Three large figured emerged from the ship that just arrived. The three Diamonds appeared in everyone's sight. All three of them stood together, for the first time in over five years, their eyes gazing around, looking for only one person. That person was the Mad Titan himself. The gems who fought on Homeworld's side during rebellion actually flinched a bit after seeings their expressions. Those expressions were something they've shown only during the rebellion when they spoke of Rose Quartz.

Azurite, Shi'ra, Jon, Robb, Rickon and many others on the battlefield couldn't believe it but seeing the Diamonds on the battlefield was actually quite relieving. They needed as many people as they could to defeat Thanos.

Thanos saw the arrival of the Diamonds and was immediately realized that this situation required certain measure. He'd have to do something he has never done before.

He turned to Corvus Glaive and ordered, "Release the Titans."

Glaive looked up at his father, asking, "All of them?"

"All of them." Thanos answered. The arrival of the Diamonds was a situation where he needed all of them on the battlefield.

His order fulfilled just seconds after he ordered it and five more dropships fell from Sanctuary 2 and they slid open as they were eggs. Five more Chitauri Titans were unleashed into the battlegrounds. The beasts let out horrendous war screams as everyone just stared into them. They barely managed to defeat two of them, and now five more completely unschathed Chitauri Titans were released into the battlegrounds.

Thanos pointed his double sided sword forward, ordering them, "Keep the Diamonds busy."

Peter Parker didn't stare at them for long as he was practically swarmed with Outriders. He was ready for that when he shouted, "Activate instant kill!"

His suit unleashed four extra spider-arms, each equipped with a sharpened, dagger-like end. Even though he never tried it before, Instant-Kill Mode worked as well as he expected and it t killed. A lot. Any Outrider, that tried to swarm him, was met with the ends of each spider-leg.

Blue Diamond moved forward and her eyes finally caught the sight of the Mad Titan. She glared at him and said, "Thanos."

The Mad Titan turned towards her, "Blue Diamond."

"We've been tolerating your existance for far too long. It's time to finally take care of you." Blue Diamond stated, her glare not leaving her face.

Thanos said nothing in response to her swords as Blue Diamonds moved towards him with, with two shiny auras forming on both of her hands. She shot her hands forward and aura was fired at the Mad Titan who held his sword in front of himself before it could reach. The blades began to move around the blade, deflecting her strike as the owner of the sword roared, skidding backwards a bit.

She had to stop her attack when one of the Chitauri Titans moved towards her. The massive Chitauri was actually taller than her and she knew she had to take it out before coming back to Thanos. The Chitauri Titan moved his claws downwards, right at her, as Blue Diamonds moved her hands upwards to grab them before they could hit her. Everyone watched the clash of Blue Diamond and Chitauri Titan, and the gem was ducking every attempt of the Chitauri to slash or to bite her with it's jaw filled with sharp teeth.

She grabbed its' claws once again, and she had an idea how to send it away from her, even if it would last just a moment Blue aura began to glow in her hands and when it was finally ready, she fired it right the chest of the Chitauri Titan. Blowing some parts of it's armor, because of her being just inches away from it as the beast stumbled back a bit, just like she wanted it to do. It was her moment to counter attack. She began to concetrate her aura into five square like projectles, preparing a strike which would surely damage the Chituari Titan in front of her.

But all of it stopped when she felt a spear grasp her side, as it did circles around her. Proxima Midnight stood in the distance, moving her hand around as her spear was making circles around the large gem, grapsing her on the sides of her body. It was followed by something else. She could feel how shots from all kinds of weapons touched her body as Chitauri, Sakaarans, chariots and starships and necrocrafts around her all focused their attention on her with only one intention of keeping her away from the Mad Titan. The troops in the air all swarmed Blue Diamond with with laser bolts and rockets to attract her focus.

Blue Diamond quickly casted her eyes around the battlegrounds and It was when realized how many of Thanos forces were focused actually on her and two other Diamonds, as if they had became his main priority now. Not the Infinity Stones. He knew how much of a threat they possesed to him, and knew that needed them gone as fast as possible.

It was when she felt something else grasp her side. Something that wasn't a spear. The drills of a Leviathan Driller touched her side as the beast flied right next to her and it hurt.

It hurt a lot.

She moaned in pain as the Leviathan Driller did a small hole in the side of her dress that it touched. She gritted her teeth as she began to concetrate her aura again, having no idea if she'd end up dong this attack or not. The Leviathan Driller touched her other side, creating another small hole in her clothing, making her wince a but at the pain she felt because of it, waiting or her attack to be ready as the Chitauri Titan moved towards her.

She let out a small smile when the aura flied into the sky and the square fired into everything in her path, decimating anything in it's path, creating waves of dust and smoke that had to wore off before she could see everythig around her. When it finally happened she saw that a good portion of Chitauri's and Sakaarans on the ground was killed by her attack, and that included some of the troops in the sky as well, the Leviathan Driller being one of them.

But it wasn't over. More troops were coming her way take the place of the ones she killed and Chitauri Titan was still alive. The beast roard as it moved towards Blue Diamond, with intention of inishing what it had started, only to be stopped when another beam of energy was fired at the Chitauri Titan, which was followed by another one quickly joining.

Blue Diamond glanced around and saw how White Diamond and Yellow Diamond joined her just to take out this single Chitauri Titan. She quickly joined them, and the Chitauri Titan screamed in agony as the combined powers of all three Diamonds were burning it from within. The massive Chitauri let out one long painful screech before It's massive corpse collapsed on the ground, creating a shock wave around it's surroundings but the Diamonds weren't done.

The three Diamonds glared at the Mad Titan and shot out their hands forward, firing the combined stream of their powers, the same that killed one of the Chitauri Titans at him. Thanos' reaction to it was quick and he held his sword right in front of him, shielding himself from the beam. His eyes widened when he saw small veins overcoming his sword. It just seconds before it the sword made of the most durable metal in the universe started to crack.

His sword was breaking, the power of all of three Diamonds was breaking his sword. At least it was breaking until it flied out of his grasp could be fully broken. The three Diamonds lifted him from the ground and, the golden plates of armor covering his body were ripped and thrown away. Crushed like a trash before throwing it away. Thanos growled and screamed as that force began to crush him the same way.

He knew would not hold for much longer. Running out of options, Thanos' mind shot back to his last fail-safe, his last trick up his sleeve.

He needed to live.

He had to live...

"Rain fire!" He ordered.

Corvus Glaive stabbed a charging member asgardian and lifted his body above his head, before throwing it aside, as he said to his master, "But sire! Our troops!"

The Mad Titan stick with his previous order, "Just do it!"

The wings of Sanctuary 2 opened, revealing dozens of energy cannons. The cannons charged almost instantly and fired down at the battlefield, at everything and everyone down there. Neither of the armies were safe. The first blows of the bombardment were like a terrible killing blows. The blue bolts of energy made a contact with the ground, and everything in it's path was decimated.

A lot of Ravager warships, Homeworld ships, starships, Leviathans, Leviathan Drillers and Necrocrafts were destroyed in shining blue explosions. The remains of those that weren't fortunate enough to survive the fire from Sanctury 2 fell on the ground, creating a massive shock wave that knocked a lot of warriors from both sides on the ground. Unfortunely in some of their cases the last thing they ever saw were neither the remains of falling ships, or the blue blasts, which instantly ended their life.

An army of sorcerers led by Wong created numerous defensive shields above their heads, dozens of various other Avengers of all spieces taking cover beneath them. Even Stevonnie formed a giant shield above them and everyone that happened to be standing nearby, shielding themselves and many others. All three Diamonds were thrown away by this sudden attack, releasing the Mad Titan from their grasp and out of the corner of their eyes, they could see how the blasts hit their ship. The burning ship of the Diamonds was one of those that fell on the ground, creating probably the biggest shock wave of them all.

All of the Chitauri Titans shielded themselves against the blasts. Snowflake Obsidian picked up Little Larimar and shielded the short blue gem from the fire from the above while Biggs Jasper held her shield above herself and Bixbite. Rose and Purpel Shorty screamed as they were thrown backwards, landing right before the feets of Yellow Jasper and Purple Agate who then used their shields to protect all four of them. Rocket clutched onto Groot as they fell, the raccoon screaming as the blasts surrounded them.

One of them hit the dam and water started to flood into the battlefield.

It was spotted by Pepper who was flying across the battlefield to protect herself from the blasts, "Uh, is anyone else seeing this?"

