Master Souls Revived: Alternative Part 17, Someone snapped

In fiction, there are a number of parallel universes and diverging timelines. In another world, this is what transpired after Groot was killed during a Master Souls mission.
Raidra woke up early in the morning, but it was much quieter than before. She wondered, “Is Scott still asleep? Maybe I should check on him.” She left her bedroom and looked around, but the other Master Souls were nowhere to be seen. “What? Oh, no…”
She searched some more and found that only she, Peter, and Scott remained. “Hey, guys! What’s up?” She rubbed her head. “Is this another vision?”
“I’m afraid not,” replied Scott.
Peter explained, “Someone snapped.”
“You mean…THAT kind of snap?” asked Raidra in astonishment. “Or someone went crazy?”
Scott told her, “Yes, it was THAT kind of snap.”
Raidra shook her head. “They need to lock that thing up better… So… it’s just us, huh?”
“But it was not the glove,” Scott corrected.
“What, then? Was it a mitten?” 
Instead of answering, Scott got a screen down. It was the Avengers in an underground base.
“I’m not going to question this,” Raidra commented.
The Avengers on screen declared, “This is a message to the general of the universe. Someone else was behind the snap. Thanos was a distraction. We are sending this from universe 30. Find us!” The message ended with everyone turning to dust and the camera shutting down.
“That was an unfortunate ending!” remarked Raidra. She turned to the others. “So somewhere in universe 30, right? That’s where they said they were.”
Scott just stared. “The Avengers never failed before…”
“Who’s the General of the Universe?” asked Peter.
Raidra commented, “They sent the message, so they didn’t completely fail. They just need help.”
Ignoring Peter’s question, Scott told Raidra, “But they became dust… It’s too late for them.”
“It can’t be reversed?”
“No.”
“That means Captain America…” She sighed sadly and rubbed her face. “Captain… my captain…”
“But as you can see, the villain came and snapped here afterwards.”
“Okay, I’m watching. Play it again.”
“Why would you want that?”
“You said it showed the villain snapping. I want to know who did this. Maybe there are more clues.”
“Well, OK, then.” He started to replay it. “There was no villain in the video, unfortunately.”
“Oh. Never mind, then. Please stop the tape.”
As Scott stopped the tape, Peter instructed, “AI, tell me who’s the general of the universe.”
AI began, “It’s Scott Daxer the”
“CANCEL REQUEST!” barked Scott.
“Hey!” exclaimed Peter. He turned to Scott. “Why did you cancel the request?!”
“You know something?” asked Raidra.
“Know what?” asked Rocket.
“About what happened? Why didn’t you want the AI to finish?”
“IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!”
Raidra offered, “Scott…I know this has to be hard for you. We’re your friends, so we can help you.”
Peter gave her a teleporter and whispered, “Teleport to his lab.” She nodded in understanding and Peter told Scott, “So, let’s go get some rest, Scott.”
Raidra announced, “Um, I need to take care of something, okay?”
Peter and Scott went in the living room, but Raidra teleported to Scott’s lab. She saw a large machine. She looked for a manual and learned that it was a machine to visit other dimensions. There was also a red and yellow general suit with six buttons. 
“I see,” she said to herself. “Peter wants me to check out the situation.”
She put on a suit and pressed a button on the machine. However, a message reading, “Unavailable,” popped up. She pressed another button, but the machine shut down. She looked around and spotted a collection of video tapes nearby.
“Hm. Well, let’s check out these tapes.” She played the first tape, which showed Scott talking to the Avengers. “Let’s see what’s eating you, Scott.”
The tape showed the Avengers looking fearful as they faced Thanos. Scott told them, “DON’T WORRY, I’LL SAVE YOU!”
“HE’S GOING TO SNAP!” the Avengers cried.
“Oh, no, he won’t.” He stole Thanos’s glove.
Thanos shouted, “YOU’RE RUNING MY DESTINY!” Before he could do anything else, however, Scott shot him and he became ashes.
Expecting something bad to come, Raidra reflected, “They must have thought they’d won at that point.”
Scott told the Avengers, “I’ll leave you my ship’s address. Call me when you need help.”
The tape ended. There were two left. Raidra played the second tape. 
This tape was set in a lab. Two scientists were experimenting on a raccoon. One told the other one, “Okay, this will be our best soldier ever!”
The other replied, “Okay, give me the human DNA.”
Raidra suddenly realized, “I think that’s the other Rocket we fought!” She watched as the scientists injected the human DNA into the raccoon. Sure enough, he grew into the other Rocket. She wondered, “How does our Rocket have these tapes? Did he use the machine to get them?”
Rocket appeared in the tape and asked, “Why would they do this?”
The other Rocket was stuck in a large cage. “GET ME OUT OF HERE! He screamed.”
One of the scientists ordered, “Do as we say. Kill all our enemies.”
