Issue 20: The Ring of Chaos
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
All four transdimensional Avenger: Spidey, Sonic, Weiss, and Lucina, are screaming their lungs off after unknowingly being ambushed by Grimadoom and the four of them were sent falling through an endless time tunnel with no way of ever escaping.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?! HOW DID WE GET HERE?!" Weiss yelled.
"Don't ask me! I was enjoying myself a nap when something triggered my spider-sense and the next thing I knew, we're free-falling in a white void!" Spidey retorted.
"Where's the exit?! There has to be one here!" Sonic asked.
"I don't know! I can't use my Webware to transport us out of here!" Spidey replied while repeatedly touching his interdimensional wrist device to teleport them back to Skyworld.
"Does that mean we're stuck here?!" Lucina asked, worried.
"Probably!"
"WHAT?! We can't be stuck here!" Weiss loudly retorted.
"I don't know what to do!" Spidey replied.
While the trapped Avengers continue falling in an eternal time void, the Exo Dream Stone pocketed in Sonic's quills begins to mysteriously glow, capturing the hedgehog's attention as he takes it out. "What's it doing?!" Sonic asked.
"I hope something good!" Weiss retorted.
The Dream Stone glows brighter and brighter, causing them to scream and shield themselves from its blinding luminous as its light completely encompasses the whole time tunnel.
'Uh…Where am I?' Pit asked himself while surrounded by a world of darkness. 'Lady Palutena? Can you hear me? Guys?' He wonders where his goddess and his avenging allies have gone but receives no response. 'The last thing I remember is defeating the Aurum and going to bed. But then…' He suddenly sees a ring come into view. 'Hey, what's that? Is it…a ring? My head is all kinds of foggy right now…And why is the name "Chaos Kin" stuck in my brain?'
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Little Girl's Theme
A little girl (the same one Spidey saved during the Hewdraw attack) comes suddenly comes into view and picks up the ring, giving Pit a weird headache. 'Huh?! Whoa, whoa—what's happening?!' He asked while the girl observes the ring. 'Either I'm crazy or…I'M THE RING! I can't just sit around. I have to try do SOMETHING.' The girl then places the ring over her finger, somehow giving Pit control over her. 'OK…Move!' He takes a few steps forward. 'She's moving! I'm…I'm moving her!' He said as he continues to walk as the little girl. 'So…I can control anyone who wears this ring? I hope she doesn't mind if I borrow her feet for just a little bit. I have to find out what happened. This isn't easy... It feels like I'm wearing a suit of armor. That's too small.'
As the Pit-possessed girl wanders around the field, still trying to figure out what's going on, a huge bright light emanates from across a small hill, blinding his vision. 'What is that bright light?!' Pit asked as his vision starts to clear, turning to the source of the light to be surprise it came from the D-Avengers as they lie on the ground. 'It's Spidey and the others! How did they get here?' Pit wondered as he sees the dimensional heroes slowly stand up from the grass.
"Boy, what a trip." Sonic said as he rubs his head.
"Hey. We're back on Pit's world." Weiss said happily that the Dream Stone brought them back here.
"But where's Pit and Palutena?" Spidey asked.
"Probably still on Skyworld." Sonic replied.
"You're probably right."
'No, I'm over here! Guys! HEY! I'M DOWN HERE!' Pit yelled, waving the girl's arms around, but none of them don't seem to notice or hear him through the ring. He stops when he and his friends simultaneously notice Centurions flying down to a decimated town.
"It's the Centurions! Pit's probably there helping the people of that town." Lucina said.
"Okay. Let's move out!" Spidey ordered as the heroic avengers run along towards the decimated town, unknowingly leaving Pit behind.
'I'd better head there too and catch up with them. I hate to put this little girl in danger, but other people in the town might need help.' Pit said as he speeds up to run, accidently tripping the girl and drop the ring away from her, causing it to roll.
BGM End
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Dog's Theme
'Oh no no no no no no!' He said as a dog walks up and sniffs the ring, then picks it up in its mouth, giving Pit control over its movement. 'I... guess I'm a dog now. This is getting weirder and weirder... But where'd the little girl go? Hmm. She must have run off. Anyway, on to the town! I gotta be careful not to drop the ring. So that means no more mouth breathing. And no crazy barking. And no eating delicious garbage off the ground... Not that I would, of course.'
