Chapter 29.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
First off I'm glad to see my inclusion of FitzSimmons has gotten so much positive feedback.
And now we have 40 faviroutes. Thanks so much guys.
This chapter will wrap up the final battle, including the rescue of Takio and Conrad.
It will also introduce a key player as well.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own Avengers, Arrow or any characters and elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
On with the show.
ButtonPusherExtraordinare: Thanks for the review. Yes what a fight. It is always great to see FitzSimmons. No Barry and Thor won't heal up for the fight as I have another non Marvel and non DC character in mind. Feel free to ask any other questions and leave any suggestions for what you want to see in this trilogy or any new ideas. I do take suggestions.
OmniKamiUltraInstinct2020: Thanks for the review. Yes poor Barry and Thor. You'll see in this chapter who will beat the shit out of Annihlus.
Aragorn II Elessar: Thanks for the review. Glad you enjoyed the fight scenes. Poor Barry indeed, especially as he is nowhere near Conrad's speed level. Yep, it is always nice to see FitzSimmons. Totally agree with you on Lovecraft. One thing that irritates me about him is that we never got to see anybody's full power levels. In this trilogy, Azathoth is the most powerful entity ever only being surpassed by Stan Lee. I know about Thor beating Annihlus in EMH.
No One's POV.
On board Annihlus's main ship, Helena, Fitz and Simmons were currently trying to fight off Blastaar.
Helena fired an arrow from her crossbow at the alien but it caught the arrow inches from its face and broke it in half.
Fitz fired his ICER gun at Blastaar but it turned to face them with a pissed off expression on its face.
"NO!" Helena shouted as she leapt at Blastaar.
The alien stumbled from the unexpected attack.
It grabbed her and threw her off where she landed hard.
Several of the aliens ran at Helena who began attempting to fend them off.
Blastaar slowly approached Fitz and Simmons with a sadistic grin on its face.
Helena managed to kill the last alien with an arrow to the brain.
She then picked up a sharp pole that had broken off.
Leaping, she attempted to impale Blastaar with it, but he rolled away.
Glaring at Helena hatefully, he pulled out a silver ball and slammed it into the floor, vanishing.
Fitz and Simmons sighed in relief.
"Thanks for the save" Fitz told Helena gratefully.
She nodded in reply.
Simmons pulled a device out of her pocket, which produced a hologram with a beeping red dot.
"The signal shows Mr James and Mr Maseoshiro are this way" Simmons said, pointing to a hallway.
Helena got up and led the way with Fitz and Simmons in close pursuit.
They snuck through the ship, on the lookout for any guards or other big aliens that were coming past.
There was a large door that lead to the prisoner room.
But it required an access code to enter.
Helena personally didn't know what the hell to do.
"FitzSimmons, any ideas?" she asked the duo.
"Yeah" Fitz replied and pulled out his ICER gun.
He then shot the computer.
"Really Fitz? I could have done that myself?" she asked.
Fitz just gave her a sheepish look.
Helena then kicked the door open hard.
What she saw inside horrified her.
Takio was in one sphere, still unconscious.
He looked in relatively good shape though.
Conrad on the other hand, made Helena want to throw up.
He was skeletal thin and his veins and arteries were shown.
He looked almost dead at this point.
Behind her, Simmons turned and vomited and honestly Helena didn't blame her.
Fitz didn't look much better either.
"Is there anyway to deactivate the spheres?" Helena asked after a moment.
Fitz moved towards a control consol that had many buttons.
"Well here goes nothing" Fitz muttered as he pressed a large, blinking red button.
The spheres instantly deactivated.
Helena and Simmons moved forth, picking up Conrad and Takio respectfully.
Fitz went to assist Simmons in carrying Takio.
"We need to move now" Helena said with urgency.
It would be bad luck if Annihlus or one of his goons walked in now.
They carried the two captured members of Team Monitor to the ship and thankfully they encountered no one.
Once onboard the ship, Helena contacted Jason.
"Jason, we have Conrad and Takio" Helena reported.
"Status report?" Jason asked.
"Takio is fine, just KO'ed. Conrad…well…Its best to see for yourself" Helena replied.
