Wakanda…

Raising his large fist above his head, the Mad Titan swings downward, striking Steve Rogers directly in the head as Thanos drives him straight into the ground, no energy left to continue the one-sided fight. Even after single-handedly engaging each Avenger, Thanos remains unscathed, standing victorious over Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but now is not the time to celebrate for he still needs to fulfill his destiny for the Mind Stone awaits him, and the only ones left standing are Wanda and Rias Gremory's peerage.

Thanos knows the devils' leader and her subordinate are left stranded on Titan after their defeat; the voluptuous, crimson-haired Rias Gremory and her Pawn, Issei Hyoudou. Thanos can still feel the large metal shard when he drove it straight into the Red Dragon Emperor and pinning him straight into a rock with his dragon armor shattered. Despite undergoing his balance breaker and unleashing all the strength he can muster upon Thanos also driving a metal blade through Rias, Issei still lost, even with the support from Iron Man and the rest. It was right when Issei and Rias lost Iron Man took over for the rest of the events to unfold. Rias Gremory may have posed no challenge towards the Mad Titan, but the impression she left is something he will soon not forget. Despite never mentioning them, he knows this must be the rest of Rias's peerage—the clues are not hard to miss since most of them are wearing similar uniforms Rias and Issei were wearing. Regardless, Thanos continues his approach towards Vision. The Avengers could not stop him, and neither will some adolescence, devilish individuals.

Akeno, wearing her shrine-maiden wardrobe, breathes heavily as drops of sweat drip down her cheek and onto the floor. While the sweat can be attributed towards the current ongoing fight with those alien beasts, her sweat is now characterized more by anxiety than anything else. It falls on her to lead the rest of her friends into battle since Rias is off world. Akeno has proven herself countless times she can be a capable leader, but Akeno still has not realized her hands trembling as she hesitates what to do next after she and her friends witnessed.

Each Avenger Akeno and company have come to recognize are all lying on the ground unconscious after each one was effortlessly dispatched by the lone enemy slowly approaching them as he wields the single-most powerful weapon in existence. They all can see the five Infinity Stones attached to it, and that alone is enough to instill trepidation in all of them. Akeno and company know just how powerful the Avengers; they know the Avengers have saved the world more than once, but they were powerless to stop the Mad Titan known as Thanos, who is slowly approaching them since they are the only ones standing between him and the Mind Stone. They all know Thanos must never obtain the last Infinity Stone or face a catastrophe the universe has never seen before. Sirzechs has made is clear to stop Thanos at any cost, even if it means their deaths—their deaths pale in comparison to having half of all life suddenly perish. It is now Akeno realizes her hand is shaking as she looks down. She tries to get it under control, but they won't stop shaking. Seeing the futility of her current action, she looks around the battlefield. Kiba, Xenovia, Koneko, Rossweisse, Gasper, Asia, and Irina's eyes have all fallen on her for they await her orders. She knows very well what is going to happen, and she much rather see that happen to her than for her friends to go through such a thing. But, they all have a mission, and all they need to do at this point is buy time.

"Everyone! Stop Thanos at all cost!" she declares, looking furiously at the Mad Titan. Not a word is said for they all understand what she had done.

Kiba lets out his breath, relieving all stress and tiredness he accumulated throughout the day. He materializes his holy-devil sword and stabs it into the ground. Multiple swords spike upward right in front of the Mad Titan, jabbing and stabbing Thanos in the chest and legs; however, the swords shatter upon contact as the Power Stone glows brightly. Picking his sword up, Kiba uses his speed to close the distance. Nobody could keep track of him for he is moving the fastest he has ever gone before—dire situations call for unprecedented strength. One moment, he is standing a distance away. The next, he is right in front of Thanos, this unprecedented speed would have been impressive if everyone was not in disbelief of what they are witnessing. Instead of his blade slashing through the Mad Titan, the blade is being gripped by the golden gauntlet. There is no alternative action; all he can do is stare at the Mad Titan right in the eyes, still processing what he accomplished as he is at his mercy. The Power Stone glows brightly, and Kiba's holy-devil sword shatters into a million pieces. Kiba immediately drops to his knees and coughs out blood as a large fist hits him in the gut. Thanos finishes it with a right hook to the cheek, pummeling him to the ground and pushing him aside, leaving him unconscious on the floor as Thanos continues his approach.

