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Emerging from the shadows and walking slowly through the chamber is the infamous Pinhead, a demon from the Demonverse’s Earth-H001. He glances around before hearing approaching footsteps and simply tells him. “You’re quite early, aren’t you?”

“Our co-hosts said they were going to be here before us,” Lord Dracula said as he glanced at the rows of film and a movie projector being finished setting up by a pair of workers who simply nodded in acknowledging their presence before finishing testing the projector.

“It seems I’m not the only one who has received the invitation to this month ‘s special event?” A voice asks and both turn to see the form of the Dark Onmyoji, Kato Yasunori, arrives while glancing around while noticing the lavish seats close to the Projector.

“Lord Kato..” Dracula said while giving him a courteous bow. “How nice of you to join us.”

“Hehehe, I couldn’t pass up on the opportunity.” Kato said before asking them. “And speaking of hosts, where is he?”

“Sorry for keeping you gentlemen waiting,” Spoke the being who brought these individuals together as the Crypt Keeper arrived in an elevated chair but was not alone. The moment he shows up was when the final three hosts also arrive and to the surprise of the first three, they recognize one of them.

The first to show up is the immortal Sorcerer Imhotep, who is surprised to see the likes of other beings such as Dracula and Kato Yasunori in the same room.

The next one to show up is the Harbinger of Death, a being known only as the Death Dealer. Wielding his battle ax, he stood there while nodding his acknowledgement to the others, despite the temptation to slay all of them. 

And finally there was him.

Showing up and retracting his wings before forming it into a long overcoat, the God-Devilman Emperor Azarael smirks while turning to the Crypt Keeper. “Well, I see everyone is here.”

“Yes and this is where we get to the reason for this gathering.” The Crypt Keeper said while chuckling before realizing that everyone wants to know the reason why they’re here. He clears his throat and says. “Well this is the month of Halloween and we need to celebrate this event by giving the readers something to enjoy with.”

“And that would be?” Pinhead asked.

“A Zombie Outbreak.” The Keeper said and almost immediately, he gets jeers from everyone present.

“We refuse to host one filled with anything to do with the Walking Dead , you know!” Imhotep declares.

“I agree with the High Priest on this one also,” Kato added while glaring at the Keeper. “Unless you have a reason for this?”

“Ah but I have and one which I have consulted with Lord Azarael’s reincarnated self on this and he has modified the story in order to better satisfies not just yourselves but the audience as well.”

Now curious, Pinhead asks Azarael. “Exactly what sort of modifications did Shinji do?”

“Oh you’ll see soon enough.” Azarael before turning to one of the techs. “Is it ready?”

“All set.” 

“Then let’s delay no longer.” The Keeper said before laughing as everyone soon took their seats as he exclaimed. “Lights…Cameras…And Action!”

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(THE STORY BEGINS)

There comes a day like no other.

An Age of Superheroes have begun as individuals not only rose to unite against the forces of evil but also handle threats not of this world, either from different worlds, galaxies or even dimensions.

Heralding this Heroic Age are the Avengers and they have faced numerous threats in the past, always emerging victorious.

But all that was about to change.

For soon the Age of Superheroes shall end and the Age of Death begins…

For the actions of a single, selfish villain is about to unleash Armageddon!

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(Infinite Earth: May - 2013)

(Cue Justice League: War OST - Entry of Darkseid)

Apokolips

Where New Genesis is Heaven, Apokolips is the closest thing to what Hell ought to look like.

This is the home of a being who seeks the power to return everything to zero in order to recreate life into his own twisted image.

That being’s name is known across the Multiverse with fear and dread.

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Darkseid listens as he is hosting an audience with a being who has come the way with an offer of knowledge in exchange for a weapon of his own design for a special purpose.

The Lord of Apokolips slightly turned to the figure and finally spoke. “So your purpose for coming here is to destroy all life in that universe you’ve grown tired of.” He kept his eyes focused on the arena below his Palace and his mighty hands clasped behind his back. “Tell me something…What do you get out of this…Lady Hela?”

“I have my reasons which don't concern you, Darkseid.” Hela said as she glanced at every different alternate Earth before keeping the conversation short and direct. “All I offer you is a clue to the Anti-Life Equation you seek.”

Darkseid finally turns and approaches her before glancing down at her. “Asgardians have long thwarted my numerous alternate counterparts for centuries across the Multiverse. Yet for you to do this means you desire something in return.”

“The heroes from the world I have come from are proving to be a growing pest problem which, if left unchecked and immediately dealt with, would one day be yet another addition to the numerous enemies you are currently facing. Especially if the Kryptonian makes contact with them, what then?”

Darkseid contemplates her words and knows she is right.

The Heroes of the Infinite Timeline have long become a serious threat to his quest of obtaining the fabled Anti-Life Equation and are more numerous now than they were before. It is bad enough that the Justice League was the only group who had thwarted his plans but now there are far more heroes for his liking and the last thing he needs is another set to join the growing Avengers Alliance.

Then there is also the Dark Lord of the Eternal Netherworld Empire: Nobunaga li Britannia.

With each passing day, Nobunaga’s ascent to absolute supremacy grows and while both titans have kept a tense yet quiet peace between them, it is only a matter of time before one of them will emerge victorious.

Darkseid is determined to be that victor.

He turns his attention back towards her and asks. “You realize that for the ritual to be realized, we will need someone who can pull this off without being told as to what it will unleash.”

“Oh I have the perfect fool for that one.” Hela said and and an image of the one she has in mind is displayed before Darkseid shows an emotion that would scare anyone: a smirk.

“Yes…” Darkseid says while continuing to smirk before glancing at Hela briefly. “He will do nicely indeed.”

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(Earth-MX-00115)

(13 DAYS BEFORE ZERO HOUR)

(Cue Captain America: The Winter Soldier OST - Dark Truth)

The Asgardian God of Trickery was not a happy person.

For as long as he could remember, Loki has long desires to inflict the kind of humiliation and eternal torment on his ‘brother’ Thor due to the fact that the latter has always been viewed as the Golden Prince of Asgard while he remains a nobody, an outcast that was pitied by the All-Father.

His machinations had led to not only the rise of Thor’s friends, the so-called Avengers but the humiliation he had endured at their hands was bad enough to the point that he still has recurring nightmares of what that brutish Green Troll did to him at Avengers Tower.

"Ughh..If I couldn’t handle ridding myself of that troll, it's those who are associated with my brother?" Loki thought angrily and was about to pour himself a drink when he realized that he aint alone. “Who's there? Show yourself!”

The figure hid his face beneath the confines of his hood but the black flame told Loki that this is a being who is associated with someone with the Dark Mystical Arts. “I am a messenger, Lord Loki….I have been commanded by my master to provide you with the means of finally ridding yourself of those who have allied with your brother, Thor Odinson.”

Loki blinked several times, especially almost letting his hemet fall down on his eyesight. “Excuse me?”

“You heard correctly, my lord.” The messenger said before continuing. “At the command of my superiors, I have been commanded to provide you with the means of destroying the heroes allied with your brother in exchange for a certain request.”

Loki then smirked and replied. “I’m listening?”

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue Justice League: War OST - Hellish World of Apokolips)

13 Days would pass since this fateful encounter..

In those days, Loki would not only listen to the proposal before agreeing to an alliance and begins to make the necessary preparations for this ritual which he is told will unleash a powerful spell that will doom not only the heroes but his accursed brother as well.

To ensure the success of this ritual, Loki is persuaded to recruit the Dark Elvish warlord Malekith, whose mastery of the Mystical Arts is essential. Once handing over an object which enticed him enough, Malekith agrees to assist in the ritual before they are joined by a third individual.

The 3rd is the immortal Mutant known as Apocalypse, who agrees to join forces with Loki and Malekith in order to complete the ritual but grows suspicious due to something about this ritual has made him weary of this mysterious messenger’s superiors.

At the same time, the heroes remain completely ignorant to what was going on behind the scenes.

Even when Loki’s attack on New York City was followed by the hunt for his scepter, which fell into the hands of HYDRA, nobody in either the heroes or SHIELD had any real inkling as to what was going on behind the scenes at all.

It was quite a challenge in preparing the Ritual since the key components were needed in order to trigger a device which the Ritual was to channel such levels of powers into before triggering the ritual’s full effect. Fortunately, Apocalypse had ‘followers’ who would gather much of the components as well as assembling the device in great secrecy.

Vibranium is the most important component to this ritual since according to what Loki was told, the mineral has mystical properties and can spread the ritual’s power across the globe in order to ensure no heroes from these parts will come to the aid of the Avengers.

Because Vibranium is a mineral which is highly prized and heavily guarded by the Wakandans, it was impossible for someone such as Loki to get his hands on the mineral. This also proved true since HYDRA had tried to infiltrate the country during the time of World War II and many times before now, it had failed to secure any of the Vibranium.

Thus enters Alexander Pierce, the leader of the American-based HYDRA forces and who was approached by Apocalypse for his organization’s services in exchange for Apocalypse’s assistance in ensuring the successful subversion of SHIELD. Because Apocalypse has concealed his true appearance by posing as a businessman with ties with interested Middle Eastern financiers who are willing to support HYDRA, Pierce cements the agreement while more than willing to support Apocalypse when shown blueprints of a device which the latter needed HYDRA to develop for those he represents.

Enter Ulysses Klaw, an infamous arms dealer who can supply the Vibranium for Loki’s Triumvirate and is given two payments in gold coins which are worth his time and resources: the first payment is securing the services of Klaw’s organization since his expertise in securing the Vibranium is essential, and the other is much bigger: unknown to anyone, Hela has plans for Klaw and can’t afford to have him sharing the same fate as those who are destined to die.

Throughout the period, the activities of Klaw were known to Nick Fury but Pierce knew Fury better than anyone and which I, a native of Infinite Earth, knows all well.

When it comes to politics, the sovereignty of another country has no borders to those who would go to great lengths to achieve one’s own ulterior motives. As history has shown throughout the ages, such ulterior motives were used as a means to do anything to achieve them at the cost of others who would suffer as a result of such actions.

Hence if there was something I hated about SHIELD was its willingness to make devil’s bargains in my universe but the actions of the SHIELD of Earth-MX-00115 is truly despicable to the point that I will never shed any of my crimson tears for the agency. Not only does Nick Fury agrees to turn a blind eye to the activities of Klaw and his men in raiding and securing the Vibranium but Pierce is able to secure a shipment of the mineral for SHIELD to utilize for Projects Thunderbolts & Gamma Corps, the latter still under the jurisdiction of the American Military at the command of General Thaddeus Ross.

Fury’s secret alliance of Skrulls, alien shape-shifters, ensures that nobody in Wakanda would be aware of the smuggling operation and those who the Skrulls would pose as would be secretly dealt with in order to maintain the secrecy of this operation.

Eve when Project Avenger finally came to fruition with the formation of the Avengers, SHIELD has maintain its operations and dealings with Klaw to the point that Fury has outright lied to his world’s Captain America about the truth of what SHIELD has been doing in the long decades since the end of World War II and the Cold War Era which saw many clandestine black ops missions being carried out by SHIELD under the directorship of Peggy Carter and later by both Pierce & Fury.

In the meantime, SHIELD would make a major blunder with fatal consequences for the Avengers. While securing the Tesseract as this world calls the Cosmic Cube, the artifact opens a portal and teleports Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) to the present while realizing that he has been teleported to the present before being approached by Lady Hela.

Due to the SHIELD agents and scientists are all secret HYDRA agents, to see their primary leader returning led to Schmidt agreeing to assist Hela in her plans but desires of ensuring Captain America will not survive whatever the Asgardian Goddess has in mind. Once bringing himself up to speed with what he had missed and realizing that HYDRA’s current leaders lack true vision, he gathers those who revere him as their true leader and begins preparations of reforming HYDRA by destroying the current incarnation while making sure he and his followers will escape.

It was when the heroes were facing three serious threats at the time: the Kree Grand Accuser named Ronan for the Guardians of the Galaxy, the xenophobic Col. General William Stryker and his elite military force, and finally, the sentient Ultron did Loki and his cohorts make their move to initiate the ritual.

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(Asgard - The Lower Chambers)

(3 Hours Until  ZERO HOUR)

(Cue Thor OST - Loki’s Machinations)

At last, the time has come for the Day of Revenge on the heroes.

Loki surveys the preparations for the ritual as many of Malekith’s followers are finishing up with the decorations while Apocalypse uses Heimdall’s Sword to let them see what the heroes are doing right now.

The sentient robot called Ultron, had made his introduction known to the Avengers and has recently retreated to Sokovia where he is to pick up the Twins Pietro & Wanda Maximoff before they are to head and collect vibranium from Klaw…

Or at least that was Ultron’s idea before he was approached by Apocalypse & Loki with a proposition which intrigues the robot: destroy the heroes with a weapon of untold power. After discussing their offer in more detail and after much time processing the probabilities, Ultron agrees to their offer but on the condition of being the one to have his drones set up the devices once the HYDRA agents deliver them.

By now, the Ultron Drones have secured the devices from the HYDRA agents and Pierce has made the necessary arrangements for Project Twilight, especially overseeing the employment of the Winter Soldier to assassinate Wakanda’s King T’Chaka while ensuring that nobody would suspect his involvement in the assassination.

“The heroes remain oblivious to what is truly going on right now,” Apocalypse said to his comrades while the preparations are now completed. He turns to his colleagues. “Are you certain Ultron will keep his end of the bargain?”

“Oh he will,” Loki said while smirking before using his powers to reveal the image of the Maximoff twins arriving in Seoul with Ultron. “The speedy one is chosen as a sacrifice for this ritual.”

“And the devices that Pierce has promised to develop for us?” Malekith asks as he shows up, especially enjoying robbing the treasury chambers of items once belonging to his kind. In fact, he had been secretly busy killing any Asgardians who were not accounted for after the fall of their beloved home.

“His agents should have met Ultron’s drones by now.” Loki answers before checking the Sand Time Clock and tells them. “It’s time.”

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(Seoul, South Korea)

(1 Hour Until  ZERO HOUR)

The HYDRA agents arrived in the middle of the center of the capital of the Republic of South Korea before they began to remove the device. From a distance, they can see the facility where Ultron had originally had interests there until he was persuaded into helping them in carrying out Project Twilight.

 A pair of Ultron Drones appears from the shadows and glances at the HYDRA agents. “Are you the ones with the device in question?”

“Yes,” The lead HYDRA agent replied before nodding his head and a pair of HYDRA agents were unloading the device from the SUV. “Please scan for confirmation.”

The Ultron Drone showers the crate to display a specialized warhead before returning his attention back to the Human. “Subject confirmed. Objective complete.”

The HYDRA team nodded and as both groups went their separate ways, one of them said quietly. “Hail HYDRA.”

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue God of War 2 OST - Origins of The Olympians/War Against The Titans)

The final 30 minutes were calm to what was going to happen.

In the very period leading up to this moment of this universe’s history, the Triumvirate Conspiracy not only orchestrated events but have even received assistance from other factions who are brought into the true plans by Hela, who would soon finish her final preparations.

All across the world, numerous warhead-type devices were transferred from HYDRA agents to those of Ultron’s numerous drones. All of them have been laced with Vibranium, provided graciously by Klaw before the man took his money and departed to parts unknown.

Bombs were all placed in major cities such as Berlin

Dresden

Naples

Paris

London

Moscow

Hong Kong

Beijing

Tokyo

Sydney

Cairo

Washington DC

And finally, the city where Loki has special reason to want to see burn more than anything…

New York City

While the Avengers were heading off to the last possible location of Ultron, they remain completely oblivious as to what was going on, especially the deployment of these strange bombs or the fact that those involved - Klaw, Red Skull and operatives such as Crossbones - were being teleported out of this universe by Hela.

It wouldn’t be long until one of the Avengers would pick up transmissions about a bomb being planted in every major city but by then….

It was already too late.

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(Asgard)

(Cue God of War 2 OST - Defying The Threads of Fate)

The ritual commenced without delay.

Loki, Malekith and Apocalypse began to chant in their own languages while dark energies began to unshackle Gates below them, breaking Ancient Asgardian Seals which kept those doors locked for untold millennia. This is where the Vibranium is essential in the ritual: as a mystical object, it can channel energies to others of its kind like a conduit and as the ritual continues to ascend, the energies are channeled into the Vibranium which have been weaponized as the cores to all the bombs which have all been placed at every city but it goes far beyond that.

At the direction of Hela, Darkseid had his Parademons plant identical but more larger-size bombs on numerous worlds, including ones which this universe’s Mad Titan frequently goes to as a base of operations for him and his minions. Even a world where the Guardians of the Galaxy goes to has a bomb planted there also.

As the ritual reached its apex, something began to stir from within these forbidden chambers. Emerging were a breed of creatures which not only realized that the seals which kept them dormant for so long were removed and after so long…They were free.

Free to reign to once again..

Free to unleash the very Hell which the All Father had imprisoned them due to what they represent.

Free to unleash the Apocalypse!

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(Darkseid’s Throne Room…Apokolips - Infinite Earth Universe)

Darkseid and Hela watch as the ritual has not only been activated but already the effects are shown through the actions of the first victims.

The first victim of this ritual is a woman named Janet Van Dyne, who was trapped in what was revealed to be the Microverse at the time when a field test of the Vibranium-charged weapon and unfortunately for Janet, SHIELD fires one such weapon into the Microverse.

Janet never had the chance to find a way out of the Microverse when the bomb detonated and all that color became black-&-white  as the visual images are reviewed by Darkseid and Hela. The Vibranium-charged bomb was fused with the energies which Loki and his cohorts have harnessed before triggering the “Awakening” as the pair would correctly call it.

The secret of the Ritual is the Awakening of the DCeased Virus , a plague which was based on a tainted version of the Anti-Life Equation which Darkseid’s doppelganger of one universe had triggered and resulted in a horrific Apocalypse which the Undead were not only created but spread across the universe before it was condemned to extinction of that said universe by the Omniverse Council.

Darkseid didn’t even show any emotion towards the demise of his counterparts but has obtained the formula to recreating the DCeased Virus through either science or mysticism.

Hank Pym would finally arrive in the Microverse and find his beloved Janet waiting for him. He had no idea what had happened or how it would be him which would spread the virus.

The last thing the pair would see is Janet removing her mask, revealing her Zombified form before lunging at Pym, whose scream can be heard before the visual image abruptly comes to an end moments later.

“The DCeased Virus   has proven its worth,” Hela commented while she has long removed her helmet, enabling her long hair to fall down to half way of her back. “I’m impressed, Darkseid.”

“I’m glad you’ve approved of this, Lady Hela.” Darkseid said as he hovered over to her side before she turned to face the Lord of Apokolips. “I have kept my end of our bargain. Now, it is time for you to keep your end of our agreement.”

“I am of my word.” Hela said before touching his forehead and closing her eyes, passes on what she knows to him on where he could locate the Anti-Life Equation more quicker. Once the transmission is complete, she steps away from him and states. “ All you need to do is to follow the clues and your prize will soon be within your grasp.”

Darkseid watches as Hela of the now condemned alternate Earth departs before he walks over to the balcony of his palace, glances towards the hellish landscape and says. “You don’t approve, Desaad?”

“That witch is willing to condemn her own universe to death just for her own selfish interests,” Desaad said as he emerged from the shadows. He then stays behind his dark master and asks. “Is this even worth it? Using that weapon while knowing that there is no cure to it?”

“It matters not, Desaad.” Darkseid remarked as he continued to glance at the landscape of his world’s massive foundries. “Anti-Life is close to within my grasp, Desaad. And we will stop at nothing to claim our prize while inflicting such chaos on any set of heroes who may rise to challenge us. To have this knowledge, I am willing to let her use the weapon but I am more pleased to know how the vanity of a single Asardian like Loki would play into our gambit so well without ever knowing as to what his actions have unleashed.”

With that, Darkseid continues his gaze and leaves Desaad to wonder a troubling question:

Just what exactly did Hela gain out of this bargain since she obviously never revealed her true motivations from the very beginning?

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(Earth-MX-00115)

(14 Minutes Into ZERO HOUR)

(Cue Akira Kurosawa’s Ran - Remastered Edition OST - The Lowest Depth of Hell/Madness of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji)

Tony Stark surveys the path of where Ultron had gone off to but was more concerned as to what was that energy burst. So far, there has been an explosion since the city of Seoul still stands unharmed.

"That’s strange. What -" Tony begins to think but stops when he notices a body nearby before going to investigate.

It was the form of Pietro Maximoff, who looked as though he was shot by an energy blast but from the looks on his clothing, it looks as though he got hit with one hell of an electrical discharge since his hair seems to be standing up.

“Friday, patch me through to Cap and let him know that we need a medic…Down…Here?” Tony said as he notices Pietro rising on his knees and the last thing Tony saw in his days being alive is what Pietro now looked like.

Pietro looked as though he was dead but he was more like a kind of undead creature before he roars and charges Tony, who screams in horror as the former Speedster not only rips his helmet off but bites deep down into Tony’s exposed neck and as the Iron Avenger met his gruesome end, emergency broadcasts were lighting up like a Christmas tree as every country reported the same thing as it was happening now.

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue God of War 2 OST - The End Begins)

The Awakening of The Undead has begun.

In less than 14 minutes after the initial triggering of the Vibranium-charged bombs across the globe and worlds out in the stars, the DCeased Virus is unleashed while the Asgardian Forbidden Chambers, which has strange ties with the said weapon, its imprisoned inhabitants began their march towards the Rainbow Bridge where they will travel onto Earth.

No amount of prayer can save Humanity or even Life in the universe of Earth-MX-00115.

No one can escape what has now been unleashed.

Even Loki, the Asgardian whose vanity and hatred for his brother Thor, will soon discover far too late of what exactly this ritual’s real purpose is and by then, even he won’t escape what he had unleashed. 

For this is the Day when this world has gone to hell.

THE APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN….

THE END 

MARVEL ZOMBIES continues in Vol. 1 (ACT II): LOGAN MEETS GHOST RIDER

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(THE STORY BEGINS)

It is the dawn of the Apocalypse for Earth MX-00115.

This event has its origins back to the moment when Loki, the Asgardian God of Trickery and whose machinations is what led to the formation of his world’s Avengers, made the worst of all mistakes by accepting aid from a mysterious messenger who offers him the means to rid himself of the heroes while finally rid himself especially of his brother Thor Odinson.

However, he failed to realize that he had taken bait laid to him by the incarnation of Ultimate Evil and the actions of another Asgardian.

Darkseid, the dreaded Lord of Apokolips of Infinite Earth, has been approached by Hela of the very same Earth MX-00115 which she wants to see destroyed for personal reason but offers information to how he can be one step closer to the precious Anti-Life Equation he seeks in exchange for a weapon she knows will destroy her own world.

The DCeased Virus, a terrible bioweapon which was unleashed in a Zombie-themed universe once before and which the formula is given to Darkseid by one of his counterparts before that universe was erased from existence. While he had his suspicions as to Hela’s motives, Darkseid agreed to hand her a copy of the formula and Loki was chosen to be the one who would trigger the Apocalypse.

As Loki recruits both Malekith The Accursed & the immortal Mutant Apocalypse in order to conduct the ritual, Darkseid and Hela’s agents were able to secure the services of Ulysses Klaw - who provided enough Vibranium for the pair’s agents -, Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)’s HYDRA and finally, Ultron, who is immune to the effects of the virus and thus he places devices which will channel the virus across the universe. Hela rewarded Red Skull and Klaw by transporting them to another universe while Ultron opted to stay for a time until the final phase was initiated.

The DCeased Virus was first tested in the Microverse which affected its inhabitants, including the stranded Janet Van Dyne before she would be found by Hank Pym…And would be the 2nd hero to be infected by the weaponized plague.

By the time of this event being transmitted back to the Infinite Universe, the fruits of Darkseid & Hela’s scheme were about to bear fruit.

The ritual commenced without delay.

Loki, Malekith and Apocalypse began to chant in their own languages while dark energies began to unshackle Gates below them, breaking Ancient Asgardian Seals which kept those doors locked for untold millennia. This is where the Vibranium is essential in the ritual: as a mystical object, it can channel energies to others of its kind like a conduit and as the ritual continues to ascend, the energies are channeled into the Vibranium which have been weaponized as the cores to all the bombs which have all been placed at every city but it goes far beyond that.

At the direction of Hela, Darkseid had his Parademons plant identical but more larger-size bombs on numerous worlds, including ones which this universe’s Mad Titan frequently goes to as a base of operations for him and his minions. Even a world where the Guardians of the Galaxy goes to has a bomb planted there also.

As the ritual reached its apex, something began to stir from within these forbidden chambers. Emerging were a breed of creatures which not only realized that the seals which kept them dormant for so long were removed and after so long…They were free.

Free to reign to once again..

Free to unleash the very Hell which the All Father had imprisoned them due to what they represent.

Free to unleash the Apocalypse!

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(Earth-MX-00115)

(9 ½ Hours After The Start of The DCeased Virus-Fueled Apocalypse)

(Cue Akira Kurosawa’s Ran - Remastered Edition OST - The Lowest Depth of Hell/Madness of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji)

“Contact! Contact! Westbound!” Shouted over the numerous communiques as numerous police forces - from traffic to riot units - are trying to hold back the rising tide of Undead beings to the point that use of lethal force is authorized by the higher ups.

In front of them, the Undead were growing in large numbers that by the time that they approached the heavy police barricades, the numbers were in the thousands and still climbing.

Law enforcement commenced firing but for every one of these things they struck down, up to 20 would take their places. It was so bad that high command ordered all forces to begin a withdrawal from the area before informing them that the military will begin a carpet bombing of the areas infested with the Undead with Napalm.

Yet even as despair begins to grip the hearts of those who feel there is no way of surviving this ongoing apocalypse, hope is found in the most unlikely of places….Or more specifically…Unlikely people.

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(New Jersey)

(Cue Devilman Crybaby OST - Black Mass)

They just keep coming. No matter how many Wolverine and his small team of X-Men were taking on these Undead beings, there were more and more that kept appearing out of nowhere. At the time prior to all hell breaking loose, Wolverine was tasked by Charles Xavier with apprehending Sabretooth due to using Cerebro to detect something he had been having terrible visions of but found Victor Creed by sheer luck.

Logan has a long standing history with Victor and while he does remind Charles of this, he still leads the mission to capturing Magneto’s primary enforcer since the man may have answers to whatever has been troubling Charles to the point that even Jean Grey can see her mentor’s troubled expression at times.

Next thing anyone knew, the Apocalypse had come and these Undead creatures are fueled by a kind of energy which Charles warns them that these beings are fueled by Dark Sorcery.

“Need a little air support now!” Logan calls out to Ororo while slicing up a number of Undead creatures.

“Already on it, Logan.” Ororo replies and suddenly, several powerful lightning bolts hit the Undead creatures to the point that many were reduced to ashes.

The weather-manipulating X-heroine was in her element as she commands the very elements to aid her team in repelling these creatures since they’re no ordinary zombies.  If this is based on Dark Magic, then this crisis is a lot more serious than anyone could imagine.

Joining them is the blue-furred Beast, who made an incredible jump before telling both of his comrades. “Sorry I’m late but have to help civilians get to safety while triggering an explosion.” 

The minute he says this, the area he came from exploded like a volcano.

“What’s the word?”  Storm asks Beast.

“The outbreak is all over the globe, Ororo. Charles has confirmed that the other heroes, especially the Avengers, are out of communications range and the team that was in Seoul has gone dark.” Beast explains while ripping a pole off its foundations and begins using it to bash a number of Undead creatures. “So uncivilized but right now, I can’t be choosy about what I use.”

“Can’t let you have all the fun, Hank.” Logan said before jumping down. He was about to engage when he notices one of the Undead creatures racing towards Ororo. “ORORO! LOOK OUT!”

Ororo turns in time to see the Undead creature jumping towards her but something intercepts it midway and to her surprise, snaps it in half like a chicken bone.

(Cue Devilman Crybaby OST - Demonic Awakening)

To her surprise, it was a young man with demonic wings before he simply told her. “Stay close to me, lady. My friends should be here shortly to help your friends right about now.”

Storm didn’t either question or argue with this stranger until she noticed that help was showing up moments later.

(Cue Marvel vs Capcom 3 OST - Dante’s Theme)

Many Undead creatures then hear a roaring motorcycle and turn too late to see someone "riding shotgun" by literally slicing them to pieces. Beast is stunned to see a young man, sporting a red overcoat while riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle, charging in before jumping off and pulling out a large handgun before killing many the Undead creatures before covering Beast’s back. 

“Need help?” The young man asked.

“I do appreciate your help greatly.” Beast says while noting that many of the Undead creatures were all trying to find objects to take down the first helper but were horrified to notice his transformation into a demon.

The young man who rescued Storm has become the feared demon known simply as Devilman.

Then, their third partner in crime shows up moments later.

(Cue Marvel vs Capcom 3 OST - Ghost Rider’s Theme)

Everyone - both living and Undead, saw in shock, awe and horror as a burning inferno was coming towards them at such inhuman speed that nobody knows exactly what it is. Even the three X-Men members were wondering as to who or what exactly this is. The minute the inferno hits the ground and incinerating a large number of Undead creatures reveals it to be a being on another Harley Davidson motorcycle and his head was on fire.

“Damn showoff,” Dante mutters openly, enough for Beast to overhear it.

“I take it he’s with you two, then?” Beast asks while noticing the Undead were backing off, afraid of the newcomer as well as the fact that they’ve taken far too many losses as a result fighting with the five heroes in front of them.

“You could say that.” Devilman said before literally whacking half of an Undead creature’s head off, leaving only his lower half before tossing it aside.

Placing his bike on hold and his flames reigniting his head, the being who gave the Undead creatures a taste of oblivion is none other than the feared Bounty Hunter of Hell: Ghost Rider. 

Wolverine and Ghost Rider stared silently at each other, analyzing the other while mentally wondering if they are either friend or foe. So far, Wolverine notices the charred Undead creatures hadn’t risen up after being reduced by the flames of the latter’s motorcycle. Ghost Rider, meanwhile, notices that none of the X-Men are infected due noticing purple-colored glows over them yet keeps his silence.

Dante then sells the others while hearing the rumbling sound which Beast, Storm and Devilman also heard. “Hey! Save the staring contest for later! We’ve got more company!”

Like clockwork, more Undead creatures began racing from different infected areas due to one of the earlier attackers who had rushed to get aid and was coming back with over 600 additional comrades, leaving a total 812 Undeads to handle with.

It was enough for Wolverine to put aside his observation in order to help his two friends before turning to the Bounty Hunter. "Hey"

Ghost Rider stops and turns to face Wolverine even while pulling out a weapon from his holster and lots of ammo to it.

"Make it a strike." Logan said to Ghost Rider.

Ghost Rider glares at the oncoming Undeads and begins to harness his Hellfire, alerting his two comrades enough to let them know what’s about to come next.

“Hey!” Dante shouts to Wolverine while running with Beast just as Devilman grabs Storm and flies upwards. “You might want to find cover if I were you.”

That was enough for Logan to realize what Ghost Rider was going to do. “Oh shit!”

Ghost Rider unleashes a Napalm-style Hellstorm, incinerating many Undeads who had the misfortune not to realize what was going to happen until they realize too late and most screams in terror as they were vaporized!

Wolverine ran a lot faster than the Undeads and jumped behind a car well clear of the “Danger Zone” and watched as the massive firestorm not only flew past him but many Undeads were running for their lives as the flames spread throughout the surrounding areas.

"We work as a team." Logan said to Ghost Rider

“Agreed.” Ghost Rider finally spoke, something that surprised all three X-Men before he pulled out his double-barreled shotgun and ready his chains for combat.

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(Cue Chrno Crusade OST - Dark Theme of Aion)

Nimrod, the ultimate Sentinel from a dark future, observes the ongoing battle while collecting data for Ultron to see.

<Subjects Wolverine, Storm & Beast Still Alive.

   Observation: Mutant Targets Remain Unaffected By DCeased Virus.

   Subjects Rescued By Outside Interlopers Not of This World

   Recommendation: Continue Observation Before Returning To Ultra-Sigma Fortress>

The Sentinel notes that these outsiders are covered in unknown energies and thus they are an unknown factor. This is not part of the Endgame Protocol as directed by Ultron but collecting data on these interlopers may prove useful to formulate countermeasures against them.

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(Cue Devilman OVA OST - Battle Extended)

Back on the ground, the battle was becoming more hellish and chaotic to the point that the Undeads were throwing more and more numbers in a vain effort of overwhelming the six heroes who have slaughtered so many of their kind but refuse to give ground.

Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Dante, Beast, Storm & Devilman were leaving a body count which was so massive that the Undead began to panic and ran from the battlefield, even when their ‘leaders’ were ordering them to turn back around and fight.

Unfortunately, one such leader ends up being beheaded by either Wolverine or Dante moments later before Dante then receives a call. “What?”

“This is Trish, you idiot!” A woman shouted back at him before getting serious. “Lady and I have evacuated those we could from the Mansion. A couple of children and some of the X-Men being accounted for.”

“Guess regrouping at the X-Mansion is out of the question?” Dante asked openly, enough for Beast to overhear much of the conversation until receiving a mental call from Professor Xavier.

“We had to trigger the self-destruct mechanism in order to cover our escape. Practically nothing remains of the area but we have to make a pit stop to rescue someone Xavier wants us to rescue.” Trish says and Dante groans upon realizing who it was.

“He better be worth saving.” Dante shot back before telling the others. “Time EVAC out of here.”

“I agree,” Beast says before getting on Dante’s motorcycle. He turns to his friend and shouts. “Logan, come on. We have to leave at once.”

Logan realized that there was nothing they could do here anymore and it was time to make a tactical withdrawal from the area.

"Time to move," Logan says to himself and finds another Harley Davidson motorcycle, which was not only undamaged but still in prime condition. He starts the engine before turning to Ghost Rider. “Think you can keep up.”

“Heh,” Ghost Rider scoffs before revving up his Harley Davidson and both sped off while unaware that they were all being monitored by Nimrod, who collects enough data and flies off to Ultra-Sigma Fortress in order to have the data downloaded.

Ultron will be interested in the interlopers.

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue God of War 2 OST - The End Begins)

This is how what remains of the X-Men would end up working with three beings who are not of their doomed world.

At the time when Logan’s squad was facing the Undead creatures, none had any real idea that their base of operations would be attacked at that exact moment. Cyclops was the first to be infected by the DCeased Virus and is followed by others. 

However, the interventions of Trish & Lady ensures the survival of not only several Mutant students - such as Jubilee - but key X-Men such as Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Iceman, Jean Grey, Rogue, Emma Frost & Charles Xavier as well as Cable, who triggers the self-destruct device while blowing off several Undeads at point blank range.

They were rescued by Mystique, the only member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants besides Sabretooth to not be infected by the outbreak. This will lead them into rescuing the only other person whom Xavier feels can help them understand what is truly going on: Magneto.

