Chapter 66.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will begin the final showdown against the Red Room and there allies, and will also reveal who Taskmaster is.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters and elements you see in this fic. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
On with the show.
Warning: Minor spoilers for the upcoming Black Widow movie.
Aragorn II Elessar: Thank you for the review. Glad you liked the fight scenes. You will see in this chapter on Taskmaster's identity in my series. Enjoy the chapter.
No One's POV.
Jason, Oliver, Natasha, Slade, Roy, Ollie, Robin, Yelena, Gar, Alexi, Melina and Dawn were now flying towards the Red Room base, in order to end this once and for all.
Melina was now in Natasha's former combat suit, the one she used to rescue Alexi from.
Alexi was carrying a shield which was similar to Captain America's one.
Everyone else minus Gar were in there superhero suits.
"We are closing in on the base" Melina said.
"Copy that" Oliver replied.
As they were flying, gunshots were heard.
"What the hell is that?" Dawn asked with alarm.
"Multiple bogies coming in" Melina reported.
Oliver rushed forward and looked out of the cockpit, staring at several fighter jets coming in.
"These are all Red Room enforcers" Melina explained.
"We'll deal with them" Oliver said, flipping his hood up and pegging his mask on.
A rocket hurtled past and blew up a passing airliner plane, the debris raining down across the land.
The plane opened up and Oliver, Jason, Natasha, Slade and Gar jumped out of it.
They landed on some debris as it went hurtling towards the ground.
Multiple Red Room enforcers, all of whom were armoured attacked them, firing there weapons.
Slade's armour protected them from the bullets as everyone else jumped across debris to avoid.
Jason was the most nimble of them all as he hopped and flipped across the debris.
And that was when they all noticed Taskmaster jumping out of a helicopter and flying at them.
"He's copying my dad" Jason muttered in realisation as Taskmaster was flying towards them in the exact way his dad flew in his Iron Man suits.
Taskmaster's hood was off, exposing his skull mask.
He drew his sword and flew at Natasha.
Natasha sailed across the air, avoiding gunshots.
She swung onto a piece of debris and looked up.
Taskmaster flew in and as he was about to tackle Natasha, Gar tackled him, and both went flying.
Gar threw multiple punches at Taskmaster's face, quite a few landing.
Taskmaster then used his superhuman strength to kick Gar off, sending him flying and crashing into a large piece of debris.
He leapt and grabbed Natasha, pinning her to a piece of the plane.
He drew his sword, ready to stab her, when he detected an arrow being fired at him.
He spun around and caught it, but it exploded, knocking him backwards.
Oliver leapt onto the piece and hit Taskmaster twice in the head with his bow.
Taskmaster flipped him over and punched him multiple times in the face, bloodying it.
And then Ollie tackled him away.
Taskmaster kicked Ollie away with a spinning kick.
"That's rude" Ollie quipped as he wiped blood away from his mouth.
Ollie fired an arrow at the same time that Taskmaster fired one of his own.
The 2 arrows shattered each other.
Ollie then jumped up but Taskmaster grabbed his head in between his feet and flipped him onto a piece of debris, dazing him.
Another, even larger piece of debris hit them, sending both flying.
Jason jumped and caught Ollie, helping him to his feet.
Natasha jumped, firing off her guns at Taskmaster who formed his shield to protect himself.
As he flew at her, Gar appeared behind him, and grabbed Taskmaster's feet and slammed his head into a piece of debris.
Jason leapt, kicking at Taskmaster's head, but he dodged, elbowing Jason in the face.
Gunshots hit debris next to them and Jason turned to see Ricardo Diaz firing a rail-gun at them.
"This guy is a prick" Jason muttered in an annoyed tone.
Alexi, Yelena, Melina, Robin, Roy and Dawn were still flying in the plane when a Red Room soldier landed on the cockpit windscreen.
As he was attempting to enter the plane, Alexi kicked up his shield and threw it.
It smashed the glass and smacked the soldier straight in the head, sending him flying.
The shield was aerodynamic, so it returned back to Alexi's hand.
"I'm going out to help them" Robin said, seeing the other heroes struggling against Taskmaster and Diaz.
He opened up the plane and jumped out, sailing across the air.
As Diaz was about to shoot again, Robin jumped into the helicopter and punched Diaz in the face.
