"I mean…" Cloud tried to rationalize.
"I'm not mad, but…" Dante mentioned.
"They're all going to DIE!" Hawkeye shouted.
"I mean… C'mon." Luke replied, "there were some people who were expecting it. And to be frank, it was inevitable."
"But-" Cloud tried to argue.
"Look, that result was something that was bound to happen eventually. If not now, then later." Luke calmly replied.
"Well, I think we can at least be glad that you know what didn't happen." Dante offered.
The others shuddered at the thought. "Speaking of, when are the others going to get here?" Cloud asked, "I'm sure they would be interested in how the whole thing played out."
"No clue." Hawkeye shrugged, "I'm just worried about what would happen to everyone after all of this."
"What are you guys talking about?"
"Hey old bats!" Dante waved, "We're just shooting the breeze about the new Star Wars movie with Luke here. Have you seen it yet?"
"I was planning on catching it back home. I'm not in the mood for spoilers." Batman replied, "If you guys want to keep talking about it, then you had better make sure that everyone talking about it has already seen it."
"Well, those people would have left already if they haven't." Dante shrugged, "Oh! Heads up: My brother is in the rez-bay. The other bad guys were idiots and didn't take the body with them when they went to pick up Sephiroth."
"How many anti-villains are we housing here?"
"Well, there's your pops, Venom, Bowser, and…" Hawkeye trailed off, "Actually, I think that's about it. Though, I'm pretty sure that we can expect some others to come along as well."
"I heard that old batman-"
"Can we just call him 'Batman'?" Cloud asked, "Just because there's two of them broding around here doesn't mean that we need to differentiate between the two like that. I'm sure that people can figure out who we're talking about based on context."
"Whatever." Hawkeye waved off, "As I was saying, I'm pretty sure Old Batman," Hawkeye glared at the Soldier to emphasize the fact that he was just doing this to mess with the swordsman, "has plans to get Harley Quinn over here if she ever shows up."
"Getting her as far away from her abuser? - I'd say that's heroic of him. It's not like there's going to be anything good that could come out of that relationship anyways. Like with my Nephew and that Rey girl. That kind of relationship probably wouldn't go over too well. They'd probably wind up trying to kill each other or something even worse."
"The skewed timeline is also confusing." Hawkeye added, "It's like we're just supposed to know that the two plotlines take place in different timeframes. It's like expecting your audience to figure out that some story takes place at a different time than the rest of the story until it hits them in the face."
"Well Yang probably sneezed somewhere, but yeah! That's confusing. Rey's story clearly takes place in a different time than the rest of the story. What's up with that skewed timeline?"
"Not to mention that a good portion of the movie could have been avoided if the cast had good communication skills!" Dante added.
"Well, I appreciate that my old master Yoda showed up. It was nice to see him again despite-"
"You should have jumped on the Falcon and went to kick Kylo's ass the very moment you heard he killed Han." Cloud cut off, "Not a few days after. Not a few minutes after. The very. Moment."
"Well, I-"
"Yeah, what the hell was up with that? If I had heard that some jerkass had killed my best friend, or even Cap, I'd grab the nearest car or motorcycle, and put a few arrows through their head." Hawkeye added.
"Just a few?"
"One of them is my Pym-Particle arrow. Let their head explode with a few hundred of those suckers." Hawkeye grumbled.
Look, I don't think I could have added much to the fight-"
"Bullcrap." Cloud cut off, "Kylo and Rey were already even. All you'd have to do is use your force powers to control your lightsaber from a distance to cut the ungrateful bastard in half like Sephiroth did to Dante's brother, and the war would basically be over."
"But Rey would have to cover both me and herself!" Luke countered.
"That's why I said 'from a distance.'" Cloud rebutted, "For someone so attuned to the force, you don't seem to be attuned with your other senses."
"Whatever. The movie's no Empire Strikes Back. At least it wasn't a rehash like TFA was." Dante said, a little relieved.
"I thought it borrowed a lot from episode six to be honest." Hawkeye mentioned, "You know, trying to turn a person on the dark side to the side of good and all."
