Brainy makes sure he's the last one through, forcefields ready to drop into place to prevent any denizens of the Cancerverse from crawling through the portal. Rich tries to be but Brainy just shoves him through the portal with his forcefields.
He doesn't have to worry about any of the monsters slithering through, though. Some of them try, but the gray rot that's consuming the Cancerverse swallows them up first and turns them into dust.
The creatures here simply should not be and only exist because death was dead. Now, with death returned, the entire dimension is withering and dying as its long unlife comes to an end.
Brainy comes through the portal and doesn't have time to shut it off until Death is already there at their doorstep. Rather than doing something stupid or dramatic, he simply backs away, slowly and respectfully.
"Do we need to shut down the portal or can you - ?"
He has to turn away and avoid looking directly at her. He doesn't seem scared, but he's clearly seeing something different from the rest of them.
To others, she exists in a form that's familiar, like someone of the same species. To him, she has many forms, all existing in the same space. Simultaneously. None of those forms are particularly frightening, but she still is something just a touch...impossible.
Home Free
He doesn't have to worry about any of the monsters slithering through, though. Some of them try, but the gray rot that's consuming the Cancerverse swallows them up first and turns them into dust.
The creatures here simply should not be and only exist because death was dead. Now, with death returned, the entire dimension is withering and dying as its long unlife comes to an end.
Brainy comes through the portal and doesn't have time to shut it off until Death is already there at their doorstep. Rather than doing something stupid or dramatic, he simply backs away, slowly and respectfully.
"Do we need to shut down the portal or can you - ?"
He has to turn away and avoid looking directly at her. He doesn't seem scared, but he's clearly seeing something different from the rest of them.
To others, she exists in a form that's familiar, like someone of the same species. To him, she has many forms, all existing in the same space. Simultaneously. None of those forms are particularly frightening, but she still is something just a touch...impossible.