Chapter One ― He That Thirst for Power

Fate Testarossa Harlaown was one of the strongest Enforcers in her generation.

It wasn't something that she had pride of, but it was unnecessary, because of her reputation; she had an S+ Rank, was an Artificial Mage (a clone of a mage with their memories and appearance) was personally involved in three different Incidents ― the Jewel Seeds, The Book of Darkness and the most recent, the Jail Scaglietti Incident ―, and survived every single one of them, captured one of the most dangerous and wanted criminals in the Time-Space Administration Bureau story and completed numerous missions as an enforcer. There was nobody in the whole TSAB who didn't know who she was. And, for as better as these sounded for someone who sought the fame, it was extremely uncomfortable for Fate, who was an introvert in heart, to be the center of attention. It was one of the reasons why she loved being away from the headquarters so much, being in one of the ships or her house, her position in her work field didn't matter in these places, where she was only Fate, a twenty-year-old woman that liked flying, had a seven-year-old child and spent most of her free time with her girlfriend, Nanoha.

But regardless of what she thought of herself, she knew that nothing she said would change the way that the rest of the Bureau saw her. It was one of the reasons that she hated changing ships in her missions, which was exactly what was happening. She wasn't even able to pass through her first hour in the Asteria before she was in the center of the attention of every single recruit in the ship. It wasn't just the rookies, but some veterans that heard of what she did were instantly drawn to her, questioning her about the missions that she did, about the Incidents and making her feel like an animal in the middle of a zoo more than she felt like a true person. People would think that she was already accustomed to it, but in reality, it didn't matter how much it repeated, she could never feel comfortable in the spotlight. So it was a surprise even to herself when she showed up in the bridge at the start of her shift in the fifth day within the Asteria. The first one to notice her was the commander of the ship, Captain Garnier, who stopped what was doing to smile at her, which Fate returned, making her let some of her stress go.

She knew Garnier for some time, as he was part of one of the classes that Nanoha trained, which in itself meant that he had some restraint in dealing with her - there was little that those who trained under Nanoha feared more than their former trainer's wrath, and nothing would make her madder than some offense against her girlfriend or daughter - and, to add to this, he had respect for her because of some missions that they did together when he wasn't a captain. Fate walked through the bridge ignoring the stares directed at her, going directly to the captain's side. Being an Enforcer in duty aboard a ship, Fate had a lot of influence in it, making her as important as the captain himself. Because it was just a patrol mission, she was the only Enforcer aboard the Asteria and having a lot of responsibilities and duties that had been neglected ever since her identity had been revealed to the newcomers, Fate knew that there wasn't any time to waste.

"It's good to see that you didn't forget about me, Fate," Garnier said with a huge smile on his face. Some of the others in the bridge stopped to see their conversation.

"How could I? Nanoha tells me so much of her students that I suppose that even Vivio knows all about you guys." She said, doing a small smirk to hide the nervousness that was spreading through her.

"Well, I would be surprised if Nanoha didn't tell you about us." The captain said with a small smile on his lips, maybe thinking about what the brunette would do if she heard their conversation.

"She has a tendency to start rambling when she's talking about her job. But, regardless of how much I like to talk about Nanoha, that's not the reason that I'm here." Fate said, really glad about how Garnier was acting as if he knew about how she was feeling. She was a little suspicious that the captain's instructor had some touch in the way he was acting around her, but she was happy regardless. "What's the situation of the ship?"

"All of the systems are working as they should, the Arc-En-Ciel is disabled for the routine scans, and all of the sensors are in normal conditions. As I said before, Executive Officer Fate, there aren't any problems with the Asteria. We are only on a simple patrol, there wasn't a reason for you to be here." The second-in-command, 2nd Lieutenant Harley Ross, said with her eyes glued to a tablet. She was part of the members of the Bureau that weren't comfortable with the power that Enforcers have. Fate simply ignored the malice of her voice, already accustomed to those who didn't like her because of her job. That was the price of being part of the "elite" within the TSAB's personnel.

