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Ultimate Aeon: Origins Reboot
Chapter 13: Incursion
The Incursions, universal events of destruction that first begin when two planets begin to crash towards one another. The destruction of both Earths, thus causes the destruction of both realities. On the origin site of Earth 1610, the Triskelion stands rebuilt by of all people Reed Richards. Whilst in other worlds he is its greatest scientist and hero, in this world he wiped away all his good achievements when he took the name 'the Maker'. Since then, Richards has spent thousands of years within pocket dimensions, building his cities and tomorrow people, his version of societies, some identical, others radically different. The Maker returned to his original Earth, not with the intention of saving it, but observing how it's supposed heroes will react, how they will save their world.
'Especially when they discover that the Earth they have to destroy, has no heroes on it, at least none that are at a level that can defy us,' Maker grinned as he watched Nicholas Fury.
Fury was always eager to blow things up, his Avengers team were cold blooded killers, he jumped the gun when Thor and Rogers were accused of being traitors. Then there was the infamous incident with the Squadron Supreme's universe. Rather than covert investigation, Nick led the heroes into a full blown war. Reed never liked Fury, the man was arrogant and above all self-involved. He thought he and he alone had the right to keep the world safe.
'Cool, suave Nick Fury, one moment he's the tough guy who makes the hard decision, the next he's the shoulder to cry on, either he's bipolar, or he's psychotic, and from me that's saying something,' Reed chuckled inwardly.
As usual, Hawkeye had answered Nick's call to arms, he had always been Fury's glorified yes man. Reed tapped his wrist, signifying a watch. Fury cut the chatter in the room and turned to the assembled superhumans. There were no famous faces or colourful costumes, just the blue and white uniforms of enhanced S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Every man and woman in the room was military and enhanced with a scaled down version of Captain America's super soldier serum, and provided another scaled down (and much safer) version of Captain Britain's power suit. All stopped their conversations and looked to Fury, whom stood as usual in his black turtleneck, trousers, boots and leather coat.
"There's no easy way to say this, but it has to be said, in three hours, another Earth is going to crash into ours. Worst case scenario if it collides? Both universes will be destroyed, but we have a means to prevent that, but again it's a worst case scenario folks. Cap and Thor are gone, Stark's unaccounted for, we can't rely on the mutants, and this is way over those kid Ultimates's heads. We're going to drill a device into that planet's core and detonate it, the chain reaction will destroy that world," Fury explained.
He closed his eye and listened to the murmurs being exchanged around the room. Most were hesitant of course, and of course a few were angry. This wasn't a military campaign, it was global genocide, sneak into the opposing encampment, drop a bomb there and then watch it go off.
"Fury," a voice said at the front of the crowd.
Nick opened his eye, looking into Phil Coulson's. The man, usually calm and reserved, had a look that matched Nick's name.
"Tell me, who pulls the trigger? Who lives with the consequences? Who is held accountable for this?" he asked.
"Morally speaking, no one in this room but me should feel guilty, it's my call to make, I'll push the button," Fury said.
"Except it's not that simple, we are talking about..."
"We're talking about fulfilling S.H.I.E.L.D's mission, this is what we are meant to do, protect the world!"
"Which we're not doing, we're still going to destroy Earth, we're still going to destroy trillions of people," Coulson said.
"Mathematically speaking we are trying to save all of existence, if both worlds collide then..."
"You shut up," Phil interrupted Reed, actually shocking the man. "You thought the best way to save the world was by murdering your family, and killing billions of people, so don't you dare try to tell us how to protect worlds. No Fury, this is wrong, you getting to walk away after all this is wrong, I would ask you if you would turn yourself in after this, if you would finally take responsibility for your failures as a director, failures that bought the Liberators down on us, failures that created the Red Skull, failures that caused the registration act and the death of Peter Parker, will you finally turn yourself in, will you finally stop fighting and face up to your sins? But I know you Fury, I know the kind of man you are, you'd just lie to me, like you lie to everyone!"
"I don't lie to everyone, here's some truth right now, I need bodies to pull this off, but you don't all have to get involved. If you want, you can go back to your families and be with them, I won't stop you. Me however, I'd rather die on my feet," Fury explained.
Phil narrowed his eyes at Fury, then began walking through the crowd.
"Don't any of you wear these symbols if you stay, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT S.H.I.E.L.D!" he yelled.
