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Also, in last chapter, forgot to say but Spike is a Daywalker like Blade, while Angel is fully human from Shanshu, and due to the rules changing in the new Multiverse, the Power of Three is now Power of Four, so all four sisters can be Witches together too.

And thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for his help here, and to a guest for a suggestion, and to Stand with Ward and Queen for some suggestions too, and a few others for their suggestions, and also to Flashraven for writing some portions of this chapter.

Here we are, at the end of it, after 3 years. Sure, like I'd said, 'When Heroes live their lives' is still going to go on, but the main plot that connected everything finally comes to an end.

And boy is it so hard to say goodbye, yet necessary. Beautiful journeys do need to end sometime, and this is the time for the 'Heroes' series to finally end its main storyline.

I don't know what else to say right now, so let's just do this final part *sniffs*

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Chapter 20- Legends Never Die

Earth-96

There was a long gravestone with a 'S' mark on it, and within there, a coffin wrapped in Superman's pure cloak that represented hope was laid to rest, and all were gathered, mourning for the man who had given them hope.

Now he was gone.


However, it was an empty coffin, because the one that truly had Earth-96 Clark Kent aka Kal-El aka Superman was carried by the Heroes in a private funeral.

The pall-bearers were Steve, Jason, Kal, Big Blue, Clark and Kent, and they together carried the coffin carrying their deceased friend, and the first and greatest Hero, laying him down to rest at last, with Jason nearly breaking down as Steve and the Supermen comforted him.

All the Heroes from all worlds were attending this funeral, alongside their loved ones, and all of them mourned Superman, for he had sacrificed himself for them to live now.

Then, it was time for the eulogy, and it was Steve who stood there.

"When I first met this Clark, it was due to necessity. Three other Supermen had been made to fight a destructive battle", Lex winced, remembering his own role in that. "And I was told this Superman will be a good help to us. So I went to meet him. And the man I met, he was amongst the greatest I've known. He had lost everyone except his son, yet he kept going, and bringing hope to others. A man like that, he inspired me as well, and was with me through a lot of stuff, right up until the end of the Crisis. Clark Kent, Kal-El, he was a Superman, in every sense of the word. He made the Multiverse a brighter, happier place. A beacon of hope to us all. A hero. A father. A good man."

All listened, tears in their eyes for this great Hero, and they knew every word Steve had said was right.

Then, as the time came to pay respects, Jason was the first to go to the grave, laying a flower near it as he wiped his eyes. "I'll never forget what you did for us all, dad. For me."

As he walked off, Kal, Lois and Kara came next, laying down flowers on the grave too as the former said. "I looked up to you….now you're gone. There's never gonna be anyone else like you."

"We will miss you", Lois muttered, not knowing what else to say.

"Enjoy your rest now", Kara said, as next it was Big Blue and Lois-93 who put flowers on the grave.

"Rest in peace, Superman", Big Blue said to him. "We will look after the Multiverse now."

"And we won't disappoint", Lois-93 added firmly, and next it was Clark, Lane and Supergirl who came to pay their respects and lay flowers.

"You, Steve, Kal and the rest, you all taught me how to actually be the beacon of hope I was unable to be before", Clark admitted to Superman. "And now, in your honor, I will continue to be that."

"When we first met you, you have us hope, and we won't let it die", Lane said as well.

"Never" Supergirl muttered too, before they left, and then came Kent, Lois-4 and Danvers.

"Thank you, for everything", Kent said, laying down flowers with the other two.

"Our children now can grow up in a better world because of you", Lois-4 said as well.

"Your sacrifice will never be forgotten", Danvers spoke too, and they left as Steve came next, laying down flowers as well.

"We have it from here, Clark. I just hope we'll be half as good as you. Not sure if I'm ready to step in those shoes to look after Jason, but you can damn well sure I'll give it my all. Rest in peace, brother, and thank you for everything you did for us."

And one by one, the rest too came to pay their respects.

Steve confessed to Diana, with tears in his eyes. "I've been to too many funerals in my life, Diana. Seen a lot of friends and people die in front of me."

"Every man has their breaking point. There's no shame in mourning for a friend."

"I know...I just hope, beyond all hope, that this is the last."


And soon, the funeral was over. Where the empty coffin lay, a golden statue had been erected of Superman, showing how he was always a beacon of hope, and here, where his body truly lay, the Heroes had all paid their respects, and none of them would forget what he had done for them all, his heroism, his nobility, courage, and sacrifice, which was the reason they were all here now.

The first and greatest Hero may be gone, but his memory would always be honored.


And then, a month later, the Heroes were all gathered once more, this time for a happier occasion- The wedding of Steve Rogers and Earth-4 Diana Prince.

All were walking into the venue, which was actually a lakeside place, and that was something all of them found beautiful.

Just then, the whining and grating noises of the TARDIS materializing sounded out, and a moment later, with a familiar final "Vwoorp", the blue box fully landed, the doors opening to allow the Doctor, hand in hand with River Song; next came Amy and Rory; the Doctor's daughter Jenny; Martha and Mickey, Martha carrying Adiola, the little girl's arms around her mother's neck; a beaming Captain Jack following after them carrying August in the same way, the young boy with his own arms around Jack's neck; and then Donna and Wilf and Shawn, all of them dressed in their best suits and dresses, though Jack and Jenny had stuck to their traditional outfits, Jenny her green t-shirt and leather trousers and boots, Jack his usual suit, brown boots and greatcoat.

"Hey, everyone," The Doctor greeted the crowded room, a beaming smile on his face as he held his free arm up and waved.

"Hope we haven't missed the party already," Jack added in his traditional humour.

