Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel, I also don't own the other property that appears in this chapter
This chapter is the game changer and the setter for my stories to come
The Hunt
Chapter 27: Tesseract
Sieg flipped in midair, landing right beside his sword. He looked at the twitching form of Zarda and couldn't resist a smile. With her out of the way only Nighthawk and Hyperion remained, then with the Trinity gone the Squadron's chain of command would shatter. He picked his sword off of the ground and blocked the strike of a Squadron Member in knight's armour. She swung her sword again, only to meet Sif's. Sif then pulled her fist back and punched the knight across the face, throwing her back. Sieg nodded his thanks to Sif before running to find another fight. Striker employed and electrical barrier to block the firepower from a Nazi mech, whilst Sunfire bombarded undead forces from above with a shower of fireballs. Shiro swung around as an undead Valkyrie flew towards him. He flew around her and delivered a series of fiery punches that dislodged her jaw, before finally breaking her skull apart. Hulk and Rulk landed on the field and began punching and slamming their way through the gathered Nazi and Hydra forces. Doctor Spectrum created a gigantic chainsaw with his energy and swung it down at Hulk. The green giant caught the saw and yelled as he held it back.
"Die damn you, DIE!" Spectrum yelled.
"Now that's not appropriate! We have to use the term destroy or take out!"
Doctor Spectrum turned and widened his eyes as Iron man flew towards him. Tony punched the man across the face and then tackled him towards the ground. Doctor Spectrum created his own suit of rainbow armour, with a sword to match that he grinded against Tony's faceplate. Firing his uni-beam to knock his opponent back, Tony then released a torrent of missiles that Doctor Spectrum cut apart one by one. Cap threw his shield, rebounding it off of Nazi mechs and bonking Squadron members in the head. He jumped, landing behind Lady Lark and deflecting her sonic scream back at her. Lady Lark flew back, clutching her ears in agony. Wind Dancer then created a huge gust of wind that threw Lady Lark onto the ground. She got up off of the floor and met with Spider-woman's fist. Jessica fired a venom blast into Hyper girl's chest and jumped upwards as she slammed into the ground. Hyper girl fired her heat vision, only for Blink to teleport Spider-woman out of the line of fire.
"Scott isn't going to like this," Cannonball said as he slammed into Hyper girl's back.
"The kids have been saying that over and over Sam," Sunspot said as he hit Hyper girl with a fire blast.
Hypergirl gathered air into her lungs and blew both X-men back. Valkyrie landed in front of Hyper girl and thrust her spear at the girl's chest. But the weapon shattered upon contact and Hypergirl punched Valkyrie in the jaw, throwing her into the clouds. Kate Bishop launched arrows at her opponents, whilst Patriot blocked gunfire with his shield and MVP, wearing his Cap costume fired the concussive rifle Fury had given him.
"Even though Nighthawk's one of the people in charge we need to focus on Hypergirl and the Spectrums, they're the biggest threats," MVP explained.
"Not a lot we can do," Kate muttered.
Stature ran at Hypergirl, attempting to grab her. But the red and gold clad villainess punched her across the face, sending her crashing into the ground. Cammi fired her blaster at Hypergirl, whom turned and began hovering towards her, taking the blasts like mere flies against her skin.
"Shit," Cammi muttered.
Arcanna and Moonglow walked through the battling horde, their hands respectively glowing with green and purple energy. They flew into the sky and began firing blasts at the heroes. One hit Reptil, throwing him on top of Finesse, another struck Kid Briton in the back, forcing him to drop his sword. Hypergirl charged her eyes with her heat vision and prepared to burn Cammi to a crisp. But the girl was suddenly encased in crystal. Hypergirl widened her eyes slightly and turned to Sieg. The crystal shattered and Red Raven swooped down, picking Cammi up off the ground.
"I don't know whether you really joined the Squadron willingly, or whether they took you and brainwashed you, but either way I'm not going to let you hurt anymore of my friends," Sieg explained.
