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As the Quadjet flew past the Atlantic Ocean, piloted by King T'Challa; whose right leg was cut off by the android Vision, Peter Parker woke up from his rest as he saw the Ocean right below the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft.
"ETA, 20 minutes." T'Challa announced.
"Well, put another "W" on the board for the Avengers." The head of Scott Lang cheerfully said, his head covered in a jar and held by the Cloak of Levitation.
However, he got no response. "Go ahead, high-five. It's okay, I won't feel left out." He insisted.
T'Challa noticed that Peter was silent. "Are you all right?" He asked the young hero.
Peter sighed. "Last year, Mr. Stark asked me to join the Avengers, but I turned him down and now they're all gone." He began explaining in a solemn look. "My friends from high school, my Aunt May, Happy, Sergeant Barnes, and now Hope; they're all gone, and I'm still here. I just don't know how to get through all that, let alone know if this will work."
"In my culture, death is not the end. Your friends, your Aunt, they are still with us, as long as we don't forget them." T'Challa assured.
"He's right. Plus, they're not all gone." Scott added, much to Peter's confusion. "Me, you still have me." He clarified.
"Oh! I'm sor-! I forgot! You are an Avenger!" Peter stuttered, suddenly remembering.
"Totally! Big time!" Scott said, before clarifying. "Well, maybe not officially. But, you know, by heart."
"Good. The world could use a little heart right now." T'Challa said.
"And once we get this to Wakanda, we're gonna save the world." Peter declared, holding the Mind Stone that Vision gave them.
As the Quadjet flew close to the defensive barrier shield protecting Wakanda, the trio could feel hopeful for the first time after Camp Lehigh. However, that hope was to be misplaced, for the possible salvation of the world was not meant to be.
Looking out the window, Peter saw multiple silhouettes of people in Wakanda, but they were banging their hands against the barrier from the inside. He narrowed his eyes, and saw severed limbs and heads of people outside the barrier, and saw that there was a bluish-decaying feature on their appearances.
"Oh no...!" He whispered, feeling dread creep up in him.
T'Challa piloted the Quadjet through the barrier, entering Wakanda. However, the heroes arrived only to see that the small African nation was overrun by the zombie horde, buildings on fire, and with every single Wakandan infected; from the civilians to the members of the King's Guard, the Dora Milaje, the Jabari, and the Border Tribe. There were even zombies eating the animals in the kingdom.
Scott gasps in horror, as Peter's stomach churned at the sight of death and destruction. The jet flies right past them, as one of the zombies growls, looking at them flying above them. No one on the jet noticed that there was a transparent figure viewing them from the sky, observing the chaos with a solemn look.
"No…! We are too late!" T'Challa said, horrified in seeing his home, his kingdom, destroyed, and his people among the living dead. "Mother… Shuri… Nakia…!" He said, his voice thick with emotion as he closed his eyes in grief, mourning his loved ones.
"Great Ancestors… Bast… protect them." He prayed, tears slightly running down his face.
Peter placed his hand on T'Challa's shoulder, offering him comfort.
"Guys, look! Over there!" Scott called out as they looked out the window and saw what he was looking at.
They saw a purple-skinned being with rotting flesh, wearing a gold and dark purple attire, wearing a golden gauntlet in his left hand, with five glowing items, similar to the Mind Stone they had, surrounded by several zombified Wakandan warriors.
"Who is that?" Scott asked.
"What has that monster done to my people? My home?!" T'Challa snarled, the grief and anger slightly taking him over.
However, Peter narrowed his eyes to get a closer look, but he then widened them back up in alarm as he knew exactly who that was, having been warned about him by Bruce Banner.
"Thanos!" He said.
"Who?" Scott inquired.
"Before we went for Camp Lehigh, Doctor Banner told us that he was sent back to Earth to warn us that someone was coming, someone capable of wielding powerful items older than the universe itself; Infinity Stones, similar to the Mind Stone that Vision gave us, and that someone was named Thanos." Peter explained.
"Thanos." Scott whispered to himself, taking all this in.
"But why would he come to Wakanda?" T'Challa questioned, wanting to know the reason for Thanos' arrival.
Peter explained further. "Dr. Banner told us that he was searching for all six Infinity Stones and that he posed a threat to the rest of the Universe. He even said that if he gets his hands on all six Stones, something bad could happen to the rest of the Universe."
His face slowly morphed to a horrified realization, looking down at the Mind Stone he held. "So that's why! Thanos must've known we would come here with the Mind Stone, and he waited for us! He wants the Mind Stone! But he must've got infected somehow, and infected all of Wakanda in return!"
