The Avengers
The Black Gauntlet
Prologue (SPOILERS AHEAD)
"What just happened?"
Rhodey walked forward, his armor creaking, and Steve Rodgers could only sigh as he looked down at Visions body.
"Cap, what's going on?" The Ex-Pilot asked, his dark eyes landing on the once Golden boy.
But, he didn't have the heart to reply to Rhodey.
It was obvious wasn't it?
The air was still.
The birds didn't chirp and the leaves fell in not but silence.
H saw Okoye's face, the tears trailing from her eyes, and the lack of Wanda over Visions body.
There's was no Sam either.
No Winter Soldier.
No Groot.
His shoulders fell.
How had it come to this?
He sighed again and sat back.
Blue eyes turned to the sky.
In all his life, Steve Rodgers had persevered and by the grace of God, he had always managed to beat the bad guys.
The Avengers had always won, always saved the day.
But not this time.
This time…
He won.
Thanos…
Thanos won.
"Annndddddd checkmate you vile heathen!"
The energy and joy expressed in the statement was so powerful that the speaker received naught but blank stare from her opponent.
"Nora, its check since I can do this," and as expected of the calm warrior, Ren simply moved his queen backwards and sacked the poor girl's castle before her eyes.
"Traitor!" gasped the girl, her eyes growing wide as orange hair framed her face.
Ren simply shrugged.
The girl snarled, "you'll pay for that! Fear my horseman!"
And on the other couch, as the two childhood friends fought a battle of pure strategy, was where one Ruby Rose sat, her face buried in one of her comics.
Next to her sat Oscar, the newly incarnated Professor Ozpin, who was reading another comic that Ruby had lent him.
All of this, surrounded Jaune Arc.
But none of it bothered him, he simply polished his sword and armor, ensuring the momentums to her, were in pristine condition.
So he silently hummed to himself, a content smile on his face as he did so.
His thoughts ran and tumbled, traveling from his sisters and parents at home, to his lost love, to Ruby's drunken uncle who was probably somewhere passed out. Most likely his room.
Either way, his thoughts never really settled on anything. They just swam around.
After all, if he started to settle on anything he'd always end back up at her.
Now that, was a bad habit.
He knew it too.
He had to be strong for the team.
Ruby was young, and though she was a light in the world, he knew he had to be tough for her.
They were partners now, and he had to watch her back.
He failed to protect her… he wouldn't fail again.
Suddenly a hand was in front of him, waving back and forth and Jaune, as expected of the dashing knight, gasped and jumped back, his sword clattering to the floor.
"Earth to Juane," it was Nora, a wicked smile on her face, "Rens hungry-"
"Noras hungry," Ren corrected.
"-and he suggested we should go out snd find ourselves some local grub! You coming or what?"
"She decided we should," Ren sighed.
For a moment Jaune blinked, and glanced at Ruby.
The silver eyed girl had a soft smile and simply shrugged.
So blue eyes turned back to the hyper active volcano and shrugged, "why not? We haven't explored Mistral too much yet, might as well."
A new voice then added, "thank god we're eating, I'm starving."
Qrow walked into the room, his hands in his pockets as usual, though the squint and blur in his eyes hinted he was still slightly tipsy.
Ruby sighed, "just no more drinks Uncle Qrow please?"
The man chuckled, "all right, nothing tonight."
Jauna jumped to his feet, "all right!"
"YES! PIZZA IT IS!" Nora roared, her fist pumped to the air and her grin vicious and slightly maniacal.
"Nora…" Ren sighed, his hand once again face palming to the laughter of their teammates.
And Jaune couldn't help but feel happy.
He smiled, "well, Blake and Sun are out so we can count them out. So lets find Yang and We-"
"Gahhh!"
All eyes turned.
It was Oscar, his eyes wide and tears flowing.
His breath was uneven, his eyes fluttered and suddenly the green aura flared like a fire.
"Something's… happened! Ahhhhh!" His eyes shut and his hands gripped his temples pressing, teeth crushing themselves together as he shuddered.
Jaune took a step forward, instinct taking hold to do something-
"Ren?"
The voice broke his thoughts and his eyes turned to Nora.
She was pale, her eyes were watering as her arms wrapped around herself.
Her eyes looked to Ren.
"I… don't…"
Then he saw it.
Cracks all over her body.
Her skin grew gray and her eyes looked up.
Then she fell…
Ren and Ruby both moved to catch her, but… but instinct told Juane it was pointless.
By the time Nora body reached the floor, nothing but ash remained and even that…
...even that disappeared in a gust of wind.
"YANG!" Weiss's voice broke through the roof above them.
"No…"
He turned to Ruby.
His eyes went wide.
Cracks along the Reapers arms.
His world shattered.
"No! Ruby!" He cried, and immediately he reached out, grabbing the shaking girl.
Silver eyes turned to him.
"Juane…"
She smiled sadly.
As if she knew what was about to happen...
"No!"
It was happening again!
