Marvel Spotlight (Marvel;Re)/New York City Warrior Force

Marvel Spotlight: New York City Warrior Force is a one-shot comic book that shows off the New Warriors of Marvel;Re's Earth-141412 continuity, which is made up of new characters introduced in Marvel;Re. The issue is also a double-sizer, containing about double the amount of content as a normal book.
==Synopsis==
The issue follows the team of heroes attempting to prove themselves as warriors. The team consists of teenage pastiches of already existing heroes, including Young Glory (Captain America), Arachniboy (Spider-Man), Shrinker (Ant-Man), Weather Witch (Storm), Spear Girl (Thor), and Universe Kid (Captain Marvel). Together, they face off against the evil Lord X'ill under the guidance of the alien A.I. Coeus, who has gifted them the power to be the New Warriors of the world.
==Plot==
*Young Glory (narration): Just one year ago, my friends and I were normal teenagers. And then, out of nowhere, we were dragged into a war that spans the entire universe! While hanging out in a diner together, we were suddenly teleported into an alien spaceship where we saw what looked like a giant holographic head!
*Coeus: I am Coeus, the last remaining of the Technolons and I require your assistance! Monsters from unknown places have suddenly begun appearing all over your planet of Earth and I need an army to stop them! Will you be my army? Will you be your planet's New Warriors?
*Young Glory (narration): We all agreed and suddenly, we were transformed into superheroes just like that!
He begins describing his friends and highly-detailed Golden Age versions of themselves appear beside them as they get their powers and costumes.
*Young Glory (narration): Shrinker! Once the up-tight student body president, now she has the ability to shrink at will to any size, her strength growing the smaller she is!
*Shrinker: Good things come in small packages!
*Young Glory (narration): Universe Kid! A former jock and bully at our school, now the power of the universe is in his hands, granting him the durability of a planet and the power of a sun!
*Universe Kid: I'm only using half of my power!
*Young Glory (narration): Spear Girl! A former orphan turned Coeus's assistant. With the power of the Spear of Thunder, she is able to cause sonic booms so powerful they rip holes into buildings!
*Spear Girl: In the name of Coeus, I strike you down!
*Young Glory (narration): Arachniboy! All the powers of a spider in the body of a boy!
*Arachniboy: Not Spider-Man, don't get us confused!
*Young Glory (narration): Weather Witch! A foreign girl who doesn't quite understand other cultures but who makes up for it with her ability to control the weather. She can summon hurricanes, lightning, and much, much worse!
*Weather Witch: I cannot be beaten!
Young Glory is finally revealed to the audience.
*Young Glory: And finally there's me! Their fearless leader, Young Glory! The ultimate teenage patriot with a shield that gravitates back towards me whenever I throw out! Together, we are the New York City Warrior Force, better known as the New Warriors!
Splash page of the New Warriors charging towards Lord X'ill and an army of monsters while their theme song hovers over their heads as if this whole thing was a Power Rangers intro. The next page, the group is hanging out on Coeus' ship. Shrinker types something on a computer.
*Shrinker: And with that, the ship's auto-repair system is fixed.
*Arachniboy: I still can't believe that X'ill got into our ship and uploaded that virus... I mean, how'd he figure out the password to the door?
*Shrinker: Maybe he has cameras planted somewhere and heard one of us say it.
*Universe Kid: Good theory, but I just spent the last hour flying around the ship searching for cameras. Couldn't find anything.
*Young Glory: Well, however he did it he's gonna pay.
*Arachniboy: Hell yeah, we're gonna kick his ass!
*Spear Girl: Don't spout profanities in front of Coeus, please.
*Arachniboy: Oh, right, sorry.
*Weather Witch: When will our next attack on X'ill be? I cannot wait to confront him once and for all!
*Young Glory: Let's not get ahead of ourselves, X'ill doesn't show his face very often. And when he does, he's usually got an army by his side. I doubt we'll get a chance at beating him very soon.
*Weather Witch: Well, when he does finally show his repugnant face again, I'll be more than ready to beat him!
*Arachniboy: Hell ye--
Spear Girl death glares him.
*Arachniboy: He... heck yeah?
*Spear Girl: Better.
*Arachniboy: Heck yeah!
*Universe Kid: Man, you just let her push you around, don't you?
*Arachniboy: What? no way, I'm my own man!
