As the Coalition Forces and Warworld streak towards their confrontation with the Dark Fleet in Lambda Bootis, the Mythic Avengers made their own preparations for what likely will be their final battle with Darkseid.
Melinoe, the newly crowned Queen of Vampires, traveled to New York in order to marshal the undead as footsoldiers in the Last Shadow War. Despite behind-the-scenes attempts to disrupt the proceedings by S.H.I.E.L.D, Mel was able to gather the Vampire Nation together and mobilize them. Armed with whatever they could procure, the Nation pledged its allegiance to the Greek Goddess and made its way to the bowels of Warworld.
Mary Marvel and Kentauride journeyed to Chitauri Prime, where the Child of Thanos, Thane, was living. Technically the leader of the Chitarui, Thane seemed more like a prisoner in his own palace. Ken offered him the role of the god of entropy, should Darkseid be defeated. Thane returned the offer with a bargain - he and his army would remain out of the final battle. Should his grandfather be slain, he would take on the Omega Force and rule the successor of Apokolips in the Fifth World.
With the last few hours slipping by before their rendezvous with Optimus Prime, the Mythic Avengers gathered with their loved ones. They ate and laughed and enjoyed themselves, but you wouldn't consider it a party. There was the almost unbearable weight of their responsibility - The next day would decide the fate of a quadrillion sentient species in Known Space and it was a battle they must win at all costs.
It was light-years from when they were students in a small school on Roosevelt Island in New York when they were naive young people learning hard lessons about being metahumans. In a few short years, they became regents of nations, wielders of mighty artifacts, and imbued with great and terrible power. Still, against the might of the Lord of Apokolips and his allies, their great abilities seem almost insufficient for the task ahead.
But the Mythic Avengers had overcome great odds before. And they now have powerful friends.
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