Diaz replied by kicking him out the plane where he went flying.
Robin back-flipped midair and landed on a piece of debris.
Seeing Jason and Ollie still struggling against Taskmaster, he flew down and tackled him.
Taskmaster easily countered, flip-kicking Robin away as Gar caught him.
Then Robin fired another arrow that knocked Taskmaster away.
"Melina, bring the plane around now!" Oliver ordered.
"Copy that" Melina replied, moving it around.
Together, Oliver, Natasha, Jason, Slade, Ollie, Gar and Robin jumped into the plane and it closed up.
But as they breathed a sigh of relief, a rocket hit the plane, sending Gar and Ollie to the ground as the plane started crashing.
"Prepare to crash!" Melina yelled as it slammed into open land.
Alexi used his shield which generated a force field to protect everyone from the impact as the plane stopped skidding.
Everyone took a few minutes to catch there breath.
Nobody was too injured although Dawn had a cut on her forehead that was bleeding.
Everyone exited the wreckage and looked around.
That was when they all heard sirens incoming and all turned to see a UN task force approaching.
"We need to get going now! Natasha, how far away is the base?" Oliver asked.
"A few miles" Natasha relied.
"Let's go then" Oliver said.
"Mr Queen is right. We are family. We fight with you!" Alexi said, taking Natasha's hand.
"Thank you" Natasha said in a hoarse tone.
"We should get going" Dawn said after a few minutes.
"I'll hold them off" Gar spoke up.
All looked at him with shock.
"I can do it" he said upon seeing there looks.
"I'll help you" Jason added.
Gar looked at him gratefully.
"Okay, the rest of us should go now!" Oliver said.
Nodding, everyone else bolted towards the forest.
Gar ran and quickly got out of his clothes.
He then turned into a tiger and emerged out.
Several soldiers moved, aiming there guns at Jason when Gar jumped out, grabbing one with his mouth and throwing him aside.
Everyone else was too stunned to respond which gave Jason all the time needed to strike.
He grabbed one and brought his face down upon his knee, dazing him.
Jason then drew a pair of explosive arrows and fired them, throwing many soldiers back.
Gar bit one's arm and threw him towards Jason who knocked him out.
Everyone else realised that fighting these 2 was a bad idea and promptly ordered a retreat.
Gar morphed back into his human form and ran to put his clothes back on.
Only one person was standing there, and it was US Secretary Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross.
He was seething so much; steam could be seen coming out of his ears.
"Hey, get lost" Jason told him.
"You think that you can just interrupt my plans? You will both pay!" Ross sneered.
Rolling his eyes, Gar walked up to him with Jason.
Together, the 2 punched him at the same time, knocking him out.
"I don't know who this guy is, but that felt good" Gar commented, and Jason chuckled, patting him on the back.
"Let's go help the others" Jason said.
The 2 ran after the others.
Oliver, Natasha, Slade, Roy, Melina, Alexi, Dawn, Ollie, Yelena and Robin had made there way across the forest, and the Red Room base was now in view.
"Kid, what's the plan?" Slade asked.
"We go all out. No holding back" Oliver said, looking at everyone else who nodded.
Drawing his bow back, Oliver fired a firecracker arrow into the sky which distracted all the guards surrounding the base.
Everyone took the opportunity to attack, rushing forward.
Dawn flipped one soldier to the ground and threw 2 wings that impaled others.
As 2 guards were about to spring up on Oliver, a pair of arrows shot them down.
Oliver turned to see Ollie lowering his bow with a smirk.
"I'll count those 2 as one" he smirked.
Oliver rolled his eyes and continued fighting alternating between his arrows and skills.
Slade ducked under an attack and elbowed the solider in the head, knocking him down.
Robin fired arrows while keeping his distance.
Natasha, Yelena and Melina all used guns to take them down while Alexi threw his shield.
Then an animalistic roar was heard, making the guards back away nervously and Jason and Gar emerged onto the scene.
Jason fired multiple arrows in rapid succession, killing many soldiers.
He then drew his sword and flipped into the air, cutting another down.
Gar roared and leapt, punching one soldier down.
At last, all the soldiers were dead.
"We should split up" Oliver suggested.
"Agreed" Alexi agreed.
Together, they all made there way into the Red Room base and split up.
Oliver, Roy and Robin explored one hallway.