He stabbed his sword into the ground and the crystals sliding out of his armour turned into granite spikes. His whole armour took on a more rock like appearance as he pulled his sword out of the ground. It had now taken on the appearance of a hook blade, that Sieg used to grab chunks of rock from the ground and he threw them with enough force to knock Hypergirl back. She flew at Sieg, only for him to punch her back with his rocky gauntlet. His sword returned to its natural form as he aimed it at the sky. The crystals on his armour glowed a white colour and his armour turned blue and white as electricity and wind spread across his sword, which took on the form of a doubled sided blade. He swung each side of his blade, releasing bullets of air and bolts of electricity that threw Hypergirl across the field.
"Now let's finish this," Sieg said as a pair of wings burst out of his back.
He took flight, the wind swirling around him like a hurricane as lightning crackled on his feet. With a great yell Sieg launched himself at Hypergirl and the wind swirled around his legs like a drill. He kicked Hypergirl in the chest, burning off Hyperion's symbol, sending her sliding across the ground. Sieg grit his teeth together as his armour returned to its normal state.
"Looks like this one's going to be a lot tougher," he muttered.
"Then it's a good thing you've got some help," Cammi said from the air.
Hypergirl widened her eyes as Nightcrawler teleported behind her. His passenger Powerman slammed his fist into Hypergirl's belly, hitting her with Chi. Nightcrawler then teleported with Powerman away from the girl, allowing Mettle to throw both Jimmy and X-23. The pair slashed Hypergirl in her sides. Mettle then ran towards Hypergirl and punched her across the face.
"Sorry," he said.
"Don't apologise Kenny," Hazmat said before she hit Hypergirl with a blast that mixed together numerous forms of radiation, finally knocking Hypergirl out.
"Thanks for the help guys," Sieg said, resting his sword on his shoulder.
"Iron man got a distress call, we need to send someone to Project Pegasus now," War Machine said, landing between the teenagers.
"Why are you looking at me?" Sieg asked.
"You're in charge here whilst Cap takes some of us to save Hawkeye and Mockingbird," War Machine said.
"Command of a whole super human army, no pressure," Jimmy muttered.
Sieg gripped his sword tightly and nodded his head.
"All right our first step is giving Cap and his team some covering fire, War Machine how many weapons have you got?" he asked.
"A lot," Rhodes said before flying into the air.
Compartments on his armour opened, revealing an arsenal of guns and missile launchers. He fired all of the batteries, hitting mechs and enemy troops alike. Captain America made his way through the town, leading Black Widow, Spider-woman, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, the Protector and Blue Marvel towards a portal Ariel had created. The Avengers ran into the portal and appeared inside Project Pegasus. Tyrone Cash suddenly punched Blue Marvel in the face, throwing him through the wall. The Avengers circled around Tyrone and avoided his punches as Muramasa continued to watch AIM hack open the door he needed to open.
"They shouldn't have been here this early," Trickshot said.
"Wanted more fun with your brother?" Muramasa asked.
"We were supposed to face one another in a test to see who the better marksman is, but your apprentice ruined that," Barney Barton growled.
"If you're expecting an apology you're looking at the wrong guy, just keep them busy," Muramasa sighed.
Mockingbird dragged Hawkeye towards the wall, where Iron Fist and Black Widow waited.
"Oh my god Clint," Danny gasped.
"Can you heal him?" Mockingbird asked.
"I can cauterise the wound and ease his pain, but regenerating the arm? The only one who could fully repair the arm is in New York, but if I cauterise the wound any chance of regenerating the arm is gone and I don't know if we can make it to Crowner tower in time," Iron Fist explained.
He ripped off his shirt and pressed it against Hawkeye's stump.
"Sieg, we need you to send a teleporter to our location now," Black Widow said over her radio.
Sieg slashed a Squadron member across the chest and looked towards Blink.
"Clarice, we need a medevac at Project Pegasus now," he said.
"Sure thing," Blink grabbed one of her crystals and teleported directly into Project Pegasus.