*Universe Kid Oh yeah, sure. Don't hide it, we all know why you do anything she says. You two like each other, don't you?
*Weather Witch: Oh, glorious! Will I be invited to the wedding?
*Arachniboy: Har har...
*Weather Witch: I wasn't saying that in jest.
*Arachniboy: Um...
*Spear Girl: There will be no wedding. We do not like each other. End of story!
*Universe Kid: Hah, yeah right! Then why're you so embara--
*Young Glory: Stop bullying them, Universe Kid.
*Universe Kid: Oh come on, he knows I'm joking! Right, guy?
*Arachniboy: Uh... s-sure...
*Universe Kid: See? Me and him are buddies!
*Shrinker: "Him and I".
*Universe Kid: Shut up.
*Shrinker: Get your grammar right and I will.
A light on Shrinker's computer starts flashing.
*Shrinker: Huh?
*Young Glory: What's going on, Shrinker?
*Shrinker: I've been scanning the computer this entire time and apparently the virus that X'ill corrupted the system is very easily traceable, meaning we may be able to use it to narrow down his location.
*Universe Kid: In English.
*Shrinker: How do you not understand what I said? Whatever. It means we can track him down.
*Weather Witch: Impecable work on your part, Shrinker! We finally have a way of finding his ship!
*Spear Girl: We can take the fight to him!
*Arachniboy: Heck yeah!
*Young Glory: This is great! Good job, Shrinker! Now, all we need is a plan of attack...
*Universe Kid: This is gonna be awesome!
Cut to the crew in a small van on Earth. Weather Witch is kicking the back of Universe Kid's chair.
*Universe Kid: Can you please cut that out?
*Weather Witch: But it's a good way of exercising my legs for the amount of running we're about to do.
*Universe Kid: Glory, can you please tell her to stop?
*Young Glory: No, she has a point.
*Universe Kid: You serious?
*Young Glory: Maybe you should start kicking the back of my seat to exercise your legs.
*Universe Kid: ...Nah, I'm good...
Shrinker's computer starts blinking.
*Shrinker: Okay, I think we're... here...
It's revealed the van has stopped in an empty alleyway.
*Universe Kid: ...You sure that thing isn't on the fritz?
*Shrinker: Nothing I own ever goes on the fritz...
*Young Glory: Hm... do you guys trust me?
*Weather Witch: Excuse me?
*Young Glory: Do you guys trust me?
*Weather Witch: Well... of course we trust you. Why?
*Young Glory: I'm gonna drive into that wall.
*Arachniboy: What!?
*Universe Kid: You're crazy!
*Shrinker: Why're you worried? You're not the one who's gonna be hurt by this!
Young Glory drives directly into the wall, going straight through it and into a spaceship that was disguised. He starts driving through the ship, running over monsters firing at them.
*Young Glory: See? I knew this building wasn't here before!
*Universe Kid: What if you were wrong?!
*Young Glory: But I wasn't, was I?
A robot runs in front of the van and winds back a punch.
*Young Glory: Uh oh. Everyone out!
They all jump out of the van as the robot crushes it with a punch.
*Arachniboy: Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!
*Spear Girl: I couldn't have phrased it better myself!
*Young Glory: Alright, New Warriors... Let's! Beat... these... bastards!
*Shrinker: "Beat these bastards"?
*Young Glory: I'm still working on the battle cry.
*Spear Girl: All due respect, you've been working on a battle cry for months.
*Young Glory: Shut up.
Young Glory tosses his shield at the robot and clenches his fist, the shield returning to him as he does. The group continue fighting the robot, working together as a team in order to defeat it. Arachniboy is the one responsible for beating it, webbing the ceiling and pulling down a piece of the roof to crush the robot.
*Arachniboy: Hell yeah! I mean, uh--
*Spear Girl: No, you deserve that one.
Spear Girl gives Arachniboy a thumbs up and he returns it, smiling as he does. Young Glory's eyes light up with terror.
*Young Glory: Look out!
*Arachniboy: Huh?
A monster runs up behind Arachniboy, impaling him. Everyone either screams in terror or looks away from the sight. The monster takes the spear out of Arachniboy, who drops to the ground.
*Spear-Wielding Monster: Kehehe...
Universe Kid tackles the monster and starts beating it, saying nothing as he does. Spear Girl runs over to Arachniboy and takes his mask off, holding him in her arms.
