Chapter 8 – Power
8
Milky Way Galaxy
Equus
Badlands, Equestria
11:39 p.m.
The second Thanos stepped foot on Equestrian soil, a tremor resounded across the valley of death, in the heart of the Badlands.
A vicious black and blue portal opened for Thanos and his Black Order, all five exiting the swirling blue and black mist as it quickly faded away. The Space Stone on Thanos’ gauntlet dimmed down as the portal closed, but it never stopped shimmering, as well as the newly-acquired Power Stone. The Badlands remained just as they were. The night was still alive and well, and the desert surrounding was just as horrid a landscape as when they first arrived. None of that mattered.
Thanos raised the Infinity Gauntlet into the air. The winds howled, the dust storm picking up around them, blotting out the night sky. The Black Order shielded their eyes from the storm, but Thanos stared on. He narrowed his stern gaze, clenched his gauntlet, and yelled, “Typhon!”
He had felt Typhon’s presence the second he stepped on Equus the second time, but now the tremor had only increased, as well as the storm around them. Before it could get any worse, before the sand was certain to devour them and never let them escape the desolate wasteland known as the Badlands, the wind stopped.
It stopped as the eruption of solid earth followed, Typhon’s serpent-like head and demon-like eyes broke through the storms and silenced it. The wind died. The sand fell. Typhon’s towering, burning neck and flaming head were all that remained of it.
When it all settled and the silence of the night returned—save for Typhon’s burning skin—the beast slowly narrowed its eyes on the Mad Titan, slithering closer. Thanos didn’t even blink this time as Typhon’s burning gaze met his own. Not even the Black Order backed away from the increasing temperatures.
Smoke and ash drifted from Typhon’s head and nostrils, the beast growling, “You have returned… quickly. I assume with the power needed to resurrect me?”
Thanos smiled and slowly turned his left wrist so it faced forward. Typhon shifted his gaze to the Gauntlet, widening at the purple gem shimmering next to the bright blue one. Thanos slowly began his approach, stopping just a few yards from Typhon’s burning face.
He clenched the Gauntlet, the Power Stone glowing brightly. “This may hurt a bit.”
Typhon glared at him.
“I have been tortured for more than a millennium, every shred of my skin melted and peeled away. My intestines, my heart, my lungs, everything within me was ripped away and thrown to the River Styx. My bones were melded to the very chains that held Tartarus together, every year pulling harder and harder and harder until… there was nothing left. Until my very soul was trapped in a forever burning hellscape, forced to watch as my children suffered the same fate.”
Snarling at every syllable, what appeared to be Typhon’s maw yielded burning magma that dripped into the dirt and sand. He brought back his neck only slightly, narrowing his slit eyes at the Mad Titan. More specifically… at the Infinity Stone and the power it held, the same power he would experience very shortly.
He said, “I know what it means to hurt. If it hurts… then I’ll scream.”
Thanos could admire that. Willing to go through anything to reach his goal. Strange how fate works, bringing two Titans together, working together, fighting in the end for similar causes. If he wanted to, Thanos would have smiled. But he didn’t. He couldn’t when he focused on controlling the Power Stone’s energy. The gem shimmered brightly as he clenched the Gauntlet harder and harder. But unlike on Xandar, Thanos thrust its energy outwards instead of directly to the ground.
A stream of raw, unending energy was propelled from the Stone and the Infinity Gauntlet. It was so great, so unhindered, that the Black Order nearly fell back from the shock wave that followed. They shielded themselves as the wave of energy pulsated throughout them. Thanos didn’t even move. He kept his left arm jutted outwards, his fist shaking as he forced the Gauntlet and the Power Stone’s energy directly ahead of him.
He watched as it struck its target, right in Typhon’s neck.
Instantly, the burning red skin encompassing Typhon’s neck shifted to a horrible dark purple. Typhon howled in pain, rearing his head straight to the heavens and screaming to the stars. Those screams turned into high-pitched screeches. The Black Order cringed at the sound, some covering their ears. Thanos gritted his teeth, but kept the energy flowing.
