Homelander: New Legacy

[50] : Thor!

The news Roger brought was undoubtedly a complete disaster. Thanos was waiting for them in Wakanda, and without the support of Wakanda and the other Avengers, going there would be nothing short of walking into a trap.

Everyone, who had been excited just moments ago, calmed down. After a while, possibly feeling the atmosphere had become too heavy, Scott Lang, who was being held by Hope, suddenly spoke up:

"Guys, since this Is Thanos... our friend here mentioned hasn't shown up yet, doesn't that mean we still have time to discuss? Maybe things aren't as bad as we think. So... how about we grab a coffee or something and talk it over..."

As he said this, Scott's mood dampened a bit.

"Oh, I wish I could have a cup of coffee too..."

Perhaps finding some truth in Scott's words, Vision silently went to make coffee.

Okoye helped the limping Black Panther, T'Challa, to a seat, while Spider-Man, Peter Parker, noticing the expressions of everyone around, looked at Roger and asked:

"You seem to know so much, does that mean you've fought alongside the Avengers before? Can you tell us, if the zombie outbreak hadn't happened, would Thanos have won in the end?"

Roger met Peter's innocent eyes and responded, "Actually, I haven't fought alongside you. I... I only learned about all this afterward. But I can answer your question: Thanos did succeed in his plan."

Banner then asked, "You mean we failed?"

"We did fail at first. When Thanos was in Wakanda, he killed Vision and took the Mind Stone. Then... he snapped his fingers."

Roger mimicked the snap of Thanos' fingers and continued:

"And with that, half of all life in the universe simply vanished, including half of the Avengers, Peter... including you."

Scott interjected with a question, "So Thanos collected the Infinity Stones just to wipe out half the universe's life? Why would he do that?"

"Because Thanos believed that the universe had too much life, but limited resources. By eliminating half of all life, the regeneration of resources would surpass their consumption rate."

"Huh, sounds like Thanos is some sort of environmentalist," Scott quipped.

Peter, however, was more concerned with the aftermath. He asked, "So... in that parallel world you mentioned, has half the world's population already disappeared?"

Roger's account of Thanos made everyone assume he had experienced these events firsthand, leading Peter to ask such a question.

Roger realized they had misunderstood and explained:

"It's not my world. What I'm talking about isn't a story from our world... This is complicated to explain, but you can think of me as... a traveler in that world. I saw what you went through, but I wasn't really a part of it."

"So what happened after that?" Bucky Barnes asked.

Roger continued the narrative:

"Captain Marvel returned to Earth. She's one of the original Avengers and is about as powerful as Thor. She and the Avengers went to confront Thanos, only to find out that the Infinity Stones had already been destroyed...

"But five years later, Scott suddenly reappeared..."

"Me? I didn't vanish with the others?" Scott asked, surprised.

Roger replied:

"Of course not. In that world, the original Wasp, Janet, didn't contract the virus, and you successfully rescued her. You then planned to explore the Quantum Realm together.