Hell's Angels
As the hour of the battle drew closer and the seats at the arena were being filled up, an excited chatter was rising among marvelous heroes and villains. Naturally, since Ghost Rider comes from their world, they want to cheer him on.
Deadpool: talking with his mouth full of popcorn Ah I can’t wait. elbows Wolverine Hey, what do you wanna see happen? I wanna see Ghost Rider Penance Stare him to just an inch of his life then finish him off with his boner. Haha mouths down a handful of popcorn You get it? Boner.
Wolverine: …
The Adamantium X-Man tries to look over to his fellow X-Men across the arena for help but they simply laugh at his unfortunate predicament.
Wolverine: Why couldn’t Peter be the one to sit next to him this time?
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Tony: ‘Xcuse me.
Rhodes: Tony why do you need so many snacks? This fight won’t last 5 minutes.
Tony: Yeah, so I’m making the most out of these 5 minutes. Hey check this out.
Tony taps some buttons on his watch before displaying a list of bullet points on a small hologram spreadsheet.
Rhodes: What is this?
Tony: So before the fight I scanned the library and asked Jarvis to compile their abilities and strengths to see who would have the better chance of winning.
Rhodes: So you were just too lazy to read?
Tony: Hey, I was busy and you didn’t read either. So from what I got here it seems like it’s going to be a close fight. If Ghost Rider just focuses on his strength he should win but the moment he tries going for his stare things are going to start tilting the other way.
Rhodes: And why’s that?
Tony: No spoilers, you’ll see. smiles, then takes a bite from a hotdog
Rhodes: Hehe, listen. I don’t care what data you gathered. I’m still rooting for our guy.
Tony: talking while chewing Fair enough.
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Miles: So who do you think is gonna win this?
Spider Man: I think Ghost Rider should win. He can probably take on Galactus and be fine. Plus that stare will mess up Spawn. He used to work in the military so he’s got a lot on his plate.
Miles: Mhmm, I actually think Spawn’s got a good chance here.
Gwen: What makes you think that?
Miles: Well, I came across Deku yesterday in the library and he was just absorbed in those comics. I asked him who he thinks will win and he told me that Spawn’s got a lot to throw at Ghost Rider, more so than Ghost Rider can throw at Spawn, and apparently he’s got something similar to the Penance Stare. Not sure if it’s exactly the same but Johnny told us he is vulnerable to his own stare.
Gwen: So is the winner going to come down to who wins the staring contest?
Miles: Maybe.
Spider Man: Even if he does have more to throw out, Ghost Rider should be able to power through all that.
Miles: Who’s stronger? You or the Green Goblin?
Spider Man: Uhh, me.
Miles: So why does he still kick your butt every now and then?
Spider Man: Well, because he flies and has bombs?
Miles: Yeah and that’s my point. Strength isn’t everything. Look at me, I got more than just the normal Spider Man powers and that makes me more dangerous.
Spider Man: Uh huh, so why did you lose your battle?
Miles: …that was due to my opponent having the perfect counters against me. In fact, my loss is a perfect way to prove my point because I’m stronger than Static.
(A/N: I know DB gave Static the power advantage but they did mention Miles is physically stronger.)
For all we know, Spawn might have secret abilities that make him the perfect Ghost Rider counter.
Off to the side both Gwen and Static laugh at Miles’ self-deprecation to prove his point to Peter.
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Doom sits quietly at his seat with his arms crossed. Business in Latveria prevented him from doing his own research on this fight and while he normally wouldn’t bother with knowing combatants beforehand if those working behind this facility saw Spawn to be a worthy contender for the Ghost Rider then he must be something special. In his eyes, anyone from other worlds with power to rival theirs is worthy to be researched. If it’s a power he can obtain then he will find a way to take it. So far, worthy combatants have been in short supply. Over the past year he watched as Atom, Martian Manhunter and Unicron lose to the people from his world. The only one from that year to pique his interest was Raven, due to her overpowering the Phoenix Force. A feat that left him, and the entire Marvel cast, speechless. To this day, he researches her power in his workshop. If Spawn can do something similar to Ghost Rider then it will be of great interest to him.
Dr Doom: Blaze is not one of the weaklings, he should put up a good fight. Spawn has been very elusive with his powers in the past but against such a formidable foe being secretive about his power is no longer in the cards.
