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Chapter 11- They need help

Logan led Old Man Logan and Laura to a very special place, hoping it could help him. His older self was coughing quite a bit, probably due to age and a weakened healing factor.

"Here", Logan stepped aside, allowing his doppelganger and Laura to see Xavier's Institute once more.

Old Man Logan's face seemed an emotionless mask but his eyes, his eyes told the whole story. He looked like he had seen a ghost.

Laura, on the other hand, looked awed and smitten. She hadn't seen anything like this before.

"Sorry we all died on your world", Logan told his older self, as Old Man Logan had told him all about the death of the mutants, and how Laura had come to be, alongside other mutant kids. "But here, we're going strong, bub. And we plan to stay that way"

"Guess having other superheroes around helps", Old Man Logan commented, walking to the school, Laura holding his hand, Logan walking after them both as they opened the gate and entered the fields.

Old Man Logan saw some mutant children playing while others practiced their powers. It was mostly a happy atmosphere, as the disasters caused by Apocalypse had subsided in this part of the world at least, and the people here were unaware of him, other than a few who chose to keep it secret to not disrupt the atmosphere.

They had powers, but all mutants here were students, not everyone was part of the X-Men.

They walked further in, some students confused by the two lookalikes. Bethany Chaulk noticed them and walked to the group. "Uh, Logan, who is this?"

"Doppelganger."

"Right."

"Hey, bub", Old Man Logan waved, gesturing to Laura. "You wanna go with her?"

Laura seemed hesitant as Bethany said. "We've food, and games to play, come on, it will be fun."

The girl looked at Bethany, specifically her eyes. And she got sincerity from those. So she let Old Man Logan go and held Bethany's hand, who led the girl away to have some fun for once in her life, as she needed it.

She looked back and waved at the two Logans who waved back, with Bethany giving them a reassuring thumbs-up before moving away with Laura.

Old Man Logan coughed again, Logan asking. "You okay, bub?"

"Yeah, bub, just age, and weak healing factor", Old Man Logan told him, looking around at the school. "Good to see this place still running, sorry about Charles, Scott and Jean though."

"Sorry about everyone", Logan told him honestly. "So, what will you do once you get back?"

"Probably go with them", Old Man Logan responded, now believing the whole deal with 'Eden', as this experience had restored some long-lost hope in him. "Would work best for me."

"Seems like it", Logan agreed with a nod of his own.

Giles, Gunn and Gwen led some people to safety on a Helicarrier before noticing a wall about to fall on an unconscious child.

"Oh bloody hell!" Giles snapped, all three running towards him, but they were not going to make it in time.

Then a young, short man appeared out of nowhere, grabbing and saving the child as the wall fell behind him, with another taller man walking next to that man.

The short one raised his head and Giles' eyes widened on recognizing him.

"Daniel?"

"Hey Giles", Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne greeted with a nod, handing the kid to Gwen who took him away.

"You two know each other?" Gunn asked, looking between Giles and Oz.

"We do, he is an old friend", Giles cracked a smile, holding out his hand which Oz shook.

He then introduced the man next to him. "This is Jack Russel. Also a werewolf."

"Ah, nice to meet you", Giles held out his hand which Jack shook.

"Same here."

"Name's Charles Gunn", Gunn introduced himself as he shook hands with both too.

Oz then asked. "So, another apocalypse?"

"The biggest one. It's the Apocalypse."

"Right."

"Caused by a former Sorcerer Supreme."

"What's that?"

"The head of an organization called the Master of the Mystic Arts, he is supposed to be the most powerful Sorcerer in existence."

A beat.

"Okay."

"Really, that's all reaction you have?" Jack asked Oz, surprised, since he was very shocked.

"Daniel isn't much to react", Giles chuckled fondly to which Oz just nodded.

"We go from town to town, trying to find werewolves and help them", Jack explained their goal. "And now this has happened."

"Would you like to come with us? The others would love to meet you again, besides, we need all the helping hands we can get", Giles offered Oz.

