On the grounds of the destroyed Avengers Compound, there was absolute chaos as the battle for earth raged. Surtur swung his flaming sword but Scott managed to catch it, surprising the fire giant as Scott managed to hold him back.
"You want to get to them, you gotta go through me," Scott said before he punched the giant.
Down on the ground, Thor and Loki fought side by side as they engaged in battle against Frost Giants.
"It's just like old times brother!" Thor said energetically as he threw Stormbreaker.
"You and I remember old times very differently!" Loki shouted as he whirled his daggers, cutting a Frost Giant in the shoulder.
Natasha dodged a flying disk before whirling her electric batons, bringing them up to block Alexei's knife.
"I've waited a very long time for this Natalia," Alexei sneered as she pushed him back and he jumped back a foot. "Since you and Barton left me to rot at Argus."
"Let me play you a violin as you tell me how betrayed you feel," Natasha said sarcastically as she whirled her batons and they rushed each other.
The two Thawnes and Zoom sped around the battlefield as Tony shot repulsor beams at them and Ray fired lasers, but none of them made contact. Vibrating, the two Thawnes merged back into one as Cisco emerged from a breach not far from them.
"Cisco," Thawne said warmly as he saw him. "It warms my heart to see you again. I want to apologize for," Thawne made a sharp gesture with his hand and Cisco almost winced. "But had I not done that, you would never have become extraordinary."
"I never needed powers for that," Cisco said before shooting two Vibe Beams at him.
Thawne sped out of the way and towards Cisco, charging up his hand. However, before he could reach Cisco, his entire body flashed red and he was lifted into the sky, where he was hit with one of Tony's repulsor beams. He went flying as Wanda landed next to Cisco.
"Thanks for the back up," Cisco said gratefully and she nodded.
Barry stared down his enemy calmly, who snarled at him.
"To be working with Thawne, you've really fallen far," Barry said disgusted and Venom Flash let out a monstrous laugh.
"Thawne is no more than a means to an end. Once I kill you, I will go back in time to enact my plan of merging the multiverse. And this time, you won't be able to stop me!" Venom Flash snarled.
With narrowed eyes, Barry held out his hand. Mjolnir soared into it, to Venom Flash's shock, as Barry's eyes sparking with the power of Thor.
"No, you won't," Barry said calmly.
He and Venom Flash rushed each other, Venom Flash attempting to strike Barry with his fist but he countered by swinging Mjolnir at him. Venom Flash's fist met Mjolnir as Barry swung it full force. The result shock wave sent Barry and Venom Flash flying back. Barry landed on his feet, as did Venom Flash. However, Venom Flash's glove had peeled back to reveal his hand was broken in several places, his fingers bent at impossible angle. To Barry's shock and disgust, the gloves oozed forward, covering his enemy's hand and, with several sickening crakes, the hand had been healed.
"Gross," Barry said disgusted as he lifted Mjolnir up into the sky.
There was a flash before Venom Flash screamed as he was hit by lightning. Before he could recover, Barry sped over, striking him with Mjolnir and sending him flying.
"Russo!" Frank shouted as he opened fire on his former best friend.
"Gonna have to do better than that Frankie!" Russo said, managing to dodge the bullets before opening fire on Frank.
However, before the bullets could reach him, Luke Cage stepped in front of Frank, taking the bullets, which bounced off him harmlessly. Then, Jessica Jones jumped out, punching Russo in the face. Russo went flying, hitting some debris as he landed on his back, hard. He stood up shakily before Frank fired again. Russo jolted as he was hit in the chest. He looked up at Frank as blood seeped into his shirt before he fell on his side, dead as he bled out.
Matt caught a Billy Club, stopping it inches from his face as he stared shocked at the man in his old Daredevil suit.
"Dex?" Matt asked shocked.
"Hey Matt," Dex said with a smirked.
"Why are you working with Thanos?" Matt demanded and Dex laughed.
"To be honest, I don't give a damn about what Thanos wants. I'm just here to kill you. You set me on Fisk, then you tried to stop me and I ended up crippled. Ever since it happened, I've only cared about one thing: Killing you. Thawne gave me a new spine so I could do it!" Dex snarled as he threw a Billy Club at him.
Matt caught it and whirled the two clubs before he and Dex rushed each other
"Daisy," Hive, in the body of Grant Ward, greeted his former ally stoically.
