When the pain hit him, he screamed. His telekinetic control over Miles was lost and he was free. Apocalypse used his other hand to stop the bleeding but there was a massive wound with even his white bone visible.
There was a loss of blood but the wound surprisingly started healing. Apocalypse had a healing factor too though not as crazy as Wolverine but was still there. And after a minute of deep breaths, the healing was enough to stop the bleed.
"What do you want?" Apocalypse finally said in a quivering tone. He knew this person was a totally different case. None of the superheroes he had seen before had the audacity or the courage to do it. Though some of them had been more powerful than him, they still were restrained on moral grounds.
But this guy!!
This guy was on a whole different level. He didn't show mercy to anyone. He now regrets it a bit. He should not have taunted him, especially after seeing how he laid corpses as he arrived here. That should have been the alarm bell.
Just that he mis-gauged his power. He didn't even see how his hand was cut.
"What do I want? Are you dumb? I have been screaming the reasons for my arrival since I barged in. Didn't you listen?" John asked.
"You want me to stop the research of Unmaker?" Apocalypse finally asked.
"Yuppp. And rightfully hand over yourself to the Avengers.. If not... I will have to send you to the Kingdom of Death." John said.
Apocalypse shuddered hearing this. He knew what this person just said, he would really carry it out. This person was serious in killing him. Apocalypse was thinking hard what to choose. He really was contemplating death. Because he was forced to work for unveiling the Unmaker.
"Are you seriously contemplating death over imprisonment?"
Apocalypse remained silent over this question.
"Whatever. I am taking you to the Avengers." John said. And before everybody could even understand what was happening, they vanished. All 5 of them.
They appeared again in a huge hall. The headquarters of Avengers.
Reed recognized it even if the others couldn't. He was surprised by such teleportation.
"You could have appeared near Apocalypse all this time?" Reed asked.
"Of course and could have killed him long ago. I was just having fun and needed to kill some pests." John said.
"You took matters into your own hands without any proper court." Reed mumbled. John then turned around and looked at Reed.
"Your inaction all these years could have proven costly if I didn't handle this guy here. Your universe and multiverse would be in jeopardy just because you morons decided to follow law. I don't belong to your Avengers. So don't gauge me by your standards. Sometimes I really think the ultimate version of you is better than your normal version." John said.
(The ultimate version (Earth 1610) Reed Richards is a villain. Known as the Maker. He is also an important character. Especially during the secret wars 2 event. He will show up too.)
"My ultimate version? You mean in the multiverse?"
John didn't reply to that as Tony had arrived inside the hall with Barry and a few other people. Tony's alarm again went off but this time there were no bullets. But when Tony came inside he was surprised to see Reed and other known faces.
And even a famous villain. With a lost hand and looking pale.
"What the hell is going on?" Tony asked.
"Ask them. I am just a visitor to your universe." John said.
"We need to talk with everyone and I need to apologise." Reed said as he looked down. He was still feeling guilt but he needed to come out clean about what he had done.
"Apologise? Why? Weren't you in the Unmaker facility. Why are you with him?" Tony was confused.
"I will reveal everything, just call for a meeting." Reed said.
"Already called. Mr. Jameson here had already asked for this long ago." Tony said.
Reed was surprised that Tony knew this guy and even the name. Even they didn't catch the name of this person. Only Miles did.
"Understood." Reed said. Soon the video conferencing was placed in the hall with every famous member appearing on the screen. Professor X, Nick Fury, Steve Rogers and all the famous guys had appeared.
"Hey Tony, why this sudden emergency call. Has there been a problem?" Panther said. All were surprised to see Tony with an unknown face and even a famous villain.
Apocalypse.
"What is he doing there? Are you alright?" Strange asked.
"I am not responsible. Ask them." Tony said, pointing out to Reed and his team.
"Sorry if I didn't introduce myself before. This is John Jameson. From a different reality. Here to pick up our friend Barry and clean the house of yours free of cost." John replied.
