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The Supreme Being

“Who the hell is this guy?” Falcon asked as he and the others still relished with fear at the sight of Vader wearing the Infinity Gauntlet.

“The guy who took Nat.” Hawkeye answered with his bow trained on him like many others still ready to fight.

“Darth Vader he is called.” Yoda answered with a grim tone. “A Sith Lord he is and a danger to us all.”

Pointing to the Gauntlet on Vader’s hand Hiro had asked “Does that fact he’s wearing that mean we should really be nervous right now?”

Everyone stood cautious at the sight of Vader who seemed to revel in the fact that all were afraid of him even more with the Gauntlet in-hand. Captain America however did not let fear control him and took a step forward to address the Sith Lord.

“I don’t know you but whatever Thanos has told you about that Gauntlet is a lie. It won’t help you.”

“I beg to differ.” Vader replied as he raised the Gauntlet. “I know exactly what this is….power!”

One of the Infinity Stones glowed before its power sent Cap flying through the air with a terrible shockwave. With that being enough indication that Vader was beyond reasoning, the other heroes looked to their foe with a violent intent.

“Think you’re so tough?” Rocket asked as he, Chewie, Stitch, Han, Star-Lord Iron Man and Jasmine all raised their blasters at him. “Let’s see that fancy mitten handle this!”

All of them opened fired on the Sith Lord without leaving any chance he could block or escape from the line of fire. Vader stood still and, raising his hand, managed to create a portal thanks to the use of the Space Stone. The portal ate up all the fired laser bolts and such before it collapsed, Vader unharmed by any of their attacks.

“Well…..we’re screwed.” Han admitted with a defeated shrug.

Another chaotic shockwave was fired from Vader’s gauntlet. It seemed the use of the Power Stone strengthened the Sith’s abilities with the Force. The push from his gauntlet sent many heroes flying back or stumbling them to the ground, some like Hawkeye trying to make a counterattack the moment they felt their feet leave the ground.

Both Hawkeye and Merida had fired arrows with explosive tips. The Force from Darth Vader caught them mid-air before he clenched his fist down, blowing them both at a safe distance for him. The two archers had fallen back while other took the charge as Captain America recovered to see what was happening.

Namor and Tarzan had both leapt high into the air to come down on Vader with fist and spear aimed at him. The Sith Lord withdrew his gauntlet and instead readied his lightsaber; the one taken from Cap earlier. With a quick sweep in the air both were cut down before they had the chance to even reach Vader, both falling to the ground dead.

This both angered and horrified many before the Hulk, seeming to be the biggest gun for the heroes in this battle, roared and pounded his chest as he leapt in front of Vader. He roared in the Sith’s face before raising his fists high to smash him to pieces. The Sith Lord swept his saber and cut into Hulk’s forearms, scarring them badly as he backed away from the pain. This didn’t stop him however as he tried again by stomping, smashing or punching at Darth Vader. But the Sith’s skills in close combat were just as effective as he ducked and sliced at every opening until the Hulk fell, his limbs and tendons burned by the saber’s cuts.

“Form up!” Cap called. “Stick together! We need to coordinate out attacks!”

While some paused at the Captain’s orders others seemed too intent on getting revenge on the Sith for themselves. Ahsoka, Mulan, Hiro, Baymax and the other Big Hero 6 members all charged at Darth Vader with the intent to take him down hard for what he’d done to their friends. The Sith barley had to raise a finger as he used he knocked them all back with the Force and then proceeded to dismantle all the armor and weapons of the BH6. Each of their armors fell to pieces, leaving those like Baymax defenseless. Even Fred had stood to realize he was down to not but his underwear, making him give an embarrassed scream as he tried to cover himself.

Seeing some like Vision, Shaak Ti and Drax attacking the Sith Falcon, recovering and standing by his friend, said to Cap “We need a battle-plan here, Steve! This guy’s going to tare right through us.”

Thinking quickly Cap called over coms “Tony! You and Thor get his attention.” After he confirmed his reply Cap looked to Quicksilver and Dash, ordering “Wait until his attention’s drawn. Then you two rush in. Get that gauntlet off of him. And get out!”

They both nodded and stood ready, Dash quipping to Quicksilver “Think you’ll be fast enough?”

“I was going to ask you the same thing.” He smirked back before they both looked to Vader.

