BGM-Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 OST-Take You For a Ride (Traditional Mix)

Spider-Man: Look out! Here comes the Spider-Man! A.I.M.'s taken care of, but it's no time to rest. The Iron Hydra Empire have begun making their final move and are spreading their Dark Fog across the world. Something's gotta be done or else the world is theirs. Was getting bored playing their games. Let's finish this by taking the fight to them!

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Volume 1 Issue 32: Into the Snake Pit

The Temple of Fists, Unified World. (7 Days Since the Convergence)

Dark mist is shrouding this forest area featuring cherry blossoms that stand next to a large Buddha statue. This area is home to the Temple of Fists, a large pagoda visible from where Adam Warlock is standing while he observes the Convergium Fog that is corrupting this land and beyond. "The Heart of Darkness. The most powerful source of Convergium in this world. It has all but tainted civilization. Nonetheless, I have complete faith in S.T.R.I.K.E. to stop this crisis. Pass this trial and you will be ready for Death's descent." Adam Warlock monologued.

The Golden Mystic wanders around the area searching for something that caught his cosmic senses. That being the purple Chaos Emerald sitting on the hand of the Buddha statue. "The Chaos Emerald. It would be unwise to leave it out in the open." Warlock said.

BGM-Super Dragon Ball Heroes OST-Creepy Space Tree

From Warlock's perspective, he is approaching a Chaos Emerald. But from the sneaky Emerald Sustrai's position, he is about to touch an orb of symbiote goo made by Cinder Fall in her Toxin form. It would seem that Warlock has fallen for Emerald's Semblance. Caught in her hallucination as part of Team Rival's plan to capture the cosmic sorcerer and, by extension, his Soul Stone. And it looks to have work as the Toxin Trap cocoons the mage.

"Too easy." Toxin Cinder said, arrogantly standing beside Emerald.

"Are you sure about that?"

Both Toxin and Emerald are then startled by Warlock's snarky voice coming from behind them. They turn around to find the Soul Master, confronting them with a casual demeanor that expresses no hint of how he escaped the symbiote cocoon. "H-How did you-?" The confused Emerald asked him.

"You're not the only one who can create illusions, Emerald Sustrai. I knew of your team's scheme to capture me long before you enacted it." Warlock revealed. "Servants of the Masters of Evil. What do you want from me?" He then asked about their purpose.

"Your power to save our skins from death." Toxin retorted.

"You are referring to Thanos." Warlock commented.

"Exactly. You seem to know what's been going on, yet have been too cowardly to act." Toxin snarked.

"I have not been cowering. Just binding my time until the stars glow bright and align." Warlock responded cryptically.

"Make up all the excuses you want. I have other things better to do than fight aliens. Surrender your power to us or we'll take it by force." Toxin threatened, glaring at the Soul Stone on his forehead.

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BGM-Super Smash Bros. Brawl OST-Battlefield

"Intriguing. This is the perfect opportunity to study your survival instincts firsthand. Come. Show me how far your skills can take you against unrivaled cosmic power." Warlock accepted her challenge, striking a fighting pose that is almost goading Cinder into making the first move.

"Don't think so little of me!" Toxin falls for his taunts whilst using her Toxin Fang technique. She has morphed into a giant mouth that lunges at the calm mage, who performs a simple hand gesture that stops her in time and causes her to explode into hundreds of pieces.

"What was that?!" Emerald exclaims in horror at how easily Cinder was defeated, looking at the scattered symbiote goo raining on the battlefield.

"Quantum Magic." Warlock answered. "Not wise to rush headfirst at an unknown opponent. Overcoming infinity is nigh-impossible lest you perform great sacrifice and work beyond normal limitations." He lectured, almost like he's training Team Rival.

"Just cuz you were created to be the perfect human doesn't give you the ego to lecture us how to fight!" Emerald scowled, firing her dual-pistols at the golden hero.

Adam Warlock is unlike any foe any member of Team Rival has ever fought before. He is so fast amidst his walk past Emerald's bullets that no extra movements can be seen. He just avoids them all with the utmost ease. Once he nears the jade thief, he prompts her into morphing her guns into sickles that he effortlessly deflects and overpowers her with martial arts skills from beyond the stars.

However, Team Rival have some tricks up their sleeves too. The not-so-dead Toxin recollects her scattered pieces to reform as a giant sticky pool that traps Warlock's legs in time for a deadly combo from Juri Han and Mercury Black. Both feet-fighters were in the shadows, empowering themselves with two Chaos Emeralds they'd collected, waiting for Warlock's vulnerability to reveal itself so they could launch a double lightning-fast dropkick from the sky. Impressed, Warlock decides to get a little more serious by summoning his cosmic staff and repelling the taekwondo fighters with such overwhelming force that he rockets them into the Temple of Fists in the distance.

