Chapter 86.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will involve some more of our heroes, and begin setting up the Battles of Wakanda and Titan.
Also, I went back and edited previous chapters to write out Nemesis from the Infinity War/Endgame conflict, as I realized that it wouldn't work with future plans.
So it's just Thanos, Morgoth, Saruman and Peter Pan which is still an impressive list.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters and elements you see in this fic. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
On with the show.
the mysterious Mr.E: Thank you for the review. The Wakanda battle will be similar, but there will be some major differences as well. No spoilers obviously, but you will love it. Enjoy the chapter.
No One's POV.
Steve, Natasha, Sam, Bucky, Clint and Logan were watching the news covering the New York mess in a safe house when Steve felt his pocket vibrate.
He pulled the phone out and walked to a corner, accepting the call.
"What happened, Tony?" He asked.
"Cap, its Bruce. Bruce Banner." Bruce said from the other end, shocking Steve.
"Bruce?" He asked as everyone, especially Natasha, looked at him sharply, "What happened to
Tony? Where have you been? How did you get the phone?"
"It's complicated, Cap." Bruce said, "The guys that attacked New York, they took Tony, a friend of his called Cisco, some guy called Doctor Strange and three other people. I am with some people including Rebecca. Cap, the fate of the Universe is at stake. Possibly the Multiverse."
"Tony probably has Rhodey's number on this phone. Call him and tell him everything. Head over there with these people. We're on our way." Steve said.
"Vision's missing too, Cap." Bruce told him, "They would be after him."
"We'll find him." Steve assured before hanging up.
"Bruce is back?" A shocked Natasha asked.
"Yeah." Steve said, "And he said Vision might be in trouble. We need to find him."
"You are not alone in this, Steven."
Everyone turned to the source of the voice in shock. But in Steve's and Natasha's case, the shock turned to joy as they saw Gandalf, Frodo, Galadriel, Bilbo and Elrond emerge. Gandalf had teleported the four of them here with a spell.
"Gandalf!" Steve and Natasha said happily and hugged the White Wizard as he laughed happily and hugged them too.
Then they looked down to see Frodo and hugged him too.
"It's so good to see you." Natasha said as Frodo hugged her.
"I never thought I'd see you again." Frodo said, returning the affection.
"How long has it been in Middle-Earth?" Steve asked.
"It has been 4 years since you departed." Galadriel revealed to their shock, "The four of us sailed to the Undying Lands."
From what Steve and Natasha remembered, it was kind of like an afterlife for the Elves.
"Gandalf, meet our friends." Steve said as he gestured at the others, "This is Bucky Barnes. Clint Barton. And Sam Wilson."
"This is my uncle Bilbo Baggins" Frodo introduced his uncle who was looking around in confusion.
"Why are you here?" Clint then asked.
"Because of Thanos." Frodo told them.
"The ones that attacked your friends worked for him." Gandalf revealed to their shock, "Thanos himself murdered Earendil and claimed the Silmaril for himself. He is after the artifacts known as Infinity Stones and has two of them already."
Elrond winced at the reminder of his father's death, trying to keep his feelings in check as Natasha asked, "So he has a Silmaril?"
"And the former White Wizard works for him." Galadriel revealed, flooring Steve and Natasha at this point.
"Saruman?" Bucky asked and she nodded. The other Secret Avengers had been told of Steve's, Natasha's, Oliver's, Jason's and Sara's exploits in Middle-earth.
"He has also unleashed the Great Enemy." Elrond said.
"Who?" Steve asked.
"Morgoth." Gandalf revealed to their horror. They had heard tales of Morgoth from some of the Fellowship and based on what they had heard, Sauron was nothing in comparison to him.
"So let me get this straight." Steve said, "Thanos has two Infinity Stones, is after the other four, one of which Vision has. He murdered Earendil and took his Silmaril. Saruman works for him. He has freed Morgoth to help him and his aliens took Tony, Cisco, Strange and three other people."
"We will be aiding you." Galadriel said, "And in this battle, you will need all the aid you can get."
"So you will bring the Free Peoples here?" Steve asked.
"I will have to." Gandalf told him, "And you will also need the help of those who live on Oliver's and Sara's Earths, as well as Jason and any of his allies"
"You're right." Bucky agreed, "Let's find Wanda and Vision first."
Above Earth.
Above Earth, Mar-Novu, Jim Corrigan, Dr Fate and Phantom Stranger observed the exchange.