"Sure", Oz agreed. "How's Willow?"

"She's good. She and Tara got married about a year ago", Giles informed Oz, who simply greeted the info with a nod.

After his second departure, Oz had accepted he and Willow could have been something in an alternate Universe or timeline, but in this one, they weren't meant to be. She was happy with Tara, both she and he had moved on.

That was when Wanda returned, using her powers to telekinetically put some unconscious people in the Helicarrier, then landed.

"She's the Scarlet Witch, right?" Oz asked.

"Yeah, that'd be her", Gunn confirmed as Wanda walked to them.

"We got everyone", she said, then noticed Oz and Jack. "Who're these?"

"That's Oz, he's an old friend of ours, and that's Jack Russel, both are werewolves", Giles made introductions.

"Werewolves, huh?" Wanda commented.

"Good to meet you", Oz held out his hand, getting a feel like Willow from her for whatever reason. Perhaps because she too was a red-haired girl with magic, a different kind of it. Someone in a shell who had only now come out of it.

Wanda shook his hand, smiling. "You too."

"Let's go off then", Jack shrugged and all of them walked off towards the Helicarrier to go back to base.

Angel returned to the Sanctum prison with Darla and Faith-2, having explained the whole deal to them.

"Oh my God! This place is like, incredible!" Faith-2 was saying happily. "Though we can put up some banners!"

The people were shocked again by the doppelgangers as Angel said. "Guys, meet alternate Darla and alternate Faith."

"Huh?" Faith looked her alternate self up and down, seeing the cheerleading outfit. "You're the Slayer?"

Faith-2 said in a very cheerful tone. "I don't like the term "Slayer", it's a totes mood killer. I prefer being called the Helper, I help, I'm strong, and if you ever need someone to hold your pyramid or open a jar of pickles, I'm your Helper!"

Matt's jaw dropped, Buffy's jaw dropped, Dawn's jaw dropped, Slayer Dawn's jaw dropped, then everyone else's jaws dropped.

Except Faith who was just annoyed. "Someone kill me and end this nightmare." She whispered to Matt.

"She doesn't fight either, total pacifist", Angel added.

"How do you not fight while being a Slayer and survive?" Liam wondered.

"Oh its all good, the power of positivity keeps evil away", Faith-2 said in a cheery tone, then saw the imprisoned doppelgangers. "And you got all the bad ones. Woohoo! Way to go guys!"

Everyone was groaning at this point as Doc Ock said. "That enthusiasm is infectious…..in a bad way."

"Yeah, really, I remember the Master drank you in our world", Vamp Willow scoffed, looking at Faith-2 and Faith both, then said to the former. "Wish he drank you instead."

"Hey come on! Don't be such a mood killer. If it means anything, I don't hate you for this", Faith-2 assured Vamp Willow.

"Come on, hun, play nice", sexy Tara smirked and winked.

"Would you say the same in bed?"

"Nope."

"Nice."

More groans.

"So you're Darla", Spike looked at her. "I'm guessing you have a-"

"Yes I do, and I heard you and Angelus, sorry, Angel, had their souls in this world", Darla noted.

"The doppelgangers are giving me a headache now", Buffy muttered, and unlike Angel's team, she had only met Darla when she'd first come to Sunnydale, when Darla was evil. She had never seen her change.

"Hopefully there aren't any more", Slayer Dawn added.

"If there are, just put them here", Frank gestured to the cells.

Frank-3 was silent as he noticed that Darla was an exact lookalike of Angela Donatelli.

Matt wondered what this ensouled Darla was like, considering their Darla, at her best, was capable of sacrificing her life for her baby. This Darla might just be what their Darla could have been but never got the chance to be.

The eyes of David Banner opened as he groaned, feeling weak and in pain, but knew he was alive. He sat up a little, only for Fred to appear. "Uh, hi."

"Hi", David greeted back, confused. "Where am I?"

