Apologies for this not being the latest chapter of "Danny and Wendy", but I've had several plot bunnies for "Infinity Crisis" for a while now. Hope you guys and gals enjoy this one-shot.
Also anyone reading one-shot, I recommend that you read the original "Infinity Crisis" fic written by Michael Weyer, as well as "Salvation Run", also by Weyer, "Batman Family", by L1701E, and Chapter 10 of "Glimpses", by Ben2Dartmouth. Because this one-shot ties heavily into those stories. You can find the links to those stories on the Infinity Crisis TV Tropes page.
Earth-1989
"Ready."
Margaret 'Peggy' Carter thought her life was unusual to say the least.
She was born in 1921 to a well prosperous English family. But she felt her life really began when she decided inject herself with Dr. Erskine's super solider serum, with a burst of what felt like rejuvenation. Helping the Allies win against the Axis and HYDRA. Now this, helping a League of heroes in another universe take down alien invaders, also from another universe.
"Now."
Peggy burst open the door and imminently threw her mighty shield at the one nearest to the controls of their base. Her shield bounced off the Skrull and it flew right back to her. Next to her, another hero called Green Lantern formed a shield around them and blocked the Skrulls energy blasts from hitting the heroes.
Carter then put her strong shield in front of her and charged head strong into the aliens. Then with a variety of kicks and punches, she knocked out the Skrulls nearest to her. Green Lantern then put down her shields and other heroes charged into the base.
Batman and Huntress did various of advanced martial arts moves on their foes, with kicks and punches as well. Batman threw various batarangs at the opponents that came charging viciously after him, while Huntress fired her crossbow with ferocity at the aliens.
Batman then said while fighting with his crimefighting partner, "Can't believe that those are the last ones."
"Focus Batman." Huntress said like a teacher to a student at the younger Batman.
They were all thankful of the Doctor's device that helped them detect the Skrulls. But even with the Skrull detecter, with its powerful signal tuned to Skrull DNA, some were more difficult to find more than others. Never the less, the Justice League was able to find the Skrulls in their universe, mostly infiltrating as politicians and reporters in major countries and news channels.
But there were a few slippery ones, such as one Skrull trying and failing to infiltrate a splinter cell of the League of Assassins which alerted the heroes of this universe to their presence.
Though Carter had only had one question on their mind.
Why did the Skrulls destroy her universe?
They seemed more like the conquering type than the type of villains who want to destroy everything, like that monster she fought a while back.
Earth-86315
For a while she thought that was going to spend an eternity fighting that tentacled abomination that Red Skull summoned as HYDRA's champion, only for that… thing to crush him mere moments after being summoned. Having to push that thing into the portal and sacrifice everything to save her world. It was nothing but darkness in that void, fighting that beast for what felt like an eternity.
Until a light appeared.
She remembered bursting through that portal and seeing two men. A man with an eye-patch and another man carrying a bow. Telling her that the war had been over for seventy years now.
Peggy Carter didn't know what to think when she was told those words. On one hand, she was glad the war had ended and that the enemy was defeated. On the other, everyone that she knew were now dead or at least really old. As her new friend, the Doctor, later told her that time flowed differently in that dimension as he called it.
But things only got worse from there, as time began to act weird, in the most simplest terms that the Doctor would later describe it, mere moments after she was flung form that portal. Half the room appearing as a futuristic warehouse and the other half appearing as the room were she began fighting that creature. Divided by what can only be described as a white veil.
With these weird temporal things also meant one good thing, seeing Steve, Howard, and the rest of the Howling Commandos again. Of course, Peggy Carter went through the veil to her love and valuable ally, Steve Rogers and kissed him. Thinking for a moment that he would never see him again.
"I thought I lost you forever again." Peggy remembered saying those words to Steve after embracing each other.
"Well I thought so too." Steve said with happiness and relief in his voice she recalled.
