Issue 8: Incursion
Breakneck Pass
On a rocky mountainous side not far from the Ylissean capital, the united army are escorting their fair exalt to a safe haven until they retrieve more men from Ferox. Sonic the Hedgehog runs up a tall tree until he reaches the top, whistling at the great view he's given of the area. "Wow! What a great view!" He complimented before hopping down to meet with the rest of his slow friends.
"Ugh, my poor feet. I've got blisters the size of eggs!" Lissa complained.
"Oh, it's not so bad, Lissa." Spidey said while swinging on a webline, staying in front so he could sense out the danger before it arrives.
"Says you! I don't have creepy spider powers!" Lissa pointed back at the heroic spider.
"It's just a healthy little stroll! How are you holding up, Robin?" Chrom asked the local tactician.
"My legs feel like pudding..." Robin said, with feet trembling, wanting to snap from all this walking, "Your endurance astounds me, Chrom."
"Hah! Should I carry you?" Chrom joked.
"You can carry me," Lissa happily responded as Chrom continues walking forward, "...No, seriously. I would really be okay with you carrying me."
"Hmm…" muttered a nervous old Hierarch that's accompanying the heroes.
"Is something troubling you, Hierarch? You keep glancing up at the peaks." Frederick asked in concern.
"Hmm? Oh, I'm just a b-bit nervous, I'm afraid. Gh-ghastly times, these!" The Hierarch said, but the way he's talking almost makes himself look suspicious in the eyes of Team RWBY, with the girls glancing at each other for a second before turning to Chrom.
"Chrom, who is this guy?" Ruby asked the prince.
"The hierarch? He's been a friend of House Ylisse for many years. He guided Emmeryn during the early years of her rule. Why do you ask?" Chrom wondered.
"I don't have a spider-sense, but something about him makes me feel…" As Ruby ponders to herself, she notices Spidey and Sonic racing back to the group, followed by the incoming assault of the Plegian Army.
"Guys! Incoming!" Spidey said, striking down a Plegian mook while Sonic speeds through some of the Plegian robots with him, but more just keep showing up.
"Grah ha hah! Time to die, princey!" A Plegian barbarian menaced the heroes with his presence.
"Plegian soldiers," Chrom said, shocked to find these lowlives appear before them, "Damn! How did they know we were here? Everyone! Prepare for battle!" He prepped everyone to get in position and take fight.
BGM-Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 OST-Tree of Might Stage/ Turles and Slug's Theme
With Chrom and Spider-Man leading their forces against the might of the Plegian Army, victory will eventually arrive in a matter of minutes. Despite that, the commander of this these barbarians, the wyvern Rider Vasto, remains cocky and confident, sniffing the air filled with despair and chaos. "Ahhhhhhhh... Smell that, men? The winds of fortune are blowing our way!" He said, but then notices the Ylissean Hierarch scarily approaching the smelly commander.
"Hold, sir! I am the man King Gangrel told you about! Did you not receive orders to take me into your protection?" The Hierarch said, revealing he's a traitor to his own people just so he won't be killed in this war.
"I've orders to protect a man, true... But I see no man here! ...Only a pig! A rasher of traitorous bacon that sold out his own sovereign! And what do we do with little piggies, mmm?" Vasto sneered.
"Well, you... I mean, perhaps... You let them go free?" The clueless Hierarch replied.
"Oh, are you a chicken now? Bawk bawk! We've a whole barnyard in our midst! Well, it don't matter what you are. The axe will fall just the same!" Vasto commanded one of his brigands to stealth kill the Hierarch, kicking his dead corpse off the canyon.
"No! You monsters! I won't let you get away with this!" Spidey said, in retaliation for the Hierarch, rips a huge chunk of the earth with his webbing to make a makeshift wrecking ball to demolish a large chunk of the murderous army singlehandedly, but there's still more incoming for him to take down.
"Right! Now for the main event. By moon's end, they'll be erecting statues of me in the capital! Ho there! Ylisseans! Give me the Fire Emblem and your wench of a ruler, and spare yourselves a gory end!" Vasto proposed them an offer they for sure will decline.
"Phila, take Emmeryn to the rear of the column. We'll fend off these blackguards!" Chrom draws out his sword, slicing through a robot squadron with the help of Sully and Blake.
Nearby, Sonic repeatedly homing attacks a mixed team between human barbarians and robots from the air, grabbing onto Peter's webline so the webhead could slam the spinning hedgehog down the middle of their little huddle.