Without a word, Daisy used her powers, sending a wave of seismic energy towards him. However, Hive put his arms up, blocking her from sending him flying back. Daisy, getting a flashback to when she fought Hive at the Playground, stopped and the pair rushed each other. They began to exchange blows but Daisy was at a disadvantage as, in addition to possessing all of Ward's fighting skills, Hive was impervious to pain.
Suddenly, Danny Rand, his fist glowing, jumped out and slugged Hive. Hive was sent flying from the power of the Iron Fist as Daisy and Danny stood together.
"Thanks," Daisy said gratefully and Danny nodded.
"I'm Danny," Danny said as he held a hand out to her.
"Daisy, but you probably already knew that," Daisy said as she took his hand in a hand shake.
Bobbi was whirling her Battle Staves as she blocked Proxima Midnight's spear. The two began exchanging blows but it quickly became apparent to Bobbi that Midnight was the more skilled warrior. Suddenly, Midnight was hit in the shoulder as someone fired a gun. This distracted her just long enough that Bobbi could strike her with her Shaves. Midnight cried out as she was shocked as Bobbi kicked her in the abdomen, sending her stumbling back. Bobbi then jumped out of the way, her enemy crushed under Scott's foot. Bobbi turned her head and stopped, staring at her savior.
"So what happened? I think passed out, because I woke up and you were gone. Then this Doctor Strange guy came out of a portal and said you needed my help," Hunter said as he walked over, concerned when Bobbi didn't respond, only stared at him silently with an unreadable look on her face. "Bob? Are you okay?"
Bobbi suddenly lunged forward, pulling him into a desperate kiss. Although still confused, Hunter had no complaints as he returned the kiss.
"Hulk...Smash!" Hulk roared as he brought his fists down on the ground, missing Blonsky, who had managed to avoid him.
Snarling in rage, Hulk jumped up and rushed Blonsky. They began exchanging blows before Blonsky grabbed him and threw him into some debris.
"Like I told you before, you don't deserve this power," Blonsky said as he approached. "Once I deal with you, I'll track down your precious Betty."
Hulk suddenly jumped up, swinging a piece of metal that struck Blonsky on the face. Blonsky fell to his side as Hulk grabbed him.
"You no hurt Betty!" Hulk roared before throwing him into some debris.
Blonsky got to his feet as Hulk jumped into the before slamming down on Blonsky, slamming his fist into Blonsky's face. Hulk punched him a few more times before knocking him out. Hulk got off the unmoving Blonsky, roaring in victory before he saw King Shark approach. Roaring, Hulk and King Shark rushed each other, each landing a solid punch in the face.
Alexei knocked Natasha down and tried to send a disk at her when someone shot at him, the bullet knocking the disk out of his hand. Alexei and Natasha looked over to see Bucky aiming a rifle at him.
"Stay away from her," Bucky said before he fired again.
Frost and Icicle were continuing to shoot ice beams at each other when Icicle was suddenly hit in the head with Steve's shield. This distracted him enough that Frost was able to hit him in the shoulder with an ice dagger. Icicle went down to his knees as Steve threw the shield back at him. The shield hit him in the chest and he went down, gasping in pain as Frost approached him.
"Daughter, please, help me," Icicle pleaded as she stared at him coolly.
"My father was Thomas Snow. He died a long time ago," Frost sneered before she summoned an ice dagger.
She stabbed him through the eye and he stilled as the life left him. Frost closed her eyes as her hair returned to red before Caitlin sunk to her knees, sobbing. Steve walked over and put his arms around her. Caitlin buried her head in his shoulder, her own shoulder shaking as she sobbed.
"Cait?"
Caitlin froze, lifting her head. She turned around to see Cisco standing a few feet from her, looking concerned, Wanda a few feet behind him.
"Cisco," Caitlin breathed.
Before she could realize what had happened, Caitlin had jumped to her feet and hugged Cisco tightly.
"I'm so glad to see you," Caitlin said as she pulled back, a tearful smile on her face.
"Yeah, so apparently I died?" Cisco questioned, his mind whirling from that fact. "That's a lot to take in."
"You all did," Steve said as he walked over to Wanda, grabbing her in a brotherly hug. "Good to see you Wanda."
"You to Steve. I have a question though: Who's the girl with my jacket?" Wanda asked as she saw Freya send a blast of energy at AIDA. "And how does she have my powers?"
"That is your daughter," Steve said, to the shock of Wanda and Cisco.
"From twenty three years in the future," Caitlin added.