"I'm not responsible for the Bureau's code regarding the crew within a cruise, Third Captain, but there is always a way that a patrol could turn into an emergency, principally when we are out of the TSAB's administered space." Fate said, looking in one of the computers in the center of the bridge. "That's the reason why all ships need to have all the systems ready at all times."

"Enforcers aren't very versatile in a dimensional or space fight between ships, are they?" Harley said now staring at the blonde, clearly losing patience at being in this discussion. Some of the personnel at the bridge were listening to the discussion that was occurring.

"But we are in planet-based incidents. This is also the reason why we have instantaneous interdimensional teleportation in every ship. I do not have to tell you what's your responsibilities as part of the military, do I?" Fate questioned, already waiting for the outburst that would come out of the woman's mouth.

"Listen here, you-" The speech was interrupted by a sudden lurch, instantly activating the alarms in the ship and knocking to the ground those who are standing.

"What was that?" Garnier exclaimed, alarmed.

"A Dimensional Quake, captain!" One of the officials informed, his voice trembling with clear desperation. The other members of the crew were already working to see what happened.

"Full report, now. I want to know where did it came from, how and what did it." The captain said, his voice firm. The shouts of 'Yes, captain!' signalized the fulfillment of the orders. Fate, anxious because of the events, walked to the nearest station, analyzing the panel that displayed the info of the ship and the exterior of it.

"The ship is in working order, captain. But we had fallen out of the dimensional space because of the Dimensional Quake. We're out of administered space and it seems like the Quake's point of origin is still emitting energy."

"Where did it came from?"

"Seven light-years from here." Fate said, her eyes closed to a radar. "It came from the unadministered planet #174, local name: Xandar. It seems that whatever caused the Quake seems to have been emitting a class S energy signal."

"Class S? It's impossible. The only thing that could emit a signal of this magnitude…"

"Would be a Lost Logia" Harley completed the captain, her voice shaking with some time of emotion that Fate couldn't recognize. "But the only registered Lost Logias with the capacity of having this class of power are the Jewel Seeds and the Book of Darkness."

"Which means that we're in hands another Incident." The captain cursed under his breath, standing and yelling orders. "Send a message to the Bureau's Headquarters and inform them that we're going after a possible Class S Lost Logia or higher. Mark a curse to the unadministered planet and prepare to enter the Dimensional Space."

"Yes, captain!" The crew shouted, the bridge moving in a frenetic notion of tasks being made at the same time. Garnier listened to steps approaching and took a deep breath, turning to the red-eyed girl walking to him, his mind already knowing that she would try to do something reckless.

"Captain." Fate said, face serious and her hands in fists. "I request the use of the Dimensional Transport to go to the planet before the ship enters the imaginary space."

"Look, I know that you're preoccupied, but we both know that entering an unchecked Incident without support in an unknown location is suicide." He tried to rationalize, but the look in the blonde's face made him sigh. "Fate…"

"I have twelve years of experience with this type of situations and we both know that even if the Asteria go to the planet at the highest speed in the Dimensional Space, we have a very good chance that we're gonna lose the Lost Logia's position and possible owner if they have the common sense to flee from the planet and uses any magic to hide their location. We have this one chance to ambush the one who is using a high dangerous item that could destroy an entire planet if unchecked and the only one aboard this ship with the capacity, power, and experience to stand ground against a Lost Logia it's me. So or you permit me to go or I will have to go against your will and active the spell with my own mana supplies. What will it be, Garnier?" She stared at the captain, her eyes shining with a mischief light, clearly daring the captain to negate her offer.

"Fate…" The captain pleaded again but was interrupted not by Fate, but another one of the crew members.