Doctor Strange looked at the broken dam and his reaction to that was immediately. He made his over to it and used his magic to stop the water from flooding the battlefield.

"I got this. I got this!" Peter screamed to no one but himself as he was still practically pinned down to one position as there was no end for the Outrider, no matter how many Outriders his spider legs killed, more just kept coming. He clutched the gauntlet tighter than before, as he called out through his comms, "Okay, I don't got this. Help! Somebody, help!"

Steve Rogers heard his cries for help. He pressed his free hand to his comms, and responded, "Hey, Queens, heads up."

The first Avenger threw Mjolnir across the battlefield, and Spider-Man quickly caught the sight of it flying right above him. He extended his hand shoot out a web, attaching himself into the hammer. He was instantly lifted up from the ground, and went flying across the battlefield along with the hammer.

He was suprised when a certain blue Iron Man suit grabbed him, with Pepper Stark calling out to him, "Hang on! I got you, kid!" She threw Peter upwards and the young Avenger landed right on the back of Lapis Lazuli.

"it's nice to see you again, blue lady!" Peter called out to Lapis, having a chance to met her back on Titan, "OH, MY GOD!"

He didn't even had a chance to finish what he was saying as Lapis narrowed her eyes as she did her past to avoid any of the blasts from Sanctuary 2 sent her and Peter's way. She had to change her directions from right to left too many times that she actually lost her count, but her and Peter's luck ran out when they flied past a piece of rubble making a small hill. The blast from Sanctuary 2 hit the hill, separating Lapis and Peter and sending them flying in different directions.

The Nano Gauntlet fell out from Peter's hand, but his reaction to it was quick and he shot out a weeb, catching it again. He landed on the ground and began to ran forward himself, but it didn't lasted long. One of the blasts touched the ground inches away from his feet, destroying his spider legs and sending him flying backwards. His mask slid upwards from his face as he hit the ground. He grunted in pain, clutching the Nano Gauntlet close to his chest, as blasts just continued making the contact with the ground.

And then all the fire stopped, just stopped.

Everyone that managed to survive the fire from Sanctuary 2 rised up from the ground and stared in the same direction. Thanos stared at his warship too. The Dark Lord watched how every single cannon of Sanctuary 2 changed their focus and fired directly into the clouds, disappearing within them. He wondered why would they change their focus, and there was only one explanation he could find for it. They must've detected coming from the sky, something that could have been a greater threat.

"What the hell is this?" Sam Wilson asked, being confused just as much as everyone else.

"Friday, what's going on?" Tony asked the AI in her suit, gazing into the skies, trying to figure out why the cannons started firing upwards instead of them.

"Something just entered the upper atmosphere!" Friday replied.

A bright light heading right towards Sanctuary 2 appeared in everyone's sight. Many on the battlefield had no idea who it was, but a few of them exactly knew who came here to help them. Carol Danvers just joined the battle. The fire from Thanos' warship tried to knock her down, but no one of the blasts hit her. She went flying right through Sanctuary 2, blowing parts of the Mad Titan's ship up, making the army of the Avengers cheer.

Rocket was one of them, "Oh, yeah!"

Danvers continued to fly through the shup, leaving more in it, as Sanctuary 2 was engulfed in explosions as Carol Danvers got out of it. She watched how the ship fell down into the river, making a splash upon making a contact with it.

Garnet smirked, seeing how Thanos' warship was just destroyed as quickly contacted with Danvers through her comms, "Danvers! We need your help here!"

Pearl watched in awe how the massive warship was just destroyed by single person, asking Amethyst, "Who's that?"

Amethyst's answer was quick, "Long story."

Thanos felt those shock waves made by his own warship after it crashed into the river. They were even bigger than those made by the Diamonds ship after it was destroyed by the blasts from Sanctuary 2. All he could do was breathe. He couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. He looked in disbelief, horror and fear, the feeling he hadn't felt in a long time. He watched in fear how his warship, his home was just destroyed and became just one of the many remains of the ships on the the battlegrounds.

The Diamonds watched it too, but their couldn't stare at it for long as they caught the view of the seven Chitauri Titans charging towards them, followed by hundreds of Thanos' forces of all kinds.

When Peter Parker opened his eyes, the Nano Gauntlet still not leaving his grasp he saw a woman in gold, blue, and red uniform standing in front of him, offering him a smirk.

"Hi. I'm Peter Parker." He greeted her nervously.

"Hey, Peter Parker." Her smirk became wider, "You got something for me?"

Peter nodded his head, wiping from drop of blood that went down his nose with his free hand. She handed her the Nano Gauntlet. They looked behind them and casted their eyes across the battlegrounds, where the portal of the Quantum Tunnel was bright and waiting. Both Scott and Hope waved to them before shrinking down and flying off together, leaving just portal. This wasn't the only thing they spotted. A better portion of Thanos' army, the Black Order, Chitauri, Sakaarans, Gorilla's, Leviathan's, Leviathan Drillers, chariots, starship and necrocrafts were making their way towards them with only one intention of taking the stones away from them.

Simply everything that didn't followed the charge of the Chitauri Titans towards the Diamonds was charging towards them.

Peter sighed, shaking his head at the view before them, "I don't know how you're gonna get it through all that."

Wanda Maximoff landed behind them, "Don't worry."

Okoye approached the group with Shuri, "She's got help."

Many people have come in their aid, just to make sure the Infinity Stones would come near Thanos ever again. Lapis and Freckled Lapis flied forward right at their enemies, while by Pepper and Peridot doing the same, their mask going off their faces for a second to reveal their glare towards Thanos' goons in front of them. War Machine and Iron Man hovered above the group, seeing a quick glance with Peridot and Pepper. The duo joined them in the sky just a second later. Garnet, Pearl, Amethyst, Bismuth and Stevonnie all strode forward, each of them gripping their weapons and looking each other a determined expressions.

Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl came forward, sending each other a quick nod and gripping their spears while Valkyrie flied above them. Spinel grinned as she marched forward with Azurite, Shi'ra, Jasper, Orange Pearl, Centi and Centi's crew. Benedict Wong stepped forward from his portal, bringing Hulk, Hawkeye, Nebula and Gamora with him. The two daughters of Thanos glared ahead at their father army and held their blades tighty in their grasp. The Wasp and Ant-Man enlarged themselves and joined the march. Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes walked side by side, the two over hundred year old men were followed by Rocket, Groot, Army and Eyeball, Doc, Leggy and Navy joined them and marched by the sides of Army and Eyeball, the entire squad walked together for the first time in years. Falcon flied forward above the group, sharing a quick look with Steve and Bucky.

The residents of Little Homeworld, Biggs Jasper, Bixbite, Snowflake Obsidian, Little Larimar, Orange Spodumene, Rose, Shorty, Blue Lace Agate, Green Larimar, only a name of few were quick to join. None of them had fear in their eyes, just pure determination to stop the Mad Titan. Hessonite, Demantoid and Squaridot slid into the view, with the Whitebound brothers walking by their side.

They were just one of the few that joined the entire march to bring the Nano Gauntlet to the Quantum Tunnel...

Gamora and Nebula screamed as they ran in the front of the charge to destroy their father army. They two sisters instantly recognized who was leading their fathers charge. Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive raised their weapons in the air, Cull Obsidian gritted his teeth while gripping his hammer, and Ebony Maw floated above them. Chitauri, Outriders, Sakaarans, Gorillas. Leviathans, Leviathan Drillers, starships, chariots, and necrocrafts all followed the lead of the four members of the Black Order.

The two daughters of Thanos leaped themselves from the rubble and each of them took their side in taking down a Chitauri Gorilla. Lapis and Freckled Lapis trapped a Leviathan in the waters chains and Valkyrie used advantage of this opportunity and slided her sword through the left side of Leviathan's body armor. Biggs Jasper used her shield to block an attack from a Chitauri before striking him back with her sword. Demantoid was having a hard time fighting off a Chitauri, because she was much smaller than the alien but her problems quickly went away when Robb lifted her up by her collar, giving her a chance to kill the alien which she did.

Iron Gem and Rescue held their hands forward and blasted a Chitauri Driller. Stevonnie lifted up a charging Outrider with their shield above their head and threw him right behind their back where the alien was quickly finished off by Centi who struck it right in the chest with her sword. Orange Pearl kicked a Sakaaran right in his chest, making the alien stumble backwards, and before he could strike back, the gem already dug her claws in his chest. Azurite saw it and send her a quick smile as she took out a Sakaaran himself. She smiled at back at him as two more gems joined

"You must be Orange Pearl." Rose stated.

