It's strange, isn't it- How disasters always seem to coincide. It's never enough for a celestial dictator to announce himself supreme ruler, there has to be a mad scientist destroying the world and an ancient prophecy coming to pass at once. It's a good thing there's always enough Heroes to go around- The Justice League defeating the dictator, the Avengers destroying the world-destroying device, and the Teen Titans or the X-Men fulfilling the prophecy all simultaneously.
Except when there aren't.
No More Heroes - Scorched Earth, part 1.
Ever since the Hero, Trophy, took Earth back from the Villains, Wakanda has been a safehouse and staging ground for Heroes worldwide. It wasn't uncommon for the streets of the sacred city to be filled with bright and colourful spandex, and it was rare indeed for a day to go by without an attack by a would-be conqueror. The Black Panther and the Goddess of Africa had seen to the fall of Kang, had personally attended the destruction of the Klaw, and had watched over the death of the Kingpin since their new reign of peace and goodwill had began. So when Hank Pym, the self proclaimed Scientist Supreme, had issued an ultimatum, giving Wakanda 24 hours to evict every "Hero" from their lands- Who would bother to listen?
"They should have listened." Pym smirked. "Marko, be a dear and breach the Perimeter wall, would you?" The perimeter wall of the city of Wakanda had not been broken since the current Black Panther took power. Since Trophy's rise, it had been the one constant in an ever changing world.
It was time for it to fall, and with it, this new age of Heroes.
Marko slowly walked forward, arriving at the open gate of the wall. Nobody paid him much mind- It wasn't unusual for a newly restored or created Hero to stare in awe at the mighty city of Wakanda the first time they saw it. Of course, this apathy quickly disappeared when the Juggernaut roared at the top of his lungs, screaming in rage and fury. He turned to the side, and began to charge forward, the once mighty walls shattering before his unbreakable helmet. Many would be-Heroes tried to stop him, but the Juggernaut was the unstoppable force- In quite a literal sense.
From afar, Pym and his team watched the concrete and dust begin to circle the city of Wakanda. By the time the Juggernaut reached halfway around, the entire city had been mobilized to stop him, including the most powerful Heroes in the world- The Army of Justice and the Shattered Avengers. He would be stopped, yes- But by then, it would be far too late. "Astrovik, bring us down to the gates. You and Walker will accompany me to the Palace. Gilmore, kill as many of the Heroes as you can. And Simpson-" He chuckled. "Explode." Nuke simply smiled. As soon as they touched down, Prodigy flew forward to assist the Juggernaut in murdering the Heroes of the world and Nuke leaped high into the air, crashing down on a nearby building and obliterating it. Several pieces of rubble flew towards Pym and the others, but Penitentiary easily stopped them.
Henry Pym, the Equation, gave a broad smile as he and his bodyguards advanced to the palace. "Wakanda finally burns."
No More Heroes - Red Sea, part 1.
"You expect me to settle for the Atlantic? You do not know what forces you deal with, Sub-Mariner!" Orin scowled, bringing the mechanical hook that had long replaced his left hand slamming down on the negotiations table.
Namor's expression remained neutral. "Be glad I am affording you this, Aquaman."
Aquaman's eyes widened, "You dare-!?"
"Yes." Namor interrupted casually. "Just as I dared to murder your Son. Just as I dared to hire an assassin to destroy you. Remember, Aquaman- You called this truce, you called this meeting for peace. You cannot dictate terms when you are losing a war."
Aquaman launched himself out of his chair, floating above the negotiations table. "Losing, Namor? I was not losing the war. I called the truce to give you a reprieve, to let you see just how doomed you are. Do you think yourself above me, fool? None are above Orin of Atlantis- None!" The numerous guards on both sides of the table were tense, weapons at the ready, eyeing their counterparts. Who would make the first move? Who would fire the first shot? Who would start the war to end all wars?
Namor laughed heartily, though without any hint of mirth or mockery. "It amuses me that you still call that pathetic excuse for a city Atlantis. Do you know what Atlantis is, Aquaman?" He rose to meet his counterpart, their eyes meeting. Namor's infinitely neutral face betrayed no emotion, in his eyes was passion enough for a hundred, and in his words was the soul of his people. "Atlantis is a city of Kings, and I, the King of Kings. Atlantis is the currents of the Ocean, and I am their Master. Atlantis is the denizens of the deep, and they bow to Me. You, Aquaman? You and your City of Lies? You are nothing before me. You are a speck of sand on the ocean floor, you are a splash of water amongst a tidal wave. The true Atlantis will end this war-" His eyes suddenly went wide, staring down at his chest, where he saw the hook-blade of Aquaman thrust through his heart.
"You talk too much, Sub-Mariner." Aquaman deadpanned.
Namor gave a weak laugh. "The true Atlantis... Will end this war, with or without.." His eyes slowly glazed over, blood escaping from the wound as the guards of both sides stared on, unbelieving of what had just occurred. "Me..." With his death, he dropped a small vial, shattering it at the smallest impact with stone, releasing a noxious fume and a strange crimson sludge.
"Sub-Mariner.." Aquaman stared on in horror. "What have you done?"
No More Heroes - Empty Sky, part 1.
"What happens on Earth, Uatu?" Acba, the Watcher of the Kree, approached the blue area of the Moon. "Reverberations have been felt all throughout the Galaxy- Perhaps the Universe. Already the Kree search for the source of this."
"A new Hero who calls himself the Trophy, Acba." Uatu replied. "Not too long ago, he began leaving a trail of memory- Memories of a past not of this universe, but of another that was altered by the one who once called herself the Scarlet Witch."
"We would know of this, would we-" Both Uatu and Acba suddenly looked up, silent, eyes peering into the darkness. A star flashed, and then was gone. "What occurs here, Uatu?"
"I do not know."
The Kree Supreme Intelligence
"Captain Mar-Vell, Accuser Ronan, you must find and eliminate the-" The vast intelligence suddenly froze, staring upwards, its face contorting into an emotion it had not felt in many years. "A star just went out, Kree. Find out why. Now."
Annihilus
A swift tilt of the head was all it took to send thousands of drones to the... strangeness.
The edge of the Milky Way
Screaming silently in the space with no sound, Oblivion, in its rage, reached out and eviscerating a Sun with a mere thought. Stunning itself, it realized that its power limitations were not present here, where he had spent so long. Perhaps it was time to use that power. It turned towards the rest of the Milky Way, its mere presence obliterating planets and simply wiping Moons away, as though they had never existed. It reached its hand forward, sending a burst of energy into the Galaxy. Send forth your mightiest defenders, Galaxy. Send then forth- And watch them perish. And wonder why you never sent anyone.