As Wanda absorbed this, AIDA sent a blast of lighting at Freya. Freya countered with her energy, absorbing the lightning before she redirected it at AIDA. AIDA disappeared in a flash of blue but Freya sped over as the former LMD appeared a few feet away. AIDA angrily tried to send fire to Freya's face but Freya, at super speed, deflected it back with her energy wave. However, AIDA dodged it, attempting to strike Freya with a blast of lighting. Freya used her energy to contain it and then, AIDA was lifted up into the air, her body contained by Freya's energy. AIDA tried to break free but found it impossible, unable to teleport. The energy bubbled, covered her head and Freya moved her hands apart as the energy flashed. Aida cried out and, when it faded, AIDA was gone.
Wanda watched this, stunned at her daughter's power.
"Well, looks like she's as merciless as you in battle," Cisco said a little unnerved.
"But she seems to have Barry's heart, from what I've seen," Caitlin noted.
"Speaking of, where is Barry?" Cisco asked, looking around for his friend.
Cisco's answer came in the form of Barry and Venom Flash crashing a few feet away, creating a small crater. With a snarl, Venom Flash tried to punch Barry but Barry caught his fist with his free hand. Eyes flashing with Thor's power, Barry swung Mjolnir and Venom Flash cried out as his was hit with lightning. Venom, out of desperation, detached itself from Savitar. As the symbiont began to crawl away on the ground, Barry pushed Savitar to the ground and raised the hammer into the air. With the sound of thunder, lightning struck Venom. In a flash, the only thing that was left of Venom was scorched ash. With Venom dealt with, Barry turned to Savitar.
"Barry, wait-" Savitar pleaded but Barry wasn't in a merciful mood.
"This is for Pietro, Pepper, and everyone else who died because of you," Barry snarled before slamming Mjolnir onto his head.
Savitar stilled, the life leaving him. Barry stood up as Thawne and Zoom suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Really? We're gonna do this again? Somehow, I don't think this is gonna end the same as last time," Barry said as he whirled Mjolnir.
Suddenly, several more Thanwes and Zooms appeared, surrounding Barry as he eyed them wearily.
"Time remnants. Don't you two have any other tricks?" Barry cracked.
"Why change it when you can't beat all of us alone?" Zoom snarled.
"Because he's not alone," Freya said as she sped up to her father's side.
A breach then opened up and Cisco, Frost, and Wanda stepped out.
"He's got us," Cisco said and Barry smiled, overjoyed at seeing Cisco and Wanda.
"Hey," Barry said breathlessly as he saw Wanda.
"Hey," Wanda said with a smile.
"Can't you two flirt when this is over? We're kind of fighting for the fate of the universe here," Cisco complained and Barry smiled.
"Sure buddy. Let's go," Barry said before he and Freya sped in and Cisco, Wanda, and Frost each fired a blast at the enemy speedsters.
Among the chaos, Fitz, still holding the gauntlet, was running for his life as Victor Creed pursued him. Creed jumped for Fitz but, with an animalistic roar, Logan jumped over Fitz. Logan sent a kick to Creed's chest, sending his enemy onto the ground. Logan landed on top of his enemy, popping his claws and stabbing Creed, who howled in pain.
"I still have the stones. What should I do?!" Fitz asked over the Comms.
"Get them as far away as you can get!" Steve granted as he and Tony fought back to back, throwing his shield at Aldrich Killian.
Fitz then ducked as Cull Obsidian was thrown by J'onn into some debris near him.
"That's gonna be a little difficult!" Fitz shouted.
Oliver and Malcom exchanged blows, Oliver sending a kick to his enemy's abdomen before punching him as Darhk used his power to suspend Sara, Laurel, and Roy in the air.
"You know, I've ready enjoyed our time together, but I grow bored. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted," Darhk shrugged.
Before Darhk could do anything, he was sent flying back by a blast of gold energy. Sara, Laurel, and Roy were freed as Fate landed in front of them.
"Damien Darhk, Fate has decreed you shall not kill anyone this day," Fate said before sending another blast at him.
Killian caught Steve's shield as Steve threw it at him. He was about to destroy it when he was blasted by a beam of energy. Kilian went down, dropping Steve's shield, which floated up as Strange landed.
"Thanks," Steve said as his shield returned to him.
"Hey," Tony retracted his helmet as he walked over to Strange. "You told me one out of 14 million we win. Tell me this is it."
"If I tell you what happens, it won't happen," Strange said cryptically, to Tony and Steve's frustration.
"You better be right about this," Steve warned him before the three of them moved back into the battle.