But the chances of finding Magneto not infected is quite slim and given their limited resources, the X-Men and their rescuers will have to take the risk by breaking him out of his prison, unaware that other heroes are having the same thoughts and are oblivious to the looming threat of Ultron.

THE APOCALYPSE CONTINUES….

THE END 

MARVEL ZOMBIES continues in Vol. 1 (ACT III): AVENGERZ

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(THE STORY BEGINS)

The Apocalypse of Earth MX-00115 continues at frightening speed and already, survivors are starting to arise from the chaos.

While facing overwhelming numbers of Undead creatures, a small group of X-Men - consisting of Wolverine, Storm & Beast - were both assisted and eventually rescued by the Bounty Hunter of Hell - Ghost Rider - and his two companions: Devilman (Akira Fudou) and Dante, the Devil Slayer. At the sametime, Dante’s companions, Lady & Trish, were able to rescue those from the Xavier Mansion but were forced to trigger the self-destruct mechanism in order to cover their escape.

As these Mutant survivors were both regrouping and heading to spring an individual whom Xavier wishes to rescue, things were more hellish elsewhere.

In Europe, the unleashing of the DCeased Virus began slow but has accelerated, with much of Russia becoming consumed by the Undead Plague as SHIELD had highlighted the areas infected blood red.

On the African front, the Undead Plague has spread so rapidly that the continent has been divided into three zones but West Africa will soon collapse before the Undead creatures will spread to consume the remainder.

In Asia, the virus had overrun most of the Middle-Eastern & Central Asian countries with such terrifying speed that by the 7th day of the Apocalypse, even India and Pakistan have fallen as their populations became so infected that in a last ditch effort, the Indian & Pakistani governments resorts to launching nukes on each other in order to stop the spread of the virus…But their plans were thwarted before they could set up the launch sequence as the Undead creatures storms the main central government buildings and eliminated them both.

Latin America was hit like a raging tsunami by the outbreak of the DCeased Virus and within 7 days, Peru and Brazil have fallen before almost all of South America was overrun while the plague spreads into Central America. It is only a matter of mere hours, never mind days, before all of Latin America was no more.

But the greatest concentration of the plague is the United States. While most of the states remain blue due to not having been overrun, the red-highlighted states confirmed that the Undead creatures have pretty much overrun those states with such speed that now only New York and Alaska remain unconfirmed.

It was exactly in New York, however, that we began our final act of this chapter on the activities of those Avengers who remained stateside when the virus had broken out in Seoul…..

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(Unknown Location - Somewhere In North America)  

(Cue Metal Gear Solid Ops OST - Infiltration)

The Undead creatures were everywhere.

In the 11 days since the start of this Apocalypse, the number of Undead creatures have exploded from mere hundreds to tens of thousands  before it expanded to the millions. All communications from and into New York State remain unknown but no one would know that it was far worse.

This is especially true here when hundreds of Undead creatures were all over the lower levels of this SHIELD facility, which was overrun on the day when a strange bomb detonated in Time Square at New York City.

But these Undead creatures were more of searching for something…Or rather, someone due to searching every room, even using security codes to access cameras, scanning the footage before the leaders of this large group screech orders for the others to fan out and search.

For someone like Black Widow, this is an unexpected development since it shows these Undead creatures have some kind of intelligence-level pattern besides trying to devour their victims. ‘Looks like whatever or whoever they’re searching for isn’t on this level. Time to move on.’

She then presses a button on her earpiece. “This Widow, calling Leo. Come in.”

“This is Leo,” A man’s voice replies over the ear piece. “What’s the status?”

“Your friend is right. The creatures are searching for whatever it is that has got them searching so carefully that they’re not destroying everything in their path.” Widow explains while crawling through the emergency ventilation shaft. “Whatever this is is worth risking facing these things.”

“He has already assured us that this is worth it but I have my doubts about our friend’s true motives.” Leo answered back.

“For now, create a diversion for me, will you?” Natasha says as she next tells him. “I’m going to take a look at the sub-levels.”

“I’ll let the others know of the change of plans. Leo out.”

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(Cue Resident Evil: Death Island OST - Zombie Attack)

The Undead creatures continue their search for whatever they have come here for before they stopped in their tracks, hearing approaching footsteps until the first several shots struck some of the leading ones in the head.

Leon S. Kennedy emerges in front of them, pointing his customized handgun in front of these damn creatures. “They’re all like fucking zombies. I hate these guys as much as I hate their counterparts.”

“I know how you feel, Leo.” Chris Redfield shot back before raising his customized assault rifle and shouting. “Less talk, more killing these fuckers!”

Leo immediately pulls out an AK-47 with a flamethrower feature and joins his friend, taking out many of these creatures while buying time for Widow to rendezvous with another of their comrades before finding out what exactly these things are searching for.

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Natasha can hear the gunfire and knows that it will draw out the Undead creatures to Chris & Leo’s position before she heads to the sub-levels - which is a catchphrase for the more restricted areas of a SHIELD facility. Given the layout of this facility, it was going to be somewhere a bit high up and thus she headed off to the area before quickly getting back into a nearby ventilation shaft.

Then she heard the screeching sound as an Undead creature gestures towards someone to hurry up for they’re needed to handle the two live ones that were mowing down many of their kind before running down the stairs.

Natasha can see hundreds of additional Undead creatures running at every exit stairway in such a hurry that they were shoving each other to get down the stairways like animals. On her own mental recon, there were over 456 Undead creatures racing through the exits and down the stairways.

Sliding down from the shaft, Natasha notices a couple of destroyed Undead creatures before sighing in annoyance. “You know you should have followed Leon & Chris’ example, you know.”

“And why would I take orders from you, little Spider.” The immortal Vampire Alucard (Vlad Dracula IV) says while emerging from a nearby wall, sporting his crimson-colored Gothic attire and large hat while adjusting his sunglasses. “The only reason you and those of your Avengers are still alive is due to our intervention but our friend should be showing up any moment now.”

Before they continue to argue, one of the Undead creatures, who hadn’t heard the screech, was looking for the others until it spotted the pair in question before doing something UN ZOMBIE - rams his fist into the alarm system!

(Cue Hellsing Ultimate OST - Nightmare Under The Moonlight)

Within moments, more Undead creatures ran from the upper levels of the facility before noticing the pair in question before they began to charge them.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The first three shots mowed down about 12 of the Undead creatures, stopping the others in their tracks before Alucard removes his sunglasses while showing a grin which borders on pure joy at slaughter!

“Finally…” Alucard says as he walks towards the Undead creatures, producing his other Casull Auto pistol while ignoring Black Widow. “Time to vent my frustration at these miserable bitches!”

‘Why do I even bother!’ Widow thought to herself before racing after the Vampire.

The Undead creature who alerted his kind to their presence tries to attack Black Widow but Alucard immediately shoots him dead with a bullet that tore apart his insides like they were butter.

Black Widow pulls out the pair of handguns which are customized to the point that they carry the same kind of bullets which Alucard’s guns were carrying. Every shot she fired not only tore apart the Undead creatures in minutes but they were leaving a trail of destroyed corpses in their wake.

“Widow, come in!” Chris says over her earpiece.

Natasha taps her earpiece while taking out more Undead creatures, including two from behind her. “Right here, Chris. What’s your status?”

“Leon & I have eliminated about 4th of these things’ numbers but got word from Hope,” Chris says while the hearing of gunshots can be heard over the background. “She has Wong and Elektra but Jill told us that they’re waiting for Hanzo to show up with Kingpin.”

“He wasn’t with Elektra?”

“They lost track with one another. That’s why Hanzo left to track him.” Chris explains. “What’s your status?”

“Alucard and I are approaching where these things are concentrating. Just be ready to head for the exit.” Natasha says before turning her earpiece off before emptying the useless clip and placing a new one in its place.

As the pair walk past the rolls of destroyed Undead creatures, they realize that they’re getting close to whatever these things were looking for. Only the last one, whose clothing told Natasha that he’s a SHIELD researcher, turns while screeching as to why weren’t anyone helping him in breaking the door open and had its mangled jaw dropped in shock upon seeing the rest of his group were disposed of by a Vampire and an Avenger.

“So whatever is in that room is what brought these pieces of shit here, little spider?” Alucard asks openly while itching to either finish this last one off or let his ‘partner’ do it for him.

“I’m sure of it.” Natasha says before racing towards the Undead creature.

As quickly as the two opponents raced, their fight was over rather quickly, especially when Natasha jumped over and blew the Undead researcher’s head off in mere seconds.

With that done, the pair walked towards the room before Alucard could sense dark energies coming from this room. Silently he nodded his head to her that this is indeed the room which the Undead creatures were trying to break into.

(Cue Castlevania (Netflix ONA) OST - Dracula’s Growing Hatred For Humanity)

Natasha breaks the door open and both gunslingers aim their guns at an individual who was glancing at an ancient book.

The Nocturnal Necronomicon

“When Seven Crimson Moons take the form of the Big Dipper on the 6th hour, the 6th day and the 6th year of this alignment, the Curse of the Unliving will be triggered. The Dead Shall Arise and the Gates of True Eternal Chaos shall be opened to welcome the Cleansing of The Impure Living.”

The holder of the book laughs insanely but his tone is pathetic and almost filled with sadness and self-loathing.

The wielder stops laughing before looking up at the pair, revealing the face of nothing other than Thor’s own brother, Loki!

“Hehehe..Hello…It's been such a long time, hasn’t it?” Loki asks in a sarcastic-filled taunt.

Natasha immediately cocks the hammer back and she points her gun at the Asgardian God of Trickery. “If we had known you’ll be here, I’ll gladly blowing your fucking head off.”

Alucard chambers a special bullet, cocks the hammer and glares at Loki. “Your crimes are well known and like the little spider said, you deserve nothing more than death.”

“Stay your weapon, Alucard!” A booming voice says from behind and the pair moves to the sides as Loki gasps as he sees a menacing figure approaching the room.

The being is a nightmarish figure, adorned in black armor and sporting a skull-like helmet which nobody can see anything through the mask. For once, the Asgardian was trembling so violently that the figure simply took the book and glanced at Loki. “You have answers I need and You will come with us, Trickster.”

Loki mutters something which will be taken as a poetic irony. “Truly…I’ve descended into the Realm of Hell.”

“Not yet…Not yet, foolish Asgardian.” The figure says before walking away, carrying the book while Natasha notify Leon and Chris that they’re on their way out.

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(New York City - 11 Days Later) 

(Cue Highschool of The Dead OST - Outbreak)

New York City, the most famed city on the American East Coast and home of the Avengers, has become a scene of the ongoing Apocalypse. 

Mayor Michael Bloomberg had declared a state of emergency but the warning he received from Governor Andrew Cuomo had come too late: the Undead creatures had done the impossible and commenced an Airborne invasion from those infected states and while the bomb at Time Square was contained by the Sorcerer Supreme, that didn’t stop the Undead to improvise with a simple adaptation of a military maneuver.

Now, it is only a matter of time until the NYPD and National Guard will have to retreat to the second defensive lines before eventually abandoning Manhattan.

“We’re being overrun on the lower part of Central Park! We need to fall back!” Spoke a National Guard officer while a NYPD precinct commander curses under his breath before shouting over his communicator.

"Does anyone have a visual on SPIDER-MAN?!"

As the precinct commander asks that question, the said hero was glancing across Time Square…and howls as he has already become one of the Unliving, glancing at the hordes of Undead creature paratroopers landing and more people becoming infected.

Things will only get worse before the Light of Hope will shine in the thickest of this ongoing darkness.

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue God of War 2 OST - The End Begins)

This is the current state of affairs at this point in time.

By this point, the Avengers and the X-Men have virtually ceased to exist since it is impossible to be sure if all of the members of both teams’ rosters have either joined the Unliving or are still alive.. 

Signals from Europe would have gone dark by this point as would much of Central Asia, 81% of Africa, 85% of South America and the western regions of China and much of Southeast Asia. Civilization has all but collapsed, with civil order no longer existing and civilians have gone insane with what was happening all around them. No amount of prayer can save the masses since this plague, unleashed by Loki and his cohorts, has no real means of stopping.

Yet it wasn’t just Earth which was infected by the DCeased Virus.

Across the vast universe, the DCeased Virus has been unleashed at such alarming speed that those worlds where the bombs were placed strategically was not only ground zero but those Undead creatures who can operate starships will begin to traverse and spread the virus across the stars, destroying entire worlds and their civilizations in mere hours or even days.

As this continues to rage and strangers who appear have yet to play their parts in ensuring the survivors stay alive while finding a way to just escape the Apocalypse, their leader, a mysterious Death-themed figure, has his sights on the only solution to end this plague.

The First Acts comes to an end.

Those who survived must stay alive in order to witness the eventual conclusion of this Apocalypse but a question must now be asked.

WHO WILL SURVIVE THE OUTCOME OF THIS APOCALYPSE?

THE END 

MARVEL ZOMBIES continues in Vol. 2 (Act I): LOGAN MEETS CAPTAIN AMERICA

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(THE STORY BEGINS)

The Apocalypse of Earth MX-00115 continues at frightening speed and by the 2nd month of the ongoing event, the world situation has become very bleak.

With the exceptions of Egypt and South Africa as well as possibly Wakanda, the rest of Africa has been infected, with the purple-colored regions to be declared dead for there is no life remaining.

The Orient wasn’t faring any better as from Thailand to Indonesia were overrun with the Undead, opening a path towards the Pacific and into Australia.

In China itself, the DCeased Virus has not only overwhelmed the Chinese Armies in the western regions of the nation but the collapse of Russia soon leads to an outbreak in the Manchurian region. This not only catches Beijing off guard but soon much of the southern regions of China, including Macao, are lost and it is only a matter of time before the Undeads would reach either the coastal cities or even march on Beijing itself.

Europe, meanwhile, was collapsing but nothing truly signifies the end of the world as the collapse of Russia. The plague hits the superpower so hard and fast that on the last day when communications from Russia was on the verge of going off the air, strongman Vladimir Putin declares that Russia shall rise again but was cut off in the middle of his declaration when his chief of staff suddenly reveals himself to be an undead and kills him on national television and with that, Russia was no more.

Even the Chancellor of Germany didn’t survive as he and his whole cabinet were devoured while trying to escape via helicopter while the President of France met a similar fate but made the unwise decision of escaping to a bunker but was intercepted by the Undead creatures and was torn apart moments later. With his death, the nation of France was the latest major European power to fall, effectively signaling the death of the European Union as a whole.

No amount of prayer can save the masses of Europe as the Undead hordes not only stormed Vatican City but the Pope gives his Last Absolution towards Humanity before pulling out a Colt. 45 pistol, cocks the hammer, aims it towards his mouth and squeezes the trigger.

South America has all but collapsed by this point and as Central America is being overrun, even the Caribbean Islands were being overrun by the plague as well.

And in the USA, the nation has been shredded into pieces. While several states remain untouched by the plague, those who were infected are now dead zones and new infected states have popped up, especially New York and the Capital.

It would be here that two old allies would meet, unaware that two Undead beings were going to show up at their current location with a personal score to be settled….

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(Unknown Location - Somewhere In North America)  

(Cue Metal Gear Solid Ops OST - Infiltration)

Logan glances around the area before touching his communication earpiece on the left side. “I’ve arrived at the location of the beacon. Its ping sound is strong here.”

“Understood,” Jean Grey says over the communicator. “If Mystique’s intel is accurate, this is the last location of Black Widow since losing contact with her.”

“I really wish she had that Vampire with her instead of going solo.” Logan complained before noticing the destroyed Undead creatures. “Seems I may not be the only one here.”

“Meaning?”

“I may not be alone.” Logan says before activating his homing signal. “I’ve activated my beacon signal. Better let Hanzo know my location while I check things out.”

“Understood but please be careful, Logan.” Jean says while concern is felt in her tone. “With the ways things have been going, we can’t afford to lose you.”

“I’ll keep that in mind, Jean.” Logan replies before deactivating his communicator and walking down the stairways, his senses already on alert as a result of what he found outside.

Cautiously, Logan walks towards another set of stairs before noticing more and more destroyed Undeads everywhere, including some being splattered on the walls. He then proceeds down the second flight of stairs that he then notices two bodies before realizing who they are. ‘It’s as the Death Lord had sensed.’

(Cue Metal Gear Solid Ops OST - Remembrance)

Seated nearby is Clint Barton, the Archer master of the Avengers and upon closer examination, he had been killed by a large burned mark through his chest and back where his heart ought to be located. Obviously, he was going to face whoever he was facing but ended up dying instead at close range.

He then notices the lifeless body of Black Widow and notices that she had chosen to end her life before she infected her comrade due to noticing burned gunshot residue on the side of her head, traces of the special bullet given to her by Alucard can be seen at the entry point. Black Widow began to show signs of her transformation into an Undead creature and quickly resolves to deny becoming one of the Damned by committing suicide.

Logan reaches out with his gloved hand and closes her eyes, showing her final respects since at least she did what anyone would do: sacrificing one’s self rather than becoming something that would condemn others into the current hellish life.

‘Whoever did this must have been either searching for her or -’ Logan thought before he heard approaching footsteps and turned to confront who it was until he heard a familiar voice.

“Logan?”

(Cue Captain America: The First Avenger OST - Opening Theme)

“Well I be damned,” Logan says while lowering his arms and the figure to emerge is none other than Captain America himself, the First Avenger.

“It is you,” Captain America says while noticing the bodies of his two fellow Avengers. “Did they -”

“No, Rogers.” Logan clarifies before pointing out. “She was bitten by one of these bastards and not wanting to risk the Archer here being infected, she took the matter into her own hands.” Cap then walks over as Logan points to the burned mark on Clint’s body. “Whoever he was fighting probably before, during or after her suicide did him in. I say that this didn’t happen not too long ago.”

“Meaning that the assassin had probably moved on,” Cap remarked while closing Clint’s lifeless eyes and laying him close to Natasha’s. “I’m sorry.”

“What happened, Rogers?” Logan says while folding his arms. “Last time I heard, you led a team into Seoul and then all communications went dead when this happened. I was starting to worry that you were already a victim.”

“I would have but Thor manages to get me and Natasha out of Seoul but we have been separated since then. In fact, I was in Washington and it’s far worse than you can imagine.” Cap explains softly to his old friend. “The capital has been overrun by these Undead creatures. The President, the Vice President, Congress, the Senate and nearly all members of the Cabinet are among those who were unable to escape in time. Only the Joint Chiefs, the Defense Secretary, a couple of senators and even the Speaker of the House are able to escape.”

“Shit. Charles’ hunch was right all along.” Logan admits openly and then reveals. “Several friends who rescued me and my group have helped Black Widow in retrieving not only a strange book but also someone I believe your Hammer-wielding friend knows.”

“Who?” 

Logan sighed and answered. “Loki.”

Cap’s expression darkened as he recognized that name. “What was he doing here on Earth?”

“No idea but the leader of my group’s rescuers is determined to extract the truth from him by means, including torturing him.” Logan admitted while glancing upwards at the night sky and said. “This is a nightmare, Rogers. I thought we had been through Hell once before, remember?”

"For as long as I can remember I just wanted to do what was right."          

"I thought I could throw myself back in and follow orders, serve.” Cap replies and glances down at his hands and admits openly. “ it's just not the same."

While Cap says these words, Logan’s mind goes back to the time when they faced almost the same situation but the difference between that and the current crisis is that people were being slaughtered on the Beaches of Normandy………

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(Flashback - Omaha Beach….Normandy, France… June 6, 1944)

The coastlines of Normandy were transformed into an Obstacle of Hell. Under the direction of the famed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel upon inspecting Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, he makes great effort to improve several sectors where he notices that defenses were lacking or non-existent. It had taken months to erect not only obstacles for tanks but numerous land mines as well as requesting the transfer of elements from the Eastern Front in order to bolster the defenses.

While Hitler believes that the Allied Invasion will occur at the Pas de Calais area , Rommel correctly guessed where the Allied Armies would land but due to bad weather, he didn’t believe they would invade at the time when the weather looked as though it wouldn’t take place. As a result and being reassured that he could take a day off to spend time for his wife’s birthday, Rommel headed back to Germany yet none in the Wehrmacht’s Weather Reporting section realized that there would be a 24 hour break in the weather.

But as the Americans who were about to approach the shores of Omaha Beach were to discover, however, Rommel’s fixed defenses and  elements of the troops he had received were about to unleash Hell on them and extract a bloody price for invading the ‘foothold’ of Europe.

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Sgt. James Howlett Logan of the Royal Canadian Special Forces’ H Company glances on either side of the landing barge he was on and can see that this was the calm before the storm.

The number of troops from the 12th & 14th American Rangers Companies were making up the bulk of this initial first wave among the 1st American Infantry Division. Their task was to secure Omaha Beach before moving inland, clearing a path for the follow up waves of reinforcement to follow.

But this wasn’t as simple as the operational plans make it sound.

He can tell that the naval bombardment may have scored many hits but his senses are warning him that they practically failed to knock out the very German defensive positions in the target zone.

Behind Logan were Captain Miller, whose trembling hand was noticed by the Canadian Mutant but doesn’t say a thing, and Sgt. Horvath who was devouring chewable tobacco. He had met both men and their American Rangers unit during the Invasion of Sicily in which he and Horvath became strong friends though when it comes to poker games, they were at each other’s throats about cheating.

‘Geez, whatever happened to smoking a good cigar with him?’ Logan thought to himself before noticing another friend who was sharing his concerns while glancing at the beaches ahead of the assault force. In fact, the group in the landing pad believed his presence was a good sign.

Glancing at a compass before putting it away, Captain America was not wearing his headwear but his apprehension told Logan that he was uneasy. “I fear we’re heading to the wrong section of the beach.”

“You too, huh?” Logan retorts before moving closer to see the smoked-covered beach area while telling him. “The Navy’s bombardment has made it impossible for anyone to get a better view if the defenses had been neutralized.”

“I figured as much.” Rogers says before glancing at him. “How can you be so calm at a time like this?”

“Nerves of steel,” Logan says before glancing at his pack of cigars before placing them ready to chew one of them off before adding. “Trust me, Cap. You need to remain calm at all times or else, everyone is gonna get shot up or worse, panic.”

“Amen to that,” Spoke Daniel Jackson, one of Captain Miller’s men, before pulling out a golden cross, kissed it and placed it back underneath his shirt.

The operator of the landing craft then shouts to those on the boat. “Clear the ramp! 30 Seconds! God Be You All!”

‘This is it.’ Logan thought as he and Cap nodded in silent acknowledgement while Captain Miller was issuing final instructions to the men while making it clear that he would see them all on the beach.

But within seconds, Logan & Cap’s fears would be realized.

Within mere seconds of the ramps being lowered, the calm is broken by the sound of rapid gunfire from well-positioned and entrenched German MG-42 machine gun positions from above the beaches and before the first American soldiers could get off the landing craft, the slaughter commenced.

Those in the landing craft were mowed down like they were wheat and it was enough for Captain Miller to shout a single order upon realizing the danger.

“OVER THE SIDE!” Miller shouted before he, Sgt. Horvath, Jackson, Logan, Cap and those who survived immediately jumped on either side of the landing craft since staying inside would only ensure they would join the poor souls who are already dead.

Realizing that his equipment is going to kill him, Logan snikt his bone claws long enough to slice off the utility harness and does the same to several off nearby soldiers before retracting his claws. Nobody needed to see those and ask too many questions.

From the still intact bunkers overlooking the beaches, the Germans were pouring rapid fire down on the invading Americans while extra cases of ammo for the MG-42 machine guns were being delivered. Because the bunkers had been reinforced, it was impossible for the Allied warships to be certain their firepower alone would have knocked them out.

All around Logan, it was murderous chaos as whole companies were scattered and many were being chewed up by heavy German fire from the bunkers overlooking the beaches.

Instead of being shell-shocked, he immediately went into action by grabbing those who are injured and getting them to areas where there is enough cover to shield them. Even when facing under enemy fire, Logan risks his life to save a total of 44 soldiers, including one of Miller’s men while shouting to Miller to get to the sea wall before he runs to where he had the other rescued injured GIs holed up. 

Once he is able to get the injured man to where combat medics would take over, Logan hears a massive explosion and turns to see a breach in the sea wall before rejoining the fight. Grabbing a discarded M1 Garand rifle and numerous packs of ammo for it, Logan is able to rush up to see Miller and his men were hugging at a wall for some reason.

“What’s going on?” Logan asks Jackson.

“The Krauts have set up a position on where we want to get upwards.” Answered another of Miller’s men, a man named Melsh as they kept their heads down. They are then joined by Cap before Melsh asks the Avenger. “What’s the word?”

“Not good,” Captain America replies before explaining. “The reinforcements are about to show up any minute now and there is no way to warn them since all the radiomen are either dead or their equipment is scrap.”

“Shit!” Another of Miller’s men shouted before wheezing sounds from the German machine gun emplacement gets both Cap & Logan to glance at a small mirror.

“Two MG-42 on the left and a MG-34 on the right.” Logan says openly before Miller turns to Captain America while Sgt. Horvath was glancing at the gun emplacements.

“Got any ideas, Cap?” Miller asked.

“Yeah, just one.” Cap responds before explaining. “Me and Logan will lead a small band up the hill to take those machine gunners out. Choose your best men to follow us.” He then turns to Logan and asks. “Ready?”

“Hell yeah.” Logan replies before pulling out a Bowie knife he always kept on him out, a fact not lost on Miller’s men.

“Just leave some for the rest of us, Logan.” Horvath shot back.

Once the men are selected, Miller and Horvath unleash covering fire before Cap signals for Logan and the men to follow his lead before they began to rush towards the hill.

The covering fire not only forced the Germans to duck but none of the spotters noticed the small combat team climbing the hill until they noticed them too late!

Their tactic would not only open a large gap for Miller and the others to storm up the hill and neutralize the bunker but both Logan and Cap would be given medals for their heroics on D-Day by both General Dwight. D Eisenhower and British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery as well as General Omar Bradley, who personally pins the Silver Star on Logan’s shirt and Logan not only salutes back but shakes the general’s hand much.

Both would go their separate ways, with Logan ending up in a Japanese prisoner of war camp at Nagasaki the following year when the 2nd Atomic Bomb detonated there.

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(End Flashback)

“Yeah.” Logan suddenly answers back but then his senses are on high alert as he growls. That alone made Cap aware of what his old friend was sensing.

“How many are there?” Cap asks his friend as he prepares his shield for action.

“About two of them.” Logan says as both men were at each other’s back.

(Zombie Noise)

“One of them is walking from the right.” Logan answers as he can hear approaching footsteps.

“And the other?”

“Very close,” Logan says before he gives a snarl. “He’s the one who killed your friend. I can recognize the burned smell on this bastard.”

Cap slowly turned and hardened his expression as he recognized who Clint’s killer was and right now, killing this being was more important than reasoning with one who was also his comrade in the Avengers.

Logan extends his claws, his expression now murderous as rage builds up in his very being.

(Cue Captain America: Civil War OST - Dark Truths)

The being is none other than Iron Man himself but he was no longer the founding member of the Avengers who wouldn’t kill a friend. Before both old heroes is an Undead version of the Armored Avenger but without his helmet and as he growls, Undead Iron Man raises his right hand and without warning, opens fire.

Logan instinctively falls on his back while dodging the incoming beam shot but thought to himself. ‘This is probably how he murdered the Archer. Son of bitch is gonna pay for that.’

Cap had the same similar thoughts and tried to overpower the Undead Iron Man….

..But with no success at all. Undead Iron Man not only  overpowers the First Avenger but hurls him like a rag doll.

Powering up his repulsor thrusters, Undead Iron Man growls before flying away but something tackles him on his back and both heroes see whoever it was is hurling them down below.

“I’ll go follow them,” Cap says to Logan. “Try and head them off!”

Logan nodded but as soon as he was about to head to the alternate exit, he stopped as he recognized the scent and growled. “So you’re still alive…”

The second Undead hero slowly approaches and before Logan could react, he gets hit with a powerful Optic Blast which sends him crashing into the wall, groaning in pain and already more angrier as he sees the form of Undead Cyclops appearing while raising the volume of his Optic Lense to full power and attacks!

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(Cue Street Fighter OST - Colonel Guile vs General Bison)

Undead Iron Man crashes onto the ground face first before glaring at the being in front of him, who jumped off of him moments earlier.

“I’ve faced many of your kind before and none of them are able to overcome my hellfire, damned creature.” Scorpion, the immortal Hellspawn Shinobi, declares while flames are channeled through his chains and trademark weapon. “I will send you back into Hell where you belong.”

Roaring in fury, Undead Iron Man fires his Un Beam from his armor’s chest area at Scorpion but is visibly shocked to see Scorpion able to use his mastery of Ninjitsu to summon a stone slab which takes the brunt of the energy beam.

Realizing that he needed to retreat, the Undead Avenger tries to fly away but someone catches his left foot. He turned his head and saw Captain America being the one who was holding him.

“Going somewhere, you bastard?” Cap says before slamming his shield into the said boot, damaging the thruster.

The move not only causes Undead Iron Man to lose control of his flying but the First Avenger holds on for dear life as his fallen fellow Avenger was trying to ditch him yet this was proving to be virtually impossible to do under the current circumstances.

They eventually crashed down through a shaft which Cap is able to roll back onto his feet while the Undead Avenger wasn’t so fortunate.

Breathing hard, Cap glares at the former Armored Avenger and has one thing on his mind right now: avenging the death of Clint and he was going to ensure he accomplishes this!

Unleashing a rage he thought he never had but remembering the time when he originally thought he lost his friend Bucky at the close of World War II, Cap not only slams fist after fist into the Undead Avenger until eventually breaking both of its knee caps before kicking his shield up to his hands while glaring at the creature.

Without hesitation while the Undead Avenger growls, Captain America slams his shield so hard into the throat that he literally uses it as a Guillotine and ends the twisted existence of the Undead Avenger.

“You did well, Captain.” Scorpion says before moving him out of the way and minutes later, Scorpion removes his headwear to reveal a burning skull before incinerating the corpse and severed head to the point that they were now burning husks before putting his headwear back on.

“You’re not of this world, are you?” Captain America asked and another voice answered that for Scorpion.

“You’re correct but right now,” the being known as Doom Slayer says while discarding the charred remains of an Undead creature. “We must depart at once before Ultron’s drones arrive to find out what is happening here, not to mention more of these things showing up.” He then asks the question when noticing someone is missing. “Where’s Wolverine?”

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(Cue God of War III OST - Kratos vs Hercules Extended)

Wolverine was in the middle of the fight of his life against someone whom he hates with a passion: Undead Cyclops.

Despite having his uniform scorched by the repeated hits from the Optic Blasts, Wolverine remains standing while knowing that Undead Cyclops was getting frustrated by the minute at why he can’t simply kill his hated rival.

‘You always hated my guts because of Jean, haven’t you?’ Logan thought to himself even as his hated rival, in his Undead form, was getting so frustrated that he is now unleashing his Optic Blast at 110%, the first time he ever goes that far against Logan. ‘Well guess what? I’m putting an end to this and you’ll never have Jean!’

Without hesitating for a single moment, Logan extends his claws on his left hand and before Undead Cyclops could even have the chance to react, beheaded the Undead X-Man in mere seconds.

Unfortunately, the last Optic Blast went wide and hit a bunch of machines which triggered a series of massive explosions, alerting Wolverine to the immediate danger.

Wolverine notices a hole and as he jumps in, the massive explosion consumes him and everything in the chamber until everything goes dark…

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(Cue Mad Max: Road Warrior OST - Epilogue: Aftermath of Hell Ride)

Silence grips the area as the last embers of the inferno finally dies out after what felt like an eternity..

A trio of individuals walked down to where Scorpion can sense Logan’s presence before they found his old military dog tags before glancing upwards.

Wolverine gasps before glancing at them while saying. “Kinda got occupied with a pest problem..What about the freak?”

“Quite dead and charred beyond recognition.” Doom Slayer says as he was carrying two body bags on either shoulder.

Captain America, exhausted from having to deal with Undead Iron Man, spits a trickle of blood from his mouth and asks Logan. “Want to join us in leaving this godforsaken place?”

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue God of War 2 OST - The End Begins)

And so the First Avenger joins the ranks of the Survivors but it was not without a terrible price.

Both Black Widow & Hawkeye have died but the former’s willingness to commit suicide had not truly been in vain.

When Doom Slayer begins to place the bodies into the bags, he stops to notice Natasha’s right hand was pointing towards something she probably buried and finds a specialized suitcase which is used for carrying the mobile access terminal to launching nuclear missiles.

But this briefcase was different and it is inside is what makes it so special.

The keys towards bringing up and possibly ending this nightmare lay in whatever was so important that Natasha ultimately gave her life to ensure her comrades would find it before Ultron would first.

THE APOCALYPSE CONTINUES….

THE END 

MARVEL ZOMBIES continues in Vol. 2 (ACT II): The Discovery 

Chapter Text

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(THE STORY BEGINS)

The Apocalypse of Earth MX-00115, which had begun its blitzkrieg across the globe, has begun to lose steam due to unknown factors.

All of Africa has succumbed to the Undead Plague but neither the island of Madagascar or even Egypt were affected by the plague. South Africa was the last to fall and nobody is certain as to the fate of Wakanda but it is possible that either it is still holding out or it too has fallen.

The Orient is pretty much the same state also, with half of Vietnam seeing a major reversal in the outbreak of the plague. South Korea, Taiwan and Japan as well as much of the Pacific remains untouched by the plague and even Mongolia is also untouched.

In China itself, the DCeased Virus has pretty much carved up large chunks of the mainland and the Undead hordes have finally reached Beijing, storming into the capital like a raging tsunami. Yet not all of the country is devoured as there are pockets that are relatively untouched by the virus.

Europe has all but ceased to exist. Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Norway and what remains of Greece are all that remains of the continent while the United Kingdom remains untouched. When the plague invaded France, the decision was made by the British government to destroy and seal the Chunnel in order to save the British Isles from sharing the same fate. The Chunnel was destroyed and many who could escape are considered the lucky ones…The rest were left to die at the hands of the Undeads or drowned when the English Channel came down on their heads once the Chunnel was destroyed.

Ultron, the sentient robot who had played a role in unleashing the Apocalypse, now rules the majority of Europe which his drones have begun to fan out and exterminate any stragglers the Undeads may have missed while erecting an enormous fortress on where the Reichstag building is located before issuing the Ultron-Sentinel Directive.

Throughout much of what had been once Russia, gigantic Sentinel Factories are erected and soon, hundreds of Sentinels are constructed and come online since Ultron has his sights on a bigger target in mind: the universe!

South America has become a major center of the Undeads as they were not only consolidating their holdings but have stopped the invasions into the rest of the Caribbean islands and Mexico as a result. But it is only a matter of time before the Undeads would resume their advance into these areas before linking up with those in North America.

