A rainbow light burst from Ryan and spread across the world. Hulk was closest to it. He looked up at the figure in the sky. "What happened?"
Everyone on the battlefield wondered the same thing. But in the next instant, the light engulfed the battlefield, the land, and even the whole Blue Planet.
Everyone was immersed in it, as though caught in a mirage-like dream.
If anyone could have looked beyond the planet, they would have seen the light spreading through the surrounding space.
The power of that snap would affect the entire universe.
Time passed.
When the light faded and Hulk could see again, he narrowed his eyes at the world. "What is this?"
Ryan had snapped his fingers. He lowered his hand.
He had thought he would be happy—so happy he would howl at the moon like Homelander. But once his hand fell, all he felt was boredom.
The Infinity Stones now shone within him. Energy from the lords of various Dimensions flowed through his body, and his Laser Eyes and Steel Body had reached unimaginable heights.
With this power, he truly was Homelander.
He could do whatever he wanted.
That only made it more boring.
He remembered when he had first crossed over. Back then, he had lain in a crib, and the only thing he could see was the flowers blooming on the windowsill.
When he grew a little older, he could get close enough to the window to see the trees outside.
They formed a lush, green forest.
Even as a child, he had known that a towering wall stood at the forest's edge. That land was the prison holding him and his mother.
So he had wanted to get out, no matter what.
So he had begun training his superpowers.
Now, as Ryan