edboy4926-Fun fact, that was a scrapped concept I had for a sequel. I got rid of it because it felt forced and the reasoning behind it felt too far-fetched.
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I've been really excited to get this story really going, and now we're going, so I'm happy :)
And I hope you enjoy this chapter. I certainly am!
Peter Parker, A.K.A. Spider-Man. Fast, athletic, acrobatic. Has increased strength and several attributes of spiders. Has been given enhancing suit of nano-tech armor.
Tony Stark, A.K.A. Iron Man. Former weapons manufacturer encased in a highly weaponized nano-tech suit that also grants flight and increased strength.
Doctor Stephen Strange, former surgeon, now master of the Mystic Arts. Can open portals, create weapons and shields, among other magical abilities.
Peter Quill, A.K.A. Star Lord. Cunning Rogue with a small variety of weapons. Skilled pilot.
Drax, proud warrior. Will fight anything with anything you give him, prefers blades.
Gamora, trained assassin, daughter of Thanos. Is acrobatic, athletic, has above-average strength. Has knowledge of the Soul Stone's location, therefore making her a target.
Mantis, former servant of Ego, a deceased sentient planet. Has the ability to sense and alter emotions through contact.
Loki, God of Mischief. Has several abilities pertaining to stealth and illusions.
Revan, former Jedi. Has achieved mastery of multiple Force abilities from both sides of the Force, as well as experienced tactician.
There were nine of them. The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, a god, and an outcast.
All against the Mad Titan. Thanos.
There were six Infinity Stones. Time. Space. Reality. Power. Soul. Mind.
They were in possession of the Time and Space Stones, and one of them knew the location to the Soul Stone.
Thanos had the Power and Reality Stones.
And on earth, the other Avengers were protecting the Mind Stone.
All six Infinity Stones, so close together. Something was up, alright. That, or this galaxy is very special. Revan was more willing to bet on the first, but after all he's seen, he still has the latter on the table.
He couldn't help but wonder what should be done with the Stones after they won. Well, if they won. From what Revan has heard, Thanos was the most powerful being in the universe. He doubted it, but he knew there was likely merit to those words at the very least.
Once Thor got here, there would be a fight. A hell of a fight, at that.
A fight that was starting now.
As Revan meditated on the plan, Sanctuary II stood overhead.
Thanos was here.
Everyone got into positions. All of them but Revan, who had been chosen to confront Thanos first, hid themselves. Revan stood, his mask hiding his face. He was at his best when he was hiding his humanity. That was when his enemies feared him. It probably wouldn't help much now, but he didn't care much. The mask could serve a purpose of protection, as well.
A blue beam of light fell from Thanos' ship as a large figure became noticeable on the ground that it touched. The blue beam disappeared to reveal Thanos himself. Revan almost felt... dissappointed.
Thanos didn't come down decked out in armor, or with a shiny blade, or with some army. He came alone. Unarmed. Unarmored. His very appearance reeked of self-confidence. Whether it was misplaced, however, was a different matter.
On his left hand, there was a golden glove, which Revan knew was his Infinity Gauntlet. And on it, going from right to left, was the Power Stone, and the Reality Stone. There were slots for four other Stones, three on the remaining knuckles and a fourth on the top of his hand.
Thanos looked on this desolated world, probably thinking about what it once was.
"Thanos," Revan said. "We meet again."
Thanos looked at him. "I take it the Maw is dead," he said. He sounded and acted very calm and controlled, which contrasted greatly with what Revan was used to in terms of opponents.
"So I'm told," Revan replied. "I certainly hope he wasn't as useless as he demonstrated to me."
"He accomplished his mission," Thanos replied, implying he knew about the Space Stone. "Didn't he?"
"I think you'll find yourself regretting that," Revan replied. "He brought you face to face with Revan himself."
"Well, where do you think the mighty Darth Revan is?" Thanos said coolly.
Darth Revan.
He knew. How he knew didn't matter.
He knew. Knew of his past. Of his true identity.
Revan knew what that meant.
No one messes with the personal life of Revan. Even Bastila was wary of bringing up his past.
You're not going to live another day, Revan thought. A week, if you're lucky. But he didn't say it.
"Your home, I'm told," Revan ended up saying, showing no emotion whatsoever.
Thanos put his left hand on his thigh and smiled, looking down.
"It was," he said. He raised the Infinity Gauntlet, and the Reality Stone glowed red as the landscape changed from desolate full of life. "And it was beautiful."
"Titan was like most planets," he began. "Too many mouths, not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution."
The most terrifying type of psychopath are the ones who genuinely think they're the good guy. Everyone else says otherwise, yet they persevere. Admirable, but misplaced.
"Mass genocide?" Revan said.
"At random," Thanos continued. "Dispassionate, fair, rich and poor alike. They called me a madman."
"What makes you think I'll say different?" Revan said, attempting to take control of the conversation.
Thanos looked up at him. "What I predicted came to pass," he said. He ended his illusion.
Revan chuckled to himself. "Believe me," he said. "I'm all about making sacrifices for the greater good, but don't you think murdering quintillions is a bit much?"
"With all six Stones," Thanos replied. "I could simply snap my fingers, and they would all cease to exist," he said, snapping his fingers. "I call that... mercy."
"Mercy," Revan repeated, mockingly. "'Mercy!' he says!" Revan said, walking towards Thanos. "So after you mercilessly slaughter who-knows-how-many people, what then? Are going to take bath in the blood of your enemies and say you're only washing yourself?"
