BGM-Sonic Heroes OST-System Screen: Select
Sonic: I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. All this time and Tarantula was really Spidey's clone brother, Kaine. Thanks to Mister Fantastic, we were able to cure him and Ozpin to learn that the Masters of Evil are really being led by another mad scientist named Doctor Doom. With a name like that then he must be dangerous. And would you look at that? We mention his name and suddenly he's hacking our TVs to gloat. This should be entertaining.
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Issue 18: A New Hope
Baxter Building, New York City. Earth.
"VICTOR!"
BGM-Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite OST-Theme of Ultron
Mister Fantastic was horrified down to his surprised heart to see that the supervillain that has hacked his monitors is none other than his former friend, Doctor Doom. And he wasn't the only one in the lab. Spider-Man. Kaine Parker. HERBIE. Professor Ozpin. Team Sonic. And Team RWBY. All of them weren't expecting the true leader of the Masters of Evil to reveal himself through a video chat.
'Long time no see, Richards. As usual, I find you meddling with my affairs. You never could resist, could you?' The annoyed Doom speaks to his rival.
"So YOU'RE the one who put our dimensions in all this hot water!" Sonic snapped angrily at the mad doctor.
'Indeed. All that has transpired across realities since my Pulse were mere test runs toward the grand experiment. I drew the pretenders out into the open and chuckled to myself as they did their little dances with ISO-8, while also drew out those who Doom sees as worthy for his multiversal alliance. Alas, you are too late…Behold the ultimate victory of Doom!' Doom boasted through his arrogance, as usual.
"Victor, you HAVE to stop this madness." Reed begins pleading with him, "You're straining the dimensions of those infected by the Spider-Virus with the Espeon Stone. The Exo Stones are too powerful for mortals to wield. Just two sharing the same space in close proximity could-!"
'I am WELL AWARE of their potential!' Doom rudely interrupted, 'The eight hearts that make up the cosmos. They are the eight Exo Stones that bind the dimensions together. All eight are necessary in sustaining the cosmic balance. If misused, they could potentially bring ruin to all worlds. But Doom seeks order, not chaos. With my Spider-Army, I will conquer the dimensions one by one until the Exo Eight is mine! Then I will succeed where you so-called "heroes" have FAILED: Bringing everlasting peace and unity.' He expressed his ultimate goal with the Stones.
"You CAN'T bring peace through force! Only when friends willingly come together can the world be safe!" Ruby argued.
'You are simply a naïve child that never experienced how cold the world can be. Reality isn't the same as a fairy tale…' Doom retorted, which silently got Ruby and Blake exchanging glances since the latter said something similar when they first met, 'But once I acquire the Stones, reality will be whatever I want.'
"We won't let you get away with this you madman!" Spidey retorted, furiously shaking his fist at the monarch.
Doom simply scoffs at his threat, 'Once my master plan reaches optimal strength, it'll be easy conquering the Earth before moving to Mobius and Remnant. A pity our little chat has delayed your efforts in mass producing your cure.' He laughed mockingly at the annoyed heroes, 'Your dimensions are doomed! Just try and stop me!' His menacing eyes glow mystic green whilst proclaiming, The Masters of Evil will be READY!' before leaving his enemies to worry over his mysterious endgame.
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BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Heavy Dog
"So that was Doctor Doom. He really WAS behind everything." Tails commented on his newest enemy.
"When I stop to think about it, he was notably absent when supervillains lurking for ISO-8 first appeared. Now we know they were used as diversions for his true plans. He must be stopped no matter the cost!" Reed declared, before turning to ask both Kaine and Ozpin, "You two were under his control. Know where we can find him?"
Kaine nods, volunteering to show his allies of what he knows of Doom's plot. He types on a computer to project a hologram of a space station shaped as Doom's head, "They call it the Master Sanctorum. It's the Masters of Evil's orbital space station capable of traversing dimensions using the Master Emerald. From space, the Espeon Stone has the best coverage over that world to control its spiders. It's basically the hivemind."
"They've been working on a device called the World Spidericizer powered by the Espeon Stone that has the range of transforming an entire planet into a nest of spiders. It should be complete and nearly charged as we speak." Ozpin added.
"A Spider-Roboticizer?" Sonic remarked, shocked from hearing the Masters have upgraded Eggman's Roboticizer technology with the Spider-Virus.