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Thor: This better be a good fight.
Captain Marvel: You know Al used to be military right? Ghost Rider better watch himself if they get into cqc.
Thor: Ha! A little fisticuff will not hinder Zarathos’ power.
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Sonic (Archie): Man, I just realised that there’s no one here to cheer for Spawn.
Silver (Archie): What do you mean? We’re cheering for him.
Sonic (Archie): I meant that no one from Spawn’s world is here for him.
Silver (Archie): Oh yeah. But didn’t he have a crossover with Omni-Man?
Sonic (Archie): I don’t think they met.
Silver (Archie): Wait, really?
Sonic (Archie): Yeah, Spawn met Omni-Man’s son.
Silver (Archie): Oh, I had no idea.
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Kratos: Let’s see how far you’ve come since our last fight.
Asura: So how do these fights go?
Kratos: They fight to the death. Like what we did.
Asura: …Who are you rooting for?
Kratos: Hmm… Spawn.
Asura: Didn’t you lose to him?
Kratos: Yes. Which is why I’m rooting for him.
Asura: Alright, I’ll take the other guy then.
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Lobo: C’mon Slimey, show that punk his place!
The lights in the arena go dark and the screen begins to power up.
[Now playing: Hell’s Angels]
The scene opens to a city shrouded in darkness and rain. On a city block stands a chapel, as tall as a tower, and perched on its spire is Spawn. He looks out onto the city, letting the rain fall on him from above. Soon, the droplets grow warm and sparks begin to rise from below him.
Spawn: Nights like these drive men insane. Brimstone in the air… something’s coming.
As he muses a trail of flame is shown climbing the building, followed by the roar of an engine.
Spawn: If it wants a piece of me, there’ll be hell to pay.
The flame rises above Spawn’s perch and lands on the roof of the chapel. Spawn turns to face it, his green eyes piercing through the night sky, as the flame comes to a screeching halt to reveal the Ghost Rider, sitting upon his flaming bike.
Ghost Rider: Go back to the pit you squirmed from, Hellspawn.
Miles: Well that sounded racist.
A flash of lightning strikes in the sky behind Spawn as he leaps from the spire onto the roof. He lands with a burst of Necroplasm and his meter, shown at the top left, begins counting down. Despite his limited amount on Earth, using a small amount of Necroplasm to make an entrance seemed trivial to the Hellspawn
Spawn: Make me.
…mortality
Mikey (cuz I’m tired of writing the Turtle’s full names): He’s so cool!
Fight
Ghost Rider charges forward with his bike as Spawn pulls out a pair of machine guns and begins unloading his ammunition at Ghost Rider. But the bullets don’t faze him and he rams his bike into the Hellspawn, driving the both of them off the chapel and breaking the spire in the process. The Hell Cycle continues to drive on Spawn by riding down the side of the building until a bunch of chains wrap around the Cycle and its Rider from below, ensnaring them and forcing the Ghost Rider to combust the Hell Cycle to free himself, which frees Spawn in the process.
Spawn slides down the side of the building before coming to a stop as Ghost Rider reforms his body at a higher position than him, causing the rain to filter through his Hellfire and making it appear to Spawn that its raining tongues of flame. Both combatants are now standing on the side of the church.
Ghost Rider: If you care, it’s nothing personal. Vengeance calls.
Spawn’s chains launch toward the Flaming Skeleton, who blasts them away with his shotgun. As he loads another shot Spawn takes the opportunity to close the distance and knees the weapon away before blasting Ghost Rider up the building with a beam of Necroplasm. Ghost Rider counters with his own beam of Hellfire. The beam clash ends in an explosion that obscures Ghost Rider’s view with smoke. As he searches for his opponent, Spawn leaps over the smoke cloud with his Agony Axe in hand and attempts to strike Johnny.
Deku/Spider Man/Miles/Static/Tony: That’s… not how physics works.
(A/N: Physics be damned if it looks cool!)
The Ghost Rider dodges and attempts to counter attack but Spawn is able to weave and counter most of his blows with his axe and chains and Al takes the time to note his opponent’s combatant skill.
Spawn: Sloppy. You fight like a bum.
In the stands, Captain Marvel shoots a smirk and a side eye at Thor.
Eventually, Ghost Rider lands a lucky hit and decks Al in the head, causing him to drop his Axe (fun fact: you can actually see the axe fall down the building in the background) and giving Johnny the opportunity to wrap him up in chains.
