//------------------------------// // Clash of the Titans Part IV // Story: Spiders and Magic: The Harmony Avengers // by andrew7 //------------------------------// Meanwhile the battle between the Avengers and Squirk on Liberty Island continued with a horrifying giant sea serpent sprung his monstrous frame into S like shape like, being like a cobra ready to strike its prey before lunging himself right forward on the heroes, snarling ferally and his evil golden slitted eyes gleaming with maliciously. Yet Trixie however better kept her distance and staying out of the raging fight by hiding herself behind a tree in a safe distance. Spider-Mane offensively fired two webbing strands from both of his hooves in an attempt to once again blindfold Squirk to distract him so the others could take an advantage and attack. “Not this time!” Squirk smugly chuckled, opening his mouth wide open and by clamping his powerful jaws with his razor sharp teeth, the Elemental easily tore the knights webbing strands on a little pieces with more than a little effort quite for web-slingers dismay. “Oy gevalt!” Spidey dully muttered in response as his Spiders Sense within the centre of his head blurred like crazy, yet unfortunately there was too late as Squirk tackled the webslinger hard out of the way with a speed and force potent to a speeding train, knocking him aside. “Peter!” Both Twilight and Luna shrieked shocked by watching their knight making several back rolls by hitting the ground before eventually coming into halt. Yet be spotting Squrik was heading their way, both princesses glared menacingly like basilisks and by taking an offense, they simultaneously attacked Squirk by shooting beams or their respective magic aura from their horns. Though and much for Twilights and Lunas dismay and just like before, a giant sea monster like hybrid endured the blasts due to its monstrous size along with his harder than steel like scales and just like with Spider-Mane, the Elemental steamrolled his way right through both mares, knocking them aside. Sunset Shimmer along with Black Cat and Spitfire being next in line held their posts and facing Squrik boldly. Sunset fired another series of numerous glowing blasts from her horn, while Spitfire on the another hoof started spinning around her axis before once again becoming a living twister, yet this time also unleashing an accumulated cyclone like blast. “I cant let you girls to have all the fun for yourselves!” Felicia quipped as she pulled out her cat claw like grappling hook from her fur, spinning it fiercely before throwing it sharply like ninja kunai fixed on chain. However and just like with Spider-Mane, Twilight and Luna, Squrik rather easily managed to withstand all three mares combined assault, by enduring a super-hot host, a fiery twister blast dissipating by hitting sea serpents massive head while the grappling hook simply clanged from iron like hide, if not even blunting itself. By extending his terrifying mandible like claw, Squrik swung and easily swapping Sunset and Black Cat from his way and Spitfire right from the air, as the mares hit the ground hard one by one like flies. Now it was Wolverines turn. By roaring fiercely, the X-Men lunged himself right forward on Squrik, having his deadly adamantium claws extended, ready to puncture his prey. Yet reacting quickly and by nimble movements of his serpentine flexible body, Squrik dodged Logans deadly blades, yet sharply swinging his long tail, the Elemental swapped the X-Men like a ping pong ball as Wolverine flew back with a speed of a missile, hitting the ground hard by even making trench in it before eventually coming into halt, grunting in discomfort. “Peter! Twilight….Oh no!” Trixie gasped in horror by seeing Peter, Twilight, Princess Luna and the Avengers down, her stomach was straining itself by concern. “YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH!!!” Squrik howled on top of his lungs, an arrogance and dominance being vocally present in his hissing like voice before leaping and splashing back into water. “How come he is beating us so badly?” Sunset Shimmer muttered while helping Spitfire out on her hooves. “Maybe…..” Twilight thought herself deeply by analysing the situation they were all finding themselves. “By being the Elemental Lord with his natural element being water, just like with Lavan for instance fire, he just might be actually taking all his might from all the water around.” “Making him one very seriously bad guy.” Felicia quipped in rather uneasy and humorous like way, yet also somewhat nonchalantly completing Twilights theory, by which Twilight even nodded in agreement. “While we are more like fishes on the dry land that way.” Peter sarcastically noted with a slight hint of exasperation. “Just where is Godzilla when you need him?” “Every noticed we are always on th' wrong place just at wrong time?” Logan grumbled, shaking his head to recollect his sense and getting himself from the trench he made. “Now its time to take one nasty ride!” Squrik growled while out of the sudden emerging from water, swimming in a full speed towards the Liberty Island, yet much for the Avengers utter awe, the Elemental Lord of water like on his command accumulated and rising a massive, over a hundred meters tall tidal way like tsunami and by surfing in its centre, unstoppably rushing its way right to coast, threatening to decimate and wash anything standing in its path. While the Avengers, instead of reacting defensively rather froze out of pure horror, yet out of awe unable to move an inch and just dully stared at Squrik surfing on the tsunami that was towering over and being about to devour them all. “Oh crap/crud!” Both Spider-Mane and Wolverine muttered in a very blunt and dull matter as the tidal wave was still approaching their direction. Yet by reacting swiftly, Twilight, just like she did with that tidal wave back on Neigh Square, casted her magic shield spell as her violet magic aura surrounded her and the Avengers into a large magic bubble in order to protect her friends just in time before Squriks tsunami eventually washed the coast and hitting the barrier on the fullest and with such might and force like anything else potent at life with other forces of nature, causing everypony within to brace themselves and stagger as Twilight recoiled back by the impact, struggling to keep her protective shield steady. However, the impact of Squriks tidal wave itself was so massive and so powerful that it literally sent the magic bubble with Twilight, Spider-Mane, Luna, Wolverine, Black Cat, Spitfire and Sunset right within flying backwards, bouncing it like a hopping ball right into the bay, as the Avengers within yelled out in both discomfort and horror, yet their cries were eventually muted down as Squriks tidal wave along with the local water of the bay like on the Elemental command devoured the heroes as the glowing bubble disappeared in depth. “Peter! Twilight! Logan!....” Trixie bellowed in fright and her heart strained even further with horror by helplessly witnessing as her friends were just washed away by Squirks tidal wave and being literally devoured by the raging waves of the bay. “HAHA!!!” Squirk laughed manically aloud about his apparent triumph over the Avengers “You have just gone down with the ship! Such puny creatures those ponies are.” Squrik nonchalantly flattered himself, yet suddenly something else attracted the Elementals attention for a change as he turned his giant shark like head right towards the Mare Libertys platform. “Mmmm….? Well now….What do we have here?” Squrik stretched his body and reaching out so he could take a better proper look as he spotted with his slitted golden eyes that there were several ponies, arguably visitors inside, who unfortunately got trapped and stranded on the island when the hurricane stroke. “Here are some poor little earth-dwelling ponies who got left behind and being trapped like fishes in net.” Squirk with quite an unreadable expression as he stared at the ponies inside the building. Yet by finally seeing a giant sea creature outside the building with an edge of their eyes, the ponies within froze by horror before breaking up shrieking aloud in a pure terror and started panicking. “So pathetic….” Squirk huffed in a very indifferent and oblivious way, evidently showing no respect but contempt to otherpony being helplessly trapped inside as they were all completely at giant sea serpents mercy. By taking a deep breath and inhaling so much air he could, Squrik released his ice breath from his mouth as the blast of frozen water and ice wind like blizzard covered the entire Mare Libertys platform like building by ice, as it even