DISCLAIMER: I do not own Marvel or any of its characters, this is just a story written for a friend.

As they were walking back to the house, Connor stopped suddenly. He stared around, looking for the source of his bad feeling.

"What is it?"

"I've got a bad feeling about this. Something bad's about to happen."

Sure enough, before they could say anything else, another brilliant blue portal opened in the field ahead of them. Out stepped Thanos and the remaining members of the Black Order. The Mad Titan was equipped with only his legendary Infinity Gauntlet, and Corvus Glaive and Supergiant each had their own weapons. Before Connor and Katelyn had much of a chance to react, another portal, this one a brilliant white, opened up in front of the Black Order. This one spat out Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Scott Summers, the Cyclops. They attacked the Black Order members, drawing them into a nearby field to fight. Meanwhile, Thanos saw the two new heroes, and stood taunting them for a few seconds. Connor turned to Katelyn and said just 2 simple words:

"Suit up."

Katelyn pressed her hand to the shape on her chest, and a red-and-gold suit of armor appeared to flow over her, shaping itself to her will. Connor crossed his hands, turning his arms into glowing blades.

"Katelyn, you go high. I'll go low."

"Copy that."

The Mad Titan readied his legendary gauntlet, and began to fight ferociously. He attempted to use all six stones off the bat to attack both heroes with a Titan Beam, but Connor discovered a new power: telekinesis. Just before the beam hit Katelyn, who hadn't been able to turn around in time, Connor accidentally used a telekinetic shield to protect both her and himself from the beam. Connor looked up at Katelyn to see if she was alright.

"You OK, Ironheart?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Also, 'Ironheart'?"

"It seemed like an appropriate nickname."

"I like it."

As they said this, they were dodging repeated attacks from the Gauntlet, which shot beams from the Stones as Thanos closed his fist. One of the beams caught Katelyn as she was flying through the air, knocking her to the ground. Remembering his dream, Connor rushed to her side, taking out a duplicate nanotech coin he'd made himself from the one he'd seen in one of his dreams. He used his new power to put the armor back in her chestpiece, and laid the nanotech coin on her shirt. The coin sent out lines of blue, glowing nanotech that repaired the wounds she'd taken from the fall. Once the nanotech receded into the coin, Connor picked it back up and put it back in his pocket. However, by the time Katelyn woke up, Thanos had already snapped his fingers, killing off random people all over the place.

"Connor?"

"What's wrong?"

"I... I need to go check on my family. I need to know they're safe."

"I understand. I'll go check on mine as well. Can you meet me back here in 3 hours? I'll give you the portal back."

"Yeah, I'll do that."

When Katelyn got to her house, she saw it oddly empty. She knew there was something wrong. Her house almost always had someone inside. She knew her family must have died. She got ready to head back to the field herself, but couldn't because she didn't know the way back.

Connor found a very similar sight upon returning home. His house was completely silent, not even his dogs were there. In a rage, he destroyed many of the trees in his backyard.

Steve, Tony, and Summers had been killed off in the snap, right after killing all of the Black Order. Just before they died, Steve and Tony gave each other one final hug before death. Their last words were the same: "I'm sorry."

Connor and Katelyn teleported to a different place. Katelyn was quick to remind Connor that Thanos wasn't here. Connor was silent for a secondbefore replying.

"I know. But if we're gonna beat this SOB, I'm gonna need something powerful. This is the only place something like that can be made."

They walked around the giant structure, looking for the lead dwarf, Eitri.

"He's the best weapon maker in the universe", Connor had said of the dwarven smith. "I saved his family once, and saved his life when Thanos attacked the Forge. He's forged me some of my artifacts, including my Sling Ring."

Finally, they found the dwarf, sleeping near some boxes that once held Uru. Connor leaned in close to the dwarf's ear.

" Knock, knock, Eitri!"

" What is it, boy?"

"I need a sword. The universal blade."

" I'll heat the Forge.