"You know what will happen?" Corrigan asked the others.
"Indeed we do. Which is why I must warn Astra and the Superman of Earth-96 for what is to come" Fate added and vanished into a portal.
"You must fight to stay alive, fight to take them down" Mar-Novu whispered to himself.
"And the League of Legends can help too. Bard, Kindred, Lee Sin, Annie, Ashe, Irilia, Jarvan IV, Lux, Kennen, Galio, Nasus, Renekton, Poppy and Kai'Sa could help defeat him once and for all. Any one of them alone could slaughter Thanos" Corrigan warned as he and Phantom Stranger disappeared.
This left Mar-Novu behind to contemplate what he said.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Wanda Maximoff and Vision held hands and walked the streets of Edinburgh.
The android had learnt to muster a human form whenever out in public to avoid any stares from passers-by.
The two had started doing this a few months ago due to their feelings for each other.
Some time ago, the Mind Stone in Vision's forehead had flared and he had said it had been going on for quite some time.
"So there's a 10:00 a.m. to Glasgow...which would give us more time together before you went back." Wanda told him.
"What if I miss that train?" He asked her.
"There's an 11:00." She supplied, not getting what he was trying to say.
"What if I missed all the trains?" He asked as she turned to him, "What if this time I didn't go back?"
"But you gave Stark your word." She reminded him.
"I'd rather give it to you." He told her.
While she liked him, she still felt he didn't understand all aspects of human behavior.
"Well, there are people who are expecting me too, you know." She reminded him. Clint, Steve, Natasha, Sam and now Bucky were all family, "We both made promises."
"Not to each other." He said as he put his hands on her shoulders, "Wanda. For two years, we've stolen these moments...trying to see if this could work and...I don't know."
He shook his head and said, "You know what, I'm just gonna speak for myself. I think...It works."
"It works." She assured with a nod, "It works."
"Stay." He requested, "Stay with me."
Wanda was conflicted at this point and Vision stepped back, realizing his mistake, "Or not. If I'm overstepping..."
Then Wanda's gaze was drawn to the TV behind Vision and he turned to look at it too.
They watched the news which showed footage of Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian along with a photo of Tony Stark which said 'missing.'
"What are they?" Wanda asked in shock as Vision started stepping back.
"What the Stone was warning me about." He revealed, "I have to go."
"No, Vision." Wanda urged as he looked at her, "Vision, if that's true, then maybe going isn't the best idea."
Vision started, "Wanda, I..."
He was suddenly cut off as a blade protruded from his stomach and he was lifted into the air, returning to his real form.
"VISION!" Wanda screamed as she put her hands on her mouth.
It was Corvus Glaive.
He flung Vision away and he painfully landed on the ground.
Wanda was about to attack him when a blast hit her from behind and she was flung off, knocked across the street into a window.
As Wanda tried to get up, a dirty being with blood dripping from his throat grabbed her by the throat and moved its face towards her, revealing sharp canines.
It was about to bite her neck when she unleashed a powerful hex blast at it point-blank, destroying it.
She got up to see Midnight had pinned Vision under her boot as Glaive was extracting the Mind Stone from his forehead while the android yelled in agony.
She charged two hex blasts and fired, knocking them both back.
She then grabbed Vision with telekinesis and propelled them both into the air, soaring over a building to another street.
She landed on the ground as Vision tumbled and she swiftly brought him to her.
She helped him behind a pillar and they hid as he said, "The blade, it stopped me from phasing."
"Is that even possible?" She asked.
"It isn't supposed to be. My systems are failing." He said as she used her powers of molecular manipulation to seal the wound at least, "I'm beginning to think we should have stayed in bed."
The two chuckled as Glaive appeared and knocked Wanda aside, "Vis!"
Vision angrily grabbed Glaive and flew them both up, slamming into several walls.
Midnight landed down on the ground and tried to attack Wanda who took cover behind a pillar before using her powers to defend herself.
While she was far more powerful, she had been caught off-guard and Midnight was far superior in hand-to-hand.
A teenage boy tried to aim at her with a bow, but Wanda noticed and threw a cab at him, knocking him down.
Glaive pinned Vision against a wall and said, "Give up the Stone, and she lives."
Growling angrily, Vision pushed off the wall and flew Glaive to the roof of a church, ricocheting off the church onto the roof.
Wanda and Midnight fought, evenly matched before Midnight blasted Wanda away with her three-pronged spear.