"Well, if he wants the Mind Stone, then he will have to come and take it from us." Scott declared.
"Indeed, Mr. Lang. Thanos is in Wakanda now, and for what he has done to my people and my home, he will have nothing but dust and blood." T'Challa vowed.
Peter and Scott both nodded in agreement, with Peter pocketing the Mind Stone in his utility belt as he then put on his mask.
Zombie Thanos saw the Quadjet flying above, and then used the Power Stone on his gauntlet, destroying the Quadjet's engines, causing the aircraft to shake and fall from the sky.
"Uh, guys? What's going on?! Why are we going down?!" Scott shouted in a panic.
"Thanos! He must've used one of the Stones to destroy the engines!" Peter theorized.
Scott then cried out. "We're about to crash!"
"We must get out of here!" T'Challa shouted, his helmet appearing on his face. "Peter! The cockpit windows!"
"On it!" Spider-Man replied.
Both Peter and T'Challa quickly kicked open the cockpit windows, breaking them and then leaping out of the Quadjet, with Scott flying with the Cloak, as the aircraft crashed into the terrain, killing multiple zombified Wakandans.
Zombie Thanos looks up to see the Black Panther, Spider-Man, and Scott above him, and the three lunging towards him. With a yell, Black Panther strikes first, slashing Zombie Thanos across his face, before hand-springing forward and landing in a crouch, with his left leg.
The zombie charges up an energy blast from the Power Stone, snarling at Black Panther, but then his face was shot with a webline, as Spider-Man used his face to swing across and distract the zombified Mad Titan, forcing him to lose focus on his energy blast. The zombie ripped the webbing off his face before going to punch Scott, but Scott dodged in the nick of time, before avoiding a red energy blast from the Reality Stone and knocking at Thanos with his head.v
Black Panther then launched at Zombie Thanos' back, clawing him in the back of his head before backflipping backwards and then landing a rising kick at him, perfectly avoiding his attempted grapple. T'Challa then got out of the way as Scott's head flew right in, with Spider-Man in tow, kicking Zombie Thanos in the face and landing to the ground, before firing a webline at the bottom of Scott's jar, swinging away.v
Zombie Thanos fired a blast from the Soul Stone at both Spider-Man and Scott, but missed as they both dodged in time, with the blast instead hitting one of the buildings in the Golden City. Spider-Man dodged a blast from the Power Stone, before firing another webline at Scott. They rushed at Zombie Thanos, with Peter landing another swing kick at the Mad Titan before hand-springing forward, landing in a pose.
Zombie Thanos tries to incinerate Spider-Man with a blast from the Soul Stone, but the hero dodges the blast. Infuriated, Zombie Thanos charges up the Infinity Gauntlet with the Power Stone, but Scott intervenes in time, with the Cloak of Levitation wrapping around the Infinity Gauntlet and stopping him. However, Zombie Thanos flings both Scott and the Cloak away, but that gave Spider-Man the opening needed to trap Zombie Thanos as he swung him, wrapping him around in his webbing and encasing him.
Growling, Zombie Thanos struggles to break free of the webbing, but then uses both Power and Space Stones, unleashing a powerful shockwave, freeing him from the webs and sending the three heroes back.
Landing safely, Black Panther saw that Zombie Thanos was looking at his Infinity Gauntlet as he examined it and the Infinity Stones more closely, as if he was learning how to use them more properly.
"This is not good." Black Panther observed, seeing Zombie Thanos struggling to free himself from the webbing, as Spider-Man landed right next to him, with Scott arriving as well.
"What do you mean?" Scott inquired.
"He has those five Stones on his glove, and it seems that he can't control them at all. But he is starting to learn. Look" Black Panther explained.
Zombie Thanos practiced using the Infinity Stones on a rock nearby by destroying it with the Reality Stone before repairing it with the Time Stone, and repeated the process.
"If he learns how to use them again, then we're in a whole load of trouble." Scott said.
"Agreed, but seeing how the Quantum Virus can apply to all beings out there in the Universe, perhaps we can use that as advantage here." Spider-Man elaborated, as he then realized something. "If we can exhaust him long enough, we can find a way to remove that glove off his hand, without getting bitten."
"And what if we can't remove the glove?" Scott questioned.
"Then we stop him by any means necessary." Black Panther responded, in a low voice. "Today we don't fight for merely the lives of the surviving people of Earth, we fight for all of them out there in the Universe. And if we die, then we will perish in battle before allowing Thanos to accomplish his malicious quest, much less becoming part of the undead."
