Lightning split the skies of Omega Earth — but it wasn't Thor's doing.It came from within him.
He fell to one knee atop the rebuilt Bifröst spire, eyes wide, thunder coursing through his veins in wild, unbound surges. Visions flashed before him — not of Asgard, but of something older. Endless light. A throne of energy. A hammer forged before stars were born.
"You were not born of Odin's storm," a voice whispered inside him."You were borrowed from the First Forge."
Thor gasped, gripping Mjölnir. "Who speaks?"The sky answered with silence — and yet the storm remembered.
Across the globe, Wonder Woman trained with Superman in Themyscira when the same golden shimmer pulsed through the air. Both froze. The world around them slowed — grass bending in impossible patterns, time itself pausing for breath.
Superman staggered back, his eyes glowing crimson and gold. He saw images — not Krypton, but a civilization made of light. Titans shaping galaxies like clay. He heard a voice — deep, patient, infinite.
"You are the echo of my strength, Kal-El. The fragment I left behind."
Wonder Woman heard another — gentle yet commanding.
"Diana, child of truth — you were not forged by gods. You were shaped by memory itself."
The visions ended. The air shattered back into motion.
Superman knelt, trembling. "They're in our minds."Diana's hand tightened on her sword. "No… they're in our origins."
In the Sanctum Nexus, Doctor Strange and Doctor Fate stood before the Mirror of Ages — its surface alive with shifting golden waves.
Fate spoke first. "They're awakening the divine codes that built our universes."Strange nodded grimly. "And rewriting what it means to be who we are."
As the mirror pulsed, they saw it — the five Eternals towering across the void, channeling energy that made even Celestials and New Gods bow in resonance.
Fate's voice dropped to a whisper. "If the heroes' memories are tied to them, then—"Strange finished, "—our reality itself depends on their will."
Thunder cracked again. This time, it carried no rain.
The Titans remembered.And the world began to forget what came before.