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Jason Hunter: Thanks for the review. Pepper isn't in this story. The final bosses are going to be swapped between the heroes.
Guest: Thanks for the review. I can understand your disappointment there but I am already doing a 'Matt kills someone' storyline in another series of mine and I don't want to do it here too. But Matt still gave Darkdevil a good beating before Elektra killed him Glad you found the chapter great and glad you found the opening act of the battle good.
BTW, this chapter is best read with 'Dance with the Devil' by 'Razor' in the background.
Chapter 13- Crushing the iron
The Iron Legion raised their palms and started firing. Thor deflected with Stormbreaker while Logan got hit but healed every time.
The civilians had been evacuated from the area now so there wasn't going to be any loss of life.
Bucky threw his shield at one and it made it stagger before he leapt into the air and grabbed onto it. As the drone struggled with him, he hit it on the neck once with his vibranium arm and then with his shield, finally taking it down.
Barry sped around, punching them at super speed while Kara fired her heat vision and it got some. She flew at full speed and shattered some.
Some of them ganged up on Hulk and fired but he roared loudly and leapt into the air before landing on the ground so hard that the resultant shockwave shattered them all.
Rhodes grabbed one and used his big gun to destroy it.
"And I thought the Iron Legion was cool", Rhodes muttered.
"They're all cool until they fire at you", Sam said as he flew at full speed and kicked one away before taking out his Steyr SPP pistols and firing at some while flying around to dodge their shots.
Logan leapt at one and embedded his claws into it, destroying its internal machinery before ripping out his claws and jumping back down.
Frank picked up the gun of his doppelganger and fired at some before leaping behind a car to avoid their shots. He got up and fired, getting one before leaning back down.
Thor flew into the air, grabbing one drone, before spinning and knocking several more out of the sky. Most of them fell on the ground and shattered on impact while one hit a petrol van, causing a massive fireball which destroyed even more drones.
Nate steeled up as they fired at him and picking up some debris, threw it at them, sending them flying off.
Bucky threw his shield into the air and Thor hit it with Stormbreaker, sending it flying into a horde of the Iron Legion, destroying several of them.
Bucky then caught his shield on return and turning around, smacked another drone before punching it on the neck with his vibranium arm and then slicing it apart with his shield. Another tried to attack him but he grabbed it in a chokehold and managed to tear off its head.
Wanda, Killer Frost and Zari had been breached back onto the ground by Cisco.
Wanda blocked some attacks with her hex shield before firing a blast, sending three of them flying off. She then used her telekinesis to rip apart the others. She made a barrier to defend herself and then projected it outwards, destroying more sentries.
Killer Frost froze a drone before firing an icicle at another drone's neck, putting it down. Like that, she fired her icicles on a few more drones, neutralizing them.
Zari shielded herself from attacks by her vortex before firing blasts of air at the drones, knocking them down.
Ultron flew around, blasting them with his concussive blasts.
"I hope metal is not the only thing left on Earth after this is over", Ultron muttered as he grabbed a drone and crushed it with his bare hands, being far stronger than it.
He then used his gravity manipulation to pull a drone towards another, making them both crash against each other before he dispatched them with concussive blasts.
He then grabbed another one and then raised the temperature of his hand before using it to slice the drone's head.
"You're one hell of a badass", Ray commented as he fired at the drones with his energy beams. Firestorm helped them too with his blasts as he fired at the drones.
"Back at you", Ultron said as he fired at another, destroying it.
Luke was fired at by one but remained unaffected. As soon as it came close, he grabbed it and punched it hard on the neck, breaking it.
Jessica managed to leap high and grabbed a drone before punching it on the neck, just like Luke, to the same effect.
Colleen used her fist to absorb a blast fired at her and then deflected it at the drone, shattering it. She then channeled her chi into her sword and deflected attacks from three drones before slicing the palm of one and then its neck. She followed by giving the other an upwards slice, making it stagger back before she cut off its head and then he sliced the chest of the third and then stabbed it there, destroying it too.
Rhodes used his sonic cannon on two drones. The result was enough to destroy them. But then Laurel unleashed a Canary Cry and it destroyed quite a few of them.
"Okay, what?" he said in astonishment.
Oliver fired an arrow at a drone, getting it. Clint joined him, doing the same.
