//------------------------------// // The Deal. // Story: Against All Odds. // by The_Chill_Author //------------------------------// Find the Infinity Stones! Seek out for them all! You can journey around Equis with me Listen for the cry, of the Infinity Stones! What a great odyssey this will be You can join my conquest because my friends won't wait A deadly world, a terrifying journey! For thousands of years, they've waited for me When the Infinity Stones are together their wrath is set free Killing, Killing, burning, unmatched ecstacy~ Glowing and sparkling, somewhere concealed Mysterious and shining with their power revealed Ageless, timeless, their destruction is surprising~ Let’s fight, fight, fight, fight all your foes Fight the gods and the demons below No mercy, mercy, mercy, there's no other way! And find the Infinity Stones today~ Find the Infinity Stones! Seek out for them all! Come and join my conquest with me Listen for the cry, of the Infinity Stones! What a great odyssey this will be You can join my conquest because my friends won't wait A deadly world, a terrifying journey! Thanos POV I sat in the warship with two Infinity Stones in my gauntlet, Mission Barely Possible was a success. With the help of Eric, we won but barely, right now we were heading to the Storm Kingdom for negotiations. Right now war was coming, and right now I need the stones to destroy Equestria or erase half of it. That was my ultimate goal, destroy half of Equestria, and boy was it one heck of a goal. The warship arrived at the port, the warship is an airship so it landed next to the castle. The bridge dropped down and I walked towards the bridge, Emerald Gauntlet and Ruby accompanied me, the boys were resting and Sally won't let Entity go out because it's "dangerous" and that he is "healing." The Storm Castle was pitch black with light blue windows and outlines. The kingdom was futuristic with steampunk gadgets and houses below the castle, there were two Storm Guards in front of us, and in the middle, there was this... Figure. He had dark fur on his body with some white fur on his body, he wore a black and blue France soldier outfit of 1832. He carried a blade too. He bowed to me. "Welcome, King Thanos of the Minotaur Kingdom, what brings you here to our lands today?" He had a British accent which surprised me given his choice in style. "I am here to make an alliance between our kingdom. Equestria must fall, if not soon then later." I said towering over the man, he wasn't intimidated at all, he actually smiled. "I'm glad we agree with each other, my name is Prince Gale of the Storm Kingdom, those cursed Equestrians must pay for what they did to my father!" Gale clenched his fists, he was practically oozing hatred. I put a hand on his shoulder. "Soon you will, soon you will." I walked past Gale as Emerald Gauntlet and Ruby followed me, Gale quickly followed me as well with his two guards. As we walked to the castle, we received no weird looks from anyone, everyone was casual. Someone even waved at me which was nice, I like this kingdom :D! "So did you declare war on Equestria?" Gale turned to me, I looked down at him and shook my head. "No, but I technically did because I attacked their capital," I said as Gale looked at me with surprise written on his face. "Y-you did?" Gale asked, curious as to why I attacked Canterlot. "Indeed I did little one, it was pretty easy, with the help of a friend of course," I said as we closed in on the throne room, I saw the guards and Gale gulp in fear which piqued my curiosity. When we arrived we saw a Storm Guard fly past us and hit a wall, now nothing but a bloodstain. We saw the Storm Queen standing from his throne with her hand out, smoke coming from it. "Useless moron, can I find anyone to give me information about the Crystal Cannon?" She groaned sitting back in her seat, I appeared into view and she grinned. "Thanos, to what do I owe this pleasure?" She said getting in a comfortable position in her seat, I clear my throat. "I hear you're looking for information on the Crystal Cannon, I can give the information to you if you want," I said looking into her eyes, she rubbed her face with a furry hand. "You want something in return, do you?" She asked, I just smiled and with my smile, she knew the answer. "I want to form an alliance to destroy Equestria!" I spoke, the room went silent and at that time it seemed like the whole world went silent as well. She shook her head trying to clear it so that she understood what I was saying. "What?" She tilted her head with great confusion. "I said I want to form an alliance, imagine the two strongest nations formed together, you're already allied with the Griffins, are you not? With our combined strength we could rule the galaxy- I mean, restore balance to the world and destroy Equestria once and for all." I said raising my gauntlet fist high, my two infinity stones started to shine. She leaped from her seat and landed in front of us with a smile on her face. She skipped up to me and wrapped her arm around my shoulder which was almost barely impossible, she stood on her toes and wrapped her arm around my shoulder. She pointed a finger gun at me. "Big T, you got yourself a deal." She grinned wildly, BIg T, that's a new one. "Then let us plan our course of action." I said with a smile, "This war will be the biggest one in history." Storm Queen nodded in agreement. "I agree, with you having the two Infinity Stones, everyone will be so focused on having to prevent you from