She leapt down, trying to slash Wanda but was held back by her powers.
Vision pinned Glaive against the tower and started pummeling him before throwing him across the roof.
He then fired a beam from the Mind Stone but Glaive deflected and split it into several beams that hit the surrounding area.
Wanda and Midnight were still fighting and narrowly avoided one.
Glaive redirected all beams at Vision, sending him back.
Wanda blocked another strike from Midnight and hearing Vision's cry, she threw Midnight over her into a burning truck sliced in half by Vision's beam.
Midnight crashed into another one of the boys that had come to aid her.
Wanda flew up as Glaive tried to rip out the Mind Stone from Vision and as her hands glowed with energy she growled, "Hands off."
She blasted him into the church with a hex blast before grabbing Vision and flying off.
That was when a humanoid creature leapt and slammed into them both and the impact made them crash through the roof of a station.
Her face had some minor cuts now and she crawled over to Vision. "Come on. Come on. Come on, you gotta get up. You gotta get up. Come on. Hey. Hey. We have to go."
"Please." He said as he caressed her face, "Please leave."
"You asked me to stay." She reminded, "I'm staying."
"Please." He said again but they were cut off when they heard crashing behind them.
Wanda turned around and got up to see Glaive and Midnight crashing from the roof as well and landing in crouches before getting up.
Then several bat-like creatures crashed through the roof as well and transformed into what resembled humans with blood dripping down their throats.
A few teenage boys and the humanoid creature from before arrived as well.
Wanda stood protectively in front of Vision as her hands glowed red with magic.
Then an express train passed behind Wanda and Midnight cocked her head to look at it.
Wanda also looked over in confusion.
As the train passed, a silhouette was seen on the far side of the platform.
Midnight threw her spear but the figure effortlessly caught it.
Midnight glared as he then stepped out of the shadows, revealing himself to be a bearded, rugged and furious Steve Rogers.
Wanda and Vision smiled in relief.
Sam Wilson swooped in and kicked Midnight across the platform through the café's gate.
He fired at Glaive with small projectiles which he deflected with his glaive when Steve tossed Midnight's three-pronged spear to Natasha Romanoff who jumped into the fray.
Natasha caught Glaive by surprise and ducking under his swing, stabbed him in the gut as he roared in pain and she knocked him away with a flying kick.
The creatures were about to charge when two of them were killed by rapid gunshots as Bucky Barnes walked out from the shadows, aiming his rifle at them. Another one of them was hit by an arrow in the throat and died as Clint jumped down and engaged another one.
Elrond then appeared and avoided one of their swings before chopping off his hand followed by a rotatory swing that separated its head from its body.
He ducked to avoid another one's claws and stabbed it through the throat, killing it.
Midnight rushed into the fight and summoned her weapon back into her hand and attacked.
Steve leapt forward and rolling, grabbed Glaive's glaive to hold her off.
Natasha joined with her batons and as the three deflected each other's attacks, Sam swooped in and kicked Midnight away.
She crawled to Glaive as Sam held out his two Steyr SPP Pistols.
Some of the creatures and the boys moved to attack when all of them were struck down by a wave of concussive energy as Galadriel appeared on the scene.
Midnight crawled towards Glaive and urged him, "Get up."
"I can't." He groaned as he held his wound.
The two were then pinned to the ground by an unseen force as Gandalf appeared, pointing his staff at them, "Where is your master?"
On not getting a response, he demanded more forcefully, "Where is he?"
"We don't wanna kill you, but we will." Natasha said glibly to the two as they all marched at them.
"With pleasure." Clint added, having seen the cuts on Wanda's face which had infuriated him.
"You'll never get the chance again." Midnight said as a blue light burst through the station's roof and they were beamed up along with Midnight's spear as Glaive's glaive was snatched from Steve's hand and beamed up too.
The Q-Ship flew away.
"How on earth did not one notice that thing?" Sam asked.
"Some sort of cloaking mechanism." Clint said.
Sam helped Vision back to his feet, "Can you stand?"
"Thank you, Captain." He said gratefully to Steve who nodded.
"Let's get you on the jet." He said.
"Who are you people?" Wanda asked as she looked around a Gandalf, Galadriel, and Elrond.
"They are our friends from Middle-earth, Wanda." Natasha told her, "Gandalf. Lady Galadriel. Lord Elrond."
