Chapter 9: Doctor Doom

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(Three hours earlier in the Insurgency base, Doctor Doom is fixing up the suit after retrieving the weapon from Taskmaster. While doing some final changes, he hears the news in the room.)

Rob: Details from The Rift are still sketchy. Insurgent forces attacked there nearly ninety minutes ago. What? Andre's there now? Let's go live to Andre Garcia. Andre?

Andre: Thanks, Rob. It's chaos out here. High Councilor Spider-Man and his One Eeb forces are battling waves of giant, female heroines. The metahumans are holding on their own. But the regular military is in disarray.

Rob: With Batman in custody is there any sign of who's directing this attack?

(After placing down his panel, Doctor Doom eats the pill and decides to wear the suit.)

Andre: No idea. Can't see enough from our vantage point.

Rob: Have the women breached the prison's defenses?

Andre: Doesn't look like it. So far the fighting is focused on the prison's perimeter.

Dr

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Dr. Doom: Seal appendage armor. Activate reactor core. Begin pre-flight check.

Machine: All Systems nominal. All inputs tethered. Neutral command schema now online.

(Upon suiting up Doctor Doom is all ready to head to the battlefield at Stryker's. As he flies through New York, suddenly two homing missiles seems to follow him as Doom tries to divert it away from him but it fails as he falls down upon getting hit by the missiles and later lands hard onto the Regime truck. Soon he gets up to check on his armor.)

Dr. Doom: Damage assessment.

Machine: Reserve energy drained. Engaging solar recharge. Propulsion system offline.

Dr. Doom: (as he gets down from the truck) How long?

Machine: Full restoration in fifteen minutes.

Dr. Doom: Damn.

(To make matters worse, Red Hood comes in a Regime vehicle along with Iron Patriot.)

Red Hood: I should know you would betray us, Victor Von Doom.

I. Patriot: Why would you do this to Parker? After all he went through?

Dr. Doom: It doesn't matter now. If you really want Spider-Man to succeed so badly, then you're facing your doom.

Red Hood: (draws his pistols) Prepare to die.

Dr. Doom: I don't think so, Jason.

(Pissed at being called as Jason, Red Hood goes all out. While Jason proves to be worthy, Doctor Doom didn't use his full power as he knows that Red Hood can't take him down. Even his grenades and other explosives he throws at him didn't even leave a mark on his armor. The only thing Doom does is disarming him weapons and push him down. Red Hood draws a knife and tries to stab Doctor Doom, but gets knocked out with a Photon Array.)

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