Quantum car crash

Agamotto Universe, 2002.

Tony stared blankly at the Time Watch in front of him, which had already fully charged.

Seeing this, Maria came over. "Tony, what's wrong?"

"No..." Tony turned away, not daring to look at Maria's face.

Maria hugged Tony tightly. "Son, Mom knows you'll miss us, but you have to go back. You have friends over there, and Pepper, whom you've always talked about..."

Howard was playing with little Sharon, didn't even turn his head. "Tsk, forty years old, still acting like a child..."

Upon hearing this, Tony broke free from Maria's embrace and whispered, "I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye properly that day, Dad..."

"... What did you say?" Howard picked at his ear and turned around in disbelief.

If you have hearing problems, go get it treated.

Tony turned around, put the Time Watch on his wrist, nodded to Steve and Carter, and then pressed the switch.

"I love you, Mom..."

Unlike the panic he experienced last time, this time, after traveling through time and space, he was finally able to calm down and appreciate everything around him.

Tony felt as if he were traveling through a world made of light particles. Because the frame rate of the naked eye was too low, the light particles that rushed past him were stretched into long streaks in his vision, looking no different from the time tunnels in movies and TV shows.

Suddenly, an incredibly terrifying aura swept in from not far ahead; it was from a black hole in the Quantum Realm.

Before Tony could react, he was instantly engulfed by this aura. His skin cracked inch by inch, only to heal itself thanks to his extraordinary self-healing ability.

The tearing and healing caused Tony, who had never suffered much pain before, unbearable agony.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure emerged from the black hole and crashed straight into him.

With the quantum black hole superimposed on the Time Watch, Tony seemed to hear a shattering sound.

Immediately afterwards, an incredibly terrifying suction force pulled him and that figure into it...

Smallville Elementary School, 1992.

Nine-year-old Clark left school dejectedly.

Today, the teacher showed them some extracurricular reading, which included some information on genetics.

Because of the abnormality he discovered some time ago, he read his extracurricular books with utmost care this time.

And it was summarized in one sentence: Same color, different appearances, extremely low probability...

His parents both had blond hair, but he had black hair; his parents both had brown eyes, but he had green eyes.

Coupled with his own special abilities, Clark had a very bad feeling.

Soon, he returned to his farm, but Martha, who used to wait for him at the door every day, was nowhere to be seen.

"Mom?"

Creak~

The door opened, Martha Kent, drenched in sweat, showed no joy upon seeing Clark. She glanced around to make sure no one else was there before finally speaking, "Come in quickly!"

Just then, the sounds from inside the room reached Clark's ears.

Four heartbeats... three breaths.

What a strange combination.

With this question in mind, Clark entered the house and saw two figures lying on his right-angled sofa, with two heartbeats emanating from their bodies.

However, one of them... was not breathing. Clark's gaze lingered for a moment on the black hair above this person's head.

"Mom, who are they? Where's Daddy?"

Martha's expression turned serious. "Go back to your room and do your homework."

"... oh!"

Perhaps realizing her tone had been too harsh, Martha softened her voice and said, "Clark, you're still too young to bear these burdens. I just want you to have a happy childhood."

Feeling Martha's warm hand stroking his head, Clark nodded. "Okay~"

Just as Clark entered the house, Joseph Kent returned, holding a hammer crackling with lightning.

Upon seeing this, Martha gasped, covering her mouth in astonishment. "My God, Joseph, this..."

"It's alright, Martha." Joseph placed the hammer in the corner of the sofa, and the lightning vanished instantly.

"It won't hurt me, but I can't lift the other weapon, so I can only temporarily cover it with straw."

"Joseph, what do you think of them...?"

"I have no idea..."

The two exchanged a glance, then looked towards Clark's bedroom, falling silent simultaneously.

Under normal circumstances, if they found two strangers of unknown origin on their own land, their first choice would definitely be to call the police.

But they will never forget the way their son came into their lives.

They were both hopeful and afraid that the two men had genuinely come to see Clark.

They hoped they were their own people, but feared they were enemies.

"Joseph, what should we do now?"

"Wait..."

Soon, Joseph went into the bedroom and started looking up information on his newly bought CRT computer, because he felt that the combination of Hammer and Thunder was strangely familiar.

Martha, meanwhile, went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Creak~

The door to the children's room opened quietly, and Clark peeked out.

He stood in front of the sofa, looking at the two of them thoughtfully, before shifting his gaze to the hammer on the floor.

Driven by curiosity, he reached out and grasped the hammer handle.

Suddenly, a thunderclap exploded, and countless bolts of lightning spread outwards from the hammer.

One of the people lying on the sofa suddenly woke up, rolled over, and startled Clark quickly dropped the hammer.

"I... I didn't mean to..."

Tony, sitting on the sofa, immediately touched his body and quickly found that apart from his clothes being a little torn, he had no other injuries, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Joseph and Martha came out when they heard the noise. They saw Tony, who had already woken up, and Clark was fiddling with his fingers.

"You... you're awake~"

Tony looked at the vintage furniture and fixtures in the room and tentatively asked, "What year is it now?"

1992.

"Shit~ Why is it going backwards?"

He then raised his left hand, looked at the obviously damaged Time Watch, and felt somewhat annoyed.

In 1992, where would they get the energy to power it?!

"Alright, let's leave it at that for now," Tony said, looking at Joseph. "Hello, thank you for bringing me home. My name is... Howard, Howard Potts."

Tony dared not reveal his real name because he was unsure if there was another version of himself in this universe, and it was best to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Joseph visibly relaxed upon seeing the other party's expression; as long as they weren't enemies, it was fine.

"Hello, I'm Joseph Kent, and this is my wife, Martha Kent."

Tony was instantly amused. "Ha, that's a funny name, Mr. and Mrs. Kent. Is this Smallville, Kansas?"

"... You know us?"

"Stop kidding, everyone knows this kid isn't the famous Clark Kent, is he? Hahaha..."

As Tony laughed, he noticed the three men had expressions of utter disbelief.

He then fell silent.