As Captain America has ordered Iron Man, accompanied by the armored Jasmine, and Thor attacked. The iron-clad heroes fired beams of energy while the god of thunder brought down bolts onto the super-powered darksider. Either through the Force or through the powers of the Infinity Stones, possibly even both, Darth Vader was able to create a protective bubble around him that bounced the attacks away from him. They scattered all around which forced some of the other heroes to take cover. For the two speedsters however it was the opportune moment they needed.

In the blink of an eye both Dash and Pietro went at full speed towards Darth Vader. The world around them seemed to slow to a crawl while they moved with all the force their powers allowed. To anyone else they were but streaks running across the battlefield between the ticks of seconds. They came closer and closer towards their target with Vader’s gaze still up at the foes.

To the shock of both Dash and Quicksilver however when they came closer they could see the feint glow of one of the stones on Vader’s gauntlet: the Time Stone. Only in that moment did they see that Vader’s head began to turn towards their direction, a sinking fear growing in both of them as they realized the plan wasn’t as foolproof as they’d hoped. Vader now fully turned his head and his dead, black eyed helmet looked right at them.

After swatting away the attacks from the flyers with his lightsaber Darth Vader, using the Time Stone to move at the same speed as the speedsters, turned and raised his hand. Both stopped in their tracks at the last minute as a wall of solid earth formed between them and the Sith Lord. Both collided into it and fell back with hard groans.

“That…sucked.” Dash groaned.

Cap cursed under his breath to see his plan fail before hearing Iron Man call “Rogers, you’d better have one hell of a plan B.”

“I’ve got my own plan.” They heard an angered Hawkeye call over coms. “Hit him until he’s down. And then hit him harder!”

That seemed to rally some of the others, despite Cap trying to call them in line, as many of the heroes swarmed at Darth Vader yet again. Vision had flown in and fired a beam from his forehead only for Vader to use the Force to hold it in place and force it back at him. Maui, as a giant eagle, tried to sweep him from the air but was brought down by a quick swing of Vader’s saber; cutting him down until he landed on the ground dead. The gigantic Tinkerbell hurled a large boulder towards Vader but was grabbed with the Force, doubly-powered thanks to the Power Stone, before being tossed right back into her face.

“I AM GROOT!” the alien tree declared as he ran up and managed to give a good punch square into Vader’s chest.

The Sith skidded a few feet before Groot tried to attack again. He reached out his arms, growing into long extensions, but here cut off by Vader’s lightsaber. That didn’t stop Groot however as his limbs grew back at an alarming rate to try and attack yet again. Vader, seeing that cutting the brute down wouldn’t be enough, changed to a more ideal tactic. He froze Groot in place with the Force before using the Time Stone, a beam from it shooting into the alien.

“NO!” Rocket shouted when seeing his friend being drowned in an unknown light that was doing gods knew what to him. When it finally settled he and many others could see Groot was not dead but instead turned into a smaller, baby-like, version of himself. “Aw great…”

Before Vader could do anymore harm to Groot Elsa and Doctor Strange used their magic in a combine effort. They both created a whirlwind of cold and snow that seemed to quickly freeze Vader where he stood. For a moment it seemed he was stopped, Shaak Ti and Kit Fisto moving in to try and see for themselves. In a sudden burst of power from the Gauntlet Vader was not only freed but he quickly cut down the two Jedi Masters in a quick motion before turning his attention to Elsa and Strange. Before they could act he used the Reality Stone to freeze both of them as they had tried him.

The battle continued with Scarlet Witch and Mr. Incredible recovering Quicksilver and Dash. They brought them back to where Cap, Falcon, and Ant-Man had been watching as Darth Vader continued to either cut down or keep their forces at bay.

“This is turning into an up-hill battle.” Falcon commented.

“We need to get that Gauntlet off of him.” Cap insisted. “As long as he has those Stones not even a whole army cam take him down.”

“An army not needed will be, Captain.” Master Yoda said as both he and Obi-Wan. “Handel this the Jedi shall.”

Realizing what he was implying Cap was quick to say “You can’t fight him on your own.”

“But we can buy you enough time to come up with a better stratagem.” Obi-Wan replied. “Not to worry, Captain Rogers. Sith Lords are a Jedi’s specialty.”

Seeing their confidence in a battle against Vader was enough for Cap to nod in agreement before calling over coms “Anyone carrying a lightsaber, you’re up. And good luck to you. Everyone else, pull back and regroup on my positon. Let the Jedi handle this.”

