The Alliance

The Alliance

Foundation
When iso-8 started to pour down from the sky a new team of heroes was founded to make sure Villains could not obtain it. The team was started as a division of SHIELD. The first members were Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Agent Omega, Captain America, Thor and Hulk. The team quickly grew when She-Hulk, Daredevil, Thing, Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Iron Fist, Black Cat, Luke Cage, Phoenix, Cyclops and War Machine joined. The third wave of members consisted of: Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Kitty Pryde, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Dr. Strange, Sif and Spider-Woman.

Phoenix War
The alliance had now grown beyond the avengers and was so large it could take on any threat. This was proven during the Avengers VS X-Men Event. The Alliance fought against he X-Men, many of whom were members. The defeat of Scott Summers lead to some members leaving the team, including Scott, Magik, Colossus and Emma Frost. Captain America then understands that he did not do enough for the Mutant Community. He then finds the Avengers Unity Division.

Creating Ultron
Hank Pym, hero and a scientist affiliated with the Alliance started the Ultron Project. It was supposed to create a hero, Ultron. This A.I. would enable an army of robots to protect the Earth from harm. However Kang the Conqueror arrived from the future and tried to kill Pym. He fought Pym, who defeated Kang with the help of Omega and Thor. Doctor Doom then tried to steal the project, but was also defeated by the Alliance. Pym succeeded in creating Ultron, but the robot went rogue and disappeared.

The Syndicate
Multiple groups of villains including Hydra, AIM and the Hand suddenly appeared to work together. The alliance tried very hard to fight them off, but they were everywhere. They were revealed to be the Syndicate. They were lead by Doctor Doom and several other villains. AIM was betrayed, but the Brotherhood of Mutants was revealed as a member. Magneto had sworn he was no longer a member, but he showed up in Manhatten and declared it a mutant only state. The Alliance then teamed up with Cyclops and his X-Men. Among them was Magneto. Magneto fought his other self in battle, who was then revealed to be Mystique. Cyclops' X-Men all became Alliance members. The Syndicate was then revealed to have created a Cosmic Cube and used it to revive the Red Skull. This released Magneto from any suspicion because everybody knew he would never work with a Nazi. Captain America, Magneto and the other members of the Alliance then launched an all out assault on the Syndicate. Doctor Doom then revealed himself as the Syndicate's Mastermind and he was backed by a grand army of villains, including among others, Loki, Red Skull, Mephisto, Dormammu, Baron Zemo, The Hood, Satana, Moonstone, Doctor Octopus, Hammerhead and the Enchantress. The alliance finally defeats the Syndicate, but then it is revealed that it was a lure. Doctor Doom launched an assault from the Latverian Ambessy. He sent armies of Doombots and servo guards against the Alliance. Reed Richards lead a response team and fought against Doom. Doom tried to use the Cosmic Cube to conquer to world, but Reed Richards destroyed it. Hydra recovered the remaining shards and recreated a weaker form of the Cosmic Cube as a weapon for Red Skull.

Vision of the Future
Ultron has returned and he is not alone. He sent his "son" Vision to lead an army of Villains against the Alliance. He has employed Vulture, Hydro-Man, the U-Foes, Crimson Dynamo and the Crimson Cowl. The alliance fought Vision. Scarlet Witch almost completely destroyed Vision. However then she sensed that he was created from the essence fo Wonder Man. Hank Pym, Scarlet Witch, Tony Stark, Reed Richard and Nick Fury then recreated the Vision. He joint the alliance and fought against Ultron. Vision, with the help of Black Panther and Iron Man destroyed Ultron's physical form.

The idea
Now that the Alliance had become a government like organization, Tony Stark believed that it was time for a Superhuman President. He believed that only with the Alliance in charge could humanity could be protected sufficiently against alian threats. He pitched the idea to Reed Richards who was one of his main supporters during the Civil War. Richards agreed and together they started a search for likeminded people. Tony ran for the presedency and won. He was supported by Captain America, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, which allowed him a very great amount of publicity. He then created a new cabinet composed of heroes.