"Let her go, Captain." Surprisingly, Harley was the one who said this, her posture demonstrating some tiredness that wasn't present before. "As your first officer, I give her my consent. But I will let something clear to you, Enforcer. If you came back without essential information and, for some reason, you let this ship in any danger, you will have to fight against me." The woman stared at the blonde, her brown eyes with a resolve of letting her threats true. Fate only corresponded to the stare with a nod; Bardiche glowing before the Barrier Jacket appeared in her body, the white cape falling against her back, her right hand holding tightly Bardiche's Assault Form.

"Captain! We're ready to enter the Dimensional Space, motors are in full capacity and shields are in maximum operation!"

"Understood. Prepare to enter the DS and the max speed at the moment that we're out of the normal Space. And activate a Dimensional Transportation Spell to the Unadministered Planet #174;" He turned at the Enforcer, who nodded in his direction. "Fate, I'll not try to keep you here, but please refrain from having any emotional explosions. Your mission is to maintain ground against the Lost Logia until the arrival of the Asteria, nothing more, nothing less, understood?"

"Yes, Captain." Was the only response that she gave before entering the Teleporter.

The skies above the Xandar Capital were infested of ships.

It was the first thing that Fate saw when she arrived at the planet, having to instinctively flee from the shots that were flying through the atmosphere. She flew from the ships that were shooting at each other, clearly in the middle of a planetary battle. While the Smart Device scanned the planet, Fate rapidly checked the battlefield with her eyes seeing a giant amount of eight-pointed star-based ships flying and shooting against an army of the most varied ships that Fate ever saw in a fleet, all defending a giant mothership that seemed to be firing against the planet surface. With the needed info about the situation, she could assume the status of the battle, which seemed to be on the side of the attackers, the defensive fleet rapidly losing forces against the superiors numbers and firepower of the invading army. The blonde was quick to activate a magical platform and shield spells at her surroundings, her eyes scanning through the battlefield and some yellow bullets appearing at her side, ready to defend Fate from any upcoming attack.

"Bardiche, what's the location of the Lost Logia?" She said deflecting a projectile from one of the invaders' ships and destroying it at the same time that she activated a shield near the ground, saving a ship from the mothership attack, her mind already accustomed to the chaos of a battlefield.

It's on the surface of the planet, sir. It seemed to be originating from within a building that used to be the headquarters of the defensive fleet.

"Used to be?"

The place was destroyed by one of the ships, sir. The Lost Logia is located underground. It's recommended precaution when entering the proximity of the building.

"Understood." Fate acknowledged, dismissing her spells and diving toward the ground, quickly avoiding any shots in her way.

Fate smiled at the feel of the wind against her skin throughout her journey to the Lost Logia. Even though the blonde was in a highly dangerous situation, she couldn't ignore the strange feeling of calm in flying again. Although not as passionate about being in the air as Nanoha, Fate passed so much time flying in her early years that she suspected that it had made her feel as if she could not imagine how to live without it. Her thoughts quickly returned to the situation where she was in the moment that she landed in the ruins of the Lost Logia's location. Sighing, she entered the headquarters at a slow pace, looking at her surroundings, trying to find some sort of an entrance to the underground part of the facility. After finding it in some sort of rubble, the blonde descended as quickly as possible, making the least amount of noise possible, when she found herself in some sort of a vault, full of strange items that seemed to have been brutally destroyed and a corridor that seemed to have been attacked by some sort of powerful energy. Probably the Lost Logia, she thought as she moved into the depths of the place. Note to later: Object is able to cause a lot of structural damage in a single outburst.

"Kneel before your lord savior! The all mightier Titan isn't going to wait forever!" A shout echoed through the hall, making Fate rapidly approach another part of the vault and stealthily look from a destroyed wall to the next room.

