Nick Fury groaned, slowly opening his eyes with a few blinks and looked around warily. He was in some sort of... movie theater room. How did he get here?

Coming back to full consciousness, he quickly got to his feet and scanned the room as only a spy would. He had no idea how he got here, and he needed to know what was going on.

To his surprise however, he also found several other people in the room that were stirring, slowly waking up. His brow furrowed in confusion and complete bafflement, although his face remained stern and cold as usual. From what he saw, the people currently in the room with him consisted of Stark, Rogers, Colonel Rhodes, Natasha and Clint, Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes, Wanda Maximoff, and Vision.

"What... what just happened?" Tony mumbled. "Did I drink to much or something?"

Fury rolled his eyes. "Apparently we all did Stark."

His voice made several of the people stir awake completely, Natasha and Clint coming too first.

"Oh, you're here?" Tony asks in annoyance.

"Where... is here exactly?" Clint questions.

"That's what I'm trying to find out." Fury replies.

Steve stands to his feet, rubbing the back of his neck and looking around. "How did we all get here?"

Tony and Steve then realize the same thing and freeze, both looking at each other. They stared at each other with a lot of suspicion and wariness, and Steve's was more unsure while Tony had a hint of anger in his gaze. He then glanced to the side of Steve and scowls furiously.

"He's here too?!" he exclaims, preparing to march towards Bucky with a growl, however Rhodey stops him, having just woken up fully.

"Tony, stop," he pleaded.

"Let go of me!" Tony growled.

"Stand down Stark." Fury ordered with a glare.

"SHIELD doesn't exist anymore Nick so you can't do ~beep~!" Tony retorts coldly.

"Tony please, just calm down," Natasha tells him.

"You don't even know what he's done!" Tony yells.

By this point everyone was awake. Steve was standing near Bucky, ready to defend him if necessary, his friend refusing to meet Tony's gaze, guilt swelling in him. Vision and Wanda were also nearby, concerned about what to do.

"Uh, what the heck happened?!" Clint exclaimed with a frown.

"I don't care what he's done Stark." Fury says coldly. "Right now, the only thing that concerns me is figuring out where we are and how the ~beep~ we got here."

Eventually Stark relents, pulling his arm away from Rhodey furiously and sending one last scathing glare at Bucky and Steve before sitting down in a chair, glaring at the floor. Steve sighed in relief, and Bucky stayed where he was, lightly touching the area his arm used to be.

"Okay, so we wake up in some strange movie theater, no idea how we got here." Sam says. "Not the weirdest thing that's happened to us."

"But who brought us here?" Wanda asked.

"And how could they have done so to all of us at the same time undetected?" Steve adds with a frown.

"Perhaps this may provide an answer," Vision speaks up, revealing a sheet of paper.

"Where'd that come from?" Rhodey asked.

"It was attached to the chair I woke up in," he replied.

"Well, what does it say?" Fury asks.

Vision looked at the piece of paper. "It says: 'The end is near. And when the Mad Titan is done, only half of the universe will still exist.'"

Everyone widens their eyes in bewilderment and worry at that statement, but Vision continues. "'This two and a half hour film you are about to watch will show what will happen in a few days time. Then you will be able to leave.'"

"A few days?!" Clint exclaims in a panic.

"What kind of a note is that?" Rhodey added. "Half the universe is going to die? How is that even possible?"

"I can't believe this..." Fury mutters to himself.

"I suppose we should oblige whoever sent us here." Vision concludes.

"What about an exit of some kind?" Steve questions.

"I don't see one in here," Clint said with a frown.

"This is really odd..." Sam said quietly.

"Well in that case!" Tony suddenly spoke up, leaning back in his seat with crossed arms. "Let's play the movie that will showcase our deaths!"

Everyone glanced at each other, but eventually decided to go along with it, sitting back down. Fury sat near Natasha and Clint, and were near Tony and Rhodey. Vision and Wanda sat beside each other, near Steve, Sam and Bucky.

Once they were all seated, the lights in the theater began to dim, and the screen slowly lit up, not yet showing anything.

"Glad to know half the universe being destroyed is presented like a movie," Tony said sarcastically.

Slow, ominous music began to play in the background, immediately catching their attention. What came next however was more alarming.

"This is the Asgardian refugee vessel, Statesmen. We are under assault, I repeat, we are under assault…"

"Asgardian?" Wanda noticed, feeling a sense of dread.