**********

Black Panther and his group had forced Admiral Thrawn to take them through the Starkiller commander center towards the central room where Thanos was. When they arrived they were shocked to see the titan lying on the floor motionless and with a burned stump on an arm. It was clear what Thrawn had told them of Vader’s treachery was true and now the Mad Titan had suffered for it.

Rey was the one bold enough to see if he was alive. She cautiously knelt down and reached over to check for a pulse. To her shock and some of the others Thanos grabbed his entire arm in one hand and looked at her, eyes blaring with contempt.

“Come to finish me off?” he asked.

“Where is Vader?” Rey instead asked.

Thanos released her as he answered “Proving that you can’t trust anyone these days.” He looked to Thrawn and added “Speaking of which…”

As he stood with the intent to kill the admiral Panther quickly stood between them and warned “He is our prisoner, Thanos. He’s not yours to kill.”

The titan agreed with a reluctant nod before Wasp asked “If Vader has the Stones how are we going stop him now?”

“You can’t.” Thanos smirked. “You fools barley managed to stop me when I had obtained all of them. But this Vader…he’s far cleverer than I expected. The whole time he stood by my side I thought he was as complacent as the others under my thrall. Turns out he was studying and understanding the power of the Stones through his ‘Force’. I should have seen it coming. But I will admit…” he held up his stumped arm “…I give the man credit for being so effective.”

A small tremor and the sound of an explosion outside indicated the fighting going on, Violet realizing “We have to get out there and help them!”

“Not without a plan we’re not.” Mrs. Incredible retorted. Looking to Thanos she pointed out “Guy like you must’ve had some backup plan if things went south like this.”

“Aside from breaking the neck of any who even considered betraying me, no.” he replied. A moment later however he contemplated “But there may be a way.” All attention was drawn to him now as he explained “The key to using the Stones is focus. Perhaps if there were a way to completely distract his mind there may be a chance. A small one at that.”

“That won’t be as easy as you think.” Rey was quick to point out. “Vader’s a Sith Lord, trained in the Force. Focus is always a key to using the Force’s true potential. Breaking concentration like that will be….difficult.”

“Good.” The hulk-sized Anna huffed. “I like difficult.”

BB-8 beeped his reply before Black Widow added “It’s better than nothing.”

Panther agreed before order everyone, including Thanos and Thrawn, to move out towards the battle progressing outside. As they did Thanos seemed to slow down a bit so he was behind everyone else. With the others ahead of him he took the opportunity and grabbed Thrawn from behind. All turned when they heard the admiral struggle before, in too quick a motion for them to do anything, Thanos snapped his neck. He dropped the dead admiral to the ground before looking to the group.

“I lied.” He replied blunty.

**********

As Darth Vader held the squirming monstrous Sully by the throat he sensed through the Force as several new combatants approach alone from the others. He turned only to see the familiar faces of Master Yoda, Ahsoka Tano, the one called ‘Mulan’ with a claimed saber she found off General Grevious, and finally…

“Obi-Wan.” Vader breathed with hatred in his synthesized voice.

A finally crack brought Sully’s body dropping to the ground dead as Vader fully turned to the oncoming lightsaber wielders. All their weapons were ignited as they came charging at him, the Sith lord’s red saber drawn before in-turn he drew the other he’d reclaimed from Captain America. The blue blade ignited as Vader crossed both in hand and stood at the ready. Even with the Infinity Stones he had no doubts about needing to use them against these Jedi.

Blades met and were crossed as Vader blocked attacks from both Mulan and Obi-Wan. He knocked them back as Yoda, jumping over Ahsoka, attempted a surprise attack that was easily blocked. Turning his body Vader spun his blades as he blocked attacks from both sides before pushing Yoda away and giving a distraction with his cape before kicking Ahsoka back.

Mulan returned to attack from behind but was quickly blocked when Vader turned to meet her. One saber blocked hers before another blocked a return attack by Ahsoka before the Sith returned both in tow. He moved in on Ahsoka and swung one blade at another, forcing her back step-by-step. If not for Yoda’s sudden intervention at the last moment the youngling might have been cut down before the Jedi Master jumped in and swung at Vader’s head.

Obi-Wan joined his former master as the two engaged Vader together. They could not tell if it was Vader’s own strength or that of the Infinity Stones giving him more power but this Sith proved stronger than any they’d faced before. Despite their mastery the two had trouble matching their full lightsaber combative techniques against the black clad enemy. Even Yoda was soon knocked away by a heavy swing of Vader’s blue saber, now leaving Obi-Wan alone for a moment to lock blades with him.

