A/N: This is an action heavy chapter. In fact, it's the longest action chapter I think I've ever written. Give me some feedback on it. I don't want long action chapters to feel boring or repetitive, so if you can think of anyway I can improve it, leave it in the reviews!
Knives flew through the air towards Scourge, who easily deflected them away with his daggers. He turned and swung towards Edith who parried with her own blade. Margo lifted her arms and two large girders flew towards him. Scourge easily dodged them before rushing towards her. He knew she was going to be the most troublesome since she had more range than the others.
A loud roar rung through the air before Scourge was suddenly pounced on. Gaara managed to knock the daggers away from him. The bear owl tried to bite down at his face, but Scourge managed to hold his jaws away. "Unevolved mongrel." He said before kicking him away. He got up ready to continue his assault.
"He's more evolved than you." He looked and then saw Penny throwing tiny little balls towards him. The balls exploded, and Scourge found himself in a cloud of smoke. He looked around angrily, and then suddenly felt something strike the back of his leg. "What's the matter, can't see?" Penny teased.
Another strike hit him, this time in the back of the head. "You think cloaking yourself will be able to save you human?" He turned and punched towards the left, and everyone heard a loud crack. Antonio and Margo looked worried, but then Penny jumped out of the smoke. She was holding a staff, which had been broken in two.
"Would anybody happen to have an extra one of these?"
Antonio scowled. Wilbur had said they were the best suited to take down Scourge. Anna's group was powerful, but too slow to keep up with him. And Vi's group was just meant to stall against Cypher, who Wilbur knew little about, until the others could finish up and help them. But he wasn't sure that was going to be an option.
Scourge wasn't nearly as strong or tough as Brutus, but his close combat skills were more than on par with theirs. And he had a number of dangerous weapons in his arsenal. Scourge pulled out a double edged spear and pointed it towards them. "The most you pathetic earthlings can do is stall. But struggle as you may, you will fall to my blade."
"Blah, blah, blah, you will fall to my blade! Blah, blah, blah, filthy human!" Edith mocked. "Do you ever shut up?" She threw a number of throwing stars at him. He spun the spear and knocked them all away. Edith smirked. "Got you."
Scourge glanced up and saw one of her shuriken was stuck in his spear. Attached to it was a piece of paper with a strange symbol on it. Before he could even question what it was, the paper began to glow brightly, and then suddenly exploded. Edith pumped her fist. "And that's how you blow up a baddy."
The smoke from the explosion cleared, and Scourge walked towards them, tears in his clothes, and a scowl on his face. "That's not good." Margo said frowning.
"We need to think of a new plan of attack! Fall back!" Antonio yelled. Margo teleported away, Penny threw down more smoke bombs covering herself, Antonio, and Gaara, and Edith put her hands together before vanishing into a puff of smoke. Scourge gritted his teeth. He didn't have time to go chasing these pests around. Not when he had Robinson to kill.
He reached down to grab his visor, only to find a shuriken sticking out of it. He growled in anger before crushing the broken piece of technology in his hand. The others watched him from behind a nearby building. They had to get out of his sight, but not far enough to lose track of him. "What's our next move?" Margo asked.
Antonio glared towards Scourge. "His close combat is too good. We need to find a way to overwhelm him." Antonio said pulling out a knife. "Ms. Mind, you stay hidden and cover us from a distance. Don't do anything to drastic. Just move his feet a little if you think we might get caught or hit, keep him off balance."
"Pink, you and me are going in at close range. We're going to need to be quick, and to cover each other's back." He said. Edith nodded. "Gaara, hang back and look for an opening. You see a chance to end him, you pounce." Gaara gave out a low purr in response. "Master, you hang back and hit him from a distance."
Penny honestly was relieved. While she was decent in close combat, she wasn't nearly as skilled as her teammates. So she wasn't all that eager to be anywhere near Scourge. "Alright guys, let's go!" He said moving around the corner. He grabbed a handful of knives and threw them at the aliens.
Scourge turned around and barely managed to knock away the blades. One of them flew right by his face, cutting his cheek. He glared at Antonio, but then heard yelling from above. Edith came down with her sword, swinging it at him. He raised his own weapon and metal clashed against metal.
Antonio took the opening to slash at him with another knife. Scourge stepped back barely avoiding the blade, and Antonio and Edith both charged at him, swinging their weapons with intent to kill. They couldn't afford to hold back this time. It was life or death, and they both intended to live.
