Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Seeing Thanos' mighty army come to the battlefield, Steve Rogers slowly got up. With fierce determination, he squeezed his broken shield on his arm and joined Supergirl and Green Arrow. All three were facing the growing army. Monstrous creatures invaded the sky, similar to those of New York in 2012.
Supergirl felt helpless. They were very not many and had no chance of winning against such an army. Thanos would win again.
"We're not gonna get off, Oliver," Krypton's daughter whispered. "We'll not win."
"We'll not give up," said Oliver, who was as helpless as she was.
"We are lost again…"
"Hold on, Kara! Hold on!"
Stunned, Supergirl turned around hearing a familiar voice she had not heard in a long time… and saw a face she could never forget.
"A… Alex?" she murmured in shock, her eyes wide with surprise.
Alex Danvers was walking quietly to her sister, smiling, with her red hair and her DEO outfit. Everything was as she remembered. Her adoptive sister from Earth – 38 whom Kara thought never to see again. A woman she'd thought about far too many times, who'd haunted her endlessly since five years.
"Alex?" she managed to say as she approached her sister.
She watched Thanos' army continue to advance toward them. Then she looked again back to Alex. Tears filled her sister. She broke into a wide, careful smile.
"Hey Kara! It's me!"
"Are you… real? I'm not… dreaming?"
"I'm here, I'm real." Alex confirmed, nodding and smiling.
For a moment, Supergirl totally forgot the presence of Thanos and his army, and ran to take her sister in her arms, eyes streaming with tears.
"I can't believe it! I... I missed you so much!"
"I'm here, Kara! And it's okay, now! You mustn't give up, especially now."
"It's… it's a miracle that you're here…"
Then another familiar and masculine voice echoed in the kryptonian's ears:
"A miracle? Really? And me?"
Supergirl turned away from her sister and saw, to her surprise, Barry Allen in his Flash outfit, smiling.
"I thought I was impossible," he said, smiling in a natural look.
"Barry?!" exclaimed Supergirl, ecstatic.
Then she came to take her speedster friend in her arms.
"I'm glad you came back, I missed you too," she said.
Barry smiled at his Kryptonian friend and freed himself from his embrace. Then he waved his red mask.
"Thank you for taking care of my mask all this time… (He put on his Flash mask.) And besides, we had promised ourselves a Big Belly Burgers. Do you remember?"
Supergirl laughed at the answer:
"Yeah, of course I did."
Oliver had seen Alex and Barry and looked stunned.
"Barry?" if he exclaimed.
Flash nodded to the Archer of Earth – 1.
"Hey Oliver. Glad to see you again. You cut your hair? Where is your mask and hood?"
And to everybody's surprise, Oliver came to hug Barry against him.
"Hey, what's up with you, man?" exclaimed Flash, stunned. "I thought you hated hugs!"
Oliver freed himself from the hug and gave a friendly smile.
"Not today. It's good to see you again, Barry. You've no idea how much."
Supergirl looked at her speedster friend and sister, then looked again back to Thanos who was still standing a few feet away from them.
"Thanos is still here, and if he snaps his fingers on the Stones again, we'll be lost forever…" she exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Kara," Barry reassured her, still smiling. "Everything is fine."
"How can you say that?"
"Because we're not the only ones to be back," added Alex, smiling too. "You've no idea how many people are there and who are coming…"
Supergirl saw an oval yellow portal near them. She concludes that Alex and Flash had been there. Steve, with a great shock, looked at the yellow portal, and three figures made their appearances.
Supergirl recognized Okoye, Shuri and T'Challa, aka Black Panther King Wakand. He nodded to the heroes with determination. Then Sam Wilson aka Falcon gush from the portal by flying with his wings. Then dozens of other yellow portals sprang out of nowhere. Close to Flash, a new portal appeared, and the whole Team Flash appeared near the heroes. Cisco Ramon aka Vibe, Caitlin Snow aka Killer Frost, Ralph Dibny and Nora West-Allen, aka XS.
"The Team Flash is back," announced Cisco smiling.
Another portal springs out of nowhere, and it was Team Arrow that came out. Dinah Drake aka Black Canary, Renee Ramirez aka Wild Dog and Curtis Holt aka Mr Terrific.
Oliver was shocked and moved to see his old team again.
"Hey Oliver," said Dinah smiling.
"After five years of absence, it's amazing," Curtis exclaimed, looking around him. "We haven't aged a day!"
Oliver was too amazed to answer. He looked at his three partners with a big smile on his lips.
A new portal springs out of nowhere, and it was J'onn J'onzz who made his appearance.
