Hi everyone. Thank you all SO MUCH for your patience. I never thought that I'd still be in Season 1 for my Avengers of the Multiverse series for so long, granted I took a bit of a break to work on some of my other stories that have also gained a huge following, so I'd like to thank not only them for their support but all of you for waiting and being so patient with me. I have every intention of continuing my series and seeing it through. So without further delay, I present the next episode to my Avengers of the Multiverse series.

Episode 6 Deus Rex Machina

Sherman Illinois seemed like it was having a very pleasant day with people walking along the sidewalks and going about their business, not too much traffic along the roads, and it was bright and sunny out. However, this pleasantness soon came to an end as a large shadow loomed over the downtown area. Something gargantuan was flying over the city. This behemoth bore the resemblance of a blue whale; only it appeared much larger, almost by a third. It also had a set of crab-like legs sticking out from the bottom with a large pair of bat-like wings grown from it's upper back.

The people of Sherman looked up to this creature in surprise, even a little bit of fear as children stuck close to their parents. It was made clear that this entity did not bear any friendly gestures as it's eyes gazed down and shot powerful yellow energy beams toward the city, resulting in explosions along the buildings upon impact. That was all it took for the people to start screaming and begin running away.

The whale-like monster continued to blast with its laser eyes, one blast hit a building as ruble began to fall toward the ground where a little girl screamed and closed her eyes waiting to be crushed. Fortunately, she was quickly pulled out of the way just as the rubble landed. The girl looked in surprise to see a certain teenage hero smiling at her as she rode on his built-in ride.

"Don't worry kiddo, you're safe." Rex assured her with his usual grin as he rode his Rex-Ride down the road to where the girl's mother was waiting for her. Rex pulled to a halt as he handed the girl to the mother who quickly took her and ran to safety alongside the crowd.

Rex gazed upward at the entity as it ceased firing just as many more of his fellow Avengers arrived: Danny Phantom, Kim Possible in her mission gear, Ben Tennyson in the form of Jetray hovering above them, along with Illana, Lance and Octus in their respective armors.

"Well, what's our big alien threat for the week?" Jetray asked.

"It's definitely not Mutradi." Lance said.

"I've never seen anything like that either." Illana noted.

"Well whatever it is, be ready." Danny said as his hands charged with ecto-energy just as they began to see the whale-like creature beginning to descend towards the ground.

"Hold on a moment." Octus scanned the creature. "That's odd… this thing… it's an Earth native creature, a blue whale!"

That took the whole group of young heroes by surprise.

"Wait, what!?" Danny questioned in shock.

"Um, you guys don't have flying whales in your universe, do you?" Kim asked the Titan crew.

"None that I'm aware of." Lance uttered in a surprised tone.

"An Earth-whale?! How is that possible!?" Illana questioned in surprise.

"Maybe it's some kind of mutant?" Jetray guessed.

"Wait." Octus continued to scan just as the creature landed in front of the young heroes on the street in-between the buildings. "It's DNA has been altered! And it… some strange energy readings…" Octus looked towards Rex and scanned him as well. "Rex, I'm detecting a similar energy reading coming from your own nanites. I think that thing has nanites it as well!" The robot voiced in a surprised tone as well.

That caused them to look in further shock, particularly Ben and Rex. "Nanites?! Wait… Rex is that an EVO?!"

"Those mutant monsters from your world?!" Kim questioned towards Rex who couldn't even respond yet. "But I thought you cured them all!"

"Not all." Rex uttered, still not over his surprise.

"Forget that, how did one even get to our Earth!?" Lance questioned.

Rex's face paled as his instincts told him of only one person who could possibly be responsible for something like this. "No… It… it couldn't be…"

"What? What couldn't be?" Illana asked.

Almost in direct response, the creature, revealed to be an EVO, opened its massive mouth where a gas-like substance erupted from it. As it began to clear, the group got a clear view of a man inside. He had long black hair with white streaks as he wore a black and white stripped shirt with grey pants and black boots, while also sporting a long black overcoat. But what stood out the most was a golden gauntlet for a left arm.

