Issue 7: The Seafloor Palace

Palutena's Temple

"So, who do we have left?" Ero asked Palutena in the meeting room.

"Welll, let's see. We beaten Gaol, Hewdraw, and Pandora. I guess all that leaves is Tanatos." Palutena replied.

"The god of death, eh? Simple prey." Ero said without worry.

"Everything's a simple prey to you, Ero." Palutena smiled.

"Not entirely. I've killed creatures that put me at death's toll a few times. The god of death should be no challenge, to me or to our mortal friends." Ero said.

"And once he's out of the picture, and with a little more preparation, we should be ready to assault the Underworld head-on and defeat Medusa and Loki." Palutena said.

"Hmmm…I don't know about that." Ero replied, sounding a bit ominous.

"What do you mean?"

"Can't you tell? This all seems too easy."

"I guess luck is on our side?"

"Don't be naïve. We're approaching the final act of Medusa's play, and yet we don't know the full script of Loki's plot. We can only assume he's after the Exo Stone somewhere in your world, but we don't know his current progress on his search. I'm starting to wonder why he's working with Medusa in the first place. Hmm, it doesn't make sense." Ero said, scratching his mandible.

"Maybe he's using her for his own benefits." Palutena remarked.

"That could be true. Something about the Medusa NOW doesn't feel right, and my Spider-Sense doesn't lie. Her dark soul it's…it's tainted. It's weaker than it should be. It doesn't FEEL like she revived naturally, not on her own." Ero believed.

"You're saying someone ELSE revived Medusa? Who could it be? Loki?" Palutena asked as their conversation about Medusa heats up.

"Possibly. With the ISO-Norn Stone, we don't know the full extension of Loki's power. Could it have been his daughter, or is he working with someone else in the shadows, someone far more dangerous than Medusa? It would seem our answers lie in our final battle against the goddess of darkness. That's when we'll know." Ero calmly said throughout the whole conversation. "By the way, have you learned anything from our previous discussion?" He asked Palutena, referring to how she should learn humanity in order to better protect her world.

"A little, but I'm still widely confuse. How does a god learn humanity?" Palutena asked the great totem.

"When was the last time you've worked with humans, NOT counting the Avengers?" Ero asked.

"Uhhhhh…not too much." Palutena chuckled embarrassedly, causing Ero to shake his head while sighing.

"You've been lazilying around your temple for far too long. I know gods shouldn't get too involved in humanity's actions, but there should be exceptions. Listen, because I'm only going to say this once!" He spoke, gathering Palutena's full attention. "The answer lies in the heart of battle. From then you might learn of humanity's potential, and possibly yourself." He said before disappearing to allow Palutena to ponder over his advice.


"Duty calls! And the D-Avengers answers!" Pit said as the heroic heroes rush towards the door.

"But you're not even an Avenger." Weiss told him.

"Awww…" Pit groaned as they leaped out of the door to find themselves flying above a vast desert and Monoeyes to shoot at.

BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-The Seafloor Palace

'Focus guys. We need to refocus our efforts on Medusa, so today's target is Tanatos, god of death.' Palutena telepathically informed the heroes.

"Tanatos?! You mean THE Tanatos?!" Pit asked in shock, at first, until he killed a Zurret and then asked, in confusion, "Wait…Who's Tanatos again?"

Using her magic, Palutena shows them a holographic projection of Tanatos's old snaky look in 8-bit. "Why is this in 8-bit?" Peter asked.

'Back in the '80s, Tanatos took the form of a snake on Medusa's head. He's quite the chameleon, you see, and that was his "look" back then.' Palutena said.

"Great fashion sense. But as the god of death, this guy sounds like a big deal." Sonic said while homing attacking a few Minos and a Souflee.

"Is it possible we can beat him?" Lucina asked while shooting down some monsters with her bow.

'Don't fret, child,' Ero assured Lucina, 'It's like I told you. The gods of this realm are pathetic to the ones you're used to. You'll be fine. Someone like me can destroy all this realm's gods in a blink of an eye, including this planet.'

'Let's TRY not to do that last part,' Palutena warned the great spider. 'Anyways, Tanatos possesses a key to the Underworld, and he's leading Medusa's invasion of the sea.' She said, kinda getting Sonic a bit nervous after he destroyed a Specknose.

