Welcome, to the last chapter of Asgard's Avengers. There may be an epilogue, but i'm not sure yet. Some of you will not like this ending, some will. You'll understand soon.

Chapter 13

The Palace…

(Song Suggestion: Sounds of Silence - Disturbed)

The Hulk lumbered into the palace's Throne hall. Thanos sat upon his throne wearing a gauntlet with stones in it; he had a wicked smirk upon his face. As the other Avengers, along with Brenna, filed in, they stopped at the end of the long hall, staring at Thanos sitting atop the throne at the other side of the hall.

Steve and Thor stood in the front, Sam and Tony landed behind him, followed by Natasha and Clint, with Brenna bringing up the rear. Thanos just smiled sinisterly, his evil features covered by the shadows of the dark, icy hall. He stood and looked at the group of so-called fighters who had come to dethrone him. He wore his classic armor with the addition of an Asgardian cape and in his left hand he held Odin's staff. "Have you come to die?" He asked slowly, his deep voice echoed across the golden, ice covered hall with its shattered pillars and ruins, reminders of its former beauty.

"No! We're ending this. Now…" Steve said demandingly.

Thanos' laugh was slow and deep as he sat back down in his throne, "You are indeed naïve … Men!" He shouted.

Frost Giants, Rock Trolls, bandits, and Dark Elves poured into the room from almost every entrance. They were heavily armed and armored. "Take care of this!" Thanos ordered.

Chaos ensued. The beasts stormed at the Avengers, shooting at them, and swinging their weapons.

Natasha leapt onto a Frost Giant's chest and sent her blade into its heart. As it dropped, she jumped off, throwing knives at the three Frost Giants running towards her. Two of the three dropped immediately. The third Frost Giant moved to stab her with his ice spear; however, she managed to kick the blade out of its hand and then proceeded to jump up and kick the Giant's chin. The blue giant stumbled back and while in mid-stumble, Natasha unleashed a roundhouse kick toward the Giant's face and as soon as the kick hit its target, she immediately maneuvered to kick it in the chest.

The Hulk, in his normal fit of rage, began picking up the enemies and crushing them to death, throwing their corpses into walls, pillars, the floor, or any and everywhere. Then he laid his eyes on Thanos, and let out a loud roar and stormed towards the throne.

Slowly, with a grin, Thanos stood, and raised the hand with the gauntlet into the air. A stone began to glow, and the Hulk stopped and began to shake, red taking over his eyes as he tried to fight it off… "Foolish beast," Thanos growled with a grin, "-Kill the Guardians of the Galaxy…"

The Hulk stood there huffing, his eyes now glowing vibrant red. He roared and beat his fists into the floor and bolted out of the palace on all fours, jumping directly into the battle taking place outside the palace.

Steve spoke frantically over the coms, "Guardians, warriors! Be careful! Thanos has corrupted Hulk!" He yelled into his com as he was pushed into a wall. A Frost Giant grabbed Steve by the neck and lifted him off the ground; frost bite began taking over his neck. Just as he was about to pass out, a repulsor beam shot the Frost Giant's head. Steve fell and held his neck, breathing hard. He knew there was no time to recover, so he stood and went back into battle.

Tony flew in the air trying to kick off a Dark Elf. Once he succeeded, he started shooting at a horde about to kill Clint. He landed on the ground, fighting a horde of Rock Trolls. He was, however, slowly being overcome. Jarvis was attempting to control the fighting that the Iron Man suit was performing. Thanos grinned, "Iron Man! You fool; you should have learned!" He raised his fist; once again, a stone in the gauntlet began to glow.

The suit began malfunctioning and Jarvis spoke, "Sir… I beli- I'm malfunc-"

"Jarvis!? Jarvis!?" Tony yelled and Jarvis' system failed. Tony couldn't fight, the horde was coming faster and harder. Tony was wildly throwing punches; however, he was getting hit more frequently than he was able to land punches. He managed to clock a Dark Elf in the head but then a Frost Giant came from behind and started using its bare hands to rip off Tony's helmet. When it succeeded, a Rock Troll slammed Tony's head into a wall. Tony fell with a thud, his head hitting the floor hard.

