LooneyAces here, I have returned and welcome to the twelfth story of the Danny Phantom/Marvel Cinematic Universe Fanfiction crossover series, better known as DPxMCU, and the story you all have been waiting for, for three years. Before we get started, first I want to say that today marks three years since the story that started all, GHOSTLY AVENGER, was published. For the past three years, I have written a total of 11 DPxMCU stories before this current one. Among them includes a prelude to the series that takes place in the 1940s, two stories that introduced two new half ghost characters from the planet Xandar, a story that has given me over 200 reviews for the first time in my fanfiction career, stories that introduced many OCs, and a awesome collaboration with Mikaela2015. I am so proud with how the DPxMCU series have turn out and the amount of the reviews from those that reacted to this series' stories, and I couldn't have honestly done it without the support from you, my readers and fans of this series, who some have ended up becoming my friends. We have come a long way heading to this story. I want to say thank you to everyone for your continuous support as I continue to write the DPxMCU series and hopefully it continues into the future. Anyway, if you're new to the series, you'll need to read these following stories in the series' chronological order before reading this one in order to catch up.
THE FENTON CHRONICLES
GHOSTLY AVENGER
DANNY PHANTOM: THE ASGARDIAN DRAUGR
DANI PHANTOM: THE ROGUED DRAUGR
GHOSTLY GUARDIANS
GHOSTLY GUARDIANS VOL 2
GHOSTLY AVENGER: AGE OF ULTRON
GHOSTLY AVENGER: CIVIL WAR
DANNY PHANTOM: THE ULTIMATE RETURN
GHOSTLY AVENGERS: RAGNAROK
DANI PHANTOM: THE DIMENSIONAL WAR
I have also written a few DPxMCU one shot stories, which you can see them on my Deviantart. Also, if you have not seen the movie Avengers: Infinity War, I highly recommend seeing it before reading this story.
One more point that needs to bring up is that this story take place three weeks after the events of DANI PHANTOM: THE DIMENSIONAL WAR.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom and its characters. They belong to Butch Hartman, Viacom International and Nickelodeon. I also do not own the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its characters. They belong to Marvel Studios. Danny and Dani are in the appearances of Butch's 10 years later designs. You can see them in the story's cover photo. Same applies to Sam, Tucker, Jack, Maddie and Jazz. All fictional characters are mine. Well, this is it everyone, the story you all been waiting for. Without further do, I present you GHOSTLY AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR!
Chapter 1: Thanos is Coming.
In the vastness of space, panic and chaos is ensuing at the Sakaaran spaceship known as the Statesman, which is serving as a refugee vessel for the powerful extraterrestrial race known as the Asgardians. It is now been four months since the destruction of their home world Asgard and the fulfillment of the doomsday prophecy Ragnarok at the hands of the fire demon Surtur. The Asgardians who survived became nomads and were forced to live aboard the Statesman, which was once a pleasure vehicle previously used by the being known as the Grandmaster. Acting on the orders of their newly crowned king, Thor Odinson, the Asgardians charted a course for Earth so they could channel their efforts into rebuilding their homeland. However, during the journey, the Statesman has been intercepted and attacked by a much larger ship called the Sanctuary II. Half of the Asgardian population has already been evacuated thanks to the Valkyrie Brunnhilde while the remaining half of the Asgardians, including the Sakaaran rebellion, were fighting against the attackers, who happens to be the intergalactic warlord and Mad Titan Thanos and his adopted children known as the Black Order. Most of the remaining Sakaaran rebellion and Asgardians has been killed, except for a few, including Thor, Loki and Heimdall. One Asgardian frantically attempts to send a distress call to any nearby vessels or spacecraft as the Sanctuary II continues to fire laser beams on the Statesman.
"This is the Asgardian refugee vessel Statesman. We are under assault. I repeat, we are under assault. The engines are dead, life support failing. Requesting aid from any vessel within range. We are 22 jump points out of Asgard. Our crew is made up of Asgardian families. We have very few soldiers here. This is not a warcraft. I repeat, this is not a warcraft." the panic Asgardian said.
In the throne room of the Statesman, which is currently in flames, a injured Heimdall and Loki watches as most of their fellow Asgardians gets murdered by the Black Order, as one of them name Ebony Maw speaks to Loki and any remaining Asgardians who are still alive.
"Hear me and rejoice. You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No. It is salvation. Universal scales tip towards balance because of your sacrifice. Smile. For even in death, you have become children of Thanos." Ebony Maw said. Ebony Maw is a child of Thanos and a member of the Black Order. Gifted with powers of telekinesis, Maw is deeply loyal to his adopted father Thanos and gave warnings of his power across the galaxy while assisting in the search for six powerful stones, which is exactly why Thanos and the Black Order have attacked the Statesman.
