"Damn Tony." Hal said.
"It's fine, it's not like we haven't dealt with robots before. Ultron is gone. Don't worry about it." John said as he was secretly glad that he had taken care of Ultron before and had his omniscience.
"So now we only need drones." Wayne said as he remembered about the fact that they needed to take care about the army of Annihilius too.
"Any more things we need to take care of?" Clark asked.
"He has an army of symbiotes. So huge that it can make the surface of the Earth black. So we will need weapons which could produce heat and sound. It might be ineffective against Knull but the symbiotes won't have a good time if we use those." John said.
"Got it... Black goo.. Fire and Sound." Barry said as he remembered the first symbiote they had seen during the fight against Gorr.
"How will you handle the mutants?" Tony asked.
"As scheduled. They will come in 7 days. Umbrella can take care of it after they land. If they want to help us during the fight against Knull, they are welcome." John said.
"Alright."
"Friends this might not be like the one we faced during Black Winter but he is a dangerous one. Don't take him lightly. I have mentioned his name along with honorifics. God of Darkness. He once killed two Celestials with his sword. Oh yes, he has Celestials under him. He controls them through the symbiotes."
"Damn.. Celestials too. This is going to be tough." Pietro said.
"So get serious about it. Don't end up being a host to the Hive. If you do, we will not be able to rescue you. Tony, can you make a suit that can use vibrations and don't let the symbiotes get in touch with the body?"
"A suit which can produce vibrations and sound so that the symbiotes won't get close to you?" Tony asked.
John nodded his head.
"We can try to do that with Vibranium. We can try. But we don't have much time." Arthur said as he had his own ideas about it.
"Do what you can. I will see if I can get any help from outside." John said as he had his own calculations. He needed an army to face Knull and for that he needed to make one. He would try to make one in these few days.
Wayne then started laying out the plan of how they were going to face Knull and John gave input in those.
"We will have to go to 616 to assess the situation."
"That is true. A team of you will leave for 616 soon and see what you can do and use from their world that will help us. I guess you will have to meet the counterparts." Steve said.
"It will be quite a show when we will show up." Barry said as they all reminisced the last time they went to 616.
"Who are ready to go 616?" Clark asked. And unsurprisingly, nobody raised their hands.
"Guys.. Guys.. C'mon.. We will need volunteers here." Hal said.
"Wayne, you decide who will go." John said as he knew nobody would be ready to go but they do need a team to go to 616.
"Banner, Clark, Pietro, Geralt, Ciri, Triss, Thor and I will leave for 616." Wayne said.
"Wayne you too?" Tony asked as he didn't expect Wayne to nominate himself for leaving.
"We need a person who can control people there. The locals won't be delighted to see us but we will have to work nonetheless." Wayne said as he knew that the small team will need someone who can talk and negotiate.
Clark could be a good leader but he would fail to negotiate in equal ground if they needed anything.
"Bruce at least lay the punches a little softly. Will you?" Clark said as he could sense that Wayne didn't trust him for negotiation.
"I am leaving for the mutant Earth to see if everything is alright." John said as he vanished.
"He needs to stop doing the vanishing act." Clark mumbled.
"We need to get to work. Barry, help us in this. You are fast. Aren't you?" Tony said.
"I am fast but that doesn't mean I can think fast." Flash said. (yes I know in one comics he can think fast too, like his thinking power gets at least 1000 time faster than a normal human being but let's just ignore it for now)
"Umbrella will have a lot of work." Tony mumbled as Guilty Spark came to take him away.
Wayne and others went to their home to pack their bags as they would be leaving.
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Meanwhile John was back at the school of mutants. To see if all was going fine.
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