Scourge parried each blow. He pushed back against them, and Edith was knocked back a few feet. Before Scourge could take advantage, an object hit him in the face. It brightened and then lit up in a flash of light. Scourge was blinded. He stepped back and covered his eyes, and Penny smirked. Those flash bombs really came in handy.
She usually couldn't use a lot of her weapons. The noise and effects would bother Bolt. But since he was elsewhere, she could use everything she had. "Now!" She shouted.
Both Edith and Antonio took full advantage of the opportunity. They slashed at Scourge. They were both surprised to see that Scourge was still able to block some of their attacks. A few got through, and he got slashed in the legs and arms. Every attack aimed for a vital point however was blocked.
After a while, Scourge blinked and managed to regain his sight. "Did you think blinding me would make me vulnerable? I am a warrior, all my senses are-!"
"Oh my god, why do I keep running into villains that won't shut up." Edith yelled.
She raised he sword and then jumped at him. Antonio grew wide eyed. "Pink, no!" She was crazy for rushing in so blindly. She swung her sword, but Scourge ducked and stabbed at her. The world seemed to move in slow motion for the others as the spear broke right through Edith chest, and popped out of her back.
"The first of many." Scourge said smirking evilly. The others looked stunned. They couldn't believe this. Edith had just been stabbed through. Fatally stabbed through. They had survived plenty of injures before, but this… they knew nobody could survive this. Just as Antonio was about to rush to her aid, Edith vanished.
In her place was a log. Scourge looked shocked. "What the-?!" "Substitution!" Edith suddenly appeared above him and swung her sword. She slashed him across the face with the blade.
"GAH!"
Scourge stumbled back covering his face. There was blood leaking down to his chin. Edith landed on the ground and turned towards him. She flicked some of the yellow blood from her sword. "Gross." She commented.
The others let out a sigh of relief. "Edith! You scared us! I thought you were really dead! How could you-?! Why would-?! Uh! You're horrible!"
Edith shrugged. "I fooled him didn't I?! If I had been a second or two quicker than I could have gotten his throat." She said turning towards him. Scourge roared in anger and glared at her. There was a large cut over his eye, which the others could tell had been hack out by Edith.
"You filthy little…"
Edith smiled and stuck her tongue out. "Come and get me ugly."
Scourge hurled his spear at him. Edith leaned back avoiding the weapon. Scourge jumped up into the air, pulling out an axe, but suddenly a car smashed into him. Margo floated into the air, and not wasting her opening, she dropped more cars on top of her. She kept dropping vehicle after vehicle on him. "This ends now." She said before dropping a truck.
Antonio and Penny both pulled out exploding disk. They threw the disk as the pile of cars, while Edith threw her shuriken, all of which had paper bombs on them. The mass of metal exploded and they were all blown back a little by the explosion. After a few seconds the ball of fire died down and the others looked to make sure Scourge was done.
As tough as he was, not even he should have been able to get up after that. The smoke was suddenly blown away and Scourge stumbled out, bruised and battered. They all braced themselves for another assault. Scourge chuckled. "I must admit, you surprised me. I didn't think you lot were capable of such a ruthless attack." He said cracking his neck.
"But it's pointless. You can't kill me. No one can kill me." Scourge's wounds suddenly began healing. The others grew wide eyed. "I am one of the few who possess both healing abilities, and combat skills. I am the ultimate warrior. I can't be defeated by the likes of you." He said pulling out another spear.
Antonio frowned. He threw a knife directly at Scourge's forehead. It hit him dead between the eyes, but the wound suddenly healed and the knife was pushed out. "I didn't think I'd need my healing abilities for anyone on this dust ball planet, you've proven yourselves worthy opponents. Be honored." He said rushing at them.
Penny tossed a few explosives at him, but they did little to stop him. He thrusted his spear at her, but Margo swung her hand, moving the tip so it just barely missed her. Penny took the chance to deliver a kick to his torso, but winced the moment her foot made contact. What were these aliens made of? It felt like she's just hit a brick wall.
Scourge swung at her, but Antonio pulled her back just in time. Gaara leapt on his back and bit down into his shoulder. "You're nothing but a hindrance." He said reaching up and grabbing the feline by the ear. He easily pulled him off and hurled him across the street. Edith had to jump up to keep from being hit by him.
Anotnio and Penny quickly gained distance from him. "Wilbur never said anything about him having healing powers!" Penny thought worriedly.
"I don't think he knew." Margo said. "From what I've seen of Wilbur's memories, he did more running than fighting with these guys."
