AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks for the reviews and votes on the poll! Now I know to keep this story going. Anywho, on with the show!
The source of the heroes' time displacement was finally revealed, and his presence only confused the heroes even more. All except for Stephen Strange, who looked on at the suit-wearing being calmly. "The Beyonder, I presume?"
The Beyonder himself was glad that Stephen knew who he was and was to be respected and thus responded by giving the sorcerer a smirk and a nod. "Astute as always, Doctor."
Naturally, this caused all the heroes to look at Stephen, then back at the Beyonder with the same perplexed expression. And the first one to say what the rest of the heroes are thinking is the ever-verbose Tony, who gazes at the Beyonder with a stunned look behind his faceplate. "Sooooo, this being you told us about? The one who's supposed to be stronger than Galactus?" As he continued, Tony looked up and down the Beyonder's white suit and was just as dumbfounded by his taste in fashion. "Granted, he dresses better than most of the psychos we run into, but still, you know that the eighties are over, right pal?"
The Beyonder only chuckled at Tony's remark regarding his clothing. "Well, what can I say?" The Beyonder replied with a sly smirk as he straightened his collar. "After observing Earth for so long, I've developed a taste for this style." As he continued, the Beyonder looked at Tony with a curious raised eyebrow. "But as far as my wardrobe goes, I find it a bit off-putting receiving criticism from you, Tony Stark. After all, didn't you try to pull this off, only to fail miserably?"
Naturally, this did remark upsets Tony, as it reminded him of when he tried to wear the white suit when he was fifteen, along with growing his hair long. An embarrassing time in his life that brought him lectures from his parents and caused a few not-so-pleasant articles in the teen magazines at the time. "Touché," the billionaire said bitterly, as he started to feel that Jacob Fury of the Zodiac was more polite in comparison and, at that moment, started to miss him.
As the heroes gawked over their mysterious 'host' appearance, the Hulk only saw the Beyonder as a new target to smash. As such, he sat up from Piotr, who was just as stunned as his fellow X-Men at the sight of the Beyonder, then leaped into the air and held his massive fists over his head, with the intent of plowing the suit-wearing demigod into the floor.
However, the Beyonder quickly showed why Stephen was not lying about him being more powerful than Galactus as he held up his left hand and, channeling just a fraction of his power, suspended the Hulk in mid-air, which surprised the heroes even more, especially the Green Goliath himself. However, the Beyonder did not stop there, and he continued to make an example out of the floating Hulk by pointing his finger to the left side, which caused sent Hulk to zoom down in that direction and immediately stop at the corner with his nose just inches away from the hard marble. The demigod then pointed his left index finger downward, causing Hulk to land on the floor on his back side, causing a slight tremor. And, as a cherry on top of the green powerhouse's humiliation, by pointing his left thump backward, and thus made Hulk put his thumb in his mouth, making him look like a child just sent to the corner by his parents for misbehaving.
After putting the Hulk 'in his place,' the Beyonders turned his attention to the heroes, who looked at the suit-wearing entity with stunned and fearful expressions. "Anyone else want to press their luck?" The Beyonder asked sternly but confident that he made his point.
All of the mortified heroes answered the Beyonder in the form of hushed silence. Especially Peter, who looked at the Beyonder in fear and disbelief at how he handled the Hulk like he was nothing. "Okay," Peter thought with eyes widened behind his eyepieces. "I am officially freaked out now!"
Out of all the heroes, the stunned Falcon himself, Sam Wilson, was the first to verbalize what he just saw. "Geez, and here I thought that the fight with Galactus was the day I officially saw everything."
One of the Avengers, Jan, answered Sam as she grew back to human size, along with Hank Pym. "Oh, stick around. I'm pretty sure something else will happen that'll top this. Especially when you're around us."
Around this time, Piotr finally managed to get back on his feet as the still-flabbergasted heroes stared in disbelief at this powerful being who tossed the Hulk aside like he was nothing. But as he got back up on his feet, Piotr noticed through the corner of his left eye that the astonished Susan Storm was right next to him, and the sight of her blonde hair was more than enough to remind him of his little sister, as well as cause his rage to return. As such, he stomped toward the Beyonder. "*You monster!*" Piotr growled in his native Russian, clenching his fists as he approached the deity. "What have you done to my sister!?"
