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And its gonna be the first huge battle here.

Chapter 7- To Battle

Apocalypse and his 4 Horsemen stood in London, the people all running here and there, but none of the five made a move to attack the people…yet.

"I was once meant to be the greatest protector of civilization", Apocalypse raised up both of his hands, aiming them into the air. "And now….I will be!"

Chunks of the ground and buildings started rising up and turning into particles, with many people turning into particles as well, unable to escape their doom at the hands of Apocalypse.

The particles all rose up into the air and coalesced together, forming a structure which grew in size bit by bit.

It was a castle, old and crumbling, with the plants outside withered and dead. However, in spite of all that, the castle looked dark and intimidating, radiating power and evil.

And it hovered in the air, a flying fortress basically.

"Camelot was once the greatest Kingdom in this world", Apocalypse revealed to his Horsemen what this castle was. "Now it shall be my seat as I sit there and protect the people. And destroy those who seek to stop me."

Ethan Rayne got down on his knee. "We shall destroy anyone who dares to oppose you, my Lord."

Morbius got down on his knee too. "Death is upon the naysayers."

War got down on one knee then. "The flames of war are upon the naysayers."

Electro finally also got down on one knee. "I shall take away their power, my Lord, no one can stand against your greatness."

Apocalypse smirked, knowing the heroes shall come to face him soon, but all of them would be destroyed by his power and that of his Horsemen.

At the Sanctum, Strange saw a large build-up of magic over London and realized that was where his enemy was. "Well, looks like its time to confront him now."

Tony saw what was happening via his satellite as all watched in complete and utter shock.

"Oh boy…" Angel trailed off, not sure what else to say.

"The whole bloody world is in for a ride", Spike sighed as he sat down, his eyes fixed upon the newly created Camelot.

Matt couldn't see it but hearing the people's dying screams and the reactions of all else in the room was enough for him.

Some news helicopters had arrived in the stormy and dark area as a reporter started. "This flying fortress has appeared here out of nowhere while natural disasters-"

"Get out of there you idiots!" Clint snapped in concern.

And then that helicopter was shot down by lightning as all of the heroes watched, their jaws dropped, while another helicopter was taken down by a shot, and another covered in green mist and crushed into nothingness.

Some troops had entered the place as one remaining news helicopter recorded the scene but a figure sliced all of them down before lightning took down that helicopter as well, and the scene was gone, replaced by static on the hologram.

"This is….I got no words", Tony was speechless once more after Thanos' Snap on seeing all of this.

"Me neither", Cordelia muttered.

"What were those things that killed everyone?" Lilah asked no one in particular, looking around the room for an answer.

"The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse."

They turned to see Hercules walk in, having saved a good number of people from disasters all over the world. Thor came in behind him.

"Horsemen….." Steve trailed off before asking. "Like the Biblical-"

"Yes Captain, those tales were inspired by these", Hercules confirmed to him. "Every time, he chooses new ones and they cause destruction for him- Death, Famine, War and Pestilence. And now he has all of them once more."

"Oh dear", Giles took off his glasses, cleaning them, this time in horror rather than disgust.

"So, it seems like we will have to fight them", Thor noted.

"As powerful as they are, I don't see what else to do", Buffy said, looking at the rest, and all knew no matter how big, powerful and even seemingly invincible their enemies were, they were the only ones who could fight them all.

A portal opened as Strange then came in. "Everyone suit up. I'm bringing in others, and we shall all go."

Steve nodded and gave orders. "Prepare yourselves. We're going to battle."

A while later, all of them were suiting up and making preparations.

Angel and Cordelia cooed over Connor who was in Lorne's arms as the former said. "Dada will be back soon, okay?"

"Mama too, till then, be good to uncle Lorne", Cordelia added as both kissed his forehead.

"Okay", baby Connor said as Lorne rocked him, then his gaze fell upon Kennedy who had been amongst those called in, alongside Amanda, Satsu and Vi. His eyes narrowed as he glared, and so did Angel.

"What's the matter?" Cordelia asked, noting how they were looking at Kennedy.

"That Slayer over there insulted the nipper and called him a dumb baby when we'd gone over to Sunnydale", Lorne revealed as Cordelia now clutched her fists in anger, enraged.

