Chapter 95.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will see the Snap being reversed, and then next chapter will begin the final battle.
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No One's POV.
Avengers Compound.
The Bifrost hit the ground as Fitz, Harry, Pepper, Henry, Arya 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.
"Henry!" Mary Margaret embraced her grandson while Jason hugged Arya.
"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.
"Ward!?" Daisy said furiously at seeing him, while Fitz, Mack and Bobbi also glared at him.
"Woah guys! He's on our side, he helped us get the Stones" Sinthea tried to defuse the situation.
"And why should we trust you?" Bobbi snapped.
"She's right guys. Ward had many chances to betray us, yet not once did he" Liam intervened, with Miles, Dean, Scott, Bilbo, Pippin and Mark nodding in agreement.
"Listen guys" Ward raised his hands as he looked at them, "I know I haven't done anything to be trustworthy, but believe me when I say this, I want to make amends for my sins. And for what it's worth, I'm sorry" Ward said sincerely, although Daisy, Fitz, Bobbi and Mack were not convinced.
"Listen guys, can you please resort to killing each other, after we bring everyone back?" Jason intervened, and everyone reluctantly nodded.
"Jason Stark is right. Fate has decreed that Grant Ward will not betray you" Doctor Fate spoke.
"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 moron long enough." Constantine pointed out as he shrugged.
"It's good to see you again though." Oliver added 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.
"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?" Jason asked Fitz and Harry.
"Oh we're almost done." Harry said as he exchanged a look with Fitz.
"Think you could use a hand?" Tony asked them and they nodded.
"Well then." Thane said as they all walked inside together.
The Garden.
Thanos looked at his golden armour 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, Peter Pan and Annihlus.
"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." Pan 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 and Pan both knew what Morgoth intended and both of them decided to help him.
"Even though we did, we can still make this right." Annihlus spoke as Morgoth nodded in approval.
"We will have to if we want to defeat them forever." Saruman sneered.
"We will." Thanos said as he put on his armour and then his helmet before picking up his giant double-edged sword which he called the Thanoscopter, "After all- I am inevitable."
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."
Elsewhere, White Canary sat down, with her head in her hands.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Sara asked.
"I almost killed you guys there, with that power burst. I guess I'm just afraid that if I use Aurelion Sol's power again, I could kill you guys" White Canary said with guilt in her voice.
"Who was he?" Sara asked gently.
"Aurelion Sol made the Multiverse. He is called the Star Forger and is one of the most powerful beings in all of existence" White Canary explained.
Nodding, Sara noticed a necklace with three gems on White Canary's neck.
"What's that?" she asked.
"Oh this," White Canary smiled, "This is from a friend from Earth-92131, the same world as Volibear. His name is Lucian, although he prefers the Purifier. He's a close friend. And the second one from is from Yasuo, the Unforgiven, while the third is from Jayce, the Defender of Tomorrow."
Sara looked at her curiously, interested to know more about the worlds White Canary had visited.
She noticed that White Canary had deep pain in her, and she could tell that White Canary liked to keep to himself.
"I'm here if you need anything" Sara said sincerely, putting a hand on White Canary's shoulder, and she looked up at Sara with a smile.
"And you loved this Jayce guy right" Sara guessed.
"How did you know?" White Canary asked in shock.
"You talk about him fondly, I can tell you love him" Sara replied.
"Yeah," White Canary sighed, "I love Jayce. We became fast friends, and then eventually, I fell in love with him"
Sara looked at her doppelganger with a fond smile.
Later.
Galadriel, Tony, Oliver, Jason, Mary Margaret and Pepper walked to Henry, Arya 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 to Storybrooke on Earth-1937."
"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 Henry, Arya and William.
"Good luck" Arya said to Jason who nodded while Mary Margaret and Henry hugged.
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."
Later.
Fitz and Harry worked on the Infinity Gauntlet with assistance from Tony, Jason, Banner, Thane and Rocket as the rest watched from a distance.
"And done!" Fitz said as they all parted to reveal it.
It looked a lot like the Gauntlet Thanos wore, but the colour 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?" David asked as he stared at it.
"It will." Rumple 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." Thane said to Fitz and Harry who smirked.
"I knew you could do it!" Daisy said to them both.
"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." Chloe 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." Thane 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 replied 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." Liam added.
"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?" Bilbo 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."
"Sara?" Gwen looked at White Canary.
"Don't be absurd, I'd never survive it. I'm pretty sure Jax, Taric or even Tryndamere could wielded the glove, but me; not a chance" White Canary shook her head.
"Perhaps I can" Jason offered, as all looked at him.
