Mephiles hovered above the helipad on top of Stark Tower, glaring daggers at the team staring towards him, particularly a certain blue Hedgehog. Mephiles was done waiting as he summoned a horde of clones to aid him. The army of clones surrounded the building, Sonic and his team were completely outnumbered here.
The dark Hedgehog wasted no time in getting the battle started, as he darted downward and met Sonic head on.
Sonic quickly curled into a ball and attacked Mephiles with a Homing Attack, but the evil Hedgehog simply backhanded the hero away while Twilight and the others went for the clones. Peter and Miles swung overhead while Twilight and Tempest stood side by side, blasting the incoming clones with their magic, or lightning in Tempest's case.
Dr. Strange used his magic to summon two Mandela Discs and threw them towards two incoming clones. The discs tore right through their torsos, cutting the two clones in half. But the two clones simply morphed into four clones and continued their assault.
Twilight took to the air, blasting magic from her horn while Peter spin kicked a Mephiles clone into Miles, who punched the clone down to the helipad with a Venom Punch. Miles then Web Zipped over to another clone before he flipped over it's head. He then kicked the clone in the back, sending it right towards Peter, who kicked it downward.
Strange then used his magic to hold a clone in place, allowing Tempest to blast it with her magic lightning.
Although the group of heroes were holding their own, it was all for naught as the clones kept multiplying. No matter what they did, the clones just kept coming, just as unrelenting as before.
Tempest grit her teeth as she blasted an incoming clone with her lightning, "This isn't working, Princess!" Tempest said through her teeth, "We need a new plan of attack!"
Twilight was having troubles of her own as a group of clones circled around her like a predator circling its prey, "Well until we come up with a better way to handle the situation, this is all we can do right now!" She replied as she used her magic to cast a shield spell around her, "We just have to make sure that those Stones are protected at all cost!"
(End song)
Sonic's fight with Mephiles had already moved away from Stark Tower and into the streets of New York, he was going to get that Stone away from Mephiles' demonic hands.
While Sonic grit his teeth, Mephiles simply gestured for the Hedgehog to come forward with his hand.
"Let's see how long you last against me!" Mephiles stated.
Mephiles' hands were suddenly engulfed in a purple aura, "DROWN IN DARKNESS!!!" Mephiles shot his hands forward, summoning multiple dark puddles on the road ahead. Sonic had to move quickly if he wanted to avoid them and stop Mephiles.
Sonic sidestepped away from the puddles as he ran down the street. Once there were no more dark puddles, Sonic jumped into the air and hit Mephiles in the chest with a Homing Attack, sending the dark being further down the street. After recovering, Mephiles made a sharp left down another street with Sonic following behind him.
Once Sonic caught up, Mephiles clenched his fists, causing the ground beneath Sonic to break apart and levitate into the air. This didn't deter the Blue Blur however, as he simply parkoured off of the various pieces of debris floating in the air, making his way towards Mephiles.
Once he was close enough, Sonic hit Mephiles with another Homing Attack.
Mephiles flew further down the road due to Sonic's attack, which angered him to a great extent. "I'm starting to remember how annoyingly persistent you are, Hedgehog."
Sonic dashed forward as he shrugged nonchalantly, "Meh, it's how I roll."
"Not for long."
Mephiles then summoned two discs of darkness and threw them towards the Hedgehog. The discs turned into a vertical position and tore through the road as they made their way towards Sonic. The Hedgehog had to move quickly, so he moved from side to side, letting the discs pass him.
He once again jumped into the air, but this time Mephiles created multiple clones of himself in an attempt to confuse the Hedgehog. But Sonic had a simple solution to the problem. Sonic hit all of the clones with a Homing Attack until he hit the real Mephiles.
Mephiles soared through the air until and crashed on the ground, rolling across the road several times until he came to a stop in a crouched position. Sonic skidded to a stop as Mephiles rose to his feet.
Would those things even be considered feet?
NOT NOW, DEADPOOL!
Mephiles folded his arms as he levitated into the air once again, "A worthless effort, rodent. Do you truly believe that you can defeat me alone?"
As if he tempted the universe, Mephiles was then struck in the back by a Chaos Spear. He turned around sharply and saw Shadow the Hedgehog standing before him, "He's not alone. But you are, Mephiles."
Mephiles wasn't threatened in the slightest, "You truly believe the two of you are a match for me?"
"MAKE THAT THREE!!!" A sudden voice shouted as Mephiles was struck in the back once again, only this time it wasn't a Chaos Spear, it was a car.
