'This is the Asgardian refugee vessel. If anyone is out there, we are grave need of assistance. We are under attack. There innocent families onboard. We need help!' screamed a random Asgardian through a transmitter before being cut off.
The ship's interior is seen as a bloody mess. Thousands of dead Asgardians lie across the floor of the main observation deck. Women lie dead with their young ones clutched in their arms. The man had put up a fight before succumbing to the wrath of the Black Order.
"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. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of Thanos." preached a strange alien.
Standing amongst the corpses were four tall figures. These four were members of the Black Order, children of Thanos. Their names were Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian, and Ebony Maw. Even though they're not blood related offspring to the mad titan, he still viewed them as his children.
Before them stood the mad titan himself. Thanos dawning infamous gold armor. His back turned to them, his gaze focused on the infinite cosmos outside the ship window. He then turned towards them with an injured Thor in his grasp.
"I know what it's like to lose, Asgardian . To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless. It's frightening. Turns the legs to jelly. 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."
"You talk too much." coughed Thor.
Loki stepped out from behind Proxima and stepped towards the titan. His appearance lacked a few scratches or other injuries. But his expression explained the true fear that he was feeling at that moment.
"Now then, give me the Tesseract. Or I will kill your brother. I assume you have a preference." said Thanos.
"You fool, the Tesseract was destroyed along with Asgard." said Thor.
Loki didn't say a word. He was mostly at a loss for words. Then Thanos held his gauntlet covered hand up to Thor's head with the Power Stone already in it. The god of thunder let out a scream in pain as the energy from the stone burned the skin of his forehead.
"Alright stop!" screamed Loki.
He held out his hand and just like out of a magic show, a blue cube appeared out of thin air. It was the Tesseract. The very artifact Loki had used to attack New York six years prior. The cube was a vessel for the Space Stone.
"I'm sorry."
"You really are the worst, brother." groaned Thor.
"I assure you, brother, the sun will shine on us again!"
"Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian." said Thanos.
"Well, for one thing, I'm not Asgardian. And for another, we have the Hulk." said Loki before ducking to the side.
A split second later, the Hulk jumped out of nowhere and started wailing on the Mad Titan. Thanos had armor, but the Hulk was crazy strong. Throwing punch after punch and kick after kick, it seemed the Hulk had the upper hand. Then Thanos grabbed Hulk by the wrists and started to retaliate with full force. The Hulk didn't get a chance to fight back against the powerful purple beast. Thanos slammed the Hulk onto the floor was about the finishing blow, before Heimdall used his remaining control of the Bifrost bridge to beam Hulk out of the ship and far away from Thanos.
The mad titan looked down at the former bridge guard with a look of anger. He took Glaive's spear at stabbed poor Heimdall through the chest.
"NOOO!" Thor screamed.
Maw snatched the cube from Loki and knelt before the titan.
"My lord, for you this moment is one of glory. For we are honored to stand in the presence of a being that has achieved the unthinkable. Wielding not one, but two Infinity Stones in unison. The universe is within your grasp."
Thanos took the cube and crushed it in his massive palm. Amongst the many fragments of the former Tesseract in his hand was a small blue gem. It was the Space Stone. Its power can grant its user the ability to instantly travel from one point in the universe to another. He took the stone and place it in to the gauntlet in a small space next to the power stone.
"Two down, four to go. There are two more stones on Earth. Proxima and Corvus will go for the Mind Stone, Cull and Maw will retrieve the Time Stone."
The four nodded in agreement. Loki stepped forward to offer his assistance with the Stone retrieval on Earth. Thanos hardly would ever consider utter failure as experience, but the God of Mischief viewed as experience with the Earthlings nonetheless.
"Oh, mighty Thanos, I, Loki, Prince of Asgard, Odinson, the Rightful King of Jotunheim, God of Mischief, do hereby pledge to you my undying fidelity."
Just then, Loki unsheathed his dagger and was ready to strike. His aim was true, but his timing was not. The titan gripped the poor Asgardian by the throat and threw the dagger out of reach. Without hesitation, he proceeded choke the life out of the God of Mischief until he heard a satisfying crack from Loki's neck. He tossed the newly deceased god over to his brother, whom was wailing in unparalleled sorrow.
Thanos was now using the power stone to destroy the refuge ship, as to leave evidence of his terror. He and minions departed through a portal created by the space stone. Thor cradled his dead brother in his arms and sobbed.
"I'll avenge you, brother. I promise."
Then the ship finally caved in on the God of Thunder and corpses. All that was left was a field of space junk and death. The Hulk was still plummeting through space, dodging asteroids and almost hitting Saturn's rings. Until he came into the atmosphere of a very familiar blue and green planet.
MEANWHILE IN FRANCE
The group was standing around in the factory with impatience. It had been at least four months since Xana was destroyed and the supercomputer had been shutdown. Of course at the request of Jeremy, they agreed to accompany him weekly checkups of super-calculator incase if the malevolent virus ever returned. Odd's stomach growled in hunger and Ulrich was anxious kicking pebbles over the balcony. Finally, the elevator came up and Jeremy along Aelita stepped out.
"Took you two long enough. Any longer and Odd might have gone crazy with hunger and try to eat Kiwi." said Ulrich.
"You know I would never eat my diggity-dog. Besides I am really craving a McDouble and 3 cheeseburgers." said Odd.
The others just groaned at how much of a walking stomach he is. Luckily, Jeremy and Aelita found no trace of any suspicious activity on the supercomputer. It was a good thing because it was their only day to go around town, since they had exams the next day. They were just about to leave the factory when something crash through the ceiling and landed onto the hard concrete below. The group ran over to where the thing and saw that it was a man with torn pants and no shirt. No man of normal stature couldn't make an impact that big in the ground.
"Please you need to help me find Tony Stark. Thanos is coming." he said.
The group looked at each other with faces of concern and shock. Mason broke the silence.
"Who is Thanos?"
The main struggle to get up out of the hole, til Ulrich jumped in and assisted him to his feet. Soon as the figure had gotten into the light, Aelita's eyes widened.
"Uncle Banner!"
She ran over and almost tackled the guy with the hug. The look on his face instantly went from surprised to calm. The others looked at Aelita dumbfounded. She explained that Bruce Banner was actually a very close friend of her father's, and was basically like family. Her father had lost contact with Bruce exactly one year before she ended up trapped on Lyoko. She then explained to Bruce what happened over the years all the way down to Xana's defeat.
Just then, the reunion was interrupted by an orange portal and a man emerged from it. He looks to be dressed like a monk from Shangri-La, except his outfit was blue when all Asian monk outfits are a certain shade of red.
"Dr. Bruce Banner, My name is Dr. Stephen Strange and I need you to come with me." said the man
At first Dr. Banner was hesitant to go with this strange man, but reluctantly stepped forward. Bruce then asked the man if the group could tag along and explained the reasoning behind the request. With a gesture of his hand, the group stepped forward and followed the man and Bruce through the portal. They soon ended up in a very large room with display cases of various relics inside them. Then they were soon greeted by two other men. One was a chubby Asian man in a similar monk outfit as Doctor Strange, and the other was none other than Tony Stark.
"Tony, it is good to see you." said Bruce as he gave Stark a hug.
Tony then shifted his head to look at the group of teens behind Bruce.
"Who are these kids?"
"Tony, we have a lot to talk about." said Bruce.
