Chapter 7: Wow, That Dude Has A BIG Chin!

(Jason)

They reviewed the plan with the team until it was drilled into Jason's head. They all hid except Doctor Strange, who sat on the steps all casually.

Finally Jason saw a blue cloud gathering which signaled that Thanos was coming. Jason held his breath.

And there he was. The Titan himself, nothing but a big purple chin.

Doctor Strange didn't even flinch. "Oh yeah. You're much more of a Thanos." Not much a witty retort, but they were short on time.

"I take it Maw is dead, then. This day extracts a heavy toll. Still, he accomplished his mission." Thanos replied, sounding not at all sad that his henchman was dead.

"You may regret that. He brought you face-to-face with a Master of the Mystic Arts."

"And where do you think he brought you?"

"Let me guess. Your home?"

"It was. And it was beautiful." Thanos smiled and the Reality Stone glowed, changing their surroundings into a beautiful city. Jason heard a sharp intake of breath behind him; Piper was looking around in wonder.

"Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, and not enough to go around. And when we faced a extinction, I offered a solution."

"Genocide." Doctor Strange said.

"But at random, dispassionate, favoring the rich and poor alike." Thanos said, as if that would justify wiping out half of a planet. "They called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass." Thanos closed his fist and the illusion disappeared.

"Congratulations. You're a prophet." Doctor Strange said sarcastically. "I'm a survivor." Thanos countered.

"Who wants to murder trillions."

"With all six stones, I could simply snap my fingers, and all would cease to exist. I call that… mercy." Jason wondered if Thanos was insane, or insane.

Doctor Strange stood up, a bemused expression on his face. "And then what?"

"I could finally rest…" Thanos replied simply. "And watch the sun rise on a grateful universe."

"He's crazy." Piper muttered, perhaps not even realizing she was saying it. Jason clamped a hand over her mouth. She glared at him and gently removed it.

"The hardest choices require the strongest wills." Thanos said wistfully. Doctor Strange summoned his magical shields. "I think… you'll find… our will… equal… to yours!"

"Our?" Thanos wondered, looking around.

"Now!" Jason yelled. Frank turned into a dragon and blew a spout of fire at Thanos, followed by a huge chunk of rock powered by Iron Man, and Thanos was crushed and burned simultaneously. "Piece of cake, Quill." Iron Man said, landing.

"Yeah, if your goal was to piss him off!"

The rocks flew apart, Thanos bellowing with rage. Jason found with relief that he could now control the wind, and did his best to slow down the rocks, which turned into bats and swarmed Tony who was forced to retreat in order to dodge.

Frank the dragon blew down another huge spout of flame, which Thanos blocked with a blue shield. Spider-Man swooped in and webbed Thanos' eyes and kicked him in the face while Drax drew his knives and slid under, trying to cut Thanos' ankles.

Doctor Strange jumped through a portal and summoned a sword made from golden energy and began to duel Thanos, Drax doing the same on his other side.

Jason drew his steel gladius and continued to keep Thanos occupied. Thanos punched Drax through the wall and ripped the webbing off his eyes. Jason dodged his own punch, slid under Thanos' feet, and reappeared on the other side, forcing Thanos to spin around. He was about to target Jason with one of the Infinity Stones when he rose into the air and summoned a lightning bolt that pinned Thanos to the ground, if only briefly.

This gave Doctor Strange time to summon another golden sword and stab Thanos, who caught it and used it to pull himself up again. Quill shot Thanos from behind, while Thanos retaliated by shooting balls of energy from the power stone at him.

Star-Lord leapt towards Thanos, stepping on magical platforms conjured by Doctor Strange, the last one placed right above his head so Quill could jump over Thanos, do a flip, and stick a bomb on his back.

"Boom!" Quill yelled and fell backwards into another portal. Jason flew out of the way just in time. The explosion knocked Thanos to the ground for the second time and briefly dazed him. Doctor Strange whispered something to his cloak which flew over and started tugging on Thanos' armored fist.

Strange threw portals everywhere. Jason fell through one, landed right on Thanos, and slammed him in the head with the butt of his sword. Thanos shook his head briefly like a dazed dog, but recovered almost immediately.

Spider-Man fell through one and came out to Thanos' left. "Magic!" He punched Thanos in the head and fell through a different portal.

"More magic!" He yanked Thanos' head down and fell through yet another portal.

"Magic with a kick!" Peter delivered a flying kick and dropped into a glowing portal.

"Magic with a-"Thanos grabbed Peter and threw him to the ground, his hand around Peter's neck. "Insect!" He growled.

A/N Sorry, cut off chapter! I was really in a rush so I had to cut this off. I'll be unable to post for at least ten days, sorry about that. This is a short chapter, but I figured one short chapter was better then none at all. Please please please review I'm begging you they're amazing to read! You could literally just say 'good' and it would be fine. Shout out to reviewers:

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