MFG - Chapter 60 (Patreon)

Chapter 60: The Conclusion

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The Messenger of Olympus, the God of speed, Hermes, didn't leave Earth yet. He had decided to see this battle to its end.

What he found interesting was how the Trickster Loki was defeated and brought somewhere by Supernova. He was urged to follow and see, but the battle outside was honestly more interesting. So he stayed here.

The Man-Spider in a Suit was quite helpful. Hermes was a bit surprised by how impactful he was in this war by just being nimble and quick.

"Kid, clear the left!"

"Yes, Captain!"

He even swung by the group that called themselves the Avengers. In all seriousness, Hermes was impressed by the Man-Spider.

There's something more impressive though. The mutant Magma who shone bright like a sun at one point, having transformed into her magma form and destroying all enemies, was not the only sun in this area.

A literal sun joined the war, flying from another part of the city, and shining down on the enemies.

The Human Torch entered the war.

Representing the Fantastic Four, he fought for the Earthlings and pushed the enemies back further than ever before.

Hermes was reminded of Apollo by this young man. Quite impressive.

In fact, in retrospect, Human Torch was more useful than Thor Odinson in this battle. Hermes was actually quite disappointed at that God, who fought as if he was a God of Hammer instead of Thunder.

"Mhm,"

Hermes shifted a little and looked far. He sensed something weird. A great combust of power… Not magic, nor a superpower.

"Ah."

He soon understood what it was.

"A Nuclear Bomb."

It seemed that these foolish humans were about to destroy their own city.

Shaking his head, Hermes sighed as he realized it was time to leave. Raising his head towards the sky, he tapped his feet. Pristine wings popped up from behind his ankles, and he vanished from his spot as they flapped, traveling at a speed beyond which the eyes could follow.

Hermes left for Olympus.

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Enrique burst through the streets of Manhattan and shot through the sky. Rogue was in his arms, while Scepter was attached to his back like a sword, placed into the holder created by his molded suit.

“What shall we do henceforth?"

Rogue was enjoying his embrace while her eyes scanned the cityscape that they passed. A group of Chitauri suddenly followed them, and Rogue grabbed the Scepter from his back before firing beams at the enemies.

“Marvelous!”

Enrique gave her a sidelong look, making sure her currently unpredictable self didn’t plan to do anything funny with the Scepter. He turned back and destroyed a few enemies himself with his [Heat Vision].

“We have to close that portal.”

Enrique pointed his chin at the sky, Rogue followed her eyes and saw the portal that connected the Chitauri Army’s ship far in the galaxy, to the skies of Manhattan.

“These enemies can never be beaten otherwise, they’re like an endless swarm. We will get tired, but they will continue coming.”

Enrique had to pause his explanation because a fiery figure blitzed past them in the air. He blinked and turned his head to follow.

“Huh? Was that Magma?”

“No, it’s… Human Torch. From Fantastic Four.”

Enrique answered Rogue. It wasn’t news to him, having spent a few months in this new world by now. The Fantastic Four existed here too.

This made him question some things though. If one of the Fantastic Four was here, where were the others? He wasn’t just talking about the other three members, but other Supes too. The X-Men for example, what the fuck were they up to?

With their teleporting powers, they could have come here and helped in the battle quite easily. Yet they were nowhere to be found. What was Charles Xavier thinking?

“Looks like Human Torch is taking care of everything. We can just close the portal.”

In the entirety of the Marvel Universe, Phoenix Force is undoubtedly the strongest fire-type existence. Though that’s only true in its true form. It was Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch who was the strongest pyro existence, after the Phoenix.

‘I wonder… how strong will Rogue grow if I sacrifice Human Torch to her?’

Enrique had a wild idea as he moved through the sky that was cleared now, unsure if he would stick with the idea or just move on.

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Soon, Enrique reached the rooftop of the Stark Tower. Unsurprisingly, the scientist Erik Selvig was present there, and there was also Black Widow. He dropped to his feet and let Rogue down as well.

“You two! I’ve been waiting for you.”

Black Widow sped up to them, she tried to look calm but she was a little shaken. She looked at the Scepter in Rogue’s hand.

“I need that. We need to close the portal, and that thing is necessary for it.”

“Yes, we already know that. Rogue, do it.”

Black Widow was about to say something, but she shut up when Rogue’s eyes met with her. Natasha blinked as she got a sense of Déjà vu, as if those eyes had stared at her before.

Rogue walked over to the shield bubble that was around the machine that shot energy up at the sky, opening the portal. The shield was an impenetrable defense, nothing could go through it, and therefore the energy beam behind it couldn’t be closed either.

However, with the Scepter, it was possible. One just had to push it in and the energy beam would break and therefore the portal would close.

