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Chapter 15- The big one
"Peter?" Gwen Stacy cried out as the clock mechanism broke, throwing Harry Osborn away into a corner, the pieces of the mechanism falling into him.
Gwen was falling with pieces of the clock mechanism falling down alongside her.
Peter-3 looked down and leapt after her to save her.
He'd do it! He was Spider-Man, he always saved everyone, right?
A web shot out of his web-shooter, looking like a hand reaching out. Gwen closed her eyes in that moment, knowing what was going to happen.
The webbing grabbed Gwen as Peter held on, but the sudden stop in the fall sent a crack through her body, breaking her neck as her head hit the ground. Pieces of the clock mechanism fell around her.
The clock now said- 1:21.
Peter-3 secured the webbing and leapt down, standing next to her limp body. He took off his mask, looking at her, not knowing his fatal mistake yet.
He held Gwen in his arms, bridal style, the webbing leaving her, and went down on his knees, trying to wake her up. "Hey. Hey. Gwen?" No response. "Hey. Hey! Gwen?" Still no response.
Peter-3 stroked her face lovingly. "Hey. Breathe. Hey, Gwen. Hey. Hey. You're okay." Why wasn't she opening her eyes?
Peter-3's hand shook as he stroked her hair, a lump entering his throat. "Gwen?" He was almost sobbing now. "Stay with me, stay with me. Stay with me, stay with me. You stay with me."
And then some blood trickled down her nose, as Peter-3 saw it, his eyes widening. "Gwen. Gwen!"
It hit him at last. But it couldn't be!
"No, please, please", Peter-3 was sobbing now as he held Gwen's dead body in his arms. "Please"
His face buried in her neck as tears rolled down his cheeks.
"I can't do this without you."
'Leave Gwen out of it.'
'You don't give people hope. You take it away.'
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Peter-3 leapt into action, jumping after the plummeting Dawn as he pushed falling debris out of the way.
Don't fire a web, he commanded in his head, don't make the same mistake again.
'I lost…I lost Gwen.'
Peter wouldn't lose Dawn! He had vowed before, he wouldn't let the terrible fate that befell him and Gwen befall Peter and Dawn.
'My, um... she was my Dawn.'
He would protect them both, he'd vowed it.
Don't fire a web! Don't let this girl fall, not this time!
And he did it! He caught Dawn just in time, and flipping in the air, fired a web up above to steady both, holding Dawn tightly.
Peter-3 landed on the ground, holding Dawn bridal style as pieces of the building fell around them.
Dawn gasped for air, adrenaline surging through her.
'I couldn't save her.'
He had saved her now.
"Are you okay?" Peter-3 asked Dawn in concern and relief.
"Yeah, I'm okay", Dawn nodded, relieved that she was alive, and then she noticed Peter-3's face, he was holding back tears.
'I'm never gonna be able to forgive myself for that.'
He could now, right? Would she?
"Are you okay?" Dawn then asked, concerned about him due to seeing the pain on his face.
Overwhelmed with emotion, Peter-3 nodded, managing a bittersweet smile on his tear-stained face. Now he was okay.
'I just don't want you to end up like... like me.'
Now he wouldn't, Dawn was safe, she and Peter still had each other. He'd faced his worst demon, and prevailed over it.
Maybe he did give hope now.
Tara turned to see Dawn in Peter-3's arms, and sensed the emotions from him due to how strongly he was feeling.
While relieved, a tear rolled down her cheek due to feeling what Peter-3 felt.
Max gasped as one of Absorbing Man's blasts came at him but Otto grasped him with a tentacle, gently moving him out of harm's way.
Back at New York, Captain Hydra swept Natasha's feet from under her, only to be kicked away by Bucky. Before Bucky could strike again, Captain Hydra leapt into the air and kicked him on the face, making him stagger back.
He tried to strike again but Natasha threw two taser disks and they paralyzed him for two seconds. Bucky smashed his Vibranium fist into his face, making him stagger back. He recovered and kicked Bucky on the stomach, making him kneel.
Natasha leapt at him and struck him with her batons. Before she could strike again, he blocked with his shield. Bucky leapt into the air and kicked him away before punching him. Before he could recover, Sam flew down, punching him from behind.
Captain Hydra twirled his shield, Sam flying and flipping to avoid as Bucky was hit but used his arm to block. He then grabbed the shield, struggling with Captain Hydra before Natasha leapt and kicked his face, sending him back.
