Hello, everyone in internet-land! PHANTOMKNIGHTMARE47 here, with the fifth chapter of The Fantastic Justice Avengers! In this chapter, the gang gets wind of the serial murderer, Cletus Kasady, AKA Carnage, having broken out of the Ravencroft Institute prior to his scheduled execution, and is causing mass-mayhem in New York City. Now, the gang find themselves teaming up with Silver Sable, and the Wild Pack, which consists of reformed villains such as Eddie Brock/Venom, Abner Jenkens/Beetle, Flint Marko/Sandman, and others to name a few. Can our heroes stop Carnage's rampage? Keep reading to find out.
Disclaimer: Same as last chapter.
Chapter 5: Maximum Carnage!
Location: Justice Avengers Base
It shows Cole in the training room, facing some holograms of Masquerade Dopants with holograms of the Nazca, Weather, and Utopia Dopants. Cole then took out the Shadow-Driver and attached it to his waist, causing the straps to form on his waist. He then took out the Shadow Memory, and pressed the button.
[SHADOW]
"Henshin!" said Cole, as he inserted the Shadow Memory into the Shadow-Driver's left port, and opened the belt, Double-Driver style, and donning his armor. Shadow then thrashed and bashed the hologram Masquerade Dopants, knocking them to the ground as their bodies shattered into pixels. Shadow then whipped out the Shadow Magnum and opened fire, dispatching several of the Masquerade Dopants and using gunkata to fight against the Weather Dopant. He then removed the Shadow Memory from the Shadow-Driver, and inserted it into the Shadow Magnum.
[SHADOW: MAXIMUM DRIVE]
"Shadow Zenryoku Blaster!" said Shadow, as he squeezed the trigger, sending a volley of shots at the hologram Weather Dopant, defeating it. Shadow then switched to the Shadow Edge, and fought the Nazca Dopant in a sword duel. He then managed to disarm the holographic Dopant by snapping his sword in half. Shadow then squeezed the trigger on the Shadow Edge, causing the wolf head guard to open it's mouth, revealing two Maximum Drive ports. He then inserted the Shadow Memory into the port at the bottom jaw, behind the blade.
[SHADOW: MAXIMUM DRIVE]
"Shadow Slasher!" said Shadow, as he traced a circle with his sword, and sent an energy slash similar to the Ultra-Slash at the Nazca Dopant, destroying it. He then fought using the Shadow Edge and Shadow Magnum against the hologram Utopia Dopant, and managed to land some blows with his weapon. He then put the Shadow Memory into the Maximum Drive port on his belt.
[SHADOW: MAXIMUM DRIVE]
"RIDER PUNCH!" said Shadow, as he staggered the hologram Utopia Dopant with a purple-glowing right hook, and then did a flying side kick.
"RIDER KICK!" said Shadow, as he then connected the kick, defeating the holographic Utopia Dopant, who shattered into pixels much like the Masquerade Dopants, the holographic Nazca Dopant, and the holographic Weather Dopant. Shadow then removed the Shadow-Driver, powering down.
"Simulation complete." said JARVIS, as the simulation deactivated and Cap walked in.
"That was quite impressive, Cole," said Cap, with a small smile.
"Thanks, Mr. Rogers." said Cole, smiling at the first Avenger.
"Call me Steve," said Cap, smiling a little. "I notice how you have a myriad of Type-3 GaiaMemories that you use in fighting Dopants. Though, I often fear that they'll end up in the hands of college or high-school students. And we all know the effects GaiaMemories have on minors."
Cole knew Cap had read up on the effects Dopant Memories had on high school and college aged teenagers. "We'll make sure that Dopant Memories don't end up in the hands of minors."
"I also examined Shoji Kiyonaga, the young man who becomes Amazon Rider Zeta." said Mr. Fantastic. "He was injected with the Amazons Cell when he was a fetus in his mother's body during her second trimester of pregnancy, and he became a new kind of Human Amazon that doesn't eat people to survive, and can still eat Human food."
"Holy moly!" Cole gasped, as his eyes widened.
"Your friend, Kazuki's Rider alias, Kamen Rider NIGHT, clads him in a biological armored suit that boosts his physical prowess, endurance, and stamina to near-superhuman levels." said a voice belonging to Ray Palmer, AKA Atom. "His "weapons" in Rider Form are the High-Frequency Claws on his fingertips and Spinal Gashers on his forearms, which can slash into a monster's hide like a hot knife through tofu."
