"That was rude." Barry said.
"Leave him be. We all didn't like how it all turned out." Diana said as she understood the anger of Thor. He just recently became a God but he still was powerless against the actual Gods.
"He is probably angry with me." John said as he too understood Thor's anger.
"Let's go back." Victor said as he opened portals leading them to the Ring. They all went in, including the kages and the ninjas. After stepping near the Hall of Justice John said.
"Thank you kages for the help. I am sure you all need to tend to your injuries. So I won't hold you back. I will send a detailed report later of who they are and what they represent." John said.
"Will wait for the report." Gaara said as all wanted to know why John just let them take away Thanos, who was such a threat to the universe.
"Sure. I will send them. Let me send you all to your home." John said as he waved his hands. He teleported all the ninjas and kages to their dimension. Then all the Avengers including the Teen Titans went inside. Not many were tired after the short battle so all were ready to hear what John would say and give his justification.
All took their seats and John finally said.
"I know you all are angry, but our hands are tied. The person who asked for Thanos, is not something we can fight against." John said.
"What kind of being is he?" Steve asked.
"The kind of being who created the multiverse and is responsible for all of creation." John said.
"Wait? Did you just say the creator? You mean like God, God?" Tony asked.
"Yes. God, God. The one in the Bible. Well, similar to that." John replied.
"Does he really exist?" Banner murmured.
"Then do you think I just let him go because I wanted to let him go?" John said with a serious tone. He too was confused about why Thanos was taken away by OAA but he could never say no to it. At least he gave them the power to negotiate.
Even though John was tempted to ask for powers in exchange of Thanos, at the end he stopped himself. The only reason he stopped was because of the system. He didn't know if OAA knew about it. If he knew then he might just kill John. He could never take that gamble.
"Why the hell would they care for a person like Thanos?" Hal asked.
"That is what I want to know." John said.
"What about the Celestials?" Arthur asked as that name had been mentioned quite a lot of time.
"Celestials. They can be called lesser Gods. Responsible for maintaining a kind of balance. They have been around since the first multiverse. I once said long ago not to search for the Anti-Life Equation of Earth. It was not because we had the anti-life equation but because there is a seed of a celestial sleeping on Earth, deep inside." John said.
"Oh Earth is a home for them? That's cute." Natasha said. Natasha said. Like all others Natasha also played a huge role in the war. Her blue lantern ring and being the host of Adara she had been nothing but a pure nuisance to the enemies.
"It's not cute Natasha. When the population of Earth reaches a certain amount, a celestial will be born. And due to that birth, the Earth will be destroyed." John said.
"What?" Everybody cried in surprise.
"What the hell? You mean Earth will be doomed someday?" Arthur asked.
"Yes. But not if we stop the emergence of the said Celestial." John said. This gave a wave of relief to all.
"So you mean to say Earth and such other planets give birth to Celestials?" Tony asked as he understood the main point to the issue.
"Yes. Thanos was on a mission to exterminate half of the population because of two reasons. Making the population half will give more sustenance to the rest and stop the emergence of new Celestials." John said.
"What a saint!" Arthur said but in a mocking tone.
"Why don't we go and kill that Celestial? I think we all can kill a God in his sleep. We have that much power now at least." Clint asked.
"We can't, the other Celestials might be alerted due to that and will come to kill us. Don't worry, I have a plan for it. More people will be coming soon. So we can take our own measures. And we aren't powerful enough to face them yet. I didn't tell you this before because Black Winter was a headache, enough. Don't want to put too much pressure on you all." John said.
"More people? That's good. But I don't understand. If they are Gods why is their seed inside Earth sleeping?" Tony asked.
"Every billion years a new celestial needs to be born. It is the circle of life. The Celestials are responsible for creating new galaxies and maintaining that cycle. They take energy from the host planet and create suns and everything."
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