Hey, everybody! I am finally getting to the story I have been waiting for this whole time. The story covering Infinity War. I hope I chose a good story title.

I completed this chapter yesterday, and was actually gonna wait until Wednesday to post it. But, my excitement won out, so I decided to go ahead and post it today.

First of all, I have to say that Endgame was an incredible movie, and I think a perfect ending to the so called "Infinity Saga". I am sad that the MCU will never be the same, but at the same time excited. I will try at all costs to avoid giving any spoilers in this story for those of you who haven't seen it. But, I would advise all of you to go see it immediately.

This story is going to be very similar to Infinity War. But, there will be some differences. I'm not sure yet how long it will be, though it may not be as long as you're all expecting.

Also, just to do some quick clarifying regarding the timeline. Obviously, the timeline between the Arrowverse and the MCU doesn't match up. So, I have slightly altered the timeline for the MACU. In this series, everything in the Arrowverse took place a year sooner than it did in the shows. As in everything that take place in 2017 in the shows took place in 2016 in this universe. In the MACU, the Avengers Civil War took place in March, 2016 instead of June, the Arrowverse Dominator invasion took place in March, 2016, months after it did in the show, and the Gorilla Cty arc took place in early April, 2016. The events of Flash: Dark Dimension took place in May 2017, and the events of Arrow: Ragnarok took place in late 2017. This story begins right on time with the same time as the start of Infinity War: May, 2018.

Anyways, that's enough chit-chat for now. Let's get to it!

Chapter 1- Thanos

"This is the Asgardian refugee vessel Statesman. We are under assault. I repeat, we are under assault. The engines are dead, life support failing. Requesting aid from any vessel within range. We are 22 jump points out of Asgard! Our crew is made up of Asgardian families. We have very few soldiers here. This is not a warcraft. I repeat, this is not a warcraft!"

This is the message broadcast from the Statesman as on board, the Children of Thanos, including Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, Cull Obsidian, and Ebony Maw, massacre the Asgardians. Valkyrie was able to successfully escape with about half of the Asgardians aboard. The rest have been slaughtered.

In the main cabin, which is now burning, Oliver lies on his back, some of his ribs broken, and bleeding. He had attempted to stop the attack, but a blow from Cull Obsidian had broken his ribs and his bow, knocked him to the ground, and left him completely winded.

"Hear me and rejoice!" Oliver tries to turn his head and sees Ebony Maw walking past him. He sees Maw pass Heimdall, just a few feet away, and breathes a slight sigh of relief to see that Heimdall is still moving.

"You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No. It is salvation. Universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile. For even in death, you have become Children of Thanos," Maw monologues.

Oliver is growing more repulsed by the minute. It hasn't taken him long to piece together what this Thanos has planned, even though he still doesn't really understand how he intends to do that, and why he attacked the Statesman specifically. Thanos makes Malcolm Merlyn and Damien Darhk look absolutely tame in comparison. His first sight of Thanos scared him, as he was the being that Oliver had seen in his dream while travelling to Asgard.

Shifting his position slightly, trying to avoid being noticed, Oliver sees Thanos beside a viewport, standing over a nearly unconscious Thor. Loki is standing a few yards away, with the rest of the Children of Thanos standing around him.

Thanos turns towards Loki and says in a voice that is intimidating by itself, "I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, then to fail all the same." He then picks up Thor and walks towards Loki as he continues, "It's frightening. Turns the legs to jelly. But, I ask you, to what end? Dread it, run from it...destiny arrives all the same. And now, it's here. Or should I say, I am." He then raises his left fist, and Oliver can see the glow of the purple stone fitted inside one of the size slots on his gauntlet. Thor had called it the Power Stone, and apparently, Thanos had taken it from Xandar, and massacred it's inhabitants in the process.

Thanos looks directly at Loki and demands, "The Tesseract. Or your brother's head. I assume you have a preference."

