Noon – An Empty Warehouse On Marvel Earth
"Something tells me we should've sent more than three people to each post," Black Widow unfolded her arms.
"Well there's more than three of us now," Dr Strange swung his magic whip around.
Thanos looked around, "All you have to do is give me the last two Stones and none of you have to die… at least not yet," Thanos lifted his foot onto a box and placed his heavy golden fist on his knee. He didn't even have time to change out of his beige jeans. "Unfortunately when I get the last Stone who dies and who lives is out of my power. The genocide will be very random."
"One last thing before we end your mad rampage Thanos, why?" Dr Strange had to ask.
Thanos laughed, "Simple!"
"COMING IN HOT!"
PERFECTLY BALANCED
CHAPTER SEVEN
Escape
Something slammed into the Mad Titan before he could react. The Black Order jumped away. The smoke was cleared away by the flying fists. Thanos grabbed Superman's cape and threw him into the concrete column. He punched the wall, missing the Man of Steel's face. The Kryptonian's eyes lit up. "DIE!" the beams ripped the roof apart.
Proxima turned just in time to parry Wonder Woman's sword with her staff. Black Widow was approaching. She hissed.
Corvus went straight after Cyborg. "Crud," the youngest Justice League member turned his arms to blasters. Corvus pulled out a sceptre and dodged both lasers. The alien tackled his half-machine opponent.
Dwarf almost destroyed Black Panther with his axe, but the African King sensed the fat alien coming. Black Panther ducked, just as a big green behemoth leapt over him. The Hulk crashed into Black Dwarf, forcing him to drop his axe.
Black Panther turned around and jumped into Ebony Maw who was too focused on an unarmoured Tony Stark to see the flying black cat. Five panther claws were drilled into the loyal alien's side. He jumped back and bled on the concrete floor. He growled. T'Challa got into a fighting stance. Tony pressed his chest repeatedly until the red and yellow suit formed around him.
Space Stone
Superman flew through Thanos and through a couple of walls. Thanos cracked his neck. Wood wrapped around the Mad Titan, immobilising him. Yamato approached to try and contain him.
Power Stone
The wood stood no chance. Thanos violently Spartan-kicked Yamato through a wall. Star Lord flew past, firing a couple of shots as he whizzed through the air. Thanos blocked them with his gauntlet. Dr Strange fired magical metal strips at the open glove which kept it open. Thanos tried to clench. Vision fired a high-intensity Mind Stone beam that Thanos could only block with his right arm.
"Coming in hot!" the Flash landed in the warehouse. He let go of Anko, Captain America, Kurenai and Batman as he rolled a couple of feet away. He stood up next to Wonder Woman.
"Superman already used that one!" she shouted before blocking Proxima's punch with her bracelets. The superwoman flew away, Proxima chased after her.
"Really?" Flash groaned.
Superman broke through another wall, grabbed Thanos and flew through the roof with him.
Tony stopped fighting to look up, "Did that guy seriously fly around the world just to do that?"
"Around the world huh?" Barry looked around, "I think I might copy him again," the speedster sped away. He circled the earth a couple of times before using its curvature to take off into space.
He slammed into Thanos, accelerating them faster into outer space.
"You… you… you can't… you can't stop me!" Thanos lifted his right fist over the two heroes. He brought it down quickly. Flash dodged it. Thanos punched Superman in the back over and over to no avail. Superman sped up.
"Hey, it's getting kinda hot in here," Flash remarked, he stood up perpendicular to Thanos and pushed off, speeding them up. Clark had one place in mind, he was taking him to the sun and nothing could stop them.
Thanos hit Superman in the back a few more times. The Man of Steel retaliated by slamming the Mad Titan into the molten surface.
"AHHHH!" Thanos screamed. He gripped Superman's suit only to realise the golden glove was melting.
Captain America went straight for Corvus. He struck the alien in the rib, filling him with pain. Cyborg took the opportunity to load up shoulder blasters that ripped through Corvus' skin, frying him, and eventually killing him. Cyborg fell to the ground, drained.
