Washington DC
The Black Widow was hiding in a building, waiting to kill Captain America with a sniper shot. She had trapped Miles Morales, Spider-Man, inside her truck, so that he did not interfere. But the trap is ruined, as Punisher has found her. During the fight she took the rifle again, but saw Spider-Man about to start fighting with Captain America. So she jumps to help him. Punisher gets up, takes the rifle and looks with the aim. He does not have a clear shot, Captain America and Spider-Man are too close. He will wait.
Some time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…
The Ultimates have just defeated the Maker and fixed things with his machines. But before that, the Maker had summoned the Ultimates from his home dimension (Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Pym and Wasp). When they refused to help him, he killed Captain America. Now those Ultimates are ready to leave and hunt the Makers in the multiverse.
Captain Marvel: Wait a moment. There is a grave problem back on earth you can help us with. Alternate or not, you are Tony Stark, and if you are just a fraction as smart as our Tony Stark, your help would be invaluable.
Tony Stark: "Just a fraction"? Nobody is more intelligent than Tony Stark! Well, except, perhaps, an alternate Tony Stark from another universe. Point taken. Which is the problem?
Captain Marvel: Our Captain America has turned into a fascist leader, and now turned America into something similar to Nazi Germany. There is a forcefield around the planet, it is impossible to break it, and we can't get there to help.
Tony Stark: I see. Captain America, a fascist. And he surely blew up some city or two while seeking rebels, right?
Captain Marvel: Yes, exactly!
Tony Stark: And the concentration camps, let's not forget them. There are concentration camps, right?
Captain Marvel: Yes, they are capturing and killing the inhumans!
Tony Stark: Sure! And Darth Vader is making a Death Star for him! Blondie, you are a riot! For a moment there I thought there was an actual problem, but you are just seeking excuses to date me!
Captain Marvel: How you dare! There are people dying there, thousands have died already, you monster!
Tony Stark: Whoa, whoa, you are taking the joke too f… wait a moment. Hold the phone a second. It is not a joke? Captain America is a nazi? For real? He blows up cities and has concentration camps, for real?
Captain Marvel: It is not a joke
Tony Stark: Wow! What can I say… wow! This dimension is more screwed up than I thought! How could it happen? You are right, we can't simply leave! We have to do something! Sorry for thinking that this was a joke.
Wasp: But you had to admit, a nazi Captain America does sound like some kind of twisted and sick joke.
Captain Marvel: Yes, you have a point there.
Tony Stark works some time with the machines
Tony Stark: Yes. The way I understand this machine, we are not the actual Ultimates, we are complete recreations, down to the molecular level, of them. Richards did it with this machine.
Henry Pym: Does that mean… that we are not real?
Tony Stark: Of course we are real! Cogito ergo sum: I think, therefore, I am.
Captain Marvel: I didn't suspect you would be into philosophy.
Wasp: He's not. He took that one from "Star Trek: The Next Generation". I also saw that episode!
Henry Pym: Ha, ha, ha! Burn!
Tony Stark: Are you still here, Pym? Jan, let me remind you, and you three powerful women, just for you to know, this man in the brown leather suit attacked his wife, sprayed her with cockroach spray while she was at wasp size, and then tried to kill her with his mind-controlled ants.
Captain Marvel, Photon and America Chavez: WHAAAAT?!
Wasp: He's right! I remember that now!
Tony Stark: Perhaps you will want to have some words with him while I place a "genius at work" sign here.
Henry Pym: Wait a moment, please, I can explain...
And some minutes later, after a number of wasp stings, photon bursts, laser beam attacks, third-degree burns, groin kicks, groin megaton punches, ignored requests of mercy, and Tony's whistling version of "It's raining men"...
Tony Stark: Very well, playtime's over. Leave Pym alone for some minutes. You can continue having fun with him later.
Henry Pym: Thanks, I couldn't… ouch!
Tony Stark: As I was saying, Richards has all the info of our home universe in this machine, and used it to create us, perfect copies of people from it, even down to the powers and memories. With some adjustments, I can use it as well.
Captain Marvel: Of course, you surely want your own Captain America back.
Tony Stark: Of course, that's a bonus, Cap, Thor and me are like brothers. But I was thinking in the problem at hand. You said that there was a forcefield around earth, and that it was impossible to break it, right?
Captain Marvel: Yes
Tony Stark: It's not impossible to break it. It's just improbable. Which means that we need…
Wasp: Tony, I can see where you are going. Are you sure about this?
Tony Stark: Of course! We need the Scarlet Witch for this! However, she would be a bit mad at us if we bring her back and not his weird brother, and bringing back Pietro may be a problem, because of the little disagreement we had right before his death. Wait, that sounded awful, we didn't kill him! In any case, I will make an "accident" and restore the Pietro from the time he joined us, instead of the one from right before of his death...
Hulk: Hulk tired of talking! Hulk wants to smash!
Tony Stark: Oh, of course. Sorry, big guy, I forgot about you. Give me a moment… there! there's a small gift for you!
Herr Kleiser: Eh? What is this? Where am I? Where is Rogers?
Hulk: HULK REMEMBERS NAKED MAN! NAKED MAN TRIED TO FLIRT WITH BETTY! NAKED MAN MADE HULK ANGRY!
Wasp: What the…? Tony, did you just bring that evil nazi alien back to life?
Tony Stark: Of course! Hulk can play with him all he wants, and then eat him again, and then we bring him back again, and again! This machine is the perfect source of fun and food for Hulk! I will make a new one by myself when we are ready with all this! Or what, do you pity this Kleiser guy?
Wasp: …
Tony Stark: Fine. Back to business. I will restore Wanda, Pietro, and all the other remaining Ultimates, sans the Black Widow, just in case. And also Pepper Potts, Carol Danvers, Sue Storm, the Black Cat, Jean Grey, Storm, Spider-Woman, the playmates of the year…
Wasp: Tony…
Tony Stark: Ok, Ok, just the Ultimates. Work now, fun later.
Some time later, in Washington DC (planet Earth)
Punisher: (I was right, Captain America does not need my help. He will deal with that punk with no problem. This should be over soon)
Hydra Cap: And you thought you could defeat me? Because you saw it in a vision? In case you forgot, half of the visions of Ulysses did not took place!
A voice from the back: You! Put that kid down! Now!
Punisher: (What the…?)
Spider-man: Cap? My... cap?
Ultimate Captain America: Why don't you pick someone your own size?