Naturally, Piotr's outburst concerned his teammates, mainly Kitty, who desperately ran behind her metal-based teammate and attempted to prevent him from attacking the Beyonder by using her mutant gift she called 'phasing.' Meaning that, with great concentration, she caused her body to become intangible and passed through solid matter, which in this case was running into Piotr's back and exiting the front of her body, shocking him enough to make him stop in his tracks and allow Rogue and Kurt to hold his arms. Afterward, Kitty stopped, spun around to face the stunned Piotr, then ran towards him and placed her hands on his chest as she reasoned with him. "Piotr, stop!" Kitty exclaimed with a stern but caring tone. "We all want to help Illyana and the kids, Big Guy, but can't do it by punching first and asking questions later!"
Suddenly, Rogue heard what sounded like a loud, irritable grunt from the Hulk, and as she looked to the left, she saw the green-skinned powerhouse finally stand up on his feet and walk to his teammates in annoyance. All of which made the jaded southern girl nervous, both of the Hulk and this mysterious, omnipotent lifeform that stood before the heroes. "Especially goin' up against a guy who just tossed aside Jolly Green over there like a ragdoll!"
The Beyonder couldn't help but raise an intrigued eyebrow at the two X-Girls. Kitty, for how she utilized such a helpful power and reasoned with someone as big and imposing as Piotr with a maturity beyond someone her age. And Rogue, for her bluntness in stating common sense, case in point, how the Beyonder showed how powerful he was in dealing with the Hulk and proved how fighting against him would be fruitless. Nonetheless, the Beyonder knew that such hostility would only slow things down regarding getting to what he had in store for the heroes. After letting out an annoyed sigh, the Beyonder decided to put Piotr's fears to rest to move things forward. "You would be wise to listen to your friends, Piotr Rasputin," he told the X-Man calmly, getting his attention. "Besides, when it comes to your sister, you have nothing to fear."
With a simple wave of his right hand, the Beyonder produced a large energy-based screen high above him and the heroes that showed the images of the heroes' loved ones, all of whom appeared to be frozen in place as well as the moving people around them, as if someone had pressed the pause button on a cosmic remote control. From Illyana and the children back at the Xavier Institute, all scared at the sight of Piotr, Kitty, and Rogue vanishing, to Nick Fury and the rest of the SHIELD agents inside the Helicarrier all trapped in a pure state of pandemonium after witnessing the white light take away the team of heroes that could've been the last hope in dealing with the new problem that was the flying pyramids in Egypt.
Another one of the heroes' loved ones who was a civilian was May Parker, Peter's aunt, who was a thin, fair-skinned woman in her mid-fifties and early sixties with long, silver hair tied in a bun, dressed in a pink dress shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows, khaki dress pants and matching work shoes. Aside from her work attire, May also wore a troubled expression as she sat behind her desk inside her office located inside her workplace, a homeless shelter that provided Food, Emergency, Aid, Shelter, and Training, hence its name, F.E.A.S.T. Though any soul in need who walked in through the doors were always May's concern, the one person that she was most worried about was her nephew, Peter, whom she raised since he was a baby and always doted on him, and thanks to the death of her husband, was now the only family she had left. As such, she always grew more concerned for Peter's well-being since being accepted into ESU and thus stepped into the 'real world,' However, his recent change in attitude thanks to 'new clothing' recently caused their relationship to strain somewhat. Despite this, May still worried about her nephew and hoped that he wasn't getting himself into trouble, so she turned and looked at her phone on her desk and contemplated calling him to check on him. But before May could pick up her phone, she immediately froze, along with the people inside the shelter, be it the building's workers or people without homes.
Naturally, the sight of his aunt being completely motionless, along with everyone else, was very distressing to Peter and thus prompted the young man to turn his attention to the Beyonder, with his blood boiling and almost forgetting how powerful he is. "What did you do to them?!"
"I assure you, they're fine," Beyonder replied, his annoyance still present. "I merely stopped the flow of time on planet Earth. And since all of you have been known to be so protective of not just them but all the people of Earth, I figured this was the best option to keep them out of harm's way in your absence. And rest assured; I will unfreeze them and return you to them…IF you accomplish the task I have in store for all of you!"