And not just them... "Sarah Jane!" Kate herself exclaimed, hurrying forward as the Smith mother figure from 13 Bannerman Road now emerged from the TARDIS herself, followed by the rest of the gang made up of son and daughter Luke and Sky Smith, Luke's wife Maria Jackson and their other two best friends Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra, they too dressed appropriately for the big occasion they had been brought to, Maria carrying her and Luke's young son Arthur.

"Hello, Kate," Sarah Jane said as Kate came up to her, the two of them embracing and sporting big smiles at being reunited after two years, eventually releasing each other and allowing Kate to do the same with young Luke, Sky, Clyde and Rani.

"Hey, you," Kate greeted little Arthur when she came to him and Maria, Kate giving the little boy an even bigger smile as she ruffled his hair and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Hello, Auntie Kate," little Arthur then addressed Kate, giving her a wave as Kate's eyebrows rose at hearing his words.

"Well you've certainly grown since I last clapped eyes on you, huh?" she said further to him.

Clyde shrugged. "Well when you reach the age of five, which is what he is now, you would do," he said simply, he, young Luke, Sky, Rani, Maria and Sarah Jane chuckling at that.

"Finally had him out of nappies for good and proper talking mastered shortly after the end of our big space adventure," young Luke explained.

"Which I can certainly say was quite the relief indeed," Sarah Jane agreed in a somewhat relieving voice, "To have not my beloved house being cluttered up with all sorts of baby things and a toddler running rampant everywhere, and me having to do babysitting and nappy changing duties when Luke and Maria and Sky weren't there."

Sky turned to her. "Mum, you know you don't mean that," she said disbelievingly.

But then Sarah Jane chuckled. "Relax, Sky, I was only joking," she said, the five younger adults all dissolving down in giggles and chuckles as Sarah Jane now made a fuss of her grandson.

Then Kate noticed something. "Where's Lady Christina, and Miss Jo Grant and Santiago?" she asked, referring of course to the woman who owned and operated the flying red London bus 200 Victoria, and the grandmother and grandson figures she had met on their big adventure with Quill and the Guardians and Stakar Ogord and his Ravager team.

At first, the Earth 63'ers were silent, as if pondering on how to respond to the question, then Jack answered. "Last I heard from Christina, she was off on one of her typical stealing for the fun cat burglar deeds," he said.

"As is of course what she's always so good and expert at doing," The Doctor added cheekily.

"And maybe she wanted to get back into the spirit of it after being resurrected from absolute Multiversal annihilation, along with all the rest of us," Jenny went next, eyes twinkling with naughtiness at her own words.

"Did someone say cat burglar?" Catwoman asked from nearby.

"I heard it to see", Selina said.

"Me as well", Felicia raised a hand, the three chuckling with them before moving off.

"And as for Jo and Santiago..." Rani now spoke, "When we last communicated with them, they were enjoying the wonderful experience of being amongst the mountain gorillas of Rwanda in Africa."

"The same ones that Dian Fossey herself studied at that," Maria said at last herself.

"And, Kate, we, that is me and Clyde, have news of our own to give you," Rani addressed the young Hawkeye woman, and as Kate turned to her a beaming Rani, together with Clyde who also sported his own gigantic smile, put a hand to her stomach. At first, Kate was confused, but then she worked it out.

"Are you serious?" she gasped.

Rani and Clyde both nodded, the rest of the Bannerman Road group, together with the rest of the Earth 63'ers, Adiola and August, now smiling hugely themselves once again.

Kate shook her head. "Come on," she said, gesturing with an arm wave, "Let me introduce you to all the rest of the multiples you haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet."


And soon, everyone was talking with each other, as Connor talked to young Luke and Sky.

"So you were both born by aliens, huh?" Connor asked them both.

The Smith brother and sister nodded. "I was created by this cephalopod race of shape-shifting alien squid creatures called the Bane," young Luke explained first, "The individual who called herself Mrs Wormwood created me as a so-called Archetype from thousands of samples of DNA taken from visitors touring their Bubble Shock! drink factory, enabling Mrs Wormwood and the Bane to run tests on an archetypal human, meaning of course me."

"And I was created by human-like aliens called the Fleshkind," Sky went next, "To be used, as Miss Myers, the woman who classed herself as my birth mother, put it, as a weapon in their fight against the robotic Metalkind, who were their enemy. Until, thanks to Sarah Jane, on whose doorstep I was abandoned on as an infant until I transformed into a twelve year-old girl a few hours later, and Clyde and Rani, I was freed from that monstrous status as a living bomb and allowed to live as a human child."

Connor took this all in with a shake of the head and awe on his face. "And let me guess, Sarah Jane took you both in as her adopted kids," he said.

Again, young Luke and Sky nodded in confirmation. "Took a few name goes with me from mum, including the ones of "Harry" and "Alistair" after her old friends Harry Sullivan and Brigadier Sir Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart from back in the 20th century, until we found the right one, that being of course the one I bear now," young Luke said, he and Sky chuckling at that.

"And you say you're the son of a Vampire?" Sky now asked Connor.

"Two", Connor raised his fingers to show the 'two' number. "It was due to a prophecy. But…." He sighed sadly. "My mom could not give birth properly due to being a Vampire, and had to stake herself to save me." He sighed sadly. "That's what happened."


"MacGyver?" Clyde asked as he and Rani came upon Barry-Blue.

The Earth 50 speedster's brow furrowed in confusion. "Who, sir?" he asked politely.

"Angus MacGyver, resourceful U.S. operative who works for the Phoenix Foundation, this covert U.S. government agency."