The agents and soldiers again muttered amongst themselves. Fury saw many of them begin to walk towards the exits. A few in particular caught his eye, Melinda May, she was the first to go in Phil's direction. The two had always been close, though it was one of the few relationships Fury knew had no romantic connection. Phil and May were the best of friends, they balanced one another, Phil with his analytical mind yet good heart, May with her intense physical drive and ability to compartmentalise. Yet she never went against Phil, and always backed up his calls. In a way they were in love, willing to die for one another, and tear the world apart for one another's beliefs.
'Interesting,' Richards mused as he watched some of the agents leave, he had a feeling things were about to get interesting.
Coulson looked at his S.H.I.E.L.D. badge and threw it against the wall of his office. When May stepped in, she picked the badge up and looked at Phil with a raised eyebrow, expecting an answer for his behaviour.
"I get it, right now there is no other option for him, because he hasn't tried to find other options, the Future foundation might know a way, the mutants, hell somewhere out there, there are beings beyond our world we could try to get to protect it, some of the Asgardians are unaccounted for, the liberated city, Amora or Hela...anything must be better than this," Phil explained.
The anger was gone, just regret over what the agency Coulson had given everything for had become.
"For all we know, this Earth we're blowing up could be a worse place than ours," May said.
Her statement made Phil laugh, he found a sort of irony in that. He thought of Captain America, the man he first thought of as a hero, only he was just a violent and ignorant man who would always fight first. Then there were the Ultimates, people who created their own villains, they didn't protect people, they just protected themselves and even fought each other. The Fantastic Four had been only a fleeting view of a perfect team, once Ultimatum happened their bonds all fell apart. Susan Storm was unwilling to accept that Reed had to save the world, his affections mattered more to her than the world she lived in. Reed felt that the world needed a firmer hand, he took the idea of compromise to new levels, in some ways becoming worse than Dr Doom and Magneto. Then there were the X-men, Charles Xavier's foot soldiers, he was moving towards the ideal view of the X-men, mutant heroes who would protect a world that hated and feared them. But then he died, and every single X-man simply abandoned the world and the dream Xavier failed to inspire them with.
"Yeah, but then what if it isn't?" Phil asked.
At that point, men and women Phil trusted more than anyone joined him. Though they had not yet fully given him their loyalty, he trusted them enough with a plan. Leo Fitz and Gemma Simmons, both young scientists with intelligence that put them on par with Tony Stark. Lance Hunter and Barbara 'Bobbi' Morse, partners, lovers and agents that immersed themselves in that dark world without breaking. Then there was Alphonso Mackenzie, or Mack as everyone called him. A mechanic and a strong brawler with a big heart.
"I've gone over the data, the future foundation might know more, or they might know less, but at this point, and in this timeframe sir...I don't think it could be stopped," Gemma explained.
"I can't believe we're actually going to do it, destroy an entire planet, how could Richards do it?" Fitz asked.
"Not to be funny mate, but I think it was pretty much confirmed where Richards's marbles where when he faked his death by killing his family, it doesn't matter whether you're a secret agent or the saviour of the world, sane people don't do that," Lance explained.
"The question is what are we going to do?" Mack asked.
"We can't do anything, if we stop them then the Earth is doomed, as horrible as it is, they've chosen the best solution," Bobbi said.
"Have they? Is there another way?" May asked Fitz and Simmons.
"Well, if we had more time we could've created a cosmic cube from the data A.I.M. has," Gemma said.
"Or a mass evacuation, like putting a select number of people on an Ark and putting it into a dimension like the negative zone, the Squadron Supreme's universe, maybe even the space Asgard used to occupy, then we blow up our Earth, another horrible solution," Fitz explained.
"Or maybe Rogue, that X-woman, she could absorb a loud of powers and probably push back the other Earth, back beyond the Incursion point."
"That's assuming something like that could be done, in fact, we don't know whether the other Earth could be blown up. Maybe the heat from the core will automatically melt the bomb, or the detonation signal will be disrupted."
"Fitz I'm sure Richards was smart, and insane enough to actually test his anti matter bombs before composing a plan like that."
"The point I'm trying to make Gemma is that something is clearly drawing the planets together, the dimensional barriers break down, thus the two Earths occupy the same space, but then the gravity wells of both Earths draw them together."
"Ah I see, so there exists two possibilities, Rogue pushed the other Earth back into its own universe or she pushes it out of the gravity well, thus causing this planet to veer uncontrollably through our solar system before colliding with another planet."
"Or crashing into the sun depending on where in our orbit the other Earth appears Gemma!"
"Enough science talk you too, I think it's pretty clear we're screwed either way," Lance said.