“NO! LET ME OUT!”
Raidra’s throat tightened in anxiety. The other Rocket got electrocuted. However, Scott shot the scientists with a laser gun. The alarm started and Scott freed the other Rocket by unlocking the cell with a special lock pick. 
“What!?” thought Raidra. “So they did know each other!”
Scott told the now free raccoon, “Now go and live your life.”
“But who are you?” asked the other Rocket.
“I am the general of the universe.”
Raidra was surprised. “Scott is the general?!”
The other Rocket ran out of the room and the tape ended there. Before Raidra could play the last tape, the door of the lab opened. “What are you doing!?” demanded Scott.
The stunned Raidra turned around. “I was just trying to help!”
“Well… don’t tell this to anyone else.”
“Okay, I won’t. Which universe are you the general of?”
“I am the general of all universes.”
“I see. How?”
“Well, that is how people call me as I saved many lives from multiple universes.”
“That makes sense. I’m sorry that the other Rocket… you know.”
“I lost everyone at this point…”
“Peter’s still here.”
“Whoever did this, I’m going to make his death a living heck.”
“Whoever did this took my teammates too.”
Peter entered. “Alright, guys, I think I found who caused this. It was some guy named Stan. He wears a red tuxedo and dark pants and he looks like Tristan.”
Scott stared. “NO… I THOUGHT I KILLED HIM!”
Raidra noted, “He’s trying to destroy other universes too! He’s not satisfied with ruining ours!”
“WHERE IS THAT JERK!?” asked Scott.
“He’s in a black hole somewhere,” replied Peter.
“Oh, great!” sighed Raidra in exasperation.
A thought came to Scott’s mind. “Wait, I want to see the Earth. Land to the Earth.”
As the ship travelled, Raidra declared, “I’ve got a bad feeling…”
The ship landed in New York. To their horror, they saw that Avengers’ HQ had been destroyed. Raidra asked, “Did the snap do this, or was it something else?”
A stunned Rocket didn’t answer, instead crying, “NO, THEY CAN’T ACTUALLY-” He ran to the HQ only to find that the Avengers had become ashes.
Raidra sighed in sadness. “So this Captain America perished too.”
“Most likely,” Peter responded.
“I can’t take this anymore!” bellowed Scott. Raidra put a hand on his shoulder and he continued, “I helped them kill Thanos to replace the other Rocket and I thought they would be fine.”
Peter noted, “It’s so quiet… everyone on the Earth died.”
“It’s worse than I thought,” noted Raidra.
“I give up,” announced Scott.
Raidra told him, “We can’t give up. There must be something we can do.”
Scott looked in the distance in sadness. Then his expression became determined. “NO, WE CAN STOP HIM.”
“Right! We’ve beaten Stan’s minions before.”
“And I have a plan!”
They got back into the ship. Scott grabbed his weapons, which included a glove of destruction.
“You also had one!” exclaimed Peter in surprise.
“I was about to say the same thing!” agreed Raidra.
Scott explained, “I had to make one myself for emergencies.”
Raidra thought about Scott being able to save so many people, but kept his secret. “Might as well.”
A concerned Peter warned, “But this could actually kill you.”
Raidra offered, “Maybe there’s some sort of shield that could protect him.”
Scott looked serious. “Well, my life has been ripped apart, so what’s the point of living?”
Peter replied, “No, let’s talk about this.”
Scott ordered, “AI, get us to the black hole.”
The ship arrived at the black hole in light speed. Raidra asked, “Scott… who will take over if you…”
“Take over what?” asked Peter.
“Um, well, you know.”
Scott admitted, “Peter, I’m the General of the Universe.”
“Oh, this all makes sense now!” responded Peter.
“Both of you- don’t tell anybody!”
“Okay then,” agreed Peter.
“I already promised,” pointed out Raidra.
The ship started to get sucked in by the black hole. “Hold onto the chair handles!” warned Scott.
The ship passed through the black hole at high speeds. Peter exclaimed, “It’s way too dark!”
Raidra used her light cubes. “Does this help?”
“Yes.”
The ship stopped at Stan’s large ship and turned invisible. Before doing anything else, the trio decided to ask and answer questions while they still could.
“Scott… do you still hate humans?” asked Peter.
Raidra added, “We can understand if you’re still emotional.”
Scott admitted, “Well, the other reason why I created this glove was to delete humanity.”
Peter commented, “You were that angry.”
“Yes, but I started to like you, Peter. And you changed my mind.”
Raidra commented, “You never know what impact you’re going to have on someone.”
Peter replied, “Well, I’m glad I could help. Raidra, do you have a question?”
Raidra asked, “Why do you say using the glove could kill him? Is there a feedback effect?”
Scott answered her. “I haven’t tested it yet, but there is a large chance that it could make me into ash.”
“I see. Why not have a robot or something use it, then?”
Scott stared at the glove as he thought.
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