"Why would Thor and his people be a part of a refugee vessel...?" Steve wondered with concern.

"Better yet, what could have possibly even caused them to go onto a refugee vessel? I thought Asgard was all powerful." Tony said, disturbed.

"Engines are dead, life support failing... Requesting aid from any vessel within range… we are 22 jump points out of Asgard... Our crew is made up of Asgardian families, we have very few soldiers here."

"That can't be good..." Sam says.

"...perhaps this is the work of this Mad Titan," Visions suggests in concern.

"What could have happened up there?" Clint wonders, not sure he wants to know.

This is not a war craft, I repeat, this is not a war craft…"

The black screen fades to show a broken ship in space, several blue energy bolts striking the side. Debris was scattered around it. Looming over the ship, was a much more massive vessel, the front glowing like a furnace.

Tony's breathe hitched, and he widened his eyes in horror. The rest of the group were also alarmed and worried, but Tony was beginning to have another panic attack.

"I- I know that ship..." he whispers.

"You do?" Rhodey asks in surprise, and the others turn to him.

"Where have you seen it?" Fury questions sternly.

Tony goes a little pale, remembering now. He blew up the Chitauri mothership that was attack him, but he vaguely recalled another lurking nearby, just out of view. He hadn't paid it any thought...

"New York," he recalls.

Everyone widens their eyes in shock, and turn back to watch the screen.

Inside the ship, Heimdall is lying on the wreckage, obviously in pain. Someone walks by and he reaches out to try and stop him, but he groans in pain, unable to move.

"Who's that?" Sam questions.

"If I had to take a guess... I'd say that's Heimdall." Natasha answers, although uncertain.

"You sure?" Clint asks, and she shrugs in response.

Ebony Maw walks among the bodies of dead Asgardians, only his feet visible at the moment. He steps over them as he speaks with no mind, as if they were scattered pieces of dirty clothing on a bedroom floor.

"Hear me, and rejoice. You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan." Ebony speaks.

Everyone narrows their eyes, remembering what the note said. The Mad Titan. This was different wording, but they had to be the same person.

"Saved?!" Tony exclaimed in bewilderment. "They've been slaughtered!"

"This is horrible," Wanda whispers, moving closer to Vision, who offers some comfort.

"You may think this is suffering. No... It is salvation. Universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice."

The camera pans up to show Ebony Maw, hands held together in front of him. His face is pale, chalky white, hair the same color. The most notable feature is his lack of a nose.

At the sight of Ebony the Avengers all recoil with a grimace.

"Hello ugly," Clint comments.

"Never knew Voldemort was a real person. Or maybe that's Squidward," Tony said in an attempt to lighten the mood, although nobody could really feel it, even him. Seeing that ship terrified him.

"Smile..." as he continues to talk, another being stabs an Asgardian who was moving a little.

Everybody winces, staring sorrowfully.

In the background, looking out into space where his ship is staying, is a large figure, tall even from the distance he was standing.

Seeing the large figure, everybody holds their breath and then narrows their eyes, some with a hint of anger at the fate of Asgard, others with worry and alarm at how menacing he seemed.

"That must be the Mad Titan," Fury deduces.

Vision touches the stone in his forward lightly, feeling it pulse a little, but nobody else notices, save for Wanda, who gives him a worried look. He stared back with a small, reassuring smile.

"...For even in death, you have become Children of Thanos."

Ebony Maw finished his speech with a grin, and walks past Loki. He watches Ebony with a wary look, and then turns his head to watch Thanos.

"Loki's there?!" Tony says in surprise.

"I'm willing to bet he's gonna he kissing up to this good buddy of his," Clint says darkly.

Thanks slowly turns around, looking down at the figure at his feet, which is a heavily battered and wounded Thor.

Everybody gasps in alarm, seeing Thor unmoving there at the Titan's feet.

"Thor!" Steve exclaims in concern.

"Please tell me he's not dead..." Tony muttered to himself.

"This is really not good..." Natasha added.

"I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right... yet to fail, nonetheless." Thanos says, his voice deep and menacing.

He then reaches down to grab Thor by the shirt, and walks toward Loki, dragging him along. Thor groans in agony, weakly attempting to raise a hand against him.

The Avengers all watch the scene in fear, terrified for what could happen to Thor. Every muscle in their body was screaming at them to go help, but what were they supposed to do? They were helpless to even reach them in the first place. Even the trained spies like Natasha, Clint and Fury were having trouble masking their horror.

