Chapter 29: The Greatest Block Party Ever
If I had to describe the battle in two words, it'd have to be glorious chaos! In every direction, somebody was hitting somebody else! So many different energy blasts were shooting back, forth, up, and down, that I think I almost got blasted with friendly fire at least three times a minute. I'll admit, for the first minute, I was a little disoriented. I was cramped in, making it hard to move around, my Speed Sense was constantly going off, as I was always half a second away from getting skewered by a demon, or getting smacked in the face by Doombot debris. Oh yeah, this wasn't just some small city block skirmish, this battle was spanning almost half of Midtown on the ground level. Hell, that was just the immediate battle; I could sense Doom summoning waves of various Olympus Stone powered demons from the the other half of Midtown, and sending them charging at us. There were so many of em', I had to get Grant to help me with crowd control, or those f*(#ers were gonna swamp us! I summoned down a continuous lightning storm over the oncoming demons, thinning their ranks out a good deal, while Grant straight up turned the ground they were walking on into a death trap funhouse! Seriously, sometimes a batch of demons would get impaled on Geo-Force charged asphalt spikes, others would get skewered on giant vines, some got crushed with giant rock hands, and the really unlucky ones got eaten by giant carnivorous tulips (which was kinda awesome). All in all, only 30% of Doom's reinforcements actually made it in one piece to the fight, but they were such an after thought, I pretty much let my reflexes take over, as I slashed, stabbed, blew apart, and blasted various demons and Doombots into oblivion!
"How we lookin', Doc?" I thought to Doctor Strange (who magically linked us up).
"So far so good, Storm-Lord," he thought back. "The energy pockets are filling up nicely, and Doom seems to be none the wiser. Your Skittles team are currently locking Venom into the spell seal, and at the current rate of energy transfer, we should be able to yank Doom onto the battlefield in a matter of an hour."
"25 minutes if I have something to say about it! I'm startin' ta-"
Yeah, so much for gettin' into my groove (which I was totally gonna say), cuz Carnage (think skinny, blood red, more bloodthirsty Venom) snuck up on me like a pop quiz!
Seriously, the dude didn't trigger my Speed Sense, and my Thunder Sense was tracking so much $#!+, it barely even registered him. Sucked for me, cuz Carnage literally enveloped me inside of him, and tried to bite me in half with giant symbiote fangs! I quickly transformed into Thunder Form 2, and blasted the son of a bitch off me with an explosion that coulda blew a crater into the pavement (thank God, Carnage took most of the blow). To say he didn't stay down woulda been an understatement. This guy practically bounced back like a cat, and attacked my disorganized lightning form as a giant, demonic, War Force fire breathing head! We flew around at high speed, clashing with each other as energy blobs and constructs. Carnage fought exactly the way I thought he would: disorganized, violent, and obvious. He slashed at me as a mass of red blades, attacked me as a giant pair of claws, and even split himself into War Force charged missiles to bomb me with. Again, lazy and predictable; these were baby's first constructs. With his bladestorm, I simply converted myself into a lighting twister, spat him out after a few spins, and slammed him into the ground as a Zeus Cannon. I caught his giant pair of claws in a tesla sphere, and blew his missiles to $#!+ with a Final Flash! By the time he consolidated his form into a giant version of himself (now with giant Baraka blades, and four pincers comin' outta his back), half of his War Force energy was spent. Like I said tho, babies first constructs. I saw his 30 ft tall giant version of himself, and raised him a 35 ft tall lightning Raiden construct (I could already see the oncoming memes). Carnage kinda did a throaty gurgle, and his face morphed into an expression that said: ok, I might've f*(*% up.
"I challenge you to Mortal Kombat," I said (cuz no way was I gonna pass that up), before slamming Carnage in the face with a reverse dragon palm strike!
From there it was all downhill for the son of Venom (yeah, it's a weird thing). I slammed him all over with a series of kicks and punches, Phantom Bolts, lightning strikes, and Final Flashes. Carnage woulda got in a few good swings and stabs in on me, but every time he got close, I made my construct phase into the Power Grid, making Carnage swipe air. Hell, as he got smaller and smaller (less War Force=less power to stay giant), he got more desperate with his attacks; actually blowing himself up in attempt to take me out. All that did was expend his last bit of War Force, disorganized my form, and piss me right the hell off! When I reformed my body (actual size), I found him a block away, gettin' the works from Spider-Man himself. Webhead was rockin' an armored version of his usual getup, one with glowing web designs, and shot incendiary and sonic webs! Carnage was straight up eatin' that can of whup ass raw!
"You gonna just stand there, Lord of Storms?" Spider-Man asked me. "Or you wanna help me give this guy the naughty list treatment?"
I chuckled, and snapped my fingers, lighting carnage in a burst of sun fire. He screeched and wailed for a few seconds, but went it was over, he reverted to the form of some naked red head dude.
"And now i'm scared for life," Spider-Man said. "How come you can't regift any-"
I shot a Nature Force charged scorpion/man hybrid demon down with a Phantom Bolt. If it's pincer got any closer to Spidey's head, it've been though his face. Spider-Man looked around, saw the demon carcass, and went all wide eyed (how the hell did his mask eyes move?)
"Got it," he said. "Fight and trash talk simultaneously."
We teamed up for a little bit; slashing, punching, blasting, and webbing demons by the dozens. We quickly worked out a rhythm with each other; taking advantage of our mutual speed, agility, and strength to fight in multiple places, rather than staying tied down in one area. We managed to stay together for about seven minutes, before the battle eventually separated us. Eh, at least i'd get some peace and relative quiet; that guy never shut up. After obliterating several dozen legions of demons on my own, I found myself in the middle of a battle between a few X-Men (Rogue, Nightcrawler, and Cyclops), and what was left of the Serpent Society (these guys were like walking punching bags). Cyclops was shooting a laser beam at Bushmaster, knocking out the last of his God Steroids, and redirected the beam to hit Asp, five feet left of Bushmaster, and then King Cobra, who was directly behind me. The laser beam actually curved over me, and nailed King Cobra in the chest! Bad. Ass. Nightcrawler was dueling with Fer-De-Lance; teleporting circles around her, and whacking her in the everywhere with his laser pirate swords (cuz of course he'd have those). He fought just like Spider-Man, using his speed, agility, and teleportation to take out multiple opponents in a short time frame. The guy would dance circles around Fer-De-Lance, while also taking out six or seven other demons and Doombots at a time. Rogue was just a straight up powerhouse, ramming through dozens of demons and Doombots alike, saying southern battle cries (I think. What's a melon farmer mean in this context? Why would you roar at them?) I doubt even Allyson would be able to place. Hey, whatever gets her through the fight. As for me, my Speed Sense alerted me to the fact that Princess Python's snake was about to sink its fangs into my back. I simply sidestepped it, charged my sword with a $#!+ ton of War Force, vibrated it, and brought the blade down on the python's neck. Excelsior cut through the snakes God Steroids body aura, and cut the its damn head clean off…..much to Princess dumbass' despair.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" she roared at me, comin' at me with a knife (cute). "THAT WAS MY FAVORITE PYTHON!"