Obviously, this reply didn't sit well with the heroes, as they saw it as holding Earth and its people hostage. But none more so that Luke Cage, as he, along with his fellow Heroes for Hire, Danial Rand, and Scott Lang, were in the middle of working a case, and the last thing they needed was another intergalactic threat to make his job more difficult. "Fist, remind me to send Stark a bill after this," Luke whispered to his partner irritably, seeing this situation as an 'Avengers Problem' and might as well try to get some compensation from the armored billionaire.
"I'll keep that in mind," Danny answered quietly, humoring his friend's request for two reasons. One, despite his pension for putting a price tag on performing good deeds, he knew that deep down that, the man formally known as 'Power Man' was still a good person and truly wanted to do the right thing. And two, Danny could tell that this situation daily fell into one of those 'IF we survive' scenarios and chose not to let Luke see his concern to keep him focused.
Not all of the heroes managed to keep themselves composed by this development; however, for Piotr, still in his metal form, was still deadest on attacking the Beyonder and forcing him to free his sister. Fortunately, another X-Man was there to try and calm the big man down. Namely, the team's appointed leader, Logan, who was always known for his short temper, but since taking the leadership role, learned to keep it in check, despite how difficult it was. "Stand down, Resputin!" Logan commanded in a solid but caring tone. "I get you want to knock this creep's block off just as much as I do, but that ain't gonna be possible, given what he did to Jade Jaws over there! Bottom line, let's hear what this 'task' is, and the sooner we know more about it, the sooner we can figure out how to get back home and back to yer sister! All right?!"
Though still fuming, Piotr listened to Logan's words. Not only because, despite his short stature, Logan was still one of the most ferocious fighters he knew, one who could take down opponents twice his size, and thus Piotr dreaded the thought of having the feral mutant 'force' him to listen. But most importantly, the steel giant knew that this gruff but caring fighter lived a long life and often gave sage advice to him and other younger teammates when needed. Not to mention that he noticed the grumbling Hulk walk back to his teammates and was reminded of the Beyonder's display of power and knew that Logan and Rogue were telling the truth that a direct attack wouldn't exactly help him and his teammates in this situation, especially when it comes to getting back to Illyana. And so, with all of this in mind, Piotr gave Logan a nod, then took a deep breath and calmed down and relaxed his muscles, and in the process, caused his body to revert from his stainless steel to ordinary flesh and bone.
As Piotr took two steps back, Logan, as well as Rogue and Kitty, all let out a sigh of relief once their muscular teammate finally cooled off. Afterward, Logan turned to face the Beyonder, the source of all this chaos, and narrowed his eyes at him with disdain. "Okay, bub, now that you got us all here, what the hell is this about?"
Pleased to see that he had everyone's undivided attention, the Beyonder explained why he brought the costumed heroes to his realm. "Well, as Doctor Strange pointed out, I am called the Beyonder. I have observed many worlds, but one planet that has caught and maintained my interest for quite some time has been your planet Earth." As he continued, the Beyonder fixed his collar, marveling at the fashion sense he grew to love. "And though your world does have a few 'perks' that I enjoy, it also has a few concepts that I find perplexing…yet intriguing."
Out of all the baffled heroes, the Wakandan King, T'Challa, decided to speak up to see what 'concepts' this mysterious being was referring to. "And they are...?"
"Your concepts of good…and evil," the Beyonder replied calmly, then waved his right hand again, and the image on the large screen changed once more. This time what showed was the various battles that all the heroes fought. From the Avengers fighting the purple-suited masked war criminal known as Baron Zemo and his team of costumed villains known as the Masters of Evil in the war room of their Mansion headquarters, the Fantastic Four going up against the armored Latvarian tyrant in a green tunic and hooded cloak known as Doctor Doom in his castle, the X-Men at the Cape Citadel missile base in Florida, battling a levitating fair-skinned man clad in a red suit, with a purple, gloves, boots, trunks cape and matching red helmet born Erik Lehnsherr, but known worldwide as Magneto. And finally, Peter, in his red and blue Spider-Man costume, in an abandoned warehouse that was turned into a makeshift laboratory, where he jumped and flipped from one crate box to the next to avoid getting hit or entangled by the four twenty-four feet long steel tentacles that were connected to a harness worn by an overweight, pale-skinned, middle-aged man with brown hair, wearing goggles and green jumpsuit. This man was born Otto Octavius, a once gifted scientist, but after an explosion in a lab that resulted in the harness being attached to his spine and allowing him to mentally control the tentacles as if they were born on his body, he went on to become the dangerous criminal named Doctor Octopus.
