Alpha Target

Gunner wakes up in his backyard, but different. He walks inside to find his father and Charlotte inside. They are shocked to see him, asking where he was. Eventually, Gunner figures out he is in the MCU timeline, and he was snapped. He looks through the internet, confirming his fears. He tries to explain what's going o, but they don't believe him. He is attacked by HYDRA, led by IW Red Skull with a blaster. He defeats them, and asks why they attacked him. He explains he is "to cease your existence." and dies. Gunner takes his portal, which erases his last location, as well as Gunner's home universe. He almost goes home, but decides to wait until he beats the boss.

A month later, Gunner is captured by stormtroopers, led by Captain Phasma, who uses Jason's coin/spear to fight him. Phasma plans to execute him, but Gunner breaks free per his plan, hoping to steal her portal band, but it malfunctions. He defeats the army, kills Phasma, and goes to his apartment. There, he's greeted by Ezra Bridger, Magnum, Maguire Spidey, Briar Beauty, Loki, Darcy Lewis, and Luna. He admits his failure, and says he's low on options. Ezra tells him to use the force, with Spidey adding to trust his instincts. Gunner runs through his list, Red Skull, Octavian, Palpatine, Mr. Curtain, Hela, Maul, Black Flash, and Phasma. He runs through their histories. Luna realizes that none of them died, as their deaths were not explicitely shown. Spidey reasons that whoever is after him is saving these villains, under the condition they work for him. Just then, an explosion blows a hole in the building, and Boba Fett calls out he has one hour to come peacefully, or his whole team dies.

Nearly an hour later, Fett appears, and attempts to kill Gunner, but he and his team all escape. Spidey dissolves his webbing, causing the building to crash on Fett. Gunner tells Darcy and Loki to hurry. Fett continues after them, and shoots Darcy non-fatally, before Gunner traps the both of them in the mirror dimension. Fett defeats Gunner, who explains he's trapped in a dimension, and only Gunner can let them out. Fett goes for his wrist portal, but it's an illusion. Gunner binds Fett, and the two leave the Dimension. Gunner thanks Loki for his wristband trick, and Peter webs Boba. Gunner tells Boba to "spill the beans, or get shook like 'em" Boba refuses, pointing out Gunner's killing his assassins. Gunner says they all chose death, and Boba says their boss is unbeatable. Gunner says he's faced unbeatable before, and Boba agrees to join him. Darcy gets a signal from 2017, in the real world. Gunner says he's going home.

The team arrive in summer of 2017, and Gunner tells Darcy to find the signal. When asked why he doesn't go to his army, Gunner says he isn't damaging time any more than he has to. He reminds them that now, people can see and hear them, telling them to keep themselves hidden. Gunner conjures an Invisibility Cloak for himself, which Boba finds curious. When asked by Briar why he needs them, he says he's been using these powers for a while, but he's not at full strength. Just then, they see someone coming outside, and hide. When Gunner asks what month, Darcy says June, on a Sunday, at 6:07. Gunner says they need to go, because Gunner is about to come outside. They go through a portal.

They arrive outside an old, broken house. Gunner says this is an old house, calling it "Creepy House". Gunner says they can work from here until they find the signal, which Darcy says will take a while. Gunner goes outside to look around, and Magnum and Luna follow. Magnum says it must feel weird, being back home after being away so long. He asks how long it's been, but Gunner avoids the question. Magnum points out that he can't even interact with them, as he is time-travelling. Gunner says he wouldn't interact anyway, because he isn't coming home until this is over. Luna perceives he's protecting them. Luna asks what happened in June of 2017, because Gunner has been off since they got there. He says it was a busy summer. Briar comes out, saying they need to see something. Just then, they are attacked by a gunman, who shoots Briar.

