The teaching of Time

Part 3

And here it is, the last and final part of the book. The final battle, and then the end of the story. Do share your reviews at the end.

Happy reading guys!

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"Give me the stones, and I will spare you the pain." Thanos's voice echoed around the ground, reaching every person. The Avengers had rescued the civilians, evacuating the nearby areas. And were now engaged in an active battle with the mad Titan.

His hand tightened around the woman that Toni didn't recognize and felt fear awash her as she stepped through the portal.

The Avengers were lying on the ground, each having had their chance at Thanos, and each having been thrown back by Power and Reality. And this happened in a mere fifteen minutes.

"You want the stone?" Stephen questioned from her side, as every head turned to the newly arrived trio. "Here it is." He pointed at the amulet hanging from his neck.

"Strange!" She heard Wong shout from somewhere, noticing him engaged in a fight with the order of Thanos.

"Wong, it is good to see you again my friend." Stephen smiled at the man, creating a disk and slicing Wong's opponent in half.

"A stone-keeper." Thanos said, throwing the woman away, which Toni recognized as the head of Dora-Milaje. So Wakanda was here as well.

"A mad warlord." Stephen snarked back. "Now we have established the identities." He shrugged before working through a motion, and two mandalas appeared in his hands. "You are trespassing, and definitely not welcomed here. Take your army and return. Stop seeking the stones and stop your genocide." He warned the Titan, looking authoritative as he took to the air, his cloak aiding him in his flight.

Thanos now looked intrigued, instead of afraid, like Stephen would have preferred.

"Dramatic much?" Toni mused from her place, tapping her reactor, as her armor covered her.

"Your army is pathetic, Stone Keeper, what chance do you stand?" Thanos questioned, making Stephen tilt his head.

"My army? They are not mine, Thanos." He then smirked. His eyes glowed with darkness, as power shifted the air around them. Toni stared, horrified and amazed, as creatures around them rose from deep within Earth, creatures of power, of darkness. There was something about them that twisted her stomach. They weren't humans, but monsters, and Stephen conjured thousands, if not millions of them.

"This is my army." Stephen said instead, flicking his wrist and telling the monsters to attack. The beings complied without any hesitation, attacking Thanos's troops. Chaos and madness descended around them, and Toni chanced a look at Loki, who looked as horrified as the Sorcerers of Kamar-Taj.

"The mindless ones, this is the army of Dormammu." Wong said weekly, conflicted whether to feel calm that they would be winning now, or dread as Stephen commanded them with ease.

The same Stephen, who was now battling Thanos, threw spell after spell at him. While the warlord used both Power and Reality to counter or avoid his attacks. That was until Stephne conjured fire swallowed the mad titan whole.

"The flames of Faltine." She heard Wong mutter, but her eyes noticed something else. The Squidward; he was trying to sneak over Stephen.

"Oh no, you don't." She snarled, attacking the alien with her repulsor, throwing him back, but not even damaging him a bit.

Loki scowled, looking over his brother, Thor, before nodding at him. The two moved in sync, going to deal with him.

"Hulk and Wong, deal with the muscly fellow there." Toni told the green bean, who thankfully didn't argue, but merely went there, while Wong told her the name. "Obsidian."