Issue 2: Magnus and the Dark Lord
Skyworld
After their first major battle against the Underworld Army, the D-Avengers follow Pit through a beam of light that teleports them above the skies, sending them to the edge of a sacred golden floating temple. "Whew. Talk about a light flight. Where are we? Angel Land?" Spidey asked as they walk around the temple.
"Not in over ten years. My friends, welcome to Skyworld!" Pit gestures his hand to show them his home consisting of many floating islands that contain temples and statues where the Centurions work daily to keep the place clean constantly. The Avengers are totally amazed, wowed to be standing in a sacred beautiful realm, despite visiting Asgard not long ago.
"Whoa, this place is amazing…" Weiss said in awe.
"I know. It's so beautiful…" Lucina said, stunned by this realm's beauty and luster.
"It's like a bunch of Angel Islands in one spot. Wait. I think I actually fought in this place, during the Smash Tournament." Sonic said, remembering he did visit this place a while back.
"Yeah, when you against fought me and lost." Pit smirked, messing around with his hedgehog friend.
"After you loss against me, five times in a row." Sonic smirkingly grinning in Pit's face.
"I wasn't really feeling it back then." Pit sheepishly smiled, as Sonic chuckled.
"So is this place like your world's version of Asgard?" Spider-Man asked the angel hero.
"Asgard?" Pit replied, looking confused as he doesn't know an "Asgard."
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Solo Menu
"It's the realm for their version of gods, well, in Spider-Man's dimension that is." The young heroes turn to where that sweet, kind voice is coming from in the temple. They see a young woman around Peter's size walking up to them, with long green hair flowing with the wind, possessing an elegant and regal appearance slowing approaching the heroes with her magic staff. "I like to think Skyworld is much better than Asgard. Though I will admit, living in space does sound pretty cool." She said, forming a warm and gentle smile that can sooth the soul.
"Lady Palutena!" Pit happily said, then like any loyal servant, respects his master with a bow, quickly followed by Weiss and Lucina once they realized she's a goddess, leaving just Spider-Man and Sonic standing idly next to them.
"So she's Palutena. Funny. She kinda reminds me of Athena, don't you think?" Spider-Man turned to Sonic.
"I'm not too familiar with Greek mythology. But Pit has once told me about Palutena. How she's a goddess of light that protects this world." Sonic explained to Peter.
"That is correct, Sonic. I like to personally thank you for your efforts during the Subspace invasion. If it wasn't for you, we all would've been in grave danger." Palutena thanked the heroic hedgehog for his assistance in a previous interdimensional catastrophe.
Sonic smiled. "I always like to make a last-minute entrance. That Tabuu guy didn't know what hit him."
"Right. It is taboo fighting a Linear Algebra equation." Spidey chuckled at his little joke, but it wasn't much amusing to Weiss, who just rolls her eyes from it.
"Uh, what's Linear Algebra?" Pit asked, confused.
Palutena giggled from the Wall-Crawler's clever joke before speaking to him. "And it's truly an honor meeting a champion from the DX World Grand Prix." She said to Spidey.
"Huh? How do you know about that?" Peter asked, a bit surprised to hear she was aware of the recent interdimensional racing prix that involved Earth-616, Mobius, and Remnant for the title of "Fastest Team in the Multiverse."
"Through GodTube." Palutena simply answered.
"There's a GodTube?" Weiss questioned, a little surprised to hear a god version of YouTube exists.
"That's right. All of Skyworld was cheering you all on during your race with Odin. It was truly thrilling. I was actually a big fan of Team Spider during your races, praying for your victory. See?" Palutena smiled as she summons a cute little Spider-Man hat and a small flag with the spider symbol on it.
"I wasn't able to watch. Got stuck with dishwasher duty that weekend." Pit shamefully said.
"Oh, uh, thanks. It's not all the time a god prays for ME." Spidey said, a little embarrassed.
BGM End
"Hmmm…" Palutena takes a good long look at Spider-Man, sensing the other soul harboring his body. She then smiles, "Don't be shy, Other. You can come out now." Knowing he can't avoid her any longer, Ero manifest himself in his humanoid Spider-Man form, looking a lot more annoyed than usual when facing the Goddess of Light. "Long time no see, Other, or Ero I guess you like being called now. How's it been, old friend?" She warmly smiled.
"Don't insult me with this supposed friendship, child, and don't act like it's been that long since the meeting." Ero impolitely replied to the goddess.
"Meeting? What? You mean with the Council of Godheads?" Spidey asked.
"That's right. Didn't Ero tell you? I'm the newest special member of the council. Ero was pretty embarrassed to see me again. Should've seen the look on his face." Palutena teased the annoyed divine spider.
"How long have you known each other?" Spidey asked another great question regarding the relationship between the Great Totem and the Goddess of Light.