"Oh, I do. Kill away," Loki responds. Oliver growls to himself, feeling furious that after his actions in their support during the fight with Hela, he is so quick to betray Thor. Or perhaps, this Tesseract is too valuable to give up even for Thor.

Thanos quickly follows Loki's "advice", and presses the Power Stone against Thor's temple. Energy begins flowing into Thor's head, and Thor somewhat screams in pain.

It doesn't take more than 15 seconds before Loki breaks and shouts, "Alright. Stop!" Thanos listens and pulls his fist away.

Thor, after taking a few seconds to recover, says, "We don't have the Tesseract. It was destroyed on Asgard."

Loki looks at Thor for a moment, then raises his hand, and a cube materializes in his hand. Oliver's eyes are immediately drawn to it. It's bright blue glow seems to reach everywhere, and the inside of it almost seems to be in motion. Oliver deduces that this is the Tesseract.

"You really are the worst brother," Thor chokes out.

Loki looks at Thor and says, "I assure you, brother. The sun will shine on us again."

Thanos chuckles upon hearing that and says, "Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian."

"Well for one thing, I'm not Asgardian," Loki responds. He pauses for a split second before continuing, "And for another...we have a Hulk."

With that, there's a loud roar, and the Hulk jumps out of nowhere and slams Thanos with his his shoulder, knocking the Titan rolling head over heels. Oliver had wondered where Hulk went, and realizes he must have been waiting.

Hulk roars again in anger before lunging at Thanos, who has regained his feet. He throws multiple punches, pummeling Thanos before grabbing him by the shoulders and slamming him against the wall. Oliver starts to feel a bit of hope before Thanos grabs Hulk's wrists and slowly pries Hulk's hands off him. Then, he delivers a punch to the head that actually knocks Hulk back a step.

Hulk quickly recovers and tries to attack again, but now, Thanos is ready. Thanos easily dodges or blocks Hulk's blows and responds with several of his own, disorienting Hulk a bit.

As the two are fighting, Oliver feels something hit his arm. He looks down, and sees some kind of mask. He looks over at Heimdall, and sees the man staring at him intensively. Once Heimdall realizes he has Oliver's attention, he whispers, "Use that. Get off the ship. You have to get a warning out." Oliver nods as he slips the mask under him to hide it from view.

Right then, Thanos grabs Hulk's head and brings it down onto his raised knee before lifting Hulk up in the air and slamming him down into the ground, where Hulk just lies, completely dazed.

Oliver feels his hope vanish instantly. If Hulk could be beaten by Thanos that easily, and with no help from Ebony Maw or the others, he knows there's nothing anybody on this ship can do to stop Thanos.

Right then, Thor sneaks up on Thanos and hits him in the head with a metal pole. Thanos looks like he hardly feels it. He turns to Thor and kicks him away. Ebony Maw then uses his powers to summon metal scraps, which bind themselves around Thor.

Seeing Thor immobilized, Heimdall decides he has to do something. Raising his arm, he whispers, "Allfathers. Let the dark magic flow through me one last time." He then reaches out his hand towards Hulk, who is instantly enveloped in energy, similar in appearance to the Bifrost, and shot out of the Statesman, heading towards Earth.

Heimdall only has a moment of relief before Thanos walks up to him. Wanting so badly to defend him, but knowing he can hardly move, Oliver forces himself to remain still, and trying to play dead.

Thanos steps up to Heimdall, taking Corvus Glaive's glaive as he does, and says in a low voice, "That was a mistake." Heimdall looks to Thor, and the two exchange one last glance before Thanos stabs one of the blades of the glaive down into Heimdall's chest.

"NO!" Thor bellows as the life leaves Heimdall's eyes. Thanos pulls the glaive back out Heimdall's chest and hands it back to Corvus.

"You're going to die for that," Thor gasps out furiously. Ebony Maw sends a scrap of metal to wrap itself around Thor's mouth, while holding a finger over his mouth. He then bends down and picks up the Tesseract, and kneels before Thanos as the Titan walks over to him.

