Chapter 268: 268. Tear in Space
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Snap!
Hector snapped the collector's neck and threw his body to the side. "Peter, take whatever he has in his pockets and then disintegrate his body."
He walked into the facility; the people working there had no guts to attack him because if even their leader could not do anything, then how could they?
"All the people inside Knowhere! Surrender your arms and come to the docking area, or I shall find you and kill you." Hector made all the different speaker systems repeat the same message.
Meanwhile, he looked around at the various collections of rare materials from the Universe. There were aliens from multiple species, artifacts that didn't make sense, and much more plant life.
Hector knew that not all of these things could be released to the public, as some of them might even be destructive viruses. He even saw a few Dark Elves and Chitauri. They needed to die instantly.
There were also alien women from multiple species. Hector read their life stories and decided to release them and help them return to their home planets.
Among the plants, there were some good-looking flowers, some parasitic species, and even a sentient tree. He destroyed everything that could prove to be of harm to the Universe and released the rest of it.
Then, at last, he came to the creatures. He first found someone calling him, and when he looked, it turned out to be Donald Duck.
"Donald Duck? Is that you?" Hector asked.
"Which gentleman duck is that? No, I am Howard the Duck, the greatest womanizer in my world. But, sadly, women are not attracted to me here. They have a bad taste here."
Hector tried to remember about this Duck but did not know much about it. He could faintly remember that someone like this was supposed to exist.
"Why are you stuck here?" He asked. "Which planet are you from?"
"Well, I am not from this reality. I come from a world where ducks rule the world. Sadly, that collector of yours was too impressed by my handsomeness and decided to keep me. Good on him; he provides me with drinks regularly. Would you like some whiskey?"
Hector hooked his head and looked around. "Have you seen a dog by the name Cosmo around? She should be wearing some sort of a space suit."
"Oh, that good boy? Of course, we used to talk a lot. But then her cage was shifted away. I believe she's been put in the F8 exhibit or somewhere around there." Howard the Duck revealed.
Hector thanked him and left. "Stay here. I will try to send you back to your Universe when I return. I am the ruler of this Universe, by the way."
With that, Hector left to find the good boy of Russia, abandoned in space, away from his home. He wanted to do nothing but give her a new home.
"Moony, did you smell anything? She should be around somewhere here." Hector asked him as he looked around.
But, nothing could be found. So, he had no other option but to use the snap, something he usually tries to avoid as he considered it laziness.
*SNAP*
"Woof!"
And there appeared the cute labrador in the earth space suit. She was very friendly and came to Hector right away.
And the best part was that Cosmo had somehow evolved and gained gifts in telekinesis. Hence, she could talk easily. "Another dog?"
"Woof!" Moony quickly jumped forward and licked Cosmo's helmet.
Hector took off the round helmet and patted the dog. "You're coming with me back to earth, girl. It's been so many years. You deserve some rest now."
"Earth? Home?"
"Yes, but you will live with me, Moony, Fenris, and Michu. We will be a big family. So, what do you think?" He asked, holding himself from just picking Cosmo and taking her to meet Diana.
"I go back to Soviet?"
"No, the Soviet Union does not exist, and they are bad people for sending you up here. I will never allow you to be used in any experiments. You can, at home, run around, play in the river and much more. I have a massive home, just so you know."
Cosmo looked at Moony and Fenris' excited faces and soon nodded. There was nothing in space for her anyway. She just roams around in Knowhere and does nothing. There was no one to play with either, and it was getting boring.
"I'll go then."
"Great!" Hector clapped. "Follow me now. I will take care of this Knowhere as well."
In no time, Hector had liberated and freed whatever was worth releasing from the severed Celestial head. But, apparently, even after so long, the severed head was enough to power the whole facility.
"Moony, show Cosmo the ship. Introduce her to Gamora and Nebula. I will deal with this place." He ordered.
The task at hand was to send all these kidnapped aliens back home. He recorded their names in the federation records, awarded them some compensation money to start a new life, and sent them away.
For the fauna, he took it with him, deciding to plant it in his garden as long as it was not harmful.
After that, he returned to the Guardians' ship. "All right then, take the ship away from Knowhere. I don't want us to get caught in the explosion."
"What do you plan to do with this place?" Peter inquired.
"Don't destroy it, old man. This can be very valuable." Rocket advised.
But Hector had decided to do it. "No, I have to destroy it because this place is too far from the main jump routes. This will become a hideout for outlaws anyway, and the Federation has no need for it. It's just a severed head of the celestial.
"And hopefully, those godly bastards will get some message from this. Now, close your eyes because it's going to be bright."
Hector had already placed the bombs in the place, so he simply tapped on his datapad and triggered them.
BOOM!
An eye-piercing explosion that ate everything that came in its way occurred. It eclipsed the surrounding space, messing up the sensors of the ship. Hector had not planned it to be this big, but it seemed that because it was a celestial's head, something additional happened.
"Don't worry. I got this." Hector created a shield around the ship.
However, as the light started to subside slowly, a strange scene appeared. There was a tear in the fabric of the Universe, appearing like an open wound on a stretched skin, all white and radiating chaotic energy.
"W-What is that?" Gamora frowned as she felt the ship was losing control.
The tear in space was acting like a black hole, sucking them towards itself. But Hector had a bigger worry as he found snapping fingers was not stopping it.
"What the hell is this?" He quickly left the ship and flew to the spot. Thankfully, he did not feel any force on his superior body, but he did feel known energy from the tear.
"I-I caused this? How?"
RING! RING!
Suddenly his phone rang, and in one glance, he learned it was from Satan. "Are you seeing what I am seeing?"
"I am—get out of that universe, Hector. It won't be able to hold your existence for too long without collapsing. In fact, it has already started. The old man will get angry if you kill so many people." Satan warned Hector.
"B-But... I still had pla-. I got you, my friend. I will hasten and return home as soon as I can. Give my thanks to the big G for letting me stay here." Hector, midway, understood that there was no arguing, the Universe was collapsing, and he was the reason behind it.
This was the law of nature. A higher dimensional being can't remain in lower dimensions for too long. Yet he lasted here this long, and that likely had to do something with God helping behind the scenes.
"Great, see you soon then." Satan hung up, leaving Hector a bit saddened.
"Do I have to leave behind everyone? All this family I made?"
[A/N: This marks the beginning of the end of this fic.]
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