It was on the seventy years later side, looking through the white veil, that a middle-aged looking man appeared from a doorway. A man she would get to know as the Doctor. Who then pointed a watch-like device at the bow and arrow man, who then changed into something else. It had the shape of a human, but that was only thing he, if she can call it that, and humanity had in common. It had green skin, large pointed ears, and a wrinkly chin on its head. The rest of its body was covered by a purple bodysuit.
Carter recalled the eye-patched man being confused by the bow and arrow guy suddenly changed his appearance. But at the same time seemed to know what this creature was.
"Who the hell are you and where's Agent Barton!?" The eye-patched man yelled in both confusion and rage.
The creature that posed as Agent Barton then said to the eye-patched man, "None of your concern." He then turned to the man that exposed him and said, "You, my superiors have heard of you and your meddling, Doctor."
"Glad to see that my own fame precedes me." The Doctor said with some sly confidence.
The eye-patched man spoke next pulling his gun out while speaking, "Who are you?! Are you with Carol and Talos?"
"I'm not with this universe's version of that traitor or his human pet. I'm with the right side of my species, for the Skrull Empire." The Skrull as he called himself said with zeal.
"Good to know that I'm shooting at a bad guy then." The eye-patched man said aiming his gun at the alien, knowing that he was shooting an enemy.
But Steve had a different question in mind, "What do you mean this universe?"
The Skrull then said with arrogance, "I don't need to tell you anything human. We are everywhere, in every universe."
The Doctor then yelled at the eye-patched man, "Don't shoot him! I need him alive!" He then jumped on the Skrull and the two struggled.
But the Skrull was able to sucker-punch the Doctor after the brief struggle. He then pulled a device out of its bodysuit. A device that looked more advanced than both time periods of the room.
He then pressed a button on the device and a blue portal appeared, not too dissimilar to the one Carter jumped out of. The Skrull then went into the portal, which quickly closed immediately after he went in it.
"What just the hell just happened?" Howard said in both confusion and shock.
The Doctor ran towards a corridor in the future section for elsewhere.
"Wait, come back!" Peggy yelled at the mysterious Doctor. So she ran after him.
"Peggy, wait!" Steve yelled as he ran after her, trying to barely keep up.
The man ran to a blue box, though at first glance for Peggy was confused at why this mysterious man heading towards a police box. Odd place to find one overall. She grabbed and restrained him.
"What's going on?" Peggy sternly said to the Doctor, "Why did that one man say that the war was over for seventy years, then Steve, Howard, and the Commandos appear, then you appeared and turned that other man into that… thing."
The Doctor replied, "It's called a Skrull. And as to time appearing all at once, I don't know. Though I suspect the Skrulls are somehow responsible. They appeared in Universe-1 by having one of their agents marry an important figure in that universe by using time travel."
"What do you mean Universe-1? Time travel? What are you talking about?" Peggy asked in confusion.
"Just let me go and I can fix all this." The Doctor said calmly.
Peggy considered and looked at the Doctor's face. It was a face that was being honest. A face that showed of never being cruel and cowardly. A face of never giving in. She decided that he is a good man. Her experience of interrogating HYDRA agents made her tell the difference between what she considered good and evil. So Peggy let the Doctor go from her grip.
The Doctor then said, "Captain Carter, right? I am the Doctor. I travel through all of time and space in my TARDIS, that blue police box over there." The Doctor pointed to his time machine. "And I need to get to my ship in order to prevent other universes from being infiltrated by the Skrulls and any other damage that they might cause your universe and other universes as well."
Peggy just nodded. If the Time Lord were to tell Captain Carter on what was going on a few days from her point of view, she would have just dismissed him as a nutter. Yet, Red Skull creating a portal to somewhere and summoning that tentacled thing. Fighting that thing and being stuck in another realm for god knows how long. And finally traveling to the future and seeing time being fractured just now. Well, anything was possible.
"Peggy." Steve said as he entered the hallway they were in. Out of breath from making sure to catch up with his lover.
But then suddenly the alarm in the warehouse began blaring and sirens began flashing red with terror.