The dog picks up the pace to the town as he hears Sonic call out Pit's name. "Pit!" He exclaimed, causing the dog to skid and brake.
'Huh?' Pit looks up to see the Avengers on a rooftop talking to his own body flying overhead, shooting at some humans below before Spider-Man saved them.
"Pit, what are you doing?! Pit!" Spidey shouted but Pit's body doesn't respond or even look at his friends, just flies away with the Avengers giving chase.
'Hey! That was…me?! Oh, man—this can't be happening. Who am I attacking? And who's controlling ME?' Pit asked as he continues moving forward. 'Everything's gone off the rails! Now what am I supposed to do? Take myself down? I guess I don't have a choice!' He enters the town square to see the centurions patrolling the area. 'Good thing the centurions are on patrol. This square's looking rough. Heh heh…Um…right. Anyway.' He proceeds through an alley, where he catches the scent of something to this right. 'Hey, something smells really good. This new sniffer is really doing its job. Is that garbage? Beef garbage? Man, I am SO hungry! Why am I craving garbage? Oh no no no! Stop drooling, stop drooling! The slobber's getting the ring all wet! Ugh, I'm grossing myself out!' He said as he heads into a damaged building with narrow pathways. 'I can probably move forward if I can get over those narrow walkways. Good thing I'm a dog. I mean, it's not exactly good, but at least I'm small.' Pit-dog successfully walks out the building to surprisingly find Magnus fighting off a group of Centurions. 'Magnus?! But why's he fighting the centurions?!'
BGM End
"A-hoy, Magnus!" A voice caught their attention as they see Spidey and the rest of the D-Avengers approaching the swordsman, who quickly threatens them with his massively large blade.
"How do I know you're the real Avengers and weren't sent to kill me?" Mangus asked.
"Is that really the best way to greet people you haven't seen in a while? I'm usually offered cupcakes by my old friends." Spidey joked as Magnus lowers his blade.
"Yeah, you're the real deal alright. No one evil can be this annoying." Magnus said.
"Have you met Hades?" Weiss asked.
"No, but I doubt he's as annoying as Webby here." Magnus replied.
"You'd be surprised. Care to explain why you were fighting the Centurions, or why Pit is on a killing spree?" Spidey asked.
"You guys don't know what happened? It all started-" As Magnus was about to explain to the Avengers what's been going on in their absence, Pit-Dog runs up and hops onto his back.
'Hey! Hey! How's it going?' Pit asked Magnus, who of course, doesn't hear him.
"Nice pet." Sonic joked.
"He ain't mine!" Magnus struggled to release the dog as it shoves the ring into his face.
'Listen, you gotta take this ring. Go on! Take it!' Pit thought as he gives Magnus the ring and the dog hops off his back. 'Yes! Great! Now put it on your finger!'
"What's that ring?" Lucina asked.
"It's covered in dog saliva I can tell you that much." Magnus replied as he carefully observes the ring.
'Who cares! Come on! Put it on! Put it on!'
"I don't have time for this." Magnus casually tosses the ring behind him, causing Pit to scream.
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! No, no, no, no! Pick it back up!' Pit yelled as Magnus starts to walk away with the Avengers.
"C'mon, twigs. You won't believe the story I have for ya." Magnus said to the heroic teenagers.
"I'm sure it'll make sense." Sonic quipped.
'Where are you going? Don't go! Don't go! Put the ring on!' Pit begged, unaware Spidey stopped in his tracks and stares at the ring. 'You can always pawn it! It's a little slobbery, but I'm sure it's worth a lot. Come on, don't make me beg! PLEASE take the ring!'
'It's weird…' Spidey thought as he continues staring at the ring, using Perfect Synchro to enhance his psychic awareness. 'My spider-sense is picking up a strange, whiny emotion coming from that ring, and it feels familiar.' Curious to find out the secrets behind this ring, Spidey webs it to his hand and hesitantly puts it on his finger.
Peter's Mind
"Yes! Thank YOU! Woo-hoo!" Pit cheered in joy as he finds himself in a red-and-blue void stitched together by webbing and the various memories of Peter Parker. "Hey. What's this?" He sees images of Peter's happy life with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, the time he got bit by the spider, the tragedy he suffered when he lost his uncle and Gwen Stacy, and the constant berating from the Daily Bugle. "Wow…Is this REALLY Spider-Man's life? He went through a lot. I also didn't know he used to wear glasses." Pit said, feeling a bit sadden by Peter's unhappy life.
