Wakanda
Afternoon
Barry stood on some sort of hovership that reminded him a lot of the kind he'd seen in Star Wars. The sword was strapped to his back by a leather strap as Barry stood shoulder to shoulder with Steve, T'Challa, and some Wakandian soldiers.
"Do you even know how to use that thing Barry?" Sam asked over the Comms.
"On a slow day at the office, Clint and I spare sometimes. He's taught me a few things on how to handle a sword," Barry shrugged.
"So that's why you're so much better at fighter than before," Rhodey noted.
"That and some other things," Barry said as he remembered his brief time as Oliver Queen.
"Bruce, you doing okay?" Natasha asked.
"I think I'm getting the hang of it," Bruce said, following behind them in Tony's Hulk Buster suit.
Suddenly, Bruce accidently kicked off the jet boots, propelling him between two of the hoverships.
"This is amazing! It's like being The Hulk without actually-"
Bruce suddenly tripped over a large rock, falling to his knees and hitting his face off the ground.
"I'm okay," Bruce said as he stood up, picking the dirt and grass out his visor.
"I like this guy," Cisco said amused.
"I've got two heat signatures breaking through the tree line," Rhodey told them.
As the hover ships landed at their destination, they saw two beings at the end of the barrier. The Wakandian warriors and The Avengers assembled together as T'Challa walked up to one of the chanting warriors.
"Thank you for standing with us," T'Challa said.
"Of course brother," the warrior said in Wakandian.
"So, shall we go greet our new friends?" Natasha asked and Steve nodded.
"Barry, Nat, you're with us," Steve said and pair nodded in agreement with their leader's orders.
Together, Barry, Natasha, Steve, and T'Challa made their way down to the edge of the shield, where the female creature Barry and Rhodey had fought before was with a creature that looked like it came out of a monster movie.
"Hey, wasn't there another one of you before?" Barry asked cheekily and the female glowered at him.
"You will pay for his life with yours," she sneered. "Thanos will have that stone."
"That's not gonna happen," Steve said firmly.
"You are in Wakanda now. Thanos will have nothing but blood and dust," T'Challa told them coolly.
"We…have blood to spare," the female said, raising her weapon into the air.
Suddenly, one of the ships grew larger, as if it was preparing to spit something out. The group sensed the fight was about to begin and silent began making their way back to their allies.
"I don't suppose they decided to give up and go home?" Cisco asked and Barry gave him a blank look. "Didn't think so."
The ships opened up and the female raised her weapon. Several creatures seemed to rush out and T'Challa said something in Wakandian, which is then repeated by his soldiers. The creatures come out of the trees, rushing towards the barrier and they get their first look at them. They mostly resembled the aliens from Alien, Barry and Cisco thought. They rushed the barrier, but didn't stop there. To the shock and horror of everyone, they started pushing through, ignoring their burning skin. They were killing themselves to get in, with a few of them managing this.
"What the hell?" Bucky muttered.
"They're killing themselves," Okoye said softly.
As the aliens rushed forward, the Wakandian soldiers taped their staffs, bringing up their shields and aimed their weapons. They fired, getting the invaders as Bucky assisted with his rifle while Bruce and Cisco each sent off blasts with their hands, trying to help in any way they could. Sam and Rhodey flew overhead, Sam firing and using the projectiles from his wings.
"You see the teeth on those things?!" Sam shouted over the blaster fire.
"Alright, back up Sam. You'll get your wigs singed," Rhodey said before several explosives on the creatures.
Sam back off, flying away as the explosives went off, taking the aliens out. However, more kept coming.
"Cap, if these things circle the perimeter and get in behind us, there's nothing between them and Vision," Bruce warned.
"We better keep them in front of us then," Steve said grimly.
"How do we do that?" Okoye asked and T'Challa was silent as he considered this.
"We lower the barrier," T'Challa said before he tapped the Comms in his ear. "On my signal, lower south west section seventeen."