"T-The sea…" Sonic said, looking really worried since he hates water.

"So we'll be fighting his forces in the sea? How are we supposed to do that?" Pit wondered after shooting down monsters with his Beam Claws.

"Well I have my armor. The girls can instantly switch to underwater gear with their suits. And Sonic has his Bubble Shield, ASSUMING he's not too afraid to use it." Spidey replied as he notices Sonic getting more and more worried by the second as they get closer to the ocean.

"That's good for you, but what about me?" Pit asked since he has no fancy equipment for underwater missions.

'Just use your gills. Tell me, Pit, how are you with branchial respiration?' Palutena asked as he cuts down another Monoeye.

"Oh, no worries. I minored in branchial respiration." Pit replied until he takes a loud second thought on what she REALLY means. "WAIT, YOU'RE CRAZY!"

'OK, just hold your breath then. For about two hours.' Palutena playfully teased the worried angel.

"I SAID YOU'RE CRAZY!"

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!" Sonic shouted at the goddess.

"Why are you worried? You can equip a bubble shield for crying out loud." Weiss asked the worried hedgehog while blasting out some Gyrazer.

"Yeah, but what if it pops, huh?!" Sonic frantically replied.

"Can't you equip another one?" Lucina calmly asked.

"But what if that one pops too?!"

"Oh brother." Spidey sighed while he hears Palutena's giggle in his head as his on-board sensors notify him they are getting closer to the oceans. "We're getting closer to the ocean."

"I know. I can smell it." Pit happily sniffed.

"I'm not gonna ask how." Spidey replied.

'We're heading to Tanatos's base, the Seafloor Palace.' Palutena informed them.

"Ah great…" Sonic groaned as they fly over a steep mound of sand and arrive at the ocean.

"You were kidding about holding my breath, right?" Pit asked his goddess, still really hoping she's joking.

'Watch and learn, Avengers. Witness the true power of the goddess of light!'

'How to be terrible at your job?' Ero intervened.

'Hush you! Ready, set… Dum da da daaah!' Palutena sang as, supposedly using her power to split the ocean to two and form a nice easy path that quite easily amazes the heroes.

"Nice!" Sonic whistled, not having to worry about riding through the ocean anymore.

"Whoa ho ho ho hoooaaa! You've outdone yourself, Lady Palutena!" Pit complimented his divine goddess.

"Moses did it better!" Spidey said just to simply annoy her.

Palutena exasperated from the spider's teasing. 'Just head to the Seafloor Palace already!'

"Got it, ma'am."

'Oh help me…' She sighs as the heroes fly through this new path through the divided sea while destroying more Underworld fools in their way with ease.

"I had no idea you had the power to split the ocean." Lucina said in amazement of Palutena's power.

"I know! This is just one more bullet point on your already-impressive resume!" Pit said, always complimenting his goddess of her achievements.

'Heh heh. What can I say? I'm an overachiever.' Palutena replied.

Meanwhile, Ero grunts, knowing full well something's off with Palutena's power, 'I can't believe you children fell for her trick.'

"Huh?" Both Lucina and Pit replied at the same time.

'When will common sense kick in that the goddess of light is NOT the goddess of the ocean! Right, Poseidon?' Ero asked the new person that's about to enter this telepathic group chat.

"Poseidon?" Weiss asked in surprise while striking down an Octos.

'You got that right, Great Other!' The god of the seas, Poseidon, makes himself known to the D-Avengers.

'Oh, heh heh... Lord Poseidon!' Palutena nervously replied to the king of seas.

"Poseidon's real?" Sonic asked.

'Of course I am real! Tsk, tsk, Palutena. Lies don't become a lady.' Poseidon berated the goddess of light.

'I'm sorry. But can't a goddess have a little fun?' Palutena asked.

'And you question why you can't protect humanity.' Ero mocked her.

'But Spider-Man jokes all the time while protecting humans!'

"But I do it with finesse and style, there's a difference." Spidey joked while using two waldoes to destroy some Commyloose.

"So that sea-parting business was…?" Pit asked, now knowing the real power over the shifting oceans.

''Twas obviously my doing, silly boy.' Poseidon replied.

'To pull off an attack on the Seafloor Palace, I went to the sea god himself.' Palutena said.

"I knew something was fishy." Sonic punned while having fun grinding down a water rail.

