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Outside the Palace -
Almost all of the Doombots had been taken care of now - only a handful remained. The Kree technology powering the portal was struggling to remain open, not meant for such long and sustained use. It was supposed to be a leg, not a portal into a sun. Amelia was about to let out an exclamation about how they were so close, how these tin can robots weren't that tough anyways, and so on when Oliver sped on over. He looked like a serial killer from a Netflix show. He was entirely deranged.
"Er, mate?" Amelia said apprehensively. She was worried for Niah's safety. Niah didn't have her leg, she couldn't run, and she didn't have an offensive power. "That's a bit toxic, don't you think? Why can't you two be together forever without her committing murder for ya? Would you commit murder for her? Something to think about, eh?" She honestly didn't even know what she was saying, as she gently came to a landing down next to Oliver and Niah. She knew that Oliver could move faster than she could think. But maybe, if she just kept on talking, Niah would be able to do something to get him out of this Ted Bundy funk.
Of course, the five or six Doombots remaining opened fire on the group. The small missiles zipped and zoomed, before going on a course directly for Niah - if hit, it would be a fatal blow...
Meanwhile, Cass had managed to successfully yeet a Doombot on through the portal. The Doombots near them, realizing that the portal to the sun was a HUGE problem, zoomed off over towards Niah, Oliver, and Amelia. The path was clear for the group to go after Doom - or to go help their friends. The choice, of course, was up to our heroes.
Raynor decided that those three could handle it. Probably. "Look, you can arrest us after all of this is over - we need to go stop Doom now or everything is going to shit," Raynor told Cass. He was hoping that she would cooperate. He really didn't want to fight her. He was already fairly certain he was going to be sore for days and he didn't think fighting someone with dermal armor would be a good idea to avoid further injuries. "You can't serve the Iron if everyone is dead," he pointed out.
He looked at Flynn, hoping Flynn would be just as agreeable. "And Genosha won't last either, if he wins," he argued. He figured that Flynn would hopefully listen to him. For better or for worse, Genosha valued what Raynor had done for them - the dark acts he had committed so that way the shining leadership could keep their hands clean.
And then, over at the entrance to the palace, Luminous heard Maria's pleas - and Bonnie's threat. But it wasn't either of them that moved her, not really. No, it was her sense of duty. In this world, Luminous was a hero. She fought for those who could not protect themselves. And as she heard a death cry from inside the palace, she knew that they were right - that the man called Doom was a monster who needed to be stopped.
"I'm trusting you," Luminous said, before releasing them all - and flying off inside of the palace.
"Are we... are we working with Luminous?" Bonnie said hesitantly. But there really wasn't much time to sit around and chat about it. She had heard that same death scream. Someone had just died - or was dying - inside of that palace. And if it was the Enchantress, the Nexus Being, then the multiverse was at stake. Billions upon billions of lives depended on them. If it meant they had to work with Luminous, well... so be it.
Inside the Palace -
Doom groaned, stifling his cries from Sparky's lightning bolt frying his face. He was already disfigured, this wound would not do much to change his looks. "Enough of this! I am Doom! I an invincible and I will not hold back my full power any longer!" He then turned and fired at Sif - not a spell, no, but a ray. It was the sort of contraption that was built to be fired only once, maybe twice if you were lucky.
For lack of a better word, it was a death ray.
Sif's shield was meant to protect her and the young Enchantress from Doom's magical, mystic attacks. But it was nothing for his science. The ray went straight on through, only stopping when it hit Sif.
Her heart had stopped before her body hit the floor, dead.
Sylvie, the Enchantress, shrieked. She was frozen in terror and fear. She was young, even by Asgardian standards, and had never been in a real fight before. But she was Sif's ward and she would not be killed without a fight. Glowing green mists appeared around her, as she prepared her mystical defense.
"No," Doom said simply, firing off the death ray again - the last shot the gun could ever fire, as it broke under the stress.
There was a blur, a flash of silver. Sylvie went flying, pushed out of the way by an unseen force. And Luminous suddenly appeared, dead on the floor, her body next to Sif's.
Destiny's prophecy came true. Luminous had been lost forever, never to regain her memories of Earth-666. She had died a hero, not a villain.
But it wasn't over yet. Our heroes still had a multiverse - and a witch - to defend.