"And Yasuda's rider form, Kamen Rider Enma, involves his inner-demon, Zagreus, combining with him to form his armor in Rider Form." said Dr. Strange. "He can use Genomixes, much like Demons and Destream." he added, mentioning Hiromi Kadota, AKA Kamen Rider Demons, And Genta Igarashi, AKA Kamen Rider Destream.
"Holy cow…" Cole gasped, stunned.
Location: Ravencroft Institute
It showed a red-headed man with green eyes wearing a straitjacket being wheeled towards a room meant for executing inmates. This was Cletus Kasady, AKA Carnage. Cletus was a serial-murderer who had a nihilistic point-of-view who was once the prison roomie of Eddie Brock, AKA Venom.
"Here comes the bride, all dressed in white." Kasady sang, to the tune of "Wedding March". "I wish that it were red. Then you'll all be dead." he chuckled darkly.
"After this, nobody will remember your name, Kasady." said a guard. "Because of what you've done, especially to Dr. Ashley Kafka, there's a very special place in Hell for you." Suddenly, a red ooze exited Kasady's body. This was the Symbiote known as Carnage, who was birthed from the Venom Symbiote, since Symbiotes, which were also known as Klyntar, could reproduce asexually.
"Oh, Resnik? Remember when I decided to let my guard down?" said Kasady, as he slowly transformed into Carnage, with one tendril severing a guard's head with a sharpened blade, and another tendril knocking a thug out as Kasady fully transformed.
"I LIED!" Carnage cackled, with a sadistic grin on his face. "YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO TRUST A RAVING LUNATIC! I AM THE ULTIMATE INSANITY! I AM CARNAGE!" With that, Carnage erupted into diabolical laughter.
'So, even Ravencroft is experimenting with GaiaMemories and the Amazons Cell? Crap.' thought Shoji, as he drove his Junglaider, until he looked to see a Raft inmate having turned into an Amazons based on a turkey vulture. Shoji then took out his Neo Amazons-Driver, and attached it to his waist. He then took out a syringe-like object and inserted it into his Neo Amazons-Driver and raised it upwards before pressing down on the injector.
[ZETA]
Shoji's eyes glowed yellow as he took some breaths and then bellowed "AMAZON!" and an explosion of lime-green energy enveloped him, cladding his body in an armored suit. Amazon Zeta then fought against the Vulture Amazon in hand-to-hand combat, and pummeled the monster. He then pressed the Amazon Injector's plunger.
[EXTENDING CHAINSAW]
A chainsaw blade extended from one of Amazon Zeta's gauntlets, and he slashed and sliced the Vulture Amazon, severing its wings from underneath it's arms before calling back the chainsaw, and the blades on his right gauntlet extended as he raised and lowered the Injector-Slot.
[AMAZON PUNISH]
Amazon Zeta then lunged forwards, and sliced the Vulture Amazons in half at the shoulder. Both halves of the monster's body fell to the ground with a sickening *FWUD!* as they dissolved into sludge. Amazon Zeta then walked back to his bike, and drove off.
Meanwhile, it showed Kazuki on his motorcycle, until he looked to see some Virotrons causing havoc with a Monsterror being based on a beetle. He then dismounted from his bike. The Beetle Monsterror then looked to see Kazuki, and recognized the symbol on his jacket.
"Shit! It's a Space Sheriff from the G5 Galactic Patrol!" said the Beetle Monsterror, eyes wide.
"Yeah, and I'm here to knock your sorry hide out!" said Kazuki. With that, Kazuki then did the same movements as Seiji and Geki Jumonji mixed with Kohtaro Minami.
"KAKUSHO!" Kazuki bellowed, with that, Kazuki's armor then appeared on his body. "Space Sheriff," Kazuki began, as he posed like Gavan and BLACK-RX "MOBION!"
"KILL HIM!" roared the Beetle Monsterror as the Virotrons all rushed Mobion, who thrashed and bashed them using crane-style Shaolin Kung-Fu. He then pulled out a gun.
"Radio Beam-Gun!" said Mobion, as he shot at the Virotrons with energy beams, with the Radio Beam-Gun having a bioscope that targets enemy weak-points. He then grabbed a sword, and he slashed the Beetle Monsterror with his weapon. He then traced the palm of his hand against his sword.
"LASER BLADE!" said Mobion, as his sword was enveloped in a cyan-blue glow, like a lightsaber. Mobion then slashed and sliced the Beetle Monsterror, and jumped upwards.
"MOBION FINISH!" Mobion bellowed, as he sliced the Beetle Monsterror in half, straight down the middle. The Beetle Monsterror then fell over and exploded.
