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The Calvary Arrives

Black Panther and the Black Widow lead the covert team further through the command center of Starkiller base with Rey translating BB-8’s directions for them. From what they had seen so far there had been no sign of other guards or defenses, the Wasp questioning if there were any left at all. When they had reached one of the lower levels however they soon found where they had all been waiting.

“Looking for something?” Admiral Thrawn smirked as he stood with a cocked blaster and several dozen armed guards; including Stormtroopers, Battle Droids, HYDRA soldiers and Chitauri.

Panther, speaking for the group, warned him “Stand aside if you want to survive this.”

“Don’t try to threaten me, human.” Thrawn retorted. “I’ve faces far worse in greater situations when I was only a child.” He aimed his blaster and threatened “I think you’re the ones who should stand down.”

“Not happening, blue boy!” Anna shook her fist at him.

“Where’s your friend?” Widow soon asked. “The creepy mask wearing heavy breather in a cape.”

“Lord Vader is where he needs to be, as am I, stopping you from what we plan to accomplish.”

“What? With this ‘Infinity Cannon’?” Widow asked. “It didn’t work for Thanos before. What makes you think it’ll work again?”

“The cannon is a means to an end. Through it we will have order and peace secured through the universes. All universes! And when it is over you will all bow-”

With an agitated sigh Sparrow fired his blaster, killing one of the Chituair, before saying “Sorry. I know you were in the middle of something, but it was just getting really boring, mate.”

Thrawn snarled before ordered “Eliminate all of them!”

Those with blasters or firing weapons unleashed their bolts at the opposing side while those like Panther and Rey rushed forward and dodged the volley to take them head-on hand-to-hand. The one ones to duck away were Anna and BB-8, the former sheltering the latter like a cherished ball behind one of the side walls of the hallway.

As she fought, buzzing around and hitting foes with her stingers, Wasp commented “Hope everyone outside is having this much fun!”

**********

Spider-Man gave a roaring “WAHOOO!” as he swung by a web attached to Baymax.

The wall-crawler was flying through the air along with the robot and Hiro, hanging onto his back as usual, while he was low enough to kick and punch at all they passed below. Eventually he jumped off and landed on top of one soldier before webbing up and slinging a few more.

Baymax landed nearby and joined in the fighting, Hiro helping to point out anyone in-coming or trying to swarm them. Using more hand-to-hand combat, along with a few rocket fists thrown in the mix, eventually the combined efforts of the heroes dispatched with the thralls.

Once things had calmed Hiro commented “Wow. You’re moving a lot faster than before. I can see why you wanted that symbiote.”

“Yeah. Feels nice. Just as long as the inhibitor keeps it from wearing me.”

“What’s that supposed to-?”

[Projectile incoming.] Baymax had quickly said, grabbing Hiro and shielding him.

Spidey had seen it as well, quickly jumping away as a pumpkin-bomb was thrown from above. It exploded and knocked him away a bit before he recovered. Both he and Hiro looked to each other before hearing a horrible cackle from above.

“I know that laugh.” Spidey said aloud. “Starting to wish I didn’t.”

From above, flying into view, the Green Goblin looked down from his glider and laughed “There you are, web-head. We’ve been waiting for you!”

“We?” he asked before joining the Goblin were all members of the Sinister Six. “Oh…”

They all laughed as they had the heroes outnumbered, Doctor Octopus chuckling “Are you ready to be pulled apart, little spider?”

Spidey remained confident as he shrugged “Eh, not really in the ‘pulled apart’ mood today. That’s why I brought my friend along.”

They laughed with Vulture saying “You think we’re afraid of that bucket of soon-to-be-scrap metal?”

“Not that friend.” Spidey indicated Baymax before, as if on cue, the Hulk landed in front of him and stood between the heroes and the villains. “That one.” Spidey pointed.

As Hulk crackled his knuckles, Stitch growling at them on his shoulder, Goblin ordered “Rhino, take care of it!”

He nodded, stepped forward, and huffed “Still think you’re the strongest there is, tough guy? Let’s find out for ourselves.”

The Rhino and Hulk charged at each other before colliding with a loud boom. Stitch was thrown from the Hulk’s shoulder as the two eventually wrestled their way out of view, leaving the remaining heroes and villains to themselves.

“Still four on six.” Spidey counted. “And when it’s YOU six I’d say you’re outnumbered.”

“Don’t think we came to this party alone, web-for-brains.” The Green Goblin cackled again.

