Author's note: this shall be my first attempt at a crossover fan fiction. this idea had been stuck in my head forever and felt the need to finally give a physical
form to flourish in the eyes of the readers out there. the story will be a calculated and plot changing collision of when reincarnated Marvel heroes and villains
were to regain their memories and change the series of events that take place in the My Hero Academia universe.
also note: there are two other prologues after this one and then we will be entering the events that occurred in both the manga and anime. please enjoy.
Hero: Prologue - Margaret "Peggy" Carter
By One Above All
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What is a hero? Is it some warrior who fights an army alone? A king who would defend his kingdom with his dying breath. Or is it some guy in a costume who fights bad guys to show he could make a difference in society.
If your expecting that third one to be the answer than your wrong and unfortunately right. Your wrong because that isn't the true definition and your right because that's pretty much all that is to it.
Could you ever imagine a world where being hero had become so involved in marketing and advertising that it's just another career choice. Looking at all these so-called heroes, one can admit that they have extraordinary abilities. However, their meaning of being a hero is entirely flawed. So, what would happen if a multiversal anomaly had occurred where being of another reality were to be reborn into this one. Let us now enter a new massive universe where ideals will be challenge, countries will be fought for, friendships will be made, and dangerous enemies emerge from the horizon. This tale shall show that even former villains can find the true hero in themselves and the new generation of heroes shall have a taste of the mighty powers that have now called their universe home.
First let's establish what this new world is. The story goes as this, on one peaceful night in Qingqing city of China, a baby in a crib started to emanate light. This event had made international news and soon everyone had powers. These powers would be then called by scientist and physicist as Quirk. Of course, reality has a way to make things difficult for everyone. Eighty percent of the world had these quirks, while the unfortunate twenty percent were left without powers of their own. What most people don't really know was the glowing baby event took place during the early two thousands. This fact is important, because even though vigilantes had become the first pure heroes to utilize Quirks for good, they weren't the first heroes of the world. The first heroes to have ever existed in this world debuted in a historical event that had now been forgotten by the current generation. This event was world war 2. The axis of Nazi Germany, a corrupted Italian nation, and the imperial Japanese empire waging war with the allied power of Europe, Russia, and the United States. To win the war, they used cloning technology and witchcraft to forge a mighty army of superpowered soldiers enhance with the finest German technology. Little did the Axis knew, the Allies also had trump cards up their sleeves.
Due to the second world war now being forgotten, courageous tales would become mere blanks in history. Tales like the invasion of Transylvania, the battle of the red sea, and the great fire of Musutafu have all been erased from history by foreign historians alike. Some of these tales would end up becoming fairy tales like the legend of a flying man from the sea sinking German U-boats and imperial Japanese ship with his trident. A man made of fire who would be called the fire oni who burned down Musutafu when it had just started to flourish. And the most bizarre tale of all, an American soldier taking on groups of soldiers with nothing but a shield that defies the laws of physics. But now, these extraordinary tales were now just that, tales to be read to children as bedtime stories.
Unfortunately, not all old enemies wish to stay dead. Unknown to the world, Adolf Hitler had survived his suicide and the bullet from the pistol in his hand had impacted a part of his brain that held a fragmented memory. On the floor of his bunker, Hitler was shown memories of Germany, a different Germany. A technologically advanced Germany where all had prospered in peace under a united flag. A green flag with a black skull with tentacles. A flag that he could only call Hydra. He had then found a new purpose.
Adolf Hitler scavenge as little allies and resources he still had and created his organization from the shadows. With the technology and science at their disposal, Hitler and his allies had created the infinity formula. This chemical was once an unfinished product of Leonardo Da Vinci, but Hitler and his Nazi remnants were able to recover the original formula and completed where the great inventor left off. This chemical would allow an alteration within the human genetics, giving the user temporary immortality. The infinity formula would become Hydra's most important secret and only to be given to the elite members of Hydra. After the three decades, Adolf Hitler had died in bed with no injuries or poisoning. The loss of Hitler had left a dent in Hydra's progression, but a replacement was easy to find. Hydra scientists and doctors had discovered that Hitler died of a cancer that originated from the infinity formula. New versions of the infinity formula are made every decade to overlap the cancer within the founding members of Hydra who eventually die out and be replaced.
Once the early 2000's came, the illuminating baby at Qingqing, China was born. Four years after the infant's birth, Hydra had then investigated the properties of quirks and recruited hundreds with impressive quirks. Those with quirks that shown true power become elites, while those with quirks that are easily neglected become foot soldiers.
