Chapter 30.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will wrap up the story and bring it to a close, while the next chapter will cover the mid-credits scene and the following chapter will cover the post credits-scenes.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
And this chapter will be written in Jason's POV because since this fic was started in Jason's POV, I felt it was only fair that I ended it in his POV.
Disclaimer: I don't own Avengers, Arrow or any characters and elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
On with the show.
ButtonPusherExtraordinare: Thanks for the review. Glad you weren't expecting it. Glad you enjoyed the twist with the CT17 virus. You will find out about the final war in the fifth scene of Chapter 31.
The mysterious Mr.E: Thanks for the review. Glad it was awesome. Glad you can't wait.
OmniKamiUltraInstinct2020: Thanks for the review. Yes I am integrating Devil May Cry into this Multiverse. Yes, the Crisis on Infinite Earths was bad but the Final War will be devastating. You will find out more about it in Chapter 31. The Final War is actually based on the Cthulhu Mythos book by Brian Lumley; Elysia: The Coming of Cthulhu.
Aragorn II Elessar: Thanks for the review. Glad you loved the fight scenes. Glad it was awesome and yeah that was incredibly fun to write. Yep, but even Annihlus is not invincible. And Dante and Cthylla gave him a run for his money. Poor Nico, Conrad and Natasha indeed. Glad you liked the Stan Lee cameo.
Jason's POV.
Following the brutal fight against Annihlus, we had stumbled/limped our way back to the school which was in ruins.
The students were safe for the most part; no one had suffered any injuries.
The same couldn't be said for most of the defenders.
Natasha and Nico were in the worst condition; Natasha's wrist had been shattered by Annihlus, and Frank had managed to bandage it.
Nico had his arm torn off and Cthylla was tending to it.
Most of the defenders had cuts and small wounds on them.
Logan was the only person who seemed to be in perfect condition.
Nuke had lost one of his arms and I could clearly see his machine skeleton underneath.
We had begun tending the worst injuries on the field.
I took that time to catch my breath and look around.
The school had been completely demolished from fighting and the surrounding area was filled with smoking impact craters.
I felt sorry for the person who had to pay for the costs of the damage.
Oliver was also in a pretty bad condition considering he had his face smashed in multiple times by Annihlus.
His suit was also torn in various places.
Rebecca approached me.
"Thanks for the virus Becky. Without it, I'm not sure how long we would have lasted" I said to her.
"No problem Jay. Thanks for saving my ass anyway" she said.
"Anytime" I replied.
"Medical support will be here in about 5 minutes. You should probably get going before anyone recognizes you" Rebecca said to me.
That would not be good.
"Yeah, you're correct. Although I hate to leave everybody who is injured" I said.
She smiled and hugged me.
We walked back to where everyone was.
I noticed two people were missing though.
"Where are Barry and Thor?" I asked.
"I'll look for them" Dante said and took off into the air.
Two minutes later he returned, carrying an unconscious Thor who had multiple cuts on him and a brutally beaten Barry whose injuries made me want to vomit.
Barry's suit was torn and his entire face was bleeding.
"We need to get him medical attention now!" I said urgently.
Novu appeared and exited through a portal.
"I will take Mr Allen now. No modern technology can save him from this. But I can" Novu said.
I took Barry from Dante and moved towards Novu who took Barry and opened another portal, vanishing.
Team Arrow, Dante, Cthylla, Wick, Matt, Natasha and my team all disappeared and reappeared in Novu's realm.
Novu walked in through another portal with Barry who had been completely healed by the injuries.
"Yeah okay that was very quick" I said in shock.
"I took him to Earth-18 and put him in a Lazarus Pit which healed his injuries instantly" Novu explained.
That made sense given what I had heard of the Lazarus Pits from Nyssa.
Novu produced several vials of water and handed them to everyone who was injured.
Those who were injured, drank the water and there wounds healed in a matter of seconds.
"Good job. You pulled through and we have come through this victorious. Our mission for now is complete." Novu said.
"I will give you all time to say goodbye to each other before I send you all to your respective Earths" Novu said and created multiple portals.
I said goodbye to McGarett, Kono, Chin and Danny first.
"Thanks for the assist guys" I said to them.
"It was no problem Jason" McGarett said, shaking my hand.
"If you need my help, just give me a call" I said.
"Will do. I hope the next time we see each other it's in better times" Danny replied.
And with that, the four of them, turned and walked through one of the portals back to Hawaii which closed as soon as they entered.
Natasha and Thor were next.
Thor didn't seem that surprised to find out that I was alive or that the Multiverse existed. Apparently Asgardians had known about the existence of parallel Earths for thousands of years. That and Heimdall had been watching me.
What a perv.
Natasha gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm going to miss you Jay. It's going to be hard not telling everyone but I wont tell" she said.
"I'm glad you're better Nat. I would hate to lose you. Take care" I replied.
"It was good to see you again Friend Jason. I know your father would be proud of you if he had seen your actions on the battlefield" Thor said.
Then she and Thor walked through a portal back to the school.
Wick approached Frank and I.
"Thank you, for helping me take down Viggo. Here" Wick said as he pulled out a small talisman.
He pricked his finger, drawing blood and pressed it into one side.
He gave it to Frank.
He did the same thing and gave it to me.
"This is for you guys. If you guys ever need my help, either of you now, then I will be there" Wick said.
