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Thank you to everyone who has favorited, followed or reviewed this fic so far.
BTW, you all may have noticed that Amaya isn't here. Like I said, in my story, Crisis on Earth-X takes place after the season finales of all the shows so she has returned to 1942. Now of course Caitlin is still Killer Frost in this and Harry still has his intelligence but let's just say that Season 4 of Flash happened differently in this universe.
And now, Earth-199999 Punisher will be called Frank while his Earth-X doppelganger will be called Castle.
Jason Hunter: The Avengers are staying where they are. The Earth-Xers might fill in some vacancies.
Chapter 12- Fighting for freedom
The Wellenreiter fired beams on the ground as civilians ran in terror. Some were hit and died instantly. The Hydra army marched forwards. It seemed like a large ocean of black. At its front were Captain Hydra, Darkdevil, Dark Arrow and Executioner Castle.
The soldiers fired beams from their guns that disintegrated anyone on impact. Dark Arrow smacked away two people with his bow. Darkdevil broke a person's neck on hitting him with his club and hit one's head very hard, killing him.
Captain Hydra threw his shield and it hit two people really hard, killing them, before returning to him. Executioner Castle also fired his beams from his gun, disintegrating people.
One of the cops aimed at them but Executioner Castle disintegrated him with a shot.
That's when they turned to see a group of people moving towards them. The heroes had come. They all stood together in a line from left to right- Laurel, Zari, Wanda, Natasha, Leo, Logan, Atom, Elektra, Matt, Oliver, Bucky, Barry, Nate, Jessica, Luke, Colleen, Sara, Frank, Rene, Thor, Scott, Hope, Clint, John, Roy, Thea, Slade, Nyssa, Nuke, Black Widow and Alex.
They all stopped in a line.
"Kill them all!" Captain Hydra ordered.
"Yes Captain!" the soldiers said together.
Nate steeled up as the soldiers moved towards them. From above- Kara, Carol, Ultron, Rhodes, Sam, Firestorm and Ray flew down while Peter swung and landed near them and Killer Frost used her ice powers to slide down on an 'ice slide.'
The soldiers marched towards them, not having any idea what was coming.
That moment, Bucky yelled, "NOW!"
And then a huge green and roaring figure leapt from behind a building and in the middle of the Hydra soldiers. It was the Hulk!
They tried to fire at him but nothing happened as he swatted them away like flies and crushed them under his feet. He roared loudly and many even backed off due to the fear they were now feeling.
"Fight you cowards!" Executioner Castle yelled.
Hulk raised his fists and declared, "HULK SMASH!"
And then he brought down his fists and it caused a huge shockwave which sent many of them flying off as others fell on the ground, Executioner Castle included. The ones that were sent flying off fell on the ground and died on impact.
Some soldiers managed to get close enough and the bigger fight began. Barry sped around, punching them here and there. Sara punched one and flip-kicked another away. Laurel flipped one down and used her Canary Cry to knock another away.
Ultron, Ray and Firestorm fired their blasts from the air, getting some soldiers while Killer Frost slid around on her ice slide and shot down people with her icicles. Rhodes and Sam fired at the soldiers from the air and got them.
Sara grabbed a soldier's arm and flipped him to the ground as Nate punched one away. Scott and Hope shrunk down.
Scott jumped onto a gun of a soldier and punched him hard, making him fly back.
"Take that big guy!" he said.
Hope fired her energy blasts from her gauntlets, getting some more soldiers.
Peter swung around and snatched a soldier's gun with his web before hitting him with it, knocking him out.
"We don't want Man in the High Castle here!" he said.
Some soldiers threw grenades into a field but Rene rescued the children and returned fire while Frank arrived and fired with his semi-automatic, killing many. Logan put his claws into one and threw him into another before slicing another's throat and then elbowing another so hard his nose broke due to Logan's adamantium skeleton. He then put his claws into another soldier's brain before putting his other ones into a soldier's chin, which protruded out of his head.
