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Ultimate Aeon Origins Reboot
Chapter 17: Battle for reality part 3
Earth 610
Dark Aeon they called it, or as Coulson liked to think of it as something S.H.I.E.L.D. really didn't need right now. The armour closely resembled the kind that the 'travellers' Sieg and Muga had used. Coulson narrowed his eyes as the Red Wing drones recorded the very one sided battle between this new super human, Talon and the alternate Spider-man. Talon dragged her claws across the armour, but the man simply grabbed her by her neck and picked her up. The alternate Spider-man however seemed to fare much better, his enhanced strength at least made Dark Aeon flinch. But every time Dark Aeon blocked a strike, Phil could see that it hurt the Spider-man. Purple flames swept over Dark Aeon's hands as he delivered a flurry of punches to the Spider-man's chest and head. The flames burnt away some of the man's mask, revealing a face with a close resemblance to Miles Morales.
"Aaron Johnson, this is exactly what Miles needs," Coulson muttered.
He cringed in sympathy as Dark Aeon kicked Aaron in the chest, throwing him in front of Miles.
Miles looked at Aaron in shock, true, he had been to other Earths, but he didn't expect there to be a world where Aaron was Spider-man of all people. He was even more shocked when Aaron got back up and fought again. Aaron tried firing a web line at Dark Aeon, only to be pulled into his fist. Dark Aeon slammed his knee into Aaron's shoulder, and began punching him in the face several time. Suddenly, he felt a prick at the back of his neck. He grabbed Miles, lifting him up in his invisible form. The boy's cloak faded and he struggled under the man's grip. Dark Aeon dangled Miles's legs off of the floor, and kept his foot on Aaron's throat.
"RRRRRAAAAAAAAGH!" the berserker yelled so loudly that the glass around him shattered.
He suddenly dropped Miles and stepped off of Aaron. Dark Aeon gripped his head and yelled again, the jaw of his helmet opening like a wild animal. His eyes began to flash as he looked up, seeing several costumed figures floating over him. On a metal platform was Nomi Blume, clad in a blue trench coat as the mutant heroine Polaris. Next to her stood Hisako Ishiki, AKA armour, clad in a yellow and blue jumpsuit with a red 'A' on her belt. Flying beside them was Missy Kallenback, wearing her Nova helmet and uniform. Dark Aeon's eyes then dropped to the ground, where the X-men of this world stood. Led by veteran Colossus, all of the members wore blue and yellow suits with black X's on their belts. Alongside Colossus were Warpath, Magma, Link, Micromax and the Stepford Cuckoos.
"Back away from them," a voice growled behind Dark Aeon.
A growl escaped Dark Aeon's jaw as he turned towards more mutants. Members of X-Force, led by Jean Grey. All of them wore black suits with silver highlights. Joining Jean was Adrian Luca, AKA Nightshroud, Grant Alexander AKA Diamondstone, Aimi Yoshida AKA Jolt, Liz Allen Firestar and Derek Morgan Archangel.
"This is gonna hurt," Grant grinned, running forward, turning his fists into massive grey boulders.
"Alexander wait," Jean called out.
Grant slammed his fists into Dark Aeon, but widened his eyes as he gripped the sides of the boulders. Red markings began to spread across the rock, passing to Grant's skin. Diamondstone suddenly changed, turning into a rock golem. The stones turned black, like charcoal, but nowhere near as brittle, and red light glowing across them.
"Great, this just got real complicated real fast," Adrian Luca muttered.
Earth 1610-Clash of heralds
On another Earth, Cade was in full control of himself, and he fought a devastating battle in the clouds. He and Dominus clashed again and again, slamming energy blasts and fists together. Cade tackled Dominus, pushing against his head as they flew downwards. An island had long been abandoned, and the volcano there was inactive. Cade threw Dominus, and hit him with a blast from his eyes. The beam sent the herald flying into the volcano, triggering an eruption. Cade looked down at the crater left from the explosion, and huffed as Dominus flew back up towards him. The herald glared at Cade, and then released a blast from his mouth. Except it wasn't energy, the man was generating, and forming tidal waves of Gah Lak tus swarms. Materialising a pair of scythes, Cade began cutting through the swarms, destroying as many as they could before they began to overwhelm him. He twirled the scythes between his hands, batting aside each drone.
