Chronicler-of-Soul

(Open on security footage displaying a blue android with yellow and white accents, along with red eyes and red ‘boots’, stealing Vision’s body. Shot of a massive disc of emerald green light on the outskirts of the town of Westview.) Darcy Lewis (v/o): That thing showed up not long after we set up here. I’m betting it came from the other side of that portal. (Shot of Wanda standing in front of the portal, conjuring red energy around her hands before she steps through. Shot of Wanda, now a Mobian cat with red-violet fur, emerging on the other side of the portal.) Wanda (v/o): What is this place? (Shot of Sonic running through Station Square. Shot of Eggman working in his lab when a beeping sound catches his attention. Shot of Tails looking at readings on his computer.) Tails: They’ve been popping up everywhere, but no one’s dared to investigate them until now. (Shot of Wanda, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles crashing through a window into a room where Metal Sonic is standing beside

(Open on a shot of what looks like a jump to lightspeed. Shot of Black Squadron’s fighters approaching Cantonica. Cut to Cyclops, Phoenix, Wolverine, Storm, and Rogue somewhere in Canto Bight.) Xavier (v/o): All things change... (Shot of the Millennium Falcon flying through space. Cut to Rey, Luke, R2D2, Gambit, and Jubilee aboard the Falcon.) Xavier (v/o): ...and we must change with them. (Shot of a glowing cube-shaped construct, the glow brightening before the cube violently explodes, throwing Finn, Poe, Rose, and a number of Stormtroopers back and knocking them all unconscious.) Luke (v/o): The old must give way to the new. (Shot of Leia and Phoenix looking out over a tarmac full of fighters being manned, Cyclops, Beast, and Shadowcat among the pilots.) Luke (v/o): The past must be left behind... (Shot of a humanoid made of dark gray rock looking down at a stormtrooper’s corpse. After a few seconds, he bends down and removes the helmet, looking at it with an indiscernible

It seemed only appropriate that through the entire week after what had been dubbed “Grief Day” by government and media alike, it was either raining or just cloudy. All across the globe, people were mourning the deaths of the thousands of girls whose lives were cruelly cut short by the Incubators. Once it was revealed that they were collecting souls not to prolong the universe’s life, but to add to the vast collection of their avaricious queen, they had set off what had been dubbed a “dead man’s switch”, which pumped massive amounts of taint into the Soul Gems of every Puella Magi that had not received a TSAB limiter and forcing them to become Eldritch witches—if Earth insisted on denying their queen the souls that were rightfully hers, they said, then the entire planet had to suffer for their insolence. Many considered it surprising that they’d been able to maintain the ruse after Mami Tomoe had taken on the form of Candeloro on live TV. According to the TSAB-affiliated members of the

Jonathan Harker’s hands trembled as he entered the castle of the vampire lord Dracula. Determined as he was to put an end to the count—and save his beloved Mina in the process—he couldn’t help but feel like he was not the right person for the task. Yet, at the same time, there was a part of him that said otherwise, that not only was he the right person to slay Dracula, he was supposed to. Steeling himself, he made his way down the hall and into the “throne room”, as he liked to call it. Inside, Dracula was waiting patiently, a throng of his servants (including Renfield and the Weird Sisters) watching from the sidelines. “So, you’ve finally come, Mr. Harker.” “I’m here to put an end to you,” Jonathan said, sounding far braver than he felt. “And to rescue your beloved too, I presume,” Dracula said with an air of nonchalance. “Let Mina go,” Jonathan growled. “This is between us, so release her now.” “You’re too late,” the count replied calmly. “Even if she were not already

HANNAH PAISLEY: It didn’t take long before I started to see how deep the brainwashing went. Under its influence, the girls believed they had lived in the testing ground all their lives, and knew nothing of the outside world. PROSECUTOR LUCINDA GARNETT: Sounds a lot like a cult to me. HANNAH PAISLEY: It was very much like a cult, in some ways. They practically worshipped the supposed founder of the city—I accidentally used the Lord’s name in vain once and a girl asked who Jesus was. PROSECUTOR LUCINDA GARNETT: People’s Exhibit 21: a sample of biomatter taken from one of the biodrones used to populate the testing ground. Note the sample is listed as being taken from Mingxing Guan, AKA Starlight Spear, who was listed as being a test subject in People’s Exhibit 10. Miss Paisley, earlier in your testimony, you said all the adults in town were biodrones. What happened to the girls when they reached adulthood? HANNAH PAISLEY: The girls believed that they would lose their powers upon

