Issue 4: The Trickster's Line of Sight
Inside Palutena's Temple
The mysterious Norn Stone the Avengers retrieved after their fight with Hewdraw is kept floating in a magical bubble in the meeting room for research. Now the heroes, Ero and Palutena start discussing what its appearance could mean.
"There's no mistaking it," Ero started the discussion. "This Norn Stone originated from the Prime Universe. YOUR universe." He turned to Spider-Man, who's hanging upside down from the ceiling.
"And judging from my scanners, it's radiating a lot of ISO-8 energy." Peter informed.
"That stuff again?" Weiss responded, knowing full well the capabilities of the ISO-8.
"An ISO-Norn Stone. Now that's a dish of disaster." Ero said, crossing his multiple arms, not even in the mood to think what damage an enhanced magic stone of Asgard can do.
"What's a Norn Stone?" Pit asked, rightfully clueless of outworldly relics such as these.
"Relics of ancient Asgardian magic. It can grant its user tremendous power, or anything else they desire. And thanks to the ISO-8, I say a stone's current power is roughly around, say, 3-4 Chaos Emeralds at most." Ero answered the little angel.
"That's almost scary." Sonic joked.
"Oo! Can the Norn Stone give me the ability to fly on my own?" Pit joyfully asked the divine spider as he takes hold of the Norn Stone they possess.
"Perhaps, if it accepts your will." Ero replied, saying that the Norn Stones' effects vary from person to person, either granting them their heart's desire, or nothing at all, and unfortunately for Pit, the Norn Stone didn't do a thing, no matter how hard he embarrassed himself concentrating.
"Aw man! Why does nothing good ever work for me?" Pit whined.
"Don't sweat it, Pit. Some nanotech might fix those wing ornaments on your back." Peter believed science might help Pit with his flying problems.
"Really?! That'll be great!" Pit said, full of happiness once more.
"You can do that later. We have more important business. How did Medusa acquire the Norn Stones? There's no way she's powerful enough for interdimensional travel." Palutena asked, wanting to know how the Underworld gained possession of outworldly Asgardian stones.
BGM-Dragon Ball Super OST-Shady Scheme
Everyone starts pondering for answers, but Ero and Spidey already have a good hunch who's the suspect. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Loki." Spidey answered.
"Loki?" Lucina responded.
"The Asgardian God of Mischief and Evil?!" Palutena responded in shock. "I've heard rumors of his vile deeds! You don't mean to suggest he's here, do you?!"
"It's a very HIGH probability." Ero calmly replied.
"There's no mistaken it. It has to be him." Spidey said, personally aware of what Loki's capable of.
"We haven't heard from Loki since the time Goblin almost destroyed reality." Weiss said.
"Sorry if I'm asking WAY too many dumb questions, but who's Loki? Is this guy seriously dangerous?" Pit asked.
"Absolutely," answered Peter as he hops down from the ceiling, "He's the adoptive brother of Thor, the God of Thunder from my world. As his title implies, he is very tricky. Time and time again, he has put Earth on the brink of collapse, all just so he can take the throne from Asgard for himself." Pete said, putting it mildly.
"Ehhh, he doesn't sound that different from Medusa. We can take him." Pit said, fully confident.
"Do not underestimate opponents you've never met, boy, especially beings from another dimension!" Ero harshly berated Pit, scaring the poor angel. "Loki's on a WHOLE another league than the gods you're used to. His magic "easily" puts him among the strongest. He possesses enough force to decimate a planet! Fools like Palutena and Medusa COMBINED do not stand a chance." The Great and Knowledgeable Totem informed the naïve angel of Loki's incredible might, putting him straight above the likes of Palutena even.
"He's…He's kidding, right, Lady Palutena?" Pit nervously asked his goddess. "There's no way this Loki guy is really stronger than you…right?"
Palutena sighed, almost confirming Pit's grave suspicions. "…I hate to admit it, but Ero's right." She confirmed, causing Pit and some of the Avengers to gasp in shock. "In this realm, even the strongest of us deities don't compare to others in alternate worlds like Earth-616's gods. Gods like Odin can destroy galaxies, while we have trouble demolishing a country."