"It's frightening. Turns the legs to jelly. I ask you, to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same," he continues to monologue.

The camera then pans around to show Loki standing in front of a group of other aliens, one of which has a weapon pointed at him while Thanos approaches.

Noticing Loki's position, and the way the others were acting around him, Fury frowns.

"Something tells me that this Titan and Loki aren't on the same side..." he observed.

"Well, he did fail to retrieve the Tesseract... that was for him?" Steve realizes.

"He's still leaving Thor and this guy's mercy," Clint growls.

Thanos' purple face is then revealed from the shadows, a triumphant, menacing grin stretching across his face. "And now, it's here. Or should I say... I am," he states victoriously.

Thanos holds up his hand to reveal the Infinity Gauntlet, which already hosts the Power Stone. It glows purple, as if responding to the being who wielded it.

Vision winces again as he touches the Mind Stone in his head, feeling a connection to that purple stone. The others look between him and the purple stone, eyes widening in realization.

"Vis, are you okay?" Wanda asks worriedly.

"Holy-" Tony starts to say.

"That must be another Infinity Stone," Steve realizes. "This guy already has one."

"You talk too much." Thor manages to say, spitting out blood. Loki glances at him.

"At least he can still taunt the guy," Rhodey remarked.

Thanos just ignored him, staring at Loki. "The Tesseract, or your brother's head. I assume you have a preference?" he asks with a sickening grin, holding the stone to Thor's head.

"Oh, I do." Loki replies, a smirk forming on his face. "Kill away!"

Clint and Tony both curse angrily at Loki, and the other stare in alarm, Wanda bringing a hand to her mouth.

Thanos' eyes widen in slight surprise as his smirk drops. He then frowns angrily, and sets the gauntlet on Thor's temple. The power stone glows brightly, striking energy into Thor's head, who screams in pain.

"Come on, no no not Thor," Tony was muttering.

Steve was frustrated and terrified at the fact that he was powerless to help stop this, only watch it happen.

Fury's gaze was sharp and cold in its usual mask, but his eyes were glinting in alarm and worry for Thor.

Loki glances at Thor as the torture continues, looking unsure now, his grin disappearing. He was obviously worried and fearful for his brother.

A lot of the group see this, and look on with a hint of confusion.

"Is he really...?" Natasha trails off.

"I thought he hated Thor and you guys." Rhodey said with some confusion.

"ALRIGHT, STOP!" Loki yells in distress.

Thankfully, Thanos removes the Power Stone from Thor's head.

"Since when did Loki become the good guy?" Tony exclaimed in bewilderment.

"There's no way," Clint said with a scowl, still having negative thoughts about Loki.

"Something may have changed.

"We don't have the Tesseract. It was destroyed on Asgard." Thor gasped.

"Destroyed?" Clint asks in surprise.

Everyone was shocked and concerned about this, especially Fury. Asgard was essentially their protection against hostile alien forces from beyond. If it's now gone...

Loki lifts his gaze to Thor, an apologetic expression on his face. He reluctantly lifts his right hand into the air and the Tesseract reveals itself. Thanos smiles.

"Why would we expect anything different from him?" Clint says angrily.

"This is not good. Who knows what this Thanos can do with it," Fury says worriedly.

"If only we had the rage monster right now," Tony says, sighing at the end. He did miss Bruce...

"You really are the worst, brother." Thor groans.

"I assure you, brother, the Sun will shine on us again." Loki says, approaching the two.

"Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian." Thanos says tauntingly.

"Well, for one thing: I'm not Asgardian. And for another..." Loki grins. "We have a Hulk."

Loki dives out of the way, dropping the Tesseract and bringing Thor with him as Hulk emerges with a loss roar, smashing into Thanos.

Everyone gasps in surprise. "Bruce is there?!" Natasha exclaims.

"How did he get out in space?!" Sam questions in bewilderment.

Tony however grins. "Ha! He used my line!"

Fury glares at him. "Is this really the time Stark?"

"What? This Thanos guy is about to get his ~beep~ kicked by the Hulk!" he retorts happily.

Thanos tumbled to the ground and faces Hulk, who unleashed another bellow in challenge. Hulk then slams his fists into his face, causing Thanos to stumble back at each other. He slams him on the shoulders and into the wall, then grabs him in a choke hold, pressing him against the metal. Thanos groans in slight pain.