I put my sword away, and ran circles around her, punching her God Steroids out at the rate of an industrial meat grinder!
"Your name's stupid!" I said between several hundred punches. "Your gimmick is stupid! You're one of the useless members on your D-List villain team! Snakes get their heads chopped off, cuz that's what movies tell us to do! Make a cyber snake, make a cyber snake suit, transform yourself into a snake/woman hybrid, but get outta my face with this bull$#!+! You come at Storm-Lord, you better come strong!"
I beat down the last of her energy, and uppercutted her into unconsciousness. Not even a second later, my Speed Sense alerted me to the fact that that electric whip, wanna be dominatrix bitch, Coachwhip, was slashing at me from either side with her electric whips. I caught the whips with my hands, laughed a little, and sent a massive electric shock wave through the whips, back at Coachwhip! I didn't skimp on the juice (easily enough voltage to blow up a Wal-Mart) and shot the whip lady sky high, taking out a good third of her God Steroids. Rogue flew up ahead of Coachwhip, and hammer punched her towards the ground. Cyclops, shot a laser beam up, curved it at a 90 degree angle, and deflected her trajectory forward. Finally, Nightcrawler teleported into a backflip kick to the back of her head, planting her in the ground. At this point, her energy was almost spent, so I finished her off with a few giant lightning fist punches. By the way, if you're wondering what happened to the villains we busted up, Magik put them in a prison in Limbo (an alternate kinda sorta Hell that she ruled). I don't wanna get into the physical, ethical, and psychological reasons that I wasn't ok with that, but it was just a holding zone until we wrapped up the battle. Hell (literally), by the time we got em' out, they'd be begging for The Raft. Anyway, with Coachwhip down, the only Serpent Society members left were Bruiser, Reptile, Puff Adder, Cottonmouth, and Aspe.
"Rogue," I said. "Let's you and me take out Bruiser. Cyclops and Nightcrawler, y'all got the rest. Uh, I mean, if that's ok with you, Cyclops."
"Don't worry, Storm-Lord, you're the leader on this op. I'm at your disposal."
"Ok then, let's go X-Men!"
Before anyone says it, yes, I know, that was probably one of the lamest battle cries ever. I might as well have said "go team"; it've been less corny. Anyway, I split the remaining Serpent Society members away with a quickly blast of wind (except Bruiser, cuz gravity control). Me and Rouge charged Bruiser, while Cyclops and Nightcrawler went after the rest.
"So what's the plan, sugah?" Rogue asked me.
"We keep hittin' him until his energy aura runs out. After that, i'll hit him with some ninja moves I learned to slow someone's heart down enough to put them down for a few hours."
"Sounds good ta me. Hit em' fast and hard!"
I kinda liked Rogue. She was like everything I loved about Grant and Allyson put into one ridiculously hot lady. Anyway, we did just what she suggested, and Bruiser didn't stand a chance! I threw my Sky Shield at his face, dazing him enough to hit him with a solo Delta Speed Thrasher, where every hit was a Storm-Lord Special (when I mix my Vibration Punches and Power Gauntlet hits, in case you forgot). The big lug didn't move, but I was counting on that. While I hit him in his chest, legs, and back, Rogue was givin' him the works with brutal punches to the head! He was fast enough to where we both had to weave in and outta his desperate swings (not to mention move outta the way of his bull charges), but we were back on it in no time. In a matter of a few minutes, we beat his aura down, and Rogue hit him one last time in the face with a flying punch, before I did the heart slowing thing. I hit Bruiser in the chest, neck, and arms, with precise Vibration Jabs. The dude was so big, it took a good half a minute for the technique to kick in (me and Rogue had to slug him a few more times), but the giant did go down! Just as we were wrappin' things up, Cyclops and Nightcrawler regrouped with us, havin' just finished with their assigned snakes. We fought together for a few more minutes, and I gotta say, I don't know what everyone's hangup with Cyclops was about (except for killing Professor X). Sure, the guy was a total stickler, the kinda dude that woulda been first in line to be hall monitor, but he was cool. Just like with Spider-Man, I managed to find a rhythm with him. He was all short/mid range with his blasts, using them in quick and powerful bursts to destroy demons and Doombots. Mix that with my speed and sword, along with a few Fulminata Blasts (when I let lose massive tendrils of enemy hopping lightning bolts) and Cyclops' guided laser blasts that could take out dozens of enemies in on shot, and we were a two man wrecking crew (Rogue and Nightcrawler also helped too)!
"Not bad, Storm-Lord," Cyclops said to me.
"Not to bad yourself, Slim" I responded. "The hell does that even mean anyway?"
"To be honest, its been 20 years and I still have no idea."
We chucked a little, until an explosion from outta nowhere rocked us like a battleship! I flew through a nearby pawn shop, and just barely managed to respond to my Speed Sense, that was alerting me to a katana about to get sheathed into my face! I managed to catch (and snap) the blade, and blasted a freaking Hand Ninja off me! She did a ninja teleport thing, and tried to shank me from behind, but I backflipped over her, blocked her oncoming kick, punched her into the ground with a Storm-Lord Special, and stabbed her in the chest with Excelsior (she asked for it).
"Sniper Team, report!" I shouted into the comms.
"Black Widow, here!" She responded.
"Hawkeye 1 and 2 at your service," Clint said.
"The amazing Nightcrawler heeds the call!" Kurt said.
"Cloak and Dagger still at it," Dagger said.
"I just got ambushed by a Hand Ninja!" I said. "How's the battle lookin' from your perspectives."
"The f*(#ers are everywhere!" Fury shouted in the comms. "Where was this in the briefing, Storm-Lord?!"
"I….forgot."
"FORGOT?! HOW DO YOU FORGET MOTHER F*(#!^% NINJAS?!"
"Language, Fury!" Cap responded.
"Everyone shut up!" I said. "Look, we gotta do damage control. Sniper Team, ima need you guys in overdrive. Take out as many ninjas as you can with extreme prejudice! Punisher, X-23, Winter Soldier, Daredevil, Elektra, Moon Knight, and Speed, you've all been drafted to Sniper team for now. Strange will hook everyone but Speed up with teleportation spells. Speed, you and me are on city patrol."