"Feels weird", Oliver said, "Fighting an army of drones with a bow and arrows."
"Been there before", Clint said before asking, "You're the best archer here or what?"
"I am", Oliver smirked before saying, "You want to test my claim or what?"
"If you say so", Clint said as he fired at another, getting it.
The two archers continued firing at the drones while exchanging witty banter.
Carol flew around, unleashing her energy blasts that destroyed the drones.
"At least they're not Skrull ships", she commented as she continued firing around.
The Waverider too fired its weapons around at the drones, getting them.
Matt picked up the sticks of his doppelganger, knowing they were sharper than his.
"Their necks are a weak point", he told Elektra, Slade, Sara and Nyssa, "Hit them with pointed things, they won't be able to do a thing."
"Well, let's do it", Elektra said.
Matt threw a stick at a drone from behind. It embedded into its neck, making its functioning stop. Matt then leapt at it and ripped out the stick before flipping around to dodge another one's shots and then hit its neck with his other stick, effectively neutralizing it.
Elektra grabbed onto one from behind and slowly inserted her sword into its neck from the side, destroying it.
Sara dodged a blast and threw her shuriken. It hit the drone right on the center of the neck and it was neutralized.
Nyssa side-stepped to avoid a blast before embedding her sword into its throat, neutralizing it.
Slade stabbed one's neck from behind, ending its threat.
One of them aimed at him from behind but suddenly died down and crashed on the ground.
"I guess this drone's inner conscious hates it", Scott commented as he came out of it.
Hope and Atom flew around in their miniature forms, firing at the drones and getting them.
One of them aimed at Frank before its palm was closed by webbing. Spider-Man kicked it away quipping, "At least you're better fodder than Hydra."
Nuke fired its shotgun at a drone's neck, getting it.
Leo fired his Cold Gun around, freezing some drones.
"Hey, Nuke!" Frank said as he walked up to it, "You want better guns?"
"A faster one might be needed", Nuke commented as it got another drone on the neck.
"Hey Cisco?" Frank asked via earpiece, "You got any old school weapons on your ship?"
"We probably do", Cisco said.
In another corner, Roy and Thea fired at the drones' necks.
"First aliens, then Hydra, then drones", Thea commented as she got one.
"Good thing you got me in your life", Roy said as he got another.
John and Rene also had Hydra soldiers' guns and used them to fire at the drones around them.
Natasha rolled to avoid a drone's attack before returning fire with her pistols. She got it on the neck. She then took out her batons and rolled away to avoid another one's shots before leaping and embedding one into its neck, taking it down.
Another arrived to attack her. She was about to fire back when Alex got it with a Hydra gun she had got.
The two nodded at each other and continued fighting the drones.
Frank and Nuke returned, each holding a M60E3.
"So let's split up", Frank said, "It would mean each of us kill more."
Nuke looked at Frank and said, "I'll be back."
And then it walked away to a distance.
Both of them then simultaneously fired their guns at the drones. Frank was roaring while firing. The expended shells kept falling down. They got many drones like this.
That was when they noticed a shadow in the air. Everyone looked up to see a huge suit of armor flying around. It was the Iron Emperor! In a Hulkbuster armor.
Then they heard a fearsome roar that matched Hulk's. A giant red figure leapt from behind a building and landed on the ground. It looked exactly like Hulk. Except it was red. And it looked angrier.
"What the fuck?" Frank muttered.
"If it bleeds, we can kill it", Nuke said.
"How the hell are we supposed to know if it bleeds or not?" Frank yelled.
Iron Emperor then started firing his repulsor blasts at them which they ran to avoid. Red Hulk roared loudly before running towards them.
War Machine arrived and fired his minigun while Falcon fired his pistols. Red Hulk just roared and continued running. The two flew away to barely avoid being snatched by him.
Iron Emperor was about to fire again when he was grabbed by someone and pulled down. It was Hulk. He smashed him to the ground and punched him hard. Before he could punch again, Iron Emperor kicked him away.
"This is beyond you, green guy", the Emperor said with a smirk.
Thor landed in front of Red Hulk. Logan walked up next to him.
Brandishing his claws, he said, "I'm gonna cut your goddamn head off."