Captain Hydra smashed her back, then flipped, kicking Sam away while throwing his shield at Bucky who was sent flying off. As he staggered up with the shield, Captain Hydra grabbed him, sneering. "How dare you make me do this?" Natasha fired another taser from behind but Captain Hydra caught it and struck Bucky's Vibranium arm, making him convulse as Captain Hydra threw him off.
Sam then flew down but Captain Hydra struck him with the shield, sending him down, but Sam flew off when he flipped to kick him, and fired a grapple at the shield, making Captain Hydra fall down.
Sam flew at the shield to take it but Captain Hydra threw him down and with a roar, ripped off his wings, then raised the shield to bring down on him but Natasha kicked him away.
As he stood up, she decked his face while Bucky came back, grabbing his wrist where the shield was strapped. Sam got up too, powering himself and giving himself momentum with the remains of his wings' mechanism, and Natasha joined in too.
The three struggled with him, and-
CRACK!
Captain Hydra let out a scream of pain as his arm broke, Sam now taking the shield from him. He glared hatefully when Johnny flew down, flashing a smirk. "Well, at least I'm better than A Steve!"
With that, he fired a powerful blast of flames that burnt Captain Hydra badly, making him scream in agony, and then Natasha shot him in the head, finally ending his life.
War flew up into the air and fired down a beam which was powerful enough to destroy the whole city and kill everyone in it.
He could just make more cyborgs, these ones were a small price to pay for his master's plan.
"FOR MIDGARD!" Thor declared with a roar as he flew in the way, Odinforce erupting from him, and he used Stormbreaker to block the beam, gritting his teeth.
War tried to increase the power of it, but Thor wouldn't give in, absorbing the beam into his powerful battle-ax, as War gave in first, running out of it.
Thor's ax was now empowered by War's beam, and he hurled that back at him, the energy exploding on War as he was sent flying off and crashing to the ground, making a crater while he groaned.
Thor landed as War got back up, ready to battle again. "I will destroy you for my master, Odinson."
"Horseman of War, I'd have words with thee!" Thor roared. War fired at him but he deflected before firing lightning mixed with Odinforce, damaging War who was sent flying back and crashing again.
"I sense…exponential increase in power", War noted, before firing another beam as Thor fired lightning to counter, with their powers clashing against each other.
Thor roared, his lightning overpowering War's beam, making him fly into the air, as Thor flew and struck him, making him fall again.
He flew towards him but this time War fired his canon in time, sending Thor back.
War flew at Thor, about to hit him, but Thor flew to his side and with a mighty roar, swung. War's arm cannon was chopped off completely.
Before War could react to it, Thor chopped off his head, ending him at last as the rest of him fell down.
Not taking any chances, Thor swung Stormbreaker many more times, chopping War into tiny bits, and then fired lightning from his hand at those bits, destroying War utterly.
Ethan Rayne sliced at Hulk with magic, making him roar and as he tried to punch, Rayne teleported behind him, hitting him with more magic as Hulk staggered forwards.
Ben during that time hit a stone golem. "I thought being angrier made you stronger. Well get angry you green dumb brute!" Ben instantly regretted it when Hulk used him as a club to destroy all other golems. "HULK ALREADY ANGRY!"
Hulk let Ben go, who groaned in pain. "Urrrggghhh!"
"You all can't beat me", Rayne said just as Hulk grabbed him and threw him off. Buffy was about to throw the M? at him when he steadied himself and mentally attacked both again, making them fall to their knees.
Some of his locusts swarmed at them too.
Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics plays
Maximoff ran in, and grasped Buffy, running her to the side of the locusts, and then positioned her hands in a swinging motion, before touching them, imparting some momentum.
Next moment, Buffy had swung the M? and killed the locusts. Before Rayne could react, Maximoff jumped up at him from behind, using his momentum to do so, and decked him, sending him down.
He tried to get up and get a handle on Maximoff, but he was just too fast. One punch, another punch, a third, Rayne was struck from all sides.
Next moment, Hulk picked him up and tossed him away again. Rayne landed and fired a blast of water at Hulk who put his arms in the way to block.
Using the opportunity, Maximoff slightly moved Rayne's foot forwards, and pulled him backwards, before moving off as Rayne fell on his back, his own water covering him, making him gasp.
Hulk used the opportunity to land punch after punch on Rayne's face, making him spit out blood. Hulk wasn't giving him a chance to recover now, keeping up his assault without a moment's break.
Then Ben joined in, beating him up brutally too.
Ethan tried to focus but Hulk was too strong now, and Bruce was pushing him away from the inside too, not letting up one bit. And the combined assault by Hulk and Ben was too much.