"Hello Rex." The man greeted with a causal smile and a sinister glimmer in his eyes.

All five of the Avengers looked towards Rex in surprise as his eyes widened like dinner plates at the sight of the man. Did Rex know this guy?! Who was he? However, before they could ask, Rex's eyes narrowed as a look of anger fell on his face.

"Van Kleiss."

"Who?" Kim questioned.

Rather than answer, Rex formed his boogie pack and immediately shot directly at the man.

"Rex, wait!" Danny tried to stop him as Rex was already an inch away from this man, but a swirling red portal suddenly appeared in front of him, forcing Rex to fly in just as the man walked in from the other side before the portal vanished.

"What just happened?!" Illana questioned.

"Ben, you know Rex, do you know this other guy?" Danny asked him.

"No, first time I've seen him." Jetray shook his head.

"I think we got bigger problems right now." Lance pointed his Manus armor's hand towards the massive Whale EVO as it took to the skies once more, creating a strong whirlwind as it flapped its wings upon ascending, forcing the young heroes to cover their faces, with Kim being behind Lance's Manus armor.

Once in the air, the creature resumed its destructive rampage with its laser eyes, destroying many of the building-tops around the area.

"That thing's going to do some serious damage if we don't stop it!" Lance pointed out.

"What about Rex?" Illana asked.

"We'll divide and conquer." Danny took command as the leader of the Avengers. "You guys form Titan and take that thing down, the rest of us will find and help Rex."

"I've tracked his ID card." Octus said. "He's twelve point three miles west of here."

"Got it, let's move Avengers!" Danny commanded as he flew with Jetray, who grabbed Kim by the shoulders, and they flew in the direction Octus pointed them toward.

"Initiate Sym-Bionic Titan!" Octus announced as the transformation sequence began. His body grew to gargantuan proportions as he shined a light on Lance and Illana's respective armors as they were pulled into his transparent body. Their armors opened and connected as Illana and Lance themselves were pulled out. Circutry and machinery from the armors mixed with Octus components and replicated just as Illana and Lance's minds connected with Octus' AI and they formed the heroic Titan.

Titan stood firm on the ground in front of the Whale EVO as it ceased its fire to gaze upon the giant robot. Titan was significantly lager than the Whale EVO, with the creature being about a third of its own size, but its ability to fly made it 'stand' on equal height with it. It gazed upon Titan for a few seconds before shooting its laser eyes at it, before Titan responded with a shield on its right wrist.

A red portal opened up on an abandoned construction site where Rex fell out and rolled on the ground before getting up to glare at the man who stepped out with his most trusted servants right behind him. A cybernetic wolf-like creature, and some kind of lizard-like being with a twisted head and a right arm looking like a club made of diamonds.

"What the hell are you even doing here Van Kleiss?!" Rex glared at him.

"I am sensing a great deal of hostility from you Rex." Van Klyse said in a casual tone of voice. "And after all we've been through together."

"That's not what I meant! How did you even get here?!" Rex demanded.

"Oh, I thought that would be rather obvious." Van Kleiss said as the portal behind him closed just as someone stepped out. She bore the resemblance of a teenage school girl with pale skin, four arms, her upper arms being the most large, with sickly black hair and glowing white eyes.

Rex's look of anger gave way into one of honest shock. "Breach!? Wha… what are you doing here?! I thought we were friends!"

"I'm afraid Rex, that Breach can no longer hear you." Van Kleiss said as he gestured to something around her neck, which Rex recognized instantly.

"That collar…"

"Look familiar? After you defeated Black Knight and the rest of the Consortium, they retreated so quickly that they left some of their toys behind." Van Kleiss explained. "And I have to say, many of them are rather useful. Breach has always been a valuable asset to me, but now she's mine and she no longer bears any more of her free will."

Rex glared hatefully at his enemy. "You sick piece of…"

"Now, now." Van Kleiss teased. "You need to watch that temper of yours. Biowulf, Skalamander, please teach him some discipline."