Red Hulk roared before Thor swatted him away with a hit from Stormbreaker. He got up and roared again before Thor threw Stormbreaker. It hit him, making him fly back by a few feet. Thor didn't call his weapon back though.
Red Hulk got up and with a roar, charged at him. Thor rushed him too. As the two neared each other, Thor leapt into the air and kicked him, making him fly back by a few feet.
Red Hulk recovered and did a thunder-clap, making Thor fly back by a few feet.
That moment, Spider-Man leapt at him, rotating a manhole cover in his webs. He hit Red Hulk on the face with it, making him stagger back.
"I guess you aren't as bright as you look", Peter commented before Red Hulk got up again.
"Holy shit!" he said as Red Hulk gave him a kick, making him fly back.
Iron Emperor had Hulk pinned to the ground and was punching him constantly on the face with his armor before Hulk grabbed his fist and flipped him to the other side. He then got up and continued punching Iron Emperor until he fired a unibeam on him, making him fly back by a few feet.
The two got up at the same time. Suddenly, a flying figure threw him away. It was Supergirl.
"Oh! You!" he said with a smirk.
He fired a beam and to Kara's horror, it made her fly back by a few feet before crashing on the ground. She felt a little weakened too.
"How?" she said as she struggled to get up.
"Kryptonite beam, honey", he said with a smirk as he was about to fire another when Hulk grabbed his hand and punched him hard, making him stagger back.
War Machine fired his minigun again at Red Hulk before flying off. The Waverider fired at him too.
Red Hulk roared angrily and jumped on top of it.
"Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!" Cisco yelled frantically.
"Oh, my God!" Felicity said too.
"Calm down", Harry said before Red Hulk punched the ship, making it rock violently.
That moment, Thor, who was holding Stormbreaker again, kicked him away.
Red Hulk fell on the ground. As he got up, Thor gently placed Stormbreaker on a car, deciding to fight hand to hand.
Red Hulk punched but he dodged before punching him hard, making him stagger back. He then called Stormbreaker and used it to throw him away. Before he could get up, Thor charged himself with electrical energy and slammed Stormbreaker on the ground, making Red Hulk fly off violently as electricity spasmed through him.
He was down, seemingly dead.
Logan walked closer to him, only to be swatted away.
Red Hulk got up, ready to fight. He rushed Logan. Logan was near a petrol van. He used his claws to slice it, causing an explosion that sent Red Hulk flying back as he too fell off.
As Bucky neared him, Red Hulk roared and got up. He tried to punch but Bucky put the shield in the way, though he was still sent flying off by the impact.
Iron Emperor sent Hulk flying off by a repulsor beam, only for Carol to smash into him hard, sending him flying back.
Hulk started rushing him. Iron Emperor got back up and flying towards Hulk, grabbed him by the neck before smashing him on the ground.
He looked up to see Kara firing her heat vision and Carol firing her energy blast. He fired his repulsor beams to counter but the two beams overpowered him and he was sent flying off.
"You're so annoying", he said as he got back up, "I will crush you all."
Red Hulk tried to bring his fist down on Logan but he narrowly avoided and sliced him across the arm. As Red Hulk staggered back, Logan slid between his legs and then sliced him on the back. He then leapt to the front and sliced him across the chest, before leaping high and slicing him across the eyes, blinding him. Red Hulk staggered back, roaring in pain.
"What, annoyed by the dark?" Logan mocked him.
"It can bleed", Nuke said as it detected the blood.
But then suddenly, his wounds started closing as he too had a healing factor.
"Oh shit!" Logan cursed as Red Hulk swatted him away.
Hulk and Iron Emperor clashed their fists, the resulting shockwave sending cars flying off. Ultron fired at Iron Emperor and he countered with his own beam. The two beams clashed before Kara sent him flying off with a punch.
As he got up, he said to Ultron hatefully, "You traitor."
"I was never yours", Ultron retorted, "You don't pull my strings."
As Red Hulk looked around, Firestorm and Ray attacked him with their blasts before he swatted both of them away.
Ray flew back and fired a larger energy blast, with Firestorm joining in. Red Hulk put his arm in the way to block, though the two attacks made him stagger back. Killer Frost joined with a powerful ice blast. The three attacks together managed to make him kneel on the ground as the three stopped firing.
Then, Hulk punched Red Hulk on the face, making him fly back by many feet.