"This is gonna be hard to explain but you're in a different Universe because barriers between Universes are breaking down and you got sent to ours", Fred explained to him.

It took him a moment to process all that.

"Oh…oh….the Multiverse is real?"

"Very real."

"Wow! Thought it was just theoretical."

"And we know you're Bruce Banner. We have one of our own, and another one fell to this Earth too. The other two brought you here for treatment", Fred explained to the guy, who was trying to process it still.

"My name is David Banner."

"Oh!"

"But these Bruce Banners turn to Hulk?"

"Yeah."

"Right, no one's hunting me here, right?"

"Some people were, not anymore, you're a hero, part of the world's greatest superhero team."

"Really?"

"Really, this is their base, but anyway, take some rest for now", Fred put him back down on bed. "Your healing factor seems weaker than the other two, so just rest for a while. We gave you a bit more gamma, seems to have worked."

"Okay, thank you for the help, what's your name?"

"Winifred 'Fred' Burkle", Fred gave her name before walking off as David closed his eyes to rest and heal, happy he had survived and found himself in a more accepting world, even if it was just temporary.

Peter swung down, looking at his handiwork - power lines held together precariously with a lot of webs. His phone vibrated with a call from May. "Hey, May."

"Hey, Peter. I'm at work and um…." She whispered. "One of the guys you're looking for just walked in."

After returning to New York, May had started working at FEAST, an organization to help relocate people who had lost their homes due to Thanos' snap.

Spider-Man swung past the sign, landing at an alley near the shelter. Changing to normal clothes, he quickly ran inside, searching frantically. "May! Where's May?" A food service worker pointed Peter towards the kitchen.

"Thank you!"

Peter took off, rounding the kitchen door to find... May having tea with Norman Osborn! No armor. He was dressed in ill-fitting clothes from the donation bin. Nursing tea in a mug, he looked tired, disoriented... even fragile.

May saw Peter and told Norman. "Ah, hey, here he is! Norman, this is my nephew." Peter was totally thrown.

"Norman Osborn? I thought that you—"

"I saw Spider-Man in an ad for this place. And I thought he could help me. But you're not him."

Peter inquired. "Wait, so you want Spider-Man's help?"

May told Peter. "He... he just wandered in."

Norman told them both. "I didn't know where else to go. Someone's living in my house. Oscorp doesn't exist. My son..." A beat. "Sometimes I'm not myself. I'm... someone else."

May nodded. "Uh huh."

"And every time he's in control, I can't remember."

May inquired. "Who is that?"

"And now I'm here—"

"Who's "in control?""

"-In this place—"

May asked a little more forcefully. "Norman, who's in control?"

It didn't work. "-In this city, and I don't know—"

"Uh huh."

"-I don't know why, what's going on with me? And I don't—"

May tried to calm him, comfort him. "Okay, okay, okay..."

"It doesn't make sense."

May pulled Peter aside. "He's lost. And I don't mean just in the cosmos, I mean in his mind. Are they all like this?"

"Yeah. Most of them."

"Yeah?!"

"Well, I mean, most of them have their own mental and physical issues. Some are Demons with the base mentality to kill though, and a few are psychopaths."

May gestured to Norman and pointed. "Well, he needs help, and maybe they all do, except the violent Demons and psychopaths."

"Wait, you don't mean-? No May, this isn't my problem."

May was stunned. "Peter. Not your problem?" May locked eyes with Peter - was he being honest with her and himself?

"Hmm?"

Peter tried to argue. "May, their chance of getting help is way better back where they came from. Sending them home, that's the best thing that we can do for them."

May knew that wasn't the truth. "For them? Or for yourself?"

Her words hit Peter hard. She was guiding him, but leaving the choice open. He hesitated.

"Look around you. This is what we do. We help people. Not just good people, but lost ones too. I'm not saying help any psychotic serial killers, but those who do need help? We do help them."

Taking a deep breath, Peter said again. "This is what's best. For them. Trust me."

May was not entirely sold by that.

