RWBY: Infinity Crisis

Chapter 1: The Aftermath

Haven Academy

Despite all the odds being stacked against them, teams RWBY and JNR, as well as Qrow and Oscar/Ozpin, fought back Salem's forces and secured the Relic of Knowledge. The heroes returned to the house they were staying at on the campus of Haven Academy. Today was to be a day of celebration, Remnant was safer for the time being, the old White Fang had been defeated by Blake and her new White Fang, and most surprisingly of all, team RWBY had been reunited. After so many losses and setbacks, victory felt good, and everyone was seemingly in a good mood.

"We did it!" exclaimed Ruby Rose, the energetic leader of team RWBY "And we even found Blake!"

"It's good to see you guys, even if I don't fully understand what is happening right now." Blake responded, Ozpin would have to bring her up to speed once the celebrations had died down. She decided to stay with her team instead of going back to Menagerie with her parents, Sun would stay with her, while Ilia decided to go on her own path, besides, team RWBY and friends were headed to Atlas, and Ilia never wanted to see that place again.

"It is good to have the team back together, we all missed you Blake." Weiss said, the heiress wasn't fond of the idea of going back to Atlas, but with her team at her side nothing, and nobody, could stop her.

"Yeah, I guess it is." Yang said, her voice a little heavier than usual. Despite her welcoming Blake back, Yang still wasn't sure where things between the two of them were headed, but she decided that talk could wait, today was supposed to be happy day.

To describe the events at the house as a 'party' would be a bit much, instead, the heroes of Haven simply took some time off, friends who hadn't seen each other in months caught up and shared stories of their journeys. For the first time since the Fall of Beacon teams RWBY and JNR were genuinely happy. Even Jaune, who had spent the past few months depressed, seemed to be on the upswing. Overall things were the best they'd been in a long time and the future seemed bright, with the Relic of Knowledge on their side the heroes of Haven could now seriously take on Salem's forces, instead of simply resisting them.

However, this was not the end of their journey, as there was still much to do. According to Ozpin the Relic had to be taken to Atlas, and there were still several Maidens in the wind. Nobody knew the whereabouts of the Summer and Winter maidens, or if Cinder Fall was still alive. Raven, the Spring Maiden, was also still a wild card, she may have let Yang take the Relic but she still remains unpredictable. All in all, the future seemed bright, but the heroes of Haven still had a long road ahead of them. Surely nothing bad could happen now, right?

Wrong.

"Something is happening." Oscar said as he fell to the floor, the magic that he possessed through Ozpin was warning him of something.

"Uh, guys, this doesn't look good." Those were Jaune's last words before he turned to dust.

"What?" Nora blurted out before she to turned to dust and ash.

"Blake?" Yang called out before her ashen body hit the floor, the Sunny Dragon was no more.

"Oh no." Was all Weiss Schnee could say before she disappeared into a cloud of dust.

"Just my luck." That was all Qrow said before he too, died.

The rest of the heroes of Haven just stood there, unable to say a word.

Titan

Tony Stark's world had just been shattered. He lost. Ever since The Battle for New York, he had been preparing for the day that everything would be at stake, and when that day came, he failed. He had witnessed many of allies simply turn to dust and vanish, a sure sign that Thanos had won, he wiped out half of all life in the universe. Worst of all, Tony lost Peter, they hadn't known each other long, but he became protective of the kid, and felt personally responsible for his well-being. His aunt would be crushed, if she was still alive. Suddenly another wave of emotional pain hit Tony. What if Pepper had died? Or Happy? What about Steve, Natasha, or Sam? Did Bruce or Rhodey get dusted? So many lives, did they mean nothing to Thanos?

"We need to get off of this planet." Nebula said, she seemed almost unaffected by what just happened, did she really not care? Or was she just numb?

"Yeah… Yeah just give me another minute." Tony said, his voice wavering.

"The Milano still seems to be intact, we can use that to fly out of here." She responded

"The what?"

"Quill's ship"

Tony sighed "Well I guess he won't be using it."

Nebula and Tony boarded the Milano, Nebula was going to actually fly it, considering Tony had no knowledge of how to pilot it.

"It's damaged" Nebula said, annoyance in her voice.

"Can we fix it?" Tony replied.

"No but I can get us to nearby planet, one named Remnant."