Hydra had then continued in their mission to spread their influence across the European continent. A plan to conquer the world that had span for two centuries had been active right in front of the public. Hydra had even been there in plain sight with establishments like the Heroics academies of Europe that train the youths of the European countries. Little did the public know, the pro heroes that are the professors of those academies are Hydra agents undercover with hero licenses given to them by their contacts within the European governments. At this point of time, the year was 2129, a year that would show an increase in quirk related crimes and is the same year when an infant that would be named Toshinori Yagi was born.
Later, in the year 2131, the United States of America had sent a black ops team called the howling commandos into Berlin, Germany to investigate the group called Hydra. The mission was a success with the howling commandos gathering intel on the corruptive influence that Hydra had on all of Europe, as well as a list of all the countries whose governments Hydra has collared. Though the mission was successful, there was only one survivor who managed to escape with intel on Hydra. A rookie who went by the name Dum Dum Dugan, an American soldier with a quirk that allows him to have iron skin, had survived the raid on Berlin and to this day still wore the dog tags of his fallen comrades.
Though he was able to obtain the intel on his mission, someone with the United States government had leaked the entire intel to world through blogs, news articles, and even conspiracy theorists who do videos on YouTube. Many of the hero community believed this to be fake and random acts done by the social rejects. This belief was shared by many hero agencies across the Asian countries, as well as Russia, Africa, and South America. However, this had reached the European countries and things didn't go so well for them. Civil war broke out and resistance groups had been created to go after their corrupt politicians. Europe had entered an era of Civil War epidemic, the worse cases being in Germany and Latveria.
With the evidence private Dugan had secured, the secretive group known as the world security council established an organization designed to combat worldwide corruption and international threats. For them, criminals and city level villains can be dealt with the pro heroes. But for threats that endanger entire countries, the organization that answers those calls are the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, better known only as SHIELD.
During the beginning of 2133, SHIELD had become an international importance being the only organization capable of bordering the civil wars from the rest of the world. Some would say that Europe is going through their second great depression. The world didn't realize it, but through the time that SHIELD had been dealing with the European affairs, there has been a secret third world war where the countries sided with SHIELD fight off the force of Hydra and their allied countries. During the march of this year, an American infant girl named Margaret "Peggy" Carter was born. On April of the same year, a German infant boy named Wolfgang Von Strucker was born.
During 2143, Colonel Dum Dum Dugan becomes director of SHIELD and adopts an orphan ten years old Margaret Carter. On the same year, ten years old Wolfgang Von Strucker had been announced by the Hydra high order to be the heir to Hydra.
The young Margaret Carter had trouble adjusting to her new life. She was forever grateful to Colonel Dugan for taking her out of that orphanage, but even still she felt that she could never get any friends in New York city. The doctors did indeed confirm to her orphanage that she had a quirk, but it was hard for them to pinpoint what it was. She would be teased in her elementary school about her absent quirk and her first year of middle school wasn't any better. It wasn't until one day when she rested by the park bench, listening to music on her phone, and getting her mind off all the stress in her life. Once the song she was listening to stopped, she heard barking and saw a female dog whimpering and looking for something. She walked close to her and decided to pet her on the head. Without realizing, she activates her quirk on the dog. Her hand glow white and the dog's eyes did the same. With its tail up, the dog immediately ran to the other side of the park with carter following her. She ran after the dog only to find that it had led her to her litter of puppies under a bush. Seeing this, Carter was for the first time excited about her quirk. Has she finally found it? She brought the dog and her pups back home, much to Colonel Dugan's dismay. She then tested her quirk with basic task for the dog to do. She would show her new dog small object and place them in different parts of the house. Place her hand on its head, she focuses on the objects and immediately the dog would run to fetch the items for her.
Further self-studying had shown Carter that her quirk had involved in memory restoration. The other day she wanted to find the dog collar that belonged to one of Dugan's old dogs. She decided it would be a good idea to use her quirk on herself to remember where she left it. Through glowing hand and eyes, she was shown where the collar by reliving the day that Dugan told her the story of his first dog, a Shepard name June. leaving the memory, she then opened the closet where at the top shelf was the collar. The next day, she decided to go further with her powers and try to relive several memories. It went well, until she went way farther back. She tried to pull herself out, but she was pulled into a vortex of visions and past lives. She felt numb, but at the same time alive. It was as if she was living through a thousand lifetimes. Her voyage through the concept of reincarnation ended when she met them, the cosmic deities of a whole other multiverse.
