My Little Avengers: Part 1
Chapter 20: "A Strange Victory"
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAt the battle of the sanctum, the Avengers and Thanos were evenly matched, with no sides taking losses. But now the six Equestria Girls were joining in the fight, determined to save their friends and families by any means necessary.
"You want our powers, Thanos?" cried Sci-Twi, her powers at full strength. "Then, you have to kill us to get them!"
"Yeah," added Pinkie Pie, not wanting to repeat the word Sci-Twi said. "What she said!"
"Then, let's go!" cried Rainbow Dash as they all charged at Thanos, who could only produce a small smile of amusement and swinging his sword, managed to send them all flying onto the sanctum's steps.
"You're so weak," Thanos laughed as he raised his sword to strike them, only to have the sword taken from him by Dr. Strange. Growling, Thanos snatched back the sword from Dr. Strange and punched him to the ground. "As are you, wizard."
Dr. Strange didn't take this lying down and proceeded to fire a blast of magic at Thanos, which he quickly deflected off of him. Getting back to their feet, the Canterlot High girls attempted to get back at Thanos, but were soon confronted by the Crystal Prep girls.
"Hello, Sci-Twi," hissed Sunny Flare, a brash smile on her face.
"Sunny Flare, snap out of it!" cried Sci-Twi, but the brainwashed Sunny Flare wasn't going to have any of her former classmate's sympathy. "Look at me, it's me, Twilight!"
Each of the Equestria Girls tried to come to Sci-Twi's defense, but were outmatched by the other Crystal Prep girls.
"You shall serve Thanos well," said Sour Sweet, punching and beating Rarity in whatever part of her body.
"Help them!" shouted Dr. Strange to Ant Man, who managed to subdue several brainwashed students.
"Got it, Doc!" Ant Man called and activating his suit's powers, shrunk himself down to the size of an ant and leapt onto Sunny Flare as Sci-Twi tried to keep getting through to her fellow classmate. As Sunny Flare prepared to strike another blow on Sci-Twi, she suddenly heard a voice in her ear.
"Hello, Sunny Flare," Ant Man said. "This is your conscience speaking. You know, you should really leave Twilight alone."
"I have no conscience!" she screamed and reached into her ear, picking up Ant Man.
"Shit, she guessed me!"
And Sunny Flare threw Ant Man away, sending him growing to his normal size and right into Bucky Barnes as he took on Lyra and Bon-Bon.
"Guess you didn't fair so well?" Bucky remarked only for Ant Man to give him a dirty look. "Yeah, the look says it all."
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Meanwhile, Thanos continued his assault on Dr. Strange, standing between him and the portal in the sanctum. Even with Iron Man helping, it wasn't enough.
"You just don't seem to quit, don't you?" Iron Man remarked to Thanos.
"I never quit, Stark. I never quit."
"FRIDAY, how much power do I have?" Tony asked from inside the armor.
"Down 45% sir," the AEI replied.
"Shit."
Getting back to his feet, Captain America joined in the fray against Thanos just as Spider Man and Spider Woman returned to the scene, firing blasts of webbing at whoever they came across.
"Take the cheese?" asked Spider Man much to Spider Woman's confusion.
"Uh, if you say so."
Firing their webbings, they managed to strike Thanos and attempted to subdue him.
"Save your webbing!" cried Iron Man, looking up at his protégé and his wife's successor before Thanos struck him down. "Cap, go help the girls!"
Looking back, Captain America saw the Equestria Girls fighting their Crystal Prep counterparts and ran over to help.
"Don't hurt them, Cap!" said Applejack, taking on Sugarcoat by flinging magic apples at her. "They're brainwashed!"
"I get your message!" Captain America cried as he tackled Sugarcoat to the ground. But, at that moment, Sombra leapt onto the scene, pulling Captain America away.
"Hello, Captain," laughed Sombra, firing blasts of dark magic at Captain America, bruising him even more than he already was. "Nice to meet you."
Captain America stood down his foe, knowing that he needed to get to the Equestria Girls and fast.
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Meanwhile, Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy found themselves walking through the gates of the Crystal Empire.
"Seems like a happy place," remarked Mantis, looking up at the energies that flowed through the empire.
"Yeah," added Drax. "So much love flows through here, kind of like when my home world was like before Thanos destroyed it…along with my family."
"I'm Groot."
"Nevertheless," said Thor. "We must find the rulers and explain to them that…"
"HALT!"
All of a sudden, a commanding voice boomed and the group looks towards a pair of soldier ponies in Crystal Armor pointing spears at them.
"Oh great," sighed Rocket, hints of sarcasm in his voice. "This again?"
"State your business," one of the guards demanded, pointing a spear at Thor's throat.
"I am Thor of Asgard and we have come here to protect your rulers."
"Our rulers have plenty of protectors," the other guard said. "You must have another reason."
"We do not have another reason."
Suddenly, a white unicorn pony in purple armor stepped forward and the guards saluted him as he walked by.
"You must be Thor and the…Guardians of the Galaxy?" he asked in a confusing voice.
"And you are…"
"Shining Armor, Prince of the Crystal Empire. I've been expecting you."
Thor was confused.
"You…have?"
"Follow me."
"I guess we have to follow him," remarked Rocket and following Shining Armor through the empire, they all soon found themselves inside the Crystal Empire's castle.
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Opening the doors to the throne room, the group looked towards a pink female alicorn pony standing up from a Crystalized throne. Next to her was a golden yellow unicorn pony wearing a green robe with stars on it standing beside a silver basket.
"Ooh, mama!" whispered Rocket, suddenly feeling aroused by Princess Cadence. "She's one hot pony!"
"I'm Groot," added Groot, also feeling aroused by Princess Cadence.
