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Man, the first part of Crisis on Infinite Earths really screwed the pooch and their treatment of Oliver makes me want to throw up. Still, I'll watch the rest of it. And now one thing's for sure…..Guggie, Beth, Greg and the other showrunners and writers will be made to hear Bieber for real this time as punishment!
Also, Phillipe363 informed me why PMs are down. Here's the tweet by FF mods- "Out of caution, we have disabled PM email alerts until a more secure anti-spam feature is installed which can thwart the continuing efforts by some nefarious spam bots."
Honestly, this does more harm than good and is a useless move.
On a brighter note, the trailer to Wonder Woman 1984 was so amazing and I loved it, though the movie won't be cannon for my version of Diana on Earth-38 for some reasons which you'll know in the future. But I'm so excited for the movie as well as Black Widow.
Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review. Glad you enjoyed it THAT much! I can't believe I left you speechless for once. I have no words for how much you enjoyed it either. Oh I saw COIE and they screwed the pooch BIG TIME! Okay, I'll refrain myself, though glad I do it well. Yes, it was DCEU Superman who ripped it out. Yes, only rage now. Yes, Morgoth is a huge threat to Thanos now. Yes, Mjolnir's back and glad the connection works and glad it was a fair point. Yes, MoS had awesome fights and glad you liked seeing them. One reason I amped Superman to DCEU level was to do those fights. Yes, Zod is humiliated now and those 3 are too weak to fight Tony. Yes, respect Thor and glad his moon-busting performance dropped your jaw. Glad the team-up was nice and couple goals for sure. Nice idea on Pete and Ungoliant and I already have one planned out. Yes, they're all back, and Astra too. Yes, they would be. Honestly, I never really thought of Diana meeting Steve's dad so probably not happening. Oh yes, the omnipotent beings would be having a hell of a time watching this! I think that's it for Carol. Yes, I hate time travel. Glad you were entertained and yeah, Dahrk and Savage being beaten up so easily is always satisfying. Glad Thor using his words to Loki on Hela was funny. Agreed on Azog and Malekith too. Yes, let's not think about Scott and the Troll. Yes, chalk it up to mind control. Well, just enjoy this chapter, and I hope the next 3 don't kill you. Or will they? Once again, so glad you enjoyed that much and found it THAT good. Thanks for that! Now enjoy!
Guest 1: Thanks for the review. So glad this was fantastic and you loved it all. Glad to hear it. Yes, that would be fun with Dr. Manhattan and Eru. So glad to hear you're excited.
Guest 2: You spoiled the episode for me so please put spoiler alert next time you say something like this!
Chapter 18- Everybody comes home
Avengers Compound
The Bifrost hit the ground as Fitz, Harry, Pepper, Hamfast, Elanor and William ran out to see what was going on.
As the Bifrost faded, all the heroes stood there along with the Benatar.
"Tony!" Pepper cried out in joy as she ran up to him and the two kissed each other.
"Hey kiddo!" Oliver said as he and William ran to each other and he hugged his son, lifting him up.
"Elanor!" Frodo smiled at Elanor as he patted her head while she cooed happily as Hamfast sighed.
"You guys got it?" Harry asked, getting down to business.
Barry raised the Infinity Gauntlet in his hand and waved it, making Harry smirk.
"Brilliant!" Fitz sighed in relief.
"Kara!" Alex cried out as she ran at Kara and tacked her in a hug. If Kara wasn't a Kryptonian, her bones would be crushed by it, "You're all right!"
"Yes, Alex. I am." Kara said happily as she hugged her sister and then looked up to see Clark and Barry approaching her. She held out her hand and they both hugged her as well.
"Sister?" Nebula asked in shock and disbelief as she stared at Gamora, unable to believe what she was seeing, "H-How…? I thought-I thought father killed you."
"I thought so too." Gamora said before gesturing to Constantine, "But he saved me and we were both trapped in the Soul Stone….until now."
Nebula felt tears come to her eyes and so did Gamora as both sisters hugged and cried while Nebula looked to Constantine and kept saying repeatedly, "Thank you….Thank you….Thank you."
