Thanos's brow furrowed as the temporal streams tio encircle him, eaent a twisted refle of his own arrogand will. The vast rings of yellow magid green infinity energy stricted, pulling him further into the endless cycle of fractured timelines.

  The A One's eyes were locked on him as she trolled the flow of time. But the more she twisted the threads of time, the more Thanos's rage began to build. He would not be tained. Not by this, not by anyone. He ched his fist, feeling the pressure of the intense power threatening his very existeime itself seemed to grind against him, the weight of infinite possibilities bearing down on his shoulders. He could see his own failures—his pns crumbling, his ambition faltering—but even then, something in him stirred.

  The will to win.

  With a growl, Thanos turned his attention to the Space Stone. His fiwitched as he focused every ounce of his tration on the swirling, chaotiergy that surrounded him. He moved his finger barely while trolling the stoh his mind, the familiar blue glow of the Space Stoing from the gau, and with a thought, the fabric of the Mirror Dimension began to tremble. The endless spirals of time cracked as he opened a rift in space.

  He created a bck hole.

  The edges of the dimension groaned under immense pressure as the bck hole expanded, its pull starting to distort the very nature of the space around them. The streams of time bent and twisted, drawn inexorably toward the singurity's ter.

  The A One's eyes widened as she realized what was happening. She moved to close the rift, but it was already too te. That pull from the bck hole was strong enough to break her attention which created an opening in her trol. Thanos used Omnipresence which allowed him to exist in multiple pces at once. In this case, multiple Thanos appeared around the A One and they used the Power Stoo attack her from all dires, trying to push her into the bck hole.

  "This is the end!"

  Bsts of purple energy rushed toward her.

  The A One couldn't use the Time Stone and stop the rift at the same time while defending against the oning bsts. However, she was the stro when it came to magid her knowledge was vast. She instantly used a magic. Multiple arms appeared behind her back, creating magic sigils in the air. Multiple golden magic shields appeared arouhe bsts collided with her shields, shattering them one by one. But to Thanos's surprise, she opened multiple portals that redirected the power of the Power Stht back at him and his terparts.

  The Primary Thanos grunted in surprise. His terparts opened multiple rifts to absorb the bsts, and theopped the Omnipresece, "Now, try to avoid this." He merged all the rifts together and trated the absorbed bst into a single powerful attack. "ARGGG!!" He threw the bst with all the strength of the Power Stone.

  The A One was about to use her magic, but she found herself uo move. Thanos has already used the Mind Stone's power, telekinesis, to bind her in pce. He knew her magic was to to be broken by a simple binding spell, but it was enough to bst her off with raw trated energy.

  Her shields shattered like fragile gss, and the force of the explosio shockwaves through the colpsing realm. Golden magic crackled around her as she struggled against the bindings of the Mind Stone, but the sheer power of the bst overwhelmed her.

  The Mirror Dimension fractured entirely, its broken pieces spiraling into nothingness as both batants were hurled bato the reality of Kamar-Taj.

  Thanos looked at the A One, who y on the ground, her form battered and bleeding.

  His eyes glinted with dark satisfa as he extended his gaued hand toward her. The Eye of Agamotto glimmered faintly on her chest, its mystical protes repelling his grasp. A surge of green energy erupted from the artifact, f Thanos to step back with a growl.

  "Your tris won't save you," he snarled. His massive hand reached down and seized her by the throat, lifting her effortlessly into the air. "Remove the spell, or I'll make you suffer in ways even your wisdom agine."

  The A One coughed, her voice weak but steady. "You… uimate the will of humanity… and the forces you meddle with."

  Thanos's patienapped. The Mind Stone glowed fiercely, its golden light intensifying as he invaded her mind, tearing through her memories and sciousness in search of the spell's key. The A One gasped, her body vulsing as Thanos pushed deeper into her thoughts, unraveling her most closely guarded secrets.

  Suddenly, a distortion in the air rippled through the sanctum. A crimson energy fred to life as Wanda Maximoff, exhausted and battered from her own battle against Knull, materialized in a fsh of chaotic magic. Her gaze fell o figure of Thanos holding the A One aloft. The agic around her fred instinctively, swirling in chaotidrils that lit up the room. "Let her go," she said, her voice trembling with anger and exhaustion.

