchange it for the fight. Hope you all enjoyed that.
Still, I am going to give Mjolnir to Aragorn next chapter to fight as he is going to get a big and important moment.
But Steve is my most favorite MCU character so I have another big moment planned for him. So worry not friends.
As to why I had the 18 characters in the opening round of the fight, well, Steve, Tony and Thor were already there and are the MCU Trinity so they have to be there. Oliver, Barry and Kara are likewise the Arrowverse Trinity so they were there too this time. Then we had the DC Trinity of Clark, Bruce and Diana. For LotR, there is no Trinity really but Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli have been the only trio to be honest so I decided to have them together. Gandalf, Galadriel and Elrond together fits as they were part of The Wise. For X-Men, we don't really have a Trinity to be honest. One valid criticism of the X-Men movies is that they did shaft several characters in Wolverine's favor, which is why he shone and others didn't. Now that I think about it, the X-Men Trinity is probably Logan, Charles and Magneto. Shocking, I know! But Charles is dead in this as he did not transfer himself to his cousin and the cure was permanent so Magneto can't be around either. Plus, Storm is pretty awesome in the comics and I did like Halle Berry's portrayal, same with Bobby. Being the 3 remaining X-Men in this, I decided to have them all team up.
And yes, Banner is World Breaker Hulk now.
Oh! And the other Ghost Rider that showed up is Johnny Blaze. As to how he is still Ghost Rider at the same time as Robbie, I believe he only passed a part of Spirit of Vengeance to Robbie, evidenced by the fact that Robbie can't do the Penance Stare. The theory is a bit flawed of course but I hope no one minds.
But he is not played by Nicolas Cage here! Shocking, I know. But that's because Cage is much too handsome and he can just beat the bad guys by yelling 'SCRAPING AT THE DOOOOAH!'
Anyway, jokes apart, this version of Johnny Blaze will be played by Thomas Jane who played Frank Castle/Punisher in the 2004 Punisher movie and the 2012 short film 'Dirty Laundry.'
And again, resurrected villains are here and those who didn't make it earlier have a chance of appearing now. So once again, I'm doing a review poll. Please say your villains. Limitations are same as before.
Hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter for which I hope you are all excited.