"Beyond blowing up the Earth," Phil muttered.
"What's wrong Coulson?"
"Everything, everything is wrong about this, it's not a natural phenomenon, it's an attack, against both Earths. We're being forced to make this impossible decision, except on this Earth, we've always made decisions like that easily, always turned to the darker path, the path that leads to the most blood. Well I've put up with this my entire career, I've put up with all the failures, all the death, the question I asked before, what if that world isn't worse than ours? I've found the answer, by destroying that Earth, not only will we have crossed the ultimate line, but we'll be robbing that universe of a place where its greatest heroes were born, robbing it of a world of marvels who won't repeat the mistakes we've made!"
"By saving this Earth, by ensuring it survives, then we'll be creating a new world. A Marvellous world where the original Spider-man still lives and swings, and saves lives on a regular basis, where Captain America, Iron man and Thor stand as icons, inspiring generations of super hero teams, where the X-men fight to protect a world that hates and fears them, and slowly draws that fear out of our society. A world where new heroes fight, die and rise again, achieving the impossible through incredible power and amazing determination. But above all, a world where this means something," Coulson pointed at the S.H.I.E.L.D. badge. "A world where shield is the shield, the organisation it was meant to be!"
His team mates remained silent, most torn between the dream he spoke of, and the horrible reality they were facing. One however knew the path they needed to take.
"I'm in Coulson, but we'd better have a plan before we do anything," May said.
"Bloody hell, they're insane for doing this, and we're insane for wanting to stop it," Lance muttered.
"Does this mean you're in?" Bobbi asked.
"Only cause you're in, cause I felt we knew each other well enough to know that neither would stand for this sort of thing!"
"This isn't the S.H.I.E.L.D. I signed up for, I'm in," Mack said.
"What about you guys Fitzsimmons?" Phil asked, looking to the two scientists.
"Let me see if we have this right, you want us to think of a solution that Reed Richards, one of the smartest minds on the planet couldn't?" Fitz asked.
"Actually that's assuming he kept looking for solutions beyond blowing the planet up, I think Agent Coulson is implying he has faith that we can actually outsmart Richards, that we're smarter than him," Gemma explained.
"Are you in or not?" May asked impatiently.
"For a chance to outsmart Reed Richards?"
"Definitely," both scientists smiled.
"I'm glad you all agreed to fight!"
The agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. swung their heads around, looking to the doorway. Outside of the office, in the waiting area was Iron man. But also Machine man, Doctor Doom, Invisible Woman, Ben Grimm and the Human Torch. The Future Foundation however was not alone, they had bought with them Miles Morales and the All New Ultimates, and gathered the remaining active mutants, Storm, Rogue, Iceman, Colossus and Jimmy Hudson.
"That means we're not alone, and our army of allies is growing," Tony said.
"Army?" Phil and May looked at the man in confusion.
"Oh yeah," Tony grinned, "We've got allies from 'out of town'," he said.
Earth 610
S.H.I.E.L.D. director Phil Coulson looked at the people in his office with raised eyebrows. Not over the implications of the story they told, they had faced interaction with other universes when another Thanos invaded them. What overwhelmed Phil was the stakes. Ezekiel and the Cassandra Web of the source Earth told him the story, and the new Spider-man Terry Komori spoke of Ezekiel's character, whilst the original Spider-man, Peter Parker, the red and gold clad Scarlet Spider, confirmed the events of the Spider-verse incident.
"Ezekiel and I have our...differences, but if he says things are about to get bad, then I believe him," Terry said.
"The web of life that binds our worlds together, that keeps our world existing, it'll break, meaning the end of our timeline," Ezekiel said.
"I don't know whether we should put all of our stock on a magical web keeping us all together, what I do know is that somewhere out there, an Earth very similar to ours is facing a war on multiple fronts. On one side we have Galactus and the swarm, on another we have a literal collision of worlds, and a madman with power over reality, who has created all of these incidents, and doesn't care if he wipes out all of reality. It will not stand!"
"Then you'll help?" Cassandra asked.
"Time to assemble at dawn, anyone who will answer the call will go with you," Phil said as he pushed a button on his desk.