First Pyrrha...
Now…
"No!" He cried, his grip tightening on the girl, as if his will alone was enough to keep her with him.
This couldn't be happening!
The universe couldn't be this cruel!
Suddenly green aura washed over Ruby and Jaune blinked, his eyes darting over to where the aura had come from.
It was Oscar, or Ozpin.
One of them.
His teeth were grit and he was sweating.
"Professor?" He asked, utterly confused.
"Oz, what the hell is going on?" It was Qrow's voice, the elder man's voice wavering with obvious anger and sorrow.
The scythe was out, and Qrow looked pissed and viciously alert.
The man had a soft spot for Ruby after all.
And Ruby was… was...
What was happening? He'd never seen anything like this! Not even from Cinder or that scorpion guy!
Was it Salem?
Could she just reach out and kill people at a whim?
"Oz is it her? Is she doing this?" Qrows voice was agitated, scythe forgotten on the floor as the man jumped to the down Oscar and lifted him.
The boys head shook.
"No…Something else… I don't…"
But Juana stopped listening as Ruby's grip suddenly slackened.
"RUBY!" He roared and he watched as the light in Ruby Rose's eyes began to-
Thummm!
Green aura washed over her and-
"I… trade my life… for hers!"
The voice wasn't Oscars, it was Ozpins.
He looked up.
A smile broke over the boys face, "I'm sorry Oscar."
A feeling hit Juane, and he looked at Ruby.
The light was still barely in her eyes, the pale skin and clothing too.
But the cracks faded and suddenly Ruby gasped.
And the light in her eyes grew brighter as the Reaper gasped once more for air then slumped over, unconscious.
He looked back to Ozpin… to Oscar.
He saw as the boy smiled sadly.
Then…
Then…
He fell. And there was ash in the air where the boy had once been.
Jaune couldn't speak.
He…
He pursed his lips and looked back at Ren.
The ninja was staring at the floor where Nora had fallen.
"Ren…"
"Ruby! Yangs… Ruby?"
Warm blue eyes looked up to the meet the cold, pale gaze of the heiress.
The girls eyes landed on the unconscious reaper in his arms.
He grit his teeth.
"She's okay." He replied, and Weiss simply shook her head, eyes darting around the room.
"Where's… where's Nora and Oscar?"
"Mom?"
Rose Granger stared at the empty chair before her.
At thirteen years old the girl knew enough that her father, the brilliant Ronald Weasley didn't just… disappear in front of her for no reason.
And… he… he sounded so… scared…
Think.
Think…
Footsteps.
But Rose couldn't move.
Something in her gut kept her in place.
A sixth sense of foreboding.
"Rose? Have you seen your brother? I was just talking to him and…."
Hermione Granger.
The brains of the golden trio stared at her youngest child with eyes full of confusion.
She blinked.
"Where's your father?"
And like her daughter, she felt it.
She felt how… wrong, this all was.
Rose turned to her mother, shaking her head, mouth moving a mile a minute, "mom he was just there! Then he started saying weird stuff and he turned gray and then nothing!"
Her daughter grabbed her hair stepping back.
"Mom he just disappeared!"
Hermione shook her head, eyes still glued on the spot she knew her husband had just been sitting at.
The witch gulped.
"He apparated?"
"No mom! He just…. He just disappeared like ash! Just… gone!"
The golden girl bit the inside of her cheeks, panic beginning to set in as she started to realize what had happened to her son just minutes ago as well.
Instantly the witch hand her wand in hand.
A blue spell flew from it, basking over the home for any trace of her husband, any lingering magical trail to show her where he had gone.
But…
Nothing appeared.
She blinked.
That…. That was impossible!
Ron did nothing without magic! Sure, she and Harry used some muggle equipment from time to time, but that's because they were raised that way!
Ronald has used nothing but magic, had known nothing but magic!
No way he just… vanished!
Not without a magical trace!
She grit her teeth, "Ronald Weasley I swear if you're-"
Crack!
She spun on her heel, Rose gasping, her heart fully expecting to see Ron laughing with her son and their confused expressions.
Bragging about how George came up with some new prank to make them beyond uncomfortable.
But…
It wasn't Ron.
Or her son.
It was Harry.
His eyes were red behind his glasses, his youngest child, Lilly, clinging to him with confused and anxious eyes.
"Hermione, Ginny's gone, Severus and Albus too! I don't know where...Where's Ron?"
She opened her mouth but… words failed to come to her lips.
Harry's eyes met hers and for whatever reason her heart broke.
Something was terribly wrong.
It was a mother's instinct to know that.
"Mione…" Harry stepped forward, "where is Ron?"
She shook her head and for whatever reason looked to Rose as her youngest spoke up, "dad just… disappeared."
Harry's eyes grew dark, and his own child tightened her arms around him.
"Tell me exactly what happened."
"You didn't have to kill her!"
"She was a phycopath!"