"That's me." Orange Pearl nodded her head, "And you are?"

"They're Rose and Shorty. I started teaching them while you were gone." Azurite explained.

Shorty send Orange Pearl a quick smile, "Azurite told his every student so much about you."

Orange Pearl titled her head. Azurite had more students? This question would have to wait. The four claw wielding gems rushed forward with more of Azurite's students joining them, with their teacher leading them as they took out everything in their path to make sure Thanos won't get his hands on the Nano Gauntlet.

Sam Wilson and James Rhodes ruled in the skies as they hovered above the waves of Thanos' army and fired everything they had onto them. Bucky Barnes, Rocket Raccoon, Eyeball and Army did the same from the ground, neither of them thinking about pulling their fingers off the trigger of their guns. Clint Barton gave his own war cry as he slashed through every Chitauri in his way, eventually coming across Amethyst. The human and the gem who carried the Nano Gauntlet for the majority of the battle send each other a quick nods while Bruce Banner leaped himself up and brought down a Chitauri chariot with him. Bismuth rushed over to his side and slammed her sharpened hand on one of the Chitauri from the chariot, offering a quick nod of her head to Banner who nodded back.

Iron Man blew up a starship while Groot fed his arms into the ground and trapped a Chitauri Gorilla in one place as he felt someone hand pat his back. Shi'ra send him a quick smile as she rushed past him. The Kratai stabbed a charging Chitauri right through it's chest as as her plasma casters moved in every directions, firing plasma at everything in the Kratai's path. Hessonite cut through the chest of a Chitauri as looked around herself to see Jon stabbing his blade repeatedly as the chest of a knocked down Outrider, making the beast screech in pain.

Pearl stabbed a charging Chitauri through it's chest as she casted her eyes around the battlefield, and could find herself letting out a gasp of shock when she saw a scene just metres away from her. A Ruby guard, with a gem placed right on her shoulder was pinned down to the ground by Corvus Glaive. The member of the Black Order brought his glaive down right at the gem on the gem's forehead, shattering her.

She gritted her teeth in anger and stepped towards the member of the Black Order.

He saw her just a moment later, narrowing his eyes, "You must be Pink Diamond's pearl."

"You heard about me?" Pearl asked, glaring at him.

"I did." Glaive answered, "Everyone heard about your little rebellion, but in our timeline not many are aware of your and Pink Diamond's little lie. Or should I call her Rose Quartz?"

Pearl just sighed after hearing him mention Pink Diamond. It was too long before they charged towards each other. Glaive glared as he moved his blade forward at Pearl, only to have it blocked by her. Pearl's strike back and swung her spear at him, directly towards his neck, but his reply to her attacks was just like hers. He simply swung his glaive, moving her spear away from her. They twirled, spun, and slammed the edges of their weapons against each other over and over and again, and each time they would either dodge or block each other strikes.

Their clash ended when he swung low, making the gem fall on the ground. He lifted his glaive up and was about to bring it down on her gem, a guaranteed but instead, he screamed in pain as a porjectile struck him right into his shoulder. He stumbled back a bit as he looked over at who just shot him. Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl stood in the distance, with the shimmering edges of their spears forward.

Taking his attention off Pearl, Corvus roared as more projectiles were fired in his way. He swung his glaive around, blocking them as he took one step towards the two pearls with each projectile he blocked. Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl took defensive positions as Corvus reached them and swung his glaive at Yellow Pearl. She was barely able to avoid it, and she couldn't prepare herself for what happened next. She latched himself onto her, the two of them tumbling away.

He instantly got himself back on his feet as Blue Pearl came to aid Yellow Pearl. The blue gem swung her spear at him, and he knocked it away, unaware that behind Blue Pearl, Pearl was rising back on her feet. Glaive and Blue Pearl struck their weapons against one other, making several sparks when they connected. He stopped her strike in mid-air, as gazed into her eye with with glare. He moved his glaive away from her spear and swung low, righ at her stomach area, making stumble back a bit, and it was followed by another attack which send Blue Pearl on the ground.

But he wasn't excepting to see Pearl leaping towards him, with her spear leading. She gritted her teeth as she stabbed him right into his shoulder. She lifted him above her head and threw him aside, along with his glaive.

Proxima Midnight growled as she drove her spear through the chest of a charging asgardian. Her attention was quickly shifted to the member of the Whitebound tribe charging her way, with his sword in ready to fight her. He swung his blade at her,, directing towards her face and as she moved her upwards to block it. She striked back and he blocked each one of her attacks, while stumbling backwards with each strike he blocked. She sent him a smirk as she swung her spear one more time. This time, it was too strong for the member of the Whitebound tribe, and his blade fell out of his grasp.

She was simply much better fighter than him.

Out of the desperation he took his two throwing knives from his coat and used them as his weapons instead of throwing them. He swung them around, hoping that any of his swings will hit her, praying it for it, but she dodged all of them. She struck him straight in his face with the back of her spear, making him stumble backwards. She kicked him straight in his chest, and his small knives fell out of his grasp as he fell on the ground, with his face facing the dirt.

The last thing the member of the Whitebound tribe ever let out in the exact moment when Midnight brought down her spear on his back was a painful gasp.

Her took her spear out of the back of the bandit she just killed and looked around herself, seeing wounded Corvus Glaive laying on the ground. Her husband crawled towards his glaive so he could regenarate himself. She made her way over to him and picked up his glaive. He placed the bladeright in her husband's hand and stood in front of his wounded body, shielding him from everyone headed their way, waiting for him to regenerate.

Out of the chaos of everyone fighting with each other, Carol Danvers exited the flames with her fist leading her the other arm wrapped tightly and securely around the Nano Gauntlet. Her expression was focused on the van ahead of her. But she had to shift her attention when she saw the Mad Titan with his double-sided sword in hand charging her way, being his only target with murder raging in his eyes. She didn't slowed down, in fact, she increased her spead.

Help came from an unlikely trio, and Thanos didn't had time to react in time as Pepper, Peridot and Shuri appeared in front of Danvers. All three of them held their palms forward and fired energy blast at Thanos. The Mad Titan raised his sword to block it, but it couldn't do much against the combined power of Peridot's, Pepper's and Shuri's blasts. He was thrown viciously backwards, his body bouncing and rolling several yards before he was able to stop himself.

He instantly got himself back on his feet and saw Captain Marvel flying right above his head, breaking the distance between her and the Quantum Tunnel.

In an act of desperation, he screamed and threw his sword right at the Quantum Tunnel. Just when Carol was about to enter it, his sword made a contact with the Quantum Tunnel inside of the van. The destruction of the Quantum Tunnel created a massive shockwave of pure energy that neither decimated and or threw backwards any Chitauri or Outriders that happened to be standing nearby.

Thanos' sword went flying out of the van and it landed right in front of it's owner while Carol Danvers was shot back by the shockwave as well. She dropped the Nano Gauntlet as she went flying backwards, crashing through various piles of rubble and rock. Thanos grumbled as he pushed himself back on his feet. He looked around himself, and nothing else around him started to matter when he spotted the Nano Gauntlet laying just several yards away from him. All of them Infinity Stones were still attached to it.

"Fine..." He muttered to himself, picking up his sword, "I'll do it myself."

He started making his way towards the Nano Gauntlet, but before he could reach it an orange blur charged into him. He was already familiar with this blur, and his suspicion became true when he saw Jasper standing in front of him.

The orange quartz soldier glared at him, willing to clash with him again for as long as she could just to keep the stones away from him, "Remember me?"

Thanos shook his head, "Unfortunely."

Jasper snorted, wishing she hadn't known about him too, "At least this is something we can agree on."

Her response was followed by a quick heabutt. Thanos took a step backwards as Jasper continued her assault. She swung her fists at her, as Thanos attempted to cut right into her gem with his sword, only for the quartz soldier to grab his blade in mid-air and use it cut him him across his cheek, making Thanos gritt his teeth in pain, to which she smirked, enjoying that she managed to hurt him a bit after everything he has done to her and her friends.

Jasper continued her assault before Thanos kicked her in the her chest, sending her back a little. He dropped her sword and started swinging his fists at her. Each one of his blows was too strong for Jasper to even move an inch as she found herself stumbling backwards with each hit she received from the Mad Titan until her feets could take it anymore and she collapsed onto her knee, glaring up at her opponent.