"Not a big deal, luv." Constantine shrugged as he waved her away.
"It is a big deal." Sara said as she put a hand on Constantine's shoulder, "You got the Gauntlet from Thanos. Thank you. And it's good to see you again."
"You people did distract the purple turd long enough." Constantine pointed out as he shrugged.
"It's good to see you again though." Oliver said as he raised his hand and Constantine shook it.
"Same here, mate." Constantine quipped.
"We got the Gauntlet at last due to all of our efforts." Gandalf said cheerfully as he tapped his staff on the ground.
"Wait…" Kara said in shock as she saw Astra on the ground and emotions welled up inside of her, "What is she doing here? Wasn't she dead?"
"Thanos brought her back along with several others to fight us." Alex explained.
"And he mind-controlled her to fight for him." Clark said as all felt sickened to their stomach.
"Along with my brother." Thor said as he stood over Loki, emotions welling up inside him as well.
"I don't trust that guy." Clint said, still hating Loki for good reasons.
"Well I do!" Thor snapped as he looked at them all, "He helped me against Hela, helped me save the Asgardians, and even tried to take down Thanos."
"Yeah, Thor's right guys." Banner spoke in his support so Clint backed down.
"If you two vouch for him, he can stay." Steve said as Thor nodded gratefully, "But keep an eye out on him."
"Oh leave that to me." Thor assured him.
"Well." Steve said as he looked to Tony, "We did it."
"Yeah. We all sure did." Natasha agreed.
"Yeah." Tony said as he said to the others, "Good team effort all around. Brilliant work. Keep it up."
"I think we will have to keep it up if we are to bring everyone back." Aragorn said.
"How far along are you both?" Bruce asked Fitz and Harry.
"Oh we're almost done." Harry said as he exchanged a look with Fitz.
"What, did you stop to take a nap or something?" Blade asked as all chuckled.
"It is a complex process." Fitz said in exasperation.
"Think you could use a hand?" Tony asked them and they nodded.
"Well then." Bruce said as they all walked inside together.
The Garden
Thanos looked at his golden armor and helmet solemnly as he stood with a contemplative look on his face. He had regenerated it with the Infinity Gauntlet in case he needed it. He never thought he would. Obviously, he was wrong.
The planet was pretty much torn apart from the clash. The other villains were using their powers to slow down the process until they all left.
"Looks like you failed." Morgoth said as he walked to Thanos with Sauron, Saruman and Zod.
"I underestimated them." Thanos admitted.
"Which is why you failed." Morgoth said as Thanos glared at him.
"Oh I wasn't the only one." Thanos sneered.
"No. We all did." Saruman said in agreement, "We should have been more prepared."
Morgoth and Sauron exchanged a look. Morgoth's intention was for Thanos and the heroes to kill each other for the Infinity Stones and then he would take them. And to add to his act, he had held back in the previous fight so as to not alert Thanos about how powerful he truly had become. Thanos knew what Morgoth wanted but without the Gauntlet, it would not be wise to face him and Sauron and their minions as they were more powerful than the Black Order. His best bet was to get back the Stones before Morgoth.
Sauron knew what his Master intended and decided to help him.
"Even though we did, we can still make this right." Sauron spoke as Morgoth nodded in approval.
"We will have to if we want to defeat them forever." Zod sneered.
"We will." Thanos said as he put on his armor and then his helmet before picking up his giant double-edged sword which he called the Thanoscopter, "After all- I am inevitable."
'Insolent fool.' Morgoth said in his head and laughed darkly inside.
Avengers Compound
Thor stood over his brother in the med bay as Loki slowly began to stir and then opened his eyes.
"Thor." He muttered.
"How are you?" Thor asked him.
"Well, still not dead." Loki joked to lighten the mood.
"You know what I mean." Thor said.
Loki sighed as he pushed himself up into a sitting position and said, "The Other promised me that if I failed, Thanos will make me long for something as sweet as pain. And he was right. I was tormented every minute after being brought back, being forced to fight for Thanos even though I knew I should not."
