A/N: I know the title is a little bland and all but... this is just another summary of another idea so... on with it. It might seem a little off character but... yeah. So... this might be an alternate ending for Avengers Assemble and continue from that. I know it seems bland and not many changes are there but what is the point of me writing the story if I give you spoilers right now?
Loki invades Earth, Steve and Tony capture him, they have a fight with Thor, Loki has a brain filled with cats, Tony and Bruce hit off well, Steve is all righteous and short tempered, Phase 2 happens, Helicarrier gets attacked, Phil dies, the team assembles, fights off the Chitauri, the WSC are asses and sends in a nuke and Tony intercepts it and takes it up the portal, we all know that.
But the only thing that is different is that, when Steve gives the order to close the portal, Tony doesn't fall through it in the last second. The Avengers are devastated, Pepper and Rhodey lose one of the best people in their life, the people of Earth lost Ironman. Basically, Tony is assumed to be dead.
But in reality, that was not the case. Moments before falling through the portal, Tony is intercepted and captured by the Order on Thanos' orders as he was curious on how a mortal could not be affected by the mind stone.
Everything goes to hell for Tony. He is tortured (Thankfully no one touches the reactor or rapes him or tries to read through his thoughts.) by the Chitauri and Thanos proposes him to join his army of enforcers and Tony refuses.
He is sent to Gamora and Nebula, the assassins and one of the skilled torturers in the ship. They try to torture Tony as little as possible and helps him figure out a plan to escape, though they hated each other and didn't know what the other was planning. Nebula, Tony and Gamora want to get revenge for their own reasons.
Tony develops a platonic relationship with Gamora and a relationship that was somewhere between sibling and intimate with Nebula (Not Friends with Benefits) Tony pretends to be an enforcer and tries to spy on the major plans of Thanos so that he could warn the others of the major threat.
Learns that Loki was tortured there, sent by Thanos to collect the 'Infinity stones' and the plan of Thanos to vanish half of the universe for the "greater good". Somehow manages to convince Thanos to pair him up with Gamora to collect the power stone and the two of them get captured by the Nova Corps.
Escapes with Peter Quill, Rocket, Groot and Drax and they become a temporary team, a little unstable but still a team that reminds Tony of the short time with the Avengers. Tony didn't really blame them for closing the porta, actually glad that they had closed it or else all his efforts would've gone to the bin.
They go to the collector to know more about the orb/ power stone, subsequently the infinity stones and their powers etc. Ronan attacks but Nebula discreetly lets them escape after a short talk with Tony. Ravagers come in the way, they make a plan to get the stone back from Ronin, who is going to Xandar.
Learns that Quill was from Earth and they hit off very well, exchanging on what happened and what had changed, more planning, truce with the Nova Corps, attacking Ronan's ship and then Groot dies, the team, especially Rocket and Tony are mourning him.
Quill proposes a dance off with Ronan, Drax and Rocket break the Warhammer, Tony catches the stone and is seemingly unaffected by its power, surprising everyone. Tony uses it to destroy Ronan but notices that his arc's power was depleting drastically the longer he held the stone.
Quill gives a fake orb to Yondu and gives the real stone to the Nova Corps, learns that Quill is only part human and fails to operate on Tony's heart to remove the splinters as it was too dangerous for them even though they had the technology.
In the end, the team gets their repaired Milano back, Groot had started to grow again as a sapling, Tony had the resources to build a new arc before leaving, the team bonded together. Tony was happy being promoted from an Avenger to a Guardian of the Galaxy but still misses his life on Earth as Tony Stark.
Tony creates FRIDAY and upgrades his suit so that he could travel in space also without it affecting him or the reactor, makes an earpiece so that he could breathe without his suit in space and to act as an translator, becomes the inventor of the group along with Rocket.
Meanwhile on Earth, the Killian and Mandarin problem was solved by the Avengers on Earth, Pepper was dating Happy, Pepper, Rhodey and Happy get all of Tony's properties according to the will, the suits are not given to the military at any cost, Pepper was injected by the Extremis but takes in a suppresser so that it does not cause harm.
SHIELD falls, Winter Soldier appears, HYDRA is rediscovered, again the Avengers are put to force to destroy all the bases, a HYDRA experiment goes wrong and creates Ultron, who is set on destroying humans, the Avengers along with Wanda and Pietro stops him, Bruce is MIA, Pietro lives.
Thankfully no Civil War takes place, Malekith attacks with the Aether (Reality Stone) and Thor is concerned about all the infinity stones making appearance all of a sudden and investigates about it. Spiderman is taken in by the Avengers after Aunt May dies, Sam, Rhodey, Peter Parker, Wanda and Ant Man make up the new Avengers team.
The bombing in UN where T'Chaka was giving a speech was blamed on Bucky, who T'Challa was murderous at for killing his father. Steve somehow pacifies him and they come to a truce and Bucky is treated in Wakanda, Wakanda comes out to the world.
Meanwhile the Guardians were busy saving the Galaxy's asses from hostile aliens while searching for Quill's father, so they did not have time to go to Earth to see what was happening there. They mostly relied on the information that some random person got but only till the Chitauri invasion.
They had to face aliens, a childish Baby Groot who seemed to love music and dance and he was soo cute that everyone fell for his charms most of the time. Groot also seemed to like sticking with Rocket, Tony and Quill a lot.