  "More bugs," Thanos said with a scowl. He trolled the A One's mind and made her unlock the Eye of Agamotto with her magic. It opened and the time gem rose into the air. He threw her toward Wanda. But as he tried to grab the Time Stone, Wanda quickly used her st bit of agic to throw Thanos away from the Stone. She bsted him off, at least a few km away.

  As the Titan was thrown away by the bst of chaotic magic, the A ained sciousness. She gasped for air, struggling to breathe as she felt the pressure of the Mind Stone lift from her mind. Wanda rushed to help her, supp her as she slowly rose to her feet. "Are you alright?" the girl asked. "Your arms!!" Wanda noticed her missing arms and the blood oozing out from her stomach. She was in critical ditio somehow maintaining her sciousness.

  "Wanda, I'm fihe A One said. "What about Peter?"

  "He's still fighting Knull," lied. She gnced worriedly toward the sky. "He teleported me here after Knull tried to kill me."

  "Don't worry. He's strong. Right now, you have to protect the Time Stone. If Thanos gets his hands on it, he will bee unstoppable."

  "But what about you? You're hurt. You need medical attention."

  "There's no time to waste. He's ing back."

  As soon as the A One spoke, a blue portal opened and Thanos walked out of it. Wanda rushed over and grabbed the Time Stone, but she wasn't in any dition to fight. She has already pushed herself to destroy the symbiotes and sever their e with Knull.

  "Surrehe Stone and I'll let you live. Resist and die like all the others."

  Thanos stepped forward aended his hand expetly. His expression darkened when Wanda raised her fists in defiance, her crimson eyes glowing fiercely. "I'm not afraid of you," she said.

  The Titan she Power Sto up with a violet light as he prepared to unleash its full force upon his enemies. He would tear them apart with his bare hands. He would rend them limb from limb and hang them on hooks as a warning to all those who dared to oppose his will.

  Suddenly, Wanda raised her hands and unleashed a bst of crimson energy, sending Thanos stumbling back with a roar of pain. He fell to his knees, clutg at his face as blood poured down his cheeks. "You i child!" he spat. "You'll pay for that! I'll rip apart everyone and everything you ever cherished. I'll kill them slowly and you will watch them die, slowly while screaming in pain. That's the lesson I'll teach you for this insolence."

  Thanos's words echoed into Wanda's mind.

  Wanda's breath hitched as Thanos's cruel words wormed their way into her mind, each sylble like venom. The air around her began to crackle with raw, chaotiergy, her emotions stirring a storm of magic that made even the A One g her with a mix of awe and fear.

  Images fshed in Wanda's mind—Aunt May smiling as she pced freshly baked cookies oable, Gwen's ughter eg as she swung through the city, MJ's fident smirk as she worked oest song, Sue gently holding her growing belly, Michelle pyfully teasier, and Maddie whispering sweet nothings. They were all glowing with life, their futures filled with hope… and then, in her imagination, they were snuffed out. A crimson-streaked vision of Thanos standing over their broken, lifeless forms filled her vision.

  "No…" Wanda whispered, her voice trembling. Her hands began to tremble, and her eyes glowed brighter, a deep, fiery red. The chaotidrils of energy arouhied, swirling like a storm barely taihe of the Scarlet Witch appeared over her head.

  Thanos stood, brushing the blood from his face, his expression darkening. "Your resolve is admirable," he sneered, "but futile. They will all die. And their screams will be musiy ears."

  That was the final spark. Wanda's rage erupted, obliterating what little trol she had left over her powers. The grouh her cracked and buckled as crimson light surged outward, filling the air with raw, unbridled chaos. The A Oumbled back. Without her arms, it was difficult for her to use magic, so she decided to use the power of the Dark Dimension to create a portal to go far away, leaving Thanos to Wanda.

  "You won't touch them!" ointed her fi the Titan, her voice yered with raw emotion, the echoes of her fury reverberating through reality itself. Her magic shed out, creating a vortex that bent the very fabric of existence around them. Time and space ed, and for a moment, it felt as though all of reality trembled in response.