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Later, Alkali Lake

Logan snarled as he looked around the facility under the dam of Alkali Lake and shuddered uncomfortably, while everyone was preparing their equipment.

"I understand you are uncomfortable coming back here, Logan but this is one of the last places anyone would think to look for us." Steve assured as he held Logan by his shoulder.

"I get it, Cap. I don't like it… but I get it." Logan said. He certainly didn't fancy the idea of coming back to the place that turned him into Weapon X, but as long as they would stop Apocalypse, he was fine with it.

"Good to know we're all on the same page here. Apocalypse's invasion of New York City was fast and unexpected. And what's strange is that a lot of high-ranking leaders have fallen into comas, including director Michaels of A.R.G.U.S. and Mr. Diggle." Mack said.

"Which means there's no chain of command to fend off Apocalypse's army. How did he manage that?" Oliver asked.

"With a strong psychic attack. I managed to sense it and create mental blocks into the minds of everyone I could, so we're protected from it." Xavier said before looking at everyone apologetically.

"That would explain the splitting headache we got on our way here." Barry said as everyone turned to Xavier.

"Normally, I wouldn't do this without consent, but when I sensed something so strong, I had to do something." Xavier said.

"You did what you thought was right to protect us, we get it." Cyclops assured.

"At the moment, our priority should be take down whoever was behind this psychic attack. With the military leaders out, the army is too paralyzed to fight back and as much as I like the odds of all of us working together, folks, Apocalypse has too big of an army to fight back." Mack said.

"Apocalypse may be powerful, but he wouldn't be able to take out the entire chain of command on his own, someone must be giving him a boost to do it. Another powerful telepath." Jean noted.

"Or he has a device that would induce coma by attacking their minds." Barry added.

"That is my theory as well." Xavier nodded.

"Alright, so we take out whoever's behind those comas and then the military should be able to take on Apocalypse's army." Cisco said.

"With our help, of course." Oliver said.


Steve was examining the suit and rubbing it with a cloth and liquid polisher, when Caitlin came in and knocked on the doorsill. "Everything OK, Steve?"

"Just getting ready, that's all." Steve said.

"And do you feel ready?" Caitlin asked.

"Do you?" Steve gave Caitlin a pointed look.

Caitlin chuckled. "That's fair. Honestly… I don't know how can we be ready for something like this."

Steve nodded and gave her an understanding look. "Everyone's counting on us to do our job. And I can imagine it can be overwhelming."

"How do you even get ready for something like this?" Caitlin asked.

"I told you, when there's so much at stake, you gotta remember what and who are you fighting for and what you have to lose, if you fail." Steve noted as he approached her and gave her a reassuring look.

Caitlin considered for a moment before she smiled at him. "So I guess you're with me until the end of the line, are you, Captain?"

"With everyone, who's fighting the good fight." Steve said as they looked at each other, feeling some tension between then build up as they neared each other and started to kiss, much to each other's surprise but after a few moments they both gave in, letting the moment sink in, while Steve held Caitlin gently by her shoulders, while she wrapped her arms around his neck.


"How's William doing?" Oliver asked over the phone.

"We're alright, Oliver, don't worry. A.R.G.U.S. keeps checking in on us regularly and Mr. Diggle and Felicity set up the security, so our place should be like a fortress. Plus, I'm pretty sure there are more guards here than in Pentagon." Samantha assured before taking a breath. "But look, William is really worried about you and I don't know what am I supposed to tell him."

"That I'm doing what I can to make sure that we're gonna stop this. Give him a hug from me, will you?" Oliver asked.

"I will. And, Oliver, please, be careful." Samantha said.


Caitlin had gone out from the shower, with a towel around her body, while drying her hair off with another one, while Steve was putting on his shirt, while hanging his towel on a hanger as they smiled at each other before they kissed again.

"So, I guess you're feeling more hopeful now?" Steve asked as he pulled away.

"Well… I'm not as afraid as before. But, Steve…" Caitlin placed her hand on his chest. "Honestly… do you really think we… could ever…"

"I don't know. But I'm willing to give us a shot. What about you?" Steve asked.

"Hey, Cap, briefing's in five!" Sam called out as Steve turned his head.

"Guess we'll see." Caitlin smiled after a moment before she glanced at the door. "Just go. I'm not going anywhere."

Steve smiled at her as he left, while Caitlin considered. She didn't think she would meet a nice man after Ronnie and after how Hunter Zolomon put on his façade as fake Jay Garrick but Steve… with him she felt as happy as she had not in years.


"So, we've located the source of Apocalypse's army. Couple of klicks away from New York is some kind of a facility, from which comes out a militia like we had never seen before." Mack said, showing the holographic blueprints.

"It's likely that it's Apocalypse's base of operations, or at least one of them." Melinda May added as on one screen appeared a giant floating tower landing on the outskirts of New York and on another screen what seemed to be a high-tech facility. "Civilians have been abducted from New York and other major cities around. Who knows what is Apocalypse doing to them. But whatever it is, it can't be good."

"I've also detected a strong telepathic signal coming from that place. It's likely that whatever or whoever's there is behind the telepathic attack that crippled the military leaders." Jean said.

"So we shut that place down and New York is ours." Logan deduced.

"That's the plan. But be careful, folks." Mack said.


New York

Natasha and Clint flew the Quinjet, with Steve, Logan, Oliver, Sara, Caitlin, Bucky, Barry and Wanda inside.

"What if they see us coming?" Bucky asked as the facility was in the sight.

"Well, whatever they've got, we'll be ready—" Clint stopped, when suddenly, some metal spikes penetrated the ceiling of the jet as it swerved. "I take it back, what the hell was that?!"

Outside, they saw a shadow with wings flying fast, like a blur before it appeared in front of them, revealing what seemed to be an angel… when suddenly, metallic spikes that looked like giant feathers, broke through the glass and destroyed the jet controls, causing for it to swerve and plummet and rotate uncontrollably.

"Everyone hang on tight! Prepare for crash landing!" Clint yelled as they fastened their belts and Clint managed to direct the jet to the nearby lake with a 'splash', instantly flooding the jet.


An elderly man with a bushy moustache and wearing sunglasses was at the shore of the lake, fishing, when a wave of water splashed him, with fishes around him, writhing around due to lack of water.

"Alright, I didn't expect I'd get that many." The man quipped.


"We need to get out of here, now!" Barry ordered as the jet started to sink and he got everyone out in superspeed and much to their surprise, they encountered at the shore a bearded man with an eyepatch on his left eye, wearing an armor with blue plates and a belt of grenades across his chest, black sleeves, holstered guns on his belt and legs and half orange, half black helmet and in his hand was half black, half orange helmet.

"Of course whenever something crashes, you're there, kid." Slade smirked.


In the distance, a young man with long hair and to his back strapped a sword and to his belt holstered guns and grenades, glared as he observed with goggles. "They survived." He said with an Australian accent before gesturing to a group of armored men. "Fan out and kill them."

"Archangel is not going to happy about this, Kane." One of the armored men said.

"I don't care." Joe Wilson, rather known as Kane Wolfman, said, seething as he clenched his sword. "I should've been a Horseman. Not him. Don't let anyone near the facility."


Yup, Slade and Joe are back. It wouldn't surprise me if Joe worked for Apocalypse too.

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