"It has to happen like this , Strange," said a solemn Tony Stark, as he reached for the M'Kraan Crystal.
"I know," replied the Sorcerer Supreme, "I just wish it didn't," he finished in an equally solemn tone.
"This crystal," explained Tony, "Exists in all the realities, and extends even to all the universes. With this," said Tony, looking towards his core, which now contained the Infinity gems, "I can rewrite all of history, everywhere. Us super beings will never have existed..." said the Man of Iron as he grabbed the crystal, starting the process.
"I just want to thank you, Strange, and all my fellow heroes and friends, for these memories. I know none of this will matter in a bit but still..." said Tony, trailing off. "Can you open the barrier a bit and send that message to everybody, anyway you can?"
"I shall, but once this barrier is down, everyone will know what is happening." said the Doctor as he obeyed his friend's last wishes.
Shortly he replied to Tony "Your friends are scared and confus..- argh!" Strange said suddenly, before grabbing his head in pain. "They are coming! They know what you're doing now and they are not going to allow it! Hurry!" Strange yelled in a tone that he reserved for the most dangerous of circumstances.
"I just need to concentrate a little more, Strange." said Tony as he slowed his breath and closed his eyes. "I don't want the multiverse destroyed, only rewritten," finished Tony before taking in a large breath.
"The universes are all converging on this place, Stark! I can't hold them back anymore! We are out of time!" stated a crazed Doctor Strange, as he summoned what was left of his power "I'll do what little I can to by you mere seconds! Make them count Tony," said Strange as he surrounded himself in energy.
Tony also became surrounded in energy, albeit from the joined forces of the Crystal and the Gems. "But...-" started Tony, opening an eye as to see his friend. "Even with all this power, I can't tell what'll..-"
"Just believe in yourself!" interjected Strange, "You are Iron Man! Believe in your self like he did!"
That was when it happened, in one huge flash. The people of the newly rewritten multiverse called it "The Big Bang," the rapid expansion of everything from nothing. In this new modern age of a rewritten world, there were no super heroes. This meant that there were also no super villains. Superpowers, in fact, became a thing reserved strictly for imagination. The man who made it happen, Tony Stark. Tony was succesful in his quest to rid the world, and indeed the multiverse, of all things "super". He was however unsuccessful in completely erasing the presence of Earth's mightiest guardians. They existed, but now only as stories told through comic books, inspiring the imagination of billions of people.
However, sometimes imagination can lead to the greatest of adventures...