"Galactus, must feed, WE ALL MUST FEED!" Dominus yelled.
He flew in close to Cade, punching him across the face. Cade quickly recovered, slamming his elbow against Dominus's cheek. Dominus gathered energy into his hand, then bought it to Cade's chest. The resulting blast threw Cade back, the bearer of justice's spirit looked up, seeing the main ship of Galactus beginning its entry into Earth's orbit. Dominus flew up towards the ship, leaving Cade to defend himself from the swarms.
"I will finish what Galactus started, I will destroy the Earth," Dominus said.
The herald got closer and closer to the ship, and the equipment he needed to continue feeding on the planet. He stopped however as Silver Surfer and Phyla appeared in front of him.
"You're not taking another step forward," Phyla said, raising her sword.
Dominus smirked, as tentacles began to stretch out of the ship.
"No, I thought Galactus was dead," Phyla said.
"Fool, Galactus cannot be stopped, even with the sacrifice of a lowly mutant, NOW DIE!" Dominus yelled.
He flew forward, gathering energy into his hands to form a drill. Suddenly Silver Surfer swung his board around, bashing Dominus across the face. The cosmic powered heralds glared at one another, before firing their energy blasts together. They flew across the sky, up into space, leaving trails of green and silver particles behind them. Norin surfed across the energy waves Dominus controlled, bringing the front of his board into Dominus's chest. He then span around, throwing Dominus further down towards Earth. There, Cade waited, flame like energy coating his scythe. He swung the weapon around, creating a gigantic blade that sliced through Dominus's back, cutting him in half. Gah Lak Tus drones began to crawl out of the two parts of Dominus. They began putting him back together, like a sewing kit. Silver Surfer and Phyla both unleashed the power cosmic on Dominus, and Cade wildly launched energy blade after energy blade, cutting the herald into even more pieces. Finally, when the dust settled, nothing of the leader of the heralds remained. The three then looked towards Galactus's ship, as it crashed into New York.
Heralds vs. Avatars
Ghost Rider, spirit of vengeance, it moved like its host Felicia, pouncing like a cat and tearing into enemies with claws of fire. Airwalker sliced back at Felicia, cutting her in half. She fell to the floor, only to latch her chains onto Airwalker's legs. She passed hellfire through the chains, using fire so hot it turned Airwalker's armour orange. It also began to melt through his legs. Angered by her actions, Airwalker stabbed the staff end of his scythe through the Rider's back. He then released an air blast, throwing Felicia like a rocket into a nearby construction sight. Satisfied that she was dead, Airwalker moved towards his next target.
"Earth is my home, no matter what version of it it's become, and you're only going to blow it up, over my dead body," Rick explained.
He was punching Terrax repeatedly across the face, avoiding blasts from Stardust as well. Rick narrowly avoided Terrax's axe, and kicked him across the face. He crossed his arms together, blocking a blast from Airwalker. Terrax raised his hands, bringing rocks up from the ground, hitting Rick in the back repeatedly. Airwalker and Stardust then fired energy blasts from their weapons, knocking Rick through several buildings. Above them, two gods of fire fought, Firelord and the Phoenix. Firelord grabbed Phoenix by her neck and waited for the other heralds to fly to their level. He released her, allowing Stardust and Airwalker to hit her with energy blasts. They struck her in the back repeatedly. Terrax then pointed his axe at the Phoenix. Rocks suddenly slammed against her body, and then threw her into the ground, burying her.
Earth 1610-the frontline
"Demons, had to be demons," Hawkeye muttered.
He fired one arrow after another, ducking as a demon flew over him. Mac and Hunter fired bursts from their rifles, whilst Bobbi fired a pair of icers at the air. Wonder Man was using his own body as a shield to protect Fitz and Simmons. Quake fired shockwaves at the air, being careful not to hit the West Coast Black Knight. Dane Whitman sliced apart demons with his energy sword. Jimmy beheaded two valkyrie, then took a blast to his back. A bulky looking demon stood over him, only for a blast from Bombshell to push him away.