By the end of it, Ethan was very weakened, as Hulk picked him up and tossed him to Buffy, the Horseman groaning in pain.
Buffy lifted him up by the collar, glaring in rage, and with a roar of grief and anger, landed punch after punch on him. Now weakened, her punches were also affecting him, constantly sending his face the other way as he spat out blood after each blow.
By the end of it, Rayne's face was a mess, and he couldn't form a single coherent thought, much less try to use the powers of his mind on anyone.
Buffy picked up the M? and raised it over her head. "This is for Giles!"
"You...don't...kill humans!" Ethan rasped out. "I'm still...human."
"Well", Buffy flashed a nasty smirk. "Time to grow up."
Buffy brought the M? down, striking Rayne on the head as he gasped, drawing in a little breath, his last one. Buffy pulled her scythe out, Rayne collapsing to the ground, dead.
A tear rolled down her cheek as she remembered Giles, but Buffy knew now she had avenged him.
She gave Hulk, Ben and Maximoff grateful nods, which all 3 returned.
Storm blocked a blast from Electro with her own lightning powers, while Carol rammed into him from the other side, sending him staggering forwards.
Electro straightened, firing at Tony-2 who twirled around to avoid, then he fired some restrainers which restrained Electro's arms and legs, holding him in place as he struggled.
"Try to get out of tho-"
KABOOM!
Electro had freed himself as Tony-2 groaned. "Never mind."
Tony-2 flew to avoid lightning from Electro, and then saw Whiplash in front of him and Unicorn about to fire from behind.
As Whiplash struck out, Tony-2 flew out of the way and Unicorn was hit on the suit, damaging it, as Tony-2 flew in and punched Whiplash out before blasting Unicorn away.
Tony-2 then clashed beams with Titanium Man as Storm held out her hands, creating a whirlwind around Electro, which transformed into a tornado.
Electro fired at the tornado, struggling against it, but Storm gritted her teeth, not letting up, trying her best to weaken him.
Horseman or not, he needed to breathe, he wasn't Apocalypse who could survive without oxygen around him in the atmosphere.
Electro was roaring, trying to fire everywhere at the tornado, however Storm was only increasing its intensity, making sure it was away from the rest of the army.
Both Storm and Electro roared loudly at the same time, struggling against each other, with Electro pushing back as Storm was thrown back by a bit, but her willpower was strong, and she twisted her hands, increasing the intensity even more.
"RAAAAAAAAAARRGGHHH!"
Electro finally started gasping for breath, grabbing his throat and panting, but not getting any air at all. He tried to fly up but the intensity and power of the tornado wouldn't let him move one bit, he was stuck in midair, slowly losing oxygen and power too, or rather the ability to use his power.
Gasping, he started falling down, Storm noticing the electrical attacks on her tornado were ceasing, so she let up at last, the tornado dissipating within seconds.
Electro plummeted to the ground, groaning in pain as next moment, Hercules lifted up Electro by the throat.
"You shall not destroy and control any longer", Hercules broke his neck with one hand, killing Electro at last.
At the same time, Tony-2 ripped out Titanium Man's reactor, depowering the suit. "Stay down." He threw him down.
T'Challa dodged Killmonger's strikes, then grabbing his arm, elbowed him before Killmonger pushed him to the other side and tried to knee but T'Challa blocked. The two struggled before Killmonger elbowed T'Challa's chin and threw him off but T'Challa punched Killmonger down too at the last moment.
T'Challa blocked a kick but was kicked back, then dodged the next one, clashing against his opponent, and threw a spin kick of his own that sent Killmonger back. He blocked some blows and dodged a kick before tripping Killmonger who flipped back up and tried to kick but T'Challa tossed him down again. As he got up, T'Challa punched him a few times and grabbing his face, threw him down hard.
Storm then fired lightning at him, making him convulse as he let his mask down, screaming in pain, while T'Challa picked up the Vibranium spear. This version of Killmonger was even more fallen than his own, and needed to be stopped.
"Goodbye cousin", T'Challa stabbed Killmonger in the head, killing him instantly, and looked down sadly as Storm flew next to him.
"I'm sorry."
"Thank you."
Adam leapt back to avoid a slice from Morbius before kicking him up into the air where he flew, breathing down toxic blood from his mouth at them.
Adam fired some flames to counter, letting the blood spill upon some soul-eaters. Due to its powerful nature, the soul-eaters were affected, screeching in pain as they flew haywire here and there.