"Ugh! These guys are starting to become a pain." Sonic said to Spidey, getting a bit irritated with these Plegians and their enhanced forces, sliding under a robot swordsman and kicks him away.
"With their new tech and robots, it's not a surprise. Still wondering who created them," Spidey said, webbing up a brigand's energy axe to the ground, then punches him away while he continues his conversation with Sonic. "It can't be Morlun. He's more of a picky eater than a mechanic. And the design of their tech is nothing I've ever studied." Spidey leaps to the air to web throw a robotic wyvern rider across the mountainside to a rocky wall, blowing it up. Spidey reels himself back to the ground field where he senses more trouble afoot, "Am I sensing that right? More baddies from the rear? Seriously?"
"Huff, huff…You are correct, Spider-Man!"
The knightly webhead turns to see a beautiful, young red-headed woman riding her pegasus, saving the distracted web-slinger from a couple of incoming Plegain bots that she stabs through with her lance. "Thanks!" Pete thanked the pegasus knight.
"Your welcome, but beware! More are approaching! They'll be upon us soon!" She said.
During the fight against the brigands, Phila squints her eyes at the newcomer and becomes shocked. "Is that…Gods, Cordelia?!" She asked as she approaches them.
"That's her name?" Spidey asked the captain of the pegasus knights.
"She's one of my knights. Young yet, but quite gifted. But she was stationed on the border…Why...? Oh, gods! Could it mean...?" Phila wonders about the worse, but the worse has already arrived in the form of laser fire from airborne Wyvern knights. Spider-Man quickly protects them, firing a continuous web barrage at the aerial fliers.
"We can worry about the worse later! Get your knights to cover the rear for the reinforcements!" Spidey commanded Phila.
"As you command, Sir Spider!" Phila said, flying back around.
'Me leading people. I'm still not used to that,' Spidey thought in his head, then turns to Cordelia, "Cordelia! I'm gonna need a lift!" He said.
"Grab on!" She replied. The marvelous web-knight hops on the back of her pegasus and takes to the skies against the enemy wyvern. As they swerve away from a barrage of their laser blasts, Spidey leaps off the pegasus yelling, "YEE-HAW," continuously web striking the flying nutjobs of their dragons, webbing them either to the ground or side of the canyon so they won't fall to their death. He free-falls in the air until Cordelia catches him.
"That was awesome! Good job, trusty stead!" Spidey petted the pegasus.
"Her named is Aurora." Cordelia told him her pegasus' name.
"Oh! Good job, Aurora!" Spidey corrected himself as they make their way over the chaotic battlefield. Spidey notices Chrom fighting their way to Vasto. He then gets a genius idea. "Chrom," He shouted, grabbing the prince's attention with a long web-line, who immediately understands the plan and holds on tight to the web so it would make it easier to approach Vasto.
The unexpecting Wyvern commander doesn't notice Chrom coming right at him. This gives Chrom the element of surprise, swing-kicking the cocky general off his dragon. "Damn you!" Vasto cursed and starts clashing his axe against Chrom's own weapon. This would be a lot easier for the man if he had his wyvern, but Knuckles prevented it from helping its master by throwing it by the tail straight smacking through a tree, leaving it up to Ruby to use her webbing module for her gun to strap the animal down. Desperate, Vasto swings his axe over Chrom's head, but the skilled prince deflects it off his hand and defeats Vasto with his Falchion.
"You doves think...beating me will change anything? Heh... Even now, my brothers storm across your precious border... Go on, dear exalted coward! Run! Flee while they slaughter your subjects! Save yourself... Let their faith in you...bleed away...with the rest..." Vasto weakly said to Chrom and the approaching Knuckles and Ruby.
"Can I knock him out now?" Knuckles cracks his fists.
"Heh. Be my guest." Chrom replied, letting the eager echidna to knock out Vasto cold with a straight fist to the face.
BGM End
Mere minutes after the remaining Plegian goons retreated, the Shepherds and Avengers regroup with the exalt. "…They're gone." Chrom somberly said.
"Your Grace! My prince! Run! As far and fast as you can! More Plegians are coming, not a half day's march behind you!" Cordelia hurriedly advised the royal family to escape as far as possible.
"Are they bringing ice cream? It is getting quite hot, and I am craving for some mint chip." Spidey joked, annoying most of his fellow friends for joking at a dark time like this.