"J'onn!" exclaimed Supergirl, looking full of joy.
The Martian smiled at the kryptonian, while other familiar faces made their appearances, like her cousin Superman.
"Superman?" Supergirl said with shock.
"I was on Argo when we disappeared," said the Kryptonian, smiling. "And five years after, we all came back. It was J'onn who made us come."
"Us?"
Then came Brainy and Alura in a red battle outfit.
"Mum?"
Alura nodded to her daughter.
"Hello, Kara."
Dozens of other portals had opened all around the battlefield. Through one of them, Doctor Strange appeared, followed by Drax, Mantis, Star Lord and Spider-Man. Everyone watched with confusion and wonder as more and more heroes arrived from all corners of the universe, supported by their own forces, including Black Panther and his army of Wakand who came yelling " Yibambe". Valkyrie, who was standing on a winged white horse, and an army of Asgardians, appeared through a gateway with Miek and Korg, ready to fight. Wong and the Masters of Mystic Arts. Several space ships that made Ravagers arrived. Among the crowd of heroes, Supergirl could see Bucky Barnes, Groot, Wanda Maximoff, Hope Van Dyne aka Wasp and Pepper Potts, wearing an iron suit similar to that of Iron-Man.
Then another portal opened, revealing a great time vessel that Supergirl and Green Arrow recognized very well.
"It's the Waverider!" exclaimed the Kryptonian, astonished.
Then among the crowd of heroes came the Legends (Sara Lance aka White Canary, Mick Rory aka Heatwave, Ray Palmer aka Atom, Nate Heywood aka Steel and Zari Tomaz).
"Sorry to have taken a long time to get your message, guys, we were a little lost in time," explained Sara unsheathing her telescopic sticks.
"Half of our Earth has disappeared for five years, because of one guy on another Earth?" Nate looked around him.
"Where do they come from?" exclaimed Ray in his Atom armor.
"Where is the big purple guy who wants to destroy half of the universe?" Mick roared, taking out his flamethrower gun.
Radiant with happiness, Oliver nodded to Sara.
"If you're here, who's driving the Waverider?" Supergirl pointed out.
On board the Waverider, Agent Gary Green was in charge, along with Ava Sharpe. Gary, very fearful, clung to his seat while trying to fly the ship. Ava wondered about the driving skills of his agent.
"Hold on, Gary! It should not be crushed," thundered Ava to his agent.
"Yes, I do what I can," said Gary, panicked.
All the heroes seemed to be transported by the battlefield, as if by magic.
"Is that anyone?" Stephen Strange asked his companion Wong.
"What, you wanted more?"
Then, Ant-Man became Giant-Man emerged from the rubble of the Avengers installation with Spartan, Professor Hulk, War Machine and Rocket.
Ray, in his Atom costume was stunned at the sight of Ant-Man.
"Wow, they even have a giant man in this world," he exclaimed, shocked.
Team Supergirl, Team Flash, Team Arrow, Legends, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Wakand, Asgardians and Ravagers took position. Heroes standing in front of Thanos forces.
Supergirl, Alex, Flash and Green Arrow stood near Captain America. The archer had resumed his bow and was ready to fight the army.
"You see, Kara," Alex said to her sister. "Thanos has his army. We have ours."
Supergirl smiled with joy as she saw all the heroes of the universe gathered around her. Even Iron Man and Thor got up and joined everyone.
Then Captain America screamed:
"Avengers… (He summoned Mjolnir.) Assemble…"
Then Black Panther gave a war cry, and all the heroes went into battle. Supergirl flew out and fired on the enemy with J'onn J'onzz (who had resumed his Martian form), Iron-Man, Falcon, Star-Lord, Superman, Alura, Machine War, Atom, Doctor Strange and Pepper Potts.
On the ground, Avengers and heroes of the Multivers fought the Thanos armed forces. Alex killed several Thanos warriors with her weapons, while Green Arrow repelled the enemy with his arrows. Black Siren and Black Canary repelled their enemies with their strident cries.
Supergirl flew through the air, using her heat vision on the enemy warriors on the ground, and rushed on a Leviathan.
"I wanted to go that in 2012," she exclaimed, smiling.
And she hit the flying monster's head with a grand punch, and cast her heat vision at the creature, pushing her to the ground, crushing several enemies. Supergirl smiles, satisfied.
Legends fought with their weapons.
"Squeal, you pig!" Mick scoffed, burning an Outrider with his flamethrower.
Rocket, who was fighting not far from him, noticed Mick and his gun, intrigued.
"Hey, buddy! How much for your gun?" He asked him.
Mick looked at the raccoon talking in surprise and then came to his senses by burning another Outrider.