"Fucker's weakening", Blade noted as Adam flew up at Morbius, grabbing his throat.
Morbius trashed and struggled against Adam, who didn't let him go, then head-butted the Living Vampire and Horseman of Death, dazing him a little. Adam hurled him to the ground, making Blade and Whistler move back while Morbius crashed, forming a crater and making some dust fly around.
Morbius got up and was about to attack them but Blaze rammed his bike into Morbius' chest, making him fly back and crash away into a building from the impact.
As some soul-eaters were about to come at them, Blaze swung his chain, burning them up, while Robbie did the same, taking out some more with his own chain.
Morbius flew back in with his claws, only for Adam to ram his claws into Morbius' abdomen, making him gasp and screech in pain once more as Adam lifted him up, tossing him down, before stomping on his chest a few times.
Morbius was weakening bit by bit. He grabbed Adam's foot, managing to barely push him off, then stood up, only to get another punch to the face, followed by an uppercut that sent him flying up into the air.
Before he could fall down, Adam flew up and grabbed Morbius, bringing him down on his knee as Morbius let out a loud scream of pure agony.
With that, Adam tossed Morbius down, the Living Vampire groaning in pain and shrinking to his regular size due to how much the beating by Adam had weakened him.
He staggered up, now in normal size, but taking the opportunity, Blade ran the enchanted sword through Morbius' heart, making him gasp, before Blade pulled the sword.
"That's it."
Morbius collapsed to the ground, coming to his senses in his dying moments at last.
"What have…..what have I done?"
With that, his head tilted to the side. Death had claimed the Horseman of Death now.
At last, the 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse were gone.
Back at Atlantis, Hulk-2 struggled against Absorbing Man, Hulk-3 lying on the ground, wounded.
"DIE, WORTHLESS TRASH!"
Then Hulk appeared, ramming into Absorbing Man and sending him down. He shared a look with the other two, and they knew what to do.
As Absorbing Man staggered up, Hulk-2 did a thunderclap, sending him flying back. As he fell, Hulk raised his fists. "HULK…SMASH!"
He slammed his fists on the ground so hard the impact of it sent the Absorbing Man flying up into the air, and as he plummeted below, Hulk-3 stood and raised the cure, crushing it as it surrounded Absorbing Man in a bright light.
He screamed as the energy from him dissipated everywhere, the monster turning back into a human.
Hulk-2 caught him, looking at his dazed father. "Father….bad! We….good!"
He threw his father to the ground where he lost consciousness.
Blaze-2 was thrown down by Blackheart as Blackout came over him, sneering. Then Blaze-2 screeched and grabbed him by the head while expanding his flames, burning Blackout brutally, as he broke his body.
The burnt and broken Blackout lay dead as Blaze-2 faced Blackheart, who laughed. "He was just a servant. I am still father's son."
Blaze-2 struck with his chain as Blackheart dodged and ran up to him, grabbing him by the throat. "Let's kill you now, since you have nothing new."
"Wrong!" Blaze-2's flames turned blue now, and Blackheart screamed in horror and pain, this being too much for him as the flames singed him badly, the angelic powers overpowering his demonic ones, and he fell to the ground, burning all over before exploding into ash.
X-24 managed to toss Laura away, then Sabretooth kicked Old Man Logan before Logan sliced his abdomen, and then stabbed his throat. Old Man Logan dodged blows from Deathstrike as X-24 stabbed Logan from behind, only for Laura to to stab him from the side too.
Sabretooth struck out at Old Man Logan who blocked with his claws, but was thrown back, only to roll away to dodge his stomp.
Then suddenly, Sabretooth was decapitated from behind by Logan. "Take that, bub."
Logan helped his older counterpart up as Laura was thrown off, and both charged, battling X-24 and Deathstrike. Logan struck X-24 before being kneed while Old Man Logan grabbed Deathstrike's hands before headbutting her away.
Logan blocked X-24's claws with his own, then kneed his gut before head-butting him, and not giving him a chance to recover, sliced him many times here and there, stabbing his throat too.
Laura during that time sliced Deathstrike's knees, allowing Old Man Logan to stab and toss her away.
As she staggered up, Tara lifted Deathstrike telekinetically and then threw her into the water body far off.
X-24 was prepared to fight Logan away when Blaze-2 walked to him, the blue flames still spewing from him. "You...no soul." And then Blaze-2 grabbed X-24 by the head, the blue flames licking his skin.