'I wouldn't allow anyone else to part my ocean! In fact, I've half a mind to put it back together!' Poseidon said, scaring everyone flying through the split ocean.

"You better not, water geezer, if you know what's good for you!" Sonic fearlessly threatened the sea god.

"Sonic, shut your mouth!" Weiss shouted at the hedgehog to stop antagozing the god who could drown the ocean on top of them.

'You DARE threaten the god of the seas, little land rodent?' Poseidon asked Sonic.

"I dare! I've beaten a water god myself who's WAY more threatening than you, old man!" Sonic said with a fearless grin showing on his face.

"Sonic, you're gonna get us killed!" Pit shouted but to everyone's surprise they hear Poseidon laughing.

'There's no need. You have a lot of spunk, hedgehog. No one has threatened me and got away with it. Carry on with your mission.' Poseidon said as they travel further down through the ocean.

"We're getting deeper now. More enemies inbound!" Spidey warned as they spot more Underworld goons underwater to fight. "ISO Change: Cancer-Spider!" The Armored-up Webhead morphs his armor to its aquatic ISO form to spin-kick several large water waves that sweeps up the oceanic battlefield so they can move on.

'Impressive use of the oceans, Spider-Man.' Poseidon complimented the web-slinger of his armor's ability to manipulate the water god's seas to his advantage.

"Thanks, water geezer." Spidey replied.

'Despite your lack of respect and Palutena's mischievous ways, you should know you have my full support.' Poseidon said.

'Much obliged, Lord Poseidon.' Palutena replied.

'And The Other. I've heard of your "destructive" nature, but I am thankful, and honored, you have come to our world at it's most dire need.' Poseidon said to compliment Ero, but receives nothing but a simple grunt from his elder. 'It was bad enough when the dark forces were contained in the Underworld. But extending their reach to the sea and land is completely unacceptable. As the Great Totem and the goddess of light, it falls on you both to destroy them. I have faith that you will.'

'You have my word.' Palutena said to the lord of the seas.

"And ours too." Spidey said on the behalf of the D-Avengers.

'Just don't get in our way!' Ero menacingly threatened the sea god, which did get Poseidon a little uneasy while they travel through the remains of a destroyed city.

"I guess this used to be a city?" Lucina asked.

'Yes, but I sunk it long ago.' Poseidon replied.

"Sunk it? That's a bit…extreme." Weiss said.

'Humans consist of equal parts hubris, envy, and deceit. Sometimes one has to put them in their place.' Poseidon explained.

"Uhhhh…." Spidey muttered as he takes offense of that.

'You DO realize our allies consist of humans, right?' Ero menacingly asked with a mean-looking glare that Poseidon could sense for miles, sending shivers to his bones.

'I did say "sometimes." Even I know not all humans are bad.' Poseidon replied.

'Hmph. Tolerable response.' Ero stoically replied, not fully believing him but just ignores him as the team takes down more monsters while also coming across some beautiful blue coral.

"This coral is sooo beautiful!" Pit said.

'True, but forget the old saying that every coral has its thorn.' Palutena said.

"I think you're thinking of roses, Pally." Sonic corrected her.

'And I'M pretty sure I'm thinking of coral.'

"It's alright to be wrong, ya know." Sonic slyly smirked.

'I am NOT wrong!'

"Uh-huh." Sonic replied, not buying her response for a second as they reach the ocean floor of enemies he spins through.

'We've arrived at the ocean floor. Only a little longer until we reach the palace! From there, we'll defeat Tanatos and take his key to the Underworld.' Palutena informed.

"And when you mean "we" you mean "us", 'cause you're not fighting for your life." Spidey replied.

'You're getting on my nerves, Spidey!'

"Look!" Weiss points to the Seafloor Palace coming into view.

"So that's the Seafloor Palace. I thought it'd be covered in barnacles and kelp, but it's actually very nice." Pit remarked.

'I'll be closing up the sea now. It should wipe out any Underworld stragglers.' Poseidon said.

"Just give us one more second, old fish king. Blast away!" Sonic smiled as they fly down into the underwater palace.

BGM End


The Seafloor Palace

BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-At the Seafloor Palace

'The sea is closed now.' Palutena informed the Avengers as they enter the Seafloor Palace.