"Well, this changes everything. We need to come up with a new tactic." Antonio said throwing more knives. Scourge either deflect or ignored them completely.
Edith turned towards Margo. "Why don't you just go full power?" Margo grew wide eyed. The others, though still focused on battle, seemed surprised as well. "I know you get all nuts and stuff, but we don't have a choice! We need to take this guy down! So do it!"
"She's right." Antonio said. "We'll stall for time, you just focus."
Margo looked hesitant. She knew they were desperate, but unlocking her full power. It was… risky. There was no guarantee that she could control herself. But she couldn't think of any other way to stop this guy, so it didn't look like she had much of a choice. "Okay…" She muttered. She suddenly began flying up into the air.
Scourge looked up at her. "Trying to flee. Smart, but I won't allow any of you to escape." He said bringing his arm back. He prepared to throw the spear at her, but Edith ran past him and slashed his side with her sword. He turned towards her.
"You didn't forget about me did ya?" She said smirking at him. "C'mon, loser." Scourge turned around stabbed at her, but she jumped up and threw a shuriken at her face. He caught it in his teeth before spitting it away. And began spinning the spear in his hand and swinging at her.
Margo got up fairly high and then took a deep breath. She closed her eyes and began concentrating. She needed to hurry. She wasn't sure how long the others could stall. It might be reckless, but she couldn't afford to hold back now.
Edith ducked and dodged the blows. "C'mon, you haven't landed a hit on me-" Scourge kicked forward and managed to hit her in the gut. She flew back, the air being knocked out of her lungs. She landed on the ground and slid a few feet before groaning. "First time for everything…" She said rubbing her stomach.
He raised his spear, but a disk suddenly struck the back of his head before exploding. "Pick on someone your own size!" Penny yelled. Scourge turned towards her. "Wha…? No not me. Go pick a fight with your dad or something. Crap!" She jumped out of the way as Scourge pulled out his gun and started shooting at her.
Penny kept running as he took shot after shot. His aim was getting closer with every pull of the trigger. Luckily Antonio put a stop to it by placing a knife right down the barrel of the gun. "C'mon hombre. Let's rumble." He said taking out two daggers.
Scourge grunted before rushing at him. Antonio ran right back. Scourge attacked, but Antonio managed to keep out of his reach. He would come in, get a few quick cuts on him, and back away before Scourge's attacks could connect. "Stand still human!"
"Why won't you move faster? Ultimate warrior, what a joke. You can't even land a hit on me, let alone take over this planet." Antonio said flipping back away from him. "You and your stupid race are going to wish you never stepped foot on Earth."
Scourge growled and continued attacking. "You're race is the most annoying of any I've ever slain! You're insistence of hanging around like some parasite is infuriating! The day when I can finally be rid of you will be the happiest day of my existence!"
Edith got up and saw that Scourge was struggling to catch Antonio. She glared at the scene before putting her hands together. "Cuchilla! Move!" Antonio looked towards her confused, but then saw her taking a deep breath. He quickly moved out of the way. Edith suddenly blew out a large ball of fire. The fireball headed straight towards Scourge, blowing up on contact.
Edith kept blowing fire at him. She knew this wouldn't take him down, but it would at least stall him. When she finally stopped, she panted to catch her breath. Scourge walked out of the fire, eyes filled with fury. "You in particular have annoyed me beyond believe. You die, now." He said moving towards her.
The pink clad girl pulled her sword out. She charged at him, but he easily parried her blade and then swung. Edith moved back, but the edge of the spear cut her arm. She winced in pain and stumbled back. Scourge swung the spear again knocking her feet from under her. She fell onto the ground and barely had time to register the spear coming down at her.
She swung her sword and deflected it, and the spear implanted itself into the ground beside her. He growled and lifted his foot to stomp on her. "Leave her alone!" Penny jumped onto his shoulders and began punching him in the back of the head. Scourge grabbed her arm and threw her. She hit the side of a nearby building, and everyone heard a crack.
"AH!" Penny yelled out and grabbed her arm. It was definitely broken. Scourge turned his attention back towards Edith. She tried to get up, but he stepped on her back, pinning her down. She struggled to get free, but it was no use.
Antonio gritted his teeth and ran towards them as Scourge lifted his spear. "Such a weak little hero. I very much doubt that your death will have any effect on the timeline." Edith kept trying to get out from under him, but it was getting nowhere.