"Damn…You're kidding…? We're even using the Chaos Emeralds. How strong is he…?" Juri grunted, looking weak compared to the already knocked-out Mercury lying beside her.

Numerous flaming blades from the symbiotic pool erupt in Toxin's second attempt to hurt Warlock. She made sure to restrain the rest of Warlock's limbs before her swords move in, prompting his astral form to emerge from his corporal body and use his staff to deflect all the blades before stabbing the pool with tremendous energy. Toxin is forced to return to her humanoid form just in time for the soul and body of Warlock to smack her back with sound-breaking power that retracts her symbiote for a while. Warlock reforms himself completely, just in time to watch Bark the Polar Bear throw a spinballing Bean the Dynamite at him. "I have a present for you!" Bean said, uncurling from his ball form mere seconds before nearing the mage. "It's not much, but here." He joked, revealing to a shocked Warlock a massive bomb that explodes at point-blank range.

That explosive strategy was the equivalent of a suicide attack. It knocked out Bean but it was still nowhere enough to defeat Warlock, who managed to fly away from the explosion at the last second. "Reckless. Yet commendable teamwork. I was worried for a second there." Warlock complimented the villains.

"Take this seriously! We ARE TRYING to kill you!" shouted Fang the Hunter, furiously erupting from the trees in his Marvelous Queen hoverbike that fire lasers at him.

"If you insist." Warlock quipped, rushing down at Fang's humorously scared face and defeating him at astounding speeds imbued with the power of quantum energies.

Meanwhile, Cinder gets back on her feet with newfound hatred for Warlock. She can tell he has been making sport of them throughout this whole fight, and without using half of his true power. Her rage strengthens her Toxin Symbiote that rebonds with her and awakens the Chaos Emerald in her possession. Using her flames as makeshift jet boots, she flies after Warlock, throwing some fireballs around to cast a smokescreen that surrounds the cosmic mystic. Warlock suspects her strategy and is not shocked when he finds himself absorbing the energies of a returning Juri's Fuharenjin before Toxin spins her around with a clever web-throw. The Dark Spider is the first of Team Rival to land a solid hit on Warlock, kicking him in the back that knocks him down to be punched by Bark and get caught by Cinder's Toxin Web.

"Not so invincible NOW, are you?" Toxin taunted, just as she, Juri, and Bark are about to land a powerful combined hit on the webbed mage.

"Well done." Warlock complimented, winning this fight with just a simple use of the Soul Stone's power. Draining the trio's vitality to the point they collapse in sudden exhaustion.

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"How…did I…get so weak…?" Toxin wonders about her shocking defeat.

"Far from it. Each of you were incredible in your own special way. Together, you are a formidable force." Warlock complimented his enemies.

"Don't patronize us. You weren't trying this whole time." Juri retorted angrily, just as the rest of the defeated Team Rival reunite.

"My goal was to test your spirits, and you passed. It takes immeasurable willpower to plant your feet against a force of infinity. Remember this lesson and go further beyond when Thanos comes." Warlock then ascends into the air while his gaze is fixated on the villains for another advising moment. "Complete your mission with the artifacts. My power will be yours when good and evil seek balance. That is a promise." He stated, teleporting away while leaving them with cryptic words for them to ponder on.

"Well…We were stomped." Mercury joked.

"Tol'ja we should've called for Grimadoom." Fang snarks at Cinder, who scares him with a symbiote arm-blade for daring to mock her planning.

"He wouldn't have improved our odds by that much." Juri claimed grimly, believing Grimadoom isn't strong enough to defeat Warlock. "Whatever. We'll get 'em next time. Let's just find the remaining stuff and be done with this." She suggested, getting tired of this treasure hunt the Masters ordered them to do.

"I am SO not eager trying to steal the Master Emerald from Wakanda Island." Fang frowns, walking to recover his damaged hoverbike.

This mission to capture Adam Warlock was failure. But, like it or not, the villains did get some things out of it that Cinder ponders on. "When good and evil seek balance…" She muttered. The Symbiote Maiden is quick to realize the meaning behind his words but scoffs about it for now so she can focus on her other mission in collecting the remaining multiversal artifacts, "Hope it doesn't come to THAT great sacrifice."


The S.T.R.I.K.E. Command Tricarrier.

BGM-Mega Man X8 OST-Demo – Deepening Mystery

"It doesn't take a super-genius to know it was a dumb move to cross you. Nice work taking down M.O.D.O.K., team." Nick Fury said in the War Room.

