Ranger threw down Rocket's gun and checked up on him, he groaned and he opened his eyes. "Bro?" he moaned

"Yeah?"

"I don't wanna do that again"

Ranger laughed and helped him stand "And you wont because we won the war!". Rocket was shocked! "Woah! How long was I out?!"

"Just an hour, Darkseid's dead and Aquaman and Namor's forces captured the remaining Hydra forces and Jean Grey destroyed all the Ultron bots" Ranger exclaimed

"That's great!" Rocket shouted, then he remembered Lylla's condition and decided to tell him "Hey em...bro?"

"Yeah?"

Then he decided that he'll show em cause it was easier "It's nice to have you back" Rocket said as he smiled

"It's good ta be back!" Ranger exclaimed as he hugged his brother, and he noticed that something was missing from his back. His Cybernetic implants weren't there! He decided to tell him later when they were with Lylla so she'd examine him.

That was it...with Darkseid down, the War on Earth was over.

A few hours later, the combined cores of the Green, Red and White lanterns spread around the globe repairing and fixing all the damage as well as resurrecting fallen citizens and in less then a day. The entire world was rebuilt as Hal pulled in some favors from the elders to allow the entire Green lantern Core to help, and Guy ordered his Lanterns to help and the entity kept it's promise to rebuild as well since Bruce was sticking to his...the heroes were gathered at their HQ in Washington DC to celebrate and honor the only two heroes that didn't make it back to the the world of the living, Barry Allen and Hunter Zolomon otherwise known as The Flash and Zoom. Central city started to dedicate a section of their museum, a large section, to the two speedsters.

Meanwhile with Rocket and Lylla...

Rocket was in his room with Lylla beside her waiting for Ranger to show up, and he did. He walked right in and his eyes widened at Lylla's state "What've you been eating?" Ranger chuckled

"Oh you! I'm not fat...I'm pregnant" She chuckled. That took Ranger by storm as he wasn't expecting that of all things, "So you and Rocket..."

"Yes Ranger..." Lylla interrupted

"Congrats to the both of ya!" Ranger exclaimed as he hugged the two of them

"Uh...Ranger, we were planning to go back to Halfworld and settle down there. Begin a life and wed, do you want to join us?" Lylla asked

"I'd be happy to!" He smiled as he hugged the two of them again.

"Oh and em...Rocket" Ranger said

"Yeah?"

"Every time i hug you...i feel your implants but now...I can't feel them at all!" He said as he announced his fear

"Let me see" Lylla said as he unzipped Rocket top jumpsuit. To her surprise she only found fur...fur that wasn't supposed to be there, his implants were gone! So she had him checked and told them that Darkseid actually infused the implants with Rocket's bone and tissue. He didn't have a metal skeleton but the infusion gave him a much stronger skeletal system and tougher tissue with regenerative properties that heal wound like Wolverine and Deadpool did.

In time the Guardians found out about Lylla's state and congratulated the pair

The next day...

It was Christmas eve on Earth and it had started to snow, Quill took the liberty of explaining to Drax and the rest what Christmas was and they understood. Lylla thought that it was sweet. On that day they gathered in Quill's room where Lylla and Ravanger made hot chocolate for everyone, Jason then invited them over to Wayne manor for Christmas tomorrow for a big dinner celebration.

So throughout the day the Guardians went out finding gifts for each other. And then they decided what was to happen to the team after they'd return shopping, Quill spoke first

"So what now?"

"Well...Groot, Lylla, Ranger and I made a choice...we're going back to Halfworld" Rocket said

"Good choice" Gamora remarked

"As for me...I'll be leaving too" Quill said

"Why?!" Drax asked

"I've learned things...apparently it concerns my lineage and my parents" Quill shrugged, he didn't want the rest to know about his pact with the post-War fugitive Ultron. Batman and Stark suspected that he was still alive, somewhere. Hiding. Quill had to keep this a guarded secret as he didn't want to ruin his only chance in finding his origins.

"An honorable reason" Drax stated "But I am staying on Earth to train it's new generation of heroes" he continued

"As am I" Gamora lied...she suspected something was up with Quill, he wasn't the same after his fight with Ultron. So she wanted to follow him to make sure he wasn't doing anything stupid.

"I'm still here if you need me" Said Jason

"I'm here too" Roy said

"When are you leaving?" Rocket asked

"After Christmas"

"Reasonable" Rocket replied as the team hung around each other for the following day to come and today of course!

Meanwhile in the Allen homestead, Henry was about to leave the house to go see the Flash memorial in the museum today when he heard a knock on the door. He opened it and there stood the man in the yellow suit. Henry was shocked to see him, what did he want now?!

"I just want to talk..." Thawn said kindly as he removed his mask and revealed his face. "It's about Barry" he continued

"Before, Henry wanted to slam the door but since it was about Barry and nodded and let Thawn in. He paced around the house and it looked the same as it did all those years ago.

"Nice place..." Thawn complimented as he took out Barry's speedster ring and fumbled around with it. Henry was facing Thawn's back when he said "What's this about my son"

"He wanted me to give you this...I packed something a little extra as well" Thawn said as he turned and placed Barry's ring in Henry's hand fast. Henry looked at the object Thawn gave him. "Barry's ring?"

"He thought that you should have it...the one in the museum is a fake...that's the real deal" then he continued "And if you press the symbol in the middle...well, that's my surprise" Thawn said as he sped out the house, phasing through the door.

Henry tapped the bolt and out came Barry's Flash suit. He grabbed it and looked at it, the suit was fine and Henry noticed some stitches here and there, meaning that Thawn did try to repair it at one point and succeeded.

He got teary eyed and smiled as he murmured to himself "Thank you Thawn...Thank you so much!".