On a hill top in Scandinavia, a tall muscular blond male was sitting Indian style. On his head, was a helmet with small metal wings, upon his chest was silver armor with chain mail armor covering his limbs, and a long red cape. The wind began to blow his hair behind his head, and the man opened his eyes. Dark clouds were growing closer, yet, he did not hear the clash of lightning. This was not a good omen.
"Time for the God of Asgard to go to battle," he said, picking up a giant sledgehammer, "Ragnarok is nigh."
In a harbor on a small island in the Aegean Sea, dozens of Greek ships silently floated on the surface of the water. A person in a dark purple cloak was walking up the steps into a large building. As the person walked through the building, that person saw a large statue at the end of a hallway. It had a giant woman with an owl sitting on her shoulder. Suddenly, the person removed the top of the cloak, revealing her to be an attractive woman with long black hair. She then reached out to a set of clothing which included a tiara, lasso, and bracelets.
"Forgive me mother," she said, as she began to change.
In a small tower in the middle of New York, Tony Stark was putting the finishing touches to his newest project. He sat on a stool using a blow torch to fuse the last parts of the circuitry together. He looked outside the great window, onto a burning New York. The walkers were everywhere, and the military was not making any progress. For some reason, Superman was missing, and the creatures were taking full advantage of it. But, Tony was always prepared.
After his adventure in the Middle East, Tony had begun to build a new suit of armor. This time, one that he could actually control during flight. Its weapon system was now upgraded with armor piercing missiles, and his flame thrower was far more powerful. No it was time to take it for a test drive.
"Show time," he said, having placed the red and blue armor on his body. He shot up into the air, and out the skylight into the wild blue yonder.
"Ah!" Superman moaned as he was sent spiraling into a tank by a shot from one of the invaders. These soldiers were using laser weaponry like the walkers, though on a much smaller scale. Spider-man, Batman, and J'onn were hiding behind an artillery piece, as the creatures continued to fire on them. Batman slowly pulled out a batarang, and pressed a button, causing it to begin to beep.
"Stay down," he ordered, before throwing the explosive weapon. As soon as it reached the other side of the vehicle, it exploded, sending the invaders in numerous directions. As Batman prepared another weapon, Spider-man noticed another alien coming up to attack from behind.
"Look out," Peter said, before throwing a web packet at the creature, sending it sprawling, covered in the disgusting goo.
"We need to get out of here," J'onn said. Suddenly, a truck was thrown towards the aliens, once again sending them scattering. Superman smiled, as J'onn joined him in the air, and Batman and Spider-man jumped into the bat jet. They were soon up in the air, retreating from the base.
"That was close," Superman said, looking back at the base.
J'onn shook his head. "We're not out of this yet," he said, and then pointed toward a nearby valley, "look."
There, dozens of flying invaders were soaring towards them. The fighters began to fire bolts of lasers at the heroes, which they dodged. Superman soon flew himself into the squadron, smashing one of the lead flyers. As he turned around to take another run, one of the flyers turned and slammed him into a cliff with a laser bolt. As Superman struggled to get up, the flyers focused their attention on the other heroes.
Finally, after several minutes, one laser bolt hit the Bat Jet, slicing off one of its wings, causing Spider-man and Batman to go plummeting towards the earth. Just as it appeared that both of them were going to be fired in a fiery explosion, a green light encased them.
"What happened?" Batman asked, before J'onn appeared next to the plane.
"Help has arrived," the Martian said, pointing up, revealing an African American man wearing a green and black out fit, and a giant beam of energy coming out of a ring on his right hand. It was the Green Lantern.
Suddenly, another flyer closed in on GL, a young woman with bird wings and an electric mace charged from a cliff, slamming the mace into the flyer, causing it to explode.
"Hawkgirl," Batman gasped, "What's she doing here?"
Then, another one of the flyers exploded, a bolt of lighting covering, and then detonating it. The blond haired man from Scandinavia flew onto the scene, a hammer covered in electric sparks in his right hand.
"Good you could make it to the party Thor," GL said, before addressing all of the heroes flying around him, "Sorry I'm late, there was an emergency on Oa."
The five heroes capable of flight began to engage what was left of the squadron of invading aircraft. Superman grabbed one of the flyers and threw it into a cliff. GL used the ring to send energy bolts into one of the flyers, crushing it into two pieces. Both Thor and Hawkgirl used their weapons to destroy flyers near them. J'onn caused two of the flyers to blast one another. Just as one flyer was about to sneak up on Superman, it exploded in a fiery inferno. All of the heroes turned to see a man in a metal, red and yellow suit flying towards them.
"I suppose its time for my introduction," the armored man said, "You have been the first, among many, to be saved by the incredible IRON MAN."