"Requesting confirmation my king, you wish to lower the barrier?" the technician asked uncertainly.
"On my signal," T'Challa confirmed.
"This will be the end of Wakanda," M'Baku muttered.
"Then it will be the noblest end in history," Okoye said fiercely.
"You ready for this?" Barry asked as he looked over at Cisco.
"Nope. You?" Cisco asked as he flexed his fingers nervously.
"No," Barry said as he put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Steve readied his shield as T'Challa said something in Wakandian. The soldiers lowered their shields as T'Challa stepped forward.
"Wakanda forever!" T'Challa roared before lowering his helmet.
Together, the army began rushing forward as one, Barry doing his best to run at human speed. Not yet, he reminded himself. Once they were close enough, T'Challa tapped his Comms piece.
"Now!" He roared.
The middle of the barrier lowered and the aliens began rushing in. Barry took off, using his speed to his advantage. He pulled out his sword, whirling it as he reached the aliens. Barry made a quick strike, cutting off the arm of one alien, causing it to fall as T'Challa and Steve joined him, the pair assisting him in the flight as Cisco fired off to Vibe Beams, hitting a couple of the aliens.
"How much longer Shuri?!" T'Challa demanded as the armies began fighting.
"We've barely begun brother," Shuri said over the comms.
"You might want to pick up the pace," T'Challa said with a grunt of his pushed an alien back.
Barry, meanwhile, was a whirl of movement, speed and steel taking out multiple aliens. However, they were not easily to defeat. They seemed resistant to pain, needing a sword through the chest or a beheading to be stopped.
"For everyone we stop, two ore seem to pop out of their asses!" Cisco shouted as he fired two Vibe Beams, pushing back two aliens. "How do we stop them?!"
"We buy Shuri enough time to get the stone out of Vision's head, then Wanda can help us," Natasha grunted as he fired two pistols, getting two aliens in the head.
"Well they better do it quick," Barry grunted as cut off the head of an alien. "I'm not sure how much longer we can hold them off.
Nidavellir
Same time
Thor laid on the ground, unmoving after holding open The Iris open to power the machine so Eitri could forge him a weapon capable of killing Thanos. Groot, a tree like, humanoid watched in concern as Rocket, a being with the body of a raccoon but the mind of a man and the mouth of a sailor, rushed over to Thor.
"Thor, say something. Come on. Thor, you okay?" Rocket asked, alarmed when Thor didn't so much as twitch.
While this was going on, Eitri poured the contents of the forge onto the floor, desperately searching with his crippled hands for the parts needed. He found the two pieces of the axe, but no handle.
"I think he's dying," Rocket said alarmed.
"He needs the axe! Tree, help me find the handle!" Eitri called over to Groot.
Seeing the two pieces of the axe, Groot's eyes narrowed in determination. Putting down his game, he walked over to the axe and his fingers lengthened, wrapping around the two pieces. With great effort, Groot ignored the heat, putting the two pieces together. With a grunt of pain, Groot chopped off his arm with the axe, completing the weapon as it fell to the floor with a loud bang.
Wakanda
Not long after
The battle was continuing and they were losing. Rhodey was knocked out of the sky by a hammer like weapon wielded by the monstrous creature, which then flew back to him. Bruce and Steve found themselves surrounded by multiple aliens, too many for them to fight. Bucky was tackled to the ground by an alien, trying desperately to push its ravenous mouth away from his face. T'Challa was pushed to the ground and then tried desperately to get away as two of them grabbed his feet and began dragging him away.
Barry kept using his sword, cutting down as many aliens as he could, but there were simply too many, even for a speedster. One took advantage of his blind spot, making a cut across his back. Barry cried out as he was thrown to the ground, losing his sword. As the aliens tried to eat him, they were blast away by Cisco's Vibe Beams.
"Thanks," Barry said gruffly as he picked himself up, grabbing his sword as he stood up.
"We can't keep this up, there are just too many," Cisco said, out of breath.