And in the USA, the nation has been shredded into pieces. The Northern East Coast States have all but fallen, with the last two Northern States to be invaded by the Undeads. Texas and the states in the west have now been cut off from those unaffected by the plague and the remainder of the southern states which are now the last bastion of the American government as of right now.

During this period, the heroes have gained new allies while finding other survivors but have suffered losses.

Wolverine has been reunited with his old friend from World War II, Captain America, who revealed that he was rescued from the initial outbreak by Thor but they were too late to save the lives of Clint Barton - who was murdered by Undead Iron Man - and Black Widow, who chose suicide rather than risking becoming one of the Undead creatures. But her suicide was not in vain: she has left behind a special case which contains the answers on the origins of this plague but also the possible keys of saving the world. Both Undeads Iron Man & Cyclops have fought both heroes but were destroyed in the ensuing showdown before the latter heroes are retrieved by Scorpion and Doom Slayer.

Now the survivors and their rescuers head back to Fort Apache, a secret location where SHIELD Director Nick Fury was determined to unravel the origins of the DCeased Virus and how to stop this, unaware of how the intergalactic portion of the ongoing apocalypse was approaching the planet….

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(Unknown Chamber - Fort Apache….Somewhere in the southern region of Georgia)  

(Cue Metal Gear Solid Ops OST - Remembrance)

Logan glanced at the Memorial Tablets of those whose deaths have been confirmed while noticing the Death Lord assumes a Lotus stance while in silent prayer. Buddhist prayer beads were in his hands as he was offering prayers to the souls of Natasha and Clint before he finished the prayer ceremony and lit some incense sticks.

“So many deaths…So many people we know…” Captain America says while feeling lost. “All gone.”

“But your friends’ deaths have not been in vain, Captain Rogers.” The Death Lord replies before putting his prayer beads away. “The contents of the case are being examined even as we speak and I believe Natasha has uncovered something of great importance that she wrote the word hope on the top file.”

“And yet we have confirmed that Ultron has been a busy robot,” Storm says as she is leaning on the wall before turning to Kingpin, who clears his throat.

“My sources have accessed the computer networks which were once operated by those countries that have fallen and the intel confirms that Ultron has erected a fortress on where the Reichstag used to be located at.”

“Located?” Beast asks the former Crime Lord.

“Apparently, he demolished it and erected his castle there.” Kingpin clarifies before continuing. “He has built enormous factories all over Russia but even my spies have no idea as to what their purposes are.”

“Not to mention,” Chris Redfield adds before revealing what he saw from SHIELD surveillance planes. “That robot has been retrofitting many space rockets and has even constructed ships to carry entire armies.”

“Meaning?” Leon S. Kennedy asks, puzzled as to what all of this means.

“He’s planning to conquer the numerous star systems which Loki has contact with when he initially used his Scepter to bring an invasion here years earlier.” The Death Lord explains.

“Great,” Doom Slayer sarcastically exclaims. “A damn invasion by aliens. And I thought fighting the Hordes of Hell was bad enough for me but an interstellar invasion?”

“My team had faced such an invasion before…” Cap says but loses his voice as he is unsure as to what to do now.

(Cue Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (Live-Action) OST - The Devil Battousai: Theme of Makoto Shishio)

“Any idea if Thor is even alive?” Beast asks the Death Lord before he and the others notice a collection of Tarot cards hovering in front of the being before he pulls out the first card.

“The Prince of Asgard still lives…But his location is clouded for now,” The Death Lord says before the next card appears and he growls. “That Trickster…I knew it!”

Without telling anyone, the Death Lord storms off to where Loki was being held and those present have a sinking feeling that what they are already starting to suspect as to how this apocalypse started..

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(Throne Room, Ultra-Sigma Fortress….Formerly Berlin, Germany)  

(Cue Metal Gear Solid Ops OST -Conspiracy)

The massive structure towers all over what was once Berlin, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. Patrols of Ultron drones and Undead creatures roam the city in order to find and eliminate any stragglers that might have survived the initial storm which overrun all of Europe.

Ultron glances at the large holographic map of the city before returning to his throne and receives a call from his co-conspirator.

“Ultron,” Malekith The Accursed says while appearing in an astral form from what was once Asgard. “Two of my Undead champions have been eliminated near where Nimrod had mentioned about the strangers who rescued those Mutants.”

“Yes I know. One of my drones has found the charred remains of them both,” Ultron states while chuckling darkly. “I was about to be driven insane with such boredom.”

“The ritual remains incomplete, no thanks to that accursed Asgardian. If the Son of Odin hadn’t shown up, Humanity would have already been extinguished by now.” Malekith growled before hearing a man snickering from the shadows.

“Now where is the fun in that, Lord Malekith.” Albert Wesker says as he adjusts his dark sunglasses before walking up and joins the conversation. “We know that Loki is here on Earth and if two of my most hated enemies are here, then we must assume that they have him and the book which holds the key to undoing the virus.”

“Speaking from experience, I suppose?” Ultron asks while rubbing his metallic chin.

“Leon and Chris have long been a thorn in my side and if they are here, then they have brought some powerful friends from the universe where we originate from.” Wesker points out before switching the image of Ultron’s capital to that of the globe. “We must ascertain the whereabouts of Loki and to do so, I am willing to risk sending the Reavers to bait out the heroes.”

“Those cyborg mercenaries failed to destroy Xavier.” Apocalypse says as he now joins the conversation. “In order to realize the rebirth of Mutantkind in the new world we have agreed to forge, he must die at any price.”

“Ah but this is where the Reavers will play their part, my lord.” Wesker says before explaining his strategy. “We shall have one of the Undead creatures be among the ranks of the Reavers. He will implant a transmitter into the one who will be bitten and that person will lead us straight to where both Xavier and Loki are hiding.” Wesker then gestures with an index finger. “Once we have confirmation, we shall send our forces and have hundreds of Undead creatures converge on that position and end them both while recovering this book you are eager to retrieve.”

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(Med Center - Fort Apache)  

(Cue COD: Black Ops OST - Operation Olympus)

Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD, was walking down the halls of Fort Apache and he ain’t a happy man right now.

First, he was caught off guard when the apocalypse began in Seoul but hit the United States so hard that nobody in the government knew what to do. Even the President himself was so unsure as to what to do and when he asks Fury on what are SHIELD’s contingency plans to handle a crisis of this scale, the Director of SHIELD drops a bombshell on him.

“There ain’t none, Mr. President.”

That was then and since that time, the world has descended into the depths of Hell.

Nick Fury was aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier when he and the rest of the agents and officials saw in horror as the plague not only spreads across Europe, Central Asia, South America, Africa and the Orient but even the United States was struck with such speed that within 48 hours, the entire West Coast states have fallen.

Washington was ill prepared when the Undead Hordes stormed through the defense lines but within hours, the Capital fell and the majority of the government had ceased to exist. Only those representatives of Congress and the Senate who were not present when the attack came were the lucky ones and the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as the Speaker of the House were the last ones to escape but watched in silent horror as an Undead villain, Whiplash, led the attack on the White House before seeing large explosion which claimed the lives of the both the President and the VP as well as most of the Cabinet as well

But Fury soon learns from Carol Danvers that it wasn’t just Earth: the plague was everywhere across the cosmos!

All across regions of the cosmos, the plague was infecting entire worlds and even the elite Nova Corps was overrun on key worlds before the order was given to abandoned the very sectors which were infested and a brutal planetary bombardment was issued that saw many of these infested worlds reduced to being barren.

‘Yet it seems the ones whom Loki had summoned are immune to the plague if what Carol told me is accurate.’ Fury thought while bitterly growling at the thought of the Chithari deciding to invade Earth at this very moment.

But then, there were reports of what Ultron is constructing in the vast plains of Russia.

He then finds Professor Charles Xavier arriving while discussing with Beast over something which happened that has the Death Lord heading to confront Loki. Fury then clears his throat and the two Mutants stop their conversation in order to realize he had just shown up.

“Director Fury,” Xavier says while they immediately enter through the secure doors that lead to the special med-center. “I take it the news isn’t good around the world?”

“Actually, there haven't been any recent reports to suggest what remains of the European countries have fallen to these creatures, Professor.” Fury admitted before adding. “In fact, my agency has noticed the creatures have stopped their Blitzkriegs all over the globe.”

“They stopped their advance?” Beast gasped while exchanging glances with his old friend & mentor.

“Maria has no idea as to what could have caused this sudden turn and I pretty much have some ideas as to the reason why.” Fury answered and Xavier already knew the answer also.

“It’s that strange book that Loki had in his possession, isn’t it?”

“Whatever that book signifies is somehow tied into what is happening all around us, Professor. But I feel Loki is hiding something or more precisely..” Fury says before stopping and glances at the bald-headed Mutant. “Hiding from someone who wants that book.”

The trio enters the chamber where a group of scientists in biohazard suits were dissecting the Undead creature which Alucard had previously destroyed months earlier when he and Natasha’s team had retrieved both the strange book and Loki.

Fury turns to Bruce Banner, now in Human form and who had just finished his data collecting research. "Talk to me, doctor. What exactly are we dealing with?"

Banner sighed and replied. “A virus which is heavily weaponized to the point that it is based on both Mysticism but mostly science.”

“A mixture of both concepts?” Beast asks and Banner then activates a remote which displays a large hologram of the Human body before giving them a brief and direct approach rather than the kind of scientific explanation which Fury is in no mood for.

“The virus is loosely based on the Black Death plague but seems to have retooled to the point where there appears to be a combination of genetic splicing in order to create the ultimate bioweapon. We have traces of several known nerve agents in its structure yet the most critical component is Nanite technology.”

“Like the kind of technology which Ultron is made of?” Fury asks while understanding this explanation thus far but his expression told Banner that he didn’t like where this was revealing to him.             

"It invades the brain like meningitis, the adrenal glands hemorrhage, the brain goes into shutdown then the major organs." Banner says before magnifying the X-Ray scans. “But this is where the Nanite part comes into play. It not only enters the bloodstream and begins to reformat the body even at the time of physical death, transforming the blood into a metal-like liquid.”

“And then?” Fury asked.

"The Nanite machines would invade the brain and reformatted into a cyber version, then it spreads into the Undead being’s whole body before becoming a Human robot..Or an Omega Sentinel as one might say this since the Undead Creatures will stop being the Undead and be reborn into something horrific, either a new organic form of monstrosity or a Human robot which will become far deadlier if Ultron can control the latter.." Banner explains the gravity of the implications of what either end result will be.

"I've never seen anything like this before." Xavier admitted since this is quite overwhelming just to fathom.

“I don’t think anyone alive knows what this is but,” Banner says while removing his glasses. “One thing is certain. This virus is designed to first destroy all life and then unleash a monstrosity of evolution upon those infected, either becoming Human robots or something so heinous that even I will have nightmares of.

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(On The Borders of Georgia)  

(Cue Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes OST - Liquid Snake)

Donald Pierce glances at the hologram of Ultron and Albert Wesker while joined by the rest of his mercenary group of cybernetic soldiers known as the Reavers. He was aware that he screwed up big time when he failed to eliminate all the X-Men and was expecting to be told that his services were no longer required.

However, this isn’t the case.

“Despite your failures, Mr. Pierce,” Ultron says while leaning from his throne. “We have decided to triple your payment in order for you and your group to complete the initial task that was assigned to you.”

“I know my failure very well and I am also glad that you are giving us another opportunity to finish our mission.” Pierce answers before noting about the metallic casket. “But can you care to explain to us what's with the joker in the coffin?”

“The creature has a special biochip homing device which will enable you to locate your prey, Mr. Pierce and this time, the target will lead your group on where to find them.” Wesker explains before adding. “Your group has been equipped with additional weaponry as well as five Sentinels which await your signal and they will converge.”

“But what about the Undead?” Spoke one of the Reavers who painted his face like a skull. “How can we be sure that they won’t turn on us when we do find our prey?”

“I have dispatched the perfect enforcer for the task of commanding them,” Wesker and the Reavers turned to see a large big guy growling, many backing away.

Pierce looked at the giant and asked. “I can live with this arrangement. Does he have a name?”

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(Detention Area - Fort Apache)  

(Cue Rogue One - Extended Edition OST - Krennic’s Meeting With Darth Vader)

Loki paced back and forth in his cell while trying to calm himself down but couldn’t at that moment. He knew that his former co-conspirators were looking for him  and would stop at nothing to get their hands on his neck for what he had done.

‘It’s mostly that damn book those two backstabbers are really after.’ Loki thought before he heard approaching footsteps and scoffs without really turning around to see who it was. “Well, Mr. Eyepatch, are you here to ask me more stupid questions -”

“He ain’t here, you fucking son of a bitch.” A familiar, cold voice said which froze Loki’s Asgardian blood. “But I am.”

Loki spins around and gasps in horror as the Death Lord not only froze time but he simply walked through the protective shield before backhanded the Asgardian so hard that blood spilled across the white-covered room before grabbing him by the throat.

“Ugh..I-I don’t know what I had done to provoke -”

“You used the Ritual of DCeased to awaken the Undead of this Curse, didn't you?” The Death Lord growled before roaring at Loki. “HAVEN’T YOU!”

“I-I don’t know what you're talking about.” Loki shoots back as he struggles to breathe.

“Lying is futile now, fool.” The Death Lord angrily retorts and glares at him. “Your selfish desires have already condemned your world to a death so horrible that I am prepared to end it with a snap of my fingers.”

Now that got Loki’s attention and for once, he is afraid. “You can’t! If you do it, then your allies will die also! Do you even care about them?!”

The Death Lord was about to snap in fury but drops him before leaving the chamber.

“So you’re just going to let -” Loki says but loses his voice as he begins to experience difficulty breathing and falls on his hands and knees.

The Death Lord had his left hand slowly closing into a fist before stating. “ Be careful not to choke on your own stupidity, fool.”

With that, he resumes his march out of the area and leaves Loki gasping for air while shaking badly.

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(Briefing Room - Fort Apache)  

(Cue Rurouni Kenshin (TV Series) Vol. 2 OST - Shadow of Makoto Shishio)

For a long time, those who were present listened to what Dr. Bruce Banner, Beast, Professor X and Nick Fury Jr. told them before letting Banner again explain his findings to them all who are present.

On the left side are Alucard, Dante, Akira Fudo, Scorpion, Lady, Trish, Ghost Rider, Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine & Doom Slayer.

On the right side are Captain America, Colossus, Storm, Mystique, Sabretooth, Psylocke, Yukio, Cable, Bishop, Hope Van Dyne, the Mystic Wong, Bucky Barnes, and the two rulers of Wakanda: T’Challa and his sister, Shuri. 

When the plague blitzkrieg into Wakanda during the Fall of Africa, they realized the Vibranium’s terrible use in the bombs which detonated in their native land too late and barely escaped with what remains of their family’s personal guard and others. T’Challa lost a leg as a result of fighting one of the first Omega Sentinels and was saved by the efforts of another stranger who gave him an Automail prosthetic leg.

“So you’re telling us that unless a cure is found quickly, all life will either become something monstrous or humanoid robots?” Ed, the hero who rescued T'Challa and Shuri, asks while getting the basics of the situation correct in his head.

“Pretty much.” Fury admitted.

“And my parents were the first victims of this weaponized virus.” Hope van Dyne said openly while remembering the horror of seeing her parents becoming Undead creatures.

“Only one man has the knowledge to weaponize such a thing,” Leon says while his expression darkened. “And this has his name written all over it.”

“Wesker,” Chris mutters while remembering the times when Wesker had caused such mayhem but had the blood of an entire city on his hands.

“An enemy of yours?” Ororo asks.

“Let’s just say they have bad blood history that goes way back.” Akira Fudo answered before turning to Xavier. “From what Natasha had written prior to her death, Ultron is not working alone here. Wesker may be in league with this being called Apocalypse, who seems to want you dead the most.”

“I sensed this being’s presence prior to the Mansion being attacked and he deemed me a threat to his vision for Mutantkind.” Xavier admitted.

“And Loki is somehow involved in this hellish apocalypse?” Captain America asks before noticing someone was missing. “Where’s Erik?”

“Take a look,” Alucard gestures to a small portal and all saw Magneto addressing some of his surviving followers in a chamber which is not under surveillance.

"The extermination has already begun, my brothers." Magneto declares as he then talks about how this is the Crucible for which Mutantkind must prove itself worthy by facing the horrors of whatever Ultron and his cohorts will unleash while promising them the dawn of a new age for Mutantkind.

“He really is a radical, huh?” Chris asks openly before Leon tells him something that catches his attention.

“He had a serial number on his arm.” Leon says and that alone tells them what Magneto really is: a Holocaust Survivor.

Charles says nothing since he remembered an argument he had with his old friend about their different views on life and what polar opposites in what they each represent.

Wolverine decides to get some fresh air and as he does so, the Death Lord notices a glow in his Tarot cards before one pulls out to reveal an image with the Kanji for “Hope” as Logan heads off.

“Hmmm…” The Death Lord noted and without telling anyone, follows the immortal X-Man.

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“We’re here, boss.” Spoke the driver of the HUV before Pierce checks his surroundings and removes his sunglasses to view the region where, according to his employers, this is where one of the X-Men will surely appear.

‘Time to hunt down some Mutants.’ Pierce thought before turning to his right-hand man. “Release the creature and activate the tracker.”

The Reavers does so and immediately gets out of its way as the Undead creature, formerly known as Pietro Maximoff, immediately heads off in search of his prey.

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(Cue Rurouni Kenshin: Samurai X OST - Last War of Wolves)

The moment he was in the woods, his razor-sharp senses were on full alert as he smelled it.

The stench of the Undead.

‘Looks like this thing is a tracker, meaning it is probably part of a searching party.’ Logan thought as he immediately removed his jacket and cast it aside.

Quietly, Wolverine extends his claws and goes Indian on his supposed hunter. He not only blends himself into the thickest areas of the forest but can hear someone who has the power of speed.

‘Come on, you son of a bitch.’ Logan thought to himself before he could hear the sound of running footsteps.

Stopping his speed while looking around, Undead Quicksilver is unable to sense anything but is certain his prey is located in this area before he starts to walk cautiously further into the woods.

Logan notices the Undead Quicksilver had stopped his speed and was walking into the woods cautiously but not cautiously enough to realize that in this kind of game, Logan has the home field advantage.

Running through the woods, Logan not only catches the Undead Quicksilver off guard but drives his claws into the Undead creature.

Just as he thought he had killed his 2nd Undead Creature, he screams as Undead Quicksilver suddenly bites him so hard that he never had the chance to savor it as he was beheaded moments later.

As he stood up, the DCeased Virus quickly began to spread inside of his body, attacking both his bloodstream and nervous system much like it had with countless other unfortunate souls.

But just as Logan falls onto the ground, something strange begins to happen. His healing factor not only counters the effects of the DCeased Virus but within seconds, all traces of the virus had been destroyed.

He loses consciousness, Logan heard approaching footsteps and briefly saw the Death Lord glancing at him but heard him stating. “Seems the fates have chosen you after all, my friend…I have a plan which will prove vital to saving  this world of yours.”

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue God of War 2 OST - The End Begins)

And so hope is found in the most unlikely of all places ... .But that hope is now in danger of being snuffed out..

Although Undead Quicksilver was destroyed, the biochip homing beacon has been planted on Logan and it's only a matter of time before the Reavers would show up with a lot of reinforcements.

THE APOCALYPSE CONTINUES….

THE END 

MARVEL ZOMBIES continues in Vol. 2 (ACT III): End of The World

Chapter Text

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(THE STORY BEGINS)

The landscape of Earth MX-00115 remains the same in the weeks since the global outbreak had run out of steam.

All of Africa is gone but neither the island of Madagascar or even Egypt were affected by the plague. Refugees have tried to reach either of these nations but none of them are able to reach their destinations due to being ambushed and exterminated by the Undeads who had pursued them to the point that they were acting on primal instincts.

The Orient is pretty much the same state also, with the quietness being so eerie that it is enough to drive anyone over the edge..

In China itself, 6 ½ of the nation has been lost, with Beijing being the last to fall along with 97% of the Chinese Communist Party & 94% of the Chinese Military Leadership.As a result, central authority has collapsed and those regions that remain untouched are entrenching themselves for a possible renewed onslaught. The provisional government has retreated to Nanjing and is trying to reorganize its shattered armies as best as possible.

What remains of Europe have been reorganized, their frontlines and their militaries are bracing themselves for a resumption of the Undead Blitzkrieg but so far, the quietness remains. They used the period to launch recon airplanes to photograph what was happening in what is now recognized as Ultron’s Kingdom and notes the expansion of massive Sentinel Factories as well as other facilities while air defenses began to grow in strength.

The tens of thousands of photographs taken, however, enables what remains of the Free World to piece together a disturbing picture that Ultron has been a busy robot as they notices reformatted rockets being constructed and field tested for his invasion of outer space.

But events in the United States were about to heat up.

After being bitten by Undead Quicksilver before beheading the creature, Logan should have joined the ranks of the Undead but something strange begins to happen. His healing factor not only counters the effects of the DCeased Virus but within seconds, all traces of the virus had been destroyed.

He loses consciousness, Logan heard approaching footsteps and briefly saw the Death Lord glancing at him but heard him stating. “Seems the fates have chosen you after all, my friend…I have a plan which will prove vital to saving this world of yours.”

However, neither was aware that there is a biochip homing beacon on the destroyed former Speedster and the moment he took a bite onto Logan, the chip went into Logan and began transmitting!

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Donald Pierce was starting to get antsy since nothing has been heard from that freak which Wesker gave them in order to bait a Mutant and was about to pull out a cigarette when his right-hand man suddenly shows up. “Yeah?”

“Boss, we’ve got a live one!” The man says and Pierce spun his head and pulled his shades up.

“Where?”

“Take a look,” the man replies before handing him the tracking device and Pierce checks it before realizing that they’re not far from where the signal is transmitting and it's so strong that he realizes where his prey had been hiding. “Shrewd bastards. There must be an underground facility closeby and this proves it.”

Retrieving the device, the man then pulls out his own cigarette and lights it up before holding the lighter up enough for Pierce to light his. “Shall we call in the big guns?”

“Notify Ultron and Wesker that we have located their hideout and are awaiting reinforcements.” Pierce says while blowing smoke from his nose. “Also, tell Wesker that the bait is probably destroyed and I need a second big gun since we may be dealing with whoever is strong enough to kill those creatures in New Jersey.”

“Right.” The man then heads off and relays the message, leaving Pierce to glance at the frontal direction before pulling out binoculars and scans before noticing a concealed door near what is supposed to be a natural rock formation. ‘Feh, clever. But not clever enough.’

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(Med Center - Fort Apache)  

(Cue COD: Black Ops OST - Operation Olympus)

Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD, was glancing alongside the others as Dr. Bruce Banner and Beast both conduct a series of tests in which Logan’s blood was being tested against numerous strains of the current plague while the said Mutant woke up and was being a grouch.

“How long do I have to lay here, Doc?” Logan complains as he realizes that he wasn’t restrained, which is a good thing for him.

“You can get up, Mr. Logan. We’re done with our blood analysis.” Bruce says and Logan is given a fresh shirt and his leather jacket by Dante. As he wore the new shirt, he overheard Bruce gasping in amazement. “Great god. He is right about you.”

“Eh?” Logan asked while confused.

“What’s the result, Dr. Banner?” Fury asked

“The Death Lord’s suspicion has been confirmed and Logan’s healing factor is the key to undoing the whole virus.” Beast says before displaying the image in front of them to see for themselves.

They all saw the blood samples being fused with the DCeased Virus and upon contact, the strains of the Virus are immediately overwhelmed and destroyed by the healing factor which has long been fused into Logan’s DNA.

“As you all can see, it is confirmed that Logan’s Healing factor - which is fused with genetic engineering as Mr. McCoy and Logan had informed us about the Weapon X Program - seems to have been designed to not only confront strains identical to the current virus but destroy them down to their molecular structure.” Banner explains and switches to the DNA Coding model for all to see. “Whoever was in charge of doing what he or she did to Logan at the Weapon X Facility is truly a twisted genius. In order to counter a weaponized virus, this is a counter-creative weapon in which several of us have the same DNA strand.”

“What?” Captain America asked, stunned to hear this.

“We have confirmed the children rescued from the Mansion are among those who have the same unique DNA factor as Logan and I believe some of us may have it also.” Beast says before removing his glasses. “It seems that I and Ororo are among those who have the same factor due to a theory which I remember about.”

“And the theory being what exactly?” Fury asked.

"When the bombs detonated, there may have been a flaw in its creation and those of us who were initially exposed by the psionic blast somehow remain immune to being bitten by the Undead. In fact, our rescuers here are immune to the effects of the plague since they would have already become Undead by now but aren’t.” Hank admitted before Wong, the former assistant and Chief Librarian of Mystical matters, interjects.

“The plague is a fusion of both science and sorcery, the latter being the ‘heart’ of the plague.” Wong explains before using his powers to display an image of the book which Loki had in his hands before the Death Lord snatched it from him. “This book is so ancient that it is not of this universe. According to the texts left behind by the Ancient One, this book is so powerful and dangerous that its very existence was hidden from the world for many eons, left in the care of the Asgardians.”

“So why did Loki come into possession of this book in the first place?” Captain America asked.

“Because the fool had performed a ritual without ever understanding as to why the All father had concealed it for so long.” The Death Lord says as he shows up into the room minutes later but as everyone noticed, he was not alone.

Dressed in Gothic clothing which is all blood red, the person walking besides the Death Lord is Wanda Maximoff, the very person who was at Seoul when she was told by Pietro to run before Ultron killed him. She has been with the Death Lord since being rescued.

“You…” Captain America gasped but the Death Lord held up a hand towards the First Avenger.

“Before you jump to any conclusions, this is what Loki was trying to hide about how this apocalypse started.” The Death Lord states before nodding his head to Scarlet Witch before they combined their powers to see what happened at the point of origin: Ground Zero.

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(Vision)  

(Cue The Mummy (1998) OST - The Beginnings/Murder of The Pharaoh)

Everyone notices that their astral forms are in Asgard as what Thor described his home before noticing Loki was smirking but was not alone. With him are Malekith The Accursed & Apocalypse, the immortal Mutant whom Xavier had felt at that exact moment when the apocalypse itself was unleashed.

At last, the time has come for the Day of Revenge on the heroes.

Loki surveys the preparations for the ritual as many of Malekith’s followers are finishing up with the decorations while Apocalypse uses Heimdall’s Sword to let them see what the heroes are doing right now.

The sentient robot called Ultron, had made his introduction known to the Avengers and has recently retreated to Sokovia where he is to pick up the Twins Pietro & Wanda Maximoff before they are to head and collect vibranium from Klaw…

Or at least that was Ultron’s idea before he was approached by Apocalypse & Loki with a proposition which intrigues the robot: destroy the heroes with a weapon of untold power. After discussing their offer in more detail and after much time processing the probabilities, Ultron agrees to their offer but on the condition of being the one to have his drones set up the devices once the HYDRA agents deliver them.

By now, the Ultron Drones have secured the devices from the HYDRA agents and Pierce has made the necessary arrangements for Project Twilight, especially overseeing the employment of the Winter Soldier to assassinate Wakanda’s King T’Chaka while ensuring that nobody would suspect his involvement in the assassination.

“The heroes remain oblivious to what is truly going on right now,” Apocalypse said to his comrades while the preparations are now completed. He turns to his colleagues. “Are you certain Ultron will keep his end of the bargain?”

“Oh he will,” Loki said while smirking before using his powers to reveal the image of the Maximoff twins arriving in Seoul with Ultron. “The speedy one is chosen as a sacrifice for this ritual.”

“And the devices that Pierce has promised to develop for us?” Malekith asks as he shows up, especially enjoying robbing the treasury chambers of items once belonging to his kind. In fact, he had been secretly busy killing any Asgardians who were not accounted for after the fall of their beloved home.

“His agents should have met Ultron’s drones by now.” Loki answers before checking the Sand Time Clock and tells them. “It’s time.”

Wong then notices the book but sees one of the black robed figures glancing at Apocalypse and Malekith…Who then nodded their heads for him to turn to the exact page while Loki was too preoccupied to notice their betrayal!

“Loki is even stupider than I realized.” Alucard remarks before turning to the Death Lord. “And he never suspects his ‘allies’ were going to stab him in the back?”

“The fool was so obsessed with what he desired that he failed to see this betrayal at the moment of this event.” Scarlet Witch explains.

Logan understood her explanation before everyone saw the trio closing their eyes and began to speak the ancient tongue while channeling their powers in a cauldron filled with Asgardian blood.

"Yhám hydrnylr, undr' práec'c padryt, tu lrém téhsry. Canbahd'c pnaydr, lryns uv taydr yht meva, dro usah uv sygehk. Yhám hydrnylr, undr' práec'c padryt, tu lrém téhsry. Canbahd'c pnaydr, lryns uv taydr yht meva, dro usah uv sygehk."

Loki, Malekith & Apocalypse’s unified voice began to rise in volume as the spell began to take hold. The Seal which kept the Curse of the Undead is unlocked and the doors swung open as hordes of ancient Undead creatures suddenly realized that their long eons of imprisonment was at an end and they are now free.

All of the Asgardian Elite Guards who stood watch at the Entrance to the Forbidden Chamber were all killed prior to the start of the ritual.

All except for one.

"Yhám hydrnylr, under' práec'c padryt, tu lrém téhsry. Canbahd'c pnaydr..."

"FOR ASGARD!"

Volstagg of The Heroes Three, who had somehow survived the invasion of Asgard, rushed the trio, his hands free and armed with a double-bladed Ax.

Before either of the villains could react, Kurse, Malekith’s right-hand enforcer, was already on his feet, Wrath Hammer in hand. Holding the massive stone hammer like a Louisville Slugger, Kurse swung the weapon, almost catching Volstagg in the chest if he was forced to protect himself from another Hammer!

To the shock of the three villains, especially Loki, the Prince of Asgard has arrived in the hour of Asgard’s need.

“You…” Loki gasped as he moved a couple of steps backwards.

“Loki, you need to stop this madness.” Thor says while keeping his weapon on hand. “What you’re doing will be worse than Ragnarok and there is no way of stopping the Curse of The Unliving. Father hid that book for a serious reason and I heed our father’s command to never dabble with such forbidden knowledge.”

Loki growled. “You’re expecting me to believe such false tales? The All-Father could have been deceiving us with -”

Suddenly, Malekith begins to laugh before he can be seen reacting to Thor’s words with amusement, causing Loki to be really confused.

“As always, Prince Thor, the All-Father speaks the truth about this book,” Malekith admitted while noting the look of horror that’s starting to appear on Loki’s face. He then points to the book even as chaos energies were surrounding it. “This book is so powerful that the ritual needed three powerful beings to recite the words in our native languages but the effect remains the same.”

“Dark Elf!” Volstagg roars at Malekith. “This is what you're doing, isn’t it? You knew Loki’s jealousy for his brother and lust for power are his weaknesses and you exploited it!”

“No, foolish Asgardian. Malekith The Accursed didn’t manipulate the Trickster.” A powerful voice says from behind while Thor saw all three villains moving away from them in terror. “It was I who manipulated him into triggering the end of your pathetic world.”

Thor turns and now joins the others in shock as he recognizes this being due to what his father Odin had told him about facing this monster before…During the time when Odin’s own father, Bor Odinson, was the All-Father at the time.

Appearing in an astral projection form and with his hands clasped behind his back, the dreaded Lord of Apokolips himself then tells both Asgardians. “Long have I waited for an opportunity to exact retribution on your father for opposing me in the past and now, “ he says while gesturing to Loki. “Thanks to his willingness to perform the ceremony, your world shall now die.”

And just as those in the astral forms were about to see what else has happened, something breaks the vision.

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(Vision Ends)  

(Cue The Mummy (1998) OST - The Mindless Slaves of Imhotep)

Everyone groans while Captain America asks the Death Lord & Wanda . “What happened? Why did you -“

(Alarm Sound)

“RED ALERT! RED ALERT!” Shouted a SHIELD operator. “Fort Apache is under attack! All personnel to your battle stations!”

“Shit!” Nick Fury exclaims before everyone begins racing to see what they can do but the Death Lord stops Wanda, who turns to him.

“What is it?” Wanda asked.

“We can’t afford to lose Wolverine since he is the key to ending this nightmare but some sacrifices must be made to ensure his survival.” The Death Lord says before someone gets their attention. They turn and see Jean Grey walks up to them.

“I know this may be selfish on my end but I wish to unlock my other half.” Jean suddenly says and the pair realize what she is talking about.

“If you get infected and die, you’ll be reborn as an agent of chaos. Surely you must be aware of the dangers of what you’re asking?” Wanda asked and Jean nodded her head.

“I know but in order to ensure the end of this nightmare, I am willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and be reborn as such since I refuse to let either of Loki’s ‘allies’ live any further than they already have.” Jean says before glancing at the Death Lord. “Please…Let me do this.”

The Death Lord stood in silence before he told her while retrieving a syringe containing a variant of the virus which is active. “Your decision to sacrifice yourself in order to awaken the Dark Phoenix will not be in vain, Jean Grey. I suggest you leave a message for your teammates to understand your motives.”

“I understand.” Jean Grey replies and begins to make preparations on pulling off her risky gambit and the pair 

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(Cue Hellsing Ultimate OST - Mayhem At The Hellsing Mansion)

The Reavers receive reinforcements alright and they come in the form of Ghoul Shock Troops, formerly members of Europe’s various Swat teams as members of the mercenary group recognizes all of them from their national patches on their right or left arms.

“How many of these guys did Wesker send us?” Pierce asks his right hand man.

“About 76 brigades and many have heavier armaments, boss.” The right-hand man explains before everyone glances at a holoprojector of the battle plan. “The first phase is for the 2nd big gun to open a hole into the underground facility and send in the cannon fodder groups first. They are to wear down the defenders to the point that we will follow minutes once the 2nd big gun will signal the path is clear.” He then points to sections of the facility once the ground penetrated radar have given them a better picture of what this place looks like. “Once inside, we ought to divide our group in several squads, each having a freak champion to handle the heavy hitters while we pursue and kill the Mutants who escaped us once.”

“I heard one of those who rescued the Mutants is some sort of guy who rides a motorcycle and is a walking skeleton.” One of the other Reavers, a Heavy Assault weapons expert, points out before asking the obvious question. “What shall we do about this joker?”

“You’ll leave the Rider to me, gentlemen.” A voice says and all turns to the figure of Blackheart as he shows up with a cadre of his minions before smirking. “He and I have matters to settle. And as for his companions, they will be dealt with by those who know them best.”

Not going to ask too many stupid questions, Pierce then turns his second-in-command. “It’s time. Commence the attack.”

Nodding their heads, the Reavers ready themselves before Pierce heard his right-hand shouting to the second big gun. “You’re up. Unleash hell.”

