Doomsday Clock Part 1

Scarlet opened her eyes slowly as she glanced around to see where she was at, the bullet hole in her head was closed up. She stood up for a brief moment as she heard footsteps coming in her direction, she could tell she was in a room since it was a bit dark. She went to grab for Black Rose but remembered she didn't have her scythe.

"Damn it... thanks to Queen, I lost my scythe. No matter, whomever is coming my way I'll slit their throat with my nails." Scarlet mumbled to herself as she held her hand up the side of her face, her finger nails sharp as teeth waiting to strike.

The footsteps had stopped in front of the door as it slowly opened. Loki smirked as he had looked into the room seeing Scarlet awake, he threw the door open as it banged against the wall. "I see you're awake, allow me to introduce myself. I am Loki, the God of Mischief." He lowered his staff down to show he wasn't a threat, but of course him being sly as a fox and being well Loki. He had his other hand behind his back with his fingers crossed.

"Loki huh? And I could care why?" Scarlet asked as she didn't lower her hand. "Where am I? Why am I here? And where's White Queen?" She snarled as she bared her fangs. "I want answers!"

Loki chuckled as he moved away from the door. "Please, come on out and I'll tell you exactly what you want to know. However, I am not familiar with this Queen person you're talking about."

Scarlet didn't trust him, but the mind stone in the tip of Loki's staff glowed as Scarlet walked out, everything seemed to be going according to Loki's plan. "You're in Asgard, my home... well second home that is. I am a frost giant.. but I'm not as big as a giant. I was adopted into a family, taken under their care. My brother Thor however is currently on Earth with his friends and they formed a group called the Avengers."

Scarlet listened as she glanced around once Loki's staff had stopped glowing, she was confused as to what all this had to do with her. She stopped half way as she looked at Loki for a moment. "And what does this all have to do with me exactly? Other than the questions I had asked, how does all this connect to my problem?"

Loki hid a smirk as he cleared his throat, he stopped walking as he turned around. "It's simple... Thor and his group of friends The Avengers, are up to no good. I want to bring peace to Earth with my fellow Frost Giants, but each time I go to Earth with them. The Avengers always show up to stop my peace treaty.... And to make matters worse, they have several powerful allies."

Scarlet tilted her head as she raised an eyebrow up, she crossed her arms as she felt like this whole thing was similar to her and Salem. She shook her head as she glanced over towards the window. "And these allies of theirs... are they connected to Queen by any chance?"

Loki didn't say anything as he turned around to look away from her. He had to think fast of a clever lie to add to his pile of lies he had told her. "Of course, the biggest one of all is Thanos, he's searching for these items called the Infinity stones. He wants to use them to wipe out half of the population of the universe and only have it to where it's just him and the Avengers left alive, and they will report it all to this Queen person."

Scarlet glared at Loki as she turned around. "If that's the case then, take me to Earth... I'll be sure to take care of them before they can contact Thanos." She had played right into Loki's trap, was it because the mind stone was still in effect on her. Or was she just playing along with Loki's lies?

"Splendid, come this way." Loki said as he resumed walking. "The way I get to Earth is through a gate called the bifrost gate. It's quick and easy for travel, now I won't technically be able to go with you to Earth through the bifrost gate yet. I have other matters I have to attend here in Asgard while you're on Earth, but do not worry. I will join you when I'm done here."

Scarlet didn't argue as she followed Loki to the rainbow bridge and crossed it to the floating gate on the other end, once she had entered with Loki. Loki took it upon himself to tap his staff on the ground allowing the mind stone to glow again. Scarlet's head tilted down as she slowly raised her head up, Loki smirked as he activated the bifrost gate and sent Scarlet through it down to Earth.

"What a fool, falling into my trap. I'll be able to witness everything from here and be sure she doesn't break from the control of the mind stone." Loki laughed as he turned around. "And it's all thanks to you for sending her to me Queen."

Queen smirked as she walked out from the shadows, she clapped her hands slowly as she snickered. "As long as she's out of my hair and not chasing me down. You can do whatever it is you please, but if you happen to lose control of her and she finds out that you were lying. You're dead to me Loki, understand?"