"There's too many," Kitty said.
"NO SHIT!" Hawkeye muttered.
"They've got us surrounded, how are we supposed to stop them?" Miles asked.
"This is just a distraction," Jessica said.
She pointed at the sky, showing everyone the other Earth.
"This situation is looking extremely hopeless," Spider-woman of Earth 65 said.
The heroes of the Multiverse continued clashing with the demonic forces. In space, the reunited original heroes of the universe stood their ground. Tony had taken control of the weapons systems and used them against the remaining City forces. Cyclops and Cap coordinated a defence with the remaining fighters. On the other Earth however, Spider-man crawled out of the rubble from the VTOL. Parts of his costume were town, and in the distance he could hear fighting. He checked over his web shooters, and then began making his way towards the fighting.
'Where are you Fury?' he wondered.
A demon suddenly flew past him, missing its own head. Peter widened his eyes, seeing a multitude of soldiers fighting, and falling to the demonic forces Fury had dealt with. Howler fired shots from his rifle, ducking to avoid the flying demons. The bat like creatures swooped towards him, only to have their wings shot. One landed by Dugan, who bought his foot down on the creature's neck. He cocked and fired his shotgun again and again, blowing apart demons when they approached him. When one demon flew towards Dugan's back, Peter immediately hit him with a web ball.
"Who the hell is that supposed to be?" Dugan asked, seeing Peter jump into the fray.
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth," an agent said.
He was unfortunately caught in the brunt of a fire blast. The blonde haired agent beside him narrowed his eyes at the creatures, before drawing two swords from his back.
"This ain't a sword fight Wilson," Dugan said.
"Wrong, it's a super hero fight," the man grinned.
He ran, jumping from one flying demon to the other, each one. When jumping off of a sixth demon, he threw his right sword, hitting between a bulky demon's eyes. Across from him, an agent wearing a balaclava reached behind his back, folding out a bow. He drew high tech arrows from his holsters, sending the explosive projectiles flying into each creature he targeted. Wade stabbed a demon in the chest, then pulled a pistol out of his holster and gunned two more demons down. Howler shot two more demons, then looked towards Spider-man.
"What's going on here?" he asked the young man.
"End of the world, listen to me, somewhere in this desert there's a man from my world, he's got it in his head that destroying your world is the best way to keep ours alive, the bomb he has will drill its way into the core of your planet and then blow it up," Peter explained.
Howler said nothing, he understood exactly what needed to be done. Running through the sand, he kept firing his rifle at the demons until it was empty. Then he drew his pistol, and fired that until he came to a group of rocks. They provided a natural shelter from the sandstorm. At the centre of the rocks was a device the likes of which Howler hadn't seen before. He knew enough though to know that it was a bomb, and the man tapping at the console was preparing to set it off.
"Stop right there," he snarled, pointing his pistol at the back of the man's head.
"Figured some kind of defence force on this planet would respond," Fury said.
"Step away from the console," Howler commanded.
"So you can send it back to my Earth?"
"It's an option, but I want to exhaust every other resource before I consider mass genocide!"
"You don't think I didn't, for years I ran the world's biggest spy organisation, for years I protected my country," Fury said.
"Not the world?" Howler asked.
"American interests were world interests, this, it's for the good of my world," Fury said.
He suddenly swung around, grabbing Howler's wrist and bringing his knife towards his face. Howler tilted his head back, barely avoiding a slash that cut his left eye. As blood poured out of the wound, Howler pushed his pistol against Fury's chest, and then pulled the trigger. Nick widened his eye, unable to process what was happening to him. Howler took Fury's arm, then snapped it against his shoulder. He pried Fury's knife from his fingers, and then drove it through his neck. Nick Fury, general and director of S.H.I.E.L.D slammed back first into the ground. He looked up at his killer, a man whose slashed left eye would become useless once it healed. Howler took out his radio and contacted HQ.
"Carter, Fury here, I've secured the doomsday device," he said.