'My work here is finished. Good luck, Avengers.' Poseidon said to the mortal heroes.

"Thank you for your help, Lord Poseidon." Lucina replied.

'And Other, I ask you keep Lady Palutena from performing anymore mischievous ideas.' Poseidon said to Ero.

'I'll put a muzzle on her.' Ero replied.

'I am not a dog!' Palutena loudly retorted as the heroes starting exploring, and fighting inside the great hall of the underwater castle.

"So this is the Seafloor Palace. Amazing." Weiss remarked on the lovely blue palace.

"This would make a great vacation home if it wasn't underwater." Sonic said as Spidey takes off his armor.

"It's no Atlantis, that's for sure." Spidey said.

"You've been to Atlantis?" Pit asked the webhead.

"Oh yeah." Spidey casually replied until his Spider-Sense rings to an unknown caller about to enter their minds. "Huh? Now who is it?"

'Oh, goody, guests! Protecting an impregnable fortress can get awfully lonely.'

"Who's the weird guy talking in our heads?" Sonic asked.

'Is that you, Tanatos?' Palutena asked the goofy god of death.

'Actually, I go by Thanatos now. The extra H is for "hamazing"." Thanatos replied.

"Hold on! In Greek mythology, Thanatos has always been called "Thanatos". You mean your name has been misspelled the entire time? Were you trying to be unique or did the doctor mess up your birth certificate?" Spidey asked the god of death.

'A little of this, a little of that, yeah.' Thanatos replied with no straight answer.

"…Have we met before?" Pit wondered if this really is the same god of death he fought 25 years ago.

'I'm wounded, truly I am. I know it's been awhile, but surely you haven't forgotten your old foe?' Thanatos replied.

"Sorry... There are just so many foes and only one of me." Pit said as they enter a room filled with Shemum hiding in their vases, Shelbo and Armin.

"I know that feeling." Spidey remarked, as he too made a lot of enemies over the years that he forgot some of them.

'Thanatos! You should know we've destroyed Medusa's other commanders. Give up the key to the Underworld, and we'll TRY to spare your pathetic life.' Ero threatened, scaring the god of death even though he tries so hard to hide his fears.

'J-Just because you may be some great destroyer god, doesn't mean I'm scared of you. But since you've come all this way…Wouldn't you and Palutena like to stay and catch up for a bit? Oh, pretty please?' Thanatos replied, annoying the great spider totem.

'So you're not going to give up the key?' Palutena asked while Spidey spins a Shemum vase around the closed chamber for Pit to kick away.

'No need to get all huffy now. I'll have you know that I much prefer honey to vinegar. And I prefer witty repartee to any condiment!' Thanatos replied, completely going off topic.

"We're getting nowhere with this guy. Our goal here is to track down Medusa and Loki, right?" Weiss asked while destroying an Armin.

'Yes. Thanatos is basically Medusa's right-hand man.' Palutena said.

"I thought Loki was Medusa's right-hand man?" Sonic replied while destroying a Shelbo.

'They're more like equal partners while Thanatos is the lap dog. That's why he has the only key to the Underworld.' Ero said.

'I have no such thing! None whatsoever! Honestly. HONESTLY.' Thanatos denied.

'Quiet, scum!' Ero ordered, completely shutting him up.

"How did THIS guy get to be Medusa's second in command?" Pit asked after they've destroyed all the monsters in the area.

'Beats me. Seniority?' Palutena replied.

'Helloooo? It's rude to exclude!' Thanatos intervened in the conversation.

'I said shut your mouth!' Ero scared him once more.

"If democracy wouldn't work, guess we'll just have to take it from him by force." Spidey said.

'The longer we wait, the more we have to lose. We need to strike soon. We only have a little way to go, so buckle down.' Palutena advised.

"We're buckled and ready!" Pit said.

'Yoo hoo! Can you hear me? I'd like to be a part of this conversation please!' Thanatos interrupted for the third time, really starting to get on everybody's nerves.

'Is the god of death so EAGER to embrace death itself? I'll be happy to oblige.' Ero said in a dark tone.

"Seriously, shut it already! Only I'm allowed to be so annoying!" Spidey said to the annoying god of death.

'Me? But you've been talking this whole game, or is it this story?' Thanatos wondered, breaking the 4th wall a bit there.

