The portal to the Quantum Realm slowly closed, and the last streak of starlight vanished into the air.
Warm sunlight enveloped them, carrying everyone out of the chaotic Subatomic Space and back to the calm, solid reality of Earth.
No temporal turbulence tore at them. No tangled timelines crossed their path. No illusions of time and space lurked everywhere they looked.
Solid, level ground lay beneath their feet. A clear blue sky stretched overhead. Around them, time flowed steadily in one direction, just as it should.
The familiar sense of safety washed over them!
Compared with the mind-crushing horrors of the Quantum Realm, the real world felt like paradise.
Scott, Hope, Hank, and the others were still shaken, the cold sweat on their bodies not yet dry.
Their desperate battle against Kang the Conqueror, and the narrow escape from being trapped together in a multiversal maze of time and space, remained seared into every mind.
Janet gazed at the distant city skyline and let out a long breath. Her nerves, taut for decades, finally eased a little.
She had been trapped in the Quantum Realm for decades, always fearing Kang would break free and bring disaster to the Multiverse. Now that she had seen this Kang of the Main Universe defeated, much of the weight she had carried for years finally lifted.
"Thank you, all three of you. Truly." Scott looked at A2, Tsunade, and Mei Terumi, his voice full of sincere gratitude.
Without those three to back them up, his group would never have escaped the Quantum Realm alive, let alone rescued Hank and stopped Kang the Conqueror's plan.
"We'll report this multiversal crisis to the Avengers right away. If any more trouble involving time and space comes up, we'll contact you at once."
A2 gave a slight nod