It didn’t take long to reach the New U Tech building—it was only a short distance away from where the Stark Expo had been held back in 2010—and getting in wasn’t that hard either, although their spider powers were a big help in that department. On the way over, Peter helped the others come up with codenames for themselves—after all, they couldn’t all go by Spider-Man, especially since two of them were girls. Ben elected to call himself Scarlet Spider, Anya chose Spider-Girl, Cindy decided on Silk, and Miles picked Black Spider (Anya was a little concerned about that one, but her alternative suggestion of Spy-D was shot down). “Man, what crazy stuff do you think they’re doing here?” Black Spider wondered aloud. “They’re a biotech company,” Silk pointed out. “If we’re talking illegal stuff, I’d say probably experimenting with animal DNA. Bet that’s what Miguel was going to report.” “You know, they might be working on cloning, too.” Before anyone could work out how to respond to

(Open on the Sakaaran ship from She-Hulk: Attorney at Law flying through space. Cut to Bruce seated on the floor, surrounded by various aliens in what can best be described as military garb.) Bruce: So...what’s new, fellas? (The Marvel opener plays. Shot of Sakaar from the air, numerous large obelisks sticking out in random places. Cut to Bruce in the remains of the Grandmaster’s Colosseum, with Caiera, Skaar, and numerous residents of the city.) Caiera: There’s been a lot of change since you were last here. (Cut to a horde of mutated Sakaarans standing at attention before a stage, where the Red King and his commanders are looking down at them.) Caiera (v/o): He calls himself the Red King, and he intends to conquer the galaxy. (Shot of the Red King raising a hand. Shot of a Spike causing Sakaarans to mutate.) Caiera (v/o): Using the Spikes he controls, he’s building an army of incredible power. (Shot of the Red King and his commanders watching as their mutated soldiers board a

The next day, Peter and Kunemon met Cindy outside her building and accompanied her up to her apartment. Inside, two younger teens—a Latina girl seated on the couch in a rather spiderlike position and an African-American boy hanging upside down from the ceiling—were finishing up a movie—Spies in Disguise, if Peter wasn’t mistaken. Upon hearing the door close, the two looked up. “Is that him?” the boy asked, flipping down and landing on the couch beside the girl. “He looks...younger than I thought he’d be.” “Well, to be fair, I did...get Snapped.” Peter rubbed the back of his head, looking uncomfortable. “Makes sense,” the girl admitted. “I’m Anya, and this is Miles.” “Peter.” Letting Kunemon climb down from his shoulder, he sat down next to them while his partner followed Cindy into the kitchen. “Cindy told you about me?” “Yeah, and...Kunemon?” At Peter’s nod, Miles went continued. “She said you might be able to help us learn the ropes, and maybe even help stop those guys. If Mr.

“Okay, whoever has their hand on my butt had better remove it!” “Whoops! Sorry, Lila!” All fourteen humans and Digimon managed to extricate themselves from the heap they’d landed in, with all being thankfully unharmed. “Hey, you guys okay?” Nate looked up in surprise. “Dad! What are you doing here?” “Guess who just met her partner?” Clint replied, grinning as he jerked a thumb over at Kate. The younger archer, accompanied by a pink bird Digimon-was talking animatedly with the twins and their Digimon partners. “No way, Kate’s a Digidestined too?” “I don’t know if she’s Digidestined, but she’s definitely a Tamer at least.” Clint looked around. “Where’s Wanda?” “She went ahead of us,” answered Morgan. “She said she needs to put Vision back in his body.” “And there’s that girl too,” added Nate. “Oh, she just finished with her,” said Pepper, sticking her head in. “Come and say hi.” Getting to their feet, the kids and their partners followed Pepper to the living room, with Kate

“You call yourself a soldier, but you have no idea what we have faced. Do you really think ordinary guns and tanks—hell, do you think nukes are going to do any good if one of the more powerful Ultimate level, or worse, a Mega Level Digimon decides to invade? I heard about how the World Security Council launched a missile to try and defeat the Chitauri, but would that have worked? But you don’t care about any of that. To you, if something can be turned a weapon, it either has to be controlled or destroyed. It’s no wonder Wakanda remained isolated for so long. People like you don’t care about finding ways to heal the sick or to improve ordinary people’s lives. When the Sokovia Accords were written, Tony Stark convinced several of the Avengers that it was about accountability, and it may have been in part. But after what happened to SHIELD when Hydra was exposed, did you really think it’s a good idea to force heroes like the Avengers to play by the UN’s rules and be bound by red tape? It