Spider-Man and Scott shared nods at that, but then they heard guttural roars.
The Mad Titan then used the Reality and Soul Stones to summon zombified Wakandans from the ground, as well as directing the ones already infected to approach them. Spider-Man and Scott cringed, while Black Panther glared at Zombie Thanos.
"Okay, that is just wrong!" Scott called out, feeling squeamish.
"Indeed." Black Panther firmly said. "Stand your ground, both of you! Remember, if we fall, then the rest of the Universe will fall as well!"
As the Zombie horde slowly approached them, T'Challa unsheathed his claws as Peter reloaded his web shooters, removing his empty web cartridges and filling them with new ones, and Scott gulped down his fear.
"Cassie... Hope... Hank... this one's for you three." He whispered.
"Karen, are you still there?" Spider-Man asked.
"Where else would I be, Peter?" A female voice said, originating from Peter's Spider-Man suit.
"Good. I need you to initiate the 'Enhanced Combat' Mode, and activate 'Instant-Kill'." He said in a low voice.
"Are you certain, Peter?" Karen questioned.
"Do it." Spider-Man answered without hesitation. "Our lives may depend on it."
"Very well then. Activating Instant-Kill." Karen replied, with Peter's lenses narrowing as the small eyes glowed bright red.
"Cool!" Scott said in awe, seeing the lenses narrow.
"Wakanda Forever!" Black Panther shouted, lunging at the undead.
Both Spider-Man and Scott turned to each other and nodded. "Wakanda Forever!" They both shouted, joining the battle.
Spider-Man leaps forward, jumping high in the air, spinning in the air with quick precision and firing multiple webs at the zombie horde, and trapping them in the sticky substance. He then web-yanks one of the zombies into the air with him and lands multiple hits at it before firing a webline and throwing it to the ground, smashing it in a bloody splatter.
Landing back on the ground, Spider-Man shot a cartridge at a zombie as it then released, trapping several zombies with webs as he then shot an electric web, and yanked another zombie and spun it around, striking multiple zombies and electrocuting them before throwing the undead person at a far distance.
Normally, he didn't like to use excessive force, but seeing as how these were the undead, and their lives are on the line, there was no other choice. The Spider emblem in his chest torso then activated, with a small spider-like drone flying off and blasting at the undead, firing at them.
"Excuse me! Make way! Coming through!" Scott announced, flying by as he knocked down multiple zombies with his jar, but also going right through them via their torsos.
Black Panther slashed at every undead Wakandan, slicing their heads off or clawing them right at the face. Some tried to bite and scratch him, but his vibranium suit protected him from the attacks and infection, and that in return allowed him to absorb the kinetic energy from their attacks, but little. He pushed aside one of the zombies that tried to bite him and slashed across its neck, decapitating the head.
The Wakandan King launched himself onto another zombie, grabbing onto its shoulders and began spinning himself clockwise, kicking several zombies right in their faces with his left leg and with extreme force, brutally knocking them off and then flipping over the zombie he grappled, throwing it far off.
He saw the spider-drone shooting at the undead, and Spider-Man trapping them in webs, and frying them with his electric webs, which gave the King an idea.
Spider-Man webs more zombies, trapping them, and is about to ensnare more, but Black Panther arrived, extending his arm before he could.
"Use your electric webs on me, and command your drone to shoot at me as well!" He said.
"What?! Are you sure?!" Spider-Man asked.
"My suit can absorb it! Do it!" T'Challa replied, assuring the young hero.
Spider-Man nodded his head, seeing where T'Challa was going with this. "Karen, deactivate Instant-Kill, and open fire on T'Challa, but keep the blasts non-leathal!" He ordered his suit's AI.
"Very well, Peter. Deactivating Instant-Kill" Karen responded.
The lenses revert back to normal, as Spider-Man aimed his web-shooters the Black Panther.
"Okay, here it goes!" He yelled, with Black Panther nodding his head in confirmation.
The spider-drone opened rapid fire on T'Challa, with Peter firing the electric webs on him and unleashing the electricity at full voltage, both charging up the kinetic energy in T'Challa's Panther Habit. T'Challa groaned at the intensity of the electricity, but managed through, and absorbed the electricity through his suit.
Quickly enough, the Panther Habit was fully charged up with enough kinetic energy, and T'Challa removed the wires from his suit, as the spider-drone went back to Peter's suit. He leapt high in the air, then diving back down, and pounded the ground hard with a powerful kinetic energy blast, knocking the undead back.
"That was badass!" Peter exclaimed, amazed at the Panther Habit's capabilities.