Barry-Blue shook his head. "Nope, sorry, ain't me unfortunately," he answered with, "I take it though that that's who my doppelganger is where you're from."

Rani nodded. "I guess you could say that," she confirmed.

"But trust me, you just won't believe what sort of an unbelievable individual he is," Clyde went on.

"Oh?" Barry-Blue said, raising an eyebrow, interest now upon his face, "And what exactly is this Angus MacGyver guy capable of?"

"Well, he was trained as an EOD technician for the Army, and prefers to use non-lethal means to stop his enemies, a big part of that being that he refuses to carry a gun," Rani explained, "Though he will resort to lethal measures if it's absolutely necessary to do so. But the one thing he's certainly never without is his trusty Swiss Army knife, which also serves as a little mini torch."

"But that's not the most unbelievable and extremely awesome thing about MacGyver," Clyde took over, an expression of total wonder coming over his face, "Cos he uses anything, and I mean anything, in his environment to his advantage, whether it's just normal junk or a broken household appliance etc, either to get himself and his team from the Phoenix Foundation outta tight situations, or to break into and gain access to whatever and wherever."

"We, meaning us and Sarah Jane, Luke, Maria and Sky crossed paths with him and his team once," Rani spoke again, "Them consisting of Mac himself; Jack Dalton, Mac's main sidekick in the field and a former Delta Force operator; Riley Davis, their tough-as-nails and often sarcastic but good natured hacker who serves as their cyber specialist; and Mac's best buddy since childhood Wilt Bozer, who bears the ability to create lifelike masks and facial prosthetics. And when we saw MacGyver in action for ourselves, rather than Mr Smith, this extraterrestrial super-computer installed in Sarah Jane's attic wall, just telling us about him and his skills..." Rani shook her head, wonder now appearing on her face, "I tell ya what, if I couldn't've been blown away and awed so much by a masterfully capable and extremely resourceful handsome looks bearing guy, then by god does Angus MacGyver do exactly that."

Barry-Blue gave a short whistle. "Man, this MacGyver certainly does seem like one hell of an individual indeed," he responded with, "And no need for superspeed either, considering what you say about his particular skills."


"Seriously, you really mean to say you're the Merlin, King Arthur and Queen Guinevere from the Arthurian legends?!" Maria exclaimed as she, young Luke, Sky and little Arthur were introduced to the former King and Queen and magic bearer of Camelot, her jaw and those of her husband and sister-in-law dropping open, eyes going wide, at the name reveals.

Arthur nodded and bowed formally. "That is exactly who we are indeed, ma'am," he confirmed politely. The three Bannerman Road adults all shook their heads in disbelief.

"But don't believe all the legends you no doubt will've read about in story books and the historical references," Merlin spoke up. "Having said that, we now have our own Dimension where we all live and look after magical creatures and beings."


Erik was carrying his daughter, his other hand holding his son's, the boy walking hand in hand between both his parents, before he suddenly ran forward, and into the awaiting arms of his Uncle Charles, who was standing!

Charles threw him up in the air, spinning around with the giggling boy as Erik walked forth and embraced his brother.

Old Charles with Logan and Sarah too watched the scene with a smile, as Terminator said. "That was…quite lovely."

Freya reunited with the rest of her family, embracing Rebekah, Klaus, Camille, Hayley, Kol, Elijah and Hope one by one, as pleasantries were exchanged.

"Oh, yours is so much bigger", Rebekah gushed over Freya's baby bump, and Freya looked at Rebekah's too.

"Yours is even bigger", Freya old her. "I think mine will be a boy but Erik is sure it's a girl."


Aragorn, Arwen, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Nyssa, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Rosie Cotton with young Elanor and Frodo Gamgee, Gandalf, Faramir, Eowyn, Eomer and Lothiriel all stood together as well, seeing the proceedings going on.

"At long last, Steven has found happiness", Aragorn said while remembering Eowyn's conversation with himself and Steve all those years ago at the way to Helm's Deep. "He has earned it."

"Indeed", Legolas nodded, looking ahead. "I hope from now on we only have to gather for our friends' marriages, and other such events."

"Yes, that's the hope, Elf", Gimli agreed as well, before Clyde saw them, and knew who they were.

"You are from Middle-earth, aren't you?" Clyde asked, making them exchange looks.

"We are, any reason you ask?" Arwen inquired.

"Well, you lot are actually fictional books in my world", he said, surprising them all. "By this author called J.R.R. Tolkien. So I know who you all are", he looked at Nyssa, "except you." He looked at the rest and spoke their names. "Frodo. Sam. Merry. Pippin. Gandalf. Aragorn. Legolas. Gimli. Boromir. Faramir. Arwen. Eowyn. Eomer. Lothiriel. Rosie Cotton, and Elanor and Frodo Gamgee."

"My name's Nyssa, Boromir's wife", Nyssa raised her hand, which surprised Clyde now.

"Right, so Lord Boromir found someone after surviving it seems", Clyde noted, Boromir a bit confused. "Well, it was an honor to meet you lot."

"It was an honor to meet you as well", Frodo said to him.

"So, we are works of fiction somewhere, that is a surprise", Gandalf had to say as well. "I hope we inspire as works of fiction too."

"Oh you do, lots of people love you!" Clyde told them all.


"You really mean to say, young Bishop, that you fought alongside good ole Georgy Boy back in the days of the rebellion he lead the Yankee lads on against our own George who reigned as the third King of Dear Old Blighty, huh?" Billy spoke up, putting the question to Kate.

