Siberian wilderness
The blizzard raged across the wasteland like a white beast, reducing visibility to less than five meters.
Steve Rogers supported Bucky, whose arm was broken and who had lost too much blood, as they trudged painfully through the snow. They were both super soldiers, but even their strength was draining rapidly in such bitter cold.
"Steve..." Bucky's voice was weak. "Leave me behind. You won't get far carrying me."
Steve stopped, exhaling a cloud of white mist. His gaze was unwavering. "I won't leave you behind again, Bucky. Even if I have to walk to the end of hell."
"Hell? The air quality there isn't great. Too much sulfur. Wouldn't recommend it."
A teasing voice suddenly pierced through the snowstorm.
A green light appeared out of nowhere in the empty space ahead, driving away the surrounding cold. Jiang Li emerged with Gwen, both hands in his pockets, without even a snowflake on them.
"What? Already lost, you centenarian duo?"
"Jiang." Steve gave a bitter smile. "I thought you'd gone back."
"Go back and listen to Ross preach? Spare me."
Jiang Li walked up to them and raised his left hand. The Omnitrix gave off a warm green glow amid the storm.
"I told you, if Earth can't accommodate us, then we'll go somewhere General Ross couldn't find even in his dreams."
"Where?" Bucky asked. "Wakanda?"
"No. Higher and farther than that."
Jiang Li rapidly swiped across the dial. A complex star map appeared as a hologram before finally locking onto a gray-white celestial body.
"The Omnitrix just unlocked Galvan building blueprints. Since there's no place for us on Earth, then we'll go—"
Jiang Li pointed at the starry sky obscured overhead by the blizzard.
"The far side of the moon."
"What?" Steve thought he had misheard.
"Take a