"uhdoesthatmean-" Speed started (damn, that dude was like ADHD mixed with all the energy drinks)
"You don't have to kill, but make sure they can't get up again. Dislocate a kneecap at least. Now c'mon, let's get it!
For the next 15 minutes, it was a straight up slaughter house as far as I was concerned. As I ran up and down Midtown, I let myself open to a good flow of War Force, which took my speed and strength, and doubled it (kinda like Kao-Kien) Hell, I could see red energy mixing with my usual blue lightning speed trial! I killed more people than I care to count, and that was really saying somethin' with all things considered. I'm not just talking regular stabs and decapitations tho; 3 outta 5 of the ninja's I slashed down were cut in half! In the slight haze of the War Force rage, I remember limbs flying, Hand ninja's gurling to death on their own blood, and even using one of their severed heads as a makeshift soccer ball, which I lit up with War Force, and literally kicked it into some other guy's head! It was a bloody mess that the War Force kept edging me on to do more of. Don't worry, I didn't get too kill crazy. Like I said, my training with the War Force force made it to where I controlled it, but that didn't mean it wasn't an annoying back seat driver! Like I said, it took 15 minutes of long work, but me and Sniper Team managed to reduce The Hand interference to a manageable size. I responded to that bit of good news by tackling my current one through a skyscraper window, into the pavement, and burying my sword in his chest! I was growling, billowing red fire and smoke outta my mouth, which made Hulking (I landed next to a group of Young Avengers), look at me like I wanted to eat his dog.
"You want a piece?" I growled at him.
"I'm chill, man," he quickly put his hands up.
I swatted down a Sea Force demon that thought it could get the drop on me, and let my War Force rage drop. Hell, by the way Patriot was gettin' on my case, it was better that I have as much of a clear head as possible.
"This is going well," he said in a voice that reeked of sarcasm.
"Sure is," I responded. "Just ask that guy over there."
I gestured to the dead Hand Ninja with a bloody slit in his chest (a little sadistic, I know). Before Patriot could retort, Speed came runnin' by; an angry Rhino, overcharged on God Steroids, close behind.
"Helphelphelphelphelphelp!" he shouted at the pace of a woodpecker.
"This way, dude!" I contacted him on comms. "Direct him to me, and jump over at the last second!"
"Areyoucrazydudehe'lltrampleya!"
"Ten bucks says you're wrong. Just bring em' here!"
Speed did as I asked, and brought the charging man-beast over to my direction. I prepped a Storm-Lord Special, charged myself with a good amount of God Steroids, and after Speed jumped like 12 ft over me, I slammed Rhino in the head with a blow that could level a battleship (the resulting shockwave was legendary!)! Rhino stopped dead in his tracks, and his energy aura flickered momentarily. With one hit, I knocked his power in half, and it wasn't gonna get any better for him! My plan was to give him the works. Some super speed jabs all around, and maybe a few lightning strikes and constructs (which I was oddly not using a lot of) to finish him off. Hulkling simply whacked him in the chest with the flat of his magic blade, completely neutralizing Rhino's magic, and blasting him unconscious with a blast of lightning from the sword! He smirked as he turned to me.
"You want a piece?" he chuckled.
"Pfft," I blew him off. "It'd be over before you could blink."
We were about to get into a dick measuring contest (except I actually liked Hulkling; he was like a toned down, much more polite, version of Grant), but a wave of Doombots and Demons attacked us from the left flank (look at me, tryna sound like i'm a general or somethin'). I managed to cut their charging force in half with a Fulminata Blast, but we still had a group of at least 50 demons to deal with. Me, Hulkling, Speed, Patriot, and some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents helped keep the battle at a standstill. Speaking of which, the Young Avengers were no joke! For as much of a tool he was, Patriot was a good ass fighter. His mini laser shields chopped through enemy energy auras like a chainsaw, and his throwing stars (fashioned after the stars of the American Flag) got an upgrade that allowed them to explode on impact. Speed wasn't much of a great fighter, but he was quick and could get in several hundred punches per second. He steered away from the demons (heart of a lion, that one), but shredded the Doombots, and Hand Ninjas. Of the bunch, Hulkling was proving to be my favorite. Like I said, the guy was a toned down Grant, except when it came to battle! His longsword sword sliced through demons and Doombots like they were made of wet paper! He wasn't exactly the most trained swordsman, but what he lacked in skill, he made up for with sheer strength and passion. One of his wide swings spelled the end of at least ten enemies! Hell, the guy had a roar that was on par with Hulk's! We ended up fighting together, him using his sword, me using Excelsior in spear mode. What really got me was the fact that I was fighting at about 700 mph at the lowest, yet Hulkling was keepin' up with me no problem.
"What was that you said about taking me out before I could blink?!" he asked me.
"Ok, what?!" I responded. "Since when did you get super speed?!"
"Since I claimed this sword! It's called Excelsior, the Star-Sword! It can only be wielded by those of Kree and Skrull descent, and is loaded with phenomenal cosmic power! Just got it a few days ago, and I have no idea of what it's capable of doing. So far I know it expels magic energy, blasts lightning, and apparently gives me super speed! Oh, and it means i' the King of Space…..whatever that means. What can yours do?"
"Switch between sword and spear mode. I also named it Excelsior, but it's the Storm Sword. But hey, i've got a trident blessed by Poseidon. It can help me make city destroying tidal waves."
"Cool. Still, can't touch my sword!"
"Ya know what, Hulk Jr.?"
Before I could finish that jab, some idiot in a metal suit with a dome for a helmet rushed us from the air. I recognized him (barely) as The Scorcher, one of Spider-Man's D-List villains. His suit was basically a world class flamethrower, that was now mixed with War Force energy.
"MUST BE MY LUCKY DAY!" he roared as he locked on us. "I GET TA TORCH THE YOUNG AVENGERS AND SPIDER-MAN ON THE SAME DAY!
He started spraying War Force fire, but Hulking put a stop to that. He flew up, blocking the War Force flames with a force field from his sword (awesome), and whacked Scorcher in the chest with the flat of the blade. Not only did he dispel his energy aura, but he sent a small charge of lighting into his suit, frying his tech beyond repair. Simple and effective. I woulda gave him a fist bump for that, but Electro came in as a bolt of lightning, and slammed into Hulking from the left side! Hulkling crashed to the pavement, but before Electro could come back for another pass, I shifted into Thunder Form 2, and tackled his energy form! The last thing I saw of the Young Avengers was Patriot and Speed taking on Doctor Octopus, and Shocker (also Hulking was ok).
