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Chapter 32 - Hell's Kitchen 2: Aim for the Heart

(General POV)

Location the New Earth: Manhattan; New York, Hell's Kitchen-Battleground

Golem and Kothoga were facing off with Thor, Power Man, Spiderman, Falcon, and Captain Marvel.

Golem being the heavy-hitter, while Kothoga is a swift attacker, Golem grabbed Thor smashing him onto the ground, then pulling him up to be smashed by Kothoga, as Spiderman swung around firing web-balls and hitting the monsters with swinging kick.

Whenever Thor or Captain Marvel would attack with their power, at Kothoga, Golem would step in absorbing the energy of their power, powering himself, and immediately attacking Falcon or Power Man with his magical lighting, as Kothoga used his speed, agility, and senses he fought against the more swifter enemies, back to back the ninth and eighth Infernal Lords were covering the other's weaknesses.

All the while Mao watched, he even clapped in appreciation when Kothoga managed to bring down Falcon, just now he and Golem tagged team, and brought the wannabe bird to the earth.

Kothoga with Golem throwing him, grabbed onto Falcon, slashing off his left wing and causing him to crash, turning the tide of this fight.

And the reason that Daredevil, Jessica Jones-Cage, and Elektra weren't intervening with this battle, was because of Mao, using both his control over shadows and conjuring more black fog, to keep these occupied with constant attacks from himself or more summoned malefactors.

Right now those three Defenders, they were at the far west of this border area, they managed to spot that many, many malefactors were heading through that direction, and with his black fog, whisping around undetected.

The Lord of the Forsaken, knew all the movements of those three street-level heroes, currently that area was one of Kingpin's hidden bunkers, way advance for a crime boss as him...in truth, Mao he never liked that Marvel Comics, were desperate to make that ugly shit, as a big league threat.

Soo one can say, aside for causing untold chaos and suffering on the New Earth, and the heroes of this world, he'll admit it was a personal joy to destroy Kingpin completely.

Already this attack has cost Fisk, around 44% of his men from every matter of role, were already butchered and all of Kingpin's businesses and storage spots in this sector were destroyed and covered in blood, Fisk, his smuggling supplies and money were gone.

But it wasn't enough to cause a deep, and crippling wound to Kingpin's little empire, so right now his attention was divided, from enjoying his Infernal Lords fighting and hurting the heroes.

Already Falcon and Iron Fist were taken out the battle, one couldn't fly anymore and the other is badly hurt, and right now Mao was attacking Jessica Jones-Cage, Elektra, and Daredevil with spikes, blades, and claws of shadows.

Impaling and slicing everything apart, as Daredevil and Elektra avoided the shadow made attacks, leaping through building, smashing through windows, and running through platforms that were thrown at them by the shadowy claws, tearing apart the buildings of the districts or either swipe at them with shadow attacks.

But thanks to Daredevil's echolocative hearing, he help Elektra evade everything, by the slight sound...while, Jessica aka Power Woman, just used her superstrength to bulldoze through everything, avoiding any damage or death from Mao's onslaught.

But then he saw something that pissed Mao off, Iceman, blasting towards the battle site of in a slide of ice, seems that the biggest headache, has come to ruin the fun.

Bobby, after dealing with some of the monsters on Hell's Kitchen, having a smirk as his ice coated arm was blasting ice rays onto the end of a ever-growing ice slide, sliding over to the others.

Ready to fight against the Infernal Lords in the city, Mao's smile faded, as he got annoyed...before a big and great idea entered his mind, the Defenders are one of the more darker, and brooding type of group, a group that is considered the more "serious" one in Marvel, so they pair them with other characters to act, as their light and soul...like Iceman.

So what if his Infernal Lords, break it, break that heart right in front of them.

Sending a quick telepathic to Blackmore, Kothoga, and Golem, telling them all of their new target...as the Avengers and Luke Cage were fighting against the Brazilian Chimera and the Artificial Giant.

Golem has just blocked Spiderman's leaping punch, as he jumped off Golem's right arm, even with all the wound he'd suffered from the slashes and blows that Kothoga landed on him, Spiderman was still fighting against them, and the pain on his body.

Thor tried right smash his Mjölnir onto Kothoga, but Golem took the blow for his fellow Infernal Lord, as well stabbing his Indestructible right claw in the collar bone, making the God of Thunder scream in pain.