Suddenly, a large beam of light struck the area, taking out a few of the aliens. Everyone stopped and stared as an axe, sparkling with lightning, came out swinging like a Frisbee. It took out several of the aliens, including those trying to kill Steve and Bruce. As the light faded, the axe soared back into Thor's hand, revealing him, Rocket, and Groot standing there, ready to fight.
"Who is that?" Cisco wondered.
"Thor," Barry smiled in relief. "Something tells me the tide is about to turn buddy."
Bruce laughed his mask retracting as he smirked.
"Oh, you guys are so screwed now!" he said gleefully.
"Bring me Thanos!" Thor shouted as he rushed forward, Rocket and Groot following behind him.
Thor jumped into the air, his axe sparking as he brought it down on the ground, the lightning taking out several of the aliens.
Unspecified location, twenty three years from now
"You know what must be done," Dr. Fate said as he and Freya stood in the library.
"Yeah, I know what I need to do," Freya said with a sigh. "But why-"
"There is no why. We must follow events to their conclusion or all will be lost. There is only one alternative future where Thanos is defeated. If we wish to make sure that happens, you must do as I say. Do you understand?" Dr. Fate said and Freya sighed.
"I don't like it, but I'll do anything to save my parents," Freya said grudgingly.
"Then run Freya, run," Dr. Fate told her.
Freya nodded, turning and running off. Dr. Fate stood watching her retreating form before he turned, waving his hand. A golden portal appeared in front of him and he stepped through it, disappearing.
Wakanda
Now
"Come and get some space dog!" Rocket cried out as he fired his blaster at the aliens.
Seeing four aliens rushing towards the raccoon, Cisco opens up a breach near him. Another opened up under Rocket and he fell down into it. Rocket then popped back up, falling to his knees before Cisco. A few feet away, Bucky opens fire, taking out the aliens.
"I had that handled," Rocket said as he stood up.
"Sure," Cisco said, walking off.
"How much for the goggles?" Rocket asked him.
"I would rather carve out my own eyes than part with these things," Cisco called back, firing tow Vibe Beams and taking out several aliens.
Nearby, Barry and T'Challa fought side by side against the monstrous creature when suddenly, the ships the aliens had arrived in, which now resembled giant monster trucks with blades, came rolling towards them.
"Fall back!" T'Challa cried out as Barry grabbed him, speeding away.
Up in the palace, seeing all this, Wanda's worry for her husband and friends overcame her desire to follow Steve's orders. She burst from the palace and lowered herself down to the battle field using her powers. With a few waves of her hands, the ships were sent flying back and bought them down on the aliens, killing a good number of them. As Barry and Natasha smiled in relief, everyone else stared in shock.
"Well why was she up there all this time?" Okoye wondered.
Up in the palace, Shuri was still trying to remove the stone when she heard noise behind her. She turned around to see a monstrous looking male with a weapon stalking towards her. She turned around, trying to complete her work as Wakandian guards fought off the creature. When they failed, the creature stalked towards Shuri. She picked up a blaster and whirled around, firing at him as another Wakandian guard fought him. However, he easily beat them, knocking them to a lower level. He jumped down after them but, before the creature could do anything, Vision tackled him, slamming him through the glass and sending them both falling down to the battle field.
"Hey guys, we got a Vision situation here," Sam said as he saw this before he was tackled.
"Someone get to Vision!" Steve ordered urgently as he fought another alien.
"I'm on it!" Bruce said as he flew towards the location.
"On my way!" Wanda said as she moved towards the location.
However, the female grabbed her, throwing her to the ground. The female then turned around, blocking Barry's sword with her weapon.
"Lay your hands on my wife again, I'll kill you," Barry said coldly, channeling his inner Oliver Queen.
"I doubt it," the female said before pushing back as they two began a sword duel.
Elsewhere, Vision was surrounded by the two male creatures as Bruce landed In front of Vision.
"Oh no, this isn't gonna be like New York pal. This suit's already beat the crap out of the Hulk!" Bruce said confidently.
