Chapter 49: Issue 49: Trials of Merlin Part XX
Kl'rt was 7.4 feet tall and built like a 400-pound professional bodybuilder. In comparison to Peter, he looked like a giant, he walked up to Spider-Man and attempted to reach out and grab his head.
However, Peter placed his hand out and grabbed his hand first. Without out much effort, the hero easily held the fake alien god in place before saying, "I wonder how strong you really are?"
The Super Skrull grunted as he found out he couldn't move his hand. No matter how much strength he used, it wasn't enough.
"I can't Copy your abilities?" Kl'rt said with a thick layer of confusion in his voice.
Of course, he couldn't the Super Skrull would at least need to access Peter's Genetics through touch, but thanks to the Symbiote who was a far better Gene Manipulator he couldn't as so much take a peak at his abilities.
Peter clenched his fist, causing the Super Skrull to cry out in pain as his hand was broken. However, it wasn't for long. After healing his hand, the wannabe Skrull god looked to Peter and covered his fists the same material Ben Grimm's skin was made of.
"Perish!" he shouted while punching at Spider-Man. Who in turn, punched back.
The two met with their fists sending shockwaves throughout the room, knocking over those watching and destroying the throne room's decorations.
While the two exchanged fist, Peter had to admit, the Skrull was well trained in combat, but even with his years of experience and technique, he was no match for Peter's spider-sense.
Every time the Super Skrull attacked he would dodge it within inches of the blow and land a counter punch on his foe's body, hitting him dozens of times before he could even throw another.
Exchange after exchange occurred as Peter countered every punch with dozen of his own, making the Super Skrull look inept at combat. Almost like a toddler trying to attack a fully grown bear.
Peter could feel that he was using an invisible barrier around his body to dampen the blows. However, even with that aiding his defense, it wasn't enough. Every time the Skrull increased the density of his shield, Peter would use just a little more strength to break through them.
After thoroughly embarrassing him in combat, Peter smirked and said, "Awww! What's the matter, big guy, why're you so angry? You need a nap?" Peter then punched him through the wall, sending him flying out into the public eye, and similar to earth's, the Skrull's had their own form of news media that hopped on the hot story.
Within minutes, word began to spread and video footage of what was happening became viral.
Peter began casting a Spell that projected their image all across the planet as he shouted, "Greeting's to the entire Skrull race, some time ago you people attempted to invade and steal away my planet."
The Super Skrull came flying back at him using the full power of the fantastic 4 combined. He punched out with a single stretching fist made molten magma and stone. However, the Skrull's real attack was hidden. He shape-shifted into having multiple arms and kept them hidden through the use of Sue's power, all to try and get one over on Spider-Man.
Peter smiled as he dodged all of his attacks, even the dozen pair of invisible arms, and he did it all with his eyes closed. While in shock over his string of failures, Spider-Man webbed the Skrull's chest before pulling him to the ground.
"How?" Kl'rt shouted as Peter smirked and pulled him over towards him.
Without saying a word, Spider-Man began pummeling his face in with repeated punches and kicks.
The Super Skrull tried to defend using layered invisible barriers, but Peter's magnetic field broke them down and easily passed right through them. With every attack landed, bones and blood sprayed across the onlookers,
"You go from world to world instigating tragedies that leave nothing but senseless slaughter in your wake." Peter hit Kl'rt in the chin making his teeth fly out.
"Cause the deaths of so many innocent people just trying to live out their lives," A punch to his gut made him keel over, and spew green blood out of his mouth,
"Not even the children are spared from your madness! How would you feel if you were in their shoes? Should I inflict the same pain upon your race so you can experience it first hand?" as he said these words, he grabbed the Super Skrull's head and kicked him in the chin making the public go into a panic.
As Kl'rt's face collapsed in on itself, Peter then kicked Kl'rt so hard in the groin it sent him flying into the air, "Your people have wasted your potential by becoming what you are today, if you had chosen to use your gifts and knowledge for good, would any of this occurred? If you had taught and acted as friends or allies, would the countless lives you've already slaughtered have lived up to something given enough time and patience? You could have been teachers, kind and loving people who spread prosperity across your galaxy..."
Kl'rt came back with a furious expression the Skrull populace had never seen before. His body started growing until it reached 30 feet, his skin cracked and took on the forms of Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm, resulting in what looked like skin that rivers of magma flowing through it, and to top it off, the Super Skrull shaped out millions of invisible smaller molten fists out of his flesh and shot it towards Peter.
By combining fire, electricity, and magnetism, Peter created a massive railgun that shot a giant hole through the Super Skrull's gut while destroying all his arms.
He then punched the giant Kl'rt right in his chin sending tumbling back into a few buildings, the hole in his body started to recover very slowly and shrink back to normal size.
The regenerating of his body slowed immensely because of how powerful an attack the Electro rail-gun was. The sheer energy attacking his very cells was taking everything he had to heal.
Peter then webbed and pulled over the Super Skrull's battered body before he continued speaking, "If your race does not change its ways and repent for all the evil you have done, then your fate shall the same as his, because Earthlings are not weak, they are not stupid, nor are they your playthings to experiment with. We are the same as you, we feel emotions, bleed and get wounded, we grow old and die, all the while desiring to live as free people."