"Galaxies?! That sounds like stuff straight outta a comic book!" Pit exclaimed.
"My world is filled with marvels, really dangerous ones." Spidey quipped.
"And if someone as dangerous as Loki is working together with Medusa, things won't look good for any realm." Palutena remarked.
"What's Loki planning anyway? Why's he here?" Sonic wondered.
"If I were to guess, probably the Exo Stone." Weiss proclaimed.
"They ARE getting pretty popular. Which means we either find it or stop the divine couple first." Spidey said.
"I vote we take down the married mischief of evil. When's our next shindig, Palutena?" Sonic grinned, eager to fight against the Gods of Evil soon.
"I'll inform you soon. Just be prepared for anything. I'll stay here to remove any traps Loki might've cursed this Norn Stone." Palutena replied.
"Good luck. We're counting on you." Spidey said, giving her an encouraging thumbs up before the gang left the room, leaving just Ero before he leaves Palutena too.
BGM End
"You're not going to help me?" Palutena teased the Great Spider, causing him to grunt in annoyance. "This is your "mess", isn't it, and you know how much I hate cleaning up another god's mess?" She grinningly mocked him of his earlier opinion about hating to get involved in another god's affairs.
"Actually, this's Thor's mess, but I don't mind cleaning it up for him. At least HE earned my respect, unlike a certain "Goddess of Light" that "supposedly" protects humanity." Ero calmly, but at the same time, harshly berates the goddess for seemingly not doing a good job protecting the humans. Ero silently leaves the room, leaving a sadden Palutena to her own work.
Later…
"Here we go!" Pit said, holding onto his Predator Cannon.
"It's showtime!" Sonic grinned as the whole team takes off through the doors and fly through the air.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-The Reaper's Line of Sight
"What's our next mission, Lady Palutena?" Lucina asked while blasting the flying Octos.
'You know what Reapers are, do you?' Palutena asked the clueless Exalt.
"I'm afraid I don't." Lucina replied.
"Oh I know those guys! I don't like those guys! They're always freaking out and calling in their little Reapettes. Ugh, I'm getting worked up just thinking about it!" Pit said, sharing his brief history with Reapers.
'Yes, anyway…About the Reapers…' Palutena said, wanting to get back on topic.
"Sorry, sorry, go on." Pit apologized.
'They have a fortress near the entrance to the Underworld in Reaper Valley.' Palutena informed.
"Heh. Which is where? Reaper Boulevard? But seriously, thank goodness we don't have to go there, right?" Pit asked as a joke, but something about Palutena's awkward silence might mean something else.
"That silence means we have to go there, doesn't it?" Weiss asked, blocking the spikes from an exploding Minos before they dive through the clouds to a dark wasteland.
"Will you at least tell me why you want to go to a place crawling with Reapers?" Pit asked the goddess.
'I'm trying to find another one of Medusa's commanders, Pandora.' Palutena answered.
"The lady with the box?" Pete said, referring to "Pandora's Box."
'Yes, but that's not what we're looking for. I've learned the goddess of disaster and calamity is currently residing in the Labyrinth of Deceit…However, some force in the Reaper fortress is obscuring the labyrinth's location.' Palutena replied.
"Could it be Loki?" Sonic asked.
'Not sure, even with my all-seeing Eye of Palutena.' Palutena joked, fooling both Pit and Lucina.
"You have an all-seeing eye? That's amazing, but why can't you see Pandora's location?" Lucina asked, not noticing Weiss's face-palm at her side, knowing Palutena is obviously lying.
'Because of my slightly botched laser eye surgery.' Palutena said.
"Are you messing with us again?" Pit asked, starting to think she's lying.
"She is?" Lucina responded.
'Maybe. Regardless, your job for now is to infiltrate the Reaper fortress!' Palutena instructed.
"And while we do that, go retake that surgery. It might fix the wrinkles around your face." Spidey joked, getting most of his friends to laugh, much to Palutena's annoyance.