His animalistic roars increased in volume as light passed from Blaze-2 to him, but the Ghost Rider didn't let up, allowing himself to continue the procedure.
X-24 trashed his head, Ghost Rider still not letting up.
At last, Ghost Rider was done, having healed his mind and body and granted him a conscience, as X-24 gasped, seeing everything clearly for the first time, his bloodlust buried deep inside.
Tara and Blaze-2 stepped backwards as the other 3 looked at him. X-24 fell to the ground, now tears in his eyes as his actions came back to him, and he let out a roar of shame before looking down.
The others watched him sadly, knowing he had a lot of guilt to work through, a lot more to learn. But at least he had a chance now.
Ripper finally managed to get through Rack's defenses, making him fall down, and put a foot on him. "Well, you lose again."
He kicked Rack out while smirking.
Venom-2 decked Venom, whose head tilted to a side, then he glared with a smirk, and decked Venom-2, sending him down. As Venom-2 tried to stagger up, Venom lifted him by the throat. "You're a jerk!" Punch. "You're a loser!" Punch. "You're pathetic!" Punch. "You didn't even date Gwen Stacy that much." Punch. Venom-2 was limp now, as Venom absorbed Venom-2 into him, gaining his power too.
"NOOO!" Eddie-2 screamed in horror. "I want the-"
"Shut up", Venom slammed Eddie-2 to the ground hard, breaking some bones and knocking him out.
Venom then lifted up Amylin by the throat. The Vampire trashed against him, comically begging. "Please, don't eat me. I taste bad! I actually don't taste at all, I am cold meat, bad meal, please don't- NOOOOO!"
Venom gobbled up Amylin's head, throwing his headless corpse off as Lothos watched in terror, only to be decked by Buffy-2.
"I'm going to kill you", he snarled.
"Which one?" Buffy asked, stepping next to her doppelganger as the two shared a smile.
"Both", he swung his sword, the two ducking away to avoid, as Buffy struck but he blocked, and he blocked a strike from Buffy-2 as well. He then backed while blocking a swing from Buffy-2, only for Buffy to slice his knee, making he groan as he staggered back.
He roared and charged Buffy who blocked his swing, as Buffy-2 took the opportunity to slice his shoulder, the Vampire groaning and staggering away again. The two then clashed blades before he blocked both of their swings, pushing Buffy-2 back by a bit as well. Buffy was about to strike but he blocked in time and forced her back with swings of his own.
Both of the Buffys swung together at that point, forcing Lothos back who blocked their swings, striking Buffy-2's sword when Buffy sliced his side and he grunted in pain from that.
He blocked the next swing from her as well as Buffy-2, then clashed with both before swinging his sword wildly, forcing both of them back to avoid his strikes.
Lothos struck forwards, clashing against Buffy-2 who blocked his swings again as Buffy then charged him, clashing and forcing him back once more.
At that point, both clashed against Lothos, and then Buffy was behind Lothos, kicking him forwards.
Buffy-2 was about to take his head but he ducked in time and threw himself down to avoid, rolling away before standing back up.
Only, that was it. Buffy stabbed him with a stake through back as Buffy-2 stabbed him through the front, both stakes hitting his heart simultaneously.
Lothos gasped, staggering around a bit, and then fell down, dead!
Illyria dodged a strike from Morzon, then telekinetically made a boulder slam into him from behind, shattering it as Morzon was dazed momentarily. She then punched him hard, throwing him off.
He staggered up and charged Illyria who then used her power to freeze time, walking to him. However, Morzon was a powerful Hell-God and an aura burst from him, breaking her time freeze as Illyria was thrown off her feet to the ground as well.
Morzon moved to strike her face but Illyria blocked at the last moment and sent him flying up. She then telekinetically held him up in the air, trying to hold him, only for him to roar as an aura of energy burst out, breaking Illyria's hold and sending her flying off and falling down.
She groaned as he approached her, only for Blade to call out to her. "Blue meanie!" Illyria turned to see him tossing his enchanted sword at her. Using the opportunity, Illyria froze time once more, then getting up, grabbed the sword.
Illyria then charged Morzon who roared, his aura burst breaking the time freeze, but she managed to stab him through the chest in time as he gasped in pain, feeling greatly weakened, and using the opportunity, Illyria opened a portal to Morzon's home dimension, pulling out her sword and kicking him into it as the portal closed.
Blade walked next to her as she handed the sword back to him. "Thank you...Blade."
The Dhampir had been told she loved calling them half-breeds, so this was an improvement. "You're welcome...Illyria."