May parked the F.E.A.S.T. truck outside the Sanctum Sanctorum. Peter and Norman exited as the latter turned to May. "Thanks, May! Hope to see you again."

"Hey..." Peter turned back to his aunt. "He trusts you. So do I."

A beat as Peter took that in, then said. "Thanks for the help with this situation, Aunt May."

She nodded as he added. "I'll see you later!"

Peter walked Norman over to the rest of the group who were all there. They turned on seeing him enter with Norman.

He awkwardly made introductions. "Um, guys, this is uh... Mr. Osborn."

Norman corrected him. "It's Doctor."

Matt recognized his voice as Angel and Faith recognized his face. "Mephisto?"

"What? Who's Mephisto?" Norman was confused and Matt could tell from his heartbeat it was genuine.

"It's not Mephisto, guys, just looks and sounds like him", Matt raised a hand, making Angel and Faith exchange a weird look, then shrug.

"How many more doppelgangers will we get?" William wondered.

"No idea", Liam shrugged.

Peter completed the introductions. "Doctor Osborn, these are my friends. So many of them so can't tell all names, and some doppelgangers of my friends too. And are there 2 Faiths now?"

"Yes, and its fun being in the middle of so many people", Faith-2 said cheerfully, confusing Peter too now.

Norman's attention is then drawn to the imprisoned villains below. "Is that a living plant?"

"Demon, buddy", Vamp Xander told him.

"Demons are real?" A nod. "Fascinating."

That was when Giles, Oz, Jack, Wanda, Cordelia, Fred and Gunn arrived via an ongoing portal that had been established for better communication.

"Whaaaaaa?" Cordelia said first, seeing all of these new doppelgangers here and there. "What is…..?"

She then noticed nerd Cordy. "You are….you're me?"

"Oh my God! My doppelganger!" Nerd Cordy walked to Cordelia, walking around and looking her up and down. "Huh? Similar yet different, so fascinating. The Multiverse is really a door to endless possibilities."

"Oh my God, I'm…" Cordelia gestured to Willow and Fred. "…you!"

"Cordy, calm down, it's not-"

Cordelia then grabbed herself by her hair and freaked out. "I'm in a nightmare, oh, God, I wanna wake up right now, please, I wanna wake up…"

"Did I say something wrong?" Nerd Cordy wondered.

"No, nothing wrong, I'm Fred", Fred held out her hand which nerd Cordy shook.

"Bloody hell, we have too many doppelgangers here", Giles noted, then saw Ripper, recognizing his younger self. "Oh my…you're…."

"Yeah, G-Man, its you", Faith confirmed to him.

"Huh? I look quite handsome in old age too, that is good to know", Ripper commented.

"So you're me", Giles finally processed it.

"Yes, Rupert Giles but you can call me Ripper. Warlock and computer expert."

"Computer expert?"

"Yes."

"You're a disgrace."

"Hey!" Ripper raised his finger, pointing it at Giles. "At least I did not join the Council of sods like you did!"

"It is not a Council of sods!" William spoke up, making Giles turn to him.

"Spike?"

"No, William, proud Watcher."

"Good Lord", Giles noticed sexy Tara and immediately turned away, cleaning his glasses. "Wake me up when the Universe is back to normal."

"Join the club", Cordelia commented, walking to Angel and noticing Liam. "So you're his-"

"Yeah", Liam raised a fireball in his hand. "I can do that."

"Right", she turned to Angel.

Angel started. "Hey, you know how we never really had that awkward conversation about our exes?"

"Yes." Cordy said with confusion.

"Well, funny thing, actually-"

He was cut off when Cordelia saw Darla.

"She is an alternate one with a soul."

"Good God, how many do we have here?" Cordelia wondered, then looked Darla up and down. "Hi."

"Hi."

The weirdness in the air was clear.

"As for doppelgangers, no idea, lost count", Spike shrugged.

"You know, at this point even I'm getting a headache", Matt-2 said to Elektra.

"Who isn't?" She wondered.