"Glad we have the big guy on our side," Rhodey says with wide eyes, to which everyone nods in agreement, small smiles on their faces.

Cull Obsidian growls, moving forwards to engage, but Ebony raises a hand to stop him.

"Let him have his fun," he says.

Hearing this proclamation, Fury, Natasha, Steve, Wanda and Vision loose their excitement and grow worried. Let him have his fun?

A sense of dread began to grow within Steve, but Tony and the others were too exhilarated to care yet.

"Oh no..." Wanda mutters with worry.

Thanos grips Hulk's wrists with both hands, and then begins to pull. He slowly removes his hands from his neck, standing up again. Hulk looks at his arms in confusion, growling.

Everyone's exhilaration at Bruce being alright and with Thor somehow, beating down on Thanos falls away into absolute shock. Thanos was... overpowering him!

"What the ~beep~?" Tony exclaims.

"How is that even possible?!" Clint yells, dumbfounded.

Thanos grins eagerly, forcing Hulk backwards as he holds both of his arms apart, standing to his full height. Hulk's expression turns to one of confusion and growing fear, and he grunts in alarm.

Thanos then throws his arms to the side and delivers a swift and powerful punch to Hulk's jaw with his right fist. Hulk yelps in pain and stumbles back, holding his jaw while Thanos strides forwards, eyeing him down.

The Avengers are all dumbfounded and horrified. Hulk was supposed to be an unstoppable rage monster, capable of tearing apart anything. But here he was, actually overpowered like nothing. Not to mention Hulk was afraid.

"Oh we're so screwed," Sam said quietly.

Hulk tries to throw a punch, but Thanos blocks his attack and then sidesteps him, delivering a swift counter to his face.

The quick and skilled, not to mention ruthless precision in that counter from Thanos had even Steve and Natasha in horror-filled awe.

Tony was watching the exchange with wide eyes, alarmed by how easy it seemed for Thanos. Even with his Hulkbuster suit he couldn't perform a move like that.

Hulk grunts and swings again, but Thanos ducked under the strike and punched him in the back. He advances, blocking another punch from Hulk, and delivers swift jabs and punches to Hulk's head and gut.

He grabs his shoulder and then slams Hulk in the face, causing him to stumble back and crash into a pillar behind him, smashing it to pieces. Thanos grabs his head and knees him in the face, and then picks him up.

Thanos lifts Hulk onto his shoulders with a grunt, and takes a few steps forwards before slamming Hulk into the ground, breaking the floor. He lays there, eyes closed and unmoving.

There was stunned silence as everyone stared at the unconscious, defeated form of Hulk laying on the ground.

"Stark... how long did it take you to subdue Hulk last time?" Clint asks quietly.

"Over five minutes," he replied, face turning slightly pale.

"Geez..." Rhodey muttered.

As Thanos was standing over Hulk, Thor lunges forwards with a metal pipe, and slammed it down across his back. The pipe broke in half from the force of the hit, but Thanos barely reacted, turning around slowly to glare at Thor, a frown on his face.

"If this wasn't so serious that's be the perfect moment for comedy." Tony remarked.

"He's like a stone wall." Sam added.

Thor back up slightly, but raised the remains of the pipe to attack again. Thanos merely kicked him in the chest, sending him flying across the room.

Everybody in the theater winced at the sight.

As Thor tries to get up, Ebony waves his hand, and with a simple gesture, several pieces of metal float upwards and start to surround Thor, trapping him.

"Are you kidding me?" Tony exclaimed in disbelief. "He's like Wanda 2.0!"

Wanda and Vision gave Tony a look, the former frowning in annoyance and he shrugged. "What? He has telekinesis!"

"Another nearly impossible person to fight, fantastic." Clint says sarcastically.

"This is ridiculous..." Bucky mumbles, and Steve glances at him in surprise, it being the first time he spoke at the theater.

Thor and Heimdall both share a look with each other, the former panting from his injuries and from trying to escape. Heimdall gives him a sad look, grimacing from his injury.

He then pulls out his sword, holding it in hand and holds up his other hand, palm open. "Allfather's... let the dark magic, glow through me one last... time," he manages to say, his palm beginning to glow.

"What's he doing?" Steve questions.

"To ~beep~ if I know." Tony replies.

The glowing rainbow magic of the Bifrost then begins to form around the Hulk, and he opens his eyes slightly, being lifted from the ground. The Bifrost then shoots out into space, taking the Hulk with it. Thanos and members of the Black over watch it go, the former with an angry expression on his face.