Riding through this dead zone, they come across a small Underworld army filled with Miks, Monoeye, and Gyrazer. The team, of course, is not afraid, starting with a grinning Sonic circling around the monsters at incredible speeds, forming a large hurricane immediately enhanced with Weiss's fire glyph, burning the critters into a crisp.
After Spidey slashed a few Syren with his energy blade, ending a large Belunka with a multi-spider leg laser blast, his Spider-Sense rings like a bell to the numerous red dots in the distance. "What are those red lights?" Spidey quickly asked.
'Reaper eyes!' Ero replied as the team narrowly dodge all laser fire.
"We have to get out of here!" Weiss said loudly, swerving away from the numerous lasers while Sonic spin attacks the little Reapettes.
"Follow me!" Sonic commands everyone to turn around to a ravine he spotted as they passed over it. "This should be a safe place to the fortress."
'Good eye, Sonic. It's tight, so be careful. If you get stuck, I won't have time to get you out.' Palutena said as they fight more Underworld goons.
"Man, things are really heating up! Time to bust through here! Full speed ahead!" Pit expressed.
'Excellent idea, Pit. Naturally, I had the same thought. Let me help.' Palutena said, boosting Pit's speed to near maximum as everyone else speeds up through the ravine.
As the Avengers maneuver through the ravine, a large gust of wind appears. "Hang on tight, everybody!" Spidey warned as they passed through a mild windstorm which did tingle a few party members, like Pit and Weiss.
"Ow!" He whined.
"That hurt!" Weiss complained.
"It wasn't that bad. Just be glad it wasn't poison or acid or a giant hurricane ripping the planet apart." Spidey quipped.
"Ooh, lucky us." Pit said, looking unamused.
Spidey chuckled. "Don't worry. You can take it easy once we head into that cave." He pointed, passing through the monster-filled cave they quickly dispatch.
"There sure are a lot of enemies." Sonic commented, kicking a Monoeye in the eye.
"Nothing we can't take down, right?" Lucina smirked.
"Now you're talking!" Sonic grinned, working together with Lucina to destroy more monsters before they reached a dead end.
"It's a dead end. Spidey, know how we can get out?" Weiss asked the Armored Wall-Crawler while they fight more goons.
"Hmm…" Peter uses his on-board computer sensors to locate the best route to escape, which directs him downward. "Down there! Quickly!" He instructed and fly through another monster-filled cave. "These Underworld creeps don't know when to give up. They're really starting to step up their game." Spidey said while repulsor blasting all monsters in sight.
'I doubt those underlings managed it on their own. It's a sure sign that Medusa is back in power.' Palutena remarked.
'And the possibility of Loki's involvement. Stay alert, Avengers.' Ero added as the exit of the cave comes into view.
"Is that it?" Sonic asked.
'You're almost there! 3…2…1…Contact!' Palutena finished just as the heroes arrive at the dreaded Reaper Fortress.
Spidey laughs. "Haha! We made it, and with little to no…" Suddenly, spider-sense rings to many red eyes circling around the stunned heroes. "Ah crap-!" He cursed before they all start dodging lasers from left to right, up and down and all around.
"Whooooa! It's hot hot HOT here!" Pit screamed as they leave a safe distance.
'There's no chance of getting in from above. You'll have to break through the front.' Palutena said, guiding Pit and the others to the start of a long wooden bridge that leads to the fortress.
"Let's make this a race then!" Sonic suggested.
"Oh please no!" Weiss disagreed but she can already hear Palutena counting down.
'3! 2! 1!' Palutena said as everyone races towards the entrance at top speed.
"Here we gooooo!" Pit screamed.
"Yahooooo!" Sonic happily screamed.
Weiss's eyes widened in horror as they approach the closed doors. "Wait, STOP! We're gonna slam into the-!"
BGM End
Inside the Reaper Fortress
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Reaper Fortress
The D-Avengers and Pit blunted themselves through the closed doors, collapsing on the ground in pain. "Door…" Weiss groaned while everyone's piled on top of Pit, much to his displeasure.