"Good job Nick, pop red smoke and we'll extract it!"
The Nick Fury of Earth 1610 smiled as blood came out of his mouth. He pulled off his eye patch, offering it to his counterpart. Nick Fury took the patch, confused by the man's actions. A few seconds passed and Peter ran in, looking at his Fury's body in shock.
"Damn it Fury, why did it end like this?" he asked.
Howler, AKA Nick looked down at his counterpart and huffed. There was nothing about the man's actions he could respect, and he hoped no one respected him if he ever made such harsh decisions.
'You probably spent all your life thinking you'd save the world, I suppose in a way, you did,' Nick thought.
He looked up at the sky, beginning to get a view of the other Earth.
'For now at least!'
Earth 610
Dark Aeon was outnumbered, but nowhere near outclassed. Having turned Grant against the other heroes, he left X-force to his thrall, and jumped at the X-men. Armour and Colossus both slammed their fists into his hands, he immediately flipped over both and heel kicked the back of their heads. Polaris drew several pieces of metal towards Dark Aeon, but he quickly bashed them aside. He rushed forward, running up Micromax's fist and punching him in the face. Dark Aeon landed, and then hit Warpath with an energy blast. Again he released an energy blast, throwing Nova out of the sky. Slamming his foot into the ground, Dark Aeon created a small crevice, trapping Colossus's foot. He jumped at the metal man, punching him repeatedly across the face. Colossus attempted to punch Dark Aeon, only for the creature to grab his arm, and bend it out of place. Piotr screamed in agony, and out of desperation backhanded Dark Aeon, throwing him into a wall.
"That's quite enough Mr Alexander, get a hold of yourself," the Stepford Cuckoos said together.
"You're harming your team mates Grant, get control of yourself," Jean said.
She and the Cuckoos severed the mind control, restoring Grant to his grey golem form. He swung his massive fist, punching Dark Aeon and throwing him down into the subway.
"How's that for a knockout?" Grant asked.
Suddenly, Dark Aeon burst out of the ground. He grabbed Grant by his arm and threw him into the Stepford Cuckoos. Shola and Jean both used their telekinesis, stopping Dark Aeon from advancing. Jolt, Firestar and Magma both hit him with their respective elements. Amara's own attacks trapped the monster in molten rock. Dark Aeon however burst out of the makeshift prison, raising his arms to protect his chest and face from Nightshroud's shadow blades and Archangel's wings. He grabbed Derek by his wing and hit Adrien, throwing both boys across the street. Jolt and Firestar continued hitting Dark Aeon with blasts, giving Armour room to move in and punch him in the chest. Dark Aeon turned, ducking and dodging Armour's fist. He then grabbed her arm and threw her over his shoulder, slamming her against the ground. Then he hammer threw her, sending her flying into Micromax.
"He's too tough," Jean said.
"Now would be good time for some Phoenix force," Amara said.
"My connection to the Phoenix isn't what it used to be."
"Then let's try to break him out of this berserk state he's in," Irma suggested.
Phoebe and Celeste both nodded their heads. The Stepford Cuckoos and the Phoenix accessed their psychic abilities, and dived into Dark Aeon's mind. Their bird like avatars however shattered as Dark Aeon roared, his black eyes flaring as he pounded his fists into the ground. He unleashed purple lightning from his fingertips, causing the telepaths to yell in agony. When the smoke cleared, only one of the heroes was left standing, Miles.
"So you're under some kind of mind control, or trance right?" Miles asked.
Dark Aeon growled as he began walking towards Aeon. Purple flames gathered into his right fist.
"Whoever you are, you need to break free, look at everything you're doing," Miles said.
He closed his eyes as Dark Aeon threw his fist toward.
"WAKE UP!" Miles yelled.
Miles suddenly felt something strike his side, shoving him out of Dark Aeon's way. Aaron grinned, before gasping for air. He had never been punched as hard as Dark Aeon punched him. He felt his ribs crack, and heart stop beating for a moment. The armour on his chest was completely shattered.
"AARON!" Miles yelled.