Loki nodded as he turned back around and walked back to Asgard. "I understand perfectly, you shall not worry about a thing. She will never catch on so quickly, the only way she will be is if my brother snaps her out of it. But I highly doubt Thor would be able to, first things first... she needs a weapon."

~~~

On Earth, the bifrost gate landed in the middle of New York. People stopped what they were doing as they saw the light, and soon saw Scarlet walk out from it. They all mumbled as the giant screen behind her displayed The Daily bugle.

"Breaking news from the Daily bugle, Spider-Man was seen fleeing from a bank robbery! I tell you folks every day he's no good. He's a menace to our society! But you all keep denying the truth! Wake up people, he's no hero!" J Jonah Jameson barked loudly over the screen before he was seen being handed some papers. "Excuse me folks, it seems we have some new breaking news. A few moments ago a strange beam of light was seen landing in the middle of our very city, and a strange girl walking out from it!"

Scarlet scoffed as she felt everyone looking at her as some snapped photos of her, mumbling. The Grimm girl glances around at all of them as she growls deeply as she eyed one of them snapping photos from a camera.

Peter Parker stood there snapping photos of Scarlet as he was going to use these to send to Jonah for the newspaper, but his Spidey scenes were tingling. He knew that it only went off when there was danger around the corner, she started to walk away from the flock of people surrounding Scarlet. He started to pick up pace as he had to go tell Tony and the others about this. "I have to tell the others about this, she's not a myth anymore... she's the real deal."

Time stopped as Scarlet froze time with her semblance, she had left the crowd of people as she was hot on Peter's trail. She blinked as time resumed, she could smell his scent. She stopped however when she saw a gun store, a grin spread across her face as she walked inside. There was silence for a moment followed by a muffled scream, Scarlet walked out from the back of the gun store as she had helped herself to two double barreled shotguns and two Beretta 95F pistols. "Perfect, not the best weapons I've had to come to terms with picking. If I only knew where Black Rose had went too."

Peter was a long way from the Avengers tower, he had no choice but to use his webs to swing from building to building to get there on time. He didn't know where the danger was at, his Spidey scenes didn't go off like they did when he was near Scarlet. "Wait, could she be the danger? She has to be, that's the only explanation." He stopped by an alley as he jumped up to one of the balconies and climbed up to the roof. "It's time to change into my Spider-Man costume and swing on over to The Avengers Tower before she shows up, if I only knew where she was."

Scarlet had followed Peter's scent to an alley, but she didn't see him anywhere. She glanced up at the roof as the scent was lingering from there. She was about to jump up to grab onto a ladder when she heard four guys chuckle and kicking soda cans. "Ara ara, hello boys."

The four stopped as they saw Scarlet, one of the men wore a black leather jacket and wore sunglasses, he stepped forward as he had a brass knuckle on his right fist. "Check out the cutie we ran into boys, what's with the guns? Going hunting or something girly?"

The other three chuckled as they waited for Scarlet to answer the question. Scarlet knew Peter was up on the roof above her, she smirked as she decided to take matters into her own hands. She was also hoping he was watching the show, she glanced at the four guys as she put on an innocent act. "O-Oh yeah... I was just going to go up this ladder to make sure I had everything I needed for my hunting trip."

The third guy stepped forward towards the other guy in leather and grabbed his shoulder and smirked. "This chicks a total knock out, I think we should have our way with her. What do you think? Not like no one's going to notice she's missing, nor will anyone know we're here."

Scarlet heard what he said as she smirked. "Y-You want to have your way with me? Oh gosh, you guys aren't even ready for that kind of fun just yet." She walked past them into the darker part of the alley as she turned around. "But if that is what you wish for, then why don't you all follow me this way?"

"What is she planning?" Peter asked as he was about to put his mask on. "I should stay close and see what happens. Then again, I can't risk her knowing I'm Spider-Man.." He stood up and watched as the group of men followed Scarlet into the darker area of the alley.

Silence filled the air as the four men were laughing followed by Scarlet's giggle. Then there was a chill of cold air, the four started screaming as they yelled for mercy but Scarlet didn't want to hear it. She ripped into their bodies with her finger nails and bit their heads off, one of their heads rolled out from the darkness as Peter glanced down and saw it, his eyes widened as he was horrified. He quickly slipped on his mask as he was about to jump down to confront Scarlet, but his Spidey sense went off as he jumped out of the way of some bullets coming towards him.

"Found you." Scarlet said with a bloody grin on her face. "I gotta say.... you really need to learn when to run away..." She snickered as she aimed her double barrel shotgun at him and snickered. "I could kill you here and now. But then again, I'll need you to lead me to Thor and the Avengers."

Peter got on his guard as he stood still not wanting to make anything worse. "What do you want with them?" He looked back as he saw a news chopper flying towards their location he heard police sirens too as he looked back at Scarlet. "All of this is going to be live on the news, you know that right?"

Scarlet smirked as she aimed her two double barrel shotguns at the new chopper coming towards them. "So what? Not like anyone watches the news anyway." Once the news chopper was in a good distance, Scarlet pulled the triggers on both of her shotguns.

Peter had to get the people out of the chopper before they were hit by the bullets. He shot his web up at the chopper once he had jumped up high enough, he swung over to the side of it and held on. "Everyone get out now!" He yelled as the news crew inside glanced over to him as the camera man pointed the camera at him.

"This came in live, Spider-Man is hijacking one of our news choppers with the help of that mysterious girl!" J Jonah Jameson barked over every television screen and the giant screen from before. "What sick game is this menace planning?"

Peter groaned as he felt his spider sense tingling again, he moved his head to the side as he the shotgun shells fly towards him and the news chopper, he jumped off the side and started shooting small webs at the shells. But the shells soon exploded as coins came flying out of each one, nicking Peter's costume and hitting the helicopter blade. "What the? Coins? How did she?"

Scarlet cackled as she continued to fire shotgun shells up at the news chopper and at Peter. Each shell explodes and sends coins at them. Scarlet didn't care if she killed them or not, she was still under Loki's control. Peter grabbed everyone out of the news chopper without any other warnings and jumped off the side of it carrying the news crew. The chopper came spiraling down wards towards Scarlet as it crashed on top of her exploding instantly.