The Doctor, Peggy, and Steve were confused as why the alarm suddenly just blared out, so the Doctor looked out a nearby window and was shocked at what he saw. Never in this life and his previous seven lives had he seen something like that.
A wall of white consuming everything. And it was heading straight towards them.
Peggy and Steve looked out of the window and were shocked as much as the Doctor at seeing this… wall of apparent nothing.
"Run!" The Doctor yelled in one of few times he was in terror.
"Where?!" Steve yelled in confusion.
"To the TARDIS, my ship!" The Doctor yelled as he went to his ship, which he unlocked using an apparently ordinary key. "Get in!" The Time Lord then entered his ship.
"What?" Steve said, "In that blue box. It can barely fit all of…" But then Peggy grabbed her lover by the hand and ran towards the TARDIS.
When they were inside the ship, both were amazed by what they saw. Inside this tiny blue box was what can only be described as gothic cathedral with a wooden looking console at the center of the room with the Doctor operating it.
Upon noticing that two humans were inside his ship, the Doctor yelled to his new passengers as he flipped switches and buttons on the console, "Hang on to something!"
The ship violently rocked back and forth. A weird wheezing and groaning noise can also be heard. But only for a few moments, with the turbulence stopping quickly as soon as it began. As well as that strange sound dying down.
"It's bigger…" Peggy said, still reeling in of that moment and what happened during the last several hours.
"On the inside." Steve said, with equal awe and confusion.
"It's called the TARDIS." The Doctor explained as if he had done this a hundred times before,"That's Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. It's my ship that I use to travel in space, time, and now the multiverse."
"Right your ship is basically something out of a Buck Rogers serial." Steve said in disbelief but then realized after everything he saw in the last hour, this wouldn't be out of place with that tentacled thing.
After looking around the console room Peggy then said, "Mr…"
"Just the Doctor will do."
"Doctor, is it safe to go outside?" Peggy said as she approached the door of the the machine.
When she opened the doors and saw blackness. Nothing but blackness.
"Where did you take us?!" Peggy yelled at the Time Lord.
"I only moved the TARDIS for a couple of seconds outside of your universe." The Doctor then looked at the scanner of his ship, "Nothing exists. Nothing at all in your universe."
Peggy punched another Skrull in the stomach, knocking it to the ground with enough force to knock it unconscious. She then raised her shield in front of her, charging in front of a group of Skrulls that were heading towards her. It was like a bulldozer plowing through gravel, none of the aliens stood a chance against the super-solider.
Meanwhile, the Flash was zipping through the Skrull compound. Quickly dismantling the machines to prevent the aliens from using the tech to escape this universe to another and quickly knocking out the Skrulls with his super speed.
"Bet you guys didn't see that coming." The red-haired superhero said with charm in his voice.
"Focus Wally. This isn't some game." Huntress said sternly to the Scarlet Speeder as she and Batman were fighting some more Skrulls.
"Yeah, I know. But come on Helena. Go with the flow. Besides I disabled their machines, so it's not like they can go anywhere."
Huntress just sighed and continued on fighting the alien threat to her universe, as well as others. Mainly firing her crossbow at her opponents, stunning them non-lethally.
Batman meanwhile was going through the Skrull troops with quick ease. Like Huntress taking them down through a series of martial arts moves, taught to him by the original Batman.
Peggy ran towards the command center, hoping to find any evidence of how the Skrulls destroyed her and Steve's universe with that wall of white. The Doctor told them that the wall of white was made out of something called anti-matter.
Through her comms, as the people of this universe called it, the Doctor called her.
"Peggy, how are things going over there?"
"Doing well. The other heroes of this Earth and I have nearly cleared out the last Skrull stronghold in this universe."
"That's good to know." The Time Lord said with some happiness in his voice.
"And hopefully we will clear this base just in time for Christmas Din…" The Super Solider was about to complete her sentence when a large fist punched her form behind.
Laying on her front, she got up slightly and turned her head to see a very muscular large Skrull standing over her. She just smirked at an extra challenge that presented itself in front of her.