"And we have two others with us too." Gandalf said, "You can come now, Frodo."
And then Frodo appeared from the shadows, helping Bilbo.
Frodo could have snuck up on one of the creatures due to his size and stealth but had refrained due to lacking a weapon.
"Frodo Baggins at your service." He said to Wanda and Vision and they were immediately smitten by his demeanor.
"This is my uncle Bilbo." Frodo revealed, but the old Hobbit didn't say anything.
"He has dementia." Gandalf revealed.
All nodded at hearing that.
They walked into the jet together and as it closed, Natasha gently scolded Wanda, "Now, I thought we had a deal. Stay close, check in, don't take any chances."
"I'm sorry." Wanda apologized, knowing she had made a mistake, "We just wanted time."
"It's all right, kid." Clint said as the two hugged each other, "You're all right. That's all that matters."
"What were those creatures?" Bucky asked.
"Vampires." Galadriel revealed, shocking them all, "Creatures of the darkness made by the Dark Lord Morgoth to serve him. He has used the power he has regained to bring them back."
"Oh boy!" Sansa muttered.
"I do not know the young boys or the other creature were" Galadriel shook her head.
"Where to, Cap?" Sam asked, trying to hide his shock at what he had just heard.
"Home." Steve simply said and Sam knew where he meant.
Above Earth.
"You failed." Morgoth sneered at Midnight while Glaive was undergoing surgery.
"Your creatures weren't much help either!" Midnight snapped when Morgoth gave her a look that chilled her to the core.
"Thanos wants the Stones." Morgoth simply said, "We will get the Mind Stone."
"The systems can track the Stones." Peter Pan said as he looked at the screens.
"Once your husband is healed, we will strike." Morgoth said and then he chanted something before disappearing.
He had gone over to his own vessel.
"He can teleport?" Midnight asked in shock, not knowing he could do that.
"Lord Morgoth is regaining his former strength slowly." Saruman told her, "He will regain all his former powers very soon."
"Oh yes. They are all annoying folks." Pan smirked.
New Avengers Facility.
Soon, the Quinjet descended near the Compound as Sam parked it and they walked out, entering the place.
Secretary Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross was talking to Rhodes as the Secret Avengers entered.
"Mr. Secretary."
Rhodes, Ross and the others turned to see them enter.
"You got some nerve." Ross said as he walked up to Steve and Natasha, "I'll give you that. Barging in here with a bunch of vigilantes and unregistered Enhanced."
"You could use some of that right now." Natasha said.
"I'm pretty sure you have some of it." Clint snarled at Ross with contempt.
"The world's on fire. And you think all is forgiven?" Ross asked angrily.
"I'm not looking for forgiveness. And I'm way past asking permission." Steve said firmly, "This city just lost its best defender. So we're here to fight. And if you wanna stand in our way... we'll fight you too."
Ross looked over at Rhodes, mistakenly thinking him to be his only ally, "Arrest them."
"All over it." Rhodes said as he shut the holographic meeting off.
"That's a court-martial." He said to the others as Natasha smiled.
"Guys." Rhodes said as he stood with a smile on his face.
"Hey man." Sam said as he shook hands with Rhodes, followed by Steve and Clint and then Natasha hugged him.
"Been a while." Natasha said as Rhodes noticed the others with them.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Gandalf the White at your service." Gandalf said good-naturedly.
"Lord Elrond."
"Lady Galadriel."
"Frodo Baggins at your service."
"Bilbo Baggins." the Hobbit said.
Rhodes then realized something, "Are you from that….."
"Yes." Steve confirmed, "They are our friends from Middle-earth and have come to help us."
"Because some bad guys from Middle-earth also work with Thanos." Natasha said and Rhodes paled.
"We're here too."
They turned to see Matt, Tommy, Elektra, Danny, Rebecca, White Canary, Captain America and Colleen walk up to them.
"Matt." Steve greeted as the two shook hands, followed by Tommy and Elektra, "Didn't know you lot were here too."
"Who are you both?" Bucky asked Danny and Colleen.
"Danny Rand." Danny introduced himself, "The Immortal Iron Fist."
"Colleen Wing." Colleen introduced as she shook hands with Steve, "It's an honor to meet you, Captain."
"Same here." Danny said as he shook hands with him.
"You're the billionaire who returned after being lost in a plane crash, aren't you?" Natasha asked.
"Yes I am." Danny said.
"Hey doppelganger." Captain America said as he shook Steve's hand.