The three dive behind the house, and Gunner asks if anyone saw the attacker, which neither did. Gunner says he'll improvise. He wraps a strip of Luna's robe around his eyes. Magnum says that's counterproductive, but Gunner tells him to watch from inside. He turns the corner, and advances blindly. He senses and dodges the bullets, but is attacked by a giant beam of light. He senses power, and realizes they are Infinity Stones. He senses Ezra coming to help, and takes off his blindfold. He sees Bucky Barnes attacking, with a Vader arm, compatible with Infinity Stones. He hears cars coming, and realizes he brought HYDRA reinforcements. Gunner says he'll lead the army away, but Magnum is driving. Magnum asks what, and Gunner creates a Ferrari 308 GTS. He rams Bucky into a truck, and drive off.

As they drive, Gunner says to turn right, and directs them toward an empty lot, where they may build a school. When they arrive, Gunner uses the grass to tear the trucks apart, and tie up the soldiers. Bucky resists, so Gunner fights him, chopping off his arm. He still beats Gunner, but Magnum shoots him. Gunner chastises him, telling him Bucky's situation. When asked about the soldiers, Gunner says "no witnesses" and turns them to dust. They get a comm from Ezra that the signal just picked up, at a Waxahachie church building.

Gunner and Magnum arrive at the building, and Gunner goes inside, using the Cloak. He only catches the end of a lesson, but is relieved to hear the singing. Peter walks in, and offers his condolences for Briar. During announcements, Gunner sees Mr. George stand up, and tells Peter Briar wasn't the only loss. They listen as George explains that he is on borrowed time, but he's ready to go, causing Gunner to tear up. He goes outside, with Peter following. Gunner asks if they see anything, but Magnum says he hasn't. The others pull up in a van, and Boba, Luna, and Loki get out. As they discuss Bucky, Peter comes back with a walkie talkie, and says he found it in a tree. Before he can use it, Gunner hears talking inside the church, and says they need to go.

As they drive home, Gunner tries to get a signal, but their constant movement makes it hard. Eventually, they stop for gas, where Loki gets out. The Walkie-talkie starts, with a voice on the other end greeting him. Gunner asks who he is, but the man tells him he's not the concern. Gunner says that he did nothing to deserve assassination, but the man counters that he deserves worse. He says he knows Gunner, having studied his whole life. He remins Gunner of his past: hating his sisters, jealousy toward every friend he's had, lying to everyone, his past crushes and his negative impact in their lives, insulting his friends, starting wars to play hero, letting people die, killing Kylo and Leah, and breaking reality and running from the consequences. He tells Gunner that he is disappointed that Boba betrayed him, but he will never stop coming. Gunner says that he'll have to go to him then. He says he'll be in touch, and throws the Walkie-talkie in a cabinet. He asks if Darcy and Peter can get a location, so they look in the radius of the signal. When the map comes up, they get, amongst other places, Hawkins Sports Complex. Gunner remembers hearing crowds in the background, and says they need to go there. When Boba says he's already gone, Darcy holds up an orange box, saying they can figure that out.

Gunner sends Boba and Magnum to find other people across universes on Gunner's list. He tells them to keep a low profile, use disguises, and don't engage. Meanwhile, Gunner, Loki, Peter, Luna, and Darcy head to the park. On the way, Gunner asks how Darcy got BARF tech, and she tells him she called in a few favors with Tony Stark, via Thor, via Jane. She asks what will happen to them all once the guy stops. He says he hopes to send them all ack to the moment he met them, restoring the proper flow of time. Gunner gets tired, leading Peter to ask why he was up at 6 in the morning. He explains that he got a C in his english class at the very end of the year, and his punishment was dawn-'til-dusk labor outside, 7 days a week, all summer. Darcy is appalled, but Gunner says he didn't hate the work or the solitude, just the exclusion. He said that was also the summer he lost Mr. George, the day before he started a week-long summer camp. Luna asks what the man meant about him, and Gunner tells his whole story. He says he's been gone for so long that seeing his home again was a shock. Loki says he looks like a 14-year-old, but Gunner says looks are deceiving. They arrive at Hawkins, and get out to look for something. Darcy doesn't pick up any readings or signals, so Gunner says to take BARF to where security feed goes to see if anyone still there saw anything suspicious, and Loki disguises himself and Darcy as FBI. Gunner tells Peter and Luna to stay with the van, and he'll go searching. As he walks farther in, he wishes he had a disguise, to which a voice behind him agrees, pointing a gun to his back.