"Aye-aye-aye. I'm not that annoying, am I?" Spidey asked his friends.

"YES!" Everyone, including Thanatos replied with a deadpan stare that leaves Spider-Man clueless and confused if they really meant that or not, that or he's just playing along.

After some wandering around, the heroes approach a set of three grind rails, much to Sonic's joy. "Alright! More grind rails!" He said as hops on the blue rail and proceeds to immediately break the sound barrier.

"That guy sure loves his grind rail." Weiss smiled as they follow him on the rails.

Sonic grinningly chuckles as he seamlessly switches from rail to rail to avoid enemy fire, all while boosting so fast he doesn't spot the large hole up ahead. "Uh-oh!" He said before falling through the hole, arriving in a room full of enemies.

"Yo, Sonic. You alright?" Spidey asked as he and the others appear to assist Sonic against enemy forces.

"I'm fine. Just surprised of that hole." Sonic said as he dodges hidden Octos hiding in more holes.

"That's what happens when you go too fast." Pit replied, rushing through the Octos with his claws.

"Hey, it's my trademark." Sonic smiled.

"Just be more careful, okay." Lucina said as they finished clearing the area and proceed through the palace, taking a lift that winds them up back in the lobby.

"Weren't we here already?" Pit asked as he watches Weiss shoot down floating Miks.

'Yes, but there's good news! A new path has appeared. Follow it to move forward.' Palutena said.

"I see it. Follow me." Spidey takes the lead, web zipping to an icy floor room that he accidently slips and falls on his stomach, much to Palutena's enjoyment. "Glad to be of your enjoyment. Why is it so slippery?" He asked as he tries to stand up on the ice but immediately falls back down on his butt.

'Hoo hoo! Isn't skating just delightful?' Thanatos asked.

'I wish MY domain had a skating rink.' Palutena said.

'Why? You skate worse than the boy.' Ero said as Peter fails to skate on the icy terrain while he barely destroys the blocky Snowmen with flame webbing.

'Do you want to teach me?' Palutena started flirting with the divine spider.

'If it's possible to actually teach you.' Ero savagely replied as the monster Snowmen are destroyed and the heroes enter an elevator.

"An elevator! Well, that's convenient." Weiss commented.

"Going up." Spidey said as the elevator takes them to the second floor.

"Now approaching…the second floor." Sonic said, joining in on the elevator fun.

"This play-by-play really isn't necessary." Pit remarked on their silliness as they approach the third floor.

'Now approaching…the third floor.' Thanatos joined in on the fun as well but no one bothers to respond. 'Are you all ignoring me?' He asked but again receives no answer as they exit the elevator to encounter more killer Snowmen and a floating Frozum.

"Hey Sonic. More Snowmen." Weiss said to Sonic.

"Cool. Let's heat things up." Sonic smiled. Weiss produces a fire glyph underneath Sonic's feet as he curls up to a ball, absorbing the fire to blaze through and ricochet from the walls as flaming speeds, melting and piercing through the ice-cold baddies until they are no more than a heated puddle. Sonic chuckled, "That was hot."

'Oh. Your puns are boiling my blood.' Thanatos berated the hedgehog of his miserable fire puns.

"Now that was terrible." Sonic replied as they continue exploring the palace up on a bridge that triggers Spidey's psychic senses.

"Watch out!" Peter said before Sonic, Pit and Lucina fell down the bridge after it collapsed beneath them.

"You guys alright?" Weiss asked them from above.

"Argh. We think so…" Lucina said in slight pain as Spidey and Weiss hop down to help them up.

"No worries. Just your run-of-the-mill trap door. Let's shake it off and keep going." Sonic said before they continue running through the palace, avoiding floating electrical balls and meeting up with an armored monster in another room.

"What's that?" Peter asked about the monster in a shell.

'It's called a Vakloom. It absorbs the energy of ranged shots and then fires it back at you as a laser. Until it fires at you, though, it remains protected by an armored shell.' Palutena replied.

"Well, if it's hungry for shots, the only thing to do is shoot it. I'll get it out of that shell any way I have to!" Pit said.

"Keep it distracted while we finish it." Spidey instructed the angel and Weiss.

"You got it!" Pit and Weiss starts feeding the Vakloom energy shoots that it absorbs and returns as a powerful laser they hop over. Sonic slides under and head butt it's stomach to the air for Spidey to grab with his webbing and throws it towards Lucina to slice it to two.