~~~

Peter sat on a roof top as he took his mask off, he held it in his hand as he looked at it for a moment. "I can't believe I killed someone today..." He clinched his mask as he was about to throw it, but his spider sense was starting to tingle again. "More danger?" He put his mask back on as he turned his head to the left side as he saw someone or something coming. "Great, something or someone is coming. But I can't make out who it is.."

The figure laughed as they glided over the area and glanced down at Peter. "There you are Spider-Man, You've got some nerve avoiding the inevitable!"

"Oh great, Norman... aka Goblin." Peter said as his chibiself popped up as everything went black and white and paused. "If Norman is nearby then the others aren't too far. I gotta end this encounter quickly. Question is how?"

Everything returned to normal as Peter looked over at the Green Goblin. "What do you want Gobby? Can't you see there's a bigger fish to fry that isn't you and the Sinister Six?"

Goblin laughed as he threw his pumpkin bomb down to Peter. "Catch Spider-Man!"

Peter dodged out of the way as he caught the pumpkin bomb with his web and threw it back to Goblin. "Swing batter batter!"

Goblin growled as he blocked the pumpkin bomb as it exploded. "Curse you!"

Peter felt a cold chill go down his spine as he turned around, his spider sense didn't go off for some reason. Goblin jumped down from his glider as he landed on the roof behind Peter, he grinned and was about to slash his Goblin claws at Peter but something got him scared.

"W-What is this feeling?" Goblin asked as he lowered his arm. "This evil, it's beyond this world." He glanced around as did Peter, the cold air blew against their bodies followed by a echoing laughter.

"HAHAHAHA! Did you really think having a chopper crash on top of me was the end? You're so wrong." Scarlet flew towards the two as her Nevermore wings flapped through the air. "The world of suffering was born on such half baked ideals..."

Peter was baffled and shocked seeing her flying towards him and Goblin, he was even more shocked knowing she wasn't injured. "How? I saw the news chopper blow up after it crashed onto you."