As if to further cement this claim Boba Fett flew overhead towards where Han Solo and Star-Lord were. Taking a moment to see for himself Spider-Man noticed they were not the only ones as plenty of other villains of all shapes and sizes began to pour into the battlefield.

“Cap!” he called over coms. “We’ve got a problem!”

Cap, after hearing this, confirmed it with Fury who told him “Kid’s right, Rogers. You got several hostiles incoming.”

After that Captain America called to any nearby who could hear “A bigger fight’s coming our way! Be ready!”

Soon enough after he gave the warning both he and Obi-Wan were met by Doctor Doom, accompanied by several Doom-Bots, as he beamed “Gentlemen.”

The two engaged the tyrant sorcerer, Doom blasting Obi-Wan away with a bolt of magic before bashing his metal fists against Cap’s shield. Every time Cap would try to attack with his lightsaber Doom would create a force-field around himself for protection before trying to engage him hand-to-hand yet again.

Not far away both Queen Elsa and the Scarlet Witch had dealt with a number of Ultron-Bots and Battle Droids, some frozen into huge blocks of ice while others were dismantled by the Witch’s mutant kinetic abilities. The two nodded to each other without much time to relax before more enemies arrived. They however were taken out by the combined super-speed blurs of Quicksilver and the Dash; the two stopping in front of the heroines after dealing with them.

“Having fun?” Quicksilver asked his sister.

She smiled “I was going to ask you the same.

Suddenly a voice from above called “I know I’m about to!”

Within a second as the heroes looked up all of them were immobilized by zero-point energy. The one who had shot them, Syndrome, hovered down from the air with a gleeful laugh.

“Well, well, well. Look what I caught.” He said as he lifted the heroes from the ground. Looking at Dash he pointed out “Incredibles’ kid, right? Suit’s a dead giveaway. And the rest of you….I really don’t care about.”

The villain went into his monologue about how Thanos would give him the chance to be a ruler over his world once he had destroyed as many heroes as possible, starting with his current captives. During his little speech the Scarlet Witch’s eyes glowed before a spark of her mutant energy crackles from her hands, seeping through the zero-point field that entrapped her and her friends. The energy surged and broke Syndrome’s gloves before the zero-point shattered like glass, all the heroes, and Syndrome, falling to the ground. When they did Dash thought fast and removed Syndrome’s remote from his hand before Elsa froze him solid.

Looking to the Scarlet Witch Quicksilver commented “I didn’t know you could do that.”

“I didn’t think I could.” She admitted.

Their moment of relief was short-lived when they could hear rumbling coming closer and closer. At first they thought it was Giant-Man but were soon proven wrong when the Omnidroid stomped into view, its glaring red eye focusing on all four of them.

“What’s that?” Elsa pointed. “And how do we stop it?”

“Don’t worry. I’ve dealt with this thing before.” Dash said. “We just to hit it with something really hard.”

“Something hard: coming right up.” Giant-Man called over the coms before he strode his way over to them.

As the Omnidroid saw too late his foot came up and kicked the mechanical monstrosity like a ball. It rolled back and fumbled into the trees before trying to recover, Giant-Man cracking his giant knuckles as he came closer to it.

“Alright, you walking trach can.” He threatened. “Time to put a few dents in-”

Before he could finish the Green Goblin, flying into view, fired several shots of his glider’s weapons at Giant-Man, one managing to hit his belt and short it out. The 60 foot hero gasped before quickly using another device to shrink himself down to normal size.

Iron Man flew in, firing a few shots at Fett to scare him off, before calling “Scott? You alright?”

“I’m fine. I’m fine.” He assured. “My belt’s been damaged. Sorry, Stark, but I don’t think I can be giant until I fix it.” He took a moment before adding “Doesn’t mean I’m out of this fight yet.”

He shrunk down, becoming Ant-Man again, before calling for a flying ant to act as a steed as he flew about the battlefield to help deal with more foes. That however still left the incoming Omnidroid to attack Quicksilver, Dash, Elsa and the Scarlet Witch.

Looking to Dash Elsa asked “Any more ideas?”

“Okay.” He began. “First I try to use this control and take off one of its claws. Then we get it close enough and then…”

He stopped when he and the others saw the Vision quickly fly overhead. He phased through the Omnidroid’s hull before appearing from the other side, a large rip in it as he had pulled out its power source. The droid fell over as Vision flew off to handle more threats.

“Or, you know, that works too…” Dash shrugged.

