Chapter 16:

Chapter 16: A Major Battle Continues

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM: United by Destiny


Facing off against an army these heroes from different world’s found themselves untied. Heroes from the various Marvel universes such as Iron-Man, Spider-Man, Gamora and hopefully soon the HULK. As well as Capcom’s Street Fighter universe with the likes of Chun-Li and Ryu. The army standing before them made up of demonic puppets, zombies, Hydra, and Shadaloo warriors. And that wasn’t all.

A pink and black blur whizzed and flipped through the air. With the agility of a cat Juri Han landed before the group of otherworldly heroes. Legs stretched and tongue licking lips she held a sadistic stare. She screamed a cry of battle when even more Villains emerged from the large black fortress behind her. The street fighter and matador Vega, Ronan who’d previously been tasked with destroying Chris Redfield and his crew but was unable to cooperate with Sabretooth, The Juggernaut whose landing was so fierce it crushed the hard earth beneath his feet, followed by the Green Goblin who’d flown in on his glider. Lastly a frantic flurry of vampire bats had formed in a crowd as they were then absorbed into one being. The vampire Demitri, long time enemy of Morrigan Aensland and the Aensland family.

“Heh heh heh. What an incredible crew we have huh?” Juri asked as she looked directly at Tony Stark. “You guys are in for it now!” She said menacingly, licking her lips once more.

Iron-Man looked them over, then thought back to former enemies like Ultron and the Mandarin. More recently he even compared them to Vergil and the Dark Phoenix. “Hmm… I’ve seen better.” He said plainly.

“WHAT!?” Juri Han was furious. She didn’t like being underestimated. Though however furious she appeared she tried to disguise it with more bravado. “Ha whatever! You’ll find out soon enough. Goblin!” She yelled commanding the Green Goblin.

“Heh! I’ll do the honors!” He yelled with a cackle as he flew toward the group with a shiny orange orb gripped firmly in his hand. A pumpkin bomb.

As his spider sense went off, Spider-Man screamed “Everyone dodge!” Jumping out of the way as everyone else followed suit.

The pumpkin bomb lit up while mid-glide the cackling Goblin threw it toward the group. If it weren’t for their quick reflexes and Spider-Man’s warning, most of them would have been cooked meat. Damn you Norman! Spider-Man intensely thought as he recounted all the times this rival of his had used the bombs on the lives of the innocent. He prepared to charge in as Iron-Man stopped him. Flying in front of him as he prepped to leap forward.

“What are you doing!?” He yelled.

“I understand how you feel. You and this Goblin have a long history. But let me handle this. I feel the ability to take flight gives him a major advantage over the rest of you, but not me. So please, let’s be smart about this!”

“…” Spidey hesitated for a moment, but ultimately agreed. “Right. I’ll take the guy with the hammer then.” He said as he turned his attention to Ronan.

“I am not just some man with a hammer!” Ronan had been listening. “I am the great accuser! Conqueror and Destroyer of worlds! I am the-”

“Whatever can we just fight already?” Spider-Man asked as he got into a crouching position, ready for battle.

“GRRRR! You’ll pay for your insolence! Not to ment-” He was cut off again as Spidey leaped forth like an insect and kneed him in the face. Spit flying from his mouth, eyes wide with shock. “Damn you!” He said as he fell to the floor.

At the same time Ryu and Chun-Li were squaring off against Vega and Juri. These fighters like Spider-Man and Green Goblin had a long history. Mostly a history of losses on the enemies part. But this time they were ready. As Ryu and Chun-Li were surrounded by Shadaloo warriors a grin was plastered across Juri Han’s face. Likely Vega’s as well from under his mask.

“My oh my how the tables have turned!” She said.

“Outnumbered and outgunned whatever shall you do?” Vega said smugly.

Chun-Li shared a look with Ryu. Nodding her head as Ryu nodded in agreement. All the while Shadaloo warriors were inching toward them.

“We’ll do what we’ve always done. We’ll fight!” Chun-Li yelled as she aimed her fist at a handful of Shadaloo warriors. “Kikoken!” She yelled as a powerful blue orb barreled forth.

HAADDOUKEN!” Ryu yelled as he also blasted at them with a powerful blue fireball!