seemed that a local temperature around the stature suddenly and drastically dropped down nearly bellow zero. “So long, earth-dwellers! You can just consider yourselves lucky that staying frozen in time, chilling out. Fresh and well-preserved, YEHAHAHAHA!!!!” Squrik laughed maniacally, being completely oblivious over the well beings of the ponies who by the way were all trembling and shivering in an extremely cold atmosphere and piercing cold of Squriks ice breath, threatening to freeze alive as the Elemental was apparently enjoying their suffering. “Oh what a great sense of humour I have.” However, a series of incoming glowing blasts detonated and exploding right over Squirks temple, right over his sensitive gills, causing an enormous sea serpent to roar painfully. Shaking his head furiously, Squrik turned his head by the direction to locate the source of the disturbance, only to see a dazzling glow of incoming fireworks that blasted right over his hideous face, dazzling him momentarily. Yet, Squrik with an edge of his eye spotted nopony else than Trixie, galloping her way forward as her horn was pulsing fierily with her pink aura and bearing quite a very bold look on her features. “You savage!” Trixie growled, an anger being vocally present within her usually boastful like voice while loading her horn and unleashing more fireworks blasts with quite some ferocity as more of glowing like missiles flew and exploded right over Squirks face, dazzling him even more. “Leave them alone!” Trixie howled with her fury accumulating even further, apparently unable to stand all that suffering Squrik caused the otherpony just for a personal satisfaction for any longer, as she kept igniting more of her fireworks from her horn, bombarding the Elemental profusely with a potent to the force of gattling gun, before and unfortunately, the fiery aura that was glowing over her horn steadily faded away by eventually exhausting most of her firework magic with only a little sparks sparkling from her horn. “Uh oh….” Trixie unfortunately muttered for herself as she found herself out of the ammo, while Squrik shrugged all the blows and finally managed to recuperate himself from all that firework performance, recovering her sense enough to centring his evil glare on Trixie, hissing thought his razor-sharp teeth menacingly. “Bad idea! Bad idea…..!” Trixie muttered frantically, by inwardly and somewhat regretting her actions, which by the way only drove a giant sea monster mad and with most of her sudden bravery being gone sharply turned back and galloping away, which however didn’t do the magician much good, as one of Squriks tentacles swung, wrapping itself and catching Trixie before she could even hope to flee. “How have I ever got into this mess?” Trixie grumbled inwardly with both sarcasm and exasperation. “The only thing I have wanted was to throw a spectacular magic show that Manehhatan had never witnessed and right now, I got to tackle some overgrown sea slug instead.” “You insolent little pest!” Squirk bellowed angrily with snarling as he brought Trixie closer to his face, glaring at the magician with his slitted golden eyes maliciously and exposing his shark razor sharp teeth, much for Trixies terror. However, the local water suddenly started raging even further, even bubbling as a bright purple glow suddenly sparkled right from the depths. Yet suddenly, the water literally exploded, splashing all around in a nearly blinding glow, as the Avengers, Spider-Mane, Twilight, Luna, Wolverine, Black Cat, Sunset Shimmer and Spitfire being all still and finding themselves in a protective magic bubble that Twilight casted early to protect herself and her teammate from Squriks tidal wave yet maintaining it at work this long to eventually enable the Equestrias Greatest Heroes to rise up again. “Guess this is some way ta rise up ta th' top…” Logan sarcastically grunted yet thought the X-Men was having a strange sense of nausea finding himself within the magic bubble. Twilight, by concentrating her magic to keep the protective barrier at work with her eyes glowing momentarily, young princess sharply extended her hooves forward, by which like driving it, she sent the magic bubble flying right towards Squirks position. “What!?! Squirk blurted out by surprise yet it was already too late as Twilight protective bubble with all the Avengers inside speed up through the air with a speed potent of a bullet, leaving a glowing track behind and tackling the terrifying sea serpent hard with enough force to make him stumble back as he also released Trixie from his grasp and splashing back into the water. In the instance, Twilight simultaneously cancelled her spell as the protective bubble that was engulfing the Avengers faded away. “Need a lift?” Spider-Mane while freefalling grabbed Trixie into his extended hooves, making a graceful flip before effortlessly and safely landing on the solid ground with the mare in his hooves bridal style, while the others soon joined their knights side, as Twilight along with Luna, Spitfire and Sunset descended down while also safely levitating both Black Cat and Wolverine by their telekinesis down. “Trixie….You alright?” Peter asked softly, concern for his best friend being vocally present in his voice. “Yeah, Peter. I am alright….” Trixie replied thought gasping for breath a little bit before eventually putting it together, yet the magicians expression inwardly darkened by exasperation and by spotting a bit of slimy substance covered over her magic cloak, evidently from Squriks tentacles. However, the Avengers casually checked their surrounding and much for their awe realizing that the Mares Libertys entire building like platform was literally covered by ice and large icicles, more likely thought resembling an iceberg, that was all caused by Squirks deadly ice breath as he intentionally and for a fiery pleasure wanted to freeze everypony trapped inside. “Oh no! All those ponies inside!” Luna blurted out in horror yet concentrating her thoughts, like she could actually out of empathy feel their pain any misery by intense cold. “They are going to freeze there alive!” Sunset Shimmer murmured in concern, not even wanting to imagine a very unfortunate things that might yet to come. “We got ta 'em out from there!” Logan on the other hoof spoke off in quite some decisive like tone, yet deep down despite his tough exterior, there was a twinge of concern for all those ponies trapped inside. “But what about….?” Peter though muttered very uneasily as his Spider Sense out of the sudden once again blurring out aloud in his head as Squrik once again emerged right from the raging water, towering in his full monstrous frame and shadowing the heroes. “Just don’t be that hasty! Spreading the fun around!” Squrik snarled arrogantly through his razor sharp teeth gritted while twisting his upper body into an attack like position, extending his long claws and tentacles from his back. “That’s enough!” Luna howled as with her ocean blue look forming in a very nasty glare, nearly resembling daggers. “Yeah!” Wolverine boldly added, yet snarling menacingly the X-Men once again unleashing his adamantium claws from his hooves with a SNIKT that flashed in the light by their deadly sharpness. “By picking on my friends and those by not the same size, I shall take it personally.” Spider-Mane huffed in quite some menacing like tone, his voice lacking any humour, yet on the other hoof sounding pretty serious and no-nonsense as he apparently had enough damage Squrik committed. “AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!” The Knight of Equestria called out and boldly galloped full speed to face on Squrik. “I got your back, my friend!” Luna decisively stated by flapping her wing and loyally following her best friend in pursuit. “And I git yers!” Even Logan didn’t stay behind and without a hint of hesitation running to their teammates side so he also could give them a hoof. “Sunset! Trixie!” Twilight though spoke off and instructed both Sunset and Trixie and pointing her hoof to the frozen Mare Liberty before flapping her wings and soaring up to the air. “Get everypony out from that ice!” “On it!” Sunset carried on Twilight instruction affirmatively without a hint of hesitation. “Right….” Even Trixie though somewhat hesitantly agreed nodding her head as both mares galloped their way to the opposite direction while the rest of the Avengers proceed to take on Squirk again. Firing both strands of his webbing into pair of trees, Spider-Mane sprung and catapulted himself with spiralling around his axis forward Squirk like an arrow, only for the Elemental hideous elastic tentacles spreading their way to greet the