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Ultimate Aeon Origins Reboot
Chapter 18: Battle for reality part 4
Nu-Earth
There was a future, where the villains of the world banded together, to kill all of the heroes. As a result of the absence of heroes, Earth became a wasteland where people struggled to survive, under the oppressive rule of those whom sought to take on the mantle of the villains. An Old man, Logan was his name, lived in that hellish future. Eventually though, he family was ripped apart by the Hulks. That day, he gave up his pacifistic ways and popped his claws out for the first time in years. After taking his revenge on the Hulk, he took the surviving Banner Junior and went onto gather the descendents of famous heroes, as well as those who were courageous enough to take on the mantles. In time he found Susan Storm and Reed Richards, both of whom had preserved their bodies through suspended animation. When the world had run out of resources, when there was no hope left, the heroes banded together to find the people of Earth a new home.
Their mission took them into the past, where with the unwanted help of Doctor Doom and the Fantastic Four, were able to move the entire population of their future world to Nu-Earth. This artificial world was a creation of various corporations, but the idea of Allysa Moy, former girlfriend of Reed Richards. Neither Reed nor Susan were fortunate enough to see Nu-Earth, but the rest of the team lived on. They protect Nu-Earth as the Fantastic Force, or as others know them as, the New Defenders.
Virgil stood in front of Allysa and the unique team of time travellers. Biggest of them was Hulk Jr, a Hulk who retained the genius intelligence of a scientist, and even wore glasses. Others included Natalie X, a telepath and lover of Alex Ultron, a metal man who fortunately didn't share the facial appearance of his ancestor Ultron units. Lighting up the room was Lightwave, a descendent of Havok made entirely out of energy. Next to him stood his daughter Psionics, whose green hair was an obvious sign of the other genes that were in her family. Finally there was the Hooded man.
"Old man Logan," Virgil nodded his head, acknowledging the presence of a former teacher.
"Virgil, I see you came out of your shell a lot earlier in this timeline," Logan said.
"What brings you to Nu-World, and why can't I read your mind?" Natalie asked.
"Shields I designed," Virgil said.
"Not your powers?" Logan inquired.
"No, we don't have time for a full discussion, I need Allysa's help to build another Nu-Earth!"
"That's a pretty tall order," Allysa muttered, as the other Defenders looked at Virgil as if he was insane.
"You have a time travel device, I have a reality hopping device, trust me, we can reach it," Virgil said, then sat down and began to talk Allysa through his plan.
Earth 1610-Renaisance period
Leonardo Da Vinci was a fantastic inventor, and artist. But what very few people knew, was that he was the original shield agent, the man whom explored the extraordinary, and protected the Earth. The defenders of Earth had existed since the time of Imhotep, whom had beaten back this Earth's only invasion of the Brood. Leonardo had yet another experience to add to his journal, to be passed on to his students and their children after them. He sat in his study, drinking tea with a young man whom wore clothes that wouldn't be seen for another few hundred years.
"Fascinating," the man remarked.
"Indeed, the future is going to become a dark place, no matter what path nations take, the collision will happen," Virgil said.
"There's no denying that, and do you believe this shield can stop it?" Leonardo asked.
"At too high a cost, but here in the past, we can begin preparing little by little, build up an organisation, and agency with one purpose for one specific moment in time," Virgil explained.
"Indeed, and what did you want to call this 'agency'?"
Virgil placed a small flag on Leonardo's desk. It had on it two letters, A and F.
"Alpha Flight!"
Earth 1610.2/Earth 2
A variant, or perhaps side universe of Earth 1610, this world shared the same history, and many of the same events. This world of Marvel's began with the creation of the Human Torch Android, and went on a short hiatus until the twenty-first century. Like the previous world, it saw a rise in super humans with the rise of a Spider related hero, the X-men and four travellers whom had been endowed with powers.
This world's X-men differed in the fact that they were formed by Emma Frost. Confined to a wheelchair, she rolled through the corridors of the Frost mansion (in Boston Massachusetts) subbasement. Walking alongside her was Virgil, who was surprised by how familiar the structure of the mansion was, despite being in a different location. Emma also didn't dress as scantily as the one he knew, wearing more conservative white clothing.
