Thanos arrives, finding only fresh debris from Ebony Maw's ship. "Oh, yeah, you're much more of a "Thanos." Strange said sarcastically as he sits on what may have been plaza steps once. "I take it the Maw is dead. This day extracts a heavy toll. Still, he accomplished his mission." Thanos said. "You may regret that. He brought you face-to-face with the Master of the Mystic Arts." Strange said. 'And I thought Tony was cocky...' you thought. "And where do you think he brought you?" Thanos asked. Star-Lord crouches behind wreckage with his weapon ready, behind Thanos and to his left; Spider-Man peeks from above and behind Doctor Strange. "Let me guess. Your home?" Strange asked. Thanos smiles. "It was. And it was beautiful." Thanos curls his gauntleted fist and activates the Reality Stone to show Strange Titan before it was destroyed -- green lawns, intact buildings, water-filled ponds, strolling citizens, the jack-like structures hovering and connected to the ground-based buildings with beams of energy. "Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, and not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution." Thanos said.

"Genocide." Strange said. "But at random, dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike. They called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass." He relaxes his fist; the Stone stops glowing and the illusion fades back into the true state of Titan. "Congratulations. You're a prophet." Strange said sarcastically. "I'm a survivor." Thanos said. "Who wants to murder trillions." Strange said. "With all six stones, I could simply snap my fingers, and they would all cease to exist. I call that... mercy." Thanos said. Strange stood up. "And then what?" He asked. "I finally rest... and watch the sun rise on a grateful universe. The hardest choices require the strongest wills." Thanos said. Strange summons his Mandalas, entering a fighting pose. "I think... you'll find... our will... equal to yours." He said. "Our?" Thanos asked. He looks up to a see a chunk of wreckage descending rapidly on him, too rapidly to react. He is subsequently crushed by it. "Piece of cake, Quill." You said.

"Yeah, if your goal was to piss him off!" Star-Lord said. The wreckage on top of Thanos erupts in purple, as he bellows in rage. He turns the hovering fragments into a flock of bats with the Reality Stone and swarms you with them, driving you back through the ruins. Spider-Man webs his eyes, and swings in to kick him in the face at the same time that Drax leaps from cover, blades in both hands, to knee-slide behind Thanos and try for a tendon slide across the back of the Titan's knee. Doctor Strange jumps through a portal and summons a sword of golden energy, dueling with Thanos while Drax attacks similarly on his other side. Thanos punches Drax through a ruined wall, then shatters the blade with one hand and tears the web from his eyes. He advances on Doctor Strange and kicks at him, but Strange's shield absorbs the damage -- the Cloak lifts him free of the ground. Star-Lord has been making his way back on the ground, and shoots Thanos from behind. Thanos uses the Power Stone to shoot balls of energy at Star-Lord while Star-Lord leaps towards Thanos using magical platforms thrown in his path by Doctor Strange, the last one placed above Thanos' head so Star-Lord can flip over him and slap a mine on Thanos' back. Star-Lord sticks his landing, he disengages his helmet, flips Thanos a bird and falls backward into a portal.

"Boom!" The explosion knocks Thanos to his knees and dazes him briefly. "Do not let him close his fist." Strange whispers to the Cloak. The Cloak swoops off Doctor Strange's shoulders and wraps itself tightly around Thanos' armored hand, who starts tugging at this unexpected wrapping. Doctor Strange starts throwing portals everywhere. Spider-Man leaps through one on Thanos' left. "Magic!" He punches Thanos in the head and vanishes through a portal to the lower right before reappearing above Thanos. "More magic!" He yanks Thanos' head down hard, then leaps into a portal in front of him. He leaps through another portal high and behind Thanos. "Magic with a kick!" Delivers a flying kick and falls feet-first into an exit, then appears on his right. "Magic with a--" Before he can finish Thanos turns, grabbing him from the air, and throwing him to the ground, with his hand around his neck. "Insect!"