"Ignore his unfunny banter, Cordelia. What are you doing here? Tell me the border remains secure!" Phila said.
"That I could, milady! But it would be false... Gangrel himself led his might against us, along with some other mysterious force! The end was upon us when my knight-sisters begged me fly and warn the exalt... I should have stayed... I should have stayed! Ah, gods, I can still hear the screams…" Cordelia said, still feeling the loss of her fellow comrades and friends that died protecting her.
"Mysterious force? Was it Morlun looking for me? Grrr, that monster. Is he trying to draw me back with all this senseless murder?" Spidey wondered, with a voice full of silent rage.
"Peace, you two. Cordelia, you did your duty. The sisters rightly prized your youth. You've many years yet to keep their legacy alive." Phila said to encourage the young pegasus rider not to wallow in despair.
"But I abandoned them! I'm weak... Their legacy deserves better." Cordelia said, starting to feel the tears coming.
"Sometimes fleeing takes the most courage. They knew that. Now pull yourself together. Let the faith they showed in you give you strength." Phila assured her.
"Captain Phila, I... How can I go on like this? They were my...my family...," Cordelia starts sobbing, "Gods... Oh, gods…" And then starts weeping, drowning herself in tears, with the company of Ruby and Lissa to help her calm down.
"Damn those monsters!" Chrom cursed, already having enough of this war.
"This war is getting out of hand. We need to end it now before more innocent lives get taken away." Sonic said.
"That settles it. After we receive reinforcements from Ferox, we're heading STRAIGHT to the Plegia capital." Spidey said, determined and commanding.
"Couldn't agree more with you!" Chrom said.
"No. I cannot agree with that plan. I must return to the Ylissean capital." Emmeryn said, rejecting the initial plan and greatly receiving a collective "WHAT" from her friends.
"Your Grace," Phila starts talking in response to her exalt's radical decision, "I cannot advise-."
BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST-Dry your tears, love. This is not goodbye
"I should never have left. If it's discovered I'm away when this news comes to light... The people could panic. Riot. More Ylisseans could needlessly die. Here, Chrom. I entrust this to you." The exalt sister hands Chrom a golden shield with five open slots, with the hole on top already filled with a white crystal orb.
"The Fire Emblem?" Chrom responded while holding the sacred shield in front of his face, taking a nice, long inspection of this holy relic.
"This is Fire Emblem? It looks so cool!" Ruby said, fangirling over this golden shield.
"Take it to Ferox—to safety." Emmeryn said to her brother.
"And leave you? No, Emm." Chrom continued to dispel her sister's erratic decision.
"No part of House Ylisse matters more than the Emblem. It possesses tremendous power. But too much blood has been shed over it already. I hope it finds a better guardian in you than it did me." She calmly said.
"Your majesty, please listen to reason! You cannot give up! Not when there's a chance we can end this!" Spidey pleaded with the exalt.
"I am not giving up, Spider-Man. I am only giving what I can." The exalt said.
"But this isn't the way! You and I both know this! If you go through with this, there's no guarantee it'll go well for you or your people!" Spidey retorted.
"Emm, please! This is madness!" Chrom pleaded.
"Sis, wait! Let me go with you!" Lissa begged her exalt sister to accompany her.
"Stay with Chrom, Lissa. I command it." Emmeryn said.
"This isn't fair! It's not fair! I know our people need you, but we need you, too!" Lissa said, wanting to cry.
"Dry your tears, love. This is not good-bye." Emm replied with a warm, reassuring smile.
"At least let my team accompany you! We're more than capable of safely escorting you back!" Spidey offered.
"And bring the attention of Morlun. You too are a target, Spider-Man. I forbid your offer. You're too valuable to us to be taken away so early in the war." Emm said.
"At least let SOME of us go with you! It's our job as Avengers to protect the innocent, no matter the world! And if you disagree, we're still coming with you!" Ruby said, with Emmeryn noting the serious faces on all the outworldly heroes and sighs.
"As you wish. Some of you can come with. I appreciate your help." Emmeryn accepted their help.
"You can count on us." Weiss commented.
"Your Grace, the pegasus knights will also accompany you to Ylisstol." Phila said.
"Very well, Phila. Thank you." The exalt accepts her offer.
"I will keep the prince and princess safe, Your Grace. You have my word." Frederick told her queen.