"They knew most superheroes were immune to the Spider-Virus. So while their armies have been distracting us, they experimented to ensure it'll affect even superpowered beings on a global scale." Tails deduced correctly.
"No dimension will be safe with a powerful army that limitless!" Weiss realized to her horror.
"Glad to know what we're up against. All we gotta do is wreck their weapon before they put it to evil use!" Spider-Man declared, cockily anxious to finally stop Doom's master plan.
Suddenly Kaine gets in his brother's way shouting, "You're not going anywhere!"
"Huh?"
"I didn't ask you to create me a costume for nothing. 'Sides, you all are still feeling like crap from the last fight." Kaine said to his confused brother.
"All thanks to you!" Yang angrily retorted.
"I was MIND CONTROLLED, you bushy blonde dipshit!" Kaine snapped back at the huntress with the same amount of fury in his voice.
"Don't use that tone on me!" The heated Yang argues with the clone, having come to hate him as much as she loves his big brother.
"Be lucky I'm not kicking your ass first before Doom's!" Kaine countered.
"Gotcha. Rare to see you wanting to team up." Spidey dissolves into their humorous arguing with a joke.
As he web-pulls his completed costume from the Fabricator into his hand, Kaine sternly retorts, "The Masters of Evil will PAY for using me! If I have to tolerate your bullshit to get to them, then fine." before encasing himself in a web cocoon to change clothes in private.
"Contact SHIELD and Black Widow to tell them we're stopping Doom. You and Ozpin hurry to cure everyone in our dimensions." Ruby ordered Mister Fantastic.
Reed nods, "Right. Good luck."
As Sonic chuckles, "This is gonna be fun!"
Right before Kaine burst out of his cocoon, revealing to his allies of his brand-new, technologically advanced spider-costume sporting a menacing scarlet red-and-black color scheme. "Let's go, punks!" He ordered the Dimensional Avengers, as everyone hurries to the Aven-Jet that'll transport them toward their final destination that's orbiting the planet.
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Space
The Aven-Jet has flown to space as it approaches the Master Sanctorum. The space station is equipped to the brim with laser batteries that can demolish an entire airfleet yet they haven't detected incoming vessel, not yet anyway. Regardless, the Dimensional Avengers are taking it slow and steady with Spidey and Tails behind the wheels, with additional help from Kaine inputting a code into a console.
"Just inputted a clearance code. Should allow us to dock undetected, but you know the old saying, 'Twice the Parker. Twice the Parker Luck'." Kaine informed the heroes.
"Why not use that nifty Spider-Sense to see into the future if we're flying into a trap?" Peter asked his clone.
"You can see into the future?" The curious Knuckles remarked.
Finding the echidna quite tolerable, Kaine calmly tells him, "Not anymore since taking the cure. Don't even have an ordinary Spider-Sense. Just left with my other spider-powers and whatever else this 'X-Aura' and Semblance stuff can do."
"So jealous! Why do you get to be Ghost Rider with spider-powers and I get boring Aura regen?" Spidey retorted.
"Because I went to hell? Go visit sometimes. Sure the devil will find you JUST as annoying." Kaine snarked, which did get a giggle from some of his teammates.
"Can't believe there were times I asked Aunt May for a little brother, and I somehow ended up with you." Spidey bantered childishly.
"Not like I ASKED to be born! Now deal with my existence like a man and shut up!" Kaine retorted.
"Glad you were born, otherwise we'd never would've found the Masters of Evil's base. You're a hero." Blake smiled at the grumpy clone.
"Don't mock me." Kaine retorted, taking her compliment as an insult, "I don't even have a codename besides 'Tarantula'."
Just then, Ruby happily suggests to him, "How 'bout 'Scarlet Spider-?'"
BGM-Sonic Adventure 2 OST-Reflection
Only for Kaine to suddenly burst with fury shouting, "KEEP THAT NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!" at the young huntress. Ruby was greatly upset by his outburst, with most of the team left shocked and Spider-Man facepalming in embarrassment for his little brother.
"Don't talk to my sister that way!" Yang furiously grabs the nonfazed clone by his collar and would've punched his head off if Blake didn't intervene.
"Yang, he didn't mean it!" Blake breaks them up.
"Sheesh, Kaine. She was just suggesting." Sonic told him.