"They were the trend back then. Chicks digged them." A voice belonging to Spider-Man walks over to Pit.
"Spidey!" Pit exclaimed, running up to hug his mentor.
"Pit, what are you doing here? Why were you in that ring?" Peter asked.
"I dunno. I just was!" Pit replied until he felt something really malicious standing behind him. The scent of cold, poisonous acid dropping from what feels to be a big monster repeatedly drops behind the frighten Pit, causing him to turn around scared when he sees a giant monster spider glaring at him sinisterly.
Pit screams for his life, running behind Peter for protection as he shakes vigorously. "Hey. Calm down. It's just Ero." Spidey assured him.
"T-That's him…" Pit asked, still shaking like a scared child.
"That's the form he likes to take in here. He doesn't like it when someone enters our heads." Spidey replied.
"What are you doing here, boy?!" The irritated Great Totem asked the puny angel.
"I said I don't know!" Pit quickly responded to the monster spider. "Last thing I remember I was going to sleep until something stabbed me and was somehow put in that ring." Pit replied.
"We were also sleeping until something locked us in some weird tunnel." Spidey told Pit.
"Really? What's going on? What happened to Lady Palutena?! Is she okay?!" Pit asked, extremely worried about her.
"Easy, Pit." Peter said as he comforts his angel friend. "I'm sure she's fine. She's a god, remember? We'll check up on her after we figure out why your body is on a rampage."
"Okay…"
'Hey. Webhead. You alright?' Magnus's voice enters their ears as a screen depicting him and the other Avengers appear in Peter's mind.
"Can I talk to them?" Pit asked Peter.
"No."
"Please?"
"No!"
Back Outside
The rest of the Avengers and Magnus are confused why Spidey has completely stopped on his tracks and slouching his head down all motionless. "Hey, Spidey! Are you alright?" Weiss shouts as she waves her hand over Pete's face but he doesn't react one bit.
"What's wrong with him?" Sonic asked her.
"I dunno. After he picked up the ring, he just stopped. I wonder what's wrong?" Weiss replied, feeling concerned for her friend's current condition.
Suddenly, Peter's body springs up to action, frightening Weiss aback. "Hey, guys! What's up?" He said, but for some reason his voice sounds a little different, similar to Pit's voice actually.
"Spider-Man?" Lucina asked, wondering why he sounds like Pit.
Peter's body shakes his head before he talks again. "Pit, I thought I told you don't do that!" Peter's original voice returns to argue to Pit, further confusing his friends as he shakes his head again.
"I just wanted to tell them I'm okay!" Pit's voice speaks again from Spidey's mouth.
"Then let me do that!"
"C'mon, just this once!"
"No!"
"Please!"
"No!"
"PLEASE!"
"NO!" Spidey and Pit continue arguing back and forth using the same body, all while the Avengers and Magnus stare at him as if he's gone mad.
"…Uh, does anyone know what's going on?" Magnus asked.
"This is a little weirder than we're used to." Weiss casually replied.
They see Ero materialize out of Peter's body in his humanoid form, already annoyed of the constant bickering between the two sharing the same body. "I've had enough of this!" He thrust his left palm at Peter's body, and with a loud grunt, he psychically pushes Pit's spirit out of Peter's body, turning him into a ghost.
"Ah! I'm a ghost!" Pit exclaimed while Spidey sighs in relief of not dealing with Pit in his body anymore.
"Thank goodness. Now I only have one freeloader to deal with." Spidey joked, referring to Ero, getting the great spider annoyed.
"I knew I recognized the shrill little voice. You're that angel." Magnus said to Pit.
"Pit?" What were you doing in Spidey's body?" Sonic asked.
"I DON'T KNOW! Why do I have to keep explaining this?! It feels like yesterday we stopped the Aurum Invasion before everything gone weird!" Pit loudly responded.
"Yesterday?!" Mangus raised an eyebrow. "Try THREE YEARS, buddy."
"WHAT?!" The heroes yelled.
"I see." Ero said calmly. "So that weird tunnel we were trapped in. It sent us forward in time. Right now, three years has passed in this world while only three hours on Spider-Man's world. And the energy that could perform a feat came from chaos energy." Ero said.