"Cover his eyes", she told Lorne in a tone that invited no arguments.

"On it", Lorne turned Connor away and rocked him while singing as Cordelia walked to Kennedy, her hand glowing.

"Hey."

As Kennedy turned to Cordelia, Cordelia slapped the bratty Slayer with her glowing hand, sending her to the floor with a stinging cheek as she gasped in pain while holding it, and everyone's attention turned to them.

"What is going on?" Sam asked as he walked out.

"Why did you do that?" Kennedy asked, still holding her pained cheek.

"If you call my baby 'dumb' again, I'll rip you apart piece by piece young lady", Cordelia sneered as Kennedy paled and backed off, scared of her.

Cordelia scoffed and walked back to Angel who muttered. "That was awesome."

"And well-deserved", Lorne added.

"Can you believe her?" Kennedy asked, still massaging her stinging cheek. "It was long ago-"

"Well, its her baby", Vi shrugged.

"Yes, you deserved it for insulting a little kid", Sam spoke up from where he was as she looked at him in shock. "Don't repeat such stupid behavior. Doesn't bode well."

He walked off as Kennedy just glared in anger at everyone.

"You know, I'd love to go back to the orphanage after this is done, meet everyone", Daisy told Matt, who was suited up now. "What do you say?"

"Well, I go there a lot myself, so we can go together", Matt nodded as she smiled.

"Thanks, and I'd love to meet Sister Maggie too. Even though she was harsh and sassy with all but you-"

"Oh she was with me too, even if she is my mother."

Now Daisy's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "That explains so much!"

"Yeah, she's my mom, found out a few years ago."

"Okay, good for you. Anyways, gonna go talk to my teammates", Daisy walked off as Faith walked next to Matt, arms folded.

"She seems to be getting cozy with you", Faith commented as Matt chuckled at the jealousy.

"We were just in an orphanage together and are friends now, I belong only to you", Matt assured, taking Faith's face in his hands.

"So do I", Faith smiled as they shared a kiss.

Steve was suited up now as he looked at Fred. "So, she's coming?"

"You can bet on it", Fred transformed into Illyria at that very moment, looking completely ready. "They shall feel my grief and rage."

"Let's go", Steve walked out where all were gathered.

Strange spoke first. "The place Apocalypse has raised, I cannot portal us there directly. But I can portal us all close enough."

"All right", Steve nodded, making plans. "The fighters shall all go there through Strange's portals. The bombardment, we need to be ready for it."

"I can deal with the lightning", Thor told them.

"Yeah, we can deal with that", Storm agreed.

"Then that's handled", Logan noted.

"The rest of us will go through, fight anything there that moves, including the Horsemen, and our strongest fighters shall then take on Apocalypse with some help", Steve laid down the plan the best he could under the circumstances. "Let's go."

Everyone nodded and began preparing to get into Quinjets to go to the fight.

"Lilah, Gunn, you two can stay here in case anything happens", Steve then told the two of them, then looked at Lorne, Xander, Anya, Harmony, Betty and Pepper who were staying as they were mostly non-fighters, plus they would look after baby Connor, baby Morgan, Bear the puppy and Miss Kitty Fantastico the 2nd. "Stay with them. I know you can handle yourselves, but I don't want to leave the non-fighters unguarded. I know you two are capable enough."

"Well, I'm a newcomer to the fighting and all that jazz but I'm a quick learner", Lilah shrugged with a wink and nod.

"Good, I'm counting on you", Steve said as Lilah felt…..good. Steve Rogers, Captain America was one of the greatest men to live and the epitome of goodness and heroism. And he'd said he was counting on her.

The Senior Partners treated as a disposable asset. But Captain America and Angel cared about her as a person and put their trust in her.

A hero, the greatest Avenger, their leader, was counting on her.

"Both of you", Steve added, looking at Gunn who nodded.

"Thanks Cap", Lilah said with a genuine smile that Steve returned.

"We will all just have fun with the babies and pets while you're gone", Anya told Steve excitedly before adding. "And pray for you."

"Yeah, good luck guys", Xander said, sharing hugs with Buffy, Willow, Tara, Faith, Peter, Dawn and Giles, as Pepper kissed Tony while Betty kissed Bruce and Harmony kissed Groo.