Kate nodded. "Uh huh," she confirmed, speaking with pride, "Me, Captain Jack and Mr Smith together." She looked to Jack and Mickey, who nodded and gave encouraging smiles, everyone else of the wedding guests, apart from of course the majority of the gang from Earth 63 who knew full well of the fact, listening with utter disbelief and amazement on their faces as Kate continued, "We had the pleasure of meeting him in December 1776, days before he and his troops were scheduled to cross the Delaware River and successfully attack and defeat Johann Rall and his Hessian forces at Trenton on Boxing Day."

"Similar to what me and the Legends had to do on one of our old missions." It was Sara who had spoken, and as heads, Kate included, looked in her direction, she went on, "We had to save Washington after our former Captain Rip Hunter, who'd been brainwashed into becoming evil by the Legion of Doom, lured us to Christmas Eve of the same year and handed Washington, along with Mick, over to the British."

"The man was almost ready to give up," Mick now went next himself, "Until I put a few boosting words of what it means to be an American into his head and encouraged him to fight back." His mouth now formed a smirk, "Which is exactly what we did when the darn Redcoats were about to hang us, till Steel and Vixen arrived as the extra hands to finish it." He shrugged, "Got a statue of myself in the Capital itself as the reward for doing so."

"You're fucking kidding us!" Jessica exclaimed, her expression of total wide eyed disbelief, any further words from her though halted by several voices together echoing "Language", referring full well of course to the fact that there were kids there.

Mick's smirk grew a bit more, and he shook his head. "Nope, ain't kiddin' whatsoever," he growled in response as he drank some of his beer.

"Well, I was personally at his side in the boat he and his officers were ferried across the Delaware in by Colonel John Glover's fishermen guys from Marblehead, Massachusetts," Kate continued her story, her own smirk grin now lighting up her face, "And I also gave the thick headed buffoon of an insolent General Horatio Gates a piece of my mind in advance when he made certain disregarding remarks towards Washington about his plan to attack the Hessians." Again, the disbelief on faces of some of the wedding guests was clear to see at hearing all this.

"You do know, Kate, that Gates is credited for bringing about the even more extremely vital victory of the Revolution against General John Burgoyne and the British at Saratoga the following year?" Steve reminded, "After all, if it wasn't for that victory, we wouldn't've gotten the important support we needed from the French for the last four years of the war until the final ever victory at Yorktown."

Kate snorted, but nodded and continued in a polite manner, knowing who it was she was responding to. "Gates and his supporters may've taken the credit for that, Captain Rogers, but a number of his fellow field commanders, including our nation's greatest traitor figure Benedict Arnold himself, fought back against it," she said, "In fact, as I'm sure you know full well already, Arnold deserves just as much credit for Saratoga, as he took the field against Gates' orders and took to the battlefield to lead his rallied troops in several attacks on the British defenses, before of course suffering serious injuries to his leg."

"And you say also you had fun with a younger version of yourself and some one-eyed Deputy U.S Marshal in the Old West, huh?" Annie now asked.

Again, Kate nodded, now coming even more alive as she relived the memories of that particular adventure. "Name was Mattie Ross," she said.

"Helped her and said one-eyed lawman, Rooster Cogburn as his name was, plus this Texas Ranger chap who bore the face of Mr. Jason Bourne from the movies, chase down and eventually dispose of the guy who'd murdered Mattie's dad in advance," Jack finally spoke himself, his traditional humour clear to hear.

"Till we had to make a little hop, skip and jump via Cheesecake's Vortex Manipulator thing, Mattie herself included thanks to her own insistence on wanting in on it and Kate wanting her with us, to Missouri and join in a chase for the infamous outlaw Jesse James," Mickey went next.

"After an old enemy of ours, and renegage member of the Doctor's people, the Master extended the man's death by an extra day," Jack said.

Kate grinned. "Had to enlist the help of and team up with famous lawmen figures Bass Reeves and Grant Johnson in order to pursue 'em through non-friendly territory," she continued the story, "Got into a bit of a firefight with said Master bloke, after he'd first disposed of Jesse himself after the man had outlived his usefulness, but luckily we got out of it more or less in one piece, and made Reeves more famous in the history books for bringing in the corpse of Jesse James, allowing everyone to believe that he'd killed the man himself." Kate's grin broadened, her eyes twinkling, "And of course, Mattie enjoyed the whole thing tremendously, told me herself when we had to bid farewell."

Heads shook, many of the guests in attendance absolutely blown away by everything they had just been told. "Would explain the slight changes mentioned in the history books," Tony muttered.


And then, it was time for the ceremony at last as all took their seats.

Lucifer and Decker were sitting, with Sammy in his mother's arms, and when he saw the priest, the baby started waving, with Lucifer chuckling.

"What is it?" Decker asked while Lucifer, for once, didn't have a negative emotion present on him, not in his expression, body language, or tone of voice.

"Just someone that I know."

The priest had a bushy moustache and bright smile.

Steve was already there, as then Morgan Stark and Lila Barton came in as flower girls, throwing flowers.

Lorne was there, and Kate was next to him, having wanted to join him in this song.

And, as Diana Prince walked in wearing her beautiful wedding dress, Lorne began to sing 'September', everyone mesmerized by his lovely voice, because he was perfect at this, singing was part of his being.

Kate sang as well, not as good as him, but good enough.

"And I thought we had the best tunes," Adrian muttered, Yelena, the Peacemaker crew and the Suicide Squad members chuckling, knowing full well what he meant.

Everyone else sitting also joined in on the song for a bit, because Lorne was that addictive, and then, Diana was in her place, in front of Steve, the priest standing nearby as well.

