Hey, everybody. It's finally here. My Endgame story. I know I said it would probably be a while, but as has happened to me before, I kinda got the inspiration I needed overnight, and once I sat down to really plan this story out, it just came to me. I initially wanted to wait a bit to leave some time between the completion of Avengers of the Future and the posting of this. But, once I planned out the story, I couldn't help but start writing it. Plus, I start school again in a week and a half, and I won't have as much time to write once I do. SO, I decided to get this started.

I know you all have been particularly excited for this one. I have gotten more reviews about this story than any other. I hope I can deliver on everybody's expectations.

Now, this story will be the end of my MACU Phase 1. I kinda plan to write the MACU in phases like the MCU, and end each phase with a big team-up story against a major villain. I'm haven't planned too many stories beyond this yet, and definitely haven't planned out Phase 2 yet, so once this story is completed, it'll probably be a while before the first story of Phase 2 starts. And before you ask, no, I haven't decided how many Phases the MACU will have. But probably at least 4.

Also, this story is only going to be partially based off Endgame. Parts of it will be nearly identical, others will be completely different. I am not going to give any big spoilers, so don't bother asking for them.

Finally, quick FYI. Since Batman may be in this, I will be referring to him as Bruce and Bruce Banner as Banner.

Alright. Let's finally get it started.

Chapter 1- Back to the Facility

Over the Atlantic Ocean, air traffic has ceased. It's been just two hours since Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half the population of the universe. Since people began disintegrating, which caused several plane crashes, all aircraft across the world, including military, have been grounded until further notice. All except one.

Halfway between Africa and North America, the Quinjet is on its way back to the New Avengers Facility in New York. On board are the heroes who survived, including Rocket and Oliver. After the battle, Steve decided it was better to return to the Facility so they could monitor the unfolding situation. Back in Wakanda, Okoye and M'Baku together had taken the reigns to run the country.

On the Quinjet, the team is in shambles. Rhodey is trying to remain calm as he pilots the aircraft. In the back, Natasha is watching a computer screen, trying to find out if anyone else they know has been disintegrated. The rest of the team is spread throughout the jet.

In one of the seats, Barry is slumped over, feeling pretty much numb to the world. Ever since he got on the Quinjet, he has hardly moved, and hasn't spoken. All he can think of is the sight of his wife disintegrating before his eyes. Tears won't even flow. He is just completely in a daze.

Finally, he feels someone sit down next to him. It doesn't snap him out of it. It's not until he finally feels a hand on his arm that he manages to look up, and sees Oliver sitting next to him.

"Barry?" Oliver asks simply. He doesn't want to ask how Barry's feeling, or say everything will be okay. He just wants to get Barry talking.

Barry sits there in silence for a few moments before saying softly, and in a broken voice, "What am I gonna do, Oliver? She's my wife. Nora and Stephen's mother. How am I supposed to go forward? How am I supposed to raise my son and daughter without their mother?"

"I don't know, Barry. I don't know," Oliver responds simply.

"Steve!" Natasha cries out, drawing Steve out of a daze of his own. He stands up and walks over to her, asking, "What is it?"

"I just found something. Someone filed a report saying that they saw someone matching a description of Fury in Manhattan," Natasha says. That bit of information draws everybody's attention.

"What?!" Steve exclaims.

"Yeah. I'm pulling up traffic cam footage of the spot where he was spotted," Natasha says. Steve sits down next to her. A few moments later, the video footage pops up. Natasha and Steve watch as a black SUV pulls up behind a crashed car, and Maria Hill and Fury both climb out. Hill checks out the crashed guy, and then they see people start disintegrating. Then, Hill disintegrates.

Natasha and Steve watch as Fury watches the unfolding sight, then turns and runs back to his SUV. He reaches into the SUV and pulls out something. He walks around behind the SUV, and then starts to disintegrate, but not before dropping what he's holding.

"Pause. Zoom in one that object," Steve says. Natasha nods and does what he says. The resulting picture is a bit blurry.

"Can you enhance it?" Steve asks.

"Give me a minute," Natasha says. Steve watches intently as Natasha works to enhance the image. Finally, they get an image of an old style pager.

Steve waits for a moment before calling out, "Rhodey, take us to Manhattan! We need to get this pager Fury had on him before he disintegrated. It was clearly important. I want to find out why."

Rhodey just nods and alters course slightly, now heading towards Manhattan.

(Hours later, New Avengers Facility)

Steve and Natasha stare at the monitors. It's been a few hours since Steve and Natasha found the footage of Fury disintegrating. Since then, they made their detour to Manhattan and picked up the pager Fury had dropped. They had found it lying undisturbed in the street, with the screen dominated by an image of a gold star set between blue and red. Thor and Rocket both said it looked similar to a star symbol used by the Kree, a powerful alien race. But nobody who knew Fury could see him trying to signal a race like the Kree, especially when Thor and Rocket told them that the Kree were a very war-like race who were known as conquerors. They determined that the pager had to be signaling someone, or something, else.

