The golden portal opened in the Creators' headquarters, James and his team stepping out. Instead of an empty hall, they faced an army of heroes and villains, weapons charged. Doctor Doom hovered on a platform, his metal mask glinting, Infinity Gauntlet glowing with Power and Mind Gems, divine flames wreathing him. Behind him, Loki held the Eternal Spear, Hela spun her black blades, Norman Osborn's Green Goblin armor glowed, Black Panther, Iceman, and Colossus stood ready, alongside controlled heroes and villains. The hall pulsed with menace.
Doom's voice rasped, "You've arrived. I've been waiting."
Tony scanned the crowd. "Wow, quite the welcome party."
Doom's eyes locked on James. "Who are you?"
James smiled. "Don't know me?"
"You're not in the time visions," Doom said coldly. "Richards reported the Future Team. I burned vast resources to glimpse your arrival—Stark, the Future Team, but not you."
Wanda frowned. "He can see the future?"
Future Reed paled. "He must've used the time machine to spy on the timeline!"
Doom sneered. "Correct. I knew you'd come, so I prepared." He waved, a platform lowering, revealing a caged, unconscious Bruce Banner. "Bruce?!" Steve gasped.
"Insurance," Doom said. "Move, and he dies—or Hulk plays."
James clapped. "Mirror Dimension." Boom! Reality shattered, the battlefield twisting. Skyscrapers hung upside-down, streets folded, the hall becoming an infinite warzone.
Doom laughed, Power Gem flaring purple. "You think this traps me?" He punched the void, cracks spreading, but the dimension healed instantly. He vanished, charging James, his fist glowing with Power Gem energy.
James's eyes blazed gold, meeting the punch. Bang! The shockwave razed kilometers of buildings. Doom's arm cracked, flying back, caught by Loki's magic. "Impressive," Doom spat, wiping blood. "But we're just starting!"
He raised the Gauntlet, Mind Gem's yellow light sweeping to control James. It fizzled, useless. "Gems don't work on me," James said, teleporting, unleashing a hellfire pillar. Doom blocked with an Asgardian Life Tablet, deflecting the flames. He countered, an Uru-forged Godslayer sword stabbing at James's throat.
Clang! James caught it with two fingers, snapping it. He hovered, cape billowing in the warped dimension, eyes cold gold. "My battlefield."
Above, Banner's chains shattered. He fell, skin splitting, muscles swelling, green form erupting with scarlet runes. Hulk! His roar shook the dimension, crashing into rubble, dust rising. A larger, rune-covered Hulk emerged, eyes blood-red, steam hissing. "Hulk, forever angry!!!"
Steve paled. "Banner!"
Hulk ignored him, locking onto Kara. Bang! His punch sent a vacuum shockwave. Kara blocked, the impact spreading. Hulk roared, swinging again. Kara countered, their blows shaking the battlefield. She flew back hundreds of meters, smashing through buildings.
"His power's wrong!" Wanda's chaos chains tried binding Hulk, but his runes shattered them, backlash forcing her back.
James frowned, appearing before Hulk, striking his chest. "Soul Law!" Hulk's soul didn't budge, runes locking it. "Dark magic taboo!" Doom mocked from above. "Your soul tricks fail."
Hulk's fist aimed at James's face. James met it, the shockwave flattening buildings, cratering the ground. Hulk's fist stopped an inch from James's nose. "Anger without limit?" James said calmly. "Let's see how far it goes."
He grabbed Hulk's wrist, throwing him into the ground, lava erupting. Hulk climbed out, runes blazing, body swelling. "Hulk, infinite anger!!!" He charged.
James's eyes flared, power unleashed, muscles densifying, bones humming. "Then I'll beat you till you stay down!" Their clash tore the dimension, cities collapsing, sky fragments raining.
Elsewhere, Tony's nanotech armor shredded under Hela's blades, but vibranium repairs and Jarvis's tactics held her. "Your moves are ancient!" Tony fired micro-missiles, cut by Hela's blades. "Mortal tricks?" she sneered, lunging. Thor's hammer blocked her, sparking a shockwave.
Wanda's magic duel with Loki painted the sky scarlet and green. His illusions swarmed, but her chaos magic tore them apart. "Your tricks are old!" she said, binding his true form with scarlet chains.
Kara battled Iceman and Colossus, her heat vision melting his ice, clashing in explosions. Colossus charged; Kara punched, denting his alloy body. Future Reed's elastic form bound Colossus's joints, targeting a weak spot, locking him down.