"Hey." Steve nodded as White Canary hugged him.
"Hey Cap" Rebecca smiled, hugging him.
"Hey guys."
They turned to see Bruce walk in as he regarded them all, "Yeah, I'm back."
"Hi Bruce." Natasha said simply. She still cared for him as a friend but she had moved on now and found true love in Steve.
"Nat." He greeted.
"So we gotta assume they're coming back, right?" Rhodes asked as they all stood together.
"And they can clearly find us." Wanda added.
"We need all hands on deck." Bruce said before turning to them all, "You made friends from other Earths. Call them."
Steve nodded as Rhodes said, "Some kind of rune stones are appearing all around the world."
He then pressed a button and a hologram of one such rune stone appeared.
It was seven foot in height with red symbols running down its length.
"We don't know much about them but anyone in their presence claims they feel an aura of unnatural dread." Rhodes said and the ones from Arda paled as well as Steve, Captain America, and Natasha.
"Like the Nazgul." Steve said in dread.
"The Dark Lord is behind these." Galadriel said and even she sounded a little unnerved, "I do not know the purpose behind them myself."
Now that spooked everyone even more than they were.
Bruce then decided to bring the focus to what the more pressing issue was.
He told everyone, "Okay, look. Thanos has the biggest army in the Universe and this Morgoth clearly is a powerful bad guy as well with his own plans considering those rune stones and they are not gonna stop until they get Vision's Stone. And they apparently have one other person working for them".
"Then we have to protect it." Natasha said.
"We will." Sansa assured her.
"No, we have to destroy it." Vision said as he got up and all turned to him.
Elrond put a hand on his shoulder to steady him as he continued, "I've been giving a good deal of thought to this entity in my head. About its nature. But also its composition. I think if it were exposed to a sufficiently powerful energy source...something very similar to its own signature, perhaps...its molecular integrity could fail."
"Like the One Ring was destroyed where it was forged." The Lady of Light made the comparison.
Vision turned to Wanda as she said that.
"Yeah, and you with it." Wanda told him, "We're not having this conversation."
"Eliminating the Stone is the only way to be certain that Thanos can't get it." Vision argued.
"That's too high a price." Wanda protested.
"Only you have the power to pay it." Vision said as he put his hands around her but she walked away as all watched them sadly.
"Thanos threatens half the Universe. One life cannot stand in the way of defeating him." Vision said.
"But it should." Steve said as Vision turned to him, "We don't trade lives, Vision."
"Sacrificing each other will make us no better than our enemies." Frodo agreed as Gandalf smiled in pride.
"Captain, 70 years ago, you laid down your life…to save how many millions of people?" Vision reminded before turning to Frodo and Natasha, "And you two were ready to give yours to save the people of Middle-Earth. Tell me, why is this any different?"
"Because you might have a choice." Bruce said as all looked at him, "Your mind is made up of a complex construct of overlays. Jarvis, Ultron, Tony, me, the Stone. All of them mixed together, all of them learning from one another."
"You're saying Vision isn't just the Stone?" Wanda asked.
"I think that's exactly what he's saying." Clint agreed.
"I'm saying that if we take out the Stone...there's still a whole lot of Vision left." Bruce explained, "Perhaps the best parts."
"Can we do that?" Natasha asked.
"Not me, not here." Bruce said.
"Well, you better find someone and somewhere fast." Rhodes said, "The government isn't just gonna let you guys have your old rooms back."
"I know somewhere." Steve said as all turned to him.
"Wakanda." Natasha realized what he was getting at.
"If we are to defeat Thanos, the armies of Earth and Middle-Earth must unite against him." Gandalf said, "I can bring them all here."
"You might also want to bring the armies of Westeros in as well. They can aid you" Sansa said and Gandalf nodded.
"Well, better tell T'Challa then." Steve said dryly as he began to move away.
"Steve, Bruce is right." Natasha said as he turned to her, "We need all the help we can get. Let's call Oliver, Sara, Jason and any others from their Earths."
"Agreed." Steve replied.
"Cisco and Tony finished the extrapolators." Rebecca said as she walked up to a drawer and took one out before tossing it to Natasha who caught it, "You can go to Earth-1 as well as Earth-38."
Natasha nodded with a smile and said, "Well, let's get them around."
"And I can bring some others from my Earth as well. They will probably be useful" Oberon added with Dustin nodding.