Fitz was running, trying to get away as a man in red armor ran after him. Fitz pulled out an ICER and fired at the man but, to Fitz's shock, the shots had zero affect.
"You think that'll hurt me? I'm the Juggernaut Bitch!" The man cried out as he tried to slam his fists down on Fitz.
However, before it could make contact with Fitz, Sif jumped in, stabbing him with her sword. Her double edged Asgardian sword pierced his armor and he went down as she pulled her sword back.
"Agent Fitz," Sif said as she turned to face the stunned Fitz. "Give it to me."
Fitz nodded, tossing it over to her. Sif caught it and took off running, whirling her sword. However, her blade was cut in half and she stopped. Thanos' sword returned to his hand as he began to rush towards her. However, Kara flew down, standing in his way and he stopped.
"Go, I've got this," Kara said and Sif nodded as she continued trying to run.
"Get out of my way Kryptonian," Thanos said, surprising Kara.
"You know what I am?" Kara asked.
"I do. Get out of my way or you won't live to regret it," Thanos vowed.
Narrowing her eyes, Kara flew towards him as he brought his sword down on her.
Meanwhile, Sif was running with the gauntlet when Ebony Maw used his powers to lift the Debris she was on into the air. He began using the Debris around to crush her when Peter swung nearby.
"I'm open!" Peter cried out and Sif threw it to him.
Zoom cried out as Frost blasted him with ice while Cisco, Wanda, and Freya each gave one of the Remnants a blast of their own. Meanwhile, Barry and Thawne were exchanging blows, Thawne just barely dodging Barry's strikes with Mjolnir.
"Can't beat me without your toy?" Thawne mocked.
With a raised eyebrow, Barry dropped Mjolnir to the ground and the two rushed each other, exchanging blows at high speed.
Thanos tried to bring his sword down on Kara but, to his shock, she caught it by grabbing hold of it. Kara yanked on it and, with a snap; half of it was broken off. Kara tossed it aside and slugged Thanos, hard. Thanos went flying, landing in a pile of Debris. Kara was about to walk over to him when something slammed into her. She was sent flying, caught by something. Her eyes widened when she saw who it was.
"Sam?" She gasped and Reign sneered before she punched Kara.
As his team was dealing with the remnants, Barry grabbed Thawne and threw him into some debris before speeding over, punching him. While Thawne was fast, and had complete mastery over the Negative Speed Force, his lack of any formal combat training gave Barry a clear edge. Barry held out his hand and Mjolnir flew into his hand.
"It's over Thawne. For real this time. You won't be coming back," Barry said and Thawne let out a sadistic laugh.
"Don't posture Barry. You could have killed me when you created Flashpoint, you didn't. You could have killed me multiple times before then, you didn't. You won't now," Thawne mocked him.
"You came back, working with Thanos. You tried to kill Joe, Wally, Clint's family. You almost succeeded in helping Thanos take everything I care about. All those times before, I had a choice. This time…I don't," Barry said before he swung the lightning charged weapon at Thawne hitting him in the face full force.
Peter was running, dodging as Savage threw a dagger at him. Sam then flew in, firing at Savage. Savage dodged as Sam grabbed Peter and flew up into the air.
"Hang on kid," Sam said before he tossed Peter over to Valkyrie and her Pegasus.
"Hey, I'm Peter," Peter greeted as he landed behind Valkyrie on her Pegasus.
Suddenly, everyone was forced to dodge as Scott was thrown on his back, shrinking down to normal size.
"Um, the big flaming guy got through me," Scott stated lamely.
"I will raze this planet as I did Asgard! Then I will finally have my revenge, Thor Odinson!" Surtur ranted as he whirled his sword.
"Aim for the crown! He'll disappear once we get it off!" Thor shouted as he threw Stormbreaker.
However, to Thor's shock and dismay, Surtur simply wacked it away with his sword.
"You cannot stop me!" Surtur shouted as he whirled his sword, plunging it into the ground.
The fighting then stopped as fire shot out of the ground, forcing them all back. Wanda and Freya used their powers in an attempt to contain it when suddenly; it stopped as a breach opened up. Wally came out.
"What is he doing? Where the hell has he been?" Cisco wondered.
"Getting one last ally," Fate said, to the confusion as everyone.
Someone followed Wally out as the Breach closed. It was a dark haired man dressed in a suit that seemed modeled after Kara's, even had the same strange symbol on it. As he saw it, Cisco started to laugh.