"We need you on the ground now" Jason said.
"Copy that" Helena said.
They detached and flew away as fast as possible.
On The Ground.
The legions of Annihlus had been defeated and routed.
Many of the defenders were battered, injured, exhausted or all 3.
Logan was the only defender who didn't show any injuries or signs of fatigue.
Barry and Thor were no where to be found though.
Annihlus landed on the ground with a thud.
He then stalked towards them slowly.
"Get ready guys" Jason warned.
Danny fired several rounds at Annihlus who easily sliced the bullets out of the air.
Annihlus then charged at them.
Logan leapt at Annihlus and stabbed him.
Annihlus kicked Logan into the floor as Frank, McGarett and Diggle attacked simultansuly.
Annihlus grabbed Diggle and threw him aside while McGarett ran in between Annihlus's legs.
He then rolled to his feet and fired again.
Annihlus turned to face McGarett with an annoyed expression on his face.
Frank roared and hit Annihlus with his hammer.
The alien warlord punched Frank in the head, sending him to the ground.
Sara, Oliver, Roy, Nyssa and Jenna ran to hold off Annihlus.
Annihlus charged up his Dragon Lightning and blasted Sara to the ground.
Oliver barely dodged a punch from Annihlus and smacked the alien warlord with his bow.
Annihlus grabbed Oliver and threw him away.
Roy, Nyssa and Jenna attacked together but they were no match for Annihlus.
Rory tried to grab Annihlus with his rags but the alien warlord grabbed him and punched him in the head.
"REIGN FIRE!" Annihlus bellowed.
Cannons popped out of the ships and hundreds of rockets blasted, sending multiple defenders including Wick and Matt scrambling for cover.
Nico instantly threw up a shield of darkness to protect them.
The missiles continued to rain down as Nuke began fighting Annihlus.
He smacked him with the butt of his rifle before Annihlus sent him flying with a kick.
Nico was barely conscious and trying to hold the shield which was slowly dissipating.
Nuke punched Annihlus back and tackled him.
They traded a series of brutal punches before Annihlus head butted Nuke aside.
Matt tried to flip-kick him but Annihlus grabbed his foot and slammed his head into the ground, dazing him.
Shang Chi stepped into his path.
"You wanna get to Jason, you gotta go through me" Shang Chi said as he got into a fighting stance.
Annihlus smirked.
"Works for me" Annihlus taunted.
Shang Chi leapt and threw a series of punches that were all effortlessly dodged by Annihlus.
He kicked Shang Chi across the school's football field.
The master of Kung Fu climbed to his feet and got into another fighting stance.
Annihlus met Shang Chi blow for blow and easily outmatched him.
He then stomped Shang Chi into the ground where he lay, bloodied and broken.
"You see, none of you can stand against me. It is all for nothing" Annihlus mocked before turning towards the school.
McGarett, Mack, Tripp and Kono were knocked out from the missiles.
Danny tried to shoot at Annihlus but the alien warlord sped forward and incapacitated Danny.
Chin took cover with Wick and the two moved forward, firing there guns at Annihlus who simply used the Dragon Lightning to knock them both out.
Annihlus suddenly felt a sharp pain in his leg.
Logan jumped in front of Annihlus.
"Let's finish this bub" he snarled.
Annihlus brought his fist down on Logan who used all of his strength to hold it back.
Annihlus then picked Logan up and head butted him into the ground.
Logan got up and slashed at his armour.
Annihlus flinched, surprised at how his new armour was penetrated.
"What are you animal?" he asked Logan.
With a snarl, Logan replied, "I'm the Uncanny Wolverine".
Logan roared and slashed again but this time Annihlus was ready.
He grabbed Logan and slammed his head into the ground repeatedly.
Logan stabbed him multiple times, but Annihlus was unfazed.
He then slashed Logan's leg and threw him aside.
Logan lay there, waiting for his ruined leg to heal.
Suddenly a massive streak appeared in the sky and Constantine smirked.
A man appeared and threw a large sword at Annihlus's main ship, instantly destroying it.