"With pleasure, master." Biowulf said before he leapt towards Rex with his massive claws just as Rex formed his Smack Hands to block the sharp strike, but this left him vulnerable on his left flank as Skalamander ran to his side and shot multiple crystal-like fragments at him, all of which hit and scratched him up quite a bit as he rolled across the ground with the two EVOs of the pack pursuing after him as Van Kleiss could only smirk evilly.

Titan was skidding back slightly as it kept its shield up to force back the eye-beams from the Whale EVO.

"We have to fight back!" Lance exclaimed.

"Wait a minute Lance!" Illana stopped him. "Remember what Rex said about those EVOs when we first formed the team?"

"He explained how they are mutated lifeforms as a result of the incomplete and malfunctioning nanites infecting their bodies." Octus recalled.

"He also said how he was able to cure them! Maybe he can do the same for this thing." Illana hopped.

"I still want to know how this thigh got here and who that man was." Lance said.

"Rex said his name was 'Van Kleiss', though he never mentioned him before." Octus said.

"We can worry about that later. Right now we need to lure this EVO-thing away from the city and subdue it so Rex can cure it later." Illana stated firmly.

"Fine!" Lance relented as Titan swerved away from the laser blast before taking to the skies with its jet-boosters on its feet. The Whale EVO flew after Titan with its wings. But it did not just have wings; this EVO also had a large assortment of organic tube-like structures on its underbelly that shot massive gusts of air out that propelled it at incredible speed.

"For something so large, it's actually moving rather fast." Octus noted as Titan turned its head to see the Whale EVO following it. "These EVO mutations caused by the nanites are actually rather fascinating."

"Yeah, if it weren't about to kill us!" Lance stated in annoyance as Titan flew over a large body of water and halted its flight before landing ankle deep in water. However the EVO did not stop, but rather shoot forward at an even faster speed.

"Look out!" Illana's warning came too late as the Whale EVO had already collided onto Titan and latched its crab-like legs onto its body before slamming it down into the water with a massive splash.

Rex rolled back as he was pelted more with crystal shards shot at him. He could just barley roll out of the way as Skalamander came in with its club-like weapon for an arm as the EVO slammed it into the ground. Rex tried to form his Smack Hands again only to use them in defense as Biowulf leapt down at him from a girder and slashed at him. Though Rex was able to block a majority of Biowulf's slashes and Skalamander's shard-attack, it left him vulnerable in the back as one of Breach's portals opened up from behind him. Before he knew what was happening, Van Kleiss's gauntlet reached through the portal and grabbed Rex by the back of his shirt before pulling him in.

Van Kleiss pulled Rex out from the portal with his elongated gauntlet and swung to slam him across many of the girders above him before straightening out and stretching his gauntlet fast and slamming his victim hard into a vertical girder, bending it in the process.

Biowulf and Skalamander stepped out of the portal and walked alongside their master as he walked slowly and menacingly towards Rex, while still keeping him pinned.

"You know what truly surprises me, Rex?" Van Kleiss asked as he walked ever closer. "Despite everything you've endured, you still never learn." Van Kleiss was so close he could spit on Rex as the teenage boy glared at him. "You always let your emotions get the better of you. Only this time, you don't have Providence to pull you out of your own mess again."

"He's got us!"

Before Van Kleiss could react, Danny Phantom zoomed in and slammed his fist across Van Kleiss' face, forcing him to let go of Rex and sending him flying across the area. Jetray had also zoomed in and shot multiple eye beams at the members of the Pack just as he dropped Kim. With them distracted, Kim fell and landed both her feet onto Skalamander to kick him into Breach before landing and sweeping her feet to knock down Biowulf. Jetray then pressed his Omnitrix symbol to transform into Terraspin before forming his whirlwind attack to blow away the Pack in the same direction their master went.

Terraspin turned back into Ben Tennyson as he, Danny, and Kim came towards their downed comrade.

"Rex, you okay buddy?" Ben asked as Danny and Kim helped him to his feet.

"I'll live." Rex rubbed his head.

"So this Van Kleiss, you know him?" Danny asked.

"We have a history." Rex responded.

"Your arch foe?" Kim asked.