Sunfire
Sunfire feels the return of Apocalypse and tries to find Mephisto. He is determined to sell his soul to find out what is going on. Iron Man, Angel, Hank Pym, Nick Fury, Maria Hill and Professor X stop him in time and defeat Mephisto. Sunfire explains the situation to them and joins the Alliance to defeat Apocalypse. ====Beauty and the Beast ==== The Living Pharaoh has been sighted. Iron Man creates an Apocalypse Response Team consisting of: Sunfire, Wolverine, Angel, Havok, Gambit, Rogue, Beast, Cyclops, X-23, Cable, War Machine, Ms. Marvel, Captain Britian, Hank Pym, Kitty Pryde, Storm, Colossus and Spiral. Iron Man, Black Panther and Captain America also join the team. Iron Man and Captain America divided the team in two. Wolverine wanted to revive his incarnation of X-Force to take on Apocalypse. Angel supported him on this, but Cap and Cable disagreed. Wolverine quickly called together the Avengers Unity Division, consisting of Havok, Cap, Thor, Sunfire, Rogue, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man, Wasp and himself. However Cap refused to just take the Unity Division and added Wasp, Wonder Man, Thor and Scarlet Witch to the teams. Wolverine then called together Psylocke, Fantomex and Deadpool and had them set up as X-Force. Wolverine and Angel joint Captain America as part of his second Strike Team. Agent Omega was left at the Helicarrier because Stark and Cap did not trust him. Wolverine knew that Omega knew a great deal about Apocalypse, having once worked for him and therefore put him in charge of the X-Force operation from the Helicarrier. The Team arrived in New York to face the Living Pharaoh. However Rogue and Beast went missing during the fight. Psylocke located Rogue in London, while Professor X located Beast in San Francisco. The team divided itself and Wolverine sent his X-Force to London. He himself also went there together with Cap’s Strike Team. Another Strike Team went to San Francisco.

A Song of Ice and Fire
The Strike Team arrived in London, which was under attack by a great amount of Test Subjects. X-Force arrived shortly afterwards and started slashing through them, trying to find out if Apocalypse was near. Meanwhile Magneto, Juggernaut and Sabretooth arrived in London and started also started attacking Test Subjects. Selene had set up camp in London, with Avalanche and Dragoness defending her. Captain America, Captain Britain and Iceman challenged them and the two captains were defeated, with Rogers severely injured. Selene almost killed them When Magneto rescued them. Cable, Juggernaut and Sabretooth quickly arrived. Magneto protected the captains with his shield and he and Sabretooth fought off several test subjects while Cable and Juggernaut attacked Avalanche and Dragoness. They won and together with Iceman they fought Selene. Selene defeated Juggernaut and captured Iceman. Cable, Sabretooth and Magneto then brought the injured to the quinjets. Meanwhile X-Force went in pursuit of Mr. Sinister who had taken Iceman. Sunfire, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man, Bishop, Archangel and Wolverine were still fighting off Test Subjects while Captain Marvel and Kitty Pryde had already returned to the Quinjets. Captain Marvel saw Fantomex and Deadpool skulking around and when trying to engage them, Archangel knocked her out, to make sure X-Force remained a secret. Their team then had to be divided again. Captain Britain asked his sister Psylocke to help them, which was good for Wolverine, since he needed her on Cap’s Team, to be able to obtain information about the team in New York. War and Famine

 Iron Man and his team arrived in San Francisco. There they found the city conquered by Test Subjects. He  immediately engaged. Meanwhile Loki and Doctor Doom arrived and also started blasting away Test Subjects. Domino, took the task of protecting X-23, joining her in battle. Gambit cornered Toad and was defeated by him and two Test Subject. However he was quickly helped by Domino and Spiral. Together they defeated them easily. Domino then officially joint the team. X-23 was about to engage Blob and the Living Monolith, when War Machine picked up Domino to come to her aid. Together they defeated Blob, but the Monolith greatly injured Domino. War Machine was then able to defeat him, but he could X-23 fell into a trap and Disappeared. All Teams were then contacted by Mr. Sinister, who revealed that Rogue, Beast, Iceman and X-23 had been turned into Famine, Pestilence, Death and War respectively. He also revealed that Apocalypse was back. The Strike Team then split up to pursue Rogue and X-23 in San Francisco and Wakanda. However Iron Man was appointed Cyclops as new Field Commander, believing that he as an X-Man should lead the operation. Black Panther lead the Wakanda team.

Diseased Beasts
Pestilence, Selene and Dragoness have taken the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey. They are supported by Sentinels and Test Subjects. Wolverine’s London Strike Team has surrounded them. Ms. Marvel has entered Parliament and is trying to get to Selene. Fantomex and Deadpool are fighting low life thugs who are trying to join in the battle, while also fighting Test Subjects. Kitty is charged with defeating a whole blockade of Sentinels. Meanwhile Union Jack, Sabretooth and Bishop are fighting Sentinels and Test Subjects in the main streets and are trying to free the Abbey. Wolverine and Captain Britain are joint by Juggernaut in an attempt to find Pestilence and to reclaim Parliament. They fought and defeated their opponents, but Pestilence disappeared.