*Spear Girl: Kevin? Kevin! Are you still with us, Kevin?
*Arachniboy: ...Claire...
Arachniboy places his hand on Spear Girl's cheek, leaning in and kissing her before the life fades from his eyes and he falls back, dead. Shrinker walks over to Universe Kid, who is still beating the monster, placing her hand on his shoulder.
*Shrinker: It's dead, James. It died after your first punch...
*Universe Kid: I know... I know... Oh god, I know...
*Young Glory: We've got to... we've... I'm not... Universe Kid, we have to--
*Universe Kid: Don't call me that anymore, Dennis! This isn't some superhero mission anymore! Kevin just died and you have the goddamn nerve to still call me by that stupid name!?
*Young Glory: You're... right... I'm sorry, James... I agreed to be this team's leader cause I thought it'd be fun. I thought we'd have, like... Spider-Man adventures! I didn't... I'm sorry I talked you all into this...
*Spear Girl: No. I'm the one who insisted we do this. If you want someone to blame, blame me for this, James...
*Universe Kid: ...You know what? I don't think it matters whose fault it is... I don't care anymore... and after this, I quit.
*Shrinker: James...
*Universe Kid: Are you on their side?
*Shrinker: ...N... no... You're right. After this, I quit.
*Young Glory: That's it then...?
They all look at each other and gather in a circle, putting their hands together and make a promise to each other.
*Young Glory: This'll be the last mission of the New Warriors.
Lord X'ill is seen silently sitting in his base, speaking to a golden humanoid robot.
*Lord X'ill: What is your report, Gild?
*Gild: The New Warriors' invasion of the base is getting tense. They managed to slaughter our forces and they haven't been holding back since one of our soldiers killed Arachniboy. Things are looking grim and at this rate, they'll be breaking into the main room any second now.
*Lord X'ill: I see... Gild, you may be a robot but you're one of the greatest soldiers I've ever known. Never forget that, will you?
Lord X'ill grabs a trident next to him and stabs Gild through the chest, killing him instantly. He then stands in front of his door with the trident, waiting for the New Warriors. The door is blown off by Spear Girl, who stands there with the remaining Warriors, all of whom are staring at X'ill.
*Lord X'ill: Welcome, Warriors.
*Young Glory: ...Why...?
*Lord X'ill: I'm assuming you're referring to your friend Arachniboy, correct? Trust me... this is for your own good.
*Shrinker: This... this was never your M.O! You always tried to steal our powers, you never tried to murder us! What made you change your mind?!
*Lord X'ill: This whole time I was more or less trying to force you to retire. I wanted you to give up as heroes. I--
*Universe Kid: why!?
*Lord X'ill: Let me finish. Initially, I just wanted to strip you of your powers, as Shrinker pointed out. But after many failed attempts I realized I couldn't make you retire... Even if I did manage to take your powers away, you'd more than likely continue as crime fighters without them. After I had that epiphany... I realized I had to kill you...
All of the New Warriors power up and stare at him. X'ill sighs and lifts up his trident.
*Lord X'ill: I miss being the good guy...
The heroes fight for a bit, with X'ill having the obvious upper hand. He eventually knocks both Shrinker and Young Glory into a wall and they start talking while they're on the ground.
*Young Glory: Damn it! How did this guy get so strong?
*Shrinker: Yeah, and what did he mean by he "misses being the good guy"?
*Young Glory: I don't know but he's obviously crazy... we're gonna need a plan to beat him...
*Shrinker: ...Hm...
Shrinker whispers something in Young Glory's ear.
*Young Glory: You sure you can do it?
Shrinker nods and Young Glory calls on his shield, running up to X'ill and fighting him alongside Universe Kid, Weather Witch, and Spear Girl. X'ill once again manages to beat the heroes, knocking Young Glory, completely knocking out Spear Girl, stepping on Universe Kid's chest, and grabbing Weather Witch by the throat.
*Lord X'ill: For what it's worth, I really am sorry for all the things I'm about to do. You were all great people. Great warriors... and I'm sorry.
X'ill tosses his trident through the air, crashing it into a wall. As the trident hits the wall, Shrinker suddenly grows back to normal size, revealing she's been impaled and has died.
*Young Glory: Jessica!
*Lord X'ill: Trying to sneak up on me by shrinking down? Quite smart on her part, but I saw it coming.