Using his incredible strength and toss Thor aside, while Kothoga bite down at the arm of Power Man, that tried a cheapshot Golem, while his fangs and pincers didn't penetrate Luke Cage's skin, Kothoga still manage to bite onto the indestructible man.

Using Luke Cage as a makeshift weapon, smashing against Captain Marvel, and then throw the man at Spiderman man smashing the two through some building...that has already been through the trenches.

As Golem super jumped away, and Kothoga rush into a alleyway, confusing all the recovering heroes, judging by previous encounters with the Forsaken, they don't run, that's when a massive amount of black fog appeared on the street area they were on, and hundreds of malefactors came rushing at them.

Meanwhile Blackmore was facing off against, Winter Soldier and Hellcat still on the same busted down, and burning grocery store parking lot, as Iron Fist, as much as he wants to keep fighting, his broken bones and bad injuries.

He has to leave the battle, along with Falcon, leaving the rest of the Avengers and Defenders to deal with the three Infernal Lords in Hell's Kitchen.

Blackmore fueled by anger and a bit of joy from causing pain to these two selfless heroes, slashing and swiping at the two heroes, as slayers, maulers, and gorgers join Blackmore in his assault against these two opponents.

Bucky wasting ammo and explosives, against Blackmore and the hellraiser S.O.Bs, as he riddled a slayer with bullet holes and smashed a skull of gorger with his robotic arm.

Hellcat was weaving and slashing through this monsters, as she'd leap at Blackmore who unleashed a bulletstorm from conjuring, the rifle blasts of a marksman from claw, Patsy, she barely jumped out the way, getting grazed by some bullets.

That's when something big and very heavy shuke the ground, as Golem has arrived, something that Blackmore was already aware of, along with the next target in this city...Iceman, who was fast approaching their location.

Golem roared, stomping his way towards Blackmore, Hellcat, and Winter Soldier, Bucky seeing the Artificial Giant, started aiming his heavy-assault rifle, and fire at Golem.

But Golem was unaffected by the bullets raining down on his form, he swiped his right claw at Winter Soldier, who by pure reactive instinct used his gun to defend himself, resulting on said gun to be slice in pieces.

All Winter Soldier thought was, "These claws might be a match to Logan's." as he dodged every swipe thrown at him by Golem, getting angry and surging his right arm with purple lightning, and punching the pavement in front of Bucky, sending a electric shockwave.

Electrocuting Bucky, then Golem followed up with grabbing Winter Soldier by the neck, and started channeling a large amount of magical electricity through Winter Soldier, spazzing as Golem was killing him, Hellcat, as she killed another mauler with a claw swipe, she saw that Bucky was in mortal danger.

Patsy she dodge another attack from Blackmore using a backflip, then running on all-fours, she rushed over at Golem and Winter Soldier, to save Bucky, only for her instincts screaming at her of danger, as she glaced to her side, and saw a huge reptilian monster with tiger like qualities, and a huge set of insect like sharp pincers, spread wide.

As Kothoga has arrived and was rushing straight at Patsy, before she could even mount any sorts of defense, Kothoga smash hard against her, she screamed as her ribs were either bruised or broken by Kothoga ramming into her.

And before she could even react against the latest Infernal Lord, Kothoga, he bite down at Patsy's side, his teeth piercing her ribs, and his pincers stabbing into her belly and back, making Hellcat scream in agony, as blood poured down from three spots of her body, staining her yellow suit.

Kothoga slammed Patsy down onto the pavement of the parking lot, and began dragging across the hard ground, scrapping and burning her flesh.

Kothoga, then lifted her above his head, and with all his strength threw him across the lot, smashing onto the wall of the grocery store, she wasn't able to move cause the pain.

Walking slowly at Patsy, growling and wheezing at the sight of her bleeding, and releasing the scents of her adrenaline and fear laced hormones, drowl coming down in-between his razor sharp teeth, Kothoga was about to go for the kill, when a burst of dust and debrie flew straight at Kothoga's face, as Iron Fist, before he left, he saw Patsy in mortal danger.

So gathering what strength, he could muster with his injured arm, he blasted the wall with a chi punch, right behind Hellcat and pulled her inside, using a strong kick he plugged the hole, saving Patsy from Kothoga.

Who roared at the blocked hole, in front of him in anger, growling as he turn his head slightly, seeing his fellow Infernal Lord, Golem, still electrocuting Winter Soldier, when the eighth and ninth Infernal Lords look, Golem threw the badly harmed Bucky towards Kothoga.