And then Nebula comes into the picture again, caught by some Sovereign race people and was given to them in exchange of them guarding some batteries form some creatures. Everyone except Tony were a little wry of Nebula as she was against them after all.
Then Rocket had to steal some of the batteries, causing the race to come after them and the plane crashes down heavily into some planet. After that Quill is introduced to his father, Ego and a sister, Mantis. Tony is a little suspicious of that man, even though innocent looking, had this look in his eyes that screamed "MAD"
In the end, Ego ends up taking Quill, Gamora, Drax and Tony to his home planet even though Quill wants Tony to stay back to repair Milano. In the end, the repair work is left with Rocket and Groot along with guarding Nebula.
Not long after they left, Yondu and his team are contacted by Ayesha, the queen of the Sovereign race to capture the guardians but when Yondu hesitates to hand over Quill, one of his crew mates teams up with Nebula, captures Rocket and Yondu and locks them up.
Groot along with one of Yondu's loyal follower releases the two of them and escapes the ship while destroying the crew, unfortunately not before they sent a warning to the Sovereign. Nebula meanwhile had set out to kill Gamora, who she blames for the torture she had tp go through with Thanos.
Meanwhile, Ego explains a part of his plan on how he wanted to create something to be new extensions of himself and it can only be activated by two Celestials. Peter is ready to help but when hw discovers that it was him who was the cause of his mother's death, starts to fight back along with Tony, who had followed them.
Nebula comes, fights with Gamora and forms a reluctant alliance when they find something disturbing. Drax is warned about Ego's plan by Mantis, which is soon known by Gamora and Nebula.
Rocket, Yondu, Groot and the follower arrive at the planet, the Guardians reunite and find Ego's brain a.k.a, the planet's core. Rocket and Tony make a bomb out of the stolen battery and give it to Groot to set it off at the centre.
Quill and Tony fight with Ego to give the others some time to escape. In the end, Ego and is planet is destroyed, Yondu sacrifices himself for Quill and admits that he wanted to keep Quill safe from ego, Nebula and Gamora reconcile but Nebula still wants to go on the quest to kill Thanos for revenge but Tony somehow convinces her to stay with them.
There was a funeral, a lot of crying and sometime to gather themselves before the team set off, with the addition of Nebula and Mantis. They still saved the galaxy, keeping an eye on everything.
On the other hand, Ragnarok starts, Odin dies, Mjolnir is destroyed, Loki and Thor are sent to Sakar by their sister Hela, Thor finds Bruce and Valkiyre and they escape, a lot of fighting happens, Thor loses his eye, Thor's friends from Sakar help in the fight.
In the end, Thor asks Loki to free Surtur, whom he had captured to prevent Ragnarok, stating that "Asgard is the people and not the place, Ragnarok was bound to happen if they wanted to vanquish Hela, who draws power from Asgard.
The remaining people escape and is intercepted by Thanos. Somehow, Thor managed to send most of his people away from the ship, Loki is killed after Thanos gets the Tessaract, Hulk is sent to Earth, Heimdall is killed and the ship is blasted, Thor blown away from it.
On Earth, Bruce warns Strange about all that happened and about Thanos and everyone assembles in Wakanda on what to do with the mind and space stones that they currently had. A part of the Order comes in and is defeated.
Meanwhile, the Guardians get a signal form a spaceship in need and goes there, only to find a lot of floating debris and fires around. Thor slams on the windshield and Tony goes out to get him in. Thor is overjoyed to see Tony alive and warns on what Thanos is doing. The group agrees to split up, Tony, Nebula, Gamora and Groot go with Thor while the rest go and check on Knowhere.
Thor gets himself a new hammer, they all go back to Earth, soon joined by the rest of the Guardians who reported that the reality stone was with Thanos. Gamora asks Quill or Tony to kill her if Thanos ever captures them as it would lead to disaster. The three, being in a close relationship, this request seemed to be tough but agreed to it anyways.
They came to Earth, only to witness a battle happening in Wakanda, where the fight had been shifted to then. Everyone suits up, helps in the fight, somehow manages to get the army retreat. Lots of reunions happen all at once, only to be postponed as they knew that there was a short while before Thanos himself comes.
They formulate a plan that included creating an arc reactor and some time loops after Tony was taught on how to use it in a short while. Tony wields the time and mind stone, creating a time loop around Thanos so that they will relive that moment until some things are explained to Thanos.
The idea that everyone does not get enough resources is true but erasing half the universe was not the answer. Tony fought until Thanos had it installed deep into his brain and abandons the stones and leaves. Everyone rejoices, a lot of parties are held for the new friendships but ultimately everyone had a job.
Tony was conflicted between staying back and returning to his team to the outer space. Yes, he missed being on Earth but at the same time, he had learnt a lot and had enjoyed more in space. In the end, he decided that he would spend sometime in space and the other in Earth and that they would be a call away if ever in need of help.
All the infinity stones were locked up in secure places so that no one will try taking it and if they try to... you can never stop imagining what will happen. Time was reversed in some places and a few dead people due to the stone come back alive (I. e) residents of Xandar and some of Knowhere, Heimdall and Loki and etc. Everything ends well in the end.
A/N: I know that this story seems a little far fetch and more like a fantasy and all but... I will be making changes to it when I write the real story. Hope you all liked this though. All comments, criticisms and suggestion are accepted and appreciated a lot. Alright... one small spoiler for you. Tony is not completely human. Enjoy!
Thank you all for reading!
Rasi10 signing off
Published on 19 September 2018