masked stallion. Yet via performing several agile acrobatics maneuvers along via guidance of his trusty Spider Sense, Peter nimbly landed and run on one tentacle only to swiftly flip right over the second incoming one, as he landed on third one yet cautiously leaping right over the fourth one by extending his hinder hooves as the tentacle narrowly missed his crotch, Peter easily dodged every single tentacle Squirk threw at him. However, Squirk threw out two of his scythe like claws like spears. Yet reacting cautiously on his Spiders Sense, Spidey fired yet another pair of his strands right into both claws, webbing them together and springing his way right through the pair of horrible mandibles, narrowly evading them. Going offensive this time, Peter extended his right hoof, as the Twilight Arm started glowing with a pale aura and electrical sparks igniting around it, as the hero drove his magic enhanced hoof right underneath Squirks lower jaw, the impact generating a shockwave and with the great force to make giant sea serpent to stagger back in half dazzled like state, struggling to keep his large serpentine frame steady. Firing another webbing into one of Squirks claws, Spider-Mane swung his way around, making a sharp turn yet spotting Twilight with an edge of his masked lenses flying his direction. By ceasing his momentum, the wallcrawler released himself from his webbing, making a graceful flip by extending his front hooves, as Twilight grabbed her knight in the mid air like a pair of acrobats during a circus performance as the Power Duo shared a mutual nod with each other. Yet making a sharp turn in the air, Twilight flew straight on to Squirk carrying Peter along, yet using the opportunity while the Elemental was distracted, young princess concentrated and loading her horn with lots of her magic aura before shooting numerous bolts of magic right on Squirk, bombarding the sea serpent so much profusely and with so much intensity before flying with her husband into a safe distance. Spitfire flew in full speed, yet also carrying Wolverine like a passenger, holding him by his shoulders. In the instance, the captain of Wonderbolts made a few yet intense spins around in the mid-air, swinging Logan along around like on bailey, before the pegasus sharply threw the X-Men like a bomb right towards Squirk in their very own way of Fastball Special. Zipping through the air like a bullet in a freefall, Wolverine unleashed his adamantium claws right out of his hooves yet by seeing a two of Squirks tentacles that instinctively spread their way forward, the mutant however swung his hooves and with a mere few swipes just like he did before, he easily cut one tentacle by another with such chirurgical precision and skills like a Japanese master chief, yet unfortunately causing Squirk an immense pain. Yet, Spitfire zipped her way with a speed of a bullet, by leaving a faint orange streak of her mane and tail behind her and once again grabbing Wolverine by his shoulders just before he could hit the ground, flying with him away. “You are nothing but an untamed beast! Back in the depths of the sea that spawned you!” Luna bellowed aloud with her voice sounding nearly distorted, the Guardian of the Moon flew her way in a full speed, gracefully evading two of Squirks remaining good tentacle swings while the two that got sliced by Wolverine continued to mend themselves before offensively releasing a stream of lightning right from her horn as the bolts of electricity shocked Squirk, adding on his discomfort. Luna however wasn’t quite finished yet. By using her ability to control weather, taking her trademark concentrating like stance in the mid-air flipping her wings and with her eyes glowing momentarily, the mare sent out dozens of large ice hails with razor-sharp edges right from the stormy clouds, bombarding Squirks profusely. Despite the shards broke by hitting Squriks durable steel like hide and scales, the sea serpent apparently and still felt quite some pain, gritting his teeth to the core. Not staying behind either, Black Cat sprinted her way the shore, nimbly leaping from its edge as she landed right on Squirks exposed back before though the resuming her pursuit, running right over sea monsters serpentine long body up. “Hey, Snakeface! How about I cut your fins short?” Felicia scoffed quite deviously as she extended her metal claws from her gloves and swiftly slashing one of Squriks orange sails spines that was eventually neutrally linked to its spines as the cat burglar that way and though unexpectedly send bolts of quite some stinging and chilling like pain throughout the Elementals spine all over his body, causing Squirk to roar and shuddering involuntarily, if not even feeling himself slightly paralyzed. Meanwhile Sunset along with Trixie reached out the frozen building platform of Mare Liberty yet much for their simultaneous dismay, the main entrance door were unfortunately frozen solid as well, creating a strong and seemingly impenetrable ice like blockage all around it, just like that one with the castle ruins back then in Crystal Mountains along with a chilling freeze surrounding it. “This ice is nearly thick as rock itself.” Trixie muttered in quite an unfortunate like way as she knocked on the wall of ice with her hoof, testing its solidity. “How are we going to break through it?” “If only Spike was here…..He just could use his fire breath and melt this ice.” Sunset Shimmer muttered in quite disappointed like manner, recalling the time when Spike managed to melt a frozen solid drawbridge of the castle ruins back in Crystal Mountains with relatively easy with his fire maggic fire breath and for a moment the fiery maned unicorn actually started missing Spike and really wishing baby dragon being right there with his teammates. However, a surprising idea though sparkled within Sunsets mind, grinning nonchalantly. “Chm….Which by the way actually isn’t such a bad idea….” “Huh?” Trixie was dumbfounded, unable to get an idea what suddenly got into Sunsets mind. “Trixie, stand back.” Sunset though replied with her voice sounding quite cautious as Trixie by casually stand back to the side as Sunset loaded her horn with a quantum of heating energy before releasing a massive stream of flames as the glow of fire engulfed the wall of ice, causing Trixie to shield their eyes a little bit. Sunset kept up her concentration with her flames going more intense as yet the ice barricade that was blocking the entrance already and steadily started melting down, evident by steam coming out and melted water pouring down when eventually the ice let go and thawing completely, setting the entrance door free. “Nice work, Sunset Shimmer! Guess this would be some way how to make a dramatic entrance.” Trixie cheered out yet quite in her own trademark humorous like way complimenting Sunsets doing by setting the path free, yet the Celestias former personal student felt a somewhat awkward and slightly embarrassed by magicians compliment. Yet not wasting any time, Sunset made a sharp turn on her front hoof by extending and springing her hinder hooves and with one powerful double mule like kick, she kicked the door right open as she along with Trixie rushed their way right inside as both mares much for their awe found over dozen of trapped ponies, with even some foals being among them, yet they were all cringing and trembling by intense cold and freezing atmosphere inside the building that was also caused by Squriks ice breath, each pony trying to keep themselves warm, by any way possible. Yet, some of them spotted both Sunset and Trixie, both mares being calved in a strange yet unique and elegant attires standing right in the doors. “Don’t worry ponies. We have come to rescue you. But first….” Sunset Shimmer addressed everypony with a reassuring and positive tone, yet by once again loading her horn with her magic aura, the fiery maned unicorn released an intense yet soothingly warm heat wave that spread around and heating up the entire interior, freeing it from most of the freeze that was plaguing it, much for everyponys salvation as they all felt a little relieved and warmed up by Sunsets effort. “There. It is all going to be fine now.” Sunset once again proclaimed reassuring everypony around yet rising up a hoof instructively. “We will lead you all into the safety.” “Sunset Shimmer, wait.” Trixie however interrupted Sunset, her voice sounding both hesitant and also slightly worried as she peaked out from the doorway as she saw Squirk being however quite dangerously close to the statue now, while Peter along with Twilight, Luna and the rest of the Avengers were still fighting the Elemental, doing their best to