It released a signal, triggering the communication devices of the Avengers. Aeron Thorton, the new Captain America walked out of the army barracks, strapping the shield of his predecessor to his back. He climbed onto his motorcycle, strapping on his helmet and revving the engine. Clad in his red and white outfit, Sam Wilson, the Falcon was already flying over head. At a road side diner, a seemingly ordinary brown haired man ate a slice of apple pie. When Mark Milton's Avengers communicator went off, he rushed out of the diner so fast, it seemed as if he hadn't even been there. Whilst in the air, he emerged from the clouds clad in his uniform, a black suit with a gold H on the chest. One of the last survivors of Earth 31916 vowed he would not let what happened to his Earth happen to another. In a New York apartment, another of 31916's survivors climbed out of her bed. The dark haired Amazon looked at her lover's withered body with regret. When she saw her communicator beep, clothes began to appear on her body, a blue sleeveless coat with gold on the neck and running down the chest, a pair of gold gauntlets with blue sleeves ending at gold bands on her elbows and a gold crown around her head. She left the apartment leaving no evidence of her being there, just the dead young man whose strength she would use to protect her new home.
Far across the world, others answered the call, Jimmy Hudson put on his yellow and black cowl and climbed onto a motor bike. He was joined on the road by the mute Black Panther, former Hawk-Owl Jack Danner, now going by the name Midnight Owl and Harry Osborn, standing on his glider and wearing goblin armour based on the American flag. On the shores of England, Thor Odinson carried his axe like hammer, then raised his hand. He summoned his true asgardian hammer Mjolnir, and plates of Stark tech armour and Asgardian male that covered his body. From the Baxter Building came the Future Foundation, Invisible Woman and Iron man, but also the Vision, the android messenger transferred to a cloned body of the first Black Widow, and Janet Van Dyne, the former Wasp, transferred to a metallic android body known as Jocasta. The freed spirit of vengeance, Johnny Blaze the Ghost Rider joined Wolverine's biker group, which was soon joined by Captain America and Falcon.
Again in New York, a jet emerged from a pool at the sight of old Ultimate's mansion. Inside that jet were the members of the Avengers unity division. The clone of Peter Parker, Jessica Drew, sat in the piloting seat, wearing her original uniform, but the mask was redesigned to expose her mouth. Beside her sat Johnny Storm, the human torch, wearing a yellow and black outfit. Behind them was Kenny McFarlane, the new Juggernaut wearing an armoured black suit and his predecessors helmet. Kitty Pryde, AKA Shadowcat wore a white, long sleeved version of the cat outfit she wore, with a mask that covered her face and white lenses over her eyes. They were joined in the sky by a Fantasticar, piloted by Ben Grimm. The Thing wore a baggy black and orange suit, the top part of the suit was rolled up to his waist, leaving a black and orange vest to cover his chest. Flying beside him were his other New Warriors team mates, Abner Jenkins Mach IV and Songbird. Marc Spector, the Moon Knight also joined in his own plane, taking with him Iron Fist and Shang-Chi, both of whom wore green and red suits respectively. Walking alongside the plane was the gigantic Atlas, with the former thief the Talon sitting on his shoulder.
There was only one word to describe how Aaron felt about these heroes he saw, and it described what he was doing to. Marvels, they were each and every one of them Marvels. In all his long and miserable years, Aaron never thought he would see a world where heroes like this existed. But what caught his eyes most of all was her, the Talon. She looked so much like her mother, but obviously with some of Aaron's racial traits. He still couldn't believe his eyes, she was using some of his equipment, even wore a mask less, and more padded version of his Prowler outfit. Cheyenne Tate, his illegitimate daughter, the daughter he never really cared for was right in front of him, a near grown woman, and a hero at that. He saw her speak with the two Spider-men, and saw her eyes widen as they pointed at him.
'Here we go,' Aaron thought as he removed his mask.
Cheyenne pulled her fist back, and slammed it across his face.
"I'd call you a son of a bitch, but that would be insulting grandma, who was more than you deserved," Cheyenne said.
"You're right about that," Aaron muttered.
"Of all the people who could have become Spider-man in your universe, it had to be you!"
"I told myself that every day," he said.
"Put that mask on, Terry, don't wait for us, I need to show this bastard something," Talon said, grabbing Aaron's hand and leading him to the ledge. "Follow me," she fired her grappling hook and swung off of the roof.
Aaron put his mask on and fired a web line, following his daughter. She was going to show him something that very well might save his world.
Earth 65
Jason Doyle sat on the rooftop of the warehouse he and his girlfriend had organised meeting at. He could already see her in the distance, swinging towards the place. The only one to answer her call was riding a motorcycle on the streets. Gwen landed on the roof, pulling her mask off to reveal her frustrated expression.
"No, Van Dyne said no, I thought the woman would have gotten bored of fashion and have gone back to super hero work by now," she said.