Jason, Dawn and Natasha went another.
Slade, Ollie and Melina went another way.
And Gar, Alexi and Yelena went another.
As Oliver, Roy and Robin travelled, the wall in front of them exploded.
Adrian Chase stepped into view with Ricardo Diaz and several Black Widows.
"Adrian!" Oliver snarled.
"Hello Oliver. Welcome to the new hell" Adrian smirked.
"You are weak" Diaz sneered at Roy who glared in response.
With a roar of rage, Oliver charged at Adrian.
Roy engaged Diaz and that left Robin with the Widows.
Jason, Dawn and Natasha travelled down another corridor, when Talia Al Ghul stepped into there path.
"You will pay for what you did to my father" Talia sneered at Jason.
"She's mine. Go!" Jason ordered Dawn and Natasha.
Drawing his sword, he charged at Talia who side-stepped to avoid.
While Jason was skilled, Talia had been trained by Ra's Al Ghul himself, one of the deadliest men on the planet.
She sent a barrage of slices at Jason who dodged.
He flipped to avoid another attack, and punched Talia in the face, staggering her.
Talia spun and sliced his face, creating a large cut.
Slade, Ollie and Melina were exploring a corridor, when Silver Sable and Bullseye stepped into there path.
"You will never get past us!" Silver Sable smirked, drawing a pair of swords.
Slade drew his own sword and charged to meet her.
Melina and Ollie engaged Bullseye, dodging several attacks.
Slade and Silver Sable's blades clashed the sound ringing out.
Slade elbowed Silver Sable in the face, staggering her.
Gar, Alexi and Yelena were walking, when the Longbow Hunters stepped into there path.
Gar cracked his neck as the 3 rushed the Longbow Hunters.
Alexi threw a punch which Kodiak blocked with his shield.
Yelena flipped to avoid an attack from Red Dart, and punched her in the chest.
Gar dodged a kick from Silencer and elbowed her in a rotary motion.
Jason was sent crashing into the wall from a flying kick, as he rolled to avoid another attack from Talia.
He kicked her leg, staggering her, but she spun and kicked him in the face.
Jason blocked another strike, and punched Talia in the face.
He then flipped her over his shoulder, and back-flipped to avoid another attack.
Talia then drew an arrow and fired it although Jason cut it in half.
Talia duel-wielded her bow and sword as she rushed Jason.
He ducked to avoid a strike, and elbowed her in the face.
Oliver side-stepped and smacked Adrian with his bow, staggering him.
Roy kicked Diaz in the face, breaking his nose.
While Diaz was pretty skilled in hand to hand, Roy had been trained by Oliver himself.
Diaz tried to flip-kick, but Roy side-stepped and grabbed Diaz by the back of the head, smashing his face into a wall.
Diaz tried to punch but Roy flipped him over. He then drew an arrow and stabbed Diaz in throat.
Blood bubbled from it as Diaz fell down, dead.
He threw Diaz's body to the ground and rushed to aid Oliver.
Roy flip-kicked Adrian, staggering him while Oliver swept his legs from underneath him.
Adrian knocked Oliver away and head-butted Roy.
He took out a shuriken to stab Roy, but Roy twisted his hand, breaking it as Adrian screamed in pain.
He then punched Adrian in the throat, making him gasp in pain.
"You mess with Oliver, you mess with me you son of a bitch!" Roy sneered.
As he stood back, Oliver kicked Adrian in the face, breaking his nose.
Oliver then took an arrow out and stabbed Adrian in the thigh, "This was for Laurel!"
As Adrian fell to his knees, Oliver took out another arrow and stabbed him in the shoulder, "This was for my father's legacy!"
He took out another arrow and stabbed Adrian in the other shoulder, "This was for Natasha!"
Adrian looked up at him, smirking one final time.
Oliver took out a fourth arrow, "And this…"
He then stabbed Adrian in the chest, "Was for my son!"
"You…are…a…monster…after…all" Chase whispered hoarsely as he lay on his back, dying.
"No. I did it because you are a monster who needs to be stopped at all costs. I know what I am and I am not a monster" Oliver smirked.
Hearing that, Adrian's smirk vanished as he realized that he had failed utterly in his mission.
He coughed up blood one last time and laid back, his eyes glassy without seeing.
Adrian Chase was dead!
Oliver and Roy stared at the dead body.