The group all sighed in relief, seeing Banner out of reach of Thanos now.

"Please come back to earth." Tony said.

"But what about Thor and the others? I don't think Thanos will be pleased." Nick pointed out in concern.

Heimdall turns his head to look at Thanos, a defiant expression on his face. Thanos approaches with a glare, taking a spear from Corvus Glaive and glowering at him.

"That was a mistake," he stated dangerously.

Heimdall looks over sadly at Thor, who's eyes are widening in fear and realization at what was about to happen.

"Oh no..." Natasha muttered.

Thanos jabbed the spear into Heimdall's chest, and he groaned in pain, although still continue to stare up at him in defiance.

"NOOO!!" Thor yells in horror.

Thanks twists the spear deeper, and Heimdall collapses, dropping his sword as his eyes become lifeless.

The Avengers all flinched at the scene, some feeling sad and upset despite not knowing him, because it was obvious he and Thor were close friends.

Thor panted heavily, eyes wild with rage and grief. "You're going to die, for that!" he yelled.

Ebony waved his hand, and a piece of metal came up to gag him. He brought his hand to his lips, a smirk on his face.

"Shh..." he whispered.

"I'm really starting to hate these guys." Sam comments. "They just seem like pure evil."

"Well what do you expect from a titan that wants to wipe out half the universe?" Tony replies sarcastically.

Thanos walked away from Heimdall's corpse, and Corvus watched him go. He then retrieved his weapon, and gathered with the rest of the Black Order. Ebony knelt before Thanos, the Tesseract held out in his hands as a an offering.

"My humble personage, bows, to your grandeur." Ebony starts to say, while Thanos slowly removes his armor, sliding it off his shoulders with an impassive look on his face.

"What is this, a religious artifact to them?" Clint scoffs.

Steve narrows his eyes at the Tesseract. "Something tells me there's more to the Tesseract than we thought..."

"I have to agree with Captain Rogers." Vision adds, feeling something strange about it, especially from the Mind Stone.

"No other being has ever had the might, nay, the nobility, to wield not one, but two, Infinity Stones." Ebony continues.

Everyone gapes at the screen in a mixture of shock and disbelief. Steve closes his eyes and sighs.

"The Tesseract... is an Infinity Stone?!" Clint exclaims.

"Oh geez..." Rhodey muttered.

"Nick, what is your problem?!" Tony demanded angrily.

"What are you upset with me for?" Fury responses with a glare.

"You were experimenting on an Infinity Stone the whole time! No wonder Loki tried to take it from us!" Tony exclaimed.

"Well it's not like we knew what it was at the time." Natasha retorted in his defense. Tony prepared to argue some more, but Steve stopped him.

"Guys, this isn't the time to be arguing, what's done is done!" he said sternly.

Fury was quiet, but in his mind he had to be angry with the former World Security Council and himself for how they handled the Tesseract. They didn't know what it was, and it did bring did bring invasion on them.

Thanos reaches out and takes the Tesseract from Ebony, holding it in his hand. He gazes at it for several moments, completely silent.

"The universe, lies within your grasp." Evony finished.

There was a hint of a smile on Thanos' face, before he then closed his fist and began to crush the Tesseract. The cube cracked and crumbled, then exploded apart like glass, the pieces laying in his hand, one in the center glowing.

The Space Stone.

"It was inside..." Steve realizes.

"I can't believe we never discovered that stone," Fury sighs, part angry and part relieved, although he doesn't know how to feel. At least human hands would have been better than the hands of a murderous warlord when it came to the stones.

But would they really? HYDRA proved that would have been a mistake...

"Now he has two stones," Natasha says grimly.

Thanos blew away some of the broken glass, rolling the stone into his two fingers and letting the rest of it fall to the ground. He slowly raised the stone towards his gauntlet, a light pulling affect being made as the stone started to become attracted to it, like a magnet.

He then let go of the stone, and it snapped into the Infinity Gauntlet. A small burst of blue light shot out from the gauntlet at the connection, and Thanos tensed up, holding his arms out and groaning as the rush of power ran through him.

Thor watched with wide eyes, feeling a sense of fear, although trying to squash it.

"With every stone he gets he becomes more powerful," Wanda says nervously.