"You are going to Middle-Earth then, Mithrandir?" Elrond asked, realizing he would be re-uniting with his daughter soon.
"No." Gandalf said, confusing them all, "I will be bringing them to me."
Then there was a bright flash of light and he disappeared.
"Is he always like that?" Bruce asked.
"Like you have no idea." Steve said.
Deep Space.
Tony, Cisco, and Lex were hidden up, looking down at Maw who had suspended Strange in midair with a thousand needles pointed inches from his face.
"So what the hell are we gonna do?" Lex asked.
"I'm gonna blast him and then Ramon is going to open up a breach behind him" Tony shrugged.
"That sounds like the worst plan ever" Lex commented dryly.
Then, something tapped Tony's shoulder from behind and he raised his repulsor in shock.
It was Strange's Cloak of Levitation.
"This thing is very loyal" Cisco commented.
"Yeah, speaking of loyalty…"
All three of them turned to see Peter and Gwen drop down.
"What on earth are you doing here?" Lex demanded in shock and anger.
"I know what you're going to say," Peter said as he retracted his mask.
"You should not be here" Tony scolded.
"I was gonna go back…"
"And now I gotta here it..."
"But technically, it's your fault that I'm here" Peter said, making Tony, Cisco, Lex and Gwen gape at him.
"Did you just try to deflect blame?" Lex asked.
Peter gaped while Gwen shot him a look.
"Tell me you didn't think this through" Tony said.
"I did think this through" Peter protested.
"You can't be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man if there's no neighborhood" Peter said.
Lex and Tony stared at him with a deadpan look, before Tony sighed.
"All right, come on kid" he sighed.
"You two better make yourselves useful here" Cisco said to Peter and Gwen.
Tony pointed down at Maw and Strange and asked, "See him there? He's in trouble. What's your plan? Go"
"Um…" Peter trailed off and Gwen picked up on what he was thinking, "Did you ever see this really old movie Aliens?"
"I have!" Cisco said happily, making Lex jump slightly.
"Oh god, now there's two of them" Lex muttered.
Down below, Maw finally stuck Strange on multiple pins and he screamed in agony.
"Painful aren't they?" Maw asked, "They were originally designed for microsurgery. And any one of them…"
He stopped on seeing a bang and turned to see Tony standing there, repulsors at him.
"…could end your friend's life in an instant." Maw finished.
"I gotta tell you, he's not really my friend. Saving him is more of a professional courtesy" Tony replied.
Maw used his powers to lift up some more debris in an effort to intimidate Tony.
"You've saved nothing. Your powers are inconsequential compared to mine" he mocked.
"Yeah but the kids have seen more movies" Tony quipped, and before Maw could react, fired a missile from his shoulder, blowing a hole in the ship.
Both Maw and the debris were sent flying through the hole and were ejected into space.
Strange went flying too, but Gwen fired a web, trying to haul him back with Lex helping.
Peter and Tony managed to repair the hole together and flew back down.
Ebony Maw froze to death, the vacuum of space killing him.
"Ripley would be proud!" Cisco said happily.
"Hey we haven't officially met" Peter said to the Cloak of Levitation.
The Cloak instead flew and wrapped itself around Strange's shoulders.
"Rude" Gwen said.
"We gotta turn this ship around" Strange said to Tony urgently.
"Yeah, now he wants to run" Tony said mockingly, "Great plan."
"No, I want to protect the Stone" Strange replied.
"Yeah and I want you to thank me now, go ahead, I'm listening" Tony told him.
"For what?" Strange asked sarcastically, "Nearly blasting me into space?"
"Hey! I pulled you back in!" Gwen popped up.
"Who just saved your magical ass?" Tony asked, "Me."
"Technically, Lex and I saved it" Gwen pointed out.
"I seriously don't know how you fit your head into that helmet" Strange told Tony, finding him to be more arrogant than even himself.
"Admit it; you should have ducked out when I told you to. I tried to bench you, you refused" Tony pointed out.
"Unlike everyone else in your life, I don't work for you" Strange replied.
"We don't work for him" Cisco said, pointing to himself, Lex and Gwen.
"And due to that fact, we're now in a flying doughnut…billions of miles from Earth with no backup" Tony said ignoring Cisco.
"We're backup" Peter popped up, pointing to himself and Gwen.
"No, you two are stowaways" Tony replied as he pointed at them, "Now zip it up. The adults are talking."
