I told Fury about the Tesseract which tains the Space Stone and the Time Stone in Kamar-Taj. Well, there was no Dr. Strange, so it's safe to assume that the A One has it and it would be impossible to get it from her. When I told Fury about that he was like─ 'How the hell does that guy know I have the Tesseract? Is he spying on us?' and his thoughts were clear.

  Oh, if anyone is w about the Reality Stone or that sludge, well, I 't reveal everything to them just like that, I now? If I were to face Thanos, I gotta have some kind of insurand what could be better than the power to trol the reality itself, right? But the bad part is that I have no idea when the vergence will occur.

  Besides, I wonder if my power of absorption works on the Infinity Stones or not. It would be insane if I somehow mao absorb even a tiny wisp of that Infinity power.

  ing back to the present...

  It doesn't matter what Fury or anyone else thinks, the vision of Thanos's army is enough for him to push back his questions and focus on the serious matter.

  "What about her?" Fury poi frozen Nebu.

  "She killed people and she has to pay for it. I've already pced a mental blo her mind. She won't be able to do anything. Put her in a cell or something for the time being. And if you are thinking of using her as a bargaining chip, fet it. Thanos would kill her and move forward just like that," I expined as I stood up and stretched myself.

  Fury nodded in uanding and pressed his finger on a devi his ear. "Lock her up in a cell."

  Feered his office with a rge metallitainer and pebu ihen they carried the tainer out of the room. After that Fury led us to the underground b where the stists and researchers were doing experiments oesseract. It was a freaking big b and was filled with maes, robots, and all kinds of stific stuff.

  There were multiple workstations and puters lining the walls. One end of the room was dedicated to tai—a series of transparent drical chambers, eae holding an object of unknown in. In one of the chambers sat the Tesseract, a glowing blue cube pulsing with power.

  Fury ordered the workers to leave the room for a bit and theook out a remote from his pocket and pressed the button. One of the drical chambers lit up with a bright blue light, bathing the room in a warm glow. There was the Tesseract, surrounded by a tai field of some kind. The gss around the der opened and the cube was moved forward by meical arms, out of the field.

  "I don't know why you know of Tesseract, but following your as so far, I've no doubt you are a good man, Aron. So, I'll trust you on this," Fury said as he looked toward me. 'There is no choice. Thanos' army is too big and our options are limited. Aron seems like a good guy. sidering this power he could have takehe world by now if he wanted but decided not to... Sigh! Anyway, I should call Carol, just in case.'

  I don't know if he's trying to think those things on purpose or not, it's good that he isn't thinking of stabbing me in the back ter. Besides, if Carol es to Earth and Thanos doesn't have the stones by then, it's a winuation.

  I walked towards the Tesseract, studying it closely. Its surface was smooth aureless, but its energy radiated outward, filling the chamber with an almost palpable power. It was both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. Watg it in the movies was ohing, but seeing and experieng its power firsthand was something else entirely.

  Fury watched as I reached for the cube. I made sure to cover my body with the Phoenix Force. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. So far anyone who touched it with bare hands turned into dust."

  Yeah, yeah, I know. Heck, it banished Red Skull to Vormir.

  "I am not like anyone," I grabbed the cube.

  The moment my fingers closed around the Tesseract, a surge of raw energy coursed through me, burning arifying every wasn't painful—far from it. The Phoenix Force ed around me like a protective co, its fiery aura blending with the cube's radiant blue glow.

  Inside my mind, I could feel it—limitless power, a and pure, a fragment of the universe itself. The Tesseract pulsed with a heartbeat-like rhythm, its energy flowing through my body like molten light. I could see glimpses of space, distant stars, and gaxies swirling in an endless ice.

  Fury's voice broke through the haze. "What the hell are you doing, Aron? You're—" He stopped mid-sentearing as the Tesseract's glow dimmed slightly, its energy stabilizing around me.

  Natasha took a cautious step forward. "Aron? Are you okay?"

  I turo her and grinned. "Never better."

  The Tesseract didn't resist my touch; instead, it seemed tnize me—or perhaps it reized the Phoenix Force. It was almost... weling. A thought flickered through my mind: Could I absorb a part of this energy? Would it even be possible?

  I closed my eyes, fog on the cube's energy. The Phoenix Force stirred within me, eager and curious, as if it shared my desire to test the limits. Slowly, carefully, I reached out with my absorption power, letting it brush against the Tesseract's immense energy.

  For a moment, nothing happehen, like a floodgate opening, a tiny sliver of the cube's energy flowed into me. It was overwhelming—a thousand suns exploding at once. My body tensed, every muscle log up as I fought to maintain trol. The Phoenix Force roared, its fiery presence growing stronger, merging with the Tesseract's energy in a dazzling dispy of power.

  "Aron!" Natasha's voice was sharp, worried. Fury had his gun out, but he wasn't pointing it at me—yet.

  "I'm fine," I said through gritted teeth. "Just… give me a sed."

  The energy stabilized, settling into a small, tained reservoir withi wasn't much—just a fra of the Tesseract's power—but it was enough to feel its potential. Space itself seemed to bend around me, as if I'd bee a living duit for the cube's energy. But this isn't enough. I want more. I crushed the cube in my hands.