With her grip around Ascolon tightens as her blood boils upon witnessing Kiba's defeat, Xenovia charges forward at blitz neck speeds. Unfazed as the raging Xenovia charges at him, the Space Stone and Reality Stone glow brightly. Using all her might, she swings Ascolon towards Thanos. Much to her surprise, Ascolon passes through Thanos like a ghost, but her momentum carries forwards, passing through Thanos. As soon as Xenovia passes through, a red wave pulses outwards from Thanos, hitting her and slowly turning her into stone. Asia could not help but let out a gasp upon seeing her friend sudden transformation, shedding a tear for her.

A glowing, white spear of light hits Thanos in the chest, but does no damage as it shatters. More spears of light continue to be hurled by Irina with little success. Realizing the futility, the angel materializes one more spear of lights and closes the distance between her and Thanos—this time aiming for his head. She thrust forward when she was within distance, However, the tip of the spear collides with the palm of the Infinity Gauntlet, creating a violent reaction of light as Irina continues to push the spear into the gauntlet. Finally, Thanos closes his hand, causing a large explosion at point blank range for both the angel and the Mad Titan. The smoke clears, and Irina's eyes widen as she stares into the Mad Titan, who is within his range. His attack is swift and powerful, hitting her right in the cheek, sending her flying a few feet before she lands and tumbles.

Thanos's approach continues unimpeded, until he feels himself slowing down. He looks around, and everything around him is moving regularly. The Time and Reality Stone glow as he struggles to close his hand into a fist. Thanos starts to regularly once more as multiple bats start conglomerating right in front of him. The bats form into a human shape, and eventually, Gasper materializes. Wasting no time, Thanos grabs the vampire by the neck using his gauntlet hand, slowly applying pressure to his neck as he gasps for air. Having no intention on killing the young vampire, Thanos throws him aside like a wet paper towel into a large tree. He gasps for air as the impact against the aged wood knocks the wind out of him. he lands face down on the ground, wheezing for air.

Blue fire balls slam into the Mad Titan's chest but does nothing to impede his approach as those two attacks are nothing more than small inconveniences to him. More fire balls hit him, but it does nothing to damage him thanks to the Power Stone. Since nekomata magic is doing nothing for her, Koneko decides to rely on her strength as the rook. She jumps high into the air, performing multiple summersaults, and swiftly navigates herself down, extending her left foot out. Her back heel connects with the Uru metal. Upon Thanos blocking, Koneko recovers quickly, getting low to the ground, and thrusting her fist straight into him. Much to her horror, she does not land a hit on him as she stares intently on the massive golden gauntlet clutching around her arm. She looks up at Thanos, and sees a blank expression as a horrid, harsh snap echoes between the two of them and out. It almost a disgusting sound when the ulna and radius break snap so violently for it is almost enough to make someone vomit. Koneko's screams of pain reverberate throughout the area, letting everybody who is still standing hear as she drops to her knees, enduring the pain. She looks up one more time before Thanos's fist connects with her heads, pushing her aside to the right as she lies face down on the floor, incapacitated by the extreme pain.

Rossweisse, wearing her Valkyrie armor, spreads her arms out as a multiple of magic circles materialize around her. Beams of heavily-concentrated Valkyrie magic shoot out from each magic circle. The onslaught continues for what seems to be for a long time. Once the dust settles, Rossweisse witnesses something truly startling. All those concentrated magic beams have all been condensed into a small sphere right in front of Thanos, whose left hand is closed into a fist as the Space Stone shines. She immediately raises multiple magic shields as the sphere of concentrated magic energy is hurled at her. The sphere smashes through the first two, but halts at the third and final magic shield as Rossweisse frantically injects a lot of her magic into reinforcing the shield.