She immediately took one look at Hawkeye and knew what she had to do. Running towards the archer and his wife, Blink placed her hands on their shoulders and teleported into Crowner tower. Wounded had been gathered, where Elixir and Wallflower of the X-men were helping to heal them. Elixir looked through the window of the operating room and saw Blink and Mockingbird supporting Hawkeye.
"Oh my god," he gasped; he'd never seen wounds like Hawkeye's before.
"What happened?" Laurie asked as the women bought the archer in.
"A little encounter with that guy who talked over the radio, the one who pushed the whole city into a frenzy," Mockingbird explained.
"Oh no, he didn't do this did he?" Josh asked.
"I'm afraid he did, god Miss Frost and Summers will lock him away for this," Laurie sighed.
"Who is Muramasa's apprentice?" Blink asked.
"Someone we know!"
Muramasa apprentice jumped and rebounded off of Cap's shield. He narrowed his eyes as more dark portals appeared, revealing Muramasa's dark generals Scion, Azrael and Catastrophe. The apprentice ran with the generals as they charged the Avengers. Black Widow flipped away from one of Catastrophe's energy blasts, whilst Iron Fist slammed his fist into Scion's. Cap blocked a volley of Trickshot's arrows and jumped over Tyrone Cash. The supposed first Hulk swung his fist at Cap, only for Steve to slid underneath his legs. Blue Marvel then flew at Cash and delivered several punches to his face before knocking him through the wall. Noh-Varr flew around Azrael, firing blasts at the nimble swordsman. Toxic Doxie blocked some of Spider-woman's punches and tried to hit her with her toxic gas. Jessica however flew upwards and fired a venom blast into Doxie's chest.
"Almost there," Muramasa muttered, tapping his fingers against the lock of the door.
He turned his head, seeing Superia throwing Luke Cage into Iron Fist. His apprentice dragged his sword against Cap's shield and then jumped back as Scion launched his fists at Cap, hitting him in the mouth and chest. Steve quickly recovered and threw his shield, only for it to fly past Scion and imbed itself in the wall.
"What?" Steve gasped.
He crossed his arms together, taking several blasts from Catastrophe. Steve felt his senses kick into overdrive; he could feel the weight of the armour on his shoulders and the adrenaline pumping through his body. Scion hit him again with his metal fists, throwing Steve into the wall.
Ares and Deathblade slammed their blades together. The two warriors glared at one another with expressions that swore they would never forgive each other. Deathblade saw in Ares's soul a violent life spent in tribute to the worst moments in human history. There was no heroism in war, especially from the kind of wars Ares had fought and even started. He had the longevity of his people the Olympians, which gave him strength far beyond that of an ordinary man. But his strength was not fuelled, Cade's was. Ares also had the blood of thousands on his hands, and that added to Cade's outrage and his determination to kill the god of war. He began to push Ares back, his scythe growing with blood red energy. Ares widened his eyes slightly at the sudden change in Deathblade's strength.
"You really think you can get away with striking down gods?" Ares asked.
"Really? You are really going to call yourselves gods after this?" Cade growled.
He deflected Ares's axe and slashed him across the shoulder. Ares clothes lined Deathblade, knocking him into the wall. Deathblade quickly jumped up, dodging Ares's axe. He kicked Ares across the face and then elbowed his shoulder. Ares let out a roar of anger before grabbing Deathblade's head; he slammed the young man against the floor two times before throwing him across the room. Cade flipped and planted his feet on the ground; he slid across the floor until he came to a halt at the wall. Ares ran forward, tackling Cade and crashing through the wall. The two fighters fell out of the building, straight into a yard that was supposed to be for prisoner downtime. Ares grabbed Cade's leg and swung him at the ground. But Cade suddenly kicked Ares in the side of the head, throwing him off balance. He pressed his hands against the ground and slammed his legs into Ares, knocking him towards a fence. The god of war tore the fence off the ground and threw it at Deathblade.
"You call this war, you arrogant bastard, this is one murderer simply murdering another, you're not so special!"
"I AM A GOD!" Ares yelled.
"YOU ARE A CONMAN! One part of the grandest con of all, making people whom didn't know any better believe in a higher power, when in reality there is no greater power than the will of those whom are alive!"