"Good of you to turn off your inhibitor so I could verify your story Virgil, also your Emma's wardrobe, atrocious, one doesn't need to dress scantily to look attractive," Emma said. "And Mr Drake, try to avoid those thoughts in the future," she remarked as she rolled into the war room.
There, stood waiting were the Ultimate X-men of this world. There was Scott Summers, also known as Basilisk. The grey visor across his eyes wasn't built like Cyclops's, it had two ruby quartz eyes on it. He wore a black suit with gloves and grey gauntlets, a cowl covered the top part of his face, and black lines ran across the front and back of the suit, forming an X shape on Basilisk's chest. Second of the X-men was Betsy Braddock, in this world a mixed Japanese/British woman. Her hair was dyed purple and she wore a sleeveless black suit with purple lines across it, forming an X pattern on her chest, with elbow length gloves. Then there was Piotr Rasputin, Colossus, strange in the fact he had a beard. He wore the standard black suit but with red lines forming the X, his suit also didn't have sleeves, and black bands were wrapped around his wrists. Their Hank McCoy/Beast was in his mutated form, but instead of the familiar blue fur he had grey fur, his uniform exposed his massive feet and hands, and had blue lines forming the X pattern. Storm had her hair styled into a Mohawk, she wore a full bodysuit with silver lines forming the X, and a cape running from her back, to the silver bands on her wrists. Their version of Iceman seemed to permanently be in his ice form, using no costume, and having a much more serious expression than most Icemen had. Last of the X-men was a surprising addition, Sabretooth, his hair was short and he seemed to hold a more peaceful expression than the one Virgil knew of in his world. The suit he wore had a more orange tone to it, with brighter orange lines forming the X on his chest.
"It's very different from fighting the Goblin Queen, but not an unwelcome distraction, and the X-men are always willing to help," Emma explained.
This world's Richard Parker, was an expert in machine and organic symbiosis. Like the version from the original 1610, he was famous as a scientist, and for his tragic but shady death in a plane crash. Before his death however, he worked in Japan, falling in love with and marrying his lab assistant Mari. Continuing their work in America, Richard worked on cybernetics and cross species genetics, building an exo-skeleton he hoped would be the start to fixing the crippling physical damage bought on by injuries and even cognitive disabilities. Eventually Mari gave birth to a girl, whom they named Peni. By the time Peni was five, Richard's work had taken him into dangerous territory. To continue his work, he left Peni with his brother Ben and his wife May. When Richard and Mari died, Ben and May raised Peni like their own.
Growing up a mixed race girl was difficult for Peni, she was also intelligent too, antagonising other girls. She developed a sassy attitude and sarcastic sense of humour. One day she came upon some of her father's work, which led her to the Yoshida corp offices in America. There she learnt from Norman Osborn, his father's partner and best friend, that her father had created a working model of the Spider mech. A machine that had to fuse with the mind of the pilot, the spider mech had a fundamental flaw though, the cockpit was only small enough for a child.
On her way out of the lab, Peni was bitten by a spider. This genetically modified spider injected a single egg into Peni's skin. The spider that emerged possessed a consciousness. Through her telepathic link with the Spider, Peni learnt that it was the spider-mech her father built. Learning from the Spider that Shingen Yoshida, was planning to use the Spider-mech research for his malevolent ends, Peni sought to take the mech from the foundation. She succeeded in infiltrating the lab again, using her father's old pass codes.
Peni piloted the Spider, and kept the mech in an abandoned warehouse in Queens. For a while she carried on her daily routine, ignoring the telepathic advice of the spider, to intervene in various crimes that passed her by. One criminal she let go however, later killed Aunt May. Realising the truth of Ben's words; that with great power comes great responsibility, Peni took to piloting the Spider-mech. She became New York's greatest vigilante, second only to Daredevil and the duo of Moon knight and Squire. She had faced numerous super villains, including Hydro-man, the Iguana and her greatest enemy the green Oni. Recently however she had an encounter with copies of the spider-mech, by the end of this 'clone saga' her Uncle Ben had discovered quite a few things about her.
At their house in Queens, Peni sat in the kitchen with Ben. She was a short girl, dressed in a cheque skirt with stockings, a white blouse and black cardigan. Ben looked at his niece with pride in his eyes. For though he had previously rejected her, a heart scare, an a stint in hospital made him rethink his priorities.
"This is your home Peni," he told her.
"But, everything you said," Peni whispered, tears forming in her eyes.
