Issue #3

"We got another!" Spider-Man shouted as he swung through a broken window at the SHIELD facility. In his arms, was an injured Cypher and Warlock in his arms.

Even though the mutant alien had tried to protect his friend, Joseph's blast of concentrated radioactive energy nearly killed them both.

"Just put them down there," one SHIELD medic said while pointing toward a table

Spider-Man hurried to set the pair down next to many other heroes that had been injured in the fight against Joseph. In only 10 minutes, the clone had been able to take down and nearly kill 30 heroes. Each of them was being taken care of by SHIELD staff.

After dropping them off, Spider-Man swung out the window to rejoin the fight. As soon as he left the room, Spidey had to dodge a stray beam of energy that nearly took his head off.

The facility that had been in perfect condition that morning was now in ruins. Heroes from all different walks of life were battling against Joseph's full might which was on a level that most had never seen before.

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Wanda unleashed a blast of raw chaos magic toward Joseph which was countered by his own wave of cosmic energy.

"You nearly killed my brother! You nearly killed my father! You tried to take everything from me!" Wanda yelled as the pair had a beam clash

"I don't even know you!" Joseph commented before destroying the ground beneath Wanda's feet, causing her to plunge who knows how far into the ground.

Several bolts of lightning came towards Joseph from the sky. Each of these was as thick as a car and quick as... lightning. But even as they struck his body, Joseph just absorbed the energy as his own.

"Agh!" Black Bolt shouted, trying to blow Joseph away once again but his attack was blocked by a barrier

Dozens of pillars of blue light descended from the sky, blowing away more and more heroes. Jack was barely able to construct a barrier in time to protect him, the Professor, Emma, and Captain America.

"Any ideas of how we can take him down?" Jack asked before firing dozens of greatswords made of ice towards Joseph which were melted from the powerful micro and infrared waves he was giving off.

"There was a hero called Captain Marvel that was a part of an old Avengers team. She had a weakness towards Darkforce based attacks. Problem is that the only people that can use it are Cloak and Darkstar," Captain America said before blocking a spear made of gamma radiation

Emma and Jack shared a look

{Do it!}

{Nope! I literally just nearly killed Tony last night!} Jack responded instantly

{What do you mean you nearly killed Tony last night?} Emma asked

{Nevermind. Point it, I can't really use my powers at this time without being arrested.}

{Take it as my birthday wish.}

{You said you didn't want to celebrate your birthday and you're not supposed to tell others your wish.} Jack immediately denied her

{We have been getting lucky because he isn't taking us seriously but he is going to get bored of toying with us soon. We need to hit hard and heavy, now!}

{Ugh! Get all the Omega-level mutants and these others on a telepathic channel.} Jack reluctantly agreed with her

Emma quickly began communicating with the others. Magento, Storm, Jean, Emma, and Xavier were all put on the call. Jack also got Magik, Clea, Wanda, Doctor Strange on the channel.

The plan was pretty simple. The battle would be fought on 3 fronts.

Magneto, Storm, and Jack would be fighting him head-on and be the main distraction. Both Magneto and Storm had powers that were of similar, albeit lesser, levels than Joseph's and similar powerset while Jack could weaken Joseph's attacks and defense.

Jean, Emma, and Xavier would be launching a telepathic attack to distract part of Joseph's mind. Although the clone was shown to be resistant to telepathic powers and could concentrate on battling inside and outside of his mind at once, it would still work as a welcome distraction and chance to shut him down.

The last 4 were th best magic users. Magic was the opposite of Joseph's science-based powers so it had the best chance of being used as a trump card. The group would focus on casting a powerful spell together in order to wipe out Joseph in one blow.

The rest of the heroes were informed of this plan and quickly pulled back. Jack and the others discussed it before agreeing that any distraction that the others could put up was meaningless in front of Joseph. And after fighting for so long, the heroes knew exactly where they stood when it came to Joseph's strength.

Most of the heroes backed away or went inside of the SHIELD facility for cover while the magic squad had used one of Maik's stepping discs to retreat to Limbo where they could complete their spell in peace.

Seeing that only 6 mutants stood in front of him, the smile on Joseph's face widened.

"Oh. It seems like you all wish to try and put your best against me instead of using overwhelming numbers. Let's see if you all can handle me!"

Jack was the first person to lead the assault. Of all the mutants that were attacking, Joseph was the only one that could handle a blast from the clone without dying.

Joseph fired a beam of concentrated cosmic energy towards the vanguard. Surrounded by dark energy, Jack was able to match and even breakthrough Joseph's attack.

'So it looks like what he said was true. We actually have a chance,' Jack thought to himself before creating a dozen energy swords and slashing towards Joseph.

Joseph summoned a barrier of metal to surround his body that would have completely blocked Jack's attack. Luckily, Magneto was on their side and was able to create a small opening.

Through the small entrance that was made, Jack had successfully given Joseph the first injury he had gotten during that entire body.

Looking at the blood that was dripping from his chest, Joseph gripped his head before screaming out in pain and madness

"No! I am the ultimate mutant! You trash have dared to harm me! Me?!?! I will slaughter you all!"

Joseph had lost all reasoning and began to attack madly but was unable to unleash his full might. Emma, Jean, and Xavier were doing their job by keeping Joseph's mind distracted and powers suppressed.

The next few minutes consisted of Dragonball type move after Dragonball type move. Storm created natural weather phenomena and natural ones such as fire and lightning tornados. Large beams of energy were unleashed by Jack and Joseph while Magneto played their support role-taking away all the metal that Joseph would try to use as defenses.

Meanwhile, Xavier, Emma, and Jean were facing the strongest mental defenses they had ever seen since they had combated the Shadow King. For those that could see the mental and astral realms, the battle between the telepaths and Joseph's mental shields was just as amazing as the one between Joseph and the other Omega-level mutants.