keep him from the statue. “The Squrik might still be the problem. Just look how close he is right now.” “You are right, Trixie…” Sunset carefully considered the magicians concern, checking the surroundings, watching a giant sea serpent and the Avengers with cautious yet also spotting a tourist boat being tied up and waiting at the small pier on the right shore which just might be the ponies ticket out of there. “That boat just might be way how to get all the ponies out of the island. Yet….” Sunsets expression though darkened with uncertainty as she considered the consequences by also checking the distance. “It is quite a way too far from here. And with the Squrik still out there, the risks are very high and he just might spot and attack us before we would ever had a chance to get to the boat. And Peter, Twilight and the others just cant keep him occupied forever….” Trixie stared at Squirk warily yet also watching the Avengers who were still fighting a giant sea monster to ensure it would stay away from everypony and wouldn’t cause anymore damage he already did, yet also glancing upon to all those scared ponies who had just had the misfortune to be trapped as well as becoming yet Elementals other victims, in that instance, Trixie felt that something within her just moved on, taking quite a pressure before it eventually snapped as a very bold and determined look suddenly took its place over Trixies features. She apparently had just had it with this all. “That does it!” Trixie stated in a very decisive and firm like manner, taking a very serious post and stomping her hoof into the ground, attracting Sunsets as well as everyponys unwanted attention. “Trixie?” Sunset shimmer asked with her voice slightly wavering by being quite taken aback by Trixies sudden demeanour switch. “Don’t worry.” Trixie though replied with a more calmer tone with her expression softening, yet though grinning smugly. “The Great and Powerful Trixie has an idea.” “What….?” Sunset dully asked, looking seemingly even more confused, wondering what got into magicians mind. “Okay, so this is what we are going to do. But I am going to need the help of all of you, everypony…” Trixie stated in a near whisper as she started explaining her plan to everypony around. “Yer mine now!” Wolverine roared fiercely as he leaped on top of his abilities with his adamantium claws exposed, soaring through the air over more than several yards distance as he stabbed his deadly razor sharp blades right into Squirks back, the adamantium penetrated his seemingly impenetrable hide and stronger than steel like scales with relatively easy, causing the gigantic sea serpent to roar on top of his lungs in an immense pain, staggering and thrashing around in an attempt to shake the X-Men. Yet holding himself like a tick and not going any easy, Logan repeatedly stabbed Squrik into his back numerous times with his claws, with even traces of blood splashing and gushing from the wounds, causing the Elemental more and more pain. “Now! All together!” Spider-Mane commanded as he charged right towards Squriks as Twilight and the Avengers all together followed their knight in pursuit to add Wolverine. The heroes lunged themselves and all with their combined might rammed Squrik simultaneously with enough force to make him stagger back a bit, while Wolverine continued stabbing the Elemental with his deadly blades. “JUST LIKE WHAT ARE YOU EARTH DWELLING WORMS TRYING!? YOU ARE ALL USELESS TO ME!!!” Squirk proceed through his teeth gritted to the core in both rage and pain and in the instance, the electrical spark started generating throughout his entire body and releasing a very powerful discharge of electricity and sending quite a high voltage of self like created bolts throughout all he Avengers bodies causing them all scream simultaneously in pain, yet with a sharp shudder, Squirk managed to shake off the heroes as they all flew back like flies, each of them hit the ground as they all remained lying down in a slightly stunned like state. “W-whut….Was that….?” Wolverine grumbled with a slight muttering while cringing himself and struggling to get on his hooves. “He….Must have….create some sort of discharge throughout his body….like a bioelectricity of sorts…” Twilight murmured by trying to find some connection. “Just like…..He has been able to absorb the lightning I sent upon him before…..” Luna quivered by adding on Twiligths logical theory. “How shocking…..” Felicia exasperatedly scoffed yet her snow-white mane was slightly bristled from the shock. “Great….” Peter however huffed in exasperation as cringed yet forcing himself on his knees. “That just has tentacles, claws, fangs, hide more durable than iron….Having an icy fresh breath….He can surf on waves, breath underwater, control weather and giving shocks…..What is next? Hula dance in a Hawaiian style?” “You are about to see what else I am capable of, worms…..Huh?” Squrik huffed and extending one of his four mighty tentacles, taking and opportunity and being about to swing it right after temporarily grounded heroes, yet though something else suddenly attracted Elementals attention, as he spotted Sunset Shimmer along with other ponies who were trapped with an edge of his eye running in a full speed gallop away from Mare Liberty, as though Squrik also spotted a tourist boat being fixed at the near small pier. “Come on everypony! Move it! Move it!” Sunset yelled out, urgently instructing the stampeding herd to quicken up the pace, while desperately trying to lead everypony into the safety, away from Squirk so they could all get onto the boat. “So…..Trying to flee, huh….” Squirk indifferently scoffed by figuring out the entire idea as his slitted golden eyes gleamed with a pure maliciousness and fanged grin formed over his scaly features as he burst forward right after Sunset and the ponies, knowing that with the Avengers being momentarily out of game, nopony and nothing would stand in his way. “Sunset!” Peter called out to warn Sunset and ponies from an impending danger, yet the Knight of Equestria could barely move due to still being stunned a little bit from Squirks bioelectrical discharge. “Look out!” Twilight yelled out on top of her lungs yet her warning were quite for naught as she was also struggling to recuperate herself from the shock. Sunset along with other ponies kept galloping frantically like they had whips of the coachmen behind their backs, so fast that they could feel their hearts nearly in their throats, don’t better even daring to turn around, with the tourist boat steadily coming into reach, which would apparently appeared to be their salvation. Yet unfortunately and moving a much faster in water, Squirk sprung and swung his long elastic tentacle forward yet though not aiming at ponies, but right on the boat so he could destroy their only hope for the escape. However, something very unexpected and astounding happened….In the moment when Squirks tentacle came into contact with the boat and splashing water all around with its devastating might, yet much for the Elementals as well as the Avengers utter awe, the boat somehow….”Distorted” itself before its image actually wavered and completely faded away from the existence. “HUH?!” Squirk blurted out in a total befuddlement, unable to comprehend what had just happened and just dully staring. “What the…?!” Both Spider-Mane and Twilight blurted out in an simultaneous utter shock and just like Squirk unable to just get what had just transpired in front of their eyes/masked lenses as so the rest of the Avengers were just as confused. “Guys….Look.” Spitfire however whispered and pointed her hoof right to the Mare Liberty, prompting her teammates to look at the direction, yet much for their combined even prolonged instant awe, they saw Trixie being hidden behind the main entrance yet her horn was pulsing with her pink magic aura yet having her eyes closed and her expression being stiffened by concentration. “Trixie….?” Both Peter and Twilight once again blurted out in awe, yet though sounding more whispering as they stared at their magicians friends whatever she was doing. “Um….What is she doing?” Felicia muttered while failing to understand the meaning of that. Yet, the Avengers much for their surprise also spotted the “second” Sunset Shimmer and herd of the same ponies galloping by the completely opposite direction towards yet another boat, though seemingly real one anchoring at the near pier. “Trixie is creating and using the illusions, so she could distract Squirk for long enough for Sunset leading everypony into safety.” Luna exhaled in awe by analysing and eventually figuring out the entire situation by actually empathically sensing