The fight between me and Electro didn't last long, but it would scar me for life! I mean, I was literally mixing and clashing with him as living energy! It made me feel gross and violated! We fought with each other for a good two minutes, going in and outta skyscrapers, power lines, and so on. The fight was over once Electro started to talk $#!+.
"Heard that sun bitch friend of yours killed my buddy, Toomes!" he sneered at me. "Not very heroic of the broad, eh? Don't worry, i'll get back at her! As soon as I finish up with you, i'll show her one helluva-"
He didn't get to finish the rest of that sentence. He was done as far as I was concerned. I reformed my body, hovered in the air on a gust of wind, and willed Electro's from to condense into a tesla sphere! He tried to break free with little explosions and form changes, but he was just a collection of voltage to me! I vibrated his molecules (a little fast for our first date), and made them expel the Zeus Energy he was harnessing, before scattering his molecules so deep and wide in the Power Grid, that if he wasn't dead, it'd take him at least a decade to regain any semblance of consciousness, much less a body. Nobody comes at Allyson like that….ever. I was feelin' pretty proud of myself, but my Speed Sense hit me in the back of the head, like a train! I just barely managed to backflip over Black Panther, who was careening at like 190 mph, like he was shot out of a cannon! As soon as I landed, my Speed Sense hit me in the back of the head again (I genuinely needed an aspirin), and I had to clear what looked like a charging, 7ft tall, white gorilla, wearing a green loincloth, a necklace made of bones, charged with Death Force and God Steroids, with a glowing purple spear in his right hand, and an African shield around its left arm. Weird? Oh yeah, but after everything i've been through, this was relatively tame. Besides, Mighty Joe was about to run the Panther King through with his glowing spear! Couldn't have that. I dashed forward, summoning my Sky Shield, and managed to backhand the spear head away from Black Panther, quickly charged it with lightning and Sea Force, and threw it at the gorilla man's face! Oh yeah, apparently this was just some dude (probably from Wakanda) in a white gorilla skin.
The shield explosion barely made the gorilla man stagger (God, I wish that was his name), but I managed to truly get some distance between us (about 150 meters) with a Kamehameha-like blast I call the Storm's Fury (a hydro blast charged with Sea Force, and Zeus Lightning)! Panther got back to his feet, just as things started to get interesting. See, gorilla man was packing on some extra mojo, as he started roaring, beating his chest, and unleashed a wave of gorrila demons (because of f*(#!^% course he did!) out into the Midtown battle! They popped up like gophers outta various energy wells all over the city, and started turning the tide on the battle (had to add the extra load to Sniper Team)! Hell, I had to slash a few dozen down myself with Excelsior, before I could get another look at gorrila man's smug face.
"C'mon, dude!" I yelled at him.
"M'BAKU!" Panther roared. "STOP THIS! YOU DESECRATE YOUR GOD WITH THIS ABOMINATION! THIS UNITY OF OF PANTHEONS WILL DESTABILIZE THE REALMS OF GODS AND MEN, STARTING WITH WAKANDA!"
"YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADDRESS ME BY MY NAME, PANTHER KING!" M'Baku roared back. "REFER TO ME AS YOUR BETTER! AS THE TRUE RULER OF WAKANDA! I AM MAN-APE, AND TODAY, WAKANDA WILL WELCOME IT'S KING, JUST AS IT WILL WORSHIP IT'S RIGHTFUL GOD!
Man-Ape (his name alone coulda floored me from laughter) charged us, but before he could get within 50 meters of us, I slammed a Zeus Cannon on top of him, sending him through the pavement.
"Together?" I asked Panther.
"Indeed," he responded.
Just then, the ground under us started to rumble, and we just managed to get outta the way, as a Death Force/God Steroid explosion blew apart the ground, sending chunks of asphalt rocketing across the block. Man-Ape jumped up with a tribal battle cry, and got pelted in the back with a Phantom Bolt, sending him 500 meters forward. Me and Panther jumped his monkey ass (I can say that, i'm black) before he even knew what his left and right were. I popped my Power Gauntlets, and kept slamming Man-Ape with a series of Storm-Lord Specials all around his body, while using my shield to take out his knees, and occasionally throw it in his face after giving it a lightning/Sea Force charge. Gotta give it to Panther and Man-Ape cuz they were way faster than I thought they'd be. T'Challa's suit was glowing with purple markings all over, and M'Baku's double dip of Death Force and God Steroids gave him speed comparable to when I started out. Still, I was able to use their speed to my advantage. Panther and Man-Ape were fast, sure, but they couldn't touch me if I had both my legs tied together. While Panther was fighting the gorilla man in Speed Mode (relatively speaking), I was pounding Man-Ape in Speed Mode Supreme! That's not to count Man-Ape out. He was able to get some distance between us with explosive waves, spear blasts, and sonic gorrila roars (which was kinda awesome), but all it got him was a few seconds to get a breather in, before me and the cat attacked him again! T'Challa could throw them hands, ya'll! The way he fought was both familiar and foreign at the same time. I recognized Crane style Kung-Fu, Kara Maga, Judo, Wing Chun, but it was all mixed with some other form of martial art i'd never seen before. It was like mixing the speed and flexibility of a cat, with the brute strength of Captain America. Also, his suit expelled doses of the purple energy in controlled bursts with some of his punches. Together, we managed to get Man-Ape's power down, and I short circuited his suit (it had a mechanical interior), making him fall on his back.
"The demons," T'Challa said to him, pointing Man-Ape's own spear at his face. "Expel them. Now."
"Even if you killed me, Panther King, it would do you no good. The enchantment is marked on my very soul. If you strike me down, I will only grow in power, and lead Wakanda to glory from the ancestral plane!"
"Wakanda knows no god, save for Bast!"
"And who's doing was that, Black Panther! Your ancestors outlawed the great animal cults of our forefathers! In your arrogance, your bloodline decided that Bast was the only god; robbing Wakanda of the chance to choose for themselves!"
"You know damn well why the fringe cults were outlawed, M'Baku! Civil wars, mutated and mutilated Wakandans in the name of their gods, summoning spirits that almost razed our kingdom! Wakanda would've destroyed itself if it did not unite under a single god!
"I reject that, and in your heart, you know more than enough of Wakanda rejects it as well. Let Doom burn down your cult, for I will rule over those that remain!"
"Ok, i'm done with this," I said.
