Earth-A: Avengers HQ

"So, explain the plan again, Steve." Rhodey stated as he, Sam, Natasha, Caitlyn, Mick and Steve all stood in in front of the opened Quinnjet hatch.

"Cisco and Shuri will work in the lab to remove the Infinity Stone from Vision's head." Steve began to explain. "Wanda will stay with them to fight incase any intruder were to come in and come for the Stone. Once the stone is removed, Wanda will use her abilities to totally destroy it within an instant. Simultaneously as they are removing the stone, Cisco will also be broadcasting a signal of the stone's energy to a point we determined, which is about four miles away from the HQ up in the mountains. Thanos's forces will trace that signal to the determined point, which is where we will be to fight them off."

"And then we all get celebratory beers to celebrate." Mick stated.

"Yeah, just one thing, Captain." Caitlyn interjected. "We need to keep the Stone intact. As we explained earlier, we need all the Infinity Stones to help us save the multiverse."

"Right, Caitlyn. We'll do our best to make sure we can keep the stone." Steve continued. "But if it comes to it, I will not hesitate in giving the order to destroy the stone. We cannot risk letting Thanos win."

"But there will be nothing left to save if we don't stop the multiverse from collapsing!" Caitlyn argued back.

"I understand, and I'll make sure that it doesn't come to that point." Steve replied. "But if it does, then we'll just have to find another way."

Just then, Barry, Oliver, Cisco and Bucky walked out onto the landing pad and up to the group.

"The signal is in place." Cisco explained. "As far as Thanos's army is concerned, the stone is located four miles from here."

"Good. Thank you, Cisco." Steve stated.

"Okoye went off a head to the designated area to assemble the Wakandan troops. She said there are well over a thousand of them." Bucky added.

"Good." Steve replied. "If Thanos is bringing an army, we need one as well."

"Steve, we need to head on. Shuri sent a message alerting me of several ships getting close to entering the atmosphere." Natasha warned.

"Alright. Everyone, load up! We are heading out now!" Steve shouted as Natasha, Bucky and Oliver walked toward the Quinnjet. "Barry. Cisco. Thank you both, and your team for helping us. I know that with what you're dealing, we are adding a whole lot more trouble."

"No problem, Captain. Anything to help fellow heroes, even from far-off universes." Barry responded. "Hey, you guys can go ahead and go to the location. I want to talk with Cisco for a minute."

"Are you sure you'll be able to catch up?" Steve asked.

"Man, this dude to run at speeds faster than Mach 5!" Cisco exclaimed. "He can keep up! Don't worry."

Steve chuckled. "Alright. Sounds good. We'll see you there, Barry." Steve walked away, and was the last one to board the Quinnjet, before it took off a moment later.

"So, about this message…" Barry began.

"Listen man. If you say you didn't send it, I believe you." Cisco responded. "The thing is, I know it came from you. Or at least an alternate version of the Flash. But why would it be sent to Earth-1?"

"I don't know. But…do you really think it's too late? Do you really think the Multiverse is beyond saving?" Barry asked.

Cisco paused for a moment, unresponsive. "That's the thing. My readings of the wavelengths between universes suggested we still had at least several days left. A real, honest to goodness chance at saving it… unless…"

"What?" Barry asked.

"Just spit-balling here, but what if that message is from the future." Cisco suggested. "We've had plenty of experience with time travel, enough to where we know messages can be sent through time."

"What if that was my future self sending that message?" Barry asked. "If so, maybe that future can be changed. Rewritten."

"One final chance to hope again." Cisco added. "Alright, well, at least for the time being, we can let that be our head-cannon of the message. Though, we will have to examine it more after this Thanos is taken care of. Wonder if we have enough people to deal with him?"

"Hey, speaking of which, why didn't you bring Kara along?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, so… didn't want to tell you quite yet, but we did pop into Earth-38. Talked to Alex, Kara is gone." Cisco answered.

"What?"

"Yeah, two apparently she just disappeared two-weeks ago without a trace." Cisco replied. "She's been top priority of the DEO. Talk about inconvenient timing."

"Wow. Okay." Barry reacted. "If this whole multiverse ordeal works out in our favor, we're gonna have to go over to her Earth and help locate her. I wonder if it's somehow related to the Multiversal collapse?"

"I don't know. Honestly, that's too much for me to try and think about at the moment." Cisco stated. "Anyway, I gotta go help Shuri with this Stone. I'll keep in touch, and god-speed out there, buddy."