"How much for your gun?"
"It is not for sale, rodent."
Then he saw Groot stretching out his branches, piercing several enemies.
"I am Groot."
The criminal looked at the strange speaking tree before retorting:
"I am Mick Rory, and I'll need a beer."
Green Arrow had just killed an enemy with one of his arrows when he saw Cull Obsidian hit Iron Man on the ground. Immediately, he shot an arrow at Thanos's child who touched him in the face. Then Spider-Man tied him with his canvas pulled him back, and was crushed by the gigantic foot of Giant-Man.
At the sight of Spider-Man, Oliver seemed overjoyed. He remembered the young man who had braved the dangers in space and on Titan. He decided to join Iron Man and Spider Man. He gave him a wide smile.
"Welcome back, Spider-Man," he said. "I'm glad to see you again."
"That's nice," murmured the young man.
Then he saw his friend Clint running with the glove in his arms, escaping the henchmen of Thanos. He had trouble fighting with the Stones on him.
"Clint! Hold on!"
He rushed to rescue his archer friend. He fired several arrows at the enemy, while protecting Clint, who was racing on the battlefield with the red glove.
"Cap, what do you want me to do with this damn thing?" asked the archer running.
"Get those Stones as far away as possible!" shouted Steve, killing an Outrider with Mjolnir.
"No," exclaimed Professor Hulk. "We need to get them back where they came from."
"Thanos will not be able to destroy the Universe, if the Stones return to the past," Oliver explained, shooting arrows at the enemy.
"No way to get them back," Tony objected. "Thanos destroyed the Quantum Tunnel."
"Hold on," Scott said, resuming his normal size. "That wasn't our only time machine."
He pressed a remote that activated the horn of his van, which was heard from afar. Trusting in her super-hearing, Supergirl searched the truck from the sky listening to the trumpet sound of the horn.
"Anyone see an ugly, brown van up there?"questioned Captain America as he went to the ruins.
"Yes," Valkyrie replied on his winged horse. "But you're not gonna like where it's parked."
Supergirl finally saw the van, parked where the enemy was. At all costs had to protect the vehicle that contained the Quantum Tunnel.
"Scott, go to the van and get ready for the Quantum Tunnel," said Kryptonian.
"We'll get the Stones to you," Steve replied.
Scott was joined by Hope Van Dyne, a few feet away from the van.
"We're on it, Cap," said the Wasp.
Both shrunked and headed for the vehicle.
Further, Thanos fought with his sword and his children around him.
"Where is Nebula?" he asked.
"She's not responding," said Corvus Glaive, killing an Asgardian.
"Sire!" exclaimed Maw pointing to Clint and Oliver running with the Stones.
The two archers tried as best they could to repel the enemy, watching over the gems.
"I hate those damned Stones," Oliver swore, pulling an arrow at an Outrider.
Then another fell on him. The archer of Earth – 1 pushed him back with a bow. For his part, Clint saw a group of enemies running towards them, when Black Panther landed in front of them and pushed them away with the power of his outfit.
"Clint, give it to me," said the Wakand king.
The archer handed the glove to Black Panther. T'Challa rushed at full speed towards the van, easily repelling the enemy.
Suddenly, Thanos's double blade sword stopped him, making him lose the glove. The Mad Titan took advantage of it to rush on him. Then, Superman and J'onn J'onzz (in his Martian form) interposed by hitting Thanos with their fists.
"Go away, right now!" yelled Superman to Black Panther.
Superman and J'onn engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with Thanos. Roaring with rage, the Mad Titan fought the two heroes, waving his sword in every direction. J'onn ducked the sword and used his telepathic powers to reach the spirit of Thanos. But he just smiled cruelly.
"I killed hundreds of Martians during my long life!" he sneered. "My mind is far more powerful than your stupids tricks of telepathy."
And he pushed J'onn away with the force of his foot, and faced Superman. Kal used his heat vision on the Titan, who protected himself with his sword. He punched the kryptonian and grabbed him by his red cloak and threw him away like a garbage can.
Once cleared of the two heroes, Thanos fired again on Black Panther, when Wanda Maximoff came towards him, her eyes filled with anger.
"You took everything from me." she spat in an angry voice.
"I don't even know who you are," Thanos said as he lunged at her.
"You will."
With her powers, Wanda picked up debris from the ground and tried to crush Thanos. Then she loaded her powers on him.
Black Panther was lifted from the ground by a debris mount. It was Ebony Maw who used his telekinesis powers to catch the glove.
Spider-Man, who was passing by flying with canvases, arrived at the Wakand king.
"I got it," he cried.