"I know! It's just…" Kaine turns to staring at the stars outside to calm himself into a somber expression, telling everyone, "An abomination like me will never be worthy of that mantle. Scarlet Spider was Ben Reilly, the clone that came after me, and was more of a hero than I'll ever be. A clone I tortured for most of his short life because he threatened to destroy Parker's. Or so my sick mind believed. I was born a prototype. A pawn in Jackal's revenge. Instead I ended up being nothing but a dying failure that was thrown out like trash. I'm a monster, who only found peace in death…until that was robbed from me too. Why was I reborn? Just what should I do now…? Should I even bother finding an answer?"
"Kaine…" Blake muttered, feeling sympathetic.
"C'mon bro, lighten up. You got another shot at life to make up for past sins. After tonight, you'll be a hero to all worlds. I'm sure Ben wouldn't mind you upholding his legacy." Peter said cheerfully, having faith that Kaine could make a good hero one day.
Scoffing in stoic disbelief, Kaine retorts, "Highly doubt it."
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BGM-Sonic Forces OST-Danger in the Sky
Suddenly, Spidey feels that tingling sensation again that has him shouting, "Spider-Sense!" that warns the team of the laser batteries opening fire at them.
"MOVE IT!" Kaine shouted at the pilots, as the Aven-Jet does the best it can evading all of the lasers.
"Well those clearance codes were clearly useless!" Knuckles scowled, with the jet being rocked by several powerful attacks.
"Our shields can't take much more of this!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Reroute all power to forward guns and thrusters! Ram us straight into that face!" Spidey ordered, pointing straight at the space station.
"That's suicide!" Tails retorted.
"So is allowing ourselves be blasted!" Spidey countered.
Left with no choice, the heroes launch their desperate counterstrike. The Aven-Jet unleashes powerful lasers that blows open a massive hole in the space station right as it flies straight for it at reckless speeds amidst the massive laser barrage. Everyone braces for impact as they make their explosive entrance, successfully crash landing somewhere inside the Master Sanctorum.
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"Just like you to think of something that stupid…" Kaine coughed, as he and the Avengers miraculously survived the crash.
"We're lucky to have survived that." Weiss glared at her webbed leader as they exit the jet.
"Sometimes charging in headfirst recklessly is the greatest strategy." Spidey quipped, "Where to, Scarlet Spider? This was your home."
"I told you don't call me that!" Scarlet Spider angrily retorted, before calmly informing the team, "We need to head to the core where the World Spidericizer is! The Stone and the Emerald should be there. Better hurry! We have less than an hour before that thing's fully charged!"
"What're we waiting for?!" Knuckles smashes his fists together as he's sternly eager to rescue his Master Emerald.
BGM-Sonic Advance 2 OST-Egg Utopia (Silent Dreams Remix)
Putting on her hood to make herself look cooler, Ruby whips out her Crescent Rose to her smiling side asking, "Have a plan?" to her amazing leader.
Stretching his arms to prepare for the fight of his life, Spider-Man quips out, "Nah. Just go bulk wild."
Finishing off their little warmup session is Sonic stretching his legs with a smirking, "Best plan I heard all day. TIME TO PARTY!" before racing off alongside his friends through the dangerous Master Sanctorum.
This orbital deathtrap resembles a interdimensional mix between the metallic fortresses of Doctors Eggman and Octopus and the ancient castles that Doom and Salem love living in, filled to the brim with their most up-to-date mechanical and mystical monstrosities. Corkscrews, cannon-firing robots and steel spikes are just some of the dangers that aren't bothering the Avengers in the slightest as they bypass them all at super speeds toward the core.
Alarms are being sounded as cannons by the dozen lock-on and fire everything they got at the web-swinging Spider-Man. The Amazing Webslinger is having just as much of a blast dodging their shots before gravity suddenly changes, forcing him to rung along a sliding wall before leaping off into a glorious Web-Strike chain of flying Badniks, Grimm, and Sinister Soldiers that leads him into several Spider-Monsters lunging toward him. Swiftly, Spidey web-pulls both Knuckles and Yang up to his side for a spinning web tackle that scatters the spiders, leaving just two to be slammed by the twin brawlers' destructive punch.