*Boom*

Out of the smoke screen, Rossweisse shoots out, landing on the ground and uplifting the dirt, too exhausted to get up as she input the last of her magic into her last shield. If she did not do that, then she would have been dead.

Lightning begins to sizzle near Akeno to match her ever-increasing rage. Watching her friends fall one-by-one by an unstoppable force is difficult to watch especially since she is the one who ordered them to engage the Mad Titan. Yes, she does feel melancholy, but only for a moment for all that sadness instantly transforms into rage. Hands clenched into a fist, teeth gnashing, and tears of anger slowly going to her cheeks, Akeno will avenge her friends. With a swift arm motion, snakes of lightning shoot out, slamming to Thanos and the ground around him, turning it asunder. But the Power Stone glows ever brightly as Thanos continues his approach towards her. Dark, gray cloud formulate high above Thanos, and with a swift arm motion going downward, giant thunderbolts strike Thanos from the heavens.

The thunderbolts and snakes of lightning continue their fruitless assault as Thanos shows no sign of slowing down. Irritated with her attacks, He raises his left hand in front of him with the Reality, Space, and Power stone shining. He closes his hand into a fist, a tri-colorful wave of energy disperses out. Without warning, Akeno's lightning attacks cease. Frantic, she attempts to conduct electricity, but to no avail. Suddenly, Akeno feels a great, mystic force tug on her. She does resist but cannot overpower this mysterious force that is dragging her. Akeno feels the cold, smooth texture of the Uru metal quickly wrap around her neck, feet hanging off the ground, struggling to breath.

"You'll never… get the… Mind Stone…. You monster." She wheezes out as she glares directly at Thanos. Unfazed, he takes in a long deep breath. Then exhales, taking the same amount of time.

"It's my destiny, child." he plunges his fist into her gut… twice. Upon the second impact, Akeno hears something hard breaking around her lower ribs—two to be precise. Releasing his grip around her neck, she lands on her hand and knees, coughing out blood as he stands over her. Before he can move past her, she places one foot on the ground. With her hands on her knees, Akeno pushes hard to pick herself up, despite being in no condition to fight back. If Rias's peerage is one thing, they are stubborn. One both feet, knees wobbling, and blood coming from her mouth, she looks up at, but is swiftly met with a large fist, pummeling her straight into the ground and drive her head into the dirt.

With that, the neutralization of the Gremory household is complete.

Almost complete.

Standing between the Mad Titan wielding the near complete Infinity Gauntlet and Wanda, Vision, and the Mind Stone is a 16-year-old, blonde, teenage girl, who only stands a fraction of the height of Thanos. Having no offensive capabilities of her own and only specializing in healing, all she can do is stand directly in his path, arms and legs subtly shaking. Her breathing is intense and erratic, but endeavors to control it.

Thanos knows the child before him is not a fighter. She may not have realized it due to her concentration on him or her trepidation, but Thanos can see the urine dripping down her legs. A mere flick of his finger could easily kill her, but she still intends to stand in between him and his destiny. As he draws closer, the girl reinforces her stances, arms spread out, preventing them from shaking uncontrollably. It futile, but that is all she can do, and she is willing to give her life just to stop him for a micro. It is not long before all she can see is the waist of the Mad Titan 1 meter away. Defiantly, she never looks up to him, but he does look down at her. Using both his hands, he gingerly places them on her arms and lower them with the utmost care. She is still not looking at him, but she does not resist him either.

"Its okay, my child." He whispers in an understanding tone. "I applaud your courage, but you do realize the futility?" Her breathing is still erratic, but she remains defiant. "What's your name?" Thanos inquires. A long moment of uncontrolled breathing and sniffles passes.

"…Asia…."

"Asia…. You remind me of someone I met so long ago…. And mourn for." Thanos shares, walking past her. Having no more strength, Asia's legs give out, falling onto her knees, and quietly sobs to herself. The threat has passed her, but the end is near.