Zombie Thanos growled, witnessing the defiance of the humans, but used the Reality and Time Stones to reconstruct and undo damage done to the undead, and then used the Soul Stone to surround the heroes.
"Oh, come on! That's not fair!" Scott exclaimed in annoyance, flying back to the duo, as they looked on with shock.
Black Panther slashed the zombies, as Spider-Man shot web balls rapidly, knocking the undead down, as quickly as they could.
Spider-Man fired more webs, but then heard his AI speak. "Peter, web fluid at 10%! I recommend reloading web cartridges immediately!" She said. He listened, but instead fired more webs at the undead, using up all of his web-fluid in web-shooters.
He assisted Black Panther in fighting zombies, punching and kicking as many as possible, but that did little as more and more grew closer, like predators surrounding their prey.
"Guys! There's too many of them!" Spider-Man grunted, blocking zombies with his arms, until one of them then grabbed a hold of him from behind, grabbing the Web-Slinger by his mask.
"Forgive me, my friends!" Black Panther groaned, holding off a zombie trying to gnaw at him by the jaw with his right hand.
Scott cried out in fear, seeing the zombies trying to claw and bite through his jar.
The zombies closed in, about to devour the heroes, but then... T'Challa saw something above in the sky, a flickering light.
Suddenly, a powerful beam struck down from the sky, disintegrating multiple zombies or knocking them down on the ground. The remaining zombies stopped in their tracks, and the ones that were about to devour both Spider-Man and Black Panther paused as they turned to face the beam that appeared right before them.
A lightning-powered axe was thrown across, spinning as it cut down the undead beings across the field, even cutting down the ones that held Black Panther, Spider-Man, and Scott.
Spider-Man helped Black Panther back up as they both saw the axe return to its wielder in the beam as it dissipated to reveal Thor, the Asgardian God of Thunder, and one of the last Avengers, with a new haircut, a scar on the right side of his face with a different eye color on his right eye, dark armor and a red cape, arriving with a tree-like humanoid and a... raccoon carrying an advanced rifle?
"Is that Thor?! YES!" Spider-Man cheered enthusiastically, happy to see help has come at last.
"WOO-HOO! GOD OF THUNDER IN THE HOUSE!" Scott whooped.
"Glory to Bast!" T'Challa breathed out in awe, amazed to see the Asgardian God of Thunder in his kingdom.
The trio of newcomers glared at Zombie Thanos, with Thor having the most intense one of them all as the raccoon readied his rifle, with the Zombie growling at the newcomers. Thor saw that Thanos looked different than before, but he didn't care. Lightning surged around him and his axe as he remembered what Thanos did to him and his people on the Statesman, to Heimdall, and Loki.
Today, their deaths will be avenged.
Gripping his axe, Stormbreaker, tightly, along with lightning surging around him, Thor charges at the Zombie, along with Rocket and the tree-like being, with the raccoon hopping behind the tree.
"No, wait!" Black Panther shouted.
"Thor, stop!" Spider-Man yelled out, but to no avail. Thor did not listen to them, his anger and vendetta towards Thanos overtaking him.
"I am GROOOOTTT!" The tree-like being, Groot, shouted a war cry, charging alongside The Asgardian God of Thunder.
Thor grunts, throwing Stormbreaker at Zombie Thanos, striking him right at the chest and staggering him back, but feeling no pain from the impact.
The newcomers stopped in their tracks to see Zombie Thanos looking down at his injury, snarling, before looking back at them. He then lets out another growl with a sadistic grin growing on his face, raising his Gauntlet and charging up the Power Stone, aiming directly at them.
"Uh-oh." Rocket muttered, his eyes widening in alarm, as did Thor's and Groot's.
"YOU THREE GET OUT OF THE WAY! NOW-!" Scott warned them. But it was too late.
Zombie Thanos unleashed a powerful Power Blast at Thor, Rocket, and Groot. Groot was immediately incinerated to nothing but ashes, as Rocket's skin and weapon were both melted away, as well as his skeletal remains. Thor tried to shield himself from the blast, but it became too much for him. He screamed in agonizing pain as the Power Stone burnt the right side of his face, melting the prosthetic eye that Rocket gave him, before being pushed back by extreme force of the blast.
He landed face-first on the ground unconscious, the right side of his face severely damaged with third-degree burns, as Rocket's skull landed right next to him. Serving as another cruel reminder of the Asgardian's failure to save his friends.
Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Scott watched the scene unfold in front of them in shock and horror, as they turned back to Zombie Thanos.
