A forgotten version

"You are just arrogant fools if you think you can face Celestials." Thanos said. Thor had enough of his words and just punched outright in his face. He had seen how the other version of him was beaten down. He needed to vent his frustration for the other version.

All looked at him when Thor did that.

"What? He was being annoying." Thor said. That punch from Thor made him fall back. It even broke his two teeth. This Thor wasn't the same Thor as the original one. He had become a Rune King now, so he had already surpassed the normal level of power.

John too at the next second hit Thanos with a punch. He was already in Shazam mode, so his punch was similar to that of Superman. He punched Thanos right on his abdomen. His punch hit Thanos so hard that he spit out saliva straight after.

"Since everybody is taking a turn, why don't I join in?" John said.

"Now you are just showing off." Tony accused as he was still salty about only being able to make a cut in his hand.

"Don't worry Tony, you will be powerful soon enough. Anti-metal will be of great help to you, I am sure." John said.

"I hope so. I don't want to be left behind." Tony replied. And as they were talking Hulk who had been running around wildly killing the enemies, came jumping by, picked up Thanos and threw him high up in the air.

"Hulk too remembers the beating I think." Steve said seeing Thanos coming down at high speed. All laughed when Steve said that. Even though the Avengers expected that it would be an easy fight, they didn't expect that whole battle wouldn't even last an hour.

They were literally having a good time. And this battle was required for all, as this would be a great morale boost against the upcoming danger. If they could face Thanos, then there was a chance they would be able to face Black Winter. They all needed to vent their frustration; they had been living under distress for quite some time.

Thanos landed with a bang. By this time he had broken many bones and was bleeding from his mouth. He had a deformed face and he looked like he was a few minutes away from dying.

"Still you think we are arrogant?" John asked. Thanos wanted to reply but all he could do was spit out blood from his mouth. By this time Gamora too came and surprisingly even Nebula.

Nebula, who had been imprisoned under the Guardians of the Galaxy from the moment she was caught, was also there. In this battle she begged Gamora to let her join. She wanted to see the death of his father. The one she hated so much.

Gamora had a sad look on her face, she knew that her father had done horrible things, but in the end he was her father. Thanos who saw his daughter standing on the opposite side had a sad look. For a moment he did think that the enemy might have the power to confront the Celestials.

But then he remembered the Celestials and knew this small power that the Avengers had wasn't enough. Thanos looked at John with determination and conviction that whatever he was doing was right. John sighed as he knew that he would never be able to change Thanos. Only thing he could do was give him an honorable death.

Thanos deserved one. No matter what their ideologies were. In the end he cared for the universe. Though his care for it was a twisted one, at least he took responsibility for it. Very few could even think of undertaking such a massive task.

"I am sorry Thanos. You will have to die. Even though I know you care for this universe, we will have to end you. You are too much of a variable for us to let you live."

As John and others were ready to kill Thanos, a yellow rectangular door opened in between them. A man in a huge hat and a black mask came out. John squinted his eyes when he saw this unknown man coming out.

Well, unknown would be a wrong word here. He did know the man, but the version he knew of him wasn't the version he had seen before. John's mind immediately raced through all the comics he had seen the versions of this person for a few seconds and finally he remembered a forgotten version.

The version where most of the people tend to forget.

"This looks like a bad time to show up. Shall I come later?" the person said.

Tony, Thor and others didn't even waste a second and shot at this person. They weren't sure who this person was but that rectangular door reminded them of TVA so all of them suspected it was Kang so all of them shot at him.

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