The bomb

As they passed by the huge crack in the Wall they were welcomed by rows of Green and Blue Lanterns floating in the void with exoskeleton suits made exclusively by Umbrella where most of the brilliant minds of the multiverse came together.

As John stepped out, he was greeted by a hug from Emma. She had been on the harvester since John had entered the Wall and had been anxious for him. She had read the books of Oa so she had a great idea of how terrifying the Wall was.

Others didn't have the privilege but she did thanks to being the first Green Lantern of her universe. John never spoke much of the Wall to the others or the enemies except for the high echelons of Avengers.

"Hey! Missed me?" John asked as he was hugged tightly by Emma. John gave a smile when he saw her almost on the verge of tears. He could feel anxious. Looking at her, John now was more determined to save their multiverse. He would do everything possible.

Emma meanwhile was looking from top to bottom to make sure everything was alright and even eyed others to see if they had a fight. Thanos had some scratches and rough bruises here as she scanned him with the help of the Ring.

"Ummmmm... I was just nervous for you all this time. Thanos returned in tatters. Didn'r want to see you in that."

The lanterns were expecting the worst so they even made a mobile ambulance in case they needed one. Thanos gave quite a scare last time so they had been ready with the greatest caution. Even the turrets that were on the Harvester were pointed at the Crack now, ready to blow everyone up.

Everyone then flew to the Harvester and they had to go through the procedure of checking to see if there were any problems by any of the people who had returned.

Wayne asked specifically for it to make sure no rat entered their Avengers team, going as far as to check the psychology of everyone who had returned. After a lengthy check at the Harvester, John entered the Command center where everyone was present on the screen.

Only Professor X, Reed Richards from Earth TRN 891 were present physically at the Harvester. Emma didn't enter with John and others as she still didn't have enough authority to enter in such a big discussion. Only Hal Jordan and the Guardians have the access.

John sat on the chair with a dark mood and so did the others.

"Tell me you killed them." Tony was the first to break the silence from the other side of the screen.

"We killed them." Jean gave the answer in a flat tone.

"Then we should pop champagne and celebrate. You returned in one piece and even manoeuvred away from the big Giants that we could see from here." Tony replied. Hearing Tony's words and seeing the smile on everyone's face, there was still no joy on the face of John and his team.

"What happened?" Wayne asked.

"Don't tell me the problem of Owen is still looming on the top of our head." Banner asked, seeing the not-so-joyous faces of John and others.

"My other variants have 10 months to live. Or they will die. I have escaped that cycle but others didn't so we still haven't won." Owen finally answered for everyone present.

"Oh!! So we need to bring each and every Owen to other planets beside Earth and it will be done. Yes?" Captain America asked.

"Theoretically yes. The beginning we didn't touch each and every Owen in the fear that they might alert the Beyonders and detonate. Since they are dead, it should be fine." Diana said.

"Wait!! If Beyonders are dead then how come we have 10 months? How is the timing so perfect?" Clark finally saw the loophole in the words of Owen.

"It is because the real controllers were never the Beyonders. But an organisation that belongs to a particular Universe which has been living inside the Wall from God knows when." John replied.

"A universe inside the Wall?"

"Another Universe?"

People were dumbfounded by the words of John. They had always known that they were people living inside the Wall, but a universe inside the Wall. This was new.

"What is special about the Wall?" Naruto asked.

"This universe has a combination of people that belong to both the multiverse. We came across Dark Claw, a.k.a., Logan Wayne. A person who has the mutant gene of Wolverine and the merits of Batman hailing from Gotham City of his Earth. And that is just one of them. The person who is leading them is a combination of Dr. Fate and Dr. Strange, or commonly known as Dr. Strangefate."

"Eh!!"

"What?"

"What the fuck!"

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