Weather Witch mumbles something.
*Lord X'ill: Hm?
*Weather Witch: Can't... breath...
*Lord X'ill: No worries. I'll make sure this is quick...
X'ill's trident flies towards him. He grabs it and turns to Weather Witch, punching her in the stomach so hard she coughs blood before she stops moving completely. He drops her and moves off of Universe Kid, who crawls over to Weather Witch's body.
*Universe Kid: Svetlana? Svetlana! Are you still with me, Svet--
*Lord X'ill: She's dead. I punched her hard enough to destroy her organs. Her heart exploded and, seconds later, she died. Don't worry, she was only in pain for 2.5 milliseconds...
*Universe Kid: You... you bastard... you bastard!
Lord X'ill raises his trident, ready to impale Universe Kid. However, he stops completely. X'ill drops his trident on the floor and Universe Kid turns around, revealing that X'ill's hands have been cut off by none other than Spear Girl, who has managed to get up from X'ill's attack.
*Spear Girl: Finish him off.
*Lord X'ill: What!?
Young Glory tackles X'ill, pinning him to the ground and placing his shield against X'ill's throat.
*Young Glory: ...Before I do this... why?
*Lord X'ill: What do you mean why...?
*Young Glory: Why did you target me as well? I don't have any powers. All I have is my shield. If you were only interested in our powers, why did you go after me?
*Lord X'ill: Oh, if you only knew what I know...
X'ill starts laughing as Young Glory raises his shield in the air and brings it down on X'ill's neck, completely decapitating him. Young Glory, Spear Girl, and Universe Kid, the last remaining New Warriors, stand together over the body of their greatest enemy. A beeping is heard and Young Glory pulls out a communicator, answering the call.
*Coeus: What's going on? Did you do it? was the mission a success? I can't detect Shrinker, Arachniboy, or Weather Witch. Are they okay?
*Spear Girl: ...Burn in hell.
*Young Glory: We quit.
He crushes the communicator. Young Glory takes his mask off and the others follow. Young Glory turns to Universe Kid, who punches him in the face.
*Spear Girl: What the hell, James?!
*Universe Kid: I... hate you... so much... And I hope I never see you again.
Universe Kid walks out of the building and Spear Girl helps Young Glory off the ground.
*Spear Girl: What's wrong with him?!
*Young Glory: No, he has a right to be angry after all this... I was the leader and I let you all down... I'd be angry too if I was him... I'm sorry, Claire... I should've done better...
*Spear Girl: You did your best, Dennis... You couldn't have possibly known this was going to happen...
Young Glory solemnly hugs Spear Girl. Later, the two are seen outside of their hero costumes sitting on a park bench. Time starts passing, with the two of them on the bench as it does. A year passes in each panel, the two slowly growing older and growing closer together on the bench. When they're closest, Spear Girl kisses Young Glory's cheek and after that, the two seem a lot closer. However, as they age up the city behind them grows worse and worse. The final panel shows Spear Girl sitting by herself. She looks at her watch and Young Glory runs up to her, taking his jacket off he sits next to her.
*Claire: You're an hour late.
*Dennis: Oh come on, I haven't been late once for these meetings and you point out the one that I am late for?
*Claire: Can you really blame me for worrying? It's dangerous out there, ever since...
Claire points to a billboard behind her with a picture of Doctor Doom's mask on it and the text "Always Watching" over it.
*Claire: I thought he caught you...
*Dennis: Claire, we've been hiding our powers from him for years at this point. We're basically masters of it at this point, what makes you think he'll be able to catch us?
*Claire: I'm just... worried, okay...? I don't wanna wake up one morning and find out you've been forced to be a part of the... "Avengers" if you can even call them that at this point...
*Dennis: Trust me, if the Avengers ever come after you or me I'll make them regret it.
*Claire: Promise?
*Dennis: Promise.
*Claire: Good...
Claire looks at the ground, twiddling her thumbs.
*Dennis: Uh oh, I know that look... What's the bad news?
Claire waits for a second.
*Claire: I'm pregnant.
*Dennis: Wha... oh my god. Claire, that's... amazing!
*Claire: Dennis, listen... I don't think I want to bring the baby up in this world... What if... what if it's like us? What if it develops powers that we can't control and Doom finds us? What would we do?