"You are useless for joining the Council", Ripper said to Giles.

"And you are a reckless and arrogant person", Giles countered, noting his getup.

"At least I'm going down a cooler path."

"In your dreams, young man."

"Old fart."

Frank-2 asked Frank. "Is it always a soap opera on this Earth?"

Frank sighed regretfully, "It is with this crowd."

Willow then noticed the new addition. "Oz?"

"Hey Willow", Oz walked to her and greeted her with a hug, then turned to Tara. "Sorry about last time and congrats."

"No problem and thank you", Tara smiled as she and Oz shook hands.

Jack walked next to Oz and said. "I'm Jack Russel, also a werewolf."

They shook hands with him as Oz hugged Buffy next. "Good to see you, Oz."

"You too", Oz then shook hands and shared a nod with Angel. He noticed Vamp Willow. "So you're here too."

"Yeah, I remember you", Vamp Willow muttered.

"Fortunate she is here", Sexy Tara said, exchanging a sultry look with Vamp Willow.

"Weird", Oz muttered.

"So we got nerd me and skank Tara!" Cordelia listed on her fingers, getting some gasps.

"And another Cap", Wanda noticed Johnny Storm.

"Hi, I'm Johnny Storm, flame on", Johnny turned into flames before coming back to normal, shocking them again.

"Yeah, he does that a lot", Tony added with a wince.

"I'm also Tony Stark", Tony-2 waved, shocking the others once more.

"And I'm Bruce Banner", Bruce-2 introduced himself.

"Peter Maximoff", Maximoff then gave his own introduction, shocking Wanda.

"Maximoff?"

"Yes, why?"

"I'm Wanda Maximoff. My brother was Pietro Maximoff."

"Oh", Maximoff got the past tense, walking to her. "I'm sorry to hear that."

Wanda nodded as he told her. "I've two sisters. One is Wanda, the other is Lorna."

"Right", Wanda's eyes had healed but reawaken pain, which both Maximoff and Oz noticed a bit.

Norman during that time looked around, then spotted Doc Ock in his cell. "Octavius?"

Ock was amazed. "...Osborn?"

Norman noticed the tentacles. "What... what happened to you?"

Ock turned the question back around. "What happened to- You're the walking corpse!"

Norman was confused. "What do you mean?"

Ock revealed. "You died, Norman. Years ago."

Peter looked up, having overheard as the rest exchanged looks too.

Norman was in disbelief. "You're insane."

Vamp Willow spoke up. "That's the norm here."

Max commented. "God, I love it here."

Peter inquired to Doc Ock. "What are you talking about? He's standing right there. He's not—"

"Dead", Flint now spoke as all turned to him. "They both died. Fighting Spider-Man."

Norman looked to Peter. "Is this true?" But Peter was just as shocked as him. And so were the rest.

Flint carried on. "It was all over the news. Green Goblin? Impaled by the glider you flew around on."

"That's ironic", Tony-2 said with folded arms, wondering why Peter had brought the guy like that, perhaps because he seemed lost and confused from 2 personalities.

"So he's the glider guy", Maximoff now realized.

As the news sank in for Norman, Sandman turned to Doc Ock. "And a couple years later, you, Doc Ock, drowned in the river with your machine."

Ock was in disbelief as well. "That's nonsense! Spider-Man was trying to stop my fusion reactor. So I stopped him! I had him by the throat and then I..." He was struggling to remember. "And then I was here."

"All of them got transported before they died, like me", Elektra now came to a realization.

"So their fates changed from that", Liam noted.

Max then scoffed. "Oh please, let me tell you something. I was whooping Spider-Man's ass - he'll tell you. And then he caused an overload, I was stuck in the grid, absorbing data, I was about to turn into pure energy and then- And then, uh- And then-" He came to a realization too. "Oh, shit. I was about to die."

Connors asked. "Max, do you know - do I die?"

Peter looked at him. "Dr. Connors?"

"You Peter?"