"I know you will, Frederick. Thank you." Emmeryn replied.
"It is my honor." The wary knight formally bowed to his ruler.
"Cordelia. You will stay here with Chrom." Phila said to the young disciple, surprising her.
"But, Captain-."
"I know your heart is heavy, but this is how it must be. Your knight-sisters will be with you in spirit, wherever you go." Phila said, which seemed to have done the trick, calmly Cordelia down quite a bit so she could properly think.
"...May they give me strength. As you command, Captain. I will pray for your safety." Cordelia calmly replied.
"Come, Phila. Avengers. We must go." Emmeryn said, standing beside her trusted guardian, as well as Ruby's team of Avengers, consisting of herself, Blake, Weiss, and Knuckles.
"Please. I beg you. Protect my sister." Lissa said to her new best friend, Ruby.
"I will. You don't need to worry. We've stopped alien invasions and beaten gods. We got this." Ruby said with a smile, which thankfully raises the spirits of her outworldly maiden friend.
"You don't have to go! This is absurd!" Chrom said, still in total disagreement with her plan, even if the worlds' mightiest heroes are going to do everything in their power to protect his sister.
"Chrom, you don't-." Emmeryn starts talking but then get interrupted by Chrom.
"Walking to your own death will not bring peace to anyone! Ylisse needs you. WE need you! Be selfish for once in your life!" Chrom begged her to do so.
Even after hearing his plead, Emmeryn just smiles back at her dear brother, "... I love you, Chrom. Both you and Lissa are my everything. As for the peace I seek... You cannot see who it is for. I have to go. I'm sorry—I truly am. Let us embrace again in Ylisstol when you arrive with Feroxi reinforcements. I know you will come."
"And I thought Spider-Man's plans were bad." Sonic insulted the webhead.
"They are not! Stop lying!" Spidey retorted, getting a light-hearted laugh from everyone.
"The blood of the first exalt flows strong in us. You and I will keep Ylisse safe. I believe it with all my heart. Safe journey, Chrom. Safe journey, Lissa. And Spider-Man, please protect my family." Emmeryn asked of the heroic legend from another world.
"I'll…You have my word." Spidey begrudgingly agreed. With the heated discussion over, Emmeryn and her escorts leave for Ylisstol. Spidey's team take a few seconds to silently see them off before they have to continue with their own mission.
BGM End
The journey back home was quiet and sore but eventually Emmeryn and her protective escorts are close to approaching Ylisstol not afar. "Good. We're not too late. There's still time." Emmeryn said, continuing with her walking. As the heroes' slowly approach the castle, an invisible force traps the entire escort squad in a stasis bubble, keeping them frozen in time.
BGM-Dragon Ball Super OST-Unwinnable Battle
"Wh-What the?!" Ruby said, not able to move an inch.
"We're frozen in time!" Weiss noticed.
Suddenly, they hear a sinister laugh somewhere they can't determine where, followed up by a familiar sounding voice, "Look who've I caught. I was beginning to question you fools we're gonna come back." Then, to the absolute surprise of the D-Avengers, Grimadoom the hedgehog teleports himself right in front of them and the exalt, along with his robot army.
Knuckles growled, "G-Grimadooooom!"
"Grima…doom…" Emmeryn said in shock and awe to hear that this new enemy in front of her has a name closely resembling the fell dragon, Grima.
"Long time no see, Avengers. Never thought we'd meet again in such a primitive dimension." The dark clone hedgehog said to his most hated enemies.
"What are you doing here, Grimadoom?" Ruby asked the hedgehog.
"I should be asking you that. I haven't heard from you guys for days. You never called. You never write. You never even accepted my friend request on Facebook. I was deeply devastated by that." Grimadoom joked.
"Stop joking around. Are the other Masters of Evil here?" Blake asked him with a sinister glare while frozen in time.
"Thankfully, no. It's about time I got some "alone time," even if it's with that Inheritor guy." Grimadoom said, revealing he's been working with Morlun to the Avengers.
"You've been working with Morlun?!" Ruby asked, shocked.
"Begrudgingly. I don't like working with a guy that wants to eat me anymore than you do," Grim shrugged, "Still, he's better than Gangrel. How did that fool become king, I will never know."
"So you're the one providing Gangrel's new army?" Emmeryn asked.
