The native Avengers, the mutants, Black Panther and many others showed up for this as Fury had called. And since they all got the powers back, they knew who was behind this and they didn't want to anger him more, like they did last time.
Since Stark Tower was once the headquarters of the Avengers, the hall where they all met was big enough to handle everyone.
Many famous Avenger came for this like Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Steve Rogers, Hawkeye, and mutants such as Logan, Emma, Scott, Wanda, Professor X (There is a mini series of how he came back alive after the House of M, you can read it if you want) and even Namor showed up.
John and his team were already present and sitting in their respective seats when they arrived. Honestly, the 616-Avengers were a little bit afraid of them. And that was only for one person.
That was John Jameson.
The power he showed last time and even the simple move he did in the live broadcast was enough to invoke the deepest fears. Wanda didn't have perfect control of herself when she changed reality, but While John had perfect control over everything and that made him more dangerous.
For the first time, the Avengers got to see their counterparts from another universe. It happened for the first time for both of them. There was an awkward silence in the hall when all had arrived and were seated.
"It had been some time since I saw some of you." John said with a smile.
"It's been some time." T'Challa replied.
"How did it feel to be on the same level as a normal human being? Didn't feel so great now. Did it?" John said. All hung their heads in shame. Except for mutants, most of them felt guilty for whatever happened.
Only by living among the common men, they were reminded of their roots and essence of why they had become superheroes in the first place. Villains would always be there, but their heart for doing the right thing was what they had lost along the way.
"You have brought back our powers. Are there any conditions?" Ms Marvel asked.
"No conditions. You are free to do whatever you want. Do politics. Be selfish. I don't care. You are grown ups. Not babies who need a babysitter. I called you all just to have a normal meeting between doppelgangers. My universe has never seen mutants and many of you aren't actually present in our universe."
"This is more like an exhibition for us. And you are the show pieces for me." John joked. He really didn't call the Avengers for any particular reason but to see some fun to be played out by two versions of Avengers in a parallel universe.
"We would be glad to introduce ourselves to our new friends." Professor X replied without paying much heed to the subtle insult he gave to them.
"Last time I came you weren't present. I am glad you didn't hold it against Wanda for changing the reality." John said.
"It's not her fault that she lost her sanity. I too was responsible for what had happened. I am just glad that you gave us a helping hand." Charles said.
The environment got out of the awkward situation after Charles started the conversation, and thus the Avengers who were meeting their other versions for the first time started talking with each other. Not all of them were like Tony who were on each other's throats.
Their talks were more peaceful while they exchanged ideas.
Namor got to see his counterpart Aquaman and was surprised to see that his other version was way more powerful and intelligent than him. 616- Pietro was faster than Pietro but when he raced against Flash, he was left in dust.
"What is this? Why do you give away lightning when you run?" 616-Pietro asked.
"It's because he has access to the Speed Force." Peitro replied to him instead of Flash.
"Speed Force? What is that?" 616-Pietro was confused when he heard this new term. Then Pietro proceeded to explain. After the fall of the mutants, 616-Pietro were the few of them who had retained their powers, and originally he was supposed to be held responsible for the downfall of them.
But due to the loss of Avengers and how Wanda lost sanity nobody pointed their finger at him. Thus he was accepted again in the mutant group where they were allowed to live at Genosha. (After House of M, Pietro went a little crazy and even started experiments using Terrigen crystals to bring back the mutants that they had lost.)
"Your world doesn't have my counterpart?" Doctor Strange asked in a very meek tone. Many people still blamed him for the situation they were in as John had a particular hatred for him.
"We do. And he is more powerful than the current you. But since he is more powerful he has more responsibilities. So Thor and Strange didn't come with us. There should always be a Sorcerer Supreme on our Earth." 616-Strange nodded his head to the reply of John and was relieved that John didn't show any hostility in his voice while speaking to him.
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Steve Rogers got to meet his other version and they both had almost the same ideals so they got along well. Clint also had a vivid interaction with his other version.
Natasha was the one who was surprised to see such a powerful version of herself.
"So you are going around the universe saving people?" 616-Natasha asked.
"We are supposed to but the Green Lanterns have prohibited us as our spectrum only works for hope. Hal and others are more responsible for this." Natasha said as she pointed out to Hal who was interacting with the members of other Avengers.
"Are there other colored lanterns in your universe?" 616-Natasha asked as she got more curious about how her power worked.
"There is supposed prophecy on that, which is supposed to happen in future but as of now there are no such other colored lanterns in our universe."
Wanda and 616-Wanda had a weird conversation. Wanda of their universe was still happy while 616-Wanda was still ridden with guilt with what she did. Wanda tried her best to console her and told her how she was trained by the witches of their universe and her journey in controlling her powers.
The whole gathering went on for sometime. Though at the start they came in fear but in the end, the native Avengers got relaxed as they understood that John and his friends weren't inherently bad and didn't have as much pride as they thought.
John meanwhile with the Fantastic 4 went to meet Dr. Doom in another secured room. Victor was a colleague of Reed so they went way back even though they had been on each other's throats for a long time. Doom was still in cuffs and unconscious. John woke him up by injecting some life force into him.
He groggily opened his eyes only to his most hated enemy and an unknown person looking at him. He felt pain in all his body as he tried moving. He could feel that many of his bones were broken and it was really a miracle that he was alive.
His eyes spewed anger and hatred as he saw his old enemy and he felt that the long lost Fantastic 4 was back after making a disappearing act for more than a year.
"Friend, you look like you have gone through hell." Reed said to Doom as he tried joking with him.
"You must be really happy Reed, seeing me half dead. You have been my enemy for such a long time. Now you sent your lackeys against me. That is low even for you." Doom said after coughing quite a bit. Reed shook his head and said.
"They weren't lackeys who beat you up. They were the Avengers from a parallel universe. And truthfully you deserve a more brutal take down than what you got. You committed war crimes Victor!! Even I can't save you from that." Reed said.
"Haah.. These people needed better governance than what they were getting in those weak governments. I liberated them." Victor said.
"So just because their governance was weak you invaded other countries and killed hundreds of innocent people." John asked with a very tranquil tone.
"A necessary sacrifice for a better future." Dr. Doom said.
"So you meant to say since they are weak they needed to be controlled?" John asked.
"I have seen how the mutants were hunted by just regular people. Just because their numbers were more, the mutants were discriminated against. I don't want such a notion in my country and it is my responsibility to show people that only strength rules over everything." Dr. Doom said with conviction.
"You are right. Strength has the final say." John said as he clenched his fist. Victor, who was already half dead, screamed in pain as he levitated a few feet high in the air.
And then with an aloud burst his body exploded, splattering blood and pieces of flesh everywhere in the room.
"No..."
Reed shouted when he saw his old friend dead within a moment before he could do anything. Susan Storm ( Invisible Girl), Johnny Storm (Human Torch) and Ben Grimm (the Thing) who were with them also cried out seeing Doom face such a gruesome death.
"You.." Ben shouted and punched at John. And as his punch hit John in his face he was stopped in his tracks. It was as if Ben just punched a very strong pillar which could stop the huge strength of his.
"I didn't see that much anger in you when he committed war crimes against the innocents." John said as he waved his hand. Ben was thrown a few metres away with John's telekinetic powers. Susan conjured a force field to cushion the impact of Ben's body on the ground.
Johnny and Reed both were ready to attack John to take revenge for Dr. Doom.
"You don't get to be the judge, jury and executioner when you yourself are responsible for the war crimes when you decided to de-power all the Avengers." Reed shouted at John.
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