Tony looked up shakily, his eyes barely open, his ears ringing. A Frost Giant looked at him grinning and kicked him in the head.

"Tony's down!" Sam yelled as he flew overhead, shooting the enemies that were trying to finish off Tony.

"Leave the Iron Man! I want them each to watch me kill them!" Thanos yelled at his soldiers. They then redirected their attention to Clint and Brenna.

Sam turned in the air and looked at Thanos, "You son of a bitch!" He took a dive at Thanos, shooting furiously. "You hurt my friends! You killed innocent people! How dare you!" Sam yelled and dived at Thanos again, kicking Thanos in the head.

Thanos stood up quickly and furiously, "Fool!" He raised his hand and the power stone in the gauntlet glowed for a third time, "I will destroy you and all your friends!"

Sam stopped in the air, his wings went limp and a glowing dark mass surrounded him, holding him in midair. Paralyzed, Sam could do nothing. Thanos grinned, "When this fight is all over, I'll be sure to kill you slowly and painfully, and but only after I force you to watch me cut off the heads of your friends…" Thanos started laughing madly, and then flung his hand towards the wall. Falcon slammed into the pillar Clint was shooting from. Brenna was positioned at its base, trying to keep the Frost Giants away from Clint. The pillar of ice cracked. Sam fell to the ground, limp, possibly not breathing. As the pillar's cracks grew, it began to crumble. Clint began to fall off of the archer's mount, and a large chunk of ice and stone fell near Brenna.

Brenna tried to jump aside, but not fast enough. The stone from the pillar crushed her legs, crippling her. She laid there screaming in pain – crush syndrome, ready to take its deadly hold.

"Brenna!" Clint called, looking over at Sam, laying in a pile of rubble, his face covered in blood. Clint stumbled over, the fall was hard and at least two of his ribs were broken. He fell at Brenna's side, tears in her eyes and on her cheeks, her face showing only excruciating pain. "Brenna… its okay." He said, tears forming at the corner of his eyes; he knew what was going to happen.

She shook helplessly, her breathing heavy and erratic. Her eyes were dilated and she was bleeding from her side, a rock cut her side deep. "Clinton…" Was all she could say as her body was drained of all energy. She looked at a Frost Giant running up behind him, hoping that would be enough warning for him. It wasn't; a bat made of ice was swung and shattered against Clint's head, he fell to the ground a second time a thud. He laid there, eyes open, either passed out or dead, Brenna couldn't tell. She looked at him in horror as she screamed in pain, seeking help for them both. But, slowly she started to shake even harder as her breathing and heartbeat slowed. Unblinking, her chest stopped moving; she lay dead, next to Clint.

Horrified, Natasha ran to their aid but an energy beam pushed her back. Steve saw all his fallen friends, his icy, baby blue eyes grew furious, "What have you done!" He screamed at Thanos from across the hall. He ran towards Thanos, pushing anyone in his way.

Steve, in a fit of rage, stood. His was breathing hard, "Look at the lives you've ruined! And for what!?" Thanos started down the steps, ready to battle Steve. "Power! You don't have power! All you have is the hate of everyone in the universe!" Steve growled defiantly.

Thanos stood a step away from Steve, "Who are you to defy me…? Your king…"

"You're not my king, you never will be…"

Thanos snarled like a mad dog and raised his fist against Captain America.

Steve held up his shield in defense and two stones began to glow on the gauntlet as Thanos slammed his fist down upon the shield. An insanely loud ringing noise shot out of the shield and it began to crack; its vibrations knocking things down. The shield shattered and Steve fell to the ground horrified.