Unlike when the same power impacted Xandar, this power didn’t completely overwhelm Typhon. It nearly had, devouring all of Typhon’s neck. It had nearly reached his head, but stopped just at the bottom of his jaw. The purple cracks across his skin yielded, then slowly began to retreat. The purple sickness across Typhon’s body quickly fell back to where it originated, where Thanos drove the beam of energy. Typhon’s screams soon turned into roars, then… laughter.
“Yes!” Typhon exclaimed, looking down to his neck to see the purple energy withdraw from his skin and flood into his very essence. He reared his head back, roaring, “Yes! The power… I can feel it! My body! My being! They’re…! They’re…!”
A shock wave of energy was all that could be expelled from Typhon’s statement, ending his voice there. Thanos cut off the energy flow, shielding his eyes as a wave of energy washed over him and his children, spreading for miles on end, all originating from Typhon. Lowering his naked palm, Thanos stared at the flaming serpent, concern in his frown.
Nothing seemed remotely different. Typhon just appeared winded, his head drooping lower and lower to the ground. Speaking of the ground, it had barely survived the shock wave that had occurred not too long ago. Chunks of rock had been expelled from the earth, a small crevice surrounding the Titan. As for Typhon, he breathed steadily. Almost like he had functioning lungs and he was breathing for the first time in more than a thousand years.
Perhaps not far from the truth. “The power…” Typhon breathed, in and out, slowly and steadily.
“I assume it worked.”
Typhon nodded, his glowing red eyes slowly dimming, quickly closing. “Yes… I must rest now… and let the power flow throughout. Let it… rebuild.”
Nodding to that, Thanos lowered his arms so they rested by his sides. His Black Order stepped closer to him, all of their eyes centered on the wilting beast grow smaller and smaller. “I’ll take good care of Equus while you’re gone,” Thanos declared, watching as the mighty tower became less than it was before.
But just before he could fully collapse, Typhon reared forward at speeds that were so unlike him previously, even with his weakening state. The Black Order jutted their weapons outwards, but found no need for them as Thanos stared down the mighty Titan. Neither blinked. Neither flinched. Typhon admired that.
“Do not forget, Mad Titan. When I return… this world is mine… and the Princesses and the Pillars are mine to kill.”
Thanos said nothing, didn’t even nod. He and his children just watched as the beast disappeared beneath the earth. They felt another tremor pass throughout the Badlands, much stronger than any previous one they had encountered. Amplified with the strength of the Power Stone, there was no wonder Typhon’s descent was much stronger than previously. But unlike the previous times, they could see where Typhon traveled next.
A wave of red energy shot away from where Thanos and his children stood. They watched as the bolt of red shot across the Badlands beneath the dirt, impacting the tallest peak in the wasteland, the destroyed mountain directly ahead of them. Another tremor passed, not as strong as where they stood but equally as devastating. The mountain Typhon had struck began to crumble, then began to rise higher out of the ground, practically growing three times before their very eyes. And it just kept getting bigger. Proxima Midnight’s jaw fell. Corvus Glaive shared the same fate. Ebony Maw narrowed his gaze and watched as the mountain grew taller and taller, wider and larger. Cull Obsidian watched on in silence. They all looked somewhat concerned, impressed, or surprised.
Thanos was not like his children very much.
The mountain trembled, then yielded. If it was massive before Typhon had struck it, then it was colossal in size afterwards. No longer was the peak sticking straight out of the ground. It was larger, wider, appearing more like a volcano than a mountain. At least, that’s what Thanos and the Black Order thought. Coincidently enough, a black smog began to bellow from the peak, rising and building just above the mountain.
Then all was still and quiet.
As if nothing had even happened.
“You can’t trust him, Father.”
Thanos slowly turned around, gazing towards Proxima Midnight. She continued, dropping her head a tad. “He threatened to slaughter us the second we stepped foot on this miserable world, and now we just gave him enough power to do… whatever it is he just did.”