Attending this mission debriefing are the heroes responsible for defeating MODOK and his Intelligencia: Captain America, Winter Soldier, Sally Acorn, Blaze the Cat, Hawkeye, Penny Polendina, and the Branwen Twins, Qrow and Raven. That is another enemy faction down, summarized best by Fury, "MODOK brought in some of the biggest brains in the supervillains business, stole tech from Stark, Osborn, and Schnee, and built more than a few prototype weapons in his quest for world domination. Thanks to you, the stolen tech was erased, the prototypes trashed, and old egg-head and his crew are on their way to the Prison Raft. STRIKE owes you a debt of gratitude. Your job isn't finished, however…"

"The Iron Hydra Empire." Captain America remarked grimly.

Sharing the captain's demeanor, Fury nods, "That's right. The program we stuck into A.I.M.'s system wasn't just a virus. It also told us exactly how they got past the companies' firewalls. Apparently, Madame Hydra herself gave MODOK some kind of extremely advanced security bypass device. In exchange, AIM agreed to build Hydra an army of those Paladin Hulkbusters based all on the stolen tech and powered by Convergium Crystals."

"Just one Paladin Hulkbuster was tough to destroy. An entire army can destroy whole countries with minimal effort." Penny Polendina frowned.

"Less effort, with the Convergium Fog now brainwashing everyone on a global scale. You said it's being produced by a 'Heart of Darkness'?" Sally Acorn responded, looking at the STRIKE Commander.

"That is our assumption based on Rouge's report before her capture. The Fog Machines were a means to extend its range before it could do it on its own. With the brainwashed populace, Hydra is overwhelming our numbers until their new toys are ready to deliver the decisive blow. We have little chance at winning this lest we take the fight to them. So while half of our forces do what they can containing the madness outside, the other half will be invading their main base: Iron Hydra Island." Fury informed.

"About time." Qrow Branwen retorted, watching the director project a hologram of the icy island.

"This frozen little speck of rock in the north may not look like much, but our intel says that Hydra's built themselves a cozy little base capable of withstanding anything short of a tactical nuke. You'll go in rescuing the hostages and cutting off all the heads of the Iron Hydra Empire: Iron Queen, Adam Taurus, and the Mandarin." Fury tasked, briefing them on their objectives.

"When will the others arrive?" Cap asked, knowing his team isn't enough for a mission this important.

"Right now." Fury answered with great timing.

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BGM-Marvel Rivals OST-Path to Rivals (Login Theme)

A Quinjet flies toward the Tricarrier to drop off the first batch of heroes recruited for this Iron Hydra mission. Them being a group of five consisting of Noel Vermillion, Jin Kisaragi, Naoto Kurogane, The Thing, and Ms. Marvel. The latter walking out of the jet all super excited while exclaiming, "We're here! WOOHOO! Finally get to fight a multiversal terrorist organization alongside my favorite friends and heroes! Watch out, Iron Hydra! Ms. Marvel's a comin'!"

"That child will be the first to die." Jin Kisaragi said callously.

"Ms. Marvel's a lot tougher than you think. Cool it." Naoto Kurogane scowled, confronting the ice-cold hero for insulting his first multiversal friend.

"Won't be possible even if he sleeps in the ice for a century." The Thing joked, while Noel smiles beside him.

The second heroic group to arrive is mostly filled with anti-heroes as they emerge from an erupting pillar of indigo hellfire on the same flight deck as Naoto's startled party. The new arrivals being Scarlet Spider, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, and Luna Snow. "Whew! THAT was intense…" Xiaoyu sighed, feeling uneasy from that fiery teleportation.

"Sorry. Still getting used to these Ghost Rider powers." Scarlet Spider apologized.

"Couldn't you have summoned an airplane like the other Ghost Rider?" Xiaoyu questioned him.

"He summons motorcycles. I dunno if I can do that yet." Scarlet replied.

"Maybe a Spider-Mobile." The smiling Luna Snow suggested.

"Lame." Scarlet retorted whilst folding his stoic arms.

In her surprise, upon spotting the K-Pop Superhero, Ms. Marvel lets out a loud gasping, "IS THAT LUNA SNOW?! I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS COMING!" She stretches both her neck and arms to meet the shocked superstar, showing her a notebook while smiling, "I'm a huge fan! Can you sign my fanfiction please?!"

"Sure." Luna smiled, quickly getting used to her weird powers while giving her the autograph.

"Eww. Stretchy powers. That really freaks me out." Scarlet said, feeling creeped out by Kamala's inhuman abilities.

