Chapter 8: Unbalance And Anarky

Author's Note: Apologies for the hiatus, I don't think there's much to say to redeem myself except write a good chapter so here it is. The prodigal son returns!

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Thanos sat on a mountaintop, watching the sunset as a little girl, with green skin and wearing a black dress sat next to him. She grabbed his hand as a single tear fell from Thanos' face.

Suddenly a woman in a dark cloak arose from the water in the river and stood in the center of it. Thanos and the little girl both became confused instantaneously. Thanos went back to his shed and put on the Infinity Gauntlet once again. All six Infinity Stones glowed and Thanos sighed. He walked back to the mountaintop and saw the little girl looking back up at him with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry little one."

The Reality Stone glowed and the little faded away but the woman in the cloak stayed on the river.

"I am not a false part of reality Thanos." she said in his response to him trying to take her out of a false reality. He then charged up an energy blast from the Power Stone and shot it at her but the cloaked woman just absorbed it.

Without an moment's notice, she was face to face with the Mad Titan. Up close, Thanos could see her pale, white skin and devilish smile. Thanos then, raised the Infinity Gauntlet, looking to snap her out of existence but she prevented it by kissing him last minute. Within seconds, images of all the Avengers and Guardians Of The Galaxy in one single place flashed through his head.

Thanos had an confused but angered look on his face as the woman just stared at him. He then closed his eyes as the Mind and Space Stone glowed and he saw visions of the remaining half of the universe. They were all still depressed, confused, and broken over losing their other half of the population. Thanos sighed and looked back at her.

"Who are you?"

"You know me well, Mad Titan. Some say I follow you like a shadow. I am Lady Death."

New York City

Nomad and Black Widow were sitting in an small hotel room, waiting for them to arrive.

"Scott how long do you estimate we have?" asked Nomad.

"Probably 20 to 30 seconds Cap. You sure you want to go through with this?"

"Yes, Scott I'm sure. We need to make our intentions clear."

Suddenly S.H.I.E.L.D. agents burst through the door, guns aimed at the duo but they immediately fell limp. Nomad cracked his knuckles and Black Widow stood up and got out her electric batons. Scott Lang, A.K.A. Ant-Man turned into normal size and awaited the arrival.

Tony Stark (better known as Director Stark now), entered the room, his eyes fixated on Nomad. He then looked over to Ant-Man who looked to be getting ready to shrink. Tony raised his hand at him and nanobots formed the Iron Man gauntlet. He then fired a repulsor blast at Ant-Man that sent him flying across the small room and looked back at Nomad.

"Nat, don't make me blast you too like I did Marty Mcfly." warned Tony. Black Widow set down her batons and continued to stare at him.

Nomad walked closer to face Tony and his hand curled into a fist. "I'm going to say this once and once only. We aren't your enemies so stop treating us like one. Next time you send agents after us, make sure you send the right ones. Or you'll pay."

Tony leaned in closer and him and Nomad were just inches apart. "Is that a threat Rogers? You wanna go right here, right now?"

Nomad pushed Tony back in response. "I don't give a damn how you received it, just stay out of the way."

Tony brushed off his S.H.I.E.L.D. vest and walked away from Nomad and Black Widow. Two agents were outside the room and one whispered something into his ear. Tony looked back at them one last time and then he nodded.

"Mom! Mom! Please tell me you didn't go too!" The boy grabbed his sister's hand and they ran into the saferoom.

"It's gonna be alright Sarah...Dad will handle this. He has to! Right?"

The girl nervously shook her head in response. She wiped away the tears from her face and took out her phone. She called her dad but the phone went right to voicemail once again.

Suddenly, her brother looked up at her and he began to turn into dust. She tried to grab her brother but the rest of him quickly faded away.

She then ran over to a small monitor and pressed an emergency beacon and a small light began to flash.

Without a moment's notice, Clint Barton kicked in the door to the saferoom and saw his daughter sitting alone, crying. He then knelt down to hug her but she began to turn to ashes.

"No-no, no, no no. Please! Not my baby. Not my babies!" Clint's voice turned into one of an whisper. "Is this what you want from me? To be an monster? Is this my destiny?"