'Are you guys alright?' Palutena asked of their safety.
"Never…better…" Pit groaned as they slowly get up their feet.
'That was pretty stupid.' Ero berated the superteens.
"That's 'cause you don't know the meaning of fun, stubborn bastard." Spidey mocked his other while he disassembles his armor.
'I think you're the stubborn one here.' Ero replied.
"And chicks dig that. C'mon. Let's find the force that's blocking Palutena from the dark side." Spidey said.
'Was that supposed to be a joke of something, because I don't follow.' Palutena remarked, clueless about the Star Wars reference.
"You don't watch too many movies." Spidey joked.
The spectacular heroes brave their way through the many dangerous traps the Reaper Fortress keeps throwing at them. Just as soon they enter a small room, Spidey stops everyone behind a corner, where on the other side is an actual Reaper, waiting to go crazy on anyone it spots. "Is that a Reaper?" Spidey asked the informative goddess.
'Yes. Reapers may look all evil and crazy, but there's good reason for that. They ARE evil and crazy.' Palutena said, stating the obvious.
"No!" Weiss said, rolling her eyes.
'But here's a little tip: they won't bother you if you stay out of their sight.' Palutena advised.
"A little stealth action, eh? Okay. We can pull that off." Spidey smirked.
When the Reaper isn't looking, Spidey silently fires a webline to its back and yanks the scythe-wielding monster to Lucina's sword, who proceeds to quietly stab it in the chest, killing it. "Nighty-night." Spidey quietly quipped before they continued to an enclosed courtyard filled with non-Reaper goons.
"Considering this is the Reaper fortress, there really aren't very many Reapers." Pit noticed after blowing away a good chunk of monsters with a charged cannon fire.
'There must be a huge soul harvest going on somewhere.' Palutena guessed.
"Soul harvest?" Weiss questioned.
'Reapers are soul carriers. When a being dies, they take its soul to the Underworld. The humans probably started another war, which means a lot more souls to deal with.' Palutena sadly said.
"Is that really true? How many wars have this world suffered?" Lucina asked, a bit heart-broken.
'More than it has any right,' Ero answered, joining in on the conversation now. 'It's not just the humans that fight, it's also the gods. No matter if it's for a good cause, they always fight a vicious war, and the humans are unfortunate enough to get caught in the middle. It's only a matter of time until this world collapse on itself, bringing everyone, mortal and god, to ruin.'
"Oh man…So, this war against the Underworld Army is causing the Reapers to work overtime." Pit deduced after they've taken care of enemy forces.
'This all could've been avoided if a certain goddess did her job.' Ero insulted Palutena, as he's always been doing since his arrival to this world.
"Hey! Would you quit it already?! Everyone loves the goddess of light!" Pit replied, really starting to get annoyed of the "Palutena Bad-Mouthing".
'It's alright, Pit. Ero has a point.' Palutena calmed the angel, agreeing with the harsh spider. 'I'M the one who should be working overtime. Then there'd be less soul harvesting... Humans get frustrated, even destructive, when we gods don't provide for their welfare.'
"Chill out. No one's perfect, not even the gods." Sonic smiled to cheer up the goddess of light.
"I'm sure you'll find a way to help the people of this world. My Uncle Ben once told me, "With Great Power comes Great Responsibility". And Palutena, you possess the ultimate power as a god, so I'm confident you won't fail." Spider-Man encouraged her to never give up on her role as protector of humanity.
'I've never heard that particular phrase…. I'll see what I can do. Thank you, Spider-Man. Thank you, everyone.' Palutena smiled at them, even though they can't see it. The heroes reply with their own smiles, even Ero let's a small one out, thinking there might be some hope for the goddess yet as they continue exploring the fortress.
Soon enough, they locate a grind rail. "Woo-hoo! Is that a grind rail?" Sonic asked, looking excited as he and his friends hop on and ride. "Ah yeah! This is happenin'!" The hedgehog grinned as they ride it toward the courtyard, pestered with enemies.
"More baddies!" Spidey detected.