"So you are the famous John Jameson. Barry spoke a lot about you.' Professor X said.
"I hope nothing bad about me." John laughed.
"He has nothing but praise for you." Charles said.
"Reed, why is Apocalypse there?" Namor asked.
"My friends, I apologise to you. I have been deceiving you for some time now...." Reed proceeded to narrate his story.
".... So now we are here. Mr. Jameson here had liberated us. With this piece of shit." Reed finished speaking the whole drama with all the Avengers and about the abuse they had been receiving all this time while at the end pointing to Apocalypse.
"Reed, Miles, Raven... It's been hard on all of you." Steve said as they felt sad for receiving this brainwash for such a long time.
"How did Apocalypse lose his hand? You did this?" Strange asked Reed.
"No.. Mr. Jameson here is responsible for that. I am not that violent of a person." Reed said.
"He deserved every bit of it and one hand more." Namor said justifying what John did was right. He had always been a little violent person and always thought only an iron fist would keep the villains in check.
"Sigh.. What do you wish to do now Mr. Jameson? Take him away? Or let us imprison him?" Black Bolt asked.
"Honestly, I just want to kill him and I am still contemplating that. But I feel like he is hiding more than he should so I would like Charles to use his mind reading powers on him and check it. Though I can do it too, since it's a situation of your universe, some decisions would be left for you to take. In the end I am the perfect host of Phoenix Force and me interfering in every small matter might not sit well with the eyes of everyone. I let Barry do Flashpoint because Unmaker would have affected us too. But since Apocalypse here is just being stubborn you can deal with him yourself. " John replied.
"We understand Mr. Jameson. We will handle it well. He was trying to awaken a being which had killed billions. We can never overlook it. And if we find him guilty, we will treat him accordingly. Even the death penalty isn't off the table." Steve said. Like John he too was angry that Apocalypse had been committing such a huge crime.
A crime against all of humanity and threatening the multiverse. This was wrong on so many different levels. And a crime that couldn't be overlooked. John really wanted to kill Apocalypse but he changed his mind. It was because he heard a whisper in his ears, telling him not to interfere more.
John nodded his head as he left Apocalypse to Tony for him to handle. Tony too was surprised when he came to know so he didn't waste a second. SHIELD appeared at the Avengers Tower and took away Apocalypse in high security. What Apocalypse was doing was against the basic line of morality and Nick Fury knew that even the Council who advocate for death penalty if whatever John and Reed said was proved to be the truth.
Reed and others left as they all needed to meet their family. Tony too left with SHIELD for extra security and left the Avengers Tower to John and Barry.
"Wait for me. I need to treat you both for what you have done. You both deserve something for saving our world." Tony said before he left.
Barry nodded his head as good food was always an attraction for him. And Tony's parties were always lavish and had grandeur. John just shrugged his shoulders as he didn't really care. Though he didn't like parties, he didn't hate them either. In addition, all the Avenger members would arrive so he couldn't say no.
John and Barry both sat in the living room looking over the city from the glass walls.
"Uatu why did you stop me from killing him?" John asked. When John had made up his mind to kill Apocalypse it was Uatu who whispered to him not to interefere.
"Thank you for bringing me back to life." Uatu as he appeared out of nowhere behind John, scaring Barry.
"Dude, I am eating here? Can you knock?" Barry said.
"Sorry for that Mr. Allen. You have my immense gratitude for what you have done for the multiverse."
"Yeah.. yeah.. mention not... Just don't scare me again." Barry said.
"You still didn't tell me why you stopped me there." John reminded him.
"You have saved the multiverse again and honestly we are all grateful and brought me to life. Though Barry here executed the so-called Flashpoint, he has changed the reality itself. The Celestials and other Gods believe that you have interfered enough and wanted you to stop." Uatu said.
"You know Uatu I am thinking of inserting my hands into the music industry. A new single. From me. Titled - Hypocrisy and Nosy bitches." John said with a very serious tone.
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