“Hey, hey~”

A thin voice rang from Black Widow’s earpiece, that Enrique barely heard. He turned to her, as Black Widow rushed to Rogue who slammed the Scepter into the bubble.

“Stop!”

It was like pushing a pencil through an eraser, it was slowly moving in, and Black Widow’s shout stopped Rogue from pushing in further.

“Ironman notified that a Nuke is on our way. He is going to send it through the portal and hit the ship outside. Don’t close the portal before that, otherwise, we are going to die.”

Rogue looked at Enrique instead of answering herself. He gave her a nod.

“Do as she says.”

Rogue shrugged her shoulders and stopped pushing the Scepter forward. All of them turned their heads to look afar, where Ironman was rushing with a missile on his back.

Enrique watched the scenario sharply. This was the point that marked the beginning of the Avengers, it’s what made their bond strong.

For a moment, he wished to go and take the missile from Tony. But he held back the urge, it was dangerous. He didn't know if he could even survive in outer space, along with the possibility that they might close the portal on him as he may be not as lucky as Tony.

As they watched the scene, Human Torch rushed towards Tony.

"Huh, what is he doing?"

"...I think I know."

Rogue asked as Black Widow replied in a grim voice. She tapped her earpiece and spoke.

"Stark, the Human Torch may have mistaken you for trying to blow the city with the nuke. He is heading to confront you, not good. The nuke might react to his fire and blow the city to blisters."

Enrique heard a "Goddammit" come from the earpiece, while he was on the move already.

No way was he going to die today and for such a stupid reason too.

Shooting through the sky at his top speed, flying by skyscrapers, while the sky was filled with gunshots from the Chitauri, Enrique reached the fiery man right before he could stop Ironman.

"You there!"

Enrique moved and punched the fire stick on his jaw, sending him flying out of Ironman's way, who continued his way forward.

While Ironman rushed towards his Stark Tower, and then took a swift turn up, heading towards the portal in the sky, Enrique was suddenly confronting an angry Human Torch.

"C'mon man, what're you doing?! Stark is trying to-"

Human Torch was yelling when he watched Tony rush into the portal.

"Huh?"

"It's his plan. You didn't know since you don't have an earpiece, so I don't blame you. The Government sent the Nuke at us, and Stark is sending it to the enemies. He's saving us."

"Oh."

Enrique explained and the young hero rubbed the back of his head.

"My bad, my bad. Haha, thanks for stopping me then. Ah, the punch hurt though. Can I punch you back at least?"

"Well, you can try."

Enrique shrugged his arms and said. Contrary to his joke, Torch took it as a genuine invite. He blasted his feet into the sky and rushed at Enrique, who was nearly caught off guard.

A punch came flying at his face, and he barely had any time to dodge. Still, he did manage to dodge it.

"Awwh, I missed it."

"Yeah, too bad."

Enrique pushed him back a little and said. Human Torch took his defeat with a shake of his head.

As the two were there, they heard the sound of glass cracking. Their heads turned to the high sky as they saw the portal closing. The crack in the space closed itself with the sound of cracking glasses.

Enrique shot a long look at the top of the Stark Tower, where Anna was pushing the Scepter into the bubble. Black Widow wore an expression of expectancy and regret as she stared up at the closing portal.

Enrique looked back up too.

'I wonder what will happen if Ironman doesn't make it this time.'

He wondered how much the timeline would change. Sadly, instead of a fleeting thought, this was a genuine concern as he stared up at the sky. It would be problematic if Ironman didn't make it.

There was a high chance he may not, too. Because this time it was Rogue who closed the portal instead of Black Widow. Along with all the other variables.

He stared expectantly, as the portal closed with just a black dot remaining.

"He didn't make it, huh…"

The Human Torch sounded grim.

Enrique frowned, worried about this timeline, just as a red dot fell from the black dot, as the black dot closed.

"No, he did."

Enrique grinned and shot through the sky. He caught Ironman in his arms, as the man wasn't even awake, and flew down.

Enrique landed near the Avengers, who were gathered in the streets except for Black Widow. He dropped Ironman there, as everyone gathered.

"Is he…"

"Stark!"

Hawkeye trailed off while Captain America crouched down. He grabbed Ironman's face mask and yanked it off, throwing it far.

"Gaaahhh!"

Don't Stark gasped out right away, taking big breaths and looking around in a hectic manner.

"Uh, ah, did anyone kiss me?"

"...."

"Did we win?"

The Avengers looked at one another, shooting glances at Enrique too, as slowly they all smiled and pointed at the sky where the portal once existed.

All the Chitauri remaining here had died off, disconnected from the ship. They just dropped dead. So yes.

They have won the war.

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