Illyria then looked at the Edera Demon and opened a portal to its home. "Go home!"
It nodded and walked off to its place as Illyria closed the portal.
Peter-2 pulled Anya back, saving her, and used webbing to save Connors, Otto and Dillon too, while nerd Cordy held onto him.
Peter was struggling with Green Goblin, hanging off his glider, and then he pulled out a pumpkin bomb, shoving it into the glider's mechanics.
BEEP-BEEP-BOOM!
"AGH!"
The two of them tumbled, crash-landing across another building, onto its rooftop.
"Dawnie! Dawnie! Hey!" Tara ran to Dawn, hugging her as they walked to higher ground.
"DAWN?!" Peter cried out as he staggered up.
"Peter! Hey!" Dawn called out to him.
Peter asked her. "Are you all okay?"
Dawn assured him. "We're okay."
He sighed in relief. Meanwhile, Green Goblin jolted upright at the other end of the roof.
Peter turned to face him in a crouch, eyes narrowing, seeing red.
Green Goblin rose, ripping off his goggles. "Poor, Peter. Too weak to send me home to die."
Peter responded to the taunt. "No. I just want to kill you myself."
"Attaboy!"
Enraged, Peter rushed at Green Goblin and they clashed! Peter got on his other side and webbed his foot.
Peter then punched Goblin down and leapt up to punch him again but Goblin freed himself, rolling away to avoid in time.
SNICK!
Goblin released his arm blades, whistling. He swung as Peter flipped on his other side to avoid, then dodged again before decking his arm, and dodged once more by leaning back.
Goblin punched once before Peter punched him twice and webbing him, got on his other side, punching him again.
Green Goblin swung the blade, nicking his shoulder as Peter roared, punching him harder and sending him back, freeing him from the web.
Goblin swung once more as Peter avoided and brutally beat him down, webbing his face to pull it down on his knee, hitting his face once more.
He then webbed Norman again and flipping behind him, picked him up and threw him down once more.
After that, Peter picked up Norman by the back of the collar and unleashed brutal punch after brutal punch on his face.
Peter-2 and Peter-3 ran forward to see Peter battering Goblin until who was down on his knees. Goblin had collapsed to the ground, spent.
A quick look between the other two Peters. We have to do something.
Peter lay into Goblin, who was taking punch after punch after punch, lying on the ground. Peter looked at him with murderous intent.
Tara and Dawn looked on with concern as Peter grabbed Goblin's glider, crashed at the base of the roof.
He drifted towards Goblin, murder in his eyes, lifting the glider over his head, about to bring the gleaming blades down on Goblin when—
Before Tara or Dawn could say or do a thing, Peter-2 jumped between them, stopping Peter as he grabbed the glider!
Peter screamed, unrelenting as Peter-2 went down on a knee, a pleading look on his face. Don't do this.
'Don't tell Harry.'
'You killed my father.'
Peter-2 wasn't going to fail the Osborn family again, he had his second chance, he wouldn't waste it.
Slowly, gradually, Peter relaxed. A wordless understanding passed between the two Peter Parkers.
As Peter set the glider down-
"WATCH OUT!" Tara cried out.
SHUNK!
Peter-2's face fell, Goblin had stabbed him in the back! Peter-2 collapsed.
Peter-3 rushed forward with the Goblin cure, spotting the standoff on the rooftop.
Goblin staggered upright, eager for more, taunting Peter. "She was there because of you." Peter faced him, eyes narrowing. "I may have struck the blow. But you..." Goblin laughed. "You are the one that killed her."
As Green Goblin cackled with glee, Peter-3 threw the Goblin cure!
Peter turned, grabbing it- SHUNK!
He stabbed Goblin in the neck!
Goblin staggered, shocked. In pain.
CLICK!
Peter injected Goblin with the anti-serum.
On the ground, Peter-2 smiled in relief that Peter had made the right choice, and now he too had redeemed himself of his failures with the Osborn family.
Both the Peters had saved this Peter. Peter-2 had stopped him from becoming a murderer, and Peter-3 had saved Dawn, preventing him from going down a darker path.
Peter-3 sighed with relief. Goblin fell back on his haunches, then... A look of recognition.
Norman Osborn was back. Peter had his revenge since by curing Norman, he had 'killed' the Goblin persona permanently.
"...Peter?" Norman saw Peter-2 on the ground, shocked to see him. He was remembering everything. May!
"What have I done?"
Peter-3 rushed to Peter-2's aid. The latter realized the former tossed the cure. "It was you."
