Boom!
A piercing sonic boom tore through the sky, and a white supersonic contrail suddenly burst into view in midair. His figure became a brilliant streak of golden light, pierced the clouds in an instant, and vanished into the horizon, leaving only the still-quivering air and a long white flight trail that lingered for a long time.
As the image slowly darkened, a sleek, minimalist blue V+7 Vought logo gradually appeared, filling the center of the screen.
Official promotional captions slowly unfolded, line by line:
[Vought-the world's only official superhero company]
[Mutant recruitment hotline: 0000-0000000]
After the cold advertising slogans, the black screen slowly lit up. The final shot settled on an island that had never appeared before.
Waves lapped against the rocks, and the sea breeze swept over the battered shoreline.
On the island, familiar figures lay quietly across the rocks and sand.
Erik, Raven, Alex Summers, Darwin, Charles, Pietro, Wanda, Azazel, Riptide, the White Queen, and Moira were all there.
Even the ordinary human pilot who had merely flown the fighter jet for Charles lay safely in a corner, without so much as a scratch.
Even the White Queen, who had been completely engulfed and killed by the two-way plasma bombardment before billions of viewers on the global broadcast, was now entirely intact. She was merely weak and unconscious, her life in no danger.
Throughout this world-shaking clash between the strongest, countless viewers had wept with worry and trembled in fear. Yet in the end, only Shaw, who had sought to overthrow the world, had been utterly annihilated, leaving no remains.
Evil had been wiped out, while everyone on the side of justice had survived.
A perfect ending played out before every viewer's eyes.
A few seconds later, the image went completely black, and the global broadcast that