The zombified Mad Titan turned his attention back to the three remaining heroes, charging up the Power Stone once again and slamming his gauntlet-covered hand on the terrain, releasing a powerful blast from underneath the earth, and destroying it as the heroes quickly dodged the coming attack. Zombie Thanos then lifted up the Gauntlet slowly, charging up the Space Stone.
Spider-Man landed on the ground, posing in a crouch, but pieces of the terrain then lifted in the air, making him stand up fully as he saw more pieces of land in the Golden City floating in the air with a glowing blue hue, and seeing what was underneath him; a reactor core filled with molten vibranium, exposed right out in the open.
Zombie Thanos snarled, raising his arms in the air, feeling a sense of superiority while seeing the heroes on the floating pieces of land, standing against the zombified Mad Titan, with Scott flying right next to Spider-Man.
The spider-based hero turned to Black Panther, nodding his head while reloading his web-shooters again. "On your mark, Your Majesty." He said.
Black Panther nodded his head back, turning back to glare at Thanos. "Go!" He ordered.
The Black Panther charges first, leaping across the floating pieces of terrain, dodging each of Zombie Thanos' blasts from the Power Stone. The zombie uses the Power Stone once more, charging it up and pulling a piece of terrain, snarling as he hurled it at the Wakandan King, who quickly avoided it in time, leaping to another rock.
Spider-Man and Scott see the hurling terrain moving towards them, and they both quickly get out of the way, with Scott flying off while Spider-Man leaps to another floating rock, running on it, and avoiding the collision impact.
He shoots a web-line, swinging across the floating terrain to reach Zombie Thanos. Once close, the Web-Slinger shot another web-line, this time at Stormbreaker, lodged deep into Thanos' chest, and pulls it out with extreme force, causing the Zombie to growl in pain as he used the Time Stone to heal his now-previously gashed wound.
Spider-Man catches Stormbreaker and hurls the axe with all his might at Thanos, but the Zombie destroys it with a blast from the Power Stone, incinerating it into nothing. Spider-Man then shoots two web-lines at a giant floating terrain above, and yanks it down on the Zombie as he lands back on the ground. Zombie Thanos looks up to see the rock coming down on him, crashing down onto him in impact as huge pieces of rubble fell on the ground.
Spider-Man gets back up to his feet and looks at the crashed rubble in front of him, with Scott flying right next to him.
"Nice one, kid." Scott complimented.
Spider-Man didn't say anything, sensing that something wasn't right. "Karen, how are we doing?" He asked his A.I.
"He's still alive, Peter." Karen replied grimly.
Suddenly, the Infinity Gauntlet emerged from the debris as Zombie Thanos started free himself from it, with Scott and Spider-Man looking horrified at how durable he was.
"Come on! What's it gonna take to kill this guy?! Damn it!" Scott complained.
"PETER!" Spider-Man turned his head, hearing Black Panther's voice as he saw him leaping over the terrains. "The Stone! Throw it to me!" The Wakandan King said, reaching out his right arm, soaring in the air.
Peter quickly realizes Black Panther's plan and pulls out the Mind Stone from his pocket, tossing it to him. "Catch!" He shouted.
Black Panther catches the Mind Stone with his right hand and lands on his left leg, skidding on the dirt, as he felt a powerful surge of energy rushing through him. As he saw Zombie Thanos right near the edge where the Vibranium reactor was behind him, the King strategized his attack.
"You two, stay back! I will handle this monster! Do not interfere!" He ordered, with Spider-Man and Scott nodding their heads in understanding.
Zombie Thanos finally freed himself from the rubble, just as Black Panther ran on all threes, like his namesake title, with his right hand closed, rushing towards the Mad Titan, who snarled as he readied his Infinity Gauntlet.
Black Panther then leapt high as he delivered a brutal uppercut to Zombie Thanos' jaw, causing blood to spout from the zombie's mouth.
Spider-Man and Scott stared in surprise and amazement at the Black Panther's sudden, yet brutal and quick attack.
"Woah!" Spider-Man exclaimed in awe.
"Holy crap! Did you see that?!" Scott asked in shock. "How did he do that?!"
"T'Challa has the Mind Stone in his hand, so I think he's using it to amplify his abilities and attacks. That's gotta be how he's moving so fast." Peter theorized, still in awe.
"You got this, T'Challa! Kick his ass!" Scott cheered. They just might win after all.
Landing on the terrain, Black Panther quickly dodged a blast from the Power Stone as he did a spinning left kick directly at the Mad Titan's face. After that, he landed swift kicks and slashes at Zombie Thanos, staggering him back while also avoiding his attacks, before delivering another uppercut.