"Yes", Peter had a lump in his throat, missing his own as Dawn held his hand in comfort.

All seemed alarmed by what they were hearing.

"We can't send them back yet", Peter finally said, the fates of these people as well as May's words coming back to him.

"What do you mean 'not yet'?" Tony inquired.

"Think I got it", Angel realized.

"Some of these guys are gonna die", Peter immediately said.

Giles tried to placate him. "But Peter, it is their fate."

"Come on Giles, have a heart", Peter begged him.

"Would saving them truly mean anything?" Giles asked.

"Who says it wouldn't?" Faith walked next to Peter to support him. "Sometimes a chance means a whole dimension of difference."

"They're all bad guys", Frank tried to argue. "They'll kill again."

"But Frank", Matt now realized they were getting into another argument. "Human life has sanctity. Not all deserve to die."

"How do you decide who does and who doesn't?" Frank-2 inquired.

"Look, some of them are just sick", Angel held up his hands. "The psychos who get off on murdering, yes they don't deserve help."

"But the others do", Cordelia nodded in agreement.

Buffy was wondering about this whole thing and said. "Maybe some of them can be helped. Like Curt."

"Thank you Buffy", Dawn smiled at her and walked next to Peter. "Come on, this is an apocalypse affecting the Multiverse. We need to save as many as we can."

"I think leaving them to die is as bad as killing them ourselves", Tara finally said as they turned to her. "Maybe we should try to help."

"I'm with Tara", Willow added.

"To those who do get their chance, it could be a great help to their world", Spike pointed out.

"Not him though", Matt-2 pointed at Bullseye. "He killed Elektra. Also, I didn't kill him, just broke his feet."

"Yes, Bullseye is a psychopath. He killed Father Lantom here", Matt sneered, shocking Matt-2 who realized Lantom was Father Everett to his doppelganger. "He can't be helped."

"Well, he's not dying either so", Bruce shrugged.

"I'll kill you all with anything I get my hands on. Bullseye", he quipped with a smirk.

"He's worse than the one who tried to kill me", Cordelia commented.

"What about those two?" Fred pointed at the Russian and Russoti.

The Russian screamed as Russoti again ranted. "I'LL KILL YOU ON GETTING OUT FRANK!"

"Never mind", Fred sighed.

"They stay", Frank-3 said firmly. "They're just scumbags wanting to kill and hurt good people. They deserve to die."

"That picture?" Maximoff gestured to Absorbing Man.

"No, he tried to kill me when I was a baby and put my girlfriend in danger, all before he transformed", Bruce-2 said firmly, then walked to the cell. "I'll make sure you're depowered, dad. But then you're going to stay in prison. For life."

Absorbing Man just glared as Bruce-2 walked off.

"And that thing's just a violent Demon", Vamp Xander pointed at the Edera Demon.

"What about him?" Giles gestured to Rack.

"Screw you!" Rack screamed.

"He's just an arse, besides, annoying him is fun, I'm not going to kill him", Ripper said with a shrug as Giles rolled his eyes.

"You are very careless and reckless, it will get you killed", Giles told him.

"Still better than being an old fart", Ripper shrugged.

Giles snarled. "You-"

Buffy stepped between them. "Okay, let's not get violent again like I did before, granted it was from a locust but it was violence."

"Yes, violence gives really bad vibes, especially when its between us good people", Faith-2 agreed, then said. "We must help these people. I will. I am the Helper."

"What the…?" Cordelia trailed off.

"My thoughts exactly", Faith added.

"While I find this all to be a waste of time", Liam sat down and pointed at Vamp Willow. "Think you can let her out. My chip prevents her from hurting humans."

"Besides, I have better things in mind", Vamp Willow smirked as she looked at sexy Tara, making all groan again. "Though I'd die on returning too."

"I've a plan for that", sexy Tara told her, smiling back.

"But", Tony said again as they looked to him. "We have bigger problems to worry about, like Apocalypse and his Horsemen, they're still out there and can attack anytime. This curing thing-"

"How many times have you helped the little guy?" Peter asked.

