Duke stared at the unholy sight in front of him. The Turok-Han growled evilly and stared down at the human at the end of his spear. It laughed slightly and bared its teeth, moving closer to the downed human.
"You want to eat me?" Duke asked drawing his service revolver, "Then choke on me!"
Duke fired three times right in the monster's face. The Turok-Han's head snapped back, but then looked back down at Duke. Four things were apparent on the creatures face. Three bullet holes and a very angry glare. The Turok-Han leaned in closer, just as s swift motion took its head off. The Turok-Han crumbled to dust and Duke looked up at his black clad savior wielding a katana.
"Nice save Snake-Eyes." Duke said to his friend. The silent ninja merely saluted to Duke and motioned over for the others. The two were soon joined by the mammoth Roadblock, Scarlett, and Lifeline.
"Oh God." Scarlett said looking at the spear in Duke's stomach.
"I've had worse." Duke tried to smile.
"He has had worse. Remember that time Cobra shot down the helicopter you were in?" Lifeline laughed as he began to ease the spear out of Duke, "You were in the infirmary for six months. I never heard a patient complain more."
"That should tell you to work on your bedside manner." Duke said grunting in pain as the spear came out.
"Uh oh. We have company." Scarlett said pointing to a large group of Turok-Han approaching.
Roadblock smirked and hefted his M-60. The man was so big he could fire the normally ground mounted gun in his hands. He opened fire on the Turok-Han, making them spasm and howl in pain. But they didn't die.
"What's with those clowns? They won't fall down!" Roadblock rhymed.
"Cutting their heads off seems to work." Duke said, looking at Snake-Eyes, "Though I doubt even Snake-Eyes could take that many at one time."
"Any chance you'll give up that crazy pacifism thing and help us shoot those things, Lifeline?" Scarlett asked, as the redhead fired several arrows from her crossbow.
"I doubt it would help considering you're not even slowing them down. We need to get Duke moving and then catch up with Flint's squadron." Lifeline explained.
"Lifeline's right. But we'll never make it with those things closing that much ground on us." Duke said as Snake-Eyes and Scarlett helped him up.
"Okay man so get with the plan!" Roadblock said, trying to hold off the ever-closer Turok-Han with his gunfire.
"We need some cover." Duke explained as the Turok-Han were about ten feet away.
An engine roared as the Rolling Thunder crushed the approaching Turok-Han.
"That'll do nicely." Duke commented.
General Hawk and Captain America immediately rose from the cockpit.
"You injured soldier?" Hawk asked.
"Just a flesh wound sir." Duke lied.
"Any chance we can get a ride, sir?" Scarlett asked.
"I doubt that." Captain America said looking a block in front of the Rolling Thunder. One of the giant dinosaurs was walking towards them.
"What are those things?" Hawk asked.
Captain America flinched, "I've read about them. They're called Baragons. One of those Japanese monsters."
"Looks like classifications will have to wait. It's coming this way." Hawk said.
Cap looked to the cannon mounted on the back of the Rolling Thunder.
"I'll see if I can slow it down." Cap said, sprinting towards the back section.
"Good idea. The rest of you, get behind the Thunder and get moving. Beach Head has a unit picking up stragglers. They'll get you home." Hawk ordered.
"But what about you? Don't act like a 'foo!" Roadblock said.
"Soldier that was an order! Do you understand?" Hawk asked.
"Yes sir!" Roadblock said with a grimace.
"Now get moving!" Hawk ordered.
Duke's company pulled out as fast as they could. Hawk stared straight ahead as the Baragon closed the distance between it and the Rolling Thunder. Captain America sat at the controls of the huge artillery cannon at the back of the vehicle. He was almost ready to fire. He then started to smirk.
"General, permission to speak freely?" Captain America asked.
Hawk was puzzled as the special nature of the Captain's duties meant he was ranked higher than a General.
"Granted. What's on your mind?" Hawk asked.
"Just wanted to say something fitting before I fired on that thing." Cap smirked.
"Which is?"