Palutena starts to walk next to Ero, who growls to warn her not to get so close to him or else. "For many centuries, I've been good friends with the Great Spider-Deities, especially with the Spider-Totem, Bride and The Other whenever I came to visit. Isn't that right, Ero?" She starts flirting with the Great Spider. "You've been pretty lonely, haven't you? Have you missed beautiful ol' me to keep you company?"
"Hell no!" Ero rudely replied.
The Goddess scoffs. "You're as rude as always I see. But enough about our history for now. What brings the Mighty D-Avengers to this dimension?" She asked the interdimensional heroes.
"We're looking for the Exo Stone that's somewhere in your world." Spidey answered the goddess.
"Ah yes. I've heard of the Exo Stones during the meeting. Dangerous objects indeed." Palutena said, visibly serious about the manner.
"Uh, I'm lost. What's an Exo Stone?" Pit asked, clueless about the dangers of the Exo Stones.
"You don't want to know." Weiss told him.
"Now I'm even more curious." Pit replied.
"Trust me, dude, you kinda don't wanna know." Sonic told the naïve angel. "They're eight cosmic gems of infinite power. Just one could bring catastrophe to the whole universe."
"And I wish you don't imagine what happens when one controls all eight stones." Lucina finished the ominous conversation revolving around these dimension-ending stones.
Pit nervously chuckles, know aware of the destructive power of these Exo Stones. "Now I wish I didn't know."
"We've already found three, while our enemies have one, leaving four left to be discovered." Spidey said to the heavenly goddess.
"This is a serious situation indeed. I can't imagine what would happen if Medusa found the stone." Palutena remarked.
"I tried scanning for the stone's location, but some weird energy signature's interfering with my sensors." Spidey informed her.
"It's because of the war Palutena started with Medusa is what's giving us so much trouble." Ero speaks up.
"I started?! Last time I checked, I'm not the evil snakehead destroying humanity!" Palutena argued, taking immediate offense to Ero's rude comment.
"Oh? And who was it that transformed her into that evil snakehead in the first place?" Ero replied, knowing full well it was Palutena that cursed Medusa into the hideous form she takes now.
"She left me with no other choice!" Palutena replied.
"Fool! There's always another choice! You're just too simple-minded to find one." Ero calmly insulted, visibly angering the goddess of light.
"Say what you will. All that matters now is stopping Medusa before the likelihood she retrieves the Exo Stone. I'm afraid this might prove too much for me and Pit, so I request your assistance in stopping her, Avengers." Palutena asked for the Avengers' help in saving their world.
"You can count of us, milady." Lucina accepted her request as well as her friends.
Ero, however, doesn't share the same opinion as his mortal allies. "Forget it! This is YOUR mess! Clean it up yourself!"
"Excuse me?!" Palutena is annoyingly flabbergasted at Ero's arrogant attitude.
"We have our own mission. Don't get us involve in yours!" Ero said.
"I can't just allow you to travel willy-nilly! My world, my rules." Palutena told the annoying spider.
"Don't act we're in the same league. I've been protecting this, and every "universe" since the dawn of time, long before you were born. I will go where I want, with or without your permission." He said, dauntlessly right up front with Palutena.
"Ero, quit with the tough guy act. We're already involved the moment I insulted Medusa." Spidey shruggingly told off the arrogant spider spirit.
"Not a great plan, for the record." Weiss intervened, criticizing Peter.
"If we want to find the Exo Stone, we need to take her down. There isn't always another choice, ya know." Spidey said, using Ero's previous statement about "another choice" to help with his argument.
"I'm so glad you chosen a smart host, Ero. He certainly knows what he's talking about." Palutena chuckled, mocking her divine spider friend.
Ero growls knowing he lost the argument, then calmly grunts, "Fine. We'll help you this one instant."
"Thank you, Ero." Palutena smiled, until she was frightened to see one of Ero's poisonous stingers inches from her face as a threat.
"But don't be mistaken. The next time you EVER call me into your affairs, no matter how important or trivial it might be, I will permantely strike you down where you stand. Am I clear?" Ero menacingly threatened the Goddess of Light, really meaning what he says.
Palutena sweats a bit, quickly regaining her serious composure, "Yes." Ero grunts as he sheathes back his stinger. He and Palutena then go their separate ways, with the Great Totem returning to Peter's mind while the Goddess of Light returns to her temple, leaving the confused Avengers and angel by their lonesome, trying to process what is going on between them.
"Wow. That was a bit intense." Pit broke the silence, scratching his head.
"You said it, cupid." Spidey said.
"Well, since you guys will be staying here for a while, let me show you around. Give your rooms, show you the weapons vault." Pit smiled to brighten up the intense mood.
"Oooo. I like things that go boom. Show us." Peter replied.
"Hehe. Follow me." Pit gestures his new mortal friends to follow him through Skyworld.