Peggy then jumped back onto her feet and dodged another blow from the green alien. The large Skrull pulled a series of punches at the superhero, which she dodged with ease. Peggy then kicked the alien in groin area, expecting the same results as one would do the same to a human male.
But instead the large shapeshifter just smirked, grabbed the super solider by throat, and said smugly, "Stupid human. Thinking the same thing works for every species." He then went on a rant of superiority, "You think you can stop us. All you did was put a tiny dent in our operations."
The large Skrull continued on his rambling monologue, but Peggy was struggling to breath as the air went out of her lungs and ignored the Skrull's monologue.
The other heroes of this universe were to busy in dealing with the other Skrull. Only the Flash was quick enough to reach her and he was knocked down by a lucky shot from a Skrull rifle blast.
She heard the voice of the Doctor on her earpiece, "Peggy. We have completed it. I would like claim credit for building it. But I couldn't have done it without the resources and help of Bruce and Barbara. Well… I'll say is that help is gonna come to you in about a few minutes judging by the computer readout of your life signs."
Peggy attempted to form a smirk on her face.
The large Skrull noticed this and said in annoyance, "What are you smiling at?"
Then a giant suit of armor burst through the roof of the compound in such heroism. Peggy knew what it was, the HYDRA Stomper Mark II. The design of suit was based on Steve's memory of the previous suit. It was more sleek and refined compared to the Mark I suit as well as more advanced looking.
The large Skrull dropped Peggy and decided to face his equally sized opponent with a smirk. Inside the suit of advanced armor Steve smirked inside as well.
The two giants began to fight, with them throwing punches and kicks at each other. But after a minute of fighting Steve fired a blast of repulser beams at the large alien, which caused him to be pushed towards Peggy, who with a powerful punch, knocked the giant alien to the ground.
And with that, the base was cleared and with it, the Skrull threat to Earth-1989 was over.
Parties, especially formal ones, were not one of Peggy's strong suits. She would much rather be doing the part of being a superhero than be a some shallow woman laughing at some unfunny joke made by shallow millionaire… or was it billionaire now in this universe. They remind of those parties that Colonel Flynn made her attend and him trying claim all of her credit for her work. Still Howard was always a joy at that those parties.
Anyway she was at the Wayne Enterprises Christmas party. With a whole bunch Gothams elites and she was bored out of her mind with all of the snobs mumbling about success and the like, stuck in a dress that can barely fit her. She was considering just leaving this boredom, and going to the Batcave to wait for the Doctor to return from a planet Oa to help the Green Lantern Corps (a universal police force in this universe form what the Doctor told her).
Steve was doing great on the other hand at this party, mainly talking to the guests who weren't snobs mostly and secretly superheroes of this universe, a group the media dubbed the Batfamily. Selena and Helena Wayne in particular were some of the most remarkable women in this universe and really great fighters, even if the former was now retired mostly.
"Getting bored."
Peggy turned and saw Steve Rogers standing next to her. She simply nodded in response.
"This party is nice. But you know me." Peggy responded to her lover.
"Yeah, I get where your coming from. Hey, at least Flynn is not here." Steve said in turn.
Peggy just sighed, "So is Howard or Bucky or any of the others."
"Yeah, I know. But at least we stopped the Skrulls from destroying this universe and the previous ones we visited. Plus I got my suit rebuilt so we can dance again."
Steve and Peggy smiled remembering those of fun times of fighting and stomping HYDRA, Nazis, and Axis scum for the last several years of their memories.
Peggy tone went back to seriousness and said, "Steve, I don't believe that the Skrulls destroyed our universe."
"What do you mean? Those things are planning to our universe and when the Doctor exposed them they destroyed our universe in retaliation. At least that what the Doc believes." Steve said in slight confusion.
"I've seen evil before and there are two types of evil planning. Conquer or destroy." Peggy recounted the many times that she interrogated many HYDRA and Nazi agents. "Those alien seem to be more of the conquering type."