He caught Aaron as he fell, sleeping to his knees and supporting his uncle's head. Miles quickly jumped away from Dark Aeon, holding Aaron closer.
"I'm really glad, that I got to meet you Miles, I always knew that the Miles on my Earth would do great things if given the chance, I'm sorry I almost ruined yours," Aaron said.
"Except you didn't, you're not my uncle, although it would have been cool if you had been," Miles said.
"Yeah, it would have been," Aaron grinned.
Talon ran to her father's side, as the other heroes piled on top of Dark Aeon.
"Dad," she said, with a concern she never had for her world's Prowler.
"My little girl, so beautiful, so brave, you hit the big time in a way I didn't," Aaron said.
His body suddenly began to glow, drawing gasps from Miles and Cheyenne.
"Its pulling me back kids, I've got my world to protect!"
"What's pulling you back?" Miles asked.
"The Other, it wants to fight alongside the avatars, it wants to protect our world, I do too, before I die, I want to give everything I am to save my world and restore the original where you both reside," Aaron explained.
Miles and Cheyenne widened their eyes, as Aaron disappeared. Squeezing his hands into fists, Miles looked towards Dark Aeon. He let out a yell and ran at the armoured man. Miles jumped, avoiding his energy blast. He then tied webbing around Dark Aeon's neck, and pulled him upwards. He hit him with another web line, and pulled him into a kick. Twice he kicked him, then delivered four punches, before hitting him with two web lines and slamming his feet into his chest as he hit the ground. Miles quickly jumped away from Dark Aeon, who looked at his surroundings as several grenades rolled around him.
"That's for my dad," Cheyenne said, dropping the grenade pins.
The resulting explosion could be seen from half a street away. There, Ed and the Aeon of Earth 65 watched the fires.
"Good to see we aren't too late," Ed said.
Earth 1610-Avatars triumphant
The heralds of Galactus stood victorious, and they watched as their master landed a ship in the middle of the city. It decimated the surrounded area, and began to generate a storm of energy. Terrax stood atop his asteroids, grinning, for the final triumph of their forces was approaching. His eyes then crossed over the ground, where a light appeared on the streets. Aaron appeared, looking up at the Heralds.
"I accept, I accept you, Other," he said.
Suddenly, spider legs burst out of his back. He grit his teeth together as his back muscles expanded. His clothes began to tears as he grew bigger and taller, fur covering his body. More eyes appeared across his face, and his jaw grew pincers like a spider's mouth. An extra pair of arms burst out of his sides, tearing away the last bit of clothing. His transformation was complete, he had become the Other. Not only did he see through the eyes of every arachnid in the city, but he was also the very embodiment of the web of life on this world.
"Another insect to squash," Terrax huffed.
He waved his hand around, sending several rocks flying towards Aaron. Moving faster than he ever had before, Aaron darted from one place to another, web swinging, jumping and rebounding off of the very projectiles Aaron threw at him. He saw the concern on Terrax's face as he began to get closer, and relished in it.
"I am still a warrior, I don't need the power cosmic to split you apart," Terrax said.
He swung his axe at Aaron, only for him to twist in midair, narrowly dodging the blade. Aaron grabbed Terrax with his spider legs, and used his extra arms to keep Terrax's axe at bay. A stinger slid out of Aaron's wrist, and span like a drill as Aaron stabbed it into Terrax's neck. The herald widened his eyes in horror as his rock like form began to fall apart piece by piece.
"Poison that effects even those whom wield the power cosmic, this world is ours, WE WILL NOT LET IT FALL!" Aaron yelled.
His proclamation echoed through the streets. With renewed vigour, the heralds stuck back. In a flash of fire, Phoenix burst out of the ground. She spread her wings of fire, expanding them until they were as large as billboards. Stardust let out a scream as the wings of Phoenix clapped, with the herald trapped between them. Silver blood leaked out of the wings, boiling and evaporating completely. Firelord raised his staff, preparing to resume his fight with the Phoenix. But then, a gigantic beam flew out of the building next to him, throwing him across the city. Rick emerged, having created a giant cannon from his own body.