Tony kissed Morgan goodbye too while Matt and Faith did the same for Bear and Willow and Tara kissed goodbye to Miss Kitty.

"Be careful", Lilah told Wesley.

"I will", Wesley said, the two of them kissing too.

"Yeah, we will all stay here and await your victorious return", Lorne waved from his seat as they waved back to him.

"Come on, let's go together", Peter held out his hand as Dawn held it.

"Yeah, we'll show 'em", Dawn smiled and they kissed.

"So", Daisy cracked her neck. "Let's take 'em on."

Some portals opened as the SHIELD Agents flew in using their Quinjet, piloted by Melinda May and Hunter as Fitz, Simmons, Mack, Bobbi, Daisy and Yo-Yo prepared to get down.

There was powerful lightning which shook them as May steered to avoid. "Its coming directly at us."

"Can you try to avoid it?" Mack asked as strong winds tried to blow them away.

"Trying, not working!" Hunter snapped with gritted teeth.

The X-Men had arrived in their X-Jet too as Storm and Logan piloted it, the latter saying. "This sucks, bub."

"I think Thor's got this", Storm said confidently.

As the lightning storm made to strike the two jets as well as various other Quinjets that arrived, Thor hovered in the air, twirling Stormbreaker with a roar as his power wiped the entire lightning storm away effortlessly.

"Well, now that's gone", Gwen said, looking up from the Quinjet in which she was sitting with Team Angel.

"Yep, but the worse stuff is about to begin", Cordelia sighed.

As Thor made to fire lightning of his own on the flying fortress, he was blasted on the face which staggered him back as War appeared and flew at him, grabbing him and punching his face as Thor punched back, both punches producing powerful shockwaves as the jets had to steer to avoid.

War shot Thor on the face again and he fell to the ground, making it shake.

Steve looked down and commanded. "Anyone who can help Thor, do it right now."

"I'm on it, Cap", Bruce said as he jumped down and transformed into Hulk, landing on the ground with a thud as Thor got back up and deflected a shot from War.

Hulk then picked up War from behind and tossed him away with a roar as the Thunder God and the Green Goliath prepared to battle the Horseman of War.

Electro fired at them again with lightning as Storm wiped it away, but his power was great due to being a Horseman.

"Anyone who can fight that thing, do it", Steve commanded.

Tony looked at his suit, knowing Electro could drain it and commented. "Need to find a fix for that."

As Electro made to fire again, a blast from Willow sent him back as she hovered in the air with Tara, the former glowing red and the latter glowing golden.

"Aha, finally some worthy opponents, our battle shall be legendary", Electro said as he fired lightning but Tara deflected and fired a ball of magic that sent him back.

"Rogue, take the controls", Storm ordered Rogue.

"Yes", Rogue took Storm's place and started operating the X-Jet as Storm flew out. Electro tried to fire at her but she deflected it, smirking.

"How?" Electro asked.

"I'm the Goddess of Weather", Storm shrugged casually as she blew a powerful wind at Electro that he struggled against, then Carol flew from above and punched him downwards before Wanda flew in and trapped him in her red hex magic, struggling to contain him.

"Come on", Willow said when Electro screamed and the lightning blast sent them all back.

Carol flew at him first and punched his face before being punched back, and then she got behind him and tossed him away before the two deflected each other's blasts, and then Willow telekinetically stopped a blast from Electro while Tara fired some enchanted water, making him fly back.

As he tried to fire again, Wanda blocked with her shield and then Storm hurled him back with a wind.

The five heroines continued engaging the Horseman of Famine in an aerial battle.

The Quinjets and X-Jet finally made it towards the flying fortress as Peter noticed Electro properly and his eyes widened. "That's Electro!"

"The guy you were fighting a while ago?" Dawn asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, its him", Peter confirmed.

"Seems like Apocalypse found him of use", Giles said grimly.

"They've got this, they can beat him", Buffy said confidently.

"Yeah, numbers and powers both", Spike nodded as the flying vehicles landed on the ground at last and all of them got out one by one.

Steve looked at them all and ordered. "We go in together. Anything that moves, we take it down."

