Hey, guys. Here we go. We're finally going to get to the defeat of Cicada. Obviously, with Dr. Strange here to help out, it's not gonna be terribly hard. But I'll still try and make this a good chapter. It's not going to be a terribly long one.
Let's get to it.
Warlocktongue: There won't be any Steve/Caitlin this chapter, but I'll put in a little bit of it in the final chapter. Their relationship will really start to develop in my Crisis on Earth-X Story.
Guest: No, Stan Lee will not be the priest. I'll think of something else for him. Plus, if it were Stan Lee…I mean, let's be honest, Overgirl's heat vision would just bounce off him, and that would confuse everybody.
Green Hal37: The Blip is when everyone came back. If I accidently switched up the two in this chapter, my mistake.
Chapter 7- Fall of Cicada
Pietro finishes putting on his suit, then turns to face the rest of the team. Caitlin, Ralph, Steve, Sam, and Dr. Strange are all standing around Cisco, who is typing away at the computers, trying to fix a location on Cicada.
"Alright. Is everybody ready to go?" he asks.
"Definitely," Steve says firmly. Everyone else nods in agreement, ready to get going.
"Got her!" Cisco suddenly blurts out.
Everyone turns to face Cisco upon hearing those words. Cisco is smiling brightly as he looks at everybody.
"She's at Mercury Labs, and according the signal from the nanites, she's been there for 5 minutes. That has to be where she's setting up the machine to spread the virus," Cisco says.
Pietro nods and looks around at everybody. "Alright, everyone. This is it. We have to stop Cicada here and now, or every metahuman in America dies. Losing is not an option," he says.
Caitlin nods as she turns into Killer Frost. Cisco stands up from the computers, putting on his Vibe glasses. Steve tightens his grip on his shield. Sam tightens one of the straps of his pack. Ralph's fists swell a little bit. And Dr. Strange just nods once.
"Alright. Let's go put an end to this," Pietro says firmly.
(Mercury Labs)
The bodies of several guards lie strewn across the roof of Mercury Labs as Cicada is finishing preparing the device.
Cicada presses a few more buttons, then connects one final wire. She then smiles as the countdown clock begins ticking away on a small screen. With all the dark matter she had charged the machine with, the virus would be spread over the entire country.
Suddenly, she hears something behind her. She looks back and sees a breach just behind her. A moment later, Sam steps through the portal.
"Hey," Sam says nonchalantly.
"Falcon. You wanted to come witness the end of your metahuman friends? Good," Cicada says.
"I don't think so," Sam says before spreading his wings and taking off.
Cicada growls as she dodges out of the way as Sam attempts to dive right at her. As Sam flies over her, she pulls out the dagger and throws it at him. But, before the dagger reaches him, a sling ring portal suddenly opens in its path, and the dagger sails through it. The portal immediately closes behind it.
Cicada stands there for a second, not quite having expected that, and surprised when she can't automatically summon it back to her. Then, she hears something behind her before she hears someone say, "I doubt you'll be able to summon the dagger back from that." Cicada turns around, and sees Dr. Strange, Steve, Frost, and Ralph all standing together in front of a sling ring portal. Then, Pietro speeds up next to them.
"I don't need a dagger to kill you," Cicada says. She then unleashes blasts of energy from her hands, which hit Frost and Ralph and sends them flying back. Ralph hits Pietro and knocks him back as well.
Steve throws his shield at Cicada. She manages to duck under it, but Dr. Strange opens a portal in the shield's path, bringing it right back to Steve as he races to engage Cicada.
Cicada draws her two kukri knives and lunges for Steve, who easily blocks them with his shield. He and Cicada start exchanging rapid blows as Dr. Strange flies towards them, conjuring an energy sword.
Meanwhile, Sam flies down and lands in front of the machine as another breach opens up right next to it and Cisco leaps through.
"How long do we have?" Sam asks.
"About a minute," Cisco says.
"Well, then let's get this done," Sam says. Cisco just nods as the two get to work trying to disarm the machine.
As they get started, Steve and Dr. Strange are exchanging blows with Cicada. Cicada jumps back to avoid a blow from Steve. She then tries to strike Dr. Strange from behind. But, to her surprise, the Cloak of Levitation lashes out and wraps itself around her hand, stopping her from hitting him. The cloak then flies off of Strange's back and wraps itself around Cicada's head. She tries in vain to get it off as it thrashes around, whipping her around before finally throwing her to the ground.
The cloak flies back to Strange as the rest of the team rejoins them. Cicada scrambles back to her feet, only to get a punch from Ralph's fist, now four times its normal size. Then, Frost stalks up and fires an ice blast that encases Cicada in ice.
"Hey, cricket freak. We have some unfinished business," Frost says as she conjures two ice daggers.
However, she is able to attack, Cicada unleashes a blast of energy outwards, shattering the ice around her and knocking everybody back. Except for Pietro, who dashes out of the way, then circles back again. He punches Cicada right in the chest, knocking her tumbling.
As this happens, Sam and Cisco are desperately trying to stop the machine.
"We've got 10 seconds, Cisco!" Sam says.
"I know! And it's…" Cisco says before pausing for a second. Then, he cuts one last wire, and the whole machine powers down.
"Done!" Cisco says as a smile starts to cross his face.
"Yeah! You're awesome, Cisco!" Sam says, giving Cisco an appreciative slap on the shoulder.
The two turn around, just in time to see Cicada go flying back again from a blow from Steve. Before she can even react, Pietro comes racing in and hits her from behind, knocking her tumbling across the roof. Once she stops, she just lies there, dazed.
Steve then pulls the mirror gun off his belt. "Dr. Strange. If you could please bring the dagger back," he says politely.
"Of course, Captain," Strange says just as politely. He raises his hands and opens another sling ring portal, this one facing the ground. A second later, the dagger comes sailing through it and hits the ground.
"Let's end this," Steve says. He then raises the mirror gun, aims it right at the dagger, and fires. Cicada regains her focus just in time to see the blast hit the dagger.
Cicada's eyes widen in horror. As she and everyone else watches, the dagger seems to fold in on itself until it finally disappears.
Cicada lets out a bellow of anger. Everyone looks at her, and sees that her skin is beginning to crack and disintegrate in white light. Just like how the New Avengers disappeared after the death of Thanos. Everyone just watches as Cicada bellows and screams angrily, almost animal like, until she finally disappears.
Everyone just kind of stands there, frozen, taking in what just happened. Finally, Pietro says, "Well. I think she's gone, guys." That breaks the tension, and everyone laughs a little bit, just glad that Cicada is finally gone.
And, I'll end there.
I know it was pretty short, but with Dr. Strange, Steve, Pietro, Caitlin, and Ralph all fighting Cicada, I think it would be pretty easy for them to beat her. Especially when she didn't have the dagger.
So, that's it. Cicada has finally been defeated. Next chapter will show the aftermath and wrap this story up. I thank you all for the support, and hope you're excited for the last chapter. Until it gets posted, leave a review on this one, and stay tuned.