"Well, it's not for everyone, I see he at least came to help," Jason smiled.
"Not just him," Gwen smirked, point at the sky.
A woman in gold and red armour suddenly landed on the rooftop. The face plate opened, revealing Pepper Potts-Stark, wife and armoured bodyguard of billionaire inventor Tony Stark.
"Anyone else answer the call?" she asked.
"They're all down below, WHAT THE HELL!" Jason yelled as the building shook.
The three put on their masks and came down to the warehouse. There, a hippie with a union jack on his shirt, stood behind Samantha Wilson, AKA Captain America, the pair tried to hold back the Hulk and Wolverine respectively. Rick Jones was the white skinned Hulk, the angrier he got, the more power he could draw from the quantum field. Wolverine was a blue furred man with bone claws coming out of his wrists.
"Stand down soldier," Samantha ordered Wolverine.
"Hell no Cap, I have unfinished business with this guy," Wolverine snarled.
"Well this is a disaster," a brown haired girl said.
She was Darcy Lewis, the Thor of Earth-65. Dressed in an open red coat with a black chest plate underneath it, the plate had six white circles on it. Darcy also wore black trousers with silver greaves, bands on her arms and black gloves. Beside her stood Deadpool, the merc with a mouth, clad in his usual (in this world) orange and blue suit.
"Hey, peace out mates, this isn't the time to fight," the hippie Captain Britain Giles Weill said.
"This is why we don't team up with heroes often," Jason rubbed his forehead and sighed.
"Enough!" the new arrival said.
He got off of his bike, the ethereal glow across his body fading as he approached the heroes. He was wearing a black coat and suit. White and red plates covered his chest, knees, feet and elbows. Covering his face was a red and white helmet with edges on the back that pointed outwards. The red lenses on the mask glowed as he nodded his head at Darcy.
"If Earth 1610 dies, then it'll be the beginning of our world's destruction too, which is why it's imperative that we stop the Incursion," the armoured biker said.
"We bought this team together, but we'll follow your lead Aeon," Jason said, patting the man's shoulder.
Earth 1610
Nick Fury walked in the underground caverns of the Triskelion, caverns even Richards had no real knowledge of. There were secrets in this place the director felt needed to be locked away. He had spent a long career bringing together alien artefacts and weapons from other worlds. People never understood his point of view, how some things needed to be done. No matter how cruel or risky his decisions were, they were always made for the greater good. Nick regretted few things, with Peter Parker alive again, he had nothing left to regret. Stopping at the vault, Fury began to release the locks. It began with his retina, both his active eye and his scarred one. Then came the blood analysis, poking his hand into the machine, Nick winced as it drew his blood. He placed both hands on the palm readers and put his mouth to the speaker.
"Access code:6/7-97+27, Password: Assemble at dawn. Identity confirmation: Nicholas Joseph Fury, United states army general, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Howling commando founder, murderer and lonely man!"
In truth, Nick was not a proud man. He had been forced down this life, the day he was turned into the first super soldier. He and many other African American soldiers, volunteers, war criminals, even random people that had been picked by the SSR, had been experimented upon and transformed. His strength had been enhanced, stamina, even the very chemistry of his brain. A scientist theorised that Fury's brain was different, thus his ability to process decisions and emotions was different. The truth was something simpler, Fury had seen too much. He outlived anyone he had loved in his life. Monica Chang hadn't been his first wife, but she was the last. Even her death didn't faze him, because he had seen it happen one too many times.
'I've seen firsthand, that hope is not enough, sacrifices are sometimes necessary,' Fury thought as he stepped into the vault.
He had recovered a great many things. Dressing out of his usual garbs, he began putting on a new uniform. In a fairer world, he would have become Captain America instead of Steve Rogers. Instead he was made an agent of the US government and rejected the offer to replace Rogers when it was given. His blue suit bore white stars on his chest and shoulders, a symbol of just one part of his allegiance. A harness attached itself to his body, granting him control of a number of weapons, the Tactigon was an alien weapon that had been found in Mexico.
'Sometimes you must use any means necessary,' Fury picked up Captain America's shield, recovered from Storm's grasp.
Then he looked to the other possessions. Five cryo tubes contained the first group of Ultimates Fury had tried to assemble. Tigra, Quake, Wonder Man, Black Knight, Vision and Vision. But they were not alone, Fury had collected other individuals of power, there was no line he wasn't willing to cross. Pym had composed a means to resurrect Janet Van Dyne, instead Fury had used it to turn Swarm of the liberators into the Red Wasp. But he didn't stop there, the cybernetics program would be used to repair the bodies of Abomination, Crimson Dynamo, the Schizoid man, even Perun and Hurricane were able to be resurrected through the Jocasta project. The Liberator's leader however was dissected by Doctor Branklin and used to make the super soldier serum and uniforms that enhanced Fury's assembled agents. Fury removed his eye patch and pulled out his scarred eye.