and distinguishing the illusional images that Trixie was transmitting, which actually was her idea all along. “Some clever girl she is.” Wolverine grunted yet although sounding sarcastic, the gruff stallion actually appeared to be satisfied with stage magicians doing with a smug grin forming over his features. “What kind of trick is this?! Huh?” Squirk blurted out with a combination of both confusion and frustration alike while still failing to understand what was going on yet adding more on his utter awe, Sunset Shimmer and the herd of runaway ponies also started distorting, their images were wavering before also started fading away out of existence. Despite being seemingly even more confused, yet in the instance and like out of instincts, Squrik turned around as he actually spotted “another” Sunset Shimmer along with all the ponies following in a full speed gallop to the opposite side of the shore where there was yet another boat anchoring at the small pier, apparently the real deal. Yet finally, the Elemental also spotted Trixie with an edge of his eye hiding at the entrance door of the Mare Libertys platform and with her horn glowing, assuming that she was the one responsible for this whole trick all along, causing an enormous giant sea serpent to snarl fiercely with his razor-sharp teeth gritted to the core and with a feral glare forming over his piscine like features. “The show is over….” Spider-Mane muttered in rather offhanded like way by realizing that the entire spectacle had just been figured out, yet knowing it was time to get serious. “Hurry! Everypony on board!” Sunset instructed and pointing on everypony to get on the board while finally making it to the pier as the all the scared ponies started boarding on the ship. “Pathetic little fools! Do you naively think to hope you can escape me by sea?!” Squirk angrily huffed as well as an arrogance associated with his fierce demeanour and rushed out swimming in a high speed by the opposite direction in pursuit of Sunset and other ponies. “Let….Them….GO!!!” Spider-Mane howled as he sprung himself on his webbing like on the slingshot, soaring through the air like an arrow yet springing and extending both of his hinder hoof forward, the masked stallion delivered an intense freefall like double kick right into the centre of Squirks head with enough force to make him momentarily dazzle and stopping him in his pursuit. Yet by leaping down, Spidey fired a strand of webbing right into the jaw muscle at the edge of Squirks mouth, swinging underneath of his head yet narrowly dodging the pair of Elementals miniature claws before firing another strand right into the second side of his mouth as Peter nimbly swung himself back into the top of Squirks head and using both of his latched strands like a bridle, riding the sea serpent like a cowboy on the wild bronco. Squirk snarled, thrashed himself and swinging his massive shark like head furiously in an attempt to shake his rider, yet Peter held himself on his improves webbing like bridle fest along with his ability to stuck on any surface. “Just saddle that freakish sea horse, handsome!” Felicia called up from bellow, cheering out for Spider. “Hurry up everypony! Start the engine and get out!” Sunset Shimmer instructed while also picking and helping out a little foal and handing it to his mother that was already on the board as well along with all everypony. A pair of stallions, who apparently appeared to be the boat drivers by their uniforms by hearing Sunsets command merely nod their heads affirmatively as they approached the controls along with the boat helm and by pressing some buttons and switches, the engine in stance started by making a motoric and rumbling sound and in the instance, the boat with everypony on its board move off the pier, heading right towards Manehattan into safety. By sharply pulling the reins on the side, Spider-Mane actually managed to redirect sea serpents direction and with a single sharp lash of his reins he drove him out of Sunset and everyponys reach and driving it right towards the solid ground of the island. Yet when being just a few meters away, Spider-Mane leaped out of Squirks head just in time before the Elemental stroke right into the solid ground with an earth-shattering force and rising a massive cloud of dust and rubble flying all around, as it literally sent tremors throughout the entire island, while the wall-crawler effortlessly landed on the ground by making a backflip. Yet however, Squirk easily crawled his way through the ground by snake like, leaving a trench like trail behind, judging that aside from being a great swimmer, he could also move on a dry land with quite relative easy, heading right towards the Mare Libertys direction, before he actually started crawling his way right up, using the combination of claws, tentacles fins as well as the powerful muscles of his lower serpentine like body itself along with tail to crawl his way up before eventually reaching the top of the statue. “Holly cow!” Was all Peter could say, although stammering in quite an awkward manner as he was just staring at Squirk hanging on top of the Mare Liberty statue. “This is really not a good idea….” Trixie stammered by cringing herself at the entrance door yet by the entire buildings trembling in its centres by Squirks own gigantic weight, the magician decided it was time to cancel the tour and rushing her way outside as she joined Peter, Twilight and the others as they were all staring at Squirk casually, the Elemental was towering himself like a god, having his long serpentine body bind right around the statue also holding himself with two of his tentacles while having his others free, before a monstrous and horrendous roar escaped from the sea serpents throat like he would want to challenge the entire world over his dominance, as well as the lightning stroke right from the sky, flashing the entire island. “Chm….Guess King Kong must have been his great idol back in his childhood.” Peter humorously quipped. “Hey, its called a narcistic personality disorder, bub. Git that?” Wolverine tried to sarcastically humour the web-heads remark by clearing the point out. “Pathetic foolish earth-dwellers!” Squirk fiercely roared again as his patience with the heroes was just apparently all gone. “You haven’t even seen the fraction of power I possess! And you are just about to get it by the hard way! Now I am finally going to be rid of you!” Squirk took a very deep breath, taking so much air into his lungs before once again releasing his deadly ice breath from his mouth, yet though this one more likely resembled a blizzard, evident with freeze and icy wind and even ice shards about the size of baseball bats with razor sharp edges flew like spears as the Elemental started freezing everything around on the island from his post on the Mare Liberty. “Here comes the chill of the century!” Spider-Mane blurted out while bracing himself from an incoming freezing wave as his Spider Sense start blurring within his cranium and defensively extending his hooves with Twilight Arms that started pulsing, as he contorted his body the righd side, narrowly dodging one shard that hit and dug itself into ground, yet had to be quick by responding on the intense buzzling, Peter backflipped over another shard followed only by swiftly extending both of his hooves and deflecting another shard with his gauntlets. “Hold on!” Twilight bellowed as she cautiously casted her protective magic shield to protect herself along with Trixie cringing behind her from the blizzard and the ice shards as so did Luna mimicking Twilights actions creating a magic barrier on her own, blocking an intense freeze to get pass. Sunset Shimmer on the other hoof though released a quantum of her heat wave right from her horn as a counter force against the freeze as it intense heat, melting every shard that came into contact with, while Black Cat was forced into a series of backflips and slipping before finding a shelter right behind Sunsets heat barrier. Wolverine proceed to defend and cover himself from an incoming freeze with his adamantium claws, successfully blocking and swiftly slicing every ice shard that came closer with his deadly blades, yet also somehow resisting an intense cold due to his natural ability to withstand and adapt himself on hostile environment, particularly the cold ones. Spitfire however, being force to rely merely on her naturally great flying abilities and skills as she managed to outmaneuver and dodge several ice shards that were raining like arrows yet the mare decided to better retreat flying into the distance out of the blizzards reach. “Don’t you have any few tricks in your