“If he was able to resist the Space Stone beforehand,” Corvus Glaive took over, “how powerful will he be now?”
“And when the time of the Cleansing is to be upon us, what of Equus, Father?” Ebony Maw asked. Cull Obsidian grunted and nodded, standing behind his siblings, hammer resting on his shoulder.
Thanos turned his eyes to each of their concerned gazes. His expression was unknown, his eyes holding little emotion and revealing nothing. When he answered, his voice sent shock waves across each of his children. “He spared our lives and we made a bargain. I’ve fulfilled that bargain. I’ve given him rebirth. I owe nothing more.”
“Yes, but at what cost?” Maw asked. “Now, this world will be spared!”
“Not necessarily.”
The Maw actually stepped away from that statement. Just an inch, but it showed. He was clearly taken by surprise at the revelation his father had revealed. Thanos looked to his gauntlet, stared at the two gems still glowing as bright as when he first laid eyes on them. “The Infinity Stones will take time to acquire, and in the meantime, I will be certain to have this world experience salvation… even if it may be spared from the Cleansing.”
He heard silence for a moment, then a soft chuckle. Thanos looked to Proxima Midnight, seeing her smile and shake her head. “Just like old times?” Midnight asked, fingers tightening around her spear.
“Half the world’s population,” Thanos muttered, his voice lost in pure bliss as he gazed at the Stones. “Nothing more… nothing less.”
Corvus Glaive smiled sickly, each of his fangs showing. “We will ready the Chitauri right away,” he said, bowing his head. The rest of the Black Order bowed their heads, as well, but were shocked to see a blue portal appear behind them. They turned back to their father, seeing him hold out his gauntlet and control the very fabric of space with just the blue gem.
“Leave that to me,” Thanos told them. “As for the rest of you, take my ship and retrieve the Reality Stone.”
It took a while for Ebony Maw to nod along with the rest of his siblings. The portal’s light cascaded their shadows across the dirt, leading to Thanos’ feet. He asked, “What will you do, Father?”
He smiled. “Make things easier.”
And so, he would. They didn’t need to be told a second time. The Black Order stepped into the portal, one by one. Thanos closed it quickly. As the light died and the Stone’s light began to dim down, Thanos breathed in the dead air and dust. He stared at where the portal once remained, nothing left but wisps of sand blowing through the wind across the vast desert landscape.
The portal wasn’t very large, just big enough to fit Obsidian. Other than that, Thanos hadn’t crafted a portal from the Space Stone any larger. For what he had in mind, he didn’t know if the Space Stone could have created a portal big enough for him to “make things easier”, as he had stated not too long ago. Then again, the Space Stone wouldn’t be working alone.
He looked to the Infinity Gauntlet, brought it closer, and stared at the second gem. At the Power Stone. The very Infinity Stone that could burn planets in an instant and rebirth ancient Titans long since dead for over a thousand years. Its strength was never-ending, had no limit. The strength of the Power Stone and the ability of the Space Stone molded together… He hadn’t tried it before.
He would now.
With his children on their mission to acquire the Reality Stone, that just left three. Thanos thought back to where the remaining Stones be, all three resting in one central location. One world. Planet Earth. He knew exactly where that was. The years of constantly waiting, constantly watching events unfold on the miserable planet taught him well enough what he should expect. He raised his gauntlet, higher and higher, the face of it turned to the night sky.
No need to constantly hop back and forth across the entire galaxy any longer. Thanos would make things easier.
Looking to the stars for guidance, Thanos finally found it, both the Space and Power Stones igniting brighter than any star that night. Then he closed his left hand.
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Uh..ohh....What did he do??? This isn't looking good! I shudder to see whats next!
I knew it! After three days like Jesus’ resurrection, you have returned with another chapter!
Hehehey, Strange V Fate Death Battle. Eh, not relevant moving on.
*on the part where Thanos empowers Typhon*
I remember a comment saying how can Typhon resist against two Infinity Stones. But judging on how you made him GODDAMN powerful, you made him invincible JD. Which I hope is false.
