The Only Resolution is War Pt. 3

Six Castle

Momentum walked into the mansion holding an injured Enchantress on his shoulders. She was bleeding freely from her side. The blood covered Sam's face, but it didn't seem to faze him at all. He had seen a lot of blood in the past three months and this time was no exception. Behind Momentum came a bruised and tattered Polaris.

Dr. John Sublime, the Six's resident doctor, came running around the corner medical charts in his hands. He rushed up to Momentum and asked, "In the name of… What on Earth happened out there?"

Momentum looked up his eyes expressionless as blood continued to flow down his face. He explained to Sublime, "The Defenders were entirely wiped out. Enchantress, Polaris, and myself are the only survivors of the battle. Legion and Drezan were tougher than we had thought. We managed to get in some pretty good licks in on Drezan. He'll be out of the picture for a while. Now take Enchantress! She may be immortal, but that doesn't stop her from hurting."

Dr. Sublime took the sorceress into his arms and headed down towards the infirmary. He had bags under his eyes and he desperately needed sleep, but the world was depending on him to keep the world's heroes healthy. He already had Spider-Man, Doc Samson and Alastaire under his care. Now he would have to add his first female patient in a while to the list.

After Sublime had got Enchantress strapped in and stable he decided to take a break. He walked up the metallic stairs into his little lounge room where he poured himself some nice cappuccino. Just as he was about to sit down and enjoy Blink popped up in front of him. He nearly spilt his cappuccino on himself.

"Sorry I startled you John. I just wanted to left you know the good new."

"Well, hun let it out! I haven't had good news in a while," Dr. Sublime said somberly.

"Elektra, Dazzler, the rest of the Six, and myself managed to defeat the Reavers. It was a tough battle, but we worked through it and came out on top!"

"Excellent new Clarice. Any causalities?"

"Only on their side! The only Reavers that we managed to capture were Henry Gyrich and Irene Merriwether. The rest well…"

"No need for details. I'm just glad everyone made it back," Dr. Sublime said knowing that it was hard for Blink to describe death anymore seeing as how she has seen so much of it. They all had and it was starting to take its toll. Especially on Momentum since he was trying to bear the weight of the world upon himself. He was taking responsibility for every defeat and for every loss. No one should put that kind of pressure on himself. Not even Adam Warlock, the most levelheaded person John knew, would be able to handle all that pressure.

"Look John I just talked to Sam and he said that he's going to go to the Moon."

"Goodness! Doesn't Sam realize that those guys just want to get back to their home dimension and want nothing to do with our planet's war? I would think he would get the clue."

"Well, it's not like we ever asked John. They might just want to help!" Blink exclaimed trying to a find a glimmer of hope in the tunnel. She tried to find that hope everyday and in every battle.

"If they wanted to help Clarice don't you think they would have been offered it?"

"They're on a foreign world! They have no idea what's what in this world. Anything could go and have you ever thought little things like offering help might not even exist on their world. Maybe where they come from offering help is sinful! Who knows? We won't know till we ask!" Blink cried out.

"Fine tell Sam that he has my support in going to the Moon even though I don't like it one bit. I'm just afraid of what this will do to Sam if it blows up in his face. He's teetering on the edge right now and you know it!"

"I understand where you're coming from John, but I think if Momentum wasn't putting this kind on pressure on himself he would be more out of his mind than he is now. The man thrives on pressure. He needs it like you need your patients."

"Point taken Blink. Just be careful and watch out for him. Please. He's going to need us all in the days to come because I don't foresee this war ending anytime soon. We've already lost all of X-Force one by one and now for all the Defenders to be gone. It's just going to get worse before it gets better."

"I know John. Believe me I know. Maybe though with Worthington's Zeta Droids we'll start getting more numbers. We need them desperately. So desperately," Blink said beginning to cry, but only for the slightest moment as she soon picked her head back up. She was Harlem's ninja and she wasn't one to disappoint.

"Anyway John I've got to get going. I'm going on a mission with the Dark Rider and Shiro into Alaska to hopefully take out Britannica and her army. Wish me luck," Blink smiled. John nodded his head, bent over and gave Clarice a kiss on the cheek.

"You take care of yourself. I don't want to see you in here. Now get out of here and go save somebody!"

Blink saluted and teleported away. John finished up his cappuccino and rose out of his seat. He needed to go through the rounds and check up on his patients. Especially on Amora because a good deal of her internal organs were either bruised or torn. She definitely wasn't in good condition, but she was immortal so she was probably in the best condition if you thought about it. Dr. Sublime had done a lot of off the wall thinking in the past three months since this little war ignited. It was the only way to keep him concentrating on his work and what was important.

Polaris watched Dr. Sublime hard at work with a smile. She had known the man for quite a bit and he was always a man of action. He could never sit down for very long, but now he definitely had a reason for his workaholic attitude.

"Hello Dr. Sublime. I see you're hard at work. That's what I love about you. I think sometimes you're on a tougher battlefield than I ever am. So how did Spidey end up in here?" Polaris asked as she walked down the stairs to see a bruised and cut Spider-Man. The strange thing was that his entire body was exposed except for his mask.

"May I ask why that is still on there?"

"He wears the mask for a reason Lorna. I'm not going to violate that and his head wasn't hurt anyway so I didn't see any need to remove the mask."

"Do you ever get curious?"

"Not at all my dear. I have too much else to worry about and too much many people that are staking their lives out there that need me to worry about a silly mask. Nope not much at all."

"Blunt as always. So anyway I was just wondering if you could bandage up all these little cuts I got on me from the fight?"

"Polaris I'm perplexed as to why you asked. I'm a doctor. All you have to do is tell me," Dr. Sublime smiled.

"I wish my gynecologist was as cool as you," Polaris said holding out her arms allowing Dr. Sublime to put some antibiotics on the scrapes and cuts.

"They're all perverts anyway," John joked. Lorna started to giggle just a little at first and then she started to laugh so Dr. Sublime couldn't put any more medication on the young lady.

"I've never thought I was too good at jokes so I've either made my first good one or you're just suffering from a temporary case of insanity."

"Probably both," Polaris snorted as she continued to laugh wildly.

The Moon (a day later)

This was Sam's second time being to the Blue Area of the Moon this year. The last time was when he was facing the Phoenix. That seemed like an eternity ago to him. Since then he's lost so many friends and seen so much blood spilled that he just felt like giving up on life. But then he sees people like those brave Chinese hobos who fought with sticks and stones against the Reavers. It's in those moments when he realizes just what he is fighting for.

Slowly Sam approached the huge building the beings that lived in it called the Watchtower. It was an amazing feat of architecture. He could hardly believe that it would just pop from one dimension and appear in another.

With deep breaths and a hopeful heart Sam did the simplest thing he could and simply knocked on what looked like a door. He waited there for fifteen minutes before a beautiful woman with red head and living plant suit came to the door.

"I would never expect to see a hero from Earth up here especially with your planet's crisis, but what may I do for you?"

"Well, Poison Ivy… I need the help of the Justice League. The Earth needs the help of the Justice League."