Just then, the world began to fade around them. The guardian was still ruminating on what had just happened and didn't seem to notice. They were thinking about something else.
'I would have done better if I had known he could open the River of Time. Unfortunately, I am only an avatar. If my true body were here, they would have done better,' he thought, feeling irritated.
As the world faded away, it was replaced by darkness. Matter, energy, space, and time disappeared, making way for nothingness. Very few people were aware of this change, and even fewer were still aware in this nothingness.
A black cube was one of the few that were aware in the darkness. Just earlier, the black cube resisted an invisible force pulling it toward a Gemini youngling.
The Gemini youngling was Onslaught, and after Loki died, an invisible force began to pull the spark of power towards Onslaught.