Vision touched the stone in his forehead, feeling it pulse as the Space Stone was added to the gauntlet. "He may already be the most powerful being in the universe now. He wields two of the six most powerful objects in existence," he states.

"And you've got one in your forehead." Sam adds.

"He's going to come for you then, if he knows about it." Steve says grimly.

"How would he know about where Vision's Stone is?" Rhodey asks in confusion.

"It was in Loki's staff, and I think it's obvious at this point that Loki was working for him," Natasha reasoned.

"This is it..." Tony whispered quietly to himself, running a hand through his air.

"Speaking of which, where is Loki?" Clint said with a frown, still suspicious.

Thanos looked at the gauntlet and the new stone added into it with wonder in his eyes. From where he knelt before him, Ebony looked up with a smile, awed and proud.

"There are two more stones on earth." Thanos finally said, flexing his fingers.

"Wait, two stones?!" Fury said in alarm. "Where's the second one?"

"How could there be another one?" Tony exclaimed in disbelief. "We got one right here, and another missing!"

"We have to figure it where it is before he gets to earth." Fury states determinedly.

"Unless it's shown in this," Wanda suggested. "But we have to protect Vision!"

"If he doesn't already know, he'll come for me when he does." Vision states gravely.

"We're not gonna let that happen." Natasha says firmly, and everyone nods in agreement.

"Find then my children and bring them to me on Titan." Thanos ordered.

The Black Order all knelt before him respectfully, bowing.

"Father, we will not fail you." Proxima Midnight promised.

"Those are his kids?" Clint questions with a grimace. "That's one whole family of ugly."

"I liked your smaller agents better Barton." Tony quipped, and Clint glared at him in annoyance.

"Maybe they're adopted?" Sam suggests.

"Seriously though, where is Loki?!" Clint says angrily.

"If I might interject," a voice starts, causing the Black Order to look over, and Thanos frowns in annoyance. Loki strides forwards, a charming smile on his face. "You might want a guide."

"There he is." Rhodey says.

Clint scowls. "What a spineless coward. Now that Hulk's gone he's trying to get into Thanos' good races to save his own skin," he fumes.

Loki shrugs, the smirk still on his face. "I do have a bit of experience, in that arena!"

"If you consider failure experience." Thanos taunts, a mocking grin on his face.

Loki's smile falls and he glares at Thanos, unable to help his annoyance. "I consider experience, experience," he restated firmly.

Despite the situation, the Avengers can't help a small smirk of amusement at the insult towards Loki, especially Clint and Tony.

"Ok, that was funny," Tony admits.

"Sure was. We kicked his ~beep~!" Clint says proudly.

"Focus you two," Fury says sternly in annoyance.

Loki then takes a few steps towards Thanos, a determined look on his face. "I, Loki... Prince of Asgard..."

He then hesitates, looking down at the ground before throwing Thor a meaningful, emotional glance of acceptance. "Odinson..."

Thor looks back at him, his expression unreadable.

"I thought he hated Thor." Tony says in confusion.

"Maybe he changed." Steve comments.

"No way," Clint argues.

"It's possible. I mean we don't know what's happened to him since New York, maybe Thor got through to him," Steve reasons.

Loki and Thor share a look, before he returns his gaze to Thanos. "The rightful king of Jotenheim. God, of Mischief."

A small dagger suddenly materializes in Loki's hand, hidden from the Black Order behind his back. Thor widens his eyes slightly in realization, a concerned look in his eyes.

Everyone looks on in surprise, some in disbelief, others happy. They start to root for him.

"Wow..." Clint breathes out.

"Please stab him, please stab him," Tony repeated.

The Avengers of the group all begin to silently cheer Loki on, hoping that he'll succeed despite their previous anger towards him.

"Do hearby pledge my undying, fidelity..." Loki finished, bowing his head and kneeling before Thanos.

He takes a deep breath, readying himself for whatever happens, knowing the consequences if he fails this. Even if he succeeds, there is no guarantee he'll survive against the Black Order.

He then lunges up with his dagger, moving at lightning quick speed...

Everyone holds their breath in anticipation.

...only for his dagger to stop inches from Thanos' throat, his arm being held at bay by glowing blue energy. Thanos has his fist held up, the Soace Stone glowing in the gauntlet.

He smirks mockingly at Loki.

A few of the group all gasp in alarm, everyone's spirits falling at how Loki was caught.

"No!" Sam exclaimed.

Tony cursed at the failed attempt, everyone now worried for what may happen to Loki, even Clint.

