A short time had passed since Deadpool's arrival at Stark Tower, and for everyone who wasn't his closest friend, it seemed as if the hours had been quadrupled and the seconds exponentially increased. Violet, who was almost completely back to normal, was doing much better since both her break-up and being slammed into a wall, and due to an organization-wide fondness for her, the others tolerated her best friend - not without difficulty. Some members, such as Bruce Banner, had to double up on work just so the Hulk wouldn't emerge and destroy the entire building...Again. Deadpool, actually on a top-secret assignment from an undisclosed, generous client, rather enjoyed the way people would crawl all over each other just to escape his mouth.

His job was to get the Infinity Gems, all six of them from their collective possessors; Captain America, Mr. Fantastic, Dr. Strange, Iron Man, Thor, and Professor Xavier. The Infinity Gems are separated remnants of a single, galactic being that have become associated with a different faucet. The Time Gem, held by Steve Rodgers in a twist of cruel irony, has the ability to control time, master age, and see into the past/future, while Tony Stark holds the Space Gem, which deals mostly in teleportation and the power to interfere with the motion of objects. Reed Richards has the Reality Gem, which in no great twist can alter reality, the Mind Gem, in Charles Xavier's capable hands, can grant near limitless psionic capabilities, and the Soul Gem in Stephen Strange's care is an actual window to the soul and can also return other's to their original state. Thor's Power Gem may increase natural traits, and can duplicate any known power and magic. Good as that sounds, the Infinity Gems are actually bound by the user's skills and experiences, so not anyone off of the street could use them, but in a skilled user's hand, any one of the Gems could be all powerful.

But Wade had a plan, at least for the Space Gem...

Victor von Doom stood above the swirling grey tendrils of smoke, watching the mayhem and carnage unfold from the rafters. He yearned to be down there with everyone else on the spacious warehouse floor, mangling his foes and crushing his enemies, but alas, someone had to make sure that everything was going according to plan. If there was anything he had learned, it was that if you wanted something done right, you had to do it yourself.

Hours prior to Von Doom's warehouse scuffle, Deadpool was standing in a master bedroom that knew no equal in splendor and was heads above the rest in terms of grenadier, or was at least the second of two such rooms. A glass chandelier wired with electric lights hung at the foot of a gigantic king-sized canopy, gossamer periwinkle-blue curtains pulled tightly shut in its owner's absence, the floor-length windows covered by deep navy curtains, and from somewhere unseen, was heavy metal music playing in the background. Sticky fingers hovering inches from the lid of an ornate box engraved with a soft pink lotus, he thought ever so briefly of the consequences. Then, he thought of how he had come to be Violet's friend. If she could forgive him for trying to assassinate her, surely he would be forgiven - if he were discovered to be the thief - for pinching her necklace.

Tony, the keeper of the purple Space Gem, had had the stone fashioned into a necklace, which he gave to his daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Unbeknownst to all was that it was truly the Space Gem, as he had made a passable fake and had kept it safe in a secret vault. None the wiser, only Deadpool, and possibly a handful of others, had suspected the truth. Violet knew nothing of the Infinity Gems, thinking only that her gift had been extremely rare, and as such, she only removed it when bathing.

Snatching the silver-hung Gem from its resting place, Deadpool pocketed the valuable and left Violet's room in the blink of an eye. It would appear that he could tap into the Gem's power...

Fast-forwarding ahead, Violet had found that her most beloved trinket was gone, but due to unforeseen circumstances, was given no time to search for it. The alarms were blaring throughout every single room in the complex, red lights flashing on or near certain doors, and partitions began closing over the exits, effectively locking everyone inside the building. Stark Tower had been breached.

Using the Space Gem, Deadpool had managed to snake not only Violet's Gem, but Captain America's orange Time Gem, and Dr. Strange's green Soul Gem. The Time Gem had been laughably easy to acquire, but the Soul Gem had been protected by mystic shields, and Deadpool had accidentally tripped one or more of them when he carelessly reached out and grabbed it. But he had been ready for such an event, so he merely beat it before the security system had detected the threat.

Lingering outside of the designated meeting place, Deadpool exchanged his find for the promised amount of money, telling his client, "It was one of the toughest jobs I have ever had, but I managed to acquire two of those Gems. I trust you can take matters into your own silver hands from here?"

Taking the purple Space Gem and orange Time Gem from the masked annoyance, Doctor Doom looked at the fabled items, pleased by Wade's work, "How does it feel to betray your friends for a few measly million?"

He seemed to stop and think about it, but the nemesis of Reed Richards doubted that the mercenary even cared who got in the way of his paycheck, "I'll live with it. This pay dirt can buy me once nice shower..."

Oh. My. Gods. This hot crazy guy and his friends are really Gods? Wait, wrong thing! Sorry, random thought. Anyways, DP betrayeded Violet? And no one saw through Tony's rather obvious gift? Somehow, that is all very believable, especially the last part. I'm just saying, for a bunch of geniuses, sometimes they don't seem very bright. And OMG, I frigging love the Infinity Gems! So glad I did some extra research!