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Forgot to say this last time but Apocalypse is played by Ron Perlman, who'd fit really well IMO.
And in case there's any confusion, Miss Kitty Fantastico the 2nd is of the same species as the original one and both look exactly the same, hence 'the 2nd'.
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Chapter 3- The final two
The Earth of Egypt shook violently, making buildings break, small houses topple, and the people too were falling here and there.
Even the pyramids were crumbling due to the violent nature of this earthquake.
Then strong gusts of wind blew throughout the country, making the situation worse as it managed to rip apart small houses and make buildings crumble while the condition of the pyramids got even worse than before.
On the coasts, waves rose up and pelted those coasts, before it started raining heavily as well.
The riverbanks soon started overflowing as it lead to flooding while a sandstorm started in the country too all over, with locusts and other bugs flying around, causing havoc as well.
And these bugs caused diseases as well, spreading plague due to their numbers and power.
The whole of Egypt was in for the ride of its lifetime, but it was not the only one.
Apocalypse stood in his pyramid still, and this one was unaffected due to his power. Ethan and Morbius were both behind him as he looked here and there, pleased by what his awakening had caused.
And it would soon spread everywhere else.
He turned to Ethan. "Spread it everywhere…..Pestilence."
Ethan got down on one knee. "Yes Master."
And soon, these disasters started spreading worldwide in various countries as well as continents in general- the US, the UK, Africa, Russia, India, all of Europe, all of Asia and many more.
New York, Avengers Tower
The wedding reception for Angel and Cordelia was taking place here when they got an alert as Tony walked to it.
"Natural disasters in Egypt, boss." FRIDAY told him.
"What kind?" Tony inquired.
"All of them."
That was when the celebrating stopped, as everyone in the room had heard FRIDAY, and they exchanged shocked looks.
"All? Like you mean…..all kinds of disasters?" Buffy asked, sitting next to Spike.
"Looks like it", Tony muttered, looking at the footage, as Steve, Thor and Peter looked at it too, shocked and even terrified by what they were witnessing.
Then there was another alert as Tony noted. "Its happening in UK too."
"Bloody hell!" Spike muttered. "Now that's-"
Another alert.
"Russia as well!"
Natasha walked off to make a call, and Bucky knew it was probably to Yelena.
And another.
"Africa too."
"So, they're happening all over?" Matt then asked.
"What is going on?" Faith wondered.
"All kinds of natural disasters, in all countries of the world", Steve muttered grimly, his arms folded. "Looks like something big is happening, this is clearly not a coincidence."
One more alert.
"And the US as well, the rains have already started." There was a thunderclap too outside.
"I didn't do anything", Thor raised a finger tentatively.
"Neither did I", Storm added.
"Oh I doubt you two could make locusts appear", Tony told them as all were shocked again by that.
"Locust?" Giles asked. "What do you-"
"Oh yeah, natural disasters and disease spreading bugs, full package Gramps, and not of the good kind", Tony said with a shake of his head.
"My God!" Pepper said, horrified by all the footage as there was one more thunderclap and both Morgan and Connor started crying.
"Shhhh", Pepper began comforting Morgan as Tony walked to her to help her out, while Angel and Cordelia did the same for baby Connor as well, trying to calm him down.
The earth shook a little as well. Thor raised out both hands. "I can stop this."
He closed his eyes, focusing, and in half a minute the earthquake managed to die down as they sighed in relief.
Bear and Miss Kitty were both whimpering too as Matt and Faith patted the former's head while whispering soothing words as Tara lifted up Miss Kitty and cuddled up the kitten in her arms.
With Tony comforting Morgan alongside Pepper, Peter and Willow were looking through the computers now, hence why Willow wasn't comforting her kitten alongside her wife.
"Yeah, its all over the world, and getting worse", Willow confirmed grimly. "I'm pretty sure something has caused this."
"What, we really don't know", Peter sighed.
"You think any Vengeance Demon could have caused this?" Xander asked Anya, hoping he didn't offend her. "You know, maybe somehow a wish-"
"Nope!" Anya shook her head firmly. "Not even D'Hoffryn would cause all this, because while we like our destruction, we don't want the whole world gone either, which is what seems to be going on here, so definitely none of the Vengeance Demons."
"So those are out then", Fred sighed.
"This could be it."
All of them turned to Lilah as Faith asked. "This could be what?"
"The Apocalypse", Lilah looked at each and every one of them, sounding very serious. "The one from the prophecy."
Angel realized which one she spoke of. "You mean the one where I get the Sh-"
"Get the Shanshu out of your head and think!" Lilah told them all. "The prophecy also said it would be in the middle of an apocalypse, and this one is already beating the other ones we've seen so far." Lilah listed out the recent big apocalypses all over the Universe. "Acathla", she looked at Angel, "the Mayor", she looked at Buffy, "Thanos and then Magus", she looked at the Avengers, "and then the Beast and his master, also the First", she finished the listing process, "then finally- the Senior Partners!"
She looked around at the room. "And this one is worse than them all."