Black Panther threw him the glove. And Spider-Man took the red glove flying with canvases. Ebony Maw turned to him with the intention of stopping him with his powers, when Green Arrow, seeing him, shot a right arrow at Thanos's son. He stopped the arrow by telekinesis a few inches from his face. He snorted, retorting:
"Your powers are inconsequential… "
But the arrow exploded in front of him, making him scream in pain. Part of his face was burned.
Oliver smiled satisfied and rushed towards several Chitauris with his arrows.
Further, the spider man landed on the ground in the center of several Outriders.
"Activate Instant kill," he said to his suit.
Immediately, his mechanical arms moved in all directions and destroyed the Outriders.
Wanda had managed to snatch Thanos's double sword, and fluttered it in the air, destroying his armor in small pieces.
"Rain fire!" exclaimed the Mad Titan.
"But Sire, our troops?" exclaimed Corvus Glaive further.
"Just do it," Thanos roared.
Rain fire? What is that?
Supergirl, who was flying in the air and burning the Leviathans to ashes, watched the gigantic huge ship swing guns at the superheroes. Horrified, Kryptonian screamed to everyone:
"LOOK OUT, ANYONE TAKE COVER!"
The guns fired several missiles, failing to kill our heroes. Supergirl grabbed Alex and flew with her.
"Hold on!"yelled Kara to her sister, flying between shots, narrowly avoiding them.
Flash and XS avoided them with their super-speed. Cisco grabbed Killer Frost and Ralph Dibny and disappeared with them in a breach. Oliver hovered on the ground, avoiding shots. Mick and Sara ran to hide behind ruins, avoiding gunshots.
"Ava, Gary, we could get some help," Sara yelled at Waverider.
Gary, who was struggling to fly the ship properly, was doing everything to avoid gunfire.
"We must cut down this huge pile of scrap metal," Ava snarled.
"I'm trying not to get killed!" shouted the agent in panic.
Spider-Man, for its part, was fighting against the Outriders, whose number exceeded him. The young man had trouble repelling them.
"Help, somebody help!" He shouted.
Oliver saw Spider-Man in trouble and rushed towards him.
"HANG ON, SPIDER-MAN! DON'T LOSE THE GLOVE!"cried the archer, shooting arrows at the Outriders.
But Chitauris interfered, blocking his passage. Green Arrow took his bow and fisted, using his fighting skills. He tried to join Spider-Man in vain.
"CAP, SPIDER-MAN NEEDS HELP!"Green Arrow shouted, pushing away two Chitauris.
Cap then saw Spider-Man in bad shape. He threw Thor's hammer at him. The young hero grabbed him with his canvas and was dragged away, ridding him of the Outriders. Then he lost Mjolnir before being caught by Pepper Potts and Valkyrie. Despite this, he lost his grip and fell to the ground, hiding between debris.
Thanos lunged at the young Spider-Man before being stopped by Supergirl who came to stand before him with a look of rage.
"You'll not have these Stones, not this time," she spat.
The Mad Titan gave her a smirk.
"I find you very sure of you, my child. I won countless battles like this. You'll not stop me. No more than your friends from Multivers. I have a special gift for you."
And he took out a little spear that shone with a bright green. Immediately, the kryptonian girl moaned with pain and could no longer stand.
It looks like kryptonite! No, it can't be! How can he know it and where did he find it?
Thanos moved closer to Supergirl, waving the greenish blade. While she was doing everything to stay away from the sneering Titan:
"Searching the memory of Nebula has been beneficial to me. She allowed me to know everything about you. Before coming here, I took a trip in space to your planet… well, what's left of your planet, and I brought back a memory of your broken world for you."
With a grin, he plunged the blade into the right leg of Supergirl. She uttered a howl of pain, much to Thanos's delight.
"I've known the Multivers for many decades. You've no idea how many worlds I visited during my long life. It was not long to find your little planet in ruins."
And he plunged his blade into Supergirl's belly again, causing her to scream in pain. Further horrified, Alex saw Thanos attacking Supergirl with kryptonite.
"Oh my God, Kara!"
And she rushed to the place of battle, with her weapon in her hand. She sat between Supergirl and the Titan.
"Leave my sister alone!" She threatened. "You stay the hell away from her!"
Thanos just smiled cruelly, while Alex pulled a bullet that turned into an arc of electric energy that spilled over the Titan. But he managed to get rid of it, and with a fist, he sent Alex propel far away. Then he continued his way to Supergirl, who was dying of pain on the ground, seriously injured.
"I told you, child, you cannot stop me. Nobody can."
