Armoury, Sub Level 8 - 05:16AM, 4th September
Unicorn slotted the older battle ram onto his forehead, the metal horn humming with energy as the onboard computers calculated the amount of plasma in the fuel cells. While the newer model was more energy efficient it's waste plasma recycling systems had been shorted out by Electro and as such the weapon was drained of fuel. Clicking his knuckles he walked down the aisles of stored technology heading to where Tate was filling up a series of White Phosphorous Grenades with a second batch of Anti Vampire Serum. Her new plan involved heading down to Sub Level 14, filling up the emergency fire suppressant system hoping it would work before spraying the entire prison with a diluted station from one of the emergency response terminals on a guard station on the floor above.
"Six Grenades full, after that it's back to darts and plain old forcing it down his neck." Tate stated, "Now we just have to hope that the sprinkler system still works."
"Ten Bucks says it fails." Unicorn snorted, "Security, Logistics and Containment are down. The Teleporters are recharging and the Jump Gates are wired to explode when used. It stands to reason that the sprinklers are down."
"Do you have ten bucks?" Tate asked, "Because lots of people who are conveniently dead owe me money."
"I'll get you your money you greedy capitalist." Milos growled as the door to the Armoury buckled as Iron Clad ran in massive claw marks over his armor. Breathing heavily he slumped down on the floor, wheezing and coughing, grey metal poking out from beneath his rust red exterior. "There are Vampires in the prison." he wheezed "Two of them, and they are pissed."
"Two Vampires?" Tate asked, "Blade must have turned Skein."
"It makes no difference." Unicorn mumbled, "We must get the serum in the sprinklers before they arrive here."
"They won't." Iron Clad wheezed, "I lost them when the outer wall collapsed and the thing arrived from outside the prison."
"Can you describe them?" Unicorn asked.
"About Six Foot Tall, Bug like face, dresses like the Green Goblin and carried some kind of nasty stick." Iron Clad told them, "Ring any bells."
"Or Alarms in this case." Tate announced, "I heard the guards talking about something like this, they called it an Annihilus or maybe just Annihilus, apparently he is the warlord of this realm or at least he was? It's quite confusing but needless to say he's a bad guy and can't get to Earth"
"So we don't fix the portals?" Unicorn asked, "How the hell do we get out of here?"
"We don't, it will be bad if Blade and Skein get to Earth but if Annihilus breaks through then it will be even worse. All we can do is hold out as long as we can and see who wins and then attempt to take the victor while their injured or tired." Tate strategized, "As long as we avoid them we should be able to survive long enough to get help from SHIELD."
"Not really the people I want to see right now." Iron Clad complained, "If we rally the others maybe we have a chance to take this dump. But it might be better if we leave them here and leave SHIELD a note telling them to lock this place and never come back."
"And how the hell do we get out of here? I assume you found a way out." Unicorn theorized.
"I came in with an amulet, mystical it could travel through time and space, if we can find it we could escape." Iron Clad proposed, "If you help me find it I'll let you come with me."
"Sold." a figure yelled from the door, "One Time travelling amulet, Storage Room, Sub Level 28." Leaning against the frame Deadpool smoked a mock cigarette, in reality a pen that he had found. "Now tell me where you worried?"
"How? The Super Cancer Serum failed." Tate asked.
"Well I'll tell you." Deadpool announced, "Plus it will speed up the time it takes to get to the Storage Room."
Medical Centre, Sub Level 6 - 03:22AM, 4th September
Deadpool lifted his fingers presenting a rude sign to whoever was licking in him, he felt sore for some reason, especially around his head, opening his eyes he found out why, nestled around his cranium where a pair of reptilian jaws. Deadpool screamed and gave a swift kick to the Lizard's groin, the blow failing to remove the reptilian menace that was tugging on his skull in an attempt to remove it from his head.
"Will you please remove your mouth from my head, good sir?" Deadpool asked in an upper class accent to no avail. "Fine if your going to bite me then I get to bite you back." he suggested chomping onto the Lizard's tongue and chewing it until he was spat out. "Nom Nom Nom." he announced reaching for the syringe in his chest, throwing the needle on the floor. "Okay Sir Hiss." he told the Lizard in a camp French accent, "Engarde." he announced removing the Katana from his back. With a primal scream the Lizard leapt up onto the wall before sailing over Deadpool's head onto the back wall and dropping onto him pinning him to the floor.
"Monkey Brain talk too much." The Lizard hissed as he closed in for a head bite, "Lizard Brain only survives never talks."