Hoo boy, I’m really not looking forward to a bunch of ponies lined up and gettting shot down by the Chitauri. And shouldn't Celestia be aware of their presence by now?
Wait wait wait wait.. didn’t he say he would bring the Chitauri to Equus? Then why did he go to Earth?
Captain better not be an NPC ready to fight just like in the movie.
edit: hey this thing reached the feature box! Nice one JD
Wtf?
What is happening now!?
And when will we get to see our heroes again? Both avengers and ponies
I gotta say Discord must be wriggling in circles now after all that magic and power flowing around
Oh Balls, not only has Thanos brought Typhon back to life and stronger than ever before, but now he's bringing Equus and Earth closer together
Also please have the Tony vs Thanos one on one battle
SO EPIC! And a bit tragic to see this man fighting his deep fear since the first Avengers and just doing it even with his armour crumbling. No powers just him and his armour
Even with all his power, I'm betting that Typhon can't resist the entire Infinity Gauntlet.
Thanos might just doomed all of the multiverse giving Typhon that much power.
Well Typhon is back and Thanos is planning to double cross him.
Wait is he bringing Earth and Equus closer together? Not only does that make his goal easier, but it also makes it easier to get the ponies and the Avengers together for this crossover. Funny how that works.
Well. Earth and Equus are royally fucked.
Look like Thanos is going to meet main six I can wait for next chapter
Oh that does not bode well. That does not bode well at all. But on the upside we might get Iron Man vs Thanos earlier than in the film so...little victories.
Damn... just damn... Typhon just became like Ronan the Accuser... transformed by the Power Stone, and just turned a mountain into a volcano! His eyes probably glowed purple by now, and damn... Thanos plans to kiss Earth and Equestria together to collect the Stones easier, damn... just damn... this is mad, yo, as mad as the Titan himself.
And I sure as hell knew it! Thanos will Hakai half of all Equestria while giving the rest, possibly including Typhon's children, salvation. You're sick Thanos, even this world, it doesn't have a chance to live on your account, you're sick.
I don't know what thanos is planing, at first it sounded like he would handle equus personally. But now I’m worried about what he plans to do with the space and power stone.
Well, that’s not good. Typhon has been resurrected.
Holy Crap! Thanos is planning to bring Earth and Equus into the same universe?!
I can only imagine the how the people of Earth/the creatures of Equus will react when they see another planet appear right above their own.
Well, that certainly would make getting the Stones that much easier and quicker. Which is a good thing for Thanos, because once Typhon resurfaces, stronger than before, and finds out what Thanos is up to, the Mad Titan will want to have the Infinity Gauntlet completed to fight off the ticked off, overpowered beast.
The Chitauri? Oh God! Shits gonna hit Equestria’s fan sooner then I expected!
The Soul Stone is on Earth!?
And then he threw the planets together!
The End.
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That fight was the setpiece that made me love the movie and set me on edge.
So it looks like Thanos is making Earth and Equus neighbors.
Gotta respect his compromise though. He doesn’t feel like hopping between 2 planets, so just he’ll bring the planets to him.
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Although he has the Sp. Stone, he's saving his stamina walking back and forth between planets so yeah.
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That would be their worst reaction to seeing another world, since the Friendship Games, when Midnight Sparkle tore holes in the fabric of reality via her dark magic.
The Thanos-Typhon dynamic really drives this chapter.
8987114 Next chapter is absolutely INSANE.
8987132 Trying to keep the schedule as three days. Might not be able to keep that, but I'll try. And yeah, the Strange vs. Fate Death Battle... honestly, I believe it. Doctor Fate is insanely powerful. Also, this story was featured? Awesome, I would have loved to see that!
8987162 Hehehehehe...
8987367 The chaos is about to unfold, then our heroes will need to assemble.
8987368 He's gonna make things easier.
8987390 The Tony vs Thanos battle will happen, though it might be even more emotional than in the film with what I got planned.