The place was as destroyed as the last room, glass in the floor and walls cracked with an explosion that appeared to have destroyed the other side of the room, leading to pure rocks and being covered by darkness. The room was filled by corpses, some sliced by what seemed to be a type of sword, some by crashing against rocks and large objects and the others were more likely killed by the explosion that damaged the room. In the center of the room, two humanoids were located. One of which was some sort of an alien species with gray skin and cold eyes, disarmed but seemingly using some sort of power against the other being in the room. This was an old female that resembled a human in her earlier forties, which a vest that was torn apart and had an injury in her head, the blood dripping against her face. There was as well a third figure, the tallest in the room who was in the destroyed half of the vault. He was at least two and a half meters high and was using a full-on golden armor, which covered his purple skin. In his right hand, he had a double-edged sword still red by the blood of the dead, and, in his left hand, he wore a giant gauntlet with a purple gem in one of six containments carved in it.

"Bardiche?" Fate whispered, her eyes locked in the scene beside her. "Are you able to locate the Lost Logia's energy signal?"

Affirmative, sir. Was the quiet response of her Intelligent Device. It seems to be originating from the jewel in the gauntlet of the armored individual. The Lost Logia is active and emanating some class A+ energy. Precaution is advised.

Fate cursed under her breath at the confirmation. It wasn't the best situation in a large amount. The ones with the upper hand are clearly part of the invader forces, and with their hands in a Class-S Lost Logia, it seemed like Fate was clearly in a bad situation.

"I will not kneel to a maniac, you fucker. I would rather die." The blonde older woman said, her hand tightly gripping a strange object and her eyes shining with a light of deviance.

"It wasn't a choice." The gray-skinned man said before flicking her wrist. A shout of pain came from the woman and a mysterious force seemed to appear, forcing her to kneel.
Fate gripped her staff with more strength when the third figure left the shadows, his presence giving the Enforcer a shiver down her spine. The man — which seemed to be referred to as a 'Titan' — dropped to one knee facing the woman, his left hand easily encapsulating the entire head of the older blonde.

"What to do you want, Mad Titan? You already have the Power Stone. Leave Xandar and go destroy another planet, as you're so obsessed with doing." She said, her eyes never leaving the ones of the Lost Logia's holder. The man smiled, but, instead of the maliciously one that Fate expected, it was a gentle one, as if he, somehow, respected the woman at his mercy.

"This isn't a matter of destruction, Nova Prime, but one of preservation. I only search for the balance of the universe." His voice was calm and collected, like the politics in Mid-Childa that Fate was so costumed in seeing, but the tone seemed off in some way.

"Bullshit. You're a maniacal man who thinks that genocide is a blessing. You mutilate your own daughter for your twisted ideal. You are nothing more than a crazy bastard." At the end of her speech, the gray man made a face of rage and seemed close to attacking the woman if it wasn't for a motion of the other man's hand, who stopped him in his advance.

"I'm sorry for your inability to see and comprehend what I saw and understood." The Titan stood up, closing his left hand. At the motion, the Lost Logia glowed in purple light, seemingly charging the power it had. "When I'm done, half of your people will be alive. I hope that this will give your soul some rest."

The woman closed her eyes, accepting her end, her hands closing against the object before the room was filled with a purple light and a ray of pure energy went straight against her. When the light of the strike faded, for the surprise of the present, Nova Prime was still alive, and at her front a young woman dressed in black stood, in her extended hand a yellow magical circle glowed, circling around itself.

"I am Enforcer Fate Testarossa Harlaown of the Time-Space Administration Bureau. You're under arrest by the authority conceived to me for the crimes of murder, illegal acquisition and use of a Lost Logia, an attack against a planet with the intention of war and supposedly genocide against non-administered planets. You're requested to lay down your weapons, surrender your fleet and hand over the Lost Logia in your possession to the appropriate Bureau personal." Fate recited, her eyes locked in the two men at the room, and her hands tightly gripping Bardiche Assault Form, ready to engage in combat if the need arrives.

"How dare you talk this way to the great Titan! He's under no jurisdiction! He-" the man was cut out by a motion from the tallest in the room who gave a step forward, being received with a hard stare and a change of position from Fate.