"I am sorry, brother." Thor said with tears in his eyes, sickened to his stomach by what Thanos had done to him as he put a hand on his shoulder, "But now that you are back, we have a chance to be brothers again. And you have a chance to redeem yourself."
Loki nodded as he stared at Thor who smirked and said, "And together, we can have our revenge on Thanos and the others."
Loki smirked back and said, "Oh, they won't see this coming."
Kara was sitting next to her aunt who slowly stirred and opened her eyes as well, which Kara sensed as she turned to her.
"Kara?" She groaned as she sat up quickly, "Where am I?"
"You're in the Avengers Compound on Earth-199999." Kara said as she put a hand on her shoulder, "How do you feel?"
"I have a headache." Astra said as she held her head, "When Thanos brought me back, he made me serve him against my will."
"I know." Kara said with tears in her eyes as Astra looked at her, "But tell me- will you do something like Myriad again?"
"I was trying to protect my people." Astra said and Kara scoffed but she continued, "Or at least I thought I was. But after what Thanos did to me…I realize what the people under Myriad would have felt."
Kara looked on in astonishment as Astra said with shame, guilt and regret in her eyes, "I may have had good intentions, but I went too far with what I did. And for that, I'm sorry Kara."
Kara hugged her aunt as she cried while Kara said, "I can forgive you. But I don't think the others can."
"How can they?" Astra said, knowing she had no right to be forgiven by any of them.
"They can if you earn it." Kara assured her with a smile as she put a hand on her shoulder.
Galadriel, Elrond, Clark and Alex stood over J'onn who was still unconscious.
"Whatever Morgoth did is still effecting him." Alex said, worried for him.
"How do we get him back?" Clark asked.
Galadriel walked up to J'onn and stroking his head whispered, "J'onn. Come back."
Then she kissed his forehead and slowly moved away.
In a second, J'onn opened his eyes dramatically and gasped, as if waking up from a nightmare. Which he was.
J'onn tried to stagger up as Elrond and Clark supported him with the former advising, "Not a wise move, Master J'onn."
"How out of it are you?" Alex asked as she put a hand on his shoulder while he looked at her.
J'onn held his head and gasped in pain as the others looked at him in concern. He looked at them again and said, "I think I should be fine."
"We'll give you time to recover." Clark said as he put a hand on his shoulder.
"How's Kara?" He asked.
"Better than you are." Alex assured him and he nodded.
Frodo was standing alone when Bruce approached him.
"Batman." Frodo greeted him.
"You did good, Frodo." Batman assured him, "And so did Scott."
Putting a hand on Frodo's shoulder he assured, "Never underestimate yourself even if others do."
As he started moving away, Frodo said, "I never said thank you."
"And you'll never have to." Bruce assured as he moved away.
Banner was sitting alone in his room when he heard a knock and looked up to see Caitlin.
"Come in." He said as she walked to him and sat down.
"How you doing?" She asked kindly.
"I-I don't know." Banner sighed as he put a hand on his head, "I thought I could do it with the Hulkbuster. But they kicked my ass. And Hulk isn't interested in talking."
"Killer Frost wasn't either at times." Caitlin told him, "But she was part of me so she could not avoid it forever. And neither can Hulk. Work it out."
Banner nodded at her with a smile which she returned as she got up and walked out.
Galadriel, Tony, Oliver and Pepper walked to Hamfast, Elanor and William.
"What is it, dad?" William asked.
"Hey buddy." Oliver said as he put a hand on his shoulder, "Lady Galadriel here says the three of you and Pepper need to go The Shire in Middle-earth."
"But why?" William asked, confused.
"Something is coming." Galadriel said, "And you all cannot stay here as it will put you in danger."
"I wanna stay with you, dad." William said with tears in his eyes.
"I promise buddy, when this is all over, we will be together. And your mom will be back too." Oliver said as he hugged William who hugged him back.
"Take care of yourself, Tony." Pepper said as she hugged him and they kissed.