"Out of everything you've been through, THAT'S what scares you?" Shadow the Hedgehog snarked.

"Hi, Scarlet Spider! Hi, Jin!" Noel happily greets her devilish friends, before arriving at an adorable realization, "Wait, but, Major Kisaragi is also called Jin. Might be a little confusing for some. They're kind of alike."

"Quiet, trash! This man is nothing like me! Just a miserably-disguised demon no different from the Black Beast." Kisaragi retorted, before coldly confronting his devilish counterpart, "I'll cut you down if you get in my way."

"Right back at you." Jin Kazama scoffed.

More heroes then arrive, this time from a Star Portal punched open by one America Chavez. "We late?" She grinned, arriving alongside Heihachi Mishima, Wolverine, Ryu, and Iron Man.

"Party never starts 'til I show up." Iron Man joked.

"Tony Stark! Now I'm the one totally fangirling." Luna said, greeting the hero that had a hand in giving her powers.

"Oh same here. We can swap autographs after the mission." Stark responded, seemingly a fan of Luna's music too.

"Swap? You should just be asking for mine. When's the last time you sold out Stark Arena, gramps?" Luna quipped, eliciting a snicker from Heihachi.

"All right, K-Pop. Let's go save the world." Stark snarked, already sour with envy.

"Heard about Rouge. You worried?" Wolverine asked Shadow.

"More eager to crush Iron Hydra for their foolishness. Thanks to Rouge, we know what to strike." Shadow replied, hiding his concerns for his teammate.

"Let's show 'em no mercy then." Wolverine vowed, with the nodding hedgehog sharing the sentiment.

"Everyone's almost here. Just missing a few people." said Captain America, arriving at the flight deck with his team.

"Who's left?" The Thing wondered.

God answers him in the form of a golden light slamming down on the flight deck. That light belonging to the Goddess of Light, Palutena. Arriving on the Tricarrier alongside the other Dimensional Avengers. Pit. Lucina. Mega Man X. Amy Rose. Yang Xiao Long. Knuckles the Echidna. Blake Belladonna. Tails the Fox. Weiss Schnee. Ruby Rose. Sonic the Hedgehog. And their amazing leader, Spider-Man.

"Just the stars of the show." Sonic the Hedgehog greets everyone with his signature smile.

"What's up, everybody?" Spider-Man greeted, waving at his fellow heroes.

"The Dimensional Avengers." Ryu smiled, happy to reunite with them.

"Not you punks again…" Scarlet Spider shakes his grim head, never too keen in working with most of the annoyances that make up the Dimensional Avengers.

"Nice to see you too, Scarlet." Yang snarks at her spider-rival. "And Mom." She then snarks at her estranged mother from the Branwen Tribe.

"This mission just became ten times awkward." Raven joked.

"That's the pain of having disrespectful brats as relatives." Heihachi Mishima sympathized.

"Like you two are idol parents." Spidey snarked.

While minding his own business, Kaine finds himself greeted by Blake. One of the few Dimensional Avengers that he tolerates. "It's great to see you again, Scarlet. Heard you saved the world from the Devil yesterday." She smiles at her spider-friend.

"Was only cleaning up a mess from my past. That's part of the reason why I'm joining you on this mission. Your parents were captured because I let Taurus get too powerful. I have to make things right. Whatever it takes. This time, I WILL crush him!" Scarlet declared with a fist clenched with determination, "It's like you said. I must be of service to all the people I've hurt."

"You've matured. I'm proud." Blake replied. With neither her nor Kaine aware of Weiss eavesdropping with a troubled expression on her face.

Flustered by her compliment, the blushing Scarlet retorts, "It's not something to make a big deal out of! He's your mess of an ex-boyfriend! Don't make me do all the dirty work or there'll be words!"

"Don't worry. I intend to give Adam a piece of my mind too." Blake frowned with a subtle raging expression.

"Everyone is here. Great." Sally said, rallying the assembled heroes. "We have time before we arrive at Iron Hydra Island. Use that time to prep for the battles ahead. This will be our toughest fight yet." She advised everyone.

Tony nods, "No doubt. Mandarin won't pull any punches once he sees me on the scene. And I promise to return the favor.", declaring that he will defeat the Mandarin.

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Shibuya-Cho, Tokyo-To.

BGM-Sonic Unleashed OST-Dark Gaia (Running)

The futuristic district of Tokyo-To is one of the countless regions being overwhelmed by Corrupted Civilians. The Heart of Darkness has brainwashed most of the populace into waging war with the S.T.R.I.K.E. Agents struggling to protect the innocent while trying not to hurt the corrupted victims. "Down with STRIKE that opposes the empire! All hail Iron Hydra! All hail Emperor Mandarin!" A Corrupted Civilian shouted, leading a massive crowd against the multiversal military.