The Titan moved to pick his sword up as he spoke up to her. It was something Jasper heard him say to her before, "I like you."

"Your future self said the same words to me." Jasper recalled, taking glance behind him and smiled after seeing two familiar gems behind them, "But this time, it's going to end the way it did back then."

Thanos gritted his teeth as he kicked Jasper into her chest. The orange quartz crushed into the rubble and was send flying backwards out of their sight. He turned back and saw Azurite and Spinel charging at him, with the first one taking the led. Thanos readied himself for their assault and in the exact moment when Azurite was about to attack him, he was thrown away by the swing of the Mad Titan's blade, leaving him alone with Spinel, at least for now.

Spinel looked in worry as Azurite went flying away from them. She gritted her teeth and used a nearby rubble to leap herself towards the Mad Titan, with only one intention showing her eyes. She twirled her scythe as she finally reached her target, but not everything went as she excepted because Thanos punched her in the exact moment when she was about to use her scythe on him.

The pink gem placed her free hand on her cheek, cringing at the pain she felt in this one place, but she couldn't let it distract her. She leaped herself forward again and moved to cut Thanos again, grasping him a little on his cheek. The Mad Titan gritted his teeth at another flesh wound on his face as he moved his sword upwards to shield himself from another strike from her. Unfortunely for her, but fortunely for him this time he managed to block it. Not only that, it was followed by a swing of his sword in the exact moment when Spinel was about to swing her scythe at him, it ended up with her losing her scythe as it simply fell out of her glowed hands.

She glared at him, "There is no going to be a happily ever after for you, Thanos. You don't deserve it."

Thanos smiled wickedly at her words, in response to that, Spinel swung her fists madly at him, not even thinking about stopping for a second. She managed to land a him on him once or two, bust most of her attacks were neither blocked or ducked. It was when she made a mistake Thanos wanted her to do. She extended her hand forward at the hand wielding his blade and tried to wrap himself around it. The Mad Titan used his other hand to grab hers and pushed her towards him. Spinel's eyes shot open as she didn't excepted it to happen, as she flied towards Thanos, which was followed by her getting punched in the face.

Azurite let out a deep breath as he watched how Spinel was knocked away after attempting to wrap herself around Thanos. He was about to get himself back on his feet when a certain Kratai stopped in front of him.

"I'm your sister, and you're my brother." Shi'ra said, reaching her hand down to Azurite, "To the end?"

Azurite breathed as he accepted her hand, getting himself back on his feet, "To the end."

They rushed towards Thanos, each one of them giving their own battle cries. Her newer model of her plasma caster aimed itself at Thanos and fired, while the older one was still recharging itself after she had to use it to fight off a group of aliens moments ago. Thanos brought his sword in front of himself, shielding himself from the plasma while Azurite took his hooks off his back. He spun them around before throwing them towards the Mad Titan.

The hooks wrapped themselves around Thanos' sword, and Azurite and Shi'ra used the advantage of this situation. Shi'ra fired another her plasma caster again, blowing off a piece of Thanos' armor who this time didn't had anything to shield himself from it, and it was followed by another which blow up another piece of armor. Azurite leaped himself from the ground and held his claws in front of him, as if he was a cat holding out his paws towards it's target.

He moved his claws to scratch Thanos who freed his weapon from the grasp of Azurite's hooks, and the only thing the male gem scratched was Thanos' sword. The male gem was joined by sister who came to his aid by firing her plasma caster again, and hitting Thanos right in his leg. Thanos didn't even tried to avoid this attack, because it was exactly what he wanted her to do. He sacrificed a piece of his leg armor and pretended that it hurt a little by crouching down a bit.

He then almost instantly rose up from the ground with his sword doing the same. It was swung right at Azurite who was sent flying backwards, crushing into Shi'ra who collapsed on the ground, feeling how her newer plasma caster fell off her shoulder. She casted her eyes around to see Thanos moving further and her brother landing a few metres behind her.

After taking care of two of them, Thanos was greeted by the sight of Centi, Shorty, Rose and Orange Pearl charging towards him. Rose ran ahead of the group and she didn't even had a chance to land a single hit on the Mad Titan, because he simply swung his sword at her and send her away from him and the rest of the group. Shorty cringed at the view of her best friend flying away them as she and Orange Pearl were the next ones in the line.

The two claw wielding gems rushed forward assaulted Thanos on both sides. Orange on the left and Shorty on the right. The of them only managed to do a few moves as Shorty could feel herself geeting lifted up from the ground after trying to send a kick towards Thanos. The Mad Titan used her as a shield and it worked exactly the way he wanted it to do. Orange Pearl hesitated to strike him after seing how the gem she just met was now used a shield by their opponent. Thanos then threw Shorty right into Orange Pearl and the two gems were not standing in his way anymore.

Centi glared at Thanos after watching how Orange Pearl and Shorty were thrown away from them. She swung her sword upwards, but Thanos simply caught it and after putting some pressure on it, the sword fell away from Centi's hand, landing right before her feet. Her eye opened as she didn't had time to react to it as Thanos knocked her away from him. The former corrupted gem crashed into some rubble and let out a painful grunt upon the impact.

Pearl, Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl shared a quick look with each other as they were the next. Blue Pearl dropped her spear on the ground and immediately ran over to the Nano Gauntlet. She cluthed her tightly to her armor and started making her way away from the Mad Titan while Yellow Pearl and Pearl stayed behind to give her more time to get away. Yellow Pearl was the first who striked the Mad Titan, but her effort was for nothing. The clash between her and Thanos lasted only a few seconds. Her spear was thrown off from her grasp when she tried to shield herself from Thanos' swing with it. She didn't even had a time to move away from him as he caught by her arm and threw her ahead of him. Yellow Pearl grunted in pain as she flied right into Blue Pearl, the Nano Gauntlet falling out of the latters hands.

Pearl watched how Blue Pearl and Yellow Pearl crashed into a corpse of a Leviathan before charging at the Mad Titan. The end of her spear shimmered and a projectile was fired at Thanos' face who brought his sword over his face to protect himself from it. Her assault lasted a bit longer than Yellow Pearl's, because of her being more experienced in war, but it was just a matter of time before she found herself crashing across the battlegrounds and landing somewhere among the rubble.

Shi'ra saw it all. She was how her friends were falling, one by one, neither of them unable to keep the Mad Titan away from the Nano Gauntlet for longer than a few seconds.

Why was this happening again? They already lost once.

They just managed to bring everyone back, and now all of this was happening again, only this time his intentions were far worse.

It was when she recalled a certain words Steve Rogers told them before the time heist.

She let out a deep sigh as she picked up her spear, "Whatever it takes..."

She rised back on her feet, her old plasma caster rising her shoulder, completely recharged now while the new one was laying somewhere on the ground and she didn't had time to look for it. Her plasma caster fired at Thanos' chest armor as she charged at him with only one intention of keeping him away from the Nano Gauntlet for as long as she could. Thanos readied himself for her attack another shot from her plasma caster was blocked by his blade. Shi'ra did her best to make the few strikes she did to be precise but her work didn't really paid. Thanos' either ducked or blocked her attacks.

It was Thanos' time to finally take her out of his way. After another one of the shots from her plasma caster, he punched her with his free hand. Shi'ra grunted in pain as she collapsed on the ground. Her eyes shot open when Thanos pressed his boot against her stomach, just to make sure she'd get up.

The Kratai gasped for a breath, desperately trying to breath as Thanos was putting more pressure on his boot. When it seemed that she was done, the Mad Titan removed his boot from her chest and lifted her up to his eye level. The two of them gazing into each other eyes.

"You won't win..." The Kratai said to him, her eyes dark with hate.

Thanos said nothing in response to her words, instead he grabbed her metalic denture and ripped it off her body. He then threw her a few metres aside, excepting her to stay down, but she didn't, even though she was only left with one hand to defend herself and was extremely exhausted because of everything that had happened today. The Kratai rised up from the ground, picking up her spear with the one hand she had left.

Her plasma caster fired one last shot at the Mad Titan as she charged forward, gripping her spear with the only hand she had left. Thanos felt how her plama touched his armor and turned towards her to see the Kratai huntresses, charging at him once again. She swung her spear around but she attack was blocked, and just a second after that, it was Thanos' turn to strike. He kicked her right in her chest, sending her skidding backwards away from him.