Deathblade changed his scythe into twin hook blades and swung them at Ares. He matched the taller man blow for blow, exchanging punches and elbows that would have shattered a normal man. But neither one of the two men could be considered normal, one was godly, the other was unbreakable. Deathblade kept on fighting, even as Ares cut his shoulder. He turned his hook blade into a spear and stabbed it through Ares's thigh, making sure to charge it with energy. And for the first time in a thousand years Ares yelled in pain.
"When you make god bleed people stop believing in him, the world stopped believing in Gods of your kind long ago Ares, KEEP WITH THE TIMES!" Deathblade viciously punched Ares in the face, pushing the cheek guard of his helmet into his skin.
Ares stepped back, gripping his cheek for a moment before throwing his helmet aside.
"Such power," he muttered.
Deathblade remained silent as he prepared to behead the former god. Suddenly, Wonder man tackled him from behind. Simon rolled across the ground, holding Cade by his arms. He gave the man's wrist a squeeze, causing Cade to drop his weapons from the pain.
"Stop fighting now, you shouldn't be doing this Hunter, you should be working with us to stop the Squadron," Simon explained.
Cade straightened his arms, astonishing Simon with his strength. Rolling in Simon's grip, Deathblade slammed his heels against Simon's chest. Wonder man lost his grip on Deathblade and stumbled back, giving Cade the opening he needed. After landing on his fleet Cade punched Simon again and again across the face. Wonder man swung his fist at Deathblade, only for his opponent to wrap his legs around Simon's arm. Deathblade threw Simon to the ground and kept his legs locked around the man's arm. He elbowed Simon twice in the head before twisting Simon's arm out of place. The Avenger let out an agonising scream whilst Deathblade fired a blast from his eyes, hitting Wolverine in the chest with a heat so strong it burnt off the top half of his costume, and his flesh.
"Iwanthimtostop!" Wiccan chanted as he hit Deathblade with a lightning bolt.
Deathblade staggered backwards, then groaned as Speed rushed him, delivering a series of blows to his chest. He tried to backhand Speed but the boy was too fast. Tommy ran around Deathblade, giving Wiccan an opening to hit Deathblade with an electrical attack. Deathblade shaped his gauntlet into a shield, bouncing Wiccan's energy blasts into Speed.
"Stay down or I'll do to you what I did to Wonder man," he threatened.
Ares suddenly tackled Deathblade and then threw him through the wall of the prison. They rolled past the bodies of several dead prisoners and Ares finally got a look at the Dead Avengers. His own brother Hercules was amongst them, breaking the necks of helpless prisoners. Yellow Jacket fired stinger blasts and flew through the brains of one prisoner after another. Even Captain Marvel blasted men and women whom could do nothing against him.
"You will pay for these desecrations monster," Ares growled.
"I will, but not before I see you and every other evil being DEAD!" Cade threw his hand forward, aiming his mind controlled Undead weapons at the Avenger.
Captain Marvel and Wasp fired blasts at Ares, hitting him in the chest. He let out another howl of pain as his armour shattered. Ms Marvel suddenly crashed through the wall, punching Captain Marvel across the face. Scarlet Witch and Ulti-Boy followed, both picking their targets and attacking them. Zack mimicked Yellowjacket's powers, shrinking so he could chase the miniature hero. Wanda ran her hands over the railing Hercules stood on. The floor suddenly collapsed from underneath him, burying him in debris. Hercules burst out of the rubble and swung his fist at Wanda. She used her chaos magic to divert Hercules's course, throwing him into a prison cell. Zack grabbed Yellowjacket's hands, redirecting her stingers into the back of Hercules's head.
"Sorry about this Mar," Carol said, punching Mar-vell across the head again.
"I know Carol, don't hold back," the dead hero wanted to die again rather than be a pawn, but his body moved on autopilot, dodging Carol's blasts and punches.
"Come on lets help out," Wolverine said as Wiccan levitated him onto the floor the Avengers fought on.