Peter-3 asked. "You okay?"
Peter-2 nodded, reassuring him. "Uh, yeah, I'm good. I've been stabbed before."
"Oh, good. Good, good, good..."
Peter joined them, seeing the stab wound. "Oh, man."
Peter-3 complimented Peter. "Hey, nice catch."
Peter complimented him back. "Nice throw."
The three Peters shared a moment as Tara managed to hover onto their rooftop, Dawn holding onto her.
She kneeled near Peter-2. "Thank you." He nodded. She turned to Peter-3. "Thank you." He nodded as well, with Tara using her magic to heal Peter-2.
Blaze stopped near the Franks, taking normal face as Frank-2 realized who he was. "Blaze."
"Frank Castle", Blaze turned to him, nodding in acknowledgement, as Blaze-2 appeared, both staring at each other.
"So you're him too, huh?" Blaze noted, Blaze-2 nodding.
"Yeah, got the power on my Earth, and now use it for good", Blaze-2 showed his Ghost Rider face with blue flames as Blaze took his own Ghost Rider face too, both staring each other down.
"You...justice", Blaze said to Blaze-2.
"You...vengeance", Blaze-2 replied as both came to normal, and then Robbie walked past them, taking his own Ghost Rider face too.
Blaze-2 was confused. "How is he-"
"We get our power from him, and he gets his power from me", Blaze explained, then sped off.
"That was weird", Frank-3 muttered.
Angel, Spike and Stick were now back in Camelot, having been sent by Strange.
Suddenly, they were surrounded by a group of Vampires, led by-
"Robin?" Spike asked in shock. In front of him was Robin Wood, only, this one was a Vampire.
"Spike", Vamp Robin snarled at him. "You killed my mother, then when I found you...you turned me."
"Apologized to your doppelganger, not gonna apologize to you", Spike smirked.
"Yeah, he's just another bloodsucker", Stick nodded.
Spike pointed at Vamp Robin. "That one's mine."
"Come and get me", Vamp Robin ran off.
"If you don't kill him", Angel looked at Spike. "I will."
"Like I said", he's mine", Spike and Angel shared one more look. "This won't take long."
He rushed after Vamp Robin as the other Vamps were ready to fight Angel.
"Want me to tag in, Mr. Brood?" Stick asked Angel sarcastically, but Angel shook his head.
"Gentlemen", Angel adjusted his trench coat and swayed it while looking around at them with a calm smirk. "Shall we?" He raised his hands to either side. All of them charged him together with roars.
Spike was looking for Robin when he turned around to be kicked on the face by him. He tried to strike but Robin ducked and decked his abdomen, then blocked a punch and punched Spike back. Robin then leapt and punched Spike back again.
Spike gasped, then straightened himself. "Not bad." Robin smirked. "But you're gonna have to do better than that." Robin punched but Spike dodged by backing, then grabbed Robin in a hold and tossed him away.
Spike paced around the staggering Robin. "How pathetic you are in every world, Robin! Your mum didn't care enough to stay for you!" Robin got up. "And you're a Vampire now, and I'm not even the same Spike! Why keep this up?"
"I am her son", Robin glared. "I'll finish her work! I'm not a monster, Spike! I'm not you!" Spike glared back in anger, astounded by Robin's hypocrisy, considering this version literally worked for Apocalypse to have revenge against a different Spike.
Angel sent one Vamp flying with a punch, then smacked another and sent another back with a backwards kick. Two attacked him from stakes with either side, one having it pointed outwards and the other one's raised. Angel grabbed the hands of the one whose stake was pointed outwards and spinning, made him stake the other one, dusting him.
He then elbowed the other one back and dusted him too before using the stake to smack another Vamp down. One more charged him but Angel smacked his face with the stake, then his chest, and then dust him.
"Flank him! Take him down NOW!" One Vamp yelled. They charged with roars as Angel slammed one's head to the wall, tossing him down, then kicked another away before grabbing the club of one who was trying to hit him, and spinning him around, tore off his throat then used his club to bash a Vamp leaping at him in midair.
He then spun and used the club to bash the one whose throat he'd ripped out. As he tried to attack, Angel blocked and dusted him.
Spike had Robin on the ground, and punched him repeatedly. "You blame everyone but yourself. I killed her, that's on me." Spike stood up. "But you ruin your life with this vengeance streak, look where it got you."
Robin got up too. "Its all worth it!"