"He was so close!" Natasha exclaimed.

"Undying," Thanos recalled, his voice deadly.

Loki looks up at Thanos with wide eyes, anger, determination and fear in his stern gaze, knowing what was to happen next. Thanos slowly reaches out, grasping Loki's hand with his other arm.

"You should choose your words more carefully," Thanos mocked, and Loki grimaced in pain from the tight grip.

"This guy is just too good!" Sam exclaimed.

Thanos shoved the dagger harshly out of Loki's hand, and it clattered to the ground. He then reaches forwards, tauntingly slow and then grasped Loki by the neck, lifting him up. He started to choke Loki, without mercy or care.

Loki began to thrash and gag in Thanos' grip, teeth gritted together in an almost snarl, trying to free himself.

"He's gonna kill him..." Natasha said with wide eyes.

Everybody all watched the scene sadly, wanting to feel like Loki deserved this, but unable to find it in themselves. Sure, he hurt them and tried to conquer the world, but he was just a pawn, and tried to make it up in the end by attempting to kill the real threat.

Clint couldn't help but feel bad for Loki, despite his hatred of him.

Thanos continues to smirk as he watched Loki thrash in his grip, and looked over at Thor.

Thor watched the scene in horror, breathing heavily. His eyes were wide with terror and fear for Loki, knowing that he was about to be killed, but was unable to stop it, try as he might.

Thanks returned his gaze to Loki, who was gasping now, skin color returning to its original blue, his eyes turning red.

"You... will never be... a god!" Loki wheezed out, staring at Thanos with terrified, bulging eyes.

The Mad Titan said nothing in response, but then closed his fist, snapping Loki's neck. He went limp, mouth open and eyes staring lifelessly, blood running from his nose and mouth.

Thor widened his eyes before tears started to form, and he thrashed in his metal prison.

"Mmph... No!" he yelled in horror and grief, his voice muffled by the gag.

The neck snap caused everyone to flinch at how brutal it was, and Wanda held a hand to her mouth in horror, eyes slightly damp. She didn't know Loki at all, so she personally wasn't hurt emotionally, but it was sad and horrible to watch.

The rest of the Avengers were all shocked by the brutal death of their once hated enemy, saddened despite the past.

"Poor guy..." Bucky muttered sorrowfully, finding them to be similar from what he knew of the situation. Loki was a pawn to Thanos, just as he was to HYDRA.

Everyone nodded numbly in agreement, at a loss for words.

Thanos turned to look at Thor and slowly marched towards him, a dark expression on his face, stil holding Loki's body in the air.

He then dropped Loki without a care, his body crashing to the ground in front of Thor, lifeless. Thor could only stare at him with tears in his eyes, heart broken.

"No ressurections this time." Thanos stated.

That line got the group's attention, and while interested, they didn't bother asking about it.

"Geez... I feel so bad for Thor..." Clint muttered.

"He lost everyone... his friend, his mother, his people, and his brother." Steve added sadly. "Maybe even his father."

"What are we going to do?" Rhodey questioned.

"Better yet, what's going to happen to Thor now?" Tony pointed out in concern.

Everyone's breath caught in horrified realization. Now Thor was completely alone and at the mercy of Thanos and his children.

The Black Order gathered around behind Thanos, who slowly raised his arm into the air. He then closed his fist, the Power Stone glowing purple in the gauntlet as it was activated.

All around them the ship began to break apart, being burned by purple flames and explosions, violet lines of energy streaming through the walls and ground.

Thanks lowered his fist to his chest with a determined look, and then closed it again, the Space Stone activating this time. A blue portal opened up behind them, and quickly enveloped the Black Order, transporting them away instantly.

"And of course he can teleport," Clint says with a scowl.

"The Mind Stone already is capable of great power, even by itself. I'm uncertain of how many more abilities the other stones could possess, but it must be a lot." Vision theorizes.

"How do we fight that?" Wanda asked fearfully.

Steve looked around, sharing a small glance with Tony, who returned it reluctantly, although determined. All the grief and torn relationships between them would have to be put aside.

"Like the old man said before," Tony sighed.

"Together." Steve finished.

With Thanos and the Black Order gone, Thor's metal restraints fell away, and he collapsed to the floor. He instantly crawled towards Loki, uncaring of the ship being destroyed around him.

"No... Loki..." Thor cries in absolute grief, laying a hand on Loki's chest.