Antonio felt a chill up his spine as Scourge began swinging down. He couldn't let this happen. He couldn't let Edith die. Not just because she was someone Margo cared about, but because she was someone that he cared about. She was a teammate, family. He wasn't about to let her die. "NO!"
He didn't know how he managed to do it, but someone how he'd managed to leap all the way towards Scourge. He punched at him, nailing him right in the back. Now, Antonio knew that a simple punch wouldn't even tickle Scourge. He'd only attacked out of desperation. Even if Scourge wasn't as strong as Brutus, he was more than a match for a normal human.
So he was surprised when the alien ended up flying down the street and crashing into a building. Antonio fell onto the ground beside Edith, who looked totally shocked. He rubbed his head and pushed himself up to his feet. "You okay?" He asked looking down at Edith.
She shook her head. "Um… what the heck was that?!" She asked. "Since when did you have super strength?!" Antonio looked at her confused. "You just sent him flying through the air like he was a lightweight?! When did you… how?!"
Antonio's eyes opened in realization. He hadn't thought about it just now, but he had just punched Scourge. And somehow he'd ended up sending him flying. "I don't… I don't know." He said. That couldn't have actually been super strength could it? He knew his dad was strong, but he himself hadn't shown any signs of powers before.
"Can you do it again?" Penny asked still gripping her arm.
"I… don't know. I don't think so."
Before Edith could yell at him that he'd better, Scourge busted back out of the building. He roared out in anger, then glared at them. "You pathetic, insignificant little… I never thought I would want to kill someone more than I did Robinson, but you lot have taken it…" He said bringing his arm back. "DIE!"
He chucked his spear at them and it sailed right at Antonio. It was moving so fast that he couldn't have dodged it in time. "I'm done guys…" The spear suddenly stopped right in front of him. Scourge gritted his teeth. What now?
Margo suddenly appeared in front of them. "Ah… I'm at full power now. Feels so good." She said stretching her arms. Scourge sighed. He thought she had run away, but clearly she had chosen to stay here and die with her friends. Margo suddenly looked towards Scourge. Something about her was different. The look in her eyes. It had changed.
Antonio and Edith both looked worried, while Penny just gritted over her broken arm. "Margo, are you okay?" Edith said looking worried.
"He's the one I'm supposed to beat up…" Margo said pushing her glasses up. "For roughing up my boyfriend and my baby sister." Said boyfriend and sister shared a glance. They both knew that when Margo went all out she got a little… unstable.
Scourge charged at her. He grabbed his spear from the air in front of them before trying to stab down at Margo. Margo lifted her finger and the spear stop right before it made contact. Scourge grunted and tried to push forward, but it didn't budge. "Nice stick." Margo said before spreading her fingers out.
The spear was suddenly torn into pieces, as if it were sent through a shredder. Scourge stumbled back surprised, but then pulled out a sword and swung down at her. Before it hit her, Margo lifted her finger up, and it suddenly shattered into pieces. "Nope." She said smirking.
She flicked her finger and suddenly Scourge was sent flying back. He went flying back and smashed into a stack of girders. Margo chuckled. "Did you see how he just went flying?" She laughed turning towards Antonio and Edith. "I sent him soaring didn't I?"
"Margo, please try and focus." Antonio said. "You need to hurry up and finish him off. The longer you stay like this, the more unstable you get."
Margo pouted. "Aw, you're being such a wet blanket. I don't get to use full power that much. I want to enjoy it for a little bit." She said walking forward. "You guys can go and relax or something, I'll handle this freak."
Edith gritted her teeth. They may have been out of danger from Scourge, but now they'd have to deal with this. "Listen, we'll calm her down once she takes him out. Until then… we don't have much of a choice." Antonio said. Edith sighed and nodded reluctantly.
Scourge shook his head and began standing up. He hadn't expected to be sent flying like that. Since when had there been a hero that powerful before? "You're still up." He quickly turned around and saw Margo standing near him. "Good, I wasn't done yet."
He quickly swung at her, but Margo easily stopped his hand in midair. She balled her fist up and suddenly Scourge felt his arm start to tighten. He winded as he felt his bones starting to crack. Margo smiled before tightening her grip. Scourge's arm suddenly began twisting up. "AAHHH!" He backed away and grabbed his arm's crumpled form.
"You little…" Scourge growled as his arm suddenly began setting itself back into place.
Margo looked interested. "Oh, that's right, you can heal. Well this is going to be really fun then." She said raising both her hands. "A toy that fixes itself…"
The alien was clearly insulted at being called a toy. He rose to his feet and pulled out a knife. "I will make sure you suffer the most of-" Margo swung her hand down and Scourge suddenly found his face meeting with the ground.