"Oh shutta your face." Deadpool announced shoving the Lizard's snout sideways before wiggling out and under the table before loading the pistol that had fallen on the floor after the Lizard had started it's 'examination' of him. "Deadpool Brain must break 4th Wall." he announced shooting the entire magazine into the wall. Slipping out from under the table he surveyed his marksmanship, the bullet holes forming the words, "Yes I'm alive readers."
"Pretty good don't…ugh." he started to say as the Lizard tackled him knocking him into a cabinet, a case of syringes falling to the floor clattering as the metal box bounced on the floor. "Drugs, Happy Drugs." Deadpool exclaimed happily picking up a syringe of Serotonin and stabbing the Lizard in the eye. "Happy Time." he squeaked as smiley faces floated behind him and a bunny hopped past before vomiting up a rainbow.
"Monkey Brain weak, should press the advantage." the Lizard snarled slapping the bunny away and getting to his feet, the smiley faces gasping in horror before leaving Deadpool alone on the floor. "Monkey unaffected by Lizard Brain must experiment find out why." he hissed picking Deadpool up by the scruff and roughly slamming him onto the table. Deadpool squirmed but the Lizard punched him in the throat causing him to stop moving. Gazing backwards he saw a door marked Cold Storage and begun to wiggle again this time kneeing the Lizard in the face before running towards the door, the saurian villain hot on his heels. Performing a quick 180 Deadpool left the room and slammed the door as the Lizard followed managing to stick his snout out before being slapped with the flat edge of Wade's Katana.
"That's for eating Samuel L Jackson in Jurassic Park." Deadpool told the Lizard as he bolted the door with a flimsy bolt and chain. "Well that's about all for the flashback." he told the audience sitting on the aisles of folding chairs. "I'm here till Thursday, try the Veal." he added as he walked off the stage to the sound of thunderous applause.
Storage Room 50, Sub Level 29 - 05:48AM
"That did not happen." Iron Clad told Deadpool, "I mean the whole fight with the Lizard thing was probably true but they didn't ask for an Encore and The Strokes didn't play Reptillia as you fought."
"Oh really then how come I had them autograph my buttocks." Deadpool stated pulling down his pants and mooning Iron Clad as Tate walked past.
"What I want to know is why the chemical Super Cancer didn't work straight away?" Tate asked. Deadpool shrugged, he was going to say something about continuity when the door on the other side of the massive room filled with storage containers opened and Pit Viper walked in with Anti Venom and Tiger Shark flanking her.
"Where is the amulet?" Pit Viper hissed as she walked towards Iron Clad. "Tell me and I won't cut off your head."
"You told them about the magical time and space doohickey." Deadpool said in shock, "Shame on you." he said waggling a finger at Iron Clad.
"I didn't, I planned to get out by myself not take all of you with me. I only told you guys I swear." Iron Clad replied
"Then how do you explain that every computer in this place is displaying a message from you, saying that there is a way out on Sub Level 29 in the form of an Ancient Egyptian Amulet." Tiger Shark snapped before grinning at Deadpool who gulped before hiding behind the Unicorn. At the end of the room a third door opened and the Hobgoblin appeared carrying a plasma canon scanning the two groups of villains.
"Phew just a Goblin for a minute I thought it was the Scourge of the Underworld." Deadpool sighed.
"You idiot he is the Scourge, just in disguise." Pit Viper snarled causing the assorted villains to draw weapons or get ready to charge the Hobgoblin as he limped over, a blade sticking out of his knee.
"He's not the Scourge of the Underworld." Deadpool stated, "You are, the real Pit Viper got a free pass shortly after Chapter 3, Chapter 2 if you don't count the first one. You Sir are an imposter." he announced pulling off a latex mask revealing a ballistic mask covered face before Pit Viper/Scourge shot him in the skull before delivering a swift kick to Iron Clad knocking him backwards, as the former Avenger ran forward in an attempt to apprehend him, before wriggling out of the synthetic skin he wore. The villains tensed up as Scourge trained a pair of pistols on the group waiting for them to move. Tiger Shark leapt in first, the bullets bouncing off his scales, before falling past Scourge as he rolled out the way slamming his feet into Unicorn, the energy beam charging from his battle ram shooting wide and slicing through the ceiling. Recovering Scourge holstered a pistol and withdrew a flamethrower as Tiger Shark charged him, the flames scorching the marine villain sending him sprawling.
