The Avengers (Marvel;Re)/Issue 5 (GazzaB9)

The fifth issue of Ant-Man's Avengers in Marvel;Re and the fifth part of the "Stellify" arc.

Synopsis
After discovering the true nature of Adam Kadmon as well as finding out that someone is erasing the universe, the Avengers decide to find and interrogate Galactus, who they hope has some information about the situation. Things do not go as planned.

Plot (unfinished)
Picking up shortly after we previously left off, the Avengers, Stella, Tel-Kar, and Kl'rt all gather around a table. Kl'rt and Tel-Kar stare daggers at each other from across the table.


 * Wasp: In hindsight, inviting Tel-Kar into the room probably wasn't the best idea...
 * Tel-Kar: No, it's my fault for accepting.
 * Super-Skrull: Apologies for my stoic nature around you, it's just that I can smell the blood of my people emanating from your pours so I'm a little bit angry right now...
 * Tel-Kar: You've killed a lot of my people too, don't act like a saint, Skrull.
 * Ant-Man: Listen, I know that the Skrulls and Kree have never had a good relationship, but can we put that aside for now? Countless people died on Hala when it erased and we have to find out what did it before Tarnax IV and maybe even Earth suffer the same fate.
 * She-Hulk: Yeah, you said we had to meet Galactus for that or something?
 * Ant-Man: Look, I know it makes me sound insane, but like I said before, Vision told us that whatever is erasing the universe has energy readings that are similar to a Cosmic Entity and Cosmic Entities aren't particularly easy to find. The ones like Lady Death are always in their own realms, it's very hard to get a conversation started with a Celestial, and I'm not even sure a lot of them are actually allowed to help us in the first place. The only Cosmic Entity that's easy to reach and who's actually willing to talk to people is Galactus.
 * Moon Knight: Galactus is a lunatic, there's no way he's willing to help us!
 * Hercules: Actually, Galactus is surprisingly humble. He once confessed to me that he had been defeated by Ego, The Living Planet, and requested my help in defeating him.
 * Spider-Woman: You know, I never actually met the guy. During all of his attacks on Earth I never actually was one of the heroes that had to confront him. Is he nice?
 * Wasp: He very much is not! Hank, I can't believe you're honestly considering asking Galactus for help!
 * Vision: To be fair, Galactus and Earth have had a peace treaty signed for a good few years now.
 * Wasp: Yeah, Earth. He can still attack us if we're in space!
 * Ant-Man: Can you think of any other way of finding out what the Cosmic Entity is?
 * Wasp: Oh, I don't know, maybe we should track it down instead of GALACTUS!
 * Vision: We can't. The energy emitted by the entity I scanned isn't enough to track it down. I would need to directly scan it. I don't have scans of it due to the fact I have never met it before but I do have scans of Galactus.
 * Wasp: Well... is there literally nowhere else we can find out?! We found out Stella was Adam Kadmon from books, maybe we can find something written in some books about the thing?!
 * Super-Skrull: Trust me, if knowledge of this entity was written down anywhere then it would be everywhere. Every creature in the universe would know it exists and fear its name.
 * Wasp: Then why don't... We could... This...

Wasp grasps her head.


 * Wasp: Oh dear God, we have to meet Galactus...
 * Tel-Kar: How do you actually plan on finding Galactus, though? In spite of his size, he's not known for being easy to find. And I doubt that the android's scanners can reach far enough to track him down.
 * Stella: I can help.
 * Ant-Man: How so?
 * Stella: My power may be fading, but I think I have enough left in me to empower someone else. If The Vision borrows some power from me then he may be able to increase his scanner's radius wide enough to find him. Though it'll drain a good chunk of the small power I have left in the process.
 * Wasp: Stella, we can't risk doing that. We don't know how much power you actually have left or what it'll do to you if you drain it too much.
 * Stella: I don't care. If this helps me find out who I am and saves the universe in the process then I'll do it.
 * Tel-Kar: Sacrificing your power to try and save people you've never and will probably never meet. How human of you.
 * Stella: Thank you.
 * Tel-Kar: That wasn't a compliment.
 * Stella: I know.
 * Vision: If you're truly willing to, then I'm more than happy to accept an energy donation from you.

Stella gets up and walks up to Vision. She takes a breath and looks up at him. Vision grabs the sides of Stella's head and she begins donating her energy to him, the stone of Vision's forehead glowing as she does. When she's done, Vision lets her go and she trips slightly but it caught by Wasp. Vision then opens his eyes, which are glowing bright yellow.


 * Vision: I know where he is. Follow me.

Later, the Avengers and Stella are boarding the spaceship they originally arrived on the Kree moon with. Hank talks to Super-Skrull and Tel-Kar before leaving.


 * Ant-Man: What'll you two do if this planet starts to be erased as well?
 * Super-Skrull: I'll attempt to evacuate as many people as possible.
 * Ant-Man: And you, Tel-Kar?
 * Tel-Kar: Accept my fate.
 * Ant-Man: What?
 * Tel-Kar: I am currently one of the last Kree alive. The Queen of my people is dead. The heir to her throne was one of the first to go. The Supreme Intelligence was wiped out with my planet. What am I meant to do? Gather up other survivors? The Kree have enemies all across the galaxy, no sane planet would willingly take us on. Even the people of Earth would treat us with fear due to some of the actions we've committed against it. If this planet were to be erased, I'd be more than happy to allow myself to be erased with it. Who knows? Maybe there's some type of afterlife waiting for me where I'll be reunited with my people.

Ant-Man stares at Tel-Kar. He opens his mouth to say something but closes it, lost for words.


 * Tel-Kar: You have a mission to attend to. Get to it to make sure none of that will have to happen.
 * Ant-Man: Y... Yeah...

Hank gets on to the ship with the others. The door closes behind him and the ship takes off into hyper speed.


 * Super-Skrull: You would honestly allow yourself to die if this planet were to be erased?
 * Tel-Kar: Would you not if you had been through what I've been through?
 * Super-Skrull: No. I would live. I would keep my people's blood flowing, even if it meant I was the only one left and had to resort to creating half-breed children, I would keep the Skrull Empire alive.
 * Tel-Kar: That truly sounds like the mindset of a Skrull.