"Grimadoom." Sonic deduced, visibly annoyed. "He must have ambushed us while we were asleep."
"I still can't believe it! Three years? That's impossible! You have to tell us what's going on!" Ghost Pit asked Magnus.
"How's this for starters? You've become the enemy of all mankind." Magnus told the ghost angel.
"Is this for real?!" Lucina responded, shocked.
"What?! Stop messing with me." Pit replied.
"So this IS news to you." Magnus said with widened eyes. "Remember the war between the Forces of Nature, Underworld, and Palutena's army? Just when it seemed like the war was over, everyone in Palutena's army vanished."
"Vanished?! Where'd we go?!" Pit asked.
"Beats me." Magnus said. "But your absence let the Underworld keep attacking us humans. Then you all reappeared. But instead of helping us, you started going after us too! So now we humans have the Underworld and Palutena's army trying to wipe us out! No one knows what happened. Did your goddess just lose her mind?"
"Don't ask me. I've been a ring." Pit replied.
"And we time-traveled." Peter added.
"What is Palutena thinking? Attacking the humans? She's simple-minded but she ain't this reckless." Ero wondered.
"Don't call her simple-minded!" Pit retorted but Ero doesn't care what he thinks.
"There must be some way we can reason with her." Spidey wondered.
"Well, maybe YOU can. I'm not even sure if she's controlling her own army anymore." Magnus replied.
"Okay, first things first. That guy attacking the town? That wasn't me." Pit said.
"So your spirit is here, but your body is over there destroying stuff? Isn't that convenient. Tell that to all the people your body just killed." Magnus said.
"Look, I didn't exactly plan it this way.' Pit replied.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Magnus's Theme
"Whether you did or not, there's nothing I can do for you now. You're a ghost now using Spider-Man as an anchor. So you're going to have use his body to get rid of the other Pit. Ironically, that's why I was here in the first place." Magnus smiled.
"He is NOT going to use my body again!" Peter retorted.
"Well, if that's our only option, I guess that's the plan!" Weiss said as they march forward and Ero and Pit re-enter Peter's mindscape.
"And now I have to deal with TWO voices in my head." Spidey muttered as he webs up some Centurions since he doesn't want to hurt them.
'I promise not to say a word.' Pit replied while Magnus slams his club on another batch of Centurions. 'It just feels wrong going up against centurions.' He said sadly.
"It's not their fault. They're just following orders from Palutena." Spidey said, web-swinging above Lucina safely incapacitating a group of Centurion Knights.
'I'm really worried about her.' Pit replied.
"Don't worry, Pit. I promise. First we get back your body, then we'll check up on Palutena." Spidey sincerely said, cheering Pit up.
'Thanks, Spidey. Since it's just us, and Ero, can I call you by your real name?' Pit asked.
Spidey smiled, "Sure. It's Peter. Just promise not to tell anyone else." He requested.
'My lips are sealed. That's a captain's promise.' Pit replied as the team enters a room with a few Centurion Strongarm.
"Aww, look at that cute little fella." Magnus joked as he blocks a pounding fist from a Strongarm.
'Hey, Pete. Can I use your body now?' Pit asked, wanting to help in the battle.
Spidey leaps away from a punch coming from another big Centurion, "Do you have any idea how WRONG that sounded?" He quipped.
'I just want to help.'
"Fine. Just for a few minutes. Just be grateful you're not some super-villain like, say, I dunno, Doc Ock using it." Spidey temporarily relinquished control of his body to Pit while he takes a back seat. 'Just remember what I taught you.' Peter reminded Pit of their regular training sessions.
"I think I can handle this." Pit said, using Spider-Man's amazing strength to easily defeat all of the Centurions with a single powerful strike. "Holy cow! I knew you were strong, but this feels incredible!" He exclaimed, astonished by Peter's incredible strength.
'It's not like the centurions strongarms were all that anyway. They're basically muscle. Even their brains are muscle.' Spidey replied.
'Just like the boy.' Ero said, referring to Pit.
"Hey! I'm strong where it counts!" Pit retorted.
'Sure you are.' The spider-beast replied.
"Let's go, Spider-Pit. We're not done yet." Sonic gestured the Pit-possessed Spider-Man to follow them to the next area.
"On my way!" Pit replied as he starts web-swinging across town with the others as they approach a Juggernaut.