"Ebony Maw, stop. Let me handle this." The giant man turned to look at the Enforcer, his eyes calmly analyzing the girl. "Hello, Enforcer Harlaown. My name is Thanos, the last of the Titans." The response of the armored man was calm and collected like he was in complete control of the situation, the tone was like he was talking to an old friend, instead of being under arrest. This made Fate frown her eyes, staring at the Titan with a strange intensity. "I do not acknowledge this Bureau that you speak of, but I confess some of your allegations, as I indeed killed in the process to save the universe. If this is a crime in your eyes, I'm sorry, but I will not let myself be captured without completing my goal first."

Fate knew what he was like. Thanos was like Jail Scaglietti, Fate decided, a man who thought that they had a justified goal and that what they were doing have to be completed, regardless of how many would die or suffer in the process, those who put in practice the old human phrase "The ends justifies the means". It was the worst type of people to fight against, in the blonde's mind, because regardless of what she did, these type of people would never stop until their goal was met or they're dead. And, as Fate knew for experience, death was always the best option, as their dream was so twisted that only thinking about it being realized would make anyone in her circle of friends sick in the stomach.

"Then what's your goal, Thanos? If it is reasonable, the TSAB can do what's necessary for it to occur." She tried to reason again, even though she knew that it was pointless, but the more she let the man talk, the better, as it would give her more time to think in a plan to capture the Lost Logia and stop this maniac.

"A Universal Utopia, that can only be achieved when half the life in the existence is wiped out." Was the response, his voice still calm and collected, as if he wasn't talking about the genocide of all living creatures. Fate felt sick in the stomach, unconsciously remembering what another guy with the same ideal did to an entire planet, her friends and, above all, her daughter.

"This is your dream?" She whispered, her fist grabbing Bardiche with a lot of strength, the calm in her voice disappearing. "Genocide? Kill trillions of people? Men? Women? Children?" She was angry, her red eyes shining dangerously. "I'm sorry, Mad Titan, but I have friends and a family waiting for me home. And I will not let a single one of them die!" Before Thanos could open his mouth — probably to defend his point — a cascade of yellow energy balls flew directly to his direction. Some rubble was thrown in the way of the attacks, destroying it in a second.

"My lord!" Ebony Maw exclaimed when Fate appeared from the smoke, her weapon changed to a scythe with an energized blade made of magical lightning. The attack was stopped by the giant sword, sparks flying from the impact before another rubble was thrown against the blonde. She retreated from close combat against Thanos to raise the Defenser spell, repelling the projectile, that dropped down useless in the ground. An attack from the Titan followed the rubble, the sword almost touching the girl. She dodged the attack, seeing from the corner of her eye a row of projectiles being controlled by Ebony Maw flying in her direction.

"Bardiche, Plasma Barrett!" She shouted while changing the Defenser spell to shield herself from Thanos's sword.

Yes, sir. Multiple arrowhead-like bolts of energy appeared from thin air, circling her, before flying against Ebony. The bolts destroyed the rubble and started to follow the gray-skinned enemy, that resumed thrown everything in the room against the magical projectiles, destroying one by one.

Fate, meanwhile, was deflecting her opponent's continuous attacks. Thanos was skilled in the art of the sword, as shown by his handle of the blade and precise slices against Fate. The blows were heavy and strong, the double-edge making the Titan an opponent with little to no opening, except when it was deflected. If the blonde was someone else, she would be overpowered at the start of the fight, but Fate knew how to fight against a swordsman, mainly because she fought against the best swordswoman in all the universe weekly. Fate blocked the attack with Bardiche Hacken Form, and, in a second, dived under the sword and punched Thanos with her Plasma Arm spell, that enhanced her left hand.

The blow made Thanos flew across the room to a wall. Knowing that she could not have another chance, she turned to Ebony, a magical circle rotating and appearing at her feet, preparing a spell. The man was ready to defend himself but was stopped when energy cuffs appeared in his arms and legs, the Bind spell strong enough to make Fate able to cast a second one.