The team had left Manhattan immediately after obtaining the pager and completed their journey back to the Facility. Immediately after arriving at the Facility, Steve had ordered that the pager be plugged in to keep it running and keep the signal continuously broadcasting.

Steve, Natasha, and Oliver are in one of the meeting rooms, watching holographic displays that are showing the estimated casualty counts coming in from across the world. Barry has wandered off by himself, saying he wanted to see Pietro. Rhodey and Banner is watching the pager. Meanwhile, Rocket and Thor have all gone off on their own.

"This is a nightmare," Steve says as he watches the casualty counts continue to come in.

"I've had better nightmares," Natasha says.

"And I thought the Undertaking was bad," Oliver mutters under his breath.

Right then, Rhodey walks into the room. "Hey, so…that thing stopped doing whatever the h*** it was doing," he says.

Natasha, Oliver, and Steve follow him to a containment alcove, where Banner is monitoring the pager. "What do we got?" Steve asks.

"Well, whatever signal it was sending out finally crapped out," Banner responds.

"I thought we bypassed the battery?" Steve asks.

"We did. It's still plugged in. It just stopped," Rhodey responds.

Steve is quiet for a moment before saying, "Reboot it. Send the signal again."

"Hey, we don't even know what this is," Banner says in warning.

"Fury did," Natasha says, pausing for a split second before continuing, "Tell me the second you get a signal. I want to know who's on the other end of this thing."

Natasha turns around to walk back to the room they were just in, but stops a second later as she sees a woman right in front of her. Looking to be a little younger than Natasha, the woman has long blonde hair, and is wearing a uniform in the same colors as the symbol they saw on the pager. The woman looks right at Natasha before asking, "Where's Fury?"

Everyone just stares at this woman for a few moments. Finally, Oliver, clutching his bow tightly and ready to reach for an arrow, demands, "Who are you?"

"My name is Carol Danvers. Some people call me Captain Marvel. But that's beside the point. Where is Fury?" she demands.

They're all quiet for a few more moments before Natasha finally says, "He's dead. He disintegrated when Thanos snapped his fingers."

Carol is quiet for a few moments. Then, she asks, "Thanos got the Infinity Stones?"

"Yes. You've heard of him?" Banner asks.

"Most of the universe has. I've been travelling the universe for over twenty years, so yeah, I've heard about him," Carol responds.

Again, there's quiet. Then, all of a sudden, Barry races up in a flash of lightning. "Guys!" he says loudly before noticing Carol. He looks her over a bit before saying, "Umm, hi."

Carol just looks at him. After a moment, Barry returns his attention to Steve and the others, looking very stressed. "Guys! Pietro is gone!" he says, clearly distressed.

They all look at each other, stunned that Pietro is gone too. Barry is starting to cry again. "First my wife, now her brother," he says. Oliver quickly moves forward and puts his arm around Barry before leading him out of the room.

The others stare after them before looking back at Carol.

"We need to talk," Steve says.

(Conference room)

"And then he just snapped his fingers. And that's when everyone got dusted," Natasha says.

Carol just slowly nods. She had told them a bit about her, including telling about her powers, and then they had told her about the struggle for the Infinity Stones.

"Where's Thanos?" Carol asks.

"We don't know," Steve responds.

"So, I need to ask you. You can travel in space on your own?" Rhodey asks.

"Yes," Carol responds, wondering where he's going with this.

Rhodey looks at everybody else and says, "Tony."

Steve, Natasha, and Banner realize what Rhodey's thinking. Steve looks at Carol and says, "Danvers, one of our teammates got taken by one of Thanos' servants, along with two other people. We have no idea where he is. Is there any way you can look for him?"

Carol looks at the two of them before saying, "Sure. I can try. What does he look like?"

Rhodey pulls out his phone, pulling up a photo of Tony. Carol studies it for a moment, then nods. "Alright. I'll look for him. It may be a while before I find him. Until then, just sit tight." She then quickly turns and walks out of the room to go start looking for Tony.

Everyone sits there quietly for a minute. Then, Steve stands up and says, "Alright. We're not gonna let this stand. We have to find Thanos. Let's get started. Anything we do to find him. We may not have been able to protect the Earth. But we'll sure as h*** avenge it."

I'll end there.

I hope this was a decent start. I know it probably wasn't as exciting as you were hoping for. But, this was necessary to get it started. Next chapter will be better, and will feature a surprise.

Also, just to let you know. If you haven't already, I'd recommend reading my story Avengers of the Future. Some things in this story may not make total sense if you don't read that. It's not totally necessary to read it, but it'll help some things make sense.

Alright. That's it for now. Please review, and stay tuned for the next chapter.