Orbit above Coruscant: Jedi Shuttle
Doom pushed Deadpool back with a quick Force Push, making squeaking noises as his feet slide across the floor. Deadpool quickly attempted to shoot Doom in the face with one of his pistols, but the former despot ignited his emerald lightsaber and sliced the bullet with pinpoint accuracy.
Luke lunged at the mercenary, but missed as he teleported behind him. Blocking his strike with his lightsaber, Luke cut the sword in half. He followed up with a quick horizontal slice at Deadpool's neck, but missed once again.
Doom took advantage of Deadpool's temporary vulnerability and stabbed him through the torso. Deadpool fell limp and seemed to die quickly.
Luke was about to relax, but Doom stayed at attention.
"Don't let down your guard, master." He warned.
"Why?" Luke asked.
"This is no mere mortal man." Doom answered.
Just as that sentence finished, Deadpool leaped off Doom's blade, and threw a shuriken at him, which bounced off his chestplate, ripping a small hole in his green tunic.
Luke looked absolutely startled. No man could survive such a wound. Even more impressive, the wound, even cauterized, was sealing up at an alarming rate.
"Is he immortal?" Luke asked, still not quite believing his eyes.
"In a way..." Doom told him. "It would take too long to explain."
Deadpool was suddenly in front of him, making random kung-fu sounds while spinning kicks and punches, along with a few knives and gunshots. Doom managed to block most of these attacks, but a stray knife caught in the elbow of Doom's armor, sticking it in position.
With his left arm stuck, Doom had to rely on the one handed dueling technique Luke had attempted to teach him. He had never truly mastered it, and with Deadpool as his opponent, and the small area of battle in the shuttle, he wasn't very confident.
At least, he thought, he had Luke to assist him, but in these small confines, a team effort might be futile. And with Force Susan still unconcious in the back, the cost of a misfire was too great.
Doom silenced his mind. He had to focus, and concentrate, just as he had in training.
Deadpool launched another assault, and Doom was ready. He parried and countered all of the strikes the Merc with the Mouth threw at him. Realizing he was at a disadvantage, and noticing Luke coming up from behind, Deadpool teleported away to the back of the shuttle, right next to Force Susan.
Luke nearly cut down Doom, but he was luckily fast enough to block it. They both turned to see Deadpool take a look at Force Susan.
"Oh, the plot device!" He squealed excitedly.
"What?" Luke asked, totally confused now.
"Nevermind, he's insane." Doom said.
Deadpool grabbed her and seemed to smirk beneath his mask. "I think I'll just take this now."
"If you take her, I'll kill you, Wade!" Doom bellowed.
Luke attempted to use the Force to pull Susan back, but nothing happened. "Damn."
Doom attempted something similar, but much more sinister. Deadpool suddenly started choking. Luke realized he was using the Force to crush Deadpool's windpipe just as Vader used to do to his officers who failed him.
"Doom, not like this." He said.
"He'll kill her if I don't kill him." Doom said, anger flaring in his eyes.
"Use your energy to save her, not kill him and waste time." Luke told him, trying to keep his composure.
Doom seemed to realize this, and Force Pulled Susan towards him. Deadpool watched as she flew from his grip into Doom's still moving arm. Luke pulled the knife out of Doom's elbow joint, and he hugged Susan tight.
"Coolio!" Deadpool laughed. "Now it's my turn!"
Doom and Luke prepared for another attack, Doom recovering his lightsaber that he had dropped.
Deadpool pulled his remaining katana out, and teleported in a huge cloud of red and black smoke. The smoke engulfed the three, and Doom suddenly heard Luke start screaming in agony. He reached out with the Force and cleared the smoke, which pushed Deadpool back once again. He noticed crimson dripping from his blade, and looked to see Luke.
He was a mess. Blood pooled around the Jedi Grandmaster, as he breathed heavily, attempting to stop his bleeding. Cuts and gashes appeared all over his body, his clothes were tattered, and his eyes nearly glazed over.
"Luke!" Doom called out.
He looked towards Deadpool, intending to kill, but he was kicked in the face. Deadpool then grabbed Susan again, and laughed.