"Doesn't even begin to describe him." Rex told them as they turned their heads towards the recovering Pack. "Long story and I'll explain later. Right now, we're taking them down!"

Danny, Kim, and especially Ben looked in surprise. It was very rare for Rex to get this serious. Seemed like Van Kleiss knew how to bring out the worst in Rex, but they were still going to stop him either way.

Van Kleiss stood up as Biowulf, Breach, and Skalamander stood by his side. He smiled casually once more.

"I take it these are your new friends, Rex?"

"Got that right, pal." Ben said with a cocky smirk as he readied his Omnitrix.

"Van Kleiss, was it? You seem like a smart guy. So why don't you just make it easy on yourself and surrender?" Kim offered with her usual confident grin.

"Tempting offer my dear. Though I'm afraid I'll have to decline." Van Kleiss kept his casual demeanor as he directed his Pack. "Take them!"

Biowulf, Skalamander, and Breach all charged forward as the four Avengers responded in kind.

The Whale EVO kept Titan pinned under the water as it blasted its laser eyes directly at its exposed face. Though this was far from the worst of Titan's experiences, its attacks were beginning to annoy the people inside.

"I've had just about enough of this!" Lance exclaimed as Titan's jet boosters activated, causing Titan to fly across the water before spinning out of it and spinning itself like a top to shake the Whale EVO off, which it managed to do before it stabilized itself with its wings and air-tubes. It then resumed its bombardment of laser eyes towards Titan as it flew around and behind it before grabbing the Whale EVO in a bear-hug like squeeze.

"Remember, don't kill it!" Illana reminded.

"I can send an electrical pulse through its body." Octus said as Titan continued to hold the struggling EVO. "It's not fatal and should render it unconscious so Rex can cure it."

"Do it!" Lance ordered before Titan's arms surged with white electricity, which electrocuted the Whale EVO for a few seconds before it fell into unconsciousness.

"Octus…?" Illana voiced in worry.

"Don't worry, its vitals are stable, but it's harmless for the time being."

"Good, le'ts help the rest of our team." Lance said as Titan took to the skies once more.

Kim double-flipped to avoid the relentless claw strikes from Biowulf. She flipped and jumped onto a girder above her and jumped to another one above her as well with Biowulf continuing to leap after her.

"Come on boy. Who wants to go for a walk?" Kim teased Biowulf as though he were a pet dog. "Come on boy! Come on!" She jumped to avoid another claw slice as Biowulf completely sliced the girder she was previously standing on before she landed on the one above her.

"I'm nobody's house-pet!" Biowulf stated before jumping after her again.

Danny flew backwards over several girders as he shot at Breach before she vanished in one of her portals. Danny's flight came to a halt as Breach opened a portal directly in front of him and fell out, punching him across the face with one of her larger arms before falling into another one of her portals that closed before Danny could get to it.

He rubbed his mouth. "I hate portals." He groaned, before a portal opened along his right side and Breach punched him across the face. Danny tried to punch back, only for Breach to vanish again and reappear via portal behind him to kick him in the back. The process repeated a couple times as Danny tried to fly higher up.

Along the ground, Ben rolled out of the way to avoid a strike from Skalamander's club-arm. As Ben got back up he activated his Omnitrix to transform into Diamondhead just as Skalamander shot his crystal shards at him, only for Diamondhead to brace himself as the crystals broke off him.

"Nice one, but don't think you're the only one who can do that." Diamond head said as he shot his own diamond shards from his arms, hitting Skalamander's body, causing the disfigured-lizard-like-creature to roar in pain before retreating with Diamondhead pursuing after him.

Rex formed his BFS as he swung at Van Kleiss who ducked underneath his strike, causing Rex to slice up a vertical girder, causing several more to fall around them as Van Kleiss leapt back towards the left, right underneath a falling girder before he caught it with his gauntlet and threw it at Rex who batted it away with his sword, but this left him open for Van Kleiss to stretch out his gauntlet and wrap it around Rex's sword, before pulling him in and punching Rex in the gut and delivering a round house across Rex's face to knock him back into a pile of unused girders outside the construction site.