Leo too fired his Cold Gun and got some people. Sara shot a Hydra soldier's gun and disintegrated another before sweeping one's feet from under him and then knocking him out with a roundhouse kick.
Alex smacked another out with her gun while Laurel used her screams to throw them away. Nyssa swiftly sliced the throat of one before slicing the feet of another and then stabbing him in the chest. Natasha shot down two before giving another a flip kick and knocking him out. She took out her batons and in a rotatory motion knocked down two.
Two of them were shot down by arrows from Clint. He smacked another out with his bow.
"Just like Budapest all over again", he commented.
"This looks worse to me", Natasha said.
As the Wellenreiter tried to fire down on them, Thor deflected the attacks with Stormbreaker.
He then rushed a huge group of Hydra soldiers who were running towards them with a declaration loud enough for the entire city to hear.
"BRING ME STARK!"
He jumped into the air, Stormbreaker raised as lightning emanated from him and the now darkened skies.
And then he slammed Stormbreaker on the ground and the resulting thunderous shockwave instantly vaporized all of the soldiers there. It was clear who the most powerful combatant on the field was.
"Thor really is bothering them", Ultron commented from above before firing at some soldiers.
Jessica picked up a soldier and slammed him to the ground before kicking another away while Luke picked up two and slammed them into each other, knocking them out. Nuke fired its shotgun and killed more soldiers. Colleen channeled her chi into her sword and deflected the lasers before slicing down the attackers.
The Waverider, piloted by Cisco, fired at the Wellenreiter, though it wasn't affected.
"Okay guys, is it just me or is this not working?" Felicity asked.
"It's not working", Cisco and Harry said simultaneously.
"Looks like we need to take down their shields", Felicity said.
John shot down three soldiers while Roy swept one's feet from under him and stabbed him with an arrow before shooting down another. Thea smacked one down with her bow before stabbing him with her arrow and then shot down another too.
Nate punched out soldiers with Luke's help while the beams deflected off of them.
Hope and Atom flew around in their miniature forms, shooting beams that took down soldiers on contact.
"It's so nice to have other literally small people around", Atom commented.
"I know", Hope said.
Rene fired at a soldier while Frank used his semi-automatic to kill many before he threw a grenade that killed more.
On top of a van, Oliver fought his doppelganger. Dark Arrow fired an arrow which Oliver deflected with his own. Then Oliver tried to fire and Dark Arrow deflected with one of his own.
The two rushed each other and Dark Arrow tried to smack Oliver with his bow but he ducked to avoid and tried to smack him instead but he blocked. The two were in a stalemate until they backed off as Oliver brandished an arrow and tried to slice Dark Arrow who tilted backwards to avoid and then hit his hand with his bow, disarming him of the arrow.
As he got up, Oliver smacked him across his face, making him stagger slightly. As he tried to strike back, his bow was blocked by a sword and he was pushed back.
"There is no giving up to guys like you!" Slade said as Dark Arrow rushed them again.
Barry and Thawne sped around, fighting at super speed. Barry punched Thawne hard before Thawne countered with a punch of his own and an uppercut. Thawne tried to punch again but Barry ducked and punched Thawne hard, making him stagger back.
The two sped around, continuing their duel.
Darkdevil threw his club at another civilian he saw but it was deflected by a club. The club went back to the outstretched hand of Daredevil.
"So today the Devil gives his due", Darkdevil said with a smirk.
"That Devil is you", Matt countered as the two rushed each other.
Darkdevil tried to bring his club down on Matt but he dodged and tried to smack Darkdevil in a rotatory motion but he ducked.
As Darkdevil rose up, Matt almost gave him a roundhouse kick which he barely dodged and then flipped back. As soon as he landed, he saw a projectile coming towards him and deflected it.
Matt's club could fire projectiles. As Darkdevil deflected another projectile, he ducked to avoid a knife. It was Elektra. She brandished her sword and rushed him.
He blocked her strike only to get kicked away by Matt.
Their fight had begun.
Executioner Castle tried to fire at a civilian but Logan stepped in the way and took the shot. Castle then ducked to avoid some shots by Frank.
