Days have passed since Dr. Doom's planned attack on the Avengers and the other heroes. Streets and buildings were overrun by Doombots. News reporters from TV's stations and Newspaper companies had broadcasted the latest topic asking the world, "Where are the Avengers?"
On that day Chun Li had awaken after being unconscious for a while. And to her dismay, she found herself in a very tight spot. That is being buried alive inside a coffin. Never in years did she ever expect to get captured this way. All she had was the flashlight on her cellphone and not much movement to her legs. She grabbed her spiked waistband and tied it around her knuckles.
Rubbing the ceiling of the coffin, she tried to sense for the most hollow part of the coffin. Clocking her arm back and forth, she started punching the ceiling; no matter how much her hand begin to bleed.
Chun Li wasn't the only one with problems. Deep in the Negative Zone Annihilus patrolled the red skies while the Fantastic Four was still on lock down. There was only so much they could take, especially Johnny. He held his hands to his ears constantly to drown out Annihilus's annoying screeches.
"Hey nerd, if there is a way to get out of here, I'm all for it." Johnny said. "Listening to this guy scream all day is like going to a bad, boring, opera."
"I'm with Matchstick on this one; just put me out of my misery already." Ben mumbled.
"Operas are not boring Johnny." Susan shot back. "Reed, can you figure out a way out of here."
"I'm already working on it. In a matter of minutes my gauntlet will blast a dampener field cutting off Annihilus's power, but only for short time. However, he has to be within range. Johnny, try to bait him to get close." Reed ordered.
Johnny cracked his knuckles, "Leave it to me, Reed. I'll annoy him to no end." He usually annoys the Fantastic Four with his childish pranks, Ben mostly.
"Hey Annihilator, what's a matter, too scared to finish us off yourself. Or do you need mommy to fight your battles for you?" Johnny teased. Annihilus turned his attention towards Johnny.
"Aw, did I hurt your feelings, if your feelings are still in there? Come on big guy; give me your best shot. I bet Blastaar hits harder then you."
Reaching his limits, Annihilus charged at Johnny with rage. "You will suffer for your insolence."
With amplified power of his Cosmic Control Rod, Annihilus raise Johnny's power level to the point of being uncontrollable. He was just foot away from the Human Torch. Before he could stab Johnny, Reed activated his gauntlet releasing disrupter therefore, subduing Annihilus and his power.
"Let's play again sometime, when you're not trying to kill us." Johnny said, before Ben pulled him away.
"We have to move. It only last for few seconds before Annihilus regains his power." Reed alerted.
In the meantime, Demitri may have gotten Morrigan, but he was unaware of she was not dead. Nevertheless, he enjoyed his victory over the succubus. He sat down on his throne drinking blood red Wine as the succubus was in stone kneeing in defeat. "This was destiny succubus." Demitri rubbed on Morrigan's chin. "You cannot win; you may try to fight my hold all you want. But you forget I can reach into your closed mind."
Deep inside Morrigan fought the urge to break Demitri's control over her.
"It does not matter. I have patience. I can wait forever if need be." Before he could take another sip of his drink, Demitri had sense an enemy presence. It was not long before he had his foe around her neck.
"You are full of surprises succubus. Did you think that I was unaware of your other half? No matter, it would be two for one special meal in my book." Demitri said.
Demitri had his claws around the neck of another succubus creature. This one looked very young almost in her teens and had short pink, bubblegum, hair. It was Morrigan's other half know as Lilith. Like Morrigan, Lilith had similar abilities, only flashier.
Lilith extended her arm into a blade as Demitri evaded every blow. Next Lilith blasted her own version of Soul Fist, but this time it was shining green bat. It wasn't, however; no much for Demitri pyro bats. It also didn't stop here from receiving much punishment from Demitri's ongoing assault of punches.
Once again the vampire had the succubus by the neck. Before Demitri could sink his fangs into her, Lilith shot out a bat the burned the castle curtains. It had released a ray of sunlight burning Demitri considerably. Demitri could not help but smirk at Lilith's accomplishment. "It would seem like I underestimated you." Demitri took a look at her burn wounds, knowing he could not go on. "It was fun, make no mistake. We shall meet again." Demitri had retreated to his dark chambers.
And so the succubus was free, as Lilith gave some of her energy to Morrigan. "Are you all right?"
Morrigan smiled, "Yes, my thanks to you Lilith, seems like you're not deadweight after all."
Lilith felt both grateful and disappointed, "Thanks, I think."
Morrigan continued to stretch to regain the feeling of her luscious body, "So what do you think is going on here?"
Doctor Strange interrupted, "Perhaps, I can shed some light on your question."