snapping them away. Er... Y-you wouldn't snap US away... Right?" Storm Queen asked me, I just looked at her with a reassuring smile. "Why of course I wouldn't! After all, we have a deal... Right?" I said my purple eyes began to glow as the Power and Reality Stone began to glow. Storm Queen had to swallow her fear and nodded, I simply smiled. "So why don't we talk about your young, what are they like?" Immediately I felt wind brush against me and next to me was none other than Gale. "Hello King Thanos, I am Gale, but you already know that. I have two medals of honor and I am the eater of the Gale-Gale Fruit, making me a Wind Stormian. I have heard stories of you and I am a fan of your work, you fight for balance for this world and a good cause!" Gale said, suddenly a female Stormian walked next to Gale. She was wearing armor, similar to Medieval times, it was black and blue. Her hair went down to her waist. "Hello, my name is Azure, Gale's sister! I too have two medals of honor and I ate the Storm-Storm Fruit, making me a Weather Stormian. I can control the weather, make droughts, snowstorms, hurricanes, and sandstorms. I am also a fan of your work and I can't wait for us to work together more in the future!" Azure said with a smile. "...I have... Fans?" I said, raising my eyebrow, "Since when?" I asked, looking at Azure and Gale. They looked at each other, then at me confused. "You don't know? That's surprising, well, it's not like you could've seen the monuments or stuff like that." Gale said, putting two hands on his hips. "Monuments?!" I said, completely in shock, Ruby and Emerald Gauntlet just looked at me, completely surprised. "You haven't been around Minos, looking at the monuments that read 'Hero of Minos'? You're a legend!" Emerald Gauntlet squealed, he was grinning ear to ear. Azure was jumping up and down. "Hell yeah, you are! You fought a whole MONTH against Princess Celestia and Princess Luna! You were handicapped due to one of their elite Royal Guards paralyzing your left arm, and despite that, you were kicking their asses!" Azure beamed, Ruby then grinned as well. "You were also the pupil of THE strongest being on the planed. Cloven Diamond, not to mention you and him fought on equal ground without the Infinity Stones in that tournament way back when! Though you lost, it is said in the history books that the fight was so close it felt like victory was centimeters apart from you two! Oh, oh, oh! You also destroyed the ENTIRE Avian Army by yourself! Single-handedly!" Ruby said like a fangirl, it was now Gale's turn to be a fangirl. "It's said your presence alone took down armies, you are a legend, now you're a LIVING LEGEND!!! How cool is that? It is also said that you swam from Neighpan to Equestria in under an hour! It is also said that you pulled a continent back together when Drakor nearly split apart the continent of North Equestria! Not even mention the time you survived one of Drakor's Gura Gura No Mi techniques! You are a legend!" Gale said, the four were now fangirling over me and I could do nothing but just watch. "...Oh... W-well, how about we talk about the Crystal Cannon?" I said I wasn't all too comfortable talking about my past, a lot of dark things happened there. "Yeah, I suppose it is time, follow me." "So let's talk about the Crystal Cannon." I said, my Infinity Gauntlet began to glow and I shot a blast on a wall and a TV screen showed. Startling the three royals and their generals. "The Cannon is made out of Bedrock Crystal-" I was then cut off when Reggie, a Stormian, began to speak. "But the resource is gone!" Reggie said, I glared at him. "Interupt me again Reggie and see what happens!" I bellowed, my Power Stone began to glow. He gulped in fear and whimpered. "As I was saying it is made out of Bedrock Crystal, the hardest Crystal on the planet. Even I cannot break it, one would need an Infinity Stone to shatter it." I explained. "But that would mean that with all of your strength you can't break it." Gale said with a gasp, Azure gasped in realization. "Indeed, I cannot. Let us move on to the ammunition. The ammunition of Power Crystals, one crystal can destroy a small building. They stack not one, not two, but one million of these bad boys into the cannon. It can destroy an island easily, I've seen it in action." I said as I walked around the screen. "So how do you destroy the ammunition it if it's in Equestrian hands?" The Storm Queen inquired. "Well you simply take the crystals out carefully. One wrong move and BOOM you're dead." I said, for emphasis I made a hologram of the Storm Queen dying to an explosion. The Storm Queen shivered at the thought. "However you have someone who can wield all Six Infinity Stones. With the Reality Stone I can turn the crystals into Butterflies if I so wish. It's also as big as a large building. What else do you guys want to know?" I asked the company. "How big is it?" Ruby asked me; I glanced at her. "Seventeen inches, anything else?" Everyone's jaw dropped at the sheer mention of my manly size. I chuckled, Celestia nearly died the first time she saw "it". "How did you get that Devil Fruit?" Storm Queen asked me, I thought of Eric and I just shook my head. "From an edgy bastard, edge so sharp it can kill a man. Like he's like every emo teenager had sex and this would be what came out, Eric. That's his name." I showed what Eric looked like, the generals shrieked. "Oh god I've been cut!" He joked, everyone laughed, including me at the joke. "Okay now, how do I end the cha-"