"What adults? All I see are children" Lex said, finding even his arrogance completely redundant compared to Tony.
"I'm sorry; I'm confused as to the relationship here." Strange said as he looked between Peter, Gwen and Tony, "What are they your wards?"
"No. I'm Peter by the way. This is Gwen" Peter replied as he held out his hand.
"Doctor Strange" Strange replied simply as he walked up to Tony.
"Oh you're using our made-up names." Peter realized as Strange sighed, "Um…I'm Spider-Man and she's Spider-Woman."
"Dumbass, that was his real name" Lex face-palmed.
"I'm Cisco Ramon. Vibe" Cisco said.
"And I'm Lex Luthor. Don't have a codename" Lex added.
Tony looked at the ship's mechanism and said, "This ship's on autopilot."
Strange looked at him, "Can we control it? Fly us home?"
Not getting a response, he asked again, "Stark?"
"Yeah." Tony said, coming back to reality.
"Can you get us home?" Strange asked.
"Yeah, I heard you." Tony told Strange, "I'm thinking I'm not so sure we should"
"Are you out of your mind?" Lex asked in shock.
"Under no circumstances can we bring the Time Stone to Thanos." Strange said, "I don't think you quite understand what's at stake here."
"You do realize he already has the Power and Space Stones, and probably has more by now. We are heavily, no, no, hilariously outgunned" Lex pointed out.
Tony ignored Lex and walked up to Strange, "What? No. It's you who doesn't understand that Thanos has been inside my head for six years, since he sent an army to New York and now he's back!"
"And I don't know what to do. So I'm not so sure if it's a better plan to fight him on our turf or his…but you saw what they did, what they can do. At least on his turf, he's not expecting it. So I say we take the fight to him."
"But that is a stupid plan. He knows the terrain better than us, so that gives him a tactical advantage" Gwen pointed out.
"We'll discuss that later." Tony replied before asking Strange, "Doctor. Do you concur?"
For a few moments, Strange was silent, regarding Tony. Then finally he said, "All right Stark. We go to him. But you have to understand…if it comes to saving you or Cisco or Lex or the kids or the Time Stone…I will not hesitate to let any of you die."
He shook his head, "I can't, because the Universe, possibly the Multiverse depends on it"
"Been there, done that" Cisco shrugged.
"Walk in the park for me" Lex shrugged as well.
"Are you sure we can do this? I mean from what I hear, he curb-stomped Hulk, beat the living crap out of Thor and Loki and a lot more. And there a lot more powerful than us" Gwen asked.
"But they were ambushed. Now, Thanos will be the ambushed one. You saw what Doc can do. Cisco and Lex can open breaches, and Lex has a fancy suit. And the two of you have seen a lot of movies. We can do it" Tony replied.
Gwen sighed and shrugged. Maybe they could.
Tony walked up to Peter and Gwen and did knighting gestures like in the medieval times, "All right kids. You're both Avengers now."
Peter and Gwen looked shocked and then exchanged looks of pride.
"Nice promotion kids" Lex quipped as both chuckled.
"Well done guys" Cisco complemented and they both smiled.
"We can do this. We are Avengers!" Gwen said firmly.
And Chapter 86 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
So now 3 chapters of the Infinity War arc are done.
Tolkien never explained the Vampires in his series, so I decided to use my own creations of them.
And the other creature was my own creation that also happened to be summoned from the underworld.
Next chapter will be when the heroes of Middle-Earth, Earth-1, Earth-38, Earth-2018 and Earth-2019 are brought in to help fight the enemies.
Now, I know some of you might have been expecting Tony, Strange, Cisco, Peter, Lex and Gwen to end up encountering Earth-38 Astra and the Earth-96/Brandon Routh Superman.
But the reason they didn't is because Astra and Earth-96 Superman are on the other side of the universe. I have a scene in one of the following chapters that will explain what's happening as I have a separate plan for those 2.
Here are the list of Earths involved in this chapter:
Earth-1. Home of the Arrowverse, Star Trek, Lucifer, Devil May Cry, Fast and Furious and Final Fantasy.
Earth-38. Home of Supergirl and Keanu Reeve's Constantine.
Earth-96. Home of the 'Kingdom Come' Heroes.
Earth-199999. Home of the MCU, John Wick, and Lord of the Rings.
Now, next chapter will cover the recruitment of all the various heroes, and then a major canon change will happen.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you think of it.
Arrowverse Fan 217 Out.