"Built all his new weapons and tech using the Chaos Emerald's power. I don't want to know how you fools foolishly scattered them here, but it'll make collecting them so much more fun." Grimadoom answered.
"You helped King Gangrel start a war just to have fun? Your mad." Emmeryn said, displeased.
"Hey. I was just curious. Never actually participated in a war before. 'Sides, it sounds a little unfair that both sides aren't on an equal plane field," Grimadoom acted all sassy for a second there, but in a split moment gets all stern and menacing, "But I've wasted enough time chit-chatting. Your kingdom is lost and your army has been vanquished. It is time for you to come with us. But first…" The supremely powerful hedgehog teleports Ruby's Avengers out of the time bubble to parts unknown, "Don't worry about them. I'm sure they'll return…to your funeral." Grimadoom said with a sinister laugh, taking himself and the exalt back to Gangrel for her execution.
BGM End
Regna Ferox
The other half of the Ylissean army have successfully made it to Ferox with little trouble. Now they wait patiently for the khans to assemble their back-up so they could hurriedly get back to Ylisse.
"B-but she's safe inside the castle, right? Ruby and the others will protect her! And Khan Flavia is assembling her best troops as we speak. We'll make it back home in time. I know we will!" Lissa said to the silent Chrom, still a little worried about her dear exalt sister.
"Don't worry, Lissa. My sister will make sure your sister will be alright. It's a sister's vow." Yang said with a happy smile to lift everyone's spirits.
"So don't be sad anymore. I'm fully confident they're okay." Tails said, smiling as well.
This finally made Lissa smile as well, "Thanks, guys. You're the best friends I could've ever asked for."
Just a few feet away from those three, Sonic and Spidey approach the quiet prince, who has been really quiet since they left Emmeryn. "Chrom. You still with us, man?" Sonic asked in concern, but Chrom continues to be silent.
"Hello. Earth-to-Chrom. Your hair's on fire." Spidey joked to get him out of his depressed trance.
"Huh? I'm sorry, Peter. What?" Chrom calmly turned to the inter-dimensional heroes.
"Man, am I always like this whenever I get depressed? I need to lighten up a bit." Spidey joked, scratching the back of his head.
"Chrom, DON'T worry. Everything's gonna be fine. We've been in tight situations like this before and we came out A-Okay. You don't have to worry about your sister. Just watch. We'll protect your sister and stop the war before you could even blink!" Sonic confidently said, forming a cheerful smile on his face to brighten Chrom's mood, but his words seem to have fallen on deaf ears as he continues to stand there, quiet and motionless. "Chrom? Ah man. What'll take for you stop acting so moody?" Sonic shrugged.
To answer the hedgehog's call, Sumia walks over to her captain. "Snap out of it, Captain." She punched Chrom in the face, knocking him to the ground in embarrassment just as Flavia appeared, but it did release him from his emotional trance, even though it was very painful method.
"OW! …What the hell was that for?!" Chrom questioned, rubbing his aching face.
"Oh no! ...Did I do it wrong? Captain Phila said sometimes a good slap will break someone out of their doldrums." Sumia said.
"I didn't know a "slap" translated to a "punch" in this world." Spidey joked.
"Um…It's the thought that counts?" Sumia nervously chuckled.
"Gods, that seriously hurt…" Chrom said, slowly getting up from the floor.
Flavia laughed, "Ha ha! What's wrong, my dear prince? Sometimes love hurts! You're lucky to have strong women like these, and not just dainty flowers about. In any case, I bring good news. The Feroxi army has finally mobilized. Every last man is itching to fight. I must say, I'm looking forward to savoring a skirmish or two myself."
"Wait. You're coming too?" Sonic asked the East-Khan.
"Of course! A khan must have her fun. I'm even bringing my insignificant other." Flavia said.
"Your who?" Robin inquired.
"Basilio. The oaf isn't good for much, but he might stop a few stray arrows." Flavia told him.
In the Ferox Throne Room
They all walked into the Ferox main throne to meet with the other gruffy khan. "Hey, Not Nick Fury. How's it goin'?" Spidey said to the not looking Director of SHIELD.
"This isn't the time to be funny, wall-crawler." Basilio glared at the spider with his one eye.
"What? Is it illegal to make jokes during a war?" Spidey asked.
"For you, it should." Basilio retorted.
"Haha. Nick Fury told something like that before. Are you sure you're not cousins?" Pete joked, continuously annoying the khan for a little longer.
