"So I'm going to ask the obvious question why did you bring us all here Fury?" Captain America asked for the heroes Fury had assembled.
All of them were Avenger members though different branches. The heroes were Sentry, Blue Marvel, Silver Surfer, and Captain America.
Cap was wondering why Fury would get specifically all of them and then add himself to the mix. A small part of him wondered what either Fury or himself could add to the other three. A sense of Justice? Not likely with Fury being the one doing the assembling.
"As of yesterday Spider-Man has gone missing and he's presumed dead. At the time of his alleged passing several temples appeared suddenly all over the world."
At this Fury began pulling up images on a nearby monitor for all to see.
"As you all know around the same time the concept of Death changed. Currently Shield is trying to suppress this bit of information."
"Can I ask why?" Surfer asked confused a little. "Isn't the goal of Earth humans to prolong death for as long as possible? Now that it is no longer a factor why would you suppress information regarding it?"
"Simple lack of information. Say some cosmic force is behind this. We let everyone know death is no longer an issue. Say people start taking risks they wouldn't normally take. The logical conclusion is that they'd temporarily lose their lives. But what if Death gets reinstated. What happens then? Do they continue to live on?"
"Or does Death come back for what it's owed. I understand you now Fury." Cap said.
"I don't want to be responsible for the largest massacre in human history even if it's indirectly. I'd like to know what's causing all this."
"And you think this has something to do with my nephew?" Adam asked as he tapped his index finger on the table halfway in thought.
"We can't rule that out. It's possible that these Temples and Peter are the only things connected. It's possible that only the Peter or this lack of Death are the only things connected. At this point we lack enough information to determine anything. But..."
Fury flashed back to hours ago as he relived a certain conversation.
When Fury trailed off a figure walked into the meeting room from the hallway escorted by two Shield agents. The figure had his famous smirk plastered on his face as he walked in the room. It seemed Fury had turned to the mad Titan Thanos himself for help.
"You can stop with the disguise I doubt you fooled Fury anyway." Thanos stated as he looked at one of his escorts. She quickly reverted into her true form revealing herself to be Mystique. "How interesting you and the Spider-Man share much of the same DNA."
Ignoring the Titan Raven walked up to Fury and stared him in the eye before simply saying. "Whatever you do to save my grandson... I want in." With that she took a seat near Cap before folding her arms.
"Why is he here?" Sentry asked once that was settled.
"Because unlike the Surfer here who only has Cosmic Awareness, I also Divine Omniscience. I can find the root of your current problem. However you must first release the restraints on my mental faculties."
"You can't seriously be entertaining the idea of this Fury? That's Thanos were talking about." Cap shouted
"Exactly Captain! I know damn well who that is but what's the worst he could do to us. Kill us? Not easily with those three in the room plus no one seems to be able to die anyway!" Fury fired back.
"His word can't be trusted!" Adam added on impassively.
Thanos stood over the Blue Marvel before speaking. "I am a Titan. We are far older than any god. And unlike those gnats there are no Titans of tricks. My word is what has kept the Earth from being destroyed many times in the past."
For his part the Adam Brashear didn't seem phased in the slightest.
After several moments Thanos ,with his mental abilities restored, began searching for the reason for the recent phenomena. After several moments he suddenly seemed gripped with sadness before he spoke. "In truth my love?" And then he was gripped with an emotion everyone ,no matter the species, could recognize. Fear. "Take me back to my cell."
"What is it? What did you see!?!?" Fury yelled out. He was wondering just what in the entire universe could inspire fear in the mad Titan.
"There are some things you do not challenge. Some horrors you do not face. It has awoken. I thought we would more time. At least several more eons."
"What is it? What are you so afraid of?" Cap asked. At this point everyone ,except Mystique, was standing out if their seats.
"A being who even the god quarry has no sway over has awoken. A being even the Celestials avoid. The god that all gods fear. The Titan that all Titans. He is a god with many names across many cultures but in Earth two of his names stand out Anansi and Nareau."
"What Anansi is just a trickster god? Fury growled out. He was trying to get concrete information from Thanos.
"My people called him the Great Weaver. Master of fate." Silver Surfer added with fear in even his voice. "You understand the concept of free will correct? While he sleeps all things have free will. But while he is awake our fates belong to him. No god can escape his will. There are not many things that can escape his influence."
"So you're saying that the entire universe is now a slave to the will of one god out there?" Like the others he wasn't entirely clear on what was going on.
"Think of a being that has true Omniscience. There aren't many that possess it but he is one of them. Now inside a being that powerful created a successor someone he considers a grandson. What do you think his reaction might be too finding out that child had died when you have near total omnipotence as well. You may cause Death to stop so you can find and rescue his soul." Thanos stated in small clarification
"So what are you saying that Spider-Man and this god are connected?" Fury pressed.
"I'm saying Spider-Man's destiny is to become a god and someone cut that short. He's awake now and looking for that someone." Thanos responded "However these temples may hold a key to forcing him back to sleep. They are unaffiliated with the Great Weaver's awakening but they may help you put him back to sleep and perhaps discover what has befallen Spider-Man as well."
"But even if we did it would all be the will of this Great Weaver. Nothing in the universe can go against his will so long as he's awake."