Returning to Life 1

So Jack bought spatial power to travel through other dimensions, he used his current magic as a restriction so he would pay less for it. Jack had already released all his clones and stored the Iron Man armors.

Jack put away all the things they had used in the last 18 months, and Johnny burned the rest with his fire in anger because Reed hadn't shown up in the end. Jack created a teleportation portal to his apartment in New York.

Currently, perhaps three months had passed on Earth beyond the Fantastic Four, and only Spider-Man and maybe Tony knew that he had "died" or gone to another dimension for a long time.

"Finally, we're back. What a cool apartment, Jack. I'm going to buy one for myself after what happened. I'm not going to live with the other members of the Fantastic Four anymore," said Johnny, still annoyed.

"It's great to be back. From what I sensed with magic, three months have passed here on Earth. Even though it was much better than you imagined, we still lost some time," said Jack, looking at his bracelet, which was informing him of the hundreds of missed messages and calls.

"Three months! I'm going to kill Reed! I'm leaving the Fantastic Four!" said Johnny, irritated.

Jack had also been irritated all this time. He would have really fought the Fantastic Four to beat up Reed if there was no explanation. For three months, they had forgotten about him and Johnny. Jack couldn't believe that Reed couldn't open the portal from his laboratory.

"Are they okay? Maybe something happened to Reed, and that's why they didn't try to save us?" said Johnny, still trying to understand what had happened.

Jack looked at his bracelet and found information from the Fantastic Four in the last month announcing the disappearance and possible death of Johnny and Jack. Jack showed this to Johnny, who didn't have the strength to get angry and just lay down on Jack's couch.

Jack used magic to eliminate all possible germs or substances they could have brought from the Negative Zone, so Jack and Johnny were as clean as they could be, and their uniforms looked new as well.

Jack picked up his phone and called Bruce Banner first, fortunately, he had left plenty of food and water in the lab before leaving, but Banner could have left since Jack had been there for three months and was presumed dead.

"Hi, Jack, how are you? It wasn't cool to leave me locked up in the lab for three months. Luckily, it's calm here, and I have plenty of food; otherwise, I would have turned into the Hulk and left here," said Bruce a little irritated.

"Don't you know, Bruce? Fortunately, you didn't turn into the Hulk and leave there. I was presumed dead last month. I went to help a friend, and his friends didn't help me. I was stuck in another dimension for three months," said Jack.

"You were stuck in another dimension for three months? Is it at least cool in that dimension?" said Bruce surprised.

"It's not very cool; you die if you go there unprepared because of the antimatter. There aren't many trees or other things, and I must have eaten worse than you there. The worst part is that I was being chased by 1 billion bugs, and time passes more slowly there. I spent 18 months in that dimension," complained Jack.

"Okay, you win. I won't complain anymore. Bring me some good food next time, and we'll eat together, and you can tell me about this dimension," said Bruce.

"Sorry, Bruce, I was just complaining, but you're right to complain. I promised to come and bring you good food and talk to you, and I left you trapped. We'll talk more later," said Jack, embarrassed.

"Who is Bruce? I heard you talking about the Hulk. Did you leave the Hulk locked up for three months?" said Johnny surprised.

"Yes, I'll tell you later if he allows it. I didn't know I'd be away from Earth for three months," said Jack.

Jack was mentally exhausted, so he spoke without thinking about the identity of the Hulk, even though Bruce didn't make much of a secret of it. Realizing this, Jack apologized to Johnny and went to his room, created a sound isolation spell, and called Peter.

Peter was angry with him the last time they spoke, but since he was technically declared dead and disappeared for three months, maybe Peter wasn't as mad at him anymore. Now that he had thought about it, he happily left some food in boxes for Norman Osborn. If he got angry and destroyed it, he would be dead now.

"Jack! You're alive! Dude, I thought you were dead with Johnny! I thought I had lost two friends at the same time. Is Johnny alive too?" Peter shouted into the phone.

"Yes, Peter, I'm alive and so is Johnny, but not thanks to Reed and the Fantastic Four who left us there to die," Jack said, now irritated that Johnny wasn't listening.

"What happened? Did they try to kill you guys?" Peter said, shocked.

"No, but it was their mistake that left us trapped in another dimension, and Reed didn't try to save us to correct their mistake," Jack said.

"Wait, let's talk in person, Jack. Then I can listen to what happened carefully. I also have something to tell you that happened while you were away," Peter said.

Jack was going to refuse because he had to talk to Tony still and had to figure out what was going on, but thinking that Spider-Man was a hero and was close to the Fantastic Four, he could tell Jack what he wanted to know.

"Okay, Peter, I'll talk to Johnny and come there to talk to you," Jack said.

Jack left the room and saw that Johnny was still sad. It seemed like he didn't plan on going back to the Baxter building for a while. Jack wouldn't insist on it either. If it were him, he would definitely be angry with the other members of the Fantastic Four.

"Johnny, I have to go out. I have to figure out what happened on Earth in the last few months. What are you going to do?" Jack asked.

"I'll stay here, thinking. I'll wait for you to come back, and then I'll tell you what I thought, and you can tell me what happened in the last few months too," Johnny said, disheartened by the truth.

"Okay, Johnny, stay there and rest. I'll come back with some food for us," Jack said and left using a portal.