A beat. No response.

Matt walked next to Peter. "You're Avengers. You're good people, yes, you protect the world, but none of you try to come down to see how its like here."

"Yeah, none of you have really helped the little guy", Peter nodded.

Steve tried to retort but failed, realizing something.

Bruce was in thought as Tony started. "Look-"

"Tony, they're right", Steve said, making Tony turn to him incredulously.

"What do you mean, Cap? We got Apoc-"

"In trying to fight the bigger threats, we lose sight of the little guy", Steve sighed, sounding ashamed of himself. "Being a hero is about more than just beating the bad guy. Redemption. Help. All of it plays a part. If we give a second chance to people who do deserve it, perhaps it's the greatest thing in the world. An act of kindness, it has more power than anyone gives it credit for."

Now they were all silent, absorbing Steve's words, looking at him in awe and reverence, Fred smiling at him. Even the villains weren't saying anything now.

Tony finally broke the silence, looking at Peter. "Use the Tower. You got it all."

"Thank you", Peter said gratefully as Tony nodded back.

Logan pointed at X-24. "What about him?"

"No", Old Man Logan immediately shook his head. "He killed Charles and that innocent family."

"Didn't you say he was a created clone though?" Tony-2 asked out of curiosity.

"Yeah", Old Man Logan nodded, then coughed.

"That means he never had any free will", Bruce pointed out. "He never had a chance to be anything else, other than what they made him."

Old Man Logan was in thought now, realizing he'd never considered it that way. Laura too had been made by experiments, but she and the children had a chance due to the caring nurses.

X-24, he never did.

But he had killed Charles and the Munsons!

Then again, would he have done that if he had a chance before to be something other than a soulless killing machine?

Charles would have wanted to help him if he could. Laura got a chance to be something else.

Perhaps X-24 deserved it too.

"Fine", Old Man Logan gave in. "Help him, though if he goes out of line, he dies."

"Way ahead of you", Logan smirked.

"Maybe we can try some magic on him", Willow spoke up. "It can help."

That moment, some minor light flowed out of Willow, Tara and even Dawn, as their eyes widened in realization.

"Guys, what's going on?" Buffy asked.

Tara immediately picked up one of the extra Sling rings at the place, putting it on. "Apocalypse's spell is working."

"Yes, the Wiccan power is gone", Willow added, horrifying everyone. "Still have some Eldritch though."

"In that case, we got to work fast", Steve said firmly.

Ock finally said to Peter. "You could have just left us to die. Why didn't you?"

Dawn responded. "'Cause that's not who he is."

Peter reacted to these words, taking in the villains in their cells. Norman, Ock, Flint, Curt, Max and X-24 were the ones they'd help, as they had problems.

The rest were just remorseless psychopaths or Demons with innate violence, and they couldn't be changed.

"I think I can help you guys. If I can fix what happened to you, then when you go back, things will be different, and you might not die fighting Spider-Man or whatever else."

Max then asked. "What do you mean "fix" us?"

"Look, our technology is advanced, and I'm—"

Norman then said with a smile on his face. "I can help you. You know, I'm something of a scientist myself." They reacted to this sentence as Norman turned to Ock. "Octavius knows what I can do."

Ock wasn't in the mood though. ""Fix?" You mean like a dog? I refuse."

Peter raised his hands. "I can't promise you guys anything. But at least this way you actually get to go home and have a chance... a second chance. I mean, come on. Isn't that worth trying?"

Curt spoke from experience. "Trust me, Peter. When you try to fix people there are always consequences."

Peter said. "I know, your doppelganger learnt it the hard way. But guess what? He became a hero. Maybe you can be too."

Curt shrugged as Peter added. "But if you stay here... you're gonna have to deal with a Wizard who won't be as kind as us."

Curt noted. "Ah, so we go along or die. Not much of a choice, is it?"

Flint told them. "I just want to go home."

