Finale of Savior, after this chapter there will be an epilogue then that is it. Due to a lack of reviews, I'm getting this done quickly so I can move on to other stories.

Enjoy.


Natasha almost had to pick her jaw up from the floor. How the hell was that not the first wave?! There were hundreds of the damn things!

"How many are there left?" Clint questioned. Natasha could tell he was just as spooked as she was.

Endymion was silent at first, his eerie blue eyes staring straight ahead at something Natasha could not see. "The rip has allowed something that does not exist to enter your world, an abyssal gate has been opened. The demons that will pour forth are infinite, they will come like an ocean of death upon your world. All will burn." Endymion looked all around them. "It will begin soon."

"What will?" It was Natasha's turn to ask.

"To seal an abyssal gate you must find he demon lord it is tied to. But demon lords are arrogant creatures. They will not show themselves until they grow tired of their minions failures."

"Wait... what the hell is an abyssal gate?" Stark questioned, his voice was a bit more steady than Natasha would have expected.

"It's a doorway to the real of demons. Hell, the abyss, the void, all names for the same place." Endymion explained. "It doesn't exist in your world though. Or at least it shouldn't"

Natasha did not know what that was supposed to mean but she was cut off by Thor's question.

"How many must be slain to draw him out?" Thor asked as he dropped down to one knee beside Banner. His own wounds were catching up to him fast. Natasha was amazed he held up as long as he had.

"Depends, the waves differ greatly in number. I once had to carve through more than two hundred before the lord showed himself. Even when they do, the demon lord alone is a difficult foe to face."

Endymion turned to look at Natasha. "The lord by himself could decimate your entire planet if allowed to reach full strength."

Natasha felt her blood run cold.

Just as Natasha opened her mouth to ask more, Endymion was already moving. Faster than her eyes could follow, he drew those revolvers from behind his back. He twirled them around in his hands so that he was holding them but the barrel instead of the handle.

"Take these," Endymion said as he held them out to Natasha. Not knowing what else to say, she took the weapons. "The ammunition is infinite but they can overheat, fire only if you absolutely have to. If they become too hot to hold just flip open the cylinder for a few moments."

Endymion was walking away before anyone could ask anything else. Standing in the middle of the compound, the man remained staring ahead.

It was right then that Natasha noticed how quiet it had become. There was not a single sound, no wind, nothing. A speck of dust could have fallen and all would have heard it.

Even Natasha could feel fear beginning to well up in her chest. Something about all of this was just so unnatural. Like when you were somewhere you knew you were not supposed to be.

If the looks on the faces of the other Avengers were any indication, that feeling was fairly universal among them.

Suddenly Endymion was shouting something. It was a language Natasha did not recognize. Just hearing it made her ears feel like needles were being shoved into them. She winced as she tried to cover them but the sound just reverberated through her entire body.

As if in response, the ground began shaking again. This time, something else happened.

As the earth shook, a loud crack was heard. Far away from them, Natasha saw it. The very ground opened up and an archway of some kind rose from it. It was almost twenty foot tall, the stone it was made from was blacker than a starless night sky. All over it was bleached white skulls and bones of all kinds.

Many voices seemed to be whispering from it, Natasha could hear it all in her head despite her distance from the thing.

Just looking at it made Natasha want to vomit.

The direction that Endymion had been focused on the entire time was exactly where the archway appeared.

This must be what he called an abyssal gate.

In a flash, more of the monsters, demons if Endymion was telling the truth, were surging from it. They just appeared and came running out in massive hordes. Within moments they were all surrounded again, this time by even more than they had been for a while ago.

Natasha looked around and noticed something strange. The Avengers were all wounded and crippled, easy prey. Not a single one of the demons was looking at them.

All of their attention was focused on Endymion.

Just as quick as they arrived, the demons rushed forward again but this time to encircle Endymion. The man did not react much, he only looked around at the horde. If he felt any worries about being surrounded and outnumbered he did not let it show.

Almost all demons stayed back out of arm reach, one stepped forward. It was one of the smaller ones but slightly larger than the others. Possibly an alpha of some kind. It spoke something in that same language Endymion used before the arrival of the portal.

As man and demon spoke, Natasha saw that Endymion was deathly still. Since his back was to the Avengers, he almost looked like a statue.

What the two were talking about Natasha did not have the slightest idea. Endymion's voice was calm and still. The demon's own seemed a bit... frightful. Maybe the two were negotiating, it almost seemed like the demon was offering terms.

If it was negotiations, they must have broken down because in an instant Endymion attacked. A ghostly blue wristblade, the same color of his glowing eyes and scars, appeared at the end of his arm. With a swing he cleaved the demons head right off. A second blade appeared at the end of his other arm and it severed the arm of the next demon to approach. The blades appeared just as suddenly as they arrived.

The demons never got a chance to attempt a retreat before Endymion made the next move. With another swing of his arm, a huge wind appeared and blew the demons back. His opposite arm also swung out but this one instead of creating wind, created a colossal spider web of lightning strikes.

The end result was that Endymion formed a giant lightning storm all around him.