Suddenly, a red cloak wrapped around Wolverine's wrists and threw him into the wall. Wolverine growled as he stood up, looking at a man in a black, red and white costume with a cloak that looked like it was alive.
"Who the hell is that?" Speed asked.
"Nightwatch, a hero who was a part of a time loop, he went to his past self before death, Deathblade must have revived him for his Undead Avengers," Wiccan explained.
"He kind of looks like a Spawn rip off," Speed muttered.
"I always thought that too!"
Suddenly, two more heroes entered the fight, one moved at super speeds and punched Speed across the face. Wiccan helped his brother up and they both looked at their opponents. They were both dressed in their classic costumes, but they were as young as the days they first wore them. The reanimation virus glowed around their faces, restoring their youth.
"Miss America and Whizzer," Billy identified the two heroes.
Not needing a signal to start, Whizzer and Speed ran at one another. They moved at speeds that made it seem as if they had disappeared, everything moved at a snails past as the two speedsters ran around the room, punching and kicking at one another. Miss America suddenly flew at Wiccan, hitting his barrier and throwing him into the wall. Nightwatch flew around Wolverine, slashing him with his talons and taking several slashes to his own face. Wolverine stabbed at him again and again, but like him the undead man healed and continued the fight. Wonderman turned into his energy form, healing his broken arm. He then flew through the wall, punching Hercules before he could reach Wanda.
"Looks like we wont have to worry about people escaping," Monica muttered as she looked at the monitors that showed the masses of bodies throughout the prison.
"Director Gyrich we need to retreat now," Hand said.
"This has gotten out of hand," the man muttered.
"What exactly has gotten out of hand?"
The three agents widened their eyes as Beast appeared from the ceiling. They moved towards the door only for Quicksilver to appear with his arms crossed.
"I knew it, stupid humans and their ploys, you wanted Deathblade to escape didn't you Gyrich?" Pietro asked.
"With all the villains dead and the heroes going into hiding after Sieg's promise, there would be two primary candidates for the presidency, Miriam Sharpe and you," Beast narrowed his eyes at Gyrich, whom pushed his glasses up his nose.
"Hard decisions have to be made, the last presidents couldn't make those decisions, so I may have reduced security in the prison, lets face it with people like Stane and the Leader dead there would be nothing for people to fear anymore. So what if it violated every law our country was built upon, at least the world would be safe and I would have a seat of power where I could make a real difference," the agent explained.
Beast smiled as he crossed his arms together.
"Did you get all that?" he seemed to ask no one.
Suddenly the space beside Beast was distorted as an Ant-man appeared.
"Henry, meet Eric, please tell me you recorded all that," Hank said.
"Recorded and uploaded to every media centre on the planet, Hindsight lad's social networking upgrades really helped," Eric O'Grady grinned.
"Now would probably be a good time for you to run with your tail between your legs, leave us to clean up your messes…again," Pietro sighed.
The prison suddenly began to shake. Explosions formed tubes of fire through the corridors, consuming fleeing agents. The helipads collapsed from the barrage of explosions on their support struts. Aeon ran away from one of the explosions and jumped through the observation deck, landing between Ares and Deathblade. He jumped to his feet and looked around, the markings on his armour glowed white as he felt someone run around him.
"Carol there's another speedster here," Sven said.
"I hear you, Pietro do a sweep of the prison and hurry!"
"I know a speedsters work when I hear it Danvers, I can see him," Pietro was already running at super speed, rushing past Wiccan and Miss America.
He had to actually work to avoid Speed's flying form. Whizzer was relentless in his assault, but the man Pietro once believed to be his father was not his target. He ran across the water, chasing after Speed Demon.
"This is great, I knew my little fireworks display would bring one of you speedsters away from Aeon, I'm glad it was you," the man smirked.
Pietro ran alongside the Squadron member, reading the overconfidence on his face. He recognised Speed Demon's body language whilst running, the subtle shift in his speed. The Squadron's primary speedster was challenging the Avenger. Pietro narrowed his eyes, angered by the nerve the human had not only in challenging him, but taking and throwing aside the name of the man he had once thought to be his father Robert Frank.