Loki's face was blue, eyes red, and he was completely lifeless, dead for good this time. Thor bowed his head and began to sob, having lost so much in such a small amount of time.

"The ship is exploding, he has to get out of there!" Tony exclaimed in alarm.

"There won't be enough time..." Wanda murmurs with wide eyes.

The Asgardian refugee shuttle can be seen in the shadow of Thanos' warship, a purple glow becoming brighter as the ship broke apart. The ship then exploded into hundreds of pieces in a bright explosion of violet fire, shooting out everywhere, and the screen faded to black.

"No!" Natasha, Tony, Clint, and several others cried. Vision closed his eyes, and Fury hung his head sadly. He trained himself to not feel whenever a good soldier or friend died, even with Phil, but this... this was tough.

"Thor's gone..." Steve said sadly, shutting his eyes tightly too. There were some tears from the group at the loss of Thor.

Space was shone again, and then a rainbow colored beam of Bifrost energy shot through the stars, passing by several familiar planets, as well as the Sun, on a course to earth.

Everyone's eyes widened slightly to see Bruce being returned back home, needing some relief and good news after the horror they just witnessed.

"Bruce is coming back..." Tony said, feeling a little happier.

The Bifrost can be seen shooting through the sky, headed for New York City. Avengers Tower can faintly be seen on the city skyline.

Tony perked up. "Hey, even better! I'll be able to pick him up quick and easy!"

"There's some good news today," Rhodey sighs.

"But how did he get into space?" Clint asks in bewilderment.

The screen shifts to show the inside of a building, the most notable feature being a grand staircase, and two individuals walking down it. One of them had dark brown hair and a goatee, while another was more Asian, and had a mostly bald head, wearing his usual robes attire.

"Ok, who are these guys? And what's with the weird religious getup?" Tony asks in bewilderment.

"Maybe a monk?" Sam offers.

"Seriously? You don't have any money?" Strange asks in disbelief.

"Attachment to the material is detachment from the spiritual." Wong replies firmly.

"Very religious monk." Tony adds.

The others rolls their eyes.

"I'll tell the guys at the deli. Maybe they'll make you a metaphysical Ham on Rye." Strange responds sarcastically.

Wong then stops on the stairs, fishing through his pockets. "Oh, wait, wait, wait, I think I have 200."

Strange turns around in pleasant surprises. "Dollars?"

"Rupees." Wong replies.

Strange looks more uncertain now. "Which is?" he asks hesitantly.

"Uh, buck and a half." Wong admits sheepishly.

"This guy has some real financial issues, which are unbelieveable." Tony says in disapproval.

"Tony..." Steve sighs.

"What?" Tony demands. "I'm serious, how can this religious monk guy afford such a fancy religious building or church, or monastery, or whatever, if he can't even afford a sandwich?!"

Natasha rolls her eyes as Tony continues to rant.

"Honestly, I am so over this crazy, spiritual, magical hocus-pocus," he states.

Strange let's out an exasperated sigh, walk-in down the stairs again. "What do you want?" He asks I'm reluctant acceptance.

"I wouldn't say no to a Tuna Melt." Wong says with a chuckle.

The roof suddenly explodes as the Bifrost crashes through it, and into the grand staircase. Strange and Wing flinch, tense against the ground and look back at the Bifrost. The share a look and nod, before rushing back towards it.

Along the way, Strange calls the Cloak of Levitation to him, wrapping it around his neck while Wong whips out two magical energy shields. They both peer into the whole.

Everyone is surprised by the display, and the silence is broken by Tony.

"I stand corrected," he says, referring to his comments about hocus-pocus.

"Now we've got some new enhanced people," Fury comments with a frown, shaking his head. Where could they have come from, and how did SHIELD not know about it before?

Hulk can be seen in the hole, although he is already reverting back to Bruce Banner, who is gasping, breathing heavily with wide eyes, terror filling them.

"Thanos is coming. He's coming..." he breathes out in terror.

Music starts to play, as Strange and Wong look at at each in confusion. Strange then looks back at Bruce, a questioning look in his gaze.

"Who?" he asks.

The screen becomes back, and the Avengers symbol comes up with the climaxing music, he team name filling the screen in golden letters. It then reverts around to show the words Infinity War after it.

"Infinity War... makes sense," Tony comments. "Because of the Infinity Stones... you know?"

"Yes, we get it Stark," Clint says, rolling his eyes.