Bucky, Falcon, Tony, Kal, Aragorn and Boromir were Steve's Best Men, while Natasha, Sif, Prince, Wonder Woman, Sara and Danvers were Maids of Honor for Diana.

The priest then said. "I have wed people a lot in this part of the world, but after everything I have heard about these two people, and after seeing how happy all of you look here, I can see how much they love each other, this is my best wedding ever. So all I can say is- Excelsior! May the bride and groom speak out their vows?"

Diana went first, starting. "I have lived in the world, for a long, long time. But when I found out there is more beyond my island, I realized I was only existing, not living. So I went out, fought in a battle, and fell in love, then I lost my love. Eventually, I had to move on, and be the protector of this world. I learnt to live again, but I never thought I'd love again, until I met you, Steve. You were noble, kind, selfless, loving, caring, everything. And then, the door in my heart that had closed, it opened again, and I fell in love with you. And now, our paths have lead us to this, and I couldn't be happier about it."

This was already getting them all emotional, and then Steve spoke next. "I lost my whole time, and everyone I cared about. Eventually, I made new friends, and I got my best friend back, but I never thought I'd find love either, I just had no time for it, or that's what I told myself. Then I met you and realized I was looking for the woman who happens to be right for me, and that woman is you, Diana. You are loving, caring, protective, noble, kind, sweet, selfless, there's too much to describe. You are my home now, and I will forever stay by your side."

Once more, all were moved by what they were witnessing.

"May I ask to present the rings?" The priest then asked.

Eagly flew down, carrying the rings in a basket in his beak, making all clap happily, while Peacemaker cheered. "Hell yes! Eagly gets to be part of the best wedding ceremony!" He also wiped some tears.

Steve and Diana patted Eagly's head while taking the rings, and putting them on the others' fingers as Peacemaker, Scott, Adrian and Wade, who was wearing a white version of his suit, all wept and wiped away their tears of happiness while watching the beautiful sight.

The priest said. "Therefore, I pronounce you, husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Devil Dinosaur, Cordelia the Dragon, Eagly, and Ace all roared, screech, and howled in cheer with everyone else while Miss Kitty Fantastico let out a 'meow'.

The female members of the Captain America fan club were envious but happy.

Hippolyta of Earth-4 was there with the Amazons, and she watched with tears, seeing her daughter now get married at last to a great Man.

Steve and Diana kissed each other, and all applauded.


Lorne then announced after the ceremony. "Ladies, gentlemen, and young people, it is my greatest honor, to introduce the happy couple. Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Diana Rogers!"

Slow music played as Steve and Diana danced for the first time as husband and wife, and were then joined by Bucky and Natasha, Tony and Pepper, Thor and Sif, Banner and Betty, Clint and Laura, Aragorn and Arwen, Faramir and Eowyn, Eomer and Lothiriel, Sam and Rosie, Boromir and Nyssa, Kal and Lois, Big Blue and Lois-93, Clark and Lane, Kent and Lois-4, Fitz and Simmons, Bobbi and Hunter, Matt (who didn't need a cane or glasses now, as he could see yet retained his senses) and Elektra, Ollie and Chloe, Parker and Wanda, Willow and Tara, Angel and Cordelia, Spike and Buffy, Faith and Marc, Giles and Jenny, Xander and Anya, Bonnie and Enzo, Caroline and Stefan, Freya and Erik, Rebekah and Loki, Alaric and Jenna, Piper and Leo, Paige and Henry, Oliver and Sara, Logan and Sarah, Billy and Becca, Hughie and Annie, Maeve and Elena, Arthur and Guinevere, Merlin and Morgana/Lena, Peacemaker and Harcourt, Spider-Man and MJ, Miles and Gwen, Yelena and Adrian, Bart and Alicia, Bruce and Catwoman, Wayne and Selina, Batman and Kyle, Terry and Melanie, The Doctor and Song, Amy and Rory, Mal and Inara, Kaylee and Simon, Wash and Zoe, and many more eventually.


Aquaman, AC, the Warriors Three, Valkyrie and Namor were all in a drinking contest, gulping drink after drink, and then, at the end of it, to all of their shock, Namor was the victor.

"I win", he said with a smirk as the rest laughed, and then Mera-5 and Mera-2 came in, Aquaman and AC leaving with them.

Peter, who was with Gwen, Betty and Felicia, narrowed his eyes on seeing Mera-5. "She looks like that Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones."


Willow, Tara, Piper, Paige, Prue and Phoebe now stood together as Willow looked around. "Guess we finally get to have some good stuff after a lot of pain."

"Yeah, we thought it was impossible, but now we got it all", Tara sighed.

"Well, when you got Him", Prue pointed upwards, "with you, its bound to be good at the end of it."

"I still can't believe you met the actual God", Piper muttered.

"Yeah, like how was He even?" Phoebe asked as well.

"Come on, we want to know", Paige begged.

"Well", Prue shrugged and winked. "You've all met Him, you just don't know it was Him."

They all groaned while Stephen, Clea with their baby, Strange and Fate walked by, Strange saying. "I hope you are enjoying yourselves ladies."

And they passed by them, and Strange had been the one to find out the changes in the new Multiverse and give the Paragons memories of those changes as well.


Klaus, Spike, Enzo and Lucifer were all laughing at something as Camille, Hayley, Buffy, Bonnie and Decker all talked amongst themselves.


Kal and Lex looked at each other, then clinked their glasses, now at a better place finally.


Jason was talking to Ryan. "So, they come to meet you all the time then?"

"Yeah, they do", Ryan nodded, as Billy suddenly appeared.

"Everything okay, Ryan?" He asked.

