It's been 40 years and you and the others are in a somewhat functioning society and you are monitoring the solar system on a super computer computer that Peridot and Gadget made and you look like you're in your 20s due to the slow aging effects of the serums in your body and we see Taylor come into the room and she's looking like her mother after 40 years.

Taylor: "Hey sweetie, it's been 40 years and all the zombies on Earth are gone."

(Y/N): "And yet there is still a small remainder left. You know that right?"

Taylor: "I know but at least we don't have to worry about them anymore."

(Y/N): "There's still Ego the Living Planet left. Garnet said that he would slow them down when the cosmic zombies eat him."

We see you leave the room and you see the town that was built around Vault 77 and you see all the children frallicking, playing, and listening to stories from other survivors. You then see the girls taking care of the children they birthed and raised when they met you.

(Y/N): "So how are you lovely ladies doing and how is the clothing brand going for you Marinette?"

You turn to see Marinette after 40 years of surviving the apocalypse, she only lost her right leg and it was replaced with a cybernetic leg.

Marinette: "It's going well and with the help of people and machines I am able to make a good amount of the clothes for a good amount of bottle caps."

(Y/N): "And sorry about the leg. I had to chop it off so that you won't become a zombie."

Marinette: "It's alright I know you had to do it and I'm a little scared to know what a zombie with a miraculous could do, especially one that is a guardian of Miraculouses."

(Y/N): "Well I know first hand when I found Cat Noir when he got infected he almost chataclisamed me but I still think that someone else could do better than me being his replacement."

Marinette: "You did what you had to do and there is no one better than you who can use the ring."

(Y/N): "Sorry for killing the guy you were planning to marry. I had no choice at the time."

Marinette: "It's okay, I forgive you a long time ago like 5 years ago."

We then see Black Noir appear behind you and you turn to him. Black Noir then gestures to give him a minute and then he writes down on his notepad and then tears off a page and shows you a map of several vital locations to explore.

(Y/N): "You and A-Train discovered these locations and one of them contains Soldier Boy?"

Black Noir: *nods in yes*

(Y/N): "Alright now we need to make a few teams to go to those locations. Noir, you and I are going to Soldier Boy's location while Garnet and Mommy Long Legs will go to that strange area in the North Pole."

Later, we see you and the others getting some gear together for the trip.

(Y/N): "Alright, snacks, tents, travel gear, weapons, anything that goes boom, communication devices, everyone got their gear? Even Homelander's sticker book because somehow zombies are scared of those stickers and make sure that if you find any \one to make sure there not infected and if they are see how infected they are and if they aren't that infected use the antidote and remember it doesn't work on zombies it only works on the partly infected got that?"

Pearl: "Yes, but what I don't understand is why Homelander need to bring a childish thing."

Homelander: "Hey I didn't get any cartoons and this was the only thing they actually made for me that I wanted because I didn't want any action figures or posters or any of the other stuff I just wanted stickers.

Steven: "He's obsessed with stickers."

Homelander: "Hey they were the only entertainment I had growing up when they weren't making me their perfect weapon plus it helped me control my strength because I wanted them in good condition."

(Y/N): "Well let's get moving when you're ready and I'm actually glad you have something you like Homelander and I'm glad you are using what was a hobby in collecting stickers to make them for people when you're not being a real hero I'm glad you changed."

Homelander: "Thanks that really mean something coming from someone like you and what probably helped me change was the apocalypse so I'm glad it changed me for the better but I'm still a little sad and mad that it happened and that it took something that could have ended the world to make me change and I'm doing the best I can to make up for everything I've done."

(Y/N): "We all know that so just try and continue to do what you're doing okay deal?"

Homelander: "Deal."

Later, we see you and Black Noir along with Peridot, Lapis, Queen Maeve, Stromfront, Supersonic, Immortal, Diana, and War Woman in the coldest parts of what's left of Russia and you see the military facility that is holding Soldier Boy. We then see you and Queen Maeve opening the door and pry it open. You and the others then look around the base and you see a stasis chamber, similar to the ones that hold the Winter Soldier and you then access the control panel and you open up the stasis chamber and we see Soldier Boy falling out of the chamber as he then gets up from his slumber.

