Edward and Tony sat at a table in a conference room, and the Avengers and Fury entered and took a seat one after the other. Everyone could feel the tension between them. After a few seconds of silence, Fury finally spoke: "What happened?"
"Stark," Edward said calmly, and Tony sighed. "I may have caused a convergence."
"You did what?" Natasha asked.
"I didn't know this would happen," Tony explained. "I wanted to verify his story, so I built an interdinsional portal to check the other parallel dinsions. I did not expect this to be the outco."
"You build what?" Fury asked. "Nevermind. So, opening a portal to other tilines caused the convergence?"
"That's right."
"To reiterate, there is another universe that will clash with ours, correct?" Natasha asked.
"That's what I said," Tony replied.
"Don't snap at after causing such an accident," Tony grunted, and the room beca quiet montarily.
"So, what do we do?" Steve asked. "Do we…wipe them out again?"
"Yes," Edward replied directly.
"Is there another way?" Steve asked.
"Tony, why don't you tell them what will most likely happen during the universe fusion?"
"Upon first contact, a massive fluctuation of space-ti will affect gravity on a cosmic scale. Planets will lose orbit from their stars. Moons will crash into their planets; countless wormholes will open across the universe; black holes will swallow everything in their paths or implode, leading to trillions of deaths."
The people's faces turned pale.
"And he only ntioned the surface level," Edward added. "Every tiline has their own dinsional sea or other dinsions rotating around them. With the fusion, these dinsions will open simultaneously, releasing countless powers/energy into our tiline.
"The devastation caused by just opening these dinsions will be catastrophic, but then there are the terrifying creatures lurking in these dinsions. Creatures that even I have to fear."
"There are things that even you fear?" Hawkeye asked.
"I'm powerful, but I'm far from reaching the power ceiling in this expansive universe. Otherwise, why do you think I'm so stressed trying to save our tiline?" Edward sighed.
"Maybe Steve is right," Tony said. "We can build a Dinsional Stabilizer to block the space-ti fluctuation of the fusion. Then, we will only need to deal with those terrifying creatures you ntion and allow for a normal fusion without killing everyone."
"Is that possible?" Steve asked, looking at Edward with hope, and the other followed.
"How long will it take you to build sothing like this?" Edward asked.
Tony was silent: "20 to 30 years at the minimum. But maybe we can reduce the ti to 10 years if we use your magic."
"You saw the data. If you had to guess how long we have until the fusion starts, what would be your best-educated approximation?"
"Less than three months," Tony replied while caressing his temple with one hand. With his answer, the hope in the room vanished.
"Alright, no need for despair," Edward said. "The Dinsional Stabilizer is an excellent idea, so I'll build it myself. It's good to know whether a peaceful fusion is possible."
"You said we didn't have enough ti?" Fury asked.
"I'm not Tony," Edward replied directly, making the latter roll his eyes. Edward ignored him and continued:
"I called all of you to this eting not only to reprimand Tony but also to better understand the scope of things you're going to deal with — to get used to making harsh decisions on a cosmic scale.
"Today, we were lucky that we could brainstorm a peaceful solution, but that will not always be the case. So, always be in the mindset to sacrifice the other universes for our survival. Understand?"
Edward nodded in satisfaction after realizing his ssage had gotten through. "I must warn the others of this change."
"Others? I thought it was only Asgard."
"I cannot protect this world alone, so there are other powerful allies. You'll et them in due ti," Edward explained. "If you need to reach , find my clone." He teleported to Kamar Taj, and four scenes appeared before him. Then, the Ancient One, Odin, Ra, and King T'Chaka appeared.
"All-Father, you're looking good," Edward praised.
"I've recuperated, thanks to you," Odin nodded. "Now, I 'm rapidly returning to my pri and will soon surpass it."
"That's good to hear," Edward nodded. "What about you, King T'Chaka? How are things going?"
"Excellent," replied the Wakandian King. "Based on the tier systems you used, we have built the first Tier 6 Black Panther Suit."
"That's great progress given such a short period, but we do not have long, so you may need to accelerate things," Edward said. "I'll send you a vat of Brain-developing Potions. Dilute it, and you can use it over a long period."
"We are grateful."
"Is there a reason you called this eting?" The Ancient One asked, and Edward explained the situation.
"Can you build that stabilizer?" Odin asked.
"No problem."
"I'm glad there is a more peaceful solution to this problem."
"I concur," King T'Chaka added. He saw the images of these people destroying an entire universe, and after that, he could not sleep for a month. Luckily, his wife supported each other and ca to peace with the cruelty of their current situation.
"I also agree," the Ancient One smiled. She knew she had chosen the right person because Edward was not about using cruelty to win but making the best decision for different situations.
"You can contact us when you need to act," Odin added.
"Very well."
After ending this conversation, Edward imdiately started his work, putting his other projects aside. "What did you co up with?" he asked Morgana.
"I've already built the perfect enchantnt to serve as a stabilizer," Morgana declared, showing him what she created. "The Earth Protection Shield protects from foreign dinsional threats, so I only needed to upscale it and modify the spell to stabilize instead of blocking. I even built a power source for the enchantnt."
Edward nodded as he observed. Then, he started modifying her work at an alarming speed.
"Wait, you want to absorb a small percentage of energy from every dinsion surrounding our tiline?" Morgana asked. "Don't you realize how dangerous that is? Those creatures… Wait, this is not for us, but for the Universe Will!"
"You were a little slow on this one," Edward comnted while continuing his work. "The Convergence is not only a battle of all sentient beings, but also of the Universe Wills of each tiline. So, we don't need to do all the work and can pass on so of the responsibility to it."
"That's a brilliant idea," Morgana praised before helping to modify the enchantnt. Once that ended, Edward modified the spell he had created to contact Cronai before casting it. He found himself in a white space with an entity before him.
"Eternity?" He asked. The entity looked exactly like Eternity from the fourth Thor movie.
"He and I are the sa, yet different," replied the entity, its voice cold and indifferent. "You can call [Eternal Consciousness]."
"I see." Edward understood its aning. Eternity represents all ti in the universe and can control space, ti, matter, and energy. anwhile, Infinity represents all space in the universe. Together, these cosmic beings are responsible for creating life in the universe, while their sister—death—does the opposite.
Eternal Consciousness represents the universe's soul/spirit/mind, hence why it is the Universe Will.
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