Goblin growled as he jumped onto his glider and grabbed some pumpkin bombs and threw them towards Scarlet. "We're in the middle of something here! Buzz off and find you're own arch enemy!"

Scarlet's eyes glowed as she snickered, she took her Beretta 95F pistols out of their holders and pulled the hammers back, she then fired both of them at once as each pumpkin bomb blew up mid air. Scarlet flew through the explosion. Her arm reached out through the smoke and fire as she grabbed onto Goblins glider. "That was pathetic, and you call yourself a villain. Perhaps I should show you what a truce villain is!"

"WHAA?!" Goblin asked as he saw Scarlet jump onto his glider. "How dare you! I'll make you eat those words!"

Peter wanted to help, but he knew he'd only get in the way. But what choice did he have? He couldn't let Scarlet kill Norman, even if he was The Green Goblin. "Norman! I'll help you with her, don't take her lightly!"

Goblin scoffed as he flew her glider around fast and shook it, trying to knock Scarlet off. "Bah, I don't need your help Spider-Man!" He threw several punches at Scarlet, but noticed how she had caught his fist.

"Pity, you should've taken his offer there." Scarlet said as she broke his arm and headbutted him. "No one can compare to my level of strength, not some mere mortal like you both!" She kneed Goblin in the chin as the glider started to lose control. "Ara, looks like flight Goblin is going to go on a crash course. This is my stop." She cackled as she jumped off but didn't leave Goblin off easy, she shot at the glider with her pistols as the bullets flew through the glider.

"Norma!" Peter yelled as he jumped off the roof and shot his web towards Goblin. "Hang on!"

Scarlet smirked as she kicked Peter hard in the side shattering his rib cage. "Not today Spider dork!" She glanced around as she saw the Daily Bugle building and hearing Jameson blabbering on about how great he is, she licked her lips as she grabbed Peter by the throat and flew in the direction of the Daily Bugle. "Have a nice trip!" She threw Peter into one of the offices as the window shattered.

"What in the name of God!?" Jameson barked as he looked out from his office door and saw Peter laying on the floor, he glanced over at the gaping hole in the wall as he saw Scarlet. "I knew it! You two are working together! Trying to stop me from telling the truth about Spider-Man!"

Scarlet glared at him, she landed on the edge of the hole as she walked through it. She ignored Peter as she dashed quickly towards Jameson and pinned him to the wall. "Listen here grandpa, I don't need any help from someone like him. He's barely a challenge for me." She turned her head as she saw Peter slowly getting up. "Oh? Still not done are we? Fine, let us dance!" She turned back to Jameson as she gut punched him. "Sweet dreams gramps." She then returned her attention to Peter.

~~~

"Alright listen up people, Spider-Man is in trouble. And seeing as you're the only team he can rely on. I'm sending you to help him, do I make myself clear?" Nick Fury asked as he glared at the four heroes standing before him.

"Understood Fury." Power Man said as he slammed his fist into his palm. "But why us exactly? We're miles away from New York. Can't the Avengers or at least one of them help him out since their tower is a bit close by. Or what about Doctor Strange?"

"Strange? He's on vacation in Hawaii, as for the Avengers. They would, but Tony decided to throw a party last night. So you tell me what the end results of that is Mr. Cage." Fury said looking at him.

Power Man crossed his arms as he nodded his head a little bit. "Hang overs, right... But still, how are we all supposed to get to where Peter is on time? Sure Nova can just fly there as fast as possible, but even he wouldn't have enough time to help Peter."

White Tiger put a hand on her hip as she thinks for a moment and rubbed her chin with her other hand. "He has a point there sir. The Avengers are closer, but...."

"But what?" Fury asked. "There's absolutely no one else nearby."

"Well, technically there is one other person or team I should say that is within New York." Iron Fist said as he looked at Fury and then at the others.

"The Fantastic Four!" Nova said throwing his fist into the air as he grinned widely.

Nick Fury face palmed as he walked away from the group, he sighed as he turned his head to the side. "Those four? It's worth a shot, but I doubt I'd be able to get in touch with Reed Richards. He hasn't been answering my calls. But I will give them a call and find out, you four think of someone else that might help." He left the room as the doors closed behind him.

"Well, it's either those four or... Agent Venom." Power Man said. "But Flash hasn't been showing up to any of our hero meetings... But he could be plan B. Plus our high school isn't too far either."

White tiger sighed as she took her mask off. "I'll give him a call then, hopefully he isn't in the middle of class right now." She grabbed her phone and started to dial Flash's number. "Knowing him he'd jump on the action to help Peter."

"Yeah, but what if he doesn't have his cell phone? Then what?" Nova asked

White Tiger shrugged as she waited for Flash to answer his phone, there was a long pause before White Tiger was directed to voice mail. "Ugh, dang it Flash! Pick up your phone! Spider-Man's in trouble. He needs help!" She shut her phone off as groaned. "Voice mail.."

After a long while and waiting for Nick Fury to return with some news on if he had been able to get in touch with the Fantastic Four. White Tiger's phone started ringing and vibrating, she grabbed her phone as she looked at it, she had gotten a message from Flash Thompson. "Oh so now he answers." She texted a message to Flash telling him exactly where Peter was at.

"So what's the answer?" Nova asked. "Is Flash going to help out or what?"

White Tiger looked at Nova and the other two as she nodded. "Agent Venom is on the job, since he's Venom, he'd be able to web swing to Peter's location on time. That is if he picks that.."

