VOLUME 4
Thor swung his hammer at Superman's head.
Superman ducked, and sent a fist into Thor's stomach. Thor then brought his elbow into Superman's back, who then swung an uppercut into Thor's jaw.
All this happened in the skies above New York. A heavy storm blocked the stars of the 'new universe' hid the view of the planets and the great, violet gas cloud.
The two fought on, using every power they had against each other.
Superman blew his ice breath at Thor, who simply summoned down lightning to break him free from it.
On the bridge, Storm struggled against her foe Wonder Woman.
Despite her power over the weather, the constant lightning strikes she struck down at Wonder Woman, her foe kept on fighting through strength and determination.
Right now, she was being strangled by Wonder Woman with her whip. Storm coughed, trying to pull the whip away. She failed, so she flew up from the bridge, spun in the air like a tornado and shook Wonder Woman off.
Wonder Woman skidded across the ground, quickly and painfully standing back up.
She looked back to Storm, who was still spinning like a tornado.
And to her surprise, a tornado did indeed form.
The Tornado took up the entire middle of the bridge. Cars and trucks and other vehicles were sucked into it, smashing the ropes of the bridge which were then also sucked into the tornado; the whole thing would soon be destroyed.
Wonder Woman had no other option but to run.
She ran away from the Tornado, dodging cars that came flying at her; jumping, over, sliding under and strafing to the side of them.
The Tornado chased. There was no doubt that Storm's only intention was to kill her.
Wonder Woman couldn't keep this up. Her injuries were too much for her, and she was losing whatever energy she had left fast.
Then she spotted a petrol tanker at the far end of the bridge. She could use that, but what could she use to blow the tanker up?
she looked around. For something, for anything
Then she saw a police car fly at her, the doors torn off. Wonder Woman leaped, "diving" through the police car, and she came out the other side with a hand gun.
It was not a weapon she would use, but what other choice did she have.
Wonder Woman neared the petrol tanker; it shook as the tornado began to drag it in.
Wonder Woman sprinted faster. The petrol tanker was then pulled across the bridge; she slid under it, and quickly turned to aim the gun at it.
She fired an tire round at the tanker; the bullets chased it into the tornado.
She hit her target, because there was a huge explosion inside the tornado and burning cars and trucks were sent flying in all directions as it dispersed. Storm flew out, a look of shock on her face and her garments burning.
The burning cars crashed into the bridge, or fell into the river below. Some exploded on impact; others just burned and skidded across the gravel.
Storm skidded to a stop at Wonder Woman's feet.
She tried to push herself up, her entire body shaking.
Wonder Woman stomped her foot into Storm's cheek and blood flew from her mouth, she lay there unconscious
At least that's what Wonder Woman expected, she could've been dead for all she knew.
Wonder Woman fell, and sat near Storm's "lifeless" body. She breathed heavy, throwing the gun away.
"Is this the same everywhere?" She asked her self, wiping blood off her lips. "Hero's killing hero's...why is this happening?" she said, looking up at the clearing skies as Superman and Thor continued to battle.
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Captain America pulled himself up over the ledge of the building.
Batman was taken by surprise; he had never seen anyone besides some of his past foes climb a building so fast, making use of the ladders and balconies.
Captain America attacked with his shield, throwing a "shield punch" at Batman. Batman blocked it with his gauntlets; the punch sent him flying back into an air vent, the metal crunching under him.
Batman stood back up, Captain America spun with the shield and sent it slamming into Batman; he was pushed back into the wall of another building.
Batman groaned. He looked at his gauntlets, the electrical devices and gadgets in them were crushed an unusable.
He looked up and ducked under the next attack, the Captain smashed the shield into the wall where Batman's head had been. If he had been there…he did not want to think about it.
He had to get rid of that shield, it was too dangerous.
Batman sent two arms into Captain America's stomach in a double uppercut. The Captain got some air, and Batman sent a kick into his airborne foe.
Captain America flew back into another air vent, breaking right through it. He rolled back, started to get to his feet and then felt something grab his shield. He looked to see a claw of something sort latched onto its side and followed the wire of it back to Batman.
Batman gave a mighty tug on the shield, and Captain America was pulled threw the air towards him. Batman greeted the Captain with a high kick into his stomach. He pulled the shield off of Captain America's arm as the Captain flew back across the roof, skidding across the stone.
He looked up to see Batman throw his shield off the building; he heard it clank and clatter across the road below. Batman then threw a flurry of batarangs at Captain America, who quickly leaped from his spot and barely dodged them, some cut through his suit and cut his limbs.
