Apologies for the tardiness on this last part of my Death’s Head II series. I’ve been spending some time with my son and his daughter as of late, doing my fatherly/grandfatherly duties. The visit lasted around four days, and I can tell you Unspokenites one thing about my granddaughter…..Banshee and Black Canary have nothing on a pissed off one year old! Damn! That girl has some pipes! (The only difference is a slight height difference and a pee-soaked diaper!) Anyway, explanations aside, let us return to our favorite cyborg, already in action…..

It is the year 2020 AD and the world is a war-torn, desolate place. Only a very small group of freedom fighters stand in the path of the one who corrupted this planet to the state it’s currently in. The Punisher leads the charge with Daredevil, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange following. In the past, this unlikely team would be more than enough to best any evil foe. Now? The odds don’t look very good. Charnel’s demonic drones surrounded the heroes! But twenty years of constant fighting had taught them how to hit back even harder. Back-to-back, the heroes fired at the creatures. The fight was going well until Spider-Man’s spider-sense went wild, warning him of danger! The evil warlord, Charnel, now stood before them! The monster began by taunting the heroes. But this meant nothing to the Sorcerer Supreme as he hit the creature with magic blast after blast! Charnel laughed as he used his own magic power to meet this mighty attack! Daredevil orders Spider-Man to swing off, following their plan! The wall-crawler does so with zero hesitation! That’s when a an energy blast of epic proportions hit the ground surrounding them! The Punisher turned to see his once-rival, Daredevil, drop and breathe no more! (Damn! Bleak much? Let’s stop here to sing a rousing battle song for our brave, fighting heroes. Who knows the words to Hansen’s “MmmBop”? Don’t lie.)

Enraged, the Punisher pulled Daredevil’s corpse to him and fired straight at the enemy as he roared in defiance! The next to fall was Doctor Strange. Charnel pushed his own powers back at him along with his own, atomizing the mage! The Punisher looked defeated. That was until he saw Spider-Man swinging up behind the villain! He carried a small, metallic disc with him. Spidey threw it to Punisher just before Charnel murdered him too! The beast demanded that Frank Castle give the device to him immediately! Instead, he threw the disc some distance where it was out of the madmans’ reach! The Punisher pulled a blade and charged Charnel! That was his last stand. (Poor Punisher. He died like he wanted to, though. Trying to knife a dude that just shrugged off the strongest attacks from the godlike Doctor Strange…..Duh, Frank!) Charnel takes his leave of the massacre minutes later. A large hand uncovers the disc minutes after that and takes it to his heroic friends and fellow soldiers. He was once a supervillain called the Rhino. But war makes for strange bedfellows and he was now an Avenger. Rhino waited to be let into the secret bunker of what remained of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Wolverine let the hulking man in, asking if he had the device. Rhino assured the mutant that it was right where they he was told to find it. Wolverine asked about the other heroes. The Rhino looked down, giving his reply without words.

Rhino came to stand with his arm around She-Hulk. The others surrounding the meeting table were the Scarlet Witch, Captain America, and an orb that held a fleshy blob that was once the leader of the Fantastic Four, Mr. Fantastic. That was before Charnel punished the scientist with his dark sorcery! Wolverine came to a halt to stand by the others as the meeting began. The plan was a simple one as plans went. The disc was a time travel device. Using it, some of them would travel to 1992, the time that Charnel was born, and end him. If all went well, this nightmarish time period would cease to exist! Mr. Fantastic wished the superheroes his best as the battle cry was given, “Avengers, assemble.” And with those rousing words, (Much better than “MmmBop.”) the group teleported backwards through time! Meanwhile, in 1992, Death’s Head stood with Dr. Evelyn Necker and Tuck as they scanned their surroundings. Once, this was a busy shopping mall. That was before a mysterious fire burned it to the ground and A.I.M. purchased the land dirt cheap. They were currently looking for the creature that had already converted one A.I.M. headquarters into a place of literal nightmares. But before they could get much of a feel for the barren area, Death’s Head was suddenly jumped from behind by the Wolverine of 2020! The mutant sliced through the cyborg’s back and out of his stomach area with his razor-sharp, unbreakable claws!

Death’s Head formed a high-tech cannon out of his liquid metal arm to retaliate, but Logan rammed his claws to a space by the barrel to stop it from firing! The result was one of Wolverine’s adamantium claws snapping completely off! (Unbreakable metal my amazing butt! What? I’ll have you know that I used to have quite the tight little derriere back in the day. Umm…..moving on whilst blushing profusely……) Logan stalled only momentarily before moving to strike once more! That was when Captain America’s commanding voice rang out to halt his attack. This creature wasn’t Charnel. The Avengers and Death’s Head’s group spend the next few minutes explaining who they are and describing their missions. As it seems that both teams want this Charnel creature dead, an alliance is formed. Good thing too. Because that was when Charnel chose to arrive! The first thing he did was take down the Scarlet Witch. She-Hulk leaped to attack next! She was caught in massive hands, her powerful neck broken quickly! Rhino charged the monstrous Charnel next! But the brute was only backhanded away like he was no more than a mere insect! Captain America’s body broke the titan’s fall! Death’s Head ran towards his enemy with a charging weapon/arm, but the cyborg missed his energy shot only to be hit by dark magical energies!

Wolverine leaped into Charnel’s waiting, clawed hands, slashing wildly as Captain America threw his iconic shield! The weapon cut off the villain’s arm, forcing him to drop Wolverine! Death’s Head then reemerged on the battlefield and joined Wolverine and Captain America in their brutal fight! Rhino shook what remained of the cobwebs from his head and charged Charnel once again! That’s when Tuck noticed someone else trying to stand in the rubble! Dodging the fight, she found the very much alive form of the Scarlet Witch! Tuck helped her stand as she hit the madman with everything she had! But big mistake! Charnel absorbed her strange, magical energies and merged them with his own!He then unleashed a wave of power that incinerated Cap, Logan, and Rhino as he grew to the size of a true titan! As the beast cackled, Death’s Head whispered a battle plan into the Witch’s ear. He then roared for Charnel to face him! The villain, amused, complied. Death’s Head leaped onto Charnel’s large form and yelled down that the moment was now! The Scarlet Witch blasted the time disc within Death’s Head’s hands, duplicating it! The cyborg then placed a device on either side of the monster’s body, activating both discs simultaneously! Charnel quite literally ripped in half as the cybernetic hero fell to the rubble beneath! (Yeah. I’m as confused as you are. But that action scene…..shall we say…..excited me?)

When questioned by Dr. Necker, Death’s Head answered that he had sent both halves of Charnel to completely different time periods! The result was an agonizing death! The Scarlet Witch merely smiled as she simply ceased to be. The cyborg then continued that Charnel was Necker’s fault in a way. Perhaps she should think better of it before acting like God in the future. As for the money she had promised him? He doubted she’d ever have payed it. He then turned to leave, the loyal Tuck beside him. Moments later, the superheroes from this period in time arrived to see what was causing their advanced instruments to go haywire as they registered the recent, epic battle. They only found reports of a stolen semi truck speeding from the area. Death’s Head and Tuck raced away in the large vehicle, ready for whatever adventure might find them next!

End.