<span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;">The Starving Rogue
The strike team of Tony Stark and Scott Summers was strengthened by the X-Men in San Francisco. Together they fought against the grand army of Test Subjects and Sentinels, who were lead by Avalanche, Sugar Man and Famine. Doctor Doom and Loki showed themselves to be good members of the Alliance by destroying hundreds of sentinels and defeating hundreds of Test Subject, making the way free for Gambit to search for Rogue. He found and fought her, and with the help of Emma Frost and Iron Man he was able to defeat her. However she disappeared before they were able to capture her.

<span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;">Warzone
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#404040;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-themetint:191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#404040;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:text1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000lumo=25000"">Black Panther, Havok, Thor, Hulk, Hank Pym, Wasp, Human Torch, Iron Patriot, Spiral and Domino arrived in Wakanda and saw it under attack. They knew War had arrived. Thor was sent to save the White Gorilla’s from sentinels while the others attacked the Test Subjects. Blob was under attack by Sentinels, but he was saved by Havok and Wasp. Domino and Spiral then had to fight the White Gorilla’s because their leader Man-Ape decided it was a good time to attack T’Challa. Meanwhile Havok, Thor and Iron Patriot fought against the Living Pharaoh and War. They won, but War disappeared.

Fimbulwinter
In New York it seemed like Hell froze over. Iceman in his new persona of Death had frozen New York completely, killing hundreds with the cold. Black Knight, Sunfire, Wonder Man and Scarlet Witch attempted to evacuate the city and save as many lives as possible. Meanwhile Magneto and Psylocke were destroying Sentinels and Test Subjects. Archangel, Cable and Captain America then fought Toad, Mystique and Death. They defeated Toad and Mystique and almost defeated Death, but then Apocalypse and the other Horsemen arrived. Warren could then no longer resist the powers of Archangel and joint Apocalypse. Cable and Captain America were then almost killed, but they were saved by Magneto and Scarlet Witch.

Apocalypse
Apocalypse then finally revealed himself at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. With him stood his Four Horsemen, Death, War, Famine and Pestilence. Apocalypse massacred the United Nations representatives and then declared a global no-fly zone. Black Panther and his strike team were still fighting Sentinels, Test Subjects lead by the Living Pharaoh. However he sent Thor and Hulk to go to New York to try and fight off Apocalypse. Meanwhile the New York Strike Team was sent help from San Francisco, Magik, Gambit, Storm and Omega Sentinel arrived to help the team. However Apocalypse gained control over all his former horsemen in close proximity to him. This meant that Hulk and Gambit now joint him. He also hacked Omega Sentinel and had her join him. Apocalypse could now just stand and watch his army of horsemen fight the Alliance. Magneto then took off his helmet and allowed Psylocke to take out all psychological limits to his powers. He could no longer feal anything, except that he needed to defeat Apocalypse and the horsemen. Magneto then destroyed Apocalypse by tearing him apart. However Magneto then used his powers to try to destroy Cable as well. Psylocke then gave Magneto his full thought back. Archangel then took Magneto and declared him the Successor of Apocalypse. He stabbed Magneto in his heart with his wing. A great magnetic shock went around the world. It destroyed all Sentinels in existence, killing thousands of people in the process. Psylocke was also hit with a psychic shock, because her mind was still linked with Magneto's. Magneto then revealed himself as the Successor of Apocalypse and Archangel stood at his side.

"Mutants! Your time has come. We are the next stage in human evolution. Submit the Master of Magnetism, I am Apocalypse"!

-- Magneto

Magneto then created magnetic prisons and captured Magik, Storm and Cable. The other members fled to regroup.