"What's that again?" Weiss asked.
"It's a Juggernaut." Spider-Pit answered. "Last I knew, they were still in the design phase."
"Well, they look real enough now." Magnus replied as they are forced to dodge it's devastating rocks.
"We started developing them as a defensive measure after the Hewdraw attack. I never thought they'd be used for evil…" Pit replied.
"You can always build a new one." Sonic said as he destroys the Juggernaut and approaches a room with Strongarms, a Knight, and a regular Centurion.
"Look at this happy little family." Magnus joked.
"They won't be happy when I thwip them up! Thwip thwip." Pit said as he does his best to imitate Spider-Man's voice and quipping tone.
"You managed to sound just like Spidey." Weiss slyly smirked while joking with Peter.
'Please tell me I don't sound like THAT. Or at least that I offer a higher quality quip.' Peter said as Spider-Pit webs them up and leaves them to Weiss to finish off.
The united heroes run down a slope where they see an Underworld Crawler slaughtering the Centurions in a large room. "There's a lot of enemies today. Did we miss the MinionMart sale while we were gone?" Sonic quipped.
"The centurions are fighting an Underworld Crawler. That mostly means Lady Palutena is still fighting the Underworld Army." Lucina said as she distracts the Crawler for someone else to destroy.
"So at the very least, Hades hasn't seized command of Palutena's army." Magnus said.
"Could it have been Grimadoom? He was there when he attacked us. Could he be manipulating Palutena? As a matter of fact, where IS Lady Palutena anyway?" Pit asked as Magnus destroys the Crawler with a powerful swing. Once the coast was clear, they continue running west the leads to a Souflee in a hot spring.
"Hey! There's a Souflee soaking in the hot spring!" Pit exclaimed.
"You know what they say. If you chase two rabbits, they'll both escape." Magnus said as Spider-Pit relaxes for a bit in the healing spring.
"Yeah, that's the stuff." Pit said, all relaxed.
'This is a weird feeling. The hot springs from before usually don't heal me, just makes me sleepy. How did you do it?' Peter asked.
"THIS is how you enjoy a hot spring! Step one: breathe deep. Step two: clear mind." Pit began.
'I know that…'
"Step three: remove pants."
'I did NOT need to know that! Have you forgotten I'm wearing a costume?!' Spidey retorted. 'That's it! I'm taking back my body!'
"No, wait-!" Pit was quickly cut off as Peter reclaims his body and fixes his suit, reuniting with the others on an upward narrow path to defeat the Centurion forces up ahead.
"How close are we, 'cause Pit is really giving me a headache?" Spidey asked Magnus.
"We should be getting close. Are you ready?" Magnus asked.
"Please!" Spidey said.
BGM End
The united warriors run up to a large platform, spotting Pit's soulless body silently landing before them, wielding the Darkness Bow as he stares at his enemies with an expressionless stare. "It's Pit's body! We found it!" Sonic exclaimed.
"I'll handle him. We don't want to kill him after all." Spidey declared as he prepares to fight Pit's body one-on-one.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Boss Fight 1
'Need my help to beat me?' Pit asked his spider-host friend.
"Nah. I'll end this quick." In a blink of an eye, Spidey web zips to punch Pit's body a few times before he could've reacted, then roundhouse kicks him across the platform as he blocks the incoming shots from the soulless angel with his web shield, quickly forming it into a big ball of webbing he throws at the body, only for it to swiftly cut it into pieces.
'You're tough, Spidey, but I'm no slouch either.' Pit said as his body repeatedly shoots at Peter from a distance, forcing him to run around to avoid getting shot.
'You're the only member of Palutena's army that can put up a fight.' Ero replied as Spidey leaps into the air and unleashes a barrage of web bullets to daze the angel. 'Don't even get me started on the centurions. Sometimes a large army won't win wars if they're so flimsy.'
'They're grunts. What do you expect?' Pit remarked as the wall-crawler easily bends under the soulless angel's blades. 'There's no incentive for them to toughen up—they get revived when they die.' He said as Peter kicks the bow off his body.
'So do you.'
'Well, yeah, but…I can't help it if Lady Palutena has my back!' Pit replied as Spider-Man spins around in place, swiftly sweeping Pit's body off his feet before flawlessly kicking him in the air only for him to be slammed down unconscious by a few web strands.