As he reached an execution position over the fallen villain Scourge was struck by a blast of energy as the Hobgoblin fired the plasma canon, the accelerated energy blast setting Scourge's ballistic vest and grenade belt on fire causing the masked vigilante to ditch the armor, throwing it towards Anti Venom, the grenades detonating as the Symbiote charged towards him sending the vigilantie sprawling. The Hobgoblin fired two more times, the blasts streaking wide as the Scourge of the Underworld took Deadpool's dropped weapon and fired half a magazine into the villain.
"That's mine, you can't take that." Deadpool moaned as Scouge turned and shot him in the head again.
"A pity I'm out of Anti Cancer Rounds." Scourge grumbled as a lick of flame erupted from Tate's wrist sprayers. "I haven't forgotten about you HYDRA drone." he announced charging through the flames and shoulder barging Tate into a wall before shooting her through the left lung. "At last Justice is Served." he announced as he walked over to a crate removing an amulet decorated with the sun's journey across the sky. "Once your all dead I will escape this hell and serve justice to the world outside." he stated as he shot Deadpool again as he attempted to stand, "Starting with you Deadpool, I killed you once and I'll do it again."
"I think you still have more guys to kill." Deadpool wheezed as his healing factor pushed several bullets out of his skull. "When I discovered you were here I set a trap for everyone." he announced "The Hobgoblin later confirmed that you had attempted to kill Electro, the Absorbing Man and Blade as you tried to point the finger of blame towards him. I was the one who sent the viral message and now your competition arrives in three, two, one. Boom." he yelled as Annihilus arrived vaporizing the door that the Hobgoblin had arrived through. With a single shot Deadpool knocked the amulet out of Scourge's hand and sent it rolling into the middle of the group of villains.
"Get lost freak." Scourge warned Annihilus as he unholstered a pair of Desert Eagle Pistols.
"This is my realm." Annihilus growled, "You are trespassers and as such will be executed." he announced gripping onto the Cosmic Rod in his hand even harder.
"And that's our queue to leave." Deadpool announced crawling over to where the amulet lay. As he was about to grab hold a stream of adhesive shot out of Tate's Wrist Sprayers gluing him to the floor as she staggered past, orange gel sealing her chest wound. "Tate really, you and me are buddies." he gasped.
"Sorry Wade but this is my only chance to find who abducted my son. If I go back in time then maybe I can stop it from happening." she announced as she stooped to pick up the amulet. "Now how does this work?" she asked as Anti Venom got to his feet. With a quick flick he sent out a tendril that coiled around Tate's hand pulling her and the amulet towards him. "Get off?" she yelled firing a burst of flame.
"Make me." Anti Venom screeched as the other villains closed in all intent on getting the amulet for themselves.
"Hey Unicorn." Deadpool whispered, "Hey give me a hand will you." he asked as Scourge was smashed round the face by Annihilus.
"Don't bother Wilson." Unicorn announced, "I know what you're going to say."
"Look Up." Deadpool announced. Unicorn looked up and saw Blade and Skein perched on the lip of the hole he had accidently bored surveying the battle. "Listen there is no reason we all couldn't use the shiny amulet." he stated covertly snapping the dried adhesive. "Sucker." he yelled as he freed his hands and legs. "Mine." he yelled as he leapt into the fray slashing Anti Venom's tendril and pulling the amulet away, dragging Tate with him.
"Wade we're friends." Tate announced as he pulled the amulet away, "Don't leave me." she screamed as he walked away. "Come back here." she yelled levelling her Wrist Sprayer at Deadpool. "This sprayer is full of Liquid Anti Cancer solution, get back here or I swear I'll fire."
"You wouldn't." Deadpool sneered as the Unicorn lined up to charge at his unprotected back.
"I would." Tate replied tears of anger forming in her eyes, "Now give me the amulet."
"Catch." Deadpool yelled as he threw the amulet into the air. Tate leapt only to see Iron Clad already on an intercept course and much closer to the disc then her. At the same moment the Unicorn charged ramming his horn through Deadpool's spine before heading onwards, blindly smashing into Iron Clad as he closed his massive palm around the amulet.
"No." Tate yelled as golden mist erupted from the amulet. With a last ditch effort she charged spraying a stream of rapid corrosive at the former Avenger as Unicorn made a grab for the amulet, Deadpool still impaled on his horn. With a flash all four of the villains were engulfed in gold mist before disappearing from view, their bodies cast adrift in time and space.