The larger creature grabbed Bruce's arm and Bruce kicked the rockets off, dragging the creature away.
"Guys, Vision needs backup now!" Bruce warned as they crashed landed.
Vision was attempting to fight off the other creature when a breach opened up. Cisco stepped out, sending out two Vibe Beams. They blasted the creature, sending it flying back.
"Get out of here, I'll hold him off!" Cisco shouted as he walked over to the creature, determined to take it down.
Meanwhile, Barry and the female were exchanging blows with their weapons. It was true, Barry was outclassed in every way but one: He was a lot faster. So, with his speed, Barry made a strike towards her arms and the female cried out as her weapon fell to the ground and her hands fell a few inches away. She fell to her knees, staring down at the stumps where her hands had been.
"Do it," she sneered ash se looked up at him. "Kill me."
"No. I'm not like you, I'm not a murderer. Besides, I think living with your failure is enough punishment for you," Barry said as he turned to walk away.
Enraged, the female stood up and lunged for Barry. However, she was suddenly lifted into the pair and cut down by one of the ships. Barry watched disgusted as her blood rained down on the ground.
"Gross," Barry said as he looked over at Wanda. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, we need to get to Vision," Wanda said and Barry nodded.
Cisco was thrown into a tree, hitting his head hard enough to knock him out. He slumped forward, out cold as Steve arrived, tackling the creature away from Vision. The two fought before the creature stiffened as a spear pierced through its chest. It fell down, dead, as Vision almost collapsed before being caught by Steve.
"Come on, we need to get you back to the palace," Steve ordered.
Titan
Same time
On the dead world of Titan, another battle for another Infinity Stone was taking place. Peter Parker was using his webbing to catch his falling allies and save them from falling meteors.
Meanwhile, Stephen Strange and Thanos met in the battle field. Strange used his magic to send a blast at Thanos but Thanos jumped, avoiding it, sending his own blast from his gauntlet back at Strange. Strange used his magic to create a force field, sending it back at Thanos. But Thanos was prepared, using another stone to shatter the force field then gather it up, creating something similar to a meteorite. However, Strange waved his hand, a glowing orange circle appearing in front of him. When the meteorite hit, it turned into butterflies. Strange then waved his hands, creating multiple versions of himself, dozens, maybe hundreds. The Stranges then each tossed a whip of energy at him, restraining Thanos. Thanos, out of patience, clenched his fists and the energy whips and Stranges were wiped out except for the original. Thanos then flew up to Strange and grabbed him in a choke hold.
"You're full of tricks wizard. Yet you never once used your greatest weapon," Thanos yanked the necklace off Strange's neck and crushed it. "A fake."
Thanos angrily tossed Strange to the ground and attempted to clench his fist. However, a metal plate, which fit perfectly in his palm, flew into it, preventing him from doing that. Tony, in his new armor, landed several feet away from him.
"You throw another moon at me, and I'm gonna lose it," Tony sneered.
"Stark," Thanos greeted and Tony paused, taken back.
"You know me?"
"I do. You're not the only one cursed with knowledge," Thanos said.
"My only curse is you," Tony sneered.
Tony then sent several small missiles from his suit at Thanos. Each hit their mark, causing an explosion but Thanos was unharmed. Tony then flew at him, making his rocket boots much larger and slamming into Thanos. Tony then slammed his feet into the ground, made his hands into blocks, and slammed Thanos into a boulder However, Thanos pushed back, breaking Tony's helmet. However, Tony's helmet was quickly replaced by the nanotech in his suit, although it was visibly damaged. Thanos punched Tony, sending him to the ground as Thanos angrily ripped the plate from his palm.
Able to use the gauntlet again, Thanos clenched his fists and the purple stone glowed, sending a blast of purple energy at Tony. Tony was able to produce a shield and used it to protect himself from the blast. Tony managed to get out of the way as Thanos stopped and he raced towards Thanos. Slammed his foot onto the gauntlet and making his suit pin it there, Tony then slugged the Titan, causing a small cut to appear on his face.