8987588 Oh, yeah. We'll see about that.
8987627 Thanos may hold his end of the bargain, but he's certain that with all the Stones, he'll be unstoppable, not even Typhon being a match for him. We'll see if that's true...
8987632 Very funny indeed.
8987641 Completely and utterly. Teetering on the edge.
8987643 Might be a while for that.
8987659 Baby steps...
8987684 He's the Mad Titan for a reason.
8987758 Something bad. Something big. Something that makes things easier.
8987987 Well, closer together, considering they're in the same galaxy.
8988097 Soul Stone is on Earth, confirmed.
8988116 That would definitely make things easier.
8988166 So much easier.
(I used this emoji a lot for this comment :P)
8988421 Thank you!
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The science is bizzare, you could say.. Strange?
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So Thanos vs main 6
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MORE EMOTIONAL!!!!
HOW DID YOU GET MORE THAN THAT!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
What I'm hoping after the end of this whole story is that someone makes an art cover of all the Marvel heroes and MLP characters together as one. That would be amazing!
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More like Half of us
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It is true, no one on Equus is strong enough to resist all the Infinity Stones only Cosmic Deities like the Living Tribunal or above can do that
8989098 Thanos vs Mane 6 confirmed.
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8989147 I would LOVE that! If anyone, I would want NCMares to make it (my favorite artist in the Brony fandom).
8989262 We'll find out in this story if anyone from Equus is strong enough to face against the Infinity Stones.
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Are you trying to take away Thanos's position as the Main Big Bad of this Fan Fiction and if your planning on making the Elements of Harmony the power that rivals the Infinity Stones it's very unlikely, as Highly Potent as they are they are only worth a portion to the full might of the combined power of the Infinity Stones, Hell the Power Stone along can obliterate the Elements of Harmony as they only possesses the energy of One World compared to the Power Stone which as it's namesake suggests possesses the Raw Power of the Entire Universe
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Oh, boy, when the ponies meet Doctor Strange, especially Starlight and Twilight, they will find out that his magic is more than what they expect... a magic that is very... Strange.
They will suddenly reappear in his sanctum, roll down the stairs, change their drinks to apple cider, refill them out of nothing, and vanish into glass dimensions, or him jumping out of his body in Astral form. Now that's one weird form of magic they should belittle not, just as Thor before them, if anything, Twilight could explode into complete enthusiasm in wanting to learn more about his... Strange Magic, the Mystic Arts.
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Never underestimate the power of Friendship and Harmony!!!!
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Don't hurt yourself kid, you clearly don't know the full terror of the Infinity Stones, it will take more than Morality to take them on
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I wouldn't be so glum. If the elements can tell good from evil like with Chrysalis' clones, they may have a trick or two of their own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idB8kW40cdE
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That's supposed to make me change my mind? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXm6F-K6Ffo
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If you have to result to petty insults, you are even more downtrodden than i thought.
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Coming from the guy who can't give a good debate instead results too being Bias, you clearly don't have anything else better to do
8989430 Thanos is still very much the main villain of this story. Typhon is more like a side villain.
8989463 Their meeting with Doctor Strange is gonna be great.
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Will Twilight explode in excitement, right? Wanting to learn Mystic Arts and stuff.
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Ok just please don't try to replace him with Typhon
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Don't be too proud of this magical fortress they've constructed, their ability to subdue evil is insignificant next to the power of the Stones.
8989593 She'll definitely be in awe of him.
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No prob!
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Point being??
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nice reference, but...
"The more you tighten your grip thanos, the more races will slip through your fingers. Gauntlet or not."
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I just imagine, two planets beside each other, then the gravity of each fucks each other up, then they collide.
Huh, I just realized it’s like some HISHE ending.
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Not until I demonstrate the full power of the Gauntlet, in a way, you would determine the choice, of the life forms that will be culled first. Since you are reluctant, to provide me with the location of the rest of the Stones, I have chosen to make an example out of your brazen insolence to test the Power Stone's destructive capabilities on your home planet of Equus.