2ND FINALS: VISION VS. SURGE

The place for battle this time was the City of Westminster in England, more specifically, right in front of Buckingham Palace, where a large platform has been set up, with yellow energy ropes surrounding it. Suddenly, two flashes of lights occur, which is later revealed to be that of both the Vision of Surge, causing jubilation from the British fans watching what was transpiring from behind the wall of the Palace and through a holoscreen floating high above for all of London to see.

The Vision himself looked around his surroundings, where moments later, he saw the cheering crowd and appeared to be intrigued. "Fascinating," said the synthezoid, marveling at London and it's people. But as he looked at Surge, who by this time had streaks of electricity around his heavily suited body and looking unhinged. All in which proved how much Vision needed to win this match, not just from his programming, but with his new human spirit telling him that he had to stop the unstable Surge before he could hurt anyone, be it his fellow Avengers to everyone else in the world as well.

At one point, a Ref Bot came into view and right in between the two combatants, with the announcer's face in full view. "All right, gentlemen! I'm sure that you will give everyone here in the UK, as well as people around the world, a spectacular match, try to be careful in doing it! So, with that in mind, let's not waste any time." With that said, the Ref Bot floating high into the air, for all of the British spectators to see. "Fighters...BEGIN!"

Not wanting to waste another second, Surge charged up his hands and shot two electric bolts at the Vision.

Fortunately for Vision, he made his body intangible and allowed the bolts to pass right through him. Afterward, he attempted to counterattack by charging up the jewel on his forehead and fired a return shot at his electrifying opponent.

Surge, on the other hand, spotted this coming, which prompted him to hold up his right hand, charged it up and with great concentration, he formed an electric based shield, which blocked the Vision's fist. As the shield dissipated, Surge couldn't help but be amazed by what he just did to save himself. "Wow, this suit does have some neat tricks," he thought as he looked at his hands. "I officially take back every bad thing I said about Osborn...well, ALMOST everything." While marveling at his suit's ability to create electrical constructs, as well as how effective it was in maintaining his electric based body, Surge inadvertently left himself open for the Vision, who flew in and delivered a right hook, knocking the Thunderbolt loop. From then on, Vision set his sights on Surge's belt buckle with the intent of ending this early, but Surge recovered fast enough to see the Vision going for a right middle punch, and quickly fought back by firing an electric bolt from his left hand and successfully hit the Vision in his chest, sending flying backward.

Though Vision managed to stop himself, the attack momentarily disrupted his systems, causing his vision to show nothing but static and instantly left the android blinded and disoriented.

Once saw the Vision in a daze, Surge fired another electric blast from out of his right hand, which hit the Vision in his right shoulder, sending him up into the air in a corkscrew motion and landing on the hard floor surface. Now with the upper hand, Surge channeled more electricity into his hands, then pointed straight down and fired two bolts which propelled him up into the air. Once airborne, and with the fallen Vision in his sights, Surge charged up his eyes and fired two thin, electric charged optic blasts, aiming for the android's belt buckle.

Luckily though, Vision's system soon rebooted and restored itself, and once he saw the blasts coming his way, he turned his body intangible once again and phased into the floor, which caused the blast to hit the surface instead.

Naturally, Surge was surprised by this, and thus frantically looked around to try and find the android. "Where are you?!" he yelled, loud enough for all in England to hear. "What, are you scared? Is the Avengers rainbow colored robot afraid of me turning him into lawnmower parts?!"

As Surge continued to berate the missing android, an intangible Vision rose from out of the pavement, then arrived right behind Surge, turning his body solid so he could address him. "It would be wise for you to stop this."

Naturally, Surge was surprised to hear the Vision's calm, monotone voice, and thus spun around, pointed both of his hands at the mechanical enemy and fired two lightning blasts at him.

Fortunately for Vision, however, he quickly changed the density of his body to that of diamond, thus causing the electricity to deflect off of his chest. Calculating, as well as fearing, the probability of Surge harming the spectators below due to how much power he was putting in his blast, the diamond-hard Vision soon grabbed both of Surge's hands, thus stopping the flow of electricity. "You are acting sporadically, thus more likely to harm the civilians down below whether you intend to or not. As such, I offer you the chance to surrender peacefully and prevent any further harm."

"Surrender? To you?!" Surge asked, feeling insulted as electricity sparked from his body, as well as his eyes glowing. "See if you can calculate THIS!" With now enraged Thunderbolt fired another electric optic blast, which ended up hitting Vision in the face and forcing him to let go. With the synthezoid inadvertently reverting his body to average density, Surge channeled more electricity into his hands, then created a massive construct shaped like a hammer, then whacked the disoriented Vision on the right side of his head, sending him down hard into the platform below. Afterward, Surge floated down, and upon landing safely on the platform, he saw Vision barely managing to stand up, but with the bottom portion of his red face now missing and exposing his metallic jaw.

Meanwhile, back in the audience all got a good look at Vision's exposed jawline, and while some were shocked and appalled, others cheered wildly, seeing this as 'hardcore' entertainment.

For the Avengers, they were naturally startled at seeing Vision's minor facial damage, but were mostly worried and concerned in seeing him up against the ropes, so to speak.

As for the Thunderbolts, they were all pleased to see Surge's progress, especially the Iron Patriot. And once he saw Surge produce so much electricity from his body, that it begins to streak across the openings in the platform, he saw this as an opportunity and secretly pressed a small button in his right gauntlet.