In an explosion of blue light nearly half the Shadaloo warriors were taken out just like that. Juri and Vega frustrated prepared their attack as they jumped in. Vega’s claws equipped and Juri Han’s sadistic look seeming like all she needed.

On a different part of the battlefield was Gamora. She had been slicing away at the demonic puppets and cartoonish undead with relative ease. It was then that a dapper vampire flew into her line of sight. Wearing the clothes of a nobleman colored purple and red with a white fluffy necktie. His brown spiked hair and bright red eyes were quite the eyecatcher for Gamora. His intrusion even distracting her from the enemy at hand.

Knowing his presence was a distraction Gamora leapt backwards in a flip. Gaining her distance from the undead. As they redirected their attack and began heading towards her once more Demitri made his move. Gamora prepared herself when suddenly a fiery explosion eliminated all of the undead and demonic puppets before her. Her shocked expression lasting only a moment before making eye contact with Demitri once more.

“Why’d you destroy your own warriors like that?

“Hmph.”

“What are you too pompous to talk to a peasant like me?” Gamora asked jokingly.

“Peasant?” Demitri said. “No. You’ve got royalty in you. I can tell by the gracefully elegant way you carry yourself. You seem more like a princess to me. Not the warrior sort.”

“What!?”

“You would do well to flee. You’re no match for a Dark Lorde such as myself.” Demitri pointed toward the jungle in the distance. “So please, do yourself a favor and escape.”

Gamora looked back perplexed. She then looked back toward the Vampire Lorde Demitri. He had a cold look on his face. A wicked face for sure, but the expression itself didn’t seem so wicked. Gamora doing some profiling for herself began to laugh. This shocked Demitri a bit.

“Ha! You’d really let me leave huh? Some Dark Lorde.”

“Tch! What did you say!?”

Gamora drew her sword. “Look if you want to fight me then let’s fight. Otherwise I’ve got real villains to fight. I won’t waste my time with a vampire whose fangs are not in it!”

“Not in it huh!” Demitri yelled as a large red fireball appeared from his hand and launched forth.

Gamora pulled her blaster and calmly aimed at the oncoming fireball. Then with a few bursts from her blaster the ball of fire exploded. Blowing up well before hitting Gamora. As Demitri shot off even more Gamora dodged, slashed, and shot them. Blowing them up prematurely in most instances. Then as she had gotten into the rhythm as cluster of vampire bats formed from behind her as Demitri appeared.

“Shit!”

Gamora swung her sword to his right as Demitri went left. She swung again as he caught the blade with his hand. Her hand struggling as he held the blade, a small line of blood streaming down his hand. He smirked but so did she, then his vanished. She pulled her sidearm and shot Demitri in the stomach. It stung as he winced in pain then evaporated into a battalion of bats. This fighting continued for some time. Above them high up in sky was a different fight.

The night air was crisp and cool. It dropped the exterior temperature of Iron-Man and the Green Goblin’s armored suits. Luckily for the both of them they had heated internal lining. Flying and intertwining the two threw punches and due to his full body advantage Iron-Man even threw a few kicks. Knocking the Goblin off balance.

“HA! VERY GOOD!”

Amidst the Goblin’s praise he threw a pumpkin bomb. Taking the opportunity in stride Iron-Man emitted a magnetic force that lobbed the bomb back down to the battlefield below. Landing amidst Hydra soldiers and undead alike as an explosion bellowed out from below. The Goblin grinned as his eyes lit up from behind his yellow lenses. Elated at the explosion below. Smart! Very smart!

“Yes, YES! Show me more of that!”

The Goblin began throwing more pumpkin bombs while Iron-Man did the same old trick. He’d lure them in with a magnetic field emitted from his gauntlets. He would then disperse them back at the Alliance forces down on the ground. Destroying them by the dozens. With several more explosions going off the Goblin began to get even more excited. The awful gaze of his now being directed at Iron-Man himself.

“You know we’re not so different you and I.” Goblin said with a much calmer demeanor.

“Really? We’re doing that tired old spiel. Hopefully your just saying we both have robotic suits and can fly. Because apart from that I’m have a hard time seeing the similarities.” Iron-Man said as he raised his gauntlets, ready for a fight.