Carter couldn't describe her experience. Around her were four massive beings that only dreams could have created. To her left, there stood two massive being, a female that appeared to be made of a black and golden design, and the male was made of the universe itself. To her right, there was a massive robed being with menacing glowing yellow eyes and on his left shoulder stood a robed woman with pale skin. In front of her, there stood a far more massive deity made of gold with a levitating robed head with one could tell had three faces. She didn't know what to do there and she was scared for her life. Was she still living in a memory?
"What do we have here? A preteen human girl who would wish to see death so early, then you are fortunate to be standing in front of me child. For I am Oblivion", the deity now proclaimed Oblivion.
"Or she is simply lost. Even young baby sheep can stray from their herd. She is rather fortunate to not be stalked by a wolf. For in the world of magic, my dear little girl, many choices can lead to many regrettable ends. No one knows this truth better than I, Infinity", the female deity known as Infinity foretold.
"Now my sister, curiosity is the very essence of science itself. She would be doing her race a favor for gaining the knowledge of realms such as this one. But still, tell me child, how is it that you find yourself here. Was it simply curiosity or a goal that requires answers to be accomplished? For I, Eternity, would like to know", the deity of science, Eternity, asks the young carter.
Her mind was trying to come up with any answers she could go with. Carter was worried that the next few things that come out of her mouth would end up getting her killed by these things that she could only describe as gods. When she finally came up with a good enough excuse to tell them, her mind was halted by the massive being in the middle.
"When in the judgement, the essence of a fair court is truth at its purest. Margaret Carter of Earth-86315, present your honest alibi for which I, the Living Tribunal, shall judge to be punishable or not", at the words of the deity that calls himself the grand judge, young carter had to say something right then and there.
"I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY QUIRK", Carter blurted out loud and had eyes closed to avoid the stares. All she got was silence.
She opened her left eye a little and was met with an up-close view of Eternity's face. She freaked out for a second and took a step back. Eternity then had an inquisitive expression on his face and his right hand holding his chin.
"Tell me, what is this… quirk?", Eternity asks as if it was something that doesn't exist.
This took the young Carter by surprise. "An individual's ability given to them by birth", she said hesitantly. They remained silent.
"A part of a human biology that is random upon depending on family lineage", she said plainly.
"Like an X gene?", Eternity suggested. It was Carter's turn to be confused.
"What's an X Gene", Carter asked which caused Eternity and Infinity to look at one another.
"Perhaps she is of a different earth", Infinity suggested, but receives a negative from the Living Tribunal.
"She is without a doubt the Margaret Carter of Earth-86315, her physical embodiment and spiritual essence confirms as much", he proclaims, but receives another claim by a disagreeing Oblivion.
"If that was the case, then why is it that I can't grant this girl her end", Oblivion stated with his massive hand looming over young Carter. To this, the New York girl fell on her bottom from the horrors she was seeing from the dark deity's palm. It then switched to confusion as what seems to be an invisible bubble protecting her from absolute annihilation.
"Perhaps it's this quirk that's keeping her safe", Eternity suggested.
"Impossible, brother. Are you suggesting that this human's biological abnormality has made her become a multiversal anomaly?", Infinity said with doubt.
"Multiversal anomaly, no. Biological abnormality, yes. There is a genome in her being that acts like the X gene, but its genetics structure is that have something that doesn't exist in any of the earths. So, in a way, she both exists and does not exists", Eternity declares with curiosity constantly present in his tone.
"Such a disturbance in the natural order cannot be allowed to exist. Living Tribunal, I vote for this human girl to be expelled to the darkest reaches of existence itself so that old age may take her life", Oblivion declared with harshness in his tone.
"I cannot grant this vote, nor can I or any of us perform judgement upon her. She stems from Earth-86315, but she originates from a realm beyond our control", announced the Living Tribunal.
As the deities pondered on what to do with her, young Carter was just about done with what's happening in front of her. All she wanted to do was practice with her late blooming quirk. Instead, she ends up traveling through several visions, flashbacks, and moments in her life that she doesn't remember living through. She just wants to go back into her room.
"I might know why she is here", a new voice enters the discussions.
