Annabeth Chase and the Avengers

Chapter 20 [2.0]

Behind Jason, he heard Cap launch himself onto Thanos.

"Jason! Get the Gauntlet as far away as you can!" Annabeth shouted.

"I don't think I'll be able to get very far!" Jason shouted, stopping dead in his tracks.

"How come?" Annabeth's voice was laced with alarm.

"Because I'm standing in front of Periboia." 

The bane of Aphrodite stood tall and terrible in front of the son of Jupiter, with a large sword as tall as Jason in her hand.

"Schist!" Thalia exclaimed.

Periboia snarled, and struck. Her sword flashed by, and Jason rolled out of the way just in time.

"Backup's on the way, little brother!" Thalia shouted.

Jason dodged Periboia's sword again. "Not to rush you, but could you hurry up?"

"Don't worry." A voice said from behind Jason.

Dodging Periboia, he turned.

Nico di Angelo stood in front of him, his stygian iron blade resting on his shoulder. He gave a faint grin. "Miss me?"

Jason laughed. "I thought you were gone for good!" 

"You can't get rid of Nico di Angelo that easily." Nico remarked, stabbing Periboia's foot. 

The giantess howled in pain, and swung her sword near the ground wildly.

Periboia threw bricks, one which nearly hit Jason in the head.

"Go!" Nico shouted, his Stygian sword holding steady. "I'll hold her off! I may not be able to kill her without a god, but I sure as hell can make her life miserable!"

Jason dashed off, leaving the son of Hades to fight the giantess. He slashed his gladius left and right, killing the monsters that stood in his path. 

Several thousand feet away, Jason saw Thalia, the Hunters of Artemis, including Reyna; Annabeth, Clarisse, Lou Ellen, Gamora, Nebula, Mantis, Shuri, Lavinia, Terrel, the Amazons, Meg, Artemis, Athena, Percy/Nekhbet, Katie, Miranda, Nat, Rachel, Ella, Zia, Bast, Alex, Sadie/Isis, and Sam; all fighting off a large section of the army that had been chasing after Carol.

Coming up on Jason's right were the First, Second, and Fourth Cohorts, separated from the Third and Fifth, who were charging alongside the forces of Camp Half-Blood, the Cyclopes Army, and Grover's nature spirits.

"Twelfth Legion!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Cohortes coaptandas!" He might not have been a praetor anymore, but he was still the Pontifex Maximus, and his influence over the Legion hadn't wavered over the years.

The Cohorts heard his cry, and fought their way towards the other demigods. Jason turned around, and saw Thanos catching up to him. Jason's feet barely touched the ground as he kept running.

Jason tripped on a slab of concrete, not cautious enough about where he was going, and his head slammed into a brick, and his vision turned black.

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Tony

Thanos picked up the Gauntlet, which lay unprotected next to Jason's unconscious body. Tony raced towards Thanos, his heart pounding in his chest. Carol flew down, her body glowing like a supernova. She hurled a punch at Thanos, and then another. They sparred for a few moments, before Thanos grabbed Carol's arm and hurled her a few feet away.

Thanos slipped the Gauntlet on his hand, and raised his hand to the sky as the energy of the Stones flowed through the Gauntlet. 

Tony pushed himself harder. He had to get closer. To stop him.

Carol flew down again, and grabbed onto the Gauntlet. She struggled to keep Thanos' fingers apart, giving Tony time to catch up. Thanos punched Carol, but she was unfazed.

"Was that like, a personal attack or something?" Carol asked, as she flew up, pushing Thanos back.

"No." He said, struggling to take the Power Stone out of the Gauntlet. "This is!" Holding the Power Stone tightly, he punched Carol backwards, the purple energy from the stone sending her flying.

Tony was nearly there, when he tripped. He stumbled to his feet, and saw Strange standing next to him. Slowly, and hesitantly, he raised his index finger in the air.

1 chance. One timeline where they won.

Tony's mental gears started scheming, as Tony raced towards Thanos, who was only a hundred feet away.

Thanos placed the Power Stone back on the Gauntlet, and power surged through him once more. He let out a groan of pain, and raised his hand, but Annabeth jumped down from Guido, and grasped onto the Gauntlet.

Her blond hair was covered in dirt and blood, and her face was ashen and bloody, yet full of determination. Her gray eyes stared defiantly at Thanos as she struggled to pull off the Gauntlet.

Tony was instantly at his niece's side. He latched his hands onto the Gauntlet next to Annabeth. "Hey Thanos!" He shouted. "I want to hold your hand." He tugged on the Gauntlet, and Annabeth gave him a funny look.

"Really?" She snapped.

"You guys are weird." Thanos muttered, still struggling to snap his fingers.

Tony gave a final tug, and the Gauntlet slipped off, but the force had thrown it backwards, twenty feet away.

Thanos made a mad dash for it, but Annabeth stepped in his way, her drakon blade swinging furiously. She exchanged several blows, and gave Thanos a nasty cut on the leg to remember her by. Meanwhile, Tony had fired what little energy he had left through his blasters, although there was only enough energy to be able to blind the legacy of Death.

Thanos eventually was able to disarm Annabeth, although not easily. He tossed Tony aside, and grabbed Annabeth's sword. He raised it high, ready to impale the daughter of Athena with her own weapon.