My Little Avengers: Part 2

Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy now found themselves in a new position. They came to Equestria with the purpose of thanking Princess Luna for protecting Gamora's spirit. Now, here they were in the Crystal Empire, assigned to protect the Empire, it's rulers and its citizens from the growing threat that was Grogar.

Attempting to get acquainted with his new ponyfied body, Quill was fast asleep in his quarters when he heard a knock on the door.

"Go away, I'm trying to sleep," he muttered, but the knocking grew louder until finally, he couldn't ignore it any longer. Rolling out of bed, he went to the door and opened it using a hoof, but struggled to do so. "Damn pony legs! Who is it?"

"Mr. Star Lord?" the voice on the other side called much to Quill's irritation and the door pushed open by a Crystal Guardspony. "You are wanted by the Crystal Prince and Princess."

"What do they want?"

The guardspony pointed his spear at Quill's chest.

"All right, all right, don't be so pushy!"

Grunting, Quill followed the guardspony towards a conference room where Cadence, Shining Armor, Thor and the rest of the Guardians were waiting.

"Well, look at this," remarked Rocket. "Beauty sleep interrupted, Quill?"

"Shut up, Rocket," Quill muttered, before turning his attention towards the two rulers. "Is there any reason why you would wake me up from a sound sleep, dudes?"

"That is either your highness or their real names," advised Thor, raising an eyebrow at his fellow guardian. "Believe me, I was awakened from a sound sleep, we all were."

"I am Groot."

Quill merely rolled his eyes in disgust as Cadence and Shining Armor began the briefing.

"Now that we are all presented and accounted for," began Shining Armor, placing a series of pictures on the table. "Night patrol reported that an army is circling around the empire. We have no denying the fact that it is King Sombra."

"Who is this King Sombra?" asked Drax.

"He's the former ruler of this kingdom," answered Shining Armor. "Not too long ago, he came back and attempted to take the Crystal Empire back, but Twilight and her friends stopped him."

"When we heard that they had destroyed him again in Canterlot," added Cadence. "We thought that he would be gone once and for all. Unfortunately, that isn't the case."

The looks on the faces of the two rulers made Thor fully understand what was at stake. He had dealt with tyrannical rulers before, especially with his own brother.

"What do wish for us to do?" he asked.

"The last time Sombra infiltrated the Empire, we were caught by surprise," replied Cadence. "This time, he seems to be giving us a warning by circling the Empire. Ever since this news broke, we have been mobilizing our forces by the numbers."

"And you wish for us to fight this Sombra dude?" asked Rocket only for Cadence to silent nod that they were going to fight. "Is this part of what Princess what's her name wants us to do?"

The realization that Sombra was going to be confronted again gave a sense of confirmation that the Crystal Empire and Sombra were going to attack again.

"I will fight," said Drax, firmly standing up from the table. "For the protection of Flurry Heart, I will fight this Sombra creature."

The rest of the Guardians were amazed to hear this coming from one of their own.

"Drax…" Mantis started to say but couldn't finish her sentence, she was so moved.

"If you're going to fight, then so will I," said Thor, reaching to pull out his axe, Stormbreaker. "Whoever this King Sombra is, he will fall like Thanos fell, at the mercy of my weapon."

Thor placed his hoof against the blade of the axe, rubbing it down. He had killed Thanos with it and now, he was looking do the same.

"We'll fight as well, Thor," said Gamora. "I may be a ghost, but I will fight as well."

This made Quill drop his tough guy persona and admire how determined his girlfriend was to defending the Empire.

"And besides, I wish to say my thanks to the one who saved my spirit by defending her homeland."

"I am Groot," gasped Groot, not believing what he was hearing either.

"Very well then," said Cadence. "As of this moment, all of you are fighting on behalf of the Crystal Empire…Guardians of the Galaxy."

…

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Crystal Empire, Sombra watched as his forces prepared to mobilize around the Empire. But, he was still bitter over not being able to claim the Empire for himself.

"King Sombra," said an officer wearing one of Sombra's hypnotizing masks. "The troops are in position. Let us attack now while their guard is down."

"No," Sombra replied, turning around to glare at the officer. "Unlike last time, I am ordered by that fool, Grogar on when to attack. When I know, you will know. Understand?"

Saluting Sombra, the officer backed away as at that moment, a portal opened and out stepped Red Skull, now in the form of a red unicorn pony.

"And what are you doing here?" Sombra asked, a hint of disgust in his voice.

"I was ordered to aide you by Herr Grogar," replied Red Skull. "Given my military background, I…"

Sombra raised his hoof in silence, stopping the former Nazi from saying another word.

"Grogar sent you here?" he asked, turning his head away in disgust. "I should have known he would do this. He wants me to play by his rules."

"All he wants is for you to work with him because that is the only way to defeat our enemies."

Sombra refused to listen to Red Skull, instead looking back again towards his empire that he was seeking to reclaim for himself.

"The rest of us are working together. Why not you?"

"Go away," Sombra whispered, his attention focused entirely on the Crystal Empire. "Go back to Grogar."

"I cannot, Herr Sombra, unless Herr Grogar sends me his portal to bring me back."

Sighing in disgust, Sombra had no choice but to accept what was given to him. Instead, all he could do was watch as his forces continued to take their positions.