Later, it showed Kazuki and Haruo doing chin-ups in the exercise area, with Ben on a treadmill. They suddenly heard the news playing.
"This is J. Jonah Jameson reporting from the Daily Bugle News Network!" said Jameson, who looked ready to have a panic-attack. "The serial killer known as Cletus Kasady, otherwise known as Carnage, has escaped the Ravencroft Institute before he could receive the federal death-penalty! Citizens are advised to stay in their homes until Carnage has been apprehended!"
"Crap. Time to kick Kasady's butt." said Ben, as he activated his Omnitrix. "Time to try out some of my newer aliens."
"In your words, Ben: It's Hero Time!" said Ruby, as she donned the Ruby Jaguar Habit.
"Looks like we'll be working with both the Wild Pack and Task Force X to apprehend Carnage." said Cap, as some of the members of Task Force X, AKA the Suicide Squad arrived. The members were Dr. Harleen Quinzel, AKA Harley Quinn, Nanaue, AKA King Shark, Flloyd Lawton, AKA Deadshot, George "Digger" Harkess, AKA Captain Boomerang, Basil Karlo, AKA Clayface, and Christopher Smith, AKA Peacemaker. Some members of Silver Sable's Wild Pack included Eddie Brock, AKA Venom, Felicia Hardy, AKA Black Cat, Abner Jenkens, AKA Beetle, Flint Marko, AKA Sandman, Hobie Brown, AKA Prowler, and Kate Bishop, who was their team's own Hawkeye.
"Time we stopped Carnage from causing any more chaos." said Eddie, sounding like a mature-sounding Haida.
Later, it showed Spidey with Danny, Web-Weaver, Ghost Spider, Agent Venom, Nova, Ruby Jaguar, Ben, Harley, Nanaue, Peacemaker, Venom, Hawkeye, Sable, Beetle, Sandman, Shoji, Yasuda, Cole, Tommy, Ryu, and Kazuki having arrived at downtown Manhattan
"Holy Christ!" Peacemaker gasped, exclaiming the Lord's name in shocked horror. Nobody blamed him, though. Carnage had the power to drain people to husks to increase his own power. They heard the evil Symbiote host cackling madly.
"I am the one hiding under your bed," Carnage began, quoting a verse from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. "Teeth ground sharp, and EYES GLOWING RED!"
"Enough with the Disney references." King Shark scowled, sounding like John Rambo. "Disney has ruined enough franchises as is."
"Everyone's a damn critic." Carnage grumbled, scowling. Eddie then transformed into Venom, and roared at Carnage. Ben used the Omnitrix to transform into a new alien form based off of Venom, but the spider-symbol, eyes and vein-markings were green.
"BLIGHT!" Ben roared, shouting his alien-form's name. Recently, Ben's Omnitrix had updated it's appearance and his alien playlist, giving Ben some new aliens.
"Two against one. I still like my odds!" said Carnage, as he manifested several blades, and swung them at Ben and Venom. Ben then threw a right hook at Carnage's face, knocking some teeth out, as Venom slammed the ground and sprouted the wings of a Symbiote Dragon, allowing him to fly.
"You've gotten some new powers, Eddie." said Carnage, with a smug look. "You know, if you'd gotten 'em sooner, you would've prevented Dr. Kafka's death."
"What're you even saying, Kasady?" said Agent Venom, as he glared at Carnage.
"You know how it was said that Dr. Ashley Kafka was murdered in cold-blood by some unknown patient?" said Carnage, with a dark chuckle. "It was ME, Eddie! I was the one who murdered her!"
"What…!?" Venom snarled. Eddie actually had feelings for Dr. Kafka, during his time in Ravencroft.
"She claimed that she could "Fix" me, like how she "fixed" you." Carnage began. "WELCOME TO REALITY, KAFKA! Not everyone is meant to be fixed! So, I chopped her up! Tiny, tiny pieces, starting with her ten little piggies, and I preserved her remains in jars of formalin. And, in homage to Hannibal Lecter, I ate her liver with some fava-beans and a nice Chianti classico." he then laughed like Dr. Lecter.
"That was horrible. In fact, YOU'RE horrible!" said King Shark, furious with what Carnage had done. "YOU'RE AN IRREDEEMABLE MONSTER!"
"Oh, "I'm an irredeemable monster"! Like I haven't been called that numerous times before by so many other people." said Carnage, scowling.