"Nice one, guys. Let's keep moving." Spidey said, heading to a platform that starts moving on its own, leading them to a new area above a bottomless pit.

"What's this?" Pit asked.

"It looks to be a moving platform. Let's be careful." Lucina advised.

'Let me jazz things up for you a smidge. We do have to keep things interesting! Hoo hoo hoo!' Thanatos laughed as Handoras and Skuttler Cannoneers drop in to blast them off to the ever-lasting pit.

"More enemies, huh? Bring it!" Sonic said with a few homing attacks.

'Keep on trooping, little trooper!' Thanatos said.

'We've been curious about something, Thanatos.' Palutena said, wanting to start a serious discussion with him.

'Yes?'

'You're the god of death of this dimension, are you not? And if the Underworld is essentially Hell with all deceased souls roaming about, why don't you outrank Medusa?' Ero asked him.

'I'm not really interested in climbing the corporate ladder. You wouldn't believe the amount of overtime you have to put in. Plus, that sort of strict hierarchy isn't the Underworld style.' Thanatos replied, completely ignoring the question.

'You're avoiding our question.' Palutena said.

'What was that? You seem to be cutting out! La la laaaaa la! I can't heeeear you!'

"It's hard to get a good read on him…I can't tell if he's weird or just dim." Pit said.

'A-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa.'

'No. This just confirms our suspicions. Loki's working with someone else on a higher rank than Medusa.' Ero said.

'Eep!' Thanatos said, fearing they're catching on.

"Really? Who could it be?" Spidey asked.

'I'm not too sure. And since this deathly buffoon won't tell us, we'll have to find the answers ourselves.' Ero replied, seconds before the Avengers exit the moving platform, back onto the bridge they previously fell off from, taking a platform that leads them to a giant room with more enemies to smash.

'Thanatos should be in the next room over.' Palutena informed.

"Oh, goody! Then do let us get to the fisticuffing!" Sonic said.

"I wanted to say that." Pit whined.

"Sorry." Sonic sheepishly chuckled. While the girls and Pit chew out their own Underworld target practice, Spidey and Sonic agree to work together for a team work attack. Spidey attaches his webbing to a curled-up Sonic and starts swinging him around like a crazed madman, decimating more and more monsters when he twirls Sonic in the air, unleashing a powerful cyclone that sucks up and spits out the remaining monsters.

"Nice teamwork, you two. C'mon. Let's stop Thanatos." Weiss said as they rush into the room, where they find Thanatos lazily floating above his throne.

BGM End

"Oooah! I must have dozed off there." Thanatos said, lazily stranding up to stretch his tired legs. "Hooah. Waiting around is such exhausting work!"

"Then we'll just have to fire you for laziness." Spidey quipped as they strike a pose for battle.

BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Boss Fight 1

'Thanatos is a skilled chameleon, furthered enhanced by the ISO-Norn Stone. Don't be surprised if he changes into a spider or scorpion or cockroach or tick... Or a moth or lizard or leech or tapeworm or centipede or bat or snake or...cat.' Palutena said as the heroes dodge his deadly energy beams.

"But a cat…would be kind of cute, right?" Pit asked.

"I dunno. The cats I've met are deadly. And attractively beautiful." Spidey said, dodging the demonic face blasts he counters with blinding webbing to the cheeky god's eyes.

"Did that include Blake?" Weiss sassily smirked at Spidey.

"Uhhhhhh…" Spidey doesn't respond since he's trying so hard to lessen the red blush behind his mask.

"I'm tempted to reach for my book of snappy comebacks, but... Maybe I should just show you? And a one, and a two... And a ONE, TWO, THREEE!" In a puff of pink smoke, Thanatos transforms himself into an urn.

"He transformed into an urn?" Lucina remarked.

"I'm just going to catch a few z's here." Thanatos said as he effortlessly blocks a spin attack from Sonic. "By the way, your attacks are useless."

"Ah perfect." Sonic sarcastically replied.

'There must be some way to hurt him.' Palutena said.

The urn Thanatos releases multiple red and white skulls onto the battlefield. "Watch out!" Spidey ordered everyone to leap away from the exploding red skulls. "We better watch out of those skulls."