Supergirl, moaning in pain, crawled to the ground, wanting to escape Thanos when she saw Ebony Maw (face half burned) in front of her with a grin. With his powers of telekinesis, he fluttered several green rocks in the air, which had a devastating effect on kryptonian.
"I went to your earth too," Thanos continued."What you call Earth – 38. Maw was able to extract some of kryptonite into the atmosphere of your world and made it a weapon."
Immediately, Maw spread a greenish smoke that enveloped Supergirl's face. It crumbled to the ground, coughing in critical condition. She was in bad shape and felt her death coming.
"You see, kryptonian, you're only arrogant, like all idiots before you! You'll join your dead people and I'll shred all this universe and the Multiverse, until there is nothing left. And I will rebuild a grateful universe that will know nothing about you. It will be as if you and your friends never existed. And your precious Earth – 38 will be the first one I'll shred. I am… inevitable!"
Alex stood up, groggy, and saw Thanos threatening her sister with the greenish blade and his double-blade sword.
"God, he'll kill her! Cap! Thor! Stark! Flash! Supergirl needs help!"she cried, horrified and helpless. "Thanos will kill her! Help her!"
Supergirl was coming to an end when she saw Thanos come with her swords. She watched as Maw threatened her with its green rocks floating in the air. Then she saw Mjolnir a few feet away. Only those whom the hammer thought worthy could lift him and access those powers. Supergirl was uncertain; Was she worthy of invoking Mjolnir by herself? Did she have what it takes to get Thor's power?
She gently reached for the hammer. Nothing, not even a boost. She was so close to giving up. Then she started having memories come back to her mind. Memories of her life on Krypton, then her life with the Danvers, the day she became Supergirl, her many times she saved the world, the time she fought with Flash and Green Arrow against the Dominators and the nazis of Earth – X, then the conversations between sisters with Alex… Some words of Alex came to her in memory:
"Before you came to live with us, I was the star. And then, I mean, how could I compete with you? With someone who could touch the stars? You know, I was happy when you decided not to use your powers. You know, you feeling like less, somehow made me feel like more. Now the world needs you to fly, Kara."
Then Cat Grant's words came back to her the day she was fighting her uncle Non.
"And because of you, I started letting people in… my assistant Kiera ... who helped me have a relationship with my son again. Now, I can't tell you what to do, Supergirl. But if you've taught me anything, you have taught me that hope is stronger than fear."
Then Alex's words, the day she decided not to be Kara Danvers after the disappearance of Mon-El:
"Kara Danvers is my favorite person. She's saved me more times than Supergirl ever could."
And J'onn J'onzz's words:
"You saved me, remember? You taught me that my loss made me stronger."
And the words of her mother Alura:
"You will do extraordinary things…"
And all her fights with her worst enemies (Non, Rhea, Overgirl of Earth – X, Reign, World Killers, Children of Juru) came back to her until she met Thor and the Avengers. The words of Natasha Romanoff came:
"Whatever Universe you come from, you are, and you will always be Supergirl for me. You are a hero. You are someone better. For five years, despite the state of our world, I've been trying to stay better. Whatever the outcome of our plan, always keep that hope in you, Kara. You're someone extraordinary. Don't let Thanos destroy that."
And then those of Steve Rogers:
"I keep telling everyone they should move on. Some do. But not us."
All these people needed her. They needed Supergirl. She had to survive. She had to fight Thanos. Prevent him from winning again. She had to win.
Thanos mustn't win. Not this time. I'm not just Kara. Not anymore. I am Supergirl.
With more determination, Supergirl reached out again to Mjolnir; this time, the hammer began to move. Just as Thanos was about to deliver the final blow, Supergirl reached out with more determination. This time, Mjolnir came to her, pushing back the Titan, while the Kryptonian caught her in full flight.
The Girl of Steel felt a surge of electrical energy springing up in her; mechanically, she turned to Maw, who was amazed, threw a flash that hit Thanos' son and destroyed his green rocks.
Supergirl's wounds had disappeared. She feel fine. It was as if there was no kryptonite. After throwing Maw away, Kara watched as lightning bolted from Thor's hammer. To say that she was in shock would be an understatement; in fact, she felt both a shock and an excitement shared that Mjolnir had deemed her worthy.
Alex saw her sister brandishing the magic hammer and looked stunned.
"Oh… My… God…" she murmured in shock.
"I'm worthy! Thanks to Rao and Odin!" exclaimed Supergirl, smiling.
Thanos lunged at her again, waving him kryptonite blade, but to him surprise, Supergirl was no longer responding to the green blade. She didn't feel any kryptonite effect.
Mjolnir protects me from kryptonite! It's incredible!