"You have a healing factor, but the energy in that glove would be too much for even you to handle" Banner said, "I don't think you could survive it"
"Doesn't matter if I survive it or not," Jason dismissed it, "I will do it"
"No you wont" Dr Fate said as all looked at him, "Fate has decreed that you will not, And neither will I"
"I will use the glove" Thane declared, stepping forward.
"I hate to say this Thane, but I'm not sure even you could survive" Harry shook his head sadly.
"What about me?" David asked.
"You're powerful David, but that glove is a lot more powerful than you. You won't survive it" Jason shook his head.
"No need." Kara said as she walked up to them, "I'll do it."
"You'll die!" 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 may not survive 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." Jason 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 replied.
"He is right," Dr Fate spoke as all looked at him, "Fate has decreed that Thor Odinson must wield the Infinity Gauntlet to bring everyone back."
"Then let's do this." Oliver said as he looked Thor in the eye who nodded at him.
"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.
"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 his failure.
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, bull-headed 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 agreed.
"I'm sure you have an idea." Tommy said to Tony.
"FRIDAY, do me a favour and activate Barn Door Protocol." Tony said to his AI.
"Yes, boss." FRIDAY replied as all the doors and windows were shut and barred.
Steve then stood with his shield raised with Oliver, Barry, Jason, Sara, Shang-Chi, Blade and Elizabeth 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, Tess and Clint behind him.
Clark stood protectively in front of Kara, Alex, J'onn, Astra and Loki while Diana raised her shield with Liam, Barry, Caitlin, Slade and Nyssa behind her.
David used his Power Ring to craft a shield, and put Ollie, John Stewart, Chloe and Sinthea behind it while Brian stepped forward protectively as Miles, Dean, Mark, Hook and Rumple moved behind him.
Gandalf raised his staff and a shield appeared which covered himself, Galadriel, Elrond, Frodo, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Arwen, Fitz, Ward, Mary Margaret and Harry.
Carol stood and glowed a little, standing in front of Daisy, Tommy, Mack, Matt, Toretto and Elektra while Logan stood protectively in front of Storm, Bobby, Frank, Jessica and Rocket.
Dr Fate stepped forward and conjured a shield with Thane, Gwen, Crowe, Pike, Nora and Spock behind him as well.
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.
"Take it off!" A concerned Rocket said.
"Brother, Rabbit, 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.
Soul World.
Thor looked around, finding himself in an orange background with skies of the same colour 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."
Now.
Thor fell down with a cry as the Gauntlet fell off his hand and Dean kicked it away, "You okay, Thor?"
"I don't think he is." Crowe 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." Jason said while the doors and windows started opening.
Legolas suddenly pointed at something shiny at the centre 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, Miles 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, Miles 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." Miles added.
"Songs of glory will now fill the halls" Jason laughed happily.
White Canary remembered what the Wuju Bladesman known as Master Yi said to her once as she said aloud, "Day shall come again, when hope is found once more."
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 large missile hit the glass ceiling above, shattering it, followed by about two dozen others, causing an explosion.
And Chapter 95 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
DUN! DUN! DUN! Yes, sorry for ending on a cliff-hanger, but the real action will begin next chapter.
I made Thor snap because I'm sure Infinity War Thor could have done it. Plus, him snapping redeems him for his failure.
I also hope you liked the part where everyone debated who would snap. I just wanted to list everyone who could have snapped.
And thanks to Aragorn II Elessar, for the Soul World scene.
I put David on the list, because in Chapter 62, he did manage to hold his own against Smallville Superman and then against all the heroes, and he did keep some of his magical energies that Pan pumped him with.
I hope you enjoyed the various character interactions in this chapter, and they were all fun to write.
I also hoped you liked the reference to the various League of Legends characters in this as well, and yes, Earth-96 Sara is in love with Garen. I am thinking either Garen or another League of Legends character.
Here is the list of Earths involved in this chapter:
Earth-1. Home of the Arrowverse, Star Trek, Lucifer, Devil May Cry, Fast and Furious and Final Fantasy.
Earth-21. Home of Smallville.
Earth-38. Home of Supergirl and Keanu Reeves' Constantine.
Earth-51. Home of the DCEU.
Earth-X. Home of the Dark Empire.
Earth-96. Home of the 'Kingdom Come' heroes.
Earth-10005. Home of Supernatural.
Earth-1937. Home of Once Upon A Time.
Earth-2004. A Heist With Markiplier.
Earth-199999. Home of the MCU, John Wick and Lord of the Rings.
Now, next chapter will begin the final battle which will be divided into three or four chapters.
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