Robin had disposed of all the Widows and he walked up to them.
"We should get going" he told the other 2.
They nodded and moved away.
Slade ducked under Silver Sable's attack and kicked her in the knee, sending her down.
A Black Widow moved, trying to sneak up on him when Slade spun around, brandishing a gun.
He shot the Widow in the throat, killing her as she died on the spot.
As Silver Sable tried to attack again, Melina leapt and flip-kicked her, knocking her out.
Ollie and Bullseye were evenly matched at this point.
But Bullseye failed to notice Melina.
She snuck up behind him, kicking him in the knee.
He fell to one knee as she broke his neck, killing him.
"Let's find the others" Slade said, looking at Ollie and Melina.
Gar ducked under Kodiak's strike when Silencer threw a smoke grenade down, dazing him and Alexi.
When there vision cleared again, the Longbow Hunters were gone, along with Yelena.
"They took her!" Alexi said in horror.
"To do what?" Gar asked him.
"They will brainwash her to fight us" Alexi explained.
"Find the others. I'll go after them and get Yelena out of there!" Gar said to him.
Alexi looked reluctant but nodded and moved away.
Gar ran in the direction he smelled them in.
Jason managed to get a lucky attack and slammed Talia's head into a wall, dazing her.
He then flip-kicked her, knocking Talia out.
As he walked away, he heard shuffling and turned to see that Talia was gone.
"I knew I should have killed that bitch" Jason groaned in anger.
Gar sprinted across the base, trying to pinpoint Yelena's location.
Her scent was getting stronger.
He noticed 2 guards standing at a door and leapt, grabbing one and slamming his head to the ground, knocking him out.
He then head-butted the other out.
Knocking the doors down, he entered to see a scientist type person standing over the bound Yelena.
The scientist looked over at Gar with shock.
He was now enraged at this point.
He wouldn't let them do to Yelena what they did to so many other innocent girls.
His eyes turned yellow like a tiger's as he growled at the scientist.
"Let her go" he growled.
The scientist looked at him with amusement.
He let out a tiger's roar as his skin turned green.
"I mean it!" he snarled.
Faster than Gar could react, the scientist injected Yelena with a red liquid, making her spasm as she screamed.
Gar roared and leapt, punching the scientist in the face, and knocking him out cold.
Then a flying kick sent him flying.
He groaned and staggered to his feet to see Yelena standing there, with an emotionless look on her face.
"Yelena, you can do this! Come on, fight it!" Gar tried to encourage her.
Yelena said nothing and simply charged at Gar, kicking him in the chest and staggering him.
Gar ducked under her attack.
Knowing he needed to snap her out of it, he roared and using his enhanced strength, grabbed her and slammed her to the floor, dazing her.
"How do I cure her?" Gar demanded, grabbing the scientist.
"You…you can't" the man replied fearfully.
"Don't make me eat you" Gar threatened.
"Fine! There is a purple vial next to the red one" the man groaned.
Gar punched him out again but was punched in the face by Yelena.
Yelena climbed on top of her and punched Gar in the face multiple times, dazing him as he tried to fight her off.
He shoved her off with all of his strength and leapt over, grabbing the purple vial.
Grabbing Yelena, he jammed the needle into her neck.
She coughed and passed out.
He carried Yelena, bridal style as he kicked the doors open.
Now he needed to get her somewhere safe.
Oliver, Robin and Roy raced down a series of hallways.
As they reached another one, 2 people stepped into his way.
One was Madame B.
The other was General Dreykov himself.
"Dreykov!" Robin snarled.
"Ah! Robin of Locksley. You finally came back to die" Dreykov smiled thinly.
"I know what you did to the Widows. And both of you have failed this universe!" Oliver snarled.
"Oliver Queen. Green Arrow. I take it Adrian Chase and Ricardo Diaz failed in there mission to stop you? I guess so, they were both weak; never did possess the courage to do what was truly necessary" Dreykov shrugged.
"But now it is time we handle this by ourselves" Madame B sneered, drawing a long sword.
Oliver charged straight at Dreykov himself while Robin and Roy tag-teamed Madame B.
Before Oliver could react, Dreykov clearly had enhancements as he grabbed Oliver and threw him into a wall, dazing him as he fell down.
Oliver rolled to avoid another strike from Dreykov, and kicked him in the knee, staggering him.