Magneto's Revelation
Magneto then revealed that he had betrayed the Alliance already. He had been working for months with Doctor Doom and Loki to creat a new Cabal, who would rule the world. He then rebuilt the United Nations

building and declared it the Imperial Seat of the Emperor of the Federation of Mutant States. Thor wanted to attack Magneto, but the All-Mothers sent Sif and the Warrior's Three to have Thor return to Agardia. They had joint Magneto's Cabal. Namor, King of Atlantis then sent an army of Atlanteans to Utopia and Salem, declaring that these lands were now part of the Federation of Mutant States. Olympus also declared in favour of the Cabal. Black Panther tried to call together the Illuminati. Doctor Strange, Black Bolt and Namor  arrived in Wakanda. There Namor explained that the purpose of the Cabal was the same as that of the Illuminati, but more advanced and more powerful. He also declared that if they would not join the Cabal, they would be at war with the Federation of Mutant States, Atlantis, Latveria and AIM Island. Black Panther and Black Bolt both agreed to join the Cabal, but as passive members. They refused to join the military union. Strange then quickly teleported away, hoping that he could save other

heroes. He went to New York to speak with Mr. Fantastic, but it was revealed that he was already imprisoned. Strange was then attacked by Magneto and taken captive as well.

New York
Captain America called together all heroes in New York. However he heard that Strange, Richards and Red Hulk were already captured. Satana and Thane had helped take down Daimon Hellstrom, Doctor Voodoo, Nico Minoru, Ghost Rider and Iron Fist and they were already transferred to Magneto's prisons. The remaining team fought against Magneto's newly formed Equestrians, which consisted of his Horsemen, and Archangel. This led to even more captures. They were then betrayed by Alexander Prince, who joint Magneto and the Cabal. This led to the capture of Thundra and Spider-Woman. Captain America then took his team into hiding.

San Francisco
In San Francisco, Cyclops, Iron Man, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Professor X were attacked by Doctor Doom, Loki and Emma Frost. Nightcrawler was sent away with Professor X and together they fled. Iron Man was seemingly killed by Doom. Colossus fought Loki, while Cyclops and Stark escaped together.

London
Wolverine and his strike team were attacked by Juggernaut, Sabretooth, Selene and Dragoness. This led to the capture of Captain Marvel and Kitty Pryde. Wolverine then re-organised the remaining members as the Defenders; Captain Britian, Union Jack, Bishop, Fantomex, Deadpool and Agent Coulson. They went into hiding and launched assaults on Cabal bases in Great Britain.

The Liberators
Captain America called together the remaining members of the Alliance that were still in New York. They formed three teams, SHIELD (the intelligence Division), the Mighty Avengers (the street fighting division) and the Liberators (the infiltration and main team). The Liberators were deployed to save Nightcrawler and Professor X who were being assaulted by Titania and Absorbing Man. They then joint the SHIELD team. Using a cable telephone line Cap was able to contact Black Panther and Captain Britain. They spoke briefly, but then Magneto created a huge earthquake and destroyed all ocean telelphone lines. The next mission of the Liberators was to take back Stark Tower. They succeeded and made it their new headquarters. They then declared New York the neutral zone and they invited all enemies of the Cabal to come there to live in peace. Then word arrived that AIM's Scientist Supreme had been murdered and replaced. Alexander Prince succeeded him and became the ruler of the AIM federation of States. Prince was also the Black King in Magneto's Inner Circle and the Lord High Marshall of the United Cabal Military Organisation (UCMO).

Psylocke, still psychicly attached to Magneto, discovered that he was no longer able to control his powers. He had become almost omnipotent, but could not used it except for creating natural disasters. Therefore Magneto used all his willpower to get in a catatonic state. They then started to make plans for an assault on Magneto. Psylocke informed Cap that the only way an Apocalypse can be defeated is with the use of a Life Seed, of which there is only created one every 10,000 years and there is none in this dimension nor in any dimension they know of. They then decided to launch attacks on bases of the Cabal on the East Coast. Meanwhile the Cabal sent soldiers into New York city, whom were defeated by the Mighty Avengers in collaboration with SHIELD. One of the bases attacked by the Liberators contained two prisoners, Nero and Ishtar. They joint Captain America and the Liberators. Nero revealed that there was a Life Seed in this dimension. He had brought it from one of his many trips into other dimensions where he killed Apocalypse. He could claim one Life Seed when he did not have to use it to destroy an Apocalypse. However he had hid it in the Savage Land. Constrictor, was informed about this and he contacted Yelena Bolova. Yelena informed the Scientist Supreme.

Both the Alliance and AIM sent forces to the Savage Land. He took a team with him consisting of Nero, Wonder Man, Black Knight, Vision, Invisible Woman, Thing, Punisher and Grim Reaper. Yelena Bolova was there first with a team which included both the Hulk and Abomination. Doctor Octopus was able to take the Life Seed. Thing and Wonder Man tried to fight Hulk and Abomination, but they had a very hard time, even when supported by Vision and Invisible Woman. Black Knight, Punisher and Grim Reaper fought the other members of the UCMO. Nero and Captain America pursued Doctor Octopus and were able to obtain the Life Seed from him. They then retreated, they lost Wonder Man there, because he was seemingly killed by Hulk. The Liberators then returned to their base.

