Reality War

Chapter 3: The Plan

DISCLAIMER: THE ONLY CHARACTER THAT I OWN IN THIS STORY IS MY OC SKYE. I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS OR LOCATIONS MENTIONED IN THIS STORY. RIGHTS GO TO WARNER BROTHERS AND J.K. ROWLING AS WELL AS THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND MARVEL STUDIOS. THANKS AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY MARVEL X HARRY POTTER CROSSOVER!

-KMB

Titan. It was exactly how you would imagine an abandoned planet. It was a desolate, lifeless, rocky, planet that consisted of countless hues of red, orange, and yellow. There was also a strange sensation that overcame the heroes as they stepped off the ship. "What the hell happened to this planet? It's 8 degrees off its axis and gravitational pull is all over the place," Quill questioned.

 Skye and Peter stayed glued to Tony's side. This was an insane experience, to be on another planet while trying to do what? Stop an alien from collecting some special rocks. Tony stepped forward evaluating the area, "Yeah, we got one advantage. He's coming to us. We'll use it. All right, I have a plan," everyone gathered around Tony to listen, "It's pretty simple. We draw him in, pin him down, get what we need. Definitely don't wanna dance with this guy. We just need the gauntlet." Peter and Skye nodded their heads in agreement with Tony's ideas, but their thoughts were quickly interrupted by Tony going off on Drax.

"Are you yawning? In the middle of this, while I'm breaking it down? Huh? Did you hear what I said?" Peter and Skye shift their attention to Drax who looks completely unbothered by Tony's outburst of emotion. "I stopped listening after you said, we need a plan," stated Drax indifferently. Tony looks from Drax to Quill continuing, "Ok, so Mr. Clean is on his own page." Quill shrugs off Tony's obvious jab at Drax and states, "See, not winging it isn't really what they do." Peter, who was obviously exhausted by this interaction, interjects, "Uh, what exactly do they do?" Skye looks from Peter to the Guardians with a look of intrigue on her face. Mantis steps forward with all the confidence in her body and states, "Kick names, take ass." Drax and Mantis look at each other, content with their response. Tony however has a look of shame and hopelessness plastered on his face.

Skye and Peter look at Tony, slightly concerned at what he might say next. However, Skye saw something over Tony's left shoulder and quickly interrupted him before he could utter his snarky remark, "Strange, what are you doing? Are you ok?" Everyone's attention shifted from each other to Strange. Something was going on, Strange was floating 4ft off the ground highlighted in tones of green from the time stone. The stone was illuminating, a bright green color radiated from Strange's glitching body. The whole group began approaching Strange slowly, Tony reached forward to shake Stange out of his trance as he spoke, "Strange, We alright?" As soon as Tony's hand came into contact with Strange's shoulder, Strange dropped out of his trance and looked around at the other heroes trying to catch his breath. Skye walked forward towards Strange and squatted down so that her eyes were level with his "Strange what was that?"

Strange looked from Skye to the rest of the group, then back to Skye, then breathlessly explained, "I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict. I saw millions of confrontations," Strange trailed off. For a moment all of the heroes stared at Strange with a look of curiosity and dread. Finally, Tony spoke up, "How many did we win?" Strange's eyes shifted from Skye to Tony and looked at him almost sympathetically, "One."

Shock settled in, one, out of millions of possibilities, they won once. That means that there is no room for error. Strange's glance shifted back to the two teens in front of him. Skye had turned to face Peter with a look of concern, and Peter was rubbing her back trying to comfort the obviously anxious girl. Peter was the first to realize that Strange was staring at him and Skye, Strange reached his hand forward and set it on Skye's shoulder. Skye turned to face Strange as he began to speak, "Skye, Peter, you are the most important part of this plan. Our success rides on the two of you. I know you are kids and this is going to be a lot of pressure, but there is no other way." Skye and Peter looked from Strange, to each other, and back to Strange and nodded their heads for Strange to continue.