"Yes."

"Got it", Billy walked off.

"He's a softy now", Hughie muttered to Annie, as both chuckled.


"Would you like to dance with me?" Frank asked May, who looked down, then nodded.

"Yes."

The two then began to dance, while Punisher and Castle watched, before going back to the conversation they were having with Deathstroke, Wilson, Bucky and Red Hood, while Grant came to Deathstroke, who put a hand on his son's shoulder.


Marc asked Faith, "You ever think about this?"

That caused her to widen her eyes. "I-I never...I never really thought about it."

"Well, I got four different minds in my head, so I was bound to beat you to it."


Hippolyta of Earth-4 watched a gathering of Heroes, including Hercules and Ares, who were bantering with the rest, including Bill, Warlock and Surfer and Hades and Persephone were there too.

Then she saw a little boy run up to Ares who picked him up happily, and Hippolyta looked shocked at that.

Gandalf saw her face and told her. "People change, whether they be mortal, or God."


Jason was watching the dances, as Parker came next to him now. "I know how you feel." Jason turned to Parker. "The most important thing to remember, is that you are never alone. To have this level of support, of love, it's the greatest feeling in the Multiverse. It will still be painful, waking up and realizing he's not there, but it gets easier, just because he's not there doesn't mean he's not here." Parker tapped his heart.

Jason looked at his chest, then nodded at Parker with a smile. "Thank you."

"No problem", Parker walked off, seeing Spider-Man, Peter, Miles, Miguel, Gwen, Pavitr and Spidey giving him thumbs-up, and he returned it before walking over to Wanda, waiting for him, and he twirled her as they made their way to the dance floor.

"What's on your mind?" Parker asked.

Wanda shook her head. "Just happy thoughts."

"Yeah, me too."


A while later- Steve, Bucky, Natasha and Tony were overlooking the lake, with Bucky's and Natasha's baby Stevie sleeping in his uncle T'Challa's arms at a distance.

"Was always hoping we'd get here someday." Natasha said, as she has been the most invested in Steve's love life after Bucky.

"The lake? I mean, it is a nice lake. Again, you're all welcome." Tony then said.

"It was right here when you told me you loved her." Bucky acknowledged, before shrugging. "Surprised it took this long to finally happen."

"Waited long enough. I finally found the one." Steve smiled at them before turning as Falcon, and Walker, were carrying Yelena, her arms over their shoulders.

"Natasha, I love you like my sister, but you leave me alone with her and free booze again, we'll be having problems."

"You think I would leave her alone with her new boyfriend?" Walker and Falcon cringed. That's a recipe for chaos.

"No comment." Walker said meekly.

Steve then gestured to Falcon to come forwards, and Falcon did, as Steve held up his shield. "Try it on."

Falcon had a feeling he knew what was happening, and the rest did too, but, he held up the shield in his hand, getting a feel of it.

"How does it feel?" Steve asked.

"Like it is someone else's", Falcon admitted.

"It isn't", Steve confirmed.

Falcon tried to check his emotions, and shook Steve's hand. "Thank you. I'll try my best."

Steve rested his other hand on Falcon's. "That's why its yours."

From a distance, Scott watched with a dropped jaw, not knowing how to feel. "Are we….losing Captain America now?"

"And getting a worthy successor", Hope whispered to him.

Yelena had sobered up too in this moment, while Walker stood straight and watched in stunned silence.

Natasha, Bucky and Tony nodded at Steve in agreement with his choice to retire with Diana as well as his choice of his successor.

"I'll be leaving for a while, but I know that the Earth is in good hands. With all of you." He looked at Falcon, then Walker, and Yelena.

"Us?"

"Captain America is nothing without the men and women around him. I know you'll make us all proud."

"You're clowning? You're not clowning? I sense clowns."

"We have faith in you, now have faith in yourselves."

And they knew, that they had to have faith in themselves, and be the Heroes who'd make their predecessors proud.


A month later, Earth-96

Jason now stood outside the Fortress of Solitude, Steve having flown him here, but now left him be at his own request, as this needed to be private.

Jason went in, looking at the Fortress, a tear rolling down his cheek, before he put in a Crystal, and an AI consciousness of Superman appeared, looking at Jason.

"Hello, Jason."

"Hello, dad."

"I see you've made your decision", Superman realized, pacing around, before picking up a crystal. "See, when my father died, my birth father, I mean, I found this crystal. Now, this is kind of hard to explain, but, it called to me."

"For what purpose, dad?" Jason inquired.

"It helped me to build this place, that's when I found out who I really was", Superman revealed to him. "And what I had to do. Now, you shall find out too."


Some time later

Superman Theme (Christopher Reeve x Henry Cavil) Epic Mashup by L'Orchestra Cinématique plays

Jason, now in a suit exactly like his father's, but more armored like Clark of Earth-5, walked out of the Fortress of Solitude.

"We will never leave, even in the face of our death."

Jason walked forwards.

"You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine."

Jason knelt down, his fist on the ground, as it all shook from his power.

"The son becomes the father, and the father becomes the son."

With that, Jason took flight, flying across the world, over oceans and forests, and then, he saw a woman falling from a helicopter, and flying, caught her in his arms.

"Don't worry, I've got you." He told her.

"And you…" she looked down. "Who are you?"

"I am Superman", he said, putting her back on top of the building, and then he flew up as all watched, feeling hopeful again.

Jason flew out of Earth into Space, looking down at the world, where he shall bring hope now.


"I am the Watcher, and I have been watching over the worlds since before humanity reigned as the dominant species. I have watched the greatest explorers become the greatest Heroes. I have seen accident turn into triumph."