I snapped my fingers, and made Man-Ape's heart stop with an electric jolt (scary, I know). T'Challa looked like he wanted to murder me, but was too stunned by me dragging M'Baku's soul outta his body (Death Force for the win!). Man-Ape's soul roared, and bucked, but he was no match for someone who could command thousands of souls. I slowly overpowered his spirit, and made him stand straight before me (I promise you i'm a good guy). I marked him with a skull glyph on the forehead.
"You belong to me now," I told the spirit.
M'Baku nodded, making a raspy whisper.
"Command your demons to attack Doom's forces. Fight alongside them. After the battle has finished, I release your spirit to be wherever it is Wakandans go went they die."
Man-Ape did his gorrila roar and chest pound, and joined the gorilla demons, who started to tear into Doombots, Hand Ninjas, villains, and non-gorrila demons alike. I called Sniper Team off that target, and summoned Excelsior. T'Challa grabbed my shoulder.
"You had no right to do that," he almost growled at me. "M'Baku was to meet Wakandan justice."
"We both know we didn't have time for that. Like I said, I won't keep him on retainer. After this is over, he's free to meet whatever god he wants. Bill me later."
I broke away from his grip, and zoomed back into the heart of the fight. I went at it solo for a few minutes, tearing though anything that got in my path, until my Speed Sense alerted me to some War Force charged bullets about to pop me in my head from a 120 degree angle! I used the wind to find the shooter, and sensed The Hood trying to snipe me from atop an apartment complex. I slashed his bullets down with my sword, did a Static Jump behind him, Shadow of Mordor style (beast game!), and got close to burying my sword in his back! Hood managed to get up a pentagram shield, made of all the Olympus Energies, to block my stab at the last second! The dude looked like a deer in headlights, and flew off the roof, shooting magic bullets at me as fast as he could!
I flew after him on a gust of wind, dodging his bullets (which were like heat seeking missiles), and shot tried shooting him down with lightning blasts, Phantom Bolts, and Static Jumps. I'll give it to Hood, he was quick, and could fight a lot better than I thought. He managed to dodge and counter blast me with bolts of Olympus Energy, all while directing his bullets at me from all sides; making sure I never got too comfortable in my attacks. Hell, after a few minutes of dodging, I slashed down all his bullets, and blasted him into the Chrysler Building lobby. I did a Static Jump to catch up with him, and we tore that poor lobby to shreds!
For five minutes, it was a constant back and forth of blasting, teleporting, running, and more blasting. I blasted Hood with lightning bolts, and when he blocked them with a magic shield, i'd hit him with a Phantom Bolt and/or random construct to throw him off-balance. I never knocked him so hard to where I could run him through with my sword (especially not with his body shield up), but every time he tried to run up on me with a teleport attack, i'd bat him away with a Storm-Lord Special! After hitting him with a few of those, I managed to bust his body shield, and get him closer to the lobby door, but Hood pulled one last ace from his sleeve. He powered up with a massive amount of Olympus Energy, and assumed some kinda demon hybrid form, where his skin when all scaly little demon horns jutting from his forehead, and bone spurs from his knuckles. He looked deranged and feral; more of a danger to himself than me. I had to put him down fast. I shifted into Storm-Form, and spread a giant storm cloud in the lobby area. Before Hood could even guess what was going on, it had already happened. I lit myself up as a mini-thunderstorm (Allyson would approve), and blasted Hood with over a million volts of continuous lightning strikes and Storm Fists. Hood was outta power, and back in his human form in less than a minute. Before I could put him down (maybe for good, maybe for Limbo), he teleported away, but didn't come back for a counter attack. Either he bolted to a less intense battle, or fled the battle overall (Doom wouldn't like that). In either case, he wasn't my problem anymore, tho I had three more to deal with. Long story short, The Wrecking Crew were givin' Captain America, Daredevil, and Xavin some trouble, just outside the building.
Cap was doing ok against a God Steroids powered Piledriver; keeping him at bay with a mix of several armor enhanced martial arts combos and shield hits, while dodging and/or blocking most of his attacks. Daredevil was also doing ok, but was wearing down against the roided out Wrecking Ball and Bulldozer. Daredevil was more on the dodge, rather than attack. Bulldozer kept charging him, while Wrecking Ball swung his wrecking ball around from a distance. Daredevil maybe got a few hits in on both of them, but if he wasn't dodging, he was taking more and more hits. As for Xavin, she was doing pretty well for herself. Her and Wrecker, who was on Zeus Energy, were going at it pretty evenly. Wrecker was whacking at Xavin with his electric crowbar (God, that gets stupider every time I see it), but she was blocking it with her rock covered left hand, blasting him with fire from her mouth, and whacking him back with her elastic right arm, which she fashioned into a mace as big as as a minivan. None of them held the advantage for too long, but outta the bunch, Xavin was doing the best. With the battle situation properly assessed, I transformed into Storm-Form again, flew out as a giant storm cloud, and proceeded to round the wrecking crew up with various Storm Hands. Once I got them all in one place, I reformed myself around them as a giant storm ball with the power of a condensed F5 tornado! In 15 seconds flat, I ground their respective energy auras to nothing, and slammed them on the ground for transport to Limbo.
"Much obliged, son," Cap patted me on the back (not sure how I felt about him calling me son). "Keep up the good work."
I fought with Cap, DD, and Xavin for a good while (Iron Fist and Luke Cage also joined up). Cap, Iron Fist and Daredevil fought roughly the same, but with significant subtleties. All of em' fought in that fluid motion, where one kick and/or punch naturally flowed into the next move. With Cap, he kinda fought like Taskmaster (or the other way around); playing chess with his martial arts moves, and making his enemies put themselves in a position to where they practically defeated themselves. Daredevil was a bit more aggressive, using his skills to debilitate his opponents in their arms and legs, before finishing them off. Iron Fist was kind of a mix of Cap and DD put together, but was a lot more heavy on improv; letting his opponent's overextend themselves, and walk right into a glowing yellow fist! Luke was more of a brawler, and Xavin fought like a trained soldier; especially with how she used her Fantastic Four powers in combinations. As for me, I just kinda fit right in with all if em'. We all worked out a decent fighting relationship with one another, and didn't step on each other's toes. Things went relatively well for us for the ten minutes we fought as a group, which naturally meant that we were long past due for a shakeup of some sort.
All of a sudden, I felt the a huge wave surging in off the coast of Long Island Beach (again). This time was different tho. For one, Hydro Man wasn't the one behind it (him and Mass Master, were fighting near Strange's magic sky circle thing as two giant blobs of water). Second, this wave was a little bigger, and filled to the brim with living things. By living things, I mean Atlanteans, various sea monsters, and even Atlantean warships and fighter vessels! Before I had time to tell whether or not this was a good thing (you can never be sure with Atlantis), a conch horn, louder than a Mets game, blew, followed by the roar of Namor's voice!