Iron Man and Cyclops
Tony Stark and Scott Summers were still travelling from San Francisco and hiding out in the country. They fought and killed several of Yelena Bolova's spies. Eventually they sought refuge in Asgardia. They were allowed to enter. Then Loki came to the All-Mother with the request of the Cabal to have Stark and Summers given to the Cabal. They refused and Thor helped them escape and brought them to New York.

Battle for New York
Shortly after the return of the Liberators the Cabal sent its first Grand Assault on New York. The assault was lead by Justine Hammer and her army included Archangel, Gambit, the Four Horsemen, Baron Mordo, Emma Frost, Moonstone, Juggernaut, Mystique, Thane, Ragnarok, Abomination and the Hydra Four. They fought violently and the Liberators may have lost, Iron Man, Cyclops and Thor had not come to their aid. Abomination killed Black Knight and Ragnarok was killed by She-Hulk. Captain America fought Militant, who was then killed by Punisher and Nero fought and killed Bowman. Many were wounded, especially Nero, who was shot in the chest by Mystique, shot by bowman in his leg and lost his arm to Archangel, his own grandfather. Archangel had used a techno-organic weapon which broke Nero's healing factor around his arm, meaning that he could not grow it back. Justine retreated, but the Liberators and Invaders managed to capture Gambit, Boomerang, Vulture and Toad.

Liberated
The Liberators were able to remove all Cabal presence from New York and declared the city free from Cabal Rule. They then held elections and Steve Rogers was elected Governor of New York. He governed from Stark Tower, which had become the military base for the Liberators. Nero was given a techno-organic arm, from the same material as the sword used by Archangel. Alexander Prince then convinced the Cabal to sent a delegation to New York to discuss an eventual joining of New York to the Cabal. He brought Selene, Yelena Bolova, Taskmaster and Tactical Force. There Prince revealed to Captain America that he intended to betray the Cabal and defeat Magneto. He just needed AIM to do it. He would assist in a battle on Magneto's headquarters, Asteroid G. He believed that if AIM betrayed Magneto, when assisted by the Liberators that they could defeat the Cabal.

Götterdämmerung
Captain America joined the Cabal. However immediately afterwards the Liberators attacked the asteroid. AIM betrayed the Cabal and fought against them, except for M.O.D.O.K. and a few others who remained loyal. The disruption caused the blockade on teleportation to be lifted. Spiral then brought in the Defenders and the Invaders. She then brought Fantomex, Deadpool, Wolverine and Thing to Nero's team consisting of Psylocke, Sunfire, Invisible Woman, Nightcrawler and Professor X. This team went head to head with Magneto, Archangel, Dark Beast, Ozymandias and the Four Horsemen. Psylocke used the psychic bond she had with Magneto to open his mind to Professor X. Together they then shut down his mind. His powers, although in a greatly diminshed form, were still active and iron soldiers were fighting the team. Nero then stabbed Magneto with his sword, keeping him in place. Magneto responded with destroying Nero's arm and electrifying him. Invisible Woman then stabbed Magneto with the Life Seed. Psylocke and Professor X saved Magneto's mind from being erased by the Life Seed, but allowed it to destroy the Apocalypse Force within him. Magneto was then free, but he collapsed. The Four Horsemen were released and recieved Life Seed-treatment, while Dark Beast and Ozymandias escaped. Archangel was also given Life Seed treatment and was returned to be Angel. Nero was severely wounded and after being reunited with his father and daughter he died from his wounds. Captain America and Nick Fury then publicly declared the Cabal disbanded and most former members sent confirmations.

The Alliance Reborn
After the Reign of the Cabal many of the heroes were unwilling to return to the team. However Captain America and Nick Fury wanted to continue with the Alliance. They understood that it would have to be on a smaller scale at first. They recruited a team consisting of Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Cyclops, Havok, Wasp, Vision, Invisible Woman, Black Knight and Nightcrawler.

The Eclipse Phase
Dracula and Mephisto conspire to have the Earth be in eternal Darkness. They are defeated by the Alliance with the aid of Morbius and Blade.

The Second Black Order Invasion
Maximus the Mad joins the Black Order and aids them in invading the Earth.