*Dennis: We'll... I'll be honest, I don't know. But I can hear in your voice that you want this baby just as much as I do. So how about we at least... try? That's all we can really do, right?
*Claire: ...Okay... okay. I'm... gonna be a mama...
*Dennis: You know, truth be told, I actually wanted to talk to you about something too.
*Claire: What is i--
She turns around, revealing Dennis is holding a wedding ring. Claire starts crying and hugs Dennis.
*Dennis (narration): It's been about 12 years now since Doom conquered the world. Nobody's sure of the exact details except for me and Claire. Doom managed to get into Coeus' systems and hacked into the ship. He got very excited at the fact it had a giant laser pointing down... Using it, he blew up the Baxter Building while the whole Fantastic Four... and their families were inside. Nobody could manage to break the ship's shields and, after blowing up all of Wakanda, the heroes were forced to surrender. Now the only "heroes" in the world are superpowered people Doom forces to work for him under the threat of bombs in their brains as a part of his Avengers. But, even in a world as terrible as this, I manage to cling on to hope. All thanks to Claire being by my side.
Claire and Dennis walk into their home, Dennis kissing her before they do. Unbeknownst to them, a man dressed in a version of the Captain America uniform watches them from afar.
*Faux Cap: That's so sweet it makes me wanna vomit...
The next morning, Dennis sleeps in his bed next to Claire. He hears an odd noise and slowly gets up, revealing a small group of people dressed as Avengers members, including the faux Captain America, standing in front of him.
*Faux Cap: Get up Dennis... we have a lot to talk about.
Dennis stares at them angrily. Out of nowhere, the Spear of Thunder flies into the faux Cap's shoulder, pinning him against the wall. Dennis turns and Claire grabs his hand.
*Claire: Run!
They start running through the house while the faux Avengers chase after them. They fight them off for a while before the faux Cap cuts them off at the front door. Claire backs up and is grabbed by a member of the faux Avengers. Another one gets ready to knock her out.
*Faux Cap: Wait!
The faux Avengers turn to faux Cap.
*Faux Cap: Don't hurt her. That'll put too much stress on her. I can hear two heartbeats coming from inside of her with my super hearing. She's pregnant. I've got a lot of sins on my hands but I refuse to be responsible for killing a baby... Plus she's not the one we're here for...
*Dennis: That voice...
*Faux Cap: Oh, after all these years you still recognize the way I sound? Amazing memory...
Faux cap unmasks himself, revealing himself as a much older Universe Kid.
*Dennis: James...
*James: The one and only. Although nowadays I go by "Captain America". Got that name after I led a small army of powerless soldiers and still managed to beat the original guy with the name!
*Claire: James, listen, I know that Doom puts bombs in people's heads to keep them under his control but we can get you help! We have powers, we can--
*James: Oh, I don't have a bomb in my head.
*Claire: Huh...?
*James: I'm one of the few Avengers who willingly joined. After I found out a big part of the Avengers was hunting down people with superpowers I jumped at the chance to finally hunt down this bastard. I remembered what X'ill said during our final fight with him. He implied you had powers. I thought that was kinda weird until my powers started mutating. So my theory is that you did have powers as a kid and they started mutating later. So tell me, Dennis... What're your powers like?
*Dennis: ...Young Glory.
*James: Huh?
Dennis's eyes glow white and he starts levitating a faux Iron Man around the room, using him to smack the other faux Avengers to the ground, tossing him into James to end it. Dennis then stands in front of James, the metal objects in the room floating around him.
*Dennis: My name is Young Glory! And I can bend metal to my will!
Dennis lifts the Spear of Thunder with his metal-bending powers and attempts to kill James with it. In response, James pushes a button on his wrist and Dennis' powers stop working.
*Dennis: Huh...?
*James: Did you really think Doom wouldn't plan for something like this? By just pushing this button I can suppress Mutate and Mutant genes! I was basically humoring you this whole time.
James walks towards Dennis and points a gun at his head.
*James: So what I'm saying is basically this: You can't win. Surrender. Don't worry, Claire will be fine. She doesn't have any powers, she only has that spear. We'll take the spear but we'll leave her alone. So... you coming or what?
Dennis stares at James. Cut to Dennis sitting in a jail cell with James as his guard, taking care of some flowers on his desk while he's guarding him.
*Dennis: So... how'd your powers mutate?
*James: Don't talk to me like we're friends.