Skyworld's Weapons Vault
BGM-Ratchet and Clank PS4 OST-Pause Menu Music
"Here we are! The Weapons Vault! Pick whatever you want!" Pit shows the Avengers an entire house storing divine weapons ranging from large cannons, bulky arm devices, to sniper rifles for him and the Centurions to use in their greatest battles, mostly Pit since he's the only one experienced using them.
Sonic whistled, impressed by the massive range of armed weapons. "Sweet. This is the kind of place Ruby would drool over."
Peter walks to a shelf to pick up Wolf Claws. "Not bad. I can build most of this stuff in my sleep." He turns around when his eyes notice some shelved Orbitars. "Aw man. I thought I was the unique one that can build Orbitars." He said as he childishly thought his Spider Orbitars were unique in the cosmos.
"Haha. Nope. Though yours are pretty cool. Didn't think anyone could build similar weapons like these ones." Pit said while holding an Ore Club and almost falling because of its massive size.
"Don't underestimate science, my winged friend. I am a pretty big whiz at it. Observe." Spidey uses his Webware to scan the entire vault of its weapons.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Pit questioned the hero spider's motives.
"I'm scanning for different models to build with my armor." Spidey replied.
"Armor?! What kind of armor?! Can I see it?!" Pit excitedly asked the chuckling webhead.
"Later, kid." Peter said, disappointed Pit until Palutena starts telepathically communicating with the heroes, grabbing their attention.
'Avengers! Pit! I have a mission for you! Report to the temple immediately!' She announced.
"Duty calls. Looks like you get to see my armor sooner than later." Spidey said, getting Pit happily to fist-pump the air. He turns to his team, "You guys ready to go?"
"Heck yeah. I don't need no weapon to kick godly butt." Sonic replied, cocky as usual.
"I'm fine too. Nothing can replace my ISO-Myrtenaster." Weiss smirked as she transforms her rapier into an energy lance and twirls it around to Pit's amusement.
Lucina walks up to a table when her eyes meets with the Fortune Bow. "I could use a long ranged weapon myself." She picks up the well-balanced bow and poses with it. "Yeah, I'm ready."
"Sweet!" Pit said as he holds the golden Palutena Bow and breaks it into two gold blades to pose with. "Let's do this guys!"
BGM End
Palutena's Temple
Our heroic champions rush towards the door for their next dangerous mission in the skies, but Pit quickly stops them before they go any further. "Hold on! Can any of you fly?" He asked the Avengers.
"When we have this…" Sonic materializes his Extreme Gear, the Blue Star, from his Webware. "There's nowhere we can fly." He grinned as Lucina and Weiss summon their Gears from their wrist devices.
"Great! How 'bout you, Spidey? Where's your Gear?" Pit turned to the webhead.
"You said you wanted to see my armor, did you?" Spidey smirks before pressing his hand on his Webware. Suddenly, liquid nanotech starts to surround Peter's whole body head-to-toe, granting him a sleek armored-up version of his classic costume. Pit, as well as Palutena watching from her stand, are in awe of the Spider-Armor Mk. II, best known as, the Arachna-Prime Armor. "Ooooh, you all thought I was crazy building a remote-controlled spider armor." He said, armored up for battle.
"No we didn't." Weiss responded.
"You were thinking it." Peter joked, annoying the heiress. "Alright folks! And we're off!"
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Magnus and the Dark Lord
Everyone leaps through the open door and flies on their respective tools into the stormy skies, already fighting against Underworld forces. "Hey Palutena. You couldn't send us someplace nice? The weather here's nasty." Sonic quipped after fighting through the storms to homing attack a few Octos.
'I wish, but your next mission is through these storms. You must defeat Dark Lord Gaol.' Palutena replied.
"Heh. "Dark Lord"?" Pit mocked while shooting down Monoeye with his bow. "Seriously? Hasn't the dark-lord thing been done to death already?"
'He's earned it. He's working for Medusa. Her forces are coming from HIS castle. A human army has gone to fight him, but they don't stand a chance.' Palutena replied.
"So, what you're saying is we need a brave hero and his loving sidekicks to take him down a peg?" Spidey joked, receiving a fireball from a smirking Weiss, who wasn't a big fan of being called a sidekick.
'I suppose it IS an old story. But don't forget this is the Underworld Army we're dealing with. And anybody with the title "dark lord" won't be some low-level minion.' Palutena said.
"So what are we talking here? Miniboss? …Final boss?" Pit asked.
"It's a little too early for endgame, don't you think?" Weiss replied to the angel, firing energy blasts to destroy the incoming Shrips.
"Well, whatever. I hope this dark lord's hungry for a hot plate of punishment!" Pit said, confidently they can beat this Dark Lord.
"That's the attitude I like to hear." Spidey remarked. The armored Web-Slinger swerves around the dark storms as his nanites form two energy guns for hands to demolish the monsters with rapid-fire shots, then transforms his right arm into a large cannon to unleash a powerful shot that envelops a whole small squadron. "Yeah-ha! Take that!"