Earth-8096

The Avengers of this world, consisting of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Ms. Marvel, Black Panther and Vision, together went off for their next mission.


In the same world, the X-Men consisting of Wolverine, Cyclops, White Queen, Beast, Storm, Nightcrawler, Angel, Shadowcat, Iceman, Rogue, Colossus, Jean and Forge also went forth on a mission.


The Spectacular Spider-Man swung through the cities of New York with a cheer.


"I have seen selfless actions define a lifetime. I have seen a flash of genius define the future."


Eath-192

The Justice League of this world, consisting of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Hawkgirl, went off on their new mission, along with the Teen Titans team consisting of Nightwing, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire and Beast Boy, as well as the Young Justice Team consisting of Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, M'Gann and Artemis Crock were with them too.


"I have watched Legends born and return when needed. I have watched adversity turn into purpose."


Earth-64

Ethan Hunt watched the mountains, having stopped the nuclear blast of August Walker after all, and sighed in relief.


Earh-68

John Rambo looked at the carnage, yet knew there was some hope. Sarah looked at him as Michael waved, and he simply walked off.


Earth-59

The SWORD Alliance battled the Mighty Warriors and Doubt.


Earth-87

Duncan watched a shooting star happily, an arm around Tessa and another around Richie.


Connor and Brenda drove through an empty highway as well.


Earth-201

Dante and Vergil battled Demons while laughing and joking happily.


Earth-211

The McCall pack was at the wedding of Argent and Scott's mom, with Allison and Kira there too.


Earth-1984

Goku flew off with Uub to train him as his family watched.


Earth-81

Naruto stood happily with Hinata.


Earth-97

There was a happy family gathering of the Potters and Weasleys as Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Sirius, Lupin, Tonks and their children sat together for dinner.


Earth-25

Percy and Annabeth waved to Luke, who waved back, before they went on their date.


Earth-215

Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade, and Han Solo and Leia Organa watched their children play while holding each other.


Earth-209

Dr. Manhattan finally reformed himself, as Wade was next to him suddenly. "What took you SO LONG?!"


"Over and over, I've watched all this, and so much more, for that is the task bequeathed to me by the Multiverse. In the end, there was only one, a single black infinitude. Then the infinitude found release. Finally, the darkness broke, filling it with life. With the Multiverse. Every existence multiplied by possibility. And spread out before space and time in infinite measure, all of which I saw. Civilizations rose and fell. And rose again across reality's grasping expanse. Life, a precious gift, persevering in the face of every obstacle Until, finally, - - the age of Heroes was born. And so, while I watch, I now let go. Because I have seen, that they endure. Everything lives."


Superman was flying across Space, before he found some sort of clouded place, letting out a bright light, and flew there, before landing on the ground.

He looked ahead, and saw a man on a wheelchair, who seemed to look like an older version of him.

"Welcome, my name is Dr. Virgil Swann", he introduced himself, as Dr. Bridgette Crossby stood next to him.

"Now you've earned your rest here", she said.

"Really?" Superman asked, before turning to see another Superman arrive, and he seemed to look like a younger version of Swann.

John Williams Superman theme plays

There was a smile on his face, and Superman just felt like it had all come full circle on meeting this Superman.

The older Superman embraced Superman and said. "You have fought, and sacrificed. Now, you earn your peace with the rest of us. They shall never forget us, and carry on in our name."

A tear rolled down Superman's cheek as he embraced him back, and then saw an old man with a bushy moustache and bright smile nearby as he waved to Superman and said. "Welcome. And Excelsior!"

"Now it is time for you to rest", Lord Elrond said to Superman from nearby too, Vision and Phil Coulson near him.

"Indeed, come with us", Vision said.

"This is your home now", Phil Coulson said too.

The older Superman had another Lois who looked like a younger Bridgette Crossby, and then, as he looked ahead, he saw Perry, as well as Richard, and Jimmy, all smiling at him, and then he turned to see his Lois there, holding out her hand.

Superman grasped her hand, and both kissed each other happily, everyone else applauding.

At long last, Superman had found his peace.


Mahabharata 2013 Krishna flute music plays

Krishna looked ahead with a smile, and held up his hand. "The tale of these Heroes, the saga of these Heroes, it shows a lot of things", Krishna then pointed out, "but the ultimate truth, which this saga too points out, is that individuality, and differences, and thoughts of one-upping others, is the ultimate root of sin. While unity…Unity, like what we saw with the Heroes, is the basis of righteousness."

Then, Krishna had a naughty smirk as he asked. "How?" He pointed forwards. "Judge for yourselves."

Krishna joined his hands and said. "This was a huge saga of Heroes, and so I, Vasudeva Krishna, thank all of you for being with Me and all of these great Heroes on this journey until the end." He smiled. "Let there be peace."

And then, Lord Krishna took out his flute and played a melodious tune, bringing joy and music to the whole Multiverse.


And that is finally it. I can't believe it! We did it! We reached the end of the 'Heroes' series.

I think I'm gonna cry. This was my greatest series, my greatest achievement, one shared between all of us, and now finally, it comes to an end. At least it ends on a high note now after all the team-ups, friendships, pain and suffering.

Some of the other fandoms were shown here as well, with happier lives of course, and the Universes we saw destroyed before are back with happier endings. I can't show all of them in one chapter but it's the author's word so all good.

In Star Wars, Disney's trash is gone and we have the Legends timeline, and a happier one too, while in Harry Potter characters like Fred, Sirius and Lupin live while in Percy Jackson Luke never went evil, and in Highlander Duncan is happy with Tessa and Richie, same for Connor and Brenda, while Avengers: EMH, Wolverine and the X-Men and Spectacular Spider-Man are in one world, same for DCAU, Teen Titans and Young Justice.