"YOU SONOFABITCH! WE'RE GONNA KILL YOU!" Venom bellowed, triggered. He then grabbed Carnage by his neck, and thrashed him. "YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO GODDAMN IDEA OF THE HELL WE'VE BEEN PUT THROUGH!" Venom then delivered another strike. "HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN HOLDING BACK!" He then grabbed Carnage by the neck. "And you're only right about one thing, we are pathetic!" He punched Carnage in the face. "We're pathetic for letting you torment these people all these years! We're pathetic for not KILLING YOU IN YOUR SLEEP!" Suddenly, the Lethal Protector was stabbed in the gut.
"Oh, Eddie. If you actually did have the guts to do that, you'd have done it a long goddamn time ago." said Carnage, smugly. Ben then switched aliens, this time to Echo-Echo, a species of alien known as a Sonarosian.
"Prepare your ass, Carnage!" said Ben, as he created a ring of duplicates around Carnage.
"Wall…of…SOUND!" Ben bellowed, as he and his duplicates unleashed a sonic scream at Carnage, weakening his Symbiote. Web-Weaver then shot organic webbing from the "spinnerets" in his wrists, and yanked the Symbiote off of Kasady.
"No…! NO!" Cletus screamed, as the Carnage Symbiote was then put inside of an airtight container. Venom then grabbed Cletus by his throat.
"P…Please…! You don't have to do this!" Cletus yelped, panicking. "I'll do whatever you want! I'll leave New York, and never come back! You'll never have to see my face again! Anywhere you want me to go! I-I-I'll go anywhere!"
"Why don't you go to Hell?" Venom snarled, as he was about to kill Cletus by biting off his head.
"Eddie, stop! He's not worth it." said Spidey, as he walked up to Venom. "You're better than this."
"If you kill him, you'll only lower yourself to this monster's level." said Kid Arachnid.
"They have a point, Eddie." said Agent Venom. "If you actually do kill him, you'll be headed on a one-way-trip to Ryker's Island, and your half of the Symbiote will be sent to Area 51."
Venom then dropped Cletus. "You better keep your word and leave New York." he said. "But know this: If we find out you've gone back on your word, you'll be the first one we hunt down."
Kasady then raised his hands, as Sable International soldiers surrounded him, and one soldier fitted him with handcuffs.
Later, it showed Eddie in his apartment, looking at a photo of him with Dr. Ashley Kafka with tears in his eyes. He sobbed, knowing that if he had acted sooner, then Dr. Kafka would still be alive.
"Eddie…I'm right here." said Felicia, as she hugged Eddie. Felicia was developing feelings for Eddie.
'Poor Eddie. He lost someone who actually cared about him.' Spidey thought, knowing that Eddie fell in love with Ashley, but because of Carnage's actions, she was gone. 'But, at least he and Felicia can start a new relationship.'
(End of Chapter 5)
Next Time, on The Fantastic Justice Avengers: The gang get word of giant creatures known as "Titans" having existed long after the Permian era. Amongst them all is the "King Of The Monsters" known as Godzilla, who is the last of a species known as a Titanus Godzillasaurus Rex. However, Humanity is at risk of an alien species known as Xilliens, who want to enslave mankind. But, Godzilla is reluctant to side with Humanity due to the real reasons behind the nuclear war between Japan and the United States. Can our heroes stop the Xillien invasion and Kaiju attacks? Find out, in Chapter 6: King Of The Monsters!
Note(s):
Shoji Kiyonaga/Kamen Rider Amazon Zeta's Rider Form has the bodysuit of Amazon Alpha, but green with an orange battle-scar pattern, his boots and gauntlets are a fusion of Amazon Omega and Amazon Neo's, and his helmet is a merger of New Omega and Neo, with Amazon Omega's optics. His optics are orange in color.
Cole Desmond/Kamen Rider Shadow's Rider Form looks like Arkhamverse Batman, with the gauntlets and boots of Amazon Omega and his helmet is a merger of Glare and StarForce MegaMan, with Kamen Rider Joker's face and Amazon Omega's armor is colored black, gray, indigo-blue, silver, and navy with deep-blue optics.
Venom's appearance is a merger of his Insomniac self, Spectacular Spider-Man self, and Ultimate Comics self, with the vein-like markings of his Sony self on his chest and arms aside from the spider-symbol on his chest.
Kazuki's armor as Space Sheriff Mobion is based off of Gavan Bootleg and Space Sheriff Estevan, but colored like Ultraman Trigger Truth.
Kazuki's Radio-Beam Pistol looks like the Dart-Leader used by Gunvolt.
Kazuki's Laser Blade as Mobion looks like a NERF Thunder Fury sword with the blade of the Sparklence Blade and the handle of a NERF N-Force Marauder Longsword.