Down below, Sonic rushes through the zone as battalions of goons emerge from the ground to try and halt his progress, including Doombots, walking engines of destruction who share the ugly image of Doctor Doom. "This Doom guy is just as much in love with himself like the other Docs!" joked Sonic. With help from Blake's ribbon throwing him closer to the action, Sonic homing attacks several mooks until he is caught and spun rapidly through several more by his flying sidekick Tails, being dropped off to mess with a Doombot for a bit until the hedgehog barges his fist through a swarm at awesome speeds.
Things get even crazier while Ruby and Weiss are grinding rails that's sending them across this marvelous satellite. Two Aero-Chasers Badniks are ahead firing lasers down the rails the huntresses using, forcing both to swiftly switch to new rails before shooting them down. Then out of nowhere, more trouble chases them down in the form of Doombots grinding all available rails to block off any escape. Lucky for them, a blitzing Scarlet Spider comes to their aid web-slamming the Doombots down to their explosive end on a floor.
"THANKS!" Ruby happily waved at her savior.
"WHATEVER!" Kaine retorted as it wasn't his intention to save them.
Regardless, the Dark Clone found himself confronted by some of the best soldiers the Masters of Evil could unleash. Advanced Badniks like the E-2000 series. ISO-8 empowered robots like Golden Sinister Soldiers. And powerful Grimm like Nuckelavee. Kaine isn't scared. He's furious. Eager to show off how he somehow became the Ultimate Spider-Clone. Popping out his brand-new wrist stingers, he goes on a massacre. Rampaging through the hordes like a beast gone berserk. His stingers shreds through robots. His punches overpower spider-monsters. Combined with his web shots, his flames dominate even the monstrous of Grimm amidst his unbridled fury.
"Unbelievable…" Weiss deadpannedly comments on Kaine's little rampage, "How is someone like him Peter's clone? He fights like a wild animal and shows no mercy. Don't even get me started on his attitude."
"Cut him a break, Weiss. He's been through a lot. Being born with Peter's guilt isn't exactly healthy." Tails remarked whilst flying by her side.
"At least he should tone down with the swears." Weiss quipped.
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Meanwhile, Scarlet Spider was eventually knocked back by a swing of an Egg Hammer swiftly before a Winged Beringel ambushes him. It would've worked because of his lack of Spider-Sense, which is why Kaine should be grateful to have a big brother like Spider-Man covering his back as he kicks the Grimm to oblivion.
"Didn't ask for your help!" Scarlet sternly scolded his brother.
"I know. Thought I'd spoil your fun. We're on a time limit, remember?" Spidey quipped.
"So you CAN take things seriously." Kaine noted.
"Only when the situation rarely calls for it." Peter snarked.
It's a massive enemy horde against two of the most spectacular webslingers in the multiverse: Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider. The enemy looks tough and has them outnumbered, but not outmatched as the Parker Brothers are about to demonstrate right into their faces.
BGM-Dragon Ball Xenoverse OST- Cutscene: "Team with Beerus!"
"Showtime, Scarlet!" Spidey announced.
"Yeah!" responded Scarlet.
"RRAAAAAAAAAH!" Uniting sensational battle cries, both Spiders fearlessly rush at the horde with rivaling speeds unlike anything ever witnessed before. They coordinate their attacks so perfectly that neither bother talking to each other, deciding to let their twin bond speak for itself. Peter covers for his bro, and vice versa. Right after Kaine web blasts a goon high away, Peter swiftly slams down another for his clone to kick back, seamlessly before combining their roaring Crawler Assaults on a group that is quickly defeated. The brothers leapingly switch places to stun incoming targets, switching places immediately after to blow them away with synchronized spinning kicks. They reunite, back-to-back, just in time to avoid a punch from a Man-Spider as they decide to finish them all off with one united blow, involving Spider-Man immobilizing everyone with his webs while Scarlet Spider finish charging up his flames by his side.
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"Dead meat! SPIRIT FIRE!" yelled Kaine, unleashing one devastating beam of hellflame that ultimately crushes the massive horde with a huge explosion.
Their ultimate teamwork was celebrated by Peter giving his brother a chuckling thumbs-up, only for him to ignore him with a scoffing head-turn, leaving Peter slightly embarrassed. "That was the finest tag-team action I've ever seen! Never knew anyone as sync as you two." said Sonic, with the other heroes regrouping with the twins.