The voice, who Gunner recognizes as Ethan G., tells him to go to the concession stand, where they can talk. When they get there, Ethan tells Gunner to wait, and holds out a metal detector, scanning him with it. He figures out Gunner is human, and sighs in relief. Gunner asks what is going on. ethan explains that when a piece of a spaceship appeared in his backyard, he got suspicious, and more so when he woke up the next day and was told it was a dream. He'd been suspicious of Gunner's behavior, and thought he could have been telling some truths all these years. He'd bought a metal detector, modified it with Imperial tech he'd swiped, and realized Gunner was a robot. He says that he began looking for Gunner, who had told him things he'd believed to be lies and tall tales, and remembers seeing him at this soccer park, when he knew he'd be home all summer. He'd snuck into his base at night, where he'd seen dozens of Gunner copies, some of the people he'd seen in his yard the day the ship crashed there, a room of weapons and artifacts (and had taken some), and a room of time-travel tech. He'd taken the Time-Turner, as he could take it in his pocket. He had used it, and some math, to come back to this date in time to find Gunner. He asks why he disappeared, to which Gunner explains the "Timepin" and his agenda. Ethan's metal detector starts beeping, right next to Gunner's wrist. Before he can ask, Ethan is hit with a taser from Darcy. Loki tells Gunner they need to leave, but is hit by a red taser, as is Darcy. A group of girls in soccer uniforms advance on him, with parents and a coach behind.

Gunner deflects a Widow's Bite at his van to get the others' attention. The widows attack him, but Gunner defends himself. He says he cannot be seen, and tries to summon the Mirror Dimension, but is hit by a bite before he can. He hopes he isn't erased for this, and fights them. He defeats the girls relatively easily, and stuns the coach multiple times. The "parents" almost knock him out, but Luna stuns them. Peter webs them up, as Darcy and Loki wake up. When asked what they should do about them, Gunner sends the girls to Creepy House with restraints, and creates Ezra to watch and care for them. Darcy and Peter set up the BARF tech, using a Widow's memories and security footage. They see the man, who Darcy runs through Facial Recognition. Gunner zooms in on a portal the man opens, which leads to an unknown location. Gunner feels stumped, but Ethan says he's seen it before.

After wiping everyone's memories, the group heads back to the Creepy House, as Ethan explains that the Timepin is hiding in the Quantum Realm. When Gunner points out how colorful it looks, Ethan counters that Gunner must not have seen Ant-Man and the Wasp. He explains that everyone thinks it'll be the key to time-travel in Avengers 4. Peter realizes that must be why Timepin hates Gunner, because he broke time in 2018. Loki asks how he knew where Gunner would go, as he went to other universes. Darcy says it must have been the leaking of other worlds into his, giving Timepin access to the Multiverse. Gunner realies that's why he hasn't found him in years. When asked about it, Gunner admits that he has a chip in his amputated leg that connects to the rest of his body. It traps his body in a timeloop, so he can go home when all is done. Peter aks how old he is, and Gunner says 26. Darcy asks why it took so long for him to get a team, and Gunner explains he didn't want anyone else in harm's way. Briar's death drove that point home. They all assure him that her death wasn't his fault, and he says it doesn't matter, because he's killing the Timepin.