"Hasta La-bye-bye, losers!" He said loudly.
He disappeared once again, and did not reappear.
Doom smashed his fists on the floor, and screamed in rage. He had lost Force Susan to Deadpool. His anger swelled strongly, and he reached out searching for the one he wished to kill.
Orbit above Coruscant: Super Planet Destroyer: Bridge
Palleon turned as he heard a whooshing sound to see Deadpool reappear.
"Well, how did it-" He started, but noticed Force Susan.
"Now before you say anything, listen, boss man." Deadpool said. "This chick is important to the story, so trust me when I say you want her in your possession."
"Wha-? Story? I don't under-" Palleon began, but was cut off by a huge grinding noise.
The ship seemed to tilt a little, and the noise got louder, a horrid sound of twisting metal.
Thrawn stumbled over to Palleon. "What is the meaning of this, Palleon?"
The cosmic force seemed to speak to him. Palleon then looked at his former mentor.
"It's our enemy. The one I sensed earlier."
Orbit above Coruscant: Jedi Shuttle
Doom held his hands out, attempting to smash the massive ship in Galactus' armor. Sweat and tears were dripping off his contorted face, as he screamed in both pain and anger. The armor around the Destroyer began to crack and crumble. Blood started to flow from the nose of Doom, as he exerted more force into crushing the ship like tin can.
He was about to destroy the armor of Galactus, and felt a hand on his leg. He looked down to see Luke, barely awake grabbing his ankle.
"Not...like this...Doom." He breathed and rasped. "Greed...leads to anger...anger...leads..t-to hate...a-and hate...leads to su-suffering."
"Luke, he took her!" Doom cried out. "I must-"
"L-let go of your hate." Luke gasped again. "You...can't..save her..if you..kill yourself...t-trying to kill Dead...pool..."
Doom seemed to absorb this. It was true. If he continued to smash the ship, he would die from the force of such an action. He wouldn't be able to save her if he was dead.
He let go of his grip on the ship, and slumped.
Orbit above Coruscant: Super Planet Destroyer: Bridge
Palleon felt the ship regain composure and start to repair it's damage. He looked over at Palleon, then at the Infinity Gauntlet on his left hand. He decided he had dominated Coruscant and brought it down enough to send a message.
"Grand Admiral," He said. "I think our work here is done. We're pulling out."
"A wise decision." Thrawn said. "Recall the ground troops and unsummon the remaining specials."
Palleon held out the Infinity Gauntlet, and it glowed bright with cosmic power. They entered hyperspace and disappeared.
Coruscant: Jedi Temple
Wolverine layed Leia down on the floor. She had passed out from shock at losing her ability to wield the Force. Thing was talking with Han and Chewie.
"And they just vanished?" Thing asked.
"Yeah." Han said worriedly. "It's really odd. But there aren't any more attacks, so they must have left."
Chewie growled softly in agreement.
"So, where are the others?" Wolverine asked.
"They rest now, in the halls of Valhalla." Thor said, flowing down from the air with a mourning look on his face.
"Speak plain english, blonde?" Thing asked.
"They have perished." Thor said. "They died bravely defending this planet."
Everyone fell silent. A somber heaviness hung in the air, making it hard to breathe. Chewie growled a long wookie mourning call. No one spoke for awhile.
Hyperspace: Super Planet Destroyer: Bridge
Palleon was deep in thought. Why had Deadpool brought that woman on board? The cosmic forces could not reveal his intentions, nor what the woman represented. Thrawn seemed to shadow Palleon.
"What is your next move, Palleon?" He asked.
"I have shaken the foundation of the New Republic." Palleon said. "Their base planet has been devastated on a massive scale, thus knocking out their quick reponse tactic as the senate has been destroyed. All that remains is to destroy the Jedi Order's foundation, and destroy their retaliatory forces."
Thrawn beamed. "You've learned much since my death haven't you?"
Palleon had learned much since that day. He had seen war, devastation, death, and despair. Now it was his turn to spread the suffering.
"Next target: Yavin 4."