[completed] Infinity war as a book

titan, again

[The Guardians and Avengers are dealing with the gravitic  aftermath of dumping a large chunk of moon onto an unstable planet's  surface. The unconscious Guardians are flying upwards uncontrollably,  moon-chunks are still making fiery ballistic inbounds, and random debris  and massive rocks are floating in any possible direction. Spider-Man is  well-equipped to handle this physically, even if he's freaking out  emotionally.]

Peter Parker: [webs Mantis] I got you! I got you! [snags Drax, securing both of them to something Not Moving] I'm sorry I can't remember anybody's names! [reels in Star-Lord]

[The Cloak of Levitation sets Doctor Strange down on a  relatively stable outcrop as Thanos extricates himself from rubble. The  Sorceror Supreme makes a few passes with his hands, producing the  familiar golden magic filigree circles, and slams his hands down on the  rock before him, invoking the Seven Suns of Cinnibus as a lightning-like  effect of immense heat jumping from rock to rock until it reaches  Thanos, sending him flying - but he makes use of the erratic gravity to  keep control and fire back a blast from the Power Stone.]

[Strange blocks the purple plume with a wall of Mirror  Dimension, which he then pushes back at Thanos. It shatters around the  Titan, who suctions the magic into a miniature black hole with the Space  Stone, volleying it back at Strange. Just in time, Strange raises a  shield and changes the dark energy into a swarm of aqua butterflies  which return to their master.]

[Before Thanos can counterattack again, Strange levitates and  invokes the Images of Ikonn, giving him arms like a Hindu diety before  dozens of Strange replications rush away, forming a circular wall around  a snarling Thanos. They call cast magical cords, wrapping around  Thanos's torso, arms and hands; he struggles to close his gauntleted  fist, and uses the Soul and Power Stones to discover the real Strange  among the many copies, blowing the duplicates away and sending the  singular Strange reeling. Reality and Space pull Strange forward, Thanos  grasping him by the throat once in range. Strange grabs futilely at  Thanos's hand.]

Thanos: You're full of tricks, wizard.

Doctor Strange: [as Thanos reaches for the Eye of Agamotto] No!

Thanos: [he snaps the Eye off its chain] Yet you never once used your greatest weapon. [he crushes it in his bare hand] A fake. [he throws Strange hard enough that Strange's head hits stone and he passes out]

[Almost simultaneously, a red and gold device slaps into the  palm of the Infinity Gauntlet, bracing the fingers open; and a red and  gold Avenger makes a fast and hard entrance.]

Tony Stark: [sounding just about done with the Titan] You throw another moon at me, and I'm gonna to lose it.

Thanos: Stark.

Tony Stark: You know me?

Thanos: I do. You're not the only one cursed with knowledge.

Tony Stark: My only curse is you. [small rockets pop out of Iron Man's back and launch at Thanos]

Thanos: Come on!

[The rockets all explode on target, momentarily shrouding  Thanos in smoke. Before it clears, Iron Man piledrives into Thanos  horizontally, using his single super-jet boot configuration. As he  bounces off, he flips and sticks his landing, immediately reconfiguring  his boots into ground clamps for stability and his gloves into  rocket-driven battering rams, punching Thanos into a ruined wall behind  him.]

[Thanos shakes it off quickly, reaches forward and tears Iron  Man's helmet off, revealing Tony's surprised expression before the suit  recovers automatically and re-forms his head protection. The Titan makes  use of the fractional delay and punches back hard, sending Iron Man  sliding meters away, giving Thanos time to rip the brace device off the  gauntlet. He immediately uses the Power Stone to stream furiously  lambent energy at his opponent, who forms a shield to kneel behind just  as instantly, getting pushed back even further by the incredible force.]

[Iron Man slides out from behind the shield, letting the  angled energy push him away for a faster start, and whips back to Thanos  full thrusters; he kicks at the Titan with his left foot, turning the  boot into a ground clamp at the same time to pin the gauntlet, and keeps  twisting while his left glove becomes a ram again, slamming into  Thanos's face, cutting his cheek.]

Thanos: [panting] All that for a drop of blood.

[He smiles briefly punches Iron Man, sending him pinwheeling,  then starts beating him with his fists. Tony attempts to block the blows  with his forearms, but Thanos is relentless, picking him up by the  helmet and blasting his midsection with the Power Stone. The gaps in  nanite coverage are now gaping, as the armor loses the ability to  recover from the intensity and extent of the damage. Iron Man lands hard  from the Power blast, struggles to one knee and fires his right hand  repulsor at the inexorable Thanos; the beam is easily deflected by the  gauntlet. He gets to both feet as the suit tries to complete repairs,  adding the beam from his left hand as well. Thanos walks right up to  him, and backhands the incomplete helmet completely off Tony's head. He  crosses his arms to block a blow from Thanos's gauntlet, and has his  left hand caught over his head. In desperation, he forms what's left of  his right glove into a shortsword, which is also easily caught by  Thanos, snapping it off clean and driving it through Iron Man's left  side. The fight is over.]

[Thanos walks Iron Man back until he sits, and places the gauntlet almost comfortingly on Tony's head.]

Thanos: You have my respect, Stark. When I'm done, half of humanity will still be alive. [he lets go, straightens and steps back] I hope they remember you.

[Iron Man's just a little distracted with the pain, and blood drooling out of his mouth, and compromised breathing.]

[Thanos raises the gauntlet, closing his fist, all four Stones glowing]

Doctor Strange: Stop! [sitting up and sounding entirely damaged] Spare his life... and I will give you the stone.

Thanos: No tricks. [Strange shakes his head as Thanos points all four Stones at him instead]

Tony Stark: Don't..!

[Strange reaches up and plucks the Time Stone out of its  hiding place in the stars. He opens his hand, the scars on his fingers  and their inherent trembling particularly obvious now, and the Stone  floats to Thanos's bare hand. Strange watches him intently, as he takes  the Stone and drops it into the thumb setting, the energy pulse making  the Titan wince.]

Thanos: One to go. [an energy blast hits the gauntlet right in the empty Mind Stone setting, and Thanos grimaces in surprise]

Peter Quill: [screaming in incoherent rage, helmet up, firing with both hands and flying straight for Thanos]

[Thanos doesn't even bother responding to the assault - he  just leaves. Star-Lord flies through where Thanos had been and crashes,  rolling several times]

Peter Quill: [standing and dehelmeting] Where is he?!

[Iron Man stitches up his stab wound as well as he can with his suit functions; he has no breath for answers]

Peter Quill: [now fearful instead of furious] Did we just lose?

Tony Stark: [to Strange, sadly, who has given the Time Stone to Thanos] Why would you do that?

Doctor Strange: We're in the endgame now. (a/n nope not yet in a few months)

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