sleeve, Trixie?” Peter casually asked while blocking more ice shards with Twilight Arms as an electrical sparks were sparkling from the gauntlets. “There would be a few…..But this is just more of a heroic job! Fitting for you Parker!” Twilight muttered as she was cringing herself behind Twilights back and little scared holding her magic hat closer to her head. “We need us a Devils dowry!” Wolverine sarcastically grunted as he sliced more ice shards on pieces with his claws. “If we got to beat Squirk, we must work together and act as one team.” Twilight stated gritting her teeth while keep focusing her magic to keep her magic barrier at work. “But first, we have to find a way how to pass this blizzard!” Suddenly a bright idea flashed within Lunas mind. “Peter! Your Twilight Arms managed to do a little trick with Glacius once! Use their magic repelling ability to protect yourself against Squirks freeze, so you could distract him long enough as we all could tackle him with all our combined might!” “Okay Luna, copy that!” Peter stated affirmatively in agreement as he actually liked Lunas idea by also recalling his fierce battle with Glacius years ago, as an enormous yeti like beast generated its deadly freezing and snow like magic to freeze everything living which came into its contact, yet the Twilight Arms managed to protect Peter from its deadly freeze, enabling the Knight of Equestria to turn table in battle in his favour. “Peter wait!” Trixie however surprisingly called out while filling her magic hat with lots of her magic smoke pellets as it was literally stuffed nearly being able to crack yet hanging it to Parker. “My smoke pellets are filled with my magic dust, that by being exposed to an extreme pressure or by ignition is explosive yet also quite allergenic. You just might give it to Squirk as a gift from me.” Trixies last words sounded quite smugly yet giving a masked stallion a playful wink. By rather casually taking the stuffed hat from Trixie slightly dumbfounded, yet though quickly getting the whole idea, Peter smirked quite deviously underneath his mask. “Got it.” The wallcrawler gave the mare affirmative nod, fixing her stuffed hat over his hip with his webbing before shifting his attention to Wolverine. “Hey Logan! Would you give me a lift?” “Lets git on with it, kid! I am in a good shape!” Wolverine affirmatively nodded without a hint of hesitation, taking a defensive like stance and rising both his hooves with his adamantium claws exposed into a Y like shape. Spider-Mane fixed Trixies stuffed hat with his webbing over his hide before firings both strands of his webbing that latched right on Logans blades, as their entire formation more likely resembling a living slingshot of sorts. “Ready….” Wolverine grunted as he held his position firmly and tightening his muscles as he tightened Spider-Manes strands. “Steady….” Spidey stated while backing off several foots away, springing himself on both his strands, being ready to be fired. “GO!!!” Logan howled on top of his lungs as he sharply threw his hooves forward in a double swipe like motion and intensively lunging Spider-Mane forward potent to that of catapult in a very unusual and quite improvised version of Fastaball Special, although in reverse. “WHHOOOOAAA!!! WHEEEEE!!!!” Spider-Mane screamed out aloud excited as he got lunged by Wolverines combined might, soaring through the air like an arrow being just shot from the bow by Hawkeyes own style with a speed of a missile right into the blizzard. “You have been working out indeed….” Trixie stated in quite a dull manner as she stared at Peter being lunged by Wolverines own very impressive strength and might. Spidey managed to pass most of the deadly razor-sharp ice shards while still soaring throughout the blizzard by trying to withstand its cold atmosphere as the knight eventually neared Squriks position on top of the Mare Liberty as he right then got into the centre of the blizzard of the Elementals deadly ice breath, as in the instance, Spidey then really started feeling cold as the local temperature really started getting critical and dropping to an absolute zero, with even traces of ice and cold started forming over heroes body, threatening to freeze to death. Yet by reacting instinctively and concentrating his thoughts and as Luna instructed, Peter used the power of Twilight Arms to protect himself against the extreme cold as the gauntlets by responding on their wielders will started pulsing with pale aura along with electrical sparks igniting, as their magic blocking ability kicked in, dissolving all ice on masked stallions body instantaneously. “Take a powder you big windbag!” Spider-Mane called out as he casually took Trixie hat stuffed with lots of smoke pellets, spinning it several time before eventually throwing it right into quite bewildered Squirks opened throat. “A gift from Trixie!” In the instance, a loud PUFFF like and loud sound echoed within Squirks mouth as Trixies hat went off exploding, releasing a massive could of magic sparkling dust of light violet colour in the process that escaped right from sea monsters mouth along from his gills and nostrils, as the dust must have apparently got right into his nasal cavity, causing a giant sea snake quite some disturbing and unpleasant allergic reaction along with a seeming sensory overload as Squirk roared on top of his lung yet also starting sneezing viciously, having hoarseness and gasping for air. Yet, deadly blizzard eventually slowly started losing on its intensity before ceasing and fading away, although leaving most of the islands covered by ice, snow and ice shards, which more likely resemble the scenery of an eternal ice and snow on north pole. “Gesundheit!” Taking an opportunity of Squirks webbed mouth, unable to breath more of his deadly ice breath, Spider-Mane fired another webbing right into Squriks left claw by making swift u turn maneuver by web swing as he drover his hoof that was pulsing and electrocuting via Twilight Arm right across Squirks face, staggering him a bit, yet the sea serpent managed to keep his balance on the statue, holding himself by his tentacles and lower body tails firmly over the statue. “Nothing is lost….” Luna declared in a very decisive manner, yet deep down being more than satisfied with her best friends doing. “Come on everypony! This is our chance!” Twilight knowing that nothing was lost commanded yet encouraging her teammates and friends to also take an opportunity and take on Squrik with their combined might, till the Elemental of Water was temporarily subdued. “Time ta take that red slimy and ugly down!” Wolverine menacingly snarled and getting his adamantium claw ready, brushing them together with even a little spark igniting by contact as in the instance Twilight along with Luna and Spitfire spread their wings as the mare lifted themselves into the air yet using her telekinesis, Twilight lifted up and carrying Wolverine, while Black Cat pulled out her remaining claw grappling hook form the fur on her gauntlet, spinning and throwing it toward the Mare Libertys platform building as it latched somewhere and the cat burglar swung herself right up while Sunset again casted her levitation spell by flying on her own as the Avengers headed to the top of the Mare Liberty, intenting to finish this once and for all. Spider-Mane was hanging himself on Squirks head tightly like tick even as the Elemental was shaking his head and thrashing himself furiously by desperately trying to shake the masked stallion off, via being still disturbed and affected by Trixies magic dust as some of it was still holding itself in the atmosphere around as well as right within the Elementals nasal cavity, as drools escaped right out of sea serpents nostrils via sneezing aloud and furiously. “Maybe I am from the old school, but at least, when I am sensing, I just should put my hand over my mouth!” Peter deadpanned which though more likely sounded a scold Squrik for a bad manner via sneezing a wrong way, yet the masked stallion leaped away, giving the mares a chance to take their shot. Luna soared through the air with her wings extended as she approached Squirk, loading her horn with lots of kinetic energy before she released that energy in a form a supersonic like shockwave spell of quite a very high frequency as its sound effect staggered Squirk, grunting distracted, followed by Sunset Simmers turn, flying via her levitation spell as she channelled more of her heat magic into her horn and shooting more of her superheat bullets right on Squirk, bombarding him profusely with a potent to a gatling gun and even managing to leave a burn marks over Elementals steel durable like hide. Twilight