As he got up, Nate threw a tire on him. He caught it and threw it back. It hit Nate, sending him flying off.
Rhodes fired a rocket at him. He caught it and bit off its head. As Peter swung towards him, he spit it on Peter's face. The head exploded near Peter, sending him flying off.
As he rushed Hulk, Thor stepped in the way and gave him an upwards slice of Stormbreaker, making him stagger back as a huge cut formed on his chin.
And then a huge hex blast from Wanda sent him flying back too.
Ultron used his gravity manipulation, slightly pulling Iron Emperor's arm towards him. As he tried to pull it back, Kara grabbed it and punched it hard, shattering it. Carol flew and fired an energy beam, making Iron Emperor fly back.
Now he did not have one arm. And unlike his now deceased Earth-199999 doppelganger, he did not have replacements.
Suddenly, it was displayed on the monitor- 'Repulsors offline. Flares offline'
He suddenly realized that Ant-Man, Wasp and Atom were inside his suit. He deployed his suppression system and they were all sent out as Scott complained, "This guy doesn't even have a conscience."
"What's new?" an annoyed Hope asked.
"The fact that we're getting our asses kicked?" Atom asked.
"Same old. Same old", Scott said.
Iron Emperor fired a giant kryptonite unibeam which sent Ultron, Kara and Carol flying off and also weakened Kara.
Logan leapt at Red Hulk and sliced him across the face. Before he could do anything, Red Hulk suddenly grabbed him and swallowed him whole.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Frank yelled as he saw the scene.
"You son of a bitch", Nuke said emotionlessly to Red Hulk as it watched the scene.
But suddenly, Red Hulk started kneeling on the ground, appearing to be in pain. That moment, his stomach was ripped open from inside. It was Logan, having healed inside him.
As he jumped out, he looked at Red Hulk, who had doubled down on the ground in pain.
"What's the matter, red guy?" Logan asked rhetorically, "Something you ate?"
As it tried to get up, Hulk grabbed him and slammed him to the ground before punching him repeatedly. He roared angrily and swatted Hulk away.
That moment, Frank stuck his knife deep into Red Hulk's chest, making him roar in pain.
Before he could do anything to Frank, Nuke fired its M60E3, which made Red Hulk stagger back as Frank backed off.
Luke walked up to him.
"You want some?" he asked.
Red Hulk roared and brought his fist down on him. Luke caught it with both of his but grunted due to his opponent's strength.
Red Hulk then lifted him up with his fist.
"Sweet Christmas!" Luke said as Red Hulk sent him flying off with a punch.
Iron Emperor tried to fire at a downed Kara again with his kryptonite unibeam but Bucky stepped in the way with his shield, blocking the attack.
That moment, a red energy covered his remaining arm and it was slowly ripped apart. It was Wanda.
Then an arrow exploded near his eye, damaging that part. It was Clint. Another explosive arrow hit his arc reactor, slightly damaging it. It was Oliver.
Ultron, Kara and Carol then together fired at the arc reactor, making the Iron Emperor kneel as his suit weakened. And then there was a small blast and the suit lay in pieces. Tony was on the ground, groaning. As he tried to get up, Matt punched him out.
Hulk blocked a punch from Red Hulk before giving him a violent uppercut, making him fly back. Before he could get up, Hulk stomped on his chest multiple times until Red Hulk grabbed his foot and tripped him.
Before he could attack again, a concussive blast from Ultron made him stagger back. As Ultron flew closer, Red Hulk kicked him away, making him fly back by a few feet.
That moment, Kara grabbed him and flew into the air before punching him so hard he crashed into the ground.
As she landed near him, he got back up and sent her flying off with a backwards sweep of his hand.
Bucky then threw up his shield and Thor hit it with Stormbreaker, sending it flying into Red Hulk, making him fly back by a few feet.
He then managed to get back up and roared loudly until Hulk grabbed his hands from behind. He struggled violently with him but Hulk didn't let go.
And then, all the heroes unleashed their barrage on him. Thor fired his lightning, Kara fired her heat vision, Zari fired her air blasts, Wanda fired her hex energy, Ultron fired his concussive beams, Carol fired her energy beams, Firestorm fired his fire blast, Ray fired his laser beams, Atom and Hope too fired their energy beams, Leo fired his Cold Gun, Killer Frost fired her ice blast, Laurel unleashed her Canary Cry, Rhodes unleashed his sonic cannon, Frank and Nuke continued firing their M60E3 guns, Sam fired his Steyr SPP guns and Barry fired his lightning bolts.