Soldier Boy: "Ugh wha-"*sees you and the others*"Who are you?"

(Y/N): "I'm (Y/N), and we and what's at our base is what's left of humanity. Soldier Boy, you've been out for a long time."

Soldier Boy: "Well what happened, to the world and where's the tooth fairy?"

(Y/N): "Tooth Fairy?"*to Stormfront*"I don't suppose there's a superhero named Tooth Fairy that Vought made."

Soldier Boy: "No they didn't but apparently all of the spirits and myths that we thought were fake are real but to actually see and see them you got to believe."

(Y/N): "Like how everyone believed that Homelander is from another planet or Queen Maeve coming from an ancient civilization. The last time you were out on the field was 1984, I don't know what the Russians did to you but they might have messed around your head enough to make you have false memories. That happens when the brain goes through too much trauma, you start to remember things that don't exist."

Stormfront: "But isn't Thor real?"

(Y/N): "Yes because he's from another planet that is Asgard. There is no Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny, or Sandman, or Jack Frost, or Santa Claus, or the Boogeyman!"

Stormfront: "Why would you say that?"

(Y/N): "BECAUSE MY MOMS SAID THEY AREN'T REAL SINCE I WAS 3,OAKY!"

Everyone in the room was a bit shocked at what you said.

Soldier Boy: "Wow, I just woke up and I can tell he had a bad childhood and did they abuse you or neglect you in any way shape or form?"

(Y/N): "No not really, it's just we believe it until we see it kind of family. Like when we see the Avengers fighting in the battle of New York and Sokovia, we believe it happened but with my family if they can't see it then it doesn't exist like Santa or the Easter bunny and my family finds it a disrespectful when they made jack frost based off of our dead ancestor."*to Soldier Boy*"By the way, you might need this."

You then hand US Agent's Shield to Soldier Boy as he feels it's lighter than his old shield.

(Y/N): "What makes this one better than your old one, you can use it like a frisbee like Captain America."

Soldier Boy: "Not my color but beggars can't be choosers. So what happened while I was out?"

(Y/N): "Here's a picture Vought's dead, Hydra's dead, Shield's dead, Payback is dead, the Avengers are dead, the Justice League is dead, basically everyone on Earth is dead or a zombie."

Stormfront: "All thanks to the courtesy of The Sentry."

(Y/N): "And now we found a place out in the North Pole that could have survivors."

Soldier Boy: "Alright let's go, I want to stretch the old legs out."

Later, we see you and the others arrive where Garnet's group is and you all see a gigantic workshop.

(Y/N): "That's one big workshop, too old to be a Hydra Base or a Shield Base. Maybe it's an old Asgardian outpost or something."

Soldier Boy: "That's Santa's workshop."

(Y/N): "Not a chance something like this is a combination of old and new and Saint Nick died of old age and he didn't live in the North Pole and Santa is just a myth."

You then walk up to Garnet and she sees you.

(Y/N): "Anything we should worry about?"

Garnet: "You're not gonna believe this."

(Y/N): "I'll believe it when I see it. I'll take point, I'll make a signal for the all clear."

Immortal: "You're going in there alone?"

(Y/N): "Trust me I saw it all and killed off numerous zombies by myself."

You then head into the workshop and you see how much of a mess it is on the inside with toys and other parts along with dead corpses of yetis and elves. You then pull out Colonel's shield and Iron Man Gauntlet and you pull out Temp V and you inject it into your system and gain new powers and you take off your shoes and you sense the vibrations that something is still in the shop. You then fire a repulsor blast at a wall as it was moving around fast like a rabbit and then you block an ice blast from above your head.

(Y/N): "Ok with the elves, Santa might be real."

You then throw your shield and you bisect a Zombie Easter Bunny as the body falls down to the ground. You then hear something and then you tackle a large zombie with your brute strength and then you use heat vision to burn out the brains of Zombie Santa Claus and kill him.

(Y/N): "Ok I believe they're real now. And now I'm gonna make sure they stay a myth by killing them."

You then see Zombie Pitch and Zombie Sandman charging at you and you pull out the Cylaser and you blasted both of them into pieces. You then hear something and you dodge the tackle of Zombie Jack Frost and then grab his foot until you bash him on the floor to the point where his brains are splattered all over the floor.

