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They ignored the noises outside as they examined the temple inside.
"We've made it into the temple, Ka-Zar. Any idea what are we looking for?" Steve asked.
"If they have Dr. McCoy as a hostage, it's likely they're keeping him in the inner chambers. But it's locked, you'll need to find two keys to open them." Ka-Zar said over the comms.
"Any idea where are we gonna find them?" Barry asked.
"They will be most likely in the temple but I have no idea where." Ka-Zar said.
"Great." Oliver groaned.
"Isn't that just our luck." Barry said as he and Pietro sped around but quickly returned back.
"Uh, the place is swarming with Apocalypse's men, so finding it is not gonna be as easy as we had thought." Pietro said.
"Then we'll have to do this the hard way." Steve said as he looked at the group. "Pietro and Barry will scout ahead. Logan, you will try to sniff out if we've got unexpected surprises waiting for us. Cisco, if things go wrong, breach us out of here. Wanda, Caitlin, Storm, Bucky, Nat, Oliver, you take out anything that comes near us, while Logan and I will finish them off."
"Do you think Banner can stop Blonsky?" Caitlin asked.
"Bruce has beaten him before, he can do it again." Natasha said.
Blonsky and Hulk exchanged blows before grabbing each other by their hands.
"Like I told you, you don't deserve this power." Blonsky growled.
Roaring, Hulk headbutted Blonsky, dazing him as Blonsky relented for a moment, which was what Hulk needed. Hulk sent a barrage of fists at Blonsky, who staggered back. Blonsky attempted to throw a punch but Hulk grabbed him by his arm and threw him down. Hulk then grabbed Blonsky, lifted him up and slammed him to the ground repeatedly. Groaning, Blonsky stabbed Hulk in the leg as Hulk roared in pain before Blonsky punched him in the face, sending him crashing towards some trees.
They walked down the halls of the temple, fascinated by its architecture as they examined some symbols carved on it.
"I wonder what race built this." Cisco said, touching the walls but got no vibe.
"Perhaps we'll have time to study this further. Maybe this is why Apocalypse wanted McCoy too." Barry said.
"To help translate this?" Natasha asked.
"Or something else." Oliver said, when Logan started snarling.
"We've got company, fellas." Logan said.
They dodged, when energy blasts flew towards them, while Steve raised his shield to deflect them back. The mutants fired more energy balls but Wanda used her powers to deflect them, while Cisco fired his vibe blasts, knocking them down.
Another mutant appeared that suddenly encased their legs in rock, trapping them but Barry phased through and sped towards the mutant, punching him in the face and knocking him out before Oliver, Bucky and Natasha opened fire, finishing off the rest.
"What would Apocalypse want in this temple?" Oliver wondered.
"Whatever is here, must be of great interest to him and maybe that's why he wanted the Wellses and Dr. McCoy too." Caitlin said.
"Everyone OK or do we need a breather?" Steve asked.
"We're good but I think a break is not an option." Bucky said as they saw more of Ramsey's blood brothers approach them.
Blonsky lunged at Hulk but Hulk ripped a tree from the ground and swatted Blonsky away as Blonsky hit the ground hard. Hulk then jumped up high and flew down at Blonsky, sending a powerful punch to his chest as the resulting shockwave shattered the trees around and created a small crater, knocking Blonsky out as Hulk roared into the air victoriously.
"Hulk is the strongest there is!" Hulk shouted into the air.
"We should've brought Allegra with us!" Cisco snapped, blasting the blood brothers down, while Oliver and Bucky and Natasha continued shooting and Caitlin created an ice wall to barricade them.
"Any weaknesses?" Wanda asked.
"UV radiation, it weakened Ramsey's cells and cured Ramsey's blood brothers last time we dealt with him. Allegra took them all out and cured them with one giant UV blast." Barry said and an idea hit him before turning to Wanda. "Do you think you can—"
"I don't know… but I can try." Wanda said, catching up to his thoughts.
"Well, get ready because another horde is coming!" Natasha yelled.
"Alright… everyone, get behind me… now!" Wanda ordered as the group got behind Wanda, who charged her hands with blinding light as the blood brothers ran at them and the next thing they knew, Wanda sent an energy wave, knocking them all out.
Suddenly, they heard a roar of rage. "Nooo!"
"Uh-oh. Looks like Ramsey's not happy about it." Cisco said.
"We'll be ready for him." Oliver said.
