Horizons

by Battwell


War In Netherworld (Part 4)

"So.... How are we doin' this?" asked the hyperactive blue hedgehog.

Peter stretched as he cracked his fingers, "Simple. They each look like they were made to fight US specifically. So, I will take the skinny one, we'll call him.... The Stranger. Sonic will take the smaller one..... let's call that one The Android. And Twi can take the big one....." Peter then snaps his fingers, "I got it, The Demon."

Twilight smirked and raised an eyebrow, "Did you just come up with those names on the spot?"

Peter smirked behind his mask, "Maybe."

"Alright then," Sonic smirked at The Guardian Angels, "Let's dance, losers!"


Rhino charged forward towards Luna at high speeds. Luna however remained undeterred. She lit up her horn and casted a protective barrier around herself. As Rhino hit the barrier with his horn, the barrier exploded and pushed Rhino right back into the incoming Zeti, Zomom, sending him to the floor as well.

Zeena leaped into the air and tried to slash at Celestia, but the solar alicorn grabbed the Zeti with her magic and flung her at Mr. Negative, knocking them both down. Zazz charged forward, laughing maniacally, readying his attack as he moved towards Celestia. The solar alicorn readied herself, but the Zeti was blasted away by Starlight Glimmer.

Starlight smiled at Celestia, the alicorn smiling back, and they both turned to face Master Zik and Vulture. Vulture took to the air and prepared to throw his metallic feathers at the two ponies. But he was suddenly kicked away by Queen Novo and punched to the ground by Dragon Lord Ember.

Master Zik launched himself into the air and readied his staff.... Only to be encased in a magical barrier and slammed to the ground. Starlight and Celestia turned to see Trixie smirking at the pair.

"That old thing may be a master. But he is nothing compared to The Great and Powerful Trixie!"

Starlight and Celestia proceeded to shake their heads.

Zor was punched off of his owl mech by Miles while Scorpion was busy fighting Shadow. Zor got up and was about to attack, but Miles webbed up his mouth and zipped over to the Zeti and Venom Punched him to the ground. Shadow ducked under Scorpion's stingers and swiped at the villains legs, knocking him down.

The heroes then regrouped with one another as the villains got back up to their feet and proceeded to surround the heroes.

"They fight valiantly!" Luna commented.

"You know, they REALLY should have put fighting villains and beings from other dimensions on the resume," Miles quipped.

Starlight exhaled, "I hear ya."

Celestia sighed, "It seems the Magic of Friendship is not only bound to OUR universe. However we must continue to fight, even though I wish there was a more peaceful solution."

Shadow cracked his knuckles, "Unfortunately there isn't. All we can do now is buy the others enough time to finish this!"

(End song)

Shadow then proceeded to take off his Inhibitor Rings. Suddenly, the hedgehog was engulfed in a fiery red aura, causing the others to look at him with worry.

Shadow clenched his fists and turned to Celestia and Luna, "Teleport everyone out of here, NOW!!!"

The two alicorns nodded and lit up their horns, teleporting everyone away as the villains charged towards Shadow, who gritted his teeth in anger.

"NOW TO SHOW YOU ALL WHY I'M THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM!!! BEHOLD THE ULTIMATE POWER!!!"

"CHAOS. BLAAAASSST!!!"

A massive explosion sent all of the villains flying through the air. This massive demonstration of power gathered the attention of everyone present on the battlefield. Inside the newly formed crater was Shadow, who was panting heavily as he got back to his feet.

Shadow then walked out of the crater and was met by hordes of enemies.

"Heh, who's next?"

Meanwhile, from a distance, Spike flew over to Miles and whispered, "Remind me to never make Shadow mad."

Miles nodded nervously in response.

(End song)


"STOP. STEALING. MY. MOVES!!!"

Sonic and The Android bounced from wall to wall, getting nowhere as they fought.

The Stranger fired beams from his hands as Peter jumped from the wall to the floor. Peter shot a web ball from his Web Shooters, but the attack only went through the mechanical guardian.

"OH COME ON!"

Twilight was blasted to the wall by a tail whip from The Demon.

"Okay. CLEARLY this is getting nowhere."

Sonic ducked under The Androids Spin Kick attack and quickly Spin Dashed away from his enemy to quickly come up with a plan.

"Yeah, tell me about it!"

Twilight had an idea, "So why don't we switch it up?"

The other two heroes smirked at the suggestion and quickly got back into action.

The Android glared at the blue hedgehog and dashed over.... Only to be wrapped up in webbing courtesy of Spider-Man. Peter then hurled The Android at The Stranger as Twilight caught the machine with her magic, causing The Stranger to be hit by his fellow guardian.

Sonic ran circles around The Demon, confusing the machine foe. Sonic then hit The Demon in the chest, sending it flying towards the other Guardian Angels. They all crashed together and fell onto the floor. As they tried to get up, Twilight encased them in a magic bubble as Sonic revved up a Spin Dash.

Twilight popped the bubble as Sonic busted through all three of the robots, destroying them on impact, ending this battle.

(End song)

"Whoo! Nice job!" Peter cheered.

"I know, who's awesome? Yours truly," Sonic boasted, much to the annoyance of his two friends. The blue hedgehog then ran for the next checkpoint,. "Come on! My shoe has an appointment with Eggman's face!"

The others nodded and followed him out of the room.


The heroes were currently dodging all sorts of lasers in Checkpoint S....

But that was nothing compared to the mass amounts of Demon Thugs in Checkpoint T....

Or the missile launchers they face in Checkpoint U.....

Or the deadly maze filled with lasers and buzz saws in Checkpoint V....

Or the closing walls in Checkpoint W.

But after all of that, they finally reached the door that led towards Checkpoint X.

"This is it," Peter said.

"Are you sure?" Twilight asked.

"Positive. My Spidey-Sense is going through the roof."

"So we better be careful," Sonic added as the doors opened.

They walked into a dark room with no lighting whatsoever.

"Power's out. Did we win already?" Sonic asked.

Twilight lit her horn to brighten up the room, "Careful. There's no telling-"

Suddenly, Peter's Spidey-Sense went off. He looked over and quickly pulled Twilight over towards him with his webbing as an arrow flew past her head.

"Phew, that was close. Lucky for you whoever shot that arrow was a bad shot," Peter said to Twilight.

"If I wanted to hit you, I would have. I've studied ALL of The Avengers skills. But I've also studied yours."

The lights turned on, revealing a battle chamber occupied by Taskmaster, Zavok, and Metallix.

Peter's eyes widened, "Taskmaster?!"

"Hello students. Are ready to get taken to school?" Taskmaster quipped as Zavok and Metallix charged towards the heroes.