Oliver jumped up and kicked Dreykov in the chest, but Dreykov was barely affected.
Roy tried to kick, but Madame B swept his legs, sending him to the floor.
Robin leapt and smacked Madame B in the head with his bow.
He fired an arrow, although Madame B cut it in half with her sword.
Roy jumped and flip-kicked Madame B, staggering her.
Dreykov pinned Oliver to the wall, and was brutally punching him.
Robin noticed this and fired an arrow which exploded near Dreykov, dazing him as Oliver fell down.
"You won't win" Dreykov sneered at him.
"I will" Oliver smirked, kicking Dreykov in the face.
Dreykov caught a punch from Oliver and twisted his arm, making him scream in pain.
Dreykov then used his superhuman strength to throw Oliver across the room.
Upon noticing Madame B battling Roy and Robin, he smirked.
"Good luck" he whispered in Russian.
He then backed out of the room and was gone.
Madame B cut Robin's shoulder with her sword but Roy kicked her in a spin motion, staggering her.
Robin took advantage of that, to kick her in the face, breaking her nose.
As she lay on the ground, Robin notched an arrow to his bow.
"You will hurt no one else!" Robin declared, firing the arrow into Madame B's throat, ending her at last.
Oliver staggered to his feet, his face covered in blood.
"Dreykov is gone" he said grimly to the others.
"Oh shit" Roy cursed.
"I'll go after him. You 2 need to find the others" Oliver ordered them.
"You got it" Robin assured him.
Oliver picked up his bow and walked over to Madame B's dead body, picking up her sword.
"I will end this" Oliver growled in his Hood voice.
Slade had ordered Melina and Ollie to go find Natasha, and he raced across the Red Room base, slaughtering anyone who tried to stop him.
He was still wearing his Deathstroke mask, as he ran into a large, hospital ward.
"What the…" Slade muttered as he looked about.
He felt someone approaching and turned to see Taskmaster walking towards him.
"You" Slade sneered.
"Slade Wilson. Deathstroke. I must say, I'm impressed. Not many have gotten across this base" Taskmaster chuckled.
Slade drew his sword.
"There's no giving up to guys like you!" Slade roared and rushed him.
Taskmaster drew his own sword and countered, the sound of clashing blades ringing out across the base.
Slade ducked to avoid an attack from Taskmaster and tried to strike, but Taskmaster pulled one of his moves, catching the blade with his own, and kicked him in the head.
Slade rolled to his feet and drew a gun.
Faster than he could pull the trigger, Taskmaster sliced the gun in half.
"You are weak!" Taskmaster snarled.
"I know how to be truly strong" Slade countered as he slashed at Taskmaster.
Taskmaster formed his shield and fought sword and shield in hand and clearly held a tactical advantage over Slade.
He kicked Slade in the chest, and bashed his face with his shield.
Slade fell to the ground, and peeled off his broken Deathstroke mask.
"How nobody stopped you is beyond me" he said to Taskmaster.
"Oh really? The Red Room has received backing from many organizations. Even the US Secretary put funding into our program" Taskmaster chuckled.
Slade's eye widened in horror.
"Ross backed you?" he demanded.
"Of course he did. In exchange for our finest Widows of course" Taskmaster replied.
"All of you will pay!" Slade snarled, picking up his sword and charging at Taskmaster.
Taskmaster easily avoided and flip-kicked Slade in the face, making blood fly from his mouth, as he fell down.
Taskmaster then twirled his sword and stabbed Slade through the shoulder.
He then elbowed Slade in a rotary motion, knocking him out.
"Please Mr Wilson. I'm not a comic book villain. Do you seriously think I would expose my plans to you, if there was even the slightest chance you could affect the outcome?" Taskmaster asked.
"Now I have a Widow to kill" Taskmaster declared as he sheathed his sword and shield, walking away, as Slade lay on the ground, unconscious and dazed.
Roy and Robin were running across the base, trying to find the others when they heard shouts.
Rounding the corner, they saw Natasha, Ollie and Dawn fighting against multiple Black Widows.
And the 3 of them were losing badly against them.
Robin and Roy rushed into the fray, Roy jumping and kicking one in the chest.
He ducked to avoid an attack and flipped, kicking another in the chest.
Robin side-stepped to avoid a kick, and punched the Widow in the face, staggering her.
