"My name is Robbie. My brother is Gabe. My soulmate is—" The words echoed in the nothingness over and over, like a mantra. He wasn't sure how long he'd been beyond the God Quarry, searching the vast sea for each part of the Hell Charger, piecing it back together like a complex puzzle. All to make the long journey back home to his loved ones. To Gabe. To his soulmate.

Robbie hadn't expected to survive his stunt—driving the Hell Charger straight into the rift between his universe and the First Firmament, blowing up the car to seal the breach from the inside and prevent the endless sea from spilling over and drowning out everything he knew. His plan had been to sacrifice his life, his future, so those he cared about could keep theirs. He'd made the Avengers promise to take care of both his brother and his partner. The end had stared him in the face, and he'd stared right back.

Now here he was, all alone, his heart aching both from loneliness and the knowledge that people must've mourned him, unaware of his survival. He'd find his way back. He had to.

A familiar whisper pierced the silence, pulling him from his reverie, sending a tingle down his spine. His heart skipped a beat when he recognized the voice echoing softly in his mind—his soulmate. But how? The two were universes apart now. Had he lost his marbles? "Hello?" he ventured, a spark of hope igniting in his chest. "Is it really you? Am I hearing things?"

His voice, in turn, reached his soulmate's mind, their connection somehow conquering the boundaries of reality itself.