Instead of attempting a counter-attack, the demons just fell over each other in their attempt to get away from the man.

As the weaker demons ran, a larger one came forth. One of the ones that wounded Thor latched a tentacle onto Endymion's arm.

For a moment Natasha was worried that it would do to Endymion what it did to Banner. Whatever it was had been strong enough to take down even the Hulk.

It did not seem to have any effect whatsoever on Endymion.

Using the same arm that was being held by the tentacle, Endymion gripped it in its hand. Natasha could see the tendrils of electricity that surged up into the demon. It roared in agony as it was fried to a crisp. Endymion simply tore his arm free from the charred tentacle's grip with minimal effort.

Natasha was even more dumbstruck than when she had seen Endymion's arrival.

The man had just shredded the entire force of demons in less than a few minutes.

In a blink, Endymion was standing before them again. "One down."

"I shall fight beside you my friend." Thor moved to stand but before he could even reach his feet, he fell back down with a groan.

"No, you have all done enough. You have leave to rest." Endymion's voice took on a little softer edge. "I will take things from here."

"How the hell did you do that?" It was Stark who voiced Natasha's thoughts.

Endymion chuckled. "Been doing this for many millions of years. Plenty of practice."

Did he just say he was... how old was Endymion?

That question was going to have to wait for another day. Another horde was coming out from the gate as fast as the last.

Endymion flicked his wrist and formed a blue whip, once again the same color and appearance of the glow from his body. Endymion did not even look at first as he swung the new weapon out behind him.

It sliced through the demons like a burning knife through paper. As he twirled around, he formed a second whip from his other hand and lashed out with both to tear the demons to ribbons.

This group fell just as quick as the last. As did the next, and the one after that as well. Each wave of the monsters that came was mercilessly torn apart by Endymion. Fliers, the larger beasts, nothing could get past him.

The man still did not have a scratch on him. Hundreds of the demon monsters at a time and he was not touched once. He was not even breathing heavily either.

How on earth were they meant to be able to fight a guy like this the other day? He must have been holing almost everything back to even give them a chance.

Natasha had lost count of the groups that came through the gate but it stopped all of a sudden. No more demons came through the gate but something was off.

Natasha remembered Endymion's words. They needed to kill the demon lord, nothing matching its description had yet to appear. Even if it did... Natasha hoped Endymion would be able to stop it. His description of the thing did not inspire confidence.

Next thing Natasha knew, the silence was split by the loudest roar she had ever heard in her life. It was a scream of pure rage and suffering given physical force.

Natasha fell to her knees in a futile attempt to cover her bleeding ears from the sound. It was as if she was feeling it more than she heard it.

Even Stark, sealed as he was in his suit could not escape the sound. Endymion seemed to be the only one unaffected.

"Show yourself demon!" Endymion's yell was almost as loud as the other, it seemed to banish away the first. "I can keep killing your slaves for a while longer if I have to!"

Then Natasha felt it. It was as if all the air had been sucked out of the area, leaving her gasping for breath. She could practically feel the energy being sapped away by something.

She looked up just in time to see the massive clawed hand reach through the archway. Natasha's eyes grew so wide they nearly fell from their sockets as the creature pulled itself into view.

It was the largest thing the Russian woman had ever seen. Twenty foot tall, it was armored in many plates made up of spines and charcoal black scales. Claws larger than cars tipped each of its four hands. The massive horns atop its head were positioned as if acting like some kind of crown. Flames and smoke covered it like a shroud.

If there was a more perfect image of what the devil could look like, Natasha had never seen it.

Gripping the two revolvers in her hands so tightly her knuckles turned white, Natasha had never felt so small or powerless in her life.

"About time demon, I was getting bored kicking the crap out of your legions." Endymion seemed utterly fearless. In fact, if anything he sounded impatient.

"Magi..." Natasha again felt the voice more than she heard it. It was thick and raspy, like if someone had not drank anything in a long time. "I eagerly look forward to mounting your head above my new throne."

Endymion scoffed. "You'll have to first take your throne demon."

"You face the great Lord Atihtazor magi whelp. I will not suffer your insolence!" With that, the creature brought a huge hand up straight toward the Avengers. A giant pillar of black flames surged toward them.

Natasha did not get the chance to yell for help. Endymion had already appeared in front of them. The moment he lifted his arm, a sphere of light had formed around their whole group.

The flames struck their shield and tried to push through but the it stood firm. Endymion himself looked as if he was putting a lot of effort into holding the barrier in place.

When the flames stopped, Endymion dropped the shield in a dazzling display of sparks.

"That the best you got?" Endymion was goading the demon lord. Natasha was not sure if that was a smart idea but this guy was the expert after all.

Endymion stomped his foot hard into the ground. A large spike of rock shot out from the ground toward the demon lord Atihtazor. The creature easily swatted the attack aside like a fly but it had been only a distraction.

Endymion himself was already rushing forward.

Drawing his blades from his back, he was only halfway to the demon when he was spotted. Atihtazor swung an arm, throwing many tendrils of black smoke that shot toward Endymion like many small whips.