Now Thor gives Carol the smirk and side eye.
With Spawn immobilised, Ghost Rider takes a step closer and gazes into his eyes to give him the Damnation Stare.
Ghost Rider: You’ve earned your damnation.
Lobo: Wait already?!
Mikey: No, that’s not the Penance Stare, that’s the Damnation Stare.
Leo: What does it do?
Mikey: It sends you to Hell.
Spawn screams in pain as his skin is burnt away and his Necroplasm meter drops to zero. Behind/below him a portal to Hell opens and he is dragged through it. Screams of suffering can be heard coming from Hell through the portal and all sounds are silenced as the portal closes and the screen turns black. Now, anyone would be forgiven for thinking the fight ends there, especially Ghost Rider. From his point of view, a perspective fabricated by the simulation, his mission was to get rid of the Hellspawn and what easier way to do that than to send him back to Hell. No one can blame him for not knowing what this Hellspawn is capable of.
Deku: He… sent Spawn to Hell…
Mikey: Ooo, not a smart move.
BRINGS ME BACK!
The sound of church bells rings through the stadium as Spawn’s Necroplasm meter flashes back on screen, displaying an infinitely charged meter. Back at the church, a giant portal to Hell opens up from the ground in front of it and Spawn’s giant hand reaches out to grab Ghost Rider from the chapel wall to drag him down with him. As he brings down Ghost Rider the portal collects some collateral damage, including a semi-truck that was parked in front of the church, before it closes.
Burning, enslaving, it’s all in the name. I’m a ghost spawned…from the darkest black!
Spawn grips Ghost Rider as they fall down Hell and gives him a greeting to the place.
Spawn: Welcome to Hell, motherfucker.
In response, Ghost Rider releases a burst of flame that knocks both of them away. Ghost Rider cackles as he tumbles through the air and crashes into the windshield of the falling trunk. He infuses it with Hellfire to take control of it and begins driving through the air, honking wildly, to crash into Spawn again. Just before the truck hits Spawn he stops time and fills the vehicle with Necroplasm.
Kratos: He can stop time?
Goku: Woah, when did he have that ability?
Superman: I believe… Spawn volume 1 #116.
Goku: Wait, you know that?
Superman: Yep. I guess you didn’t think you needed that for your fight with Kratos.
When time resumes the truck explodes, sending Spawn crashing into the ground below. As he gets up he watches Ghost Rider’s skull fall to the ground before being engulfed in a pillar of fire. The fire changes from orange to blue and the skull begins to turn red as it floats to a higher position.
Spawn: I’ll be damned.
Ghost Rider’s body is reformed into a larger form below the red skull. The new body glowers at Spawn menacingly. From its voice Johnny no longer can be heard, instead Zarathos’ voice thunders through Hell.
Zarathos: Yes… you will.
Lobo: Grrr, here we go…
Zarathos throws out multiple flaming chains at Spawn, who dodges the first two but is caught and reigned in by the third one.
Zarathos: Get over here!
No reaction from Scorpion, this wouldn’t be the first time he heard someone use his lines. Not like he could do anything about it. There’s a reaction from Lobo though.
Lobo: Shit, shit, shit. Can he handle him?
The chains engulf Spawn in Hellfire as Zarathos flings him around and slams him against the terrain twice before spinning him around like a lasso behind him and slinging him away. As Spawn skids against the floor of Hell, Zarathos unleashes a beam of blue Hellfire from his mouth at him. Spawn tries to protect himself with his cape but is soon overwhelmed and just as the Hellfire covers the entire screen a flash of golden light erupts from his body, forcing Zarathos to shield his eyes. When Zarathos looks up at the source of the light he is greeted by Spawn floating above him as the Kingdom of Heaven shines behind him. Spawn unfurls two angelic wings, allowing everyone to witness his Divine form. A sight that amazes many…
Kratos: Such power… Did he gain this after our fight or before. And if he had it before, was I really not strong enough to push him to his limits?
Asura: Impressive…
Deku: Woah, he looks even more divine now that I get to see him in action.
Mikey: Oh my god he’s so awesome!
Ralph: Stop screaming.
Sonic (Archie): Hell yeah! Go get him buster.
Thor: Since when could a hellspawn obtain divinity?