"I despise you most of all…" Thanos grinned sinisterly raising the staff he had stolen from Odin and holding it to Steve's throat, "And I'll enjoy killing you most of all…"

Steve slapped the staff away and rolled over, hoping to dodge, but Thanos stabbed Steve in the side, were his kidney is located. Steve's mouth opened and gasped with a look of shock. His breath was shaky and his pupils were dilated from the shear pain. He looked over at Natasha, with his piercing blue eyes open wide. He tried to stand up, but Thanos kicked him back to the ground and Steve stumbled, trying to crawl away. Thanos kicked him again and stabbed him in the abdomen. Steve was looking at the massive amount of blood now flowing from his midsection.

Thanos grinned, "What if I just killed her now…" He put his foot on Steve's chest to hold him down. "You helpless fool... I rule you…" Thanos pointed the gauntlet at Steve and the reality stone began to glow. Steve's eyes turned purple and he laid there unmoving, as he was sent into the alternate reality of death and destruction, were all his friends were murdered… by himself.

Thor looked around at the ruin, and all the death. "Thanos… This ends now, call off your guards and fight like a real man!" He yelled.

Thanos looked at Steve's body and kicked it gently in disgust. "Yes, I'm sure this will end soon…" Thanos said dismissively and started back up to the throne.

Thor growled and ran at Thanos while Thanos' back was turned. He sent Mjolnir flying towards Thanos. Thanos turned quickly and caught the hammer. However, being unworthy, Mjolnir slammed to the ground and pulled Thanos down with it. "What is this madness!?" Thanos growled as he tried to lift the hammer.

"You are unworthy!" Thor yelled.

"How dare you!?" Thanos screamed in anger.

"You are unworthy! Unworthy of your followers, unworthy of that throne, and unworthy of the power you hold!" Thor sounded like his father, as if Odin's spirit was within him. In that moment, Thor was truly godlike. Covered In wounds, bruises, and filth, Thor had an air of power and majesty about him; he seemed like he was indeed, the god of gods. "Of all the lives you have taken! You are unworthy!" Thor screamed and raised his arm; Mjolnir flew back into his hand. "And today – you will pay – for your crimes." Thor ran towards Thanos, who lifted the hand with the gauntlet, so it would once again begin to glow, using each stone's power against the god.

The gauntlet let out a black beam and it shot towards Thor, who was thrown back. He crashed into the wall at the other end of the hall.

Thanos looked mad, his eyes blood shot; he was furious. "You think that you will ever match me!? Son of Odin." He mocked, "You are weak and foolish, like all your friends. And today, you too, will perish!" He screamed and his voice echoed across the hall as he sent another beam towards Thor.

Thor screamed in agony as the combination of the power of the Infinity Stone took over his body and sent him into a constant torturous reality, where he would forever feel extreme pain.

Thanos yelled out to all his guards, "Leave me with her!" He yelled and stared at Natasha.

Natasha looked around at the ruin, the death, the destruction, and all her friends… She didn't know who was dead and who was alive. All she knew was that she was now alone in this impossible fight.

The guards ran out as quickly as they had come in and Natasha was finally alone with Thanos. He grinned and shook his head, walking towards her, "Woman … Weaker than all your friends, a mere mortal, a woman … How pathetic that you are all they have left. A weak, pathetic, mortal … woman…."

It was like there was a stone in her throat, her chest was tight, and she was truly … scared. "Then do it; kill me." She spat out some blood and winced; there was a massive wound in her thigh.

Thanos grinned, "As weak as I thought." He raised his hand at her and the gauntlet's Mind Stone began to glow. She picked up a sword and ran at him, knowing full well, she was running to her death.

The beam shot at her and she flew back, landing a bit behind where Thor had managed to crawl before the second beam knocked him out. Her eyes glowed red and she saw Ivan Petrovich, carrying her away from a burning home where her mother's blood curdling screams began to become muffled.

Now she was five… in the Red Room, being locked in a metal box for disobedience…

Thanos grinned and looked at the bodies surrounding him; he stood there in silence. He turned around and slowly headed back to the throne, leaving the Avengers to die, or suffer for all of eternity in the alternate realities where he had sent them.

….