"Thanks, man. Keep us posted." Barry responded, before running off the Avengers HQ premises, heading into battle.

Earth-A: Upstate New York

The Quinnjet landed in a small valley, surrounded by Mountains. A large army of roughly a thousand Wakandan soldiers, led by Okoye and M'Baku, stood presently to greet the Avengers as they walked out of the jet.

"It seems I'm thanking Wakanda more and more." Steve stated, shaking Okoye's hand, then M'Baku's.

"We would usually not venture out of Wakanda in such large numbers like this," Okoye stated. "But for the threat at hand, we are honored."

"When do you believe this invading army will arrive?" M'Baku asked.

"As far as we know, they were entering the atmosphere as we left the Headquarters just a few minutes ago." Rhodey replied. "It shouldn't be too much longer."

"The we need to make sure we are as prepared as possible." Steve stated.

"Yeah, ugh, so do you have any real plan to destroy these creeps?" Mick asked. "Or are we just gonna punch our way out of it? If that's the case, I think I'm gonna need another beer."

"Excuse me, Captain Rogers, but who is this new 'Avenger'?" Okoye asked.

"He's Mick. He came from Barry's Earth." Steve replied.

"But you can call me Heatwave. I like fire. And watchin' things burn. And punchin' Nazis. I've done that last one more that you'd think." Mick replied.

Just then, Barry sped into the valley, regrouping with the team. "Hey guys. Didn't miss anything, did I?"

"No. Nothing important at all." Okoye stated, still giving Mick a weird look. Suddenly, Natasha came running out of the jet, and ran up to Steve.

"Steve, the ships are entering into the atmosphere." Natasha stated. "But they must've caught onto the trick. Their landing in a small town, Hudson, about a half-mile south of the Headquarters."

"Oh gosh. They're smart." Steve responded. "Barry, Sam, Rhodey. Head to the town now. The rest of us will board the Quinnjet and get there as soon as possible. Go!"

Barry bolted off running, quickly followed by War Machine and Falcon, who took to the airs.

"Cap, if they figured that trick out, what other plans might they have?" Natasha asked. Steve didn't respond, instead standing silent for a moment, before turning and walking back onto the Quinnjet with the rest of the team.

Earth-A: Hudson, New York

The small town of Hudson was going on about it's daily routine as if nothing out of the ordinary had been occurring. Cars were driving up and down the streets. Children were playing on the playground during recess. Everything was as it always was. Until then…

On the school playground, the children were playing on the playset, swinging on swings and climbing on the monkey bars. Most of the children were in first grade, though there was one second grade group of children present as well. The teachers were sitting around a picnic table, discussing their day up to that point, and how usually boring it was. Until then…

One teacher, Mrs. Sally Patterson, who looked to be no more than in her mid-thirties, heard a strange noise coming from the sky. She happened to look up away from her peers to see what the noise was, only to see a massive, obelisk shaped ship falling from the sky. It crashed through the trees, about a thousand yards from the school. As it hit the ground, the force sent a cloud of dust and fire heading straight for the playground, encapsulating it before anyone could escape.

Children ran screaming. Well, those who were not already severally injured from the force of the cloud. Two teachers lay unconscious on the ground. Mrs. Patterson runs through the playground, gathering as many children as she can, brining them under the cover of the school building. She hears the sirens going off throughout the town, only to be immediately followed by the sound of another ship crashing into the ground on the other side of the town.

In the cloud surrounding the school, a dark red light begins to emit from the locating of the first ship. A horrifying screeching noise begins to sound. The remaining trees begin to shake, ruffle through the air. Mrs. Patterson, after gathering as many living and injured children as she possibly can, huddles down in cover of the school with a group of over sixty kids, one of whom was her own daughter. As she tried to open the doors to the school, which had been locked with the teacher possessing the keys missing in the cloud, to allow the children inside, she heard the noise of branches falling off trees. In a quick glance behind her, she saw a horrifying sight: hundreds, thousands of monstrous creatures running out of the forest. The monsters were completely black, with no eyes, and four arms, with elongated claws on each finger. She tried harder to open the doors with no success, knowing she would be unable to protect the kids from the beast, until then…

Lighting, red and yellow lightning appeared in smoke. As the creatures got closer and closer to the school, to the children, the lightening knocked them away, one by one, though all within a few seconds, until a figure appeared out of the lightening.

"Alright. Hello everyone. I'm the Flash."