"Wow! That armor is SO awesome!" Pit said, fanboying over the Arachna-Prime Armor.
"Like? You haven't seen nothing yet! ISO Change: Wolf-Spider!" Spidey shouted as his armor changes shape to a teal wolf-theme attire. Spidey howls like any other wolf, tearing through large enemy forces with his vicious claws alone. "Elemental Cyclone!" He shouted, summoning a large leafy cyclone and directs it to swallow up all enemies into its vortex and disperse into nothingness as Peter deforms back to normal armor mode.
Pit is undoubtedly amazed of what that armor is capable of, thinking it might have surpassed the Three Sacred Treasures he once used to defeat Medusa years ago. "Un-be-livable!"
'That's an incredible piece of armor, Spider-Man. What are you using to power it?' Palutena asked, intrigued.
"My DX Tech Node." Spidey points to the small reactor hidden in his chestplate. "It's a form of "clean energy". A type of fusion power that I created after deriving massive amounts of energy from an Exo Stone, to properly duplicate the conditions of the sun for a billionth of a second."
Upon hearing about the DX Tech Node, Palutena quickly goes into shock. 'Are you mad?! That kind of energy can destroy an entire country, maybe a continent!'
"That goes to show you how dangerous Spidey and an Exo Stone go hand-in-hand." Weiss joked.
'Calm down, Palutena. Spider-Man knows what he's doing.' Ero finally joins in on the conversation.
As the heroes continue flying and fighting through the storm, Spider-Man senses a huge lightning storm about to strike them. "Get clear!" He warns everyone to be careful around the lightning strikes.
"Where is this lightning coming from?" Lucina asked, shooting down Porcuspine with her new bow.
"Maybe from the Underworld Army?" Pit guessed.
'Where else would it be coming from?' Palutena answered the rhetorical question.
"Sorry…I guess that was pretty obvious." Pit embarrassedly rubbed his hair.
'If you don't watch out, we'll be having barbecued angel tonight.' Palutena joked.
"That does sound pretty good." Sonic quipped while avoiding the lighting strikes.
"Guys! Focus!" Weiss exclaimed, wanting to get back on track.
'Right, right. It's best I get you all out of there.' Palutena said.
"Do it for the others. Me and Spidey need no guide." Sonic told the goddess, insisting he and Spidey control their own movement speed and path.
'If you insist.' Palutena directs everyone but Sonic and Spidey, who willingly dives with the rest through the storm clouds.
"Ahhhh! Much better!" Pit said, relieved.
"We're not out of the woods yet. We have incoming from both ways." Spidey said after sensing more Underworld troops blocking both paths. After destroying them, the heroes exit the clouds and reaches an area with several mountains and canyons.
"How in the world would the human army make it across these mountains by foot?" Pit asked.
"Maybe they're fast on their feet?" Sonic smirked.
"I doubt any of them is hyperactive." Pit replied with a glare at the hedgehog.
'Do I detect a note of smugness in your voice?' Palutena teased the young angel of his question.
"Uh... No, no, no! I'm just really happy I can fly." Pit embarrassedly replied.
"You make it sound like you can't fly on your own." Spidey said to Pit while repulsor blasting monsters.
'He can't. He needs MY help for that.' Palutena replied.
"An angel on a handicap? That is sad." Peter joked.
"Oh shut up, Spidey!" Pit retorted, annoyed by his mockery.
After some more shooting baddies through the canyons, the heroes arrive right above a fissure. "Let's go underground." Peter suggested.
'Good idea.' Palutena replied as everyone follows Spidey into an underground cave filled with monsters. 'It's not the most cheerful place, is it?'
"Whaddya talking about? It's lovely here." Spidey joked.
Weiss scoffed while fighting Underworld troops, "For the Underworld baddies maybe."
'Fighting underground heightens their instincts.' Ero informed.
"It's like living in a basement." Pit remarked.
The team, except for Spidey and Sonic, abruptly stop in front of a Porcuspine. "Why did we stop?" Lucina asked the goddess.
'Oh, I thought you might want to take in the sights. And destroy some monsters.' Palutena said to joke around.
'Would you hurry up, child?!' Ero angrily scolded the mischievous goddess.
'You are no fun.' Palutena replied, helping the three out of the cave and back into the canyon without Spidey and Sonic.
"Where's Sonic and Spidey?" Weiss asked, wondering where her reckless teammates are.
"OUT OF THE WAY!" Behind the three, Sonic and Spidey zoom past their friends at ludicrous speed, making them wonder why they're running away until they hurriedly notice they're being chased by a Belunka.
"What did you two do?!" Weiss shouted at them.
"Nothin'…It was his idea." Spidey pointed at a chuckling Sonic flying next to him, making Weiss very angry.
"Let me at 'em!" Pit said to Palutena, wanting to tear this monster apart.