*Dennis: ...Look, I know that you hate me and I'm not going to try and make you friends with me again. I just genuinely want to know.
*James: ...Pay attention, cause I'm not repeating myself. If you haven't noticed, I've been wearing gloves this whole time.
James picks up a rose.
*James: My powers require me to absorb energy from around me in order to project it out of myself. Originally, my skin absorbed it without me having to do anything. But now...
James takes his glove off and grabs the rose, which starts wilting and dying in his hand. He crushes the rose in his hand and opens his palm, allowing the dead rose to drop to the ground.
*James: I can't even touch another person without gloves anymore... I've worn the same pair for nine years, James... But, I guess it's a good bad guy power, right?
*Dennis: What...?
*James: I mean... obviously I'm the bad guy, right? I'm one of the main generals working under a dystopian dictator... Although there's really not many paths a Mutate or Mutant can take in this world anymore. Either you're cannon fodder or you're forced to be an Avenger. All thanks to you...
*Dennis: Thanks to me? How is any of this my fault?
*James: Oh come on, even you're not that dumb! You're the reason the New Warriors disbanded! If we stayed together, we would've seen Doom's attack coming and we could've been able to prevent this whole thing!
*Dennis: James, you were the one who first suggested we disband! And we were kids back then, why in God's name do you think we'd ever be able to beat Doom?! Not to mention there were only three of us left by the end of that mission!
*James: You listen here, you...! You're...! Right...
James puts his head in his hands.
*James: Oh god, you're so right... But that... that doesn't change the fact that the world's screwed... how the hell do we get out of this...?
Dennis thinks to himself for a bit.
*Dennis: Time travel!
*James: What?
*Dennis: The Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, almost every hero out there has time traveled! It's a proven fact that it's real! Send me back in time to fix history! Send me back in time to find a way to stop this broken world from ever happening!
*James: What? How can I help?
*Dennis: You're a member of Doom's army, you can get your hands on time travel tech! Right?!
James considers his options before getting up.
*James: Dennis... if you fail. If you don't fix this godforsaken world... I'll find you. I'll kill you. And I'll use time travel so that I can kill you over and over again... Do you understand me?
Dennis nods. Sometime later, the two enter a small bunker with a broken-down machine inside. Over the course of the next several months, the two work together to repair the machine. Eventually, the machine is ready and Dennis gets inside, strapping himself into a chair inside.
*Dennis: How close is Doom to finding out what we're doing?
*James: He's sending a team of Avengers to our location as we speak.
*Dennis: ...Then I gotta work fast... Hey... can I ask you something?
*James: Yeah?
*Dennis: What if I go back time to fix everything and it... erases us? Erases Claire? Erases... erases my kid...
*James: ...Dennis, I promise you that won't happen. Doom's been researching into the multiverse and there're some... constants. Like, for example, in almost every universe Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker are dating. And, I don't know why, but I just sorta... get the feeling it's the same for you and Claire. I know that telling you about my gut feeling isn't very comforting but trust me, you and Claire will get together, have a kid, and get married. I know it's a fact in my heart.
*Dennis: ...I'm gonna miss you when I go back, James.
*James: And I'll miss you... Young Glory... my friend.
The two salute each other and James flips a switch. Dennis starts going back in time as Avengers teams burst into the room. They aren't fast enough to stop Dennis and he warps back in time. Everything goes black.
*???: Hey... Hey, buddy... Get up, pal... Come on, you're still with it, right?
Dennis opens his eyes, revealing Lord X'ill standing above him.
*Lord X'ill: Hey buddy.
Dennis gets up and grabs X'ill only to look around and see that he's surrounded by an army of monsters.
*Yellow Monster: Hey, hey, don't worry, buddy. We're not gonna hurt ya... We just wanna talk.
*Dennis: Wha... You're... you're Loban the Conqueror. You died during our fight on Mars! How're you here?!
*Metallic Monster: We're time anomalies. You think this was the first time you tried fixing your future?
*Dennis: What does that even... Wait...
*Lord X'ill: That's right! Every single monster you fought as a New Warrior was just you mutated from the effects of time travel!
*Dennis: What?! That doesn't make any sense! Why would you try to depower and then kill us?!
*Sludge Monster: We were told that the only way to make sure our bad future doesn't happen is to make sure the New Warriors disband.
*Tiny Monster: That's what he told us.