"Basilio, correct? Is something wrong?" Chrom asked the West-Khan, wanting to change topics.
"Our scouts have reported back. Dark news, I'm afraid... Ylisstol...has fallen." Basilio gloomily said, regrettably horrifyingly his allies with the news, mostly Chrom and Lissa.
BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST-Something is very wrong
"What?!" Chrom shouted.
"The Plegians captured your exalt and retreated back across their lines. Gangrel has declared she's to be publicly executed within the moon." Basilio continues with the bad news.
"E-Executed?!" Chrom shouted again.
"Ooooh…" After she heard that, Lissa faints into Robin's arms, being furthered accompanied by a worried Yang and Tails.
"Lissa? Lissa!" Robin shouts in concern.
"It's okay! She only fainted!" Tails assured him.
"How did that happen?! Where's Ruby and the others?!" Spidey asked the big oaf, but a second later, Ruby's team finds themselves right on top of the surprised Spidey after they were teleported.
"Ow…" Ruby rubbed her pained head, wondering where they've been teleported to, "Hey. Where are we?" She asked, glancing her surroundings.
"Ruby!" Yang worriedly crushed her little sister with a hug, happy to see she's okay.
"Yang…Stop…!" Ruby gasped as she's let go. She then turns to see an unconscious Lissa on Robin's arms. "Lissa! Oh no!" She hurriedly rushed to her side. "I'm sorry! I'm SO sorry! I wasn't able to protect your sister! Please forgive me!" Ruby tears up badly.
"Guys, what happened out there?" Tails asked the returning friends.
"I'll tell you what happened! That monster Grimadoom kidnapped the exalt!" Weiss answered, surprising the incredible heck out of the rest of the Avengers who didn't participate in the "battle."
"What?! Grimadoom's here?!" Sonic responded in absolute surprise.
"Thankfully, it's just him. But still…" Knuckles said.
"Grimadoom? Is he related to the fell dragon?" Chrom asked, understandably clueless.
"Heh. As if. He's a hedgehog like me, but a lot worse. A lot more powerful." Sonic finished explaining as Spidey gets off from the ground.
"At least we cleared up who created Plegia's new tech," The webhead said, "With both him AND Morlun working with these creeps, we're facing the impossible."
"That's probably why he didn't kill us when he had the chance, so he could have his fun with us later." Blake grunted in anger.
"These dastards not even trying to be subtle anymore." Flavia said.
"I agree. It's an obvious trap." Robin said.
"The Mad King knew our scouts would relay this information back," Basilio said, "It's clearly a provocation—a hot brand to the buttocks! We should consider our options carefully before jumping to any—."
"Shepherds! Avengers! We march to Plegia!" Chrom shouted the suicide order.
"Chrom!" Spidey said.
Basilio coughed, "Well, that would be ONE option, yes... But perhaps we've seen enough royalty waltzing into traps for one war already, eh?"
"I don't care if it's a trap, Basilio. He's going to murder my sister!" Chrom said.
"Peace, Chrom. Breathe a moment. No one's suggesting we don't act. We're simply saying we should act WISELY. We'll need guts AND wits in equal measure if we're to save your sister." Flavia said.
"The khans are right. I'll think of something, Chrom. I promise." Robin agreed to think of an amazing strategy to save the exalt with little consequences.
"I'll help too," Spidey said, "You're dealing with enemies and tech you're not familiar with. After all, it's kinda our fault things got this bad, but I promise you, Chrom, no other family member is going to die! Not on my watch! I'll sacrifice my own life if it means saving your sister."
"…All right, you two. I leave it to you to formulate our strategy." Chrom said to the two best minds this army's got.
"Are you certain you're up to the task," asked Flavia, "It won't be easy. You hold the exalt's life in one hand, and all of ours in the other."
"A responsibility we do not take lightly. But we're equal to the challenge." Robin said.
"Yeah, what he said." Spidey commented.
"Haha! You've got stones, at least. I like that!" Flavia smiled.
"No hesitation, no mincing words... They either a genius or a fool, well, one of them's a fool I'm certain." Basilio joked about Spidey being a fool.
"Hey!"
"I suppose we'll find out once we march. Hold on to your tassets, Ylisseans. We've an exalt to save!" He said, getting everyone pumped up and determined to save their dear exalt from certain death.