"Was kinda jealous 'bout that. Was really hoping you'd screw up at the end." Yang joked to them.
"Ain't so easy breaking this brother bond!" Spidey quipped, embarrassing his clone with a one-arm hug.
"To my anguish." Kaine snarked.
"Ah shut it. You'll get used to it." Peter retorted. "C'mon! Let's keep moving!" He commanded his forces as they continue their venture through this perilous orbiting station.
Elsewhere in the Master Sanctorum…
BGM-Super Dragon Ball Heroes OST-Creeping Anxiety
"Great goodness! This is what happens when you make enemies with teenagers! They're making a mess of everything!" complained Doctor Octopus from hearing various explosions that's shaking the room he's in alongside the Masters of Evil. All of them stand behind a monitor as they watch the Avengers' rampage throughout their secret base in order to foil their master plan, which has left Ock in a very sour mood, "If they disrupt the World Spidericizer now, all of this will have been for nothing!"
"It's worse than that. At this delicate stage, our Spider-Army might not just break free from their brainwashing, but our entire home universes could collapse into madness!" Eggman remarked.
"Which is why I'm ordering you two to delay them until our weapon is fully charged. Salem and I will provide the last line of defense in the event you fail." Doom ordered his allies.
"What about me?" An angry Grimadoom exclaimed, having fully recovered from his recent fight with the Avengers.
"YOU are supposed to aid the attack on New York to prevent any reinforcements! Why haven't you left?" Doom questioned his annoying creation.
"Because I want another shot at the heroes who beat me! No way you old farts will fare any better!" Grima insults his creators.
"OLD?!" Eggman retorted, just as furious as his cohorts from being insulted by a child that has allowed his own overconfidence and arrogance to overwhelm his thinking. Such a problem is easily fixed by Doom drawing energy from the Espeon Stone for a torturous mind blast that forces Grima to his knees. Though Doom does sense that he's growing more resilient to its effects, if slightly, but does leave the monarch a little worried that he may not be able to control him through the Stone for long.
"There's no time to waste. Get into your positions!" Doom sternly ordered his allies while still torturing Grimadoom.
"In just a moment. I'm still puzzled." Ock pondered about something.
"About what, Doctor?" The recovered Salem asked fairly.
"Though we don't have all eight Stones…both the Chaos and Espeon Stones are here. Their links have become active, now acting like magnets that can attract each other. This should've created explosive results. However, the dimension here seems stable." Ock expressed his worrisome thoughts.
"The reason is obvious, Octavius. It's because the children have mastered the Chaos Stone." Salem answered, "As long as its sole wielder can control it, or perhaps its power is shared among others…And knows how to use it, nothing can go wrong."
"Maybe so, but I fear of what would happen when TWO Stones are used to their fullest at once, much less when they're in close proximity…" Otto remarked.
"Ah you worry too much, Otto." smiled Eggman, giving his best friend an evil arm hug, "Soon we'll have both Stones and be one step closer in creating our dream worlds. Think about it! An Eggmanland with an octopus-themed attraction that carousel dimensions! Fun only for adults!" He happily expressed.
"A joy, but I wouldn't mind my own Octo Park…!" Otto quipped, as the twin fat geniuses and Salem make their exit.
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Before heading out himself, there's one last thing Doom is trying to keep under control and that is Grimadoom. The poor hedgehog was being tortured by the Espeon Stone until Doom decided to stop. "Grimadoom…" The Latverian looms over him as he catches his breath, "I acknowledge your lust for revenge, but you must realize, as have I, that you are still a child that has not yet grown. You'll need even more energy to reach your full potential."
"What I need is for you to back off!" Grima threatened.
"How can we?" Doom kneels down before his creation, placing his hands on his shoulders to fatherly tell him, "You are a proud Prince of Latveria. Our greatest masterpiece. A son that requires everlasting support. I do apologize for treating you harshly lately, but it was for the good for ALL our dreams to be realized, not just yours. Prove to us that you ARE the strongest! Only then will you grow into the warrior we had envisioned for you."
For a brief moment, Grima felt touched by his creator's supportive words, looking solemn as he mutters, "Guess you can be a father sometimes…" The Dark Clone then swiftly returns to his usual arrogant self, exclaiming, "I'll accept your support, as long as all of you don't get in my way. I don't fight just to impress you, but to prove my superiority over all in the cosmos! No dream is greater than that. I will crush ANYONE that refuse my pecking order!"