Everyone was silent and Carter's mind was halted as she heard a female voice right next to her. She turns to see the robed woman that was on Oblivion's shoulder with her hand emanating a purple light towards her.
"My daughter, Lady Death, what evidence do you have to support that claim", Oblivion asked the pale woman.
"From what I'm sensing from her being, she is able to die through old age or suicide. This much I can foretell, but it is a death beyond my control and a destruction you will not have a connection to, father. I could only theorize that she must originate from the Nexus Finale that the One Above All had given to you Living Tribunal", Lady Death declared her statement.
They all looked to the Living Tribunal who moves aside to reveal a vortex of unimaginable colors. Lady Death gestures to Carter to follow her to which she did. The two of them then stood next to the Living Tribunal for him to give Young carter the explanation to the Nexus Finale.
"This is the Nexus Finale, a means to allow beings of dead earths across our multiverse to finally pass on. What lies on the other side, none of us are certain? Now that we know through you that life exists beyond the vortex, will you tell us about the so-called earth you are from."
Young Margaret Carter told the history of the earth she was born on. The event that started the age of quirks. The rise of quirk related crime and a new wave of vigilantism. The fact that eighty percent of all human on earth now have quirk. These events didn't waver the deities, only left them confused. They told her that locations like Qingqing or musutafu don't exist on any of the other earths. What drove the confusion further was the existence of Dum Dum Dugan, SHIELD, and Latveria. Eternity pondered that the Nexus Finale didn't just allow dead earths to pass on but be reincarnated into a whole other multiverse.
It was a doubtful theory, but for the first time, these deities couldn't come to any other explanation. The Living Tribunal was the first to speak.
"Margaret Carter of earth-86315, putting Eternity's theory in thought, as well as your whole story, come close to the Nexus Finale"
Carter step forward to the vortex and listened to what he has to say next.
"For being burden with what could be a devastating and world changing truth for your earth, I give you this ability to intertwine with your quirk. You are most likely not the only reincarnate of your earth for there will be many others you must find. Heroes and villains alike could most likely be from our multiverse as well. You shall be given the responsibility to mending the chaotic rift of your universe"
"B-but how can I possibly do all that? I'm no pro hero", Carter asked with tears starting to well up
"That is up to you discover, Margaret Carter of earth-86315. But to clarify, step through the Nexus Finale, place your hand on your head once more and all shall be revealed"
Young Carter looked back to see the other deities one last time and took a breather to calm herself down. Entering through the vortex, she found herself on her bed. She looked around to see her new dog June and all her puppies with her on the bed. Remembering what the Living Tribunal said to her, she places her hand on her head and activates her quirk. For an hour straight, she relives the life of her original self from earth-86315 and her body went through a massive change. As she finally wakes up, she was then a whole other person. Standing from her bed, she walked to her window and views the New York that was not her own, but still called it home. She remembers it all now. She was not meant to be born on March 7, 2134. She was supposed to be somewhere in the 1940's and aiding the allies against the Nazis and Hydra. But her life was far different from the other Peggie's, for on her earth, she bares witnessed to the assassination of both doctor Abraham Erskine and Steve Rogers. After being convince by Howard Stark, she agreed to the only participant for project rebirth and be injected the super soldier serum. On her world earth-86315, Margaret Carter was Captain America.
Feeling a sudden change in her body, Carter goes to the mirror and takes off her shirt to see the athletic build she had just obtain. From unlocking her memories from a life before her reincarnation, her body had created an all-natural property that acts like the super soldier serum giving her back the abilities of Captain America. She could feel it coursing through her veins and how it makes her feel so strong. She realized that if this was possible, then what if the Living Tribunal was right. What if she wasn't the only reincarnate on this Earth. There had to be others, heroes and villains with unbelievable powers hidden in plain sight, walking among the public. That's when she remembered the extra ability that she was given to by the Living Tribunal. To know for sure, she puts her shirt back on and written down Dum Dum Dugan on a piece of paper. Once she did, she places her hand over it. Her hand glow, signifying that her adopted father was indeed a reincarnate. The fact that shield also existed in other earths was proof as well. Her thoughts were then stopped by the sound of her door opening.
"Hey Peggy, where have you been? Your dinner got cold", Dum Dum Dugan said as he enters Young Carter's room with her reheated dinner.