"After I bring balance to the universe," Thanos said. "I will finally rest, and watch the sun rise on a grateful universe." He looked down, solemnly. "The hardest choices require the strongest wills."
"I think," Revan said, igniting his lightsabers one at a time. "That you will find our will equal to yours."
He went into an offensive combat stance as Thanos looked back up, curiously.
"Our?" he said.
Thanos looked up. Stark was propelling a massive chunk of metal towards him, and it landed right on top of him as he activated the Power Stone. The fight had begun.
"Piece o' cake, Quill," said Iron Man after he landed a giant piece of wreckage right on top of the mad Titan.
"Yeah," replied Star Lord as Stark flew beside him. "If you're goal was to piss him off!"
Fulfilling his words, the piece of wreckage flew apart into hundreds of pieces as Thanos activated the Power Stone, then used the Reality Stone to turn them into what seemed to be birds and sent them flying towards Stark.
Revan sent a blast of lightning towards the Titan to distract him from Spider-Man, who blocked his vision with a web to the face, then kicked him in the same area.
Drax attacked the back of his knee with a blade, and Strange came through a portal with a magic whip, and they both distracted him as Revan sent him flying back with a massive Force push. Revan telekinetically grabbed a large stone and flung it at him, who used the Power Stone to transform it into dozen stone blades. He dropped them, however, when Star Lord startled him with a shot to the back.
He began jumping on floating rocks, shooting at the Titan. After he ran out of steps, Strange made some for him. When he got near, he jumped over Thanos and placed a charge on his back. He backwards-jumped into a portal Strange opened for him as he flipped the Titan off.
The charge detonated in a surge of electricity, knocking Thanos to his feet.
"Don't let him close his fist," Strange quietly ordered his cloak as it flew off and wrapped itself around Thanos' gauntlet, preventing him from moving his fingers.
Strange then began opening Portals, through which Parker began jumping through.
"Magic!" he cried out, punching the Titan in the jaw before disappearing into another portal.
'More magic!" he continued, appearing out of another portal, this using the Titan's head as leverage as he kicked him the stomach with both feet before jumping into yet another portal.
"Magic with a kick!" he kept going, kicking him this time, then going into another portal.
"Magic with a-" Parker appeared out of another portal, but was interrupted by Thanos grabbing him by the throat and slamming him into the ground.
"Insect!" said the Titan. Parker looked away. "Arachnid!" he cried out, before Revan slashed Thanos' face with his lightsabers. Thanos cried out in pain, but revealed his face which, to Revan's shock, only sported a few burns. Revan stood up straight, disgruntled.
"Are you kidding me?" he said. He sounded more annoyed than anything, as intimidating the former Sith Lord was about as difficult as it gets. He considered make a joke about Thanos having a thick skull, but he was cut short by a punch the Titan swung at him. He leapt out of the way, quickly throwing several large stones at him in quick succession after he landed on his feet. Thanos blocked the first few, but the rest were too quick and made an impact. Revan continued to make several quick strikes before the Titan grabbed his arm and sent him hurtling into Strange.
He ripped the cloak from his arm, only for Stark to send a volley of missiles raining down on him from above.
"Strange!" Revan called out, having got back up. "Shield!"
Strange created a dome-shaped shield around Thanos as the explosion was still going, and Revan used the Force to expand the flame a thousand-fold. But before it could get to Revan's planned temperature, Thanos broke the shield and concentrated all of the flame into his gauntlet, hurtling it towards Stark, who was knocked back by the flame.
Parker then jumped over and webbed Thanos' fingers shut, the Titan retaliating with a punch before he ripped the web off his hand. As he did so, a starship came into view and slammed into the Titan. The ship and Thanos landed several meters away when a blue-skinned woman jumped out of the ship, punching Thanos in the jaw. She pulled out an electric rod of sorts before Thanos spoke up.
"Well, well," he said condescendingly.
"You should have killed me!" replied the woman.
"Would have been a waste of parts!" Thanos yelled back.
She attacked, but was quickly overpowered when Gamora joined the fight, swinging a blade at her father, which he dodged in return. She landed side by side with the blue woman when she acknowledged her.
"Sister," she said to the woman. They didn't look very related, but at this point, anything was possible. "Sister," the woman said back.
"Daughter against father," Thanos said under his breath, when suddenly, Strange created several magical cables, which looked more like molten metal than anything, which then wrapped themselves around Thanos' gauntlet.
Drax came sliding in and kicked Thanos in the back of the knee, which knocked the Titan on one knee.
Star Lord flew over to a floating rock, then sent a projectile flying over to the ground near Thanos' free hand, which used some sort of electric beam to pull his arm to the ground.
Spider-Man swung over and grabbed the Titan's torso with web, and held him in place.
Strange dissipated his magic rods, and Stark flew over and took a hold of the gauntlet, beginning to remove it.
Finally, Strange opened a portal above Thanos' head. From the portal came Mantis, who landed on his shoulders and grabbed his head. She used her abilities to calm Thanos. He let out a cry of resistance before Mantis finally calmed his mind.
"Is he under?" asked Stark anxiously. "Don't let up!"
"Be quick," Mantis replied, struggling with her task. "He is very strong!"
'Parker, help!" called Tony as Peter came to assist in removing the gauntlet.
Not many there could really believe it. They were winning. Victory was inevitable.
Right?
Hold on...
Where's Loki and Gamora?
DAH DAH DAAAAAH
So where are the green people? In trouble? Making out? Wait until the next chapter to find out!
And what of our heroes? Is this one of the victory scenarios Doctor Strange predicted? Or will things go more akin to the movie? You'll have to wait for that, too!
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