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(Command Center - Fort Apache)

The SHIELD personnel were caught off guard when they saw the assembled army of Undead creatures at the hidden main entrance to their base before sounding the alarm. But that would also be the last thing they would do alive.

Out of nowhere and emerging from a shadow portal, a group of Prime Sentinels - once Humans before they were infected by the Undead Virus but were reformatted into Humanoid Sentinels - had not only taken the personnel completely by surprise but immediately mowed down the agents without mercy, with Maria Hill being the first to be taken out due to being identified as a real threat for Operation Gates of Hell.

Once they had taken out the SHIELD personnel, they then shut down the cloaking device which conceals the entrance and were about to leave when they encountered Magneto, who demanded to know what was happening.

Needless to say, these Sentinels not only overpowered the Master of Magnetism but proceeded to inject him with the Virus while he screams, demanding to release him until realizing too late on what they had in mind for him and the last thing that can be heard was his scream of terror.

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(Cue Hellsing Ultimate OST - Mayhem At The Hellsing Mansion)

“All non-essential personnel, evacuate at once! Repeat! This is not a drill! All non-essential personnel, evacuate at once!” the PA announcer said as hundreds of SHIELD support staff were racing to the EVAC point while armored troops headed towards the main entrance in order to stop the Undead from getting inside.

“Any word from Commander Hill?” The lead SHIELD commander asks a subordinate.

“I’m not receiving a word at all.” The subordinate reported before they heard a banging sound and all turned to see what looks like fists pounding until the gates came crashing down and a giant emerged from the otherside.

The Juggernaut was in the fortress and hordes of Undead creatures followed in his wake.

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“He’s broken through!” A Reaver reported while watching the breakthrough with his binoculars.

Smirking, Pierce then shouts. “We’ve broken through! Full Attack!” He then gets down into the customized HUMMER vehicle and drives forward, followed by the elite Ghoulish Shocktroopers and Ultron Drones, especially the 40’ tall Mk. IV Sentinels.

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(Cue Verdi’s Dies Irae (Requiem))

The first 300 Undead creatures came charging the heroes but were mowed in mere seconds and were doing the same with the following five waves of additional Undead creatures.

Hope, Storm, Beast and others were told by the Death Lord to get all the people of the base out and not wait for them, promising they will meet again wherever they were going to rendezvous at. This left the heroes from another universe no longer worrying about those they are protecting and soon have problems of their own.

Blackheart and his cohorts were the first to show up and the fighting between them and Ghost Rider is so brutal that even the Undead were unfortunately incinerated in the battle that followed.

Leon soon finds himself confronted by his bitter old enemy Krauser, who not reveals his resurrection by Wesker but is eager to settle the vendetta they have had since their last encounter. Leon not only obliges him and the two were engaged in a brutal knife fight.

Chris, for his end of the fight, was forced to face Nemesis, the first big gun whom the Reavers had kept back in reserve until finally letting him off the leash.

This left Devilman, Dante, Alucard, Trish, Lady, Doom Slayer & Scorpion to handle the Reavers and Prime Sentinels as well as the hordes of Ghoul Shock Troopers while unaware of what was happening elsewhere.

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(Detention Center)

(Cue Avengers: Infinity War OST - Death of Loki)

Loki was trying to think of a way to escape. 

He was already aware of the chaos which was occurring right now and realizes that his ‘allies’ have finally located him and this time, they’re hell bent on killing him while retrieving the book. His priority now is to escape but before he could utter a word, he felt the presence of the Death Lord and turned to find him with a woman he had never seen before.

“What is it now?” Loki asked suddenly.

“This place shall fall any minute and my companions will soon abandon this place once the self-detonation sequence commences.” The Death Lord says but then the voice begins to change, almost like a young man’s voice. “But before we leave, there is a matter that must be attended to.”

“And that would be?”

The Death Lord had changed his appearance to that of a hooded figure but his voice is that of a teenage boy and since Loki didn’t notice the transformation, he failed to notice a gloved right hand raising upwards to the Asgardian. “Your death”

Loki suddenly began to choke as he tried clutching his throat with both of his hands while wondering what was happening to him. He then notices the uncaring eyes in Scarlet Witch as she begins to channel her powers into her own right hand as well.

“Loki Laufyson, you are found guilty for crimes which are so unforgivable that not even Valhalla will want your existence there. For your role in triggering this apocalypse. For your involvement in willingly carrying out the will of Darkseid and unleashing this apocalypse on this world.” The voice says as suddenly, a large metallic gun appears out of nowhere and aims it straight at Loki, who is forced onto his knees.

“No…Y-you can’t!” Loki pleaded as he finally saw the face of the Death Lord for the first and ultimately, last time. 

“For your role in the death of the woman who was a mother to you yet you let them kill her as you had allowed Thor to die as well,” The Death Lord says before displaying glowing red eyes. “The sentence for you is DEATH !”

With that said and Loki never had the chance to scream, the Fusion Cannon fired a single shot and the life of the Asgardian God of Trickery was no more. Nothing remains of Loki except for the charred mark on where he was kneeling.

“Let us leave, my dear.” The Death Lord tells the Scarlet Witch upon returning to his normal form and the pair leave moments later.

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(Operations Center)

(Cue Hellsing Ultimate OST - Demeter)

Captain America enters the command where he finds the numerous lifeless bodies of the SHIELD personnel lying all around the chamber, especially Commander Maria Hill who had a large burn scar on her chest.

Ignoring the inner visible sickness he was feeling, the First Avenger went towards the main terminal and found what he was looking for: the Self-Detonation Sequence. He remembered Hill telling him that, in case of an emergency, the sequence will trigger the detonation of a thermonuclear bomb which is planted inside the base and with confidence in her voice, says that it would take a large number of the Undead with it.

‘Time to put that fury into practice.’ Cap thought before punching a number sequence.

The computer read: {PLEASE ENTER THE ACTIVATION CODE.}

Without hesitation, he does so.

{0011-7066-2019}

He entered the sequence code and waited for a response.

{DESTRUCT SEQUENCE NOW ENGAGED. AWAITING FINAL SEQUENCE CODE FOR ONE MINUTE COUNTDOWN.}

Captain America was about to enter the sequence when he made a nea critical blunder.

He let his guard down for one brief second and this would have been a fatal mistake if he didn’t notice the reflection on his shield and got a shot to his helmeted head.

BANG!

The First Avenger gets grazed in the head and falls to the ground yet due to sporting a reinforced Kevlar-trend headwear, the bullet dents on impact but still, the sting hurts. So pretending to be mortally injured, Cap had one eye on the guy who shot him before recognizing him as a former SHIELD operative but now, he’s on the side of Ultron and his allies.

“I knew you would come here for something, big guy,” Crossbones says while keeping his gauntlet-equipped guns on the First Avenger. “But I didn’t figure you’re this stupid.”

WHAM!

Crossbones gets a nasty reaction when Cap suddenly slams his booted foot into his face and removing his dented helmet, assumes a fighting stance. “You’ve definitely got a mouth and talk too much.”

Crossbones and Captain America began to duking things out, shield meets close-quarters steel batons but it was apparent that neither was giving any ground since both are too addictive to the fight between them. Before he could, the computer began to beep a sound.

{FINAL SEQUENCE CODE NOW ENGAGED! ONE MINUTE COUNTDOWN IS NOW ACTIVATED.}

“WHAT?!” Crossbones exclaims and even Cap couldn’t believe hearing that since he didn’t put the final code sequence in before he notices that someone has already done that for him.

Not wanting to die, Crossbones shouts back to Cap. “We’ll settle this another time, big guy. Assuming if you survive, that is.”

The villain flees and Captain America puts his helmet back on just in time for the Death Lord and Scarlet to teleport themselves to his location. “We need to leave! Now!”

“But what about Xaver, Banner & Logan?” Captain America asked.

“We’ll get them yet I fear we may not be able to save one of them in time.” Wanda says before she and the Death Lord put two fingers towards their own forehead and teleported themselves away.

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(Heli-Pad)

(Cue Hellsing Ultimate OST - London Is Burning)

Nick Fury did a lot of things which he ain’t proud of but considers each of those past actions as well as decisions to be a necessary evil in the line of dirty work he has long been involved in for many years. Realizing that Loki had been killed, Fury made the decision to punch in the final destruct sequence codes before heading to the escape exit himself.

This meant betraying the very heroes whom he should have more faith with but right now, he must survive. As long as he has a vial of Logan’s blood and with SHIELD still active due to the existence of several concealed facilities and Heli-carriers, he can work on a strategy to end this nightmarish plague before shifting what remains of Humanity’s resources against Ultron.

He reaches the chopper and shouts to the pilot. “Take off immediately!”

“Yes, Director Fury.” The pilot says but gasps as he sees a figure showing up on the Heli-Pad and even Fury had his one eye widened in horror upon recognizing who it was.

Undead Magneto had arrived.

Undead Magneto raises his right hand and with a gesture of his magnetic powers, stops Nick Fury’s helicopter before it could ascend even higher.

The move causes the stabilizers of the chopper to burn, resulting in the final seconds before the chopper will crash.

“JUMP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!” Fury shouted to the pilot and both men were able to jump to safety.

The two men did so just as the chopper not only loses stability and crashes moments later.

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(Cue Avengers: Infinity War OST - Ultimate Sacrifice (Extended))

From the moment he reaches the surface, Logan can tell that everything has gone to hell and arrives in time to see a chopper crashing onto the ground moments later. But right now, he needs to get Charles and escape before the base would blow up in a tremendous explosion.

He arrives in time to see not only Charles helping the pilot but was soon confronted by a being whom he saw from the vision.

Fury, who groans as he gets his bearings, sees the same being as well and ready his handgun for immediate action.

“Long I have waited for this precious moment, foolish ‘Professor’,” Apocalypse taunted as he not only pins Fury where he is but confronts Xavier in person. “And now…Your death shall mark the end of your delusional dreams and the dawn of my version for the evolution of Mutantkind.”

“You mean enslavement?” Charles shot back while standing defiant. “I know what you are and your role in unleashing this hellish nightmare but Darksed will never keep his promise to you.”

“Heh, so Loki told you about us, huh?” Apocalypse says while motioning for someone to join him. “It’s a shame you won’t live long enough to tell that to the others.”

A nearby tower collapses and a single figure emerges from it before Logan sees who it was and is shocked to the bottom of his soul. ‘No…It can’t be?’

Even Charles had the same reaction of horror as well.

But it was: Jean Grey had become an Undead creature but Apocalypse then gives her a single command to her.

“Destroy them.”

Undead Jean begins to channel an amount of energy even as the self-detonator reaches zero, resulting in a fusion of two polar power signatures.

Charles knows it is already too late for him but sensing Wolverine was nearby, he channels the last ounce of his powers to teleport him away yet mentally tells him. ‘The dream must not die, Logan. It is now up to you and those of the other X-Men to keep it alive…Goodbye.’

"NOOO!"

Within moments, Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and whom Magneto had once called a friend, was no more; he disintegrates moments later but not before he sends Logan far away from the blast radius.

Nick Fury, in his last moments, realizes that this too is the end for him but not before he had sent a message to someone who would help the Death Lord and his allies save the world where he could not. Seeing his hands disintegrating, his last word before being erased was his usual remark to extreme emergencies. "Motherfu-"

In mere seconds, Fort Apache was no more as the fusion of Undead Jean Grey’s powers and the detonation of the nuke results in the very facility being ripped apart and the violent energies of a nuclear detonation reformatted into a bubble before it pops, leveling the area while claiming thousands of Undead creatures, including supposedly Undead Juggernaut who got reduced to atoms due to being in the center of the blast radius. 

However, the ground beneath him caves in and the Undead Juggernaut gasps before screams as he falls into a passageway where he would be unconscious for a time.

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Logan blinked several times before realizing that he was far from the blast radius. He felt numbed. He felt angry at what Apocalypse did to Jean and he felt lost a bit since without Charles, how are he and the other X-Men supposed to carry on his dream?

He then notices a flash drive and it has Jean’s hand writing before noticing a simple word on it.

‘Hope’

“Jean…” Logan whispered before he heard an inhuman sound closeby.

(Undead Spider-Zombie Eating Sounds)

He sees yet another Undead hero eating a poor bystander and irked. ‘Oh I’ve fucking hate your kind already.’

Wolverine not only ambushes Undead Spider-Zombie but before the latter knows what hit him or even reacts, he loses his head with a single swing of Wolverine’s claws.

“Logan?”

Logan turns and sees Captain America and the others who are able to escape the destruction of Fort Apache. “Hey…You look like crap.”

“Let’s just say I had a run in with a turncoat.” Cap says and turns to the Death Lord. “Where do we go now?”

“We must go to a location where the enemy won’t find us.” The Death Lord says before he points up to a very large Heli-Carrier which is 13 times larger than anything any had seen.

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Donald Pierce glances at the ruins of the SHIELD facility before turning to Apocalypse. “There are still those who remain unconfirmed, my lord. Shall we continue our mission?”

“Yes, Mr. Pierce.” Apocalypse says before glancing at him. “Hunt the remaining members of the X-Men. Do not stop until they are found and eliminated but apprehend the ones known as Storm, Psylocke and Beast, alive and unharmed. I have plans for them. The rest…You will terminate with extreme prejudice.”

Pierce smirks and bows formally “As you will, my lord.”

With that the Reavers and their support moves out and begins their hunt for the remaining X-Men and those Mutants who remain unaccounted for, leaving Apocalypse to glance at the spot where Charles Xavier was vaporized before declaring openly. “Farewell, foolish dreamer…And good riddance.”

With Undead Magneto in tow and not bothering to discover whether or not Undead Jean Grey is still alive but comes to the conclusion that she was probably vaporized, Apocalypse departs to his fortress in order to complete his Four Horsemen Project.

(Cue Incredible Hulk (1995-96 Cartoon) TV Intro)

However….

None of them were aware that there was one person still around and he was angry…

Very ANGRY!

The Hulk, mightiest member of the Avengers and feared by the American Military, has awakened!

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue God of War 2 OST - The End Begins)

The tale is half way done and as the villains believe they have triumphed, the heroes are about to strike back and strike back hard…With A Vengeance!

THE COUNTDOWN TO THE APOCALYPSE’S END BEGINS….

THE END 

MARVEL ZOMBIES continues in Vol. 3 (ACT I): Bad To The Bone

Chapter Text

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(THE STORY BEGINS)

The landscape of Earth MX-00115 remains the same but so far, things are starting to show that the plague is dying out.

The heart of keeping the DCeased Virus alive and thriving is the powerful Nocturnal Necronomicon, an ancient book which is from another universe which ends up being in this world’s Asgard in order to ensure it mustn’t be used.

But this virus is actually the Anti-Life Equation Virus, a terrible plague which had unleashed such chaos once before in another universe and now, it has been weaponized for whatever damn reason Darkseid has in mind when he handed this to three maniacs, not bothering to count Loki since he was a goddamn fool to unleash this.

The actions of Loki, Asgardian God of Trickery, is what started this hellish apocalypse as part of a scheme conceived by that universe’s Lady Hela and Darkseid of my Infinite Universe. Not only did they played on Loki’s selfishness and vanity but after making promises to Ultron, Apocalypse and Malekith The Accursed in order to ensure that their scheme succeeded, the conspirators not only conquered Asgard but Loki commenced the Ritual for Awakening The Undead, using specialized weapons to unleash the plague across the universe and on Earth.

But the plot was spoiled when Thor, the Prince of Asgard, not only revealed the terrible truth to his brother but Malekith and Darkseid themselves admitted the truth before demanding Loki to finish the ritual. Thor would hurl his brother to Earth along with the Nocturnal Necrominicron but while he would eventually be killed, a revelation which my Clairvoyance had confirmed this, Thor’s last action was to undo the effects of the plague to parts of Earth with his own life force before hurling his hammer to Earth where it would chose a worthy successor.

His actions were not in vain.

All across the Undead-infested world, streams of Purifying Light was not only traversing across the deadlands of what had once been Europe, Central Asia, South America, Africa and parts of the Orient, unleashing such pure light magic that the Undead were either left in a comatosed form or were turned to stone, their tormented souls being released.

This was not part of Darkseid’s designs yet so far, many of Earth’s heroes have already fallen as result of the plague, with many now becoming tormented slaves of either Ultron or his co-allies.

The sacrifice of Black Widow not only revealed the origins of the plague but I soon discovered what she really has found which I alone knows of and kept it hidden until I recruited this world’s Scarlet Witch to join me in locating them: the Hammers of Thor - Mjolnir and Stormbreaker as well as another one which he once wielded as young man before receiving Mjolnir. 

Wolverine of this universe held the key to undoing the effects of the plague but I realize that his genes are fused with Thor’s life essence as were those heroes who are immune to the DCeased Virus such as Captain America, Hope Van Dyne, Beast, Storm and those my friends have rescued…Though I’m still pissed off with my Vampire uncle Vlad Dracula IV - aka Alucard - over personal issues but this uneasy truce is in effect because a higher authority had requested my aid in this matter.

However, I realized too late that Logan’s defeating an Undead Quicksilver was a bait which enabled Apocalypse and Malekith to launch an attack on our location!

While losing Director Nick Fury Jr., Commander Maria Hill and Professor Charles Xavier - not to mention Magneto since I conclude that he was injected with the virus when he probably went to the command center to demand to know what had happened - Is a bitter pill to swallow, the important thing here is that the scientists have survived and all of the research records have been transported away along with all the SHIELD personnel who are able to survive also.

But there was one matter I needed to take off and did so: executing Loki.

For his crimes and causing the deaths of Thor and the very woman who raised the ungrateful bastard as her own child, I had no qualms about ending the life of that son of a bitch.

Right after the fall of Fort Apache, it was time to call in some backup and to make an offer of assistance with those who can aid me in bringing an end to this ongoing nightmare. Even while I was conducting my current campaign against the Heralds of Unicron in another universe, I’m not arrogant enough to reject the idea of asking for aid and will do so but I have to find one missing hero: the Hulk.

I know he ain’ dead but God knows where the Green Giant went off to…

Hopefully he ain’t doing something really stupid but given his temperament which mirrors my own, I have a pretty good guess that he’s angry… Really ANGRY !

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(Charleston…Undead-Infested South Carolina)

The former state of South Carolina is swarmed with Undead creatures as well as Omega Sentinels, formerly Undead that are terraformed into Humanoid Sentinels. In the 7 weeks following the fall of Fort Apache, the Undead creatures were either being left in comatose state or were doing their ‘patrols’ at the command of Malekith The Accursed.

Among those who were still active is the Undead form of the Juggernaut. After falling down into a chasm which also saves his existence when Fort Apache was vaporized, the Juggernaut literally ran through the tunnel before emerging out of the countryside of South Carolina before arriving into Charleston…And right into the incoming fist of a not very happy Green Giant!

(Cue God of War 3 OST - Kratos vs Poseidon Extended)

The impact from the Hulk’s fist not only nails the Juggernaut right into the face, sending him crashing into the abandoned school bus. Shaking his head, the Juggernaut grabs the nearest object and hurls them at the rampaging Hulk, who swats them away like they were flies even as hordes of Undead creatures see the Hulk before sounding the alarm.

Hulk is so enraged that after a couple of times slugging the Juggernaut, he finally went into full rage mode and literally bashes the Undead Juggernaut to mush.

Unfortunately, Hulk never had time to calm down as he heard screeching before turning to see hordes of Undead creatures converging on his position and there were over 400 of them.

As Hulk was about to face these Undead creatures, he found himself facing several hundred Ultron drones who showed up out of nowhere and were going to take him down when help arrived!

(Cue Star Wars Visions Season 1  - The Village Bride OST - I am A Jedi)

A young woman, dressed in robes, pulls out a mysterious object before pulling up and igniting a yellowish blade..

A lightsaber blade.

Next to her is a young man, wearing Jedi Guardian armor, pulls out two lightsabers and ignites them, one being aqua blue and the other is light green. He is named Michael Horvath, son of Jedi Guardian Jord Horvath and like his mate, he is from a different universe but has come here at the request of the leader of those who have rescued the natives of this ravaged world.                                

“It is worse as Shinji said it was, Mike-kun.” F of the Crimson Blade openly says.

“He wasn’t joking about this threat, I can admit that.” Michael remarks while remembering the moment that led him and his mate to come here at a matter of urgency…..

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(Flashback - Yavin 4….7 Months After The Death of Emperor Sheev Palpatine: SW-33009912)

(Cue Star Wars Visions Season 1  - The Village Bride OST - The Village)

Michael & F were exploring the abandoned Massassi Temples while being accompanied by members of JUMP Force since it was their first time being on the jungle moon as well. It had been over a month after the fateful meeting on the Forest Moon of Endor and while the official opening of negotiations between the New Republic, the Grecon Hegemony and the Crimson Phoenix Empire had been tensed due to the opposing personalities of several delegates, so far the Crimson Phoenix is willing to have another meeting once the reception to the proposals which the Twin Grand Marshals have handed over was dissected.

Of course, the Twins were seriously doubtful that the New Republic would accept this offer of an alliance since the they have an obligation with the Empire and while officially the pact is still in effect, it didn’t mean the Twins have true loyalties to the Imperials since the regime is in a state of continuous chaos. Takuto not only reminds Leia that the Empire is simply too big to be destroyed overnight but asks her that is she really a dimwit into thinking that winning a war is truly simple once the Rebellion had taken out Palpatine.

Michael & F had to play peacemaker when Leia and The Twins’ other sibling, a young man named Eren, were getting so childish that it almost led to a physical altercation, which Chewbacca had to grab Leia with his arms and another sibling, Mikasa, grabs Eren by the ear and refuses to listen to his pleas for her to let him go.

As a parting gift, the Twins have provided the pair with a Data Holocron containing a complete, detailed history about Yavin 4 which he gives a copy to Luke Skywalker…Once after he was persuaded to by one of the Jedi Masters who had accompanied the Grecon Hegemony Delegation since the Dark Woman seems to understand on why Shinji was quite hostile to the Son of Anakin Skywalker…

Or rather, the Heir of Darth Vader .

Luke, who suddenly shows up at the meeting uninvited yet is allowed to meet the Twins, confirms the truth but Shinji bitterly states that Kenobi and Yoda never once had faith in the concept of someone being redeemed until F mentions the name Qui-Gon Jinn in front of both. That alone either surprised (Luke) or shocked (Shinji) upon hearing the name and thus they agreed to put aside their issues for the time being.

“According to the data provided to us by the Twins,” Luke says while glancing at the landscape of Yavin 4 as he, Michael, F, and their JUMP Force friends were surveying the jungles. “This temple will be the perfect place to lay the foundations of a New Jedi Order which will not be shackled or act in the same manner as the old one had.”

“True but the data did state that this was once the home of two Ancient Sith Lords in the Old Sith Wars,” Michael reminded Luke while remembering reading the data at night. “But since this world is a Force Nexus, our efforts will negate any residue of Sith energies here.”

“I sense he wasn’t helping you in reforming the Jedi Order,” F says suddenly as she glances upwards for a brief moment, causing both Michael and Luke to glance at her funny. “I sense a sadness but he quickly cuts off that connection. Something had happened prior to our meeting at Endor and it affected him badly.”

“He’s quite emotional when it comes to something close to his gentle soul, Ms. F,” Izuku Midoriya says while glancing at the forest before adding. “Whenever Something bothers him deeply, he usually talks to those who understand him better than most. Ms. Rumi is one of those who understands him better than most besides his numerous godparents.”

That got everyone’s attention. “You mean he and his siblings have more than one set of grandparents?” Michael asks.

“Oh yeah, they do. After all,” Izuku says while happily glancing up at the sky while he can see the large gas giant of Yavin Prime above. “I mean, they’re royalty in the universe I and my friends have come from.”

‘That would explain a lot about their mannerism and the way they hold such dignity in their very being.’ Luke thought as he and his twin sister Leia have discussed their impressions on the Scions. Leia admits that they’re behavior is that of royalty yet the fact that they have the respect of the giant soldiers who scanned her and the delegates indicates that they have extensive military backgrounds.

Yet the fact that they can feel the Force, wield lightsabers - Leia confessed that she never saw any of these people pulling out their weapons at all during the Endor Meeting - and even block her out of their minds told Luke that the Twins are more enigmatic than an actual serious threat before being told by Leia to review her reports on Lady F of the Crimson Blade and her boyfriend, Michael Horvath. Her recordings were not only a shocking revelation that these two young people are the very same members of the original Republic Intelligence covert team known as the Phantoms but neither have aged at all.

Luke is more interested as to how they survive the Age of the Empire for so long but hadn’t asked them any of such questions since their attention is more on the mysterious Twins and the fact that their alliance with the Empire is more of something of a matter of convenience than an actual alliance.

Suddenly, R2-D2 rolls up and bleeps at Luke, who tells him and the others that the latter’s friends have asked them to come down to the main hangar bay as they have more guests.

“Better go and see who these newcomers are.” Luke suggested before he and the others decided to go down to the main hangar bay.

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(Cue Star Wars Visions Season 1  - The Village Bride OST - Intro)

Ever since the destruction of the First Death Star over 4 years earlier, the Rebel Alliance have never once considered returning to Yavin 4 at all. But the fact that the recent Victorum Heist mission also led to facing elements of the Black Order was enough for the New Republic’s Defense Council to decides on re-establishing a presence on Yavin 4 before any of the Imperial remnants - be either Warlords, the Loyalists, the Palpatine fanatics or simply pirate groups - would claim it first.

Talus Group, which had been involved in the said mission, not only re-established the old Rebel base but have upgraded it to become an auxiliary supply base and even as they finished their preparations, two of the squadrons involved in the fight to ensure the Victorum reaches its final destination, are assigned to the revived base.

Two X-wings from Bantha Raiders lifted off to their routine morning patrol, followed by another pair of X-wings from the 2nd New Republic squadron were lifting off to do their patrol of the star system itself.

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(Yavin 4 - Hangar Bay)

The group arrives at the main hangar bay while walking past the numerous parked starfighters while supplies from a landed Corellian Corvette was being unloaded.

“Hey!” A young boy shouted in excitement at the approaching group before they saw Gohan with his father Goku showing up by simply teleporting to Yavin 4 before Michael noticed the shocked expression on the Rebel security personnel as many blinked several times as if they had to be sure they’re not crazy.

“How did they do that?” Michael suddenly asks Izuku, who's kinda sheepish about being asked about the father-son showing up without a starship.

“Let’s just say that Goku has mastered the ability to teleport to a place by just mentally imagining it and is able to get there without difficulty.” Izuku admitted as best as possible.

‘Incredible.’ Luke thought in shock since he heard stories about how his sister got to Utapau in such a short time by these natives from another universe. From what he reviewed on Leia’s personal reports about her own encounters with these beings, Luke can see why these beings were viewed as both mysterious and at the same time, potentially dangerous since they practically have no idea on what they’re dealing with.

“You two must be Michael Horvath and F of the Crimson Blade I’ve heard so much about from Gohan here,” Goku says while showing a big smile. “It’s a pleasure to meet you two in person.”

“T-thanks.” Michael replies while his face went crimson in embarrassment, a trait which F chuckles since some things never changed.

“You must be the one who saved the people of Brentaal IV from destruction?” Luke asked since the description of the mysterious being who canceled the destructive energy sphere with a powerful energy attack matches Goku’s appearance…Except he has golden hair and not blue.

Before Goku could make a reply, all notices another person showing up behind the Saiyan and Goku turns around to see who it was. “Whis?”

“Greetings, Goku.” Whis says before turning his attention to the three Jedi and speaks. “I must apologize for this sudden interruption but I must ask for all of you to come with me. An urgent matter has come up and your assistance is required at once.”

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(Earth MX-00115)

(Cue Silent Mobius The Motion Picture OST - Theme of The AMP)

The mega-sized Super Helicarrier hovers above the North Pole as the Underground City’s final tower is not only raised to where the vessel is able to link but no one would suspect the existence of a massive SHIELD facility in the North Pole of all places.

At 5700 meters in length, this was the largest Helicarrier ever constructed and yet this was not of this world’s SHIELD…But rather, of Netherworld Engineering. Developed in great secrecy and having the Adeptus Mechanicus oversee the construction of this colossal vessel, it has not only powerful Romulan-based Cloaking devices but has the ability to disappear to the point that not even Ultron could locate this thing.

In addition, this vessel is where the SHIELD scientists have come together and resumes the work they were doing at Fort Apache while Sharon Carter and Phil Coulson, the new Director of SHIELD, assumes command of what remains of SHIELD forces while all the heroes who have escaped are now using this ship as their base of operations.

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(Main Hangar Bay # 2…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Silent Mobius The Motion Picture OST - Theme of The AMP)

Logan lid his cigar while wondering as to what the Death Lord was waiting for as he exchanged glances with Captain America and other surviving heroes. This is their first time viewing the Death Lord’s true form without his current armor and all were shocked to see him being a kid.

Wearing Gothic attire which features Silver-crosses on the overcoat with a unique rank insignia on and sporting black boots, this is the first time everyone saw the person who is the Death Lord yet many are disturbed by the way he sports pure white hair. His eyes are blue but Logan saw for a brief second, a tint of glowing blood red.

“Any idea on what he is waiting for?” Logan asks either his friend Steve Rogers or the Royals of Wakanda, who have discovered their country remains unaffected by the virus due to the intervention of both the boy and Wanda Maximoff. Their mastery of the Mystic Arts not only erects a powerful barrier which have barred the Undead creatures from lands of Wakanda but all but those of the Wakandan Enclaves yet had to evacuate the ones in Europe.

“I suspect that he is waiting for reinforcements from his universe,” Steve suggests to Logan while folding his arms across his chest. “From what his siblings have confided to me, he has a plan but needs help in carrying out whatever strategy he may have in mind.”

“At least he hasn’t given up hope, Mr. Rogers.” Beast says while glancing at the Mutant children were not only enjoying being around those siblings of this mysterious boy but seems to target Ed, who happens to be one of the boy’s brothers when it comes to his height. “With the ways things are right now, some of us have started to lose all hope for a miracle.”

“Sometimes believing in the Heavens is a powerful weapon, Mr. McCoy, especially given the situation we’re all facing right now.” Shuri says and her brother, who is given a Automail leg which is superior, nodded his head before noticing a uniformed man showing up.

“Lord Gemini,” A gray-uniformed says while stopping to the right side of the mysterious young man. “We’re receiving strong signals approaching our positions through the Interdimensional Gates.”

“They’ve arrived early.” Shinji says before ordering. “Activate the Gates! Let them through.”

With that command, technicians begin to activate the sequence and moments later, the Massive Interdimensional Stargate opens and while a liquid blasts forward, it retracts and stabilizes into a massive portal which illuminates the hangar.

“Holy shit.” Logan says in amazement while Rogers simply nodded his head in silence, amazed at what he and the others were seeing for the first time.

(Cue Robotech - The Complete Score OST (Disc 1) - Cosmic Harmony)

The Large Stargate Portal stabilizes and within moments, the first group of people come through the Stargate. Michael, Luke, Lady F, Izuku, Ochako, Gohan, Goku, the being known as Whis and the rest of the JUMP Force team. They are followed by a Duros officer and his men, who were shocked to be in another world before noticing the stunned reaction of the SHIELD personnel as well as the surviving heroes.

“Shinji?” Michael asks before noticing the Crown Prince’s white hair for the very first time.

“What the hell?!” Edward Ikari exclaims in surprise while exchanging glances with Dante and the others before the next group of people showing up moments later.

The next group to emerge is the Justice League, a group of heroes from the very same Infinite Universe as those of Shinji and his group. The last ones to show up are Martian Manhunter, Supergirl, the Atom, Adam Strange, Booster Gold & Queen Mera.

The next group following the Justice League is the Young Justice team, whose members didn’t make Shinji happy to see them. In fact, Shinji wasn’t thrilled seeing them at all. Storm can tell Shinji’s body tensed and heard a small but distinctive growl upon seeing these heroes especially while confirmation comes from the last person anyone wasn’t expecting to see them here

“Who invited those bastards to be here?” Eren Phenex asks openly before being given a stern look from his sister Mikasa, who kept her glance at Shinji before being joined by Takuto and their sister Kasumi.

The last group to show up are the Birds of Prey, an all-female heroine team whose members are very close to the Scions. Among them is a person who is very close to the Scions especially: Huntress - whose real name is Saint Helena Rosa Bertinelli-Solorio and Adepta Sororitas Matriarch of her own religious order: The Order of the Avenging Valkyries.

As she is spotted, Shinji immediately walks up and without warning, hugs her so tight that she returns the hug in a very motherly fashion. From what the surviving heroes of this tormented world soon realize is that they have a deep bond between them.

“Are you okay, Little Angel?” Helena asks in a motherly tone while seeing how he looked so relieved to see her and the others here.

“I’m alright now, Mom.” Shinji answered back before noticing a man showing up moments later. “Dad.”

“Dad?” Captain America says in puzzlement before all turns to the figure who shows up moments later.

Then the man who appears with a contingent of armored Space Marines is Shadow Wolf, a mysterious immortal who is known as not only an adventurer and an agent of the Omniverse Council but is also another thing: the Heir of Revan, the very same Force wielder who has been on both the Light and Dark Sides of the Forces but is mostly seen as an Enigma. Thus he is called the Silver Jedi since as Revan’s heir, he has a better understanding of the Force than most people alive.

“He’s actually the godfather to Shinji but is more of a surrogate parent to the Prince, Captain Rogers.” The uniformed man clarifies to the First Avenger while the other heroes notice the other siblings seem to have softened their hardened expressions when noticing either Huntress of the Shadow Wolf showing up.

“He’s a Jedi also?” Michael asks openly before noticing a second lightsaber on the Silver Jedi’s hilt.

“He’s the Heir of Revan, young Horvath.” A person says from behind and both he and Lady F turn to see a giant of a man walking behind them without making a sound.

The figure is a Black Templars Chaplain, sporting Terminator Battle Armor and wearing a Death’s Head-style helmet yet his aura is not menacing to the pair. He then tells them. “The Silver Jedi is a man of great respect who is sworn brothers with the Crown Heir’s actual father and thus he is considered a surrogate father alongside his wife, the Huntress.”

“You mean the one Shinji hugged moments earlier?” Luke asked while gesturing to the heroine next to Shinji, who was getting similar hugs from the other Scions.

“That is correct, Skywalker.” The Chaplain replies before they hear something that catches everyone's attention.

“Hulk was found?!” Shinji gasped before glancing at the orderly. “Where is he exactly?”

“He’s in a city called Charleston,” The orderly says before pulling out a holoprojector before it comes to life. The image of the Green Giant can be seen yet noticing the anger in Hulk’s eyes told them that this is a problem. “I fear he’s deep into enemy lines.”

The image alone confirms Shinji’s expression as Rogers realizes. “He’s angry and the only other person who knows how to calm him down is Natasha. But with her…” He lost his voice as memories about what had happened to her kicked in.

“She’s dead?” Helena asks her surrogate son.