"Are these the ones my aunts wrote to us about?" asked Princess Cadence to Shining Armor, who nodded in reply that they were. "Welcome to the Crystal Empire. I am Princess Cadence and I see you have already met my husband, Prince Shining Armor."
"Well, we did have a bit of a hostile welcome," answered Quill. "Not that there is anything wrong with being well protected, I suppose. Anyways, I'm Peter Quill, but you can call me Star-Lord. This is my crew, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora and Mantis. We're also known as the Guardians of the Galaxy."
"The Guardians of the Galaxy?" asked the unicorn pony with the green robe. "Are you from outer space?"
This didn't bode well with Rocket, who was indigent with the remark.
"Of course we are from outer space, Brainiac," walking up to the pony and staring at him in the face.
"Uh," stammered the unicorn. "My name isn't Brainiac, it's Sunburst. I'm Flurry Heart's Crystallier."
"Who?"
Just then, the sounds of baby gurgles came from the crib. Looking inside, Rocket saw a light pink colored foal with a purple mane and a large head wrapped in a light blue blanket.
"That's an awfully big head for such a small fry," he said and suddenly, he noticed the blanket starting to move and all of a sudden, two very large wings broke through sending Rocket on his back. "Whoa! Whoa! That thing's a freak!"
This made Princess Cadence cross
"Flurry isn't a freak," she said sternly to Rocket while looking intently at him. "She was born that way and if you are going to protect us, you are going to have to protect her too!"
But, Drax suddenly found himself enraptured by Flurry Heart. Walking up to her, he place his hand to Flurry Heart, who grabbed it with her little forelegs. Drax couldn't help but chuckle at Flurry's playful nature.
"She reminds me of my child," he said, continuing to twist his hand around in a playful manner. "Before she was killed by Thanos."
"I'm sorry, Drax," sympathized Cadence.
"Thank you, but nothing can bring her or my wife back from the dead."
The more Drax stood before Flurry Heart, the more attached he was becoming to her.
"If there is one thing I am going to protect," he said. "It's you, my child."
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Back in Canterlot, Adrian and Ego wandered around the streets of Canterlot, trying to find their targets.
"Where the devil can this son of mine be?" Ego asked. "Well, he can't hide from me forever."
"Either way, all I want to do is do what needs to be done and get the hell out of here," replied Adrian, causing Ego to take notice.
"You seem troubled, Toomes," he remarked. "Why?"
"Don't you understand," sighed Adrian. "I didn't want to come here in the first place. All I ever wanted was to count down the days until I am a free man. Why must I suffer to serve an old goat?"
"Grogar's not a goat, he's a ram."
"Whatever. But the only reason I swore my loyalty to him was because he would go after my family if I didn't comply."
At that moment, Ego couldn't help but complete and utter sympathy for Adrian. He was a father himself and despite the stupidity of his actions over the years, he still had affection for his son, Peter.
Nevertheless, they had a job to do for Grogar, who was continuing to watch their every move from his crystal ball and at the same time, he was quietly chanting an incantation.
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At that moment, Thanos continued his onslaught on Iron Man and Dr. Strange as he tried desperately to reach the doors to the sanctum and thus, the portal to Equestria.
"You can't keep me from my destiny forever!" Thanos declared. "I can keep fighting like this forever."
"So…can we," coughed Tony, his face showing through his damaged helmet. "I'm getting into heaven and you are not going to stop me."
"You are a spirit," Thanos remarked. "Then I shall send you back to where you came from, Stark!"
Taking his sword, Thanos stuck the blade through Tony's stomach, causing him to groan loudly.
"TONY!" screamed Rescue, only to be confronted by the Dazzlings.
"That was foolish," gasped Tony. "I don't feel any pain, Thanos. I guess that is one of the benefits of being a spirit, isn't it?"
Thanos watched in disbelief as his sword fell onto the Sanctum's steps.
"You…stay alive," he whispered. "How?"
For a full minute, Thanos stared in disbelief. Suddenly, he let out a loud scream of pain as he fell to his knees, panting profusely. But, Tony didn't see it.
"Are you really that upset you weren't able to kill me?" he remarked sarcastically, but Dr. Strange saw it differently.
"He's in pain," Dr. Strange whispered, noticing the way Thanos was moving. "Something is causing him great pain."
At that moment, Sombra also felt the pain as he fought Captain America. Just before he could fire another blast of dark magic, the former ruler of the Crystal Empire fell on his hands and knees, roaring in pain. What was more was the brainwashed starting to falter.
"What is happening?" Black Panther asked as several brainwashed people fell on their hands and knees.
"What the hell?" Scarlet Witch wondered as the Dazzlings felt weak.
"I…feel…pained!" Adagio screamed while clutching her chest tightly. "What's happening to me?"
"Whatever it is, it's making me go NUMB!" screeched Sonata. "HELP ME!"
The screaming continued and all of a sudden, Hela, Loki and Red Skull began to disappear.
"Grogar is summoning us back to his lair," Hela said.
"But why?" wondered Loki. However, before his question could be answered, they all disappeared.
Suddenly, Thanos also began to disappear as black magic began to consume his body. Looking back up at Tony, Thanos kept his eyes on him as he slowly disappeared from view along with Sombra.
"Okay, this is weird," said Peter Parker, removing his Spider Man mask. "What the hell is going on here?"
No sooner did he say that did the brainwashing began to also disappear from the mind controlled army.
"What…what happened?" wondered Sour Sweet, free of the mind control spell along with the rest of her fellow Shadowbolts. "Where…where are we? Twilight? How did I get here?"
But Sci-Twi didn't say anything. The battle at the Sanctum was over and the Avengers had won…thanks to Grogar.
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