"Impossible, we wield the power cosm..." Airwalker never got to finish his words.
A wrecking ball from a truck slammed into his back, knocking him in the same direction Firelord was thrown. Only this wrecking ball was in fact a gigantic flaming skull. The tracks of the truck were covered in flames, and the alloys had turned into bones. In the cockpit, the top half of the Ghost Rider operated the crane controls, whilst its legs pushed the pedals.
A desperate evacuation
Polaris and Magneto were screaming in pain, the sheer strain the use of their powers put on their bodies, was agonising. Father and daughter held hands for support, to draw strength from one another. Slowly, the fortress rose and the mutant citizens that Magneto had gathered, looked at the battle taking place across space. They watched in awe as heroes from across time and space protected them.
"It's working, finally its working," Howard Stark muttered.
"And failing!"
Howard turned towards the new arrival. Stood there was Rogers, holding up an energy shield.
"I knew you had betrayed us Stark, I KNEW IT!" Steve yelled.
Howard opened the palm of his hand, but Steve beat him to it. He threw a disc shaped device at Howard's chest, activating an EMP pulse that disrupted the Iron man armour. Barely capable of moving, Howard was helpless against Steve's relentless assault. He slammed his shield into Stark's cheek, slicing it open. Crashing the shield down on Howard's elbow, he broke the man's arm, filling the halls with his screams. Brotherhood members came in to protect their ally, even baseline humans tried to grab and pin the general. Rogers's fury was merciless, as he punched and kicked his way through Howard's protectors, breaking necks and other limbs.
"Damn it Rogers, we're trying to salvage AAAAAGH!" Howard screamed as Steve slammed his shield into the back of his knees, breaking both legs.
"You damned race traitors, all of you, have you forgotten WHAT THEY TOOK FROM US!" Steve yelled.
He kicked Howard across the head, seemingly knocking him out. Steve looked towards Magneto and Polaris and then began running towards them. An optic blast suddenly flew into his side, knocking him into the wall.
"I'm not letting you anywhere near them!" Cyclops snarled.
Steve got off of the floor, deflecting Cyclops's next blast into his leg. He then threw the energy shield, breaking apart Scott's visor. Cyclops opened his eyes, releasing his optic blasts in short and low level bursts, hitting Steve's armour. He ricocheted one of the blasts, hitting Steve in the back. Steve grabbed Scott's head and pushed him against the wall. He turned his head in Polaris and Magneto's direction, and tried to pry his eyes open. When Scott fought back, Steve kneed him in the chest.
"I won't rest until I'd wiped every last one of you out, you disgusting abominations," Steve said.
"What are you then," a voice retorted.
An energy blast threw Steve off of Scott. Standing at the doorway, was Havok.
"Don't touch my brother again," he said.
He fired another blast, hitting Steve in the chest. Havok quickly crossed the distance between himself and Cap, delivering a hard punch to his face. Scott kicked Steve in the chin, and then fired his optic blast, hitting Steve and dragging him across the floor. The Summers brothers fired their energy blasts, just as Rogers picked up his shield. The resulting shockwave threw all three back, each one slamming against the wall. Seconds passed and Steve got off of the floor, his ears ringing as he slowly walked towards Polaris and Magneto. Suddenly, he felt something did into his back, then he fell to the floor.
"Even as an evil bastard, you still never give up, I'd hate to think how you'd turn out if you were with Hydra," a German accented voice spoke from above Steve.
"Zemo," Steve growled.
"They bought me along with them, I knew they would need more minds to help figure out Galactus's ship, but I didn't think you'd actually try to go so far as to kill everyone left on Earth," Zemo explained.
"Not everyone, just them, damn it, what have you done to me?"
"Severed your spine," Zemo said, crouching over Steve and putting the knife to his throat. "A few decades ago, this would have satisfied me, a few years and I would have felt sorry for losing a worthy opponent, I was truly nothing without my hatred for you Rogers. Now though, the Ultimates deserve their place on the ash heap, and you're not even really my captain America, so your death doesn't bother me that much!"
Steve suddenly pushed a button on his gauntlet. Zemo turned him over, looking at the blinking light on his chest plate.