(Y/N): "All clear."

We then see everyone come into the workshop and they see the dead zombified bodies of the Easter Bunny, Sandman, Pitch, Santa, and Jack Frost.

(Y/N): "They're dead now."

Soldier Boy: "WHAT THE HELL!?"*punches you in the face*"You told me you had a cure for them, now you ruined Christmas, Easter, and dreams!"

(Y/N): "I did what needs to be done and the cure only works if you just got infected and you haven't turned yet but it doesn't work on the zombies and believe me we tried everything we can to try and turn them back and do you think I wanted to do this? In the grand scheme of things, I do want to save everyone but I can't save everyone. Besides, I never believed in them in the first place."

You then hear some flapping and you tackle someone and you pull out a knife and you see it was the Tooth Fairy uninfected.

(Y/N): "You're lucky that you're not like your friends, I would have shoved you down back to the gravestone you came out of."

Tooth Fairy: "Please don't hurt me."

You then get off of Tooth Fairy and you see Jack Frost's staff and pick it up and you broke it in half and toss it away like it was garbage.

Soldier Boy: "Okay you guys know him the longest, what's up with this guy?"

Garnet: "He was placed in Vault 77 and he was driven insane because he was the only one in that Vault along with a box of puppets. That's not all, he doesn't like to talk about his own past before the outbreak."

Soldier Boy: "By the looks of these guys, he doesn't care about these guys."

Tooth Fairy: "We were the Guardians of everyone's childhood, but your friend just killed my friends like he doesn't care about them."

Garnet: "The only one he might have cared for was Jack because he was his Ancestor but besides that he was raised in a house that seeing is believing so since they didn't see you or the guys they told him that you never existed."

Soldier Boy: "Oh I feel his love for his family after he splattered Jack Frost's brains on the floor and broke his staff in half. Face it he doesn't care about any of these guys, not even Jack Frost!"

Garnet: "That's because they are zombies and I have seen a timeline where they weren't zombies. He actually hung out and had fun with jack."

Soldier Boy: "You're making that up. Admit it!"

Steven: "Garnet wouldn't make something up about the future, right Garnet? Garnet?"

Garnet didn't say it but her tears said it all as the whole group were shocked.

Garnet: "We could have saved them if we just came yesterday but I was so focused on everything else I forgot to check and see if there were any more survivors."

Soldier Boy: "What if we're all late on purpose?"

Diana: "(Y/N) would never do that."

(Y/N): *offscreen*"I did."

Everyone then turns to you in shock and in horror.

Tooth: "Why?"

(Y/N): "Because you guys claim to protect people but the only time you've ever did that was with Pitch not when the Aliens invaded, not when Ultron happened, and not when the apocalypse happened, and you didn't do anything for the normal supervillains or with any of the other threats. Tell me this, where were you when Loki attacked the Earth, or Ultron, or when Homelander was on the edge of insanity, where were you when the Avengers clashed against each other, where were you when All For One was on the attack in Japan, where were you when the world needed you the most to help protect it?"

Tooth then thinks to herself and she has no answer.

(Y/N): "I thought so and that's the reason why they are nothing but empty promises and if you guys actually kept that promise I would have gladly helped you because the world needs those that will actually try and protect it not make a promise and not do anything to try and keep it."

You then go out of the door as we see the group look at each other and they understand why you did it now.

Tooth: "It was because of man in moon."

(Y/N): "What?"

Tooth: "Man in moon is the moon and it turned us into who we are and it made rules for us to follow when we became Guardians that we must stay hidden and to have people think where fake because Jack was the one that tried to help with all those problems and he tried to get us to help but everything we did failed."

(Y/N): "Wanna know what happened to Moon Knight when he took orders from the Moon?"

You then pulled out the head of Moon Knight and you put it onto the ground and you smashed it to pieces.

(Y/N): "The rules the moon made don't matter anymore when The Sentry came to town because he killed the spirit that was man in moon because it was trying to control him so it's rules don't matter anymore."

You then press a button on Syndrome's guantlets and it sends drones to lay bombs all over the workshop to destroy the whole place.

(Y/N): "Better leave now before I blow this workshop to kingdom come so that nothing can use it."