She looks to the man who played the part of her adopted father. She remembers who he truly was, it didn't matter what earth he was from, he was always the courageous, cowboy hat wearing, old fashion knuckle dusting warrior of the howling commandos of whatever time era. That is why she needed him. She needs his guidance, his expertise, and his pride as a soldier. She needs to become stronger through the help of others that were far greater than any of this earth's quirk users. Taking a deep breath, she held a determined look on her face and knew what she had to do.
"Mister Dugan, I discovered my quirk", young Carter said to her adopted father.
"Really? That's great Peggy. Tell me what it is. From the look of your muscles, I could only guess that it's a strength enhancing", Dugan said in amazement, but then switched to concern from the depressed look on Carter's face.
"Come close for a second, I have to touch your head for this", she instructed him.
Once her hand contacted his forehead, Dum Dum Dugan's eyes glow as memories of his original self from the original multiverse returned to him. He was the Dum Dum Dugan of earth-6110. On this earth, he was the shield operative in charge of overseeing the security defenses of the omega base. Alongside Professor Hulk, the two had protected the massive mobile base from any villainous organization that wanted their hands on any of the base gamma radiation-based weapons. His death came in the hands of MODOK who had tried to use a weapon to drain the gamma radiation from Professor Hulk that would end up killing him. However, Dum Dum Dugan knew that the omega base needed Bruce Banner, so he got in the way of shot resulting in his death. Whatever happened after that was a mystery to Dugan for when he got hit by the blast, everything went black.
Young Carter waited for an answer from him and it came in the form of him tipping his hat down to cover his eyes.
"Looks like we really found ourselves in the middle of a bizarre mess, haven't we Peggy?", Dugan lifts his hat to reveal the seriousness in his eyes, which shocked Carter.
"Yeah, straight from the trenches and into the future, but we are always at war", she responded with a saddened tone.
"Now don't be giving me those quivering lips, if what them giant gods said is right then more at stake than just are war with Hydra. We may no longer be a part of our old earths anymore, but we still got this new earth look out for, damnit. The people of our new home don't know just what is hiding in the shadows of this or any other planet, but that's why we got to step up and recruit other fellow reincarnate to defend this damn earth for it's all we got. Whether they be the heroes we know or the villains we always beat the hell out of, they got to wake up and face the music", Dugan proclaim with his always stoic voice that drive shield agents to follow him through hell and it was enough to convince young Carter that she could make it work.
"You're right. There must be more like us out there waiting to be awaken. Through our resources, we forge them into becoming the new protectors of this world. We can make that happen. SHIELD can make that happen", she proclaimed with pride and vigor in her voice.
"Now that's what I want to hear. This journey will take time and work, but it will sure as hell be a success. First, we got to get you out that crummy middle school of yours and into the SHIELD youth program", Dugan said excitedly to her.
"Wait, get out of school, but don't I need an education. Also, what SHIELD youth program? That doesn't exist", Carter questioned him.
"Well now it does, because I say it does. Now you get your bags ready, while I make some phone calls", Dugan said with much enthusiasm.
Dum Dum Dugan was about to leave until Carter stopped him to say something.
"Mister Dugan, could I… still call you dad?", Carter asked him.
There was a silence. Dugan walked up to her and place a hand on her shoulder.
"Of course, you can, Peggy", Dugan said to her with a proud smile.
Peggy gave him a hug to which he returned.
After that day, Dum Dum Dugan put her through intense training if she was ever going to the next director of SHIELD. As an agent, she had arrested 240 criminals, 160 Villains, and a confirmed kill count of 300 Hydra operatives. She was a rising star among the SHIELD staff and had gone through several promotion. All this for the goal for a safer earth, but she knows as long as Hydra lives and the unpredictable nature of the reincarnate villains, she will need powerful allies. And to her, the pro-heroes of this earth aren't going to cut it.
On the year 2144, four infants had been born. On February 4, 2144, an infant boy named Frank Castle was born in Queens, New York City. on February 17, 2144, an infant boy named Charles Barton was born in Waverly, Iowa. on March 4, 2144, an infant boy named Percy Scandia was born in London of the United Kingdoms. On an unknown month of 2144, an infant boy named Chizome Akaguro was born in an unconfirmed location in Japan.
On the year 2155, three major events had been announced on all platforms of international media. The first Event was on the retirement of Colonel Dum Dum Dugan who stepped down from his position as director of SHIELD and entered politics. The second major announcement was for the promotion of SHIELD agent Margaret Carter for the position of director of SHIELD. The third and final major announcement took place in Japan as it announced the debut of the new number one hero, All Might.
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