*Dennis: He?
Coeus appears in front of them all.
*Coeus: Hello, Young Glory.
*Dennis: What the hell...?
*Coeus: I see you're confused. Don't worry, I can explain... After I created the New Warriors, I got a message from myself in your future. He told me what I mistake I made and that the only to make sure that the Doomed future doesn't pass is to disband the New Warriors. Initially, I just wanted to send your future selves back to depower them but I eventually realized I couldn't and... well... I was forced to kill them. So you see--
*Dennis: That makes no sense!
*Coeus: What?
*Dennis: The New Warriors were already disbanded in my future! So why did it still happen?!
*Lord X'ill: They... they were?
*Dennis: You don't remember?
*Lord X'ill: I can't... I'm...
An electrical shock goes through X'ill's mind and he drops to the ground in pain.
*Coeus: Hm... I see you're from one of the rare futures where I don't contact you before Universe Kid encounters you. In most futures I message you and propose time travel and then I mildly condition you and place the electrical chip in your mind.
*Dennis: What?! Why would you... wait... You rule the future alongside Doom, don't you? I always assumed Doom erased you from the system, but you made a deal with him so that you could be his right-hand-man! You blew up Wakanda! You're the reason that--
*Coeus: What you say is correct, Young Glory. Every word of it. But think about it... in the future you're from, you never got any news about crime, supervillain activity or anything even remotely like it. All because of Doom and I. Plus in 60% of the Doomed futures you and Spear Girl end up in a relationship. Why would you want to--
*Dennis: Are there futures where the New Warriors stay together?
*Coeus: Of course. But I don't see--
*Dennis: In how many of those are me and Claire a thing?
Coeus doesn't answer.
*Dennis: That's about what I thought...
*Coeus: No matter, we've had this battle many times. You always try to use your metal-bending powers to defeat your future selves by warping the chips in their mind and you're always overpowered. Why don't you save me the time and surrend-- AAAGGHH!!
Dennis uses his powers to warp Coeus, ripping him apart and distorting his hologram. The monster Dennises around him fall to the ground in pain.
*Dennis: You know what I love about supervillains? They always blab about what they're going to do. It makes it really easy to beat them.
The black space around Dennis warps to the New Warriors spaceship, his future selves disappearing as he continues to tear Coeus apart.
*Coeus: Wait! no! by destroying me you'll be ensuring that none of the futures were you exist come to pass! You'll be erasing your wife and child from existence!
*Dennis: Are you really gonna try that excuse after that moment of silence you gave me? Plus, even if I did erase Claire... she'd tell me it's okay. Claire was a hero before everything else. Now, do me a favor...
Dennis's eyes begin glowing and he tears apart Coeus.
*Dennis: AND SHUT THE HELL UP!!
An unknown amount of time later, the New Warriors, young and alive once again, find a note on Coeus' newly repaired projector.
*Young Glory: "I'm sorry to abandon you so suddenly, but X'ill has transferred to another universe. I will continue fighting him there." That's... that's it.
*Universe Kid: You know, you'd think he'd have a more advanced way of writing notes other than just... writing them.
*Arachniboy: Damn... so we were just, like... abandoned?
*Shrinker: Seems that way...
*Spear Girl: He abandoned... me?
*Weather Witch: What a dreadful man...
*Arachniboy: So, is this, like... the end of the New Warriors?
*Young Glory: ...No... no, no way! Definitely not! Just cause that guy's gone and we don't have the ship's power anymore doesn't mean we don't have superpowers! We're the New Warriors till the end! Right guys?!
He places his hand out. The other look at each other and place their hands in the circle.
*New Warriors: New Warriors forever!
Unbeknownst to them, a slightly mutated-looking future Dennis stands above them.
*Dennis (narration): Jessica Fitzpatrick. Able to shrink to unbelievable sizes. James Butler. A boy with the power of the universe. Claire Silverstein. Wielder of the Spear of Thunder. Kevin King. A boy with all the powers of a spider. Svetlana Klokov. A Russian girl with the power of the weather by her side. And me... Dennis Moore... their leader. Together, they are the New Warriors. Here to protect Earth from anyone that might put it in danger. Godspeed, heroes... Godspeed...
Dennis fades away along with the future he came from, smiling down at the New Warriors as he does. The New Warriors themselves look forward, ready for whatever the future may hold.
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