We then see everyone leave the workshop as you then activate the bombs and blow up the workshop as it collapsed into the ground into the pieces as you smiled that you're gald it's destroyed as Tooth noticed your expression and was shocked to see you like this.

Tooth: "Why are you happy you just destroyed my friend's home?"

(Y/N): "I'm happy because now no one will be able to use that workshop to possibly do something evil or try and clone anything that was in there."

Homelander: "Can I say something? You're a fucking liar (Y/N)."

(Y/N): "What do you mean? I did a good thing."

Homelander: "Bull shit, you wanted them gone."*grabs you by the collar and eyes glowing red*"Tell us the truth!"

(Y/N): "It was because of Santa or some twisted version of him that killed my family."

Homelander: "You are 5 seconds away from your funeral if you don't tell us the full truth!"

(Y/N): "Okay fine, you're right that is half the truth, the rest is because I'm glad they're gone cause the world would be better off without them. No Christmas, no Easter, no dreams, none of those worthless charades. That's what my mothers said about them and don't even get me started on the fights they had with their relatives. All they did was fight over them being real and all it did was make those times crappy for me and that no one in my family had any dreams. Do you know what it's like to be bullied when kids found out that no matter what you did you couldn't even get a nightmare or a dream and for me and my family it feels like we're dead when we sleep because there's nothing there when we close our eyes to go to sleep along with people constantly telling me to go kill my self for those facts and don't you remember what I said in the workshop?"

Soldier Boy: "Ok it might just be me but those are pretty good reasons."

Steven: *glows pink*"STOP IT! THOSE WERE INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THERE AND YOU LET THEM DIE!!"

We then see Steven tackle you out of anger as you both went down the snowy mountain as you both beat each other up and the time you got to the bottom of the mountain you kick Steven off and you charge at him and tackle him and you punch him in the face to the point where he starts bleeding out and losing teeth and it looks like that you were gonna kill Steven until Garnet grabbed your arm.

Garnet: "He had enough Steven so stop, same with you (Y/N)."

(Y/N): "He got lucky this time but I wasn't going to finish him."

You then get off of Steven as Garnet sees that Steven is barely breathing as we see Steven use his saliva to heal his wounds.

Steven: "He was going to kill me...."

Later, back at camp, we see you putting down your stuff as we see Arnim Zola enter the room.

Arnim: "(Y/N), the cosmic undead has entered our solar system."

(Y/N): "Activate the defenses, shoot on sight. Leave no enemy survivors."

Arnim: "I will, I'll send out the soldiers to dispose of them once they reach the Earth's surface."

(Y/N): "And thanks to all the zombie bodies laying around, we can put them into good use as Reanimen."

Later in the ruins of New York, we see the cosmic zombies led by Zombie Giant Man enter the Baxter building only to discover that the portal is not there.

Z. Phoenix: "Where is it?!"

(Y/N): *offscreen*"Gone never to be used again."

The zombies then see a hologram of you and Zombie Giant Man stomps on it out of anger as we see Reanimen burst into the building and attack the zombies all at once. As the zombies fight back and the Reanimen were using the powers of the heroes and villains they were once before and the zombies tried to fight back but there's too many of them and they couldn't handle the attacks of the Reanimen and they were overpowering the zombies quickly. Back to you, we see you watching the whole fight play out as there was a containment chamber built to contain Zombie Scarlet Witch and she was in there.

(Y/N): "Your zombie buddies are toast thanks to the Reanimen and that chamber your in is hindering your powers and keeping you in a box."

Z. Scarlet Witch: "I've been in this box for 40 years and it's been decades since Vision killed himself."

(Y/N): "He showed you the consequences of your actions and he killed himself because he was used by you to find food on a platter for Kingpin which drove him insane and he couldn't handle it."

Z. Scarlet Witch: "I...what have I done?"

(Y/N): "Why did you do that to the person you claimed you loved?"

Z. Scarlet Witch: "I don't know....I just feel so hungry...and I just destroyed the one person that I loved, the one person that understood me killed himself."

Zombie Scarlet Witch then sees Vision's body displayed on the wall and she sheds some tears and she ends up using her powers.

Z. Wanda: "No more zombies."

Next: Chapter 13: What Should Have Been A Dream