"All that for a drop of blood," Thanos said as he fingered the wound, seeing the blood on his fingers.
Thanos then slugged Tony, sending him back onto the ground before Thanos beat him as Tony futilely attempted to block the strikes of the mad Titan. Thanos then picked up Tony and threw him away with a blast to Tony's chest. Tony landed hand as Thanos approached. Tony sent two laser beams at Thanos but Thanos was able to block it with the gauntlet with no effort. Once Thanos reached him, Tony transformed his hand into a blade and tried to stab Thanos. But Thanos grabbed the blade, broke it off from Tony's suit, and stabbed Tony with it in the lower abdomen. Tony gasped as pain seared through him and Thanos dropped him to the ground.
"You have my respect Stark," Thanos told him. "When I'm done, half of humanity will still be alive. I hope they remember you."
Thanos was about to use his gauntlet to end Tony when-
"Stop," the two stopped, looking over at Strange. "Spare his life and I will give you the stone."
"No tricks?" Thanos said and Strange shook his head.
"Don't," Tony pleaded but it was too late.
Strange brought the stone forth, a glowing, green stone no bigger than a human pinky, and it floated over to Thanos. Thanos placed it in its slot and breathed heavily as the gauntlet pulsed with its power.
"One to go," Thanos noted.
The gauntlet was hit by a blast and Star Lord came rushing forward, firing at Thanos. Thanos dodged it and then disappeared into a blue portal as Star Lord rushed forward. His mask disappeared as the face of Peter quill looked around in confusion.
"Did we just lose?" Quill asked.
"Why'd you do that?" Tony asked weakly as he looked over at Strange.
"We're in the endgame now," Strange said cryptically.
Wakanda
Same time
"Cisco, wake up. Cisco," Steve tried to wake the down Meta as Barry and Wanda appeared on the scene.
"Is he alright?" Barry asked concerned as he walked over to his best friend's unmoving body.
"He's knocked out. Barry, get Vision back up to the palace," Steve ordered.
Suddenly, Vision cried out as the stone on his forehead flashed and Wanda's hair stood on end. Suddenly, a chill seemed to fill the air.
"He's here," Vision said to the alarm of his teammates.
"Everyone, on my position," Steve ordered before turning to Barry. "Change of plans. Get Vision as far away from here as you can."
"It will not matter," Vision said, stopping them. "No matter where I go, he will find me."
"Ugg, my head," Cisco groaned as he sat up. "What's going on?"
Suddenly, a blue portal, which looked like a more ominous looking breach, opened up. Barry and Steve turned to face it with the others as Cisco got to his feet, all of them watching as Thanos stepped out.
"That's him Cap," Bruce told him.
Barry sped in a circle as Bruce tried to rush Thanos. However, with a wave of his hands, Bruce was sent flying into a rock as he glowed blue. To his shock, Bruce went through the rock and was trapped in it. Barry threw a lightning bolt but, to his shock, Thanos simply absorbed it into his Gauntlet. Steve rushed forward but, with a wave of his hands, Barry and Steve were both sent flying back. Barry got up, clearly pissed.
"Hold him off for a minute. I'm gonna try something," Barry said and Steve nodded as Barry sped away.
"Come on, let's go," Cisco said frantically as he rushed over to Vision. "We need to get you out of here."
Cisco started to open a breach but, with a wave of his hand, Thanos sent Cisco flying back. He hit his head off a tree, becoming dazed but not losing consciousness.
"Wanda," Vision said as the others began fighting Thanos, desperately trying to stop him. "You have to destroy the stone."
"Vision, no," Wanda said aghast.
"We are out of time. If Thanos gets the stop, half the universe will die. It's not fair, it shouldn't be you, but it is. The essence of heroism is to die so others may live," Vision told her as Wanda looked at him sadly. "I am ready to die. Please Wanda, we don't have time."
"okay…okay," Wanda said as she readied herself.
