We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Winston Churchill - "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

Several portals opened all around. Blood and death were waiting, like a raven in the sky. The sky filled with Thors, the plains filled with Deviants, and the seas filled with Attuma's legions. But nobody in Arcadia showed any fear. The towers were immediately manned with women ready to fire at the Deviants' siege weapons, Namora and Lady Dorma fled to the waters, and A-Force stands ready to face the Thors. Victorious, next to the Ultimates, said "The Enemy is here!". Hawkeye asked if that means that Doom was also in the fight, and she laughed bitterly. "Nay, not yet, archer! He will not come save to triumph over us all when everything is said and done! Unless something else arouses his interest, he will ignore this whole war with disdain, and let his soldiers fight and die in it! And if things get too out of control, he will summon the King of All Evil to battle!". Rune Thor rallied the Thors to the battle. "We are fighting, fighting a holy war. See us fly on winds of Doom, baptized in fire and steel. For the end we bring is soon, now face the storm, a holy war". On the other side, Battle Beast led A-Force to the battle as well. "Time after time they think they got me. Again and again, I keep getting up. My fists are made of steel my heart is made of gold. I will not bend, I will not break, 'cause I am Die-hard - No one beats me, 'Cause I am Die-hard, Die-hard". The Invisible Woman mussed "please stop it, or I'll drown in the testosterone". Rune Thor threw his hammer, but Kate Bishop, who knew them, stopped it by firing an arrow to it in midair and catching it with the arrow in the handle. Only those worthy could lift the hammers, but once thrown they followed the laws of physics. They may be unstoppable, but only in the direction they were thrown; if another force changed their direction, they simply keep going somewhere else. Not much, as the Thors could summon the hammers back and throw them again, but it helped an archer with no superpowers to keep them busy.

The Deviants brought rams to take the main gate down, but none of them were strong enough. The gate and walls were tick, and the towers destroyed the rams before they could continue their minimal work. So they brought trebuchets to the front lines, whose missiles could fly from above the walls. They threw burning missiles, starting fires behind the walls. The Invisible Woman tried to block the attacks with her forcefields and Storm to extinguish the fires with rain, but they were the only ones with such powers, the battlefield was huge, and the Deviant attacks were everywhere.

Captain Marvel fought thors above the city, but after they fell Power Princess, she was alone in there, and the others could not reach her. Several Thors attacked her all at once, and although she gave many blast shots on them, it was of no use. She finally fell down. Jessica Jones opened her way across the Thors on the ground, cursing them all, and reached her friend Carol. She pleaded her to be fine, but she was not. "I'm not going to survive this. I tried to make you a bit like me, but I turned out like you instead. I thought I did not need anyone, I thought I could stop all those foes just by myself. Promise me you won't be a lone ranger now, and fight with the others. Promise me you will survive, and you will all take down Doom's tyranny. Promise me that America Chavez will be avenged. Promise me…" Jessica took her hand, crying, and promised her. Carol had another request before dying: she asked Jessica to bring one of the foreigners, Rogue. Fortunately, she was nearby. Rogue was also in shock, she had just met those people, but everyone she ever met was killed or took away from her. In her short life she was tortured and forced into military operations by Weapon X, Iceman cheated on her with Kitty, his friend Juggernaut turned out to be a psycho in love, he and Gambit killed each other in a fight, she got Gambit's power for a time but they eventually left her, she lost most of the X-Men during the Ultimatum, including Xavier, she fell in love with Quentin but he took the cure and ceased being a mutant (and also being immune to her powers), she felt one with the living forest in Utopia but Jean destroyed it, and so on. All her life had been misery and despair, and now this. But Captain Marvel insisted and asked her to get close. She removed Rogue's glove and embraced her hand. "My life's in exile, I need you to touch me, 'cause I want what you do". She started glowing, using her powers at the max, while Rogue's touch drained her life even quicker. "Stop it! You are burning, burning up like fire" "Then come, turn me on and turn the flames up higher!". And Captain Marvel died. But now her power was burning in Rogue. Now she could fly, had super strength and power blasts! She was also shining, but it was not the moment to be concerned about that. She retrieved her glove and helped Jessica Jones up. With the memories of Carol in her mind, she was fully aware of their friendship and who she was and invited her to kick some Thor's asses. For Carol!

It was not just Thors, Deviants, and Atlanteans that joined the fight: anyone from any of the realms could be summoned. The battle was joined by the Liberators, from a realm based on an alternate reality where they won over the Ultimates and conquered the US. Alex Su, the Crimson Dynamo, had several armors under his command. Perun had powers like those of the Thors. The Colonel had the supersoldier serum of Captain America, one of the few test subjects that survived it besides Steve Rogers. The Abomination had the power of Hulk, but keeping his intellect. Swarm could control insects, Hurricane had superhuman speed, and the Schizoid Man was augmented with stem cells stolen from Multiple Man, thus having a similar power. They drop into the city, but the Ultimates had already fought them, and the others knew about them as well. They started to wreak havoc in the city, except the Colonel, who hesitated.

She-Hulk and Titania took on the Abomination. Jennifer said that he was green and ugly, so he did not stand a chance against someone who was green and pretty. Still, the fight was evenly matched. She-Hulk did not have the savagery of the Hulk and lacked his edge in such a fight. Titania had great strength and liked to fight dirty, but so did the Abomination. He did not hesitate to fight against women: no quarter was expected, and none was given. But then Rogue appeared from behind and sucked his power, leaving him weak. Titania took the chance and blew off his head. She took advantage of this extra power while she had it, and killed Perun, Swarm, and a pack of Thors while she could. The death of Captain Marvel had proved that this was not just another silly superhero fight: this was war. Kill or be killed. Hurricane was an elusive target, but she made a fatal mistake: she stopped for a moment to gloat. Just for a second, but it was all both Hawkeyes needed. She got two arrows to the chest and died.