It then destroyed the other ships in a massive supernova of light that threw all combatants minus Annihlus to the ground.
It returned to the owner's hand and he landed on the ground.
Everyone turned to see a young, tall, handsome white-haired man who wore a red trenchcoat and a black shirt underneath. He carried two large pistols by his side and his large sword was in his hand.
"So does anyone want an ass-kicking?" the man said with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Who are you?" Annihlus asked after getting out of his shock.
The man simply smirked.
"Call me…Dante" he said.
"Who the hell is this guy?" Jason asked in shock.
"You welcome. I'll introduce myself formally late, I'm a bit busy right now" Dante replied.
Annihlus growled and charged at the man called Dante as fast as he possibly could.
But to his shock, Dante easily sidestepped.
He grabbed Annihlus and flew him far away from the school in order to limit the damage.
He slammed him into a patch of farm land.
Annihlus went skidding for a few metres while Dante calmly landed on the ground.
"So wanna dance?" Dante mocked.
Annihlus charged up all of his Dragon Lightning and threw it as a massive bolt at Dante.
The man merely raised his sword and blocked it.
Annihlus was worried now.
This man radiated an INSANE amount of power.
The only other being who rivalled that power was the Anti-Monitor himself.
Dante flew and punched Annihlus into the ground and dented some of his armour.
Annihlus sped at Dante and threw a massive blast of Dragon Lightning combined with a repulsor blast.
Dante barely reacted when it hit him and instead head butted Annihlus into the floor.
Annihlus had a small nosebleed now.
"This is impossible! I have absorbed the powers of that imbecile Conrad James. I am invulnerable!" Annihlus exclaimed.
Dante just shrugged.
"You are. But I beat Mundus who created an entire universe. You're nothing to me" Dante said.
Filled with rage, Annihlus charged at Dante who simply kicked Annihlus back a few miles.
Dante calmly walked towards Annihlus whistling.
Annihlus got to his feet and ran at Dante before trying to throw a punch.
Dante dodged the punch and replied with his own punch that sent Annihlus flying a hundred yards and destroyed most of the farmland.
Annihlus groaned in pain.
Some of his armour had been destroyed via Dante's attacks.
He staggered to his feet while Dante landed calmly in front of him.
Annihlus got into a fighting stance, wanting to fight Dante hand to hand.
Dante threw his sword to the side and unstrapped his pistols, also throwing them aside.
Annihlus ran and managed to land a punch on Dante, but to his horror, Dante sidestepped and punched Annihlus back.
A mystical blast of energy hit Annihlus and Cthylla landed calmly on the ground.
"Cthylla. Nice to finally meet you" Dante greeted.
"Nice to finally meet you too Dante Sparda" Cthylla greeted.
Cthylla got hit with Dragon Lightning and turned to face Annihlus with an annoyed expression on her face.
"When will you learn to just stay on the ground?" she asked annoyed.
Cthylla hit the alien warlord with an enhanced punch that knocked him back even more.
Many pieces of his armour had been broken by the combined attacks.
Dante shot Annihlus with his pistol and Annihlus flew into a tree.
"Jackpot" Dante smirked.
Annihlus was now battered and weaker from his brutal beating.
He sped away as fast as he could, hoping to outrun his opponents.
To his shock and horror however, Dante and Cthylla were easily catching up to him.
Dante tackled Annihlus to the floor and began brutally pummelling the life out of him.
Cthylla landed in a few punches and kicks in as well.
When they were finished, Annihlus was battered and most of his armour had been destroyed.
Dante grabbed Cthylla and sped him back to Midtown.
The remaining defenders were trying to recover from there injuries.
Annihlus tried to finish his mission by charging at Jason, the minute he landed on the ground and charged at Jason, striking him in the face with a hard punch.
Jason spat out a wad of blood.
"My stepsister hits harder than you" Jason taunted.
Annihlus snarled at Jason and tried to hit him with a powerful kick.
Jason used his enhanced reflexes to dodge the attack and flip-kicked him in the face.
Annihlus grabbed Jason by the throat and lifted him in the air and brutally slammed him to the ground.
Jason lay there, battered and groaning in pain.