BGM End
'Nice! Now give me back my body!' Pit said.
"Ok, let's get this ring on you." Spidey replied as he takes off the ring off his finger, disconnecting himself from Pit. Their friends walk towards Peter as he puts the ring on Pit's finger, causing it to shatter. He then begins to gently shake the young angel awake, "Pit! Come on. Wake up!"
Pit moans as his eyes start to open, quickly gaining his full strength and spirit and hops to his feet to strike a pose. "I'm back in the…" He quickly fixes his crown. "Game!"
"Well that did the trick." Magnus remarked as he scratches his head.
"Good to have you back, Pit." Lucina said, smiling.
"Thanks, guys." Pit smiled, then turns to Magnus. "You too, Magnus."
"Eh, it was nothing." He replied.
"Now there's just one thing left to do…" Spidey said.
"Right. We need to get back to Skyworld. Just wish how though." Pit replied.
"Why don't you just fly?" Magnus asked him.
"He can't." Sonic replied.
"Seriously?"
"Flying, getting extracted from battle—that's all Lady Palutena's doing." Pit explained.
"Ero, can you-?" Peter began asking if his other could teleport them to Skyworld.
'No!'
With no choice left, Pit looks up to the sky to get an attention from his fair goddess, if she's still around. "Lady Palutena! Can you hear me?! I need your help!" He shouted. "I can't fly without you! Please help me! Please give me the power to fly back to the heavens...and back to you!" And by a miracle, a bright light surrounded by leaves, that Ero silently takes notice, shines down onto Pit, lifting him off the ground.
"I guess she must have heard you." Magnus said.
"Whew! What a relief!" Pit said as he flies away to the skies.
"Don't forget about us! Bye Magnus!" Spidey waved good-bye to his rough warrior friend as puts on his Spider-Armor while his friends materializes their Extreme Gear so they can catch up with Pit.
"I missed you, Lady Palutena! I'm so glad you're back to lead me!" Pit smiled.
'This isn't Palutena's doing.' Ero told them.
'That's right.' Another familiar voice enters their heads as well.
"Huh?! Viridi?" Sonic exclaimed.
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-The Ring of Chaos
'That's right. I'm the one controlling your flight path.' Viridi said.
"Really? How is that even possible?" Pit asked.
'Don't you know? Anything Palutena can do, I can do better!'
'Don't kid yourself. You're both weak.' Ero insulted the goddess of nature. '
'At least I'm not a heartless monster!' Viridi retorted.
"To nature, maybe." Weiss muttered, but still loud enough for Viridi to get annoyed by.
'I SO did not miss you guys after three years. Do you want my help or not?!'
"Actually, I was just thinking about how nice it would be to fly on my own." Pit said.
'Yeah? Not an option.' Viridi replied.
"Can you at least tell us what happened to Palutena?" Spidey asked.
'I'll do you one better. I'll show you. Please fasten your seat belt. This is a nonstop flight to Skyworld.'
"Guess we don't really have a choice here." Sonic remarked.
'Nope, not really.
"Then we're all in!" Pit said as they press on, approaching a raging tornado that's surrounded by various Underworld mookers and Palutena's Centurions, forcing them to take them down, dodging the airborne debris as they ride the tornado up to Skyworld.
'We're approaching Skyworld.' Viridi announced.
"I'm praying that Lady Palutena is all right." Pit said.
'You're praying? To who? You are one confused angel.' Viridi said.
The heroes flew higher and higher through the heavens, reaching Skyworld in no time flat, but when they arrived, they were visibly horrified as they get a good look of its ruins. Destroyed buildings. Collapsed temples. Almost everything has been completely decimated as if a large battle took place.
"What…?" Pit is left in shock of what has become of his beloved home.
"My god…Everything's in ruins…" Spider-Man said.
"What happened here?! It used to be so beautiful…" Pit asked.
'Look what's become of it.' Viridi replied.
"It looks like a war overtook this place." Lucina noticed.
'Grimadoom fought Palutena and easily defeated her, destroying Skyworld in the process. Then after that, Palutena went off the deep end and destroyed more of it. She's still fighting the Underworld Army, but she's mankind's enemy now too.' Viridi informed them of what happened right after Grimadoom ambushed them.
"Where's Grimadoom now?" Sonic asked, immediately wanting payback for the horrors his grim rival has caused.