"What have you done?" Zemo demanded.
"Triggered a beacon, for the world's remaining Sentinel arsenal, if I can't know the pleasure of killing Magneto and his spawn with my bare hands, then I'll end it like this," Steve explained.
Zemo grabbed a hold of Steve's shield and activated the energy field. He looked at the blinking light and the shield. Then he imbedded the shield in Steve's chest plate. He stood up, looking down at Steve's body with no emotion on his face. Zemo helped Howard off of the floor, leaning him against the wall.
"Come on, we aren't finished yet Stark, we have a world to save," he said.
He led Howard to a window, showing him the fortress's approach to Galactus's home. Crews on the fortress began a docking sequence with the massive ship. Finally, both Polaris and Magneto rested, the former falling into Havok's arms.
"Thank you Alex," Lorna said.
"You're welcome," Alex said.
Their eyes met for a brief moment, neither able to understand the sudden attraction they had to one another. Blink and the other portals began to open portals, allowing the survivors on Earth to run to the safety of their new potential home. Lady Avalanche and Toad looked out of their windows, at the approaching Sentinel fleet. Energy blasts suddenly flew into the giant robots. The Infinity watch was still in the fight, hitting the machines as they fired at the Fortress and home. The Silver Surfer and Phyla then joined firing their own cosmic blasts at the soulless machines.
"Now this is particularly exciting," Loki said, looking up at the great battle from the moon. "But wait, we're about to reach the crucial point!"
The god of mischief grinned, as an image appeared in front of Earth, it was another Earth. From every side of the mirror, the true Earth, the dark Earth and the paradise Earth, the young world could be seen.
"This is it, it's the end! GAME OVER MAN!" Toad yelled.
"Can anyone hear me?" a voice asked over the radio.
"Who is this?" Howard asked.
"Its Susan Storm, occupants of the Home base and Fortress X, I have a solution for our predicament," the Invisible Woman said.
Twenty years ago
Young Susan Storm looked down at her brother Johnny. The baby boy was lying asleep in his crib. Their parents were in a meeting, Susan had been told to stay in her room, but she was a rebellious girl at times. She snuck down the stairs, looking through the gap of the living room door. Her parents were sat on the sofa, father had just made tea for a beautiful black haired woman, dressed in an odd green suit and brown jacket. Across from her, sat a dark haired boy, whose near emotionless eyes met hers.
"I'm glad you have such an interest in the Baxter foundation Miss Moy, but quite frankly the government hasn't even approved of it yet, what makes you think it will work?" Franklin asked.
"Educated guess, you're Franklin Storm, brilliance is in the genes," the woman said.
"What about you...what did you say your name was again?"
"Virgil," the young man said. "I think one of the focuses of the Baxter Foundation should be a project that Alyssa here has, a contingency in case it can't solve the world's problems," Virgil explained.
Alyssa removed a disc shape device from her pocket.
"Fascinating," Franklin said, admiring the holographic sphere that appeared in front of him.
"It's designed with its own atmosphere and is the exact size of the Earth, occupying its own pocket dimension with its own sun," Alyssa explained.
"It's called Nu-World," Virgil said. "And if the next generation can't fix the things your generation did wrong sir, this is humanities last hope!"
Next Chapter 18: Battle for reality part 4, a battle plan decades in the making
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, next time, Virgil's battle plans come into full effect, but there are still some snags.
Alyssa Moy: Former girlfriend of Reed Richards in 616, just as brilliant a scientist as he is, involved in a storyline that introduced the concept of Nu-World and the New Defenders/Fantastic Force.
Marvellous World Wade Wilson: Canadian special forces operative, loves swords, super heroes and chimichangas
Marvellous World Clint Barton: Goes by the moniker Hawkeye on the field, deaf, but incredible eyesight makes up for his loss of hearing, also makes him a great marksman.
Marvellous World Nick Fury: Based upon original Nick Fury, uses the alias Howler, founded the multinational military unit the Howlers, which later became the Watchers on the wall. Fought in world war two when he was younger and continued a life in the military.