He then throws him at Doctor Strange, knocking them both down. Thanos finally tears the Cloak away and is then promptly surrounded by fiery explosions as Iron Man bombards him. He sucks all the flame into the gauntlet with the Power Stone and fires it in a stream at Iron Man, hitting him dead on and sending him far away, plowing through a massive fallen machine. Spider-Man leaps from behind, more conventionally this time, while Thanos concentrates his fire on Iron Man, webs the gauntlet and drops down in front of him, pulling hard -- but Thanos yanks on the web-line, pulling the much lighter teenager towards him, and punching him on his way past. He tears the webbing free of the gauntlet just in time for a small spaceship to attempt to crash-land on him. The ship drags Thanos along for a distance, burying him under debris. He stands just as the pilot leaps in a great arc to punch him, landing in front of him with an energy-blade at the ready.

"Well, well." Thanos said. "You should have killed me." Nebula said. "It would've been a waste of parts!" Thanos yelled. She runs at Thanos, attacking him with her sword. "Where's Gamora?!" She demanded. Thanos punches her away. Doctor Strange uses the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak to pinion the gauntlet, pulling Thanos' fingers open and trying to pry the gauntlet off his hand. Thanos tries to pull free, as Drax slides in from his right, kicking his knee and knocking him off-balance, then wrapping himself around Thanos' kneeling leg. Star-Lord shoots a electric trap onto the ground to Thanos' right, the tangle-field holding down his unarmored hand. Spider-Man swings in, webs Thanos' chest then wraps it around behind him, digging his Iron Spider legs into the ground to anchor himself. Doctor Strange opens a portal straight above Thanos' out of which drops Mantis, landing on the Titan's shoulders, her hands on his temples. He bellows as she tries to put him under. You along with Iron Man are pulling on the gauntlet. Doctor Strange reapplies the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak to reinforce the trap's hold on Thanos' right hand, and the Cloak helps him pull. Thanos is finally subdued enough to incapacitate, not fully asleep.

"Is he under? Don't let up." Iron man said. "Be quick. He is very strong." Mantis said. "Parker, help! Get over here." Iron man said. Spider-Man drops his web-line, and hurries to help you and Tony with the gauntlet. "She can't hold him much longer. Let's go." Iron man said. Star-Lord flies over to join the others, stands in front of Thanos, tauntingly. "I thought you'd be harder to catch. For the record, this was my plan. Not so strong now, huh? Where is Gamora?" He demanded. "My Gamora.." Thanos said. "No, bull-shit. Where is she?" Star-Lord asked. "He is in anguish." Mantis said. "Good." Star-Lord said. "He... he mourns." Mantis said. "What does this monsterhave to mourn?" Drax asked. Nebula looks shocked, then looks at The Guardians. "Gamora." She said. "What?" Star-Lord asked. "He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone... but she didn't." Nebula said. "Okay, Quill, you gotta try and stay calm, okay?" You asked. Star-Lord slowly turns to Thanos. "Don't, don't, don't engage, we've almost got this off!" Tony said.

"Tell me she's lying. Asshole! Tell me you didn't do it!" Star-Lord said. "I... had... to." He rasped out. "No, you didn't...! No, you didn't...!" He continues to rage and then pistol-whipping Thanos twice in the face, causing Mantis to let go in pain. "NO, YOU DIDN'T!" "Quill!" You said. You leap for Star-Lord's arm, leaving Spider-Man and Iron man to pull off the gauntlet. "Stop! Stop!" You pleaded. "It's coming! It's coming! It's coming!" Getting the fingers completely loose. "We got it! We got it!" Thanos wakes completely, now well and truly furious. He head-butts Mantis, grabbing the cuff of the gauntlet just as it is sliding off his hand, causing Spider-Man to stumble back, and then throwing Mantis away off his shoulders. Spider-Man sees Mantis with far too much air under her. "Oh, God." He jumps and wraps his arms and legs around her, extending his spider legs to form a roll cage for a safe landing.