"The red ones at least. I got an idea." Sonic speeds by the white skulls and kicks them all right back at the god urn that causes considerable amount of damage that forces Thanatos to transform into something else.

"Nice thinking, Sonic!" Lucina smiled as they see Thanatos has transformed into a bat.

"Keee keee!" Thanatos shrieked.

"That's not even what a bat sounds like!" Pit criticized the god's pathetic bat imitation.

"Fail. Fail." Spidey quipped, rolling under the fluttering bat swarm.

"Woop woop woop woop woop!"

"And neither is that! This is getting really annoying really fast!" Weiss retorted, releasing an icy wind from her rapier that freezes the bat swarm completely into a large chunk of ice for Spidey to web up and throw at a wall, shattering Thanatos as he transforms into a sword accompanied by deadly spears.

"Oh now what?" Spidey asked.

"Slicety slice! Dicety dice! Stabbity stab stab stab stab!" Thanatos sang, trying to attack Lucina with his pointy weapons but she keeps on deflecting.

"No need to sound so gleeful!" Lucina said, spinning her blade to form a wind current that blows the blades to Pit's rapid-fighting claws of doom, as he cuts them open to a transforming doll.

"What's this?!" Pit asked.

'It looks like he turned into a doll.' Palutena said as Sonic homing attacks the red gem on the belly, releasing a smaller doll.

"Huh? There was something inside the doll?" Sonic asked, looking confused.

'Wait... Inside Thanatos...is a mini Thanatos? I wonder if they sell these in the gift shop.' Palutena wondered.

"Not these variations, I can tell you that." Spidey replied as Sonic and Pit take on multiple dolls that keep revealing a smaller one, until a tiny Thanatos finally emerges from the last one.

"Ah ha! There he is!" Pit said, and just when he's about to swipe it, he transforms into a giant foot. "A foot?"

'Really, how much harm could-.' Palutena asked before Thanatos interrupts.

"Ever heard of athlete's foot?!" He asked.

"I have! Flash Thompson kept introducing me to one every gym class! I was never clean since." Spidey quipped as everyone scatters around to avoid getting stomped, but it seemed Thanatos's mostly interested in crushing Spider-Man, managing to kick him off the wall he was sticking on to the ground and tries to crush his foot on top of him. "Oh man, it smells…Ergh…And why is it as heavy as the Rhino on Thanksgiving…" Spidey asked as he struggles to lift the giant foot. Slowly and slowly, he starts to get crushed. Without any other choice, he summons his aura-powered spider legs to stab the giant foot from underneath, forcefully freeing himself as Thanatos tearfully turns back to normal.

"Ow! That hurt!" He whined as he tends to his wounded foot.

"Then don't blame me if this hurts too!" Spidey surrounds his right fist in webbing before expanding it to a giant fist with his aura. "How do you like my giant fist?!" He roared, unleashing a skull-crushing punch to Thanatos's head, flinging him crashing through his throne.

BGM End

"Crushing victory!" Pit said, victorious.

"Crushing defeat!" Thanatos said as he starts spinning in place. "Fareweeeeeell!" He screamed as he disappears, leaving behind a purple gem with the insignia of the Underworld Army in its center that Pit picks up from the ground.

"That gem looks valuable. Are we selling it? I am in need of some cash." Spidey joked.

'No you idiot. This is our key to the Underworld.' Palutena told Peter.

"And I just have…to hold it?" Pit asked as he observes it while a light shine down on everyone.

'More or less. But first, we have to get you geared up for the final battle.' She replied as she whisks them away, back to Skyworld.


BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Opening

Spider-Man: Hey, it's Spider-Man. We're on our way in stopping Medusa, but we need to get Pit geared up with some ancient armor locked away in a pirate ship. Don't know why. We can clearly handle this already, but I am curious what these Three Sacred Treasures are. What the?! What are you guys doing here? Don't you have your own galaxy to be guarding?

Next time on D-Avengers: God Mission:

Soaring Galactic Thief Ship

Spider-Man: Wasn't expecting this team-up here of all places.


KFX Here: Who could Spidey be talking about? We got some special guest stars appearing next chapter. Also, I ask, who would win in a fight: Perfect Chaos from "Sonic Adventure" or Poseidon from "Kid Icarus Uprising"? Just a random thought since Sonic brought it up.