"You talk a lot." Margo said. She lifted him up into the air and slammed him down again, then again. She just kept lifting him up and dropping him. "Stop talking, fight." Scourge growled and lunged at her. Margo easily avoided the blows. "Left, right, right, stab." She said smiling cheerily. She could read his mind and know every move he was going to make.
Scourge kept on swinging his blade at her, and she kept dodging. How in the world was she avoiding him? He'd seen her in action before, she wasn't supposed to be this quick. He suddenly felt his legs freeze. "What the…?"
A loud snap was heard and he fell to his knees and grunted. His ankles had broken. How? "Having trouble standing?" She asked. He tried to push himself up, but merely fell again.
Scourge reached up towards her, but then felt his fingers began snapping. "GAH!"
"Too slow." Margo said smirking. He quickly tried to heal his hands and ankles, but it wasn't working. "I shut down the part of your brain that controls your healing. Pretty cool right." She said pointing her finger down at him. "I'm gonna break all your bones, let them heal, and then break them again. Let's see how long you can keep healing yourself…"
Scourge gritted his teeth. He snarled at her and tried to leap at her, but found himself suspended in the air. Margo laughed and balled her fist up. Scourge could feel his bones popping out of their sockets. Despite his best efforts, he let out a howl of pain.
"You were bragging about how you were going to kill all my friends. How you were going to torture them. Don't tell me you can dish it out, but not take it." Margo said darkly. He only glared at her in response. "Aren't you testy? Well it's about to get worst…"
Her grip tightened and Scourge once again howled in pain. Margo got ready to go even further, but then felt someone grab her hand. "Stop." Antonio said sternly. Behind him were Edith and Penny, who was leaning against Gaara for support.
She turned towards him. "Why?" She asked.
"Margo, you won." Edith said. "He's down, you shut off his healing. It's over."
She frowned. "He hurt you. He hurt Edith, and Penny. He tried to kill you all. Why shouldn't I-?"
"You're slipping Margo. You know when go full power you start to lose control. You get crazy. You need to take a step back and clear your head." Edith said.
Margo didn't seem satisfied with her sister's plea. She tightened her fist even further and they could see blood start to leak from Scourge's eyes. "M…" Antonio said warningly. She didn't release her grip. "Margo!" He snapped. "You're going to kill him!"
"He deserves to die anyway…" She muttered.
"That's not for us to decide!"
"We were all ready to kill him back there! We all said it!"
"That's because we weren't sure we even had a choice! But now we do! We're heroes, we save lives, and we try out hardest to avoid taking them! If you do this then you're no better than he is!" Antonio said pointing to Scourge. "Do you really want to be a murderer? Do you want people to look at you like… like they looked at me?"
She stopped and eyed him. Antonio's gaze didn't waver. Margo loosened her grip and dropped Scourge onto the ground. She looked down and pouted. Antonio and Edith both let out a sigh of relief. "That was close…" Edith muttered. "Well, we all survived. So that's a thing."
Antonio nodded. "Yep, we did…" He turned towards Margo and then stepped forward before kissing her. Margo looked surprised, but then quickly kissed him back. There had been about three times where he was pretty sure he was going to die, so now that he'd actually lived through it he was going to make the most of it.
Edith gagged. Her sister probably wouldn't have liked being kissed out in public like this, at least not right at this moment. But crazy Margo was a lot more accepting than regular Margo. So it wasn't really a surprise to see her sister swapping spit right now. Still didn't make it any less gross of course.
Penny looked at them awkwardly. "Um… we should probably hurry up and secure him. I bet the others need us." Penny said. Antonio and Penny reluctantly separated from one another.
"Alright, alright, let's go." Antonio said.
Margo smirked. "Forget dinner afterwards. We're just going to find a closest."
"You said that out loud." Edith said shaking her head in disgust.
"I know."
A/N: So, there you go! Tell me what you guys thought!
Alright guys. I think most of you could tell, but this story is starting to reach it's end. I can only see this going about two or three more chapters. I'm really proud of this story. This crossover hasn't had the same amount of popularity it had years ago(time does that to all fandoms) but right now we're at seventy one reviews. That's pretty good.
Keep in mind that this AU will continue in future stories(kind of an like an Avengers thing going on). So even when this story ends, this won't be the last adventure for these characters. I thinking of tackling HTTYD or ROTG/Frozen next. What do you guys think?