When Frank stopped to reload, Castle fired at him but he rolled away. Logan rushed Castle who brandished a knife and tried to strike him but Logan backed to avoid before trying to strike him with his claws which he ducked to avoid.
Frank tried to fire at him again but he rolled away.
Black Widow wrapped her feet around a soldier and knocked him out with Widow's Bite before flip kicking a soldier away and shooting him down. She shot another down when she saw a familiar person in front of him. Her dear husband.
She fired but he blocked with his shield before throwing it which she barely avoided as it returned to his hand.
"You will pay for killing my friend and fooling us all", Captain Hydra said as he walked closer.
She suddenly threw a flashbang grenade and disappeared. Then suddenly, she jumped at Captain Hydra from behind and wrapped his neck with a garrote.
"What honey? I am too much for you to handle?" she asked as she continued strangling him until he grabbed her and threw her at a car. She smashed into it and fell down, dazed.
As he moved towards her, she threw two taser disks which electrocuted his feet. As she got up, he managed to swat them away with his shield. She threw another flashbang grenade and disappeared from his sight.
Up in the air- Ultron fired his concussive blasts while Ray fired his energy beams and Carol fired her energy beams too. Kara fired her heat vision.
Oliver backed to avoid a strike from Dark Arrow before elbowing him back. He tried to strike again but Slade grabbed his hand and kicked him back.
"Guys, this isn't working", Felicity said as their attacks still had no effect on the Wellenreiter, "I think we need a bigger gun."
"Way ahead of you", Kara said as she flew towards the ship.
"General", a soldier said to Overgirl, "We've got inbound."
"Then fire counter-measures", she said.
"We can't", he said, "It's hovering directly off our bow."
Overgirl then looked out to see Kara outside, hovering in the air.
With a smirk, she said, "General, would you care to step outside?"
Overgirl angrily flew out, ramming into Kara at full speed and sending her flying back. As she flew towards her again, Carol knocked her away.
"Thanks", Kara said.
"No problem", Carol said.
"So are you my doppelganger or what?" Kara asked her.
"No", Carol said, "I am a human who got alien powers. You're an alien adopted by humans."
"Well, I guess the reason why we share the same surname will remain a mystery", Kara said.
"It sure will, for now", Carol said as Overgirl came flying back and the two prepared to fight.
"Waiting for some good news here", Cisco said to Felicity desperately.
"I don't have any for you, man", Felicity said, "The only way to take out their shields is to get someone onboard that ship."
"We're on our way", Killer Frost said as she used her ice slide to slide towards the ship with Zari hanging on to her. Wanda flew with them using her powers.
They all landed inside the Wellenreiter from above at the same time.
Some soldiers arrived to fight them. They fired but Wanda raised her hex shield to block and then shot them down with hex blasts. Killer Frost got one with her ice blast while Zari blew another away with her wind. Wanda blasted off three of them with her hex blasts.
Some more arrived and fired. Wanda once again raised her hex shield. This time, she focused its energy outwards and it destroyed them all.
"You're a badass", Zari commented and she simply nodded.
"We're on the bridge, Felicity", Zari said via earpiece, "And we don't know what we're looking for."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm working on it", Felicity said.
She then sent them the source code.
"Yeah, got it", Zari said, "Manual override protocol."
"If I am reading this correctly", Felicity said, "All you need to do now is-"
"Hit the big, blinking red button", Killer Frost said as she spotted it.
"I got it", Wanda said as she hit it.
"Shields are down", Felicity said.
"Harry, you think you can handle this bad boy?" Cisco asked as he got off his chair and let Harry take his place.
"Walk in the park, Kazansky", Harry said as he took his place.
"Where are you going?" Felicity asked.
"Getting our friends off that ship", Cisco said before saying to Harry, "Count of ten, hit them with everything we got."
"You got it", Harry said.
Cisco then opened a breach and jumped into it.
Outside, Overgirl punched Kara away but she recovered and then punched Overgirl away. Before Overgirl could recover, Carol gave her a punch and she staggered back.
