Billy and Teddy faced Kang with Cassie as she grew to a massive height while Eli rushed Nathaniel off to Billy's house before joining the rest of the team.
"This is it guys," urged Patriot. "Don't hold back. Use all your powers. Size-changing. Shape-shifting. Spell-casting -"
"Spell-casting?" interjected Kate.
"Yeah," Billy responded. "And sometimes it even works."
"I'm done playing with you, children," Kang shouted over the battle field that used to be their home city, a gun pressed to Captain America's temple.
That's too bad," Patriot shouted back, eyes narrowing. "Cause we're just getting started!"
And with that the team: Patriot, Kate, Cassie, Teddy and Billy launched themselves at Kang.
Kang dropped Cap and hastily brought up a purple protective sphere, firing laser rounds through the bubble at Patriot who blocked them with his shield.
Billy crackled with lightning and kept above the sphere, blasting it as often as he could. Teddy stayed on the ground, trying to physically break it, it showed signs of breaking but nothing happened – even with Billy and Teddy's combined efforts.
"We have to disarm this guy," Billy heard Patriot roar over the din of the fight, but had to return to blasting Kang.
"Billy!" he heard Patriot call.
"Yeah?" he roared back, trying to stay focused on Kang and watching Teddy's back, just like Teddy was doing for him.
"Get back here!"
"Teddy?" Billy called down.
"Yeah," Teddy responded.
"Retreat to that column."
"And leave Kang?"
"Patriot's got a plan."
"Okay."
Teddy ducked and ran to crouch behind the wide marble column that looked like it used to support a statue but was now filthy from the fine dirt throughout the air and chipped and gouged from Kang's laser gun. Billy followed.
"We need a spell-caster," explained Patriot.
"Eli," growled Billy. "Now isn't the time for being cryptic."
"We need you to disable Kang's force-field."
"How am I supposed to concentrate on spell-casting? I'm a little preoccupied trying to stay alive!"
Teddy chuckled at Billy's indignation but sobered up quickly at Patriots withering look.
"Cassie and I'll distract Kang. Just do what you need to do."
With that, Patriot and Cassie launched themselves back into the mix, fighting with all their power.
"That's the thing," Billy stressed, mostly to himself. "I'm new at this... I don't know what I need to do."
"Yes, you do," Teddy said suddenly very close, so close Billy could feel his breath on his neck. It brought up goose-flesh all over his body. "We practiced this."
Billy sighed and took himself back a few months in his head, back to when the four of them had been training together. Billy now saw his 'extra practice' sessions with Teddy for what they really were What can I say? I have all the subtlety and finesse of a brick. A very large, heavy brick. There had been a lot of extra and unnecessary touching. Hand holding – for centering himself, knee grazing – accidental obviously, extra long hugs – they were friends after all, moments of intense eye contact. Billy was well aware of how dense he had been and now regretted it. Maybe, seeing as there was a great possibility of them all dying today, they could have had more time together.
Oh God, I'm going to die a virgin...
"Don't focus on the problem. Focus on what you want," Teddy continued.
"I want to disable Kang's force field."
"Say it again," Teddy urged, squeezing Billy's hands and then letting go as he saw the determination steeling in his boyfriends eyes.
"I want to disable Kang's force-field. I want to disable Kang's force-field. I want to disable Kang's force-field..."
"Wow," Kate said in awe. "Where'd you guys learn that? A Wiccan manual?"
"No," Teddy replied. "One of my mom's self-help books."
Billy flew above Kang force-field, chanting and saw the first effects of his spell working, the sphere seemed to be thinning.
Cheered by this, Billy poured all the power in his command into his desire.
FOOM
"Billy!"
A blast from Kang's laser gun hit Billy squarely in the chest, knocking him out of the air.