"Spoken like a true von Doom." Doom remarked.
Grima scoffs, "Please. I speak truth. You speak like a crazed geezer from literally having the last name 'Doom'." before teleporting himself to Earth to aid in its conquest, having grown to trust his father a little more.
Back with the Dimensional Avengers…
The heroes come running through a lengthy hallway in their search for the World Spidericizer. As they do, Spidey senses something afoot, which was noticed by Sonic as he asks, "Spidey-Sense?"
"Yeah. It's coming from the side!" Spider-Man announced.
BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-I Refuse
Everyone looks to their left in time to spot a massive mecha resembling a monstrous Mecha Spider-Man crawling on the walls with all four spider-legs. It is the Superior Egg Arachnid, the ultimate spider-mech piloted by none other than Doctors Eggman and Octopus, as they have come to settle things with their worst enemies. "Nice to see you kids again. It certainly looks as if you've…well, done quite a bit of damage in here." Eggman mockingly greeted the heroes.
"We'll clean it up…using your corpses." Doc Ock coldly threatened, "Should've succumbed to the Spider-Virus when it was in your systems. Do you really think that YOU could challenge US?"
"I think we can spare a little time embarrassing you geezers!" Spidey quipped.
"I'll do much more than that. You will regret ever turning me into a monster…you're going straight to hell!" Scarlet Spider threatened the doctors.
Scowling with fury from that threat, Ock retorts, "Why you little…you're nothing but insignificant insects!" The Superior Egg Arachnid leaps to the main lane as it races ahead of the little heroes, "Once we're done with you…you'll be squashed into paste! YOU WILL FEEL OUR WRATH!"
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BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Egg Dealer
"Time to crush the Spider-Men and their annoying friends with our latest and greatest invention!" Eggman proclaimed, preparing his mecha to battle the heroes with everything in its disposal.
Being called Spider-Man strikes a furious nerve in Kaine as he retorts, "DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME SPIDER-MAN! YOU'LL SEE THAT I'M LESS THAN MERCIFUL!" His fists erupt in flames the instant his raging body rockets towards the massive mech alone, despite Spider-Man's protests.
"For the love of God, Scarlet! CALM DOWN AND TEAMWORK!" Spidey shouted.
"RAAAAAAAAAAA!" Unfortunately, Scarlet Spider's too busy roaring his butt off to listen as he engages the Doctors in an epic battle that shockwaves the battlefield from his flaming punch colliding with the mecha's massive fist.
"Your bro hasn't been taught in respecting the real superpower of teamwork!" Sonic says to Spidey, as the Avengers race to assist the uncooperative spider.
"Missed that lecture by the time I was cloned!" quipped Spidey as he swiftly uses Sonic as a lightning-fast soccer ball he kicks at the Superior Egg Arachnid, stunning it for Kaine to smash his fist through one of its giant eyes. The Doctors were terrified upon losing an eye and were quick to smack him away with their spider-leg, but the clone is too angry to give up from just that. With a furious bounce off a wall, Kaine slams the mech into its own with a Web-Strike before pinning it there with a vicious Crawler Assault that's being difficult to counter.
"This 'Scarlet Spider' certainly is a savage!" Ock named him, completely unaware he was already bestowed that name by his allies.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT EITHER!" retorted Kaine while messing up their jaw with a rageful uppercut.
"How about 'DEAD'?! Would you prefer being that?!" Eggman countered, alongside his spider-limbs unleashing lasers that pushes the clone to the defensive. Kaine backflips away from the lasers only to be struck by the Arachnid's powerful mouth blast. Sonic and Spider-Man rush in to fight up-close-and-personal, prompting the mech to crawl away on the wall with them on hot pursuit. Slowing down the duo are a swarm of explosive spider-drones deployed by the mech, and missiles at the others that were shooting at them from the roadway. Most of them evaded their explosive attacks, with Tails and Knuckles countering with a powerful Thunder Shoot that does enough damage to the point Eggman is losing his cool, "Ohh, that's it! Now you've asked for it!"
Enraged, the Superior Egg Arachnid flies up to destroy their hallway arena with a destructive missile barrage. The entire room explodes as the floor falls apart, dropping the screaming heroes into a long vertical tunnel as they give chase. "It'll be hard to squash us while we're falling in style!" quipped Spider-Man, using his Web-Wings to help him dive whilst fleeing their wrath.