“She couldn’t take the risk of infecting others and so ended her life by her own hand.” Shinji admitted and the implication alone confirmed what he wanted to say but couldn’t.

“This is a problem indeed.” T’Challa states before explaining to the newcomers. “We need Doctor Banner’s expertise on searching for a means of reversing the effects of this plague.”

“But the big guy is in Full Rage mood and in order to retrieve him safely is to first calm him down,” Takuto Ikari, the Star Prince, argues before rubbing his hair with one hand. “How can we accomplish both tasks without losing our people in a city infested with -”

“Why not send us there to calm him down.” A voice suddenly says and all turns to Lady F as she speaks up. “Michael and I will go there and calm this giant down before bringing him back here.”

“And you two are?” Asked one of the Justice League members, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan).

“These are Michael Horvath, son of Jedi Guardian Jord Horvath,” Shinji says as he indicates towards the young man who nodded his head slightly. “And his kindred spirit companion, Lady F of the Crimson Blade. She is a Jedi like her boyfriend here.”

“They look so young…” Black Canary says while pointing out their ages but Takuto replies with a sheepish smile about something.

“They are capable of doing this task but I suggest they are to be part of a retrieval team.” Takuto suggests.

“Who do you have in mind for the retrieval mission?”Black Canary asks before Doom Slayer approaches them.

“I will go with the kids here. Besides, it will be interesting to see two Jedi handling the ever-lovable, Angry Hulk.” Doom Slayer says.

‘Good Grief.’ Shinji and Rogers both thought while unaware that they were having a Charlie Brown moment.

“You will need more firepower than just your weapons.” Shadow Wolf says before turning to one of his Black Templars officers. “Have four squads of Terminators prepped for an emergency extraction and ready for a bombing run on the target area. Load the Napalm onto the bombers.”

“At once, my lord.”

As the Black Templars Chaplain heads off to assemble the troops, Shinji turns and tells the pair. “Be cautious. You both will have trouble calming the Hulk since if he’s in his Rage mode, it will be difficult to get him to calm down.”

“We’ll do our best to calm him down and bring him here.” Michael said but thought while gulping. ‘I hope.’

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(End Flashback)

(Cue Star Wars Visions Season 1  - The Village Bride OST - Intro)

Michael & F saw the squads of heavy armored Black Templars Terminators emerging out of the Thunderhawk-class Gunships before Doom Slayer joins them, followed by Wolverine, Dante & Devilman. No words were exchanged as they simply began to take out the hordes of Undead creatures and Ultron drones that were in their way towards the Hulk, who was busy tossing and clobbering numerous of them with his sheer inhuman brute strength.

Hundreds were left ripped to shreds as they leave a trail of carnage, the two young Jedi are able to get within range of the rampaging Hulk before mentally communicating with each other. “(So how exactly are we supposed to calm him down?)”

“(We need to combine our abilities to communicate with his soul and persuade him to simply take a nap.)” F explains and the look on Michael’s face was priceless.

(They both use Beast control Force ability, they don't know how to calm the Hulk when they said they can?)

“(That’s your plan?!)” Michael mentally gasped at the audacity of her simple solution.

“(What’s your solution? Hit him with a club?)” F asked him and for once, Michael had no idea on how to answer it before they heard the roar of engines and turned to look upwards.

High above them, a C-130 Hercules was going into attack formation, its array of chainguns ready to open fire down below. It was followed by six more of the same class of aircraft and all were given the greenlight to commence suppression fire on the enemy.

The numerous targets are allocated and locked on..

The gatling guns of the Gunships begin their murderous fire on the hordes of Undead creatures, who were even trying to man AAK gun installations on the roofs of nearby buildings before Michael can see for the true strikes to commence.

A pair of F-14 Tomcat jet fighters had gone undetected  until their appearance caught the enemy off guard and it was too late to do anything about what came next.

Both jets fire a single missile together and the missiles, now in a locked position, flies over the group….

And found their mark.

“That will keep the freaks occupied,” Doom Slayer says openly before turning to the two young Jedi. “Better sedate the big guy and get to the Gunship. We’ll cover your retreat.”

With a nod, both young Jedi slowly approach the Hulk just as the Green Giant finally turns around to face them, anger still visible on his face and the way he was breathing confirms that his rage is still visible. Both closed their eyes and began to reach out with their left hand, neither saying a word to the Hulk except mentally.

Whatever they are telling the Green Giant not only is calming him down but the anger the Hulk has in both his eyes and very being are dissipating fast, which his rage-filled strength also loses its energies to the point that he seems to understand as to whatever the pair are telling him.

“Hulk doesn't like hurting friends…Hulk needs…friends..” The Hulk says before closing his eyes and as he does so, he reverts back to Bruce Banner.

“Gotcha, big guy.” Michael says before Lady F can tell that the man they have looked very alone, exhausted and above all…Afraid. 

“They have Doctor Banner!” Doom Slayer shouted before telling the Black Templars Terminators. “Signal the jets to make another strafing run to cover our escape.”

“At once!” The nearest Space Marine replies before everyone begins heading towards the Thunderhawk Gunships.

Once getting on board, the Gunships lifted off and began to retreat upwards even as the two F-14s were making for another bombing run. This time, however, the Undead creatures panicked and began racing to escape but there was no time to do so.

Another missile strike would not only wreak further havoc on the Undead but by the time reinforcements would arrive, the retrieval team and their support would have already been long gone.

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(Main Hangar Bay # 2…The Judgment of Fate )

Shinji and his siblings as well as surrogate parents stood in front of the Great Nightsister Mothers before Shinji explains in great detail as to why he has opened a portal to Peridea in order to ask for an audience with them.

Helena saw her Little Angel not only explaining why he did it before asking them if they wish to join him for a meeting while promising to fulfill whatever they so desire. The word of a Nether-Devil, especially from an Ikari-Phenex Scion, is a sacred oath which honor dictates such a duty.

“We will agree to attend this summit, Prince Ikari.” The head of the Nightsister Mothers says.

“I thank you for your understanding, Great Mothers.” Shinji answers back but one of them stops him as Shadow Wolf notices her frown.

“However, there is someone among these guests whose intentions may bring harm to your quest.” The second Nightsister Mothers explains.

“This one has faced both your godfather and biological father in the past and he is one whose past actions will make many weary of having him here.” The third Nightsister Mother finishes.

Shadow Wolf already guessed as to who it was and within moments, he would answer before telling the figure who happens to show. “I should have known you would show up here eventually since this kind of chaos is what you always thrive in…” The Silver Jedi then turns out slowly and glares at the being. “Isn’t that right, Kato?”

(Cue Doomed Megalopolis OST - Kato Yasunori’s Theme)

Approaching the group is the evil Dark Onmyoji, Kato Yasunori and even as he shows a smirk, another group also shows up at the opposite side.

Michael Horvath and Lady F arrive back from their mission, which Michael holds Bruce Banner while wrapping him with his Jedi cloak but both tense as they see this mysterious newcomer  showing up, ready for immediate action.

“My…Ain’t this lovely, don’t you think?” Kato says while continuing to smirk and from this point onwards, nobody knows on how the endgame to this crisis is going to play itself out now that Kato Yasunori, a demon sorcerer who is responsible for many past events in the 20th century.

But…The tale is far from over.

TO BE CONTINUED….

The Tale Continues In Bad To The Bone (Part 2)

Chapter Text

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(PREVIOUSLY)

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(Main Hangar Bay # 2…The Judgment of Fate )

Shinji and his siblings as well as surrogate parents stood in front of the Great Nightsister Mothers before Shinji explains in great detail as to why he has opened a portal to Peridea in order to ask for an audience with them.

Helena saw her Little Angel not only explaining why he did it before asking them if they wish to join him for a meeting while promising to fulfill whatever they so desire. The word of a Nether-Devil, especially from an Ikari-Phenex Scion, is a sacred oath which honor dictates such a duty.

“We will agree to attend this summit, Prince Ikari.” The head of the Nightsister Mothers says.

“I thank you for your understanding, Great Mothers.” Shinji answers back but one of them stops him as Shadow Wolf notices her frown.

“However, there is someone among these guests whose intentions may bring harm to your quest.” The second Nightsister Mothers explains.

“This one has faced both your godfather and biological father in the past and he is one whose past actions will make many weary of having him here.” The third Nightsister Mother finishes.

Shadow Wolf already guessed as to who it was and within moments, he would answer before telling the figure who happens to show. “I should have known you would show up here eventually since this kind of chaos is what you always thrive in…” The Silver Jedi then turns out slowly and glares at the being. “Isn’t that right, Kato?”

(Cue Doomed Megalopolis OST - Kato Yasunori’s Theme)

Approaching the group is the evil Dark Onmyoji, Kato Yasunori and even as he shows a smirk, another group also shows up at the opposite side.

Michael Horvath and Lady F arrive back from their mission, which Michael holds Bruce Banner while wrapping him with his Jedi cloak but both tense as they see this mysterious newcomer  showing up, ready for immediate action.

“My…Ain’t this lovely, don’t you think?” Kato says while continuing to smirk and from this point onwards, nobody knows on how the endgame to this crisis is going to play itself out now that Kato Yasunori, a demon sorcerer who is responsible for many past events in the 20th century.

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The atmosphere is thick with tension.

Everyone can tell there is bad blood between the Silver Jedi and Kato Yasunori, a man whose appearance may be masking the threat he may pose to everyone. But so far, Kato does not make an aggressive move and there was a good reason.

Pointing his Casull Auto pistol at the back of Kato’s head, Alucard removes his sunglasses and his eyes glow yellowish. “So you’ve decided to appear before us, have you? I’ll enjoy tearing you apart for your crimes. Got any last words, sorcerer?”

Kato scoffs while taunting the Vampire. “Why should I waste my breath on a Hound of that miserable -”

WHIZZZ

Kato stops midway as he notices a cut to his cheek and Dante catches it before all turns to see Kasumi Ikari pulling out several more crimson-bladed Kunai throwing knives. Then someone shows up and Kato narrows his eyes as he recognizes the being that shows up moments later.

“As much as anyone would like to let Alucard put a bullet through your head, Kato,” The Masked Swordsman said as he stood in front of the demon sorcerer. “Right now, you’re here because the Twins had invited you here. So do us all a big favor and behave ! Do I make myself very clear?”

Kato glares at Alucard and then notices Wolverine was ready to produce his claws until he finally gives his answer. “Fine. Only for the moment will I behave and abide by their rules.”

With that, Kato storms off yet  as he did so, it was apparent to Michael and F that that particular individual must be watched before they heard Luke asking the newcomer.

“Is he that dangerous? I sense a malevolence about his very being.” Luke states before both the Silver Jedi and the Masked Swordsman were to sighed until they heard the young Jedi make their feelings known openly.

"I don't trust him" Michael said while glancing at the retreating Dark Onmyoji. “That guy gives me the creeps.”

“Who exactly is he?” F asks politely before getting the adults attention. “If we are to work together, it is important that you tell us who we may have to deal with.”

“Very well, young one.” Shadow Wolf says before sitting himself on a cargo box before gesturing for others to gather around while receiving a nod from the Masked Swordsman. “Since we’re from the same Infinite universe as the Scions here, I will brief you all about who we may be dealing with as we face this crisis.” 

Everyone nodded and the Silver Jedi began his explanation while using the Force to project images of the past. “That man is named Kato Yasunori…”

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(Visions of Kato Yasunori’s Past)

(Cue Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis OST - Intro)

SHADOW WOLF: Katō Yasunori is a supernatural Melmoth the Wanderer-style figure with a mysterious past. A descendant of the indigenous tribes who inhabited the Japanese islands prior to the coming of the Yamato people, he is described as an oni; a literal incarnation of their 2000 year curse against the Japanese Empire. As his opponent Yasumasa Hirai, the official descendant of Abe no Seimei and leader of the true Onmyoji who serve the Japanese Emperor explains:

“From the viewpoint of Onmyodo of the Tsuchimikado line, an oni is a transparent genie that Onmyoji manipulates. The term oni means the indigenous people of the water or mountain. It could be a descendant of Chinese, Korean or naturalized Japanese who did not worship the imperial court...He [Katō] is a descendant of those who rebelled against the imperial court in ancient times. Katō is a villain who inherited the grudge and the heresy from them and will endanger the unbroken Japanese imperial line. He is probably not a Japanese subject.”

MICHAEL H: So basically, he was carrying on the vengeance of his ancestors?

MASKED SWORDSMAN: Basically but he inherited the Vendetta of Enshi and other indigenous peoples from another individual who also was trying to fulfill this dark vow. His predecessor is Katō Jubei and while Jubai was a sorcerer in his own right, Katō Yasunori is far more demonic to the point to be considered an equal to the Sith Sorcerers of the Ancient Sith Empire of Naga Sadow and his kind.

F: Naga Sadow? He was the Dark Lord of the Sith who triggered the Great Hyperspace War over 5,000 years early?

SHADOW WOLF: Correct but as a Sorcerer, Sadow is the strongest and compared to this being, Katō Yasunori would have been mistaken for a Sith Sorcerer if he had become a genuine demon.

LOGAN: I suppose that his crimes are monstrous enough to earn him infamy?

SHADOW WOLF: What Katō Yasunori had done was triggering one of the greatest disasters of our world’s 20th Century and even played a role in the very war which you and Captain Rogers had fought in.

MICHAEL H: That infamous, huh?

WHIS: More than you can possibly imagine, Young Horvath.

MASKED SWORDSMAN: Katō reveals his true intentions to destroy Tokyo through any means possible in order to cripple the Japanese Empire and avenge his ancestors. He joins forces with underground Chinese and Korean anti-Japanese oppression groups (such as Donghak Peasant Revolution) and continues to work behind the scenes during various periods of 20th-century history to cause supernatural disasters which will weaken Japan. 

STEVE ROGERS: Obviously, he sympathizes with these people due to hating what Japan was doing to them.

ED IKARI: Somehow, I don’t see that creep being a folk hero.

HELENA: Someone like Katō is never a hero but a demon in disguise and shows his true colors during the final years of the Meiji Era.

MASKED SWORDSMAN: His first goal is to awaken the sleeping spirit of Taira no Masakado to help him cripple the city. 

MICHAEL H: Taira no Masakado? I never heard of him.

MASKED SWORDSMAN: Taira no Masakado was a Heian period provincial magnate (gōzoku) and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto. Exactly what triggers his rebellion remains unclear but what is known is that Masakado rose up against the corrupted central government and his rebellion was the first which was recorded until he was slain.

WHIS: However, Masakado became such a beloved figure in the province where his rebellion originated that he became the Guardian Spirit of what became known as Edo, later renamed Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration.

MASKED SWORDSMAN: And it was because Masakado rose up in rebellion is what Katō wanted to channel into his malicious plans. He was willing to corrupt a Guardian Spirit in order to carry out his nefarious plans.

MICHAEL: Yup, it’s official. This creep is of Sith Material.

F: I highly doubt the Sith would have tolerated such a being among their ranks if this had been the Age of the New Sith Wars.

SHADOW WOLF: Trust me, young one. He’s worse than any of those self-proclaimed Sith Lords.

LOGAN: Meaning?

(Cue Doomed Megalopolis OST - Kato Yasunori’s Theme)

MASKED SWORDSMAN: Katō starts off by tormenting an innocent woman - Yukari Tatsumiya - and curses her into becoming his instrument for awakening Masakado. Despite the efforts of Yasumasa Hirai and the Tsuchimikado Clan of Onmyoji, the bastard succeeded in taking the girl and headed to the Grave Marker of Masakado.

HELENA: Despite the efforts of the Onmyoji Hirai, Katō takes Yukari and uses her as a medium for resurrecting the slumbering spirit. Masakado briefly awakens only to refuse Kato's desire for the destruction of Tokyo. However, one of the spells Katō has cast on Yukari is the magic of En, an impregnation spell. 

MICHAEL H: You mean…He violated her through sorcery?

MASKED SWORDSMAN: From our understanding of his nature, it is a strong possibility.

F: What a heartless fiend.

LOGAN: That makes two of us.

MASKED SWORDSMAN: Gazing into the future, Katō determines Yukari will become pregnant with what he believes to be his child, who will be a much more suitable medium for Masakado's spirit. After this, Katō disappears for 10 years but not before he sensed the immediate shockwave of Emperor Meiji’s passing, marking the end of the Meiji Era.

SHADOW WOLF: With the death of Emperor Meiji, Hirai chose to follow his Emperor by performing Junshi (殉死, "following the lord in death", sometimes translated as "suicide through fidelity"). His act divines the year of Tokyo's destruction; 1923, the Year of the Pig. This was mostly accomplished by the forceful actions of Katō, who forcibly pressed his boot onto Hirai’s back in order for the blade to go deeper into his rival, thus enabling the blood to form the Kanji for Death on where the disaster was going to take place.

HELENA: With his rival dead and his work done, Katō disappears by going to China and would remain there for 10 years.

Michael clenched his fist angrily as he got by F, not wanting Katō near her.

SHADOW WOLF: However, this was a prelude to what Katō did next.

(Cue Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis OST - Dairen, China)

MASKED SWORDSMAN: Katō retreats to Dairen, and he and his followers use a dark mystical ritual to cause artificial seismic waves under Dairen that echo through the Earth to Japan. Because Dairen is situated close to a titanic plate with a strong spiritual pathway located, Katō manipulates the energies of the Earth Dragon to commence a chain reaction which would create a massive earthquake.

LUKE: Can he really do such a thing? 

WHIS: As with the Force, the amount of Ki can be manipulated but the actions of Katō was part of a much larger plan which he intends to do more than destroying the city of Tokyo. He was determined to put the people of Japan to the grave in an apocalypse which would unleash greater calamity across the world.

MICHAEL: That’s insane. Does he even care about the lives he was endangering with his insane schemes?

HELENA: His desire to see the ruin of an entire nation is all that matters to him and nothing else. He’s worse than anyone we have faced in our universe.

SHADOW WOLF: To further advance his plans, he returns and comes for Yukari's daughter Yukiko, attempting to use her as the vessel of Masakado's resurrected spirit. 

LOGAN: What an asshole!

WHIS: Yes but his plans involving Yukiko didn’t end in victory, Mr. Howlett.

MASKED SWORDSMAN: This attempt fails as Yukiko also proves to be an unsuitable medium, as she is really the child of an incestuous union between Yukari and her brother Yoichiro - a fact which I doubt the sorcerer was aware of this at the time -, and Masakado’s spirit violently attacks Katō for disturbing him by channeling his massive ki through Seto Phenex, who then redirects into his Masamune sword and delivers the blow to Katō.

(Cue Japan Sinks (Netflix) OST - Earthquake)

SHADOW WOLF: Despite being injured as a result, Katō did achieve his initial goal of harnessing the power of the Earth Dragon to trigger the Great Kanto Earthquake which left much of Tokyo devastated on September 1, 1923. However, the greater destruction of the city was thwarted and the Dark Onmyoji was forced back into hiding for a short time.

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(Visions Ends)

(Cue Children of Dune OST - Salusa Secundus)

The visions abruptly end and everyone digests what both heard and seen about Katō Yasunori yet everyone has one thing in common about him: he was someone not to be trusted.

Lady F asks the Masked Swordsman. “Was he defeated for good?”

“On a permanent level, no.” The wanderer admits but then explains. “However, that doesn’t mean that he is all powerful. Katō Yasunori reappears four years later in order to implement a greater calamity-themed scheme. This time, however, he was not only defeated but has lost much of his powers after escaping from his imprisonment since.”

“But why would Shinji summon such a villain here?” Michael suddenly asks and everyone is left to figure that part out before someone clears his throat to get everyone’s attention.

“Pardon my interruption,” Phil Culson, current Director of SHIELD, says as he stands in front of them. “But the meeting is about to begin. Your presence is requested.”

“Well, we can’t be rude then.” The Silver Jedi says before turning to Culson. “Lead the way, if you please.”

Culson nodded and everyone headed to the briefing room where they learned that the Twins have in mind risks including a dangerous individual into this.

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(Ultron’s Fortress….Berlin)

(Cue Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis OST - Lair of The Demon Sorcerer)

The video footage of the globe is replayed for Ultron and his cohorts as they watch with disturbing expression on their faces as they are witnessing their efforts slowly being undone.

Parts of the world are being purified and their populations being restored to pre-Apocalypse state before Malekith uses his powers to shut off the monitor. He was fuming but was not the only one who was feeling really angry right now.

“This isn’t part of our long term objectives…None of this is supposed to happen!” Ultron shouted as he slammed his metallic fist onto the arms of his throne before going further into it.

“Curse that Trickster for stealing the book from us before we could have completed the ritual!” Malekith growls as he paces back and forth while continuing his rant. “If we haven’t had to deal with the Prince of Asgard, we would have the world under our control right now!”

“Your rant is getting tiresome, Dark Elf.” Apocalypse shoots back and this almost leads to physical confrontation before a booming voice ends their confrontation.

“Enough!” Darkseid roared and once the pair had ceased their squabbling, the Lord of Apokolips clasped his hands behind his back and stated as he turned back towards something outside of their view. “Your squabbling is not helping our cause except for our enemies. It is apparent that they had already extracted the information from Loki before murdering him and still have retained the Nocturnal Necrominicron.” He glares at them with one eye and says. “I am very displeased by these setbacks. Very displeased.”

“But we have no way of knowing as to what Loki knows that may be of importance to these meddlers?” Kurse, Malekith’s right-hand man, declares. “We only have confirmation that Loki has been killed but nothing else after that.”

“All the more reason why we must accelerate our plans.” Darkseid says before giving his marching orders to them. “Begin preparations to ensure the complete subjugation of your universe.”

“But the virus should have done that already?” Malekith asks before Wesker drops a bombshell.

“No it didn’t.” Wesker reveals before explaining. “Our probes have not only confirmed that the bombs we have planted on key worlds hadn’t gone off at the time of the ritual’s commencement but Thor’s actions and eventual sacrifice had rendered them inoperable.”

“Meaning what?” 

“Meaning that the Prince of Asgard’s sacrifice had not only disrupted the spell but hurling that accursed hammer of his had destroyed the remote activation signal, effectively preventing the multiple detonations of the specialized Viral Bombs as a result.” Ultron answered as he mused darkly. “As a result, the universe is not overwhelmed by the virus as we had initially thought until I sent probes to verify any progress and received nothing negative from every last probe.”

He punched in a number of buttons and the image of one of the massive construction sites in the Ural Mountains of Russia is displayed as they can see massive starships being constructed, with many being assembled together. “So far, the completion of the Armada is proceeding way ahead of schedule and ought to be ready for lift off within 49 hours from now.”

“Excellent,” Darkseid says before finally turning around and asking. “And the armies that those ships are going to carry?”

Ultron then switches video footage to that of Master Mold, the Master of the Sentinels, already mass-produced hundreds of thousands of Sentinels already and many duplicates of him have doubled their efforts in other areas where Ultron has strong holdings at. “Well over 890,000 units have already been produced of the current Mk. 10 model. We have over tens of millions of the Mk. I-9 units being ready to be loaded on board the starships.”

“If we make the necessary preparations, we ought to have everything ready for the lift off before the deadline.” Another Dark Elf mentions.

Darkseid nodded and told them. “Proceed with the plans and order the Reavers to concentrate in pursuing one of the heroes who is reported to be their position. Find this person and the heroes will have to show up and then,” Darkseid says as his eyes glow. “Destroy them all.”

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(Briefing Room…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Dark Truths)

Everyone shows up as Shinji Ikari then informs them all. “As you all have been briefed, we are facing the threat of the Anti-Life Equation Virus and this is all the hand of Darkseid written all over it. However, the sacrifices of Black Widow, Thor and even Professor X had not been in vain as some of you would like to believe.” He turns to Doctor Bruce Banner, who is not only given proper rest and meals as well as fresh clothing. “Dr. Banner, if you and Dr. McCoy would please explain.”

Clearing his throat and activating a Holo-Projection of the Anti-Life Equation Virus strain model, he begins to explain. “As you can see for yourselves and read the detailed reports on what makes this truly terrifying by Shadow Wolf’s in depth knowledge of this, I and my colleagues have come to conclusion that this combination of science and magic is truly something unheard of before yet as we have seen, this virus is capable of turning its victims into first Zombies before evolved into Humanoid Sentinels or something more akin what Apocalypse is.”

Image of an alternative Earth, designated as DC-X1334, displays on what the original Anti-Life Equation Virus was shown many were sickened, especially Shinji didn’t want to view it since he saw the aftermath of it once before. “As this image shows, the original Anti-Life Equation Virus had not only ravaged this alternate world to the point that only a handful were able to escape before it was erased from existence.” Banner explains before returning to the model. “Here, it seems Darkseid has found a way of evolving the virus while fusing it with magic.”

“Hence why the book was so important to their plans.” Spoke one of Culson’s teammates as he understood the implications of the virus’ origins and a nod from Beast confirmed this.

“I’m afraid so.” Beast replied.

“But our analysis of Logan’s Healing Factor not only shows the strains of the Anti-Life Equation Virus being destroyed by it but a closer examination has revealed the source behind why we’re not infected by the virus.” Banner says before dropping a bombshell. “Thor’s essence is poured into us through a Pro-Life Equation Energy which he somehow made contact with upon the day he sacrificed himself.”

“You mean to tell us that -” Rogers says but it was Shadow Wolf who answered his question.

“It is revealed that the virus is curable and that it is possible the infected peoples across the globe can be returned to normal. This is the flaw of the Anti-Life Equation Virus since the original is a Techno-Organic virus and if the original virus can be curable, we believe that this virus can be curable by countering the dark sorcery with a Purification Ritual.”

Now that has got everyone’s attention.

“To perform this ritual,” Shinji announced as he revealed his idea. “We required a combination of Light, Dark & Chaos Magic in order to pull this off and undo the effects of the Anti-Life Equation. I believe that not only will this enhance the weaponized cure bombs but the energies we will unleash will reverse all those infected by this plague but return the Earth to normal while destroying the virus at its source.”

“So this is why you invited us here?” Katō says while glancing directly at the young Dark Lord. “To have us combine our powers into this ritual of yours and save this world?”

“And this doesn’t concern you at the very least, sorcerer?” Scorpion asked while keeping his personal weapon close by.

Katō  would love to say something but was denied when the Nightsister Mothers spoke instead as they rose up.

“We will aid you in this endeavor, Prince Ikari.” The First Nightsister Mother spoke first.

“Unlike Katō here, we see this threat as one which affects all of us from across the Multiverse.” The Second Nightsister Mother added.

“Yet to properly ensure the success of this endeavor,” the Third Nightsister Mother says while pointing to the lack of numbers in terms of Mystics. “I suggest we summon additional reinforcements in order to not only conduct the ritual but to strengthen our efforts since the more practitioners of the three sources we will need, the more likely that our gambit will pay off in the end.”

“Agreed.” Shadow Wolf says before stating. “If you will all excuse me, I need to make the preparations to summoning many numbers for the ritual in terms of Light -”

“We would like to aid in this ritual.” Luke says suddenly and everyone again is surprised by his quick response before he explains. “I believe that together with both Michael and F here, we would at least contribute to this ritual.”

“You’re willing to help us while knowing that none of you are practitioners of magic?” Asked the Martian Manhunter since he is aware that the Jedi of the Infinite Universe aren’t big fans of magic, a fact which led to tensions between them and the heroes.

“You need all the help for this ritual and if Skywalker is willing to help,” Michael answered. “So am I and F here. Isn’t that right…Shinji?”

Everyone notices Shinji had disappeared before Shadow Wolf nodded his head to Huntress, who then heads out of the room before Wanda seems troubled about something before being approached by Rogers.

“Is everything alright, Ms. Wanda?” Rogers asked.

“There is something you need to know about what had happened at Asgard and why Prince Ikari left the room…” Wanda says while sighing heavily. “It’s what Loki did that led to his execution..”

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(Secondary Command Bridge)

He sat in the darkness of the secondary command bridge, seated in the central command chair yet he folded his legs and arms close to him while doing what most people would scold him about.

Shedding his crimson tears.

“Kaa-san….Where are you..” Shinji whispers bitterly as he starts to cry until he hears a familiar voice.

“Shinji?”

Shinji turns to see his surrogate mother Huntress approaching, removing her facial mask as she sees his crimson tears before she places her hands on his shoulders. “Are you okay?”

“No…I-I’m not alright…” Shinji whispers as he glances at her, his eyes filled with emotional pain. “That bastard killed her…He killed his own surrogate mother for whatever he was promised and didn’t give a damn about what he had done.”

“Who?” Helena says before asking her surrogate son with a motherly tone. “Who is it that makes you -”

“Loki…He killed Lady Frigga…H-he let her be murdered by Malekith without a care in the world.” Shinji says but loses his voice as he trembles and is hugged by the heroine moments later.

The revelation was so heinous that even she, who has become a surrogate mother to this precious boy and his extensive siblings, couldn’t fathom the very idea of what Loki had done to someone who raised him as a son and yet this brings up painful memories for her Little Angel.

Mainly of the recent loss of Misaki Jurai Ikari, the 7th wife of Seto Phenex and whose death drove Shinji over the edge. Her death was the worst thing to ever happen to someone like Shinji but then Helena hears him saying.

“I’m afraid…”

“Afraid?” Helena asks him softly. “Of what?”

Shinji glances at her with tears still running down his cheeks. “Of losing you to those bastards…I have nightmares of what Camilla would do to you or any -”

He stops his sentence when Helena puts a finger on his lips before she begins to wipe his crimson tears away. As she touches his soaked cheeks, he closes his eyes as he always finds safety and warmth in her.

“Nothing is going to happen to me, Shinji.” Helena assures him as she finishes wiping his tears away. “I won’t let anyone drive us apart. Your surrogate father will be damned to ever let that happen.”

That led to chuckle being heard from Shinji and Helena laughs softly while unaware that their private time was silently being watched by the Masked Swordsman, who then quietly heads off moments later.

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(Briefing Room…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - War Council)

Everyone saw the satellite map of Russia and notices that Ultron has not only been a busy prick but what remains of Russia’s military forces are concentrated in the edges of Siberia where they have been planning for a final stand against the invaders as well as the Unliving creatures but are given a serious reprieve due to the zero cold temperatures of the region have stemmed both forces’ invasion easterwards.

“Ultron has not only set up massive Sentinel Assembly-like cities in these areas but we have confirmation that he has been constructing a vast invasion armada for the purpose of invading the rest of the universe.” Culson explains to everyone as they notice starships being constructed and assembled together.

“Looks like he intends to finish the conquest of the universe after all,” Rogers says before turning to the new heroine who had been absent when the apocalypse began: Carol Danvers. Culson had to bring her up to speed on what had been happening before she revealed the existence of the same kind of bombs that were detonated on Earth yet the strangest thing about these bombs is that none of them went off.

Her investigation confirms that when Thor disrupted  the ritual and destroyed the relay transmitter, it must have caused a massive crash in the automated self-detonation sequence. Yet it is only a matter of time before Ultron will arrive on these planets and reboot the system in order to carry out the universal apocalypse aspect of the ongoing crisis.

“So far, the Cithari are still leaderless ever since their failed invasion of Earth years ago and from my own estimations,” Carol says as she pointed out at a star map. “Loki was never able to make contact with them as you were led to believe.”

“Meaning that the earlier reports Fury had received were either bogus or..” Logan says before realizing the obvious. “Or they have no idea as to why the bombs didn’t detonate.”

“So what are our chances of taking out these ships before they could lift off into outer space?” Colossus asks.

“The probability of a successful global assault on these facilities is about 89% according to our own calculations.” Spoke the being known as the Vision, an android creation of Ultron who awoke with self-awareness but who had been using the chaos of the crisis to rescue as many surviving Asgardians, especially saving the injured Heroic Three once asked to by Thor prior to his death. He then points to a vast network of communications towers all across the world before explaining. “This is how Ultron is able to operate his legions and where both Apocalypse and Malekith are doing the same since I believe that they had overused their powers in performing the Ritual of The Unliving Curse which also triggers the Anti-Life Equation Virus.”

“So they’re vulnerable to a strike then?” Logan asks while seeing where this is building up towards.

“It also seems that of the three, Apocalypse is the weakest now since his confrontation with Xavier may have depleted his powers greatly.” Mystique pointed out to the immortal X-Man. “And then there is the fact that Jean Grey has not been seen since, especially not with Apocalypse.”

“Meaning that she must have lost control of the Dark Phoenix and if that is the case, then she is out for blood and Apocalypse is on the top of her ‘Kill The Villain’ List.” Dante added while folding his arms across his chest.

“We intend to attack these towers but the real goal is threefold.” T’Challa says before pointing out the plans to everyone. “The first primary objective is the destruction of those starships. We can’t allow Ultron to launch this armada or the troops he and his allies were building up for. Second objective is to cut off the Head of the Snake: Malekith and Apocalypse. Without these two, Ultron will be unable to control the Undead creatures and this is where we will concentrate our efforts in taking out the robot at his fortress in Berlin.”

“That is where we come in,” Bishop says before projecting the image of Ultron’s Fortress. “A strike team will not only infiltrate the fortress and plant powerful explosives at the central computer core which Ultron uses to control his legions. But the main goal is taking the metallic bastard out since as long as he functions, nobody is safe.”

“Yet all of this is buying time.” Rogers says to everyone.

“Time? Time for what exactly?” Gambit, the Cajun Mutant, asks since like Bishop, he had been off-world due to being recruited by Carol Danvers in order to investigate the bombs she had found.

“For the Purification Ritual to reach its apex.” Shadow Wolf declares to everyone. “We need to buy enough time for not only to ensure the success of the ritual but to keep the armies which ought to be planning their resumption of the apocalypse by making us the bait for them to pursue.”

“It’s a big gamble here,” Luke comments while understanding the plan from listening. 

“True but this plan depends on our success in these other missions.” Helena points out but then notices Izuku and Gohan’s concerned looks. “Is there something wrong?”

“We have our concerns about the ritual being sabotaged by one individual we all have grave misgivings about and whom we can’t let our guard down.” Izuku says and everyone realizes who he was referring to.

Katō Yasunori.

“That guy is going to be a problem.” Logan says as he glances at one of the monitors where the Dark Onmyoji was already plotting a betrayal of the Twins. “Since neither Shinji or his siblings have ever encountered this guy, this will be a vulnerable moment for them and one he would exploit.”

“Not if we have anything to say on that.” A firm voice says and all turns to see a mighty man showing up with armored men wielding staffs yet Logan notes that these people are from the same universe as everyone else he had seen.

“And you are?” Beast says.

“I am Magnus The Red, Primarch of the Thousand Sons and from an alternate universe in which I owe a great debt to the surrogate children of the Wolf. My sons and I have come to aid our sworn ally and his surrogate children in this critical hour of need.” Magnus declares while wielding great power. “Together, my friends, we shall vanquish this evil and restore this world to its natural state.”