Rhodes: Was that part of your bullet points?
Tony: I’m not sure but this is getting good.
Deadpool: Oh so he’s allowed to be portrayed as holy and good but despite both of us being anti-heroes I’m not allowed to be portrayed like that?
Lobo: Ohohoho, now we’re talking. Kick his ass!
…except Zarathos. Zarathos is not pleased by this sight.
How can a man damned to Hell, who then worked for a lord of Hell, who has killed hundreds of people in both his life and afterlife, who has taken rule over a circle of Hell, who has bested both the Fathers of Good and Evil, be worth the grace of divinity? Afterall, when you’re damned to Hell there’s no going back from that. Evil is evil and good is good.
Zarathos: The vestments of the holy cannot disguise your wickedness!
Hellfire rises from Zarathos in a fit of rage. But Malebolgia’s schemes were not perfect. To make Al his perfect slave he made the mistake of letting him keep some of his humanity and humanity is not perfect. Humanity can do good but it can also do evil. Humans can atone for their sins or choose to succumb to even more temptations. Ultimately, while angels and demons are clear cut, humans are nuanced. Place a human in the role of a Hellspawn and you’ll see he still has humanity’s desire for penance. Afterall, humanity isn’t truly evil. So who's to say that even when given an evil role that a human will stay evil. But the path to atonement is a difficult one and it requires not ignoring your sins but acknowledging them. Something Spawn has no issue with.
But I’m not ashamed. NO, I’M NOT ASHAMED!
I’m engulfed in the flame…
Spawn: God forbid.
Killing and saving,
Two sides of the same thing
Zarathos and Divine Spawn clash, with the borders of Heaven and Hell following suit. Each strike warps reality and the border between Heaven and Hell shifts depending on who has the upperhand. Heaven paints across the screen as Spawn blitzes Zarathos with multiple hit-and-run strikes.
It's always the same pain that brings me back
Hell tears Heaven away as Zarathos’ Hellfire burns from his mouth and fires a beam to follow Divine Spawn. Only for Heaven to explode back into the background as Spawn lands an upward kick at Zarathos’ gut, sending him flying.
(BRINGS ME BACK!)
When Spawn tries to follow, Zarathos drop kicks him down and Hell falls into the background with him, only for Heaven to rise back up as Spawn flies above Zarathos while charging a beam of light.
Burning, enslaving,
It's all in the name
I'm a ghost spawned...
Divine Spawn fires the beam down at Zarathos, vaporising his body and leaving only his skull.
From the darkest black!
Through this skull, Zarathos fires a bunch of chains from his mouth. The chains pierce through the beam and bind Spawn and his wings. The chains begin tearing his wings off and Spawn screams in pain as his wings are ripped off his body. More chains begin ensnaring him and they start pulling him away from Heaven back into Hell, closer to Zarathos, whose body has reformed.
Zarathos: AL SIMMONS! YOUR SINS ARE INNUMERABLE!!
Lobo: GOD FUCKING DAMMIT! ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS KEEP MOVING! YOU HAD IT! YOU FUCKING HAD IT!
The Doctor: Could you shut up!
Zarathos grabs Spawn by the neck. Spawn tries to look away but Zarathos forces him to meet his gaze as he initiates his Penance Stare.
Zarathos: I AM HERE TO WREAK VENGEANCE UPON YOUR SOOOOOUUUUL!!!
Spider Man: Here it comes!
Thor: And… it’s over.
Rhodes: There we go. Game over.
Lobo: I’m fuckin’ tired of hearing all your yappin’ about this skull fuck.
Thor: Mayhaps you should bring some holy weapons next time, Lobo?
Deadpool: Uhh, guys. Nothing’s happening.
The scene looked almost frozen with how Zarathos simply held Spawn up with neither giving a reaction. Suddenly, Zarathos’ skull becomes wrapped in chains as the sockets in his eyes begin to glow green. Spawn grabs his face and pulls it closer to him. His angel wings have regenerated and the borders of Heaven begin to encroach from behind. Now it’s Spawn's turn to force Zarathos to meet his gaze.
Spawn: I eat sin for breakfast. Have a taste of your own goddamn medicine.
The screen zooms in on Spawn’s face as he begins to enact his own Penance Stare, an ability no one knew he had. Switching over to Zarathos, the fallen angel begins to whimper as he is forced to suffer the pain he inflicted on others.