Dawn threw 2 feathers, impaling multiple Widows.
Natasha grabbed one Widow's leg and threw her into a table, dazing her.
Ollie fired a pair of arrows that delivered powerful electric shocks, knocking a few out.
"We need to snap them out of this!" Natasha said urgently.
"You're not alone in this" a new voice spoke.
All turned to see Yelena standing there, in perfect condition, holding a pistol.
Yelena charged into the fray, and smacked one Widow down.
Another surprised Robin, knocking him to the ground.
She then charged, and kneed him in the face, making blood fly from his mouth.
Natasha flipped to avoid another attack, and smacked the Widow, sending her down.
"I'll handle them! Go find the others! Alexi and Gar went to go find Taskmaster!" Yelena said to the others.
Nodding, they took off.
Gar and Alexi were rushing across the base, when they entered a lab, which held many tubes full of glowing liquids.
There was a door a few metres away, and stairs in front of it.
Standing on those stairs, was Taskmaster himself.
"We were looking for you" Gar growled.
"As was I" Taskmaster sneered back.
"You think that you are so tough, but let's see you try to take on both of us" Alexi said confidently.
Taskmaster flipped his hood back, exposing his skull mask.
Gar and Alexi both got into fighting stances, and Alexi stroked his beard.
Taskmaster crossed his arms and claws similar to those of Black Panther popped out.
He then charged at the 2.
Alexi moved in front and punched Taskmaster.
The 2 got into close quarters as Alexi head-butted Taskmaster staggering him.
Taskmaster grabbed Alexi and threw him to the ground as Gar engaged him.
Taskmaster and Gar both blocked each other's attacks.
Taskmaster then jumped into the air and kicked Gar's chest, sending him crashing back to the ground.
Taskmaster then back-flipped and landed on the ground smoothly.
Gar groaned and staggered to his feet as Alexi got Taskmaster into a chokehold from behind.
Taskmaster struggled and then head-butted Alexi backwards, staggering him.
Taskmaster grabbed Alexi's arm and threw him into the charging Gar, sending them both to the ground.
Gar got up first and roared, although Taskmaster was unfazed.
"Gar Logan. You should have stayed on Earth-9" Taskmaster said to him.
"And you are just in the wrong place at the right time. And now you're gonna lose" Gar snarled, and leapt at Taskmaster.
He punched Taskmaster in the chest, staggering him, although Taskmaster grabbed Gar's hand and kneed him in the face.
He then threw Gar to the ground and turned to see Alexi charge and tackled him.
Taskmaster easily countered and head-butted Alexi, staggering him.
He then leapt and elbowed Alexi in the head, as Red Guardian fell to one knee.
Gar jumped and tackled Taskmaster to the ground.
He punched him multiple times in the face, but was kicked off.
He hit the roof and fell down, dazed.
Alexi got back to his feet and removed his cowl.
He cracked his knuckles and charged Taskmaster who side-stepped to avoid.
Alexi threw a punch but Taskmaster blocked.
Alexi removed his shield from his back.
"Imitate this!" Alexi said, as he and Taskmaster threw there shields at the same time.
The shields hit each other and fell down.
"So predictable" Taskmaster sneered at him.
The 2 charged and exchanged close-range blows, as Alexi grabbed Taskmaster's head and slammed it to the ground.
Gar leapt up and kicked Taskmaster in the back, sending him to the ground.
Taskmaster extended his claws and rolled to his feet.
Both Alexi and Gar were bloodied and suffering from fatigue at this point.
Taskmaster threw a knife that struck Gar in the shoulder, sending him down.
Alexi coughed up blood as he staggered back.
With a roar, he charged Taskmaster.
He punched Taskmaster in the gut, and elbowed him in the head.
Taskmaster flipped to avoid another attack and kicked up his shield, smashing it into Alexi's face.
Alexi staggered back while Gar groaned in pain on the ground.
He tried to punch, although Taskmaster easily countered and slammed Alexi's knee onto his face, dazing him as his nose was broken.
Gar got back up and let out an animalistic roar, as his eyes turned yellow.
He leapt, as Taskmaster turned, punching him square in the face.
Taskmaster's helmet cracked as he staggered back.
Alexi was too dazed to continue fighting as Taskmaster slashed Gar with his sword, creating a huge cut on his chest.