The Beyonder continued while all the heroes looked at the screen that showed their hard-fought battles. "As I researched further, I witnessed the battles you have all undertaken and won. Triumphed over many enemies that came before you. Be it those who are your fellow Earthlings…" The Beyonder waved his hand once more, and this time it showed The Avengers, both main and reserve members, and Fantastic Four battling the massive-sized, purple-armored Galactus and his heralds, to the X-Men battling the mutant-hunting task force known as the Mutant Response Division, or MRD, followed by the giant humanoid robots known as the Sentinels, and the fiery bird-shaped entity that was the Phoenix Force."…to those on a cosmic scale. All with the goal of protecting your planet and the people who live on it. All proving that you are all agents of good, hence why all of you have been chosen."
This remark made all the heroes look at the Beyonder in confusion, and Tony decided to ask what he and his comrades were thinking, all with a skeptical expression behind his faceplate. "Chosen? For what?"
The Beyonder, who expected this question, as well as Tony's pessimism, turned to the armored billionaire with a calm, if not smug, look. "An experiment. One in the form of the ultimate test of Good against Evil and to determine which side is superior. And it is up to all of you, the heroes of Earth, to prove that Good is the strongest of the two."
Once Thor heard why he and his comrades were brought here, he scoffed loudly. "Then you have wasted both your power and time bringing us here, Beyonder," the Thunder God declared with his usual bravado. "For if thou had seen our battles and victories, then you would already know that the side of Good is truly better!"
"Don't be so sure, Thor Odinson," The Beyonder retorted. "Though you and your comrades have indeed won many battles, so have those who act out of Evil." Moments later, the Beyonder calmly turned his attention to Logan and his team, much to their confusion. "Case in point of how Evil was about to win Egypt, something that the X-Men were about to discover firsthand."
Naturally, this comment only made Logan growl in frustration, clearly not needing to be reminded that he and his fellow X-Men were on the verge of defeat before the Beyonder teleported them off the planet. "Well, ain't you 'Mr. Modest.'"
As the rest of the Avengers and Fantastic Four focuses on the X-Men, now knowing that they are facing the 'situation' in Egypt and feeling bad for them for being on the losing end, there is one detail that everybody seems to be overlooking. One in which a certain Web-Head remembered but was somewhat reluctant to share due to him not being on everyone's favorite hero list. As much as Peter dreaded it, he knew it had to be brought up. As such, he reluctantly raised his hand to get everyone's attention. "Uh, hey, I don't want to be that guy," Peter said out loud, causing everyone to look at him. Afterward, the young man shifted everyone's attention to the Beyonder as he turned to the powerful being this question. "But if we're supposed to represent Good in this experiment of yours, then who did you pick to represent Evil? And please say you didn't pick who's strong enough to destroy a world on an apocalyptic scale."
Suddenly, on the X-Men's side, hearing Peter mention the word 'apocalyptic' caused Jean's eyes to grow huge with shock and horror as it made her think back to…
GIZA, EGYPT
…when she was in the literal grip of the giant Apocalypse, feeling her bones breaking and air being forced out of her body. Just as she was about to lose consciousness, Jean felt oxygen fill her lungs once more, and as she regained her senses, she was surprised to see the white glow covering her body, and her shock only increased when she saw this same glow consume an equally perplexed Apocalypse. Through the corner of her left eye, Jean was in further disbelief when she spotted the light consume not just her teammates but Apocalypse's Horsemen as well…
THE BEYONDER'S THRONE ROOM
…a memory that left Jean mortified as she came to one conclusion as to what happened to the ancient mutant and his followers. "Oh my god…!" Jean whispered, which caused some of her fellow X-Men to turn and look at her in confusion.