(Song Suggestion: Kings never die – Eminem & Gwen Stefani)

Thanos was about halfway to the throne as her eyes opened. Everything was fuzzy, and her ears were ringing after reliving the horrors of her past, as well as sustaining significant injuries and blood loss. As her vision focused she watched Thanos continue to the throne.

She looked around as much as her weak body would allow her, and she saw Thor laying in front of her, unmoving. In front of him was the pillar that had fallen and crushed Brenna and Sam. Clint lay unconscious next to Brenna, their fingertips touching, as if they were attempting to hold hands before...

Natasha looked and saw another body in front of all the others; it was Steve. He was unmoving, covered in blood, eyes wide open. She couldn't tell if he was breathing or not. No, she thought, he can't be dead, not after he helped her break down her walls and let him in. She wondered, was anyone but her still alive?

Her brain was scattered but her hearing was starting to clear up. As the ringing dissipated, she could hear crashing and destruction in the background, violent yelling in her com, screaming about how the only ones outside that are still fighting are Peter and Rocket. They were screaming about how the ship was about to crash from all the damage it had sustained. She heard chains rattling and the snarling, but she also heard the occasional painful whimpers from Hati and Skoll. They must have been caught and chained up…

She heard the Hulk roar and then a crash and Peter and Rocket's yelling got loud and the chaos in the background got worse as the Hulk landed on the ship, while it was still in the air, and he began to tear it apart. Finally the coms went quiet, followed by static; she took it out of her ear.

Natasha could taste the blood in her mouth, and her whole body ached. Her thigh hurt from the major wound. She felt tears stinging her eyes as she looked at her fallen friends – all the death, all the ruin…

She looked ahead once again and saw, a few feet away from her was Thor's hammer, Mjolnir. On its edges it began to glow a faint grey, as Nordic words in rune script appeared. Natasha gulped and watched the words disappear. Taking a deep, shaky breath, she slowly began to crawl forward, wincing and letting out unsteady breaths as she crawled towards it, doing her best to ignore the pain.

As she approached the hammer, she reached out an arm, trying to grab its handle. In desperate need of its power, all she could do was hope. Natasha closed her eyes as she grasped the handle, the skin on her thigh began to move as her wound healed over. The hammer glowed a powerful blue and lightning shot down. In the lightning, she pulled herself up with her remaining energy, and looked at Thanos who had turned around in surprise.

Thanos stared at Natasha in shock, "Who are you woman, to think that you could possibly defeat me!?" He yelled at her in fury as he clenched his fists until his knuckles turned a different shade.

Natasha held the hammer tightly and looked at him as she stood tall, "I'm Asgard's Avenger," she began to run towards him, holding the hammer – holding her last hope.

Natasha took a massive leap into the air, and held Mjolnir up as the air around it glowed and lightning struck onto the hammer. Thanos watched wide eyed and held up the gauntlet at her.

The power of Mjolnir clashed with the gauntlets power, and the universe felt it…

THE END

The Universe indeed felt the power... What do you think happened?

Also I have to say, yes, this is repetitive, but I believe it is appropriately repetitive, because I think that, if this was real, that's would Thanos would do, I think he'd take each one out one by one. So that's how I wrote it.

I hope you all enjoyed Asgard's Avengers, I'll leave it to you all if you want an epilogue.

currently I'm struggling with this site, Its not letting me read the most recent reviews on my work, so I may not know if you all want an epilogue for a while, so it may be a bit until that happens, unless something with my reviews and stuff changes.

Again, do tell me what you think, I worked hard on this story and I hope you all liked it. I thought it would be interesting to leave the end for all of you to decide what happens. if you think Natasha and the others are killed, that's what you think, if you think the Avengers triumph, that's what you think, I want all of you to have individual thoughts about what happens in the end, I want you to decide for yourself what happens. So do share what you think, i'd love to hear it all.

Thank all of you so much for your continued support throughout this story and any other things of mine that you may have read, writing is a good outlet for me, and all of you help me to keep writing. Thanks again, have a great day, until next time I write something.