'Personal pain, endure it for the greater good,' he thought, inserting a new red eye into his socket.
It had been taken from one of the Watchers and granted him an absolute awareness of his surroundings. He gained the cosmic awareness and clarity the Watchers had. With that clarity came an awareness of his own weaknesses, and the monstrous things he had done. The Jocasta project could also be applied to control the minds of others. With that in mind, when the Defenders had been captured by the Ultimates, Fury applied that to them. The Defenders and the West Coast Ultimates were activated like machines. But inside they were still human. Fury continued using the things others would have abandoned, Ultron may have been insane, but he built very close copies of the Ultimates. So in a way, Wasp, Giant-man, Captain America and Thor had been resurrected.
'You must be willing to sacrifice anything, even your soul!'
There had been many others like him, changed men, men whom could be considered super soldiers. Over the years, Nick found them, those whom abandoned their country, those whom hid in the shadows, even those whom tried to live their lives. To appease their families, he had robots called Life Model Decoys created, they would replace these men he captured. But the real super soldiers, the men Nick suffered with, they still suffered, they still became lab rats. These men, a legion of super soldiers, enhanced with cybernetics and alien tech, had been named the Deathlok brigade.
'Even your soul,' Nick thought as he stabbed his wrist.
Blood poured onto runes written on the ground. The carvings began to glow and the Triskelion disappeared. Nick looked upon the fiery realm of a place that had inspired the stories of hell. But the Watcher's eye revealed the truth to him, the very appearance of this place was influenced by his own beliefs. He believed there was a devil, thus the red and white haired Mephisto filled that role. The man walked through the flames, stopping in front of Fury. A shadow appeared over both of them, Mephisto smirked as Nick looked up with a frown.
"She always likes to make an entrance," Mephisto said.
She appeared in Nick's eyes as a gigantic white skinned woman, clad in black and red robes. She was Hela, the Asgardian mistress of death.
"Tell me Fury, why have you linked both our realms together? What do you think you can offer, that can satisfy us both?" she asked.
'Be willing to sacrifice anything, even your soul, even your world,' Fury thought as he bowed to both devils.
Earth 982
"So that's basically what's happening, I need help to stop this impossible event," Spider-Woman explained.
She swung with the newest addition of her family. On Earth 3145, it had been Ben Parker who was bitten by a radioactive spider, and thus became the Spider-man of his world. After the battle with the Inheritors, Ben stayed on May's Earth permanently. The spider-people swung to an old warehouse, where other heroes of May's generation waited. She had successfully gathered J2, the son of the Juggernaut, Darkdevil, the son of the first Scarlet Spider, and Wild Thing, daughter of Wolverine.
"I know Nick Fury's a military man, the kind who will make tough decisions, but actually destroying a planet, unbelievable," Ben muttered.
"Is it really any different from what we'd do under the circumstances?" Darkdevil asked.
"Let's not think about it, I'd rather focus on getting there as soon as possible so we can stop him," May said.
"One thing though Spider-woman, not all of the web warriors have super hero teams on their Earths, who are they bringing?" Ben asked.
Underneath the mask, Mayday Parker smirked.
Earth 161
"So, technically you're this world's Iron man?" Paviitar asked the local Spider-man.
"No, Tony Stark is still Iron man in this world, I just own a company," said Spider-man.
"And you pose as your own bodyguard...that sounds pretty shocking Iron man to me," the Spider-man of the year 2099, Miguel O'Hara said.
Spider-man Noir huffed, squashed between Lady Spider and Spider-man of the Mangaverse. The growing spider army was driving around in this world's spider-mobile. Unlike the previous jeep version, the new one was a transforming mecha. The Spider-mobile drove up the Parker industries building. This Spider-man, sported a costume that wasn't simple cloth, and sporting a glowing green spider on the chest, and glowing lenses on the mask.
"I get it, the heroes of our Earth would only be cannon fodder, so we've been sent to put an army of spiders together, but why of all people," Noir shook his head as he looked at the Spider-man sitting between Paviitar and Miguel. "Why did we have to get stuck with..."