Thanos kicks Drax off his right leg and into Nebula and Star-Lord, knocking them down. He yanks on the Crimson Bands holding his right hand to throw Doctor Strange far away, and swats away Iron Man and his repulsor shots. The remaining Guardians jump up and charge him again, but he fires a pulse of indigo energy at them that knocks the three of them completely unconscious. You zoom back in, and are head-butted to the ground. Thanos looks at you for a moment, then raises the gauntlet towards Titan's moon. You stare in shock. Thanos uses a combination of the Power and Space Stones to shatter the moon's surface, then bring the debris down on the field of battle at speed. You power out of the way but is caught by a chunk of moon about the size of a baseball field, slamming you into the ground. The Guardians go sailing into the air from the rebound.

The remaining Guardians and Avengers are dealing with the gravitic aftermath of dumping a large chunk of moon onto an unstable planet's surface. The unconscious Guardians are flying upwards uncontrollably, moon-chunks are still making fiery ballistic in-bounds, and random debris and massive rocks are floating in any possible direction. Spider-Man is well-equipped to handle this physically, even if he's freaking out. He webs Mantis. "I got you! I got you! He snags Drax, securing both of them to something not moving. "I'm sorry I can't remember anybody's names!" He reels in Star-Lord.

The Cloak of Levitation sets Doctor Strange down on a relatively stable outcrop as Thanos extricates himself from rubble. The Sorcerer Supreme makes a few passes with his hands, producing the familiar golden magic filigree circles, and slams his hands down on the rock before him, invoking the Seven Suns of Cinnibus as a lightning-like effect of immense heat jumping from rock to rock until it reaches Thanos, sending him flying -- but he makes use of the erratic gravity to keep control and fire back a blast from the Power Stone. Doctor Strange blocks the purple plume with a wall of Mirror Dimension, which he then pushes back at Thanos. It shatters around the Titan, who suctions the magic into a miniature black hole with the Space Stone, volleying it back at Doctor Strange. Just in time, Doctor Strange raises a shield and changes the dark energy into a swarm of aqua butterflies which return to their master. Before Thanos can counterattack again, Doctor Strange levitates and invokes the Images of Ikonn, giving him arms like a Hindu deity before dozens of Strange replications rush away, forming a circular wall around a snarling Thanos. They call cast magical cords, wrapping around Thanos' torso, arms and hands; he struggles to close his gauntleted fist, and uses the Soul and Power Stones to discover the real Doctor Strange among the many copies, blowing the duplicates away and sending the singular Doctor Strange reeling. Reality and Space pull Doctor Strange forward, Thanos grasping him by the throat once in range. Doctor Strange grabs futilely at Thanos' hand.

"You're full of tricks, wizard." Thanos said. "No!" Strange said as Thanos reaches for the Eye of Agamotto. Thanos snaps the Eye off its chain. "Yet you never once used your greatest weapon." He crushes it in his bare hand. "A fake." He throws Doctor Strange hard enough that Doctor Strange's head hits stone and he passes out. Almost simultaneously, a red and gold device slaps into the palm of the Infinity Gauntlet, bracing the fingers open; and you make a fast and hard entrance. "You throw another moon at me, and I'm gonna to lose it." You said. He smirked. "(Y/n)." He said. "You know me?" You asked. "I do. You're not the only one cursed with knowledge." Thanos said. "My only curse is you." You then summon giant beams of energy toward him. "Come on!"

The beams explode on target, momentarily shrouding Thanos in smoke. Before it clears, you pile drive into Thanos horizontally. As you bounce off, you flip and stick your landing, you then punch Thanos into a ruined wall behind him. Thanos shakes The Titan punches back hard, sending you sliding meters away, giving Thanos time to rip the brace device off the gauntlet. He immediately uses the Power Stone to stream furiously lambent energy at you, you form a shield with your magic to kneel behind just as instantly, getting pushed back even further by the incredible force.