Enraged at being overpowered by a human, Zombie Thanos charged the Infinity Gauntlet and powerfully punched Black Panther, sending him flying back and forcing him to let go of the Mind Stone, but also charging up his Panther Habit suit with kinetic energy. He tries to grasp the Mind Stone with his right hand, but it vanishes in a blue light before he could catch it.
Black Panther kneels on his left knee as he holds himself with his left hand, and opens his right hand to see nothing there, much to his shock.
"What?!" He gasped, turning his head back to face Zombie Thanos, who then summoned the Mind Stone via the Space Stone, plucking it from the air with his fingers.
"No!" He exclaimed, horrified.
Zombie Thanos placed it on the empty piece of his Infinity Gauntlet, completing it like a final piece of the puzzle. He roared as he felt all of the Stones' energy surge throughout his entire body, with Spider-Man and Scott watching in absolute fear of what might come next.
"We're too late!" Scott said, horrified.
Seeing the zombified Mad Titan complete the Infinity Gauntlet, Black Panther also saw that he was right at the edge of the reactor, and understood what he must do; he had one more strategy he had to pull, which he knew would also possibly be the very last.
"I see. So if this is how Wakanda ends, then it shall be the noblest ending in history." He said to himself, and to Zombie Thanos, who just stood there and listened.
Black Panther turned to his allies "Peter! Scott!" He called out, gaining their attention.
"You two must survive and find a way to stop this madness! It was an honor to fight beside you both!" He said, his helmet retracting. "Remember what I told you both, death is not the end, as long as we remember them."
"T'Challa?" Spider-Man demanded, confused by what he meant.
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" Scott asked fearfully.
T'Challa turned back to Zombie Thanos, who slowly raised his Infinity Gauntlet.
"What I must. Goodbye to you both." He said in a low voice, before closing his eyes, his helmet appearing for the last time, and inhaling a deep breath. "Get going, now!
"Goodbye?" Scott asked. "What are you talking about?"
He then exhaled, and whispered. "My family... Nakia… I am coming. Wakanda Forever."
Spider-Man heard T'Challa's whisper, and quickly understood what he was saying and what he was going to do. "No! T'Challa, wait!"
T'Challa, however, ran on all threes once more and charged at Zombie Thanos, who raised his left fist, ready to strike at the King of Wakanda. However, T'Challa, with a final battle cry, lunged at the zombified Mad Titan, striking him in the torso with a powerful energy pulse from his suit that sent the zombie falling into the reactor… but also with him as well. The two fell into the reactor core, as both Peter and Scott watched from afar.
"NO! YOUR MAJESTY!" Scott cried out in desperation.
As they fell deep into the reactor, Zombie Thanos let out one final roar as he neared his death, while T'Challa narrowed his eyes before closing his eyes, accepting his fate without fear. However, the Stones began shimmering brightly around the reactor, and then stopped as the molten vibranium began to consume and destroy them, along with the Wakandan King and Mad Titan.
Both Peter and Scott heard Zombie Thanos' final roar, which confirmed one thing; he and T'Challa are dead.
"T'CHAAALLLLLLAAAAA!" Scott shouted, this time in anguish.
Peter gasped, staring in shock before removing his mask and closing his eyes to prevent the tears that were threatening to run down his face as he took in what had just happened. T'Challa, the Black Panther, the King and last son of Wakanda, and one of the last Avengers, had sacrificed himself to kill Thanos and save the universe.
"T'Challa… no!" He whispered, falling to his knees and mourning his ally. First he lost his parents when he was a boy, next his Uncle Ben before he got his powers, then Tony and his Aunt May in the Zombie Outbreak, his friends Ned, Betty, MJ, Happy, Hope, Kurt, Okoye, and now T'Challa. How many more losses can he take at this point?
Suddenly, the entire kingdom of Wakanda began shaking all around them, like if it there was a massive earthquake.
"Great, now what?" Peter groaned in frustration, getting back to his feet and putting on his mask, not having the patience to deal with any more crises. However, he sensed something was happening, feeling a massive tingle running down his arms and spine, warning him of danger.
"Peter! You need to get out of there now! I'm detecting an immense energy surge coming from the reactor!" Karen warned.
Suddenly, the Vibranium reactor exploded, as a rainbow colored-dome erupted, starting to enlarge and consume over the Golden City, swirling as if it were a storm. Peter and Scott were shocked, but they quickly saw what this storm was.
"Uh, kid, I think we gotta go now!" Scott cried out in panic.