The man easily ducked and weaved among the attacks. The ones he did not avoid he would disappear for a fraction of a second and reappear on the opposite side to dodge.

Atihtazor was unable to bring up a second attack before Endymion had reached him. The man carved deep cuts into Atihtazor's legs as he ran past.

The demon lord's attacks turned physical. He tried to crush Endymion beneath a swing of his arm but the man jumped over the attack. Landing back on his feet, Endymion slashed several more cuts into Atihtazor's scaly body.

Natasha would not have thought his blades to be able to slice through that armor but apparently whatever they were made of was not simple steel.

Atihtazor himself howled in agony with each hit.

The black smoke around Atihtazor's hand coalesced into the shape of a huge axe. The demon lord swung the weapon in a mighty swing to try to cleave Endymion in half at the waist.

Endymion jumped and twisted mid-air to roll over the weapon.

As Natasha watched, she saw that the hordes of demons were back. Only they were not attacking anymore. Instead they seemed to be watching the battle unfold.

It almost made Natasha feel like they were in the coliseum, except here the patrons were too terrified to make a sound so they would just watch in silence.

Endymion's luck finally ran out when one of the smoke tendrils lashed around his ankle. Before he got a chance to slice if loose, he was hurled aside across the dirt.

The demon lord moved with great speed despite his large size. Before Endymion could rise he hefted the axe above his head and brought it down.

Endymion threw up another shield to deflect the attack but that was all it did. The glowing sphere cracked like glass on impact.

The next attack came before Endymion could raise another shield.

From the demon lord's spare hand he let loose a geyser of black flames directly on top of Endymion. Natasha remembered clearly the last time Atihtazor had used that move. The shield Endymion used had barely held up against it.

This time, the flames did not stop. Atihtazor held the attack going, like if a person wanted to make sure a bug was dead when crushed. He held it so long that when he finally stopped, there was dust all over the air.

Natasha stared in absolute terror as Atihtazor backed away in mocking laughter. There was no movement where Endymion had last been seen.

The man was dead.

Everywhere the demon minions cheered.

The Avengers only stared in horrified silence.

That was when the demon lord turned toward the Avengers.

After seeing what happened, Thor was not going to just sit back anymore. The Asgardian price forced himself back to his feet with hammer in hand as Clint took up a position beside him. Stark held his last repulsor up on the other side of Thor. Natasha herself held the two revolvers up as she moved to stand beside the billionaire.

The four of them formed a human shield between the demon lord and their two wounded team members. If Atihtazor wanted to take their world, he would first have to get past them.

"Is this all your world has left to offer?" Atihtazor laughed. It was a hollow mocking sound that made Natasha want to plant a bullet, or whatever it was those guns shot, right between his eyes.

She contemplated doing just that when she heard it.

" ATIAHTAZOR!"

The yell was so loud and intense that even the demon lord was affected by it. A look that could only be described as shock passed his features.

The eyes of demon, human, and Asgardian all turned to face the sound.

The dust from a moment ago had begun to clear. Among it stood a single figure, its features were still shrouded in the dust cloud. The golden wings are what revealed who it was.

Atihtazor was unable to respond fast enough. Endymion shot out through the air toward the demon lord. Flying by, the wings cut deep into the flesh of Atihtazor's side.

The demon lord roared as he tried to swat Endymion like a literal fly. None of the blows connected however. Between being airborne and his ability to vanish then reappear, nothing could hit him.

Endymion flew high into the sky for the final strike.

Natasha could see him from the ground only because of the glow from his wings. His entire body lit up as if he were a living lightning bolt. Then he came screaming down like a meteor from the heavens.

Atihtazor threw up several tendrils of flames and smoke but Endymion dodged them all easily.

When Endymion connected, the clap of thunder was deafening.

Atihtazor's head exploded on impact like a watermelon into a mess of dark blood and gore. The shock wave threw both the Avengers and the hordes of demons clear off their feet.

The ground shook once again when the demon's twenty foot tall headless corpse fell. Only the quake did not stop. This earthquake was much more intense than the last ones. The earth everywhere began to crack and split. The ground beneath the demons gave out and sent them all tumbling into a flaming abyss.

The archway began to crack and splinter as it too began to fall apart. The voices from it now turning to screams.

Endymion rushed over to them, somehow keeping perfect balance despite the ground moving. The rest of the Avengers almost could not even get back to their feet.

"What's going on?" Clint yelled just before he fell onto his broken arm with a gasp of pain.

Endymion said nothing. He only threw up a ball of light that soared high into the sky. It exploded into an array of colors in the black sky much like fireworks would.

Within in moments, their quinjet descended. The moment the aircraft was down everyone was running to board it. Thor had again picked up the unable to walk Banner while Natasha and Stark helped the wounded Steve walk. Endymion made sure they were all onboard before he even stepped on.

"Go!" The moment he jumped on Endymion was shouting to the pilots. The quinjet took off just as the ground where they were fell.

After they were all strapped in, Natasha watched from the open loading ramp. The entire island collapsed into itself and sank into the ocean.

Not a trace was left behind that it ever existed.


Hope you all liked the finale. Next up is the epilogue.