"That's why we're equipped with HOMING LASERS!" Ock retorted, unleashing a terrifying plethora of lasers that homes in on their many targets.
"Very smart, still slow!" snarked Sonic, leaping off the falling debris to evade their attacks.
Several lasers manage to land on some heroes, like Knuckles and Ruby. Others took the bait of hitting Blake's clones and debris that Tails tricked into destroying, with Weiss quipping, "How am I already missing those spider-powers." before incanting a Reflect Spell to counter their blasts, stunning them to give Yang a chance to strike. Or she would've, if Scarlet Spider didn't rudely steal her moment by web-throwing the massive mech.
"HEY! We're supposed to be working together!" Yang angrily shouted at the clone.
"I don't take orders from you!" Scarlet retorted.
"We need your help, PLEASE!" Tails pleaded for his assistance.
"JUST STAY OUTTA MY WAY!" Blinded by his unbridled rage, Kaine delivers to the Superior Egg Arachnid a web-stomp that brutally smashes it to the center of a large circular chamber. The Clone believed that last attack ended their evil, but not yet, as they still have command over the local Man-Spiders that surprises his back with webbing, "What?" as he's yanked to be stuck on a large web-net.
Ock laughs at the webbed clone, "You inferior arachnid! Your arrogance will be your undoing!" just as the other heroes dropped in.
"Scarlet!" Spidey shouted in concern for his clone, wanting to help him but couldn't with the Doctors occupying him with lasers.
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Meanwhile, Kaine continues struggling to break himself free from the webbing but couldn't. His hands are webbed, and his monstrous kidnappers are seconds away from crawling toward his heart for the coup de grâce. This may be it for the Dark Spider, but hope is not lost yet. To his surprise, several cosmic clones of a certain Faunus warp to his rescue by slashing away the spiders before the real deal cleaves his binds, freeing him as they both land back on solid ground.
"You…saved me?" The confused Kaine asked his savior while kneeling on the floor.
"Just returning the favor." smiled Blake, paying him back for when he rescued her back on Mobius.
"Even though I've been a massive jerk? Never excelled being a team player." Kaine acknowledged his own violent weaknesses.
BGM-Marvel Future Revolution OST-Revolution Starts Here (Battle Theme)
"You obviously have issues. Some that I can relate to." Blake said sympathetically, which caught the clone's interest as she continues with a stern look at him, "Listen. You can't forget the killer you used to be. It will always be with you. But you're healed. You're alive, truly, for the first time ever. You may not be able to forget the past…but you can be someone better." She then smirks, "It also doesn't hurt to rely on others. Trust me on that."
For a moment of clarity, Kaine processes her encouraging words. Processing with a mind that, for once, is thinking clearly. He stands up, taking a deep breath, before airing it out and voicing out his response. "Maybe I will." He said calmly, deciding to place his trust on Blake. He focuses back on the fight against the Superior Egg Arachnid to note something. His multiple spider-legs that they have been using relentlessly to try and skewer his allies. Those legs are a problem, which gives Kaine an idea on how to deal with them. "Got an idea. You wait for an opening. It'll be obvious." He told her before rushing back into the fight.
During the fight, both Sonic and Spider-Man were slammed to the ground and left at the menacing mercy of their arch-enemies that have no interest in letting them live another second longer. "Lights out!" exclaimed Eggman, commanding their spider-legs to lunge in for the killing blow. But to his surprise, their legs were webbed then viciously pulled back by the furious strength of Scarlet Spider, "What?!"
"You again!? You're as persistence as the original!" Ock scowled infuriatingly at Kaine's constant interference.
"What're you waiting for, Kitty?!" Kaine grunted, unsure how long he can restrain their legs.
At swift speeds, Blake takes advantage of the opening Kaine revealed to her to slash off each massive spider-leg from their back until they all pile atop each other. "OUR LEGS!" Both Doctors shouted in shock.
They no longer serve a purpose for the Doctors, but they do for Kaine as he webs them together to create one massive, makeshift sword that he then throws at, "Echidna! Blonde-for-Brains! Use this to skewer them!"
"About time we're working together!" Knuckles grinned proudly from seeing Kaine being cooperative now, as he and Yang catches the giant web sword.