flew in a full speed and loading her right hoof with her own alicorn magic that started pulsing and sparkling as Princess of the Friendship drove her magic enhanced hoof punch across the Elemetnals face for the second time with enough force to generate a shockwave and staggering him. Though recuperating himself, Squirk once again defensively, although more likely out of control swung with his horrible scythe like claws, yet Twilight, Luna and Sunset luckily evaded them just in time. “Hey, stop just swinging with those mandibles thingies of yours around, will you?” Spider-Mane scoffed as he fired a stand of webbing right into Squriks left claw and forcing himself into a web swing. Yet Peter made a sharp u like turn, willingly swinging his way right over Squriks back, avoiding his tentacles along as he latched himself back right on sea serpent left shoulder yet by also tightening his strand and pulling it hard, the knight actually managed to restrain Squirks claw with his improvised move, like by forcing an arm into armbar. Though firing from his free hoof right into Squriks right claw and by leaping on top of Squriks neck, Spidey intensively pulled his strand as he actually managed to restrain sea serpents second claw over his crab shell plated chest, by subduing him and holding him fest in a hold. Spitfire soared through the air before forcing herself into a freefall, aiming right on Squrik like a fighter yet being ready to strike down its target. Yet spotting the the Captain of Wonderbolts with an edge of his eye, Squrik spread out four of of his mighty tentacles in an attempt to swap pegasus out of the sky. “Keep those slimy tentacles to yourself!” Spitfire huffed as she cautiously dove her way right underneath both tentacles, evading them. The mare didn’t cease her momentum flying as three of the tentacles followed her like a hungry snake pursuing its prey, yet cunningly coming up with a strategy, Spitfire made a swift u turn underneath the fourth tentacle as the third one kept up. Spitfire then evaded the first tentacles whip like end, flying and guiding it right across the second one, slowly yet gradually binding them together. Finally, Spitfire passed her way through a hole made by the third tentacles as the second still followed, passing its way right through, yet however as Spitfire gained on altitude as the tentacles could follow, they unfortunately and unwillingly tightened themselves up into one big mess up node, unable to move or unbind themselves. “Sorry to get you all tied up.” Spitfire scoffed with a smug smirk forming over her exposed muzzle, being obviously more than pleased with her act, much for Squirks own dismay while hardly and with no avail trying to break his tentacles free. “You know how goes the sea food? Pretzels!” Peter humorously quipped in amusement by the look of Squirk being all tied up. Wolverine was climbing his way right up over Mare Libertys face, using his adamantium claws like climbing axes before springing himself right on top of the statues head, passing her sharpened spikes like crown, similar that of Liberty Statue back in New York on Earth only to be greeted by a pair of Squirks free miniatured scythe like claws while his large claws were all webbed up and restrained by Spider-Mane. One claw sprung itself forward like spear with a dazzling speed, yet reacting quickly with his amazing combat speed, Wolverine dodged the thrust as the claws narrowly missed his guts, yet the second claws swiped horizontally although Wolverine once again successfully dodged jumping aside as the mandible stroke the Mare Libertys head with enough force to make hole in there. Squirk however retrieved and sprung both his claws and lunging his both forwards yet they clashed with Wolverines adamantium claws as the X-Men found himself in a struggle, wrestling with the giant sea serpents own enormous brute strength by trying to hold his deadly mandibles at bay with his claws and his very own enhanced mutant strength. By making her move, Black Cat leaped on one of statues sharp spike crown, swinging her grappling hook around before sharply throwing it and lassoing both of Squirks miniature mandibles together and by placing it into her mouth, Felicia recoiled sharply and pulling the claws away. “Hit it, Wolverine!” Felicia huffed muffled as she her rope in her mouth tightly with her teeth yet giving Logan an opportunity he just needed. Using the opportunity of Elemental sudden distraction and grinning maliciously, Wolverine extended his left hoof and with a single precise swipe, the X-Men sliced one of Squirks miniature claws near its ankle yet repeating the same action and slashing the second one with his right hoof, his deadly razor-sharp blades slicing through the beasts exoskeleton like nothing aiding more on Squirks utter pain and discomfort. “Now! All together!” Spider-Mane commanded on top of his lungs to all of his teammates to concentrate and combine all their abilities and might for one last final attack as all the Avengers simultaneously nod their head in agreement. Sunset Shimmer spread her hooves while concentrating lots of her magic into her horn, forming a large glowing orb of an intense heat as the unicorn sharply recoiled and lunging the glowing light orange sphere right on Squirk, exploding on impact underneath Elementals neck. Black Cat once again spun her grapnel hook yet this time throwing it right on one of Squirks exposed gill over his neck and by recoiling and pulling sharply on her rope, Felicia pulled for the gill intensively and therefore causing more pain to Squirk by exposing his weakness, as the sea serpent recoiled himself sharply. Felicia however leaped right out of Mare Libertys head, forcing herself into a graceful swing and while rising up her momentum, the cat burglar sprung her lower hooves and driving them both together right underneath Squirks lower jaw with a great force. Wolverine, galloped and leaped right out of the statue, extending his adamantium claws and stabbing them right into Squirks armoured hide, once again causing an enormous sea serpent roar painfully, yet the X-Men willingly slide his way down its serpentine lower body yet also slicing his blades along, leaving a nasty cut trail behind, inflicting more pain to Squirk as he also managed to weaken its tails muscles. Spitfire soaring through the air once again started spinning around her axis in an intense speed, before once again becoming a living incarnation of twister and unleashing another accumulated cyclone like blast, that this time hit Squirk right into his face with so much spinning velocity forcing him to stagger and nearly loosing his balance by the cutting wound left by Wolverine over his tail. “Shall we ladies?” Peter playfully called out upon Twilight and Luna with quite nonchalant yet a knowing tone, as both princesses like they would both simultaneously out of empathy know their knight intentions merely nod their heads affirmatively with smug expressions forming over their facial features. Spider-Mane nonchalantly nod his head in response before leaping on top of his abilities from Squirks shoulder, yet concentrating his thoughts, the Twilight Arms over his hooves started pulsing fiercely with a pale white aura with electrical spark igniting as two energy orbs materialized right within Peters hooves. The knight then made a swift turn in the mid air and slapping his glowing hooves together with a great force, causing a shockwave and releasing a large kinetic energy sparkling orb, the same one he used on Lavan. Twilights horn was pulsing fiercely in an unusual yet very well familiar multi-coloured/rainbow like aura loading and concentrating half of her alicorn magic, before in the instance, amethyst young alicorn bowed her head sharply and released all that accumulated energy in form of a glowing concentrated magic energy in a form of one powerful Harmony Beam of rainbow colours from her horn, the same one she used against Grogar. Luna by flipping her wings and keeping her frame airborne extended her hooves and rising her head up by pointing her horn up to the clouded sky and by calling her power to control weather and with her royal blue eyes as usually by the process glowing momentarily, a one powerful lightning strike stroke right from the sky, channelling right throughout the princess horn. Yet by doing so, Luna released that accumulated strike into one single powerful thunderbolt blast. Once again, there was a moment occurring when like everything just came into a halt with the time freezing, as Spider-Manes, Twilights and Lunas combined attacks simultaneously stroke Squrik right into his head so intensively and with such accumulated