Before Steve could say anything else, a voice came from behind them.
"Excuse me."
The two turned around and saw a kindly looking old man dressed in the suit of a servant carrying a tray of food. "Can I offer you two something?" He asked.
"No, but thanks anyway." Steve responded kindly.
Peggy then noticed that the man had the same kindly expression that Steve has.
The man then said, "You two seem like an unusual pair with a skinny guy like you and a girlfriend built like that. Is she from Themyscira?"
"No. Just somewhere far away." Peggy answered. But then decided to tell the man the truth, what harm can it do, "We are actually from a parallel universe that no longer exists." She sounded like the Doctor by speaking those words. Peggy then noticed that the man didn't fazed by those words. "You don't seem surprised."
"I'm used to those sort of things. Besides this world has encountered things from parallel worlds before." The man said as if kindly stating an obvious fact, "Do tell me by what you mean by no longer exists."
The man had a trusting face so Peggy decided to tell him, "It was destroyed by a wall of white."
The man said in a sympathetic tone, "I'm so sorry to hear that. It must dreadful, not having a home anymore."
Peggy and Steve attributed to this somewhat odd behavior to the people of this universe to being used to such strange phenomenon.
"So how did you two get here?"
Peggy and Steve decided to explain everything to the man. The fracturing of time, the Doctor, the Skrulls, their universes destruction, and seeing more universes in what felt like years, but most likely only around a month had passed since first meeting the Doctor.
"Interesting." The man said being used to such things, "And what do you two plan to do after sorting out these Skrulls?"
Peggy and Steve pondered for a moment. For a long time ever since Peggy got her superpowers, they never decided to do after the end. When evil had been vanquished from their lives, what do they do next? First with HYDRA and the Axis. Now with the Skrulls and also maybe who or what is responsible for the wall of white that destroyed their native universe.
"Well…" Steve said, but both could never form an answer.
After all of the things that they did in their universe, was there actually a point to doing all this if everything was destroyed in the end.
Before they answered the man told them a story, "You know Steve Rogers, you remind me of a man named George Bailey. I bet if you met him, you two would have become good friends very quickly. He was in a similar state that you and Captain Carter are in."
Peggy and Steve glanced in confusion at each other. Did they tell that man their names respectively?
"His universe wasn't destroyed, but he was at the mercy of an evil man, a very bad example of humanity that I had the displeasure of seeing. And coming from me that's saying something. I prevented George from killing himself and then showed him what his life would have been like without him. It showed him that he wasn't meaning less, that his life was precious to him and everybody else around him. The point I'm trying to make here is that don't give up on yourselves. Just because your universe was destroyed doesn't mean that it was all for nothing. Think about the lives you helped in this universe if the Justice League wasn't informed about the Skrulls, then they would have infiltrated this universe a whole lot better without you two helping the League."
The two heroes pondered for a moment and then Steve said, "Who are you and how do you know so much about us?"
The man then put on a kindly smile and said, "You can call me a guardian angel if you want to simplify things. My name is Clarence Odbody. Angel first class and hope that I gave you a new meaning to your lives after all you two have been through."
Before Peggy and Steve could respond Clarence simply disappeared as if he was never there. They silently agreed not to tell anyone, maybe tell the Doctor about it later. But for now they agreed to continue to enjoy the party as much as they can and wait for the Doctor to return from Oa. Even so the superhero couple had a new outlook on life thanks to that guardian angel. No matter what they went through now or later they'll face it together.
Inside the Batcave things were mostly silent, with advanced computers buzzing being the only noise filling the cave if one listened long enough.
But then a wheezing noise suddenly filled the room and a blue police box appeared at the center of the chamber. Then a thin brown haired man wearing a blue coat exited his time machine.
The Doctor felt very proud of himself at the moment. The Skrulls that were infiltrating this universe were captured by the Justice League of this universe and imprisoned on Oa by this reality's Guardians of the Universe. The Doctor having transported the captured infiltrators to this universes center via the TARDIS.