  The moment I did that, there was a mini energy explosion, and then among the tiny shards on my palm was the Space Stone...

  I picked it up with my left hand and held it closer to my eyes. The blue stone was beautiful yet powerful, pulsing with a strange energy that resonated withihe power of space itself... Such a tiny gem had so much power. I wondered how powerful it would be if bined with the other infinity stones.

  Fury and Natasha watched, stunned.

  "Is that...?" Natasha asked.

  "The Space Stohis tiny gem has the power of space itself." I expined. "Just imagine, appearing in multiple locations simultaneously by fragmenting one's spatial presence or , stretch, press, or rearrahe structure of space. Heck, one energy bst tear through dimensions or destroy matter by ing space around the target. Then there are wormholes..."

  "Aron..." Fury said. He looks to have his guard up. "How do you have so muformation on that stone and what are you pnning to do with that stone now that you have the stone?"

  "How I know about its power isn't that important. What important is that now I fuck up Thanos and his army. Just gotta do a little more preparation. And after killing Thanos, I'm gonna take a long vacation," I answered as I grabbed the stoo my palm. Damn! It's so overwhelming, if not for the Phoenix Force shielding my mind and body, things could have gone worse. It's like the stone has a will of its own, but before the superior Phoenix, it 't do shit.

  [Booom!] A massive explosion rocked the pce....[A few hrs earlier]

  The hot winds of the Sahara blew fiercely, carrying sand that stung against skin and armor. The Avengers stood at the edge of the vast, gssy crater formed by the crash. Smoke rose from the remains of the alien ship, a jagged mass of twisted metal that shimmered unnaturally uhe sunlight.

  Steve Rogers surveyed the se with his shield slung over his back. "This doesn't look like any ship we've seen before. Alien, for sure."

  Tony Stark in his Iron Man suit, hovered above, sing the wreckage. "JARVIS, tell me we've got something unusual here."

  "Indeed, sir," JARVIS's calm voice replied. "The material position of this vessel tains elements unknown to Earth's periodic table. Ss indicate heavy use of quantum-based teology."

  Bruce Banner k by a fragment of the ship, his stist's curiosity overtaking his caution. "Quantum teology? This isn't just advahis is leagues beyond anything we've entered before."

  t kept his bow ready, an arrow nocked. "Let's not get too cozy, folks. Crash sites are usually booby-trapped, and I don't feel like being fried today."

  As if ohe ship emitted a loud hum. Panels on its sides slid open, and sleek, humanoid robots with glowing red eyes emerged, armed with energy ons.

  "Called it," t muttered, releasing an arrow that strue robot square in the chest, causing it to spark and colpse.

  "Avengers, move!" Steve barked, raising his shield as a barrage of energy bsts rained down.

  The battle erupted. Tony zipped through the air, firing repulsor beams at the robots, while Steve charged forward, defleg bsts with his shield and using it to smash through the metal frames of their attackers. Hawkeye took out targets with precision shots, c Bruce, whled to keep his temper in check.

  "Banner, we could really use the uy!" Tony shouted, dodging a bst.

  "I'm trying!" Bruce growled, his fists g as his skin began to take on a green hue. With a roar, the Hulk emerged, smashing through a line of robots with a single swing of his massive fists.

  Well, Hulk alone smashed the remaining robots with ease.

  Within mihe st robot fell, its parts scattering across the sand.

  "That was... fun," t said, wiping sweat from his brow.

  Tony nded beside him, his armor covered in scorch marks. "Define 'fun.' Because if you mean 'almost getting vaporized,' then yeah, loads of fun."

  Steve crouched by one of the fallen robots, iing its core. "This tech is advanced, even for alien standards. we get anything from it?"

  Tony k beside him, using a small device to extract data from the robot's tral processor. "Downloading now. Let's hope it gives us something useful."

  JARVIS chimed in. "Sir, I've decrypted a portion of the data. It tains coordinates and a unication log refereng... Thanos."

  The group exged uneasy gnces.

  "Thanos? Who's that?" Steve said grimly. "We o get this back to Fury and che this Thanos."

  With the data secured, and the Shield agents seg the site, the Avengers boarded their Qui a course for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s base. However, as they approached New York, arms bred.

  "Ining!" JARVIS warned. "Uified hostiles detected."

  Through the jet's windows, they saw it—a massive dreadnought desding from the clouds, its colossal frame casting a shadow over the city. Its on systems glowed ominously, and smaller fighter drones swarmed around it like angry hors.

  Tony groaned. "Why is it always New York?"

  The dreadnought fired its first salvo, a trated energy bst that narrowly missed the Qui, rog it violently.

  "Brace yourselves!" Steve shouted as Tony leaped out, flying towards the ship to intercept its fighters.

  "We're gonna need backup," t muttered, seg his gear.

  "This is no ce," Bruce said, his voice low as the Hulk threateo resurface. "This has Thanos written all over it."

  As the Qui dodged ining fire, the Avengers prepared for anht.

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