"Pause there, in case you haven't noticed, Spider-man of the world where everything is black and white has a problem with me. Which is completely unreasonable because I'm the Ultimate Spider-man. One minute I'm training with my team mates White Tiger, Power man, Nova and Iron Fist, the next I've got Spider-man India picking me up. We take a stop off at a world that is pretty much our equivalent of DC comics Gotham by Gaslight universe, there we picked up Lady Spider, who is totally hitting it off with Miguel."
"You see, if he does that in the middle of a fight, he's going to get someone killed," Noir Spider-man said.
"God, he and I are close to the same age and yet I'm still more mature," another Spider-man said.
"The Spectacular Spider-man is just jealous that he's got a bigger head than everyone in the car!"
"Please stop that!"
"Spider-man TAS as I like to call him, I don't know why we bought him along, I mean he gets more respect than me and Spectacular, it's like he's the cartoon series that aired before us, and everybody misses him and hates on the new shows. But his adventures aren't even that exciting, guy only threw one or two punches."
"PLEASE STOP TALKING!" all of the spiders yelled.
The Spider mobile and its selection of spiders jumped above the PI building, and straight into a portal to another Earth. Unknown to them, a young man had watched their departure with particular interest. Edward Forrester turned his back to the building, lifting his black hoodie off to reveal his ginger hair and freckles. An armoured man suddenly appeared out of the floor, as if Ed's shadow was a portal to another world. The man's armour was red and white, his helmet was based on a knight's visor.
"Looks like things are getting serious in the Multiverse, could be another Incursion," the armoured man said.
"I know Nevs, these guys don't have the knowledge on them that we do, can you take us to where they're going?" Ed asked.
"Definitely, you just need to change into Aeon!"
Ed nodded his head and put his hands over his belt buckle. Light shined out of the buckle, illuminating Ed's body, and charging it with power. Blue armour covered his arms and legs, with the palms and soles covered in white armour. A white chest plate took form around his upper body, the shoulder pads stretched out like a pair of wings. A white and blue helmet then appeared around Ed's face, with a pair of red eye lenses glowing on it.
"Nevs!" Ed clicked his fingers.
His other worldly companion nodded his head. The armoured man jumped, shrinking and folding together like a box. He turned into a red and white sword, the hilt of which was shaped like a cross and had a kanji symbol for heroism on it. Ed caught the sword and swung it downwards, creating a split in the air, a split that became a portal into the Multiverse.
"Don't worry web warriors, you're not alone, Aeon's coming to help!"
Earth 616
"So that's what I've been trying to say, there's a crisis about to happen in another world, and it may be too big for us to handle," Anya Corazon, the Spider-girl of that universe stood in front of her team mates.
Or at least those of her team that were available.
"I missed out on this Inheritors thing before, I think I'll need to make up for the absence," the Scarlet Spider, Patrick said.
"We're in," said Wind Dancer, Sofia Mantega, she spoke for her X-men and New Warriors team mates, Wondra, X-23, Chamber, Blackwing, Tempest, Rockslide and Hellion.
"If Patrick's going we go too, besides if there's going to be mass evacuations I can help," said Vance Astrovik, AKA Justice.
His former New Warriors team mates, Firestar and Speedball both nodded their heads. Beside them, the Initiative survivors, Hardball, Komodo and Gravity also volunteered.
"Give me one of those dimensional porters Anya," a voice said in the shadows.
Anya turned to the leader of the junior Avengers/black ops team. He was a young dark haired man, dressed in a pitch black bodysuit with red lights on the finger tips, back and chest.
"Virgil, shouldn't someone stay to manage the mission?" Justice asked.
"You guys are going to need more help than what we can afford to take right now, this is too big for us, but in the mean time you guys should go and help where you can. I'll take this to the main Avengers team and see what help they can grant us," Virgil explained.
"Virgil, there's just one more thing, on this Earth that's going to be destroyed, they're trying to create an Aeon, on this Earth he raised your brother, now he's your teacher, if there's anyone who could find the person on Earth 1610 who can become Aeon, it's your teacher, will you find him too?" Anya asked.
"Get going," Virgil remained silent, walking out of the room, and taking the spare dimensional porter with him.
Earth 001-Loomworld
Rio Morales stood facing Karn, the Master Weaver.
"Should I not go to my Earth and ask for help there?" she asked. "Or do you wish me to find Adriana's army?"
"No Arachne, your brother in law is preparing for a war, whilst events in the possible future may make it necessary, it is not essential. What is needed is a means to reverse the Incursion, and to above all restore the balance of a world where light and dark has been separated," Karn explained.