“All these years I’ve dreamt of this moment.” Vader said. “And to think you’ve barley aged since we last met.”

As he struggled Obi-Wan replied “I sense something….familiar…about you. But I can’t quite place the face.” A sense of coyness in the last remark.

A hard push from Vader had tripped Obi-Wan on his back, the blue blade of Vader’s other saber in his face as he threatened “Perhaps this will remind you.”

He raised his blade to strike down but was stopped by Mulan, shouting “NO!” as she blocked his blade.

This had given Obi-Wan the opportune chance to use a “Force Push” that sent Vader back a few feet. As he recovered Ahsoka and Yoda joined Obi-Wan, standing in front of Mulan as all focused together. The trio grouped their power together for one might Force Push that made Vader use both hands to try and resist. The Sith Lord felt his feet grinding against the ground as his efforts to block the combined attack were fruitless. For the moment at least….

The Power Stone on Vader’s gauntlet began to glow. It strengthened Vader as he used it to power his own use of the Force. Once his footing was gained he gave one great wave that dwarfed the Force Push the three Jedi had used. All, including Mulan, were thrown back onto the ground in shock that such a feat could be accomplished. It seemed this particular Sith lord was beyond their usual “specialty”.

Nearby Captain America and some of the other heroes watched the Jedi try to keep Vader at bay, while others were recovering from the sudden turn of events in the battle. The Hulk’s wounds began to heal to where he could move again. Quicksilver rubbed his hands with his super-speed to melt the ice from both Elsa and Doctor Strange. Hiro and Spider-Man recovered what bits of armor and weaponry they could for the other members of the Big Hero 6. Aladdin, hopping off the magic carpet, reunited with Jasmine, still wearing the Iron Man suit, and tried to have a tender reunion despite the dark situation. Star-Lord and Mr. Incredible carried a wounded Drax back despite his screaming for more fighting and bloodshed. And all the while Han, Chewbacca, Vision, Gamora and Merida were checking to see who among their allies was still alive and those who were not so fortunate.

Peering through the scope of his bow Hawkeye reported to Cap and the others on the battle with “They’re not going to last much longer out there, Cap.”

Looking both angered and desperate Cap called over coms “Fury, please tell me the helicarrier’s weapons are still intact.”

“At least most of the defensive turrets.” Fury replied. “But none of them have the range for what I’m assuming you have in mind.” There was a pause before Fury continued “Hill tells me we could try rerouting everything into one of the main batteries. Could blow that bastard away or at least buy you folks enough time.”

“Make it happen.” Cap gave his answer.

Suddenly Hulk had given an angry roar, indicating he didn’t like waiting, something Hawkeye added with “Afraid I have to agree with the big guy, Cap. I’m not sitting around while that freak tears our friends to pieces!”

Cap seemed to want to object but Iron Man, standing nearby, pointed out “Fury said he needed time. Don’t worry, Steve. I take who I can and keep the Phantom of the Opera reject busy for a little longer.” After a moment Cap reluctantly nodded before Iron Man turned and asked “Anyone else coming?”

With Hawkeye and Hulk already agreeing to go with Iron Man Thor, not wanting to stay behind either, agreed to join. Drax continued to object in wanting to go, despite his injuries, which annoyed Gamora enough to volunteer in his stead; at the very least to keep him quiet. After considering that those like his friends in the Big Hero 6 were all out of the battle Spider-Man decided to join as well. Quicksilver gave a final hug to his sister, Scarlet Witch, before joining the group. Finally the gigantic Tinkerbell towered her way over to join them, her silent but determined gestures indicating she wanted to help.

As all rushed off to join the fray Wanda, watching her brother and friends head into battle, gave a final “Good luck…”

Another mighty swing had sent some of the Jedi back and away from Darth Vader with only Ahsoka recovering to counterattack. A few more swings and blocks before she managed to disarm one of Vader’s sabers. Her moment was short lived as he used the free hand to seize her by the throat and lift her off the ground.

“I remember you, my apprentice.” Vader breathed. “Your place is by my side.”

“W-What….are you *ack* saying…?” she struggled to breath. “Who…are…you?”

Holding up the gauntlet in her face, the powers of the Mind Stone starting to glow, he only replied “I will help you remember your place.” It was then he could see as the group of heroes began to charge at him, Vader now holding the gauntlet up to all of them as he declared “All of you shall know your place!”