They arrive home, and Gunner tells Ethan to go home, and Luna will wipe his memory. Ethan says he's staying, as his friend is in trouble. The rest agree to help, despite Gunner's guilt for "using them like action figures for some epic crossover". They all tell him he's made mistakes, but no one else deserves to make the call for him. Gunner says they'll need more people, to which Boba and Magnum arrive with more heroes. Magnus Chase, Rowan Freemaker, Newt Scamander and his team, Carter and Sadie Kane, Anakin, Padme, Wong, Lando, the Black Pearl, Harry Osborn, Jacques Snicket, Sarah Conner, Terminator, Mr. Miyagi and Daniel, Rogue One, Alvin and the Chipmunks. The X-Men, and Ethan Hunt. Magnum asks about the Chipmunks, but Gunner brushes it off. He says they need a way into the Quantum Realm, but Magnum says they may not.

He takes Gunner, Darcy, Ethan, and Peter into the house, and says the chip in Gunner's leg, if re-engineered, could help them find the base. They painfully remove the chip from Gunner's leg, which knocks him oot. Later, when he wakes up, the others are adapting the chip for a band. Boba, realizing their plan, gives them his band. They hook the devices together, but the attempt fails. Gunner runs downstairs to the Widows, and takes one of their bands, and pairs it with the chip. This gives them a location. Gunner conjures up 40 Ant-Man suits, and tells the group to suit up. On his way out, Gunner explains that as long as Timepin gets a signal from the Widows' he'll trust them to do their job. They can smuggle themselves in pockets of the Widows', and get to the base. The band re-engineering was a plan B. Ethan says they need something to deliver, to which Gunner says Ethan also Time-traveled. Ethan agrees to be bait. Gunner goes outside and gives a speech, asking for help. They all commit, and Gunner tells them to load up.

An hour later, everyone but Darcy, Bodhi, and Jacob Kowalski wait in the pockets of the Widows. They signal Timepin, who takes Ethan, with Gunner and his team watching. However, Timepin sends Reverse-Flash after the Widows' killing them all. The team all jumps onto Ethan before the portal closes, with only the Chipettes, Wong, and Magnum not able to make it. When they see the inside of Timepin's base, Gunner gives the signal, and the team grows to full-size. However, they are trapped in a Ray Shield, and Timepin greets them. Gunner, not trapped in the shield, tries to fight Timepin, but is held at saber-point by Kylo Ren, as Timepin says it's time for introductions.

As Gunner struggles, Kylo tells him he'd love to kill him, revealing himself to be the same one Gunner fought in 2016. Gunner asks how he's alive, but Kylo says dropping buildings on people doesn't work, referring to Crossbones and Boba Fett. Timepin goes to Boba fett and gives him a chance to reconsider, but Boba says he won't kill the kid. Timepin accepts this as noble, and introduces himself. He is Henry Chronus, a nickname given to him in middle school, and the creator of time travel. He invented it as a way to see the truths of history, and experience it fully. He knew it would be abused, but he tracked all the rifts, thinking that enough. However, some people tried to make bigger and bigger changes to the timeline, and he was forced to intervene, taking away all methods of Time Travel. However, the government tried to take his technology, so he became a fugitive. He realized that he'd failed to secure one time machine: Gunner's. When Gunner time-traveled, Chronus wanted to kill him immediately, but he saw FORM, and knew it's capabilities were unmatched. He used his time-machines to enhance his knowledge, knowing every outcome for every event, as well as the past, present, and future of their universe. He'd let everything play out because he knew Leah would kill him. The big change was Gunner's self-sacrifice, which broke space-time. Chronus, now going by Timepin knew his mind was no match for Gunner's powers, so he made a team of discarded villains, with deaths so precarious and basic, he could take them out of their timelines without a rift. He sent them after Gunner for years, and used that time to study every universe. He says he cannot lose to Gunner, as he knows all the latter's tricks. Gunner says they both made something good, but it fell in the wrong hands. But Timepin tried to take away his mistakes by blaming someone else. Gunner says he knows the fights he fought are his fault, but he will always try to fix them, not hide. He says he's loved the chat, but he needs to go home. Timepin assures him he will, and Gunner launches an EMP out of his leg, freeing his team.