"Could the return of Aeon be what Earth 1610 needs?" Rio asked.
"Perhaps, I am not so certain, I cannot see Sven Reilly within the darkness, I fear that he has fallen. In that case I fear someone else may have to take up the mantle."
"Mustn't Aeon always be Sven Reilly?"
"Not necessarily, just as there can be other men or women to take on identities on other Earths, the mantle of Aeon is no different. Edward Forrester, Henry Forbes, Katherine Reilly, Virgil and Siegfried Wallace, many people with different variations of the armour, and sometimes different abilities all together. Though I admit, a majority of Earth's do have a variant of Sven Reilly taking on the mantle, like the one on this Earth about to collide with 1610, he is Sven Reilly, but on this Earth he is but a child, and has blonde instead of red hair."
"Kind of like how a person can have a different appearance or even race on another Earth, I'm glad I've gotten used to alternate realities," Rio said.
"That's probably because you haven't spent much time on your Earth for a while," Karn said.
"I will go back, after this crisis is over, now what can I do?" she asked.
"Something strange is happening on other Earths, one moment there is a Sven Reilly on that world, the next he is gone. I believe someone may use the chaos of this crisis to eliminate the Sven Reilly of Earth 610."
"And you didn't tell Ezekiel?"
"Right now his and the focus of that world's Avengers should be on helping to avert the Incursion, besides, there is only a small percent chance that he will become Aeon!"
"If there is even a one percent chance, then we have to take it as an absolute!"
"...You got that quote from another Earth didn't you?"
"Oh please, like you're not hoping for a day you can quote him," Rio said.
"Let's not distract ourselves, there are two things I need from you Rio, first go to 610, find and protect their Sven Reilly if possible, but do it without the others knowing. If not possible then go to Earth 1610, not the dark part of that world where your brother in law came from, but the other side of the mirror, where all of the good is," Karn explained.
"Why?"
"For the reason I cannot sense that world's Sven Reilly, his body was destroyed, but his soul endured, and went into the body of his counterpart, in the opposite of Aaron's world, a world where everything that could have gone right on Earth 1610, did go right."
"A paradise realm," Rio gasped. "You want me to try and convince him, to part with that world, to help put his Earth back in the state it should be? But how, I would not want to part with a world where everything went right, what makes you think I'll be able to convince him to give it up?"
"I can only hope that you can Rio, because if Sven Reilly does not accept both the good and the bad, then I fear all that will be left for Earth 1610 is nothingness!"
Next Chapter 14: Reflections
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter. As far as comic book deaths go, this resurrection was quick, Sven is alive but stuck in another world. Next time, he sees the moments of some of his counterparts.
Some designs and concepts seen in this chapter.
1610 Mephisto: Whilst never outwardly called it in the comics, 'the devil' or 'crossword man' seen in the Ultimate Avengers comics, considering his connection to Ghost Rider is without a doubt that world's Mephisto and will be referred to as such in future chapters and future stories. Nick's made a deal with both him and Hela, the results and consequences of which will be seen later.
Earth 65 Hulk: Rick Jones in this universe, though as a twist he doesn't have strength that increases with rage, he's a Captain Atom-Hulk, able to absorb and control multiple forms of energy, and basically a walking bomb.
Earth 65 Wolverine: He's Logan, but with blue fur like Beast, nuff said.
Earth 161: In my canon, this is the world we currently read about in the comics, after Secret Wars. Its a world where there are two Nick Fury's, Black Cat had a shift back to villainy that made no sense, Spider-man does iron man better than Iron man did it, Amadeus Hulk, mutants getting crapped on by the Inhumans, original X-men living in the present etc.
The web army: Spider-men of alternate dimensions, alongside the web warriors, we have Lady Spider, the Spectacular Spider-man, Ultimate Spider-man, Spider-man of the 90's animated series and many more.
Earth 616: The Earth followed in my struggle of the apprentice series.
Aeon Earth 161: In this Earth, Aeon is a boy called Edward Forrester. Aeon and associated characters are like the Tokusatsu heroes of Japan. Ed-Aeon is based on Kamen Rider Strike form, and is a reality hopper, making him somewhat like Kamen Rider Decade.
Aeon Earth 65: An Aeon who also isn't Sven Reilly, but his identity will be revealed later. Physically like the Kamen Rider Wizard, though not with a ring motif.
Earth 65 Captain Britain: A hippie Captain Britain called Brother Brit-man, who is actually a canon character seen in the old Captain Britain series. Alternate realities :)