Shi'ra fell on her one knee as grunted at the pain she felt her stomach. She couldn't stay down. She was the only who left standing between Thanos and the Infinity Stones, for now, and she had to keep him busy for as long as she could. She rose back on her feet again and charged at him, still feeling the pain in her stomach, but it wasn't on her mind right now. She moved her spear upwards to cut him right across his face but it didn't do anything. He caught her spear with his free hand, and started putting more pressure on it, until it finally fell off her hand.

The Kratai's eyes shot open, because she was now practically left defensless. It wasn't over. Just second after her spear fell of her hand, Thanos kicked her in the stomach with his knee, which send her on the ground. She stared up at the Mad Titan and instead of seeing him move away from her towards the gauntlet, she saw him bringing down his blade with only one direction. Her stomach.

Shi'ra gasped at the explosions of pain that went through her body as his double sided sword penetrated her stomach, Shi'ra gasping as the explosions of pain went through her body. Blood started to pour from the wound and not long passed before the crimson began to pour from her mouth as well. She send him one last hateful glare, showing no fear towards him, just hate. She closed her eyes for the last time, and after that, there was nothing but darkness. Thanos picked up her bleeding and lifeless corpse by it's neck and threw it aside. Her corpse landed away him, with her face facing the dirt.

Azurite saw it all, everything what Thanos had done to his sister, as he rose back to his feet after a few moments of struggling, letting out a rageful, "SHI'RA!"

His scream of grief and anger was so loud that probably the entire battlefield heard him, but he didn't care. Despise struggling to get up just a moment before, Azurite charged at Thanos, with only one intention of killing after seeing what he did to his sister, his eyes were burning with hate. He held his claws in front of him the moment he made his way over to the Mad Titan.

He began swinging his clawed fists rapidly, breathing heavily every moment as he did so. His hateful eyes never leaving his target. Thanos grunted in frustation as he brought his sword down at the forehead of a gem attacking him. Azurite's eyes immediately saw that and he stopped his strikes to protect himself from Thanos' attack. He jumped backwards, managing to avoid Thanos attack just in time.

Azurite lifted his head up and looked up at the Titan in front of him. He and Thanos gazed into each other eyes. Azurite's hateful glare never left his face. He had lost so many people because of Thanos. Aleena and her family, a lot of his friends, including someone he fell in love with faded into dust when they failed to stop five years ago, but they managed to undo this, and now, he had to watch how, Shi'ra, someone he grew to love as his own sister was killed right in front of him.

It was when Thanos seemed to be finally done with him. Just as Azurite was move to attack him again, he punched the male gem right in his chest. It send Azurite flying backwards, away from him, and the last thing he saw before that happened, was an expression of the Mad Titan directed towards him. An expression of admiration. Just seconds after landing on the ground, Azurite tried to stand up again, but he couldn't. He fell on his back and didn't stand up.

They needed help. Thanos was just moments away from getting the stones.

That help came.

In as many ways as it could at the moment.

Lapis moved her hands forward, forming a wave of water which was sent straight at the Mad Titan. The wave reached Thanos and it made him take one or two steps backwards. He quickly proceeded forward as Lapis continued to strike him with more of her attacks. He neither ducked or shielded himself away from them with his sword, not noticing they were damaging his already damaged sword.

When he was just steps way from her, she trapped him in her water chains, making him drop his sword. She then brought her hands together to form a huge harpoon above her. Thanos saw that and roared, using everything in himself to break out of her water chains, succeeding in it which Lapis didn't failed notice. She was about to move her harpoon towards right between his eyes, but unfortunely for her, Thanos grabbed her left hand, and punched her straight in the face two times.

He grabbed Lapis by her shoulder and threw her away from him, but it wasn't over. Amethyst gripped two whips. They began sparking in violet energy as she whipped them at Thanos. Thanos acted quickly and before they could explode, he grabbed them and pushed them to himself, causing Amethyst to stumble towards him. He send a powerful punch right at her face, sending her flying backwards. She landed on the ground, just inches away from Shi'ra's body, the purple gem gazing horrically at the lifeless body of the Kratai.

Garnet charged at Thanos, swinging her gauntlets at him. Thanos let her punch him a few times, makin him g stumble an inch or two backwards before striking back. He fully onloaded on her. His punches were so strong and Garnet stumbled backwards with each one she took. A few seconds had to pass until she found herself falling on the ground. He punched her straight in her face. Her cracked visiors broke completely and, it's remains fell off her face, revealing her three eyes. The next punch was send right at her face, and It was too much for Garnet. She unfused herself into Ruby and Sapphire and just layed on the ground, unmoving.

He grunted as he picked up he finally had a chance to pick his blade from the ground. It was just seconds before Bismuth and Biggs Jasper charged at him, side by side. Bismuth swung her sharpened hands at him, hoping that any of her attacks will grasp him but none of them did. Her eyes shot open in fear when her hand was blocked by Thanos. She quickly swung her other one at him to break herself from his grasp, but not everything went just as she wanted. Thanos moved his blade from the blade he was blocking and used it to block her other strike.

He swung his sword forward, sending her flying across the battlegrounds, leaving Biggs Jasper alone with him. Biggs glared at him, after watching how Bismuth was thrown away. She moved forward with her sword in ready and swung her sword at him, but only seconds had to pass before she was sent stumbling backwards as well. Thanos was about to bring his sword at her and she used her shield to protect herself from it. She saw how a few small pieces fell out of her shield which was already damaged after she used it to shield herself and Bixbite from fire from Thanos' ship.

It was when she saw someone jump on Thanos' back. It was Bismuth. She tightened her grip around Thanos' neck, pressing her hands close to his armored chest. The Mad Titan gritted hi steeh in annoyance as he send Biggs Jasper stumbling backwards after blocking another one of her attacks. He quickly dropped his sword again, and grabbed Bismuth by both of her hands. He lifted her up right above his head and threw her on the ground, right before his feet. He quickly kicked his sword back into his grasp and was about to bring her down on her gem, instantly after it flied back into his grasp, a guaranteed death for her.

"You leave her alone!" Biggs shouted as she jumped between them, blocking Thanos' attack him with her sword. She already had to watch how a few of her friends lost their life during this battle. Her eyes also caught the sight of Shi'ra's lifeless body just a few metres away from her. She wasn't going to lost more of her friends.

Thanos' attention was completely shifted. Biggs Jasper swung her sword widly at him, her glare not leaving her face while also doing her best to avoid any strikes Thanos had planned for her. Her next strike was directed right towards his neck but unfortunely for her blade was caught inches away from his neck with his free hand. He started putting pressure on her sword, and Biggs Jasper could feel how it was breaking with each other. She tried to free her sword from his grasp but it was no use. Her sword broke into two equal pieces, and the upper half fell right between her and Thanos' feet.

She swung her other half of the sword at him, but it went just as she excepted. Her shield was the only thing she was left it. She brought it in front of herself to shield herself from his strike. His blade and her sword collided and she could see more pieces falling off her shield. He began repeatedly slamming his sword down at Biggs Jasper's shield as she was forced to take a step backwards with each powerful blow from the Titan. With each blow her shield was becoming more and more destroyed until it finally couldn't take it anymore and broke into pieces.

Her eyes burst open as she fell on her knee, letting out a gasp of fear as the last thing she had to defend herself was destroyed. Thanos brought his sword down at her, heading directly towards her gem as she did the only thing she could in this situation. She grabbed it and held it just inches away from her gem, gritting her teeth as desperately tried to hold it back for as long as she could. Unfortunely for her it didn't last long. The Mad Titan was much stronger than her as he finally freed his sword from her grasp. His sword was the last thing she ever saw.

"Biggs!" Bismuth cried as she just watched how one of her closest friends, one of the original crystal gems was murdered by the Mad Titan, all of it just to save her life, "NO!"

After hearing that, Thanos made sure Bismuth was going to stay on the ground with a firm kick in the lower part of her chest and after that, he simply walked past her.

It was when he spotted one last person between him and the Nano Gauntlet.

Stevonnie held their shield in front of themselves and gripped her sword tightly. They glared at him, but there was however a hint of sadness in their eyes after having to witness how Thanos just killed Biggs Jasper. They tried to get there in time to help her and Bismuth but they were too late.

They moved towards each other and the Mad Titan clashed with the fusion of Steven and Connie. He swung his sword at them, and his attack was blocked when Stevonnie held their shield in front of themselves. It was their chance to strike and it was exactly what they did. They swung their sword at them but his response was the same as theirs towards his attack was it was blocked as well.