"DOOM!" he bellowed. "YOUR RECKONING HAS COME WITH THE WRATH OF THE DEEP! ON THIS DAY, ATLANTIS REPAYS YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS WITH BLOOD! IMPERIUS REX!"
The wave split into chunks, and thousands of Atlanteans burst outta the wave, like rockets; taking a substantial part of the tidal wave with them! The monsters, which consisted of Antarctic Leviathans, Roman Sea Dragons, and Itchacocerberi, flew to the sky, to tear Dragon Empress and her fleet a new one! Ditto for Namor's heavy artillery (loved those hammerhead warships).
Here's a but of free advice: don't piss off Atlanteans. These guys came in with a battle cry that would spook a T-rex, and as soon as they hit the battle, they meant f*(#!^% business! The foot soldiers came in with enough water and Sea Force to shape into projecticles, swords, shields, and various sea animal constructs. Within the first five minutes of them joining the fight, I saw 50 Hand Ninjas get ripped apart by shark constructs, and twice as many demons and Doombots crushed under giant octopi tentacles, or charging hammerheads. Hell, if the water constructs weren't enough, the Atlanteans were plenty firrece with their tridents, swords, blasters, war hammers, and everything else the blue crew could bring with them to the surface. When it came to the air...well, an army of giant winged dogs with giant octopi tentacles, that could also breathe fire, were tearing apart dragon creatures. Along with them were giant shark and whale warships that were blasting down enemy warships. Doom and his crew were about to have a bad day. Then again, with the look Namor was givin' me, I mighta been set for a bad day myself. Yeah, after about ten minutes of fighting, Namor not only found me, but made a big show of it. I was going at it against alone against a squad of demons, and found myself surrounded by several dozen of them (how they managed to single me out in a battle, I dunno). Namor flew in, zapped them all to bits with a lightning wave from his trident (I was gonna do that), and encased us both in a water dome. He looked at me all stern faced and pissy, but I was havin' none of it.
"What?" I asked him, walking up to his face. "You want a rematch? Wanna strip me of my necklace? We can get it after I shove my sword in Doom's chest, but not before. So what's it gonna be elf king?"
Namor stayed stern faced for a few seconds, but ended up cracking a smile, before laughing like a drunken idiot. I wasn't exactly sure how to feel about that, but laughter really is contagious. He stuck out his arm, and gave we gave each other a medieval friendship grip.
"Nice to see you're not dead," I said.
"The seas will run dry before Namor meets his end at the hand of Doom's lackeys," he responded.
"Yeah, sorry about that. We kinda…."
"$#!+ the bed?"
"Bingo. Did Atlantis make it?"
"Repairs are needed, but nothing that cannot be undone. Atlantis stands tall to bring Doom low."
"Wait, does this use up one of my charges? I mean, thanks for comin' to help, but am I down to two now?"
"This one is, as you surface dwellers say, on the house, Jason. Now, let us strike down one who would pretend he is a god!"
We were about to drop the barrier, but I felt a massive blast of Olympus energy about to slam into us from above! I helped Namor strengthen the barrier, and after locating the source of the blast, struck Mandarin down with a lightning strike; landing him atop a skyscraper.
"Let's start with him first." I said to Namor.
He nodded, and we flew up to tag team the mother f*(#%*.
Mandarin just managed to get to his feet by the time we flew up to him, and I gotta say, the dude was lookin' pretty spiff! He was wearing a John Wick suit (haven't seen that yet), shades, and had his long hair slicked back. The dude was rockin' his signature ten rings, and while some of em' were just as they were, eight were imbued with Olympus energy. Long story short, Mandarin has ten rings called: Remaker, Influence, Spin, Spectral, Nightbringer, Daimonic, Incandescense, Lightning, Zero, and The Liar (who named these?). In the order as listed, the rings could: manipulate matter at the atomic level (as long as said matter weren't inside energy fields), blast concussive force, create vortexes, disintegrate matter via breaking atomic bonds, generate/manipulate electromagnetic energy, blast fire, amplify psionic energy, blast lightning, and blast waves if cold and ice. Of the ten rings, Lightning, Daimonic, and Spin were enhanced with Zeus Energy, Zero with Sea Force, Nightbringer with Death Force, Incandescense with Apollo Energy, and Influence with God Steroids. Together, the dude was radiating an energy field so strong, I would've had to shell out my full powers just to take him if I were on my own. Thankfully, Namor had my back, which made me feel good as I decked Mandarin in the face with a Storm-Lord Special!
For the first leg of the fight, Namor and I did pretty good (mainly cuz I sucker punched Mandarin). I flew in Thunder Form, and slammed Mandarin with a continuous amount of Storm-Lord Specials, while Namor got in some good flying punches in as well (the dude was hauling ass just to keep up with me!). Together, we punched Mandarin back to the Atlantic, and slammed him into the sea! We thought we had made! For the first few minutes of the fight, Mandarin was practically a sitting duck! I summoned my trident (should get to naming it soon), and proceeded to whack and stab at Mandarin, while Namor and I blasted him with Sea Force charged hydro cannons, weapons, constructs, and sea animal constructs. If Mandarin wasn't taking a hit left and right, he was blocking for his life with ice shields, while trying to get above water. We managed to keep him down for another couple of minutes, but he eventually managed to get an ice wave off, freezing us in place, while he broke the surface. The ice didn't keep me and Namor down long, but when we busted out, I felt the water start to churn in a whirlpool. A few seconds after that, Sea Force charged icicles started flying at me and Namor. Mandarin even shot down some pretty intense lightning bolts! Had to give him props for effort, but I hated the cold. I transformed too Thunder Form 2, and shot up as a lightning bolt, gettin' him right under the chin! I refored my body, and slammed him in the chest with a Vibration drop kick (I should look into makin' Power Greaves, or somethin'), sending him flying back towards Long Island Beach. Namor shot outta the water, intercepting Mandarin, and slammed him with an uppercut to the back, that would give an Antarctic Leviathan a concussion, launching him upwards.
"Let's keep it going!" I thought to Namor (we still had our psychic link), blasting Mandarin with some Phantom Bolts. "We'll have him beat in the sky!"
"Wasn't that the plan for getting him in the water?!"
"The sky has both wind and water. I can use my speed to punch and kick him to where he won't have much time to think or retaliate. Use the electric eel spirit, bring down the voltage; we'll drown his ass in lightning, and water. Oh, also-"
Mandarin blasted down a power blast of all the Olympus Energy he had in his rings. Pretty impressive for a desperate blast, but not good enough. I took a second to adjust to the power output, and forced it back with twice the power; knocking Mandarin sky high!