"Keep them comin'!" Pit smiled, charging up his cannon for maximum carnage on his foes. Sonic boost through an ice glyph set by Weiss, granting him an icy aura that freezes any enemy on his boosting rampage. Lucina holds a grip on her blade, uppercutting the monsters to the air for a ferocious downward slash that destroys them, landing back on the ground smiling.
BGM End
Spider-Man finishes off the rest of the Underworld hooligans, dive kicking a Skuttler Mage then immediately webbing a large Belunka and uses his spider-strength to throw it on top of the last remaining goons. The Spider-Warrior takes a second to catch his breath, that is until his head starts spinning from a dangerous force. "Spider-Sense…Up there?" He looks up to a rooftop, where he shockingly notices the God of Mischief, Loki has been watching them from afar. He scoffs for a bit before flaunting his green cape and teleports away. "Loki!" He shouted as the Asgardian disappeared and his friends run to his side.
"Was that seriously Loki?" Pit asked the webhead.
"Yeah. I recognize that stupid helmet anywhere. So he is in this dimension, and that's not good." Peter replied.
'You have to go after him.' Palutena instructed.
"What do you think we're gonna do? Take a break to relax in a hot spring? C'mon, let's keep going." Spidey said and continue fighting their way through the enemy fortress to find Loki.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Reaper Fortress
Eventually, on the way, they ran into an Eggplant Wizard, an enemy Pit has a lot of memories with, for not very good reasons.
"Not this guy!" Pit said scared when they entered the room with it.
'An Eggplant Wizard!' Palutena said.
"But I don't want to be an eggplant again!" Pit whined as they fight the eggplant-looking mage.
"It beats being a pig!" Spidey replied while webbing up the purple mage.
"You got turned to a pig?" Pit replied.
"Yeah, by Loki one time. Tricked me into an Asgardian Boar Hunt. It was the worst day of my life." Spidey shared his terrible experience as a web-swinging spider-pig.
Weiss laughed at his expense while finishing off the Eggplant Wizard with a singular strike with her energy lance, "The Amazing Spider-Ham. It sounds adorable. I would've loved to take a picture."
"Honk honk." Spidey replied, glaring at the laughing Weiss as they continue into a room filled with wandering Reapers. "We got Reapers ahead. Everyone be quiet." Spidey whispered to his pals from a corner.
"Shouldn't we be telling you that?" Lucina sassily whispered to him.
"When did you get sassy?" Spidey quietly asked.
"I've been hanging out with you." Lucina smiled.
"Ah, good counter-argument." Spidey silently replied.
"Can you both be quiet?" Pit whispered to the only two still talking.
"Right, right." Spidey replied, getting back on course. The silent web-slinger swings up to the air, out of a Reaper's sight to be quietly webbed up to the ceiling. Sonic quietly breezes through the room, silently pushing non-suspecting Reapers off to the bottomless pit next to them, with the last Reaper about to face him until Weiss freeze him solid. "We good?" She asked.
"Yeah." Sonic nodded before they enter another room filled with more enemies.
"I'm getting tired of this." Spidey jumped into the air, preparing his web-shooters to spray his webbing all across the room, sticking the Underworld forces on various walls and floors before they ride up a Grind Rail to the top.
"Nice, another grind rail." Pit said.
"What are those things on the walls?" Lucina said, referring to the pink targets as they ride up the rail.
"Maybe it's something we can shoot?" Sonic guessed.
"Only one way to find out." Pit starts shooting the many targets on the walls, which extended the rail higher and higher. "Ah yeah!"
"Nice job, Pit." Spidey praised the angel.
The marvelous heroes ride down an elevator that leads to Pit's favorite rooms. 'Well, well. It appears that this place is equipped with some hot springs.' Palutena informed them.
"I was kidding earlier!" Spidey said when he joked about relaxing in hot springs.
"Woo hoo! I could use a little R and R right about now!" Pit said, taking a small break inside a warm hot spring, but that's in one room. The other Hot Spring room isn't looking too good, as evident with the ugly purple stuff.