BGM End
Border Sands
After many hours of strategizing how to handle their enemies, prepping everyone's weapons to their fullest potential using tech, granting them elemental properties, the massive Ylissean army led by Prince Chrom and the Amazing Spider-Man make their way through the windy desert, on their way to rescue Emmeryn from the Plegia.
'Who would've imagined, Peter Parker, genius loser of Midtown High, would be co-commanding an entire army from an alternate world to save a queen during a war I sorta had a hand in starting? Am I really cut out for this? I can barely lead my own team.' Peter thought in his head.
'Nonsense, Parker. You're an inspirational leader. You're just too dimwitted to really accept that.' Ero telepathically replied.
'Thanks, and you're welcome I'd ignore that dimwit comment.' Peter replied.
Outside their makeshift camp, Spidey and Chrom are currently in a discussion. "So far, so good. We haven't tripped any alarms. Grimadoom built high-tech security all over this place." Spidey said to Chrom.
"I'd like to believe it's our cunning that got us this far without being spotted... But we've seen far too little of the Plegian Guard. Where are they? Whatever trap Gangrel has planned, he is in no hurry to spring it." Chrom said, earning an agreeing nod from the Hero-Spider.
Frederick shows up to deliver the two some news. "Milord. Sir Spider, our scouts report some manner of engagement downfield." He informed the commanders.
"Understood. Get everyone ready to move." Chrom commanded.
"These desert sands are certain to bog down our units, milord. Only mages and fliers will likely be able to proceed unhindered." Frederick said.
"Good point. I'll keep it in mind. Spider-Man, get Robin so we could discuss strategy." Chrom said.
"And find the nearest burger shop without dying? Sure thing." Spidey joked, making Chrom laugh and Frederick groan at his sorry attempts of making light of war.
BGM-Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) OST-Dusty Desert-Quicksand
The Ylissean Army arrive downfield desert to meet with the local cult, the Grimleal, causing a ruckus for the nearby villages. Thanks to the new goggles provided by Spider-Man and Tails, the whole army can clearly see through the thick wind that would've clouded their sight.
"We're on the clock, people, so let's make this quick! I'm seeing some villages in need of saving!" Spidey said, using his mask's lenses to scan the entire desert.
"Knuckles! Lead a squadron underground to the eastern villages and warn them!" Chrom commanded his team, which includes Blake, Spidey, and Weiss among other Shepherds.
"Got it, Chrom! Let's go, guys! No time to waste!" Knuckles digs a giant hole in the ground using his shovel claws and leads his portion of the army to an underground tunnel.
"Scarlet Rose! You'll lead the second squadron with Robin to the western villages! He'll form a barrier to protect you!" Chrom told the rosy huntress.
"Don't worry! We're on it!" Ruby said, allowing Robin and the other mages to form a barrier to protect them from the sands, accompanied by some other Shepherds like Lissa, and some other Avengers like Yang and Tails."
"And Sonic…" Chrom shouts, getting the eager hedgehog's attention, who has recently transformed into a new a nature green form called "Wind Sonic" with the help of a Red Star Ring and Weiss' glyphs, "Just…do what you do best." He nonchalantly said.
"Haha! Sweet! I get to go wild!" Sonic happily cheered. The transformed wind hedgehog uses his new power to form a small tornado encompassing the lower half of his body. And with a grinning smirk, Sonic storms through the middle of the desert to help out or take out anyone that needs it while Chrom leads the rest of his forces into battle against the Grimleal.
Thanks to their magnificent strategy, most of the villages have warned and protected from the Grimleal. The Ylissean army effortlessly took down these annoying cultists like a breeze, mostly because of Sonic using his new form to blow them away with tornado spin dashes. During his breezy enjoyment, Sonic notices a little girl with green hair being chased by some sort of mercenary.
The little one pants heavily, "Have…Have I lost him?" She asked herself.
"Wait, I say! Why you no comprehending, wee one?" The mercenary arrived behind her, scaring the little child.
"AUGH! GET AWAY! Everyone just leave me ALONE!" The green-haired child said.
"Please, be keeping down with the voice! You give away position! Very bad!" The Russian accent man said, gesturing her to keep her voice down.
"My throat is dry, my shoes are full of sand, and some big weirdo is trying to KILL ME!" The little one said.
"Oy, you break Gregor's heart! Why you treat like villain?" This "Gregor" guy said, and in a moment's notice, he and the little girl see Sonic showing up in front of them.