"Yeah, I can do that now," I thought to Namor. "Cool, huh?"
"Indeed."
We rocketed up after Mandarin, who started going ham! The dude shot down everything he had at us, using his ring to create mass lightning strikes, Death Force blasts, boulder sized hail, and even transmuting the air to War Force charged metal shards! I used the Power Grid to summon a phalanx of Thunder Shields to block his hail mary storm, and blasted Mandarin in the back with a Phantom Bolt. It wasn't much of an opening, but it was enough to do a Static Jump up to deck Mandarin in the face with a Storm-Lord Special (tho this one didn't hit as hard). I could feel how hard his body shield had become; almost felt like hitting a punching bag. Hell, if that wasn't bad enough, Mandarin was somehow using the Olympus energy to fuel his speed. Son of a bitch tried to off me with a blast from his disintegration ring! I managed to duck under it (the thing took about 20 minutes to recharge), but I was definitely gonna whup his ass for that!
The fight between me and Mandarin was an interesting one. For starters, I had to constantly chase and/or Static Jump towards him, as the dude always tried getting as much distance between us as possible. When up close, I jabbed him everywhere I could get a swing in; my punches enhanced by the mix of God Steroids and War Force flowing through me (for some reason, those two energies work well together). As Mandarin and I traded blasts, blows, and the occasional constructs (he favored blades, dragons, and shurikens), I kept a storm cloud growing around us, and before he could figure out what was happening, it was already done! Namor and I lit the sky up with blue and yellow lighting, and brought a million volts crashing into Mandarin from all sides! His body shield held up, but it was hell on his rings to keep up the effort. That's where I ended up getting him! I overloaded his selective rings with more Olympus energy than they could handle, and after half a minute, they exploded! The explosions set off a chain reaction that destroyed Mandarin's whole set, and crippled his hands (I was almost sorry about that last part). I quickly caught him, gave him one last thump on the head, and let the magic transport him to Limbo. I was about to head back to the main battle with Namor, but Loki quite literally beat us to the punch! From outta nowhere (and without triggering my Speed Sense), the mischief god, slammed Namor in the face with a hit so hard, the clouds actually parted, as Namor was shot back into Midtown!
"Son of a-" I started, as I charged at Loki.
"No need for any of that," he chided me, as he dodged my punches. "Just getting rid of the third wheel is all."
I blasted him with a Final Flash, which he almost laughed at as he simply stopped it cold!
"Come now, boy," he mocked me. "I know you can do better than that. Same as how I knew about your Mirror Dimension trick.
It was all I could do to not drop my jaw into the ocean! Instead, I shifted into Thunder God, and blasted at Loki again with a Final Flash made of the Zeus Lightning, Sea Force, and Death Force (the big three are the second most powerful combination of the bunch).
Again, Loki handled me like a toddler. He conjured up a portal, and the blast slammed into my back, launching me forward, and into Loki's fist! If this was me pre-Atlantis mission, I wouldn't have a head. Hell, with how much that punch hurt, I almost wish it had killed me. I rocketed back to Long Island Beach at Mach 2, with Loki hot on my heels. He reared his spear for a stab, but I transformed into my Storm-Form at the last second, and knocked him skyward as a lightning charged Storm Fist. I reformed my body, summoned my trident, went Thunder God again, and flew up at Loki, all charged up with lightning and Sea Force! He saw me coming at the last second, and blasted a volley of Olympus energy at me. I simply did a Static Jump behind him, and tried for a stab in the back. Loki simply parried the attack away, and tried to stab me in the gut. I sidestepped the stab, blasted Loki upside the head with a Phantom Bolt, and flew after him.
Definitely gotta hand it to him, Loki was a damn good fighter. The dude was better at aerial combat than me. He easily dodged and parried my strikes; nearly running me through went I left myself even a little too open. I managed to get the upper hand on him with some quick counters and kicks, but Loki was not to be outdone, coming back with his own set of counters and rush attacks.
"What's the matter boy?" He kept taunting me. "Angry that I figured out your little plan? Please. I'm the God of Mischief. I've been at the heart of greater schemes and machinations since before you're great grandparents were conceived."
"Then why let me get this far?" I asked him. "What's in it for you?"
"Ah, an intelligent question? A rare commodity from you caped crusaders. As you probably figured, my schemes go well beyond serving Doom's ego. He thinks himself a god, but has neither the temperament, nor patience to see his machinations successfully come to fruition. Indeed, he knows not of the arcane energy reserves you plan to use against him. A simple sensory altering spell I have placed on him."
"So taking Doom down serves your end game?"
"A word of advice, should you live to see tomorrow. Always assume that your first three thoughts about your opponent is wrong; especially when said opponent has more than one-hundred lifetimes of experience. You and the good doctor are mere instruments in a greater cosmic game at work."
"By The-Ones-Who-Sit-Above-In-Shadow? Who's to say you aren't a pawn in their game too?"
Musta touched a nerve on that one, cuz Loki momentary abandoned his smooth and deadly fighting style, for a rage fueled swing that went too wide! I did a spinning side kick over it, decking Loki in the face, slammed a lightning bolt on top of his head, and dived after him; my trident primed to stab him in the neck! Loki managed to recover before hitting the water, and shot up a hydro canon, which I easily sent back at him, charged with Sea Force and lightning. The blast made a pretty satisfying BOOM, but I couldn't sense him in the water. Before I could sense around for him, my Speed Sense alerted me to the fact that he had materialized behind me, and was about to stab me in the back (again)! I managed to use that to my advantage, and phased. Loki's spear went harmlessly through my chest, and I quickly grabbed it, yanked it forward, and sent my head flying backwards! The back of my head slammed into Loki's forehead (good thing my hair acted as a natural buffer), making him let go of the spear. I immediately engulfed us in a pillar of water, and shifted into my Sea Form! I drug Loki deeper into the ocean as a current, bombarding him with a series of Phantom Bolts, Sea Force blasts, and various hammerhead, whale, and Juggernoid water constructs. Loki managed to keep his energy aura around him, which I assume was the only thing that kept him from drowning (duh). Still, Loki wasn't one to go down that easy. He transformed into a giant sea serpent, and started breathing War Force fire in every direction! Dunno if he was trying to hit me, or evaporate me, but it bought him enough time to teleport away. I quickly reformed my body, tapped into my Thunder Sense, and found him floating in the clouds (big mistake). The poor sap was in for a rude one, as it didn't matter where I was. Land, sea, or sky, Storm-Lord's always in his home turf!