Back in England, small smoke screens are hidden in the platform begin to spew out smoke, which began to cover the platform, Vision, Surge, and even the Ref Bot, in a blinding cloud, much to the confusion of the English spectators and the viewers watching at the Garden and at home.

For the announcer watching the events through the Ref Bot, he quickly had to describe the situation to the audience before losing them...that is if he hadn't already. "We apologize ladies and gentlemen, but there must be a circuit short out." said the announcer via the speaker system, then mentally commanded the Ref Bot to approach Surge, whom he thinks might be causing the smoke, but then stopped it just a couple of feet away from him as he was still producing electric streaks with his body. "Surge, would you mind toning it down just a bit?"

This question caused great confusion for Surge, who turned and looked at the Ref Bot's screen with a dumbfounded expression. "Tone it down?!" Suddenly, through the corner of his eye, the Thunderbolt noticed four light bending, human being shaped silhouettes coming out of nowhere and surrounding the Vision, leading him to believe that the Patriot must've sent them to help him win the match. With that in mind, Surge then played along. "Oh...yeah, sure, sorry," he told the announcer, then stopped calmed down and stopped producing the electricity.

As Vision tried his best to recover his barrings, on of the silhouettes on the left nailed the android with a stiff jab while another one on the right side charged in and threw a right hook, nailing Vision in the face and forcing him to the floor. While on his knees, the Vision knows that something is amiss, and thus switched his vision to infrared. Sure enough, as he looked up, he saw the body heat of the invisible men interfering in Surge's favor and spotted one of them coming from the left side going for a left hook. As such, the Vision quickly grabbed the invisible attacker's wrist, and as he stood up, threw his enemy into the to attackers on the right side. The Vision then turned around to see the one and final attacker throwing a right legged round kick, and thus turned his body intangible and allowed the kick to pass right through him. As the befuddled attacker barely landed on his feet, Vision solidified, then simply held his right hand in front of the attacker's face with the tip of his index finger behind his thumb, and simply flicked him in the forehead, which surprisingly was strong enough to knock the attacker up into the air and out of the platform. Having dealt with the four invisible attackers, Vision soon found out their real purpose in serving as a distraction when he saw Surge charging towards him with two electric charged fists! Luckily, the Vision stopped his enemy's charged up hands from touching his person by quickly grabbing both of the Thunderbolt's wrists, button the two in a stand of. "You must...cease this, Mr. Dillon!" said Vision in a very stern tone, thinking of the safety of the spectators.

However, upon hearing the android call him 'Mr. Dillon', something inside Surge suddenly snapped. "W-What did you call me?"

"Well...according to your file, your birth name is Maxwell Dillon, but your friends, family, and colleagues referred to you as 'Max'..."

Upon hearing his real name, the name that he hated because it reminded him of the puny and weak man he used to be, Surge's eyes soon filled with rage, which in turn caused more electricity to dance around his body. "DON'T...CALL ME..." With electricity strengthening him, he quickly pulled his hands back to so hard he pulled Vision's arms right out of their sockets! He then raised his now freed hands over his head and charged them up. "...MAX!" he roared, then fired a huge electric blast that was so powerful, it not only destroyed Vision's belt buckle, it, but it also took the android's torso right off of his waist, blasting entirely in two.

It was a brutal act that left the English crowd completely aghast and left them in stunned silence. Back in the Garden, both the Avengers and the audience were shocked to see what just happened, but out of all his teammates, it is Cap who is the most horrified to see his mechanical teammate and friend wholly obliterated. "VISION!"

Though just as surprised as the audience, the announcer tried his best to maintain his composure and soon heard voices in his earpiece. Once they were done, he turned his attention back to the stunned crowd, raising his hand to get their attention. "Ladies and gentlemen," he called out, and sure enough had the eyes of the crowd, as well as the Avengers and Thunderbolts, all on him. "I've...just received word from tournament officials that though Surge's actions are a tad extreme, they are also aware that the Vision is an artificial being, and thus not really alive. Therefore, such an action will not count as a disqualification, thus the winner of this match, as well as the one to score the first victory for the Thunderbolts...Surge!"

While this response resulted in a lukewarm mixed reaction from the audience, from disgusted boos from the people supporting the Avengers and cheers from those that have gravitated to the Thunderbolts, this still did not sit well with the Avengers themselves, mainly for how the officials considered Vision a none living being, when in actuality, he proved to be just as much of a feeling and living being as any person on the planet.

For the Thunderbolts, on the other hand, this was indeed good news. For even though the Avengers had two victories over them, as far as the Iron Patriot was concerned, he felt that this was a true one up over their opposing team. And though he was still annoyed with Surge on he had some difficulty having self-control regarding his name, the Patriot was still pleased enough that he won for the Thunderbolts, and may keep him around...if he could do a better job at 'behaving himself.'

Back in England, Surge has already calmed himself, and his body stopped producing electricity. After a few moments, the crowd's silence stopped and is replaced by the same mixed reaction back in the states. For a brief moment, Surge looked down and noticed the still squirming, heavily damaged torso of the Vision, and most disturbing of all, actually appeared to be moaning in pain. However, this did not stop the Thunderbolt from looking down at the partially destroyed android with disgust. "My name is not Max!" he thought bitterly. "And when the time's right, it's not Surge either!"

WINNER: SURGE