"Hey, what's going on? Are you trying to hurt this girl, 'cause let me tell ya, that's not gonna happen while I'm here?" Sonic said, protecting the young girl.
"No, no! Listen, friend! I am doing good deed! Gregor only want to-."
"Gotcha, you slippery scamp! Prepare for a dose of Grima's wrath." Chalard, a loyal dark mage to the Grimleal, interrupts Gregor and confronts the three with his small squadron.
"Oy, this is most terrible! Do you see now? They make with the catching of us!" Gregor said.
"Not while I'm here. Stand back. I can take care of these medieval clowns." Sonic smirked.
"Y-You're going to help me?" The little child said to Sonic.
"Of course. It's my thing. What's your name, kid?" Sonic asked.
"It's Nowi. Nice to meet you. And I'm far from a kid. I'm like over a thousand years old." Nowi giggled.
"Cool," Sonic easily accepts her age. It's not like it's the first time he met a young person who's older than time itself, "Now, Nowi, go find a hiding place. Gregor, take care of her. You don't seem like a bad guy." Sonic said.
"You make Gregor smile. I will do what you say, green one." Gregor said, running to a close-by boulder for him and Nowi to hide behind, leaving Sonic to handle these Grimleal morons.
"Haha! You dare defy Grima, god of annihilation?" Chalard taunted the small hedgehog.
"You bet. I tend to do that to a lot of gods. Beat 'im too." Sonic quipped. Transforming himself into the very wind that moves him, Sonic blows away most of the Grimleal across the darn desert using invisible wind strikes.
"Defying a god means divine retribution!" Chalard uses his special dark magic, Nosferatu, that not only somehow deforms Sonic back to base, but starts absorbing his very life energy like a vampire.
"Ahhh…I'm feeling…weaker…" Sonic weakly said, on his knees, feeling weaker and weaker while the malicious sorcerer laughs at his pathetic state. Nowi and Gregor sees Sonic almost beaten from their hiding spot and wonders what they should do.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Nowi shouted, suddenly transforming in a giant dragon that blasts away Chalard, freeing Sonic from his predicament.
"What the…You're a dragon?" Sonic said, slowly regaining his strength.
"I'm a manakete. Awesome, right?" The transformed Nowi chuckled.
"Haha! Yeah! Guess you didn't need my help after all!" Sonic grinned.
With Chalard weakened, Gregor stabs him in the chest with his sword, leaving him open for another fire blast from Nowi, ending with a powerful spin stomp to the chest from Sonic, defeating the Grimleal mage. "Master Grima…my life force…is yours…" He said before falling unconscious.
"This Grima guy is this fell dragon everyone keeps talking about. Who are these people?" Sonic wondered.
"They are known as the Grimleal, followers of the fell dragon," A sudden Frederick and the rest of the army appears before Sonic and his new friends, "Even today there are some who yearn for the fiend's return."
"Interesting. It would actually be pretty sweet fighting this Grima and see what he's made of. So, Nowi, Gregor. Want to tag with us so we could save a damsel in distress?" Sonic asked the two.
"Yeah! That sounds awesome! I'd love to." Nowi smiled.
"If you hire Gregor and pay well, I'll accept." Gregor said.
"You're hired! Chrom will pay ya. He's a prince." Sonic casually directed to a confused Chrom.
"I-I'd never…," Chrom sighed, not in the mood to argue, but considering Nowi's a manakete, a very powerful one, and that he needs all the allies he can get to save his sister, he reluctantly agrees, "Sure, why not?"
"Well, shall we get some rest? We're almost to the Plegian capital. We'll need all our strength, soon enough…" Flavia ominously said before they continue their quest to save the exalt.
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Spider-Man: Sup. It's your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Emmeryn is right there, behind practically the entire Plegian Army, but most importantly behind Grimadoom and Morlun. These two are the real trouble. I promised Chrom I will save her sister, no matter who I'm against! It's time for me to go full power! Sonic, let's show them what we can really do!
Next time on D-Avengers: The Fell Awakening:
The Miraculous Tag-Team
Black Ace Spidey: It's on, Morlun! Time to face the Ultimate Totem!
KFX Here: Since "The Grimleal" chapter was essentially filler, I decided to just add it right here instead of the beginning of next chapter, which will be incredibly action-packed and a few surprises. What kind? Just wait and see.