"GO, GO, GO!" Spider-Man shouted as he turned around, and started running as fast as he could, with Scott flying away quickly, away from this… Infinity Storm.
The terrain started to break apart as the storm, caused by the energy of Infinity Stones when they were shattered in the Vibranium reactor, escaping all around Wakanda. The floating terrain, the remaining zombified Wakandans in the Golden City, as well as the kingdom of Wakanda itself, were all consumed in the Storm, destroyed. Still running, Peter quickly shot a web-line at Scott's jar, and swung away, getting off the ground just in time.
As the two remaining heroes escaped, the spider-based hero turned back to see the Infinity Storm continuing to expand in size, continuing to consume the African nation, and that it was getting close to them. He then saw the unconscious Thor, still lying on the ground with his burnt scar on the right side of his face, as the Infinity Storm closed in on him.
"NO! THOR!" He shouts in despair, as Scott screamed in fear, seeing the Storm about to consume them. However, a sling-ring portal then appeared underneath Thor, and he fell into it, much to Peter's confusion.
"What the-?!" Then, another sling-ring portal opened in front and the duo both flew in it, narrowly avoiding the Storm just in time.
Arriving safely to where the portal led them, Peter and Scott were met both by three people respectively, a Caucasian man with a long beard, a Black woman with short hair, and a green minotaur-like humanoid, they were the last Masters of the Mystic Arts; the London Master, Sara Wolfe, and Rintrah, the latter of whom who was actually from the planet R'Vaal.
The trio explained to Peter and Scott that they were in Kamar-Taj, in Nepal, home of Masters of the Mystic Arts, and that they were the only remaining sorcerers left to defend their home, as the other sorcerers all fell to the Quantum Virus, especially due to both Stephen Strange and Wong either infecting them or eating them alive. They even explained that Thor was also here as well, and that he would reawaken soon, but seeing as how the Power Stone melted his prosthetic eye, there was little they could do on that end.
However, introductions and explanations would have to be cut short as the group of five all had to act quickly as the Infinity Storm spread across Africa and the entirety of Europe, destroying the Pyramids in Egypt, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Colosseum in Rome, as well as destroying both human survivors and zombies alike.
The sorcerers explained the origins of the now destroyed Infinity Stones to the heroes and hypothesized that in order to contain the Infinity Storm, they needed someone who can hold the Stones' energies into their form and hold them. Peter added that seeing how the Infinity Stones had radiation similar to gamma rays, he knew exactly who they needed... a Hulk.
Understanding what the teenage superhero meant, the sorcerers quickly brought Bruce Banner, who survived his encounter with a Zombie Wanda Maximoff at Camp Lehigh, to Kamar-Taj and quickly explained the situation to him; how they needed to contain the Storm, by any means necessary.
Seeing how Peter's theory on the Stones' energies emitting Gamma radiation was accurate, as well as with viewing the path of death and destruction left behind by the Infinity Storm, Bruce went along with their plan to contain the Infinity Storm. The London Master, Sara, and Rintrah cast protection spells on Banner, as a precautionary measure so that he wouldn't die in the center of the Storm. Once ready, they opened a portal, right at the center of the Infinity Storm in Paris, and Bruce rushed in toward the Storm.
However, what emerged in the end was not Bruce Banner, nor the Hulk, but rather... something else. Having absorbed the Infinity Stones' into him, Banner became a cipher, an Anchor... an Infinity Hulk, protecting energies that can either create or destroy worlds, as well as protecting the Earth and the rest of the Universe from collapsing.
Following that, Thor reawakened from his injuries, and requested where he was. The sorcerers explained everything, especially what had happened to Earth and its people. They even explained the fate of all the Avengers, and that filled the Asgardian with even more remorse and guilt. In his quest to stop Thanos, he arrived too late to assist his allies, and now he had also led both Rocket and Groot to their deaths.
He then requested that they send him back to his people, the ones who were left, having escaped and survived Thanos. However, he did not lead them as their King, having felt like he failed, and passed said mantle to Valkyrie.
Kamar-Taj, Five Years Later
Five years have passed on, and the Mystics trained both Peter and Scott how to better fight the zombies. They would even find and rescue survivors, and bring them to Kamar-Taj for safety. They would even begin to train them as well, to train a new generation of Masters of the Mystic Arts. However, the Mystics then sensed that Wanda Maximoff was starting to regain her sentience, and began to control and command the undead with her powers, becoming her Scions, and with many calling her the 'Queen of the Dead'.