…from the darkest black!
A vision is shown of another fallen angel, Emmael, just moments before he was given the Penance Stare.
Emmael: He lies! He is the prince of lies! Wait! I'm an innocent!
As the vision of Ghost Rider gives him the Penance Stare, Zarathos feels the effects of the stare too. The Penance Stare’s ability to reflect all of a person’s inflicted suffering back onto them is felt by Zarathos and unfortunately for him, Emmael wasn’t his only victim. More visions of Zarathos' many Penance Stare victims begin to flash by in rapid succession. Every soul that he and Johnny gazed into, from the lowest of crooks to Galactus himself. Their screams of terror are emitted as he feels each of their pain. Hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, billions of victims suffering from the suffering they caused, Zarathos feels all of it.
The screen exits his mind, showing him helplessly screaming in agony as Spawn holds him in place. In the background Heaven takes over.
Zarathos: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
As Zarathos suffers, Spawn rips his soul out of Johnny, killing the latter in the process. Shaking his head, Spawn drops the lifeless Johnny through a rift back to Hell, his body burning into cinders as it enters the Devil’s realm. Al begins to infuse Zarathos’ skull with Necroplasm…
Spawn: It’s like you said, nothing personal, asshole.
Before crushing it into nothing. Church bells ring as the Spirit of Vengeance is destroyed. Behind him, Heaven glows brighter than ever, before the light takes over the screen to then reveal his victory card. A visage of him perched atop a cross on the roof of a church with red lightning streaking through the black sky and his green eyes piercing through the night.
[Music stops]
KO
There’s a stunned silence in the audience, and then…
Lobo: YESSSS! FUCK YEAH! WHAT DID I SAY! GIVE THAT BASTICH A PIECE OF HIS OWN GODDAMN MEDICINE! HAHA! holds up two middle fingers to the sky Shit, he can do that shit too? Now I gotta watch out for both of them.
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Deadpool: You know what, I’m not mad at the loss. I’m mad I didn’t get to see Ghost Rider take a piss in the middle of the fight.
Wolverine: Why are you like this?
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Rhodes: I can’t believe it.
Tony: Told you.
Rhodes: Told me what? You just said he had a chance of winning.
Tony: And that chance would come if he used the stare. Wasn’t expecting him to have his own stare though.
Rhodes: Or for him to be vulnerable to a similar ability of his.
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Spider Man: Holy moly!
Gwen: That was wild!
Miles: Ha! What did I tell you?
Spider Man: Alright you won. I was sure Ghost Rider was going to win that.
Gwen: But didn’t you technically cheat? You got your opinion from Midoriya.
Miles: How’s that cheating? It was his best guess and he’s a bigger nerd than me so it’s an educated assumption to say he’s probably right.
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Dr Doom: Marvelous. All those powers seem to stem from him. In order to understand it better I’ll need to understand the man himself.
…
And to resist the Penance Stare… He must be feeling pain on a level or worse than what the stare can inflict. Whatever that pain is, he does a good job hiding it.
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Thor: Now I feel like sparring Spawn even more.
Captain Marvel: You’ve never fought him?
Spawn: He doesn’t fight anyone here. Unless they get in his way.
Captain Marvel: Hmm, then you know how to get his attention.
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Silver (Archie): Woohoo!
Sonic (Archie): Good work Spawn!
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Asura: That was a short fight. Are they all like this?
Kratos: Not always. Some can be long but years ago fights used to last much longer.
Asura: Hmph, I’ll have to check the archives then. Congrats on your guy winning.
Kratos: Hmm… Such power, and you chose not to use it on me all those years ago. But I’ve grown stronger. Maybe we should have a rematch to see how far both of us have really gone.
The white doors open and the two combatants walk out into an applauding audience. The Spider Men, Thor, Captain Marvel, Strange, Wanda, Rogue, Jean Gray and Storm all came down to greet Ghost Rider, who is holding his flaming skull. Evidently feeling some form of a headache after experiencing the stare.
Storm: You fought well.
Thor: Indeed. In fact, I’d say you kept him on the backfoot more times than not.
Captain Marvel: That’s right. Besides, I don’t think any of us were expecting Spawn to be able to use your stare.