They continued to spar with each other for the next few moments. Each one of the strikes Thanos and Stevonnie delivered towards opponent was strong but it was always ended up neither blocked or ducked by their opponent. The moment when Stevonnie's shield hit him, and made him stumble backwards was the moment when Thanos was finally done with the fusion he was fighting with, but it also gave him a great position for his next move.

He threw his sword forward, which Stevonnie of course managed to avoid, unaware of his true intentions behind it. Stevonnie moved forward with their next strikes as Thanos was waiting for his sword to come back. He grunted in pain when he could feel how one of Stevonnie' strikes slashed his unarmored arm.

Thanos touched his wounded arm, and looked at his bloodied finger, "All that for a drop of blood."

Stevonnie said in response as they were about to move forward with their strikes before the Mad Titan's blade came spinning around, strucking them in their shoulder. The double sided sword flied back into it's owner hand as now it was his moment to attack. Stevonnie didn't had a chance to react to it because it happened just second after they were struck with his spinning sword.

The fusion of Steven and Connie stumbled backwards with each strike they had to block with their shield until they reached a pile of rubble and debris. Stevonnie stopped right before it and tried to strike back but it didn't ended up just as they wanted to. Just a second after that, they found themselves laying in the rubble and debris as Thanos send a powerful punch directed right towards their face.

He didn't even bothered to look at them as Stevonnie began to glow, unfusing themselves into Steven and Connie. Steven breathed heavily as he watched how the Mad Titan moved away from them towards the gauntlet.

Steven's shield reappeard as he rose back on his feet. He threw it right at Thanos' back, to bring his attention to him.

It worked just like Steven wanted. Thanos turned backwards and saw the hybrid standing in front of him, "You must me Steven Universe."

"You know about me?" Steven wanted to know.

The Mad Titan quickly answered, "I do. I heard about you in my daughters memories."

"Can't you see that what you're doing is wrong! Destroying the universe will never save it!" Steven tried to reason with him, even though he was already aware that Thanos was someone who was beyond reasoning.

"This universe cannot be saved." Thanos spat, "That is why I must rebuild it!"

Steven just shook his head at his words and moved towards the Mad Titan. At first, Thanos was suprised how fast Steven was and already paid the price for not excepting it. Steven threw his shield right at Thanos' chin, making the Titan stumble backwards a bit. The hybrid began throwing his shield all across Thanos' body, until the Titan finally managed to block an upcoming strike with his sword, making the shield fly away.

He was about bring his sword down at Steven, but instead was met with a giant bubble forming around the hybrid. Shield appeared again in Steven's grasp as bubble disappeared. Everything started happening quickly after that. The hybrid used his shield to to defend himself from his strikes, or strike Thanos in every side of his body.

Steven ducked his attacks for as long as he could until Thanos, having enough of it, drove his sword right at his knee. Steven yelled in pain as he fell on his knee. Gritting his teeth, he quickly pushed himself back on his feet, only to be instantly met with Thanos' blade headed right towards his head. He quickly brought his shield above his head and blocked this attack. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could spot Lapis nearby, who seemed to notice that he spotted her.

She send him a quick a look and gestured towards Thanos' sword. Steven nodded his head to that and made sure his shield was going to hold the Mad Titan back for as long as he could. Lapis used this and formed a beam of water which was send right towards Thanos' double sided sword, and hit the blade right in the middle.

It was when Thanos' sword finally broke. It's pieces fell on the ground. The Mad Titan gritted his teeth as he quickly glanced around in Lapis' direction to see her laying on the ground and holding her right hand out. Steven used this and hit the Mad Titan straight in his chin with his shield. He moved his shield to hit him again but his weapon was caught by Thanos. The Mad Titan ripped it off from his grasp and instantly after acquring it, the Mad Titan threw it right at Lapis who didn't had time to duck the shield and it hit right in the head, sending her flying several metres backwards.

Steven quickly licked his finger and cured the cut on his knee with his healing spit, it was followed by a quick gasp after watching how Thanos used his shield to get rid of Lapis. The Mad Titan used this opportunity and punched Steven, making the hybrid fall on the ground. Thanos slammed his fist right on the hybrid's chest, making sure he'd stay down.

There was no one left before him and the gauntlet left, at least for now and he was going to use this. He quickly moved past Steven towards the Nano Gauntlet and was quickly met with Tony Stark attempting to grab the gauntlet. Thanos got rid of him quickly and pushed him out of his way as Thor jumped right between him and the gauntlet.

The son of Odin swung Stormbreaker at Thanos before throwing Mjolnir in the air. He quickly turned back, trying to pick up the gauntlet, only to be stopped by Thanos who caught him by his shoulder. Taking his chance to strike back, Thor swung Stormbreaker widly at the Mad Titan, making sure to aim at only one spot at Thanos' body. His head. Thanos grabbed Stormbreaker it mid-air as Mjolnir returned to the God of Thunder. He used both handles to push Stormbreaker into Thanos' chest, roaring.

The first Avenger saw that Thor was having trouble. He came to aid and jumped on Thanos' back to push Stormbreaker deeper into Thanos' chest. Thanos had enough of it and facebutted Thor, then grabbed the first Avenger to the ground and and punched him one in the face, knocking him down. After taking care of both of them, the Dark Lord moved to the gauntlet and picked it up.

He had his hands on the Nano Gauntlet. It was finally in his hands.

Seeing him with the touch with the Infinity Stones, Danvers arrived to take care of him, but their clash ended quickly as he grabbed her by her arm and threw her away from him. Everyone around him was done and he finally could put the Nano Gauntlet on his hand. The energy moved around his body as the power of all Infinity Stones was going through his veins.

He lifted his gauntleted hand to snap his fingers, but was stopped when Danvers once again came to stop him. She dragged his hand down, trying to take the gauntlet off his hand, glaring at Thanos who stared at her. He headbutted her, but it didn't worked the way he wanted to. She was standing her ground and it seemed like she didn't feel it at all. It took him by suprise and she used this moment to fly up to push him on his knees.

Doing the first thing that came to his mind, Thanos took the Power Stone from the gauntlet, screaming in pain as it's energy pulsed through his hand. Carol's eyes widened in suprise, and unfortunely she didn't have time to react to it, as just a second after spotting it, Thanos send a powerful punch in her way. She was send flying backwards, completely out of Thanos sight.

Tony pushed from the ground who was still keeping the water away from engulfing the battlefield. Strange gazed into the Iron Avenger and shakily raised one finger.

Stark knew what he meant by that.

1 timeline out of 14,000,605...

Thanos placed the Power Stone back in it's place in the Nano Gauntlet, yelling in pain as the the power of all Infinity Stones was going through his veins. Tony came in and grabbed the gauntlet. He looked up at Thanos while pulling it away before he was punched.

Stark was send backwards by the punch as Thanos eyed the Nano Gauntlet.

He breathed aloud and spoke to Tony Stark, for one last time.

"You see it now? You see how everything you've built crumbles right in front of you? Your resistance would never work. Many tried, and they always failed. They always fell before me."

Tony wasn't looking at him, but Thanos didn't care. He raised his right hand and stared at it, ignoring everything else around him.

"You can dread it, run from it, destiny still arrives. You tried to take it away, undo it, but now, you are aware that I was always meant to do this. A new universe is going to be birthed, the one that is going to be grateful for everything I sacrificed for it."

He turned to face Iron Man one last time, and smiled.

"I am inevitable."

SNAP!

He snapped his fingers, excepting a light to be spread, awaiting for it, but much to his confusion nothing happened. It was a just a normal snap of his fingers. He looked at the Nano Gauntlet to see what was wrong, to find out that the stones were missing. He looked around and saw what happened to be the stones and froze after seeing something in front of him.

The Infinity Stones, all six of them reappeard in his view. They all were placed on Tony Stark's right hand. He kneeled before Thanos, slowly rising raising his right arm. His eyes looked at the rainbow bolts devouring his right arm, starting with his fingertips and then going all the way up to his shoulder. He breathed heavily as he used everything he had in him to look at Thanos. To someone who plagued his head since the invasion of New York.

Thanos just stared right into the eyes of the Iron Avenger in horror, and did nothing else.

"And I am..."

Tony gasped at the pain of the stones consuming the right side of his face, but managed to hold his hold his quivering hand for Thanos. To make sure the Mad Titan saw it all.