STRIKE Security Agents are performing the best in this scenario. They can't risk hurting the Corrupted Civilians so they're putting their non-lethal strategies to good use by stunning them with their electric batons. Keeping up crowd control while assisted by elite superheroes like Vector the Crocodile and Iron Tager.

"It's like we're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse." Vector said, using his Vector Breath to spew out sticky bubblegum bubbles that bind several corrupted civilians.

"Except it is not instinct but their tainted intelligence that wants to kill us!" Tager responded, using his magnetic abilities on cars to cage more people.

In charge of this STRIKE team is Cyclops, using his optic beams to create a barrier between the innocents and the corrupted by uprooting the concrete. "Jean! Have another neighborhood that needs to be put to sleep!" He contacted his mutant wife.

Phoenix flies into the location and uses her psychic powers to subdue the massive crowd below. "Can't keep this up forever!" She claimed. Just before a nearby building breaks apart and the X-Woman finds herself confronting a giant Merged Grimm: A roaring Leviathan sporting the wings of a Wyvern. Also corrupted by the Heart of Darkness. "Especially when I'm interrupted by Grimm the size of Godzilla!" She scowls, transforming herself into a literal fiery phoenix that duels the Merged Giant Grimm.

Ilia Amitola is with STRIKE too, using her Lightning Lash weapon to stun her corrupted enemies while guiding innocent people to safety. 'Ilia, can you hear me?' Blake asked, contacting her fellow ex-White Fang member.

"Yeah. Have you taken down Hydra yet?" Ilia responded, just before engaging with Corrupted Grimm.

'We'll be arriving at their island in 15 minutes.' Blake answered, 'How are you holding up?'

"We're holding off the Corrupted but not forever! You need to focus in taking Adam down!" Ilia retorted, swiftly defeating the Grimm.

"You got this, Blake! Remember the dream and that you're an X-Man among other titles! Embrace the heart that will bridge everyone!" Cyclops chimed in, encouraging the faunus to save the day in the midst of lasering the opposition.

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S.T.R.I.K.E. Tricarrier.

"I'll do my best, Scott." The frowning Blake acknowledged before ending the call.

The Cat Huntress is by her lonesome in the ship's corridors. Spending the trip to Iron Hydra Island brooding and contemplating Taurus's heinous actions that is making her blood boil. Yang and Mega Man X come to interrupt her, with the concerned former asking, "You doing alright?"

"Ansty and angry, to be honest." Blake replied.

"Your parents will be alright. Just don't let your emotions get the best of you. Rage can be a weapon if you know how to control it." Yang advised her, acknowledged by her partner's nod.

"So what's the game plan?" Blake asked, turning to X.

"You and I will be heading the rescue mission for your parents and the Presidents. It's more than likely we'll find them with Taurus." X answered.

"You're not coming along?" Blake questioned, this time turning to Yang.

"I'm stuck with my mom to trash their armory. We'll TRY to keep things professional. Deal with our family drama another time." Yang replied, brushing aside her own mission with Raven.

"Just don't let it get Mishima crazy." Blake joked.

"Yeah." Yang chuckled.

Dropping the smile, Blake takes a moment to collect her thoughts before asking her two friends an important question that's been bugging her for quite some time now. "…You think I'm ready for this?" She finally asked.

"Totally! Adam's got nothing on you now. You're not the same girl that ran away from the White Fang all that time ago." Yang smiled, happily trying to cheer up her depressed partner.

"Right. Back when I was a coward." Blake recalled, reminiscing her biggest weakness.

"There's nothing wrong with that." X argued. "I've been called a coward plenty of times before because of my hesitation in the heat of battle, whenever my friends' lives are at stake. Yet I've also been told that it is a source of my potential. I like to think people like you are just as inspirational." He smiled, much to Blake's bewilderment.

"Being a coward shows potential? It's not a weakness?" Blake retorted.

"It depends on the scenario. If you fought Taurus that day instead of running away, you would've died. You wouldn't be here when the world needs you the most. There are just some battles we're not ready for yet. We must take the time to learn and grow into the people we want to be." X lectured, but his friend still isn't totally convinced. "Listen well, Blake. This is that moment where we Hunters cannot afford to hesitate in pulling the trigger. We must become both sword and shield to those who cannot protect themselves. That is our sworn duty." He advised, encouraging her to win this fateful battle with Taurus by any means necessary.

"If I defeat Adam today, will that bring peace?" Blake asked him.