"Trident Smasher!" Bardiche changed form for a moment to make room to a triple-beam bombardment spell that overpowered Ebony in a second, making him fall unconscious before the telekinetic projectile could respond to their master's will. She turned to look at her second opponent, just to see him standing still, his sword cracked by Fate's impacts and the Lost Logia shining in purple light. The Enforcer tensed, changing Bardiche back to Hacken Form and preparing for what would happen next.

"You're stronger than I thought, little one," Thanos said, his eyes locked to the burgundy ones that once upon a time were as blank as the ones in the man's face. "You said that you have a family, didn't you? Tell me about them."

Fate knew that Thanos was buying time. He had an entire army attacking the planet, and if he didn't come back when the battle was over, they would look for him. But Fate had reinforcements as well. If she played Thanos' game, she could buy time for the Asteria to arrive there on time.

"Want to know? Fine. I have a girlfriend, Nanoha, and a daughter, Vivio." She said, her eyes analyzing the picture of the Titan, ready to strike at any sign of aggression. "And we passed from too much for me to give up and let half the population from the entire universe disappear. Do you think you're being merciful? The last person who thought that could change the entire existence tortured my daughter and brainwashed her to attack her mother. I was once as lost as you are, Thanos. I thought what I was doing was right, but it was nothing more than a simple illusion, a false belief that corrupted me and made me almost lost everything in my life. But, regardless, I will not let you do what you want, even if I have to give up my own life to make sure your plan fails."

She was responded with silence by the man. Fate didn't care about what he thought. She was saved by Nanoha from a sea of dread and darkness that appeared because of her own mother. She received hope, a new family, and the brightest smile from the most important person in her entire life. She wasn't Alicia, but she would fight as Fate and make sure that everything that she now had would stand as it was. If this man wanted to take it from her than her only choice was to stand ground and fight until she was victorious and he was behind bars. That was the only end that mattered.

"You are different from the others, aren't you?" The Titan said, sighing. "You're one of those who will not see my way, regardless of what I do. You're a mother, and I'm a father. I think that I know what you think. But, unfortunately for us both, I will not stop until I'm done and neither will you." He raised his sword, and closed his left fist, making the gem shine with a violet glow. He was preparing to continue their battle, it seemed. "Goodbye, Fate Testarossa. I hope that you'll still be loved after you're gone."

He attacked in a quick and strong dash, the stab almost impossible to dodge. The blade of the sword forced itself against Bardiche, sparks flying from the continuous impact, making Fate grit her teeth and try to escape the Titan's reach, but in a moment the left hand, powered by the Lost Logia, came directly against Fate's head. The purple light blinded her for a second and the punch thrown her across the room, making her hit a wall with incredible strength and knocking her to the ground. Her breath failed for a second — if she wasn't using her Barrier Jacket, she would be dead — before rolling to the side to evade a stab from the purple man. Bardiche had fallen from her hand during the punch, making her disarmed against a swordsman powered by a Lost Logia. Gritting her teeth again, she stood, raising her arms, powering them with Thunder Arm, and assumed a fighting stance. Thanos stopped for a moment, pointing his sword at Fate, a small smile creeping through his face.

"You're more resistant than the others that I fought. There weren't too many people who can withstand a punch enhanced by the Power Stone." He said with respect clear in his voice. Fate, on the other hand, didn't answer until a few seconds later, her eyes shining with determination.

"Stop talking and fight, you megalomaniac." Thanos smiled.

"If you insist."

A stab was directed at her, being deflected by a direct blow by her enhanced fist, blood flying from the direct contact with the blade, and she directed her palm to Thanos, the yellow magic circle shining in her feet, the Titan quickly retreated, making the shot miss him and destroy part of the wall.

