Zombie Outbreak

The "Zombie Outbreak" Universe is an alternate reality where society on Earth collapsed due to the outbreak of a Quantum Virus.
==History==
===Avengers Invitation===
In 2017, Tony Stark invited Peter Parker to be a member of the Avengers but he turned Stark down.What If...?: 1.05: What If... Zombies?!
===Zombie Apocalypse===
====Infection Begins====
While Janet van Dyne was trapped in the Quantum Realm she contracted a Quantum Virus which transformed her into a Zombie. Years later, when her husband Hank Pym journeyed into the Quantum Realm to rescue his long lost wife, van Dyne bit him and infected her husband as well. Using Pym's Quantum Vehicle, the two returned Earth where Ant-Man and the Wasp were waiting for them. When Hope van Dyne went to greet her parents, Hank Pym attempted to bite her. van Dyne was able to dodge his attack however and Pym and Janet van Dyne infected Ant-Man instead.
With the virus infecting the entire in a day, the Avengers and Black Panther took a Quinjet to San Francisco in hopes of controlling the outbreak. But their attempted heroism only helped the virus spread further as all of the Avengers became infected while Black Panther was rescued Vision. Vision's reasons for saving the Wakandan king weren't altruistic however, as he planned to slowly feed T'Challa to his zombified girlfriend, Wanda Maximoff. 
Vision would also capture the zombified Ant-Man and successfully use the Mind Stone to cure his decapitated head from the virus, placing it under a glass dome once cured. He had previously attempted to cure Maximoff but was unable to due to her powers. Realizing how dangerous Maximoff is and unable to bring himself to kill her, Vision decided to keep her contained in Camp Lehigh and sent out distress signals to lure in survivors so that Vision could feed them to Maximoff.
Meanwhile, the Wasp would assemble a group of survivors consisting of Kurt Goreshter, Sharon Carter, Happy Hogan, the Winter Soldier, Spider-Man, and Okoye who came to the United States of America in search of T'Challa. The group would eventually make their way to New York City where Spider-Man helped create a headquarters using Synthetic Webbing to suspend as series of train cars and buses high into the air. He would also make an orientation video for new members of their group.
====Attack on Greenwich Village====
Weeks following the other Avengers became infected, Hulk narrowly escaped the clutches of Thanos and was sent hurtling towards Earth via the Bifrost Bridge. Crash landing in the New York Sanctum, the Hulk would revert back to Bruce Banner. Finding the Sanctum deserted, Banner would steal a set of sorcerer's robes and put them on before heading out into the street.
While the street was initially deserted, Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian would soon arrive in search of the Time Stone. Getting ready for a battle, Banner attempted to transform into the Hulk but he refused to come out. Seeing Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and Wong, Banner was initially relieved until he realized that the trio were Zombies that had just infected Maw and Obsidian. The Zombies then attempt to attack before the Cloak of Levitation swoops in and staves off Banner's attackers.
While the Cloak is able to protect Banner initially, Maw soon used his telekinetic abilities to suspend Banner in the air. Just before Banner was about to be feasted on by Maw, Obsidian, and Iron Man, the Wasp summoned a horde of flying Ants to eat the flesh off of the Maw, Obsidian, and Strange before decapitating Iron Man. Banner is then rescued by Spider-Man who takes him back to the survivor group's home base and shows him So You Wanna Survive the Zombie Apocalypse.
====Ambush at the Grand Central Terminal====
The Zombie Outbreak Survivor Group incepted a signal coming from Camp Lehigh that someone had found cure to the Quantum Virus. Wanting to investigate, the team headed to Grand Central Terminal to hijack a train. There the group split into three teams, with one going to hotwire the train while the other two guarded the perimeter.
The first team was successful in finding a train, but the Wasp was unable to restart the engine without momentum. This gave Spider-Man the idea to use his webs to create slingshot to give the train the momentum it needed. Elsewhere in the terminal, Happy Hogan was attacked and infected by a zombified Hawkeye forcing Sharon Carter to kill Hogan. Meanwhile, Winter Soldier and Okoye were attacked by a zombified Falcon although Okoye was able to cut him in half with her spear.
Successfully creating the needed thrust to get the train moving, Spider-Man held it in place until Carter, the Winter Soldier, and Okoye could arrive. As Spider-Man kept the train in place, a Zombie horde began to crowd around him. Luckily for him, the Cloak of Levitation and the Wasp were able to keep the horde away from him until the others boarded the train. Once Bruce Banner started the train's engine, the Cloak of Levitation flung Spider-Man through a window and onto the train.
====Attack on the Escape Train====
While the Zombie Outbreak Survivor Group was on their way to Camp Lehigh, a zombified Captain America boarded the train and attacked Sharon Carter. Hearing Carter's screams the Winter Soldier rushed to her aid. Duking it out with his former friend, the Winter Soldier was able to disarm the captain, using Captain America's Shield to slice him in two. While Captain America would survive the attack, he would fall off the train.