"Well Doctor, I say that went well." The Time Lord said congratulating himself, "Dealt with the Skrulls. Now to pick up my companions, go to the next reality and stop them from destroying another reality hopefully. Maybe."
As soon as he finished talking to himself, the same wheezing and groaning sound that a TARDIS makes began filling the cave.
"Oh, what now." The Doctor said in annoyance, "I have already got the job done already. Well, at least in this reality."
The Doctor knew that was the landing noise of a TARDIS. Most likely belonging to an agent for the High Council or the Celestial Intervention Agency.
But then the Doctor realized that the noise only matched one TARDIS.
His.
No wait. Two TARDIS's.
Then after the Eighth Doctor realized this, two police boxes materialized on both left and right of his TARDIS. He expected it to belong to his seventh incarnation and the future version of himself who was a cheeky blond woman.
Instead the two Doctors that were there is what caught him by surprise. To his left was an old white-haired man dressed as an Edwardian gentleman with an old fashioned cane who the Eighth Doctor recognized instantly. He remembered winning the cane in a game of backgammon against Kublai Khan. While the one to his right, a man that he didn't recognize, was a youthful looking man dressed in an tweet jacket and wearing a red bowtie on his neck.
"Ohh boy. Very large and very… cavey." The tweet man said with a youthful curiosity. He then noticed the advanced computers. "Must be in another version of that Batcave. Been to one of those before. Well, its owner was absent in that one, tracking two enemies of his. At least that what his butler said to me. Very friendly chap. Left a note to warn him of the Skrulls. Didn't detect any in his reality, but it was a very quick scan to be honest."
"Oh, do you just babble on." The Edwardian dressed one said in annoyance, "You're worse than the one wearing the scarf."
"I'm flattered. That scarf he was wearing was cool. Heck, he was cool in general." The tweet man said in excitement.
The old Edwardian just rolled his eyes.
"Great more of me." The Eighth Doctor said in slight annoyance. While this crisis had to drag his manipulative previous self and a future incarnation into this. Now he had deal with his original grumpy self as well as another future version, who reminds him of his second incarnation if he were younger. He then addressed his future self, "How far are you in my regeneration cycle?"
"Ah, the old Byronic me. Well used to be. You'll be wearing that coat again eventually. Anyway I'm your twelfth to thirteenth self." The tweet man explained. He then saw the Eighth Doctor had a slight look of confusion. "But to oversimplify things, I'm your eleventh incarnation."
The Eighth Doctor simply nodded.
The First Doctor then said to his future selfs, "People today never respect their elders."
"Hey. I was you once upon a time." The Eleventh Doctor said in his defense. "So technically it should be you respecting me."
"Why are you two here?" The Eighth Doctor asked. "The original me can't control his TARDIS until his exile ends, so how's that even possible."
"How's what possible Doc?" Said a voice from behind the three Doctors.
The three turned around to see Peggy and Steve. Both were now dressed in their Captain and army uniforms respectively.
"And who are these people Doctor? You seem to know them." Peggy said in curiosity, "Are they other Time Lords?"
"Peggy. Steve. These are a past and future versions of me." The Eighth Doctor said.
"But they look nothing like you Doc." Steve said in confusion.
"Don't call us Doc!" The First Doctor yelled, "First Steven, now you. That nickname is very annoying."
"Gonna have to agree with the old timer here. Mainly so we won't get mixed up with a time traveling human I met in one universe." The Eleventh Doctor said with agreement.
"I don't mind Steve calling me that. Besides I have more pressing things to worry about. Like stopping the Skrulls from destroying any more universes." The Eighth Doctor stated.
"About that Doctor. I don't believe that the Skrulls destroyed our world." Peggy said with some weight in her voice.
"Why. I found them in your reality before it was consumed by that wall of white. It had to be them." The Eighth Doctor said as if stating fact.
"And how is that a fact, hmm." The First Doctor questioned, "Just because they happened be there when their universe was destroyed by that wall of white."
"Granddads got a point there Lord Byron." The Eleventh Doctor said in agreement.