Daisy Johnson, aka Quake, grit her teeth, "so what we just kill people now because their powers get a little but out of control?"
"Look," Yoyo, their resident speedster of SHIELD, sighed, "I did what I had to do. She was going to destroy the world!"
"No! Don't you put the blame on her! The situation was under control!"
"You're just pissed because we didn't listen! Didn't follow yours orders!"
Daisy rolled her eyes as both Fitz and Simmons tried to interrupt but she ignored them and continued, "well that's part of it! But you still didn't have to go and kill her when we had it under control!"
"it doesn't matter! It's done! I did what I and too, and when did we even say we wanted to follow you! We didn't! He did!"
The wams finger shot to Agent Coulson, the ex director of shield and the man who had pulled the Avengers together before his untimely death and resurrection.
"Enough" Coulson, the once famous agent of shield for bringing together Earth's Mightiest heroes, barked with a frown.
"i did put Daisy I'm charge, and you're right I didn't ask. Maybe you did what you had to, I don't know, but what I do know is everyone needs to cool off and… Simmons?"
The eyes of the room turned to the biologist.
But the woman, didn't even have the chance to speak.
Her eyes simply went wide and she opened her mouth.
Then… there was nothing.
And naught but ash existed in the place of Jemma Simmons.
"Jemma!" The voice of Fitz, the other half of the scientific duo broke through the air like a siren and suddenly…
Suddenly people began to drop.
Coulson couldn't believe his eyes.
"Mack? What's… going…"
He looked and watched as Yoyos body cracked and then… she was gone too.
"Help!"
Agent Sharp in the back.
"Someone get me a-" Agent McKenzie to the far left of him.
"Mack!"
He watched as Daisy Johnson ran over to the hulk of a man, his face contorting in confusion before Dasiy reached him.
But it was too late and the woman's arms simply grasped ash and air.
He looked over and-
"No…" his voice dropped.
It was Agent May.
A woman he loved, but had failed on so many occasion to say the words.
A woman as deadly as Black Widow, but far more committed to him and the principles that built shield.
The Calvary was her nickname.
A strong woman.
"No May…"
But he couldn't even move as the woman blinked and reached for him.
Only for her fingers to crumple into nothing.
Then…
Then for her eyes to grow dark and her body…
Her body just fell away.
Dear God…
"COULSON WHAT IS HAPPENING!"
He looked at Daisy, the girls ferocity igniting a fear and confusion her had only seen a handful of times.
But…
He didn't have answers.
And yet…
He had a feeling, even if he did…
None of them would like the answer.
"He's done it."
Salem frowned.
She had heard the whispers of the Mad Titan.
Of the Stones.
Stories and whispers from the darkness that surrounded her.
But…
To feel, that power being used.
That…. That…
"Where's Mercury?"
"He was just here a moment ago! Even…. Even Tyrian is gone!"
She ignored the voices from inside her castle and simply stared at the dark skies above her.
Her eyes looking to the stars.
She never expected this.
She knew Ozpin had to have felt it too.
His power was great and delicate.
But…
The power she felt?
The power that had rolled over… over everything she could sense and control… and just… snuffing out half of everything across Remnant…
Even half of her domain…
Her lips pursed.
And for the first time in her entire existence…
She felt fear.
A/N so for a while I've been wanting to write a RWBY fic, and an Avengers fic. However with the release of Infinity war, and that heart throb of an end, I couldn't help but think…
This is the perfect catalyst!
Imagine Remnant exists across the universe from Earth. Imagine the wizarding world exists.
What better way for the three worlds to collide, than for a universal extinction event to suddenly rock every world to its core?
Imagine the shock!
The confusion!
So I did it.
I have a 3 way crossover, with 3 worlds that can all exist within one universe.
Theoretically of course.
Now, technically I could be a four way crossover if you consider agents of shield a separate thing, but they're within the MCU so I consider them one and the same.
Now, you're probably wondering what I could possibly do to continue this. But I have my ideas, plus imagine and older Harry Potter, having gone through everything in his life that he has and suddenly… bam! Everything's gone!
Imagine what Jaune would do? Ruby? Especially since Yang just up and vanished.
Imagine the consequences!
And of course…
How are the Avengers going to react? What can they do? How will the likes of Remnant and the Wizarding world aid the Earth's Mightiest heroes?
Now I plan on keeping this with just these 3 universes, and as a large scale project it'll take a lot of effort.
However, if you REALLY REALLY, want another universe connected to this, I might consider it.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the prologue!
I'll be writing this in smaller chapters than the Darkest Knight, so chapters should come out much more frequently.
Everything that has happened in the current Canon timelines of each series is Canon.
Harry and Hermione are in their late 30s having already beaten Voldemort and had their kids.
Pyrrha Nikos is gone, and the plan to destroy Haven was thwarted.
Thanos defeated the Avengers and Guardians.
This is it. The climatic finale, and I have a year to finish it before the Canon film is released.
This is gonna be a wild ride.
God bless.
-Metal4k