Now being held at knife point and surrounded by the rest of the Black Order, Loki looks in worry as he sees his former benefactor Thanos gazing at the window. Thanos, referred to as the Dark Lord by his most loyal underlings and the Mad Titan by the galactic community, is a powerful Titan warlord who rules over a distant region of space and commands two massive armies. He is on a goal and that is to bring stability to the universe, as he believed its massive population would inevitably use up the universe's entire resources and condemn it. However, his methodology to succeed is warped through using the Infinity Stones, a group of six immensely powerful objects tied to different aspects of the universe. Thanos intends to harness their power to exterminate half of all life in the universe. Thanos has spent many years hunting down these stones and his desire to achieve his ultimate goal is what led him to forge new alliances, among them being Loki 6 years ago and the Kree Ronan the Accuser 4 years ago in their respective campaigns against Earth and Xandar, as seen in his promising to aid them in exchange for an Infinity Stone. Both of the new alliances had cost Thanos much of his resources, including one of the stones and the loyalty of two of his daughters and inadvertently resulted in the formation of two superhero groups. Fed up with all the failures of his subordinates, Thanos had opted to seek out the location of the Infinity Stones himself. Thanos is now engaged in a ferocious warpath in order to obtain all of the Infinity Stones. He has tracked down the Statesman as he knows that one Infinity Stone is on board. Thanos continues to look out the window before confronting his old ally Loki.
"I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail, nonetheless." Thanos said before he grabbed Thor, who he had already beaten to submission, and started to approach Loki. "It's frightening. Turns the legs to jelly. But I ask you, to what end? Dread it, run from it, destiny arrives all the same. And now, it's here. Or should I say... I am." Thanos said with a grin as he raises his left hand to reveal and brandished a powerful dark golden gauntlet he is wearing called the Infinity Gauntlet, and on the gauntlet is one of the six Infinity Stones; the powerful purple Power Stone, which he has stolen from the planet Xandar, and glowing brightly. He then grabs Thor by his head, making him groan in pain.
"You talk too much." Thor said.
"The Tesseract. Or your brother's head." Thanos threatened as he points the Power Stone on his Infinity Gauntlet towards Thor, but Loki remains silent. "I assume you have a preference."
"Oh, I do. Kill away." Loki said.
Thanos didn't take to kindly to Loki's words and starts to torture Thor with the Power Stone, making him scream in agony and Loki to come to his senses as he realized Thor is close to being killed.
"All right, stop!" Loki said, making Thanos stop his torture on his brother.
"We don't have the Tesseract. It was destroyed on Asgard." Thor said, believing the Tesseract cube was destroyed on Asgard during Ragnarok.
However, Loki use his magic to reveal the Tesseract, which he has stole it from Odin's Treasure Room at the Asgardian Palace before Asgard got destroyed.
"You really are the worst brother." Thor cursed.
"I assure you brother the sun will shine on us again." Loki assured, making Thanos chuckled.
"Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian." Thanos said.
"Well, for one thing, I'm not Asgardian. And for another... we have a Hulk." Loki said.
Suddenly, Thanos is attacked by the green rage monster and Avenger known as the Incredible Hulk, who has been on the Statesman with Thor and Loki after Ragnarok and been in space ever since Thor and the ghost fighting Avengers Danny and Dani Phantom found him alive on the planet known as Sakaar. Hulk attacks Thanos and has the upper hand in the fight, sending punches before slamming Thanos on a bulkhead. One of Thanos's children, Cull Obsidian, intended to intervene but Ebony Maw holds him off.
"Let him have his fun." Ebony Maw said.
Eventually Thanos recomposed himself and effortlessly brutally beats the Hulk, sending punches and knees to the face before he lifts him up and slams him to the ground, unconscious. Thor then attempted to once again attack Thanos only to be kicked aside with ease and restrained in metal by Ebony Maw's telekinetic powers. Heimdall then look at Thor before he realized what needs to be done in order to save Hulk.
"Allfathers... let the dark magic flow through me one last... time." Heimdall said.
Heimdall then uses his last shred of dark magic to summon the Bifrost and send Hulk to Earth. However, his actions has angered Thanos as he grabs Corvus Glaive's weapon and approached him.
"That was a mistake." Thanos said.
Heimdall looks at Thor once last time before Thanos executes him with Corvus Glaive's spear, stabbing him in the heart.
"No!" Thor scream in dismay as Heimdall dies. "You're going to die for that."
Unamused by Thor's threat, Ebony Maw simply gagged Thor with his telekinetic powers and shush him. Thanos then approached the Black Order; his adopted children Ebony Maw, who is holding the Tesseract, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight and Cull Obsidian. Ebony Maw then got down to his knees as he presents the Tesseract to Thanos as he takes his helmet and armor off.
"My humble personage bows before your grandeur. No other being have ever had the might, nay, the nobility to wield not one, but two Infinity Stones." Ebony Maw said as Thanos grabs the Tesseract. "The universe lies within your grasp."