Captain America started to play with the controls and aimed directly at the head of the Baragon. He smiled.
"YO JOE!" he shouted as he fired the massive cannon.
The shell hit the Baragon square in the head. Blood spurted and showered out. The monster's face grew dazed but it kept coming, unable to stop its charge.
"Oh hell." Hawk began, "Armadillo! We need to get out of here!"
"No time! Save yourself General!" Armadillo said as the Baragon kept stumbling forward.
"Armadillo!" Hawk yelled.
"GO!" Armadillo yelled.
The Baragon was almost on top of the Rolling Thunder. General Hawk grimaced and looked down at Armadillo in the cockpit.
"Good soldier." He grimaced before launching himself into the air with his jetpack. The Baragon crashed down on top the front of the Rolling Thunder dead, crushing the cockpit. The back of the Rolling Thunder was pushed up into the air and Captain America was thrown from the seat on the cannon. He went sprawling through the air nearly losing his shield. He remained calm however. He was Captain America.
"Go limp! I have you!" Hawk said flying in and grabbing Cap.
"Hell of a way to spend a Sunday night huh?" Hawk asked Captain America.
"Rather be in church but duty calls. This pack able to carry us both for very long?" Cap asked.
"Not for long." General Hawk said, seconds before an ear-piercing screech sounded in the air as one of the passenger jet sized birds was diving for them, "Make that less time. That one got a name too?"
"Another Japanese one. It's called Gyaos." Cap said.
"And you can call us sitting ducks." General Hawk said as the giant creature closed in on them.
They were amazed as a moment later, a gigantic rocket thundered into view overhead. It was simply huge, the size of a small building. When the rocket started to change, they were further amazed. The rocket split in two, the nose section becoming what appeared to be a huge gun, while the tail section grew claws. A flash of light issued forth from both sections as a GIGANTIC robot materialized between the rockets. The two parts then connected to the robot's body as its arms. With a mighty swing, the clawed tail section slammed into the head of the Gyaos with a might backhand.
The Gyaos crashed to the ground on its back as the robot dropped onto its wings, standing with one foot on each wing. The robot stared down and pointed the nose section at the Gyaos's head.
"Organism: terminated." The robot's voice thundered as it fired an immense laser blast into the head of the Gyaos, sending purple blood washing onto the street.
"I have no idea what you call that." Captain America admitted.
General Hawk smirked, "Other than salvation, I reckon you call him Omega Supreme."
"General Hawk?" another robot, much smaller than Omega Supreme, but still around twenty feet tall colored red and blue asked down below.
General Hawk and Captain America flew down lower with the jetpack.
"Good to see you again, Prime." General Hawk said.
"I see you're still functioning." Optimus Prime said as Hawk and Cap landed on the ground.
"We wouldn't be for…Omega Supreme is it?" Captain America said.
"He tends to be a lifesaver in tough conditions." Optimus Prime answered back.
"So what's the situation?" Hawk asked.
"Your president contacted the Autobots for reinforcements. Seemed it was a smart decision all things considered. We're evacuating what remains of the city's populace." Prime explained further.
"Is Luthor out?" Cap asked.
"He was the first to be evacuated." Prime replied.
"Of course he was." Captain America said with a hint of anger.
"So you were sent to get us?" Hawk asked.
"No. I merely came to save who I could. I'm just glad you still function. We need to leave." Optimus Prime said, transforming into a large semi truck with a long tractor-trailer, "Omega Supreme will cover us."
"I'm sure he will." Hawk said regarding the one hundred and fifty foot robot.
"Where are we headed?" Captain America asked as he walked towards Prime.
"A rural area." Prime replied.
"Why rural?" Hawk asked.
"You don't know? These things came out of the spires in EVERY major city on the planet. Washington is no isolated incident. This is an invasion." Prime explained.
"My God." Hawk said, discarding his jetpack, and climbing onto Optimus, "This is bad Cap. Cap?"