With Sharon Carter now infected, the Wasp would shrink down and go inside of Carter via her mouth before expanding, killing Carter. Due a cut on her arm being exposed to the zombified insides of Carter, the Wasp would slowly begin to become infected as well. Not wanting to risk their safety, the Wasp instructed her teammates to kill her but they refused.
====Battle of Camp Lehigh====
The Zombie Outbreak Survivor Group made it just outside of Camp Lehigh before their train ran out of fuel. Needing to get through a horde of Zombies to make it the camp, the Wasp volunteered to grow big and carry her teammates to the base before the infection fully set in. The Wasp was able to successfully carry her fellow survivors to base before passing out and becoming overwhelmed by the army of Zombies. The team is then greeted by Vision who takes them inside.
Inside, Vision informs the team that the Zombies are adverse to a frequency emitted by the Mind Stone. He tells the group that targeted exposure to the frequency cure beings of the Quantum Virus, introducing them to a cured Scott Lang as proof of his work. Upon Bruce Banner and Okoye suggesting that they broadcast the frequency world wide from Wakanda, the Winter Soldier searches the base for a means of transport.
While searching the base, the Winter Soldier finds a zombified Wanda Maximoff. He begins to shoot at her before Black Panther tells him to stop. Finding him laying on a surgical table with one of his legs amputated, the Winter Soldier asks Black Panther to explain to him what happened as he takes him back up to meet with the others. Learning of Vision's true goal from Black Panther, the Winter Soldier confronts him before the Scarlet Witch breaks out of her containment and attacks them. As the group, alongside Black Panther and Vision, attempt to flee the base both Kurt Goreshter and Okoye are lost to the Scarlet Witch.
Vision briefly trapped the Scarlet Witch under rubble before informing the group of a Quadjet's location. Vision then ripped the Mind Stone out of head, killing himself. With the Mind Stone in tow, the remaining survivors rushed to the hanger housing the Quadjet, with the exception of the Winter Soldier who stayed behind to distract the Scarlet Witch who had just freed herself from the rubble. 
This distraction was largely unsuccessful however as the Scarlet Witch soon flung the Winter Soldier off into the distance. Needing to buy his group more time, Bruce Banner was finally able to transform into the Hulk again, battling the Wanda Maximoff as the rest of the survivors took off. While a now fully infected Wasp was able to grab on to the Quadjet, the group was able to escape and they flew off to Wakanda. Unbeknownst to the group, a zombified Thanos had collected five of the six Infinity Stones and infiltrated Wakanda, infecting its populace.
===Multiversal Encounters===
During a battle with another universe's Ultron, a Doctor Strange from a separate alternate universe would open a portal to this one, dumping a pile of Zombies on top of Ultron.What If...?: 1.09: What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath? Later, this universe's Wanda Maximoff was kidnapped by Strange and taken to the Sanctum Infinitum. There, Strange planned to use the Scarlet Witch, alongside other "Universe Killers", to power the World Forge and recreate his universe which he previously destroyed. Alongside the other prisoners, she eventually be freed by Captain Carter and Kahhori and returned to this universe.What If...?: 2.09: What If... Strange Supreme Intervened? 
==Residents==
*Zombie Outbreak Survivor Group
**Hope van Dyne/Wasp
**Peter Parker/Spider-Man
**Scott Lang/Ant-Man
**T'Challa/Black Panther
**Bruce Banner/Hulk
**Happy Hogan †
**Kurt Goreshter †
**Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
**Sharon Carter †
**Okoye
*Avengers
**Tony Stark/Iron Man †
**Steve Rogers/Captain America †
**Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
**Clint Barton/Hawkeye
**Sam Wilson/Falcon †
**Vision †
**Wanda Maximoff
**Thor
*Thanos
*Black Order
**Ebony Maw †
**Cull Obsidian †
*Masters of the Mystic Arts
**Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange †
**Wong †
*Janet van Dyne
*Hank Pym
*Ten Rings
**Shang-Chi
**Li Ching-Lin/Death Dealer
*Black Widows
**Yelena Belova
*Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel
*Kate Bishop
*Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian
*Katy Chen
*Ava Starr/Ghost
*Emil Blonsky/Abomination
*Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
*Ikaris
*Xu Wenwu
*Ying Li †
*May Parker †
*Ben Parker †
*Richard Parker †
*Mary Parker †
==Landmarks==
*New York City, New York
**Grand Central Terminal
**New York Sanctum
**Chrysler Building
**Outbreak Survivors Hideout
*San Francisco, California
**Golden Gate Bridge
*Wheaton, New Jersey
**Camp Lehigh
*Wakanda
**Golden City
==Trivia==
*This reality is based on the limited series written by . While in the comics, the original source of the outbreak was the "Hunger" and the original infector was Sentry, What If...? has the source being a virus in the Quantum Realm and Janet van Dyne the original infector.
==Behind the Scenes==
*According to The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe, a fan run site whose universe designations are approved by Marvel editorial, this universe is designated as Earth-89521.
==Gallery==
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==References==
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