Peter could feel the timelines diverging as if he could see the multitude of futures appearing once he killed the Super Skrull, Peter could see the lives he would save, the families that would grow up making an infinite number of realities through their choices, then he saw this world split into factions from the Skrull Race leading to a new ruler, a kinder ruler, all he would have to do is kill him.
Peter raised his hand ready to activate the Power Gem and disintegrate the Super Skrull into nothing when he stopped.
The image of Thanos snapping away countless lives overlapped with his own image and made him freak out.
"What the hell is wrong with me?" Peter said staring at the scene before him, "I, can I really do this? Murder someone in cold blood? Is this really my choice, what I want?" Peter looked at the citizens of the Skrull planet and saw their terrified faces, the young, the old and everyone in between, "Even if I pick this future, will it be my own?" Suddenly a radiant orange and violet energy surrounded him.
"I won't let my power consume me. I won't choose a future that has been shown before me, I'll write my own."
Suddenly a new branch in time and space sprouted solely through the efforts of his actions, not something that was not shown to him, but something he created.
As the Time Opal, and the Space Amethyst appeared on his suit's back spider next to the Power Ruby, Webster announced, "Time and Space Modes Activated, 1 minute of useable energy."
Peter used the power from the Merlin to turn the Super Skrull into Baby Super Scroll. He then teleported said Skrull to an alien world that was full of strife and desperately needed a hero. It was only a matter of time until a loving family would find and raise him.
One day, when he would inhabit the true ideals of a Hero, he would save that world, leading it to salvation before returning to the cosmos in order to seek out his origin.
To everyone watching it looked like he had de-aged him out of existence, shivers went down their spines as he stared at them, "I did not wish for this, but you have brought this upon yourself; if you want to survive then you must change."
Peter then teleported away, leaving the whole Skrull world reeling from shock.
Some people even began to think that he was the true god of destruction foretold in their prophecies. Even the King of their people had felt true despair. They had lost their champion, and every race they conquered would soon find out about it.
The future of the Skrull Race had been changed and would never be the same again.
Peter arrived over the earth and shut down the Merlin stones as he flew towards Avenger's tower. He saw that the battling had stopped. It only took the earth one day to stop the Skrull invasion.
"I guess humans can be pretty powerful when we're all united." Peter then landed on the top of the building and walked inside to see everyone gathered around the television.
Tony was at the White House, standing in front of a podium on live television, the cameras all focusing in on him and Captain America who was standing beside him, "Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming on such short notice, I'm sure your aware of the current situation, our world was moments away from being controlled by a shape-shifting species of aliens called the Skrull. Thanks to the Avengers efforts and our advance scans, we managed to root out every last one of them before they managed to do too much harm to our society. However, the reason I called you all here is to announce that there has been a major development in the conflict over the superhuman registration act. It is over, we have reached an agreement. The act will be administered by the Avengers, under the one man we can all trust to do their duties with honor and sound judgment." Tony raised his hand to reveal, "Captain America, ladies, and Gentlemen."
The president watching this blew up as he called Director of S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Hill, "Stark didn't clear any of this with us, what the hell are you guys trying to pull?"
"Well Mr. President, like it or not, they just took their idea for ending this thing directly to the American people and the world. Agent Hill responded with a smile on her face.
Tony and Steve were led into the oval office and stood next to the President who was staring them down, "What the hell did you do?"
"No disrespect sir, you would have never signed off on this if we took this plan to you," Tony said as he crossed his arms, "You're damn right I wouldn't, the Attorney General and I have serious concerns about your plans!" The President snapped back.
Steve stepped forward and said, "Frankly Sir, and I am including Tony and myself in this...Not one of you bureaucratic ass holes is completely happy with it, which is probably the best indication that what we have is good."
"There are also the latest poll numbers, an overwhelming majority of Americans support this arrangement. With all due respect sir, what matters isn't whether you like it, but whether you can live with it," Tony spoke out.
The President looked at the S.H.I.E.L.D agent beside him and said then back to Tony before sighing and saying, "At times like this, I can see what Churchill meant by saying, 'Democracy is the worst form of Government except when compared to every other form of government." The president then turned to Steve and held out his hand, "Don't mess this up, gentlemen."
When they came back out and announced that the government had agreed, the crowd in the Avengers Tower started cheering, they still hadn't noticed Peter's arrival until Jarvis said, "I believe a party is in order, correct."
"Sounds fun!" Peter said smiling.
Everyone turned to see him and freaked out.
"He's back!" Luke shouted as everyone crowded around.
616 Peter's family walked up to make sure he was alright, "So what happened?"
Peter was suddenly bombarded by everyone's question when he jumped on to the roof and said, "So you guys want to know what happened on the Skrull planet? Okay sit back and prepare to be amazed."
Peter then began explaining everything from start to finish, making them gasp with surprise. "And then I took the Super Skrull by his head and was seconds away from ending this whole ordeal by ending his life."
616 Peter looked down in disappointment, but then he heard his counterpart say, "I didn't though, instead I pass my trial and became the master of the Time Opal and the Space Amethyst."
Peter showed the gems on his suit and then said, "Using their power, I reverted the Super Skrull into an infant and transported him to a world that would shape him into a true hero."
Everyone's jaws dropped as Spider-Man landed on the ground. 616 Peter smiled, happy that his other could find a better way.
"Now when's the Party, I'm going home after it!" Peter shouted as threw his hands into the air.
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