"There's something strange about this hot spring." Sonic observed along with Weiss in the Dark Hot Spring. "It almost looks a little evil."
"Want to test it out to make sure?" Weiss smirked at him.
"Heck no! I don't like any pool of water, no matter how clean it is." Sonic replied.
"You're such a baby." Weiss teased.
"Shut up! We have more important things to take care of. How close are we to that mysterious force?" Sonic asked as they rejoin the others in a dark red room with a creepy chained door.
"Judging by the killer traps, the evil lighting, and the little Reapers that seem to be running away from something…" Spidey quipped as the Reapettes burst out of the locked door, flying over everybody's heads. "I say we're here." He said before they all bravely head through the doorway.
BGM End
The Avengers soon find themselves in a room with a single Reaper patrolling the area, and that's not all. Loki himself soon reveals himself from a purple mist, laughing maniacally at the company he's been given. "Loki!" Spidey said, clenching his right fist.
"If it isn't the Amazing Mortal Bug, Spider-Man! Quite a surprise to meet you in this dimension of all places." Loki slyly smiled, then turns to Pit. "And you must be the little angel who defeated Medusa. She has told me much about you, you and your precious worthless goddess. I know you are watching us, Palutena." He said, fully capable of sensing Palutena through their telepathic communication.
'What are you doing here, God of Mischief? You have no right in this world. Leave!' Palutena ordered the Asgardian to leave this dimension but he isn't slipping.
"I go where I want. Medusa needed help increasing her army's power, so I graciously offered my assistance." Loki calmly said.
"You really think we're gonna buy that? What's your real game?" Spidey asked, knowing full well Loki likes to play big, even bigger than whatever he's doing with Medusa.
"You better tell us now before I blast you into pieces!" Pit unleashed a full charge shot from his cannon straight at Loki, who doesn't bother to dodge or do anything, just simply take the large shot head on that caused a small explosion. "Got 'im…Huh?" To their surprise, Loki casually walks out of the smoke, looking no worse for wear either.
"That didn't even faze him." Sonic remarked on Loki's incredible durability.
'So this is the strength of god from another world.' Palutena also remarked on Loki's god-tier defenses.
Loki laughs, holding up his hands, along with his scepter, to the air. "Simple mortals. You cannot hope to stop me. Not while I have this ISO-Norn Stone," The trickster shows them the glowing magical stone embedded between the platinum blades. "It combines Asgardian magic with cosmic energy of the ISO-8. My power now knows no equal! Observe!" He strikes the single Reaper in the room with immense magical energy, transforming it into a colossal of a demonic Great Reaper, completely towering over the tiny heroes.
BGM-Transformers Devastation OST-Megatron Theme
"Dear god…" Spidey said, stunned.
"No way!" Pit says, surprised.
'It's gigantic!' Palutena responded, totally caught off-guard by Loki's terrifying magic.
Meanwhile, Loki softly chuckles off their stunned expression. "The Great Reaper was already capable of this form. I simply boosted its power. And if you mortals managed to defeat it, CONGRATS, 'cause this is only the beginning." He said ominously, vanishing away with a maniacal laughter as the towering Great Reaper starts chasing down the little Avengers to stomp them into paste.
"What IS this thing?!" Weiss shouted as she runs up a staircase, narrowly sliding away from its large scythe.
"I don't know, but it's power is off the charts!" Spidey replied, swinging over eye beams and scythe slashes.
'The Great Reaper must be the one who's hidden Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit.' Palutena proclaimed.
"And we won't find it until we beat this thing, right?" Sonic replied, hopping over a horizontal slash.
'Right. This area is split into two levels, so just switch levels depending on how it attacks.' Palutena advised.
"What? Does this thing run on video game logic?" Spidey asked while webbing up the Great Reaper's eyes from the sky.
'That's…hard to answer.' Palutena answered.
"You guys make it sound like it'll be easy!" Pit shouted while running away from the Reaper's massive feet.
'That's because it IS easy! Spider-Man, take command! Show me what you can do in a situation like this!' Palutena said to Peter.