“You really don’t know do you? Your Stark industries, my Oscorp! We’re both geniuses before our time. Your Jericho missiles were revolutionary! My glider technology and your Iron-Suit. They’d be like peanut butter and chocolate! Self-made men the both of us! What could make us kin more than that!”

“You think warfare was a path I chose for myself? That was the path my father put me on. I am on a new path now. The path to peace.”

“…” The Goblin was so disgusted with his answer he wanted to throw up. “I see… you’re not fit to run with the Norman Osborn’s of the world. You’re just the son of a great man. Like my own.” The Green Goblin then crouched down upon his glider.

“It’s the Norman Osborn’s of the world that are of a dying breed.”

“The only dying breed here is the STARKS!”

The Goblin unleashed yet another pumpkin bomb as he threw it at Iron-Man. Tch! That same old trick! Iron-Man pulled the bomb into his magnetic field once more. It was as the bomb had been pulled in toward him that the Green Goblin smirked. Pushing a key on the computer attached to his gauntlet. The bomb began to tick. A remote detonation! The bomb blew up in his face as a fiery shroud of smoke encompassed Iron-Man.

Taking note of the explosion. Watching Spider-Man pummel Ronan. Ryu and Chun-Li beating down Juri and Vega while fending off attacks from Shadaloo warriors. The Juggernaut began to grow impatient. His tapping foot appearing more like stomps. Like boulders falling off a cliff.

“ARE YOU ALL TOO COWARDLY TO FIGHT THE JUGGERNAUT!?”

The Juggernaut growing more and more impatient was now stomping harder. Itching for a fight. The earth shook as he took stock of his potential victims. His massive body moving quickly like a mantis in his stillness. He looked at the black smoke from where Iron-Man was. HA! He’s dead. Who else is there… Juggernaut thought. He then looked at Spider-Man who was giving Ronan a hard time. The he looked at Chun-Li and Ryu. Then with a smile he looked back at Spider-Man. Looks like I’ve got my first victim.

Once the Juggernaut had his target locked on he began stomping towards him. It was then that the slender Bruce Banner stepped forth. Juggernaut stopped in his tracks out of confusion. The moonlight illuminating the man before him.

“I’ll take you on.” Bruce said.

Juggernaut’s confusion turned to laughter. “What you? A PUNY MAN LIKE YOU!” Juggernaut burst into a sprint. “I’m going to break into you like a KIT-KAT BAR!”

It was then that Bruce’s skin began to change color. Green. His muscles began to pop and bulge out. The Juggernaut blinded by his thirst for conflict charged forward. Not noticing the change taking place before him. It’s time to back them into a corner! Bruce thought as he also thought back on Ryu had told him. Sensing what Juggernaut could not the Hydra soldiers took aim. Firing upon the changing man before them, the blasts creating a shroud steam around him. The Juggernaut in full momentum for a massive punch could not have predicted what was about to happen to him.

*BAM!* The HULK had emerged. Gut punching the Juggernaut with the full force of his power. His massive green fist shooting the shocked Juggernaut back nearly 20 feet. His body bouncing and sliding a few more. The green mass then jumped that same distance. The HULK landing right on top of a terrified Juggernaut with sweat surrounding his shocked eyes from within his helmet. He then threw both of his fists up into the air, over his head.

“NOW TAKE HULK’S PUNY FISTS!!!”

The fists came bearing down with the power of a mountain that seemingly fell from the sky. Shards of rock flew into the air by the hundreds as a cloud of dust enveloped the two. But the punches didn’t stop there. The hits kept coming. More and more dust enveloping them with each blow, and no way of seeing the hits without being in the so called eye of the storm.

“Way to go big guy.” Spidey said as he watched on.

“…” Ronan was stunned by the display.

“Well since he’s trying this hard. Call me bedrock!”

Spider-Man returned to his fight with Ronan. The Conqueror and Accuser was still a bit stunned by the HULK’s display. But a good kick to the face woke him up. In anger he responded with a swing of his hammer. Spidey using a web zip to get out of the way dodged with ease. The frustrated Accuser swung again. Missing again thanks to Spidey’s agility. He then threw it as it boomeranged through the air. Spider-Man had to jump into the air to narrowly miss being hit.