"Sounds like a plan", Strange agreed as he landed amongst them too.

"Let's go Cap", Tony flew down with Rhodes and Sam.

Steve raised his hand and Mjolnir flew into his grasp as he glowed with lightning.

"Now we can get this shit on", Blade smirked and all of them made their way inside the castle.

Frank noticed Gwen Raiden and she saw him looking at her. "I'm sorry, do we know each other?"

"I met someone who looked like you", Frank finally said, chalking it up to some sort of coincidence, since that's what it would be.

"Did she control electricity or something?" Gwen inquired.

"No, she was a single mom and bartender", Frank informed her as Gwen seemed surprised.

"Doesn't sound like me", she said.

"I said she looked like you, never said she behaved like you", Frank shrugged, all of them now finally walking in through the entrance while the battles outside raged in the dark sky.

"Weird."

They were in now, and it was very dark, the whole place almost eerily quiet.

Dawn raised her hand and a ball of light was formed to help them see. "Let's go now."

Steve nodded, all of them moving forth, trying to watch out for any kind of danger, while looking around as the giant gargoyles loomed over them, seeming like they were watching them.

There were gothic suits of armor everywhere too, clearly ones that belonged to Knights.

The place itself gave a dreary and depressing atmosphere.

Suddenly something struck and sliced Clint on the shoulder quicker than any of them could react before it moved away.

"What was that?" Rhodes asked, Tony trying to scan it.

"Scanner blocked, Boss."

"Well, crap!" Tony scoffed as Clint held his shoulder.

"You okay, Clint?" Natasha asked as she saw the bleeding.

"Just a scratch", he assured her, wincing a little.

"Let's watch out", Simmons said just as the thing struck out again, this time striking Mack on the shoulder as he gasped.

"Mack!" Elena gasped as she, Fitz, Simmons, Hunter and Bobbi knelt near Mack while Daisy and Melinda stood nearby.

"I'll be all right, Yo-Yo", he assured as he kissed her on the lips.

"It is avoiding my senses too", Matt told the rest grimly.

"Meaning we will just have to try to avoid it", Wesley said with a sigh. "Brilliant. Very brilliant."

"Let's just be prepared if it strikes", Angel said just as it struck again but this time it grabbed Kennedy and dragged her into the shadows.

"KENNEDY!" Buffy screamed, trying to go after her but Spike and Faith held her back as they heard Kennedy's screams of agony. They seemed to be echoing everywhere and even Matt's senses couldn't detect her location.

The screaming then stopped and the implications were clear.

While none of them particularly liked Kennedy, in fact they disliked her for her arrogance and disrespectful behavior, they all knew she didn't deserve this.

"Stay together", Steve ordered as he mentally sent up a prayer for Kennedy, deciding forming a huddle would give better protection. "Form a huddle, stick close."

Before they could follow, the thing struck out again, this time at Peter. Only, with his Spider-sense, Peter flipped to avoid in time and fired a web, catching the thing as he pulled to reveal Morbius, all watching him in shock.

"What in the bloody name of God are you?" Spike asked as he, Angel, Blade, Buffy, Faith, Whistler and the rest noted he looked a lot like a Vampire but was still different.

It simply hissed at them and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"It looked like a half-breed, but it was human", Illyria noted as she tilted her head, shocking the rest again. "And now it has great power from being a Horseman."

"So a Vampire who is a human?" Faith wondered. "That's new."

As they prepared to fight again, Morbius suddenly appeared in front of Peter via smoke and tackled him as they rolled away.

"NO!" Dawn cried out in concern as she tried to run after him but Buffy held her back.

"We're going", Blade twirled his sword as he struck Morbius from behind, making him screech and turn to him. "What the fuck?"

Morbius grabbed Blade by the throat and tossed him away before Peter kicked him from behind. Then Spike leapt at him with a punch while taking Vamp face, staggering him a little and Angel spin kicked his face, with Buffy elbowing him and Faith kicking him from behind as Matt threw his Billy club and it struck him.

He screeched and struck out at Matt but Luke leapt in the way, taking the blow before punching him back, and then Jessica grabbed him in a chokehold from behind, the two struggling. "You are fucking disgusting."