"For what it is's worth…I am sorry for what I did to you," Vision said and Wanda nodded.
"I know," Wanda said as she blasted the stone with her power.
Several miles away, Barry stopped, before turning and rushing back.
Back at the location, as Wanda continued trying to destroy the stone, Cisco fired off a Vibe Beam at Thanos but Thanos caught it with his gauntlet. He walked forward, the unconscious and defeated bodies of the other Avengers surrounding him. Reaching Cisco, he grabbed Cisco by the neck, chocking him.
"Vibe. Cisco Ramon," Thanos smirked at the look on Cisco's face. "You're not the only one who can see into other universes. You should've stayed in your section of the multiverse. If the stones worked there, I would gladly use them on your universe as well."
Thanos then slammed Cisco down onto the ground, dazing the Meta. Thanos stood, preparing to stop Wanda and take the stone when he felt something. Thanos turned around as Barry sped in, using the gauntlet and meeting Barry's supersonic punch. The energy sent a large shock wave and Barry was thrown back, crying out in pain as he felt his entire arm shatter. Barry landed on his side, gasping in pain.
"Don't worry Flash, you'll heal. If you survive," Thanos said as he turned to Wanda.
However, by this point, it was too late. There was an explosion as the Mind Stone blew. Wanda was throw on her side from the force of the explosion. She sat up, crying softly as she grieved her friend.
"I understand my child. Better than anyone," Thanos said as he approached.
"You could never understand," Wanda sneered as she glanced up at him.
"Today, I lost more than you could ever know," Thanos said as he walked passed her. "But now is no time for grief. There's no time at all."
Wanda watched, confused and transfixed, as Thanos waved his hand, a green circle appearing in the palm of his hand. She watched in growing horror as Vision was slowly reassembled until he was good as new, Mind Stone still there.
"No!" Wanda cried out, rushing forward.
But Thanos shoved her to the ground as he took Vision by the throat. Vision remembered his vision from over a year ago as Thanos gently took the stone before yanking. Vision knew no more as his body lost all color. Thanos tossed the body to the ground as he put the stone in its slot. There was a flash and Thanos glowed with the power.
Then, he was struck by lightning, being thrown back. Wanda and Thanos looked up as Thor hovered in the air. Thanos tried to send a blast of energy at Thor but Thor threw his axe in return. The axe easily cut through the energy and struck Thanos in the chest. Thanos cried out in pain as Thor landed in front of him.
"I told you you'd die for that," Thor sneered, grabbing the axe and shoving it in just a little further and Thanos groaned in pain.
Thor stopped as Thanos seemed to be trying to say something to him.
"You should…you should have…you should have gone for the head," Thanos said as he raised his hand with the gauntlet.
"No!" Thor cried out but it was too late as Thanos snapped his fingers.
There was a flash of energy and, when it faded, the gauntlet seemed damaged. It was smoking and looked like it had gone a few rounds with a monster truck.
"What did you do?! What did you do?!" Thor cried out in horror.
Thanos didn't answer, simply raised his hand. He disappeared in a blue portal, Thor's axe falling and slamming onto the ground.
The other Avengers all stood up, staring in shock. Cisco walked over, gently helping Barry up to his feet as much as he could without hurting Barry. They all stared at the spot where Thanos had been moments earlier.
"Where'd he go? Thor? Where'd he go?" Steve demanded but Thor had no answer.
"Steve?"
Steve looked over and saw Bucky; his human hand seemed to be disintegrating. Bucky's gun fell to the ground as he disappeared into dust. A strangled, pained wail pierced the air and it took everyone a moment to figure out it was Natasha, staring at the spot Bucky had been in moments earlier with pure horror on her face.
A few feet away, T'Challa was helping Okoye up until, to her horror, he too disappeared into dust.
Not far, Rocket watched in pained sadness as Groot disappeared.
As Sam disappeared as well, Barry looked over and saw, to his horror, Wanda disappeared as well.