Uniting battle roars, both power brawlers rush toward the massive spider-mech ready to end it with their final attack. The Doctors won't make it easy, with Eggman shouting, "GET READY TO BE-!" as their mech is about to counterstrike. Kaine won't give them the chance as he delivers a devastating web-swing kick to their back, forcing them to trip and be violently skewered by the giant web blade through the core that has the Doctors screaming in painful defeat.
"N-No! This…can't be…!" Otto reacted, while their Superior Egg Arachnid is reduced to scrap by its own superior explosion.
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With their ultimate mecha destroyed behind them, the defeated Doctors lies on the ground in front of Kaine. They're both unconscious, but that isn't good enough for the clone that was tortured, abused, and humiliated by their sinister hands. His rage is about to get the best of him again, having him pop out a stinger and tempting him to murder them, starting with Doctor Octopus. He goes in for the kill, but before his stinger reaches his eyes, he was swiftly stopped by his big brother.
"No, Kaine!" Spidey said, sharing a solemn stare with his clone as he advises him with, "Justice. Not vengeance. You're capable of that."
And with a stoic scoff, Kaine sheathes back his stingers retorting, "You're as soft as always." while deciding to spare the villains' lives.
"It sems to run in the family." Peter quipped.
"Don't cry if it gets us killed." Kaine snarked back, right as the other heroes reunite with them. Blake shares a brief look with the clone, silently congratulating his growth with a proud nod, which is acknowledged by him scoffing.
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"We done? Let's keep moving! Time's almost out!" Sonic demanded everyone to continue with their mission in shutting down the World Spidericizer before it mutates the entire planet.
Swiftly to their full speed, the Dimensional Avengers hurry toward the heart of the Master Sanctorum. They're almost there. Just a few more miles. But then suddenly, the chamber they are in quakes as both a gigantic Death Stalker and Heavy-Egg Hammer drops down blocking the way, both joined by a massive Doombot horde as the Grimm lets out a terrifying roar that startles the heroes, "GYRRRAAAAAAAAGH!"
"Darn! At this rate, we'll never save the world!" The irritated Ruby grunted at all this interference.
Spider-Man was just as annoyed, but was more surprised at Scarlet Spider stepping up to do something bravely stupid. "Leave these things to me!" Kaine announced, with eyes locked on the overwhelming enemy horde.
"Kaine, you…" Peter responded.
"Follow your Spider-Sense and protect your team! I'll distract them!" Kaine ordered his brother.
The Parker Brothers exchange stern looks, not bothering with words as they just sense what the other is feeling about them. Peter doesn't want his clone to sacrifice himself for him again, but Kaine promises he'll survive in time to back him up against Doctor Doom. Accepting what they both have to do, the brothers nod to each other to fulfill their respective roles. Scarlet Spider unleashes his crimson X-Aura to raging levels before charging headfirst at the enemy horde, demolishing a dozen at a time whilst granting his new friends their opening to the station's core.
"LET'S GO!" Spidey shouted at his team.
"Hope he knows what he's doing!" Sonic expresses worry of Kaine, as the Dimensional Avengers race toward the core.
The Doombots are no problem for Kaine to handle. It's the two giants that are giving him a challenge, with the ruthless arachnid countering the Death Stalker's stinger strikes with flaming web balls that slam down on its skull. The Heavy-Egg Hammer was able to crush the anti-hero beneath the weight of its massive weapon, but it wouldn't pin him down for a moment as his rage activates the second ability of his X-Semblance. From the erupting flames that blows away the Super Badnik's weapon emerges Kaine, transformed into a sinister Man-Spider resembling how he looked as Tarantula.
"Tried this hero moment once, had it ruined by Jackal. Gonna try it again." said Kaine, confronting the massive horde to declare to them all, "Even though I'm not real…NO ONE USES KAINE PARKER AS A WEAPON!" as he rushes them with a full-powered furious rampage in this glorious hero moment.
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KFX Here: Had Kaine be the focus of this chapter to show off his fighting skills and drop seeds that'll grow his character throughout this Saga. Two more Masters have been defeated, just two more to go before this storyline ends. Shouldn't be a long one, but it will be intense as the heroes are going up against their strongest members.
Next Time: A Demonic Doomed Combo! Spiders of a Matchless Pair!
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