He staggered to his feet and tried to flying kick the alien warlord.
Annihlus kicked him away.
"Annihlus. You must not fail in this. I will transfer my consciousness into your body. I will not fail" the Anti-Monitor spoke in his mind.
"Yes, we will both help you" a new voice, belonging to that of Azathoth spoke.
Annihlus grunted as he felt Anti-Monitor and Azathoth enter and take over his mind and body.
He leapt and began punching Jason into the floor.
"Crap! He needs backup" Cthylla cursed and went to go fight Annihlus.
Several of the students including Rebecca came out of the building, looking scared.
Annihlus rushed at them but Cthylla was faster.
She tackled him away and began hitting him with a barrage of hits but Annihlus kicked her away.
The only standing defenders were Oliver, Helena, Fitz, Simmons, Nico, Jason, Natasha and Wick.
Dante flew at Annihlus but the alien head butted him.
"Sweet Christmas, what the hell?" Cthylla asked in horror.
Jason fired an explosive arrow but Annihlus caught it and instantly shattered it.
"Son of a bitch" Jason gapped.
Natasha shot at him with one of her Widow Bites but Annihlus grabbed her and twisted her wrist to an impossible angle causing her to yell in pain.
He then shattered her wrist and threw her aside.
"NO!" Jason roared and leapt to attack Annihlus.
Annihlus grabbed him and punched him in the abdomen, causing blood to spill from his mouth.
Wick fired his guns at Annihlus but the alien barely reacted and sent a massive thunderclap that sent Wick flying.
Helena fired an arrow from her crossbow but Annihlus punched the arrow so hard, it shattered.
He then grabbed Helena and slammed her to the ground repeatedly.
Fitz fired his ICER gun at Annihlus but it did nothing and he was kicked into the floor.
Oliver fired an arrow that multiplied into dozens of tiny pieces that exploded all around Annihlus.
The alien warlord was barely affected and grabbed Oliver by the throat and picked him up, preparing to crush his throat.
Oliver punched and kicked with all of his might but it was all for nothing.
He was then slammed to the ground and Annihlus slammed his foot into Oliver's chest.
Simmons had run to get the students away from the war zone but Annihlus noticed and leapt at them.
He swatted Simmons away when she tried to stop him and turned his attention to Rebecca.
She glared at him and as he was about to grab her, Jason leapt at Annihlus.
Jason punched Annihlus in the face.
Annihlus responded by sending a powerful punch that shattered 3 of his ribs which caused blood to spill from Jason's mouth.
He then grabbed him and elbowed him in a rotary motion, sending him to the ground and stomped Jason, shattering his nose.
Nico tried to attack him, but Annihlus grabbed him and punched him several times in the face, before tearing one of Nico's arms off, causing him to scream in pain.
"Son of a bitch" Cthylla cursed and rushed to his side as Nico began bleeding out.
Cthylla used her powers to slow the blood flow which would last for an hour.
Wick had recovered and had sent a barrage of bullets at him.
Annihlus charged him with a roar until Cthylla's sword Apex hit him, sending him flying back.
Cthylla recalled it and charging at Annihlus, leapt into the air, cutting him right in the face as he crashed into the ground again.
"Dante, evacuate civilians now!" Cthylla shouted.
Dante nodded and sped to grab bystanders and get them away.
Meanwhile an old man just stood there.
"Superheroes seem to me multiplying like flies" he muttered as he was sped off.
The battle had spilled out of Midtown and into downtowns Queens.
Cthylla leapt with a mighty roar again, but this time Annihlus caught her hand and grabbing her, slammed her to the ground several times, dazing her.
Oliver had recovered from his brutal beating and leapt, smacking Annihlus with his bow, only to get kicked into a nearby building.
Danny had awoken from unconscious and had run to aid the other heroes.
Annihlus punched Danny into the ground and a wad of blood escaped from his mouth.
Jason stabbed Annihlus with his sword, but the alien warlord grabbed Jason by the leg and proceeded to brutally slam him into the ground.
Annihlus raised his foot to kill Jason but Cthylla kicked him in the head, sending him flying away.