As Mephiles recovered, Shadow crossed his arms as a smug smirk found its way onto his face, "I hope you don't mind, but I called in a little backup as I was dealing with your clones."
(End song)
Mephiles snarled as a certain white Hedgehog from the future floated downwards.
Silver the Hedgehog has arrived.
Mephiles pointed hatefully at the white Hedgehog, "YOU!"
Silver landed on the road next to Sonic's left as Shadow teleported to Sonic's right, "Looks like I got here just in time." Silver stated the obvious.
Sonic felt a smirk tug on his lips as he folded his arms, all three Hedgehogs facing Mephiles.
"Looks like YOU'RE the one who's outnumbered now, Mephiles." Sonic boasted towards the demonic creature of darkness.
Mephiles, while angry, kept his composure, "It doesn't matter, I'm so glad all three of you are here. Now I don't have to waste my time searching for all three of you."
Silver leaned in towards Sonic's ear, "Um, so who's this guy?" Silver asked.
"I'll fill you in after we kick his butt." Sonic replied.
"You will do nothing but die!" Mephiles declared as he shot forward with an intent to kill.
(End song)
It didn't take long for the tides of the battle to turn.
It seems that Silver wasn't the only one who got Shadow's message as several Mobian heroes had responded and joined Rarity's team in the fight.
The Freedom Fighters had joined the fray.
Blaze engulfed a group of Mephiles clones in a tornado of fire, which allowed Celestia to hit them all with a blast of magic. As the clones recovered, Rouge flew over head along with Luna and made their way towards another clone. Luna's horn lit up, her magic holding the clone in place as Rouge performed her Tornado Kick, which sent the clone down to the ground as Omega let out the ammunition.
"ALL CLONES ARE INFERIOR! THEY MAY NOT BE EGGMAN ROBOTS, BUT IT WILL SUFFICE!!!" Omega declared as two missiles flew out of his shoulders.
As the missiles flew, Ghost Rider rode alongside the two missiles on his bike. He then removed his chain from his shoulders and wrapped it around the neck of another clone as the two missiles blew another set of clones apart. Rarity blasted a clone in the chest as Vector charged past her and used his gigantic maw to comp down on the clone.
As Vector laughed victoriously, Espio threw several of his Kunai blades at a group of clones. The Kunai blades caused the clones to dissipate into thin air as Charmy flew over him, trying to stay out of trouble.
"Say Espio?" Vector said as he walked over to the Chameleon, "How much would we normally charge for this?"
Espio shot Vector a deadpanned look, "Are you serious? I would think the fate of three worlds would be charge enough."
Vector waved his hand dismissively, "Yeah, yeah," Vector then stomped away, "I guess it was wishful thinking anyway." The Crocodile grumbled.
Espio shook his head before he resumed the battle.
He was about to throw a Kunai blade at an incoming clone, but it was suddenly blasted by a red Ocular Blast. The Chameleon turned around to see Team Cap and the X-Men land on the ground, presumably jumping down from the Avengers Quinjet and The Blackbird hovering above them.
Knuckles grinned as he slammed his fists together, "Looks like a party. Mind if we join in?"
It was then that Pinkie gasped dramatically, "A PARTY?!"
Logan pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, "I've had to put up with this the whole way here."
Deadpool then wrapped his arm over Logan's shoulder, "Aw, come on, Wolvie. You know you love it."
"Want me to stab you again?"
Wade then zipped out of frame... Somehow. Logan then unsheathed his claws and charged forward with the other heroes in tow. Cap threw his shield, which bounced off of several clones until it found its way back onto Cap's wrist. Knuckles and Applejack ran side by side while Pinkie and Deadpool zoomed past at impossible speeds with Pinkie giggling like a filly while Wade cackled like a crazy person.
Up above, Celestia smiled as she saw that two of her little Ponies were safe, although she appeared unnerved by Deadpool as he pulled a massive Bazooka from what she assumed was his back pocket.
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You're disgusting, Wade.
Ice Man froze two clones as Gambit threw his flaming cards which exploded on impact, shattering the clones to pieces. Hawkeye shot his arrow as Black Widow fired off multiple shots to try and dispose of the clones. Storm created a hail storm in the sky while Beast slashed through a few clones with his claw like nails.
As the battle progressed, the appearance of a green portal in the middle of the street caught everyone's attention, causing the battle to halt. All was silent as everyone waited in anticipation for something to come through.
(End song)
Deadpool's eyes darted back and forth as he waited for something to happen. He groaned obnoxiously loud before he pulled out a Boombox and placed it on the ground, "Fine, I'LL provide the music." Deadpool pressed the Play Button.