"You too." Tony said, "We'll meet again when this is done."
She nodded and then moved next to Hamfast, Elanor and William.
"We are going home for now, Elanor." Hamfast said as she cooed.
"And your father, mother and brother will come back soon." Galadriel assured and she cooed happily again.
Tony used the interdimensional extrapolator to open a breach and all four of them walked into it while waving to them. When they were on the other side, Tony closed it and said, "Let's get to work."
Steve was standing in his room, looking out of the window when he turned around to see Diana approach him.
"Thank you for your help with Witch-King." Steve said gratefully.
"Do not thank me." Diana assured him before asking, "But I want to know- why do you wear America's symbol on you?"
"Oh that." Steve said, "When the Second World War broke out, some scientists of our country made a serum that would increase the physical and mental stats of anyone injected with it to early superhuman levels. I was a skinny, weak and sick kid from Brooklyn. But I was selected for it. Dr. Erskine, who was the scientist behind it, said I was selected because of the goodness of my heart."
"He made a wise choice." Diana assured him and he nodded in appreciation.
"I was given the serum and he told me to always be not a perfect soldier but a good man." Steve said, "Then my country made me into Captain America to fight for them. And I did. I fought Hydra and Nazis."
"I myself fought in the First World War." Diana told him as he looked at her, "I thought it was Ares the God of War who was behind it. But at the end, I realized he did not control the wills of Men. They could be evil and despicable if they tried. And they could be kind, gentle and even protectors of the innocent if they tried."
"It's up to us which part we choose to act on." Steve told her, "The good or the bad. I choose to act on what I think is the good. And I hope I'm doing it right."
"Trust me, you are." Diana said, "Though I have to ask- how are you still alive?"
"Well, when I stopped Hydra's leader the Red Skull, the plane in which we had fought was going to crash on New York with several dangerous weapons which would lead to destruction." Steve said, "So I steered it into the ocean to save the people. And I got frozen in ice for decades until SHIELD thawed me out in 2011."
Diana seemed shocked on hearing that almost disbelieving.
"Something wrong, ma'am?" Steve asked kindly.
"No. It is nothing." Diana assured him, but it was something. Up until the name and the World Wars, she had thought it was just a coincidence. But Steve Rogers had done exactly what Steve Trevor had all those years ago when he had shot the gas to ignite it in the plane and destroy both himself and it all to prevent the gas' distribution. And Steve Rogers had done the same thing for the people.
"Thank you." Diana said, confusing him, "For everything you have done for your country and world."
With that, she walked out abruptly as Steve looked after her, puzzled.
"Looks like I still don't know a thing about women." Steve muttered to himself.
Carol was sitting glumly before looking up to see Clark and Kara standing outside.
"I heard you share the same surname as me." Kara said, "You my doppelganger or something?"
"No. You are an alien adopted by humans. I am a human adopted by aliens." Carol shrugged.
"Oh, okay." Kara said.
"You look glum." Clark said.
"It's Morgoth." Carol sighed, "He….he beat me! Easily! I have never lost a fight ever since I got my powers."
"I had the exact same feeling when I was defeated for the first time." Clark said as she looked up at him, "You may be powerful, but you will always meet someone who is even more powerful. The goal is not to let loss demoralize you, but inspire you to be better in the next fight and not underestimate your opponent."
That seemed to work as Carol smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you."
"Oh don't thank me." Clark shrugged.
"He's like that with everyone." Kara said and all three chuckled.
Later
Fitz and Harry worked on the Infinity Gauntlet with assistance from Tony, Bruce, Banner and Rocket as the rest watched from a distance.
"And done!" Fitz said as they all parted to reveal it.
"Tada!" Harry said with a smirk.
It looked a lot like the Gauntlet Thanos wore, but the color was different and so was the size. And obviously, it was new and fresh unlike the one Thanos had.
"So that will bring everyone back?" Frank asked as he stared at it.
"It will." Matt assured him.
"What about the Stones on the previous Gauntlet?" Blade asked.