'I'll control your flight path so you don't run into anything. Just focus on shooting and dodging.' Palutena advised.
"Got it!" Pit responded, while Sonic, Spidey, and Weiss distract the large winged monster, Pit and Lucina combine their charge arrow shots to destroy the Belunka entirely before they fly out of the canyon.
'Dark Lord Gaol's castle should be up ahead.' Ero said.
"But…but what about that wall?!" Pit asked how they'll traverse this wall in front of them.
"Just follow our lead, okay? Race ya." Sonic grinned, tuning up his Gear to boost upwards the wall with an excited scream. Everyone else follows, with Palutena making sure Pit flies the fastest.
"Whoaaaa! G-force in my faaace!" Pit screamed through the intense winds.
'It's fun, right?' Palutena teased him.
"Heck yeah!" Spidey responded as they reached the top of the cliff.
"Yeah! Take that, wall!" Pit said.
"You sure showed that wall a lesson, Pit." Weiss said, sounding sarcastic.
While fighting more Underworld troops, Lucina notice something below them. "Look!" She points to a massive human army engaged in mortal combat with the seemingly endless Underworld Army.
'The people will never defeat Gaol with the Underworld forces in their way.' Palutena said.
"They're taking a beating! We need to help them!" Spidey suggested to help out the human army.
'I'd agree, but…'
"What is it?" Peter asked the goddess.
'Do you know how long Pit's power of flight lasts?' She asked him.
"Nuh-uh. Pit?" Spidey turns to the flying angel.
"I believe it's…five…minutes?" He guessed.
'And remember what happens when it runs out?' Palutena asked him.
"My wings…burn up?" Pit nervously replied.
'We don't have time to assist the people. We have to go straight for Gaol.' Palutena recommended.
'For once she's right,' Ero casually insulted Palutena. 'Take care of this "dark lord". I'm certain his defeat will force the Underworld Army into retreat.'
Spidey grunted, hating himself to not help out the army, but understands this is the only way to truly help them, "Guess we have no other choice."
"Alright! Let's do this thing!" Sonic grinned as they approach the castle.
"Ah yeah! Get ready for a display of raw angel power!" Pit said as they fly down toward the castle.
BGM End
Dark Lord Gaol's Castle
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Dark Lord Gaol's Castle
Inside, Spider-Man stylishly slides in while de-materializing his armor as his friends land next to him. "Why did you take off the armor?" Pit asked, wondering why Spidey took off his awesome suit.
"Don't want to make things too easy for us." Spidey replied.
The team enters the first room with a locked door. "So this is the dark lord's castle." Lucina said as Pit shoots at a switch that opens the door.
'Yes, he must've scrambled to build it after Medusa's resurrection. He's using this castle as a stronghold for Underworld monsters. Monsters designed to wreak havoc and sow sadness.' Palutena answered.
"Haha! Sounds exciting!" Sonic excitedly said, all pumped for a good fight with monsters.
'I know, right?' Palutena smiled.
"I'm glad some of us are happy." Weiss remarked.
Falling down a hole, the heroes drop in some hall filled with Underworld mooks like Skuttler Cannoneer and Commyloose for them to kill. "It looks like we're in some great hall." Spidey observed as he zips to kick a Handora in its eye.
'There should be some switches at the top of the staircase.' Ero informed.
"Switches, huh? That probably means I should hit them!" Pit said.
'No duh, moron.' Ero bluntly insulted the little angel.
Sonic and Lucina strike at their respective switches, simultaneously unlocking the door and summoning a large Ganewmede. 'The door's unlocked now. The enemy with the big skull guarding the door is a Ganewmede. They'll attack when fired at, but they don't do much at all if you don't shoot them. So I suggest using melee attacks or dash shots to take them down.' Palutena advised the two.
'Stop treating them like children. True warriors figure out an enemy's weakness on their own.' Ero calmly berated the goddess.
"Yeah, you're taking away all the fun!" Sonic said, spin attacking the big skull into submission.
'Alright, alright! No more helpful advice, o mighty one.' Palutena responded to Ero's comment.
The heroes walk through the door, leading themselves into another monster party. "Woo-hoo! Now we're talking!" Sonic grinned, jumping in for a successive homing attack chain.
After webbing up a Syren for Weiss to demolish, Spidey senses something to his left. "Hmm?" He uses his Spider-Sense as X-Ray vision and locates a treasure chest in another room. "I'm sensing treasure to our left."
"How do you know that?" Pit asked after shooting a Splin, following Peter to an enemy-infested treasure room.
"My Spider-Sense can not only detect danger but it can also be used to see through objects, among other useful, OP features." Spidey replied while hammering a snot-nose monster.
"Really? That's amazing!" Pit said amazed, after they retrieved a new staff weapon.
"All comes with the name." Spidey smiled behind his amazing mask.