This of course caused all of the other heroes to give one another strange looks. This, unfortunately, dropped all of their guard, and one of the flyers decided it had its best chance of defeating them, swooped in. Of course, it did not even come close, because it collided with a super sonic jet. Out from the jet, just escaping before the crash, came a man dressed in red, white, and blue, with a shield with the same colors. As the man landed on one of the cliff edges, he tossed the shield like a discus, and it soon sliced another flyer in half before returning to him.
"Is that Cap?" Green Lantern asked, stunned.
"If you mean Steve Rodgers, then yes," J'onn affirmed, as Captain America gave them a salute, which former marine John Stewart, aka Green Lantern, proudly returned.
Hawkgirl, twisting through one of the ravines, was caught by a small laser blast by the last surviving flyer. As she tried to lift herself up, the flyer began to close in. Suddenly, the black haired woman from the temple swooped down onto the ledge in front of Hawkgirl.
"Allow me," she said calmly, before blocking the flyers bolts with her bracelets reflected the bolts, they were returned strait back at the flyer, blowing it up. Iron Man saw her and wolf whistled.
"What a woman," Tony Stark said. Green Lantern just groaned at the woman. Rookies were popping out of the woodwork.
Batman sighed; as both he and Spider-man just stood and watched the heroes capable of flight dismantle the small squadron of invading aircraft. They suddenly noticed a red streak flying across the snow covered valley.
"Hey Bats," the flash said cockily, running up to Batman and his beloved downed plane, "Did you drop this?" it was what was left of the wing that had been shot off. Suddenly, the seven heroes who had been flying around destroying aliens landed. Flash suddenly noticed the Amazon warrior.
"Wow," the scarlet speedster said aloud, before asking the beautiful maiden, where have you been all my life?"
"Themyscira," she said honestly. Hawkgirl gained a look of enlightenment.
"The legendary home of the Amazons? I thought that was just a myth."
"No, I assure you that it is real as the ground we are standing on," the woman said, "I am Diana; I am princess of the Amazon's. Themyscira is protected by the gods, but I could not stand by while the Earth was destroyed."
After elbowing the smitten Iron Man, Superman walked up to Diana. "It sure was lucky you made it here," he said.
"No," J'onn cut him off, "Not luck, I called her and the others here telepathically."
"Look," Flash said, "I'm usually pretty quick on the uptake, but what the heck is going on." All of the heroes turned their attention to J'onn, who sighed, as he began to tell his story.
"I am from Mars," he began, as we enter flashback mode…
"These invaders that Earth is dealing with, first came to our planet thousands of years ago."
In a peaceful city with towering skyscrapers, hundreds of J'onn's species walked around the walkways that towered over a red plain.
"It was a golden age, our civilization at the height of its power and prosperity. But then they arrived."
Suddenly, a fiery rock like the one that impacted New York flew through the Martian sky. As they land, they cause horrific damage.
"Where they came from, no one knew, but they were determined to make our planet their own."
A walker strides across the landscape, blasting apart the landscape, looking for survivors. It does not notice the Martian hiding behind a destroyed building however.
"We Martians were peaceful people, and the taking of any life caused us much grief."
The Martian tossed a grenade at the walker, causing the giant firing platform to explode. The Martian just stares at its flaming carcass.
"But we quickly learned the ways of war."
Invaders march captured Martians across the ruined city, to a giant pit. There, they are stored in pods, which cause their life force to be sucked away.
"Finally, a small group of Martian survivors attempted one last desperate assault."
J'onn and about a half dozen other Martians began an attack by throwing a grenade inside an invader stronghold. It blew away several invaders, clearing a path for the Martians. As they began to scout the area, they were fired on by invaders from another level above them. As Martians began to fall, J'onn threw himself behind a pillar and pulled out a special grenade.
"I unleashed a powerful nerve gas which paralyzed the invaders."
J'onn walked among the frozen Invaders, looking upon their immovable forms with glee. His happiness vanished when he saw the bodies of all of his comrades. They had given their lives to insure their victory.
"The invaders were defeated, but the cost was great, I was the only Martian left."
"I kept watch over them for five hundred years, but then, six years ago, astronauts from Earth awoke them," J'onn continued.
"Wait a minute," Flash interjected, "How come we never heard about this from the astronauts."
"Some pencil pusher in Washington probably said it should be classified information," GL suggested, causing most of the heroes to nod.
"With all the Martians gone," J'onn continued, "The invaders had nothing left to feed on, and came to Earth."
"We got to stop these things before it's too late," Cap shouted, before J'onn shook his head.
"It may already be too late."