As Gunner attacks Timepin, he is stopped by Kylo, who wants a rematch. The two duel, as Timepin uses his team's moves to kill each other. As Sarah Conner, Terminator, Padme, Jacques, the Chipmunks, Baze, Cassian, Chirrut, and Carter Kane die, Gunner defeats Kylo, but spares him, teleporting him to the real world, to be locked up by the Van Crew. Gunner moves to defend the others, but a demogorgon knocks him back, although he doesn't know what it is. A man in a dark archer uniform, A skeletal man in purple, a giant snake, Yellowjacket (missing an arm), Killmonger, an old man with an eyepatch, Doc Ock, an uglier Green Goblin, and a Tie Pilot with a lightsaber all rush forward to attack him, but he sends them to the Mirror Dimension. He gets up, and yells to stop. Villains and heroes lay dead, and Gunner says there must be a compromise. Timepin says Gunner is a threat, especially with his heightened power. Gunner offers to give up his power, asking for his world's safety. Timepin agrees, saying he only wants Gunner gone. Gunner teleports all the heroes away using Gypsy's Portal opener. Timepin then takes his power, saying his power will be unbeatable. Gunner says Timepin got his facts wrong, Gunner is not the Alpha Target anymore, but Chronus. Gunner vows to stop him, as he is teleported away.

Gunner wakes up at the Soccer Complex, right where he left. Gunner gets in the Van, tells everyone to meet him at Camp Hensel, and the Original Team gets in the Van, and drive off. Ezra asks why Hensel, and Gunner says he needs a place to regroup, and send a signal. Over comms, the remaining heroes ask what they can do, and Gunner says he doesn't know. Ethan, badly injured, tells Gunner he can figure it out. He decides to sleep on it, where he dreams about getting FORM from his future self, and is woken up by Magnum, at Camp. Gunner realizes who can help them, and tells them they need to find future Gunner, explaining it all to them while being confused, himself. They point out he can't travel through time, or Timepin will target his world. Gunner says they'll come up with something. They use a Widow's Time-Band to send a signal to anyone else in the multiverse with a deactivated Band. Ethan asks if there's anyone else out there, and Gunner says there has to be.

An unknown girl is working on a Helicarrier propeller, when an older man comes up to her, telling her the watch is sending a signal. He asks if they need to leave, but the girl says it's not a warning, but an invitation. She says it's time to see a old friend, and goes outside to look at her army.

Gunner has returned to his home universe, waiting for something. No one there know's he's the real Gunner. As a result of his chip in his leg, his bone grew too fast, and needed to be cut back with surgery. 2 months after his defeat, January of 2019, Gunner is going back to school like normal. He misses his friends, but Ethan has come back with him, to watch him. He asks Gunner on the bus if he's been able to move anything, but Gunner says all his power is gone. Ethan tells him he needs to go back, but Gunner says he's no good on crutches, and Endgame-era Avengers look pretty bleak. Eventaully, the two agree to go back to Hensel through the tear they got back through. When they arrive, they see their tech is destroyed, and the team is missing.

Gunner is frantic, looking all over for anyone, but they are all gone. They go to the Bluff, Gunner's favorite spot, to think. There, Gunner says he needs his future self to find him, but nothing happens. Ethan points out this could be for multiple reasons. Gunner kicks a cross i frustration, but it makes a hollow metal sound. They look for an opening, and find a small switch to open it. Inside, they find a message, saying to go to the Paintball Field. When they arrive, they find another message, telling them that their friends are not missing, but have left willingly. Ethan is suspicious, but Gunner says this isn't something they'd lie about. Gunner says he needs to find their friends, and Ethan says they need a helper. Gunner finally concedes to go to the future to find his future self.