'I can do that too, ya know.' Palutena said, feeling left out.
'No you can't.' Ero bluntly intervened, knowing she's joking.
'I've learned how recently. I can also see what's in your heart.' Palutena said.
'Really? What's in my heart?' Ero asked just to play along with her little ruse.
'What heart?' Palutena said, saying Ero is heartless, and from the sound of it, she means it.
'You wound me, child.' Ero smirked, annoying Palutena.
"Can she really read hearts?" Peter asked.
'Of course not!' Ero said.
Spidey and Pit soon rejoin with the others down some monster-filled steps. "This should lead us to the lower level." Lucina told them.
"We should be careful. I'm sensing some fighting." Spidey said.
BGM End
The united heroes rush into the garden to be surprised when they meet much older man whacking his massive blade against two Skuttlers and a Shemum. "Look at that!" Pit said, watching the man cut through the Underworld Army with ease.
'How did a human make it into the castle?' Palutena asked in amazement as the man turns around.
"Well, I didn't expect to see an angel here. Hope this doesn't mean I've kicked the bucket." He said as he scratches his head.
"I've died before. This doesn't look like heaven." Spidey casually said, making Pit and Palutena surprised that he actually died and treats it as no big deal. "C'mon, lets help him out!" Peter said as they start fighting the Underworld troops with their newest ally.
BGM End
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Magnus's Theme
With a powerful kick, Weiss jumps off a Skuttler to unleash large icicles to strike down on her foes. Meanwhile, Pit cuts through his own batch of monsters, all while watching how impressively this warrior man is handling his own large group. "He's taking on the Underworld Army himself...and surviving! Are you sure this guy is really a human?" He asked his goddess.
'You ARE working with a bunch of humans and a hedgehog, remember?' Palutena told him.
"Oh yeah."
"You having a private conversation with yourself, angel face?" The man asked Pit.
"Oh, right. Sorry about that. I'm Pit, servant of the goddess Palutena, and these are my friends." Pit said as the Avengers walk up.
"We're the D-Avengers. We're…not exactly from here." Spidey introduced themselves as he gives the new warrior a firm handshake, surprising the guy with his spider-strength.
"I can tell." The man replied, letting go of Peter's hand. "What's your name?"
"I'm Spider-Man. That's Sonic. Lucina. And Ice Queen." He said, annoying Weiss. "We somehow got dragged into this whole mess by a nagging old god lady."
'Nagging?! OLD?!' Palutena retorted as she doesn't like being called old, but Spidey continues to ignore her.
"Now we're here, ready to kick Gaol's butt." Spidey finished.
"So you're here for a slice of the pie too?" The man asked.
"Pie? I don't understand." Lucina responded, wondering how pie is involved.
"It's a figure of speech." Sonic told the humorless princess.
"We're here to defend the humans from the brutality of the Underworld Army." Pit told the man.
"Sure, sure, you're the angel here. But me, I'm in it for the reward money. Since we all want to take down Gaol, how about we work together?" The man suggested.
"Uh, no thanks. Our plates already full." Weiss replied.
"What have you got to lose? It's be easier on all of us. 'Sides I don't see how you twigs can survive without a powerhouse." The man said.
"We're some pretty strong twigs, but okay, you're hired." Spidey accepted the man's offer.
"We'll make sure you don't stub your toe." Sonic joked.
"Cool. I'm Magnus, by the way. Pleased to meet you. Don't hit me, and we'll get along just fine." Magnus introduced himself to the team.
"Okay! Follow my lead, The Incredible Magnus!" Spidey joked as Magnus's voice sounds awfully similar to the Hulk's.
With the powerful Magnus by their side, the heroes drop down to an underground, narrow passage with mooks ready to be easily dispatched through teamwork. "Magnus sure is strong." Pit commented on Magnus's incredible power.
'Yes, especially for a human.' Palutena said.
"Oh please. This guy's got nothin' on Captain America. Don't even get me started on the Hulk." Spider-Man replied, knowing full well his Earth has WAY stronger humans, himself included.
"He must really want that reward." Pit said.
'He may not be made of the sturdiest moral fiber, but that's fine with me.' Palutena said.
"I'm surprised you feel that way." Pit replied.
'Humans are driven by desire. It's convenient to know what bait they'll chase.' Palutena said, letting out some pretty harsh words that kinda rub the Avengers the wrong way.
"I feel offended by that." Weiss remarked.
"That's kinda cold, but it makes sense. I guess." Pit said.
"You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. That may apply to some humans, but not all. We're prime examples of that." Spidey said, berating Palutena on her harsh, inaccurate comment about humanity.
'R-Right. Forgive me.' Palutena said, now regretting her previous words.
"Hey, Webhead, are you chatting with the goddess?" Magnus asked Peter as they head for an elevator.
"Yeah, why?" Spidey replied.