"Not a problem." Gandalf said as he pointed his staff at the Gauntlet they had taken from Thanos and using his telekinesis, pulled the Stones out one by one before fitting them into the new Gauntlet exactly into the slots he had taken them from in the previous Gauntlet.
Within a minute, it was done.
"Boom!" Rocket suddenly said, startling almost everyone as he chuckled but got glares so he said, "Sorry."
"Yeah you better be!" Jessica said as he sighed.
"Well done." Bruce said to Fitz and Harry who smirked.
"I knew you could do it!" Daisy said to them both.
"We all had faith in you." Galadriel assured.
"You wanna come work at Stark Industries for me?" Tony asked Fitz as Natasha and Clint rolled their eyes good-naturedly.
"No, I'm good at SHIELD." He said.
"Damn straight, Turbo." Mack said.
"He might hassle you." Natasha joked to Fitz about Tony who groaned.
"So be careful." Clint said and all chuckled.
"Well then, it's ready." Logan said as he looked at Gauntlet and all turned their attention to it.
"Question is- who's gonna snap their frickin' fingers?" Rocket asked.
"I'm sure not anyone just can." Jessica said and all nodded.
"Me and Hulk could have done it as the energy is mostly gamma." Banner said, "But we still haven't worked it out."
"Even if you had, it's a very big 'if', Dr. Banner." Bobbi told him.
"I can do it. I'm half vampire." Blade offered, shocking everyone.
"Not enough." Bruce shook his head as all recovered a bit from what they had heard.
"I'll do it." Logan said as all looked to him, "I'll heal anyway."
"From that?" Steve asked pointedly.
"I survived Nagasaki, bub." Logan said and all those who knew about it had their jaws dropped, "I can survive this."
"That was a city. This thing has enough energy in it to light up a continent." Tony pointed out to him.
"Even if you could do it, your healing factor will probably not save you from this." Bruce said.
"Maybe I could." Barry said, "The Speed Force can help me."
"You have a healing factor but it's nothing compared to Logan's." Caitlin pointed out, "I don't think you can either."
"Gandalf?" Frodo asked Gandalf as all turned to him.
"In my true form, I could have for sure." Gandalf said before adding apologetically, "In this form, I do not think I can. Apologies my friends. But if anyone else cannot do it, I will."
"No need." Kara said as she walked up to them, "I'll do it."
"You're still too weak!" Alex snapped in a tone that left no room for argument.
"What about me?" Carol asked, "I can absorb energy."
"The energy from that may be too much for even you to handle beyond a few seconds." Harry said to her.
"Let me try." J'onn offered.
"You're too weak as well." Clark pointed out to him.
"Maybe I can try." Diana said, "It is my job to protect humanity after all."
"Not at the cost of your life." Bruce said to her, "Even if you can survive this, it's a huge risk."
"I will do it." Astra said as all turned to her in astonishment.
Kara started, "Aunt Astra….."
"No Kara please!" Astra pleaded and Kara realized why she was offering, "Let me do it! Just let me! Just let me do it! Just let me do something good! Something great!"
"You will get your chance." Clark said as she looked at him, "But this is something I should do."
"No. Not you. I should."
All turned to look at Thor who looked up and returned all of their gazes.
"I am the strongest Avenger. It has to be me." Thor said.
"Thor, are you sure?" Aragorn asked wearily.
"Yes I am." Thor said as he looked at them all, "I didn't go for the head so people died. A lot of people. Now it falls upon me to bring them back."
"If you try it, you may not survive." Galadriel pointed out.
"I'm the least likely to die trying." Thor said, "So I must do it. I understand all of your concerns but I must do this. I can feel it in my bones."
"Are you sure?" Steve asked, repeating Aragorn's question.
"I am." Thor said.
"Then let's do this." Oliver said as he looked Thor in the eye who nodded at him.
"Bring everyone back, Thor laddie." Gimli said.
"I am sure he will, my friend." Legolas said to him.
"All of us believe in you." Arwen said and he nodded in appreciation.
