GHOSTLY AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Chapter 1: Thanos is Coming.

In the vastness of space, panic and chaos is ensuing at the Sakaaran spaceship known as the Statesman, which is serving as a refugee vessel for the powerful extraterrestrial race known as the Asgardians. It is now been six months since the destruction of their home world Asgard and the fulfillment of the doomsday prophecy Ragnarok at the hands of the fire demon Surtur. The Asgardians who survived became nomads and were forced to live aboard the Statesman, which was once a pleasure vehicle previously used by the being known as the Grandmaster. Acting on the orders of their newly crowned king, Thor Odinson, the Asgardians charted a course for Earth so they could channel their efforts into rebuilding their homeland. However, during the journey, the Statesman has been intercepted and attacked by a much larger ship called the Sanctuary II. Half of the Asgardian population has already been evacuated thanks to the Valkyrie Brunnhilde while the remaining half of the Asgardians, including the Sakaaran rebellion, were fighting against the attackers, who happens to be the intergalactic warlord and Mad Titan Thanos and his adopted children known as the Black Order. Most of the remaining Sakaaran rebellion and Asgardians has been killed, except for a few, including Thor, Loki and Heimdall. One Asgardian frantically attempts to send a distress call to any nearby vessels or spacecraft as the Sanctuary II continues to fire laser beams on the Statesman.

"This is the Asgardian refugee vessel Statesman. We are under assault. I repeat, we are under assault. The engines are dead, life support failing. Requesting aid from any vessel within range. We are 22 jump points out of Asgard. Our crew is made up of Asgardian families. We have very few soldiers here. This is not a warcraft. I repeat, this is not a warcraft." the panic Asgardian said.

In the throne room of the Statesman, which is currently in flames, a injured Heimdall and Loki watches as most of their fellow Asgardians gets murdered by the Black Order, as one of them name Ebony Maw speaks to Loki and any remaining Asgardians who are still alive.

"Hear me and rejoice. You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No. It is salvation. Universal scales tip towards balance because of your sacrifice. Smile. For even in death, you have become children of Thanos." Ebony Maw said. Ebony Maw is a child of Thanos and a member of the Black Order. Gifted with powers of telekinesis, Maw is deeply loyal to his adopted father Thanos and gave warnings of his power across the galaxy while assisting in the search for six powerful stones, which is exactly why Thanos and the Black Order have attacked the Statesman.

Now being held at knife point and surrounded by the rest of the Black Order, Loki looks in worry as he sees his former benefactor Thanos gazing at the window. Thanos, referred to as the Dark Lord by his most loyal underlings and the Mad Titan by the galactic community, is a powerful Titan warlord who rules over a distant region of space and commands two massive armies. He is on a goal and that is to bring stability to the universe, as he believed its massive population would inevitably use up the universe's entire resources and condemn it. However, his methodology to succeed is warped through using the Infinity Stones, a group of six immensely powerful objects tied to different aspects of the universe. Thanos intends to harness their power to exterminate half of all life in the universe. Thanos has spent many years hunting down these stones and his desire to achieve his ultimate goal is what led him to forge new alliances, among them being Loki 6 years ago and the Kree Ronan the Accuser 4 years ago in their respective campaigns against Earth and Xandar, as seen in his promising to aid them in exchange for an Infinity Stone. Both of the new alliances had cost Thanos much of his resources, including one of the stones and the loyalty of two of his daughters and inadvertently resulted in the formation of two superhero groups. Fed up with all the failures of his subordinates, Thanos had opted to seek out the location of the Infinity Stones himself. Thanos is now engaged in a ferocious warpath in order to obtain all of the Infinity Stones. He has tracked down the Statesman as he knows that one Infinity Stone is on board. Thanos continues to look out the window before confronting his old ally Loki.