Infinity Stone MIA

Thanos stood on his warship with a group of over 3,000 soldiers, all races from Kree to Saccarin, and one elemental, on their way to capture Reality. Thanos would not wait another minute to have three of the most powerful entities ever in his possession. Hijinx had promised that he had a way to make the three escapees docile until their DNA matches could be captured. Thanos hoped that he soon would be in control of his new warriors. Titanium was a strong warrior, truly, but Thanos was excited to see what the most powerful ones could do.

"Lord Thanos," One of his captains called. "The Death Veil approaches." Thanos did hope that people would stop referring to the Reality Shield as The Death Veil. Nothing, not even death, could stop Thanos from getting what he wanted.

"Get the army's ready." Thanos boomed his instructions. "We attack in V formations and target the weakest part of the shield." He eyed the swirling clouds of space dust that hinted that they were getting closer to a high gravity area. "Never stop shooting." Thanos growled. With that command the soldiers disembarked, Titanium up front, metal spikes flying around her. Thanos sat back and watched as his soldiers guns battered the fortifying wall of swirling gravity, rocks, and cosmic energy, all drawn to the surging power of the Reality Stone. Titanium flew as close to wall as any living being would dare before stopping where the energy was less congested. A group of soldiers followed and they all started to attack the wall with great force.

Titanium flung spike after spike at the shield, her face gritted in determination as she sent metallic blasts out of her hands that shook the place like sound waves. She dove into and away from the wall quickly, letting her metal bending powers grab a hold of the metallic forces in the air, pulling pieces of the wall away. The guns of the army continued to weaken the area she was mercilessly attacking. Then Thanos saw it, the wall shook, crumbled, and cracked. A piece of the shield fell away graciously and a gaping door was left. Titanium implanted her metal around the border to hold back the oppressing walls that were trying to mend themselves.

Thanos, still seated at his throne, moved forward, parting the army. He floated up to where Titanium was hovering, her hands outstretched to her sides, glowing with dark magic as she held up her metal. "How long will you last?" Thanos questioned her.

Titanium opened her eyes and looked him in the face. "Depends how long you'll take." Thanos resisted the urge to smile, this girl was all of his soldiers x500 in one. He turned and floated into The Reality Shield.

The whole area was awash with swirling hues of red, making the place glow darkly. There was no solid ground beneath him, it was just towering pillars of stone that were cracking at the foundation. Thanos continued along past swirling nebulae and portals across dimensions. He might just have to acquire this shield for a new base. He stopped at the foot of a tall staircase. At the top of the worn stairs was a glowing light, a swirling glowing light that was yellow and cream colors mixed together. A sweet song sang out as the figure swirled around the pedestal where Reality was kept.

Thanos stood and stepped up to the pedestal, he waved his hand and the cream light disappeared. It went swirling into the walls and the whole chamber was lit up as bright as one of Xandar's suns. Thanos smiled and reached out to grasp the stone, but his hand closed around open air.

The pedestal was empty.

Thanos was enraged.

"WHERE IS MY INFINITY STONE!" Thanos roared. The chamber shook with his fury and all his soldiers (minus Titanium) also shook. Thanos sat back in his chair and spun it around with anger. He floated back to his army who were trembling. Titanium stood as still as a statue still holding up the metal. Thanos fumed as he floated around his soldiers, yelling about the missing Infinity Stone.

"It must have been Nova!" Thanos shouted. "It had to have been Nova and those wretched Guardians of the Galaxy!" Thanos thought for a minute then summoned the Infinity Gauntlet. "If Reality is really out of the shield then I can finally track it's energy signal." Thanos said as a star-map appeared before him. A glowing red dot was hovering over a planet in the next galaxy. That was Reality.

"Sire." One of the guards spoke up. "That planet is under no restriction from the Nova Core. You would have no resistance in getting the stone." When Thanos looked down at the guard he quickly fell back in line with the others.

"That planet isn't owned by anybody." Titanium spoke up. "It's open for the taking." She glared at the star-map again. Then she smiled a faint smile. "You'll get an Infinity Stone, and three new warriors as well." Thanos checked the map again. Terra. Reality was on Terra. Thanos smiled.

"Necrocraft army." He called. "Ready your weapons. We travel to Terra to claim my Infinity Stone, capture my newest warriors, and destroy that putrid planet." A cheer went up from the army as they disembarked, Titanium letting her metal fall, and Thanos still smiling his evil smile.