"Tell her she's been sleeping on the job! My world is on the edge of collapse!" Magnus said bluntly, now berating Palutena himself for failing to protect the human world.
"You got all that, Pally?" Spidey asked the irritated Palutena.
'I take back what I said. This guy's like Ero.' Palutena said, now not liking Magnus anymore.
'Thank you. I like this guy too.' Ero smiled.
'That wasn't a compliment.' Palutena retorted to the spider god.
"O…K…" Pit said, having no idea what to really say any more.
When taking the elevator to a higher floor, Sonic prepares and spins through a small horde of baddies like they're blowing pins, leading himself to a room with a hot spring. "Whoa!" Sonic quickly backflips away from the pool of yellow liquid because he hates water. "Huh? What's a hot spring doing here?" He questioned the strange appearance of a hot spring in an enemy fortress.
"DID SOMEONE SAY HOT SPRING?!"
"Huh?" Sonic turns back only to quickly get knocked over by an extremely excited Pit, marveling over the beautiful hot spring.
"Ha! It is! A hot spring!" Pit said with joy.
The rest of the gang shows up, wondering the heck is going on with Pit. "Apparently, someone likes his spa time." Magnus said as he watches Pit relaxing in the hot spring.
"Ahhh…Now that's what I'm talking about!" Pit said, enjoying himself in the pool.
"Did you go…fully dressed? Shouldn't you change first?" Lucina asked with a weird, confused look on her face.
"Oh, no no no! The angel's code of conduct says that we must always be ready for duty." Pit replied.
"I feel like you're making that up." Weiss said to the angel.
"Yeah…mostly because I don't want to steam the sacred buns." Pit said, disgusting his friends.
"We're done talking about this. Webs!" Magnus turns to Spidey.
"I know." Spidey yanks a groaning Pit out of the pool with a webline. "Come on, Icarus. You can take a bath after we don't die."
"But the spring heals me." Pit said.
"Riiiight."
Soon after, the heroes enter a room with a long, spiraling pathway with more dangerous enemies. "It looks like a long way up." Pit said after swiping at a Boogity.
"What, do your legs not work or something? Why don't you be like those two?" Magnus points to a speedy Sonic and web-slinging Spider-Man already at the top.
"Because I don't have super-speed or weird spider-powers." Pit replied.
"Then you're not believing hard enough." Spidey quipped, using his webbing to pull the rest of his friends to the top of the path, close to Gaol's lair. "We're here." Spidey said.
"Hope you're ready." Magnus warned the Avengers.
BGM End
"We got this." Weiss smirked as they enter into the throne room, where the dark-armored knight Gaol is seen waiting for them.
"Prepare for defeat, Dark Lord Gaol!" Pit declared.
"Aw, Palutena's little messengers." Gaol said with a deep scary voice.
"Sorry we forgot your mail. We left it in another castle." Spidey joked.
"That's okay. And Magnus, it's always a pleasure." Gaol turned to the cold-hearted mercenary.
"Sorry I'm late. I had other business to attend to." Magnus puts up his blade for a fight.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Pit asked, surprised as everyone else Magnus and Gaol seemingly know each other.
"That appears to be the case. Get ready!" Lucina said as they prepare for a fight against the dark lord.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Boss Fight 1
"You're mine!" Sonic darts straight at Gaol for a spin attack, completely missing after Gaol teleported from his attack. "Where he-?" Before long, Gaol appears at Sonic's blind spot and repels him away with his cape.
Weiss and Lucina jump in for a downward strike that was blocked by Gaol's shield, reflecting the girls with a powerful beam. Spidey quickly swings around Gaol's blasts and vaults over his head, "That armor seems loosen. Let's tighten it up," webbing up the dark general for a melee attack from Pit. Spidey zips in to help, but both he and Pit are blasted away by Gaol's powerful explosion.
Magnus roars pass the downed Pit and Spidey to swing his large blade at Gaol, who managed to block it while chuckling. "It's so typical of you to pawn off your work on someone else." Gaol said, blasting Magnus, who managed to block the attack with blade.
"Hey! In this economy, everyone's looking for work. Even part time work." Magnus said, swinging his blade once again on his mortal enemy.
"That's funny. Business is booming for me. We're even hiring more staff!" Gaol summons two Skuttlers for the heroes to attend to.
"Huh, are these the new hires?" Magnus joked as he focuses his attention on Gaol while Pit and Weiss dispose of the new hire.
'I don't know much about the situation... But it seems that Magnus and Gaol used to be close friends.' Palutena starts talking to everyone during the boss battle.
"What?! Seriously?!" Pit said, shocked.
Ero joins in to continue the conversation. 'They were part of the same band of monster-fighting mercenaries. But Gaol's heart was weak, and soon enough, was tempted to join the Underworld without hesitation.'
"Hard to think these guys were ever friends with the way they're fighting." Sonic said, rejoining the fight with a powerful spin attack that knocks Gaol to the wall.