Ghost Rider: Frankly, turns to face Spawn I’m shocked at how well you resisted the Penance turns back the heroes and how many of you are coming to greet me. Where’s this warm welcome whenever I ride onto the scene? Where are the screams and looks of terror now?
Spider Man: Hey man, we’re just here to congratulate you.
???: An exceptional performance, Al Simmons.
A booming voice rang throughout the arena. The voice came from above, from the window into space on the ceiling. The world eater Galactus gazed down at all of them but his eyes were fixed on the Hellspawn.
Galactus: I’ve never seen anyone resist the Penance Stare. You must suffer great pain everyday if such suffering brought on you is nothing.
Silver Surfer: I agree. I feel nothing but pity for you now.
Spawn: shrugs All in a day’s work.
Galactus’ and the Surfer’s words sparked conversation among the combatants. How much does Spawn suffer on a daily basis if he can tank the Penance Stare without worry. Inside him, Johnny felt Zarathos’ influence waning a bit. Was he feeling scared?
Ghost Rider: He better be scared. Maybe I should hang around him more so that he’ll shut up for good while I’m here.
The screen began to glow back to life, as the next fight was about to be announced.
Spider Man: C’mon, let’s get back. Oh this is my favourite part! I love being surprised on who’s next to fight.
Next time on Death Battle
Already in the first few seconds, the combatants are greeted with a rear view of a caped man with white hair holding another man’s neck as he’s turned into dust. The music is dreadful. In the seats, Izuku Midoriya’s smile is wiped off his face. Maybe he judged too early? With so many potential worlds out there, there’s definitely others that may look like him and share his abilities. So maybe it’s not him. His shoulders relax a bit as the next clip shows a man suffering. Then the next clip sends his brain to full alert. Stars and Stripes, America’s number 1 hero, comes on screen, with the sole purpose of having the star of the show grab her face with all of his 5 fingers. The next clip shows a girl being grabbed around the face as well. A few seats away, underneath his mask, the greatest sorcerer, Satoru Gojo, furrows his brow. There’s only being out there that he knows can do that. It doesn’t help that he recognises the girl as his own student.
Finally, the faces of the next combatants are revealed. Shigaraki’s ugly maw smiles at the screen as the ground of Deika City crumbles beneath him. Mahito’s awful appearance displays not only his horrid looks but the hands that bring you to his domain. Their faces are put on screen again, giving the combatants an opportunity to really see how terrible they look. That look, that smile, that’s the kind of face that can only belong to a villain who revels in what he does.
Now this isn’t the first time in Death Battle history that had an all villain fight, nor is it the first time in their return season. Bowser, Eggman, the Imposter and even Omni-Man and Bardock to a lesser degree. But Bowser and Eggman are seen as tame and the Imposter has been pretty harmless since his Death Battle. The looks given by these two make it clear to everyone that they may pose a problem when it’s their time to join. Villains who are really evil and live for that evil are always the hardest to pin down whenever they arrive and now here’s another batch of two.
Shigaraki vs Mahito
Deadpool: Finally, some good bloodshed. Villain vs villain are the best fights for unrestricted killing.
Batman: Looks like more extreme contingencies will be needed.
Discord: Oh, this looks like it will be fun.
The Doctor: Another brutal one.
Rick: Finally, about time. takes a swig of his liquor
Spider Man: Oooh, this is going to be rough. I mean, we’ve handled evil gods. I’m sure we can handle these guys.
In his seat, Deku began sinking deeper and deeper. His eyes wide in shock. His hands trembled with sweat. His breath hitched. His heart was pounding. Anxiety began growing bigger and bigger. Bigger than the two world eaters above them.
Deku: No… it can’t be. He’s coming back. He’s coming here. He’s going to turn this place into hell.
Next to him, All Might sat with his arms crossed. His face was solemn but his thoughts were a mess. They’ve dealt with villains in the past but this would be the first time he had to deal with a villain from his world. And knowing the relationship he and Midoriya had, things might get complicated. On the other side of Deku, Shoto Todoroki wore a determined face. His eyes narrowed with a mix of fear and anger. Next to Todoroki, a friend he made in the Colosseum became concerned about his reaction.
Zuko: You good there, buddy?
Shoto: That villain… is from my world.
Gojo sat by himself, contemplating what it meant for Mahito to come here. No sooner than he started thinking did his signature smile return to his face.
Gojo: Well, guess he’ll have to follow the rules or risk banishment.