"It's a step in the right direction. I've learned the hard way that peace cannot be achieved without sacrifice. The hardest choices require the strongest wills. Never forget that." X stated with a stern look.

"You got this, Blake. Your shadows will always lead us to the best light ever." Yang smiled, finally restoring her friend's self-confidence as the two touch foreheads with a smiling X beside them.


Meanwhile in the Training Room…

Scarlet Spider is using this room to train for the final battle with the Iron Hydra Empire. He is trying to master a particular move that only Ghost Riders can conjure. The ability to summon a Hell Cycle. Try as he might, no gesture he makes seem to be making any fiery vehicle for him to ride, much to his mild annoyance. "How DO I summon a motorcycle? Have any ideas?" He asked Jin Kazama observing his training from the sidelines.

"You're the Spirit Spider, not a Ghost Rider. Summon a vehicle that fits your nature." Kazama advised, having a more amiable relationship with his spider-rival.

"Spiders like to use webs to travel around. Guess I'll just stick with web-swinging." Scarlet responded, rubbing the back of his head.

BGM-RWBY: Ice Queendom OST-Prologue

The door into the training room is heard opening, catching the stern attentions of Kaine and Kazama. Grim footsteps are heard getting louder as their owner walks closer to the arena. It comes as no shock to Kaine when he sees who is intruding on his training. "Weiss Schnee." He announced with a grim glare at the equally serious-staring heiress.

"Excuse me, Jin. I want to have my talk with Scarlet Spider." Weiss said, in which the nodding martial artist allows.

Spider and Schnee then confront each other. Both still giving each other a glare that radiates an unfinished business that must be resolved right now. After a moment's silence, the solemn Scarlet is the first to speak between them, "…About time."

"Even you must've figured out why I'm here." Weiss scowled.

"I burned down your home when I was the Ghost Tarantula. Nearly killed your mother while seeking vengeance on Harry Osborn for what his family and Jackal put me through." Scarlet said, reminiscing his criminal actions with genuine remorse.

"You tried to kill my friend Klein too!" Weiss retorted, struggling to keep back her hatred for the spider-clone she never trusted in the first place.

"Yes. Many of your friends suffered because of me. How you must despise me." Scarlet said.

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BGM-Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection OST-Snow Castle

Weiss closes her eyes while flashing back to her past. Of how controlling her father was to her. Of broken her family is. Of how the White Fang made her suffer. Of how she hated Blake upon learning of her faunus heritage. Recalling these cold memories ignites her raging fire that gets her into opening her eyes and pointing her rapier at the monster she wants to vent her frustrations on, "…Prepare yourself, Scarlet Spider."

Kaine says nothing. Just responds with a glare and strikes a spider-like stance ready for battle. Weiss starts off their fight with a surprise glyph that launches her backwards in midair, summoning another glyph that rains icicles on the evasive arachnid. "It's bad enough I couldn't stop my father from disgracing the Schnee name. From allowing his weapons to be in Hydra's hands." She said, sticking to the wall with a gravity glyph and summoning an Arma Gigas to attack Scarlet from behind. The Web Warrior is quick to catch its downward slash and use its own sword to decapitate the summon, then throws it hard to stab off some of Weiss's hair. Distracting her from his sudden kick that knocks her through the air for further blitzing strikes too fast for the untrained eye. Upon a swift recovery on the ground after crashing onto it, Weiss says, "I couldn't save my world from being destroyed!", and uses smaller glyphs that fire energy blasts at Kaine, who evades them with a quick Web Glide to her back. His Penance Stare glows for intimidation while focused on her barrier glyph. Drawing upon the power of his Spider-Out Semblance for brief intervals, his hand morphs into a monstrous claw that shatters the glyph, then spins to protrude his spider-legs that sends Weiss flying with a seamless smack. The heiress recovers to surprise Kaine with a wall glyph that blows air at Kaine, blasting him into being electrocuted by her before saying, "I don't want to lose what I have left!", and smacking him aback with a massive ice sword.

"Spirit Control." Scarlet said calmly, binding her soul with mystical green webbing. Depriving her of her special powers that allows a heavy punch from Kaine to hurt her to the point of coughing out blood.

"My Aura and Semblance…They're gone?" Weiss voices her shock.

"Temporarily." Scarlet stated.

"You HAVE changed. You were never one to use his brain in a fight." Weiss noted his newfound cleverness.

"I'm the brother of heroes and the son of devils. I gained this power to fulfill my responsibility. To surpass my enemies. My own weaknesses! This is the power to forge my own path and transcend ALL obstacles!" Scarlet stated solemnly, flaunting his spiritual energy in an explosive burst.