He finally brought himself to say these one last words. He made sure Thanos heard all of it.

"...Iron Man."

SNAP!

All reality around them turned white.

But everyone else was unaware of what just happened and the war for the fate of the universe was still going on.

Rocket was firing his dual pistols at the Chitauri Leviathan. The beast roared as it descended on the talking raccoon who never stopped firing at it, even though it was helpess. He was unable to move away from it in time, and the darkness crashed upon him, as the jaws of the Leviathan consumed him and blackness was the only thing he could see.

He braced himself for his inevitable demise, but much to his suprrise and confusion, he somehow survived. He placed his palm on his beating heart, as he was able to see everything around him again. He glanced around himself, as the Leviathan who was seconds away from eating him faded away.

Faded into dust.

It wasn't just this one Leviathan.

It spread across the entire battlefield.

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In a matter of seconds, the battle completely stopped. The army of the Avengers watched in confusion how this plague started overcoming their enemies. Chitauri stumbled, their weapon either falling, or fading away from their grasp, just seconds before they faded away as well. Sakaarans shared their fate, the aliens giving their one last breaths as they stared into the sky, thinking that iwas going to stop, thinking that their bodies won't fall apart. Outriders and Gorillas screamed in pain as all of them crawled across the battlefield, whimpering every moment as they did so, aimlessly looking around themselves, just moments before they joined Chitauri and Sakaarans and a pile of dust was all that was left of them.

Emerald had to stand up from the seat in her ship to see if this was actually happening. She stopped right in front of the front window of her ship and watched how everything from fell the sky. Leviathans and Leviathan Drillers all dropped from the sky like flies, shattering into dust before they could reach the ground. Every lifeless corpse of Leviathan and Leviathan Driller resting on the battlefield quickly joined them, leaving nothing but dust. Chitauri chariots, starships, and Sakaaran Necrocrafts all vanished in the air, simply broke apart into pure ash. All of the dropships faded away, even the burning remains of Sanctuary 2 disappeared, it's ashes falling onto the lake.

Blue Diamond was struggling to get up as the Chitauri Titans was pinning her down, until it's entire body dissolved into nothing but dust right in front of her eyes, much to her confusion. She slowly got herself back on her feet and her gaze immediately went to Yellow Diamond and White Diamond. All three Diamonds stared stunned at everything happened before them. The Chitauri, Sakaarans, Outriders, Gorilla's, every aircraft of Thanos' army, simply everything they were fighting off broke apart into the dust.

It was just moments before Chitauri Titans were included in this. The massive beasts that remained alive to this point stumbled back, their massive feet or claws shaking the ground beneath them as this plagues slowly consumed their massive bodies. The corpses of the Titans faded away as well, leaving gigantic piles of dust where they just layed a second ago.

The army of the Avengers watched it all happen.

Peter Quill and T'Challa stood together, their eyes gazing into the sky as they watched the army just disappear, leaving nothing but dust. Robb and Rickon stood with Hessonite, Demantoid and Squaridot, watching how every of Thanos' troops surrouding everyone in the sight just faded away, in an instant. Squaridot even removed her visiors just to make sure she wasn't seeings things. It was real. It was happening. Thanos' army was indeed fading away into the dust. Ruby squad stood together and for the first time her entire life, Leggy was not the only gem from her squad that was confused about everything around her.

Terra and Cotta were watching everything from the battlefield. They grabbed each other and held onto themselves tightly, in fear that they lost again, and were going to die. if they were going to die, then were going to die together, in each other arms. It was until they noticed one thing. Thanos' army was fading away, not theirs. They were approached by Joy, Hawk, Eagle, Saphron and Delta, their fellow crewmembers looking confused just as them.

Lars and his crew stood with his crew next to their destroyed ship, each of them gazing into what was just happening before their eyes. Everyone were excepting Padparadscha to make a late comment like she usually did but nothing happened. She just stared at everything in silence. Every gem that formed Fluorite fused back together as Lars closed his eyes and exhaled softly, before turning to his crew, sending each of them a smile. They smiled back.

The Dark Lord had to witness everything he had worked for his entire, everything he had built fell apart right before his eyes. His armies, his fleet, his warship, his throne, even the remains of his sword, it all faded away. He watched how the ashes of his Chitauri, his Sakaarans, his Outriders, his Gorillas covered the battlegrounds. His eyes caught the sight Black Order as well. Ebony Maw fell on his knee, bowing to his master for the last time in his life as he faded alongside the wind. Cull Obsidian dropped his hammer on the ground as he stumbled back, before the ash consumed his body and his weapon. Proxima Midnight held her wounded husband close to herself, pressing her forehead against his as the ash overcame their entire bodies as well.

This was his defeat. His mind was still trying to process it but they defeated him. He lost.

It was over...

He stared at Steve Rogers and Steven Universe. The first Avenger and the hybrid of a human and gem watched how the world around the Mad Titan fell apart. They breathed heavily and met the Thanos' gaze, both of them excepting him to say something, like one last remark, to do something to them, like try to bring them down with him, but he didn't. He had nothing to say to them. He just stared them, meeting their gazes be he turned away from. When he was turning around he could spot Azurite struggling to get himself back on his feet in the distance, the male gem sending him one last hateful glare.

Thanos met his eyes and they shared one last look. He turned away from the male gem after a moment, found a stump of rock amongst the destruction just a moment later. He sat down, resting on it. His face showed the expression of utter loss. Everything he had achieved, his destiny, it was all taken away from him.

He was aware that those were his final moments, and wanted them to be the ones of a peace. He breathed in, and let out a soft exhale, which was followed by another one and one, each exhale he let out in his final moments was longer than the previous one.

He closed his eyes when one last breath left his lungs. His head fell slightly as the bits of ash consumed his shoulders, his body, and eventually reached his face, taking him to the place where'd met his eternal rest.

He accepted all that came and died accepting everything that happened, that he was defeated.

Steve, Steven and Azurite saw it happen. They saw the demise of the Mad Titan with their very own eyes. Azurite breathed in, it was finally over, someone who was inside his head for twenty five years was defeated, but this wasn't on his mind right now. The lifeless body of his sister in the distance was. Jasper and Orange Pearl approached him and helped to get him back on his feet as they began approaching Shi'ra's corpse.

Steven could feel how tears of hapiness went down their cheeks as he felt someone embrace him from behind. He was released from the hug and turned to the person who just hugged him. It was Connie. They send each other smiles, gazing into each other eyes, before they slowly started leaning in and what happened next was a moment between them. They wrapped their hands around each other and shared their first kiss. They released each other from the kiss, just seconds before more joined their hug. Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, Amethyst, and Lapis, all joined, and they shared a large group hug, celebrating that Thanos was defeated.

Out of the corner of his eyes he could see Azurite. The male gem stood over Shi'ra's lifeless body, watching how Jasper and Orange Pearl pulled her onto back, all three of them desperately searching for a sight of life in her. He pressed his hand to her neck and checked, hoping for a pulse. Finding none. Gasping, Azurite broke completely and rested his head against Shi'ra's heart, sobbing over the loss of his sister. Jasper's expression broke as Orange Pearl gasped, putting her hands over her mouth, as tears started to stream down her cheeks. The group was approached by Spinel and Centi. The pink gem gasped as she hugged Azurite's back, both of them sobbing over Shi'ra's body as Centi's expression broke, the green gem with Jasper being the only one from their group who managed o stop themselves from crying.

Centi's crew approached them, all of them cheering loudly in victory, but their happy expressions faded away and turned into confusion upon seeing their captain and Jasper who were hanging her heads low. They all got their answer the moment when they saw Shi'ra's lifeless corpse on the ground.

Their Kratai friend was gone...

Bismuth fell on her knees when she walked over to the remains of Biggs Jasper's gem. She picked them up from the ground and looked down at them with teary eyes, before pressing it against her chest, mourning the loss of her friend. A friend that saved her life.

It was when Peridot and Rhodey landed in front of them, making them release each other from their group hug.

Peridot was the first one to speak up, she was nervous, even after they won, "Guys, have you seen Tony?"

"We can't find him." Rhodey added, sounding just as nervous as Peridot.

Their smiles disappeared and Steven glanced over to the spot where Tony snapped his fingers to kill Thanos. He wasn't there.

"Tony!" Ruby was the one who called out for him, but there was no reply.

