X-Force vs the Defenders 8

Wolverine dug out of the hole he was hiding in to heal. He heard Psylocke continue to battle Daredevil across the island. She’s been taking a lot of damage but wondered when is he gonna collapse? Does the Devil not get exhausted? Wolverine looked above him to see Strange peering over at something as Blackbolt flew back toward him. He then heard as the Mark III armor landed in front of Namor. Spider-Man landed on the beach behind him. Pietro finally reached land. “Oh a stray cat,” he said, approaching a loafing black cat. Very slowly, he closed in to pet it but it transformed into Felicia and slashed his belly. 

Namor grabbed his trident once more as he stared at the Iron Man suit. He heard Wolverine whisper “wait for me to do a thing” at him. Namor walked up and said, “Stark, you know we’ve fought before, right?”

Jarvis answered in Stark’s voice, “really? News to me.”

“You didn’t get to meet me. When you just started as a superhero, you decided to check out the Bermuda Triangle, where I had been sinking anything that flies or sails over it. You too were swallowed by my torrents but I was merciful since you were just another futile investigation. Today is different.”

“I do think I drank the same as back then so yeah.” Jarvis was waiting for Namor to come closer. 

On Strange’s wrist, his watch started to beep. The spell wore off. “Oh I’m back at full speed,” Pietro said to himself although both Wolverine and Namor heard him. Hellcat and Black Cat surrounded Pietro waiting for the spell. Wolverine looked up to see Strange open a portal and then stuff his hand inside. “Whoa, a magic hand,” Pietro said, “oh wait it’s Strange probably.”

“Lightning rod!” Logan shouted across the entire island. Spider-Man’s senses were off the charts. Kwannon completely backed off of Daredevil who was indeed breathing exhuastedly. Frank looked up at Strange and then spotted Logan jumping up at him. In one second, Logan stabbed his claws into Strange’s feet. Huh? Namor pointed his trident at him shouting Strange’s name. Then he twisted his grip on the trident causing it to send a large stream of electricity into the sky. Strange retrieved his hand from the portal ready to use the Reflecteren spell on the lightning. But he aimed the spell too high as the lightning hit Wolverine instead. “Retard-” Logan spit before getting shocked by several thousand volts. The electricity also passed onto Strange, shocking him a painful bit. They brightened the night sky for a few seconds. From the top of the island’s orbit, Stark decided to return to the fight. Kwannon noticed that the puppet strings were still attached to Blackbolt so she jumped into the air thinking, I can cut anything. She now severed the line thus allowing Blackbolt to just fly into the ocean. Jarvis moved the MIII onto Namor, building the suit around him. “What kind of insufferable trap is this?” MIII flew into the air and exploded itself in another bright spectacle.

Whoa…it’s like the Mets won a game,” Spider-Man said at the same time of another voice. He turned around to an incredibly damaged Deadpool. “Don’t say the joke at the same time.”

“Bro, it’s my joke,” Deadpool said.

Namor fell out of the smoke but his instincts did not fade as his wings glided him into the water. Frank looked over to Viper again who now put a gas mask over her face. “Again with the deja vu.”

“You might be wondering what I was just doing, if I was waiting out the battle. But-”

“You planted gas bombs everywhere, I’ve been through this.”

Pietro looked at the cats surrounding him. He then entered high speed, stretching his limbs before going for a kill.

“Don’t think of yourself as some God of Death, Castle.” Viper pressed a trigger and around the perimeter of the island, 20 bombs exploded sending mushroom clouds of red smoke into the air. It quickly spread, ready to blind all of those who breathed it. Frank emptied his clip into her. He then jumped down to take the gas mask for himself. 

Logan fell from Strange who fell after him. “Let’s go wizkid.”

“Ugh, I’m older than you.”

“I really doubt it…”

Spider-Man jumped away from the bomb near him. He stayed close to the ground covering his face. He looked around for Deadpool who seemed to disappear in the smoke. Pietro was faster than the smoke that suddenly entered his breathing room. He does get exhausted running so fast but years of training at Weapon Plus increased his lung capacity. Running after Blackbolt for a longer period of time could have collapsed his lungs. Now he ran past Felicia, folding her skeleton against itself before crushing her skull. He left a kiss on Trish before running around and stepping on the heads of Natasha, Mamba, and Viper. He ran up the ramp kicking the head off of Moon Knight. Frank looked around with his knives drawn. Pietro ran around him as if trying to spook him, but because Frank was unfazed, he got bored and simply punched him through his chest. Next he found Frenchie and crushed his head as well.

Stark flew lowly across the midsection of the island, a bit surprised by the gas clouds although it would not infect him in the suit. As he passed by Strange and Wolverine on the ground, Pietro suddenly caught up to him. Stark turned to see the boy say, “meep meep” and then kick him to the curb. Daredevil was a good distance away from the immediate gas zone so he simply focused on Kwannon landing. Curiosity peaked him though so he quickly used his special vision over the whole island. All snakes are dead. Five of us remain! Deadpool and Namor are where? Kwannon landed and then ran away. Daredevil followed her as she ran for the center of the island. 

To be continued….

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