"Redefining the legacy of Scarlet Spider. Admirable." Weiss complimented.

"What now? You're pathetic without your Semblance." Scarlet taunted.

"Do not underestimate the Schnee Supreme!" Weiss scoffed, with eyes glowing with mystical icy energy.

A vortex of freezing winds then erupts from the Schnee Huntress that affects the entire training room, freezing everything from the floor to the walls and to the ceiling itself. An icy aura wraps around both Weiss and her weapon, prompting the observant Kazama to comment on this incredible power, "Magic."

Weiss has been a student of Doctor Strange for months and now it is the best time to demonstrate her growth in the mystic arts. Scarlet remains undaunted, unsheathing his wrist stingers and infusing them with his hellfire. Fire and Ice then engage in an elemental sword duel of high-speed proportions. Kaine trips her with a sneaky spider-legs. Prompting the quick-thinking heiress to use her Eldritch Magic to conjure a Tao Mandalas to catch her. Retaliated by Scarlet spewing a fireball from his morphing maw that is swiftly blocked by another of Weiss's mandalas. Tapping into ice magic, Weiss surrounds her opponent with mirrors that she travels between and attack from at lightning speed, shredding Kaine until the mirrors shatter like glass.

"By the Icy Tendrils of Ikthalon!" Weiss continues with the aggression with another sealing tactic. Entrapping Scarlet Spider in a large block of demonic ice. "Even your hellfire can melt this ice." She claimed coldly.

She might be right about his flames, but not his spider-strength. Once again Scarlet's eyes glow with immense power that manifest two extra pair of eyes. He unleashes the full force of his Semblance that obliterates the ice from within. Weiss was shocked but regains her composure, even while facing the terrifying Scarlet Tarantula. "I'm also a victim of poor parenting. As a huntress, I should've offered my assistance to your issues sooner. We're both to blame for what happened." Weiss said, acknowledging her own mistakes that put her family in danger.

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BGM-Super Dragon Ball Heroes OST-A Heart That Never Gives Up

Their intense sparring match ends in a draw. After Kaine returns to his human form, he tells her, "…You're strong, Schnee. Regardless, let me apologize…I'm sorry.", with a voice filled with sincerity.

Acknowledging him, the solemn Weiss replies, "Savor what you have and focus on becoming the best person you can be. Those were the words of a friend that changed my life. I became a huntress to uphold the honor of my family name, but also to get away from my father. I'm not afraid anymore. No matter who or what stands in my way, I vow to overcome every hardship to save my family!"

"That's right! You can't choose family, but you CAN fight for your fate. Even if that fight must be against your own blood." Jin Kazama commented, encouraging her to defeat her villain of a father.

"If you want, I can use my Penance Stare on your father. It's the least I can do." Scarlet offered.

"No thanks. I'll destroy all the evil he has created in my own way. Not out of revenge, but out of justice. I'll call either of you if I ever need your help. After all, we're friends." Weiss said, offering the two heroic demons a fist bump to seal their newfound camaraderie.

"Comrades at most." Scarlet scoffed, with him and Jin accepting her fist bump.

"Fine by me." Weiss smirked.

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In the Break Room.

"You have someone like my Penny in your universe?" Pietro Polendina said, in the middle of a friendly conversation with his robot daughter and Xiaoyu.

"Yup. Her name's Alisa Bosconovitch. She can kick butt." Xiaoyu replied.

"Wow. I would love to meet her one day." Penny smiled, happily clapping her hands upon hearing about her Arcadia counterpart.

"The three of us can go to the amusement park after this." Xiaoyu suggested, before asking, "I'm wondering. Can you take off your head and use it as a bomb?"

Penny ponders this, "No. Hmm, I don't think so.", before asking her father, "Do I have that function?"

"Why would someone give anyone that function?!" Pietro retorted, humorously horrified to hear about Alisa's ridiculous capabilities that Xiaoyu just shrugs at.

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In the same break room, a more serious conversation is being talked amongst other heroes regarding the threat from beyond the stars. "Dark Oak? You seriously fought one of the Black Order?" The surprised Spider-Man asked Sonic, who just finished telling his friends of his disastrous first meeting with the cosmic conquerors.

"More like ran away from the planet he blew up." Sonic quipped, relaxing on the sofa.

"Whoa." Ruby Rose expressed.

"They're using Nu." Noel Vermillion frowned, looking worried for her fellow Murakumo Unit.

"Forget about her. If the Black Order are showing their faces, that means they'll be invading real soon." said Qrow Branwen, in the middle of playing Pool with The Thing.