"Yeah, but it has enough of its own elements to keep it fresh." Cloud added, "I guess the only people who would be disappointed would be the ones who didn't have their predictions realized, or the 'Reylo' shippers, but what are you going to do?"
"Complain until the movie gets retconned out of canon." Luke snarked.
"I meant aside from that."
"HA HA HA HA!" Sephiroth cackled, "I have succeeded where the warrior and their dumb friend failed! I have claimed my world's first victory in one of these multiverse exhibition matches to the death!"
"Yes yes, we are all excited for you." Joker replied, "Now would you get down from the counter? - You're stepping all over the food."
"I was the first Mortal Kombatant to claim a victory, and I didn't make such a big deal out of it." Shao Kahn grumbled.
"Rub it in." Lex replied, "My world had to wait until superman to claim a victory over anyone else. And even then, we had to wait until the Dark Knight's battle with Captain America to claim a victory over Marvel's representatives."
"Uh"
"We got a few wins after that though." Deathstroke mentioned, "there was Superman again, Flash, the clown…" he glared at the Joker who was waving 'hi,' "Doomsday, and the Amazon."
"Then there was Batman Jr." Joker pointed out.
"I just want to know why this is such a big deal." Silver Samurai wondered aloud, "These win-loss records really shouldn't matter."
"Coming from the guy who could never beat Wolverine, that doesn't come as much a surprise." Lex replied with a smirk.
"I just got a win, why are you ignoring me?"
"I will cut you down in a second." Harada shot back in a dark tone.
"Come back to me when you can beat the Canadian." Lex snarked, "We all know that's the only reason you're here. Your hatred for Wolverine runs to the point that you'd rather be around us than anyone else."
"Just like you with your hatred for Superman. Even though he's off in the multiverse and not actually here." Joker added.
"SHUT UP!"
Everyone turned to Sephiroth. His outburst having silenced the rest of the room.
You are all fools! You don't even realize the power I possess! I have the power to destroy everyone in your rival location! They stand no chance against my power-"
"Cloud and Tifa managed to kick your ass. How would they not stop you?" Shao Kahn asked, "You suck."
"Well-"
"Vegeta's a god now, right? With a lowercase 'g' though, right?" Shang Tsung asked.
"Yeah. He can blow up planets without some kind of weird magical artifact." Lex agreed, "They also have a girl who can see past illusions and deal out quite a bit of force."
"Speaking of swords, they also have a Jedi and a former Sith Lord on their side. No way that your sword isn't getting cut by those things." Joker said, "Also, have you heard my Luke impression? - I don't want to brag, but it's pretty good."
"There's also that Hulk character. He could easily overpower you." Shao Kahn mentioned, "Note to self: Absorb his soul when I get the chance." He added to himself.
"Well, it's not like-"
"Kirby regularly fights opponents capable of decimating universes. You'd probably amount to a Waddle Dee in comparison to what he regularly goes up against."
Sephiroth sat down, realizing the sheer power that he was up against.
"Now if we had Freeza, that would be a different story."
"I know, right?" Joker asked, "With his death beam, he would be all 'pechew! Pechew!' and the heroes would be all 'ahh! We are going to die!'" He started to laugh, "Ahh, that would have been great to see."
"Yeah…" Lex said, wiping a tear of laughter from his eye. He looked to Sephiroth who was looking at the bottle of wine that he had gotten. The son of Jenova was staring into it intently, as if it held all of life's answers.
"Why didn't you fight Freeza?"
Wade: Really? You're still bitter that your version didn't happen?
X: A man can dream of their ideal matchup! Don't pretend like you don't want to see Cable fight someone like Future Trunks so you could hang out with him!
Pinkie: I mean… I kinda want to see Twilight, but not if it means she ends up dying.
Alexis: Chirp chirp chirp tweet…
X: Yeah, but she'd legally be banned from speaking without her voice filter.
Pinkie: Really? Who came up with that rule?
Wade: Probably some asshole.
X: More like a cockbite. In other news, see y'all in season 5!