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After they arrested and took in the ones, who wanted to fight back and helped the ones, who were mind-controlled by Apocalypse, the X-Men, Avengers, Team Arrow and Team Flash met with Magneto, Sabretooth and Mystique as their jets were apart from each other.

"Everyone is safe and Apocalypse has been defeated, Erik." Xavier said.

"Defeated, yes. But not destroyed." Magneto pointed out.

"True, but we'll be prepared, should he ever return." Xavier smiled.

Magneto shook his head. "Ever the optimist, eh, Charles?"

"And why not? Look what we have accomplished together. Imagine the good we could continue to achieve." Xavier said.

Magneto scoffed as he turned, about to leave. "Give up your childish dream. One day soon, they could be your undoing."

"Never, Erik. The world needs dreamers to give it a soul." Xavier said firmly.

"And it needs realists to keep it alive." Magneto retorted as he walked off, both him and Xavier once again parting ways as adversaries.

"Charles, honestly, why are you wasting your time on Magneto? He's a lost cause." Logan said as they were about to leave.

"There were a dozen times, when Erik could have betrayed us for the sake of his people, Wanda and Pietro… but he didn't." Xavier smiled at his former friend. "And that proves there is hope for even the hardest of hearts."


Natasha and Clint were piloting the Quinjet, as Bucky leaned next to Natasha. "Nat, do you have a moment?"

Natasha turned to Clint, who nodded as he piloted the jet before Natasha and Bucky went aside. "I wasn't sure whether to admit it or not… but I remember."

"What?" Natasha asked.

"I remember you. When you were younger." Bucky said and Natasha's eyes widened before she looked away before meeting his eyes.

"How long—" Natasha started.

"Too long… but…" Bucky took a breath. "I wasn't ready to face that past again. I guess I'd convinced myself you were better off moving on but… after Thanos… after Apocalypse… I don't want to live with any regrets of what I could have done but didn't."

Natasha considered. She had grown close with the Winter Soldier, when he trained her, even though she had no idea who he was at the time but at this point… "Bucky… I don't know. But… maybe…"

"Maybe it's time we stopped living with the ghosts of our pasts and live in the present and the future, right?" Bucky asked and Natasha considered.

"Maybe." Natasha smiled as he returned the smile back, both of them feeling fondness for each other they had not felt for anyone else in a long time.


Wanda turned to Barry. "What happened to Thawne?"

"I fought with him inside my Speed Force, but I guess Thawne wasn't welcome there." Barry said. "His Speed Force, the Negative Speed Force, was an opposite of the real deal, feeding off it like a parasite. Now he's facing a punishment that suits him."

"And what if he escapes?" Oliver pointed out.

"I doubt that." Barry smirked.


The Speed Force

"I am the better one, Flash! I always win!" Thawne yelled, trying to pick up the pace with Barry, who, for some reason, was faster than him but unknowing to Thawne, it was only a manifestation of the Speed Force playing with him for experimenting with the Speed Force.


X-Mansion, Westchester, New York

The life there more or less resumed back to normalcy, with Cyclops and Jean together, while Logan and Storm and other X-Men resumed teaching students.


Avengers Tower

Pepper and Happy were shocked at first but then rushed to Tony, hugging him in relief, with tears filling their eyes, happy to see him safe.


Star City

Life in Star City more or less returned back to normal as Arsenal, the White Canary, Spartan and Wild Dog engaged the thugs in the streets, while Green Arrow knocked another thug down and notched an arrow. "You have failed this city!"


Later, in Oliver's penthouse, Oliver, Sara, Quentin, Laurel, Diggle, Lyla, JJ, Samantha, William, Thea, Roy and Felicity were playing board games as Samantha rolled the dice.


CC Jitters, Central City

Barry and Wanda were having a coffee and talking as they held hands, smiling at each other.

Iris looked at them, disappointed and quite jealous but decided not to say anything, realizing that Wanda made him happier than Iris ever could. While she wanted to be with Barry, she realized that he was happier with Wanda, and while Iris tried, she realized that she was going about it the wrong way. As much as she was glad that Barry was happy, it was a bitter pill for her to swallow that he was not with her.


Caitlin's apartment, Central City

Steve woke up in the bed, with Caitlin snuggling to him beneath the covers before he gently kissed her on her forehead as he slowly moved away, trying not to wake her up as he put on his pants and looked outside the balcony to see the sun.

Caitlin was making him happier than he could be with Peggy and while he cared about Sharon and Natasha, right now they all had different paths to follow. And if the fight with Apocalypse taught him anything, it's that even the worst enemies can become close allies and that there is good even in the hardest of hearts.

Steve held Caitlin's hand on his as he turned to her, with blanket wrapped around her naked body to cover herself as she smiled before they made their way back to the apartment. Neither one of them expected to find what they had been looking for, in each other, but wherever it was going to take them, they would see it through.


I planned to do Bucky/Natasha romance in the story, but I managed to do just two romances at the time here, so I figured I could at least make a reference to their relationship in comic books.

And Thawne is trapped in the Speed Force, hallucinating racing with Barry, since considering that in Season 6 of The Flash, he has become a Voldemort, the next best thing would be trap him in the Speed Force, since it's up to debate, if he can actually die.

Also, in this story, asides from Lian Yu not blowing up, Quentin and Sara helped Earth-2 Laurel reform, since while the concept of redeeming Black Siren was good, Season 6 ruined her and her redemption in Season 7 fell flat, considering that most of Season 6, she was against Oliver and screwed him over because of Cayden and then Diaz.

Wasn't in a mood to do some WestAllen drama, so Barry and Iris broke up off-screen.

Thank you to everyone, who has read this story until the end. I will be honest, I wasn't sure about this at first but I found myself highly enjoying writing this story and I hope you have enjoyed reading this until the end, since from experience, the enthusiasm to writing a story can make it a good one.

And I'd like to thank Stand and Ward and Queen, since it's thanks to his stories 'Torn between two timelines' and 'Attack on two earths' that I got the inspiration for this story, alongside some older X-Men comic books and X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse video game, so thank you, my good friend.

Please review and let me know if you have enjoyed this story until it's end.

With regards

Bl4ckHunter