The Interpol agent had managed to escape the trap, but it came at price. Chun Li had dirt covered all over her face to legs and bleeding right hand. She was a mess. Each trial she made was left a mud mark. It wasn't until she was caught off guard by Shadow Lady's attack.
"I must say, your stronger then you look. I would have guessed the lack of air in a tight space like this would be enough to kill you." Shadow Lady says, already getting her stance.
"It's going to take more than that to take me down. But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy."
Shadow Lady cracked her knuckles, "I won't make the same mistake twice."
Like true fighters, the two sidestep to find an opening within their enemy's defense. Chun Li had to stay on her toes; it was herself she was facing. Only this time it was not mirror. And each move she made was only redirected at her, but more powerful blow.
Chun Li taunted Shadow Lady by waving her fingers. It was the typical "bring it on" signal. Shadow decided to make the first move on Chun Li by launching fury of kicks. She took deep breaths at time, and evaded each strike. When the final kick came in, she caught the attack and tossed Shadow Lady.
While her guard was down Chun Li released multiple punches and kicks towards Shadow Lady. It wasn't her usual fighting style. It was different Chinese fighting style. Shadow Lady found it difficult to counter Chun Li's moves. She may have been copy of Chun Li, but not fully.
Taking so many hits, Chun Li released her Kikoken against Shadow Lady. While Shadow Lady was still getting back up, Chun Li attacked her multiple attacks to her body. Her assault didn't stop Shadow Lady from counter attacking. Shadow held Chun Li by the neck and turned her right arm into drill. "This game has gone on long enough!" Shadow Lady barked about to drill Chun Li's face off.
The drill nearly touched her skin, until Chun li countered with throw move learned from Ryu. With a bow, she blasted out missiles from back all locked on Chun Li. Chun Li kicked an explosive barrel at Chun Li. And foolishly enough, she blasted it. One arm was blown off and Chun Li pinned the other arm on Shadow Lady.
"Predict this," Chun Li exclaimed, pinning Shadow Lady the wall impaling her with massive amounts of kicks from both legs. Finally she launched another Kikoken at point blank range.
Shadow Lady could barely stand; she was really damage, "You're stronger than I thought."
"What is your mission, who are you working for?" Chun Li questioned Shadow Lady.
"I'll take the answers to my grave if need be." Shadow Lady concluded setting off the barrels as she was detonated to explode.
Spider-Man had a difficult time trying to counter Anti-Venom's attacks. It was mostly his tentacles he had to watch out for. After the pounding Anti-Venom had given him, he was not sure anymore if his spider agility could save him. "What's a matter Spider-Man? Are running out of jokes?" Anti-Venom growled.
"You kidding, I just thought we could play nice game of tag, and your 'it' Eddie." Spidey replied with mild humor.
Anti-Venom growled further, "I'll enjoy ripping you to pieces Web-Head. You're only delaying your death further!"
Due to Spider-Man's injuries, he was able to use half of his speed. His suit and few of his muscles were torn from Anti-Venom's brutal attacks. He wasn't sure how long before Spider-Man recovers. It hurt him just to climb up the walls, much less use his webs. "I got to time this right, otherwise I'm a goner."
With his body feeling like led weight and no spider sense to detect danger, it only made the job a lot harder. So the only best course of action was to get as far away from him as possible. He landed down to the engine room and began to catch his breath.
But before his last inhale Eddie had got Spider-Man within in tentacles to drain whatever's left of Spider-Man's powers. Spider-Man caught the attack and jammed them into the electric generators. The shock rushed through the tentacles and delivered Eddie ten million volts of electricity. It not only fried his body, but the control chips in his brain. And thus Anti-Venom was down and Spider-Man was safe.
The Avengers Mansion had been destroyed, and there were no sign of the Avengers in sight. The monstrous Technovore had snooped around the wreckage of the Mansion like guard dog searching for its prey.
When it thought its spotted Tony, Zero drew his attention. "Hey slug breath, how about some nice tasty Maverick?"
The Technovore roared as he charged at the Maverick Hunter. Zero quickly took his distance and released a supersonic energy wave from his saber. Finally he finished off with a powerful Giga Attack. It overloaded the Technovore with so much energy as he burst into sparks.
After going through a pile of rubble, Zero managed to find the Avengers. Luckily Zero held Tony's Arc Reactor after the Mansion was destroyed. Tony was the first one he found as he restored him to normal.
Zero offered Tony a hand, "Thanks, I owe you one Zero."
"Don't mention it, just returning the favor." Zero replied.
"Great work soldier," Cap complimented with his thumb up.
"Well, that could have gone worst." Hawkeye grunted brushing himself off, but was okay nonetheless.
"Anyway, it seems like we have situation on our hands, so we're going to need to contact the other Avengers, as well as heroes for this job." Tony announced.