"So this is the one the prophecy spoke of, right?" Buffy inquired.
"And point for the blonde cheerleader, congrats on not being the stereotype", Lilah quipped, making Buffy sputter as in spite of the situation, some ended up snickering.
"I like her", Tony said, then immediately turned to Pepper. "Not in that way though!"
"Feeling's mutual, since we were very impressed by how you created Ultron and caused the Civil War to split the Avengers which would have made the Partners' job easier", Lilah quipped, making Tony sputter too.
"Okay, let's leave jokes and old stuff aside", Steve raised his hands. "So now-"
"Its time to deal with these disasters and find out what's causing them", Clint said, having just finished talking to his wife in a corner while Natasha came in too, standing next to Bucky.
"So, split up all over then?" Mack inquired.
"That would be the best option, yes", Fitz agreed with a nod.
"Cap?" Simmons turned to Steve.
Steve looked at everyone in the room and started. "So, for the US, we will-"
"GET DOWN!" Matt screamed as suddenly the glass windows exploded and locusts swarmed in at them from both sides while all got down.
Willow and Tara held hands and raised a barrier on one side in time while Wanda raised another on the other side, the three Witches trying to hold them back.
"They're too many", Wanda said with gritted teeth.
"And they seem to be magical", Tara added from her side.
"We can't hold this for long", Willow told them all.
"Thor", Thor turned to Steve. "When Willow and Tara put down their barrier, light 'em up."
"With pleasure, Captain", Thor summoned Stormbreaker to himself.
"And the other side?" Bruce inquired.
"Wanda, can you do that wrapping thing?" Steve asked as Wanda's eyes lit up.
"Definitely", she nodded.
"On the count of three", Steve counted down. "One. Two. Three."
Willow and Tara lowered their barrier as Thor fired powerful lightning at all the locusts in that very instant as Wanda expanded her barrier and wrapped it around the locusts on her side, trapping them inside of it.
The locusts who Thor was hitting with his lightning were all destroyed as Wanda pressed her hands into fists, the wrapped up locusts all crushed into nothingness as well.
All of them sighed in relief, having stopped this attack upon them as Harmony commented. "My dress is fine, yay!"
Fred then walked next to Steve. "Guess whatever doubts we had so far are all gone after the attack upon us."
Steve nodded, turning to Angel and Cordelia apologetically, seeing baby Connor in their arms who they'd calmed down again while Tony and Pepper had done the same to Morgan, and Matt and Faith had calmed down Bear as Willow and Tara had calmed down Miss Kitty. "I'm sorry guys, it was supposed to be your happy day but now-"
"Just say the word Captain", Angel told Steve firmly, sharing a look with Cordelia.
"Yep, just let me get out of this wedding dress first, don't wanna ruin it", Cordelia added as some chuckles went around again.
But in spite of the brief moments of levity, it was clear this was the worst thing all of them were going to be up against.
Apocalypse stood as he pondered what to do next, who to make his Horsemen. Perhaps the first two could tell him what to do.
"I need two more."
Morbius had now completely succumbed to Apocalypse's control after his transformation and boost. "The world….it is all controlled by electricity, a lot of technology, it needs electric power. Strip humanity of its technology, the world would be defenseless."
Apocalypse turned to Morbius. "So you know someone who can do that?"
"In New York where I live, there was someone who could do that, he was on TV recently, and now he is in Ravencroft prison."
Apocalypse smirked. "Not for long."
Ravencroft institute
Everyone was going about their usual business, the doctors doing medical work while the guards moved around, guarding the prisoners and the facility.
Suddenly, a strong wave of wind sent them flying off and crashing to the ground as Apocalypse appeared with Ethan and Morbius.
The guards got up and fired at Apocalypse but he was unaffected, just walking forwards.
Ethan raised his hand as two guards screamed in agony, their life-forces sucked out, leaving dried up husks in their place.
Apocalypse walked to a wall, shattering it with a wave of his hand before continuing further. One more tried to fire at him from behind when Morbius leapt at that one and drained him painfully, the guard falling down to the ground before suddenly his eyes went red and his skin became pale, his fangs growing as he screeched.
"Making an army, smart", Ethan smirked as Morbius nodded and leapt at another guard trying to fire at him, breaking his wrist and doing the same to him.
Ethan smirked and sucked the life-forces of two more of the guards while Morbius continued draining and turning them.
Rayne then chanted a spell that destroyed all cameras in the institute as well.
Apocalypse walked through the prison, effortlessly tossing away guards with a telekinetic wave, and breaking doors and walls, until eventually he came upon the man he was looking for.
Electro was in a rubber cell that had zero electricity being used. He looked up at Apocalypse who touched his cell and it shattered.
"Who are you?" Electro inquired as Ethan and Morbius both appeared behind him, along with several turned guards who were slaves to Morbius and Apocalypse now.
"I have been called many names, but now I am known as Apocalypse", the evil being of great power made his introduction, then made the offer he had come to make. "Your power…is in adolescence. Young, but the potential is within your grasp. Join me, and that power shall grow. The world will know who can save their world…and end it, at his whim."