Nearby they could hear more rumbling as now Frost Giants came into view. There were five of them, all armed and thundering with every step. They bellowed and caught the attention of Thor who readied his hammer and flew at them, managing to take down one with a mighty swing.

“Come, foul beasts of the nine realms!” he called. “Thor will face you in this or any other world and be triumphant!”

From a distance Loki watched his half-brother try to claim victory, he turning to Maleficent and saying “My lady.”

She nodded and stepped forward before exclaiming “Let’s see how the god of thunder fares against all the powers of hell!”

Summoning all her dark magic Maleficent banged her staff against the ground before transforming into a terrifying dragon. She took flight and managed to catch Thor while he was about to grapple with more giants, bringing him down to the ground where the two began to battle hammer to tooth and claw and fire.

The remainder of the frost giants were left to the other heroes. Drax and Mr. Incredible were found by one who tried to crush them under his foot before they used their strength to stop him. They pushed him over and toppled him to the ground before jumping on him and pummeling him with their fists against his icy hide.

Seeing another giant approach her friends Elsa told Dash and the others “Go. Keep moving. I’ve got this.”

“You sure about that?” Quicksilver asked.

“Takes one icy monster to know another, right?” she smirked. She then insisted “Just go!”

Both Dash and Quicksilver zipped off, Scarlet Witch giving a final “Good luck.” Before hurrying off herself.

The frost giant finally loomed over Elsa, seeing her hands ready with icy magic as he laughed “Ha! You think I’m afraid of some mortal woman who summons the cold? What will you do? Build a snowman?”

With a smirk she replied “Exactly.”

Using her powers Queen Elsa summoned a massive snow golem from her own creation. She focused and made it just as large as the frost giant before it took life, roaring as icicle spikes and claws grew from it. The golem began to battle with the giant, Elsa using her powers to keep her creation solid as they fought.

More skirmishes broke out among the battlefield. The Sinister Six separated, the Rhino Still battling the Hulk while Electro found the Vision, attacking with his electrical powers to short out any of the android’s countermeasures. Doctor Octopus and the Vulture continued to battle with Spider-Man, Baymax and Hiro while the Lizard had sniffed out Yoda, Groot and Tinkerbell. The giant reptile tackled the walking tree alien, the two grappling with each other before Yoda was confronted by more battle droids. The Green Goblin had caught up with the Falcon, taking him on in a dogfight with the masked villain having a aero-dynamic upper hand. Boba Fett used his jetpack to hover over where Han Solo and Star-Lord had taken cover, flushing them out with his missile before they were forced to jump out, all three soon engaged in a fire-fight. The Dash and Quicksilver were both halted when they were stuck in a trap set by the Sandman, his body acting like quicksand as he pulled the two under. The Scarlet Witch tried to help them but was stopped by the arrival of Jafar, their magic attacks battling in the moment. Even Merida and Hawkeye, who had hung back during most of the fight, were soon attacked by the cackling Headless Horseman, who shrugged off their arrows like they were darts.

Ahsoka and Mulan were soon confronted by the arrival of General Grievous, all four of his mechanical arms spread and armed, as he wheezed {Jedi scum!}

Obi-Wan recovered from being thrown by Doctor Doom, seeing the wizard still battling Captain America, before hearing the roar of “Kenobi!”

To the Jedi’s shock Darth Maul ran at him, his double-sided saber in hand, before leaping at him with another roar. His vengeance was intent as he and Obi-Wan began to battle, trees being cut from Maul’s stray strikes in the ensuing clash.

At one point, during the fight with Doc Ock, Stitch was thrown from his side of the battlefield and wound up landing near where Rocket and Chewbacca were. The two furry gun-toting aliens were bunkered down by a horde of Stormtroopers from the other side of a rock they had taken shelter behind.

He hurried up near them, said something in his alien language, before Rocket replied “Yeah? You think you have it bad? Take a look out there!” Chewie growled something before managing a few more shots, Rocket replying “Good idea.” He looked to Stitch and asked “Think you can handle a blaster or two?” In response Stitch sprouted his extra pair of limbs, Rocket nodding “I’ll take that as a yes.” He handed the little blue alien four small firearms of his own design before arming himself with a hand-held cannon and saying to both of his comrades “Let’s blow them a new one, boys!”

All three leapt out form their hiding spot and unleashed everything they had at the troopers. No holding back. No remorse or compromise. They roared and yelled as they were going to give their enemies as much hell as possible.

During the confusion of all the fighting Loki had watched as both heroes and villains were engaged. With no one watching he slipped away without a trace, into the darkness to enact his own plans.