A surge of energy bolted out like thunder as it struck all of the charging heroes, and Ahsoka still in Vader’s grip. All of them stopped and shouted as they held their heads in pain. They dropped to their knees and held shook their heads before finally subsiding, everything going silent for the moment as Vader dropped Ahsoka to the ground.

Even Spider-Man felt something wrong as he struggled “N-No! The inhibitor…it shorted ou-AAAAAAHHHH!”

His symbiote black suit now began to morph and grow around his body. He had lost control of it and it was now a slave to the powers of the Mind Stone. Spider-Man could barely struggle as his form was lost in the growing mass of black horror.

At first the heroes feared those dead but a moment later they all stood and far more horrifying reveal was made: all were now thralls to Vader and the Mind Stone. Their eyes glowed an unnatural color as they were enthralled by the stone’s influence. They all turned back towards the heroes, a clear indication none of them were within their right minds.

Even Spider-Man, now finished his transformation, had turned. The symbiote had finished cocooning the teenage hero in its mass. Instead before them now stood the monstrous form of the creature known as Venom. Its long tongue slithered about while its sharp fangs were bared and smiling at all the potential prey to feast upon.

“Oh hell…” was Cap’s only response.

“Now, my apprentices…” Vader declared “…eliminate them!”

The mind-controlled heroes all charged back, including Ahsoka, and began to do battle as the others were forced to fight their friends. Thor cast thunder down on them with Doctor Strange needing to step in and match magic with magic. Iron Man gave chase to Jasmine, the two going up into the air. The Hulk jumped up and slammed down into the middle of the survivors before, out of all of them, Mr. Incredible was the only one to match his strength in battle. Ahsoka matched blades with Mulan. Gamora turned her attention to Star-Lord who was already ducking and running from her blades. Hawkeye, using his trick arrows, managed to knock out both Falcon and Vision before Merida, taking the opportunity, began to battle with him in close combat. The influenced Quicksilver knocked out Scarlet Witch before she could try to cure him or the others before Dash was forced to outrace him; a twist from their previous encounter when they fought. The Venom controlled Spider-Man lashed out before Stitch, familiar with the symbiote’s influence, snarled back and grappled with the black beast. And finally Tinkerbell began to stomp around towards the group before Ant-Man, still at a very small size, buzzed around in her face to distract her as best he could.

Obi-Wan, recovering and seeing this, attempted to aid his friends but was stopped when Vader stood in his path and said “Not you, my old friend. You are mine.”

“Who are you?” Obi-Wan demanded.

“Search your feelings, Obi-Wan.” He replied as they faced off. “Can you sense it?”

A moment later Obi-Wan, starting see through the Force, shook his head “No… No. It’s not true. It’s not possible!”

“No. It is inevitable.”

“You can’t be…”

“But I am.” Vader finally said as he withdrew his weapons for a moment to reach up and remove his mask.

Obi-Wan tensed and waited as the Sith lord removed his helmet. Air escaped the pressured shell before it released the face within. Once it was revealed Vader dropped his mask, no longer needing it as he relished seeing Obi-Wan’s face at the fight of his true one.

“Anakin… No…”

Indeed it was Obi-Wan’s former apprentice and friend, Anakin Skywalker. When last he had seen him he was with Ahsoka and himself on Felucia, when all of this began. Now here he stood, looking a little older in his age, but still so familiar. Instead of a burned horror or some misshapen thing of the Darkside Anakin looked as he always had; his scars healed thanks to the use of the Reality Stone. His eyes however were a burning yellow and red, an indicating of his turn to the Darkside of the Force.

With the need for masks gone Anakin, or rather still ‘Darth Vader’, said to his old friend “It’s been too long, master. Far, far too long.”

**********

After the little bout with Admiral Thrawn and his men Jack Sparrow had slipped away to try and find a way off Starkiller Base. Of course the pirate barley had any idea where he was going or what he should be looking for, only that it would be something to get him as far away from all this madness as possible.

He was careful to sneak his way through the base, avoiding being seen by any patrolling guards and the like. All the while he heard the battle outside raging and knew to avoid it as much as avoiding seeing any old flings of his from Tortuga, Singapore, and the many other ports and ladies he “frequented”.

Eventually Sparrow had stumbled his way into a bunker with all manner of odd looking ships and vehicles. None at all looked like the seafaring vessels of his world but the fact they were big, shiny, and imposing did perk his interest.

Finally Sparrow stopped at one that really caught his attention, making him smirk to himself “Well, well. That’s interesting.”