Dr. Doom and his newly appointed Masters of Evil continued to accompany him on his mission. Deep within the star system, they weren't alone. It didn't take his tracking device to know they were being followed. With a wave of his hand, he ordered his Doombots to resolve the problem.
To the king's surprise, it was the Guardians of the Galaxy on their pursuit. Their members consisted of Rocket Raccoon, Nova, Star-Lord, Adam Warlock and Quasar. All were determined to stop Dr. Doom.
Raccoon was the first to say. "Attention sucker, you are in unauthorized zone, surrender peacefully and we won't hurt you, much."
"It would seem like you have a death wish, vermin." He replied.
The Doombots began attacking the Guardians in large numbers; due to their intense team skills, it didn't take them long to dispose of the bots. However, it didn't stop the other masters from attacking in the shadows. So while the Guardians were preoccupied with the Doombots, Vile, Demitri and Super-Skull attacked them from the backside.
Demitri fought Quasar as he maneuvered around her energy blast; even dodging her sword strikes. little did Quasar know Demitri was just toying with her. Just then, Demitri slashed her from behind with claws that not only cut her skin, but piece her flesh.
He said. "Now I shall claim my reward, and my meal." Demitri sunk his fangs into her neck, draining her. "That was delicious."
Vile fired a barrage of projectiles at Rocket Raccoon. It was gun fight between the two of them. "It's time to turn you into road kill." Vile fired at the ceiling, causing a heavy object to fall on him.
Super-Skrull already had Star-Lord under snake like grip amplified with flames. He took every pleasure inflecting pain upon his opponent. As Skull's grip grew tighter and tighter, Star-Lord had already lost consciousness.
This left only Nova and Adam Warlock, as the two of them released a mean projectile. They were quickly incepted by a large Vibranium shield, thus redirecting their attacks right back at them, thanks to the assistance of Man-Ape who Doom had recruited in Wakanda after his exile.
"Never mind them, just focus on what's ahead, time is of the essence." Doom ordered. "The sooner we reach, the sooner we may execute my final phase of my plan." Doom said.
"Now then, you have your assignments, so get to it." Doom ordered.
After Doom gave his last order, one of the Doombots confronted Dr. Doom personally. Little did Doom realize it was Zero in disguise? "Humph, if this is supposed to be an assassination, it is an amateur attempt."
"So I suppose you were well aware of my presence here, and the fact that I'm here to stop you Dr. Doom." Zero revived holding his katana. "Surrender now and I'll make this as quick and painless as possible."
"Doom does not surrender." Without hesitation, Dr. Doom made the first move with his plasma gauntlets. Zero came at him full speed dodging each blow he could in an attempt to get a hit on Doom.
"This will be over in a Nano-second." Zero announced.
Like a samurai, he swung his katana in different directions fighting Dr. Doom. Zero did not release that Doom was reading his every move he made, so he wasn't just avoiding his blows. "Your armor is impressive Maverick Hunter, but not as impressive as mind."
Even firing his Z-blaster had proven useless against Doom's new and improved armor. Each beam had bounced off the villain like bouncing ball. Determined to stop him, Zero used his ability to create shadow copy of himself to distract Dr. Doom. He hoped the other copy would serve a distraction to Dr. Doom while he releases his Giga Attack.
Before Zero could blink, he found himself inside chamber as Dr. Doom watched him from his throne. It zapped Zero with unlimited bolts of lightning, again and again. With the final stroke of the hand, Doom gave the final shock causing the chamber to explode.
Luckily Zero had survived but barely as he was able to escape Doom's crutches. It didn't stop Doom however, from calling reinforcements. Zero was able to move but not by a lot. Most of his circuits from chest to legs were badly damaged.
Minutes later, Zero came across a hidden room that had Dr. Doom's portal. Knowing backup was on their way; he locked himself inside and quickly accesses the console. He didn't care where it sent him as long it was not on the ship any later.
After the final encryption the portal was active, but not before the Doombots had arrived. It was close call but Zero had managed to evade the laser blast as he entered the portal to go wherever it takes him.
"What are your orders my lord?" the Doombot inquired.
"He could have not gotten far. My objective remains unchanged, proceed with the next phase. We cannot afford any setbacks. We are very close to his home base in Taa II," Doom ordered. "And you, I have a special assignment for you."
