Journey

"Due to an accident everyone there had been turned into zombies. So I had to calibrate the device to find a version of Owen who is already dead. Your job will be to find him and obliterate him. Killing him will do no good. The only thing you can do is to incinerate him. Remember the zombies won't die even if you chop their head off. They will be headless corpses and nothing more. Only if you tear them limb to limb or burn them, they will be endless. They go for the smell of humans and sound. The gear is sound proof and smell proof, thanks to Shuri."

"Got it. Any more advice?

"May the dead may never die." John said remembering those famous lines. Then John opened two portals. One was for 31117 Steve and the other to the zombie world. 31117 Steve had a good time here and he even got to see the Ring from outside and their Earth.

It felt like a fantasy to him and made his conviction stronger to liberate his Earth from the cruel rule. He wanted his Earth to be like this, the paradise. 31117 Steve thanked John for letting him be in their world and showing him around before leaving.

John after much thought spent a small amount of fan values to give him a devil fruit. The devil fruit of Ace. The Mera-Mera no Mi explained the working of this fruit.

"Are you sure you want to give such a precious thing to me?"

"We have people here who have more power than this, so don't worry. It is just one of the useless things."

"Alright. Thank you. I will use this for the better of mankind and save the people." 31117 Steve said as he took the fruit. John could already imagine Captain America as someone flying in the air with the use of flame.

It will come full circle with the old movie of Fantastic Four. That would be one hell of a story.

Kevin had seen all of this from the corner of the office. He was surprised to know that there was one universe where there were only zombies. This sent a chill through his spine and he prayed for the departed soul of his counterpart.

Then John as usual proceeded to work on the series as before. The other Naruto team took 3 days to complete killing Owen and was back. The moment they came back Diana went straight to her home without speaking a word.

Everyone had a smell of rotten flesh and all kinds of disgusting smell from the vibranium clad suit. Following Diana all the others too went to have a proper rest and bath. John could already feel that the mission was successful and Owen had gotten more powerful so he didn't ask.

In this way the mission was going well. Most of them needed Owen to kill his other part and a very few ones had to be talked with properly. And as the days went by, Owen started to get more powerful. He could now easily control his telekinetic powers and change the molecular structure of things around himself.

This was a huge leap in his power. This happened after Owen killed the Hulk version of himself. That world was weird as that Earth had only America as the only country. John had visited that world long ago with General Ross. And gave him the scare of his life which prompted the military to stop sneaking into his world or in the world of Avengers.

They just played their own politics. Now the playing field had gone to different empires over the universe and the Avengers never cared about this. As long as there was peace and people had a happy life, John and the Avengers never bothered with them.

After a few months of travel by this exclusive team and working tirelessly, and visiting many Earths. Owen felt like he had enough power to handle the Beyonders now. He had tried his power before, and he could feel that he could change the structure of planets and solar system as he saw fit. He could easily influence the probability of things around him without even touching them. Provide life force or take it away.

But he could still feel that his body could handle more energy easily and there was no limit to his potential. That notion gave him a scare. He was so powerful but he still felt there was a lot to do. And above all, he could still feel that John was more powerful than him.

Even Steve Rogers of their planet was more powerful than him but it didn't matter now. John had already informed him that they would leave to catch the Beyonders soon. It was time to face his maker and put an end to it.

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