In response to Golem's "alley-up" and Kothoga followed it up, with a powerful cross claw swipe, slicing part of Winter Soldier and he was also smashed onto the pavement.

Landing on the feet of Blackmore, who growled and roared at the downed and agonizing ex-HYDRA assassin, stomping his monstrous foot onto the belly of Bucky, making him spit-up blood, staining the special face mask of his, he tried to pry off Blackmore but the damage, that he'd already suffered from all three Infernal Lords, has finally taken his toll.

Blackmore, he smiled...or growled showing his jagged, twisted, sharp teeth down at Winter Soldier, lifting his bladed arm, and slashing down several times at Bucky, cutting his upper chest, rib areas, and belly, then Blackmore was about blind the soldier by slicing his eyes in half, along with most of his skull.

When the guest of honor, and prime target has arrived, as Blackmore screamed or better said shrieked in pain, as a ice blast, hit and is freezing his back.

Frost and ice crystals were spreading across his inhuman like back, and slightly exposed spine, both Golem and Kothoga turned towards their fellow Forsaken, being attacked by a ice coated man, on top of a large ice-slide, high in the air.

They charged in to aid, the Malefactor of Evil, Golem performing a super jump and swung at Iceman, that stopped his freezing attack on Blackmore.

Golem missed Iceman, but he broke the ice-slide of Bobby, forcing the mutant and youngest Defender, back onto the ground level, were Kothoga tail whipped him in the crystal stomach, making him grunt in pain, as he was knocked back.

As Bobby got back up, he saw Blackmore ignite himself in fire, heating himself back to fighting shape, and as he turned off the flames, he along with Golem and Kothoga were closing in on the ice power mutant, as he chuckled, and said, "And I thought I was gonna have it easy, and simple today." coating his fists in ice energy, pulsating from his hands.

Meanwhile Danny, rushed out the grocery store and went over to Bucky, and get him out of danger, since Bucky couldn't move with all his injuries, so he was taking inside of the store, and call the others to help but as soon as Iron Fist tried to contact the Avengers and Defenders, a long shadow claw reached out and grabbed onto the back of Iron Fist yellow bandana wearing head and throw him hard into the grocery, then the claw twisted and let out some cracking sounds, before grabbing the Winter Soldier, as well.

But unlike Iron Fist, the shadow claw's claws, stabbed into Bucky's belly making him scream, as it lifted him up, in front of a whisp of black fog, as the Lord of the Forsaken, Mao himself has made a appearance in the place, as the shadow claw, coiled around the infamous second super soldier, and assassin, Mao smile as he heard Winter Soldier grunt in pain...and some bones cracking.

Mao's dark eyes, looking at Bucky onto his bleeding face, reaching out to his face, his clawed digits, slightly slicing across his upper face, the edge of his claws grasping onto the mask of Bucky's, and tearing it off...Mao "hmm", as he'd inspected Bucky's face, as blood dripped from the Winter Soldier's mouth, Mao said in comment, "Before you do that whole cliché of spitting on the face of the bad guy. Let me, just say that you, look nothing like Sebastian Stan. Shame." smiling at the pain of Bucky, he spoke to him again, "Suffering...my poor friend, you. And the rest of your little hero buddies. Know jack shit of suffering...now. Enjoy the show now." Mao, made hand gesture and tossed Bucky inside the store as well.

As black fog, covered every corner of the grocery store, sealing Hellcat, Iron Fist, and Winter Soldier inside the store, as Mao watched his Infernal Lords all gang up on Iceman, while the rest of the Avengers and Defenders were still running around like headless chickens, trying to fight off his legion of malefactors, already the deathcount is on the the thousand, Mao believes it was a good day, but even better what was happening now, under Blackmore's instructions, once the malefactors reached a certain spot the Hell Street Kings, are to attack and get rid of the malefactors.

Basically securing the line, and making time a more necessary, as well welcomed evil in Hell's Kitchen, plus the blow to Kingpin's entire operation was massive, that fat ass must be raging at this very moment, making Mao happy, he thought that it was time to the Void, back to Jinx, Lilithmon, and Cyn, so they enjoy each other's intimate company, while Iceman get destroyed, and with him the heart of the Defenders will be destroyed as well.

As Mao was covered in black fog, and banished, Iceman was being smashed and punched by Golem, before Kothoga rammed him, and Blackmore fired a fireball at the kid, it the start of a bloody beatdown...

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