Using the dodge as a distraction, she quickly took Bardiche Haken Form from the ground, the electric blade forming in a sparkling response to being again in his master's hand. Ignoring the blood that was falling from her hand, she dashed against Thanos, who deflected the blow with the sword. The Scythe's magic blade was placed against the sword metallic one, and the girl's energized palm was located against the Titan's chest. Fate smiled. Thanos' eyes widened from the realization.

"Got 'ya." Was the phrase that she spoke, being rapidly followed by two shouts, one by herself and the other by her device. "Plasma Smasher!"

Haken Saber!

At the same time that a bombardment spell flew from Fate's hand to Thanos' chest, Bardiche's magical blade was thrown directly against the sword. The explosion from the two spells combined echoed through the room, the smoke curtain blinding Fate for a few seconds before she retreated to the opposite end of the room. When the curtain fell, Thanos was kneeling on the ground, his right hand bleeding, pressed against his chest, and his left one was pressed in the ground, the Power Stone shining from the dissolved shield. The sword was laying on the ground, completely destroyed, the metal distorted and blackened from the explosion.

"I wasn't expecting you to use dirty tactics," Thanos said, standing and raising his left hand directly at Fate, the Lost Logia shining from a charging attack while his hand was closing on a fist. "So you'll not be bothered by my own, will you?"

"Round Shield!"

The Lost Logia fired a giant beam of energy that found its target in a span of a second, pushing Fate back and crashing the protective spell almost instantaneously. She threw herself to the side, feeling the moment that the attack destroyed the spell and hit her Jacket, the beam burning part of her white cloak. She had to compose herself quickly when a second beam followed the first, the shot crossing the room and hitting the Defenser spell that Bardiche automatically cast, that was destroyed quicker than the previous, hitting Fate again directly on her Barrier Jacket, the clothing tearing from the strength of the beam. Looking at her opponent, she saw the third attack being charged, and she knew that she had only a second to react.

"Bardiche, Sonic Drive!" She knew that this was a dangerous move, as the necessity to be quick would weaken her defense, but at her current speed, she would be overpowered in a few more attacks.

Yes, s- Bardiche's response was interrupted by the third beam, that traveled through the room, destroying everything that passed through it, and stroked where Fate was, but missing the target. The Sonic Drive was successfully activated before the hit would strike her, making Fate have the opportunity to dodge the attack in a millisecond. Her Barrier Jacket was more simple in this form, the cape discarded at the ground and her clothing with the appearance of athletic gear. The skirt and stocking disappeared in the transformation and a short appeared in its place, the new clothing was specially designed to give Fate her quickest speed.

Thanos didn't blink an eye, shooting a fourth beam at the blonde, who dodge before it even traveled half the room, and dashed to the Titan, Haken Form returning to Bardiche while she was advancing against the alien. She flew through the room and attacked Thanos with the Scythe, that was easily overpowered by the Lost Logia's beam attack, making her dodging to the side and stand still for a moment, a magical circle surging in her feet, powering her Device.

Thanos raised the Gauntlet to Fate, closing his hand in a fist, the Stone responding with a powerful beam flying in her direction, but was meet with a triple-beam yellow attack in return, Trident Smasher fighting to withstand the Power Stone's attack.

It was then that the impact of the attacks made the energy explode, the following waves making the walls crack and the ceiling start to fall, the already ruined place being destroyed even more.

Thanos, realizing it first, made a quick hand movement, a ball of energy flying from the Power Stone directly at Fate, exploding in the impact. The second movement exploded a hole in the ceiling, giving him time to grab Ebony Maw and jump to the hole, while attacking again the place, covering it on the smoke of the rubble.

Fate, on the other hand, was quickly overpowered by the events. Unprepared by the surprise attack, added with a weakened Barrier Jacket, the woman couldn't do anything to defend herself from the continuous blows against her and the room. The magical circle dissolved at the same time that the ceiling crashed against her, the rubble covering the Enforcer in a second.

Fate could only see the rubble coming in her direction before falling unconscious.