The Mystics would then discover that Wanda's powers are a form of Chaos Magic, and that she is the Scarlet Witch, prophesied to enslave or destroy the cosmos by rewriting reality with her powers. They soon realized that she was heading towards Paris, going after Infinity Hulk's powers, in an attempt to take his power for herself.
Seeing the coming battle ahead of them, along with an army of the Dead being gathered from all over the globe, the Mystics realized they needed help before facing the Queen of the Dead head on.
They rescued other survivors, those who encountered and escaped the Queen of the Dead; Shang-Chi and Katy Chen, best friends and both wielders of the mystical Ten Rings, Valkyrie, having escaped New Asgard along with the survivors, Eric Brooks, also known as Blade, a dhampir who became the new Avatar of Khonshu; the Egyptian God of the Moon, and finally, Kamala Khan. Once the Mystics saved them and brought them to Kamar-Taj, they brought them up to speed on their current situation, and how they had to take their last stand against the Queen, asking for their aid.
Preparing for the battle ahead of them, the Mystics also realized that Kamar-Taj and the survivors there would be left defenseless without them. Hence, they sent the survivors elsewhere to safety, off to a hospitable world where they would be safe from the zombie apocalypse.
Peter, now 22 years old, sat in his room, remembering everything that had transpired those five years, remembering the losses he witnessed and the hardships he endured, especially T'Challa's sacrifice. A part of him felt nervous to fight because a part of him knew they would not make it out this time, but another part of him was ready for one last battle because it was his responsibility to help the others defend Infinity Hulk, and he owed it to everyone he's lost to take one last stand to protect Earth and the rest of the universe.
"In my culture, death is not the end. Your friends, your Aunt, they are still with us, as long as we don't forget them." He thought, remembering T'Challa's advice before facing Thanos.
Peter inhaled a deep breath and exhaled. "For my Uncle Ben and Aunt May, MJ, Ned, Mr. Stark, Happy, Hope... And this one's for you, T'Challa." He then stood up, put on his mask, and equipped his web-shooters. He walked out to join the Sorcerers in the war room, along with Scott.
"The attack on Paris has begun. Are you ready, Parker?" The London Master asked.
"I am." Spider-Man replied, as he then asked. "Are we all good to go?"
"We are, kid." Scott said, before asking. "Just waiting for the others."
"You got it." He nodded his head.
"Well, wait no longer, for the New Avengers have arrived!" Katy announces to the group, walking beside Shang-Chi, Valkyrie, Blade Knight, and Kamala.
"Is everybody ready to go?" Rintrah asked.
"Never been more." Kamala stated, her voice laced with nervousness, but standing firm on her choice.
"The moment we step out there, we fight for the fate of our planet. There is also the possibility we will perish, so if anyone wishes to back out, do it now." The London Master announced.
Silence filled the room as no one said a word, but they were all in silent agreement about one thing, they were not backing down. The Mystics were all impressed at seeing the courage and bravery of the five survivors, as well their commitment.
"We're not backing out now, we can't." Kamala said, standing her ground. "We've all come this far, and we owe this to those we lost to fight."
"She's right. We can't bring back the ones we lost, but can honor them by stopping the Dead Queen and her army of darkness, whatever it takes." Shang-Chi added, siding with the young Mutant.
"If we have one more shot to save the world, then I'm in." Katy said.
"I fight for my King, and for all of my fellow Asgardians I failed to protect." Valkyrie firmly stated, brandishing her twin swords, the Dragonfangs.
"Khonshu sees this battle as a fight worth fighting, and the Fist of Vengeance does not back down from a fight." Blade Knight said.
Spider-Man then spoke up. "The day he sacrificed himself for us all, T'Challa told me, that he and the Wakandans believed that death is not the end, and our friends, our families, everyone we lost, are still with us as long as we don't forget them. He saved us, and I hold on to what he said. Mr. Lang and I will not let his sacrifice be in vain."
Sara then opened a sling-ring portal, leading it to Paris.
"Let's do this, for the ones we lost... for T'Challa." Spider-Man said, before turning to Kamala. "Wanna do the honors, kid?"
Kamala slowly nodded her head in response. "Avengers... assemble!"
Both Shang-Chi and Katy launched their Rings through the sling-ring, as Scott and Spider-Man jumped into the portal, followed by Valkyrie, Katy, Shang-Chi, Kamala, Blade Knight, Rintrah, Sara, and the London Master.
The Last Avengers arrived in Paris, with the portal then closing behind them, as they stood defensively in front a weakened and scarred Infinity Hulk, and face to face against the Queen of the Dead herself and her zombie horde.