~~~

Flash quickly left the school as he changed into Agent Venom, he jumped into a car and drove off towards the Daily Bugle. "Hang on Spidey, I'm on my way!"

Peter groaned as he got up, his legs felt like jelly as he held his head. "Ow.... that stings." He shook his head as he glanced around. "The Bugle? What am I? Wait.... Where's?"

"Behind you." Scarlet said with a sinister laugh, she grabbed Peter and flung him down onto the floor. "Lets unmask you for the whole world to see your true identity Spider-Man." She grins as she looks over to Jameson who was out cold. "Such a shame you won't get to see who he really is old man."

Peter couldn't get up, his legs gave out as he fell onto the floor. "My legs, they feel like jelly. My arms are sore, what did you do to me?"

"Wouldn't you like to know." Scarlet said as she reached down to grab his mask. "The itsy bity spider, will be unmasked here and now." Her hand was getting closer to grabbing the mask, but she got shot in the hand as she glared up. "The boys in blue."

Peter looked up as he saw the police storm in. "Run.... run while you still can."

Agent Venom showed up in the nick of time as he shot his webs towards Scarlet's back and pulled her out of the building before she could do anything else. He flung her up into the air as he went after her, this was giving everyone time to help Peter to his feet. Scarlet snarled as she looked down to see Venom, before she could do anything though. Agent Venom webbed her mouth shut as he grabbed onto her and threw her further into New York.

"This is for Spider-Man!" Venom yelled as he flung himself towards Scarlet and kneed her in the gut before grabbing her again with his webs. He saw the Avengers Tower coming into view as he had an idea. "And this is for trying to unmask Spider-Man in front of the entire world!" He spun Scarlet around with his webs and threw her straight towards the Avengers Tower. His shoulder pads spawned up mini rock missile launches as the mini missiles came shooting out and towards Scarlet, knocking her back even further.

Scarlet got hit by the missiles as she was webbed up and couldn't unweb herself on time, she glanced back as she saw the Avengers Tower coming into view as she realized what Venom had planned. She tried to brace herself for a collision with the window, she soon crashed straight through the window of the tower as she slid across the floor as shards of glass stuck into her body. She then hit Tony's bar as the bottles of alcohol on the shelf wobbled and fell forward smashing onto Scarlet's head.

Venom watched the crash course before he left leaving the area to go help Peter. But what he had no idea was that Scarlet wasn't down for the count just yet, she may have been thrown into the Avengers Tower and smashed against the bar. She had high hopes that someone would send her there or tell her exactly where the tower was, that way she could knock Loki's mind control out of her. And with what had just happened, it worked for a short moment, but Loki had regained control over her.