"I was horrible, I should never have said those things, everything that happened that night, the robots, the Atlas agents. But then I really thought about it, and it makes sense, every time you were late, every time you made an excuse you were out there saving lives, and I am so proud of you for that," Ben explained.
They hashed out, and explained everything to one another. Ultimately, Ben and Peni's bond was stronger than ever.
"It won't last forever you know," Ben said.
"I know, who knows, maybe someone else will get in the Spider," Peni smiled.
The sudden chime of the doorbell drew Peni's attention. She opened the door, and there stood Virgil, alongside Atlas director Jimmy Woo.
"Miss Parker, this is Virgil, he has quite a story to tell!"
There was also a Fantastic Four on this world, their story was very similar to the one on the original Earth 1610. Five people whom were part of a think tank, developed a means of interdimensional travel, only to receive super powers. Four stayed on to become a team, and the fifth one became a super criminal. Horizon labs was the counterpart of the Baxter Building, and the technical counterpart of Franklin Storm was Max Modell. He had no children though, except a pair of protégés, Amadeus and Maddy Cho, both prodigies. His other fine, but less social student was Kristoff Vernard. The four of them developed an interdimensional ship that would be able to ride cosmic waves to other dimensions. On the maiden flight though, Maddy invited her best friend Frankie Raye and Amadeus invited his best friend Rick Jones.
The ship however could not control itself, and as a result, crashed back onto Earth. When the five emerged from the wreckage they had been changed forever. Like Johnny Storm, Frankie could light her body on fire and control temperatures. Similar to Ben Grimm, Rick was transformed into the bulky muscle of the team. His muscles expanded, grey armoured scales replaced his skin.. Maddy became a generator of Gamma radiation, resulting in her becoming a She-Hulk. Amadeus however was changed the most, and undoubtedly the worst by the cosmic rays. His body broke down, leaving only his brain, preserved with a telekinetic field.
Kristoff however was able to absorb and generate cosmic energy. Believing his power, intelligence and Latverian royal background gave him the right to rule, he created a suit of armour similar to Doctor Doom's. Rather than leave Kristoff be, the other altered four stopped him. Realising the good they could accomplish with their powers, the four became super heroes and developed costumed identities.
Within the modest lab of the four floor Horizon Lab's building, Virgil explained the situation to the four. Rick Jones, as the muscle of the team A-Bomb, required no costume. Amadeus was often called the 'Big Brain' and had built a containment suit. It was blue and black like the FF costumes, a silver dome shaped head contained his brain. Maddy as the 'Jade Giantess' resembled She-Hulk, and also wore a white and purple full bodysuit. The opposite of Frankie who wore a gold one piece bathing costume, with gold gloves and shoes, she had taken on the name Nova.
"Please, help me to save another world," Virgil said.
Each member of the four nodded their heads.
Present Time-Earth 1610
Magneto limped weakly through the corridors of the ship, Home. It was Galactus's home base, a place filled with technology light years ahead of Earth's. But it could only support the surviving populace of the Savage Land. It wasn't big enough for the survivors left on Earth, or indeed on the other mirror Earths. But a sliver of hope remained, when the voice of Susan Storm echoed through the radios. She and Virgil stood in a Quinn jet upgraded for space travel. Alongside them were the heroes of 616, Captain America, Thor, Hyperion, Mr Fantastic and Invisible Woman.
"Everyone, we have what we need to save the Earth," Sue said.
Portals suddenly began to appear, in the world of the dark mirror, in the paradise dimension, and in the true Earth 1610. Heroes and regular people alike looked up, astonished by what they saw between them and the other Earth. Ships emerged from the portals, massive ships, bigger than what the Kree had. All identical, all bearing the AF symbol.
"This is our Alpha Flight," Virgil said.
In the dark mirror world, Agent May stood on the deck of the incredible space station that commanded the evacuation fleet. In the atmosphere of Earth 1610, it was Carol Danvers in command of Alpha Flight, only she was dressed in a black and white version of 616 Carol's uniform. Through the portals, was the Nu-World of 1610. On that new world, Alyssa and the Fantastic Force worked on preparing this Nu-World for an imminent arrival.
"Alpha Flight, begin to evacuate the people still left on Earth," May commanded.
"Alpha Flight, link together and form a blockade," commanded Carol.