'Not sure where he or his mechanical buddies are at now.'
"And what about your Forces of Nature?" Weiss asked.
'Oh, they keep busy. But less so now that the humans are occupied with Palutena.'
"And to think, I was so worried about her..." Pit said.
'Well, if you're not too busy moping, there's something you should all see. Palutena's temple!' Viridi directs them to the goddess of light's worn-out temple.
"It's all beat up!" Pit exclaimed as a large projection of Palutena emerges from behind the temple.
"WELL, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, PIT. THE SAME COULD BE SAID TO YOU, AVENGERS," Palutena spoke as Ero materializes himself to confront the hologram. "AND HOW COULD I FORGET ABOUT MY OLD FRIEND, ERO." She said as she mentally throws several floating islands that forces the heroes to dodge out of the way.
"We were never friends, but I know you well enough not to stoop this low. What has become of you? It doesn't sense Grimadoom is the one controlling you." Ero asked the goddess of light.
"EVERYTHING CHANGES, ERO. EVEN US GODS. AND TO BE FRANK, I'M TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR THOSE UNGRATEFUL HUMANS. AND I'M ESPECIALLY TIRED OF DEALING WITH ALL OF YOU!" Palutena retorted as she throws more islands at them.
"Then you leave me no choice but to eliminate you, permantely." Ero declared to willingly end Palutena's life for the sake of the humans.
"No!" Pit exclaimed as they fly away from the thrown islands.
'You heard her. This is real.' Viridi said.
"She's being manipulated. Someone else is pulling the strings!" Pit retorted.
Palutena chuckled, "YOU HEARD ERO. I'M NOT BEING CONTROLLED. NO, YOU'RE THE ONLY PUPPETS HERE." Palutena said as she continues throwing her islands at the Avengers.
"I have to help her! Viridi! Send me in!" Pit requested.
'Are you sure about that?'
"Absolutely!"
'Don't say I didn't warn you!' Viridi sends Pit a great distance to gather enough speed to ram toward the temple.
"Lady Palutenaaaaaa!" Pit yelled while passing Spider-Man, who's spider-sense tingles to whatever danger Pit's headed to.
"Wait! There might be a-!" Spidey was cut off when Pit collided with the barrier surrounding Palutena's temple, sending him flying backwards. "A force field."
'Oops. Forgot to mention about that.' Viridi smirked.
"You totally set me up!" Pit yelled.
'Well, there's nothing more we can do here. Come on, Pit. And I guess you too, humans.' Viridi reluctantly beams a pillar of light over the heroes to whisk them away to her own home.
BGM End
Viridi's Temple
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Solo Menu (Viridi)
"And here you are." Viridi said after the heroes have been transported into her nature-covered temple room.
"So this is what you look like in person. You're a lot smaller than I thought." Sonic joked after finally meeting Viridi face-to-face.
"I do not have time to deal with this." Viridi muttered, clenching onto her nose to avoid Sonic's teasing. "All you need for battle is here. Like it or not, I'm taking over Palutena's duties."
"You're joking, right?" Weiss asked.
"Hmph. I told you. Anything Palutena can do, I can do better." Viridi said.
"That's pretty nice of you, Viridi. Guess we didn't give you enough credit." Spidey remarked.
"Do you have to be such an insufferable suck-up all the time? It won't get you anywhere with me. My only concern is taking down Hades and Loki." Viridi replied.
"What has Loki been doing these last few years?" Spidey wondered what the god of mischief has been up to while they traveled three years into the future.
"Getting in my way, as usual. We can deal with him later. We have a goddess to save." Viridi said.
"Yeah!" Pit exclaimed, determined to save his beloved goddess at all cost.
BGM End
BGM-Kid Icarus Uprising OST-Opening
Spider-Man: Hey, it's Spider-Man. With a barrier protecting Skyworld, there's no way we can save Palutena.
Viridi: If you want to save her, you'll need the Lightning Chariot. It's our best chance penetrating Skyworld's defensives.
Spider-Man: If that's true, we need to hustle.
Next time on D-Avengers: God Mission:
The Lightning Chariot
Pit: Hold on, Lady Palutena. We'll get that chariot and come back for you.
KFX Here: Just transferred to a new university, hence why this chapter was a little late. Any of you attending UC Santa Cruz? You may find me there.