Captain Hydra was walking around when he saw a grenade heading for him. He deflected it with his shield as Black Widow threw another at him but he blocked and it exploded as it hit his shield and the previous one exploded too.
Black Widow was about to use another flashbang grenade when he threw his shield at her hand, disarming her. Before she could react, he grabbed her by the neck and slammed her to the ground.
As she looked up at him, he said with a cruel smirk, "Goodbye darling."
And then he slammed his shield on her neck, breaking it. His traitorous wife was dead! Killed by him.
That moment, another shield headed for him and he blocked it with his own as it returned to Bucky's hand.
"You will pay for that", Bucky said with gritted teeth.
"You will die, weakling", Captain Hydra said angrily, "You insult my friend by wearing weakness on his face."
"You insult my friend by wearing sadism on his face", Bucky retorted as Natasha walked up next to him, "You're going down."
Captain Hydra rushed Bucky who blocked his punched with his shield while Natasha smacked him with her batons, though he wasn't affected much.
He smacked her away, giving Bucky an opening to punch him away with his vibranium arm. The battle of the captains was on.
Castle tried to slice Frank with his knife who backed to avoid. He swung it again but Logan trapped it between his claws.
Before he could free it, Logan used the claws of his other hand to shatter the knife into pieces. Before Castle could do anything, Logan roared and embedded his claws into his kneecaps.
Castle roared in pain as he kneeled on the ground. That moment, he felt a semi-automatic on his head. It was Frank.
He muttered, "One batch. Two batch. Penny and Dime."
And with that, he shot Castle on the head. Castle lay on the ground, dead.
Matt blocked an attack from Darkdevil who was kicked back by Elektra. She swung her sword but he ducked to avoid before trying to strike her but Matt threw his club. It hit him and returned to his hand.
He divided his club into sticks and threw them at his opponents. Matt deflected with his club while Elektra deflected with her sword.
As she tried to strike him again, he grabbed her hand and was about to punch her when Matt leapt into the air and kicked him away. He rolled away and picked up one stick to fight but Elektra kicked it out of his hand.
He flipped back and got up, ready to fight more.
Barry and Thawne sped around. Barry tripped Thawne and threw him back. Thawne then tried to kick him but he tilted back to avoid.
Thawne then grabbed him and slammed him to the ground but he got up and sped away, Thawne following.
Oliver tried to smack Dark Arrow but he backed off before being kicked away by Slade.
Overgirl fired her heat vision but Kara dodged it. The two then fired at each other and Carol fired a powerful energy beam at the same time.
Kara's heat vision and Carol's energy beam together overpowered Overgirl's heat vision and she was sent flying back as Kara punched her away and Carol gave her a kick on the chin, sending her flying up.
Barry and Thawne sped up a building and launched themselves at each other.
Harry had counted to ten and with a sigh, fired all of the ships weapons on the Wellenreiter.
Inside the Wellenreiter, Wanda used her hex shield to keep Zari and Killer Frost safe from the destruction.
Cisco breached in and her shield faded as they jumped into the breach and arrived back at the Waverider.
"Nailed it!" Cisco said as Harry and Felicity sighed in relief.
Barry pinned Thawne to a pillar as he vibrated his hand.
"Go on! End it", Thawne said, "END IT!"
When Barry made no move, Thawne said with a smirk, "What's stopping you? Oh, I forgot. Barry Allen is above killing. Isn't that right?"
As Barry lowered his hand, Thawne made to run away but Barry kicked his knee hard, breaking it as he kneeled on the ground, yelling in pain.
"I'm not going to kill you", Barry said, "But I will make sure you never hurt anyone again."
Barry then sped around until a portal to the Speed Force opened. He sped into it and brought out the anti-quark matter, making the Speed Force lightning chase him. As he neared the downed Thawne, Barry sped out of the way and the lightning got Thawne instead who barely had time to scream. The portal closed after taking Thawne inside.
"Enjoy eternity in the Speed Force, Eobard", Barry said with a smirk.