Most notably, Logan and Scott, both of whom loved the women and said this to her in concerned unison. "Jean?"
"That white light that brought us here, I saw it on Apocalypse too!" Jean replied quickly to Logan and Scott. "And those mutants you were fighting at the entrance of his Pyramid. Which can only mean…" Jean soon shifted her attention to the Beyonder and narrowed her eyes at the white suit-wearing being as she stated what she thought happened to the powerful mutant that almost killed her and her teammates and made the horrible future they were trying to prevent from becoming a reality. "You brought them here too, didn't you? To represent Evil for your 'experiment?'"
The Beyonder confirmed Jean's suspicions by giving her a nod. "And then some," The Beyonder replied cryptically, then turned to the left side and waved his hand once more.
At that moment, the wall seemed to liquify and melt like an ice cube left out on the sidewalk on a hot summer day. As the liquid mass finally melted and merged into the floor, the Beyonder revealed its other 'guests,' a collection of the Earth's most dangerous and notorious villains. All of whom were chosen to be the Beyonder's Champions of Evil and were just as baffled by the situation as the heroes. Villains such as Doctor Doom and Otto 'Doctor Octopus' Octavius were present, and much to the X-Men's dismay, so were Apocalypse, his Horsemen, and Mister Sinister. However, this gathering of the Champions of Evil did not stop there.
There was also Ultron, the killer robot, and, unfortunately, the creation of Hank Pym himself. As was his previous design, his head was still in the shape of an ant's head and red energy brewed from his eyes and mouth, and his adamantium-composed body was given a shining silver plating, courtesy of hacking into the systems of a rival tech company to Stark Industries and using their resources to rebuild a new body.
The next was that of the time-traveling former ruler of Earth from the forty-first century, who was born Nathanial Richards but was known by the Avengers only as Kang the Conqueror. The blue-faced conqueror wore his purple, synthetic armor underneath a green tunic, secure with a purple belt with glowing buttons and knobs on the buckle. Though usually, Kang would be calm and collected, given how accustomed he was to time travel, he was now confused as he found himself out of his timestream prison and into mysterious new dwellings.
Another villain summoned was that of an old war criminal who was more or less the arch-nemesis of Captain America himself, a man in a green jumpsuit with black boots, gloves, and belt known as Johann Schmidt, a leading soldier of HYDRA, which, at the time, was a German branch in World War II. Like Steve Rogers, he too took a Super Soldier Serum, but one that was imperfect. And while it did make him stronger, there were other effects, namely disfiguring his entire head, turning it crimson, and giving it a skull-like appearance, hence the name he came to be known as worldwide, the Red Skull. He maintained his youthful appearance thanks to numerous procedures over the years. Through his physical attributes and cunning, he recently took control of HYDRA itself, which had become a secret organization since Germany lost the war.
Strangely enough, the Skull was not alone, for other HYDRA operatives were also with him. From the tall, green-haired fair-skinned woman known as Madame Viper, who wore a sleeveless, skintight green unitard that hugged her voluptuous but athletic body and had her long green hair over the right side of her face to hide her scars. To a tall, pale-green-skinned man named Eric Williams, who donned a dark blue cybernetic suit, a purple cape with a hood that covered most of his face, and a large scythe mounted on his right arm. His almost zombie-like appearance and proficiency with his armed mounted scythe earned him the codename the Grim Reaper. And the final remaining six agents were supervillains who, through their snake-like appearances and abilities, as well as their close association with Viper, gained fear and notoriety through both SHIELD and the superhero community as the Serpent Society, which consisted of the leader, the green suited man with a crowned masked named King Cobra, and members such as the blonde and bulky female Anaconda, the purple suited masked man named Constrictor, the surgically mutated, green-scaled reptilian with silver bionic arms named Bushmaster, the purple suited man with clawed gloves and grin finned masked named Death Adder, and another mutated reptilian with red scales and a tail called Rattler.