"Yes my lord," Doom's female servant replied.
Meanwhile, it was late at night in New York City market. Deep inside the district a young Italian, serene, fortune teller, focused her soul energy. With her eyes closed and mind clear of all distractions, she placed her hand gently on the tarot cards. As she drew the card, it was revealed to be Fool card. When she drew the second card, it was Beast card.
This made her bend and eyebrow as she heard the echoed of Dr. Doom's laughs. "It cannot be." When she drew her final tarot card, it was revealed to a Doom card. "Could it be that there is a threat more evil and ruthless then Bison?"
It almost made her hands tremble just by sensing the presence of evil. "I must do something before it's too late, or the world will seize to exist as we know it. This cannot come to past."
Later on that day, the young Maverick Hunter found himself collapsed at the New York Bay area, badly damaged and barely able to function on his feet. The static of his circuits roared through his brain constantly alerting him of his condition. Tell him something he didn't know. It was close call, but he had managed to escape Dr. Doom crutches as least for the moment. The watery waves rushed through his body over and over again, until he was awake.
As much as he didn't want to admit it, he needed help from an outside source. When picking up a random newspaper, he discovered the Avengers, so hopefully they would understand the situation at hand.
Not thinking twice Zero busted into Avengers Mansion, setting off the alarms, nonetheless.
Out of the blue, Hawkeye aimed his bow and arrow at Zero to fend of the trespasser. "An angry space midget with sword, man I been at this too long."
Before he could make response Zero had already fainted.
"Okay, easy victory," Hawkeye said. "Let's see what the genius has to say about this."
In the meantime, Spider-Man did is normal everyday activity.
"Hey Chameleon, you forgot to fill out your withdraw slip." Spider-Man exclaimed.
Without second thoughts, Chameleon pulled out his pistol. Spider-Man had figured out his disguise as police officer, thanks to his spider sense, now that he learned from his encounters with him.
It was only a matter a time before he slipped in and out before he had his foe inside web cocoon. "Why don't you hang around for a while until the police get here, I'm sure they would like the good company." He teased.
"This isn't over Spider-Man." He shouted.
"Hey hit me up sometime if you ever want rematch." Spider-Man teased.
"I see your just as overconfident as ever, keep it up and it will be your greatest weakness," Said mysterious voice in the shadows. It sounded familiar, but recognizable.
"Hey there, haven't heard from you in a while." Spider-Man greeted.
A stream of pink smoke surrounded the web-head in all directions. It had only been a minute or two before he found himself in another world, greeted by his old mentor. "Madam Webb, your looking as lovely as usual, how long was it since we last spoke?"
"Silence Spider-Man, I have brought you here to deliver urgent news about a great evil." She spoke.
"You mean despite me being back in town and kicking some bad guy butt? Yeah I'm pretty covered in that department, thanks."
She drew her cards. "Ah, but you miss the point Spider-Man. A great evil is coming upon you and it will determine the fate of you, your love ones and your allies." Madam Webb drew her second card. "Worlds will collide in the devastating battle. You'll see."
"Right. I'll take your word on that."
"Just remember to keep your friends close and enemies closer. Be on your guard. The more allies you make, the stronger you become." She advised holding another card. "This battle will determine the fate of two worlds."
"Remind me to put her on my un-friend list online." Spider-Man rubbed the back of head, confused on her words. "Could she ever give any warnings next time?"
Spider-Man leaped off the highest building to swing more around more. Even if Madam Webb and Spider-Man wasn't exactly friendly, she always had meaning in her words. And besides how will he tell the others that something big is going on without any clear evidence. And knowing Jameson, he'd put the blame on Spider-Man. Nonetheless, he had to keep his guard up.
"I know your there. You can come out now." Madam Webb called. "I may be blind, but I can sense you from a mile away child."
She unveiled her hood. "Greetings to you Madam Webb, my name is Rose."
"So you also sense the danger coming upon us?" Madam Webb inquired tossing Rose card. "And your fortune teller I see."
"Yes, do you think he can do it?"
"Spider-Man is reckless and simple minded at times, but I know he can do it along with allies, off course."
Rose stared at her card, "I hope you are right Madam Webb, for even with allies, This battle will be greater than ever imagine."