The Scarlet Witch was desperate to save her brother and Dash but with Jafar in the way it was something easier said than done. For the sorcerer he cackled as he managed to match each attack she through at him before countering with some might spell from his hands or his cobra-shaped staff. Her distraction with trying to reach the still sinking speedsters didn’t help with her focus anymore, which proved her downfall when Jafar had finally gained the upper hand.

With a triumphant laugh he said “You may be a beauty, my dear, but your powers are nothing compared to mine. I am the most powerful sorcerer in all of my world!”

Jafar had given another victorious laugh before he was cut off by someone saying “Really? Only ONE world?”

Everyone nearby looked up as a portal created from almost nowhere had manifested, and coming from it was none other than…

“Doctor Strange!” Scarlet Witch declared.

He landed in front of Jafar and scoffed “Come. Let’s see how you fare against the Sorcerer Supreme.”

Jafar growled and fired a blast of magic that Strange blocked easily with a wave of his hand. Enraged Jafar tried again and again with each spell more powerful than the last. Each time Strange easily defended against it as if it was nothing. It left Jafar baffled to the point of disbelief.

Doctor Strange gave a slight shrug and said “What a shame.” Before now attacking himself.

The bolt of magic from the spell cast was powerful enough to send Jafar flying. When he landed there was nothing left of Jafar but his clothes and staff which cracked like a stick when it hit the ground. The Sorcerer Supreme blew his finger like a smoking gun.

Recovered the Scarlet Witch used her powers to disrupt the Sandman’s form and hold on Quicksilver and Dash; just before their heads were buried beneath. The Sandman roared as his form took a more human shape, he holding his head in pain, before both Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange helped the two speedsters out.

After seeing both were alright she turned to the Doctor and asked “Where have you been? We thought we lost you.”

He shrugged and explained “My spell my not have been as on par as I was hoping it to be. You can blame the displacement already screwing things up for that mess. Took me a while to find my way all the way back to Asgard before I found out where you all went.” He smirked before adding “And thankfully I didn’t come alone. Even picked up a few helping hands along the way.”

Using his sling-ring, the object that allowed him to teleport in the first place, Strange created another portal leading to where his reinforcements were in-waiting. One-by-one all of them stepped out of the portal and revealed that indeed Doctor Strange had collected more than just a mere handful of heroes.

The rest of the Big Hero 6, being Wasabi, Honey Lemon, GoGo and Fred, had shown that they were alive and ready to fight like Strange. The familiar face of Namor had appeared, along with Jedi Master Kit Fisto and the demigod Maui, brandishing his magic fish hook. Tarzan the ape man and arrived as well along with the large and furry James P. Sullivan/Sulley and the dashing Flynn Ryder/Eugene Fitzherbert. The spacefaring Nova flew in and hovered above the group while the Winter Soldier stepped into view. Finally Jedi Master Shaak-Ti arrived with the group, her lightsaber in-hand and ready to battle.

Seeing the glowing excitement from the others Strange said to them “Admit it. You’re all speechless, right? Now then, let’s gives Thanos a lesson in never messing with the space-time-reality continuum.”

**********

After announcing his use of the Infinity Cannon the Grandmaster said to “You’d be foolish to try your little experiment again, Thanos. You splintered all of existence before. Trying again could be catastrophic.”

“I’m not interested in your warnings, old creature.” The Titan replied as he grabbed his Infinity Gauntlet, examining all the Stones embedded. “I am only interested in results.”

“Even results that could lead to the end of existences itself?”

He turned back and smirked at him “What better end result, eh?”

Hearing that the Grandmaster insisted “I cannot let you do this, Thanos. The games ends now and I-”

The Grandmaster had come close enough to where Thanos backhanded him hard enough to send him flying against the wall. Darth Vader had moved a little out of the way and saw as the cosmic being hit against the screens and crashed them to the ground along with the rest of him. He groaned and looked up as Thanos sneered with the gauntlet still in hand.

“Your right, Grandmaster. This game is over. And I’ve already won.”

With a triumphant smirk Thanos raised the gauntlet in one hand to equip it to himself in the other. As soon as it was around his hand however the gauntlet sparked with violet energy that hurt the Titan. He dropped to his knees and held his trapped hand, the painful feeling still coursing through him.

“What….is….this…?” he struggled. “Another trick…Grandmaster…?”

“A trick, yes. But not his, Thanos.” A familiar voice said before stepping from the shadows. With a smirk Loki replied “It’s one of mine.”