“Whoa that was close! But it gives me an idea.”

Spidey began zipping in with his webs yet again. Ronan swinging his hammer once more to little effect. But this time Spidey was being extra obnoxious. Thwipping his webs they hit Ronan square in the face. Temporarily blinding him and covering his mouth. His muffled battle cry was unable to ring out. In a panic Ronan threw the hammer once more. Spidey was jubilant.

“It seems you dropped your package off to the wrong address!” Spidey jumped and webbed the hammer mid-flight. He then spun it around in the air before throwing it back. “Return to sender!”

The hammer flew back towards the Accuser. Web still literally in his eye he didn’t see it until the last moment. Just barely pulling the sticking webbing from his eyes when BONK! It hit him in the head. Knocking him out as he fell to the ground.

“That ones going to need ice afterward.” Spidey said as he then looked at the HULK. Still beating his opponent to a pulp. “Well I better go get the big guy.” Spidey said reluctantly.

As Spider-Man made his way over to the HULK, HULK took notice. Letting off a roar for him to stay back, but Spidey was persistent. Making his way closer. HULK then began to throw rocks as Spider-Man evaded.

“Come on Big Green! We have to start fighting those guys over there!” He said pointing at an army of nervous Hydra soldiers and Shadaloo warriors.

HULK still seemed caught up in beating up the already unconscious Juggernaut. Spider-Man kept inching trying to persuade him otherwise. He began talking about his allies, and how they needed their help. He mentioned Iron-Man, HULK snarled. He then mentioned Gamora, Chun-Li, and Ryu. RYU… The HULK thought back on their meditation. Their fierce battle and the respect that HULK, not Bruce Banner had acquired for the Shodo. He then stood up to face Spider-Man as the red and blue hero nervously backed up a bit.

“Kay… Hulk help you help Ryu and other humans.” He said rather calmly.

“What? Really!”

HULK threw Spidey up onto his shoulders and began rushing the Hydra soldiers and other combatants. Spidey webbing guns away as soon as they got close. Spidey then balanced his feet on HULK’s palm as HULK chucked him into the crowd, Spidey punching, kicking, and webbing up as many Hydra and Shadaloo as he could. HULK then bombed into the crowd throwing as many of them up into the air as he could.

Juri witnessing this didn’t have time to dwell. Ryu was hot on her heels. Chun-Li hot on Vega’s. With a flurry of fast punches and kicks Juri hit Ryu. Ryu looking back at her wiped the blood from his lip and smiled. Vega taking his claws to Chun-Li couldn’t hit her. Only lucky enough slice away a bit of cloth as well as a few measly strands of hair.

Kikoken!” Chun-Li yelled as a blue energy blast hit Vega.

Flying back the matador’s mask fell from his face. Like Velma looking for her glasses, Vega patted around until he was able to find his mask. Putting it back on and turning to confront Chun-Li for putting his beautiful face in jeopardy. Chun stared at him as he berated her.

“Whatever. Quit whining about your face already.”

“What! How dare you! You can’t just cut me off mid-sentence like that. Especially when the topic of discussion is my beautiful complexion!” He yelled as he lunged for another attack.

Ryu and Juri were still in the heat of it. And every time he hit her she just grew more and more bloodthirsty. Not at all worried about her complexion. Darting around like a monkey she went in for swift precise hits. Trading blows the two warriors began to pull out all the stops.

Shoryuken!”

Performing his spinning uppercut however did him little good. At best throwing Juri off balance as she backflipped away from the attack. It didn’t connect! Ryu then performed a tatsu. His spinning bicycle kick. This also missed as Juri slid across the ground underneath him. She then performed a high kick. Hitting him in the face a bit more harshly this time as he staggered backward.

“You’re fast!”

“HA! Did you think those kicks were going to work? I’ve seen all your moves Ryu. But have you seen this?” Juri got in real close. Face to face she licked her lips with a ominous pink glow in her wide eyes. “Ryodansatsu!”

Juri Han then performed a spinning bicycle kick of her own. But hers seemed to fly vertically instead of horizontally like Ryu’s. The force of footed uppercut was almost more than Ryu could take as he flew up into the air and then back down. It was then, while stunned that Juri assaulted him with a volley of punches and kicks that by the time she was done he was flat on his back. That’s what you get swine!

