Homelander: New Legacy

[48] : The Sun Sets!

Given Roger's speed, it wouldn't take long to fly from New York to New Jersey.

However, he was deliberately controlling his speed to avoid arriving in New Jersey too quickly.

Anyone familiar with the original storyline knows that although New Jersey was said to have a way to cure the zombie virus, it was actually just a trap set by Vision to lure survivors.

The Mind Stone could indeed turn zombies back into normal humans, but Vision was unable to restore his girlfriend, Wanda.

Wanda's powers were too strong, and their abilities clashed. Vision could restore anyone else, but not Wanda.

To prevent Wanda from dying of hunger, Vision set the trap to lure survivors to his camp, providing zombie Wanda with food. Black Panther's leg was eaten by Wanda, and all of Ant-Man's body except his head was fed to her.

When food ran out, Vision increased the power of the camp, sending signals further away, which were then intercepted by the current Avengers.

This is how it went in the original story.

But now, due to Roger's involvement, the original plot has already changed significantly. Characters like Happy and Sharon, who were destined to die, survived.

Hope, who was supposed to be infected, remained safe, and now Roger, a "mini Superman," was added to the mix.

With so many changes to the story, it was hard to say whether Vision would even let them into the camp. Even if they ended up fighting, Roger wouldn't be surprised at all.

Roger wasn't confident about fighting Vision.

If he were truly Superman, of course, he wouldn't be afraid, but unfortunately, he wasn't. Vision, Wanda, Hulk... among these elite Avengers, Roger probably wasn't their match.

If they really had to fight Vision, Roger wasn't sure he could win, even with the surviving Avengers on his side.

So, if a fight with Vision broke out, should Roger escape with the Avengers or should he help them try to reason with Vision and make him see the reality of the situation?

As Roger mulled over these thoughts, the Lehigh camp in New Jersey was now within sight.

Roger stopped in mid-air, gazing down at the camp surrounded by zombies, without moving for a long time.

After a while, sensing that they had stopped but not yet landed, the Avengers began to question him. Peter Parker asked, "What's wrong? Why did we stop? Are we there?"

"We are," Roger responded, pushing his X-ray vision to its limit as he looked toward the Lehigh camp below. "But something doesn't seem right."

"Not right? What do you mean?"

"I have X-ray vision; I can see through buildings to what's behind them. I just checked out this camp and found some concerning things... Guys, do you know Wanda?"

As Roger descended toward the camp, he asked the group.

Wanda was an Avenger, so since Roger knew about Hawkeye, he would undoubtedly know Wanda as well. The Avengers quickly understood the implication behind Roger's question.

Banner, with a tone of disbelief, asked, "Don't tell me Wanda has turned into a zombie too."

"...Unfortunately, she has, and that's not the only bad news."

Roger sighed as he placed the toy-sized van on the ground, watching it return to full size, and looked toward the camp.

Vision, a member of the Avengers, slowly flew toward them, landing in front of the group.

As Vision silently looked at them, Roger finished his thought aloud, "I'm afraid we've walked right into this guy's trap."

"Who are you?" Vision asked coldly after Roger finished speaking.

Vision recognized the other Avengers: Winter Soldier had appeared during the Avengers' Civil War, he had records of Hope in his database, and he roughly knew who the others were.

But Roger was a different story; Vision had never seen him before, and there were no records of him in his database.

Roger answered Vision's question, "Roger, from a parallel world. A hero... for fun. You can also call me Superman."

"Parallel world?" Vision muttered the term but didn't delve deeper. Instead, he said to Roger, "It doesn't matter where you come from; you shouldn't have told them what you saw."

"Sorry, but I'm on the same side as these people now, so I can't just stand by and let them fall into a trap."

"...This isn't a trap," Vision whispered.

He had never intended to harm anyone; he just wanted to keep Wanda alive.

As Roger and Vision spoke, the rest of the Avengers had returned to their normal size and were standing by Roger's side.

Banner looked at Vision, the mechanical being he had helped create with Tony. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He didn't want to believe Vision would do this for Wanda, just like he hadn't wanted to believe Earth had ended up like this. But Vision's conversation with Roger made it clear that Roger was right.

Vision had indeed done something almost against human morality for zombie Wanda's sake.

Of course, Banner couldn't judge a robot by human standards; he just felt a deep sense of regret.

Roger and Vision locked eyes, with Roger on full alert. Every muscle in his body was ready to react. If Vision tried to attack, Roger would immediately dodge and counterattack.

As the tension between them grew, Kurt, still somewhat clueless, suddenly asked, "So... we've been tricked? There's no way to turn zombies back into humans here?"

Roger was about to answer when Vision beat him to it, "There is. While I did intend to lure survivors here, the method to reverse the zombie condition does exist... Do you want to come in?"

"Aren't you going to attack us?" Winter Soldier asked.

Vision looked at them all, his gaze lingering on Roger for a few seconds longer before he replied, "There's no point in doing that now, and I'm also interested in parallel worlds. I want to know more."

"Though this parallel world might be different from what you imagine... if you want to know, I'll tell you," Roger said, relieved that a fight could be avoided.

Not fighting was the best outcome. If they had fought and damaged the base, releasing zombie Wanda, the Avengers would have had no choice but to run. One Vision was enough to wipe them out; if Wanda joined, they might as well give up entirely.

Following Vision's lead, the group moved deeper into the base. But before entering, Roger glanced at the sun, which was about to set, and stopped in his tracks.

The sun was setting, and its last rays were fading away. Roger wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but as the sun set, he felt like he was losing something.

"What's wrong?" Vision asked when he noticed Roger had stopped.

Roger stared at the sun sinking behind the hills, then shook his head and turned back to Vision. "It's nothing. Let's go in."

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