The Eighth Doctor conceded and then realized something, "How do you know about my companions plight? That hasn't happened to you yet."
"You can thank the Time-Space Visualizer for how I acquired this knowledge." The First Doctor said smugly. "It can be useful for both of you, hmm."
"I haven't used that thing in a while." The Eighth Doctor stated.
"As have I." The Eleventh Doctor continued, "Anyway what makes you so sure that the Skrulls didn't destroy your universe?"
"I interrogated those… things and they denied destroying any universe. Plus judging by their motivation they seem to be more conquering type of baddy than the destroying type from what I've seen." Peggy presented herself.
"And you take the word of those shapeshifters?" The First Doctor said with some suspicion in his voice.
"Peggy is a dear friend of mine as well as Steve. I say her word is trust worthy." The Eighth Doctor said defending his companion.
The First Doctor simply nodded and said to Peggy, "Whatever you say child."
"Call me child again and I'll show where a man really hurts." Captain Carter said in anger at the casual sexism.
The First Doctor simply nodded.
Steve then said to him, "So I take it your some older version of the Doc… tor." Steve quickly corrected himself. The First Doctor reminded him of a very stern grandpa.
"Actually. That's me." The Eleventh Doctor said in correction.
"Oh. How?" Steve said in confusion.
"It's quite simple my boy." The First Doctor said like a professor about to explain to a student. "You see…"
"Think of it as like a superpower that Time Lords are gifted with." The Eleventh Doctor explained to his eighth self's companions.
"Like a sort of renewal." The Eighth Doctor continued, "When we… us, die, our bodies turn into a new person. We can live for a thousand years in each life."
"That's interesting." Peggy said, having been used to such things from her experience in the war and during her travels with the Eighth Doctor so far.
"Why are two here?" The Eighth Doctor said referring to his other selfs. "You two haven't answered me that question yet."
"Well I, well me and the Ponds that is, were following a group of Skrulls that went to this universe. But I see that you and your companions dealt with them." The Eleventh Doctor explained.
"Well we had some help." The Eighth Doctor said sheepishly.
"Steven, Vicki, and I have been tracking a powerful being called Hyperion." The First Doctor explained. "A version that decided use his powers for want and destruction."
"Hyperion. A hero who is similar to Superman in terms of powers." The Eighth Doctor recalling his multiversal knowledge having met a version of him in his multiversal travels.
"Correct my boy. My TARDIS landed in Universe-712 and we saw the devastation caused by that… thing." The First Doctor with some disgust in his voice, "We helped repair some of the damage caused by the evil Hyperion. In exchange for the help the premier superhero team, the Squadron Supreme gave me a piece of Argonite, the only thing in the multiverse that harm Hyperion. I'll make sure to put it in a place in the TARDIS where you two can find it, in case both of me run into him. I can also thank the Squadron for giving me the parts to regain control of my ship."
"Wait. If you three are here and the old Doctor is a younger version of the Doctor we are traveling with. Then shouldn't we have already won in the defeating the Skrulls, that Hyperion bloke, and who or what caused that wall of white." Peggy asking a very serious question.
The Eighth Doctor sighed and then said, "Peggy, just because I see a future version of me doesn't mean we are invincible. In fact the presence of a past and future version of me means that time is flux thanks to the Snap, with the various of wars and crises's going on in the multiverse. Heck it's the reason why my TARDIS can cross the Void so easily."
"Byron is right. I don't remember traveling with you or your boyfriend." The Eleventh Doctor added in.
Peggy and Steve both blushed at that comment.
The Eleventh Doctor continued, "Time isn't a straight line, it's a ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff."
"Timey wimey? What type of childish buffoonery do I become." The First Doctor grumpily said.
Peggy and Steve decided just nod, knowing it was simplest explanation that they were going to get from the Doctor. Any of him.
The Eleventh Doctor then clapped his hands together and said to Peggy and Steve, "Nice meeting you both. Since you two and your Doctor have taken care of the Skrull problem in this universe. I'd say that I'm not needed here. Better leave before we have to fill out the paperwork."