Jessica Jones tackled the Colonel on a one-to-one fight. That, too, was evenly matched, until he asked "Who are you, people?". He clearly had no idea what was happening, why they were there. Neither did the other liberators, but the needed less motivation: they just knew they had to fight, and did so. Jessica replied that they are A-Force, of Arcadia, and that they were fighting to liberate themselves from Doom's tyranny. The Colonel asked, "Liberate?". He mussed "I'm going to regret this..." drop his weapon to the ground and surrendered. He wanted to hear the whole story. Jessica explained things in a few brief sentences: there was a war going on around them, and she was not a talkative person anyway. Turns out that the Colonel switched sides and joined A-Force in their fight. In his world, he took the Super Soldier serum to fight against the tyranny of American imperialism but eventually regretted doing so when the other Liberators established in its place an actual and ruthless tyranny, like that ruling in China and Iran. No, he would not be an agent of a tyrant, he would also stand against him. He took his lightsaber back and attacked copies of the Schizoid Man. However, thanks to his power, more and more copies kept appearing. But suddenly, all of them vanished in the air. In the distance, the only Schizoid Man that did not disappear fell to the ground: an aged Wolverine had killed him.

But there was no time to check that man or understand what had happened. The Crimson Dynamo still had his army of robots, wreaking havoc across Arcadia. X-23 wished that there were more Multiverse guys, and then Spider-Woman shows up at her back. "Actually, we call it the Spider-Verse, but yeah, the Multiverse is totally a thing". The Siege Perilous had created a portal from the Arachnia domain, teleporting Jessica Drew, Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, Anya Corazón, Billy Braddock, Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Ham, the Spider-Verse gang. "OK, team, let's take down those robots! The one that takes down the most gets to name the gang!" And with that said, they all jumped into action. Spider-Gwen kicked robots as a dancer, Miles electrocuted them with his venom blast, Spider-Man Noir filled them with bullets and Spider-Ham used his cartoon maze. Still, the Crimson Dynamo Prime, the main one, was still at large, and it was a giant robot. Jessica Drew was tiny in size next to it, but it did not matter. She had the same mechanical and scientist expertise as Parker, so she quickly goes around the giant robot body, filling with webs several key junctures First she immobilized a leg, then both, then the torso, and eventually the giant robot was all immobilized. A single kick to finish it, and it fell to the ground like a load of useless junk, with Spider-Woman standing triumphally over its head. Miles protested "That still only counts as one!"

There was no time to celebrate: another group of enemies appeared. Kitty recognized them: they were the Squadron Supreme. Power Princess took on Hyperion and her doppelganger, Miles tried to tackle Nighthawk, Victorious kept Arcanna from using her powers, X-23 tried to cut Shape to no avail, and the Colonel tried to fight Amphibian, and Titania tried to stop Inertia. Kitty knew that they were bad news: she remembered that she fought against them alongside the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Ultimates, and the X-Men, and they could withstand it all. She told Spider-Woman about their low chances, and she remembered as well the fight. Jessica called Pavitr Prabhakar, and he used the Siege Perilous against the Squadron, teleporting them to the void outside Battleworld's realm. Unfortunately, the Power Princess of A-Force was caught in the teleportation as well. And the Siege Perilous was spent with this teleportation and could not be used anymore. But, while they were distracted with the Squadron, they did not realize what was happening outside the walls.

Attuma's forces brought another siege weapon from the seas. It was no brigand or Deviant-chieftain who led the legions of the seas. His ram, Grond, was incredibly massive, like a giant tower in the ground, and incredibly durable, and it was made to withstand the pressures of the deep. Namora and Lady Dorma were like flies trying to damage it, and the rest of A-Force were busy in the city with the Thors. The drums rolled. The Deviants got out of the way and let the great Grond approach the main gate. The towers fired at it, but upon its housing, no fire would catch, and when deviants and Atlanteans that moved it fell, new ones quickly took their places. Grond finally reached the wall. The drums rolled wildly. A deep boom rumbled through the city like thunder running in the clouds. But the doors of iron and posts of steel withstood the stroke. Attuma ordered to attack again. Thrice he cried. Thrice the great ram boomed. And suddenly upon the last stroke, the gate of Arcadia broke. As if stricken by some blasting spell it burst asunder: there was a flash of searing lightning, and the doors tumbled in rived fragments to the ground.

The Deviants could not enter to the city yet. Thundra stood among the remains of the gate, valiant, still, and defiant to the end. "You cannot enter here!", she shouted, and the Deviants hesitated. "Go back to the abyss, creatures of shadow! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your master! YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" She took Grong with her bare hands, raised it, and threw it against the bulk of the Deviant army. Of course, that would not stop them, their numbers were too great. She expected the Deviants to regroup and return, but they stayed away.

And with good reason. A crimson figure appeared floating in the air, going towards the gate. His helmet did not conceal his maleficent face, and his cape floated in the wind.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM MAGNETO, MASTER OF MAGNET!"

The King of All Evil had arrived.

I will always remember their cries

Like a shadow which covers the light

I will always remember the time

But it's past

I cannot turn back the time

(I) don't look back

There's still smoke near the shore

But I arrived

Revenge be mine

I will take part in your damned fate

Morgoth I cried

It's my oath

So don't fear the eyes

Of the dark lord

Blind Guardian - "The Curse of Fëanor"