Morbius grabbed her wrist and tossed her away before Danny punched the ground with his Iron Fist, the impact sending Morbius flying off. As he got up, Colleen tried to stab with her chi-enhanced katana but he dodged in time, though his shoulder was sliced.

As Logan, Dawn, Felicia, Giles, Cordelia, Wesley, Gwen, Groo, Frank, Whistler, Rogue, Kitty and Beast moved to help, they were suddenly hit by psychic blasts in the head, making them grab their heads in pain as they fell to their knees.

Ethan Rayne appeared in the air, smirking down at all as Giles' eyes widened in horror.

"Ethan?" Giles asked in shock. "You? You work for…"

"Yes old friend, he reached out to my mind", Ethan revealed as Mack and Hunter both fired shots at him but he transmogrified them into flower petals when they reached his face. "Promised me power and an eternity of Chaos, while all of you suffer. How could I refuse?"

"So from making magic Halloween costumes to this, you've gone more insane, gotcha", Cordelia quipped as he fired down blasts of magic at them all, making them jump to avoid.

"My power is beyond all of yours. All these years studying the Dark Arts, Rupert, and at last-"

He was cut off when Strange blasted his face, sending him flying off.

"Thanks, was getting tired of the shit's yammering", Logan muttered as he brandished his claws.

"It won't keep him down for long", Strange warned.

"I, Tony, Strange, Hercules, Illyria, Rhodes, Iceman and the SHIELD Team are going to deal with Apocalypse", Steve gave instructions for the fight. "The rest fight these two."

"On it, pal", Bucky agreed as he aimed at Morbius and fired, which he had to avoid, and then he avoided Sam firing pistols from above too while Steve, Tony, Strange, Hercules, Illyria, Rhodes, Bobby and the SHIELD Agents moved further, Tony blasting the recovering Ethan one more time for good measure as he was sent flying off.

"Just to prevent the yammering."

With Steve in the lead, the group rushed through the hallway as some of the guards Morbius had turned before leapt down at them.

"Looks like the Living Vampire thing made an army", Rhodes said as he shot down some while Tony blasted another.

"They are as weak as half-breeds", Illyria scoffed, ripping two of them apart with ease as Bobby hit some with ice blasts, freezing them, and then Mack and Hunter shot them down.

Bobbi brutally shocked one as Simmons chopped off its head and Fitz kicked one away, allowing Illyria to rip it apart.

Elena rammed into one from behind as it staggered to Melinda who spin kicked it away into the air and Daisy hit it with her blast, killing it.

The two nodded at each other with smiles as Hercules effortlessly crushed three in quick succession with his punches and Strange disintegrated some more with a blast of magic.

Steve twirled Mjolnir and brought it down on the ground as lightning from above killed any of the remaining enemies.

"Let's go", Steve ordered as they rushed forwards, soon coming into the very large throne room, where the seats of the courtiers were all empty.

But the throne was not!

On top of it sat Apocalypse, looking down on all of them from what he considered to be his seat of power. The entire group facing him felt the power he radiated in spite of him not doing anything yet.

His very presence was chilling. Not even Glory, Thanos and Magus seemed this intimidating.

"You killed all of my fellow Old Ones!" Illyria roared in rage at him, clutching her fists.

"Just power to awaken me", Apocalypse coldly spoke to her, the group seeing and now hearing him as well for the first time. "Now you know my face."

"Wish we didn't." Tony quipped in response.

"Yeah, better off not knowing", Daisy nodded in agreement.

"It is quite not what I expected", Hunter shrugged, adding to it.

"Humor, you people are full of it. If only it would save you."

"Merlyn." Hercules stepped up.

"Ah, my old friend, the Lion of Olympus."

"Don't do this, please." Hercules pleaded to the larger being, and they were all reminded that Merlyn was once his friend, a close friend by the way he talked to him. "Weren't all those years in the tomb enough for you to know that this should not be? That your goal would kill more than you claim to protect?!"

Apocalypse chuckled as he stood from his throne, showing his height, then he walked down the steps.

"A millennium trapped in that prison proved to me that my conviction could be stronger. The world, the Universe, all of creation itself is sick, and people are it's cancer. They fight, kill, abuse, and squander what was given to them. This is the best course of action, old friend."