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(Briefing Room…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Thor OST - Reclaiming One’s Birthright)

Michael Horvath, Lady F, Storm & Hulk arrives in a chamber where Shinji & his siblings were waiting for them while they notice a young woman also in the room as well.

She was Jane Foster, who was the love interest of Thor but now suffers not only the loss of Thor but terminal cancer before accepting the offer of immortality but there was a matter that needed to be resolved.

“We thank you all for coming.” Mikasa says before they notice a set of Hammers in front of them.

“I know this may sound rude but why have you brought us here?” Michael asks before Shinji opens his eyes and his eyes glow red.

“As you are probably informed by now, Thor is dead and his people have been scattered to corners right now. Their land has been ravaged and many of them have been slaughtered at the hands of those whom Loki had aligned with.” Shinji says before putting his hands together behind his back. “Their deaths must be avenged and thus why I asked you all here.”

The five of them then notice the Hammers before hearing Shinji’s explanation. “The last request from Thor is for me to ensure that these Hammers will have individuals worthy of being declared their masters. Each of you must now reach out and take the Hammer that calls to you the most.”

“And what will happen to us if we each choose one?” Hulk asks suddenly.

“You will become successors to Thor’s Legacy and avenge not only his death and those who died because of what Loki’s ‘allies’ have done but unleash fury on them for their crimes.” Shinji says before asking. “Is that the kind of answer you’re looking for?”

With that being said, all five began to take the Hammers which they can feel a strong connection to and the moment they did so, all went through a transformation. The transformation was so blinding that Shinji and his siblings have to put on their special sunglasses in order to cover their visions until when it finally dissipated, they all saw the end result.

Jane is the first to notice her terminal cancer is purged due to a certain bite on her neck prior to the arrival of the others yet as she glances at the mirror, she thought while noticing her hair color change. ‘I can live with this.’

Hulk was the next one to change as he became known as Nul, the Breaker of Worlds. His initial rage is tamed as he notices the change in his appearance and while he glances at his Hammer, he likes the idea of bashing the heads of those whom he holds responsible for the hell they have unleashed on his world.

Storm is the next one to now sports Asgardian attire and wielding the Hammer which not only increased her Mutant powers but it made her extremely dangerous now.

F of the Crimson Blade is the next one to transform but instead of being more like either Storm or Jane, her attire is more akin to a warrior. The fact that her Hammer has taken the forms of twin swords is strange but noticing she was sporting a mask-like helmet on made her quite exotic.

Michael Horvath’s attire is definitely the ultimate surprise. Not only does he sport battle armor resembling the Destroyer Armor but it is mostly resembling Thor’s look prior to being kicked out of Asgard by Odin.

“Wow…” Eren says in amazement.

“So these are the Heralds of Asgardian Vengeance then?” A voice says from behind them and they turn to see a figure showing up moments later.

Emperor Nobunaga li Britannia, the Dark Lord of the Netherworld Empire of the Infinite Universe, has arrived and his aura alone can be felt across the entire Helicarrier while he smirks.  “Greetings, Successors of the Mighty Thor. I am Nobunaga and together, we shall unleash our fury on those who have unleashed this cataclysm.”

Yes. the time for decision has passed.

The time for Vengeance has arrived.

THE END 

MARVEL ZOMBIES continues in Vol. 3 (ACT II): Operation PAYBACK

Chapter Text

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(PREVIOUSLY)

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(Briefing Room…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Thor OST - Reclaiming One’s Birthright)

Michael Horvath, Lady F, Storm & Hulk arrives in a chamber where Shinji & his siblings were waiting for them while they notice a young woman also in the room as well.

She was Jane Foster, who was the love interest of Thor but now suffers not only the loss of Thor but terminal cancer before accepting the offer of immortality but there was a matter that needed to be resolved.

“We thank you all for coming.” Mikasa says before they notice a set of Hammers in front of them.

“I know this may sound rude but why have you brought us here?” Michael asks before Shinji opens his eyes and his eyes glow red.

“As you are probably informed by now, Thor is dead and his people have been scattered to corners right now. Their land has been ravaged and many of them have been slaughtered at the hands of those whom Loki had aligned with.” Shinji says before putting his hands together behind his back. “Their deaths must be avenged and thus why I asked you all here.”

The five of them then notice the Hammers before hearing Shinji’s explanation. “The last request from Thor is for me to ensure that these Hammers will have individuals worthy of being declared their masters. Each of you must now reach out and take the Hammer that calls to you the most.”

“And what will happen to us if we each choose one?” Hulk asks suddenly.

“You will become successors to Thor’s Legacy and avenge not only his death and those who died because of what Loki’s ‘allies’ have done but unleash fury on them for their crimes.” Shinji says before asking. “Is that the kind of answer you’re looking for?”

With that being said, all five began to take the Hammers which they can feel a strong connection to and the moment they did so, all went through a transformation. The transformation was so blinding that Shinji and his siblings had to put on their special sunglasses in order to cover their visions until when it finally dissipated, they all saw the end result.

Jane is the first to notice her terminal cancer is purged due to a certain bite on her neck prior to the arrival of the others yet as she glances at the mirror, she thought while noticing her hair color change. ‘I can live with this.’

Hulk was the next one to change as he became known as Nul, the Breaker of Worlds. His initial rage is tamed as he notices the change in his appearance and while he glances at his Hammer, he likes the idea of bashing the heads of those whom he holds responsible for the hell they have unleashed on his world.

Storm is the next one to now sports Asgardian attire and wielding the Hammer which not only increased her Mutant powers but it made her extremely dangerous now.

F of the Crimson Blade is the next one to transform but instead of being more like either Storm or Jane, her attire is more akin to a warrior. The fact that her Hammer has taken the forms of twin swords is strange but noticing she was sporting a mask-like helmet on made her quite exotic.

Michael Horvath’s attire is definitely the ultimate surprise. Not only does he sport battle armor resembling the Destroyer Armor but it is mostly resembling Thor’s look prior to being kicked out of Asgard by Odin.

“Wow…” Eren says in amazement.

“So these are the Heralds of Asgardian Vengeance then?” A voice says from behind them and they turn to see a figure showing up moments later.

Emperor Nobunaga li Britannia, the Dark Lord of the Netherworld Empire of the Infinite Universe, has arrived and his aura alone can be felt across the entire Helicarrier while he smirks.  “Greetings, Successors of the Mighty Thor. I am Nobunaga and together, we shall unleash our fury on those who have unleashed this cataclysm.”

Yes. the time for decision has passed.

The time for Vengeance has arrived.

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(THE STORY BEGINS)

The aura of the Netherworld Emperor can be felt among these five Neo-Asgardians and all of them have mixed emotions. Especially for Michael and Lady F since they felt a chill but nowhere near the kind of coldness a Sith Lord can display through the Force. 

No, Nobunaga’s aura is akin to the Nocturnal Darkness where the light won’t shine for many hours yet at the same time, it saps those who are unfamiliar with it of their physical strength until they usually fall into a period of unexplained sleep. Yet all saw visions of Nobunaga’s activities and despite his appearance, he was no Joke!

It is said that if the evil Lord Frieza has an equal in terms of sheer raw power and ruthlessness, Nobunaga was his superior! Nobunaga is not only the Netherworld’s Frieza but is ruthless to the point that he would destroy anyone who would become his rivals. His power levels are never known but according to sources, it overshadows many tyrants besides Frieza yet Nobunaga improves on all of Frieza’s known attacks.

But it was his mastery of the Force that made Nobunaga truly terrifying. He is not only responsible for slaying the Sith Emperor Vitiate but upon absorbing the True Sith Emperor, ascends the throne and becomes the new Dark Lord while remodeling the True Sith into what his vision requires.

But Nobunaga is a charismatic ruler, often leading his legions into battle as a leader, he disregards his own well-being in order to fight alongside his soldiers and proves himself to be someone worth dying for. He has many traits of some of History’s greatest warriors and military leaders such as Alexander The Great, Napoleon Bonaparte and Genghis Khan.

“Hmm.” Nobunaga says while examining each of these Neo-Asgardians like they were works of sculpted art. “Definitely a big improvement in terms of appearance and each of you truly are living works of art if you have the time to examine the mirror.”

“Uh…Thanks.” Michael says before finally removing his helmet and examines it for himself. ‘Whoa…This is incredible.’

Lady F had the same expression as she glanced at her facial helmet-style mask while Nobunaga quietly moved past them until he stood in front of the Scions.

With him always is his faithful servant, Rikimaru Mori since he usually is paired with his brother Ranmaru, who is currently not with them. Nobunaga finally spoke. “Seems I have arrived in time, huh?”

“Yeah,” Shinji answered back while showing a sheepish grin.

“Nobu-kun,” Mikasa says to the Dark Lord. “You came alone?”

“Well -”

WHOOM!

Suddenly, there was a rumbling which rocked the Helicarrier and everyone turns to Nobunaga, who then admits. “I didn’t come alone…Better head back before the ones I have brought might decide to tear this vessel apart.”

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(Cue Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe OST - Uneasy Alliance Forged)

The atmosphere is thick with tension.

Everyone was surprised by the arrival of more reinforcements except for Wong, one of them is definitely not a friend as his concerns are shared by the heroes of the Infinite Earth.

“I don’t believe this,” Flash exclaims while glancing at the person whom Wong was ready for immediate battle. “What are you doing here?”

The powerful ruler of the Dark Dimension, Dormammu, scoffs. “Really? Is this how you act towards an ally, a foolish Speedster?”

“What?!” The Flash gasped before seeing another individual showing up besides Dormammu.

“Your hearing isn't gone,” Talla, the former apprentice of Felix Faust, says while placing her fists onto her hips. “We came to assist the Scions in performing this ritual.”

“All the more reason why we must put aside our personal issues with each other in order to save this world.” Raiden, the Protector of Earth and Thunder God, tells the Flash as he appears moments later before hearing approaching footsteps.

Everyone notices the new appearances of Hulk, Lady F, Michael Horvath, Storm & Jane Foster as they show up in their Neo-Asgardian forms.

‘Someone has been taking their Vitamins a lot.’ Logan thought before finding Ghost Rider lighting a finger for him to light up his cigar. “Thanks.”

“You’re welcome.” Ghost Rider replies while glancing at Storm and Jane before remarking. “They look good in their new attire.”

“I can agree with that.” Dante says and Ed, who was drooling subconsciously, nodded as well.

“The Threads of Fate have brought all practitioners of three principle energies together, Great Mothers of the Nightsisters.” Doctor Fate says to the three Witches. “This is truly the will of the Heavens.”

“Indeed, Voice of The Lords of Fate.” The First Great Mother replies softly as they notice Raiden was discussing matters with Nobunaga about something.

“Inviting Katō Yasunori is a dangerous thing to do on the part of young Ikari, Nobunaga.” Raiden remarks while folding his arms across his chest. “His presence might jeopardize this gamble.”

“I am aware that his presence presents such a risk,” Nobunaga shot back softly while gesturing with his left hand while stating. “That is why you and the others were summoned here. Insurance against Katō while performing the Purification Ritual while also removing the source of this problem directly.”

The comment alone made Raiden glance at the Dark Lord before realizing what Nobunaga had in mind. “You intend to inflict harm on Darkseid?”

“Even if we succeed in reversing the Anti-Life Equation Virus, Darkseid will try a second attempt at another universe and given the fact that he was one half of what made up Dark Kahn, surely you and the Man of Steel would understand as to what Shinji-kun and I have concluded on eliminating the root of this problem.”

Raiden was silent as he realized Nobunaga had gotten him on that subject of all things.

The Dark Kahn Incident was one of Raiden and Superman’s own doing since the moment they each defeated the halves which made the fusion monster was a sin which both had to live with for as long as either can remember.

Their actions are what triggered the Kombat Rage Plague in their Infinite Universe while also almost leading to the catastrophic merger of Outworld, Apokolips & Earth, which would have resulted in the complete destruction of the Infinite Universe.

Although the crisis had ended with Dark Kahn destroyed and the merger being unraveled, the incident is a painful reminder for both Raiden and Superman since despite their noble intentions, their actions had unforeseen consequences which nearly cost them everything.

Finally, Raiden nodded his head and stated, “I concede to your views. Destroying the source of this infestation is important but I believe this plague and Katō are not the only ones to be concerned about?”

“Ultron is planning on invading the universe in order to trigger the bombs which remain dormant across numerous worlds.”  Rogers says to them before showing renewed determination in his eyes. “We must prevent them from carrying out their plans.”

“Indeed,” Nobunaga says before turning to Rikamaru. “Assemble the generals. It is time for these fools to know the full horror of Netherworld Warfare.”

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(Cue Children of Dune OST - Jihad)

The Call To Arms is issued.

Once receiving the signal, what remained of Earth’s military forces began preparing themselves for the long-awaited counterattack against their true enemy and with lightning efficiency, the response was lighting up the switch boards like a Christmas Tree.

In the Pacific, the American Pacific Fleet, which had survived the horrors of the initial chaos of the Anti-Life Equation Plague, was now fully ready to do their part for the upcoming counteroffensive. Entire Carrier Strike Groups are already on the move, linking up with Allied forces of Australia, Taiwan, India, Japan, the Republic of South Korea and Vietnamese forces while awaiting for the Battle Strategy.

Japan, being lucky not to be infected by the plague due to the actions of the Scions and Wanda, has not only persuaded her allies to rally around its banners but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, once informed of the latest developments and taking the appearance of these new heroes as a sign from the Heavens, announces that the time for Divine Retribution is approaching.

Despite the loss of a majority of  their ruling Communist Party and powerbase when Beijing fell, the bulk of the Chinese Military remains intact and given the situation they’re facing, ideologies are cast aside for unity against a common enemy and are mobilizing themselves and their stocks of ammunition for the coming offensive. 

As with Wakanda, the nation of India is still alive once confirmation had reached SHIELD that despite the fall of New Delhi, the Indian Government had taken the precaution to flee to another city and thus is able to reorganize itself before agreeing to commence joint operations with their Chinese neighbors. Differences between their nations are no longer what matters to either of them anymore.

Saving the world and their peoples are more important to them now.

The Aussies have not been silent as many assume they were during the initial phases of the plague. No, the armed forces of Australia has not only steps up their efforts to work with over Pacific allies that remains unaffected by the Plague but once Captain America informs their leaders of a planned counteroffensive, Australia immediate becomes the largest aircraft carrier as Allied forces began preparations for a major offensive which they know is going to take place in key regions and the Pacific is going to be one of those important regions.

The same can be said for those in Europe.

The British Military has not only been expanded given the gravity of the threat which the world now faces but they are joined by the remnants of NATO which had also survived the initial chaos of the plague.

While much of Europe is under Ultron & Malekith’s control, the majority of NATO’s forces have not only reclaimed much of Southern France and the Channel ports but they too are being reorganized for the coming counteroffensive while ensuring the Undead don’t move towards their frontlines. 

Yet for reasons that remain to be fully explained, there has been any new activities from the said creatures until in a major summit of world leaders, the explanation became something of a huge revelation.

Another thing they soon learn is that the Anti-Life Equation Virus, which had been the ‘power source’ of the Undead Creatures up to the Siege of Fort Apache, has been utterly weakened to the point that pockets of Humanity have not only made contact with these forces but soon reform themselves into resistance cells while all eyes are on the Factories which Sentinel robots and Ultron Drones are being manufactured.

This is where New Republic Special Forces and the most elite of teams play a critical role in the recon missions that followed.

Clone Commandos from the Infinite Universe, once given an explanation about their sudden reassignment from the ongoing Clone Wars by Shadow Wolf, not only worked with Earth’s own special forces but have done an incredible job in observing the activities of the enemy while analyzing ways to combat the Undead creatures that are still within either Apocalypse or Malekith’s control.

As they infiltrate deep into enemy territories, a pattern is starting to emerge in terms on how to deal with the Undead creatures. Due to their own past experience in handling Undead-types on Geonosis and other Separatist worlds, Clone Commandos which Michael & F are part of these missions before being joined by Logan, Ghost Rider and Dante have noticed that these creatures don’t give off any heat signatures at all but then notes how Prime Sentinels have a blue-orange color when being scanned from a distance.

This kind of intel was immediately relayed back to the Judgment of Fate and other major Free Allied Capitals where the various High Commands began to make plans for a major series of war councils on tactics and strategies to handle both threats.

In those said briefings, the data is not only analyzed but once everyone are given prepared detailed pamphlets which various ideas are discussed on how to handle both threats while ensuring their side won’t suffer losses like they had in the past, effective simulation training is organized and within a short time, Allied Special Forces and regular military forces are properly trained on how to combat not just the Prime Sentinels but also neutralize the Undead creatures.

Meanwhile, events elsewhere were keeping Darkseid busy to aid his allies.

In the Infinite Universe, the actions of Darkseid has reached the ears of Highfather, Lord of New Genesis and who is so strong that for a long time, he has kept Darkseid in checked while dealing with the machinations of the Dark Gods of the Webway as well as those in the Netherworld who have aligned with such forces of Chaos.

While the New Gods of New Genesis and the Netherworld have maintained peaceful relations while assisting each other in the past, the ongoing naked ambitions of Darkseid have gone far enough for Highfather’s taste and thus informs his son Orion that it is time to put an end to Darkseid’s ambitions and officially declares war against Apokolips.

This turn of events definitely catches Darkseid completely by surprise since he wasn’t expecting Highfather to willingly go to war with him but this comes at the worse timing: as fate would have, Darkseid was attacked by another tyrant who has a bone to pick with the Lord of Apokolips.

Thanos, the rogue Eternal immortal and notorious foe of all life in the Infinite Universe, has long been at odds with Darkseid due to his continuing interference with his goals and a recent showdown they had - with Deadpool having recorded for Shinji to see a video copy of it - finally drove Thanos into launching an invasion into territories controlled by Darkseid.

These events were not only unexpected but had the desired effect of keeping Darkseid busy while events back in the other front were about to witness the endgame of his and Lady Hela’s scheme.

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(Briefing Room…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Dark Truths)

Everyone shows up as Nobunaga li Britannia addresses everyone. “For the time when we have issued the Call to Arms, we have been patiently waiting for the right moment to strike and have taken the time to rehearse our roles for Operation Payback. Now,” Nobunaga says before declaring. “The time has come for our counteroffensive to commence.” He then turned to the others and nodded. “If you would be so kind as to brief them.”

Shinji activates a large hologram of the world before beginning the briefing. “As all of you have been well informed, Operation Payback calls for multiple assaults on key strategic fronts in every theater of operations.” He then points out to the blue dots and continues to say. “With the weakening of the Anti-Life Equation Virus, now is the time to strike. Now is the time to take the fight right at the heart of the enemy, who are concentrated heavily in Central Asia, Central & North West Africa, South America’s west and southern regions, the vastness of Russia, parts of Eastern Europe and Central Europe where Ultron has established his power base.”

“Given the size of these massive factories across the former republic that once formed the Soviet Union,” Nikolai Kravonich of the Russian Provisional Government says to other world leaders while leaning forward from his seat. “It will be impossible to take them all out at once if this insane robot’s legions come online if we are to pursue a ground assault.”

Jamal Singh, Prime Minister of India and who is also present, nodded his head while his fellow world leaders were either listening to Kravonich’s words or still reviewing the detailed pamphlet which was prepared for them in their own languages.

Kravonich then turns to their host and asks, “Comrade Marshal, do you have a solution in regards to the robotic legions?”

“We have a very simple solution,” Takuto Ikari says before smirking. “A Computer Virus-type Nuke.”

“A what?” the President of Greece spoke while removing his glasses and everyone was now confused.

(Cue Star Wars: Return of The Jedi - Extended Edition OST (Disc 1) - Alliance Briefing)

“Please, allow me to explain the concept of my cousins’ words.” Ruri Hoshino, resident computer hacker aboard The Guardian , says before using her abilities with interfacing with computer systems to project a model of what the Twins have in mind.

“How does she do that?” Beast asks openly in amazement.

“I believe she is genetically enhanced with cybernetic implants of sorts, Mr. McCoy.” The Vision states as world leaders saw in stunned amazement as she is able to not only control the computer systems to project what her cousins are thinking but shows another project of the world but features to the vast web-like network which Ultron has weaponized for his own nefarious ends.

Everyone turns to see the image of a digital program which looks like any of their current nuclear warhead designs before Ruri clears her throat and states. “According to my calculations, there is a 99.9999% that despite the vast numbers Ultron has, his Network system has not evolved to the point of being hacked and our internal infiltration of the Web-like Network has revealed the common flaw in the whole umbrella.” Ruri says before pointing to a red dot in the center of the network. “Its central heart is not shielded from an EMP attack.”

The delegations were all nodding their heads, especially the Japanese since they understood what Ruri was explaining thus far.

Lt. General Akira Furukuda, top officer in the Japanese SDF High Command, raises his arm and asks. “Lord Marshal, I have a question which I’m sure everyone here is going to ask.”

“And that is? Mikasa asks.

“If the red dot is the heart of the Network, what will be the guarantee that Ultron won’t detect this weakness and would try to conceal it before we could have the opportunity to unplug that heart?” Furukuda asks.

“We have taken this worst case scenario into full account and this is where the Vision comes into play.” Takuto says before nodding a head to the Avenger Android. “Due to his unique gifts and abilities, the Vision will infiltrate the Central Core of the Network undetected and hack the system to the point that he will blind Ultron to what is going to happen.”

The image now shows that of the globe in which numerous colored lines can be seen before Shadow Wolf explains. “Once the Vision has disabled the Early Alarm System which protects both the Factories and the Communications Towers, every bomber and fighter groups are to commence bombing runnings on the Towers and airfields, using EMP-equipped weaponry while conventional bombs and missiles are also authorized to support ground forces in their primary objectives of seizing the designation staging areas where Ultron’s Armada was being assembled.”

Dots of targeted areas are displayed before the military officers before Shadow Wolf continues. “Close Ground and Air support is vital if the success of this operation is to be guaranteed. Once the initial attack commences, all Allied Boomers are to be at their assigned positions and launch their EMP-equipped missiles at the assigned targets. Wolf Pack Tactics is authorized and I expect all submarine group commanders to work closely together.”

Finally, Francios Caville, newly elected President of France, asks a question. “I know this may not be an easy question to ask given our experience at the start of this nightmare…What about the Undead? Even as you state that they aren’t active due to what is happening, I’m concerned that they would become active again once we have commenced this global offensive. What do you intend to do about them?”

Everyone exchanged glances to that question but Nobunaga was prepared for that while motioning for Dr. Banner stood next to him before turning to the assembly. “We have developed a Counter-Viral weapon which will reverse the process which turned many into Undead creatures.”

“A Counter-Viral weapon?” Kravonich asks while everyone present, including those of the Nuclear Powers Club, were surprised as their translators and delegates were exchanging glances with each other on the implications of this revelation.

They all saw the blood samples being fused with the DCeased Virus and upon contact, the strains of the Virus are immediately overwhelmed and destroyed by the healing factor which has long been fused into Logan’s DNA.

“As you all can see, it is confirmed that Logan’s Healing factor - which is fused with genetic engineering as Mr. McCoy and Logan had informed us about the Weapon X Program - seems to have been designed to not only confront strains identical to the current virus but destroy them down to their molecular structure.” Banner explains and switches to the DNA Coding model for all to see. “After conducting tests on captured Undead creatures and using them to conduct our tests, the results concluded that our Counter-Viral weapon is 99.98% effective in reversing the virus.”

“Dr. McCoy, if you would be so kind.”

Shinji moves to the sidelines as Beast, wearing a business suit and expensive reading glasses, takes center stage while pressing a button to the holographic schematics of a type weapon which will contain the Counter-Viral weapon. “Dr. Banner and our scientists have created a vaccine from Logan's blood to cure the infected, the fighter jets and submarines will fire their EMP-equipped missiles into the area Ultron is in and the 5 worthy will handle Ultron."

"What do you think of this plan, do you either agree or disagree?" Director Phil Culson asks the assembly while Shadow Wolf exchanges glances with Huntress and others as the world leaders discuss the pros and cons of this strategy.

President Samuel Donaldson, the newly elected President of the United States, rose up from his seat and then tells his colleague. “My friends…I must remind all of you that to delay now and revert to the old ways of political infighting and selfish interests had left us ill-prepared when Ultron and his cohorts unleashed this created apocalypse upon us. The time for such foolishness is over. All must now vote to agree or disagree with this strategy.”

Everyone then raised their right hands and that alone made their decision loud, and clear.

They agree with this Battle Strategy, no argument or dissent from anyone present.

“Before we give the official name to this plan,” Prime Minister Singh asks from his seat. “How do we catch that metallic freak off guard and end his reign before he could have a chance to strike back at us?”

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Captain America’s Broadcast To SHIELD Personnel)

It was now Captain America’s turn to provide the essential part of the plan before showing them a detailed holographic map of Berlin before pointing to where Ultron’s Fortress is located. “Me, Vision and my squad will go to Berlin which will distract Ultron which will cause him to think we are attacking Berlin but won't expect an EMP blast."

“At the same time,” Huntress says as she points to the other key target outside of Cairo to an imposing Black Pyramid where they saw video footage of Apocalypse performing some kind of sermon to those who are now enslaved to his dark will. “A second strike team led by Logan will attack Apocalypse while planting signals for a nuclear strike on his Pyramid.”

Kravonich looked stunned at the suggestion. “A nuclear strike on this Pyramid? You actually want to use a live nuke?”

“That Pyramid is not an actual structure, Comrade Kravonich.” The Masked Swordsman states before showing them the true image of the Black Pyramid. “It is a starship and we will be launching this thing into space long enough for all you to fire a volley right into this thing and send him back to the depths of Hell where he came from.”

"Where's 007?" The Prime Minister of England, John Halsworth, asks an aide even while noticing the North Korean delegation were asking questions on how exactly they are going to launch Apocalypse into outer space.

“I haven’t been able to locate his current position, sir.” The aide admitted.

“Sorry I’m late, Mr. Prime Minister.” James Bond says as he enters the room, well dressed and escorted by a pair of armored soldiers. Everyone notices his arrival before he stands in front and states. “Lord Marshal.”

“We were starting to wonder if you were going to show up at all, Mr. Bond.” Shinji says before getting down to business. “You found something of importance?”

“I did and you’re not going to like it.” Bond says before downloading the intel into a terminal which Ruri was processing it from her own terminal before the latest image reveals what he had found.

The image is that of Magneto, restored to his prime appearance but the look alone tells everyone that Apocalypse has reformatted the Master of Magnetism into something much worse.

“This image had taken place about 24 hours earlier during the usual Mass which Apocalypse was holding in front of his Pyramid,” Bond reported before explaining further. “I can get a shot at him with a wooden gun that has the cure."

“If we delay for even a day, we will lose the window of opportunity of saving our world.” An Italian delegate says before Nobunaga silences everyone.

“We will not delay!” Nobunaga says in a booming voice that everyone stops, showing a commanding authority before continuing. “I hereby declare that as of this moment, we shall commence Operation Payback now.”

All the military personnel roars in excitement.

(Cue Dynasty Warriors 7 OST - Wei Story Ending: To The New Era/Wolfish Eyes)

Nobunaga turns towards the images of Ultron’s Fortress in Berlin & Apocalypse’s Black Pyramid outside of Cairo before knowing that Malekith was at Asgard, possibly planning to find a way to retrieve the book from the Scions.

A smirk mentally appears on his face and his left eye turns into the mark of the Geass while he will ensure that none of them or Darksied will interfere with his own long term objectives ever again.

This he will personally oversee.

TO BE CONTINUED….

The Story Continues In Operation Payback (Pt. 2)

Chapter Text

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(PREVIOUSLY)

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(Briefing Room…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Captain America’s Broadcast To SHIELD Personnel)

It was now Captain America’s turn to provide the essential part of the plan before showing them a detailed holographic map of Berlin before pointing to where Ultron’s Fortress is located. “Me, Vision and my squad will go to Berlin which will distract Ultron which will cause him to think we are attacking Berlin but won't expect an EMP blast."

“At the same time,” Huntress says as she points to the other key target outside of Cairo to an imposing Black Pyramid where they saw video footage of Apocalypse performing some kind of sermon to those who are now enslaved to his dark will. “A second strike team led by Logan will attack Apocalypse while planting signals for a nuclear strike on his Pyramid.”

Kravonich looked stunned at the suggestion. “A nuclear strike on this Pyramid? You actually want to use a live nuke?”

“That Pyramid is not an actual structure, Comrade Kravonich.” The Masked Swordsman states before showing them the true image of the Black Pyramid. “It is a starship and we will be launching this thing into space long enough for all you to fire a volley right into this thing and send him back to the depths of Hell where he came from.”

"Where's 007?" The Prime Minister of England, John Halsworth, asks an aide even while noticing the North Korean delegation were asking questions on how exactly they are going to launch Apocalypse into outer space.

“I haven’t been able to locate his current position, sir.” The aide admitted.

“Sorry I’m late, Mr. Prime Minister.” James Bond says as he enters the room, well dressed and escorted by a pair of armored soldiers. Everyone notices his arrival before he stands in front and states. “Lord Marshal.”

“We were starting to wonder if you were going to show up at all, Mr. Bond.” Shinji says before getting down to business. “You found something of importance?”

“I did and you’re not going to like it.” Bond says before downloading the intel into a terminal which Ruri was processing it from her own terminal before the latest image reveals what he had found.

The image is that of Magneto, restored to his prime appearance but the look alone tells everyone that Apocalypse has reformatted the Master of Magnetism into something much worse.

“This image had taken place about 24 hours earlier during the usual Mass which Apocalypse was holding in front of his Pyramid,” Bond reported before explaining further. “I can get a shot at him with a wooden gun that has the cure."

“If we delay for even a day, we will lose the window of opportunity of saving our world.” An Italian delegate says before Nobunaga silences everyone.

“We will not delay!” Nobunaga says in a booming voice that everyone stops, showing a commanding authority before continuing. “I hereby declare that as of this moment, we shall commence Operation Payback now.”

All the military personnel roars in excitement.

(Cue Dynasty Warriors 7 OST - Wei Story Ending: To The New Era/Wolfish Eyes)

Nobunaga turns towards the images of Ultron’s Fortress in Berlin & Apocalypse’s Black Pyramid outside of Cairo before knowing that Malekith was at Asgard, possibly planning to find a way to retrieve the book from the Scions.

A smirk mentally appears on his face and his left eye turns into the mark of the Geass while he will ensure that none of them or Darksied will interfere with his own long term objectives ever again.

This he will personally oversee.

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(THE STORY BEGINS)

The Order is given to all Allied forces across the globe: Operation Payback is a GO!

All forces are given their assigned theater of operations which the primary goal is to divert Ultron’s attention from the crucial strikes at both the Web Network as well as taking out the principle individuals involved.

The heroes are divided in key teams and are given the following mission directives:

Group Blue: Captain America, Batman (Bruce Wayne), the Vision, Doom Slayer, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy, The Atom, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Dante, Green Lantern (John Steward), Megaman, Shadow Wolf, Masked Swordsman, Wasp (Hope Van Dyne) & The Worthy Group.

This group’s task is to infiltrate Ultron’s Fortress/Castle in Berlin, neutralize the Central Master Computer Core which controls both the Ultron Drones & Sentinel Factories but also all of the SHIELD Mega-Helicarriers which Alexander Pierce was working on until he was eliminated by Ultron at the start of the Apocalypse. Yet the other primary goal is the elimination of Ultron himself.

The European Theater will be handled by two of the Reborn Scions & three of their cousins, which they would commence an encirclement of Central Europe until they converge on Ultron’s Fortress in Berlin much in the same manner as the Soviet Red Army had at the close of World War II.

Group Red: Logan, 007, Gambit, Sabretooth, Captain Atom, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Luke Cage, Iron Fist, War Machine, Bishop, Colossus, Mirai Trunks, Gohan, All Might, Goku, Piccolo, Endeavor, Ghost Rider, Zero, Megaman X, and the Guardians of the Galaxy team.

This group’s task is to infiltrate Cairo, neutralize the inner machinery and send the Black Pyramid into orbit where a combined nuclear strike will finish it off. Yet the other primary goal is the elimination of Apocalypse and his followers as well as curing Magneto and any Mutant that Apocalypse had transformed into his slaved warriors.

The African/Middle Eastern Theaters will be handled by another pair of the Reborn Scions & six of their cousins, which they would commence an offensive against Ultron-controlled areas as well as disrupt any communications the robot may have with the immortal Mutant..

The Americas, Pacific & Asian Theaters were to be handled directly under the command of Nobunaga's Grand Marshals yet all these offensive operations have a single purpose: divert the attention of the enemy away from the true objective of Operation Payback: the Purification Ritual.

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(Ritual Chamber: Location - CLASSIFIED )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Dark Truths)

The Chamber’s preparations were completed.

Because nobody outside of those who had attended the briefing room are aware of the crucial part of Operation Payback’s true objectives. The chamber was located outside of real space and one which Nobunaga has decided to use now.

Numerous robed Priests of the Order of The Celestial Magi have not only begun lighting up the rows upon rows of numerous colored candles but everything for the Ritual have been carried out according to the instructions of the Great Mothers, Doctor Fate and his own Dark Mages, who were finishing up the last touches to the preparations of the ritual.

Nobunaga closed his eyes before reopening them as he began to see an astral projection of Asgard, observing as to what Malekith was up to right now.

So far, the Dark Elves who followed Malekith were keeping themselves busy by forging weapons, breaking into the vaults and even increasing their numbers through Blood Sacrifices in order to restore their fallen comrades back to life. 

‘Disgusting creatures. You’ll all be just reviled as those who serve the Ruinous Powers of Chaos.’ Nobunaga thought before turning his gaze from this to what he needed to know until he found it.

Yggdrasil, or the World Tree, remains untouched by dark sorcery as Thor’s life essence has ensured this would be kept safe. The Dark Lord can see the most powerful Dark Elf Mages trying in vain to break through the Spiritual Barrier which protects the Yggdrasil but to no avail.

(Cue Masters of The Universe OST (Disc 1) - Skeletor’s Command/Summon The Mercenaries)

The Dark Lord then arrives in astral form to the former Asgardian Golden Throne where he overhears a conversation in progress.

“Arggh, curse that Thunderer!” Malekith shouts in frustration before tossing an empty golden goblet across the throne before it was picked up by his loyal right-hand man Kurse. Malekith notices him and relaxes a bit before asking. “Come closer, Kurse. What news do you bring me?”

“Sire, I have interesting news.” Kurse says as he not only returns the goblet to his master but then pours him a fresh drink. “I have found a way to access other worlds beyond this one through the Bifrost Bridge.”

That got Malekith’s interest as he almost dropped his cup upon hearing this. “Is this true?”

“Yes and according to our mages,” Kurse says with confidence. “We will be able to move our legions to other worlds as we would so desire.” 

That also got Nobunaga’s attention and muses darkly at the implications to this revelation.