Routh's Superman gets welcomed Reeve's Superman, Kidder's Lois, Virgil Swann, Crossby, the great Stan Lee, Lord Elrond, Vision, and his own loved ones into Heaven, while Jason takes up the mantle.

But damn! It is finally over! Oh my! Like…wow! This series began its main storyline on 27th July, 2019, and ended it on 29th August, 2022. Its been a long journey spanning 3 years and many fandoms.

Who'd have thought just one more crossover between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Arrowverse would become so huge and involve so many fandoms? Even I didn't think so, since originally it was only going to be J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium, Marvel Cinematic Universe and Arrowverse, with the X-Men and Blade movies and elements of DCEU and other DC stuff.

But then we got Smallville, DCEU, younger X-Men, the older Spider-Man and Batman properties, Deadpool, other Marvel/DC stuff, Buffyverse, Charmed 1998, Merlin, Doctor Who, TVDverse, Firefly, Terminator, The Boys, Sorcerer's Apprentice, and many more, and now here we are, at the end, with all these fandoms and many more in a brave new Multiverse.

Regarding Alaric and Jenna, here she survived but they broke up after Season 2, so all the Jo stuff, including Caroline giving birth to her kids, happened, then after the series Alaric and Jenna got back together.

All I can say is, thank you for being with me on this journey from start to end, and even those who joined on the way, thank you for sticking with me till the end of it.

And thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for all of his help with these stories from Part 11 onwards, until now, and to others for their aid and support as well. It is much appreciated for sure.

Now, like I'd said, there is still 'When Heroes live their lives', and my friend Flashraven has a spin-off to this series titled 'All This for a Jacket', which takes place between 'Heroes stand united' and 'Of Speedsters and Forces', and is a crossover between MCU (mainly Jessica Jones and Guardians of the Galaxy) and Doctor Who which is still ongoing, so if you want, feel free to read those.

But the main storyline comes to its end, and I once more thank all of you who read, favorited, followed, kudos'ed, commented on or bookmarked my series and its stories, and supported me in any way when I wrote these.

I am forever indebted to all of you for your support, which is one of the biggest reasons this series has now finally reached its end.

I'll still miss the main storyline of this, and I know you all will too, but now we've reached the ending, and that too at a high point.

So thank you all once more for being with me and these Heroes on this long journey.

Now at last, it comes to an end. Its hard to say goodbye, but it is time to.

So, we shall meet again, with a different story some other time, soon too.

Stay safe all of you and well-wishes to you and your families.

Until next time.

Aragorn II Elessar.


This is War by Thirty Seconds To Mars plays

The people of various worlds were shown, trying to flee from destruction.


The Heroes of Arda, Earth-199999, Earth-1 and Earth-38 all faced their opponents, Steve calling Mjolnir to him, before the Paragons were shown along with Rune King Thor, White Lantern Steve, and Spectre Leonard Snart.


Morgoth and Thanos stared ahead at the Heroes, and then Anti-Monitor was shown.


The armies clashed.


Boromir raised his sword as the soldiers cheered.


May Parker looked out of her window.


Superman flew into Space with a smile, as Lord Elrond looked down from Rivendell.


Angel was bitten by Darla as Erik Lensherr held his dead family with tears.


The Heroes battled Dormammu.


King Arthur woke up again and returned.


Steve and Tony stared at each other.


Aragorn held up his sword in front of the Black Gate.


Vision's Mind Stone was ripped out.


Scenes of battle were shown, as the Heroes triumphed over MODOK, and then Sauron, and then Morgoth and Thanos after long battles.


Lord Krishna was shown warning The Powers That Be and the Elders.


Lex Luthor looked down from LexCorp.


Kal flew into the sky.


The three Supermen battled.


Aragorn and Steve stood side-by-side.


Doctor Victor Von Doom sat in his castle.


Oliver took out the last person on the List.


Thor Odinson looked down as Rune King Thor.


The Heroes battled Galactus, and also Darkseid.


Spider-Man took off his mask in front of the villains.


Lex Luthor was on a call.


Tara was brought back to life.


Lord Elrond passed away.


More battles were shown as the Heroes triumphed over the Phoenix Force, Doomsday and Lex Luthors, Mysterio, The Batman Who Laughs, Norman Osborn, Carnage and finally Dormammu after many battles.


The couples were all shown in tender moments with each other as they basked in each other's company.


And then, more battles were shown as the Heroes defeated the T-1000, Glory, Dromos, the Senior Partners, Galactus, Darkseid, the Seven and Vought, Norman Osborn, Ra's al Ghul, the Flag Smashers, the Alliance, Blackheart, the Grandmaster, Knull, the Black Winter and finally Anti-Monitor, after many battles, acts of heroism, and sacrifices.


And finally, the new Multiverse was shown, with the Heroes all having happier lives as Superman ascended into Heaven with his loved ones and other Legends.


Lastly, all Earths of the Multiverse were shown, existing together, inside the Cosmic Form of God Himself, who smiled, knowing these worlds would always be protected by the Heroes.


And then, Wade Wilson, who was seeing this bit on the TV, shut it off, sitting with Lucifer, who started clapping. "Bravo! Absolutely! Marvelous!"

Deadpool finally said. "Now THAT is how you do a fucking Crisis on Infinite Earths!"


And that's finally the end of it, a tribute to it all with 'This is War', if you know the lyrics, you'd know who is being referred to here as who.