"The worst things imaginable have been based on the best of intentions." Steve spoke up. "What makes you any better than all that came before?"

"I am-" Apocalypse stopped and turned in the direction of the fighting happening across the castle as well as outside, sensing it.

As War made to fire at Hulk, he blocked with both arms, gritting his teeth, and Thor then threw his ax with lightning which cut through War's beam and struck him, sending him flying off into the air.

Electro fired lightning at Willow and Tara but they summoned Eldritch magic, transmogrifying it into water instead before Carol punched him away.

He fired at her but Wanda blocked with her hex shield and covering the electricity, fired at him as he was hit and sent flying off as Storm then brought down rain upon him, making him screech.

Ethan fired a bolt of magic as Wesley barely deflected it with a fireball, and Cordelia fired a powerful beam of light at Ethan which he struggled against a little before managing to deflect it to the side.

Beast leapt to strike Ethan but was telekinetically thrown down as he groaned. "Oh boy."

Amanda, Vi and Satsu had been thrown off by Morbius and were moving back to help against them when they heard a screech behind them and turned to see Kennedy, now pale with bloodshot eyes and fangs, blood dripping down her ripped out throat.

Morbius had turned her!

"Kennedy?" Vi called out when suddenly she struck out and grabbing Vi, snapped her neck, killing her.

She then struck at Satsu who recovered in time and barely dodged by jumping out of the way as Amanda drove a stake through Kennedy' chest, fatally wounding her as Kennedy gasped and then fell towards the ground, fading away into dust before her body could actually hit the floor.

Satsu knelt and closed Vi's eyes sadly as Amanda helped her up, then they turned to see the rest battling Morbius and Ethan.

Gwen hit Ethan with electricity from behind as Wesley fired a giant ball of magic which exploded in his face as he came down with Cordelia blinding him by using a flash of light. Giles rushed to strike him down with his sword but was frozen as Ethan smirked, opening his eyes.

"Too slow, old friend. All of you actually."

A blast of magic sent them all flying backwards and they fell on their backs.

He turned to see Morbius battling the rest and laughing at his brutality, called out to the Living Vampire. "Stop toying with them, Morbius."

Logan roared and stabbed Morbius from behind before Blade stabbed him through the chest with his sword.

Morbius gasped, then sneered and turned to smoke, escaping before he reappeared to strike at Peter who flipped to avoid and fired a web which Morbius avoided before a blast of magic from Dawn hit his face, making him screech.

Buffy punched his face as Faith kicked him backwards, with Spike elbowing him and Angel spin kicking him, only for him to suddenly grab Angel and toss him into the rest, throwing them all away.

He struck at Matt who barely dodged but was grabbed by the throat and pinned to the ground by the Living Vampire. Matt grabbed its hand, trying to pry it off his throat as he gritted his teeth.

Then some of Adam's power seeped through, Matt's eyes glowing.

Apocalypse sensed the power coming from Matt. "Curious."

He raised his hand as the heroes in front of him attempted to attack, and instead they were forced in their knees, a violet aura surrounding all of them.

Morbius crashed through the walls and forced Matt's face to the ground as Apocalypse raised a hand and the same aura covers Matt.

"Very curious."

He gestured with a finger and Matt sat up, kneeling, while Morbius moved away from him, sensing his master wanted something from Matt.

"It seems I am not the only one touched by Mephisto."

"Some of us never had a choice." Matt grunted out.

"Neither did I."

Some of the Heroes tried to power through Apocalypse's magic and attacked in spite of the force pushing them all down.

Cap threw Mjolnir, Tony and Rhodes fired, Hercules charged, Strange blasted magic, Bobby fired an ice blast and Daisy fired a vibrational blast of hers, but Apocalypse deflected the hammer back at Steve, making him fly off, then punches Hercules through the floor to the lower levels, deflected Strange's magic blast into a random corner, while the attacks of Tony, Rhodes, Bobby and Daisy harmlessly clashed against him, not affecting him one bit, and they were all sent back.

The heroes started staggering up, Apocalypse looking at them emotionlessly as Daisy aimed her hands and focused her vibrations on Apocalypse's insides, trying to rip him apart from in there to kill him.