The Bifrost Bridge, commonly referred to as the Bifrost, is a dimensional energy which allows instantaneous travel within the Nine Realms. It was used primarily by the Asgardians, who were able to use a Rainbow Bridge to harness the energy and access the Bifrost in order to travel to and protect those realms. The Bifrost was also able to be called upon using dark magic and was also imbued into Stormbreaker, allowing its wielder to access the bridge at any time. The immense dimensional energy, given enough concentration, could also be used to destroy planets. Whenever it is used, it leaves a pattern-like marking.

For a time, it was impossible for the Dark Elves to fully master how to operate the Bifrost Bridge…Until now.

“How many troops do we have currently?” Malekith asks suddenly.

“20,000 per legion and we have about 12 legions already,” Kurse says before remembering something. “We have six more down on Midgard right now to handle the Unliving creatures in order to guard both the Armada’s assembling areas and those massive factories for the Sentinels.”

“I think it’s time for us to expand our growing kingdom to other worlds,” Malekith before glancing back at his henchman. “Here is what -”

Nobunaga breaks concentration when someone is calling his name and turns to find Doctor Fate glancing at him. “Yes?”

“The preparations are all complete, Nobunaga.” Doctor Fate says while adding. “It’s time.”

“Yes,” Nobunaga stated as they walked back to the chamber. “Time to unleash the powers of this Purification Ritual on this world and deliver a blow to that thick-headed brute of a so-called New God.”

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(Black Pyramid - Egypt)

Apocalypse glances at the rising sun while knowing that the time is drawing near for him to rejuvenate himself and restore his godlike powers once more. He then glances at the sleeping form of the X-heroine known as Rogue while remembering the event where he made a shocking decision: 

Making her his mate!

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(Flashback - Shortly After The Events of Hell Riders )

(Cue The Mummy (1997) OST - The Enslaved Army of Imhotep)

After escaping the horde of Undead Creatures and mercenaries of the Reavers group, the X-Men and their rescuers head to retrieve Magneto, even though Dante would have preferred them going without rescuing him! Unfortunately, he got overruled by Trish and Lady on this decision before they eventually found Magneto and the members of his Brotherhood.

But the bad news was….So did Apocalypse, who not only appears out of nowhere but soon demonstrates why he is who he is to them in a display of raw power.

Wolverine snarled at the man looming over the X-Men. Leaning over without taking his eyes from Apocalypse, he checked Rogue's breathing and pulse quickly, releasing a sigh of relief when he found a weak but steady rhythm against his gloved fingers.

Snarling, the Canadian unsheathed his claws and lunged at Apocalypse. The rage was rapidly surging through his veins, and he wanted nothing more than to rip the mutant's throat out for hurting his Stripes.

Halfway en route to the man's jugular however, Logan suddenly found himself gripped in the air and held up by an invisible force. He growled viciously at the mutant holding him there and locked the mega-mutant in a death stare. His furious glare was cut short, however, when he was shot up the short stairwell and straight into Blob and Dante.

The X-Men watched from the top of the stairs, stunned as the man grinned at Wolverine's fury and subsequent crash. A soft moan was heard from below Apocalypse's hovering feet and the three teams gazed down at Rogue's semi-unconscious form.

The power hungry mutant began to reach down to collect Rogue when Ghost Rider belted out to the teams. "Stop him now! He can't get to Rogue!"

The three collective teams rushed down the stairs simultaneously. Those with close range powers sprinted downward, intending to take the fight up close, while Ghost Rider, Trish, Pyro, Jean, Iceman, Magneto, and Xavier all used their powers simultaneously from above the others.

Ghost Rider was the first to fire an attack against the Apocalypse, but his Hellfire never connected. Apocalypse halted the ray mid-shot with his newly gained telekinesis and then in retaliation emitted his own optic blast - he had absorbed part of Cyclops’ powers before letting the Unliving devoured the X-Man, knocking the Spirit of Vengeance across the stone floor and into a wall.

With a nervous glance towards Scott, Iceman - followed by Pyro - charged forward. Bobby iced up, ejecting a beam of frozen water from his arms as Pyro rocketed up his portable flamethrowers.

The two mutants shot off their opposing elements within rapid succession of each other. As they did though, Apocalypse countered Bobby's icy blasts with his own, and used Pyro's fire manipulation to chase off the rest of the approaching mutants.

Shadowcat was caught off guard by the flames, and barely managed to phase through them. She gasped in pain, however, as her left arm seared from the heat. She looked down to see the left sleeve and shoulder of her uniform melted away and the skin underneath badly burned and blistering.

Gritting her teeth against the pain, she charged forward regardless of her condition. Rogue was her closest friend, and the brainy valley girl was not about to leave her in the clutches of a mad man.

Nightcrawler had also narrowly avoided the hungry flames before he ported away from danger. With a characteristic 'bamf' he reached his self-proclaimed sister's side instantaneously. As he reached down to retrieve her though, spikes shot out from above him, intercepting the furry blue mutant.

Kurt looked up quickly, "what?" but he was thrown away from Rogue and straight into Kitty, who was also attempting to rescue the gothic mutant. Shadowcat was unable to phase quickly enough, being somewhat distracted from her burns, and the two mutants barreled into Hank with the force of a small cannon. The three X-Men were deposited up the stairs along with the heap of other unconscious bodies.

Magneto used his powers of Magnetism to hurtle various metallic objects left and right towards Apocalypse. The more powerful mutant merely cackled as he was barraged with exploding cards, metal bars, and telekinetic blasts.

He stopped laughing maniacally however, when Xavier used his telepathy to try and subdue the madman.

"I grow tired of this." He stated simply, and with a wave of his hand swept all of the mutants up and into the main hall.

The teams recovered quickly enough, but Apocalypse hindered them further by using Avalanche's powers to shake them off their feet. Before they could get up again, he used Xavier's powers to emit a physic blast to all who remained conscious.

Various groans and screams were heard as the mutants fell into darkness one by one.

However, Apocalypse nearly falls onto his knees while glancing at his trembling hands before gritting his teeth. He had  used too much of his powers already to perform the Ritual of the Unliving at Asgard and killing the Prince of Asgard was so exhausting that he hadn’t completely recovered from the deed at all.

The only mutant who seemed only slightly affected by the surge however, was a certain white-haired Half-Demon Son of Sparda. Dante quickly sighed in relief, confused, yet thankful that his mental shields had protected him whilst the others (including Xavier) lay unconscious.

Apocalypse, certain that all the mutants had been neutralized, reached down for a now fully unconscious Rogue and cradled her in his arms. Using the telekinesis, he levitated up the stairs and towards a small ship he had mentally summoned from his Pyramid.

As they reached the top landing though, he stumbled and fell from the air as the last ounce of his acquired telekinetic powers drained from him. Purple-colored Blood seeps from his lips as he mutters openly. “Curse that Asgardian. Curse him and his equally accursed Hammer.”

Mesmero quickly rushed up to his master and aided him along.

"Get on the ship, my lord." Mesmero prompted. "It will take us away from here where they will not find us."

With that, Mesmero lifted Rogue away from Apocalypse and placed her over his shoulder, using his other arm to support his weakening master…Unaware that there was a storaway aboard the ship that veers off towards the Black Pyramid.

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(Flashback Ends)

(Cue The Return of Godzilla OST - Nuclear SOS)

‘Now, it is time to rejuvenate myself and make this woman as my -’ Apocalypse thought but the moment he turns around to see the sleeping form of Rogue, he finds the tube empty and the person in question is missing. “What?”

Storming up to glance around, he turns to a nearby computer but then hears footsteps. “Who's there?!”

“Sorry but your plans are about to be terminated, you Goddamn bastard.” A voice says in a cruel, evil manner before emerging out of the shadows.

“How did you get in here without tripping the alarms? ” Apocalypse asked before growling. “Answer me! Who are you!”

“My name, as you will take it to the depths of Hell, is Jin Phenex. And what I desire,” Jin says as he unsheathes his Muramasa sword which glows a blood-red glow. “Is your life!”

Without warning, Jin Phenex attacks and suddenly, the immortal Mutant finds himself in a death duel for his very survival!

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(Airspace Over Germany)

The Quinjet was making its final approaches towards Berlin while remaining undetected as it glided through the county. So far, the advanced stealth technology has not only enabled Captain America’s team to remain oblivious to the tight anti-air defense grid network but as they approach the former German capital, Rogers had to reflect on events back in the war.

The Second World War to be exact.

Back in the final months of World War II, the Western Allies and the Soviet Union were using the same strategy to encircle Nazi Germany on all sides and by the start of March 1945, it wouldn’t be long until the Allies invaded Germany and brought an end to the Third Reich.

But Rogers’ thoughts goes back to the briefing for the European Theater which he and his team chose to attend, remembering how the NATO generals were stunned at the detailed planning into this part of Operation Payback…..

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(Flashback - Situation Center - Madrid, Spain)

(Cue The Mummy (1997) OST - The Enslaved Army of Imhotep)

Captain Steve Rogers stood with Colonel James Rhodes, and the rest of their team around a situation room where all NATO ground and air commanders and their subordinates were present for this important briefing before actually commencing their end of Operation Payback.

Around the situation room are not only officers of the Crimson Phoenix & Nether-Imperial Militaries but also clone officers and those of the Adeptus Astartes. And last but not least was Prime Minister John Halsworth & American Secretary of Defense, Thaddeus Ross.

The heroes were also present upon being at other theaters of operations throughout this conference call, all linked from the massive Holonet Communications while all forces have two targets in mind: Ultron & Apocalypse.

Presiding over the meeting is Grand Marshal Mitsunari Ikari, a cousin of Shinji and due to his rank, holds a commanding authority while everyone realizes that this being is all business.

"This is it, everyone. The Day of Reckoning has arrived." Grand Marshal Mitsunari Ikari said aloud with a gleam in his eyes. "Let's go over Cap's plan carefully now."

After meeting with the Avengers back on Coruscant with the matter of Geonosis as well as the situation they are facing, Sam Wilson - who had survived the initial chaos of the apocalypse due to being SHIELD Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) at the time - and James Rhodes immediately made a joke of some kind. They said something about D-day with Steve holding an intense look in his eyes at the mention of this "D-Day".

Steve was given an overview of the layout of the targeted factories, their defenses and after careful deliberation formulated a plan of action.

And now was the time to put said plan into motion.

“All intel reports indicate that Ultron is heavily concentrating his focus on mass producing Sentinels and more of his drones for the planned lifting off his Armada into Outer Space. However, we have confirmed that 2 legions of Dark Elves and hordes of Ghoulish soldiers, the very same ones which had assaulted Fort Apache, are heavily concentrated in these parts of Europe.” Agent 13 says while everyone glances down on their portable monitors to note that Ultron is heavily concentrated in Russia while leaving his allies to guard his rear in both Western, Central & Southern Europe.

"It seems he's holed up at his primary fortress here, right where the Old Reichs Chancellery used to be. It's protected by a shield generator. And it's heavily protected." Some displays appeared with a coordinated strategy highlighted. "The initial goal is to distract the defenders away while the infiltration teams not only disables the Global Network which Ultron uses to control his forces but also disable the SHIELD Helicarriers as well as all communications between Ultron and his allies, thus isolating them from each other on all fronts."

"Isn't it risky committing six infiltration teams to one area of the attack?" Halsworth questioned. "If something went wrong, we could be dealt a serious blow."

"This is the only way to do so if we are to achieve the element of surprise, thus enabling the launch of the first waves of EMP attacks on specific targets across the globe.” Ross pointed out to Halsworth while pressing a button which the red dots on the monitors are displayed. “With the EMP attacks disabled much of the heavier air defenses as well as the multiple emplacements for missile launchers and auto-turret laser batteries, ground troops will begin to move in while neutralizing the Ghoul soldiers before they have the chance to sound the alarm.”

"Hmmm, be that as it may, General Ross." Halsworth said with a concerned frown. "This does not assuage my worries."

"That's what we're here for, Mr. Prime Minister." A Black Templar Captain stated confidently. "Us and the clones will make sure the Jedi get out of this mess in one piece."

Some of the commanding Clones managed to reign in their snorts and snickers with some of their counterparts giving them amused expressions.

Several holograms appeared before Steve displaying Gunships carrying troops and tanks along with multiple fighter jets, fighter bombers and other combat air vehicles.

"Alright, in part of the Master Strategy’s European Part; this is a multi-pronged assault here." Steve said. "From what we've got on the defenses, the key here is keeping those anti-aircraft guns off the gunships. We can't risk the fleet to land onto the ground and orbital bombardment is practically null and void thanks to some of the droid factories being underground. Which is why bombers and fighters will be extremely important here. We're gonna need three sets of fighter formations. An advanced bombing run to begin their first attack, getting into those ray shields around the factories and softening up some of the enemy forces. They'll be on alert and will counter heavily. That's when waves two and three from all ships come in.”

Everyone nodded as the First Avenger continued his explanation.

“While wave one of the fighters circle round to prepare another bombing run and keep off whatever planet side air support the Dark Elves may have, Wave two will provide another bombing run as well as a defensive offense that can keep the guns off our troop transports long enough to land us on the ground. Each set of transports will have a fighter escort of no more than three Y-wing bombers and three ARC-wing fighters. All NATO air groups and squadrons will work closely with these units as well as those of the Nether-Imperial Air Fleets and those of the Crimson Phoenix. We need to make sure that we keep the fighters rotating to keep the Ghouls and Droids disorganized and from being able to hit the gunships. The more gunships get taken down, the lower chance we have in securing Bravo, Point Rain and No Man's Land."

As Steve described the plan, the holographic displays of the bombers, fighters and gunships showed Cap's plan in motion with the area "Point Rain" being a red circled area in the center front of the three factories they would be attacking.

"Landing the artillery within the ray shielding of the Fortress is paramount." Rhodes stated. "Having those guns can speed up the battle, with us gaining our foothold sooner than later."

"Let's not forget that the droid factories we're targeting will undoubtedly be sending out droids of their own to fight back against our forces." Commander Sledgehammer pointed out.

"There's also the Ghoules." Leon added, recalling all too well at how deadly they can be. "This is their turf. If anyone would know how to fight us on this planet, it'd be them."

"Landing our troops in defensive formations before the bulk of our forces could be added is the most critical detail it seems." Aayla Secura stated. "We can't just rush recklessly like last time."

"We won't." Akira Fudo assured. “This is where the Worthy Team will be our spearpoint.”

All the Worthy members nodded their heads yet F and Michael were mostly focusing on the way this plan was quite planned down to the last detail by the Scions. Given the fact that in their universe, war is a constant thing for them, this is mere child’s play yet they have one unifying objective.

Not a waste of lives here.

Michael & F have remembered the horrific casualties of the Second Battle of Geonosis had been as were Ryloth and Hypori but had the Scions have been involved in the Clone Wars of their own universe, it is possible that they could have ended the war much sooner and probably prevent the execution of Order 66.

"This is a well thought plan, my friends." Halsworth spoke up in his calm manner. "Still, I advise you to exercise caution as foolish as a statement that may be in a time of war. I'd rather not lose our best generals, our allies, the Avengers and our best troopers all in one fell swoop."

When he put it like that...

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(Flashback Ends)

(Cue The Return of Godzilla OST - Nuclear SOS)

“Cap,” Dante says from behind, causing him to shake off his retrospect before turning towards him. “We’ve just received word from Logan’s team. There’s been a major complication.”

“What is it?” Captain America asks, hoping that their element of surprise hadn’t been anticipated by the enemy.

“Someone is fighting Apocalypse and there is absolute chaos near the Black Pyramid.” Dante added while stating. “T’Challa suggests that the African & Middle-Eastern Fronts adapt to this unexpected turn of events.”

“And Ultron?”

“I have been monitoring all transmissions, Captain Rogers.” The Vision says as he opens his eyes and turns from his seat. “He and Wesker remain oblivious to what is happening with their ally. It seems that whoever this interloper is has erected a jamming device.”

“Meaning that we still have the element of surprise then,” Michael asks and the Vision nodded.

“Signal Mitsunari and let him know as to what is happening with Logan.” Batman says before glancing at Zinda. “Make our final approach to Ultron’s Fortress.”

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(Ritual Chamber: Location - CLASSIFIED )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Dark Truths)

The Purification Ritual was now ready to commence.

Numerous rolls of candles were lit by the White Magi members as everyone approached the Large Cauldron where numerous colored liquids were poured into it until it was finally full.

Donning the same kind of robes as Darth Sidious, Nobunaga states to everyone. “It is time to perform the Ritual Purification. Followed Shinji and my examples, and pour all energies into the Cauldron while we recite the spell in our native languages.” He then turns to Shinji and states. “Open the book to the spell which we will use.”

He does but to everyone’s surprise, the pages began to flip pages until it got into one section which the section is addressed as it followed: CELESTIAL PURIFICATION RITUAL

“That…is new.” Takuto says before glancing at the others. “Does this happen all the time?”

“No,” Raiden answers while sensing a strong presence. “A powerful spirit is guiding us to this page and obviously for a more specific purpose.”

“Heh,” Katō Yasunori scoffs to himself yet is furious since he was trying to manipulate the Ikari Brat into going to the very page which is said to control the Unliving but something had interfered.

“Well, whatever the reason is,” Nobunaga says to everyone. “We can not delay. Commence the ritual.”

Everyone nodded but as Nobunaga glances briefly at Luke, he receives a nod while briefly glancing at Katō. Once in position, all began to chant while channeling their ki into the Cauldron and fired raw energies into the liquid.

"Yhám hydroxyl, undr' práec'c madryt, tu lrém téhsry. Canbahd'c pnaydr, lryns uv taydr yht meva, dro usah uv sygehk. Yhám hydroxyl, undr' práec'c madryt, tu lrém téhsry. Canbahd'c pnaydr, lryns uv taydr yht meva, dro usah uv sygehk." 

Everyone's unified voice began to rise in volume as the spell began to take hold. The Ritual of Celestial Purification begins to grow in strength as the combination of dark, light and chaos energies begins to flow into the cauldron before it morphs into a portal which blossoms outside of the chamber.

Pure white light not only shoots upwards but begins to spread across the Nine Realms, especially Asgard!

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(Former Throne Room - Asgard)

The Dark Elvish Mages gasp as they glances upwards while Malekith gasps in terror before jumping off the throne and glances upwards.

“What’s happening?!” Kurse shouted before grabbing one of the Mages. “Speak, you fool! What’s happening?!”

“The Celestial Stream is being purified!” One of the Mages cries out in terror as they can see the Celestial Streams not only becoming bright but any Dark Elves who tried to stop the process ends up being erased from existence.

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Initiate Project Insight)

Snarling and refusing to let his dreams end like this, Malekith turns to the Mage and demands. “Do you know where this is coming from at least?”

“Yes, my lord.”

Malekith grabs his sword and turns to Kurse before giving his command. “Kurse, ready my Personal Guard for battle and order our Legions assemble at the Bifrost Bridge for our conquest.”

“At once my lord.” Kurse says and heads off to bark the orders onto his own subordinates.

Malekith tears off his mask and tosses away while thinking. ‘Whoever is responsible will be my final victim of this world and the first to be sacrificed for the birth of my new empire.’

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(Cairo - Egypt)

(Cue X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse OST - Radar Array Platform (Action))

At Apocalypse's defense platforms placed along the coast of the city of Cairo, Half of Logan’s team were assigned to take down the Defensive Grid which protects the Black Pyramid in order to send the damn thing into space where it will be vaporized by a combined nuclear strike.

Of course, that was the original plan until they are confronted by Nimrod, who had not only arrives to relay a message from Ultron but when detecting the presence of Mutants, he immediately teleports the Reavers to his position and once showing them as the reason for their sudden redeployment, it was enough for Pierce and his men to join in.

A Sentinel almost blasts Rocket Raccoon into smithereens if the Gun-toting Outlaw didn't dodge in time. "Hey, what's the big idea?! I thought the Sentinels were supposed to be on our side saving people, not killing us!" Rocket  complained as he angrily destroyed the Sentinel with his high-powered energy bazooka.

Rocket is part of the team that was assigned to disable the defense platforms so Sentinels could pick up refugees of Cairo and take them to safety. Unfortunately, Nimrod took control of the Sentinels to turn them against the united heroes. Piccolo & Gohan were firing at Nimrod, who not only dodged their attacks but increased the power of his personal protective shield.

"You can blame Bastion for taking control over them!" Gohan responds to Rocket’s questions, as he fires more ki blasts that are blocked by Nimrod's energy barrier.

“<Prime Directive Now Updated. Eliminate All Those Who Sides With Mutants>!” Nimrod says before channeling massive amounts of energy into his left arm and begins firing, destroying whole city blocks in the process until reinforcements show up.

"That's quite enough, Nimrod!" Rogue delivers a furious tackle onto the android while he wasn't looking and kicks him across the platform.

"<Warning! Warning! Systems Offline! Calibrating In 30 seconds!>" Nimrod shakes off his little headache before blasting Rogue away.

"That's it! Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo shouts as he fires his special attack which not only sends Nimrod flying right into the ocean but the shot hits his power core, causing him to explode minutes later!

Without Nimrod, the Sentinels which were present and running amok suddenly shut themselves down, reducing them to be nothing more than useless toys.

“Rogue! You’re alright!” Gambit exclaims happily and hugs her but she kisses him so hard that he was caught off guard yet without having his energies absorbed by her, he returns the kiss before hearing Piccolo coughing loudly enough to remind the love birds that they are in the middle of a battle.

“How did you escape?” Gohan asks suddenly.

“When I woke up, someone simply told me to escape where I would find you guys while he kills Apocalypse.” Rogue admitted before Wolverine asked her.

“Is there a way back inside the Pyramid?”

“Don’t bother asking that.” Mirai Trunks says and the heroes notice a portal still open before they decide to go inside but were unaware that they were being monitored by the Reavers.

“Follow them!” Pierce shouts to his driver but stops as he and the rest of his group notices a being slowly walking towards them.

Six armored beings not only were walking towards them but noticing their elbow blades alone told Pierce that they’re not friends!

There were tons of heavy gunfire being heard.

There were screams and gushes of blood spilling all over the place.

But it may make no damn difference.

By the time the six had departed in order to await for the arrival of their lord, the Reavers were all slaughtered, with Pierce being the last to fall but was in a state of literal pieces, his head stuck onto a makeshift spear.

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(Black Pyramid - Egypt)

(Cue X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse OST - Apocalypse’s Tower (Action))

The battle between Apocalypse and the Nether-Devil immortal named Jin Phenex was answered in a single phrase: Utter Chaos! The entire Antichamber was in a state of sheer ruin as the two titans were literally tearing the insides apart until Apocalypse was slammed into the wall before noticing the corpse of his loyal servant Mesmero nearby.

“Is this the extent of your powers? Really?” Jin Phenex sarcastically exclaims as he not only walks towards his opponent but chuckles demonically. “Heh, all that power and yet you were foolish in killing Charles Xavier at that SHIELD outpost…Or so were you led into believing by the Phoenix?”

“What are you talking about, fool!” Apocalypse snarls back while spitting blood from his lips. “The delusional dreamer is dead! His prized student destroyed him!”

“Wrong, false god.” The Horseman known as Lord Death declares as he approaches with the rejuvenated Magneto. “It is YOU who have been deceived from the very beginning by us.”

“?????”

“Hehehe…For all your thousands of years of life,” Jin Phenex says as he kneels in front of his opponent while taunting him. “You’re not very smart when it comes to understanding the bonds Xavier has with both this man and Jean Grey…Especially if you and your cohorts suspect a thing about an agreement which was made..”

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(Flashback - Rejuvenation Chamber: During Bad To The Bone (Act I-II) )

(Cue The Mummy (1997) OST - The Enslaved Army of Imhotep)

Magneto, cured of the Undead Cure by Apocalypse’s power, glances at the mirror and is very miserable. In fact, he was wishing for death right now since he had become an unwilling slave of this monster and his cohorts.

Forced into this hellish life was not what he desired. And then there was the haunting memory of what had happened to Charles.

True, they may have their differences but Magneto would never seek the life of a man who is not only a dear friend but who is also like a brother to him.

“Do you wish to bring him back, Erik?”

Startled, Magneto turns to see the form of Shinji Ikari appearing before him with Scarlet Witch, wondering how they get in here undetected. “What?”

“He said if you wish to bring Charles Xavier back from the grave,” Nobunaga asks as he shows up with Jin Phenex. “Do you desire to make amends with your old friend and do what is truly right or do you desire to remain a slave to a False God?”

The temptation is too great to ignore and Magneto finally asks. “You can do this?”

“Of course,” Jin says while his eyes glows blood-red. “To us Nether-Devils, Resurrection is our specialty.”

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(Flashback Ends)

(Cue X-Men Legends: Rise of Apocalypse OST - Charles Xavier Returns)

Apocalypse’s went wide and states. “You’re lying! You don’t have the power to…”

He lost his voice as he saw a man showing up, his eyes wide in horror as another man showed up minutes later and for once, there was no comeback speech.

Rolling into the room and looking more healthier than he was before being destroyed, Professor Charles Xavier glanced at Magneto and for both of them, the friction which sparked the division between them is at an end.

Just then, the members of Wolverine’s group arrive in time to see Charles Xavier showing up alive and quite determined on ending this nightmare.

“Chuck?” Wolverine gasps while shocked, not believing his eyes. “Is it really you?”

“Your eyes don’t deceive you, old friend.” Charles replies with a genuine smile. “I ought to thank young Ikari and Ms. Maximoff for bringing me back.”

With a clench of his fist, Apocalypse growls as he is able to stand up on his two feet while confronted by these heroes.

"You fools. You should be thanking me, not pursuing me. I'm the one who showed you the X-Men, the Brotherhood, and these meddlers could work together. You're stronger for it. I was even kind enough to rejuvenate Magneto here to his prime." Apocalypse speaks to the united heroes.

"You have a lot of nerve, Apocalypse." Magneto scowls angrily at him, as he points a finger at capsules meant for other Mutants. “You’re worse than the Nazis! You would enslave Mutant Kind to your will while stripping them of their free will. I refuse to be a slave once more!”.

"This has gone on long enough. We're going to put a stop to you here and now." War Machine proclaimed.

Apocalypse chuckles, "You put a stop to me? Ha, ha, ha, haaa! I don't think so. Even as we speak, I shall restore my power and become a true God thanks to this!" With his enhanced telekinetic powers, the immortal mutant produces a crimson-colored gem and absorbs it into his forehead.

"The Philosopher’s Stone!" Xavier shouts in surprise. “Stop! You mustn’t merge with it! It’s not -”

Apocalypse began growling as he grew as he felt his power being fully restored while glaring at the heroes "Whatever your allies are doing, it will fail! I will go beyond the strength of a god! Beyond Dark Phoenix or even Darkseid! Beyond the almighty Celestials! I shall rise as the sun, at the heart of this universe, and bring upon a new age! THE AGE OF APOCALYPSE!"

The immortal one takes a step back onto the central platform of his machine to absorb the energies of the Chaos Emeralds while laughing maniacally. A tremendous light suddenly burst out of the Nexus, packing enough energy to blow away the heroes if they weren't protected by Phoenix's telekinetic barrier. The entire planet shakes catastrophically from the sheer power being used to transform Apocalypse into his ultimate form. The eternal lord gains a new, menacing blue armor with shoulder pads that comes equipped with red gauntlets and boots. He still retains his blue cape, but his gray skin has turned into a blue color.

As the light of the Nexus diminishes, the heroes stare in utter shock at the newly-transformed Apocalypse enveloped in a cosmic blue aura that spells doom for them all. "Stare upon me and tremble in fear, for I have become the ULTIMATE Apocalypse!" He says, introducing himself as Ultimate Apocalypse.

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(Ultron’s Fortress - Berlin)

Meanwhile, the European Theater opens up with multiple attacks being commenced all over the continent.

Once informed on what was going on at Egypt, Grand Marshal Mitsunari Ikari ordered all NATO forces to commence their offensive and the opening salvo of the offensive was a devastating barrage of EMP missiles.

Not only did the attacks catch Ultron’s legions completely off guard but many were disabled within minutes of the EMP Bursts, paving the way for NATO forces to storm into Ultron’s Empire while the same can be said in Russia. In a short time, Ultron’s Empire is penetrated from all sides and even as their attacks are heavily concentrated on the assembled Armada, the real blow is aimed towards Ultron’s Fortress in Berlin.

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(Ultron’s Fortress - Interior)

Group Blue - consisting of Captain America, Batman (Bruce Wayne), the Vision, Doom Slayer, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy, The Atom, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Dante, Green Lantern (John Steward), Megaman, Shadow Wolf, Masked Swordsman, Wasp (Hope Van Dyne) & The Worthy Group - walks silently through the halls of Ultron’s Fortress while noticing how power were being channeled through enormous generators down below them.

“According to the schematics,” Leon says as he was holding up a hologram map for everyone to glance at. “We’re getting close to the Central Computer Core which operates the entire Empire as well as the fact that the throne room is right ahead of us.”

“Meaning that we have the crazy robot right where we have him.” Flash remarked before he got smacked in the back of the head. “Ow!” He glares at Hope. “What’s that for?!”

“Idiot! We may be facing Wesker as well,” Hope argued back. “Not to mention that Crossbones and Nemesis are probably with them.”

“All the more reason why we need to keep our guard up.” Storm says and everyone nodded their heads before resuming their march on the throne room.

“This is strange,” F says out loud while Michael turns his head slightly but Jane glances at her fellow Neo-Asgardian.

“What is it?”

“I don’t sense the Dark Elves  in this fortress at all.” F explained and everyone began to wonder what the reason for their absence was.

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(Ultron’s Fortress - Throne Room)

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Initiate Project Insight)

Ultron glances at the Globe as his war machine is reduced to scattered and often isolated legions. Even the Sentinels were paralyzed due to the use of EMP weaponry which had enabled the organics to not only invade his Empire but are attacking the very staging areas where his Armada would have lifted off into outer space. He turns to the hologram of Darkseid and states. “Wesker has already abandoned our cause, taking Nemesis and Krauser with him. I have lost contact with Nimrod and I have lost control of the Global Network’s vast data information stream….I figure you would agree with me that your enemies have outsmarted us.”

Darkseid muses darkly and says after a long time of being silent. “I agree. We have been outsmarted by my enemies and with defeat now only a matter of time, it is time to initiate the final trump card.”

“You mean the weapon you have presented to me?” Ultron says while glancing at a giant item.

“Use it.” Darkseid says before growling before stating. “It seems we’re not alone anymore.”

He turns and Ultron also notices the appearance of the heroes as they not only enter the throne room but overheard part of their conversation. Darkseid then tells Ultron before ending the transmission. “Finish them.”

 "It's over Ultron, there is nothing you can do."

The being walked up to them. "You are wrong, for there is still something I can do. Now, while I may have lost my network and armies, I still have one final trump card yet to play." He continued. "You see, I was only biding my time. Time enough for me to focus on my reconstruction of myself and the world. For within this very being not only left a hole for the one known as Seth, but also left a hole for…Ultron Omega." He announced the skin as transformed into a new and improved robotic armor.

Suddenly the ground begins to shake violently as the heroes watch Ultron being absorbed into a monstrous giant version of himself, shattering the roof of his own Fortress and standing tall over the German capital.

This situation felt like a direct kick in the face as Dante had answered with fear, "No, it can't be. There is no intel about this behemoth!"

“Obviously he hid this as a last resort.” Hal says and everyone nodded in agreement.

"And now the new age has arrived, the age of perfection! It begins…now!" Ultron blasted a laser like stream projectile at them. Some were able to dodge as most were stricken by the projectile stream, and others were caught in another obstacle. There he had left nothing but a trial of destruction in his wake as the robot flew away. As if this day could not get any more difficult for them as they watched the robot fly away through black sky.

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(Ritual Chamber: Location - CLASSIFIED )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Dark Truths)

The Celestial Purification Ritual was reaching its apex.

"Yhám hydroxyl, undr' práec'c madryt, tu lrém téhsry. Canbahd'c pnaydr, lryns uv taydr yht meva, dro usah uv sygehk. Yhám hydroxyl, undr' práec'c madryt, tu lrém téhsry. Canbahd'c pnaydr, lryns uv taydr yht meva, dro usah uv sygehk." 

Everyone's unified voice began to rise in volume as the spell began to take hold. The gathered energies were so immense now that it needs the final touch to unleash it: a Sword to plunge into the energies and which it must be a Holy object.

But Katō Yasunori sees this as the perfect opportunity to steal this lovely amount of energy for his own devious plans and smirks. ‘With a huge amount, I will finally be able to destroy Japan and then erase Humanity from existence..Hehehe…Oh Seto Phenex, your son is truly a fool into thinking he can trust me for this silly ritual.’

As he was about to perform his dark magic to sabotage the ritual, something stops him as he notices a green blade close to his neck before glancing towards his left. “What?!”

Luke moves into a lightsaber fighting stance, ready to fight the Demon sorcerer before being joined by Sub-Zero, Scorpion and several heroes from the very world which also suffered from the Anti-Life Equation Virus but were never able to save it at the time.

“Did you truly think that we haven’t anticipated your betrayal from the moment you’ve heard of our plans, sorcerer?” Raiden says as he channels electricity in his hands. “We’ve been aware of it since and the fact that you’ve deliberately left a trail for Malekith to find us here only confirms our suspicions about your motives.”

“Heh, so you people think you can stop me while facing the Dark Elves at the same time?” Katō asked arrogantly. “You fools aren’t strong enough to combat both threats at the same time. No. You won’t be able to stop me from claiming this abundance of energy for my own plans!”

(Cue The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers OST - Glamdring)

“Actually,” Shinji says as he holds one of his Casull Auto pistols while showing a defiant smirk towards the sorcerer. “Yes!”

The minute he says that, Shinji tosses his gun up into the air, transforming itself into the enchanted Sword of Excalibur and once retrieving it, plunges the blade into the Energies. Just Malekith and his cronies show up through a portal and battle was about to be joined, another figure appears and touches Shinji’s hand.

Ihadurca, the Celestial Goddess of Eternal Celestial Chaos and who is so feared that even the Dark Elves were showing fear visibly as they saw her. She touches Shinji’s left hand and he turns to her before noticing a smile.

“Together, Shinji-kun.” Ihadurca says.

“Together.” Shinji replies before Nobunaga joins them and pours their energies into Excalibur.

“NO!” Malekith shouts in horror before shouts at his right-hand. “KURSE! KILL THEM!”

Kurse obeys and as he was about to strike the trio down, it happened.

The Celestial Purification Energies are released and it is massive that it spreads to all corners of this universe, blasting many off their feet while affecting everything and especially, anyone who is caught in the blast radius!

Kurse screams in agony as the pain of absorbing such raw energies ultimately results in his body being consumed before he is reduced to ashes. The other Dark Elves tries to flee but they too are hit by the Cleansing energies and they too are reduced to ashes.