He then flip-kicked Gar in the face, sending him crashing into a wall, as he lay there, trying to get back up.
Alexi managed to get to his knees, and Taskmaster twirled his sword.
He grabbed Alexi by the back of the head, and stabbed him through the chest, the blade protruding from behind him.
"NOOOO!" Gar screamed as blood spilt from Alexi's mouth.
Taskmaster retracted his sword and kicked Alexi to the ground.
"You may bed for him to not die. Go!" Taskmaster smirked.
Gar rushed over to Alexi's side.
"No man, come on, stay with me" Gar said desperately as he ripped a piece of clothing and tried to contain the blood flow.
"No…use…" Alexi coughed out.
"You're going to be okay. Just think of….I don't know, flowers in a meadow" Gar said as he tried to control the flow of blood.
"Listen" Alexi said as he grabbed Gar's hand.
"Just….promise…me…one…thing…you…will…make…sure…Natasha…is…safe" Alexi coughed, as he looked at Gar in the eyes.
"Of course I will. Don't talk like that man, you're gonna be fine" Gar said, but the words felt hollow and empty.
"Thank….you…Gar…for…what…you…did…for…helping me through this Ava….would have…liked…you" Alexi said.
"I will…see…you again…on that mountain….remember…always be a hero. Always think….of others…and always be what you are… a hero…a Titan" Alexi coughed.
He smiled and laid back.
But as he was about to die, a black energy covered Alexi's body.
Gar was stunned and confused as Alexi disappeared.
He turned to see Taskmaster standing there with Melina.
He glared viscously at Taskmaster, but he was slightly unnerved by Melina's smirk.
"Finally! At last that old fool is dead!" Melina smirked, rubbing her hands.
Gar's entire world did a 360 degree turn.
"You're betraying us?" he demanded in shock and confusion.
"Of course I am. I was always on there side" Melina stated like it was obvious.
Taskmaster then peeled off his broken mask and threw it aside.
Gar couldn't stop the gasp that left his lips.
Taskmaster was Rick Mason!
"What the hell?" he gaped.
"Yes indeed. I am Taskmaster!" Rick smirked.
"What, how?" Gar demanded, flabbergasted.
"It is a long story. All that matters now is that you must die" Rick said, drawing his sword.
Melina smirked and aimed her gun at him.
Gar stood up and growled.
He heard footsteps behind him and turned to see Jason, Ollie, Robin, Natasha, Roy and Dawn rush into the room, the same way he had come in.
All of them looked confused at seeing the black energy on the ground, and then everyone's jaws dropped.
"Rick?" Jason demanded in shock.
"So glad you could finally join the party" Rick smirked.
"And you're betraying us Lina?" Natasha asked with hurt in her voice.
"I was never on your side" Melina replied maliciously.
"Enough! This ends here!" a new female voice spoke.
Everyone turned to see who it was.
Dawn and Gar both grinned when they saw who it was.
And Chapter 66 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
BOOM! That's right, Rick Mason is Taskmaster. I thought that would be an interesting choice for who Taskmaster could be.
And now Alexi is sort of dead. You will find out next chapter his fate.
And now Melina has betrayed them. (SPOILER ALERT. In the comics, Melina was a villain known as Iron Maiden who was a thorn in Natasha's side for a long time. I thought it would make perfect sense for her to betray Natasha. END SPOILERS).
So now Adrian, Diaz, Bullseye and Madame B are dead while Arrowverse Oliver has gone after Dreykov and the Longbow Hunters. And now Talia and Silver Sable have escaped. I do have important plans for those 2 later on.
And I'm sure we can all agree that Diaz was a clown and an embarrassment of a villain, and even Robin Hood from OUAT could have slaughtered him easily.
Also, can anyone guess who showed up at the end?
Here are the list of Earths involved in this chapter:
Earth-1. Home of the Arrowverse, Star Trek, Lucifer, Devil May Cry, Fast and Furious and Final Fantasy.
Earth-9. Home of 'Titans'.
Earth-21. Home of 'Smallville'.
Earth-1937. Home of 'Once Upon A Time'.
Earth-1999999. Home of the MCU, John Wick and Lord of the Rings.
Now, next chapter will finish the final showdown, and will wrap up the Black Widow arc.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you think of this chapter.
Arrowverse Fan 217 Out.