"You want a race Speed Demon, fine LETS RACE!" Quicksilver yelled.
The two men did what they did best; they ran, increasing their speed to the point where they were both unstoppable forces of wind moving through the world. One moment they were running across the deserts of the Middle East, then dodging ice and waves in the Antarctic and rushing through the American cities and streets, to the ruined Wasteland of Washington to the refugee filled streets of New York. It came to the point where both men generated energy, like lightning bolts moving around the Earth.
"This turned out so well, Power Princess wanted to fight Sif but got ass kicked by Sieg, Hyperion wants to kill all of the heroes but is fighting his counterpart in space, but I'll get what I want," Speed Demon explained.
"You really think you'll beat me in a race? Pathetic human," Pietro muttered.
They ran underneath the golden gate bridge, moving past Magneto as he repaired the damaged landmark with his powers. He didn't even know they had moved past him. Quicksilver ran around several Squadron members as they fought the Avengers academy students. He jumped over a blast fired by Iron man and caught up with Speed Demon.
"When does this race even end? Have you thought about that?" he asked.
"It'll end when one of us can't run anymore," Speed Demon cackled.
They ran past Sieg as he moved towards Nighthawk and his allies. A Squadron member wearing a blue helmet drew two pistols from his jacket and fired them at Sieg. Surge ran in, catching the bullets and shooting the blue helmet/hood man with electricity. A woman in a Nighthawk costume leapt at Sieg, only for White Tiger to intercept her kick. Ava kicked back at the woman, striking her cheek. Blue Hood got off the floor, and began a hand-to-hand fight with Shang-Chi. The martial arts master easily blocked the costumed thugs punches, then delivered a kick that shattered the man's helmet. White Tiger slashed Hawkgirl twice with her claws before delivering a knock out kick to her head.
"Thanks guys," Sieg said as he approached Nighthawk.
"Should have looked for better sidekicks, especially with what happened to my last one," Nighthawk sighed.
"You definitely should have thought of a better costume, you don't even deserve to call yourself Nighthawk," Sieg growled.
"The other name was taken, besides I am worthy of Nighthawk, Richmond was a criminal like me!"
"He became a hero, something you'll never be," Sieg said.
"Of course I won't, I'm going to become the crime boss to surpass all crime bosses, even the Kingpin!"
"You bastard," Sieg muttered as he pointed his sword at the villain.
"STOP!"
Nighthawk raised his head in confusion. He turned around and saw Constrictor begin to approach him. The former villain turned hero had his coils wrapped around the necks of two Squadron members. He had suffocated them just enough to make them pass out.
"Deathblade may have killed Kyle, but you're the one whose trying to destroy his legacy, stand back kids, this bastards MINE!"
Aeon blocked the blades of both Ares and his life long rival. He looked both in the eyes, looking for any sign of the other backing down. But neither warrior stopped their assault on the other. Aeon took a punch to the gut from Ares and was thrown aside by the god. Ares lifted his axe over his shoulder and swung it down on Deathblade's gauntlets. Cade shot two blades out of his wrist and locked them with Ares's axe. He slammed his head against the god's, knocking him back. Aeon then rushed towards Deathblade and in a rush of speed tackled Cade and crashed through the wall. They shifted from the prison and into the water. Aeon punched Deathblade's helmet again and again. But Cade fired an energy blast that knocked Sven out of the water and back onto the rocks of the beach around the prison. Aeon's armour glowed red and white, electricity sparking around him as Deathblade rose from the water. A piece of Cade's helmet fell off, revealing his left eye.
"Please Cade stop, don't make me fight you in your condition," Sven pleaded.
"Never…never stop, NEVER STOP FIGHTING!" Deathblade yelled as he summoned his energy sword.
Aeon let out a yell as he ran at Deathblade. They threw their arms forward, clashing their energy attacks together. The resulting shockwave swept the water behind them aside and threw the fighters inside the prison away from one another. Aeon's friends and apprentices felt the surge of power both men released. Blood dripped from a cut on Cade's exposed hand. He held Sven's fist and Sven held his fully armoured wrist, redirecting his sword into the ground. Cade's helmet shattered, revealing his dirty face and unkempt blonde hair.