"If only Thanos were here right now," the tyrannical king thought to himself.

…

Back in his lair, Grogar watched as Sombra's army continued to assemble. But as he was watching what was going on, he had a more immediate matter that popped up on his crystal ball. Looking down, he saw the captured Ego being forced to lead Celestia and her forces towards his lair.

"So, it appears that Celestia is trying to pay a visit to me, isn't it?" Grogar thought to himself. "Perhaps this would be a perfect opportunity to show her my power."

Stamping his left front foot down, Grogar summoned the robot android, Ultron before him.

"You summoned me, master?" the Android asked.

"Yes," Grogar answered. "Princess Celestia has Ego captured, forcing him to find this location. Go and greet her for me, won't you?"

Acknowledging this command, Ultron was dispatched from Grogar's view while the blue ram watched from his crystal ball. Little did he know at that moment that yet another signal was coming in. Checking it out, he saw that the Avengers were already in Equestria. Stamping his front left hoof again, he managed to catch the attention of the two Asgardians, Hela and Loki.

"Must you interrupt me while I am working on my latest hobby?" Loki remarked. "I just happened to be writing a sonnet and…"

"SILENCE, Asgardian!" Grogar snapped, glaring at Loki with a hard stare. "We have unusual visitors in Equestria. Go and spy on them."

"At once, my emperor," replied Hela, much to Loki's irritation. "They'll not be able to escape us."

"Good, now go at once!"

Tapping into his necklace's powers, Grogar sent them away as Scarface came into the room, his muzzle still covered with the blood of Thanos.

"It's so hard to get good help these days, Scarface," sighed Grogar. "Why can't I have servants that are willing to submit to me?"

A low growl came from Scarface upon hearing this as Grogar stroked his pet bear's head. Grogar was right, all he wanted was to rule Equestria under his brand of darkness. In his mind, was that all too much to ask for?

…

Meanwhile, the Avengers had split up in the search to find Thanos leaving Dr. Strange and Tony to work together on covering Ponyville and Canterlot. No sooner did the Avengers split up did Dr. Strange suddenly felt a surge of magic strike him.

"Stop, Tony," he said, his body shaking. "We have a more immediate crisis."

"What do you mean, Doctor?" Tony asked watching Dr. Strange shake profusely. "What is the more immediate crisis that you are babbling on about? Will you quit doing that? You are going to give me a seizure like those kids in Japan 25 years ago."

Ceasing his shaking, Dr. Strange tapped into his powers and began to detect the presence of the intruder.

"There is a creature," said Dr. Strange. "A creature that the Avengers once defeated. His name is…Ultron."

Tony couldn't believe what he was hearing. Ultron, a creature of his own design that caused the near destruction of Sokovia, was back.

"Son of a bitch," he muttered, quickly activating his Iron Man armor. "We've got to stop him before he does any damage."

"But we need to find…"

"Thanos can wait, Doctor," Iron Man interrupted. "Right now, we've got to send Ultron back to the scrapyard."

The master of the mystic arts watched as Iron Man flew into the sky while he followed not too far behind.

…

At that moment, the captured Ego brought Celestia and her platoon towards the edge of Mount Filimanjaro.

"Is this where Grogar's location is?" she asked in a stern voice. "And don't lie!"

"I am positive," said Ego. "This is where he is hiding."

But, Celestia wasn't buying it. She could detect a liar when she sensed one.

"You lie," she hissed, pulling Ego to her face.

"I swear on my life, this is it!" protested Ego.

Suddenly, they felt a rumbling sound beneath them followed by the sounds of robotic movements.

"Your highness…" cried one of the guards as the sight of a red laster beam came from behind the trees. Watching in shock, the guardsponies fired blasts of magic at the disturbance, revealing itself to be Ultron. The robot cackled in delight as he fired laser blasts at the small platoon of guardsponies. Reacting fast, Celestia fired a blast of her magic at Ultron, only for it to also be deflected.

"Hello, Princess Celestia," laughed Ultron. "May I call you sunbutt? If you fight, I'll kill you. I'll just…break your horn, okay?"

Seeing this as his moment to escape, Ego broke free of his bonds and disappeared while Celestia looked up and stared in horror at the mercy of the homicidal robot, who swung his arm at Celestia, throwing her to the side of a rock. Firing a laser blast, Ultron attempted to finish Celestia off, when he suddenly felt another magic blast hit him in the back. Looking up, he saw Iron Man fly down, firing laser blasts at Ultron.

"Stark," Ultron cried, attempting to swat Tony like a fly. However, acting fast, Tony managed to dodge his robot's advances.

"You know, after the whole Sokovia thing," he remarked. "I thought you had learned your lesson, but I guess not."

Snarling, Ultron continued to try and have his way with Tony while Dr. Strange appeared at that moment, using his magic to pull Celestia to safety.

"Who…who are you?" Celestia whispered, looking up at Dr. Strange weakly before falling unconscious. Iron Man clashed with Ultron for a few more minutes before retreating with Dr. Strange. Once he was gone, Ultron turned and looked down at the grateful Ego.

"Thank you, Ultron."

But Ultron said nothing as he led Ego back towards Grogar's lair while Celestia was returned to Canterlot and soon, Iron Man and Dr. Strange would make their presence known in Equestria's capital city…