As they went down the corridors, suddenly, the walls closed in, shutting everyone out from the rest and separating them before from above jumped down Prometheus, who took off his mask and hood.
"Hello, Oliver. Long time." Chase said.
"Adrian. So you're Apocalypse's lackey too? Didn't think you'd work for anyone." Oliver said sarcastically.
"Don't care about what Apocalypse does, as long as I get to see you lose everything." Chase said, pulling out his sword as they engaged each other and their weapons crossed.
"Ollie!" Sara yelled as she and Natasha attempted to pry the door open.
"Wouldn't worry about him, if I were you."
They turned around to face a Hispanic woman in black suit and wearing a red mask around her mouth, who was Esperanza Garcia, also known as Ultraviolet.
Esperanza fired UV blast at them as Natasha and Sara dodged.
While Bucky, Cisco, Pietro, Storm and Wanda were busy disposing of the soldiers, in another chamber that was shut down, Steve and Logan dodged as a white-skinned blonde man threw tentacles protruding from his hands.
"You will not stop Apocalypse. He will subjugate you and become one true god." Omega Red said.
"Not if we have anything to say about it." Logan snarled as he cut off Omega Red's tentacles before they regenerated.
Oliver pushed Chase back as Chase blocked Oliver's attacks with his sword before Oliver punched him in the face as Chase stumbled back and smirked. "There's the killer that I know and love."
Chase ducked to avoid as Oliver swung his bow but Oliver dodged before Chase could cut him with his sword. They exchanged few strikes before Oliver kicked Chase but Chase threw shuriken above Oliver and cut a line of torches hanging above. Oliver rolled back before they would fall down on him and burn him. Oliver charged forward and fired arrows that Chase blocked with his sword but Oliver got close enough to punch Chase in the face as Chase fell down on the ground, spitting out blood before he got up on his feet and they both rushed at each other again, roaring.
Natasha opened fire with her guns but Esperanza flipped back to avoid, while burning the bullets with her UV blasts and Sara threw knives and shurikens, grazing her but Esperanza charged her hands and they took cover behind a pillar before Esperanza would burn them alive. Improvising, Natasha threw some small marbles that exploded in smoke, blinding Esperanza for a few moments before both girls got close enough to exchange blows with her.
While Esperanza was a skilled fighter, she was no match for the combined skills of both women. Esperanza blocked and dodged their blows before she threw Sara down but Natasha kicked Esperanza in the leg and forced her on her knees, with a blade to her neck.
"I should kill you, but your cousin doesn't want to give up on you. So I'll settle for locking you up." Natasha twirled her knife before punching Esperanza, knocking her out before pulling out power dampening cuffs.
"We should let Barry and Allegra deal with her." Sara said.
Steve threw his shield as it hit Omega Red in the chest, staggering him back before the shield bounced back to Steve. Logan dodged Omega Red's tentacles but Omega Red grabbed Logan by his arm before Logan could cut him down and threw him away as Logan recovered. Omega Red turned around to see Steve kicking him in the face as Omega Red hit the ground. Before he could get up, Logan lunged at him and cut his head off as body toppled.
Chase backed Oliver against a wall but Oliver ducked before Chase could cut his head off and struck him in the gut and in the face as Chase staggered back before Oliver grabbed him and pinned him to the wall instead, kneeing him in the gut as Chase gasped for air and bent down before Oliver grabbed him by his head and slammed him to the wall, dazing him.
"This ends now!" Oliver snarled, pulling out an arrow and plunging it into Chase's heart and Chase grunted and coughed out blood, smirking and cackling insanely.
"So… you… really… are a… monster… after all…" Chase said hoarsely.
"No. You're the monster. I only did what I had to do to stop you once and for all. I will never be the monster you want me to be, Adrian." Oliver sneered into his face and Chase's smirk vanished from his face as he spat out blood. But still, he laughed, much to Oliver's surprise.
"Doesn't matter… I played my part already… and everything you know… will… fall… before him…" Chase murmured.
"We'll see about that, Adrian." Oliver said as he grabbed Chase by the throat. "Where's McCoy?"
"He's… also… playing his part…" Chase whispered and Oliver dropped his bleeding body on the floor.
When they finished off the last of Apocalypse's forces, the doors opened as they all met in the heart of the temple.
"Thank God." Sara said, hugging Oliver tightly.
"Are you alright?" Oliver asked.
