"Alright. But who is this guy? At least, introduce us." Thor said.
"I will introduce him to all in the Hall. Let's go for now." John said as they all started walking to the Hall. Norrin on the other hand was looking around. He was amazed by what he saw.
A ring-like structure on the orbit of the Earth which had its own weather all around. The Ring had a full sustainable ecosystem. Even though using Power Cosmic didn't make him omnipotent, he still could feel around.
And what he saw amazed him. Especially the new kinds of creatures. The creatures which he had never seen before and he could feel that each and every one of them was powerful.
"This really looks like utopia." Norrin mumbled.
"There can never be an utopia. Perfect things don't exist." John said as he heard the mumbling of Norrin. John remembered the famous words of Mayuri Kurotsuchi. He really loved that arc where he showed that perfect things don't exist, and if it does it meant that there could be no further innovations possible on that particular thing. This was a curse.
As they reached the Hall, many others had started emerging from boom tubes and the teleportation of guilty spark. Norrin was more amazed seeing such amazing technology. Even though he had seen teleportation before, the operation of it was totally different.
All who were called by Thor and Strange were surprised to see a new guy. Everybody thought that it was another person who came from another universe. But none could remember any such person in John's works before.
"Who is this guy?" Tony asked.
"Don't know. Maybe John brought him on his return journey. Looks powerful." Banner said.
They all went inside and everybody took their seats. Norrin was looking all around. He had seen the Avengers in his universe so he knew many faces. But he had never seen some faces before and some of them looked powerful.
John got up from his seat and said.
"So I am safe."
"If anybody can kill you, it is you yourself." Tony joked. Everybody laughed. It was true. They had seen how powerful John was during the Thanos war. And now when John was back they could see he had changed.
Especially those eyes. Those eyes looked something straight out of a fantasy story. They were curious about it but didn't ask.
"Well yes. Many things happened along the way. Met your other versions. Didn't like them." John said.
"Well. That was expected from the world that Strange came from." Barry said. They all still remembered clearly the fight against Strange in the Himalayas.
"True, but that's not all. I met Galactus." John said. All sat straight when John said that. They had heard about him and his powers. They feared him a lot since John explained his origin. They knew why John went for him. Because of Black Winter.
Black Winter was supposedly coming within a year's time now. And truth to be told they still weren't sure how they would defeat him. So when John said he was going to another place many assumed that it was for meeting Galactus since they were enemies.
"How was the meeting? Any fruits?" Wayne asked.
"There is. He has agreed to help us. Speaking of Galactus, this is Norrin. The first herald of Galactus." John said. Now all finally knew who this new guy was.
"Hello. I am Norrin Radd from Zen-la. " Norrin said as he got up from his seat and introduced himself.
"No wonder he looks so weird but feels so powerful. Turns out to be his herald." Thor said.
"So I brought him here since he is his herald and because if we win this war, he will be free forever. So I hope we will win." John smiled as he said. He wanted to diffuse the gloomy atmosphere around.
"We will win it. No matter what." Geralt said.
"We will have to win. There is no escape." Steve said.
"Alright. There is still time. I will go and take a rest. Have been away from home for such a long time. I just need my bed." John said as he started going home. Then he remembered something and turned back
"We will need the infinity stones to help Galactus." John said.
"Can he be trusted?" Wayne asked.
"Of course not, but this is all we can do to have extra assurance. We will use it to power him if we ever fail in facing the Black Winter." John said as he vanished after wearing the helmet.
"I hope we don't ever reach that position." Tony said.
"Hey Norrin, do you have any idea why his eyes glowed like birds on fire?" Hal asked instead as he was more interested in knowing what happened to John.
"You don't know what that represents?" Norrin asked as he thought it was common knowledge.
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