Outside the Jedi Temple: Coruscant
The skies filled with beasts and troopers, starships and robots raining down in a downpour of evil! Rancors toppled buildings with huge claw swipes. Wampa's ran rampant in the streets terrorizing the civilians. New Republic Troops began to counter-attack, but none of the ion cannons or particle beams did very little to halt the advance of the enemy troops.
"This is Field Commander Ossu requesting immediate back-up we got a situation here!" One of them cried into a hologram. Suddenly, a young rancor landed right on top of the cannon he was over seeing and crushed it flat, smearing the blood of the soldiers inside all over the plasteel walkways.
Ossu pulled a blaster and fired several shots that did nothing.
"Back-up!" He cried frantically. "We need back-up!"
Just before the rancor's vile grip swept Ossu into it, an orange blur followed quickly by a black, silver and red one, landed atop the rancor!
"Oh, yeah!" Thing called out. "It's clobberin' time!"
Thor jumped off his back, and started to swing his hammer. "Stay thy hand foul creature, or you shall taste my fury!"
The rancor merely pushed Thor away, and grabbed the Thing. Struggling to get free, Ben could only yell in protest as it shoved down it's gapping maw!
"Friend Ben! Nay!" Thor called.
The rancor seemed to snicker, but then started to choke. Thing pulled the jagged jaws apart slowly but surely.
"Man, what a revoltin' development!" He said, straining under the rancor's jaw muscle.
Thor quickly moved into action. Throwing Mjolnir at the beast, he quickly followed after so when the hammer hit the beast, it was too dazed to see Thor come in with a mighty punch that floored the great cannibal.
Thing jumped back to solid floor and kissed it.
Overhead, X-wings scrambled, firing red bursts of energy at the oncoming slaughterfest. Wedge Antilles, leader of Rogue Squadron, spoke over the comm.
"This is Antilles." He said. "Rogue Squadron, follow me into the stratosphere, we're gonna see what's happening, and try to stop it."
"Rogue Two, standing by." One came through.
The others sounded off accordingly.
"Ok, let's punch it!" Wedge yelled.
He and his starfighter lurched forward and sped towards space. When he finally cleared the atmosphere, what he saw amazed him! The Destroyer was massive! More massive than anything he had ever even dreamed about. It was clear the purple and red had been added on, but shades of the old gray still showed through.
"Wedge, what the hell do we do against that thing?" One of the fighter pilots shouted.
Wedge analyzed the vessel carefully, but before he could report his findings, a blue beam of energy blasted from the bridge of the Super Planet Destroyer! It barely missed Wedge, but vaporized half of Rogue Squadron!
"Wedge, we can't do anything here!"
"Yes we can!" He protested. "Go for the gray areas, they lead to the hull, then we'll punch a hole through it and destroy it from the inside! Watch that beam though, I've never seen energy that intense before!"
"Roger!" Rogue Squadron sounded back all at once.
"Mothma!" Garm cried out, shooting the rancor as it advanced. "I said get Leia out of here!"
Mothma was frozen in fear for a second, but moved swiftly after, to Leia's side. She held here in a fireman's carry and tried to run, but the roof caved in and nearly crushed them!
"Garm! The way is blocked!" She cried.
The Corellian turned for an instant to look and was thrown back by the rancor's roar! He hit the rubble and collapsed out cold. Mothma took up his blaster, and held it at the rancor. Her hands started shaking violently. Before she pulled the trigger, she heard a gruff voice from behind the rancor.
"Hey, why don't ya try something a little more sporting, bub."
The rancor turned and charged at the voices direction.
Mothma panicked. "Whoever you are run! You can't stop it!"
Right after word she heard what sounded like metal slashing through flesh. The rancor froze for a moment, then slumped dead. On top of it's dead body stood Wolverine, lighting a cigar in his mouth.
"Give me somethin' else to cut." He said.
Coruscant Orbit
Wedge flew through the outer shell of the Destroyer and into it's inner workings. The hull was dark, no sun shone through the shell made from Galactus. He fired a few lasers at the hull to test it's defenses. The lasers burned right through it. Good, now he had an opening. He and the rest of Rogue Squadron flew in, launching all the proton torpedos they had at all the important systems.