“What!?” Juri was now the one stunned as the Shodo was already back on his feet. “That’s not possible!”

“Hmph. That was a powerful attack for sure. The way you used your spinning momentum to kick me was incredible. Unfortunately…” Juri gulped nervously. “Against a fighter like me it does very little for you!”

“No…” In that moment amidst Ryu she saw the shadow of a true martial arts master emanate from him. “I knew he was good… I mean I heard the stories. But who’d have thought he was this good!” She said with a delighted yet nervous smirk. Sweat pouring from her forehead.

With Ryu’s white Gi wafting from the night breeze he began to light up. Enshrouded in a blue aura he put his hands together as lightning that had started forming around his body began to travel to his hand. And from that lightning a blue fireball. It’s power was so immense that it nearly froze Juri Han in her tracks. Her smirk gone she was now getting nervous. Shaking. And in that moment Ryu uttered the words. “HADOUKEN!!!” The fireball launched. Juri did manage to gain her composure just in time to dodge the lightning fast blast. But it wasn’t enough for the explosion had blown her away, launched into a nearby bushel.

Damn he’s good… She thought as ecstasy took over her face. Fading slowly out of consciousness. Juri Han was defeated.

Ryu then looked at Chun-Li who was still battling Vega. He was about to go in for the assist when Shadaloo warriors surrounded him. He gritted his teeth. Even with M. Bison gone these evildoers just won’t quit. So be it! Ryu took them on all at once as they piled up on him.

Though he was unable to come to her aid, it mattered little to Chun-Li. As of currently she was dominating Vega. Everything from strength, speed, and her ki was far superior to his. She then went in with a Spinning Bird Kick. Each kick as she spun demolishing his face until his mask broke and demolished his face even more. By the time she was finished he was beaten and lying on the ground. Face bumpy and swollen.

Back up in the air as the smoke had cleared Iron-Man flew before the Goblin. Not a scratch on him from the explosion. He then flew in punching the Goblin as Norman recoiled back from the hit. He then punched Green Goblin’s gut. Since they were both armored up it was more like two unarmored men were duking it out. But in the fight between Norman Osborn and Tony Stark… Tony was winning.

“Not possible! That was a direct hit from my bomb.”

“…”

“Why are you being so quiet!?” The Goblin roared.

“…” Tony was quiet for a moment longer before he spoke. “Sorry about that. I was just analyzing in my head how I could make your bombs better.” He said cockily.

Norman was insulted. “Oh yeah!? How about some pumpkin missiles!” He yelled as missiles ejected from his glider and towards the iron suited hero.

“It’s not Halloween yet!” He retorted as Tony launched missiles of his own.

The missiles collided in mid-air. But not all of them. The Goblin stunned watched as several more of Iron-Man’s missiles flew through the explosion. He reacted by throwing a pumpkin bomb that detonated them before hitting him. But now the Goblin was the one trapped in the smoke. It was then that Iron-Man appeared behind him. He threw a device onto his glider. What’s that!? Then with a swift voice command from Tony the device shocked the glider with more volts od electricity than the glider could handle as the Goblin fell from the air on his failing glider. Back into the compound.

“Now it’s time to grab the others, and save Rhodey!”

Iron-Man blasted off for the surface. Landing amidst the HULK, Spider-Man, Ryu and Chun-Li. They saw him and smirked. Then as Hydra forces came up on the group of heroes they readied themselves. Until…

“Not so fast.” A voice said calmly.

The heroes looked to the sky. In that moment shock swept over them. 7, 8, 9, they counted. TEN!? Tony counted internally as ten giant robots hit the ground. The shockwave kicking up dust that covered the whole battlefield. It was the newly christened Hydra Sentinels! Standing atop one of them… Vergil, and the Dark Phoenix.

“Wh-where’s Gamora!” Iron-Man then asked.

“Look up there!”

Iron-Man and the others looked to where Chun-Li had been pointing. What they saw was a massive shock. A cluster of vampire bats carrying her away.

My spider sense went off for the Sentinels, but not that? How strange…

The group then faced Vergil and his mechanized platoon once more. “That’s good… prepare for your deaths!”