Suddenly the radio from the bat jet blared on. "Giant factories… smoke everywhere… no sun… walker killing civilians… where is Superman?"
"It's awful," Diana said. Spider-man just nodded his head before Diana finally shouted, "we need to take out those factories."
"Now hold on sister," Green Lantern growled, "we don't need rookies getting in the way."
"We Amazons are born warriors," Diana seethed, "would you like to test me."
"Look break it up," Superman said.
"No don't, I have five on the princess," Spider-man whispered.
"Logically," Cap intervened, "we should split up into teams of three or four."
Suddenly Flash were standing next to Diana. "Dibs on the princess," he said. She just stared at the others for help.
Flash, Green Lantern and Iron Man were racing across the sea, all three of them possessing scowls.
"You are no fun!" the the speedster shouted at his green counterpart.
"This isn't about fun," GL scowled, "We have a job to do and it will go smoother without distractions."
"Yeah, yeah."
The three heroes all arrived at an African Jungle, where a giant factory was pumping out false clouds. Walkers surrounded the factory, wary of any attempt to slow down its production. The three heroes spied down on the operation from a tall cliff, attempting to scope out the situation.
"Alright listen," GL said, "here is the plan."
"Plan," Flash said condescendingly, "I don't need a stinking plan!"
As Flash rushed into the battle, the walkers were unprepared for the assault, and were thrown back by the two directional attacks. As Flash rushed around the valley, however, he hit a small rock, causing a pool of oil to surround him and lock him down. When Iron Man attempted to assist his friend, he was slammed by one of the lasers, and was sent hurtling toward the valley wall, colliding with it in a crunch.
"Fools," GL said, before blasting away one of the walkers, and flying down to provide assistance to the captured hero. The bolts of lasers bounced around him, as he used his ring to cut the substance that was holding the Flash in place.
"Looks like you could use some help," a voice came from the bushes, as two missiles exploded from the shrubbery, and pierced the walkers' heads, killing both of them. Iron Man walked back to the others, a blow torch out in order to help free Flash.
"I sure hope the others are having more hope than we are," GL sighed, as the two got to work.
At the Sphinx in Egypt, another factory was spewing out tons of fake cloud into the air. A walker walked past the stone monument, where Batman had led a team of J'onn, Cap, Spider-man, and Wonder Woman. The young Amazonian was not handling the hiding well. Instead of being lead by the only just man in her book, Superman, she was set to follow the coward of the night, Batman. She hated not being out their in the field.
"Amazons are fighters, we do not hide and cower!" she shouted in anger, as she punched the Sphinx. This caused pieced of the beast's foot to fall out, thereby causing Spider-man to hide behind the black wearing hero.
"We'll wait until J'onn returns with an advantage of some sort," he said more calmly than any normal hero could expect to.
He was saved from the angry Amazon when J'onn popped out of the ground. "There are no openings;" the Martian said sadly, "the outside is completely blocked."
"Than we'll make an opening!" Diana shouted, as she flew off into the air.
"Not one for subtlety, is she?" Spiderman wittily asked. The others just glared at him. Just as J'onn was about to fly off to assist her, Batman stopped him.
"Let's see what she can do," he explained, as the Amazon proceeded to punch her way through the first walker. Then, using her golden lasso, she hog tied the creature's legs, and caused it to crash into the factory, creating a giant gaping hole in its side.
"There," she said smugly to her comrades, "I have made an opening."
Spider-man whistled as he and the other three male heroes jumped over the fallen monster, only to fall into a hail of lasers courtesy of a large number of alien troopers. Suddenly, the creatures balked and bolted from the scene, taking care to avoid the areas where the sun was shining.
"They run like cowards," Diana commented, as she lead Cap, Spidey, and J'onn on a chase after them. Batman however, noticing the weird behavior of the creatures, looked into the sky at the sun contemplatively. He then followed the others in their assault.
It was in Metropolis where the final team made up of Superman, Thor, and Hawkgirl were beginning their attack. They had just finished off a walker, and Superman chopped off one of its legs. He then grabbed the leg, and hurled it like a spear at the factory. This broke open the side, allowing the three heroes to rush into the facility.
As the three walked along a corridor, they were fired on from a platform above them. Several dozen shock troops fired dozens of bolts at the heroes, attempting to blow them out off the causeway.
"Stay back!" Superman shouted, "I'll…"
He was cut off when Hawkgirl, completely ignoring his warnings, flew into the crowd of Martians and proceeded to pummel them. The other two were shocked at the woman's ferocity. Soon, all that was left of the invaders was a large pile of grey and white goo.
"Come on," the woman said furiously, "there is a time for words and a time for action."