He landed in a kneel, and saw Batman throw another flurry of batarangs. Captain America held both arms out in front him and sprinted, heading for Batman. The batarangs cut through his arms, blood gushed from the open wounds. He then threw a punch into Batman's face, blood spurted from the Dark Knights nose.
The Captain charged Batman into the wall of the building beside the one they were fighting on. Batman blocked three punches, then grabbed the fourth punch, grabbed Captain America's head and slammed into the wall of the building. The Captains head went through, punching a hole into the wall. Batman was taken by surprise, his foe must be enhanced with Superhuman strength.
He pulled the captains head out, the mask slightly torn, and sent his head breaking through the wall again, making another hole. he repeated this three more times, the mask becoming more torn and blood stained whenever he brought it back out.
Batman then felt a hand clutching at the back of his head. The hand pulled back, spraining Batman's neck and he fell to a knee, putting a hand over the back of his neck. Captain America then pulled Batman back up to his feet, and sent a knee into his gut. Batman coughed blood, and was then dealt a mighty punch that sent him over the side of the building.
Captain America cracked his neck as he watched Batman fall towards the road. Batman fired something as he fell, and a batclaw caught around the Captain's ankle. He didn't have to time to act, and he was pulled over the side of the building himself.
...
Green Lantern stood on the deck of Galactus' ship.
The giant sat on his throne, his eyes glowing as yellow as his armor. It was not Galactus, however, it was Parallax, the being made of fear possessing the world eater.
Green Lantern wondered if it was safe to be around "it".
"His fear" parallax spoke with Galactus' voice.
"what is it?" Lantern asked nervously.
"It's hunger, starvation. He has wondered whether there would be enough worlds to keep him living forever. Fool, he would have sucked his own galaxy dry like humans do their own Earth…or in this case, Earths"
They were startled by a faint whoosing sound. It slowly grew louder, then quickly. Green lantern didn't turn his head far enough to see the silver board slam into his side. He was sent flying miles away from the TAA. He at least a dozen times before balancing himself, and could make out the TAA as a small silver speck. He flew back towards it.
At the TAA, the Silver Surfer turned to face his former master, taken over by Parallax.
"Ahh, Norrin Radd. I know your fear as well" Parallax sneered through Galactus, leaning forward.
"is that so" Silver Surfer asked. "Tell me, what is yours creature?"
Silver splayed his hand, a dark pink ember emitted from it. Parallax shifted in his seat, in pain. Yellow streams poured out from Galactus as Parallax was ripped from him. The streams met in a yellow sphere in front of Silver surfer, until Parallax reformed itself in it's insect-like form; Galactus breathed heavily as he returned to normal.
Silver Surfer moved both his hands about, as if he was wrapping something. Parallax began to shrink and shrink into a tiny speck, shrieking as he did. Silver Surfer then swung his arms out and Parallax exploded.
Little embers of yellow floated about as the yellow being of fear became no more.
"That…was a monstrosity" Galactus breathed.
"It is no more" the Surfer said.
He turned his head, and a great, green fist slammed into him, taking him off his board. His foot was then caught by a green tendril of some sort, and he was dragged away from his board. The Green Lantern swung the Silver Surfer around like a lasso, and then slammed him into the side of the TAA. The Green Lantern repeated this, putting dents into the exterior of the spherical ship.
He swung the Silver Surfer into the ship one last time, before the surfer summoned his board. The board zoomed towards the surfer, freeing him from the Green Lantern's attack. He circled around to the other side of Lantern, and two stared each other down.
...
"So, why are we here?" Sivanna asked Xavier.
Hugo Strange, Sivanna and Nicky Fury all leaned in to hear the answer.
"Sivanna, you are a genius bent on world domination" Xavier said. "Maybe even galactic domination. In your past endeavors, you have gathered other villains to aid you. Hugo Strange, a certain vigilante has branded you as the world's greatest organizer of crime. And Nicky Fury, need I say more?"
"What about you?" Strange asked.
"I have offered shelter and protection for mutants of all ages, and formed a team of mutants known as the X-Men to battle other mutants corrupted by evil…we are all here, because we can gather together super hero's and super villains"
"I still don't get the reason of why we are here" Fury said.
"And there are others in this abyss" Xavier added. "I sensed others in this place, only faintly. Given time I may be able to communicate with them, but it will take all my power to do so"
"So, we gather together super powered individuals. Why does that make us so dangerous that we are isolated here?" Strange asked.
Xavier lowered his head. "We are the only ones who can convince the hero's and villains to see reason to stop fighting. To fight against the one who brought our two universes together"
"You sensed him?" Fury asked.
"Yes. He knows that I have been meddling in the war he has created, he knows we can stop it"
"You can try, Xavier, you can try. And I will let you try, as I said before, it will be amusing to watch you fail"