"Oh boy, you guys are so screwed now!" Cisco shouted in glee as Clark Kent saw Surtur.
"He's the guy who wants to make the world go down in flames?" Clark asked Fate, who nodded. "Good to know."
"You cannot stop me!" Surtur roared again, sending a blast of fire towards Clark.
However, to his shock, Clark soared into it. Clark cut completely through it before flying up to Surtur's head, punching him so hard it caused the flame giant to stumble back.
"Oh yeah!" Rocket cheered.
"Get that crown off his head!" Thor shouted.
Clark nodded, flying up to Surtur's head once more. He grabbed the crown and, with a powerful yank, removed it from his head. Surtur roared in frustration as he disappeared in a fiery mist, absorbed into the crown.
"Well, that was easily," Clark said as he dropped the crown to the ground.
"Clark, we need an assist here," Oliver told him over the Comms.
"Kid, give him the gauntlet," Tony said.
"On it. Hey mister!" Peter said as Clark flew up next to him.
"I hear you have something for me?" Clark said in a friendly tone.
"Yeah, catch," Peter said as he tossed him the gauntlet.
"Clark, get that thing as far away from here as you can," Barry ordered.
"On it," Clark said, about to fly off.
However, Reign then tackled him, punching him in the face. This caused Clark to drop the gauntlet and it landed on the ground with a thud. Thanos moved towards it but Laurel used her Canary Cry as Firestorm unleashed a fire blast. This sent Thanos flying back but, seething with rage, he threw his broken sword at them and the pair was forced to stop their attacks in order to dodge.
Tony flew towards the gauntlet but Thanos grabbed him with his robotic arm and threw him into some debris. Barry sped over; throwing Mjolnir at him but Thanos dodged it as Thor rushed over. Thor attempted to strike Thanos with Stormbreaker but Thanos grabbed his weapon, stopping it. With his free arm, Thor summoned Mjolnir as Barry jumped on Thanos' back, wrapping his arms around the mad Titan's neck.
"Do it now Thor!" Barry shouted.
Thor attempted to move Stormbreaker forward a few crucial inches to finally end Thanos, but Thanos' robotic arm was able to stop him. Thanos head butted Thor and caused the Asgardian to fall back. Thanos then ripped Barry off his back and tossed him into some debris.
Tony was about to go help when he saw Strange shake his head. Strange held up a single finger as Tony saw someone else walk up to the gauntlet and pick it up, unseen to Thanos.
"I told you, I am inevitable," Thanos said smugly.
"No father."
Thanos' blood ran cold as he turned around at the sound of the voice. Nebula stood behind him, the gauntlet on her arm, seemingly unaffected as the gauntlet's energy started to eat away at her body.
"You are bested," Nebula said and Thanos knew he had lost as Nebula snapped her fingers, the stones power creating a bright flash of light.
Oliver was exchanging blows with Malcolm when, to his shock, Malcolm turned into dust right in front of him.
Daisy tried to Quake Hive when she saw him disappear into dust, just like she remembered Elena doing.
Logan continued to exchange blows with Creed when Creed turned to dust, fading away before Logan's eyes.
Matt grabbed Dex, about to punch him when he felt Dex turn into dust, to his confusion.
Everyone stopped and watched as the enemy started to disappeared, those who had survived the snap remembering it as exactly what had happened when Thanos had used the stones the first time.
Thanos watched in growing dismay as Barry stood up, looking at Thanos with a look of victory. Realizing he had lost, Thanos sat down and waited. He would not give them the satisfaction of seeing him cry with rage, refusing to accept defeat. He simply sat down, waiting with dignity. After a few moments, he felt his body start to disintegrate. He closed his eyes as his body turned to dust and he faded into the wind, just like the rest of his allies.
The battle had been won, the universe saved…but at a cost.
Nebula stumbled, her entire body screaming with pain. She felt like most of her circuits had melted. Half her face was burned as sparks emitted from her body.
Rocket rushed over and stopped, seeing the state of her. He knew she would not last long, so he simply grabbed her hand, smiling sadly, trying not to cry as Nebula managed to return the smile.
The roar of rockets signaled Quill's arrival. He landed, retracting his mask as Drax, Groot, and Mantis all slowly approached behind him.
"I-I did it," Nebula, her voice sounding filled with static, said as Quill knelt down next to her.
"Yeah, you did it," Quill said thickly as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "You saved us. You killed Thanos. You did it."
Nebula smiled before there was a sound similar to a generator shutting off. Nebula slumped to the side and they knew she was gone.