Finally, Red Hulk kneeled on the ground, roaring in pain. Before he could recover, Thor leapt into the air with a battle cry and cut off his head with Stormbreaker. The body swayed and toppled. Red Hulk was dead.
They all sighed in relief, until they heard the sound of thrusters.
They looked up to see the Iron Emperor, this time wearing a grey and blue suit.
"You thought you could get rid of me so easily?" he asked with a smirk, "You were wrong."
"The bastard is persistent", Logan commented as his claws popped out.
And then he fired a repulsor beam. Colleen stepped in the way and tried to absorb it with her fist but the beam was so powerful that it bypassed her ability to absorb energy and sent her flying back.
Laurel unleashed her Canary Cry and Rhodes unleashed his sonic cannon but to their horror, nothing happened.
"Oh, you know, I hate noise", Iron Emperor commented before sending them both flying off with his blasts.
Thor unleashed some lightning but even that caused little damage.
"What do we do?" Sara asked.
"We fight", Bucky, Matt and Oliver said simultaneously.
As Iron Emperor fired, he blocked with his shield.
Kara rushed him and punched him hard, making him stagger back. Before she could punch again, he hit her with a kryptonite beam, sending her flying off before being punched by Carol. She tried to punch again but he barely dodged before punching back. There were thrusters behind the elbows of the armor's arms, allowing for increased power when punching. So the punch sent her flying off.
As Kara arrived, the two interlocked their fingers, attempting to crush the other. Kara was stronger but suddenly needles protruded from the palms of the Iron Emperor's armor, making her cry out in pain as they were made of kryptonite.
He then threw her away before being hit by Thor. The punch sent him flying off.
As he got up, Hulk yelled, "HULK SMASH!"
And then he brought his fists down, the shockwave sending Iron Emperor flying back.
Before he could attack again, a giant hand stopped his fist. The armor could increase size. Iron Emperor fired a powerful repulsor beam and sent Hulk flying off.
As he got up, he reduced his size back to normal, only to receive a supersonic punch from Barry, which sent him back by a few feet.
"This is our Earth", Barry declared, "And we won't let you do to our world what you did to yours."
"Keep dreaming, kid", Iron Emperor said as he fired another repulsor beam but Killer Frost fired her ice blast and they were in a deadlock until Wanda sent him flying back with a powerful hex blast.
As he got up, Ultron grabbed him and flew into the air. He punched him repeatedly until Iron Emperor pushed him off.
He tried to punch but Ultron ducked and gave him an uppercut before trying to kick but Iron Emperor grabbed his foot and threw him away.
Firestorm and Ray fired but he flew out of the way before firing at them both, sending them both flying off.
That moment, Stormbreaker hit him, sending him flying back by many feet.
Before he could react, Zari hit him with a wind blast. It didn't do much but it was enough to distract him as a red mist covered his armor.
Wanda then started using her molecular manipulation, slowly tearing the suit apart. But the suit sort of had a mind of its own and tried to latch onto Tony again.
But Wanda's powers were stronger and the suit finally came off. It tried to jump back on Tony but Wanda held it with her powers, long enough for Thor to smash it with Stormbreaker.
"NO!" Tony yelled in rage and disbelief until an arrow hit him in the leg. It was Oliver. He kneeled on the ground. As he tried to get up, Matt's Billy club hit him on the chest, making him double down in pain.
He then felt a gun to his head and saw Nuke looking down on him, holding a shotgun.
As Tony breathed heavily, Nuke said, "Hasta la vista, baby."
And then it pulled the trigger. Tony's body flew back by a few feet and then hit the ground hard, a bullet inside his forehead. The Iron Emperor was dead!
So that's done finally. Red Hulk is pretty powerful but it is shown that he can be damaged by pointed objects. He was Earth-X Thunderbolt Ross, being experimented on by the Iron Emperor and Hydra.
The second armor used by Iron Emperor was Iron Man Armor Model 50 from the comics. It is one really powerful suit.
I hope you enjoyed these fights.
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