General Hawk turned and looked at Captain America. He was watching Washington DC in flames. He looked like a statue, just standing there. Hawk could only wonder what was going through his head. General Hawk looked to where Captain America's gaze was fixed. The Washington Monument, with walls of flame behind it and the roars of the Turok-Han, Baragons, and Gyaos in the background. Hawk knew what was going through his head now. They were retreating, leaving Washington to the monsters. Leaving it to burn. Captain America turned to Hawk and Prime.
"Let's get the hell out of here." He said grimly.
Hawk wasn't sure but he could swear he saw a tear in one of Cap's eyes.
"Okay, this has been a rough day." Buffy said sighing as she sat on her roof. Spike sat beside her.
"Not everyday two blokes both claiming to the Almighty show up on earth is it?" Spike added.
"That and everything in between. I just can't believe the First controlled us that easily." Buffy growled, feeling cheap.
"I can. Ancient evil, mere mortals, well mere mortals for the most part, awesome power. Yeah I pretty figured he could do that." Spike mused.
"I can't beat him." Buffy stated. It got very quiet.
Spike put an arm around her and said nothing. He didn't have to. He just pulled her close and held her. Buffy looked up at him and smiled slightly.
"Warlock seems to think we got a chance." Spike said, "His ideas sounded damned good to me."
"They were good, but I'm not so sure that we can pull it off. That's a whole new ballgame to us, even if he does help us. I'm not sure we can get everyone here." Buffy explained.
"You're the Slayer. It can be done." Spike mused.
"Doctor Strange didn't sound so optimistic on the phone when Willow mentioned that Warlock and Thanos were here." Buffy stated.
"Yeah, I heard everything. Vampire hearing and all. Man can curse like a sailor when he has to. Apparently the bloke's met them before." Spike said, "But he quieted down and admitted that we needed them if we want this to go through."
"I still think it sucks." Buffy said.
"I'm not too fond of certain aspects of the plan myself, but hey I'm the not the big omniscient type." Spike said as Buffy started to cry.
"Buffy? Slayer what's wrong?" Spike asked.
Buffy whimpered, "My house is going to be even more full!"
Spike arched an eyebrow as Buffy held onto him tightly as she cried. She was a crazy one, but hey, like that would ever stop him when she was all over him like now. Spike smirked and patted her back.
Across town, three vampires entered a cave laughing about a kill they had made.
"The best part was when they begged. I love when they beg!" one said.
"God this was a good day. As far as Apocalypses go, this one has to be the best!" another chimed in.
"I love when big ancient evils rise." The third laughed.
The three laughed until the lead vampire stopped and sniffed the air.
"Someone's in here." The vampire said, before smirking, "Someone alive."
The next instant was all a blur. Something hard struck the lead vampire in the head, cracking his nose. As he fell to one knee in agony, gas started to rise at the feet of the vampires.
"What the?" another asked before they gripped their eyes, "AHHH! I CAN'T SEE MAN!"
The other two similarly writhed in pain as the gas burned their eyes. They never even saw who attacked them. All they knew is that whoever hit them fast and hit them hard. It was like being struck by a cinder block right in the face. One roared in pain as its arm was broken with the skill of a surgeon. He was then thrown out of the cave's mouth, soon joined by his two friends.
"GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER!" one vampire said running off blindly.
"I'm with him! See ya!" another said, leaving the vampire with the broken arm lying on the ground.
"Hey come back!" the vampire with the broken arm said as his vision began to clear. A foot then pressed down on his chest. He turned and looked up and what he saw outlined in the darkness frightened him. It was tall, totally black, with a cape…. or were they wings out behind it? Twin horn jutted from the head, giving it a fearful shape. It spoke and the voice was dark and cold.
"Get out. This is my cave now." It said as it hefted the vampire to its feet and slammed it against the cave's wall.
"Who are you?!" the vampire asked in fear.
"The night." The figure said, Judo throwing the vampire onto the grass outside. The vampire rose and ran as fast as it could, not wanting to spend another moment with the creature back at the cave.
The creature smirked and chuckled, "I love doing that."
Batman then walked back into his cave without a sound.