They sneak onto Gunner's home base, and steal a Time Turner again. They escape to the land Gunner fought Bucky on, where a school was being built. Gunner and Ethan use the Turner to go to the year 2041. When they arrive, Gunner tells Ethan to go to Best Buy and look him up, to find his location. He warns Ethan not to figure out anything about himself, and not to tell Gunner anything. The two have to take bikes to the store, paying kids back with real money. On their way, Ethan asks why they went to 2041. Gunner explains that his adress says 2040, and that was a year he wanted to see, so he could laugh. He figured that was when Gunner traveled to him from the future, so he went a year ahead to avoid any crazy paradoxes. They arrive at a Best Buy, and Gunner stays in the Parking Lot. While Ethan is inside, Gunner is jumped by Taskmaster, who fights him. Gunner is brutally defeated, with Ethan coming to his rescue, subduing Taskmaster. They find a recording from Timepin telling Gunner his world will be ruined for this, but he's going to take Gunner first. Ethan says they need to hurry, as he's found a location for Gunner.

They find him in Lindale, late at night. Gunner asks where they are, and Ethan says it's a church. His house was difficult to find, so he ran facial recognition instead. He figured out he goes here sometimes, but Gunner doesn't want to hear more. Gunner comes out, talking to some others. Ethan goes up to his, and brings him to his past self. Gunner tells his future self he needs help, and Future Gunner says he knew they would come, but this isn't his fight. Gunner admits that his powers are gone, his friends are missing, and his team thinks he's dead. FG says he knows all this, and tells him to go back to 2017, they moment they left it to find him, and use a frequency to talk to someone. As Gunner and Ethan turn to leave, FG relunctantly tells them to get in, and drives to a parking lot. Ethan asks about his family, and FG says they're all under the weather, pointing out his daughter is the only one still healthy. They arrive at the lot, and they use the Time Turner to go to 2017.

They arrive at the parking lot in 2017, which is empty grass. They walk to a Wal-Mart, where FG buys 3 bikes, telling the boys he needs to be repaid. They bike to an airport, where they sneak onboard a plane. They drop out of the plane right above the town of Marble Falls, and glide to the camp grounds. Upon arriving, FG admits he's missed all this. He gives Gunner the frequency, where Gunner talks into a walkie-talkie. The voice on the other side asks whose arm Bucky wore against him, and Gunner barely remembers Vader's arm. A Helicarrier appears above them, and the voice welcomes them to the Fugitives.

As the trio walks onboard, they are greeted by Gunner's old team: Darcy, Peter, Loki, Magnum, Luna, and Boba Fett. Gunner asks why Boba hasn't left yet, but Boba says he can't operate with a time-traveling bounty on his head. They show Gunner their remaining team: Bodhi Rook, Jacob Kowalski, Newt Scamander, Harry Osborn, Jyn Erso, Sadie Kane, Wolverine, Cyclops, Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, Jack Sparrow, and some new people Gunner doesn't recognize: A girl with a shaved head, a Pikachu, Captain Marvel, a man in a purple helmet, a bunny and chick stuck together, a yellow car, homeless Chris Pratt, and a black and white Spider-Man. When Gunner asks why they are going to shows he hasn't seen, the girl, introducing herself as Artemis, says they are reliable to her, but he should still be able to recognize them. He asks if she's from the future, and she confirms so. She tells FG he is no longer needed, but FG wants to stay and help. The two argue, with Artemis storming off.

Gunner goes to talk to her, and she explains that she knows him in the future, and she doesn't like him. Gunner is hurt by this, but Artemis tells him that he is a good person, but he rubs some people the wrong way. When he asks why she's here now, she avoids the topic. She tells him they are all dedicated to fighting Chronus, who Gunner calls Timepin. She tells him they stole a wristband off an assassin, and used it to find others. However, they infiltrated the base of Timepin, which Gunner is shocked by. She explains she held onto the band in case someone else out there was fighting. When Gunner sent a signal out, they picked it up. Timepin and his crew got in their way, but she arrived in time to save his team from Timepin's forces, but Gunner was gone. She'd heard of his exploits during her time in Timepin's base, and she wanted to meet him, so she stayed at Hensel. He says he's not much of a fighter anymore, but she says he is a leader. She offers him the role of Number 2, which he accepts.