Silence was the only answer they needed to get do know what to do next. Steven, Connie, Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl and Amethyst pushed themselves into run and started looking for Tony, while Peridot, Rhodey and Lapis took off into the sky, hoping that they're going to spot him from the above. They were joined by Captain America, and shorty after, Thor Odinson joined them as well, and the two Avengers were just one of the many that joined. They searched the ruins for the man who saved them all, for the man who saved the entire universe.

Steven breathed a sigh of relief when he spotted him somewhere among the ruins, but this feeling of a relief was short lived when saw him fall down.

The hybrid of a human and gem quickly broke himself into run as well and made his way over the Iron Avenger, kneeling before him, and calling out, "He's here!"

He turned over to Tony Stark who was leaning against debris. He gasped at the state the Iron Avenger was in. His Iron Man armor was shredded in multiple places, leaving his left arm and face free to the elements around him. His skin was pale. The veins of the Infinity Stones that were still attached to his right arm consumed the entirety of his arm, his shoulder, part of his chest, and the right side of his face.

Tony slowly looked up at the hybrid in front of him. Steven knew what could have heal Tony's wounds. He licked both of his palms and pressed them against's Tony's chest, hoping that his healing spit will heal him. Tony just saved them all. He deserved to to live. He just waited for his healing spit to finally do it's work and heal Tony's wounds, but it never did.

Why wasn't this working?

Tony looked up at him. It was the first time when he met the hybrid of a human and gem, but he knew that this kid was trying to save him by putting his spit covered hands on him. He heard about his healing powers from Peridot.

Stark gave him comforting look as Steven realized that his healing powers weren't able to him. His look said, "It's okay."

Steven just nodded his head in response as War Machine and Iron Gem landed before him and the Iron Avenger. He moved his hands away from Tony's chest and turned over to look at them. He shook his head, sadly. The War Machine's mask rose up while Peridot's mask disappeared from her face, revealing their shaken expressions. Steven walked past them, allowing them to say their goodbyes to Tony. He walked past Steve and Thor, sending them a saddened expression as he made his way over to Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, Amethyst, Connie and Lapis.

Peridot and Rhodes slowly approached their friend. The latter kneeled down and placed his armored hand on the right side of Tony's face, while the green gem placed her hand on Tony's left shoulder. A smile grew on Tony's pale lips as he glanced at his best friend, and a gem who became one of his closest friends over these past few years. They did the best they could do to smile back.

"Hey." Peridot spoke up to him, giving him a comforting smile, even though she was seconds away from bursting into tears, "You did it. You defeated him."

Rhodey nodded his head as finally brought himself to say something to his best friend, sending him the best smile he could offer, "Good job."

They heard as web swing behind them. They closed their eyes and left Tony's side. They stepped aside when a voice of fear, confusion and dread which belonged to Peter Parker spoke up.

"Mr. Stark?" He asked as his mask slid upwards, revealing his face. He ran up to his fallen mentor, with tears starting to form in his eyes. His voice was shaking as he tried to speak to the man who was his hero, to the man who became the father figure he needed after uncle Ben died, "Hey– Mr. Stark? Can you hear me? It's Peter. Hey. We won, Mr. Stark. We won, Mr. Stark. We won. You did it, sir. You did it..."

His words were met with almost no response. Tony was just staring at the young Avenger before him, and it was the only response Parker got from him. Peter's hands were trembling and his expression shattered. His body quivered and tears were falling down his cheeks like a waterfall.

"...I'm sorry Tony."

He broke away from Tony when he felt someone's put his hands on his shoulder in a comforting manner. He rose back on his feet and raised his hands to cover his broken expression. He stood in the back with Rhodes and Peridot. Pepper Stark kneeled in front of her husband. She kept what he felt hidden, to make sure Tony would saw her strong, just she has always been.

She whispered to him a simple, "Hey."

Tony turned to her. His voice was so weak and quiet that she was barely able to hear his response, "Hey, Pep..."

She placed her hand on his Arc Reactor and Pepper watched how he somehow found the strength in him to lift his own and place it on hers. She called out to his AI, "Friday?"

Friday's answer was quick, "Life functions critical."

All Tony could do was smile at her. To tell her that everything was going to be okay. Pepper smiled back. His head slowly moved to the side, breaking his eye contact with her.

"Tony. Look at me." She told him as Tony slowly turned back and met her gaze again, "We're gonna be okay. You can rest now."

She kept smilling at him, wanting her smile to be the last thing her husband ever saw. The moment when his head moved to the side, once again with his eyes slowly drifting off was the moment when started shaking, trying to stop herself from bursting into tears for as long as she could.

It was when the light on his Arc Reactor turned back and his hand fell from hers.

Anthony Edward Stark was gone...

She didn't had to contain her grief anymore and it was when she finally broke. She kissed him on his cheek and pressed his head against his shoulder and cried into it.

Steve Rogers and Thor Odinson watched it all from where they stood. The first Avengers wasn't able to contain his tears and was crying. Thor somehow stopped himself from crying, so far, but he didn't know if he'd be able to contain his tears for longer.

Clint Barton witnessed it from where he stood. Natasha wasn't the only who died to save everyone. The Iron Avenger had died too. He was the first one to fall on his knee to honor the death of his fellow Avenger and pressed his right hand against his forehead. Black Panther turned to him for a second, before turning back forward him before taking his knee as well. Captain Marvel turned her gaze away to look at the Wakandan king and Hawkeye, before placing her knee on the ground as well. Captain America stumbled a at first, but got himself on his knee as well, with Thor, Hope, Bruce and Scott falling shorty after him.

Stephen Strange fell on his knee to honor the man who sacrificed his life for the greater good and lowered his head. He saw it all in visions on Titan five years. Everything went exactly like the way it supposed to. Out of the milions outcomes he saw, this was only one where they win, but it didn't change the fact that he felt guilty. Guilty that Tony had to sacrifice his life to defeat Thanos.

Standing in the distance was Star-Lord. The leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy fell on his knee, lowering his head in respect. Valkyrie glanced over at him, soon enough was kneeling too. Nebula, next to Peter Quill, joined him. Drax, Rocket, Groot and Mantis behind them fell to their knees and lowered their heads.

Steven was the first one from the Crystal Gems to fall on his knee. Connie's eyes went over to him as she took her knee as well. All of the Crystal Gems following the example of him and soon enough, Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, Amethyst, and Lapis Lazuli took their seat, in silence and honor. Bismuth quickly went to her knee as well, still holding the remains of Biggs Jasper in her hand, with Blue Pearl and Yellow Pearl falling on their knees as well. Jasper and Orange Pearl took a seat as well, with Centi falling too just a second later and, her crew quickly following their captains example. Azurite took his knee too, with Spinel falling shorty after, putting her hand on his chest to make sure he wasn't going to collaps on the ground. Hessonite took her knee, with Jon, Robb, Rickon, Demantoid and Squaridot taking their appropriate knees as well. Shuri, Okoye, Falcon, Wong, Wanda, and Bucky kneeled for the Avenger.

No one excepted the Diamonds but they did. Blue Diamond was the first one from the three of them to fall on her knee, and she was quickly followed by Yellow Diamond and White Diamond, honoring the fallen Avenger.

Honoring everyone that lost their life in this battle...

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"Humans. They are not the cowering wretches we were promised. They stand. They are unruly, and therefore cannot be ruled. To challenge them is to court...Death." The Other, Avengers, 2012

Welp, it's finally done. Thanos has been defeated once and for all. His death will always be one of my favourite ones. In the end, he showed no anger, no remorse, no final words, he knew that nothing could be changed and accepted his own defeat.

RIP Tony Stark, Earth just lost one of it's greatest defenders.

RIP Shi'ra, an outcast of the Kratai's who died fighting alongside people she grew to care about as her own family to stop the greatest threat.

RIP to everyone who lost their life to save the universe from the Mad Titan. Your sacrifice won't be forgotten!

FunFact: At first, I was planning to kill off Azurite as well. It would happen right after Azurite's rageful charge after he had to watch how Thanos killed Shi'ra, but I scrapped this idea, because I already killed him off in so many alternate takes to this story (like in what if scenario with him and Spinel being in Thor's ship before Thanos attack), and decided let him survive the final battle with the Mad Titan, even though it's going to be a rather bittersweet ending or him, bringing everyone back and defeating Thanos, but ending up losing his sister in the end.

Funfact 2: In the Azurite Black Order AU, the last thing Azurite from 2014 would do before fading away would be bowing to Thanos alongside Ebony Maw.