"We make a good team," Cyborg laughed, tiredly.
"We got lucky kid, knowing Thanos he's probably coming back down," Steve yanked the oxygen mask off. He took a deep breath in, "That thing was irritating my beard," he said, throwing on the floor the only thing that kept him alive on the trip from Vormir to Earth.
"Sir, knowing Superman, Thanos is probably already dead."
Power Stone
Thanos used almost all the power he could muster to blow Superman all the way to Mercury. The Titan floated away from the superhot star.
Space Stone
Thanos just floated into a dark blue cloud of energy.
He landed, superhero-style (with fist on the ground), on a concrete floor. Ironically, he was surrounded by real heroes when he took in his surroundings. Thanos tried to get up but he couldn't help but limp. His back was charred. That's what he got for not wearing his armour. "Who's next!" he was pissed.
"Where's your Superman?" Steve got his shields ready.
10:30 – Namikaze Compound
Naruto, in his most iconic black and orange jumpsuit, walked out into the centrepiece of the Namikaze Compound. He walked up to the Wishing Fountain with a coin in hand. He closed his eyes and flicked it in, not really sure what to wish for.
"Hey."
Naruto spun to face the voice's source. His heart stopped. "Ino."
"You wanna sit?" she asked, pointing to the fountain's marble edge.
Naruto looked around for a scapegoat, but was forced to sit down next to the woman who'd most recently caused conflict within his heart, "Um… sure." They sat.
She sighed, "So yesterday happened." Naruto jokingly nodded, "I don't drink much Naruto, so when I did get super drunk, like last night, it was just an overwhelming surge of emotions and… and…"
He placed his hand on her shoulder, "Ino… it's okay. The world opened my eyes to a lot of things dattebayo. You've made me realise that I'm not an expert at love. I'm surprised it took me Sakura, Hinata and you to realise that, but I'm not. I'm great at other things, so in order to keep my life balanced and safe I need to stick to the things I'm good at."
"What are you trying to say?" Ino asked.
"Basically, love isn't for me dattebayo, I'm a fighter, the visions I've been having, the timing of just everything, they all prove that what I'm meant to do is fight and that's what I've got to focus fully on."
"That sounds… really unhealthy. You can't be one of those guys who takes yourself off the market just because some girls don't like you, there are a lot of girls who'd die to be with you. Wait, visions?"
"That's the problem. If the women I chase after are too busy chasing after other guys, then why should I satisfy the women that chase after me?" Naruto stood up, choosing to ignore her question about the visions.
"Wha-," Ino stood up with him.
"I actually remembered I have a date with Konohamaru," Naruto chuckled, "We'll talk later."
"… What the fuck?" Ino stomped her foot, "And people say I get mood swings."
Sunrise – Marvel Mercury
The sun gradually moved across the Mercury terrain. Slowly, the sunlight ran over an injured Man of Steel. Clark soaked up the sunlight with his skin. Strength flowed through him as his veins ripened. The Kryptonian stood up.
Noon – Marvel Earth
Thanos moved towards Vision who fired a mind beam to slow him down. He blocked with the slightly melted Infinity Gauntlet. Cyborg fired at the Titan's side. Thanos blocked with his right arm. Star Lord firing at the Titan's back stopped him in his tracks.
"What's your plan, Stephen?" Vision asked.
Power Stone
Vision fell back into some boxes. Star Lord broke through a supporting column. Cyborg slammed into another load-bearing column which brought a section of the warehouse down. Thanos cracked his neck again, as if it didn't hurt.
"Now then!"
Superman came down on top of him with some of the roof. Dr Strange used the metal strips to keep Thanos' fist open. Anko used some serpents to keep the man's arm held down. Steve jumped on the Mad Titan's back, sensing his weakness. Thanos screamed. Superman pulled the gauntlet off and held it to the sun.
"It Is Finished," he proclaimed.