"No!" Barry shouted, pushing Cisco aside as he tried to catch her but Wanda was gone. "Wanda! No!"
"Barry."
Barry turned around and stared, horrified, as he saw Cisco's hands beginning to turn to dust. Cisco looked up at him, horrified, before he turned to dust just like the others.
Tahiti
Same time
Coulson sat in a hammock, pleasantly relaxed as Melinda May at beside him. Then, in an instant, it all changed. Suddenly, there was only dust where May had sat and Coulson stared in horror, tying to understand what he had just seen.
The Lighthouse
Same time
Alphonso Mackenzie, known to nearly everyone as Mack, cried out in horror as the love of his life Elena disappeared into dust.
"What just happened?" Piper asked horrified. "What just happened?!"
Nobody had an answer as they all stared at the spot where Elena had vanished. Then, Daisy was gone to, a dust pile on the floor just like Elena. Jemma looked down at her hands, seeing them turning to dust just like Elena and Daisy's.
"Jemma," Mack cried out but she just looked up at them with a smile as she disappeared.
England
Same time
Hunter Lance and Bobbi Hunter were doing what they did best, arguing when Hunter suddenly stopped, grabbing his hand as if in pain.
"Hunter?" Bobbi asked concerned and he looked up at her.
"Bob," Hunter said before, to her horror, he turned to dust right in front of her.
"Hunter?" Bobbi asked frantically, dropping to her knees and frantically searching for him through the dust but finding no trace of him. "Hunter!"
New York
Same time
Frank Castle was in a bar, listening to everyone talking about the incident earlier with the aliens. Then, there were screams as Frank whirled around, seeing people disappearing, turning into dust.
"What shit is this?" Frank asked in shock.
Elsewhere, Nick Fury stared in horror on the street as the people around him disappeared.
"Nick," he turned around to see Maria Hill, his partner, disappearing as well.
"Hill!" Nick cried out but he could do nothing but watch as Hill disappeared as well.
Hell's kitchen
Same time
Foggy Nelson cried out in horror as he stared at the dust pile on the floor.
"Foggy, stop screaming!" Matt Murdock shouted.
"Stop screaming?! Karen just turned into dust!" Foggy shouted in panic.
"I need to think Foggy!" Matt shouted.
But Matt realized then he couldn't hear Foggy's heartbeat. Because there was not one dust pile on the floor, but two. Foggy and Karen were both gone. It was just him. Alone.
Titan
Same time
"Something's happening," Mantis said as the group all looked around.
Then, they watched in horror as she turned to dust, followed closely by Drax.
"Stay steady Quill," Tony said but Quill was soon gone as well.
"Tony," Tony turned around to face Strange. "There was no other way."
Strange then turned to dust as well.
"Mr. Stark? I don't feel so good," Tony turned to Peter walking over to him.
"You're gonna be okay," Tony said, although he wondered if he was trying to convince Peter or himself.
"I don't wanna go. I don't wanna go," Peter feel into Tony's arms arm, his age showing for the first time as he feared death.
The two fell, Peter landing on his back and he smiled up at Tony, tears glistening in his eyes.
"Sorry," Peter whispered before he turned to dust.
Tony put his hand to his face, struggling with emotion as he realized he had failed.
"He did it," Nebula whispered softly.
Tony simply stared at the ground, trying to absorb everything that had happened.
Barton house, Earth-1
Same time
Clint dropped the cup of coffee he was holding, staring with a wounded look on his face.
"Dad? Are you alright?" Lila asked her father concerned.
"Yeah…I'm fine kiddo," Clint muttered, wondering what this feeling of dread was.
"Well, you better clean that up," Laura said, bouncing baby Freya in her arms.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. As Clint got a towel, Lila went to answer it. She opened the door to reveal a dark haired woman standing on the other side.
"Hi Lila. Are your parents' home?" she asked and Lila noticed she had a red jacket on just like Wanda's.
"Mom, dad, someone's at the door for you," Lila called out.