GHOSTLY AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Chapter 13: The Time Stone.

Back on Titan, Peter Parker is trying to save the unconscious Guardians Peter Quill, Drax and Nebula, as well as Mantis from the falling meteor fragments that Thanos cause to Titan's moon. He successfully managed to save Mantis and Drax.

"I got you. I got you. I'm sorry I can't remember anybody's names." Peter Parker said before saving Peter Quill.

Meanwhile, a recovered Stephen had managed to dodge the meteors thanks to the Cloak of Levitation before confronting Thanos and the two began a ferocious duel. Stephen launch the first strike, casting a spell of lighting bolts called the Bolts of Balthakk at Thanos. However, Thanos leap into the air to avoid them before he retaliated by using his Infinity Gauntlet to blast a beam of energy from the Power Stone. However Stephen managed to countered the attack by opening a gateway to the Mirror Dimension to absorb the beam, before pushing the gateway at Thanos in a bid to trap him. Thanos however use the Power Stone to destroy the gateway. He then use the Space Stone to collect the gateway's remnants before blasting it back at Stephen in the form of a destructive black hole. Thinking quickly, Stephen cast a spell to transmute the singularity into a swarm of butterflies, confusing Thanos. Suddenly, multiple arms appear around Stephen as he cast the Images of Ikonn, sending out multiple duplicates of himself to surround Thanos. The real Stephen and the duplicates then restrain Thanos with hundreds of Eldritch Whips. However, Thanos managed to activate the Soul and Power Stones to instantly destroy the Stephen duplicates and briefly sunder the real Stephen's Astral Form from his body. Thanos then activate the Space and Reality Stones to pull a part of Titan's surface and Stephen to his hand before he could react.

"You're full of tricks, wizard. Yet you never once used your greatest weapon." Thanos said, before he took the Eye of Agamotto and crush it, only to find that it is empty and the Time Stone is not seen. "A fake."

Thanos then threw Stephen to the ground. Before he can finish Stephen off, his Infinity Gauntlet was restrained by a nanotech clamp that was launched by Tony. The last Avenger standing then showed up to confront the Titan.

"You throw another moon at me, and I'm gonna lose it." Tony said.

"Stark." Thanos said, knowing Tony's name thanks to the Soul Stone.

"You know me?" Tony asked, couldn't believe that Thanos knows his name.

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

"My only curse is you." Tony said.

Tony then launch multiple missiles at Thanos.

"Come on!" Thanos said as he use his gauntlet to brace for impact.

Tony then attacked Thanos by using his enhanced boosters before he can recover. Anchoring his feet to the ground, Tony immediately struck Thanos again with repulsor-powered battering rams, beating him back into a wall. Thanos, however recovered quickly and retaliated by ripping off Tony's helmet with his bare hand. Tony managed to reformed his helmet just in time as Thanos punched him to the ground. Thanos then quickly ripped the clamp from his Infinity Gauntlet, and immediately blasted Tony with a concentrated beam from the Power Stone. However, Tony managed to block and sidestep the blast by materializing a shield from his suit. Tony then boosted himself towards Thanos in a renewed assault and swiftly pinned the Infinity Gauntlet to the ground using a foot clamp before twisting around and pummeling Thanos' face with a repulsor-boosted hammer, with enough force to make him bleed. Thanos look to see his purple blood.

"All that for a drop of blood." Thanos taunted.

Thanos then effortlessly ripped the Infinity Gauntlet free from Tony's hold, flipping the Avenger onto his back. Thanos began to brutally beat Tony with his fists, breaking off more and more of his armor with each strike. With Tony helpless to resist, Thanos followed with a point-blank blast with the Power Stone to the Avenger's abdomen, sending him flying and heavily damaging his armor. Desperate and missing much of the upper half of his armor, Tony attempted to hold off the advancing Thanos with his repulsors, relocating the nanites in his leg armor to form new arm repulsors, but to no avail. Closing in, Thanos began beating Tony once again, destroying his helmet. Tony attempted to defend himself with his bare hands, only for Thanos to grab and trap his left hand. Tony immediately shifted the nanites from his left arm to his right arm to form a blade in a last-ditch attempt to fight back. Tony then attempted to stabbed Thanos. However, Thanos simply tore the blade from Tony's hand and ruthlessly stabbed him in the abdomen. Tony groan in pain and tried to breathe for air as Thanos cradled his head in his gauntlet covered hand.

"You have my respect, Stark. When I'm done, half of humanity will still be alive. I hope they remember you." Thanos said.

Thanos then aim his Infinity Gauntlet, the four stones glowed brightly, at Tony as he prepares to kill him until...

"Stop." Stephen said, gaining Thanos' attention. "Spare his life and I will give you the stone."

"No tricks." Thanos warned before aiming his gauntlet at Stephen.

"Don't." Tony pleaded.

Despite Tony's pleas to not give in, Stephen revealed the Time Stone, having disguised it as a star in Titan's sky, and surrendered it to Thanos. Thanos inserted the Time Stone into the thumb slot of the Infinity Gauntlet. He groan as he immediately felt the power of the Time Stone course through him from the Infinity Gauntlet.

"One to go." Thanos said.

Suddenly, Thanos was attacked by a awakened and enraged Peter Quill, who began to wildly fire at him with his Quad Blasters. Thanos remained unfazed and activated the Space Stone and vanished through a portal.

"Where is he?" Peter Quill asked as Tony healed his stab wound by using the last of his nanites and look at him, making Peter Quill look in horror. "Did we just lose?"

Tony didn't reply and instead look at Stephen.

"Why would you do that?" Tony asked.

"We're in the endgame now." Stephen replied.