"My humble personage bows before your grandeur," Maw says. Thanos begins to remove his armor as Maw continues, "No other being has ever had the might...nay the nobility, to wield not one but two Infinity Stones."

As Oliver listens, he realizes that the Power Stone, and Tesseract, must be some of these Infinity Stones, and then realizes that this must be part of Thanos' plan. To use these stones to erase half of all life.

Thanos reaches out and takes the Tesseract. Maw says, "The universe lies within your grasp." As he finishes, Thanos squeezes the Tesseract, and it shatters.

Oliver looks on in confusion. Then, Thanos opens his hand again, and Oliver can just barely see a small blue stone setting in Thanos' palm, and realizes the Tesseract was just a container for the stone. Thanos slowly lifts the stone over his gauntlet, and releases it, allowing the stone to fly into place in the gauntlet. As soon as the stone slides into place, a small shockwave is emitted, and Thanos yells as energy surges through him.

After a moment, Thanos says to Ebony Maw and the others, "There are two more Stones on Earth. Find them, my children, and bring them to me on Titan."

"Father, we will not fail you," Proxima Midnight says as she and the others all bow to Thanos.

Realizing that they're about leave, and they'll likely destroy the ship, Oliver reaches below him and pulls out the mask. He hurries to get it on, trying to be discreet in order to avoid being noticed.

Thankfully, right at that moment, Loki steps back into view and says, "If I may interject. If you're going to Earth...you might want a guide. I do have a bit of experience in that arena."

"Well, if you consider failure experience," Thanos says in a mocking tone.

"I consider experience experience," Loki shoots back. He pauses for a moment, then says, "Almighty Thanos, I, Loki, prince of Asgard, Odinson, the rightful king of Jotunheim, god of mischief, pledge to you, my undying fidelity." He bows his head, then whips out a dagger and stabs it right at Thanos' neck. Thanos reaches up with the gauntlet, and the stone from the Tesseract glows blue as Loki freezes, his dagger a few inches from Thanos' throat.

Oliver seizes the moment. Summoning every ounce of strength he has, he struggles to his feet and races out of the room. Unfortunately, Corvus Glaive spots him, and races after him.

Knowing he doesn't have a lot of time, Oliver grabs one of his last two explosive arrows from his quiver and throws it down behind him. A few seconds later, an explosion shakes the ship. Oliver glances back, and doesn't see Corvus Glaive.

Knowing he's bought himself some time, Oliver races towards the escape pods. But, when he reaches them, he sees that they're all gone or damaged too badly to use.

Despair starts to fill his heart, then it stops. He realizes that Heimdall gave him this mask to protect him in space. Hearing footsteps coming down the hallway, he makes a decision. He grabs his last explosive arrow, throws it at the wall, and activates his mask, and waits. A second later, the wall is blown open, and Oliver is sucked out into space.

For a moment, Oliver holds his breath. When he finally takes a breath, he finds his assumption was right. The mask enables him to breath.

Oliver slowly floats through the vacuum of space. When he finally turns to see the Statesman, he sees that it is glowing purple. Then, in a violent blast, it is blown apart.

Thor, Oliver thinks to himself, hoping he somehow survived. As Thanos' main ship dispatches two smaller ships, and begins to turn away, Oliver looks around at the stars in the distance and thinks to himself, Somebody better find me.

And with that, I end the first chapter. I hope it wasn't too bad.

So, as some of you started guessing/requesting back during Arrow: Ragnarok, Oliver will be picked up by the Guardians of the Galaxy along with Thor. And, I will confirm this now, he will be accompanying Thor to Nidavellir.

Next chapter will be a bit shorter. It may not be up for a week or two, as I plan for it to reference the end of Season 5 of Flash, so I may wait until the finale airs to post the next chapter, and work on some of my other stories during that break. I haven't decided yet.

Until the next chapter, please review and tell me how I did with this first chapter. And stay tuned!