Rex formed his Punk Busters and jumped over the pile to kick the girders at Van Kleiss as he actually ran towards the incoming objects as he rolled and ducked out of the way with speed and reflexes impossible for a human. Right when he got close, Van Kleiss slugged Rex across the face again, but Rex rebounded as he formed his Fun-chuck in his right hand to slam Van Kleiss and send him skidding backwards.

However, despite that, Van Kleiss still maintained his confident demeanor and his sinister smile, which only seemed to aggravate Rex even more as he yelled and charged at his nemesis once more.

Danny flew around in the maze of girders as he tried his best to avoid the relentless onslaught of Breach's attacks. Though they didn't cause him too much damage, as he survived worse, it was still getting on his nerves, especially since he couldn't land a single attack. He flew around a bit before stopping mid-air.

"Come on Fenton, think." He said to himself. "How do you beat a portal-girl?" Before he could respond to his own inquiry, his right arm was grabbed by Breach's own arm from a portal on the right as a portal opened on his left and her other arm grabbed Danny's left arm and they pulled him like a cross just as a third portal opened in front of him to reveal Breach with her larger arms outstretched into two smaller portals connecting to the ones that Danny was trapped by.

However, despite his predicament, Danny smirked. "Answer: Let yourself be caught." His eyes turned a cyan blue as he coated his own body in the same energy. Before the controlled-Breach knew what was happening, her arms began to freeze, the ice traveled through the portals and to her own body.

Breach lost her grip on Danny, and with the ice slowing her down, he zoomed in and delivered a punch to her face to send her flying and crashing along a partially constructed floor, her back hitting a girder, and the collar on her neck took a bit of the impact.

Danny flew down toward her. "Sorry, but not first time fighting with girls." However, Danny looked in surprise to see her collar short circuiting slightly as Breach's eyes stopped glowing white for a second before they turned to normal.

"Help… me… please." Breach uttered, as her face was one of desperate pleading, much to Danny's confusion.

"What? What are you…?"

"Please… help… I can't…!" However, Breach's pleas were silenced as the collar began to self-repair and Breach's eyes turned white again. She fell backwards inside her own portal, leaving a confused Danny Phantom.

Down below, Diamondhead ran past Skalamander's crystal shard attack as he batted them away before slugging his diamond-coated fists across Skalamander's body, much to the EVO's frustration as he roared in anger and tried to slam his club-like arm into Diamondhead's side, but he braced himself and was only moved back slightly before Diamond head quickly placed his arms onto the ground to send a diamond-pillar shooting out at Skalamander to send him flying outside the building in construction.

Kim meanwhile found herself on the defense of Biowulf's relentless slashes as she backed away on a girder leading outside. She backed towards the edge as she appeared to be about a hundred feet up from the ground with nothing behind her.

"Nowhere left to run, human." Biowulf told her as he brandishes his claws, his eyes glowing red with deadly intent.

Despite that however, Kim did not appear the least bit intimated. "Then by all means, come and get me." She challenged as she made a 'come here' gesture with her hand.

Biowulf responded with a roar as he leapt towards her, but Kim ended up bending her body back in a limbo-fashion before falling back and kicking her feet up to kick Biowulf off the edge and send him falling toward the ground, landing hard on top of Skalamander's downed body.

Van Kleiss backed up as he shot his gauntlet forward to send projetiles from his fingers towards Rex which he smacked away with his Smack Hands before trying to punch him, only for Van Kleiss to avoid them with relative ease. Rex panted as he kept his glare fixated on his enemy.

"What's the matter, Rex?" He taunted. "No witty remarks? No childish insults?"

"Shut up!" Rex shouted as he tried to punch him, only for Van Kleiss to swerve to the side before grabbing his arm with his elongated gauntlet, lifting him up and slamming him on the ground.

"Your words and actions tell me that you have great deal of resentment towards me. Please tell me what I've done to deserve such hatred." Van Kleiss said in a false sincere tone.

"You know perfectly well." Rex uttered as he tried to stand up.

Van Kliess smiled wickedly. "Oh that's right, your memories are back. And you must know about your parents." Rex practically snarled at him. "I'll take that as a yes."