These were not the only villains with close affiliations with HYDRA, for with them was the organization's former wartime leader, Baron Heinrich Zemo, still in his purple suit with yellow gloves, boots, belt, and a golden crown over his skintight purple mask to hide a heavily disfigured face. Like the Skull, he too underwent experiments to prolong his life and treat a germ warfare virus of his creation called Virus X, for which he blamed Captain America for his contamination. This former HYDRA leader has his newest roster of the team, known as the Masters of Evil, which consists of eight members—from the brown-suited, pale-skinned eight-foot-tall man known as Goliath, a blonde-haired, fair-skinned woman in yellow body armor and a finned silver helmet named Moonstone, a tall, muscular woman with light-skin and long red hair and a purple jumpsuit named Titania, and the bulky, fair-skinned bald man with black striped pants, brown boots and carrying a chained wrecking ball called the Absorbing Man. The final four members that made up this new roster were very muscular men who were a group in their own right known as the Wrecking Crew. They consisted of the fair-skinned man wielding a long crowbar while dressed in a green jumpsuit with purple boots, gloves, and mask called the Wrecker, an African American mask main in a green body suit with yellow mask, gloves and boots with a ball and chain wrapped around his right arm named Thunderball, a blonde-haired, fair-skinned man with a red mask, pants and black gloves and boots called Piledriver, and finally, a large, bulkier man in an orange costume with silver wristbands, boots and a helmet that covered his entire head named Bulldozer.
Though Zemo chose these new members carefully, three other villains were founding members of the group but were not exactly on the 'best of terms' with the Baron. The first is the tall, blonde-haired, fair-skinned, and stunningly beautiful woman with an athletic but attractive hourglass figure. In the past, she was the Asgardian Goddess formally known as Amora the Enchantress, who wore a green tiara, along with green skintight clothing, which consisted of a blouse that left her shoulders bare, matching green arm sleeves, knee-high boots, and miniskirt, something in which aided her in her ability to seduce any man into doing her bidding, through a combination of her looks and magic. But now, after swearing her alliance to Surtur, the Lord of the Fire Demons, she received a significant increase in power as well as the new title of Adora the Demon Queen, which also changed her wardrobe from green to demon red, with her outfit revealing her figure much more and her tiara having longer devil-like horns.
The second was that of Amora's ever-faithful servant and enforcer, the large and bald mustached man known as Skurge the Executioner, who was clad in his black Asgardian armor and having two massive guns slung over his back to replace the giant axe that he lost.
And the third original member of the Masters of Evil was a large, reptilian humanoid the size of a tank, with large claws on each hand and razor-sharp teeth. Before his exposure to Gamma radiation, he was once a member of the British SAS named Emil Blonsky. But now, he terrorized the world and entered many fights with the Hulk as the Abomination.
Four more villains were also the result of exposure to Gamma radiation. With him was a small, green-skinned man with a large head who was once a simple janitor named Samuel Sterns but now used his increased intelligence to try and conquer the world as the Leader. Four more people made up this Gamma gathering, and they were the unusual but powerful group known as the U-Foes. There was Vector, a male thinly-built body that appeared to be composed of a black mass with an entire galaxy inside, along with a red 'V' on his forehead and white eyes. Vapor, an almost ghostly female composed of green gas. X-Ray, a man inside a purple containment suit where the helmet shows only his glowing skull. And finally, Iron Clad, a large, heavy man around the same size as Abomination but composed of pure steel.
The next seven villains could be classified as 'street level.' The first was a tall, muscular man dressed in a black silk shirt, grey pants, and matching black wristbands and boots. Before, he was an African American man named Alonzo Lincoln, who was once a small-time thug, but after being exposed to the chemical called Diox-3, it turned his skin chalk white, made him strong enough to lift six tons, and made his entire hard as marble. This, along with his icy demeanor, earned him the nickname 'Tombstone' and thus helped him to move quickly up the ladder to become a crime lord. The next was another African American man named Willis Stryker, who was dressed in what looked like a green Croc skin suit and was an enforcer for Tombstone who, like his employer, also took a drug to enhance himself called Diamond. This made his body as strong and hard as the stone he was named after, and thus inspired Tombstone himself to give him the name Diamondback, and thus served his boss by using his enhanced strength to intimidate mob enemies and trade blows with the strongest of heroes, namely Luke Cage. The third was that of a man of Asian descent but was dressed in a black gi, with the shirt open to show a black serpent tattoo and a purple sash around his waist, along with matching shoes and a black mask, similar to the yellow mask of the Iron Fist. In these clothes, the man named Davos often engaged with Daniel Rand under the name of the Steel Serpent.