"On it, Pally! As soon as I'm not swinging for my life!" Spidey quipped over the Reaper's meaty hands before turning its attention to a speeding Sonic. It fires multiple eye blasts that each miss the blue blur until the last one smacked him to a wall.
"Urgh!" Sonic grunted as he lands on the ground and quickly dodging the Reapettes that were summoned from its eyes, forcing him to fight them. "That thing can summon the little Reapers if you get hit! It really does have quite the evil eye!" He joked.
"How can you make puns at a time like this?!" Weiss retorted, summoning a King Taijitu to tie itself around the Reaper for a quick second until it was destroyed in an explosion of energy.
"I don't SEE the problem with a little humor!" Spidey joked from the tense air.
"Ugh! You guys are killing us here!" Pit retorted, firing at the Reaper's face with little success.
"The Reaper will kill US if we don't find its weak points!" Lucina told them, attacking its little toes while Sonic attacked the head. "I found it! The head and toes! Those are its weak spots!"
"Make sense! Stubbing those guys hurts like hell!" Spidey said, web zipping over the eye lasers and delivers a damaging kick to its head. "It's working! We're hurting him! I'll try to keep him in place!" Spidey swings, attaching strong webbing around the giant Reaper to the floors to prevent him from escaping the incoming assault. "Now!" He shouted. Weiss and Lucina go to town slashing the Reaper's toes, with Spider-Man quickly joining in and smash a couple with his web hammer. On the upper levels, Pit starts shooting like a madman on its head while Sonic lends a hand with repeated stomping homing attacks, soon causing a bright light to shine from its forehead.
"There it is!" Sonic noticed the final weak spot and performs a spin dash to end it, but the titan Reaper smacks him away before he could reach it.
"Hang on, Tiny! Doctor Spidey's coming to web up that boo-boo!" Spidey quipped, zipping up to finish it but was smacked away as well. Pit didn't even get a chance as the Reaper blasted him sky high, leaving just Weiss and Lucina to end this.
"Ready?" Weiss turned to the time-traveler.
"Ready!" Lucina nodded. Weiss forms a staircase of glyphs around the Great Reaper for Lucina to hop off. The Reaper tries to be clever and destroy the glyphs that were ahead of her, but Weiss quickly formed vertical glyphs for Lucina to wall jump off straight high to sky above the monster's head. With one loud yell, Lucina dives in and stabs her sword straight through its shiny forehead, finally defeating the Great Reaper as the light bursts from its head.
BGM End
"You did it!" Weiss congratulated Lucina as she hops down.
"Couldn't have done it without your help." She smiled, giving the heiress a high-five.
Quickly now, the boys of the team walk up to them. "Did we win?" Spidey asked before almost getting squashed by a collapsing Great Reaper. "Never mind." He casually said as he continues walking away from its dead corpse.
"You know what, guys?" Pit starts speaking.
"What is it, Pit?" Sonic asked if something's wrong.
"Even though we almost died, I've really enjoyed our time together." Pit said, smiling.
"I'll admit. I've been having a great time myself considering the circumstance." Lucina smiled.
Pit then feels Spidey's hand on his right shoulder. "Yeah, good thing you have friends, otherwise you've been stuck with Grandma Palutena for an eternity." He joked.
'I heard that!' Palutena retorted, clearly not amused of the age jokes.
Ero actually laughed, much to the surprise of Palutena as she never heard him laugh, 'You should get used to him. Spider-Man's mouth can annoy even the gods. But enough playing around, we have to go find Pandora.'
'And Loki,' Palutena added as a light shine down on her mortal champions. 'What he said before how this is just the beginning, I believe him. We have to stop him!'
'Agreed.' Ero replied as the heroes are whisked away.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Opening
Spider-Man: Hey, it's Spider-Man. Ah, my head. Pandora's home is really confusing. I can't find my way around. Down is up. Left is right. What is going on, and what is that mirror of hers do? Whoa, guys! I think you got the case of the Clone Saga! This is nuts!
Next time on D-Avengers: God Mission:
Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit
Spider-Man: I do NOT need another clone! I'm tired of that already!
