Chapter 1: The Snap

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In Wakanda...

Wanda sunk over Vision's lifeless body, her own felt numb, her grief trapped her where she was, tears rolling silently down her face. Her mouth opened in a long and silent scream and she felt her whole world sinking away from her. Vengeance had yet to even cross her mind; now all she could think of was Vision and how shattered her heart felt.

Steve turned around, eyes searching for where the mad titan had gone.
"Thor?" Steve implored with worry. Thor began to open his mouth to respond; but the idea of speech passed quickly and his mouth instead opened to gape at his own hand with fear. Stormbreaker fell from his grasp as his hand grew weaker and slowly turned to dust before his and Steve's eyes.

"No!" Steve yelled, rushing to Thor's side and attempting to hold him up. But soon Steve's hands started to disintegrate as well; as the last of Thor blew away with the wind. Bucky wandered over towards what was left of Steve and Thor and his mouth dropped in horror as he watched Steve's terrified face turn to dust.

"Steve!" Bucky yelled; and he sank to the ground by the two piles of dust, picking some up in his hand and staring at it in disbelief.

Sam heard Bucky's yells and began to jog in the direction of Bucky's voice.
"James? Everything alright? Steve?" Sam stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Bucky on the ground, clutching a pile of dust; Stormbreaker discarded next to him. "Where's Steve?" Sam whispered, as fear crossed his face. Bucky raised his tear streaked face to meet Sam's eyes and shook his head. Sam's mouth opened and his eyebrows furrowed as he took a shuddering breath.

T'Challa crouched around the corner of the plant to reach for Okoye but it was too late and he watched her disintegrate before his eyes, her mouth open in shock. T'Challa turned around and sprinted towards the open field where the Wakandan soldiers were and watched in horror as about half slowly turned to dust. There was nothing he could do. He had failed his people and there was nothing more he could do. Shuri. He had to find Shuri.

"SHURI!" T'Challa shouted as he sprinted across the field in search of his sister. His heart was racing with fear and adrenaline.

"I am groot." Groot uttered as he reached towards Rocket in fear. Rocket took Groot's hand in his.

"Hey, it's gonna be okay kid, we have each other," Rocket smiled. Their eyes interlocked and Rocket felt himself begin to get weak at the knees and his expression changed, he let go of Groot's hand and stumbled to the earth as his legs began to turn to dust.

"I am Groot!" Groot cried, as the last of Rocket blew away with the wind.

Sam left Bucky to mourn by Steve's remains as he searched for who else was left. He turned a few corners, eyes scanning every inch.

"Rhodey?" Sam called as he saw a glint of silver metal behind a bush. He jogged toward it.

"Sam?" Rhodey half whispered from his fallen place on the ground. Sam knelt down by Rhodey's side as he began to turn to dust.

"Oh no, oh god no," Sam muttered with despair as he rose from the ground, leaving Rhodey's dust behind.

Meanwhile in space...

Tony felt his knees grow weak and he sunk to the ground. Peter Parker rushed to his side.

"Mr. Stark!" Peter looked to Dr. Strange, "Do something Dr, something is wrong with him!" Peter quipped urgently. Tony took a shuddering breath and his right hand gradually transformed into dust. "No, Tony, no!" Peter gripped Tony's left arm tightly in his hands and looked to Strange.

Strange shook his head ever so slightly. "There's nothing we can do for him" Peter's face fell and he hugged Tony tight to his chest as the rest of Tony floated away over time.

Nebula watched Peter sob, into the ground where Tony had been; as she herself started to feel herself disintegrate. Quill looked around open mouthed and his eyes landed on Nebula who was slowly disappearing. He ran to her wordlessly and Drax and Mantis followed close behind him. But before they even reached her, Nebula was gone.

Meanwhile in Wakanda...

"Bruce!" Natasha screamed, running in his direction as she felt her hands grow weak. Bruce looked up and their eyes locked. Natasha watched as his face turned to dust while she too disintegrated. "No... he did it." Natasha murmured as her face too devolved into dust.

Meanwhile in New York...

Fury and Maria stood in the middle of the street next to their car whose doors were askew and watched as the chaos around them unfolded; and people transformed into dust before their eyes. Nick rushed over to the car and pulled out the pager from his bag. He pressed the button and watched as the screen said "sending..."

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