Electro had a feeling this being was not to be messed with, but he also loved the power over electricity he had, as limited as it was.
And now it could be expanded? Grown? Oh he was all in! The world would see his great power now.
"I accept", Electro went down on one knee, causing Apocalypse to smirk cruelly. He put a hand on Electro's head, making him scream painfully as he went down on his knees as well, electricity crackling off of him.
The whole institute experienced a blackout, as did the city.
The Avengers, Scoobies, Team Angel, Agents of SHIELD, X-Men and Defenders were preparing to go around the world when the whole tower experienced the blackout.
"What the….?" Tony trailed off as all looked around in horror.
"This is bad", Wesley muttered.
Electro screamed loudly, his whole skin now turning blue as blue electricity sparked off of him, hitting various spots in the facility that were destroyed by the touch.
"RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHHH!"
In that moment, various cities near New York experienced a blackout too for a second before the electricity came back on everywhere.
All the heroes sighed in relief as the lights came back on, Daisy muttering. "Now that was a close one."
"Well, it can always get worse", Felicia sighed.
"Question is, by how much?" Dawn wondered.
"Hoping we don't have to find out, bub", Logan sighed.
"Let's stop talking and start working", Sam said, all agreeing by continuing preparations.
Electro stood up, now completely blue, feeling the power he had gotten, knowing what he could do on a whim now.
He looked at his hands, electricity crackling off of them.
"I feel it…I feel it all! I can take control! I can change the world!"
Apocalypse looked down at him, then looked up. "Now I need just one more."
"I think I might know", Apocalypse turned to look at Rayne. "Back when I was in Sunnydale, I was captured by this organization called the Initiative. I escaped when they were shut down there, they couldn't hold me for long, but anyways, when I was there, I heard they were working on something-"
In the ruins of the Initiative under Sunnydale, further decimated by the destruction of the town, Apocalypse appeared via teleportation, a force field pushing the debris away, so he and his Horseman stood among the wreckage.
Apocalypse could feel the death of all humans and non-humans, and also the torture inflicted on Demons in this place.
"Humanity hurts those they fear, yet while doing so, they risk becoming worse than the monsters they seek to destroy. So arises the question of who truly deserves death in this world, if many make false claims of good. Their hearts belong to darkness. All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, it grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came. You see, darkness is the heart's true essence."
Apocalypse raised his hands and the remains of Adam the human/Demon/machine cyborg were pulled to him, joining together and reassembling into one, forming a metal skeleton at first before flesh was formed upon it, the abomination of a creation back to life (or whatever it had in life's place) at last.
For once, Adam was confused. "What's going on? I was destroyed by the Slayer and her friends when they did a ritual to defeat me."
Adam tried to move but remained stuck in place as Apocalypse circled him, examining the smaller being. "Demon, human, machine, such a primitive creation." Adam made to speak but could not move its lips now. "The product of a species that tried to play God…but there may be a diamond hidden among the dirt. It'll just take some…alterations."
Then Apocalypse spread his hand open, and Adam was dissembled piece by bloody and metal piece, screaming in actual agony from what Apocalypse was doing to it.
The pieces were then rejoined one by one, piece by piece, and Adam was now a large being with two horns protruding from his head and tubes attached to his right arm while a machine gun-like device was on his left, and there were various visible tubes on his abdomen as well, his right leg completely metallic.
He had only one thought in his mind now- serve his master.
Apocalypse still held his new creation in place. "Whom do you serve?"
It didn't even hesitate.
"Apocalypse."
"The name you were originally bestowed belays weakness, just as you were once weak. No more. You are, from this day forth…War."
And with that, Apocalypse had all four of his Horsemen.
There we go, Apocalypse has gotten all 4 of his Horsemen now, damn! I'd decided the other 3 already but War was difficult, so I asked many friends for suggestions, and all of them gave some great ones, so I thank all of my friends who gave suggestions, all are appreciated.
But eventually, I decided it should be Adam who was suggested by Marcus S. Lazarus, so thank you to him.
I wanted to have 2 Horsemen from Marvel and 2 from Buffyverse to make it balanced, and Adam seemed like the best candidate for War.
Now counting out his debut episode, Adam is my least favorite Buffyverse villain outside of the lame Trio, but he works best for this.
For his new appearance, look up 'Tyrant' from 'Doom Eternal', that's what Adam now looks like.
And for Electro, while I love his NWH look, for this I think the blue one from TASM would make more sense after Apocalypse has boosted him. Admit it, you were imagining Electro's TASM 2 soundtrack when he became a Horseman.
I was, it's the best villain soundtrack in any Spidey film IMO.
Adam will now be called 'War' not just because he's the Horseman of War but also because I've to differentiate him from Adam the Devil into whom Matt Murdock transforms. Plus Adam 2.0 is a lame name.
Anyway, now we got all 4 Horsemen- Morbius (Death), Electro (Famine), Ethan Rayne (Pestilence) and Adam/War (War).
Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.