Super Planet Destroyer Bridge: Coruscant Orbit
Palleon watched as the ranks descended upon the planet-wide city, as if armageddon had begun. Thrawn stood beside him, basking in the glow of the fires burning on Coruscant's surface, relishing the moment.
One of the stormtroopers ran in, waving his arms frantically as if trying to fly.
"SIR! We have a major situation! Rogue Squadron has attacked the ship and are currently docked in hanger bay eleven!" He screamed.
"Shall I send Starkiller, sir?" Palleon asked.
"No..." Thrawn mused. "Send in the new one...Deadpool, was it?"
Super Planet Destroyer: Hanger Bay Eleven: Coruscant Orbit
Rogue Squadron ran through the corridors of the ship, blasting through anything that oppossed them. Wedge took point and tried to figure out the route that would lead to the bridge. He was suddenly engulfed in a puff of red and black smoke, and felt as if several vibroblades were cutting his skin all over!
The smoke disappeared and he fell to the floor.
"Wedge!" One pilot yelled. "Sir, what happened?"
Wedge looked up to see the Merc with the Mouth get ready to stab the pilot.
"Be-hiiiiiind...you..." He whispered hoarsly.
Too late. Deadpool thrust his katana into the man's back, shoving it through his chest. He then teleported away in a puff of red/black smoke, and reappeared dropping the man on the other squadron members, the proceeded to decapitate them one by one as they were knocked out.
Wedge tried to stand up but his muscles would not respond! Deadpool walked slowly up to him, prepared to skewer him, but then the ship rocked sideways, sending Deadpool flying down a reactor shaft. Wedge flew into a wall and groaned.
Coruscant Orbit
Silver Surfer saw the shape of Galactus's helmet and unleashed a blast powerful enough to fell the world-devourer. However, upon realizing it was a ship, he calmed a little. But did not relax his guard, for anyone strong enough to kill Galactus, was no joke! He fired several more cosmic beams, causing the space vessel to semi capsize. He fired again, only to be fired back upon by a huge beam of cosmic energy! It just barely missed him by less than an inch, burning his arm slightly.
"This is no game you play, mortal!" Surfer yelled. "I will protect this planet!"
With that, he zoomed at high speed towards the Helmet of Galactus, which served as the bridge!
Super Planet Destroyer Bridge: Coruscant Orbit
Palleon saw the silver streak headed at high speed towards the bridge of his ship.
"Grand Admiral we have-" He began.
"Calm yourself, and just fire the beam again." Thrawn said.
"Sir, the cannon won't recharge for-"
"The Gauntlet, Palleon." Thrawn interupted.
Of course. He held his left hand out, and the Soul Gems glowed brightly. A huge beam of csomic energy fired from the bridge again, and this time hit it's mark! However, the silver bullet was still heading at them!
"Orders, sir?" Palleon panicked.
"Patience." Thrawn said.
Surfer rammed on ahead, full speed through the beam. It was agonizing pain that made him feel as if he were being ripped apart molecule by molecule. In fact, he WAS being ripped aprt molecule by molecule! His hands disappeared, then his lower arm, then his upper arms!
"I...WILL...DEFEND...MY...FRIENDS!" The Surfer yelled out!
The sound shattered the window of the bridge, causing a vaccum to throw troopers out into the beam, and they were disassembled upon contact. Surfer continued on through the beam, coming closer and closer soon his body was gone and his head was all that remained. Still flying towards them, realizing he was going to die, he opened his mouth and roared a giant ball of energy that exploded out of his mouth and sped towards the enemy. Then everything went dark.
Thrawn dodged to the side yelling, "GET DOWN, PALLEON!"
Palleon did so, as the air was sucked out of the bridge, and barely escaped the explosion of cosmic energy. The bridge was obliterated, sending Palleon flying into space. The Infinity Gauntlet glowed brightly, allowing Palleon to breathe in space. He instinctivly willed the bridge back together, and made it reinforced with Galactus's armor and flew back into the bridge gasping.
"That's it." Palleon announced. "I'm sending the dead in!"
"I suppose that's our only option. These new people they have seem to be more powerful than I thought." Thrawn agreed.