'Magnus only knows one way to fight: ferociously. Perhaps his fire is fueled by the child he lost to Underworld troops.' Palutena said.
Peter is suddenly reminded of his Uncle Ben, how he died to a common criminal Peter could've stopped. It's because of that one mistake is why Peter is Spider-Man, completely sympathizing with Magnus. "I know how he feels…" He somberly said, clenching his right fist.
"Spidey…" Weiss stares at him with sincere look in her eyes.
"C'mon! Let's finish this!" Spidey declared.
"Now we're talking!" Magnus smiled.
'Be careful. Gaol seems "unnaturally" more powerful than he should be.' Ero informed the team, sensing some weird about Gaol, how he seems a lot more powerful than he has any right to be, and it's not because of that armor.
"It's a good thing we're a team. If it was just Pit, he would've been fried." Sonic joked, kicking Gaol in the face.
"Hah! Wanna bet I can take him on my own?" Pit betted the hedgehog.
"You're on!" Sonic replied.
"Hey, enough chitchat! We need to concentrate here!" Magnus shouted, receiving a brutal swing to the jaw from Gaol's dark fist.
"Feeling a little agitated, Magnus?" Gaol taunted.
Magnus swipes the blood from his mouth. "Don't make me laugh, "dark lord"! Now put on some pants, and fight like a man!"
Lucina swings her sacred blade onto Gaol's back, annoying him. "That was uncalled for." He blasted Lucina off the air but she was able to land safely on her feet.
"Where's an Armorslayer to break through that armor?" Lucina asked as Spidey swings past her.
"No need. My Ionic Webbing should do the job." Peter fires his metal-melting webbing to weaken Gaol's armor but it doesn't really work all that well. "Ah! It didn't do a thing!"
'His armor's mystically enhanced. You need a way to cut through it.' Ero advised.
"With my stingers, right? They can disrupt anything mystical." Peter unsheathes his deadly stingers that works really well against magic.
'Hmph. You're learning.' Ero smiled, happy to see Spider-Man taking his more unique powers more seriously.
"Haha, I love being a spider, even though this shouldn't make sense!" Spidey leaps over and strikes Gaol's armor multiple times with his stingers, weakening his mystical portion of the armor enough for his Ionic Webbing to actually work and weaken the armor itself.
"Aaaargh! What did you do to me?!" Gaol asked the bug.
"I don't wanna bother you with the details." Spidey quipped, forming a large web hammer to smash Gaol's face in, flinging him to Weiss's glyph that bounces him to the air while Pit and Lucina vaults over to shoot him, with Sonic to appear right above for a powerful stomp leaving Magnus to deliver the brutal final blow with a powerful swing with his blade.
BGM End
"Dark lord suppressed!" Pit said, victorious.
"Nice work, angel face! You too, twigs!" Magnus complimented the heroes for a job well done.
Defeated, Gaol stumbles backward and falls, causing the armor to break apart to shockingly reveal a female human inside.
"Gaol's a GIRL?!" Sonic said, shocked.
Magnus quietly walks over to meet with his old friend now freed from the darkness. "…I'm sorry it had to come to this."
"Gaol was a human? We-We didn't know…What have we done…" Pit said, feeling ashamed for harming an innocent victim.
'You can't feel bad. Just think of all the other people you've saved.' Palutena said to cheer them up.
Spidey walks up to check if the woman is okay, touching her neck to see if she's still breathing. "She's alive, but she'll need rest. Take her to a safe place." He instructed Magnus.
"I will. Thanks Avengers. I owe ya. Go give one to Medusa for me, and her." Magnus stares at the woman while shaking Peter's hand.
"You got it. See ya, Magnus." Spidey said as Palutena summons a pillar of light to whisk the heroes away so they can regroup.
Magnus smiles after his friends left, turning back to the moaning unconscious woman on the floor. As he goes to pick her up, he notices a strange white stone with a weird mark on her hand. "What's this?" As he's about to take the stone, wanting to know more about it, it disappeared into the air of faint laughter, sounding like it belongs to a male before that disappeared too. "Huh? That was…weird." He quickly dismissed the strangeness as he holds onto the woman and quietly walks away.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Opening
Spider-Man: Hey, it's Spider-Man. I'm off doing my own thing at the moment. Helping out town after town. Making sure the world's safe and all. It's always feels nice just simply helping people with their everyday problems that doesn't involve the Underworld Army. And speak of the devil, we got three dragons to fight. Better get going.
Next time on D-Avengers: God Mission
Heads of the Hewdraw
Spider-Man: These are some of the noisiest dragons I've ever fought.
KFX Here: "Superjoeyf721", when have I ever made Spider-Man into an idiot in ANY of these stories? He has his moments, but it's usually for comic relief, completely in-character throughout all forms of media and comics. He's been mostly serious in action whenever it calls for it.