I put my knuckles together (like I was the Avatar), and focused on making the sky go from a calm snow cloud, to a raging F5, with enough voltage to lay waste to a city! Loki was still in serpent form, but managed to keep his body shield intact. I kept him spinning inside the vortex for about half a minute, before shooting up in a Static Jump, and giving him a Storm-Lord Special, uppercut style! I hit him so hard, he broke free of the vortex, and went tumbling towards the beach! Still wasn't done with him tho! I created another lightning charged vortex around him (about F3) level, and sent the big snake crashing into the sand! I did another Static Jump, landing on the beach, and just as I thought, my Speed Sense alerted me to the fact that Loki was trying to stab me in the back again (does he ever try stabbing at the front?). I did a backwards sweeping kick, knocking Loki off his feet, and blasted him back with a wave of Sea Force. Loki managed to roll to his feet, and countered by creating several dozen constructs of himself to surround me. They all blasted me with enough energy to put a meteor sized crater in the ground, but I managed to redirect the energy back at Loki, who just barely managed to move outta the way. That was another mistake. Never take your eyes off the speedster! I charged myself with God Steroids, War Force, all while going into Thunder God mode, and gave Loki the beat down of a lifetime!
I hit him at least 2,000 times all over his body in the course of a minute and a half; each blow strong enough to level a tank! Loki managed to keep his body shield up, but after trying in vain to match me in speed, he transported into the sky, and sent down a barrage of Olympus energy. I simply created a vortex orb around him, and blasted him with millions of volts from all sides. I managed to keep him pinned for a good 30 seconds, but after feeling a huge surge of War Force materializing around me, I had to roll outta the way of a giant wolf trying to take a bite outta me! Loki followed that up by creating various giant snake constructs to try and tangle me up, but I cut through them with giant War Force swords. Loki just kept throwing everything he had at me. From magic spell seals, to wolf, snake, and undead viking warrior constructs, he put it all out there! I'll admit he had me pinned down for a good few minutes, as I adjusted to the power output, but Loki's fatal flaw was that he relied on his staff to control the Olympus energy. Even at max power, he was barely half as capable as I was with the power (tho I did have him by several months of experience to be fair). After I adjusted to the power barrage, I reached out, snathced it away from Loki, and reformed it around myself as a body shield. Before Loki could think to dodge in any way, I slammed him in the face with an explosive hit so strong, Even from 500 feet in the air, the shock wave sent a giant mass off water that completely covered the beach!
From there, it was just a matter of running down the clock for Loki. I busted out an old trick, and focused on all the Olympus gems (kinda catchy) in his spear, and started to block the energy flow. Couldn't block all of it while Loki was fighting, but I was steadily wearing him down. First off, the guy could only seem to make snakes, wolves, and undead vikings with his staff. Cool, but not versatile enough. I easily crushed his constructs with an assortment of War Force Fusion Dragonoids, Sea Force Ninja Storm Rangers, solar Star Command characters (that show was my jam growing up!), and giant Death Force Beyblades! Loki's constructs didn't stand a chance in hell, and put him on the run in no time. Still, Loki could only get so far, as my constructs punched, kicked, and blasted him from all sides. He was able to get up some shields, teleport away, and even get in some decent counter shots, but his moments of reprieve were far and few between; especially when I amped up the pain! I pumped myself full of Sea Force and Death Force, while going into Thunder God mode! Like I said, the big three Olympians are a one way ticket to Super Saiyan 3 level, and Loki was really in for a bad day once I got the Triforce (I don't even like Zelda) up and running! I slammed Loki from all sides with Storm-Lord Specials, knocking the dude around the sky like a pinball. He never had a chance to blast back, or make shields, or even grunt in pain, as I smacked him across the sky with skyscraper destroying punches! I kept punching him around for a grand total of three minutes, before punching him into the beach from 20 miles off the coast! I flew after him at top speed, blasting an Olympus Cannon at him, which i'm almost certain could take out even a god! Loki reacted on instinct, and tried to hide behind a barrier. It managed to hold out for about seven seconds, before I made Loki's spear explode from the inside out, due to energy overload! The blast was truly something to behold; like Disney Fireworks amped up to a billion! I flew into the cavern sized hole I made (i'd get Grant to fix this later), only to see shattered spear pieces, but no mischeff god remains. Before I could think to look around for him, a mystic apparition of Loki materialized in front of me.
"Not that I didn't enjoy playing simpleton with you, young thunderer," Loki dryly said. "But Loki has much more pressing matters than you to occupy his time. I leave you with a gift in the form of a filled energy reservoir. The smaller one at least. As previously mentioned, you cannot keep secrets from the God of Mischief. I know not what you plan to do with it, nor do I wish you good fortune, but do with it what you will. Pray that our paths do not cross again, mortal. Loki never forgets a slight against his person."
The apparition dissipated, and my mind suddenly opened again (didn't even know how fogged it was).
"Storm-Lord!" Strange mentally yelled for me. "Do you hear me?! The first energy pocket has been filled. The spell is ready to bring Doom out of hiding. Report to Avengers Tower!"
"I copy!" I finally responded. "On my way now!"
I zoomed towards the tower, alerting everyone within range to converge on my position. I'll admit, I was gettin' nervous. This was what it all came down to, and fate wasn't exactly on my side. Still, I pushed that outta my head. I thought about my mom, my friends, and all these heroes who came from every corner of the world. I was not gonna let them down, and I sure as hell was gonna avenge all the heroes, Atlanteans, and agents that died trying to stop Doom from his mad quest! As I arrived just a half a mile from the tower, a giant bubble of Olympus Energy materialized in the pavement. My backup and I didn't stop, as we had to rush Doom with everything we had. A few seconds later, Doo, got plopped onto the pavement (he looked like he got interrupted from a Netflix binge), but before any of us could even lay a hand on him, he released a powerful wave of Death Force! My Speed Sense immediately kicked in! I could sense that the massive Death Force wave would be too much for the heroes and agent's respective armors! Doom was gonna at least 200 people all at once if I didn't stop him!
I quickly tapped into the massive Death Force wave. It was a lot to take in (Doom was obviously more power than skill), but I managed to reign it in, and blast it back at the tin man! The blast rocketed Doom completely through Avengers Tower (Stark could handle it) and I zoomed after him. I kept punching him with a continuous amount of Storm-Lord Specials, knocking him clear of Midtown, and straight into Central Park (this was gonna be fun)!
Always knew Doom and I would have to go at it one on one again.