Apocalypse sensed what she was trying to do.

"To answer your question, Captain, I have seen your history, I know of your would-be rulers, tyrants, kings, invaders, conquerors. I am not them. I am absolute. I am limitless." Apocalypse pulled Daisy toward himself telekinetically, catching her by the throat as she gasped and tried to free herself to no avail. "I. Am. Apocalypse."

The heroes tried to charge him but were blocked by an invisible force-field as Daisy screamed in pure agony, and in front of everyone's eyes, her hair turned white, and her skin turned pale before turning skeletal, her eyeballs going inside.

"NO!" Melinda screamed as she tried to run to save Daisy, with Elena speeding towards Apocalypse but the force-field sent her back, and Matt, Mack, Fitz, Simmons, Bobbi and Hunter couldn't breach it either.

Steve threw Mjolnir as Tony and Rhodes flew at Apocalypse while Strange tried to wrap his wrist in an Eldritch whip, Hercules leaping back up, Bobby firing ice and Illyria rushing to him, but the force field deflected all of them with a shockwave blast.

Daisy screamed as her skeletal form slowly started disintegrating and in the end, nothing but ash was left as it scattered down to the ground.

Melinda was numb, falling to her knees, a tear dropping out of her eye as Fitz and Simmons were both crying already, and Bobbi covered her mouth with a shaking hand, Hunter looking at the ashes in disbelief, with Elena sliding to a corner, teary-eyed, and Mack's lip quivered while tears trickled down his cheeks too.

Apocalypse returned to his throne and sat down coolly.

Matt grunted in anger, shaking in rage.

"I…won't let you…get away with this…." He snarled and grunted, shaking in rage as the ground shook and flames spewed from him, and the walls started breaking as the rest watched with wide eyes.

The ground started breaking too.

"I….won't….let…..you…." Matt grunted again as flames cracked around again while pieces of the ground flew, and then an aura of fire flashed around him.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGHHH!"

And then Adam the Devil was there. Before Morbius could react, he was backhanded away.

Adam charged Apocalypse who aimed his hand, stopping him with a violet aura. Adam gritted his teeth and roared, falling to his knees, but then he staggered up, forcing himself through it, to the shock of Apocalypse as Adam walked to him.

"Another son of Mephisto, one with promise, no matter." Apocalypse punched Adam down when next moment War crashed through the roof, falling down, injured and unconscious.

As Morbius made to attack again, Hulk leapt in from the roof and punched his face, sending him flying off again while Thor flew down, the rest now moving out of the way as the God of Thunder and Apocalypse faced each other.

Thor roared and charged with Stormbreaker ready, lightning erupting around him.

Apocalypse raised a shield but Thor was able to cut through it, though the former Sorcerer Supreme still dodged the swing in time.

"Thunderer."

He dodged the next two swings, one managing to cut through the armor on his chest to leave a gash, before punching Thor down and stomping on him.

As Ethan Rayne raised Wesley up telekinetically, Electro crashed down through the roof, distracting him as Tara struck his face with a ball of explosive magic, sending him flying off, making Wesley fall back to the ground.

"Let us go help against Apocalypse", Willow said and all nodded, making it into the throne room as Faith saw Apocalypse standing, having beaten down Adam and Thor both.

"No", Faith screamed as she and the rest made to charge, with Thor and Adam getting up to fight as well, only for Apocalypse to raise his hands, freezing time completely with his powers, a green glow coming from him.

He looked between the frozen Heroes, but more particularly, Hercules, Thor, and Adam.

"The sons of my enemies come together. How fitting that you should watch as I finish what I started so many years ago."

Apocalypse then closed his eyes, chanting a powerful spell as Eldritch symbols surrounded him, with magic radiating off of his body too.

In that moment, the Time Stone glowed green as there was a sound resembling the shattering of glass, and the Heroes were all unfrozen, the Time Stone having unfrozen time.

All of them charged to attack Apocalypse together as he stopped the spell he was casting midway through and then raised a shield to block, and a huge explosion went off, blowing up half of Camelot as giant chunks and also smaller pieces of the castle fell off here and there.

Peter coughed, trying to get up, then took off his mask, showing his bloodied face, and looked around, seeing most of the others were wounded and some even unconscious.