And she swung the right hammer at her enemy's head, pushing it to the ground. She brandished Mjolnir in the air, summoning lightning.
Further, Thor, who was fighting an Outrider with Stormbreaker, saw his Kryptonian friend brandish Mjolnir and summon the lightning. He smiles, surprised and satisfied.
Supergirl concentrated the hammer skywards, allowing electricity to accumulate in the hammer. And she pulled her heat vision on the hammer. The combined electricity and heat vision hit Thanos.
He got up and faced Supergirl. He waved his lance in kryptonite, but she had it destroyed with Mjolnir's lightning. Supergirl leaps in the air with Mjolnir in her hand just above Thanos.
"I am Supergirl!"she spat, her eyes overflowing with lightning.
And she went on the offensive on him, hitting him in the body with the hammer and her super-strength, pushing the mad Titan several meters away from her.
The cannons of the huge ship continued their ravages. The missiles fell on the heroes, who did everything to avoid them. Rocket protected his friend Groot. Flash protected his daughter XS. Supergirl ran to protect her sister Alex, still with Thor's hammer in her hand. Green Arrow had flung himself on Spider-Man, wanting to protect him from gunfire.
Then the missiles had stopped falling. Everything had become calm. All watched the ship's guns fire in the sky.
"Why don't they shoot at us anymore?" exclaimed Alex, surprised.
"I don't know," replied Supergirl.
"What's going on?"Flash exclaimed looking at the sky.
With her kryptonian eyes, Supergirl saw a living form rush into the sky, avoiding missiles. Like a fireball that touched Thanos's ship, making a huge gap, and came out again. Supergirl found that it was Carol Danvers, who was flying around the ship, destroying it on all sides.
"Oh, yeah!" exclaimed Rocket as he watched the show.
Alex looked stunned.
"Who is she?" She asked.
"Captain Marvel," Supergirl exclaimed, laughing with joy. "Her name is Carol Danvers."
"Did you say Danvers?"exclaimed Alex, astonished.
Everyone was staring at Carol who was destroying Thanos's ship.
"Wow, that's amazing!" exclaimed Flash.
Oliver looked at Captain Marvel with a look of triumph.
"Who is this?"said Wild Dog.
Sara looked shocked at the sight of the young woman flying. She seemed to have a thing for her.
"God, she is…"
"Quite the badass!" Mick exclaimed, staring at Carol. "A second Supergirl! I love this universe! I want her phone number!"
Thanos's ship, hit by explosions, finally crashed into the lake, under the dumbfounded gaze of Thanos.
"Danvers, we need an assist here," Captain America called.
Scott opened the back doors of the van and activated the Quantum Tunnel.
Carol Danvers sat quietly in front of Green Arrow and Spider-Man who was still holding the glove over him.
"Hi. I'm Peter Parker." said the young man timidly.
"Carol," Oliver greeted, nodding, courteously.
"Hey Peter Parker. Hey Oliver Queen," replied Captain Marvel with a smile. "You got something for me?"
Both stood up and handed him the glove containing the Infinity Stones. In front of them stood the army of Thanos, more numerous than ever. Chitauris, Outriders, Leviathans with the children of Thanos. And the van was behind them.
"I don't know how you're gonna get it through all that."said Peter Parker pointing to the enemy in front of them.
Wanda came towards them, followed by Valkyrie on her winged horse.
"Don't worry," she warned.
"She's got help," Okoye replied, joining them.
Pepper lands next to the Wakandan warrior, followed by Mantis and Shuri, the Wasp, Gamorra and Nebula. Finally came Killer Frost, XS, Black Canary, Sara Lance, Black Siren, Alura, Zari Tomaz and finally, Supergirl and Alex joined them.
"We got this, kid," said Supergirl with kindness.
Thanos's army charged the women. Sara and Okoye faced Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive. Zari used her air totem on Outriders. XS rushed into super-speed and hit several Chitauris at the same time. Killer Frost shot ice and froze several Thanos monsters. Alex fired on the Chitauris with her gun, and pushed one to close combat.
Wanda, Supergirl, Alura and Valkyrie took care of the Leviathans. Carol Danvers then began to fly to the van with the glove, overtaking the enemies and crossing the enemy blockages that easily annoyed her. Thanos, seeing this, began to run toward her, but was stopped by Pepper, Shuri, Supergirl, Alura, and the Wasp, who propelled him back. Thanos, after seeing Carol Danvers pass by, threw her double sword into the van.
"Oh no," Supergirl murmured, horrified.