You slide out from behind the shield, letting the angled energy push you away for a faster start, and whip back to Thanos, you kick at the Titan with your left foot, you then slam into Thanos' face, cutting his cheek. "All that for a drop of blood."  Thanos smiles briefly and punches you, sending you pinwheeling, then starts beating you with his fists. You attempt to block the blows with your forearms, but Thanos is relentless, picking you up and blasting your midsection with the Power Stone. You land hard from the Power blast, and struggle to one knee and fire your fire powers at the inexorable Thanos; the fire is easily deflected by the gauntlet. You get to both feet, adding the beam from your left hand as well. Thanos walks right up to you. You cross your arms to block a blow from Thanos' gauntlet, and have your left hand caught over your head. In desperation, you summon a short-sword, which is also easily caught by Thanos, snapping it off clean and driving it through your left side.

"NO!" Tony shouted. Thanos walks you back until you sit, and places the gauntlet almost comfortingly on your head. "You have my respect, (Y/n). When I'm done, half of humanity will still be alive." He lets go, straightens and steps back. "I hope they remember you." You had managed to get the weapon out, and began activating your healing powers to heal your body. Thanos raises the gauntlet, closing his fist, all four Stones glowing. As you continued healing your body, your eyes widened in fear as you stood protectively in front of Tony, as he was also terrified. "Stop!" Strange rasped. He sits up and is sounding entirely damaged. "Spare their lives, and I will give you the stone." He said. "No tricks." Doctor Strange shakes his head as Thanos points all four Stones at him instead. "Don't!" You beg.

Doctor Strange reaches up and plucks the Time Stone out of its hiding place in the stars. He opens his hand, the scars on his fingers and their inherent trembling particularly obvious now, and the Stone floats to Thanos' bare hand. Doctor Strange watches him intently, as he takes the Stone and drops it into the thumb setting, the energy pulse making the Titan wince. "One to go." An energy blast hits the gauntlet right in the empty Mind Stone setting, and Thanos grimaces in surprise. Star-Lord is in incoherent rage, helmet up, firing with both hands and flying straight for Thanos. Thanos doesn't even bother responding to the assault -- he just leaves. Star-Lord flies through where Thanos had been and crashes, rolling several times. "Where is he?!" Star-Lord asked as he stood up and took of his helmet. Tony stands by your side as the rest of your body heals from your healing powers. "Did we just lose?" He asked fearfully. You looked over at Strange. "Strange, why?" You asked. He gave you a serious look. "We're in the Endgame now."

After healing yourself, you looked around with everyone else. You could tell that something was off. "Something's happening." Mantis said. Then she disintegrates into ashes. You gasped and your eyes widened. Star-Lord looks behind him as he sees Drax disintegrate. "Quill?" Drax asked. Star-Lord stares in horror as he turns back to Stark. "Stay, Quill." He pleaded. "Aw, man." Quill also gets disintegrated into ashes. Strange turns to you. "(Y/n), there was no other way." He finally gets erased.  "Mr. Stark? (Y/n)?" Stark stares horrified at Parker. "I don't feel so good..." Peter said. Trying to be calm, Tony's voice shaking as he looks at Peter in terror. "You're all right?" He asked.

"I don't know what's -- I don't know what's happening. I don't--" Parker falls into your arms, clutching you tight while beginning to cry. "I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go, (Y/n), please. Please, I don't wanna go. I don't wanna go.... There is a short silence before Peter speaks again. "I'm sorry." Parker disintegrates into ashes in your arms.You fall forward from the lack of weight in your arms, before staring at his hands in disbelief. "(Y/n) please." Tony said. You looked at his pleading eyes. "Don't go." He said. Tears flowed your eyes as you slowly walked toward him and hugged him. "Don't worry, Tony. I'm staying." You said. Tony didn't hesitate to hug back. Tears formed in his eyes. And true to your word, you didn't fade away. Tony was so relieved. You part from the hug as the two of you looked around. "He did it." Nebula said. Tears continued to flow as you came to a realization. Half of the universe had disappeared.