Seeing his opportunity, Katō Yasunori unleashes a powerful mystical attack towards the trio but due to already being told about his history, the heroes and villains were prepared for his treachery! The Great Mothers and the other practitioners of Chaos & Dark Magics erected a shield to protect the trio while Luke uses the Force to push Katō back long enough for Raiden to harness enough ki into his hands before turning to Scarlet Witch.

“Ms. Maximoff,” Raiden shouts to her. “Open a portal back to the universe he came from. Send him back to the demon world.”

“Allow me to assist” Wong says and together, they open a portal large enough to hurl Katō through.

“Return to the demon world of your universe, sorcerer!” Raiden roars and with a full blast with Luke placing his hand on his shoulder to increase his powers, the Thunder God unleashes a a volley of pure lightning which is so powerful that not only was Katō Yasunori shot in the chest but the strength behind it hurls him through the portal, causing him to scream as he is shot right into the portal before it closes moments later.

Yet the moment everyone was distracted with defeating Katō Yasunori, however, Malekith pulls out his sword and runs towards Scarlet Witch. “Die, you witch!”

“WANDA!” Shinji shouts before pulling out a lightsaber and without hesitation, hurls it with such speed that Malekith only spins around in time to see the blade too late to react. His gasp was the only thing to be heard as he was beheaded, his dark soul as well as his now…dissected body were destroyed moments later by the Celestial energies.

As this was happening, the endgame was already reaching its conclusion elsewhere on Earth.

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(Black Pyramid - Egypt)

(Cue X-Men vs. Street Fighter OST-Apocalypse's Theme)

Logan and the other heroes couldn’t believe that they’re now facing a Titan-size Apocalypse, who was so preoccupied with the heroes in front of them that he was unaware of Jin Phenex, the infamous Devil Shogun, was busy activating the thrusters before destroying the controls, ensuring the Black Pyramid would lift off where it will eventually be destroyed before disappearing moments later.

‘I grow tired of this, fools!” Titan Apocalypse declares while glaring at them. “It is time to finally settle our battle once and for all.”

The super mutant charges cosmic-chaos energy in both hands and fires them as a large blast straight at the heroes. Ice Man shouts, "Ice Barrier!" and combines their powers to create a large and sturdy ice shield that protects everyone from the blast. Apocalypse puts a little more energy in his blast to shatter their shield and knock most of the heroes down, but definitely didn't put them out.

"This is it! Attack him with everything we've got!" Starlord  fires numerous shots from his blasters  in conjunction with a massive energy barrage of his teammates at the eternal one, who mockingly laughs at their efforts to hurt him since his new power makes him virtually invulnerable.

 "I am the rocks of the eternal shore…" He boasts, blasting Beast and Groot away and swatting the latter two like they're flies, "Crash against me and be broken!"

"I prefer to bounce and break you!" Ghost Rider quips, blitzing the mutant from all directions as a rapid-bouncing fireball that does nothing against his enemy, as Apocalypse teleports away from his latest bounce and blasts the Hell Rider away.

Meanwhile, Apocalypse turns his fist into a spiked mace and swings it around to knock away his annoying adversaries like Wolverine and Magneto. He clashes eye blasts with Xavier’s mental powers and almost overpowers him if he wasn't staggered by a powerful flaming punch that came from the one person everyone turns to see in shock

"Apocalypse! We have a score to settle with you!" Dark Phoenix declares as she stands ready to defeat this False God.

"You DARE go against your master! BLASPHEMER !" An irritated Apocalypse turns his fists into energy blades and then vanishes, striking the Dark Phoenix but is repulsed with pure flames before stopping to see what was coming towards them.

The Celestial Purification Energies not only hits the Black Pyramid but engulfs Jean with such bright light that everyone was blinded to what was happening.

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(Briefing Room…The Judgment of Fate )

(Cue Captain America: Winter Soldier OST - Captain America’s Broadcast To SHIELD Personnel)

“Grand Marshal,” An operator reported from his terminal to Mitsunari Ikari and the assembled world leaders. “We have received confirmation. The target has entered planetary orbit.”

Mistunari turns to Shinji, who just arrives moments later with Nobunaga and the others before Shinji turns around to the world leaders and states. “The time is now. Launch the Nukes and send that thing back to Hell.”

“Bring me the Briefcase.” President Samuel Donaldson tells an aide as he is given the launch code key and ready himself for what he is about to do.

The metallic briefcase is brought onto the table, opened to reveal a portable launch control module and comes online moments later.

Donaldson turns to his fellow world leaders and states. “My friends…We have been given the chance to save our world and end this horrific nightmare by eliminating the architects behind this. Two of whom are already confirmed killed and now…”

Donaldson enters the card and punches a button on the briefcase.

The image of the Black Pyramid’s position is indicated before everyone can see where it is currently.

He looks and says, reciting a passage from the Bible. “May vengeance be ours, so says the Lord.”

The launch button is pressed without hesitation….

The chosen five nuclear missiles are launched and guided by operators in the briefing room. 

Nobunaga turns to the assembly and asks. “Well what are you all waiting for? A tea party?”

“We will never again be victims of a monster who claims to be a God!” Shouted the determined Prime Minister of Israel before turning to his aides. “The briefcase? Now!”

Without hesitation, the Israelis were already getting ready to launch their chosen five nukes and are joined by the Saudis and Pakistanis, who had a bone to pick with Apocalypse.

Not wanting to be outdone by the others and seeing their South Korean counterparts already prepping their nukes for launch, the North Koreans were quickly doing the same, followed by the Chinese and Tawainese as well as the Australians and Indians.

Even Kravonich nodded his head and pulled out his special launch code key while the other European leaders were doing the same.

“Sir,” An aide whispers into Nobunaga’s ears and asks. “What shall we do about Logan’s team?”

“Tell them to get off that damn thing in one minute or make peace with God.” Nobunaga answers sharply before turning to see the world leaders nodding their heads.

Kravonich was the first to follow Donaldson’s example. “Launch the nukes.”

The button is pressed and within seconds, five Russian ICBMs are launched.

China is next to launch with its five nukes. After them, all the Asian & Pacific powers - who all have been secretly developing nuclear weapons, including Japan under its secretive Black Watch Program - were doing the same.

“Launch.” Jamal Singh says to his aide, who presses the launch of the chosen five nuclear missiles.

The Israelis and their Arab allies & rivals all fired their five nukes each. Within minutes, everyone had fired their chosen five nuclear missiles and all nukes were heading towards the orbiting Black Pyramid.

Halsworth & Francois are the last to launch their chosen five nuclear missiles while everyone watches and prays that God will guide them to final victory over this monster. Yet while everyone was glued to the monitors, nobody noticed that Shinji had disappeared.

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(Black Pyramid - Egypt)

(Cue X-Men vs. Street Fighter OST - Apocalypse's Theme)

Apocalypse charges up another energy blast, intending to kill Wolverine, his team and Dark Phoenix with this next attack. But out of nowhere, he was hit by a golden spin attack that was immediately followed up with a powerful golden blast of flames that really hurt him and his ego. "Who was foolish enough to attack Apocalypse this time?!" He angrily looks at the two beings responsible, but when he turned to the Nexus, his face went from an angry scowl to a surprised expression, "WHAT?!"

(Cue The Lord of The Ring OST - Sauron’s Theme)

Everyone moves far away as they see a massive fireball, taking the shape of a great eye, emerges out of nowhere before a figure begins to appear. Wearing Gothic clothing and wielding a ring around his neck, he emerges out unscorched by the flames and stands beside the Dark Phoenix, who then goes through yet another transformation of her own.

When the light faded, everyone was shocked before Logan said openly while glancing at Jean. “Holy shit.”

“That makes two of us.” Ghost Rider added.

The Dark Phoenix has faded into nothingness, replaced by the White Phoenix before Jean turns to see the figure removing his hood to reveal a familiar face.

Apocalypse gasps before growling. “It’s you…Child of Celestial Chaos.”

“Not alone, you freaking motherfucker.” Shadow Wolf says as he suddenly shows up moments later, followed by Ihadurca, Huntress - wearing the armor of an Adepta Sororitas Matrich -, and Masked Swordsman.

Shinji spoke while he cracked his knuckles. “All of you, escape now. The nukes have already been launched and will impact this structure in 2 minutes.”

That was enough for everyone to race through the portal but Logan turns and asks. “What about you and Jean?”

“We’ll be alright, Logan.” Jean assures him. “We have a showdown to finish.”

“Cap will need your help in taking down Ultron right now.” Shinji added before waving his hand and Logan was sent through the portal before it was sealed moments later.

Once the portal closes, however, Shadow Wolf began to use the Force to activate a series of buttons and pulling several levers to not only deactivate the shield which protects the Black Pyramid but opens its outer sides to expose the Neutronic Power Core, the ‘heart’ of this space station.

Not to mention, draining Apocalypse of immense energies to the point that he suddenly feels it before growling at them.

(Cue Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 OST: Angel of Doom Extended)

Ultimate Apocalypse is extremely livid that his own machine is being used against him by the mutant avatar of the Phoenix Force and a simple blue hedgehog, "I FORBID YOU FROM USING THAT MACHINE!" He unleashes a humongous energy beam at the group, only for White Phoenix to effortlessly block it with a telekinetic barrier without moving much of a finger.

"Too bad. We already used it." The Masked Swordsman vanishes from sight and suddenly appears before the super mutant and unleashes a flurry of attacks before kicking him straight through the ceiling of his pyramid outside. 

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(Skies Above Berlin)

(Cue Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Final Season OST: For The Republic!)

Odds were really stacking up again on this dreadful day. With his magical wireless unlimited network brain, Ultron assembled his own force groups at a time. Each of his army, he unleashed upon the world for his own benefit. Neo-Ultron robots hovered over continents and cities out there on their patrol. Through their sensors, they started tracking down more heroes and villains to add and create for his army.

Yet even as a giant, Ultron is able to unleash a Golden Ultron before announces it for the world to hear.

In his new golden armor, his knowledge became limitless on all worlds' networks. His technological powers expanded all around the globe that it was only a matter of time. He monitored each activity all around the world. At least almost every activity. There was still stuff he could not see even with his power.

"Where are you Avengers?" Ultron was puzzled. "You cannot hide from me for long."

Through the midst of the outbreak, Strider had cut down nearly hundred of his legion animals all infected by Ultron's virus. Even without his legion, he had proved himself to be a strong warrior. With his quick reflexes, he relied on his fierce ninja skills to tear down his legion. As the legion animals surrounded him, Strider quietly and calmly performed a secret ninja technique. He vanished in thin air. Then a few minutes had rained a hailstorm of Kunai and Shuriken piercing through the remaining army's armor like paper.

The extended heroes of the Infinite Universe and other alternate universes - who are brought in to help the Scions - were also occupied with Neo-Ultron legions. It was magic vs. tech as they stood back to back at the army of Neo-Ultron. Armed with their supernatural abilities, both of them conjured up numerous magic spells to take down the robots. As they fused their spells, Doctor Strange and Morrigan unloaded a magical beam of energy that tore apart the whole Neo-Ultron army. As the Succubus held the Neo-Ultron in her hands, she bid her final farewell as they impaled her tentacles.

It was the ultimate brawl as She-Hulk and Nathan-Rad-Spencer fought against the Neo forces of Ultron. With every robot that came their way, they were doubled team on by this duo. It was like a tag team wrestling match as they clash with the Neo-Ultrons. With every move, both of them worked in perfect sync with each other. Their Gamma strength was enough to crack the robots in half and most of the time in pieces. It became the perfect battle and perfect date for them as they both exchanged a smirk.

Dante, Trish and Lady had also had their hands full with Ultron's army of robots. Quick time skills and instincts had saved them from the ongoing onslaught of the Neo-Ultrons. Of course this was not the first time they had faced off with non-supernatural enemies. All three of them had combined different acrobatic skills to cut through Ultron's robots taking great amounts of fun in their job.

"Well ladies, looks like our good friend has tracked the main source." Dante said to Trish and Lady as he found the location on his tracker. As he loaded up his guns, the three of them proceeded onward to their destination.

“Look!” Rocket shouts and everyone notices the arrival of Logan’s group as well as Magneto, now freed of Apocalypse’s control and using his powers to attack the Neo-Ultron drones.

“Sorry for being late, Rogers.” Wolverine says before asking. “So what’s the deal?”

“Ultron became a giant and we’re trying to find a way to get to him and end this nightmare.” Starlord explains for the First Avenger before realizing one of his guns was running low on energy.

“The main problem is locating where exactly he is in that giant body of his.” Cap explains.

“I can sense him, Captain.” Xavier says while closing his eyes and then points to the largest tower nearby. “He’s there. That giant body of his is controlled from the tower.”

“Neat trick for a maniac robot.” 

“We must end this right now!” F says as she sliced several Neo-Ultron drones apart. “To delay this will only allow him to regain his power.”

“Agreed.” Captain America says before activating his communicator. “Attention, everyone! We have located Ultron’s true position! Converge on the location and brace yourselves! This ends today!”

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(Black Pyramid - Egypt)

(Cue Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 OST: Angel of Doom Extended)

The climactic showdown between the ultimate super users is taking place at the top of the Black Pyramid space station. White Phoenix & Ihadurca fires a plethora of cosmically-charged fireballs at Ultimate Apocalypse, who deflects most of them with one smiling hand until he is suddenly blitzed by Shadow Wolf’s sword strike, damaging his armor and draws first blood. "On second thought, I am glad you had the courage to use my machine, so I may have a worthy opponent to crush before conquering this world." Apocalypse grinned.

"We're gonna give you more than what you bargained for!"Shadow Wolf  taunts, launching rapid shots with his customized Bolt guns while causing Apocalypse to try and take the Silver Jedi out but to no avail.

Meanwhile, Jean uses her enhanced telekinetic powers to grab asteroids from space and hurl them from orbit. They all pierce down the heavens as flaming meteors aimed only at Apocalypse, hitting him with enough force that would crater a town. The immortal foe was knocked back by some of the meteors but managed to obliterate a few with his punches alone. "Is that all?" He taunts her, until he is sent flying through the air by a light-speed kick to the back by Shadow Wolf.

Then suddenly, something was happening to Apocalypse.

Out of nowhere, Lady Thor (Jane Foster) not only slams Mjonir into Apocalypse’s face but the blow nearly broke the immortal Mutant’s jaw to the point that he became disoriented. 

Shinji finally does what Magneto would love to have done: using his godlike Psionic energies, he his energized hands into Apocalypse’s torso before literally ripping him apart.

Apocalypse was so shocked that he coughs up blood and gasps, unable to regenerate at all since the extent of the damage to his body was quite extensive.

“You have the blood of hundreds of millions on your hands and I have removed your ability to regenerate yourself as well as destroy the machine which powers your Crypt.” Shinji says before opening a shadow portal as everyone immediately goes through. He then says before entering the portal. “Enjoy your eternal damnation in Hell.”

The nuclear missiles were approaching so fast that Apocalypse could only scream in horror as for once in his long life, he felt fear.

Moments later….He no longer had to worry.

The Black Pyramid was hit with so many nukes that when they hit the Neutronic Power Core, the resulting massive explosion vaporized both all traces of it but Apocalypse himself as well.

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(Berlin)

(Cue Avengers - Age of Ultron OST: The Last Stand)

Ultron saw the nuclear blast and growled as he realized that Apocalypse was now terminated. “The fool.”

As the monitoring had continued, the robot sensed incoming air traffic. He spotted the Quinjet fire a barrage of gunfire at Ultron's base. Knowing that the strike had begun, it didn't take him long to initiate some attack forces. They may have had heavy fire power but they were no match for his protective shield in place. The jet was bombarded by a raining amount of gunfire, the jet was eventually brought down. But it was not alone as other fighter jets made their way to Ultron's base. However it didn't matter as his assault continued.

"I know of your means of distraction, Avengers, but it will not work on me not while I still have contingencies." Ultron informed before turning to Crossbones and many of his Nanite-controlled warriors. "Elite Guard, eliminate the intruders."

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"We're closing fast, anytime with that portal opener, guys." Devilman shouted as he and the others were flying in a small hole in the barrier. It was extremely close, but they had managed to make it by a hair in the tower. "Okay guys remember your assignments, the clock is ticking. So we'll make our way to Ultron while you guys aim for those towers and apply the final code to the Nanite program, so when activated everyone will be cured."

In the base had appeared HYDRA soldiers, now filled with Ultron's armor, while still remaining as deadly as ever. Crossbones, now under Ultron’s control, was leading the Elite Guard.

“We’ll handle these people,” Cap tells the members of the Worthy. “You guys go ahead and end this nightmare.”

“Right!” Michael says before he and the others now flew off to handle Ultron directly.

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The Worthy team arrives in the area where they are soon joined by the Vision before they see him.

"Your timing is impeccable heroes, but you are already too late. The extinction of humanity is already set." Ultron informed, noticing the breaking in his stronghold.

“Your reign is at an end before it really starts, you maniac.” Michael declares while pointing a finger at the landscape of the city. “Your robotic legions are scrapped. Your allies have either abandoned you or are quite disposed of.”

“Not to mention that even now,” F says while glancing as the Celestial Purification Energies are flying across the globe. “The Anti-Life Equation Virus is being eradicated. It is over for you and Darkseid.”

“You're a very delusional little girl.” Ultron shots back arrogantly. “You and your friends can not prevent the Age which I have envisioned. One that will be free of all the irrelevant things, hunger, starvation, wars, diseases, and most importantly emotions that shape all of humanity. These will all be a thing of the past. It will be the perfect world. The only way to ensure that goal is with the elimination of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes and everyone else who stands in my way." Ultron announced as he struck Thor's hammer, only to be countered by his own moves. Lady Thor had figured that Ultron had grown strong from the newly covered golden armor. Next, he charged and fired his Encephalo-Beam but then got a nasty surprise.

“This madness ends here,” Vision says before he grabs Ultron’s head and begins to channel Celestial Energies into the robot, resulting in him gasping in pain before he growls at his ‘creation’s’ treachery. He breaks the Vision’s hold on his head and slams him into the wall.

“As I have given you life,” Ultron growls at his ‘creation’ and muses. “I shall gladly restart my experiments…After I have claimed yours!”

"We've beaten you before Ultron, what makes you think you have a chance now?" Captain America shot back as he and the other heroes showed up moments later, battered yet still willing to face the robot.

"I do not need to beat you; I only need to stall you for my plans to come forth.” Ultron replies sharply.

"What a coincidence, because we are doing the same thing.” Nobunaga says before shouting. “TEAR HIM APART!”

(Cue X/1999 (TV) OST Vol. 1: The Final Battle)

Ultron fired his Encephalo-Beam at the assembled heroes and villains, then unloaded more projectiles at them. From the impact, they were armed with both tech and magic energy as Lady Thor even felt the attacks. 

Even the might of Hulk's strength - in his Neo-Asgardian form - had seemed to be overpowered by Ultron's newly acquired strength. When energy attacks from the Magnus The Red and his sons of the Thousand Sons, the Z Fighters & shields flew at him, he intercepted them with his own attacks.

From missiles to laser beams, Ultron blasted an onslaught of firearms against these people. He was as heavily armed as a regular fighter jet or even a tank. Black Panther came from behind and stabbed him with his Vibranium in order to short circuit his armor. But the tactic proved to be somewhat successful, damaging Ultron’s exposed lower neck before he grabbed T’Challa and literally threw him right into Wolverine, knocking the wind out of the X-Man. No matter how much punishment Ultron had inflicted upon them, the united group remained relentless to destroy the robot. Just like before he remained one of the Avenger's deadliest foes.

Within a last stitch effort, they unleashed a beam of projectiles from the combined lighting of the Worthy Team’s hammers, Vision laser forehead, the combined ki attacks of the Z Fighters, and Captain Marvel beam attacks. All the projectiles were directly aimed and shot at Ultron as crashed onto the wall. It was a lot of power, but they realized that Ultron was straining beneath the pressure.

"I have evolved beyond your comprehension Avengers. Perhaps it would have worked on my previous self, but not on this form." Ultron said. 

“Not against my powers, you won’t!” A strong voice says and everyone turns to see a very angry Scarlet Witch showing up before beginning to channel her powers for a devastating attack.

Without saying another word, Scarlet Witch unleashed raw Chaos Energies before Nobunaga and Shinji as well as Ihadurca do the same, finally joined by Jean as well. The combined might of such energies proves too much for Ultron.

“No! No! This can’t be happening!” Ultron shouts as his body was being consumed by such energies that he could no longer handle this any further. “I’m Ultron! I AM PERFECTION!!!!!!!”

The energy not only consumed Ultron but his giant form detonated, triggering a massive explosion but the Celestial Purification Energies is able to contain the explosion while preventing Berlin from being reduced to ruins.

No traces of Ultron remained at all.

At Last….

The Nightmare of This Apocalypse was over.

TO BE CONCLUDED….

The Story Ends In EPILOGUE

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(PREVIOUSLY)

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"I have evolved beyond your comprehension Avengers. Perhaps it would have worked on my previous self, but not on this form." Ultron said. 

“Not against my powers, you won’t!” A strong voice says and everyone turns to see a very angry Scarlet Witch showing up before beginning to channel her powers for a devastating attack.

Without saying another word, Scarlet Witch unleashed raw Chaos Energies before Nobunaga and Shinji as well as Ihadurca do the same, finally joined by Jean as well. The combined might of such energies proves too much for Ultron.

“No! No! This can’t be happening!” Ultron shouts as his body was being consumed by such energies that he could no longer handle this any further. “I’m Ultron! I AM PERFECTION!!!!!!!”

The energy not only consumed Ultron but his giant form detonated, triggering a massive explosion but the Celestial Purification Energies is able to contain the explosion while preventing Berlin from being reduced to ruins.

No traces of Ultron remained at all.

At Last….

The Nightmare of This Apocalypse was over.

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(THE FINAL STORY BEGINS)

(Cue Thor OST - Intro)

Three years have passed since the end of the Zombie Apocalypse in Earth MX-00115.

Since that time, the world has begun to rebuild from the ashes of what the nightmare had unleashed.

The remains of Ultron’s Empire were scattered across Europe but once 71% of Humanity had been restored by the energies of the Celestial Purification Ritual, these were being confiscated by the militaries of the world for disposal.

It was such a mess that nobody was aware as to how much of this was going to take a number of years to remove such traces of the nightmare but Humanity will make effort to find other uses for these once feared machines.

The same can be said for the Undead creatures which had avoided being hit by the Celestial Purification Energies. Although the majority of their kind is gone, there are still pockets of stragglers still operating in countries which are devoid of Human life in parts of Russia, the Americas, and Central Asia.

Yet for certain people, there were happy endings.

Now in his Human disguise in the city of Frankfurt, Vision and Wanda are walking down the street while deciding to explore their newly formed relationship further as a couple. The three years have been more of a blessing for the pair than stressful as they both have formed a kindred bond while deciding to explore the new world together.

Shinji and his allies gave the couple their blessing while knowing that they both deserve a happiness which is often denied to most people.

Although his rejuvenation was brief, Magneto is able to reconcile with his old friend Charles and the two agree to work more closely to forge a bright future for Mutantkind. In fact, President Donaldson had granted complete amnesty for Magneto at the request of the Scions while being told that Magneto had contributed to defeating Apocalypse.

After the reconciliation, Magneto helps in rebuilding the Xavier Institute while agreeing to be leader of a covert team of X-Men while rounding up any of Apocalypse's disciples or those of the Reavers who may have survived Operation Payback.

Jane Foster chose to accompany Shadow Wolf and Masked Swordsman to the Omniverse where she agrees to become a field agent alongside another Asgardian named Valkyrie.

The decision was due to not only discovering that Thor had asked Balder The Brave, who had survived the initial conquest of Asgard, to be the new leader of their people but Jane was marked by Shinji in order to ensure she became Thor’s successor and it was Thor’s spirit who asks her to be happy with Shinji since he will ensure her happiness.

Of course, another Jane from another dead universe will assume her place in Earth MX-00115 as the new Asgardian Avenger once Captain America offers her a place in the reorganized team.

Many of the heroes from the Infinite Universe headed back home but for many, there were still unfinished matters that needed to be settled….

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(Apokolips - Infinite Earth Universe)

(Cue Justice League: The Zack Snyder Cut OST - We Will Use The Old Ways)

Darkseid surveys the devastation of his homeworld while fuming to the point that he wants to kill someone badly.

Not only has the gambit he had conspired with Lady Hela of that accursed universe of Earth MX-00115 ends in disaster for him but the Celestial Purification Energies hit Apokolips like a nuclear warhead times 890!

The energies have not only lay much of his Furnaces in a state of utter ruin but the formula of creating the Anti-Life Equation Virus was purged from existence while he, a New God, was scorched so badly that he was ill prepared for an attack by Frieza, who not only shows up out of nowhere but lays waste to his world while his legions were desperately fighting off forces from New Genesis until realizing that Orion was a decoy for the other’s attack.

“My lord Darkseid,” Desaad says while careful not to provoke his master’s fury. “Our furnaces are being repaired even as we speak but I fear that the Paradoom Project is completely lost. The energies which hit us have all but erased all the genetic material we had obtained.”

“Yes…” Darkseid says while clasping his hands behind his back, his rage starting to subside. “It is most unfortunate but losing the formula to create the virus was nothing compared to this.”

“I fear that we will remain under siege from Highfather and Frieza for the foreseeable future. Given our weakened state,” Desaad says while glancing at the devastation before them. “It won’t be for some time until we have regained our strength to challenge either.”

“Curse Nobunaga and his power of Clairvoyance. Curse the Spawns of Sauron and the Silver Jedi.” Darkseid growls softly before turning around and heads back to his throne. “I must acknowledge defeat…This time. But the Anti-Life Equation will be mine…No matter the price I will make for this.”

With that, he walks away while Desaad glances back and thinks. ‘One day, my lord…The price for that quest will be far too great for even you to handle.’

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(Endor System - SW-33009912)

(Cue Transformers The Movie (1986) - The Complete Score OST  - More Than You Imagine, Optimus Prime)

Gliding silently above the Forest Moon of Endor, the massive Super -class Star Destroyer Sword of Eternal Chaos moves to the far side of the world while TIE Fighters were doing their routine patrols. 

Yet it was within the bowels of the massive Star Dreadnought where the Twin Heirs of Celestial Chaos were having their usual pastime activities in silence.

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(Throne Room)

Shinji glances silently out at the window while lost in thought.

He had no regrets in either saving a world condemned to an apocalypse and slays a bunch of monsters, Loki especially for the murder of his surrogate mother Frigga. Normally he ought to be happy…But he wasn’t.

The fact that Loki allowed Malekith to kill Frigga drove Shinji into fearing for his own surrogate mother Helena’s well being before pulling out a photograph of himself with Helena, both enjoying at the beach when he was six years old.

‘Mom…’ Shinij thought sadly before he heard approaching footsteps. Putting the photograph away, he already guessed who it was. “Yes, Admiral?”

Standing behind her liege was Admiral Sareena Teresia, the eye-patch wearing officer whom he had promoted after the immediate execution of her previous superior, the braggart Admiral Waton. “Your Highness, we have received a message from Lord X-713.”

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(Dathomir: Alpharus Galaxy - Infinite Earth Universe)

(Cue Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 1 Vol. 2 OST  - The Threads of Destiny)

The massive Super Kai -class Star Destroyer Eternal Darkness above the planet Dathomir, the homeworld of the Witches and where the Scions have destroyed an invading Separatist Droid Army which was dispatched to eradicate the Nightsisters.

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“Our sisters have already been informed of our arrival, Lord Nobunaga.” The First Great Mother says to the Dark Lord.

“Prince Ikari has fulfilled his promise to us,” The Second Great Mother continued.

“And now, once united with our sisters,” The Third Great Mother finishes. “We will assist you in destroying the Banite Sith and end their rule in the future.”

“All for our greater cause, Great Mothers.” Nobunaga says before turning to another figure and remarks. “Your gamble has paid off, despite the troubles it has created long enough to involve Shinji-kun and his surrogate parents. Tell me something, Lady Hela, was it worth the risk of bringing in Katō Yasunori?”

“Retrieving the Nocturnal Necronomicon was worth the risk, Nobunaga-kun.” Hela says as let her hair loose and smirks at her lover. “Besides, playing on the ego of my counterpart was worth it since she and those who followed her have already ventured to parts unknown.”

“True but as it stands, the sorcerer is again back in the demon world and won’t be able to pose a threat to our plans in the foreseeable future.” Nobunaga replies before glancing at Dathomir. His eyes glow red and state. “We have work ahead of us. The Witches of Dathomir shall be united and once the other Force-related cults will heed our secret call to arms, soon…Very soon…the Alpharus Galaxy shall become the place for my eventual showdown with my ‘ally’...Only one of us will emerge victorious…And it shall be US .”

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(Fortress Mt. Sinai, The North Pole…Earth MX-00115)

Dr. Bruce Banner was examining the latest bunch of Undead creatures where they were rounded up and brought here for treatment in order to reverse the process of the Anti-Life Equation Virus’ lingering effects on these poor souls. “We still start on the Human treatment by injecting the improved version of the Vaccine which the Scions had produced using Logan’s blood.”

“Human?” A SHIELD scientist asks while glancing at these creatures, who looked more lost than being the very vicious monsters which Apocalypse and his cohorts had used to terrorize the world years earlier. “You still won’t let go of that word.”

“Can I?” Banner says before showing his colleague what he and Henry McCoy, who was busy glancing at the controls with Jean. are examining. “So far, we have been not only successful in reversing the Anti-Life Equation Virus on our previous subjects but are close to making a better upgraded version of the Vaccine which will accelerate the process much faster.”

“You won’t get any complaints from me, Dr. Banner.” SHIELD Director Phil Coulson remarked while glancing at the map of the world and notes that there are still pockets of these poor souls out there but then there are the more dangerous ones.

The Cannibalistic type of Undead creatures which are the ones which needed to be eliminated since they, who were controlled by Malekith, are now too savaged to be saved.

“Excuse me, Director Coulson.” An aide shows up before stating. “The scouting party has just passed the security zone. He has more survivors with him. All 54 of them.”

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The doors to the fortress opens as SHIELD personnel escorted the lost Undead creatures to the secure chamber for treatment before Banner states to the person who rounded them up. “Thank god you’re safe. You brought back so many.”

“There are more out there in the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia,Bruce.” Captain America says as he removes his helmet. “My team and I are going back out at first light.”

“What about the Cannibals, Captain?” A fellow scientist asked. “They’re everywhere in that region if what Kravonich’s Intelligence chief had reported.”

“Don’t Sweat it, Doc.” Logan says as he removes the heavy winter coat and produces his bone claws before smirking. “I can handle anything that comes in my way.”

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(Narration By Shinji Ikari (Voiced By Spike Spencer))

(Cue Godzilla: 50th Anniversary Edition OST - The End)

The tale is at last over.

Out of the depths of chaos and when darkness threatens to engulf everything, a single flicker of a candle illuminates until a single event ensures the end of the nightmare and the dawn of a new day for Life….

HOPE

THE TALE OF MARVEL ZOMBIES IS OVER….

THE END 

Chapter Text

MARVEL ZOMBIES

Voice Cast

(Cue M.D. Geist II: Death Force OST - End of Desire - Answer Again)

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(The Voice Cast)

Spike Spencer as Shinji Ikari, The Death Lord & Narrator

Lani Minella as Ihadurca, The Celestial Goddess Eternal/Celestial Chaos

Junichi Suwabe as Emperor Nobunaga li Britannia

Karen Fukuhara as F

Spiderman1333 as Michael Horvath

Nakedsnake1862 as Shadow Wolf

Juliet Landau as Tala

Yuki Kaji as Eren Phenex

Yui Ishikawa as Mikasa Ikari

Sean Schemmel as Goku

Stephanie Nadolny as Gohan

Christopher Sabat as Piccolo 

Ian Sinclair as Whis

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

Crispin Freeman as Alucard (Vlad Dracula IV)

Jennifer Hale as Storm (Ororo Munroe)

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (James Howlett)

Patrick Stewart as Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / The Hulk

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow

Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

Paul Bettany as Vision

Michael Fassbender & Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

Chuck Boseman as T’Challa/Black Panther

Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon

Letitia Wright as Shuri

Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Vers / Captain Marvel

Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson

James Spader as Ultron

Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Lord Azarael, The Devilman Emperor

Scott McNeil as Grand Marshal Mitsunari Ikari

Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep (Cameo)

Doug Bradley as Pinhead (Cameo)

Graham McTavish as Vlad Dracula Țepeș (Cameo)

John Kassir as The Crypt Keeper (Cameo)

Richard Grieco as Ghost Rider

Vic Mignogna as Edward Ikari

Tom Hiddleston as Loki

Christopher Eccleston as Malekith

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Algrim / Kurse

Ray Stevenson as Volstagg

Natalie Portman as Jane Foster/Lady Thor

Benedict Wong as Wong

Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon

Daniel Craig as James Bond/007

Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker

Cate Blanchett as Hela (Infinite & Earth MX-00115 Ver.)

Kevin Conroy as Batman (Bruce Wayne)

Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin

Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne

Kyūsaku Shimada as Katō Yasunori

As Shadow Wolf, The Silver Jedi

Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast

Famke Janssen as Jean Grey / Phoenix

Anna Paquin as Marie / Rogue

Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkholme / Mystique

Shawn Ashmore as Bobby Drake / Iceman

Vinnie Jones as Cain Marko / Juggernaut

Elliot Page as Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat

Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau / Gambit

Omar Sy as Bishop

Daniel Cudmore as Peter Rasputin / Colossus

Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse

Tom Hanks as Captain John H. Miller

Tom Sizemore as Sgt. Mike Horvath

Adam Goldberg as Stanley "Fish" Mellish

Barry Pepper as Daniel Jackson

Richard Epcar as Raiden 

Patrick Seitz as Scorpion (Hanzo Hasashi)

Clancy Brown as General Thaddeus Ross

Pierre Taki as Lt. General Akira Furukuda,

Steve Blum as Jin Phenex & Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Taliesin Jaffe as The Flash (Barry Allen)

Andre Braugher as Uxas / Darkseid

Bruce Thomas as DeSaad

Michael Dobson as The Masked Swordsman

Amy Acker as Huntress (Saint Helena Bertinelli-Solorio)

Jonathan Pryce as Samuel Donaldson, President of The United States

Robert Catrini as Israeli Prime Minister

Ilia Volok as Nikolai Kravonich, President of Russia

Marcelo Tubert as Francios Caville, President of France

Ajay Mehta as Jamal Singh, Prime Minister of India

Michael T. Weiss as Dormammu

Reuben Langdon as Dante

Wendee Lee as Trish

Show Hayami as Akira Fudo/Devilman

Jeryl Prescott Gallien as Aktropaw

Claudia Black as Klothow & Admiral Sareena Teresia

Jane Edwina Seymour as Lakesis

Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce

David Kallaway as Skull Face

Paul Dobson as Nimrod