Immediately, the tunnel of the Quantum Realm exploded, throwing Carol Danvers back and losing its grip on the Glove, which fell to the ground. The explosion also planned off Supergirl, Alura and Wasp.
Supergirl quickly returned to her, and saw the red glove on the ground. And with horror, she saw Thanos rush towards it. Flash appeared at that moment.
"BARRY, THE GLOVE!"screamed Kara, horrified.
Instantly, Flash ran in super-speed and grabbed the glove before Thanos could grab it. The Mad Titan screamed in rage. Flash joined Kara. The two moved away from the battlefield and joined Sara and Mick.
Supergirl turned to White Canary.
"Sara, we must bring the Stones back to where they were taken in the past," she explained. "The Waverider must quickly take them."
Sara nodded.
"Got it. (She addressed her headset.) Gary, try to put the ship down. Gideon, prepare the ship for a time jump…"
But Thanos came out of nowhere, and hit Sara in the head, knocking her to the ground. And he turned to Flash, catching him by the neck and threw him to the ground, knocking him off the floor. Supergirl intervened, but Thanos kicked her in the stomach.
Tony Stark removed one of Thanos's enemies and saw the Glove. He ran to get it, but saw Thanos, whom Iron-Man attacked. Thanos hit Tony and knocked him out. Then Thor arrived with Stormbreaker.
"Thor!"Supergirl shouted, throwing Mjolnir at him.
The Thunder God grabbed his hammer and with his ax tried to pin Thanos' arm. Thor roared with rage, his face covered with lightning. Captain America jumped on the Titan, and clung to him. However, Thanos dominated them and knocked them both out.
After picking up the glove, Supergirl arrived and punched Thanos in the head. She clapped her hands as hard as she could, creating a shock wave that destabilized Thanos. But the Titan, roaring with rage, grabbed the kryptonian by the cloak, whirled her around and threw her away.
Mick Rory lunged at the Mad Titan with his flamethrower and fired shots at him.
"Die, purple alien junk!" shouted the criminal.
Thanos protected himself from the fire with the glove. Mick wanted to burn him in the face, but the Titan snatched his weapon from his hands, and threw it away. He knocked Mick down with his head.
As he was about to put on the glove, Carol Danvers arrived and hit Thanos. She continued to hit him, but Thanos took her by the arm and threw her away. Thanos put on the glove. Unparalleled cosmic energy crossed him. He brandished his gloved hand in the air, bellowing. But Captain Marvel got up again and stopped his fingers from snapping. Thanos headbutts her, but it does nothing.
Oliver arrived at that moment and pulled several energy arrows at Thanos, touching him several times on his body. Thanos roars while fighting the energies of the arrows. Green Arrow moved closer to Carol and aimed an arrow at his head. As the powerful young woman and the archer of Earth – 1 gained the upper hand by getting up and forcing Thanos to kneel. He removed the Power Stone of the Glove and used it in his free hand to strike Carol and pushed Green Arrow away. He removed all the arrows he had received. Supergirl took the opportunity to make a final attack on him, but Thanos used the Power Stone on the kryptonian, casting her away, weakening her.
Tony Stark looked at Dr. Strange, who simply raised a finger, reminding him that the victory over Thanos he was planning was now threatened. Understanding his role in the endgame, Iron-Man nodded, determined.
"Flash, I need your help," Tony called speedster of Earth – 1.
Thanos handed the Power Stone into the Glove, screaming gamma rays through it, until Flash passed around him in super-speed and Tony made a final attack on Thanos, shooting at the Glove, before the Mad Titan push him away.
Alex ran to join her sister, who had a bloody face with her torn red cape on the floor, helping her get up.
"Thanos has the Stones!" exclaimed Kara, distraught and hurt.
Both watched helplessly as Thanos raised the glove in the air. Oliver stood up and saw his enemy triumph over the Stones.
"I am… inevitable!" Thanos chuckled.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"yelled Supergirl and Green Arrow.
Thanos snapped his fingers. Nothing happened, much to the surprise of all, except a metal "clink". Thanos, stupefied, looked at the glove and found that all the Stones had disappeared.
"Did you miss something?" Flash's voice said.
Supergirl, Oliver and Alex saw Flash with Tony. The billionaire had the six Infinity Stones on his own combination. Immediately the Stones gathered, a cosmic energy crossed the whole body of Tony, to the great shock of all. Flash had used his super-speed to steal the Stones at the Mad Titan.
"Tony!"exclaimed Oliver, shocked.
With determination, Tony Stark looked at Thanos struggling to speak:
"And I… am… Iron Man."
