Chapter 2
Chapter 2
The Benatar left the Earth to join the space, with Supergirl, Green Arrow, Spartan and the surviving Avengers with the exception of Iron Man on board. They had arranged the cockpit to add seats. Once, when the spaceship reached the stars, Rocket, who was in command with Nebula and Bruce Banner, turned to his companions:
"Okay, who here hasn't been to space?"
Captain America, Black Widow, and War Machine raised their hands. The others already had experience with space.
"Why?" Rhodey asked, confused.
"You better not throw up on my ship," said the raccoon.
"Approaching jump in 3… 2… 1…" announced Nebula.
The ship jumped into a glass hole and everyone clutched at their seats, as the spacecraft raced at full speed.
"It's like in Star Wars," Diggle whispered to Oliver.
The latter contented himself with clinging to his seat without answering him.
The Benatar slowed down and hovered around the planet they had seen previously as a hologram. Captain Marvel came out of the ship and floated in space.
"I'll head down for recon," she told the others, before disappearing around the system.
Everyone waited for her. Supergirl looked at her companions. She saw Oliver, focused on himself, thinking only of the next confrontation with the Mad Titan. Her gaze fell on Steve, who was looking at a picture of a woman on an old compass.
"This is gonna work, Steve!" Natasha told him.
"I know it wil, because I don't know what I'm going to if it doesn't," said the super-soldier.
"We'll succeed, we have to," Supergirl added, shaking her head.
Like him, Kryptonian didn't know what she would do if their plan didn't succeed. She couldn't imagine a life without Alex, without Barry, without any of her loved ones. They had to bring everyone back.
"Failure's not an option, we're going to bring everyone back," Oliver said, staring at the planet. "Thanos mustn't win."
Finally, Captain Marvel returned to the ship floating. She announced to Benatar passengers:
"No satellites, no ships, no armies, no ground defenses of any kind. It's just him."
"So he's alone," Oliver said neutrally.
"Then that's enough," Nebula added.
On the planet "the Garden," Thanos wandered among the vegetation, picked up the fruits he found and took them to his place of residence.
He was quietly eating when a thud caught his attention. Suddenly, a ray of energy came out of nowhere and hit the Titan. Thanos protected himself with his damaged gauntlet, then Captain Marvel rushed right at him, hitting him.
Supergirl arrived in her turn, flying like a missile and used her fists to hit Thanos in the stomach, pushing him back. Before he could get up, she used her super-breath, and threw herself to hit him in the face with fists. It was rage inside her. Using his gloved arm, the Titan pushed back the kryptonian.
Then Captain Marvel pulled herself up to Thanos's neck and used her leg to snatch his Gauntlet.
Bruce Banner, in the armor of the Hulkbuster, emerged from the ground, and grabbed him the Gauntlet. War Machine positioned himself to grab his other arm, while Supergirl wrapped her arms around Thanos' body, keeping him from moving, using her super-strength.
Green Arrow (without his hood and mask) and Spartan ran to them. One brandishing his bow, ready to shoot an arrow, and the other with a gun.
"HOLD HIM! HOLD HIM! Oliver shouted as he positioned himself to aim at Thanos in his line of mir.
Thor arrived in turn, demolishing part of the place, and with Stormbreaker, tore off the arm that contained the Gauntlet of the Infinite. Thanos screamed in pain, while Supergirl let go of her grip and joined the Earth – 1 archer, who threatened Thanos with his bow.
"If you move, you're dead," he murmured, glaring at his enemy.
Finally, Captain America and Black Widow arrived in turn sending murderous glances at the Mad Titan.
Rocket arrived in turn towards the Gauntlet on the ground. He made him return ...
"Oh no," he murmured, looking at the others with a look of despair.
All looked at the Golden Gauntlet, and noted with horror that it contained no Infinty Stones. All the notches were empty.
Desperate, Supergirl looked at both the Gauntlet and Thanos. She must have noticed that the violet alien no longer resembled the powerful Titan she had met three weeks ago. The kryptonian noticed that part of his left face was burned, with blisters, as if it had been in the fire. He seemed very pathetic all of a sudden.
"Where are the Stones?"exclaimed Supergirl with rage.
"Where are they ?"Steve repeated.
"Answer the question,"said Captain Marvel, still hoisted on his neck.
"SPEAKS NOW!" exclaimed Oliver, still his bow pointed at Thanos.
In a weak voice, the Mad Titan answered them:
"The universe required correction. After that, the stones served no purpose, beyond temptation."
"YOU MURDERED TRILLIONS!"Bruce yelled using the Hulkbuster to push the Titan to the ground.
"And even more," Oliver added, his murderous gaze on his target.
"You should be grateful!" replied Thanos simply.
As an answer, he received the Hulkbuster's fist in his face. Supergirl came towards him, her eyes angry.