In the true world, the massive ships linked energy fields together, slowing the approach of the other world. On that world, Peter and the Howlers looked up at the sky in shock. Things had gone from red to gold in an instant. The Earth 1610 heroes could see it too, alongside their Multiversal allies.
"Wow, that's incredible," said the Peter Parker of Earth 610.
"But it's still approaching, it isn't enough," the native Hulk said.
Rogue slipped off her gloves and touched the Hulk's back. She yelled as his memories flooded through her mind.
"I can help hold the Earth back, but I need more power," she said.
Ben Grimm took hold of Rogue's hand. Her skin briefly took on a purple tone as she absorbed his abilities. Luke Cage and Son of Satan gave her their own hands to touch. Slowly, Rogue made her way through the natives of her universe. She touched Jimmy Hudson, Jean Grey, Shola, Hisako, Kitty, Sasquatch and other members of Guardian's Alpha Flight. Rogue's eyes glowed with the power of the heroes of 1610.
"Come on Tandy, stay with me," Cloak said, caressing the cheek of the girl he loved.
He looked up at Rogue, who offered him her hand. Tandy weakly raised her hand, only for Ty to grasp it.
"No, you'll die, I'm not giving up on you," he said.
"There's no other way Ty, we need to stop the collision, we have a way off this Earth now, but we need more time," Dagger explained.
"I am not moving on to another world without you," Cloak slammed his fist into the ground.
Tandy reached up, placing her hand underneath Ty's chin. She gently pushed her lips against his.
"I will always love you Ty," suddenly, she grabbed Rogue's hand.
"NO! NO LET HER GO!" Cloak yelled, taking a hold of Rogue's arms.
"Cloak, Ty, this is what she wants," Miles said, placing a hand on Cloak's shoulder.
He fell to his knees, running a hand across his face as he cried his eyes out. Armour of light suddenly covered Rogue's body as she took flight.
"I've always thought of my powers as a curse," Rogue spoke in the mind of all the assembled heroes. "I always thought that having all these people in my head would break me, that they would turn me into a monster. Now, I feel all of the love you each had in you, and its saved me, I know what I am now!"
She increased the speed of her flight. Going into the atmosphere.
"We'll back her up," the Hyperion of 610 said, taking flight with Power Princess and the Atomic Hulk.
"Goodbye Rogue," Kitty said.
She flew past the Maker's ships, and slammed into the new Earth. Using the energy and strength she had absorbed, Rogue pushed the planet with everything she had. The other three power houses joined her, both sharing the loud with her. A portal opened behind them, and 616 Hyperion emerged, joining his surprised counterpart.
"I've been scanning that other Earth, disasters are occurring across the planet, if they're not careful, they could break it apart," 616 Reed said.
"The plan was for just Hyperion to hold it back, to just slow the planet down a little," Virgil said.
"You didn't account for just how fast the planet would be moving," Reed said.
"They need more muscle, are there any other major power houses amongst the assembled heroes?" Steve asked.
"There are none, the avatars on the dark side of the mirror are too busy fighting Galactus," Virgil said.
On the surface of the other world, Rogue was screaming, hearing the terror every person on the planet was experiencing.
"There isn't enough time for one of the ships to pick up the bomb," Sue said.
"We need to make more time," Virgil retorted.
He looked out of the window of the jet, seeing Earth 1610 continually shift between its different forms and variations.
"If that other Earth is moving as fast as you say Reed, then we need that Galactus engine," he said.
"Good thing you called some backup for the Avatars," Steve muttered.
Surface of the nightmare 1610
A portal had appeared behind Galactus, whom was concentrating on fighting the Avatars and building his energy absorption engine. He fired blasts from his eyes, hitting the Phoenix and Rick out of the sky. Aaron jumped over ribbons of cosmic energy, trying to make his way up to Galactus. Ghost Rider slammed her skull into Galactus's face, knocking him back slightly. He fired a blast from his eyes, destroying the top portion of the 'hell bulldozer '. Portals suddenly opened in front of Galactus, and the heroes of Earth 1610.2 emerged.
"Hit him with everything you've got," Big Brain commanded.
Psylocke threw Colossus and A-bomb at Galactus, knocking him backwards. Jade Giantess, Nova and Storm then released blasts from their hands, striking Galactus's chest. The Phoenix and Rick released their own blasts, but succeeded only in putting Galactus on the defensive. He crossed his arms together and dug his feet firmly in the ground.