"Use your strength wisely, King Thor." Elrond said and he nodded again.
"Good luck." Sara simply said.
"Same here." Laurel added.
"Brother." Loki said as he put a hand on Thor's shoulder and they exchanged a loving, brotherly look, "Please be careful."
"I will." Thor assured him with a nod.
"This is it." Nyssa said.
Slade looked at Thor and said, "Everybody comes home."
"Remember, just bring back everyone Thanos snapped away. Nothing else." Tony pointed out and he nodded.
"And the Silmaril Thanos took from my grandfather. Bring that back too." Elrond told him and he nodded once more.
Thor understood the concern everyone had, given how he had reacted to Coulson dying. But after Gandalf's wise words, he knew he could forgive himself. There were many people Thor wanted to bring back of course- his father, his mother, the Warriors Three, Heimdall, Coulson and so many more. When he was a brash, bullheaded prince a few years ago, he would have done it without hesitation. But he was no longer that prince. He was a King of his people, expected to look after their well-being. And he was a hero who had to do the right thing no matter what. Plus, Loki's return had alleviated his grief to an extent.
This was happening because fate wanted it to happen, and he would respect fate's will.
"What about us?" Nebula asked.
"Yeah, we would need protection from the energy." Gamora said.
"Otherwise we might go poof!" Constantine said but no one was amused.
"I'm sure you have an idea." Elektra said to Tony.
"FRIDAY, do me a favor and activate Barn Door Protocol." Tony said to his AI.
"Yes, boss." FRIDAY replied as all the doors and windows were shut and barred.
"So awesome." Rhodes said as Tony smirked.
"Let's do it." Scott said and Thor nodded.
Steve then stood with his shield raised with Oliver, Barry, Sara, Blade and Earth-2 Laurel behind him as Rhodes and Scott put on their helmets and went behind Steve too while Tony tapped his chestpiece and his new suit appeared. He conjured a virtual shield with it and put Banner, Natasha and Clint behind him. Clark stood protectively in front of Kara, Alex, J'onn, Astra and Loki while Diana raised her shield with Bruce, Barry, Caitlin, Slade and Nyssa behind her. Gandalf raised his staff and a shield appeared which covered himself, Galadriel, Elrond, Frodo, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Arwen, Fitz and Harry. Carol stood and glowed a little, standing in front of Daisy, Mack, Matt and Elektra while Logan stood protectively in front of Storm, Bobby, Frank, Jessica and Rocket.
With a deep breath, Thor fit his right hand into the Infinity Gauntlet. As he lifted his arm up, he was immediately struck by the energy as he screamed in pain. Everyone else was concerned.
"BROTHER!" Loki called out.
"Thor, you okay?" Rocket asked.
"Take it off!" A concerned Frodo said.
"Brother, Rabbit, Hobbit, I am fine." Thor grunted, straining himself against the energy. He could see why Thanos had struggled to use it. He did too. But he had to do it.
With a roar, Thor raised his hand into the air and snapped his fingers as the Stones flashed.
Thor looked around, finding himself in an orange background with skies of the same color and water under his feet.
"Hello son."
Thor turned around to see Frigga walking towards him, a proud but sad smile on her face. Thor couldn't believe it.
"Mother?"
Frigga said as she smiled warmly at him, "I've missed you."
Thor ran at his mother and embraced her, sobbing into her shoulder as she comforted him.
"I missed you too, mom. I missed you too." He said, "I wished to speak to you every day. I'm…I'm sorry I couldn't save you."
"Death must come to all, sooner or later." Frigga consoled soothingly.
"How are we here?" Thor asked.
"Using the Stones, it causes one to have a vision. The Soul Stone brought your mind here, as it brought Thanos when he used them. It brought you to the person you most wanted to see when you used the Stones." Frigga explained, "I am proud of you Thor, for all that you have done. Your father is proud of you too."
"But I failed, mom." Thor moaned, "I failed to stop Thanos. He killed half of our people."