"A bit banged up but we're good." Barry assured.
"We should keep going and find Apocalypse." Steve said.
They entered another chamber and quickly disposed of more of Apocalypse's forces, when they saw some equipment and machines lying around and walls covered in symbols.
"Well, would you look at that? Looks like Apocalypse was trying to translate the symbols here." Oliver said.
"And this looks like Harry's and Nash's and McCoy's tech. I guess we know now why Apocalypse wanted them." Barry said as he looked over the machines.
"What is this exactly, though?" Steve asked.
"We can figure this out later, once we find McCoy." Pietro said.
"Too late for that."
They dodged, when Ramsey, turned into a giant blood monster leapt down from above. "Dr. McCoy is as dead as you are."
"You're lying!" Barry snarled.
"I'm not… and you're all dead too!" Ramsey yelled as he batted Allegra and Wanda away before they could blast him but Barry and Pietro caught them both. They were alright but the impact knocked them both out as they glared at the giant behemoth.
Oliver, Sara, Steve, Natasha, Bucky, Caitlin, Pietro and Barry dodged as Ramsey formed his hands into axes and tried to cut them down. Natasha and Bucky pulled out their guns and fired but Ramsey just laughed.
"It tickles." Ramsey gloated before Oliver fired two arrows that embedded themselves into Ramsey's shoulders and they exploded, causing for Ramsey's arms to fall off him as he screamed in pain and glared as the arms regenerated. "Alright, no more playing around."
They dodged, when Ramsey jammed his arms into the ground and tried to avoid the spikes protruding from the floor and Ramsey suddenly started spattering blood around and they had to make sure he wouldn't infect them as they backed away.
"Guys, you beat him before, how are we gonna do it again?" Sara demanded, turning to Barry.
Barry sped around and threw lightning at Ramsey, staggering him back as he shrank. Steve threw a shield, cutting Ramsey's head off, or so he thought as it grew back. Improvising, Barry and Pietro sped around Ramsey, creating a cyclone as it lifted Ramsey into the air before they stopped and Caitlin formed a giant icicle on the ground, impaling Ramsey. Ramsey was about to crawl up, when Wanda came to and she glared at Ramsey.
"You are not going to hurt my friends again." Wanda sneered, lifting Ramsey up with her powers and ripping him apart as he screamed.
"Nooooo!" Ramsey suddenly evaporated into particles until there was nothing left of him.
"Nice." Steve quipped.
"She's… scaring me." Caitlin admitted.
"We gotta find McCoy before it's too late." Oliver said.
"Hank!" Storm yelled.
"Hank!" Logan yelled as they looked around the chambers close to the main one before they found Hank in some kind of a glass cabin filled with green gas and on the floor.
"Oh, no…" Storm panicked.
Logan smashed the glass, while Storm summoned wind to blow the gas away without anyone inhaling it.
"We should wait until the chamber is clear before—" Storm started, when, much to their surprise, Hank went out, very much alive.
"Hank? Are you alright?" Logan asked as Hank coughed and nodded.
"Yes. I see that reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I've had a lot of practice to hold my breath." Hank said.
"Alright, let's head back and find a way to track Apocalypse down." Oliver said.
New York City
A barricade was being formed as an army of soldiers and policemen were opening fire at the mutants and armed soldiers in hi-tech armor but they were vastly overpowered.
"We're overrun! We need backup!" One of the policemen yelled before acid rained down upon them, burning them to death.
The civilians were retreating as swarm of bugs attacked them and upon getting stung, they froze like statues before Apocalypse's soldiers seized them and started to take them.
In the distance, a flying tower was floating above New York as Apocalypse looked down from the top of the tower, laughing.
"All shall bear witness to my greatness. The mightiest city of humans is under my control now. Soon, this world shall see a war unlike any that has ever been seen. The weak and inferior will be weeded out and the strong shall survive…" Apocalypse smirked before Thawne sped in, kneeling before Apocalypse.
"They have defeated Chase, Blonsky and all we have deployed in Savage Land." Thawne said.
Apocalypse narrowed his eyes before considering. "Retrieve Blonsky and Drake. Prepare them for… further enhancements. I have captured one of the scouts of the X-Men and I'd like him prepared too. He will be a loyal… guardian angel."
I think you can guess who Apocalypse captured, since I kind of gave an obvious hint and it should be a no-brainer what Apocalypse is going to do to them.
So, what do you guys think?
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