"It's not enough, we need more," Peni said.
"This is all that we have," Basilisk retorted.
Suddenly, Galactus screamed. Energy began to pour out of his neck, where Aaron had stabbed him.
"You feed like every living thing Galactus, which means your digestive system can be poisoned," Aaron snarled.
He stabbed his stingers through the back of Galactus's neck, and dragged them down. More energy poured out of Galactus's wounds, burning Aaron's skin. He yelled in pain, but continued stabbing through Galactus's skin, filling him with a poison that turned his skin white.
"Pitiful insect," Galactus growled.
He grabbed Aaron, and threw him past the other heroes. The Spider-man bounced and rolled across the floor, breaking many of his bones. A moment of silence passed between the heroes, before they continued their assault on the world devourer.
Paradise dimension-Crumbling world
The hands of both the Scarlet Witch and Magician were both glowing. With each movement of their hands, they threw energy blasts at the other. The blasts they fired reduced any object they hit into pieces. Aeon had formed an energy shield, and protected both Sven and Faith from the blasts.
"This place is literally falling apart," T'Challa said, widening his eyes as his counterpart was disintegrated.
"He doesn't care about maintaining the world anymore, so he's going to wipe it out," America Chavez said as she tore open a dimensional hole.
"YOU ALL NEED TO LEAVE NOW!" Wanda screamed as she hit Magician with a blast.
It made him fade like a ghost, but he quickly reappeared, appearing as big as a ghost. He swung his fist downwards, only for both Blue Marvel and Captain Marvel to punch him in the chin, throwing him to the floor.
"TO HELL WITH THIS! TO HELL WITH ALL OF IT!" Magician yelled.
He fired a blast from his eyes, consuming the surviving X-men.
"We need to go, right now, this place is seconds from fading out of existence," Blue Marvel.
"Why?" Carol asked.
"BECAUSE I AM DONE WITH IT! I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXUS! I'M GOING TO TAKE MY EARTH AND I'M GOING TO START AGAIN!" Magician yelled.
"Elliot, stop this madness," Captain America said.
"I am not Elliot, and I'm not the Magician anymore either, I am, THE BEYONDER!"
He fired a blast, erasing Cap. The Beyonder flew upwards, raising his hands and shattering the world around him. Bits and pieces of the world began to break off, leaving only a white void. The effect began to spread, prompting the 616 Ultimates to follow through with their retreat.
"Come with us, you can save yourselves," Aeon said to Faith and Sven.
"We can save our son, come on Faith lets go," Sven said as he joined Aeon.
Both men looked at Faith in confusion as she stayed still. She looked at her crying son and smiled. He stopped crying and nestled peacefully in her arms, as red symbols began to glow across her body.
"Sven, come on we need to go," Carol said.
The armoured man looked to where his girlfriend stood, urging him to come through.
"You have to go old Sven," Faith said.
"We're going with them come on," Sven retorted.
"I'm sorry, but we can't!"
Sven ran up to Faith and touched her cheeks.
"We are bound to this world, what will happen if we go back and there are already versions of us there?" Faith asked.
"We can't let fear stop us from surviving Faith, I am not going to give up," Sven said.
"Which means I won't either," Aeon said, as he placed his hands on their shoulders.
Their bodies were consumed by a red light, which spread across Aeon's armour. He had fused them into his own body, and he raised his hand, offering it to Wanda.
"You can survive too," he said.
Wanda shook her head, looking at the Beyonder defiantly. She flew forward, her hands glowing red as her hexes clashed with the Beyonder's bolts. The shockwave threw Aeon back, sending him flying through the portal.
The growing darkness-Earth 1610
Aeon yelled as he materialised in New York, slamming across the streets, leaving a trail of rubble behind him. He got off the floor, looking up at the sky, and the vibrating Earth tearing its way through the Alpha Flight blockade. His armour stopped its sudden glow as three sparks flew out of it. They materialised into the forms of Sven, Faith, and in her arms Thane. The family looked up in shock, and then embraced one another. Aeon looked away, reminded of what he had lost, what he had been unable to protect.
"I can't, I can't sense my counterpart, because we don't have counterparts here, this is our Earth," Sven said.