"Yes, you are a failure." Frigga said as Thor looked down in shame before she asked, "You know what that makes you?"
Thor looked up and she said, "Just like everyone else."
"But I'm not supposed to be like everyone else." Thor said as his voice cracked.
"Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be or what they are supposed to do." Frigga said, "But how we choose to act upon our failure defines who we are."
Thor considered before looking up at her again.
"I can't be like dad, mom. I can't rule as he did." Thor confessed, not sure why he felt compelled to say it.
"I know and so does he." Frigga said soothingly as she walked over to him, putting a hand on the side of his face, "You are different than him, but that isn't a bad thing. You can be better. A better King, a better man. Your father is proud of you and he will always be. Be who you are, not who everyone expects you to be."
Thor was quiet for a moment and then said shakily, "I love you, mom."
"I love you too, my son." Frigga said as they embraced again, "Now our time has come to an end. Goodbye."
Thor fell down with a cry as the Gauntlet fell off his hand and Oliver kicked it away, "You okay, Thor?"
"I don't think he is." Natasha said in concern as all saw the radiation burn on his arm.
"Brother!" Loki said as he rushed to Thor's side.
"Hold still, Thor." Bobby said before he used his powers to freeze and cool down the injured arm.
"I…I saw her." Thor whispered to Loki with a smile and Loki immediately knew who he was talking about as he smiled too.
Looking at everyone, he then asked, "Did…..did it work?"
"We are not sure." Aragorn said while the doors and windows started opening.
Legolas suddenly pointed at something shiny at the center of the table everyone had missed.
"The Silmaril." Galadriel whispered as all looked at it in wonder, awed by its beauty. While it did not look powerful like the Stones, it had a unique beauty of its own and brought joy to them all on seeing it.
Scott and Carol walked to the window as Clint's cell phone vibrated. He walked to it and was shocked to see Laura's picture on it.
Emotions welling up inside him, he accepted the call.
"Clint?" Laura said from the other end.
"Honey." He said in a voice that was barely a whisper as Natasha put a hand on his shoulder.
"Clint?" She asked again.
"Honey." He whispered.
Scott and Carol noticed birds chirping outside as the sun shone a bit brighter.
"Guys...I think it worked!" Scott said happily.
"Everything is coming back to normal." Carol said too.
Frodo remembered Sam's words at Osgiliath and said, "When the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer!"
"Shadow is only a passing thing." Natasha said as they shared a smile and knowing look.
All of them were laughing as they looked around, feeling overjoyed and victorious.
A recovering Thor looked up and his eyes widened in horror to see a black shape in the sky over the Compound.
Then everyone heard a roar as a powerful and large jet of flame hit the glass ceiling above, shattering it, followed by smaller ones, causing an explosion.
And done there.
Yeah, I ended it on a cliffhanger. I'm evil, I know.
Thank you to Stand with Ward and Queen for letting me use the Thor/Frigga scene from his 'Crisis on two earths.'
I made Thor snap because I'm sure IW Thor could have done it. He was fit both physically and mentally. Also, he didn't go for the head so he most likely blames himself for all the deaths. So him bringing everyone back redeems him of his failure.
I also hope the part where everyone debated on who uses the Gauntlet was well done. I just wanted everyone who could snap their fingers without potentially dying to speak up before being told the reasons they can't do it.
Pepper won't be coming back in the Rescue armor here. I love her and I loved her in the suit but its obvious Tony made that suit during the five years after the Snap and those five years did not happen here. That, and she would also have practice using it during the five years in the movie but not here unfortunately which is why she can't come. Hope nobody minds.
Also, I'm thinking of doing a Steve/Diana romance here for reasons. I thought of Thor/Diana but they would work better as friends with a sibling like relationship. I like crossover pairings anyway and I believe Steve/Diana could work due to Rogers' similarities with Trevor. What do you people think? And I hope the scene between them was handled well.
Plus, I hated Steve's ending anyway as in my opinion it ruined his character arc Endgame onwards.
Anyway, hope everyone enjoyed and are excited for the next chapter where the final fight begins.