Secret Crisis: Battleworld Chapter 1
New York City, Battleworld
Welcome to Battleworld. Merged timelines and realities all under one roof. Caused by incursions. One universe under Kang The Conqueror. Ruler of Battleworld. A God and a King.
After our heroes failed to stop Kang the Conqueror, he formed Battleworld. Several sectors of merged timelines and realities scattered across the planet. However the main city is a combination of New York, Central City, Star City, National City, Freeland, Gotham, and Blue Valley all under one massive dome. The rest of the continental United States alone was fair game. Some other merged universes. But one was intentionally cut off from the rest. A sector known as "The Deadlands". No one but Kang knows what's inside there.
It has been several years since the heroes of the now defunct Earth-616 Prime were defeated. Even then there was something that happened after that. Something that left them all distant, broken, beaten. Worst of all, grieving. Grieving over the loss of their Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. A loss that to this day still leaves a lingering pain amongst them. Some worse than others.
Eddie Brock enters a bar to have a drink within the domed New York city.
He takes a seat and asks for the usual whiskey.
"Brock"
"Logan" Eddie replied back.
Logan was wearing an eye patch and was going under the name of "Patch"
"It's Patch these days actually" said Logan.
"Yeah. Haven't been feeling like Eddie Brock myself either." said Eddie.
"Hard to believe he's still gone" said Logan.
"Yeah. I miss him too." said Eddie.
"I hear his girlfriend stays at his grave for days on end. Never leaving." Explained Logan.
"What about Ned? Figured his best friend would be there too" Asked Eddie.
"Yeah. But not as much as she does." Logan explained after taking a puff from his cigar.
"I bet a lot of us still pay him a visit" said Eddie taking a drink.
"I heard rumors about someone probably visiting his grave more than MJ herself. Always with a bottle of booze in hand. No one could get a good look at the person." Explained Logan.
"Any room for one more?" Asked a voice.
"Carol?" Asked Logan.
"Yeah. It's me" she said taking a seat.
"New haircut?" Asked Eddie.
Carol Danvers had gotten a new haircut. Which was a short style with the side of her head shaved.
"Wanted to try something new." said Carol.
"Hard to believe it's been a few years already huh? Not just since we lost but, when we lost even worse." Explained Eddie.
"We were careless Brock. We tried to live up to our name by Avenging but...if it wasn't for Doctor Strange making that peace treaty after we surrendered, we'd all be dead." Explained Carol.
"Yeah. Lucky for him he got to be Kang's Sherriff in town." Explained Logan.
"If he didn't, we probably wouldn't even be lucky to be alive right now" said Carol.
"You know what? I'd like to make a toast. Here's to failing. Failing the world, failing to avenge it, and failing Peter Parker" said Eddie raising his glass.
"Here here" said Carol.
"Yeah" said Logan.
The three clinked their shot glasses and took a hard drink.
Later Eddie Brock took a walk to Peter's grave and statue left in his honor. As he expected, he bumped into MJ.
"Hey!" he said to her.
"Hey."
Eddie walks beside her for a side hug.
"Had a feeling I'd find you here" said Eddie.
"That's what everyone says" she adds.
"You know if we hadn't lost and Kang didn't take my Symbiote, I'd bring him back right now right?" said Eddie.
"I know. It's not your fault. Of course I know at any given time you could bring him back. Guess that wasn't in the cards." said MJ.
"I really miss him too. I really do feel responsible."
"But you didn't kill him Brock."
"I didn't save him either" he said.
"Trust me there's someone out there who's been feeling even more guilty than you do" said MJ.
"Who?" Asked Eddie.
"Who do you think?" MJ asked.
"Sara? No one has seen her in years. Her Legends moved on. I heard she and Ava split some time ago. But Sara? It's like she's dissappeared.
"You've heard the rumors right? Some lone stranger showing up here drunk and sad? Part of me thinks it's her." Explained MJ.
"Now that you mention it, maybe it is her. She definitely acted as a protective older sister to him. But who knows man?" Asked Eddie.
"Yeah. Who knows?" adds MJ.
"C'mon. It's getting cold out here. Wouldn't want you to get sick" said Eddie.
MJ planted a kiss on Peter's grave and goes with Eddie.
However as they both walked away Eddie turned to see the rumored lone figure with the bottle in their hand. He tried to get an idea of who or was but quickly turned away.
Warworld, The Killoseum
In another area of Battleworld was Kang's Colosseum Area where some of the other heroes battle it out in Gladiator style combat in which he appointed an alien tyrant Mongol to be in charge. His top Champions? Kal-El and Kara Zoe-El aka Superman and Supergirl. However depowered and constantly under a red sun and cuffed with Kryptonite after every match.
"Another day another fight huh cousin?" Asked Kara unwrapping the bandage tape off her hands.
"Everyday I wonder when we will finally be free and fight back against Kang." said Clark throwing down his shield and axe.
"I know Clark. I know." said Kara.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing it's just...I just really miss Peter"
"I miss him too Kara."
"Well maybe one day we can at least visit his grave" said Sam Wilson entering their locker room.
"Yeah. One day" said Kara sounding utterly defeated.
"In the mean time. We fight" said Sam.
Central City.
Inside S.T.A.R Labs was Barry Allen and Peter-3 visiting from his merged part of New York.
"Barry. Do you think this will work?" Asked Peter-3.
"It has to. If we're gonna undo all this we need to take back Battleworld piece by piece and work our way up to Kang. Revolutions starts off with little victories and we build off that more and more until we topple Kang once and for all. He has thr Book of Vishanti and with it, we can hopefully restore the Multiverse and everything will be back to normal. Even before the incursions started happening. Even more so, hopefully we can get Venom back and therefore Peter-1." Explained Barry.
"We'll need to find the others. The big guns alone are locked up in Warworld and no one has seen or heard from Sara in years." said Peter-3.
"Doesn't matter, we need to find whoever we can and get them to join our cause or we'll never get our lives back." Explained Barry.
"So where do we even begin?" Asked Peter-3.
"We head back to New York. Eddie, the others. Then we try to find Constantine and the Legends." Explained Barry.
"And Sara?" Asked Peter-3.
"We try to coax her out from wherever she's hiding from." Explained Barry.
"You know I haven't worn the suit since we all lost again right? It's been hard trying to be a Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man when one of us has been dead for years now" said Peter-3.
Barry zooms to get Peter-3's suit and his own as the two suited up.
"Well the world now more than ever needs one." said Barry.
The two exchange a handshake in agreement as then Constantine arrived with Loki, Sylvie and Mobius.
"So he's in?" Asked Constantine.
"Yeah. I'm in" Peter-3 nods.
"Great! Neato! Can't believe we're actually gonna do this!" said Mobius.
"I've also made a trip to New Asgard. Thor and the Asgardians are in as well." adds Sylvie.
"Good we'll need him since..."
"Since Jane was added to Kang's Police Force along with Doctor Strange?" Peter-3 finished Barry's train of thought.
"Yeah."
"Baby steps mate" adds Constantine lighting a cigarette.