Superman shrugged at Thor, as they followed the winged woman down the hallway. They continued to walk for some time, appearing to get nowhere. Finally, Thor stopped in front of a wall.
"What are you doing?" Hawkgirl asked.
"I can sense a large power source this way," the blonde man informed them. He then grabbed the wall and literally tore it out of the way. It showed another hallway, which appeared to be going in the direction that the center was located.
"You are not the only one with god-like strength my friend," he said to Superman, as they began to walk down that hall.
Green Lantern had almost freed his speedy companion from the goo. He continued to mumble to himself, as both of his companions in red made snide remarks. Suddenly, just as they freed Flash, two new walkers had emerged from the factory, and had begun to fire laser bolts at the heroes again.
GL formed a protective barrier around himself as he charged toward the walkers, only to stare in shock when one of the walkers sent a fume grenade that began to choke the hero. Flash, thinking quickly, began to spin his arms rapidly, causing a tornado to blow the smoke away, leaving an unconscious Lantern lying defenseless.
"Uh oh," Flash muttered to himself as the walkers began to close in on them, "got to run!"
"Don't worry!" Iron Man encouraged, "Just leave these babies to me!" Iron man activated a button on his wrist, and steadied himself so that his chest was pointed towards the creatures. Suddenly, a great blast occurred, sending both walkers to the ground in a heap. "Oh right!" the tin can shouted, before realizing that Flash had already abandoned the field. "Hey guys!" he whined, "Wait for me!"
Superman's team was flying through a set of openings in the corridor they had discovered. The three set down in front of a large doorway, and prepared to set off on foot. Both Thor and Hawkgirl began to hold their weapons more tightly, itching for battle.
"Are you always so ready for a fight?" Superman asked Hawkgirl. She turned angrily at him.
"My home Thanagar is a warlike world," she told him, "there, one must strike first, or they will die."
"Charming," Thor said quite honestly, "Reminds me of Asgard, other than the whole dying thing."
Suddenly, they heard a swooshing sound, and saw that membrane like covers were blocking the holes that lead out of the room they were standing in. As they began to attack the door, gas began to fill the chamber. It was causing all three of them to choke, and when Superman tried to rip open the door, an electrical current ripped through Superman, causing him to fall to the floor in a heap as his companions fell unconscious.
Wonder Woman couldn't understand it. Before, she had been easily chasing the Martians away from the wall. But here in their stronghold, they could not seem to get past the gooey invaders and they're laser weapons.
"They've blocked us off again!" she shouted with frustration. She fell back to the others, who were trying their best to find cover in the weird structure of the hallway. Spider-man, who had been hit by more than a few lasers, growled at her.
"Tell me something I don't know sister!" he shouted, as he dodged another blast.
"It's almost as they know what we are thinking!" Batman shouted, as he threw another explosive batarang at the Martians, again causing them to fall back, he ran up to J'onn, who he realized was in a trance.
"Superman, Hawkgirl, and Thor are down," he said sadly, "they have failed."
"What!" Wonder Woman wondered loudly.
"This way," the Martian shouted, "we need to hurry!"
The five heroes began a long sprint across the factory, winding through countless passage ways, all behind the leadership of the telepathic Martian. After flying up into another hallway, Batman calmly put on his electric knuckles, in preparation for battle.
"Look," the Martian pointed to a large orange sphere, "it is the central core, we take that out, the whole factory will shut down."
"Sounds easy enough, so who is the distraction?" Spider-man asked eagerly. He was dumbfounded when every one else stared at him.
"The things I do for love," he grumbled, as he swung over to the other side of the great hall and slammed into one of the tiny office spaces where the invaders were working diligently. The chamber erupted in battle, as the heroes proceeded to dismantle whatever the parasites could throw at them. This bought J'onn the time to sneak up to the core, and pull out the main crystal.
"Let's get out of here," Cap said as the five broke for the exit. They all had a large head start, when suddenly, J'onn collapsed. He was holding his head and screaming, as the martians began to close in.
"I'll take the stone," Batman ordered, "You get him out of here!"
As the heroes ran towards the door, a new membrane had begun to form. It would cut off the heroes and their escape route. Wonder Woman and J'onn were the first to make it, followed by both Cap and Spidey. However, just before Batman could reach it, the membrane enclosed the door, trapping him. Suddenly, he heard the cocking of rifles, and turned to see a large contingent of parasites holding lasers at him.
On the other side of the membrane, the heroes were shocked to see great bulges form in the membrane. Just as Diana charged towards the door, J'onn put his hand on her shoulder.
"It is too late," the Martian said. All the others stared at the door sadly. How could the world ever survive without Batman?
AN: Done, and done! Hope you like it!