"We're finally home," Faith fought back a tear.
She kissed Thane's forehead and placed him in into Sven's arms. Then she threw her arms across Sven's neck and kissed him. Sven placed his hand behind Faith's back, returning the kiss with equal passion.
'Finally, we're all home,' he thought.
Suddenly, a knife slid through Faith's chest. Sven and Aeon stood in shock, watching the woman they loved fall to the ground, no final words, no pained scream, just blood leaking from her wound. The one who had taken her life, suddenly appeared before them. He twirled the knife between his fingers, grinning as his white hair seemed to shine in the sunlight. Aeon didn't recognise him, nor did Sven. Neither cared, they just looked at the woman they loved, and then at her murderer.
"Let's face it, you'll be so much more interesting without her," the white haired man grinned, before he disappeared.
Sven fell to his knees, looking at Faith and holding Thane close to him. He then looked up at the approaching Earth, and screamed.
Marvellous world
He heard it, the cries of so many people, people who even now were losing their loved ones. People were dying, and the world was in need of saving, even if part of the world had to break first. Marcus slowly hovered off of the ground, and took to the skies. He flew around the orbit of his planet, or at least the planet he had been sent to. In the distance, he saw the great machines of war, repurposed for taking billions of people off world. Yet this world, this marvellous world, was left only with heroes from other world's to hold it back. On the grounds of Incursion point, Marcus saw those heroes pour every bit of strength they had into holding the advancing Earth back. Two of them looked like him, and even had the same matching DNA. As Marcus slammed into the Earth, and added his strength to their efforts, the heroes looked momentarily at him in shock. But then they carried on, in particular Rogue, whom felt her powers burn through her body.
Anna-Marie-six years old
She was frightened, the brown haired girl had a very bad feeling. Her head was ringing, and she felt sick, yet she wasn't going to vomit anytime soon. That was all second however to the crisis that was going on around her. They had been on the road for an hour, not stopping for anyone. Anna looked out of the window, at people who needed help. There was more than enough room in her mother's jeep. She looked at the young blonde haired woman, and as usual she didn't have an ounce of pity in her eyes. Her second mum however was sympathetic, and Anna could tell she was crying. The blonde haired woman took a small moment to grip her hand.
"They're dying Raven," she said.
"We look after our own first Irene."
"I would stop and help mum," Anna said.
Raven ignored her adopted daughter and kept on driving. Irene rubbed her white eyes, she could see so much death, all those people they left behind would die, their future was all she could see.
"Mum, why don't we help those people, we have plenty of food, and plenty of space, mum why won't we help?" Anna asked.
"Enough Anna, I don't want to hear any more of that," Raven snarled, her eyes turning yellow for a moment.
Anna hugged her knees, resting her head on them. She suddenly gripped her chest, feeling an immense pain. Tears ran down her face, and she had no idea why.
Rogue screamed, energy surging out of her eyes. Her muscles bulged, expanding like the Hulk's. She pushed, using the telekinesis of Marvel Girl. The Hyperions slowly backed away, feeling themselves weakening.
"She's siphoning our own strength," the Hyperion of 610 said.
"It's more than that, I think she may be drawing from the power of every superhuman on this world," said the Hyperion of 616.
"She's willing to do whatever it takes, even if it means dying," Marcus whispered, overcome with admiration.
Rogue pulled away from the Earth, her body turning into pure light. The Phoenix wings appeared behind her and numerous faces appeared before her.
"All of you, you've all inspired me," she said.
"Logan-your courage, Storm-your beauty, Charles-your kindness, Piotr-your strength, Kurt-your faith, Kitty-your free spirit, Bobby-your love!"
Silver tears flew out of her eyes as she began to fade. With one last determined gaze, she willed the other Earth to move, giving it one final push. It didn't stop its descent completely, but it bought just a little more time.
On the surface of Earth 1610, Bobby fell to his knees. His tears froze, and he gripped his chest in pain.
"After everything we've been through, after all this time, those are your last words to me?"
He punched the ground, looking up as a green light floated in front of him. In that light, he saw Rogue's face.
"You have meant everything to me Bobby, when I left Weapon X, I didn't have any joy in my life, the X-men taught me to be human again. But you Bobby, you were the one who taught me how to love again!"
"MARIE!" Bobby screamed as the light faded.