"Agreed. I don't want to deal with the rabble rouse of this reality." The First Doctor said in agreement. He then turned to Peggy and Steve. "I'm looking forward to meeting you two for again."
"It was nice meeting you two again Peggy and Steve." The Eleventh Doctor in his farewell.
The two visiting Doctors then went inside their TARDIS's and then both time machines dematerialized. With that, the Eighth Doctor and his companion entered the TARDIS for new pastures in the multiverse.
Inside the Gothic cathedral that was the TARDIS console room, Peggy and Steve were both reading books from the TARDIS library when the Doctor came into the room.
"Found it." The Doctor exclaimed.
"Found what?" Steve asked.
"The Argonite." The Doctor said carrying a red gem, "It was hidden in my study by my younger self."
"That little rock?" Peggy said in confusion, "If you say that this Hyperion is as strong as Superman then a small rock is basically nothing to him. We've seen the strength of one Superman, along with that cousin of his Power Girl."
"Ah, but Superman and Power Girl are vulnerable to Kryptionite, a similar gem that affects all members of their species. I assume that Argonite affects Hyperion's species in a similar way." The Doctor explained.
"I see." Steve said, "Also where's the HYDRA Stomper. I know you must have put it somewhere in your time machine?"
"Oh, it's in the garage next to the Bug." The Doctor answered.
"Like an actual bug?" Steve asked in confusion.
"No, a car called a Volkswagen. Very popular in the 1970's." The Doctor explained.
"Oh, thanks anyway for building me a new one." Steve said.
The Doctor simply nodded when the TARDIS landing noise came about.
The Doctor then looked at the scanner and saw the designation 83. The scanner then changed to show a sign.
"Welcome to Amity Park. Home of Danny Phantom."
Universe-231163
Deep Space
Inside a metal saucer, a creature moved across a hallway with surprising grace. To one that was unfamiliar with the creature, it looked like a bronze metal salt-shaker full of bumps with a plunger on one side and a ray gun on the other. On its top was a dome with an eyestalk at the center and two lamps to let others know when it was speaking.
It moved across the metal floor into a throne room. At the center of it was a mix between a giant version of the creature and a throne with glass jar at the center containing what can only be described as a tentacled blob full of hatred.
"REPORT!" The creature on the throne yelled in a booming voice.
It's subordinate said, "DALEK FLEET IS ALMOST READY FOR MULTIVERSAL JUMP EMPEROR!"
"EXCELLENT. SOON THE MULTIVERSE WILL FACE THE MIGHT OF THE DALEKS! SOON THEY SHALL FEEL OUR WRATH AND BE… EXTERMINATED!" The Emperor of the Daleks yelled with fanaticism.
One word then echoed across the fleet that send chills through everyone that heard it.
EXTERMINATE.
Hope you fans of the IC multiverse enjoyed my first foray into it.
I really like to thank Ben2Dartmouth for encouraging me to enter this awesome territory of the IC multiverse, as well Michael Weyer and L1701E for some awesome words of advice.
The designation of the universe of the first "What If?" episode is a reference to the third volume of "Exiles" that featured a similar reality where Peggy Carter became a super soldier as well.
I'm also leaving it out there for a future writer to tell on wether Earth-86315 Hawkeye is alive or not.
The First Doctor (along with Vicki and Steven) tracking down the evil version of Hyperion is an idea that I've been having that not all the Doctors are involved in tracking down the Skrulls.
Also final scene with the Daleks is basically added in there because I find it odd that with the various of wars and crisis's that they wouldn't take advantage of it.
The designation of the Doctor Who universe (Earth-231163) is a reference to the date when the show first aired, 23rd November, 1963 (British dating).
Also the Doctor told the heroes and authorities of Earth-1989 the cause of the Dusting/Snap between the events of "Batman Family" and this fic.
Anyway hope you guys liked this one-shot and see you next time. Tofa.