As the song started playing, something emerged from the portal, or rather SOMEONE. Hulk stepped out of the portal with an angry look on his face.
He growled as everyone stood in silence.
Wade laughed, "Oh ho, you guys are fucked now."
Hulk roared as he charged forward and slammed a Mephiles clone into the ground. But Hulk wasn't the only one to exit from the portal as Tony Stark, Human Torch, and Rainbow Dash flew out of the portal and soared overhead. Thor and Mr. Fantastic emerged from the portal, along with Amy and the Guardians of the Galaxy, minus Rocket, who decided to fly the Benatar from Latveria, since no one else would.
The rest of Iron Man's team emerged from the portal, with Fluttershy walking alongside a limping Discord.
But the final person to exit the portal caused all of the other teams to make a double take on what they were seeing. Dr. Doom emerged slowly from the portal, bringing presence to the battle. The dictator folded his arms as the portal closed behind him.
To everyone's surprise, he grasped a clone by the neck and burnt it to cinders with his mighty power.
He didn't even hesitate.
Doom then walked slowly through the battle field, unfazed by the horde of clones surrounding him. One Mephiles clone shot towards the monarch from the side, but Doom simply raised his arm and blasted the clone to ashes. Another clone charged from the other side, Doom payed it no mind as he simply clenched his fist, engulfing the clone in a green aura.
The clone then burnt to ash.
Captain America stared at the sight before him with his eyes wide, "Doom?" He said in shock and confusion.
"I'll explain later, Cap." Tony said over the Comms as he flew overhead, firing blasts at the flying clones.
Wolverine slashed through a Mephiles clone and replied, "Yeah, you'd better Stark." Logan then roared and charged forward towards a group of Mephiles clones.
As Wolverine was going to town with the various clones in his path, Rainbow zoomed over to Aj and Pinkie and tackled them in a bone crushing hug, "I'm glad you guys are okay!"
Applejack chuckled, "Right back at 'cha, Sugarcube."
It was then that two more Ponies joined in on the hug, Fluttershy and Rarity.
"I'm so relieved to see you, girls!" Rarity said as tears streamed down her face.
Fluttershy simply whimpered as she squeezed tighter. The hug was broken up however as a Mephiles clone appeared behind them and prepared to blast them. It would have too, had it not been for Doom, who punched a hole in the clone's chest and burnt it to ash with his magic.
As the group of Ponies stared at the Latverian monarch, said monarch scoffed and walked past them, not noticing or caring that Rainbow was glaring hatefully at him.
"Uh, who is that exactly?" Applejack asked.
Rainbow shook her head while Fluttershy whimpered in fear, "You don't wanna know." RD said cryptically.
"YO!" The sudden voice of Peter Parker shouted out, causing the group of Ponies to turn around. They saw Twilight, Spider-Man, and the others land in front of them, "Mind if we join in?"
Pinkie grinned, "The more the merrier!"
(End song)
The Mane 5 all smiled towards Twilight, but she didn't smile back. In fact, she didn't even acknowledge them. She was acting rather cold. It was then that Pinkie noticed the absence of Starlight Glimmer.
"Hey, where's Starlight?" Pinkie asked in a weary voice, her mane deflating a little bit.
Twilight didn't respond, she just looked away with tears brimming her eyes. That was all Applejack needed to know to get what happened. She took her Stenson off and looked downward while Rarity and Fluttershy started to cry. Rainbow and Pinkie were confused.
"Where's Starlight, Twi?" RD asked.
"Rainbow," AJ started in a heavy tone, "Starlight ain't comin'."
Rainbow quirked an eyebrow, "What do you mean? Where is she?"
No one responded, causing Pinkie to panic a bit more, "C-Come on guys," Pinkie forced a laugh, "T-This isn't funny. Where is she?" She turned to Twilight, "Twilight? Come on, you got us. Ha ha ha, you can stop now. Where's Starlight?"
"DEAD!" The collective voices of Mephiles' clones all stated together. Twilight and the others turned to the horde of clones as they hovered over her and her friends, "AND VERY SOON, YOU WILL BE JOINING HER!"
The horde of clones didn't even give them the time to process this loss as they hovered towards the group slowly. Twilight glared hatefully at the clones while Peter, Miles, Tempest and Dr. Strange got ready. The Mane 5, although they weren't certainly in the mood, readied themselves as well.
"MAY THE DARKNESS CONSUME YOU ALL!"