He continued screaming, crying for a girl he loved, for his friend.
WDRA Headquarters-Twenty minutes until collision
Peggy looked at the chart, showing the projected course of their world. She was surprised the planet hadn't fallen apart. But thankful to whatever force had bought them more time. In the deserts, Peter looked up at his Earth, seeing that the distance between both world's had been lengthened. He walked up to the Anti-matter bomb and assessed the damage.
"So this thing would have wiped out our world?" Fury asked.
"Yeah, in fact, it still can wipe out a world," Peter said.
Again he looked up at the sky, at the slow moving Earth. He suspected what the reality hopper, Virgil's plan was, at least in regards to what would be done about their Earth.
"Our world wasn't meant to last forever anyway I suppose, not with the way we acted," he said.
"So you just give up on it?" Fury asked.
"No, if anything I want to be there, doing everything I can to save my world, I want to be with the woman I love," Peter said.
Fury lowered his head, looking at Peter with sympathy. The members of the Howlers looked at the bomb, widening their eyes as a black mass appeared over it.
"Cloak," Peter gasped, seeing the hero's face appear in the mass.
Without hesitation, Peter jumped towards Cloak, travelling with him and the bomb, back to their home. Hawkeye looked at Fury and made several hand gestures.
"I don't know if it's a good thing Clint, I don't know," Nick muttered, looking at where Spider-man and the bomb once stood.
He made a mental note, to remember that red and blue outfit.
Earth 1610-Shattered heart, strengthened resolve
Thane was screaming, it was a reminder of how different this world was from Aeon's. He remembered the day he lost everything he valued. Yet Thane was still alive, and for that he was thankful. The young man stood up, looked at his son and then turned to his older self.
"If we're anything alike, then I know exactly what you're feeling, because I've been there before," Aeon said.
"Then you know that I can't do this on my own," Sven said.
"But you did Sven, or at least I did, because I focused on something else."
"What was it?" Sven asked.
"A boy without his parents, a boy who needed someone to love him and guide him, to protect him, just like Thane needs you," Aeon explained.
"Focus on the boy, you say it like it's that simple, but what kind of father can I be without his mother?"
"Sieg, the boy I raised...my son, he said I wasn't like a father to him, that I was a father, I think that's a sign that I did something right!"
"You're stronger than me."
"I am you, or rather who you could be, but I actually envy you Sven, I've had to fight to search for hope," Aeon said and then pointed at Thane. "You're holding your hope right in your arms!"
Aeon turned, raising his hand and creating a portal.
"I'm sorry Sven, but I have to stop the Beyonder, I'll use the spirit realm to get to him...just...don't do anything rash, please," Aeon said, before he jumped through the portal.
Sven touched Faith's face and kissed her forehead.
"I'm sorry I failed you, I'm so sorry," he said, lips trembling as he held Thane.
Suddenly, red markings began to glow across Sven's body, covering both himself and the baby. Thane wailed, flailing his arms about as his body began to change into energy. Sven looked at his hand, it too was turning to energy and crumbling.
"WHAT! WHAT'S HAPPENING! THANE!" Sven screamed as Thane disappeared.
He looked at his legs and arms, they too began to fade. The energy consumed his body and ran up his neck. Sven Reilly let out one last scream, before he too disappeared.
Next Chapter 19: Battle for reality part 5, Snag in the plan
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, I felt the appearance of the Marvellous world Rogue fit with the 1610 Rogue's sacrifice, also Raven/Mystique, take a guess at who her disguise is based on :)
Ultimate X-men Earth 2: Cyclops goes by his Basilisk identity, Psylocke is on the team instead of jean Grey, and is romantically involved with Scott. Sabretooth takes Wolverine's place and Emma Frost is the professor. The team outfits are based on the All New All Different Uncanny X-men outfits.
Ultimate Spider: Peni Parker, first seen in the Spider-verse storyline, her Ultimate counterpart pilots a spider robot, like a cross between an Evangelion and Spider-man.
Ultimate Four: Amadeus Cho and his sister, Rick Jones and Frankie Raye, I figured Cho was as big a brain as Richards, so I made him a literal brain, Frankie Raye I included as a homage to the original Fantastic four.
Marvellous World Marcus: revealed as a Hyperion, the Incursion will define his character, and the role he will play in my future story Marvellous world.