However, before either of them could respond, Van Kliess looked in surprise as he jumped back to avoid the laser fire and electric bolts shot towards him from the sky as Illana and Octus came flying in and landing beside the recovering Rex.

As Van Kleiss jumped back, he barley just avoided the punch from Lance's Manus armor as he shot towards him from the sky. Just as the fist impacted the ground however, Van Kleiss shot his gauntlet at the armor's wrist and swung himself uptowards the face of Lance's armor, where he was able to deliver a punch that actually knocked the Manus down before Van Kleiss jumped and landed gracefully by the downed bodies of Biowulf and Skalamander.

He soon found himself surrounded as Danny hovered down behind him and aimed an ecto-charged palm at him, Kim landed on his right side via grappling gun and took a combat stance with Diamondhead appearing on his left, preparing to shoot a hail of diamond shards at him. Illana and Lance followed suit with their armors weapons as Octus helped Rex up.

"Well, it would appear that I am surrounded." Van Kleiss noted.

"Got that right, now how about some answers." Danny told him.

However, one of Breach's larger portals opened beneath Van Kleiss and his unconscious servants. "Perhaps another time." Van Kleiss bid farewell with an evil smile as he and the Pack began to vanish.

"No!" Rex yelled as he tried to stop them only for them to have already been gone, much to his frustration. "Damn it."

Diamondhead turned back into Ben as Illana and Lance deactivated their armors with everyone gathering around the frustrated Rex.

"Rex, are you okay?" Illana asked him with concern.

"No, I'm not." Rex said in a low tone. "Not until we have that psycho beaten and locked up."

"Just who is he anyway?" Lance questioned.

"His name is Van Kleiss, and apparently he and Rex have some issues." Kim said.

"You never mentioned him before." Danny said to Rex.

"He's not worth mentioning."

"I think he's worth mentioning now considering we just fought him." Lance stated. Though his tone could use some work, everyone else agreed with Lance.

"Rex, I think we're due for an explanation." Ben told his friend as he put a hand on his shoulder and looked to him in concern.

He gave a sigh. "What happened to that one EVO?"

"It's unconscious and lying in the ocean." Octus answered.

"Alright. First, I'll cure it, then we'll talk." Rex said before forming his Boogie Pack and taking to the skies. The group looked in concern towards their friend. For Rex to be so serious, to say that he and Van Kliess had a history would probably be an understatement.

Done.

Once again, thank you for your patience. I hope this first part to Episode 6 is to your liking. (Also, as I said in an earlier episode, not all the Avengers will appear in all my episodes. So don't expect to see Ron, Rufus, Jake, and Zak in this episode. Look at "Justice League" and "Justice League Unlimited" for instance as not every member appeared in every episode.)

So, the Avengers have now officially met Van Kliess and have come to blows with the Pack, and it would seem that Van Kliess is controlling Breach with an improved version of Black Knight's collar, and she want's out. Rex will soon tell his teammates about his history with Van Kliess and while each of the Avengers as a personal enemy that has really rubbed them the wrong way, Van Kliess is a special kind as he knows exactly how to get under Rex' skin and has done plenty of things to truly deserve his hatred.

On another note: it seems that another chapter of the MCU has come to a close with "Avengers Endgame". That was a fun movie and a great way to bid farewell to some amazing and unique interpretations of our favorite comic book super heroes (though the MCU itself is still far from done, several more movies are coming). But there is one thing I want EVERYBODY to note (particularly to Malchior the Bad). My Avengers series my borrow a bit from the MCU, but it's not going to be an exact copy of it. I want to create my own unique story with my own set of characters as they all learn and grown in their own ways together that sets them apart from Marvel's avengers. So please, Malchior the Bad, please stop making these comparisons with my characters to the MCU characters, I would VERY much appreciate it if you would stop it.

(And please Malchior keep all reviews about the Avengers with my Avengers series. If you want to look at my other stories and write reviews, go ahead, just please don't mention anything about my Avengers if it's NOT an Avenger fic. I can't possibly make that any more clear. Thank you)