Darkdevil tried to flip on top of Matt but he backed to avoid before kicking him away.
"The disadvantages of being half blind", Matt said with a smirk, "You can only focus on half of the environment."
Before Darkdevil could react, a knife hit him on the knee. As he kneeled on the ground, Elektra stabbed him in the throat with her sword.
"This was for Dinah, you bastard", she sneered before retracting her sword and he fell down, dead.
She looked at Matt and nodded with a smile and he nodded back.
In the air, Overgirl suddenly grabbed her head and started screaming in pain.
"I'm detecting dangerously high radiation levels", Gideon said on the Waverider.
"Disembodied computer voice lady's right", Cisco said, "Supergirl-X is about to go super-nova."
"Supergirl", Harry said, "Your doppelganger's about to have a meltdown."
"What do I do?" Kara asked as Overgirl groaned and screamed.
"We're out of time, Kara", Ultron said as he flew up next to her.
Harry said, "You need to fly her up. Up. And away. Now."
Kara quickly grabbed Overgirl and flew up into the air as Carol and Alex watched. She flew into Space with Overgirl and there was a huge explosion.
Dark Arrow looked up at the explosion and yelled in grief and disbelief, "NO!"
He turned around and growled, "I'm gonna kill you."
That moment, a bottle was smashed on his head from behind and he knelt down, holding his head in pain. It was Jessica.
"That was for Mick, you asshole!" she cursed him with gritted teeth.
As he raised his hand to try to strike, Slade cut it off. Before he could try to do anything else, Oliver shot his arrow. It hit Dark Arrow in the heart. He fell off the van, dead.
Captain Hydra swept Natasha's feet from under her, only to be kicked away by Bucky. Before Bucky could strike again, Captain Hydra leapt into the air and kicked him on the face, making him stagger back.
He tried to strike again but Natasha threw two taser disks and they paralyzed him for two seconds. Bucky smashed his shield into his face, making him stagger back. He recovered and kicked Bucky on the stomach, making him kneel.
Natasha leapt at him and struck him with her batons. Before she could strike again, he blocked with his shield. Bucky leapt into the air and kicked him away before punching him. Before he could recover, Bucky kicked him on the knee. As he kneeled, Natasha shot him on the head and he fell down, dead.
The Captain and the spy then nodded at each other as they looked at the corpse of the evil doppelganger of their beloved, deceased friend.
Kara was falling down on Earth at high speed. Suddenly, Hulk leapt from a building and caught her before sliding down via another building.
He lowered her on the ground as Carol and Alex arrived.
"Kara! Kara!" Alex said as she knelt close to her sister and caressed her face, "Open your eyes!"
But Kara didn't open them. Alex was very close to breaking down-
Until Hulk roared at the top of his voice, startling Carol and Alex and making Kara's eyes spring open. Hulk gave a tiny sniff of satisfaction as Carol and Alex smiled in relief.
Logan stabbed two more men to death with his claws while Thor descended next to him and threw Stormbreaker. It killed any remaining men and returned to his hand.
With a roar, Logan challenged the absent Iron Emperor, "Is that the best you can do?"
That moment, many drones resembling the iron man suit appeared in the sky. The Iron Legion!
"You had to ask", Thor said to Logan in an annoyed tone.
And then there was a fearsome roar. It was not Hulk.
Yeah. I divided the final battle into two chapters. The next chapter will be the battle against the Iron Emperor and his Iron Legion. Along with someone else. Any guesses on who roared in the end?
I hope you liked the fights here.
R.I.P. Earth-X Black Widow. She died a hero.
Now the 'Captain Marvel' movie isn't out yet so we don't really know if she is the most powerful hero or not. If she proves that she is the most powerful in Avengers: End Game, I will acknowledge her as the most powerful. But till then, Thor is the most powerful for me with Strange being a close second and Wanda being a close third.
Barry letting Thawne go made zero sense. So I did a slight variation of what Bl4ckHunter did in his 'Strongest Together' story.
Please review. I always appreciate your feedback.