The following six street-level villains were those who had been associated with Otto Octavius in the past, primarily to band together against Spider-Man. They thus went under the moniker of the Sinister Six. The first of these members was an elderly, bald, wrinkly pale-skinned man who appeared to be in his late sixties and early seventies, wearing a green jumpsuit with razor-sharp green wings attached to the sleeves. This man was known as Adrien Toomes, a former businessman, and inventor who created an electro-magnetic harness, which he wore underneath his suit, that enabled him flight and used his wings to steer his way through the skies and attack his unsuspecting enemies from above just like the bird he was named after the Vulture. The next villain was a thin, fair-skinned man in a primarily light green suit with yellow gloves, boots, lightning streaks on the chest, and a starfish-shaped yellow mask covering his face. In one life, Maxwell Dillion was once an electrical engineer. But after a freak accident involving contact with genetically altered electric eels, he became a living, electrical storage battery that terrorized the city as Electro. The third was that of a large bulldozer of a man who wore silver and green plated armor with a helmet looking like a rhino's head, complete with a curved, razor-sharp horn. Only the exposed, pale-skinned face of Aleksei Sytsevich, who used the suit's overwhelming power to commit crimes and trample anyone in his way as the Rhino. The fourth member was a pale-skinned man named Mac Gargan, who was covered in green body armor, a helmet that had orange eyepieces, and a prehensible tail with a sharp tip on his back, which he controlled mental and gave his enemies the sting of the Scorpion. The fifth member was Herman Schultz, also known as the Shocker, who donned a yellow and brown padded suit with two gauntlets on his hands that he used to fire shockwave blasts. And the sixth and final member, who was now a new addition to the group, was a large, mutated Stegosaurus with orange skin, spines on his back, and a large, spike-tipped tail, thus becoming the villain known as Stegron.
The next four villains were not part of any group and often worked independently. The first was a man in his late forties with black hair slicked back, a matching goatee, pale skin, and green clothing with a black cape. Attire that Baron Nikolai Mordo wore when he used his powers in the mystic arts to try and conquer the world and do battle with The Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange. The second was a second middle-aged man of Chinese descent with long black hair and a long mustache, dressed in a black and gold robe and ten rings with multi-colored stones on all ten of his long-nailed fingers. Rings used by the man known only as the Mandarin to fight against Tony Stark, who always thwarts his plans for conquest. And the final villain was that of a man dressed in a red body suit with a pink faceplate and a dish-like device on his right hand. This attire was all that sustained Ulysses Klaw, a gifted scientist who tried to use Wakanda's supply of Vibrainum to conquer the world but was instead transformed into a being of pure sound when betrayed by the Grim Reaper. And the fourth man was a large African Man who was covered in the skin of a rare Albino Gorilla, and his strength and veracity made the people of Wakanda fear the man that was M'Baku the Man-Ape.
The next group of ruthless villains all had a connection to Logan. From a tall Japanese man named Keniuchio Harada, also known as the Silver Samurai due to his silver samurai-style armor. Victor Creed, a vicious, blonde-haired, fair-skinned man in an orange and brown costume, with white fur over his shoulders resembling a lion's mane and brown gloves exposing his razor-sharp claws, all to rip apart his enemies as Sabretooth. Yuriko Oyama, a Japanese woman in her early thirties, wore a brown cap, pants, boots, and shoulder pads underneath a sleeveless white shirt. And thanks to her large hands with twelve-inch clawed fingers, she made herself a feared mercenary named Lady Deathstrike. And the fourth and final mutant, as well as the last member of the Champions of Evil, was a confused Erik 'Magneto' Lehnsherr, who turned and spotted both the X-Men and Avengers together, causing his eyes to grow huge.
Naturally, the sight of all these villains left the heroes stunned, but the very worried Tony was the only one who vocalized his dismay. "Oh great, this is gonna be fun!"