Max shrugged. "Well, I myself don't want to be killed, especially by a guy who is a Wizard, so... what's your plan?"

Peter lied. "I have it all under control." He then asked all of the villains. "So, uh... who's coming with us?"

As Norman considered this, then Doc Ock, Max responded to his question. "Well, I'm in. But... if this goes sideways, I'mma fry you from the inside out."

"Someone will have to stay to guard those who are still here though", Faith pointed out.

"We're going with you to keep an eye on those who're out", Frank said, exchanging approving looks with his 2 doppelgangers.

"Good, you three are quite boring", Lothos scoffed but they didn't care.

"I'll stay", Giles volunteered. "I will keep an eye on them."

"Thank you, Giles. Be careful", Buffy smiled at him, the two sharing a hug.

"I will. You too, my dear."

And with that, it was decided.

Then Stick appeared in the middle of the room. "Hey there, assho-" he stopped on seeing all of them, the doppelgangers, the different looking people in similar outfits, Watcher William (even dead, he could smell one of those blind, bookworm, cocksuckers he hated so much), then finally he saw cheery Faith-2, who waved at him.

"Hiya!"

Stick froze, then announced. "Nope, fuck this!" He disappeared.

"Who the hell was that?" Frank-3 asked.

Matt said lamely. "That was Stick."

"Wait, that's your mentor?" Matt-2 asked and got a nod from Matt. "Didn't expect THAT!"

"Yeah, makes some people I met look nice in comparison", Elektra added.

"Why did he leave so fast?" Faith-2 asked.

Faith muttered. "I can think of a reason."

Angel answered Faith-2 though, "Well, the guy does tend to be a bit dramatic."

Stick reappeared right next to him, spooking Angel and those around him jumped back. "Oh and you're one to talk." He disappeared again.

Spike laughed. "Ol' Casper has you cracked, drama queen." He continued laughing, until he was punched on the nose by an invisible fist.

Stick was back. "That never gets old." He said with smile, then turned to William. "You're worse." Then he was gone.

All looked stunned as Oz muttered. "Huh?

Matt told them, "This happens more often than you think."

A while later, all of them arrived at Avengers Tower as Wesley, Lorne, Xander Anya and the rest took them in.

"Am I seeing double?" Xander asked.

"How did we get this many?" Wesley wondered.

"Wow, I'm getting so many different vibes, its something!" Lorne commented.

"So, are all of us going to stay here?" Anya inquired.

"Hey guys", Peter waved at them. "We're gonna do some work here."

Apocalypse sat on his throne, having sensed all that was going on. His spell was working bit by bit, and the heroes were just as stupid as he'd expected.

Well, his 3 wild cards were going to make sure that the heroes would regret this course of action.

Man, this was quite long too. So Oz returns while Jack Russel (played by Landon Liboiron) makes his debut. Some more doppelganger reactions, and David Banner is up, while the curing plotline begins.

I love the Avengers but they haven't done much to help the little guy the way Spider-Man, Daredevil, the Defenders or Team Angel do. Scoobies too are more about fighting the supernatural than helping the little guy.

Anyways, the five Spider-Man villains and X-24 deserve help here. The five Spidey villains had their minds messed up from the stuff that happened to them. Undo it and they'd be fine.

X-24 is a created clone with no free will of his own, he basically never had a chance. So they're gonna try to give him one.

Vamp Willow got a chip in her head so she can't harm anyone now, plus she just wants to make out with sexy Tara, LOL!

The Edera Demon is just a violent Demon from what I know, while alternate Rack is just an asshole.

Lothos, Bullseye, Absorbing Man, Russian and Russoti, do I even need to start?

Strange and Wong are still busy trying to hold back Apocalypse's spell and fix the cracks so they're away, and that prevents the Peter vs. Strange fight too, because Strange isn't even there.

Plus, while NWH was amazing, the Peter vs. Strange was one of the very few issues I had. Not the visuals or the fight itself, those were amazing, just Strange losing to Peter.

Anyway, hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.