Spidey clenches his fists with frustration at how powerful the Black Order. He turns to America Chavez sitting so casually on her chair and sipping from her soda, which annoys him as he asks, "America, get serious! What else can you tell us about them? Mephisto mentioned something about a 'Gauntlet'."

"That. Right." America responded, putting aside her drink for a moment to brief everyone in how the Black Order operates, "They like to give the dimensions they invade two choices: Tribute or Gauntlet. Tribute means giving them the heads of every living being between certain ages. Kill your kids and they MIGHT spare your world. Otherwise, it's the Gauntlet. AKA, kill everyone." She said before returning to her drink.

"Both sound awful." The Thing snarked, winning the Pool game that frustrates bad luck Qrow.

"That's just twisted. Is genocide a game to them?" Sally Acorn scowled, while Spidey is pacing around the room to calm his boiling rage.

"A game they keep winning by any dirty means." America quipped.

"What else can you tell us about the Obsidian King? What does he look like? What race is he from?" Ruby asked her more questions.

"Purple…? I've heard rumors that he's like an Eternal/Deviant hybrid or something." America answered, albeit unsurely.

"Eternal?" Sally raises an eyebrow at that curious term.

"Just cosmic people created by the Celestials, with Deviants being the uglies of the family. Don't remember hearin' of a hybrid between the two." Thing replied.

"He also likes to go by the Avatar of Death, if that'll help." America reveals the Ultimate Evil's other title.

"Edgy." Sonic joked.

Suddenly, that last clue might've helped Ben solve the mystery surrounding the Obsidian King, "Wait…Think we do have someone like that from the dimension I'm from."

"We do? Who?" Spidey retorted, interrupting his own walk to hear what his fellow New Avenger has to say.

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Just before Thing could reveal it is Thanos seeking their deaths, unfortunately, they are interrupted by a STRIKE Agent speaking through the intercom, 'Attention all STRIKE Agents! We are arriving at Iron Hydra Island! I repeat, we are arriving at Iron Hydra Island! Get into your positions and prepare to raid!'

"Perfect timing." Spidey exasperated, reluctantly deciding to drop the whole discussion so they could focus on more present matters.


Shortly After…

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"This is war." Nick Fury announced.

All the S.T.R.I.K.E. Heroes have assembled in the War Room for one last briefing before their final showdown with Iron Hydra. From Ms. Marvel to Ryu, everyone is here. Listening to what Fury has ordered for them while displaying images relating to their mission on a massive screen. "Our targets tonight are the Iron Hydra Empire and its leaders: Adam Taurus, Iron Queen, and the Mandarin. Not only we know they are behind the kidnappings of the Presidents and the Belladonnas and three of our Agents, but also behind the tech theft from both Stark Industries and OzSchnee Industries." He said, eliciting stern looks from both Stark and Weiss as he continues talking, "I've authorized an Omega-Level strike against their primary base of operations, Iron Hydra Island."

His briefing turns into narration over what awaits them. An all-out war between STRIKE and the Iron Hydra Empire on the latter's home turf. "Troops of our best S.T.R.I.K.E. agents are taking the Hydra front lines out as we speak." Fury narrates, while his agents are smacked around by a giant Hydra Dreadnought. Topaz of GUN. Winter Schnee of Atlas. Mockingbird of SHIELD. These three agents confront the mighty Dreadnought that has a good chance at killing them. Thankfully, "But that's just to clear a path for you.", Iron Man swoops in to destroy the robot himself whilst flying back to the Tricarrier hovering high above the island. "I need your A game. I need you to save the hostages and pull Iron Hydra down around the Mandarin's ears." Stark hovers beside a hanger door that is opening. Dramatically revealing his fellow heroes that are ready to enter the battle. "This is it. This is everything. Tonight, we put a stop to the Iron Hydra Empire. Once and for all." Fury concludes his mission briefing narration, with the Unified Heroes freefalling into enemy territory with various dramatic poses.

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KFX Here: Bit of a breather chapter this one. Adam Warlock showed off a glimpse of his power while STRIKE finally takes on the Iron Hydra Empire for their final battle. A massive two-parter with lots of action and surprises. Just how will Volume 1 conclude? Find out soon.

Nathan Ramos: Cinder does NOT have her Maiden powers back. She's already pretty powerful with the Toxin Symbiote.

Renato Chacin: It's like I said. The King in Black Saga will not happen for another several years, so be patient. And I REALLY want to have a Hulk-centric story one of these days. I'm treating him like the MCU treats him and that's not right. One day the inspiration will hit me.

Next Time: Three Villains! Three Teams! Three Epic Showdowns Beyond Shadows and Chaos!

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