And he snapped his fingers, creating a powerful, loud detonation…
Rocket fired at a leviathan and, before devouring it, crumbled to ashes. All that remained of Thanos's army began to burn to ashes. T'Challa, Quill, and Alura looked around with surprise; Mick, Steel and Sara watched the enemy dissolve into ashes with astonishment. Captain America, exhausted, looked around him, knowing that they had won. Thanos, horrified, looked around and saw all his army disintegrate. He saw Ebony Maw dissolve to ashes and all his other children in the distance. Even what was left of his ships disappeared. Supergirl, Green Arrow and Flash observed the phenomenon to make the enemy disappear in dust. They looked at Thanos, glaring at him. Thanos sat quietly, resolved to his fate. He sighed before slowly being wiped out of his existence.
Shortly after, Tony walked slowly. The power of the raw energy of the glove had left all its right side fatally wounded. He stumbled a little before his body collapsed on a pile of debris. Rhodey arrived soon and came to Tony to see his colleague and longtime friend agonize in pain. He lowered his head, knowing that his friend was dying. Oliver joined Tony in his turn. He gave her a sad smile with tears in her eyes. Peter Parker arrived soon and saw Tony collapse on the ground.
He ran to his fallen mentor. Tony looked at Peter, his face hurt.
"Mr. Stark… can you hear me? "said the young man, with tears in his eyes. "It's Peter… We won… We won, Mr. Stark… You did it, sir…"
And he sobbed.
Oliver, with tears in his eyes, saw Pepper look upset. Realizing that she wanted to spend time with her late husband, the archer from Earth – 1 nodded and took Spider-Man by the shoulders.
"Peter," he said softly to the young man."Come. Come on, Peter."
He pushed Spider-Man away, while Pepper stood in front of her dying husband.
"Hey."
"Hey Pepper," Iron Man said weakly, barely able to move his head, but managed to smile.
Pepper put his hand on Iron Man's Arc Reactor, and Tony put his hand on his. Pepper glanced at Tony's serious wounds.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y.?"
"Life functions critical," answered the artificial intelligence of Tony's suit.
Tony smiled, tears in his eyes.
Pepper made sure his beloved could see his face before going out.
"Tony. Look at me. We're gonna be okay. You can rest now."
With this recognition, the Reactor went out. Pepper couldn4t contain his grief and began to cry on his shoulder. Tony Stark aka Iron-Man was dead.
Supergirl, supported by Alex, looked at the deceased Avenger with a lot of sadness.
First Nat, and now Tony… Why it took so many sacrifices? He had a wife and a daughter… It's so unfair…
Supergirl began to cry silently under the shoulder of her sister who was tenderly cajoling her.
Oliver was with Cap and Thor. All three were watching Iron-Man's body.
Then a female voice sounds, drawing the attention of Green Arrow:
"Hello, is anyone here? Anyone?"
Stunned, Oliver turned his head and saw with shock… Felicity Smoak walking through the debris of the Avengers compound. She looked lost. Felicity, his wife, whom he had not seen for five years.
Shocked, Oliver ran to her. He stopped a few feet from her, looking at her with grief.
Felicity turned her head and saw her husband archer. With a smile on her face, she ran to join her arms. Oliver, excited, hugged his wife in tears. He was happy to have found Felicity, but sad about Tony's death.
Then Spartan joined them. He took off his helmet and looked at Felicity with joy and sadness.
"We won..." he murmured, shocked.
"Iron-Man won," whispered Green Arrow in a low voice.
And with his wife, he joined the heroes gathered around the fallen Avenger.
Clint Barton, staring at Tony Stark's remains, put his right knee on the ground, and knelt down, bending his head. Then T'Challa and Captain Marvel made the same gesture. All the Guardians of the Galaxy, including Nebula, also knelt. Valkyrie, Ant-Man, Captain America and Doctor Strange knelt in turn. Gamorra, on the other hand, went to a new unknown destination.
Supergirl, supported by Alex, watched everyone kneel down, paying tribute to Tony Stark. She turned to Alex, shaking her head, making her understand that she wanted to do it too. Nodding in her turn, Alex helped Kara kneel on the floor. The two Danvers sisters remained on their knees on the ground, supporting one another.
Then, Flash removed his mask and knelt in turn. Then came all his team on his knees, as well as all Legends, Team Arrow, Superman, J'onn (in his human form), Brainy and Alura, who made a prayer in Kryptonian.
Nobody said a word. They all remained silent and on their knees.
Oliver, Felicity and Diggle joined Pepper, who was mourning Tony's death. With a solemn look, Oliver knelt in turn, followed by Felicity and John.
With tears in his eyes, Oliver murmured to the remains of the Avenger:
"Thank you, Iron-Man!"