"GRATEFUL?"if she cried. "FROM WHAT? TO HAVE KILLED OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILIES? IN YOUR DREAMS!"
And she hit him in the face with a fist and screaming with rage.
"Kara, calm down!" Oliver ordered her.
Captain America came to the kryptonian and took her by the body, prompting her to calm down. Then Oliver turned his attention to Thanos, ordering him curtly:
"We're asked you a question, where are the Stones?"
"Tell us where are they?" Black Widow added.
"Gone, reduced to atoms," said Thanos.
A shudder ran through everyone in front of the Titan. Supergirl was no longer angry, only gnawed by despair.
No, he's lying. Rao, make him lie ...
"You used them two days ago," Bruce said.
"I used the Stones to destroy the Stones," Thanos explained, giving a glare of power to those who threatened him. "It nearly… killed me. But the work is done. It always will be. I am… inevitable."
Horrified and shocked, Oliver began to lower his bow, while Spartan froze with despair. Supergirl had the feeling that she was straining.
"We have to tear this place apart," War Machine mumbled. "he-he-he has to be lying."
Supergirl regained her senses.
"Yes, he's lying, certainly. I spend this place x-ray."
"Don't bother," said a voice behind her.
Nebula approached the group with a neutral look.
"My father is many things. Liar is not one of them."
Thanos then saw his daughter and gave her a look of tenderness:
"Thank you daughter. Perhaps I treated you too harshly…"
And Thor cut his head with his ax before he could finish his sentence. Thanos's head rolled to the floor, as his body collapsed.
All looked at him with shock. Even Oliver and Spartan had their eyes fixed on him.
"What… What did you do?" exclaimed Rocket.
His eyes shattered, the God of Thunder looked at Thanos' dead body, murmuring:
"I went for the head."
Supergirl looked at Thor, horrified, and looked at the Titan's corpse again. Thus, all her hopes of finding her loved ones had vanished. The Infinity Stones no longer existed. There was no way to bring everyone back.
So this is it? Does that mean I'll never see Alex, Barry, J'onn… again?
Totally ignoring Nebula, who closed her eyes to Thanos' head, Supergirl went outside at full speed.
She uttered a long scream of rage and destroyed the crops with her heat vision. The fruits, the plants, the trees… everything she saw, she reduced it to ashes with the power of her eyes, transforming the garden into a gigantic fire. At last she stopped, grunting in rage, and saw Thanos' armor hung like a scarecrow. At the sight of the armor, Supergirl screamed angrily again and rushed to throw the armor to the ground. And with an uncontrollable rage, she destroyed the armor in pieces with her fists, creating earthquakes. The helmet, the breastplate, all flattened with Kara's fists, causing small earthquakes.
Once all the armor in pieces, Supergirl calmed down and collapsed in tears. All these hunting weeks in Thanos for nothing. She hadn't returned to Earth – 38, because she hoped to be able to change the game by finding Thanos and bringing happiness to her Earth. She had lost. She had lost her loved ones. Lost everything. She felt as if Krypton had just exploded for the second time, and this time, Kara didn't know how to overcome this new loss.
I became Supergirl because Alex was in danger. Supergirl existed with Alex. And now… How am I going to live? Who am I without Alex? How can Supergirl continue to exist?
She felt a hand resting on her shoulder. Sobbing, she looked up to see Thor staring at her with a broken look.
"I'm so sorry Kara," he said.
But Supergirl barely heard it, and started crying again. The Asgardian went away with sadness. Then Oliver and Captain America came to her.
"Kara, we have to leave," said the Earth – 1's archer sadly.
The kryptonian got up, and came to her friend.
"We lost, and it's irreversible, Oliver! Stones are no longer there! Stark was right, we lost. It's too late. What can we do?"
Even Oliver was as helpless as she was. He felt like a man who could not breathe. He felt unbalanced, like a man on a high cable that was starting to shake.
"I don't know. I don't know what to do! I'm just an archer, and nothing more! And never again, I'll see Felicity again, my son and my team…"
Spartan joined them in the same state of despair as they. He took off his helmet and looked annihilated.
Supergirl stared at the sky, wiping her tears.
"Barry… J'onn… Alex… I'm so sorry…"
"We have to leave right now," said Steve Rogers sadly.
"Yes, he's right," Oliver said.
"Where do we go, Oliver?"Diggle asked, his voice broken.
"We have to go home. John and I, we go home. And you, Kara, go home too.
"Home ?" Supergirl exclaimed in a broken voice, thinking about what she would discover when she returned home.
"Let's go back to home, Supergirl," Captain America said, heading towards the ship.
The kryptonian shook her head as follows:
"It's Kara, now. No Supergirl. Just Kara."
And she walked to her new unknown and sad life.