John then went to Oa to collect the power stone and the other stones from various places. For the first time in the history of their universe the infinity stones were coming together.
He went to Strange for the time stone and asked for his advice on the soul stone.
"You want me to give away the time stone?" Strange asked
"Yes. There is no other way. You can look into the future yourself." John said. He himself once looked into the possible future in handling Black Winter and this was the the way where they had the highest percentage of winning,
Strange then proceeded to look into the future using the time stone. And after few minutes of looking into it he had creases in his eyebrows
"Is there something wrong?" John asked.
"No. It's just. We will be losing the anchor that holds the universe together. I hope this is worth it."
"I hope so too." John said as Strange handed him the time stone.
"What will you do with the soul stone?" Strange asked. They had access to all the stones except for the soul.
"I am here for that. I need to sacrifice a soul close to me to get the soul stone. Do you have any idea how I can bypass that? All I am thinking about is using the lives of convicts who are lovers." John asked as really had no idea.
"How dumb are you John. Don't you have the philosopher's stone? When will you put that to use?" Strange asked as he had a weird look on his face. John had Gate of Baylon and he should have had that much intellect to process that.
"But the souls in philosopher's stone aren't anyone who are close to me." John reiterated.
"Does it matter? The soul stone gives itself in exchange for a soul. Here we are giving more than one soul. The soul stone should be happy about it." Strange said as he already knew where the soul stone was and its history. Being a child of the world tree brought him immense knowledge.
"Alright. I will try this." John said. Even though he had high intellect he didn't use this power often. John then went to Steve who was in the hidden dimension.
Diana too was living with him there nowadays. They have finally moved in together and they both handled the league. By now Killmonger had become one of the most important generals of the League and looked over the general situation of the League.
Killmonger was happy with the work being done by the League. In maintaining order and rooting out the evil in the most efficient way possible. John appeared near the gate of the headquarters and walked in.
He went straight to where Steve was and knocked in
"It's been sometime you came here. Any problems?" Steve asked as he was talking with Killmonger
"Problems? No. I am here to meet an old friend. Do you want to accompany me?" John asked.
"Old friend? Who?" Steve was curious when John said that.
"That's a secret. Want to go?" John asked again without revealing the details.
"Alright." Steve replied.
And the next moment he and Steve appeared in Vormir. On the entrance for the soul stone's tomb. It was kind of dark all around. There was an eclipse in the sky and it was cold with little bits of snow falling.
Steve didn't expect such a change of scenery. He was thinking that John would take him somewhere on Earth. he didn't expect John to take to a whole new planet.
"Where is this?" Steve asked.
"Almost at the centre of our universe. The place where we can get the soul stone." as John said that a dark figure came levitating by. It's whole body was covered in rags and he looked more like a ghost than a person.
"Welcome, John, son of John Jonah Jameson and uhh... Steve son of Joseph Rogers." said the figure levitating.
"What the..." Steve said, looking at the figure. He knew the face. He even fought him once. The man who was the reason behind his sleep.
"Red skull?" Steve almost screamed when he said that.
"Yes. Steve Rogers. It's been some time." Red Skull said.
"Why are you here? Are you not dead?" Steve said as now he was in fighting mode.
"It's alright Captain. He is in his punishment. He can't leave this place and he will have to guard this dead tomb forever till eternity."
"Wait. You mean he is the guardian of the soul stone? That's a stupid decision. He wanted to use the space stone. What stops him from using the soul stone?" Steve said as he was ready to chug his shield at Red Skull.
"I can only see the stones but never touch them nor use them. This is my punishment for trying to use the power which was never meant for me." Red Skull replied he didn't show any agitation with the reaction of Steve.
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"Calm down Captain. He really isn't a threat to us. He is trapped here forever only to be a guide to those who want to get the soul stone. He can never leave this place nor use the stone." John calmed Steve down who was really angry and was in fighting mode.
"Are you sure about this?" Steve asked as he still didn't let go of his shield.
"Yes. I am perfectly sure. I just wanted to bring you here to see your old friend." John said with a cheeky smile.
"Good joke John. But it's still dangerous for a guy like him to be the guide. He might just use his brain for evil matters." Steve said.
"He can't. This is his destiny." John reassured him.
"I am here for the soul stone." John then said looking at the Red Skull.
"Are you ready to lose a soul for another soul?" Red Skull asked.All this time he didn't try to argue against Steve as he felt there was no need to go through old matters.
"Yes." John said as he took a tiny bit of philosopher's stone in his hand and then went to the cliff. Red Skull looked at the stone on John's hand with squinted eyes. Steve too looked at it.
"So you are going to sacrifice the philosopher's stone for the soul stone. Is that what he means by soul for a soul." Steve asked as he didn't know the whole procedure of getting the soul stone.
"Yes. That's exactly what Red Skull means by that." John said as threw away the stone down the cliff and waited. John really hoped that the stone would be enough for him to get the soul stone.
And luckily after a few seconds, a yellow colored stone flew from under the cliff to John's hands. Red Skull was confused by what just happened but he didn't ask.
"That was convenient." John murmured as he didn't have to sacrifice a living soul close to him to get the soul stone. The philosopher's stone just filled that gap with a bunch of souls inside it.
"So Steve, want to reminisce about the old past with Red Skull." John asked.
"Who wants to talk with this guy? It is good that he is chained here. He deserves this. Let's go back." Steve said as he had a look of disgust on his face when he saw Red Skull. John just shook his head and vanished with Steve.
Sometimes hatred doesn't just go away just because there is nostalgia in it.
John then returned to the Ring with Steve. Now he had all the stones with him and were stored in a very secured place close to the Hall of Justice. John then proceeded to inform GAIA that all the stones had been collected and to inform this to all the Avengers so that it is under protection always. He didn't want any accidents happening to one of the most powerful weapons in the universe.
"This is done. What is your next move?" Steve asked.
"I will have to bring the planet in order. Some people have been eyeing the Avengers and Umbrella for sometime now." John said.
"What will you do about it?" Steve asked as he too had noticed problems popping up everywhere.
"I will see what I can do. Don't worry I won't do anything drastic. Though I would love to bring some people down but that is counter productive. There should always be opposition for a huge organisation or else an organisation will become corrupt with power." John said.
Steve nodded at it as he knew John was right. Democracy works only when there is proper organisation. Steve knew that Avengers had been facing opposition on the grounds that they had been working without any jurisdiction and no oversight.
They didn't know that Avengers always had an oversight with the help of John, Batman, now Clark and even himself. If anything went wrong they would go through it.
"Alright. Go do your thing. Just don't push the limits of Ross." Steve said as he also knew that Ross was behind all of this.
"Yes. I will see to that." John said as he was back at home. But what surprised him were uninvited guests near his door. Guests who he never expected to see ever.
It was Mewtwo and Mew.
One of the most powerful Pokemons in the world.
"What happened? Have the Pokemons been facing problems?"
Mewtwo shook his head and said telepathically
"I have been invited by the Guardians to be one of them and Mew here wants to go and meet the world tree."
"Huh?" John then proceeded to check the memories of the relevant people and was surprised that Ganthet had visited Earth to meet Mewtwo and Mew was being called by Yggdrasil.
"This is interesting. I guess I should let the Pokemons have more freedom in this case. Yes. You both can leave for your respective calling if you both are Ok with it. Before leaving, mention this to Arceus. And good luck on this new adventure." John said as he was genuinely happy that Pokemons are getting genuinely integrated into the world.
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