"There isn't a moment in my life when the faces of the people I've killed don't haunt me," he said.
"Maybe you should take that as a sign Cade, that you aren't a good killer," Sven said.
"I'd be a damn hypocrite if I turned back now, there's no redemption for them and soon, there will be no redemption for me," the young man explained as he broke free from Sven's grip.
He slashed Aeon across the face and jumped back as energy poured out of Sven's helmet. Aeon gripped the cut part of his helmet and looked over at Cade, his eyes again pleading for him to stop.
"Stop holding back Sven if you want to stop me, THEN YOU CANT HOLD BACK!" Cade yelled.
He prepared his energy blade again, but stopped as a shadow loomed over them. The rivals looked up, both widening their eyes at who they saw. He had his hands crossed over his chest and his skin seemed nearly deathly pale. But what horrified them even more was the emptiness of his eyes they were literally black voids.
"Sentry," Cade growled.
"Not Sentry…the Void!"
Muramasa's patience had paid off. All the deals he had made, the manipulations and the risks were finally paying off. The lock of the door he had to open was finally released and he stepped into the chamber containing the item he had to have for his plan to succeed. It would either be his greatest moment of triumph or his greatest source of entertainment. Whether he succeeded or failed Muramasa was content, he had after all driven the Sentry to madness through Deathblade's revelations and the final nail in the coffin, the temptation of the drug that had given him his powers. But the anger of the void was not Muramasa's ultimate goal and neither was the decimation of America and the war between super heroes. His Ultimate goal floated before him, contained within an energy field, the last barrier between him and one of the most powerful items in the Multiverse.
"Finally," he grinned.
Cap looked over Scion's shoulder and caught a glimpse of the object Muramasa was eying.
"A cosmic cube, Pegasus had a cosmic cube here?" Stingray asked.
"Indeed they did and now it falls under my sole authority!"
Muramasa laughed hysterically as he shoved his hand through the energy barrier. It disintegrated his glove and burnt his hand but he still laughed. Taking a hold of the cube, the item of cosmic power let out a pulse that swept across the planet. Everyone felt the power of the cube as it left its prison. The fighting still continued, but no one could shake away the immense sense of dread they seemed to share with the Avengers witnessing Muramasa's possession of the cube.
"You've got it, well come on then, blow these idiots apart and lets go," Trickshot said to Muramasa.
"How's about I twist reality so that it was you instead of your brother who had his arm cut off," Muramasa grinned.
With a mere thought Muramasa changed the fates of Hawkeye and his brother. Just when Elixir was going to heal Clint, his arm suddenly reappeared and Barney looked at his bleeding stump in shock before falling to the floor in agony. Muramasa laughed as if he had heard the punch line of a good joke. He looked at the cube before raising it above his head. The cube's blue colour suddenly took on a dark purple hue as Muramasa poured the many evil souls inside him into the cube. They merged with it, enabling the cube to follow his will even as it left his hand. The cube floated off of his hand and through the ceiling. It rose from Pegasus base and towards the sky, it then gradually began to expand to twice the side of a skyscraper, to the point where everyone on the planet could see it. James looked at the cube from the roof of the Crowner building and widened his eyes.
"What are you seeing James?" Gloria asked over the radio.
"The same thing everyone else will see when they look at it, another city, but there are buildings I don't…the Daily Planet…that's not a city I've seen before Gloria and I've been in a lot of cities," James explained.
"TESSERACT!" Muramasa yelled, raising his hands above his head. "Tear open the barriers of the multiverse, show us the multiverse beyond ours!" Muramasa cackled as purple electricity ran across the floor and the sky.
Deathblade and Aeon looked at the gigantic cube in horror. Sentry however smiled, for to him everything was going according to plan.
Next Chapter 28: The Hardest battles
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, next time with the barriers between reality broken, Sieg leads the heroes in a charge to stop Muramasa whilst Sven and Cade not just the Void but each other too.