I smiled and nodded gratefully.
"Your help was great. It was great to get to know you" I said.
Wick nodded before walking off into another portal along with Frank.
Team Arrow, Nyssa and Barry were next.
"Thanks so much guys" I said.
"I wouldn't be able to do this without you Oliver. Thank you" I said.
"No problem Jay. See you soon" Oliver said.
Then they, along with Barry and Slade walked into another portal back to Star City.
Matt said his goodbye too and walked through to Hells Kitchen.
I then thanked Dante.
"You made all the difference" I said.
"No problem bro" Dante replied.
Dante had thanked me and had departed as well along with Shang Chi and Cthylla.
"Thanks Shang Chi for helping us man. I owe you" I said.
Shang Chi smiled.
"Of course kiddo. Wouldn't miss it for the world" he replied.
Shang Chi and Cthylla said they would be back soon.
Finally it was just Rebecca.
"Okay then Becky. Take care and give me a call if you need help" I told her.
"I'm going to miss you Jay. Don't make us wait too long" she said.
She gave me a massive hug and walked through the final portal back to Midtown.
It was just me and my team.
"Where's Conrad and Takio?" I asked.
Everyone's faces were grim.
"Takio should be fine; he'll just have to walk with a cane for a few months" Tripp said.
"And Conrad?" I asked.
"Well that's the thing. His condition was so bad, he fell into a coma" Jenna explained.
My stomach dropped.
"How long?" I asked.
"I don't know. Could be weeks, could be years" she said.
This was very bad.
Novu walked into the dimension via another portal.
"I have some important news to share that will be vital in defeating the Anti-Monitor" Novu said.
We all gathered in a half circle.
"Among the many misconceptions humanity holds dear is the idea that all beings are created equal. In truth, there are those who are greater. They are called heroes. But even among heroes, there are different classes. The highest belongs to those known as the paragons. And they are the only hope of all creation" Novu said.
These paragons sounded powerful.
"Who are these paragons?" I asked him.
"Using the Book of Destiny and Loki's sceptre, I have managed to discover the identities of four of the 20 paragons" Novu explained.
Using his powers, he brought up a screen.
"Barry Allen. Aka the Flash. The Paragon of Love" Novu said.
"Oliver Queen. Aka the Green Arrow. The Paragon of Heroes" Novu said.
"Sara Lance. Aka the White Canary. The Paragon of Destiny" Novu said.
"And Frank Castle. Aka the Punisher. The Paragon of Courage" Novu finished.
These paragons weren't very surprising at all.
"I am working with Leopold Fitz and Jemma Simmons to identify the remaining 16 paragons" Novu said.
I nodded in understanding.
"Now you must rest, if we are to conserve resources for battles yet to come" Novu said.
"Thanks" I said.
"But Mr McKenzie and Mr Tripplett, I have another assignment for you. You must join Phil Coulson's SHIELD unit for now" Novu said.
"Coulson is alive?" I asked in shock.
"Indeed. I will show you how he is alive soon. Now take care and see you soon" Novu replied.
Novu waved his hand and we vanished.
I reappeared back on the tropical island.
But this time, someone was waiting for me.
"Cassilda" I said, happily.
"Jay" she said, equally as happy.
We wrapped each other in a tight hug, neither of us wanting to let the other go.
"It's good to see you again" I told her.
"You too Jay" she replied.
And together, we held each other.
All was not over just yet.
Conrad was in a coma, Morris and Nico were badly injured and the Anti-Monitor was still out there along with god knows how many other threats.
But for now, all was well.
And that was all that mattered.
And we needed to fight to the end against the Anti Monitor.
From this point forwards, this entire conflict could be summed up to 3 words.
All for one.
And Chapter 30 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
So the story is complete. Now we only have the mid-credits and post-credits scenes which will be covered in Chapters 31 and 32.
And Mack and Tripp will rejoin Coulson's SHIELD team until my version of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
So yes, Conrad is in a coma. Poor guy.
As for why the Lazarus Pit didn't heal him, it was because Annihlus's life-absorption spell was gifted by Azathoth who is beyond any form of magic.
And I am not sure when Conrad will come back, but he will be back before my version of Infinity War at the end of the sequel.
Now to address several things:
I have started the introduction to the Paragons.
Barry and Sara remain as paragons same as in canon as I liked them.
I can confirm now, Oliver will not become the Spectre as I have another character in mind for the Spectre. So I decided to make Oliver a paragon.
I hope Oliver being the paragon of heroes' works in this. If anyone has a better idea, feel free to leave your suggestion in a review or PM me.
And Frank replaces Batwoman as the paragon of courage. While I have softened a lot around Batwoman to the point where I actually like her, I felt that Punisher would be a better paragon of courage.
Batwoman will have another major role to play in this trilogy though and you will find out in the sequel what it is.
As for the 20 paragons. I know that might seem a lot but considering that I am integrating multiple fandoms into this Multiverse, I felt that it was only fair; I increased the number of paragons as well.
Some of the paragons will be MCU, others DC, some OC's and a few will be non Marvel and non DC.
The only characters who I can confirm will be paragons are J'onn J'onnz, Kara Danvers and Earth-96 "Kingdom Come" Superman from COIE as I like him.
Now we have two more chapters left in this fic and they will cover the mid-credits and post-credits scenes respectively.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
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