The Rise and Fall of Emperor Grogar
Chapter 49: Chapter 49: "We Fight Until We Can Fight No More"
Previous Chapter Next ChapterWatching from up on the roof of their school, the Young Six remained conflicted about getting involved in the growing fight that was going on down below. Despite their best efforts, Twilight and the Avengers were getting themselves outmatched by Grogar and the Mean Six.
But they weren't going to kill Grogar, they were aiming to part the Chaos Gauntlet from him.
Throwing a magic whip, Dr. Strange lassoed Grogar's neck while Quill discharged electromagnetic holders on his back legs. Spider Man fired strong webbings at Grogar's horns while Iron Man flew down and placed his hands on the Gauntlet.
"Let go of me!" cried Grogar as he struggled against his bonds. Activating a portal, Mantis leapt down and landed herself on top of Grogar's head. The Mean six attempted to help him, but were stopped by Twilight who casted a freezing spell on them.
"Hurry up!" she groaned, trying to keep the freezing spell going. "This spell is…temporary!"
"Parker, give me a hand!" shouted Iron Man as Spider Man raced over to his mentor's side.
Grogar's loud roars and cries of his restraint grew louder and louder, but the combined strength of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy were not letting up. With her dagger in hand, Gamora casually walked over up to Grogar and placed the dagger at his throat.
"Not so tough now, aren't you?" she remarked, sarcastically. "Hand the Gauntlet over…now."
Snarling, Grogar was not going to give in. Even with a dagger at his throat, he was still not giving up.
"Hurry, he is very strong!" cried Mantis, only for Grogar to make a snide chuckle. Right away, Gamora realized something was wrong.
"Gamora, hurry up!" cried Quill, trying to keep his magnetic bonds on Grogar. "Take the Gauntlet."
"Gamora," laughed Grogar quietly. "The daughter of Thanos. A creature trained to kill."
"Shut up," snarled Gamora in a low voice, clutching the dagger tightly. "Give me the Gauntlet."
"The creature whose family was murdered and became his stepdaughter."
"He…he mocks," cried Mantis, struggling to hold on to Grogar's head. "He mocks Gamora."
"What does this monster have to mock?" cried Twilight, who was beginning to lose her grip on the frozen mean six. "Gamora, take the Gauntlet! Hurry!"
But Gamora didn't move and began to lower her hand from Grogar's throat.
"Gamora, what are you doing?" groaned Quill, his body riddled with a shocked expression on her face. "We almost have him! Don't give up!"
"I knew you didn't have the heart to wield the courage to face me," continued Grogar. "Thanos was right to kill you."
The more Grogar spoke, the more angrier Gamora became and in a fit of rage, she began to throw punches at him.
"NO! GAMORA! STOP!" screamed Quill.
"It's coming off, it's coming off," cried Spider Man as he and Iron Man tried to slip the Gauntlet off.
But it was too late.
With a loud roar, Grogar roughly threw the group away from him and Twilight finally lost her ability to hold onto the Mean Six. In anger, Grogar began to make his way towards the Castle of Friendship where the Tree of Harmony was being held.
"That's not good," remarked Sandbar. "We should do something!"
"Are you crazy, Sandbar?" shrieked Silverstream. "Did you see what he just did?"
"I agree with Sandbar," said Gallus, getting up from his hiding position with a look of determination on his face. "They need our help right here and right now! Who's with me?"
With those words, Smolder rose to her feet as did Ocellus, Yona and eventually, Silverstream. Loudly shouting, the six young creatures jumped off the roof of the castle and towards Grogar. But, Grogar sensed this and caught them in his aura. Without saying a word, he threw the students onto the ground and continued to make his way towards the castle.
"NO!" shouted Twilight, trying to save her students, only to be stopped by Evil Twilight.
"You're not going anywhere, Princess!"
With their headmare subdued, the students were left to deal with the rest of the Evil Six while Grogar neared the barricade. Acting quickly, Dr. Strange attempted to once again subdue Grogar by throwing yet another magic whip. Angered, Grogar turned around and fired a blast of magic at him only to be countered by Dr. Strange's quick reaction in casting a shield to protect himself. Before he could strike at Strange, Grogar felt a sharp pain and let out a sharp yell as he felt Gamora strike her dagger into his back-left leg.
"Get out of my way, wench!" he snarled kicking her in the chest but Gamora, angered by being mocked by him, was determined to kill him by any means necessary.
"You'll pay for mocking me!" Gamora yelled, leaping into the air to try and strike him again, only to be stopped by the evil Rarity.
"Give me the dagger!" the evil Rarity clone cried, knocking the dagger out of Gamora's hands, trying to reach for it. "Give me the dagger!"
Racing to his girlfriend's side, Quill managed to save Silverstream from the Evil Pinkie Pie and blast the Evil Rarity away from Gamora.
"You okay?" he asked, helping Gamora to her feet.
"Thanks, Peter," gasped Gamora, trying to get back to getting Grogar, who was already taking on Dr. Strange.
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Managing to subdue her evil counterpart for a short time, Twilight raced over to fire a blast of magic at the back of Grogar's head. Evil Twilight attempted to strike back, only to be subdued by Spider-Man while Iron Man aided Twilight in helping Dr. Strange.
"What do we do now, Mr. Stark?" asked Spider Man, looking up at his mentor. "Do we try again?"
"We keep trying until we can try no more, Parker," replied Iron Man, firing lasers at Grogar's back and getting them deflective thanks to the Chaos Gauntlet. "And until our requiem is spoken."
"Did…did you just quote Celtic Thunder?" remarked Spider Man. "That's pretty damn powerful."
The moment was short lived however as Grogar fired a blast of his magic at Spider Man, sending him crashing into Drax, who was trying to fight Evil Applejack. This made Iron Man cross.
"You hit another of my guys one more time," Tony warned from inside his armor. "And I am going to lose it."
Casting a duplication spell, Dr. Strange multiplied himself in multiple copies and each copied sent down a barrage of magical ropes, trying to hold Grogar down.
"Twilight," the wizard called down to Twilight. "Get the Gauntlet!"
Acting on his order, Twilight attempted to use her magic to pull the Gauntlet away. But, despite the injuries that were inflicted on him, Grogar roughly pulled on Strange and his copies as he kicked Twilight in the chest.
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From inside the room of Twilight's castle where the tree of harmony was being protected, Bruce and Chancellor Neighsay were listening into the horrors going on outside.
"Dr. Banner, I can't stand this any longer," cried Neighsay, his face filled with panic. "What do we do?"
"I don't know, Chancellor," growled Bruce, hints of green showing on his face. "But, I feel like I am about to kick me a little goat."
Within a matter of moments, the Hulk would make his appearance in the defense of Equestria…
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