He tried to punch but Spike grabbed his arm and pinned him to the ground. "You can blame me for the death of your mother for the rest of your life." Spike picked Robin up, knowing the 'rest of your life' wasn't that long either. "I'm done blaming myself for mine."
And then a stake entered Robin's heart as he was dusted right in the next moment.
Almost all Vamps were dead, and the 2 remaining ones had broken bones. Angel paced around calmly. "Are we done?"
Stick then went into one Vamp, making it stake the other, then dust itself as Stick dusted his hands. "Now we're all done finally."
Spike returned too. "Let's go."
As they moved forwards, 2 figures appeared in the way, horrifying them.
One was another Angel, who had Vamp face on, permanently it seemed.
The other was Spike, but his appearance was hideous, features somewhat resembling that of a Turok-Han. He had white pale skin, a bald head with pointed ears and yellowish, talon-like nails. His face had the basic vampire brow ridge, wrinkles and fangs, except with red eyes instead of yellow ones; and a snub, bat-like nose.
"What the….?" Angel trailed off.
"Blimey…" Spike muttered, taking in his doppelganger's appearance.
"Their mug looks even uglier", Stick said.
"We'll handle them, go", Angel told Stick who nodded and disappeared.
"Hello, naïve Angel", Dark Angel greeted him with a smirk. "Let me show you how worthless this all is."
"You disgust me with your soul and love for a Slayer", soulless Spike snarled at Spike.
Angel and Spike shared a look, then turned to their doppelgangers, ready to fight.
Back at Atlantis, the other heroes who had beaten the Horsemen were all coming in now, knowing it was near.
The sky was turning purple as Peter-2 staggered up. "Am I dead or is this actually happening?"
"Its actually happening", Peter-3 said.
"He's here!" Tara realized in horror.
Next moment, a powerful shockwave made all the defending heroes fall down on their backs, groaning in pain.
Apocalypse appeared, marching forwards, looking around at the whole place and the mess with a neutral gaze.
"I should have known. If you want something done right, do it yourself."
He stopped in front of Warlock, who opened his eyes, stopping his meditation, standing up while twirling his staff.
"You are the one challenging me? I must confess, I am not familiar with you."
"I was once the power-hungry despot who tried to "perfect" creation. Now I stand opposing a man who would try and "protect" in the same manner as I would have."
"Yes, your visage has altered, aged, but here you are, Magus. That is quite a conversion, how did you come to such a change?"
"I died."
"Hmm, I wouldn't know anything about that."
"That's about to change."
Apocalypse turned to see Steve was floating above him, purple lightning flashing in the sky, the same shade of electricity cackling off the hammer and Steve's eyes. He did a superhero landing. Additions of armor of Asgardian design were added to his suit. In Mjolnir was embedded the Power Stone, much like it had been in Ronan's hammer before.
Next, Tony landed in a new, silver armor that was far beyond anything he had made yet, with glowing blue orbs on his chest, eyes, and other areas of the suit. It was his new cosmic armor-style armor, blue in color. The Space Stone was embedded in place of the arc reactor, powering it up.
Wanda landed in her new suit, a tiara on her head, surrounded by reality tendrils and red chaos magic, the Reality Stone in its liquid form around her, being manipulated.
Willow then landed, a tiara on her head too with a slot where the Mind Stone was embedded, her eyes glowing with its energy as she smirked.
Doctor Strange appeared surrounded by green runes with the Time Stone shining.
Warlock stepped forward with the Soul Stone on his forehead.
Other than Warlock, the Heroes with the Stones had hidden themselves as part of the plan to surprise Apocalypse when he was finally drawn out.
Then Thor, Hercules, Adam, and Hulk landed with them as Blaze rode his bike, leaving a flaming trail behind, stopping near them too.
Apocalypse looked around at each of them surrounding him, 11 powerful heroes now prepared for battle, before cracking a grin.
"Finally," he held up his fists as they glow with violet magical energy, "a fight worth my time."
They all charged, and the final clash began.
The Horsemen are gone as Angel and Spike meet their doppelgangers too.
Hope the reference to 'The Originals' was enjoyed.
If anyone couldn't tell, Andrew's Peter saving MJ is my favorite scene in not just this film, but all of Marvel. I'm serious.
That scene was…something else! The only time I've felt emotional catharsis like that in any other movie or TV show was when the One Ring was destroyed in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.
Hence I dove deep into here, with the flashback and Peter-3's words from before.
Now Apocalypse is here, with 11 heroes to battle it out with him. The Heroes with the Stones had been hidden to draw Apocalypse out and surprise him.
Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.