might as their blasts triggered a massive chain reaction, generating a shockwave over a large radius and with an intense glow occurring that flashed the entire island. When the glow eventually faded, revealed Squirk being quite for all the Avengers awe still in one piece, seemingly unshaken and unfaltered at all, yet there was something wrong. Unable to catch his breath from the Avengers constant assaults, being totally overwhelmed by such number of attacks and blasts, Squirk just couldn’t take it, finally losing his grip over the Mare Liberty as his gigantic frame eventually fell from the statue as the Elemental in an overwhelmed and foul like state splashed right into bay with water splashing all over, rising a miniature tidal wave that washed the islands shore. “Alright! We did it!” Peter cheered out aloud while Twilight and Luna safely carried masked stallion by his hooves safely back on the solid ground, while Sunset along with Spitfire also triumphantly landed by knights and both princesses side, yet Felicia swung herself on her rope out of the statue as she made a flip and effortlessly landing on all her four as Wolverine, who also managed to get down by sliding his way down via his claws like ice axes joined their friends side at the shore. “Now this is whut I call ta go down…..Literally.” Logan smugly grinned under his breath as he stared at the place where Squirk fell into with an apparent satisfaction. “Peter! Twilight! You did it.” Peter along with Twilight, Luna and the others turned around as they for their relief saw Trixie alive and well, coming out of hiding galloping her way towards them, the magician mare had a very joyous look on her face, obviously looking very pleased over the Avengers apparent victory over the Elemental. “Trixie!” Peter and Twilight exclaimed with both joy and relief taking a place in their voices, knowing Trixie was alright as they hugged each other tightly in an embrace, being together again safe and sound at last. “I have to say that your act with those illusions was really something. Just improve your concentration even further and you have something amazing.” Sunset Shimmer playfully bumped Trixies shoulder, really appreciating the stage magicians determination and skills. “Thanks….” Trixie stammered a little sheepishly with even shades of red forming over her cheeks, being evidently touched by Sunsets appreciation, yet however and quite for Peters and Twilights embarrassement, the mares more confident and rather boasting side took over. “Apparently I have some talents. I am not called just Great and Powerful Trixie for nothing.” “Good work my friends. It was a very well-coordinated and done cooperation.” Luna stated in a more relieved way, prizing her teammates and friends for a well-done job as well as managing a warm serene smile for a change. “What about Squirk?” Felicia however pointed on and returning her attention back to the bay. “Do you think he is gone, guys?” Spitfire dared to ask, taking her goggles off her eyes as her voice sounded somewhat cautious. Wolverine, not saying any word carefully approached the edge of the shore as the gruff stallion stared at the local water with caution, refusing to let his guard down. “Uh oh!” Peter however recoiled, stammering a very unfortunate like way, sounding also quite awkward as a familiar and unfortunate tingling like sensation echoed within the centre of his cranium, with his Spider Sense was suddenly triggered, blaring like bonkers for yet another unfortunate danger yet to come., pointing on right at local water of bay around. “Peter?” Twilight murmured concerned and gently placing her hoof over her husbands shoulder. “Now whut?” Logan huffed sarcastically, knowing Parkers reactions like those there would be more bad thinks yet to come. “That?” Sunset dully and somewhat awkwardly trailed off, pointing her hoof, prompting the Avengers to look by the direction as they much for their awe and slight horror saw yet another massive tidal way like tsunami rising out of the sudden, unstoppably rushing its way right to coast. “Oh applesauce….” Was all Peter could say, as unfortunately nopony could do anything or Twilight once again casting her protective spell out of shock before the tsunami eventually hit the coast and somehow purposely washing Spider-Mane, Twilight, Trixie, Luna, Wolverine, Black Cat, Spitfire and Sunset with a great force, carrying the heroes from the shore and splashing them right into water all around. The heroes suddenly found themselves submerged right underwater which apparently appeared darkened as well as the water was very cold, yet instinctively holding their breaths and started struggling and thrashing themselves to swim. Peter grabbed Twilight with his free hoof, forcing his wife to hold herself around his neck tightly while also swimming to Trixie and grabbing her by her hoof, before started swimming with both mares into the surface on the fullest for air, as the others followed the heroes example, although Wolverine somewhat found his task difficult, hardly keeping up the pace with his teammates. Peter along with Twilight and Trixie eventually made it to the surface, gasping frantically and taking so much air into their lungs the could as luckily Luna, Sunset, Spitfire, Black Cat soon and eventually Logan all emerged from above for air, gasping in relief yet waving their hooves to keep themselves on the surface, although founding themselves quite far away from the Liberty Islands shore. “Everypony alright?” Twilight asked while still gasping for air, concern being vocally present in her voice yet though feeling comforted by having Peter by her side as the knight also felt comforted having Twilight and Luna by his side, yet trying to ignore the cold of the local water as both mares give their knight a reassuring look and nod that they were just fine much for Peters relief. “Do I look like alright to you?” Felicia though hissed in response, an irritation was vocally present in her voice, evidently not being too pleased to be once again washed all over again, having her usually so elegant and beautiful snow-white mane wet and soaked by water and covering half of her face, which however and strangely seemed like an amusement for Twilight. “Perfect. Being just stranded on an open sea, before being eventually rescued for some time being, the things are just going fine.” Trixie muttered rather sarcastically while holding herself close to Peter and Twilight. However, while everypony managed to keep themselves on the surface with a relatively easy, Wolverine on the other hoof seemed to have quite some difficulties by doing so, splashing all over quite frantically, spitting out water as the X-Men struggled himself to keep on the surface which more likely looked like he would be actually drowning himself. “Um Logan….” Spitfire muttered nervously while staring at Logan with a concern. “You don’t know how to swim do you?” “I…. Ain't…!” Logan grumbled by spitting out water while splashing all around and struggling to keep himself on the surface, yet luckily Spitfire along with Sunset swum their way to gruff stallions side and supporting him over his hooves to help him keep himself above. “Having a nice swim, don’t you, old chum?” Peter playfully yet also carefully dared to quip in an indication for Wolverines apparent and unfortunate difficulty to swim. “Well lest just try ta swim with over a hundred pounds of Adamantium and then we should see how happy and go lucky yer gonna be, bub!” Logan irritably grumbled, indicating to his unfortunate reduced buoyancy because of his adamantium skeleton. Yet in the instance, the water over the yard away from the Avengers position started bubbling before bursting out splashing all over, as Squirk much for the heroes dismay and horror emerged once more, towering with its monstrously humongous frame over the ponies, dwarfing them significantly that they looked more like an ants, yet an idea simultaneously flashed through everyponys minds, assuming he was the one responsible for sending that tidal wave over them. “Never send the ponies to do the Elementals work! Now I got you all where I wanted to!” Squirk proceed in a very threatening and venomous tone with sinister thoughts coming into Elementals twisted mind as he chuckled in a very menacing like way. “Why am I suddenly feeling like a I am a bite on the plate before being eaten?” Peter awkwardly, if not even a little afraid muttered although suddenly feeling himself to be quite vulnerable and even somewhat helpless, being stuck int water with his teammates which was apparently Squriks element, yet inwardly and unfortunately expecting the worse to happen yet….. To be continued……