Black and White

Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana.

Chapter 11: New Problems, Old Solutions

Farrah looked on in horror upon seeing the cybernetic Thor. It was nightmare for her, a nightmare the lioness never wanted to go through again. Seeing the sinister look in the cyborg's eyes brought back hauntingly painful memories. Of course, the clone could only smirk evilly at Farrah,

"Miss me, furry one?"

Wonder Woman ordered,

"Superman, Captain Marvel; take out Brainiac. The other Titans; assist me and Persiana in dismantling this…monster. Avengers, stop the Martian Queen."

She-Hulk folded her arms,

"Since when does she give orders-?"

Too late, as Wonder Woman barreled in, her sword drawn, right at the imposter Thor. The clone Thor raised his hammer and launched an energy beam at the Amazon warrior. Donna deflected it and went in for a furious strike. The imposter Norse god of thunder deflected the sword strike, and the two began a series of offensive and defensive attacks, aimed at wearing the opponent out.

Iron Man, not wishing to obey Wonder Woman, directed,

"Avengers, stop Brainiac and the Martian. I'm going to help Wonder Woman."

War Machine complied and immediately opened up on Brainiac. The Kryptonian android raised a force field as the bullets bounced harmless off of it,

"Humans. Do you truthfully believe you can best a twelfth-level intellect?"

Superman charged in,

"We're willing to try!"
He slammed a massive fist into the force field, shattering it. It was enough of an opening to allow Captain Marvel to bash the android across town. The other members of Titans Tomorrow moved into assist.

The other Avengers were contending with Miss Martian. The White Martian queen shook her head,

"You may have destroyed the ships, but there are many more of us than you realize!"
Several people on the ground shape-shifted into White Martians and surrounded their queen. M'gan grinned evilly,

"Now, humans-."

Suddenly, her mouth was taped shut by webbing. Spiderman, perched on the side of a building, shook his head,

"This is the queen? And here I thought she was going to be some ugly old hag, like that one from 'Alien'."

Miss Martian pulled the webbing off and shrieked,

"KILL ALL THE HUMANS!! LEAVE NONE ALIVE!!"

First Fight (Avengers vs. White Martian Queen and minions)…

Spider-Man acrobatically flipped in the air after launching the web attack,

"O-K, seriously; the whole When Mars Attacks thing has been done before. I mean, it's not really original, and the ships? Where are the flying saucers?"

Miss Martian angrily lashed out with a psychic bolt, causing the wise-cracking web-slinger to wretch in pain. This, however, was an opening, as Falcon and Justice flew in and slammed hard into the Martian queen. The Martian queen reformed and smirked evilly,

"Is that the best you humans have to offer?"
She lashed out with another mind bolt, incapacitating them, as well as each Avenger that was fighting a White Martian. Black Widow, summoning all the will to resist she could muster, threw a flash bang grenade, blinding the aliens. It was enough to break the White Martian's concentration, and She-Hulk, jumping high into the air, roared,

"SHE-HULK SMASH PUNY MARTIAN!!"

She stomped right on top of Miss Martian, reducing her to a puddle. The emerald skinned power house grinned,

"No sweat."
Suddenly, several hands from the puddle emerged around Jen's legs, and the lawyer looked down,

"What the-?"
Before she had a chance to respond, Miss Martian reformed, now three times her normal size, and with six arms. Four of them were gripping each of She-Hulk's arms and legs, while the other two grabbed Spider-man and Luke Cage. Standing tall, Miss Martian grinned evilly,

"Now, to crush you!"

She bent She-Hulk backwards, wrenching each of the strong woman's limbs in a sickly contorted fashion. Jen screamed in pain and got slammed to the ground. Black Widow ran to her,

"Jennifer, are you all right?"

The gamma powered bombshell moaned,

"Now I know what a pretzel feels like."

Iron Fist powered up his attack and slammed his fist into the giant Martian queen's ankle. Miss Martian shrieked in pain, releasing both Spider-man and Luke Cage. Dr. Strange began chanting a spell,

"Go back to whence you came, monster!"

A mysterious blue aura began to glow around the Sorcerer Supreme, but Miss Martian smirked,

"Nice try, but we know of magic as well."
She launched a Martian vision attack from her eyes at Dr. Strange and flattened him against a wall, the spell being disrupted. Miss Martian then reduced herself to normal size and grabbed the sorcerer,

"Did you really think you could defeat me, a superior life form?"

Just then, there was the sound of a motorcycle revving up. Miss Martian turned to look and was horrified at what she saw.

A man with a flaming skull and flaming motorcycle was coming in at high speeds, wielding a flaming chain. Miss Martian shook her head,

"What is that?"
Dr. Strange smirked,

"That is the Ghost Rider, an agent of vengeance."

Miss Martian threw the sorcerer down and roared,

"HUMAN!! YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT US!"

Ghost Rider stopped and looked at the alien queen, a lifeless stare locked into with her angry eyes. The biker lifted his arm and, pointing a fiery, skeletal finger, said in a hauntingly dangerous voice,

"Guilty."

Miss Martian shrieked,

"I AM GUILTY OF NOTHING!! YOU HUMANS NEARLY DESTROYED MY RACE!!"
Ghost Rider got off of his bike. He had the chain wrap around him and pulled out a shotgun. The shotgun turned into a demonic-looking flaming instrument of destruction. He loaded it and fired, completely leveling the Martian Queen. Miss Martian hollered in pain and was brought down by a second blast. She looked up, Ghost Rider standing over her. Miss Martian cursed,

"You humans will be more destructive than we White Martians are EVER going to be!"

The agent of vengeance picked her up with one hand and said,

"Look into my eyes."

Miss Martian could not resist, and took the full effect of the Penance Stare. The stare made the most unrepentant souls relive all the horrors and pains they had inflicted upon their victims over their lifetime, but at a thousand times the normal strength. No one survives, unless they are soulless.

Miss Martian shrieked in horror one last time, and eventually combusted, being reduced to ashes.

Meanwhile…

Wonder Woman, Iron Man, War Machine, and Persiana were all battling the clone Thor. The cybernetic Thor scowled,

"You are but insects I will squash."
Wonder Woman readied her sword and tried to slice it hard into the clone Thor, but the imposter god of thunder blocked again with his hammer. This was a distraction as Persiana moved in and tried to slice at the eyes of the android. The clone Thor grabbed her by the hair and, smirking evilly, bent her over backwards with astonishing strength. Farrah screamed at the sudden, painful contortion of her spine, and then felt a hard blow to her stomach. The clone Thor had slammed his hammer on the feral feline heroine, sending her to ground in a painful thud.

Donna was horrified,

"Farrah! NO!"

The imposter Thor grinned evilly,

"Such a frail creature. Not worthy of a true god's power."

He raised the hammer again, attempting to dispatch the three remaining heroes.

Suddenly, a flash of lighting erupted across the sky. The clouds darkened and the real Thor, the true son of Odin, started floating down to the battlefield. He glared daggers at Tony Stark, and at the imposter clone of himself. The son of Odin bellowed,

"IMPOSTER! HOW DARE YOU IMITATE ME AND CLAIM MY POWER!! I AM THOR, SON OF ODIN, AND GOD OF THUNDER!!! YOU HAVE HURT THOSE THAT I CALL FRIENDS, THUS MAKING YOU MY ENEMY! TODAY, YOU DIE!!!

War Machine looked at Iron Man,

"We are either really lucky or really screwed now."

Next Chapter:
The battle continues.