Cthylla raised her sword to kill him but Annihlus grabbed her and leapt high into the air, before punching Cthylla so hard, she smashed into the ground, forming another crater.
Wick and Danny fired there guns to distract them as Cthylla stumbled to her feet bleeding.
Jason got to his feet, and groaned from his shattered ribs.
He leapt to punch Annihlus and he stumbled.
Dante punched Annihlus twice and lifted him high into the air, before throwing him into a skyscraper, causing the entire building to crumble.
Cthylla leapt after him, in order to finish him off.
"Jay!" Rebecca shouted as she ran to the war zone.
"Becky what are you even doing here? Get out of here!" Jason shouted.
"No. I modified the CT-17 virus so it will weaken Annihlus enough for you to kill him" Rebecca said, showing a tube filled with the virus.
"Thanks Becky. Now get the hell out of here" Jason told her.
Rebecca nodded and turned and ran.
Meanwhile, Cthylla was struggling against Annihlus.
The Anti-Monitor and Azathoth were still in control, so he grew ever stronger.
Cthylla punched him twice in the face and Annihlus grabbed Cthylla, before pulling her into a vicious head butt.
Cthylla stumbled back as Annihlus punched and kicked her to the ground.
Dante swooped in and grabbed a building, slamming it on Annihlus's head.
Annihlus stumbled, dazed from the attack allowing Cthylla to kick him into the air.
Dante grabbed him and pulled him into a headlock.
Annihlus struggled but Dante used all of his strength to pin him in place.
Jason ran up to Annihlus, trying to inject him with the CT17 virus.
Annihlus broke out of Dante's headlock and threw him away before grabbing a large piece of armour and stabbing Jason in the shoulder with it, causing the latter to roar in pain.
Cthylla leapt back and kicked Annihlus in the chest.
Jason took that opportunity to leap and inject him with the CT17 virus.
Annihlus barely showed any reaction for a few minutes.
After about 30 seconds, he began spasiming in pain.
He opened his mouth and let out an earth-shattering roar of pain.
"Its working" Jason whispered.
Annihlus gripped his head and fell to his knees.
Tons of golden energy flowed out of his body as he became smaller.
When he was finished, Annihlus looked exhausted and beaten down.
"You will not win against the Anti-Monitor boy" Annihlus said.
Jason just shrugged.
"Maybe, maybe not. But what's important is that we continue fighting to the end" Jason said.
"Ha! As if. The Anti-Monitor is stronger than you will ever be you arrogant fool. And that's not even to mention that magic will dominate the final war" Annihlus mocked.
That made Jason stop in his tracks.
"Final war? You mean the Crisis?" Jason asked.
Annihlus laughed.
"No you fool. The Crisis will come and go. The final war will result in the destruction of not only the Multiverse, but of all creation. And no science will help you. Magic will dominate that war" Annihlus said.
"I've heard enough" Jason said.
He swung his sword as hard as he could and decapitated Annihlus.
The alien warlord's body hit the floor with a thud.
The fight was finally over.
"Let's go home guys" Jason said.
And Chapter 29 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
I also hope you liked the Stan Lee cameo.
I hope you all enjoyed the appearance of Dante from the video game series Devil May Cry. For those of you who don't know what it is about, it is about the half-demon Dante, who hunts and kills other demons.
Poor Nico though. He got his entire arm torn off.
And poor Conrad too. Nico and Conrad will be out of commission for a while, but Nico will come back for my version of Invasion!
So basically poor Nico, Conrad and Natasha.
And I kept Blastaar alive as I further plans for him in this trilogy.
Now some of you may be wondering why Annihlus beat Jason and Cthylla and so easily and how he was able to hold his own against Dante.
It is because both Anti-Monitor and Azathoth were in control and feeding him power, making him ten times more powerful than before.
As for the final war Annihlus mentioned; I am not going to give any spoilers at this point but you will find out more about it in Chapter 31.
And finally Annihlus is dead and Conrad and Takio have been rescued.
Now next chapter will wrap up the story, while Chapter's 31 and 32 will cover the mid-credits and post-credits scenes respectively.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
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