Those who couldn't walk were being helped away and some even had to be carried away. Peter heard coughing next to him and staggered up to see Dawn, who had a gash on her forehead.

Peter knelt down and lifted her up bridal style. "I got you, Dawn."

Strange was opening portals through which all of the heroes were going, Steve's voice shouting "FALL BACK!" loudly enough for everyone to hear.

Peter walked to a portal, carrying Dawn who was still breathing, her arms around his neck, and he turned around to see the Horsemen gather around a pile of rubble, before Apocalypse emerged, blasting the rubble apart, and they watched the heroes retreat in fear.

Peter turned around and carried Dawn away through one portal.

The Horsemen made to follow, but Apocalypse stopped them by raising a hand.

"No, they are insignificant." He raised both of his hands as the damages to Camelot were repaired, his own injury from the explosion being healed as well, and he sat upon his throne once more.

"The spell is in effect. Soon, they will be powerless, nothing is strong enough to challenge me now. At last, all those years wasted, I may now protect reality as I should have. With the power, belonging to ME."

Avengers Tower

There was chaos in the infirmary as those who could be bandaged up were bandaged while various others lay unconscious.

Bruce, Helen, Betty and Fred were working their best.

Dawn now lay in bed, a bandage on her head, surrounded by Peter, Buffy, Willow, Tara, Spike, Faith, Giles, Xander, Anya, Felicia and Matt. Miss Kitty Fantastico the 2nd was curled up at her feet while Bear lay on the bed next to her.

Amanda and Satsu sat together in a corner, some bandages on them too, both traumatized from watching Vi die and then having to kill the turned Kennedy.

Tony was hugging both Pepper and Morgan, while Angel and Cordelia sat with Lorne, looking at Connor with sad eyes, and he was crying too, the three trying to comfort him.

Lilah touched Wesley's face, then hugged him as he hugged back, while Groo and Harmony kissed each other, relieved they were still alive, but sad for the others.

The Agents were sitting together. Fitz and Simmons were both holding each other and sobbing, the sight of Daisy turning to ash still fresh in their minds, as Bobbi had her face in her hands, crying too, with Hunter supporting himself using a wall, also weeping.

Elena was crouched on the ground, also in tears while Melinda sat numbly, frozen in shock. Mack touched her shoulder as she turned to look at his grief-filled but kind eyes.

Seeing that, she finally broke down, sobbing into Mack's shoulder over the loss of someone she considered her own daughter.

Matt walked off to the balcony, Faith following him. Matt took off his glasses and started weeping at Daisy's sudden demise, Faith hugging his chest from behind, trying to offer some comfort. Bear leapt off Dawn's bed and walked to them, rubbing himself against Matt's leg, sensing his owner's grief.

Steve, Tony, Thor and Hercules stood with Strange who told them in a voice laced with anger and grief. "He activated his spell, soon enough, all the magic that permeates throughout the universe will be absorbed into him."

"Can you stop it? Reverse time?" Steve inquired, trying to look through all options.

"As dangerous as that is, it may not work. Apocalypse is more powerful than I ever would have thought, his power could match an Infinity Stone. It won't be enough."

"This can't be it…THIS CAN'T BE IT!" Tony snapped, the gravity of the loss getting to him as Steve put a hand on his shoulder.

"I don't have any more answers for you." Strange told them with regret, and a depressing atmosphere filled the room, not that it was any good to begin with.

And then Wong appeared through a portal.

"Stephen," the magic doctor raised his head to see the other sorcerer, his eyes were wide and his tone was unusual, "You need to see this."

Outside, dark clouds covered the sky everywhere in the whole world, blocking the sun and making it look like monsoon permanently.

And this is done, oof!

RIP Daisy and Vi, you two didn't deserve this fate. Bitchedy…eh! Who cares about her?

It is really hard writing so many characters in fight scenes but I did my best here, and I'm sure all can agree.

So the Heroes have lost the first major battle against Apocalypse and his Horsemen, and lost 3 of their number already.

Next chapter shall show the consequences of Apocalypse's spell and the clash against it.

Thank you to Brainstorm Sorcerer for his help again.

Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.