Thanos looks at the Tesseract before crushing it with his bare hand to reveal the powerful blue Space Stone. He then place the stone in the next slot of the Infinity Gauntlet. Thanos groan as he immediately felt the power of the Space Stone course through him from the Infinity Gauntlet. Thanos then look to admire the Space Stone as it glows brightly.
"There are two more stones on Earth. Find them, my children, and bring them to me on Titan." Thanos ordered as Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight and Cull Obsidian bows down before him.
"Father, we will not fail you." Proxima Midnight said. Proxima Midnight is another of Thanos' adopted children. She is a cruel, callous and sadistic woman, who is fiercely loyal to Thanos and his cause of finding and harnessing the Infinity Stones. She took pleasure in causing pain and torment to her enemies, and revelled in watching chaos unfold. However, Midnight displayed a caring side towards her siblings.
"If I might interject. If you're going to Earth, you might want a guide. I do have a bit of experience in that arena." Loki said, remembering what happen when he attacked Earth and a certain group of superheroes who defeated him.
"If you consider failure experience." Thanos remarked, remembering Loki's failure for him.
"I consider experience experience." Loki said before pretending to continue servitude to Thanos while secretly readying a dagger. "Almighty Thanos, I, Loki, prince of Asgard, Odinson..." Loki said as he looks at Thor. "The rightful king of Jotunheim, god of mischief, do hereby pledge to you my undying fidelity."
Hoping that he had fooled Thanos, Loki attempted to stab his throat, but Thanos easily predicted the move and stopped the knife with the Space Stone on his Infinity Gauntlet.
"Undying?" Thanos asked before he grabbed Loki's wrist. "You should choose your words more carefully."
Thanos then grabbed Loki by the throat with the Infinity Gauntlet and began to strangle him. Loki gasped and made choking noises, finding it hard to breathe as he kicked his legs around, trying to release himself from Thanos' hold as Thor looks on in horror.
"You... will never be... a god." Loki said.
Thanos just smile as he gleefully crushes Loki's neck, killing him.
"No!" Thor muffled in distraught.
Thanos then mocked a distraught and heartbroken Thor by bringing Loki's corpse to the restrained Asgardian's knees.
"No resurrections this time." Thanos said.
With his job now complete, Thanos then used the Power Stone to overload the Statesman with energy before using the Space Stone to teleport himself and his Children to continue their quest, freeing Thor from Ebony Maw's influence. Thor then crawled to Loki and cradled and cried his brother's corpse.
"No. Loki." Thor cried before the ship violently exploded, leaving Thor and the dead Asgardians floating adrift in space.
Meanwhile, in space, the Bifrost, carrying Hulk, passes the Sun and the Moon before heading straight for Hulk's home world, the planet Earth. The Bifrost reenters the atmosphere before heading straight for New York City. Meanwhile, at the New York Sanctum at Greenwich Village in the city, the Master of the Mystic Arts Doctor Stephen Strange and Wong, a member of the Master of the Mystic Arts, are set to head out of the New York Sanctum to get some lunch. Stephen was hoping that Wong would pay but he doesn't have money.
"Seriously, you don't have any money?" Stephen asked.
"Attachment to the material is detachment from the spiritual." Wong said.
"I'll tell the guys at the deli. Maybe they'll make you a metaphysical ham on rye." Stephen said.
"Oh. Wait, wait, wait. I think I have 200." Wong said as he pull out some money out his pocket.
"Dollars?" Stephen asked.
"Rupees." Wong replied.
"Which is?" Stephen asked.
"Uh, buck and a half." Wong replied.
"What do you want?" Stephen asked as he and Wong continue to climb down the main stairs.
"I wouldn't say no to a tuna melt." Wong said.
At that moment, the Bifrost energy beam broke through the roof of the Sanctum, leaving a hole in the main stairs. Stephen, now summoning the Cloak of Levitation, and Wong were quick to investigate and Wong use his Eldritch Magic to form Tao Mandala energy shields. Upon looking down the hole, they found Hulk reverting to the form of Bruce Banner and breathing heavily as if he is in shock.
"Thanos is coming. He's coming." Bruce warned as he breathes heavily.
Stephen and Wong look at each other in confusion before they look at Bruce once more.
"Who?" Stephen asked.
And that's the end of this chapter. So it's basically the beginning of the movie. Man the Asgardians just went through Ragnarok and now have to deal with Thanos. Well, like the Other said to Loki in the first Avengers movie, "If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevice, where he cannot find you.". RIP Loki and Heimdall. At least Heimdall send Hulk to Earth and Bruce managed to warn Doctor Strange and Wong. Great, now Team Phantom will soon have to deal with another gem-powered gauntlet. First the Reality Gauntlet, then the Universal Gauntlet, and now the Infinity Gauntlet. And Thanos stole the the Power Stone from Xandar. Wait till you hear the reaction from two certain half ghost characters that are from that planet. Anyway, time to see another Battle of New York in the next chapter. And I hope you enjoy this DPxMCU story. Please review. :)