Masquerade of Marvel: Chaos Reborn

The gym's shadowed stillness carried a faint creak of rusted weights as Jake stood, the Mask a quiet weight in his pocket, his hands steadying the seven-year-old clinging to his side. Jen flanked him, her green silhouette glowing faintly in the dim light, fists clenched and ready, a presence he didn't clutch but couldn't dismiss. Jade stood at his left, her green skin shimmering with a steady glow, her stance solid, eyes sharp and focused. The younger sisters huddled close eight-year-old watchful in his right arm, five-year-old fragile against his chest, four-year-old gripping his leg chaos-streaks pulsing faintly on their skin, sparks he'd ignited and now guided. "Resolve," he muttered, voice low, the word grounding him, his kids, Jen's kids, lights he'd sparked and now led.

Flatbush's quiet stretched thin, the air thick with a sudden chill, green pulses dim across the skyline, leaving Church Avenue a hushed thread in the city's worn fabric scarred and fractured yet stabilized from Thanos' timeline erasure. Beyond the gym's boarded windows, brownstones stood twisted walls bent, windows shattered but holding form, streetlights flickering faintly over cracked pavement etched with fading scars of a reality remade. Jade tilted her head, catching a sound a low hum threading through the stillness, not chaos, not a whisper, but a deep swell pulsing with intent, vast and legion. "Hear that?" she said, voice steady, Jen's grit in her tone, his fire simmering beneath, her eyes flicking to the window, then back to him, daring him to move.

He tilted his head, listening, the swell pulsing faint then sharp, weaving through the night, not a collapse, just a steady onslaught swallowing the calm closer now, layered with a cosmic weight of countless echoes. "Yeah," he said, voice rough but soft, glancing at her, then the girls Jade solid, her sisters fragile his kids, his echoes his purpose. "Something's out there, moving big multiplying this time. What's your green telling you?" Jade's hands flexed, a faint glow shimmering, her sisters mirroring her, tiny palms pulsing soft, her gaze narrowing as she tuned it, a hum syncing with his own.

"Buzzing," she said, voice low, her eyes flicking to the door, Jen's resolve threading through, "heavy now, deep, like it's waiting coming all at once." The eight-year-old shifted, her voice a whisper, "coming," her hand brushing Jake's knee, Jen's strength finding a thread, the five-year-old curled closer, her voice softer, "big," his spark taking root, the four-year-old tilted her head, her voice faint, "many," Jen's warmth in her eyes the seven-year-old murmured, "cold," her voice thoughtful his kids, daring him to defy. Jen stepped closer, her heat brushing them, her fists glowing brighter, settling beside them, her hand resting on his shoulder, solid, her other brushing the five-year-old's hair, guiding without haste.

"They're feeling it," she said, voice a murmur, glancing at Jake, her eyes steady, Jen's grit cutting through, "something's out there bigger than last time a whole army now. You're guiding, show 'em how." He exhaled slowly, the weight settling, Jade and her sisters, his kids, not just chaos, a hum he'd sparked and now tuned standing with care Jade beside him her sisters in his arms eight in one five in the other four and seven clinging to his sides Jen rising her steps a soft echo following steady at their backs his kids his why "Alright," he said voice rough but steady "let's face it move it together what's it waiting for?"

They stepped onto Church Avenue, Flatbush's quiet stretching, warped brownstones casting long shadows, the gym's glow fading behind them. Jade matched his stride, her sisters curling closer small hands brushing his chest Jen's steps a quiet rhythm then the air shuddered a deep swell splitting the street purple light fracturing the sky Thanos descended his throne a slab of cosmic dread Proxima Midnight at his right her spear glinting Cull Obsidian at his left hammer raised Ebony Maw and Corvus Glaive fanning out Outriders swarming and now portals tore open a multiversal army emerged alternate Thanos variants dozens hundreds each gauntlet pulsing two Infinity Stones gleaming Space and Power his voice a low rumble "your chaos ends" eyes fixed cold unyielding power threading the air space warping reality trembling Flatbush besieged Outriders and Chitauri flooding Thanos' legion converging his will multiplied infinitely.

Jake stopped crouching shielding the girls Jade beside him her green glow pulsing syncing with her sisters' eight reaching out five brushing his chest four and seven tilting their heads Jen stepping forward her heat brushing them her fists glowing solid her eyes flicking to Thanos Jen's resolve guiding his spark "Feel it?" he said voice low meeting Jade's gaze Jen's steel in her eyes his wildness daring him to defy her sisters watching Jen's eyes steady guiding without haste just there Maw's fingers curling Cull's hammer shifting Proxima's spear poised Corvus' glaive glinting Outriders snarling Thanos variants advancing gauntlets pulsing his voice rumbling "submit" space fracturing reality bending air heavy legion closing in.

Jade's glow steadied "yeah" voice low Jen's grit finding rhythm "feels heavy cold like it's endless crushing us." The eight-year-old whispered "many" her voice fragile Jen's warmth threading through the five-year-old echoed "big" her voice softer his spark taking hold the four-year-old murmured "all" her voice faint the seven-year-old added "strong" Jen's strength his chaos Jake nodded slow the weight settling Jade and her sisters his kids not just chaos an echo a hum he'd sparked and now tuned reaching out guiding Jade's hand lifting her sisters standing moving slow guiding Jade beside him Jen at his side his kids his why "We push it aim it together you're my lights I'm your guide."

Thanos' gauntlets pulsed purple light flaring variants advanced Outriders lunged claws slashing Jake shifted lifting the eight-year-old her glow pulsing Jade's hands flared green tendrils threading swift meeting the swarm twisting them Proxima's spear slashed Jen surged her fists slamming metal clanging Maw's fingers curled air tightening Cull roared hammer swinging Corvus' glaive arced variants closed Thanos' power pulsed space bending the four-year-old's voice faint "hold" her glow threading holding the seven-year-old's glow joining Maw stumbling Jade's tendrils pulsed wrapping Cull's arm pulling the five-year-old's voice soft "push" her glow threading pushing Jen's fists glowing Outriders falling Corvus leaping back Proxima's spear faltering Maw's grip loosening variants wavering Thanos' gaze narrowing his voice low "you resist" his gauntlet pulsing power swelling light bending space trembling Jake's voice firm "together" guiding Jen's steel his fire Jade's tendrils pulsing the Black Order retreating Outriders scattering variants fading Thanos standing unmoved his throne pulsing Flatbush's reality trembling the street pulsing green his kids his chaos simmering low.

Jen's hand rested on his shoulder solid her voice low "you held 'em, Jake" her smile steady Jade's eyes flicked to him "we pushed" her voice steady Jen's grit his fire the eight-year-old whispered "held" the five-year-old echoed "safe" the four-year-old murmured "together" the seven-year-old added "strong" Jake exhaled the weight settling Jade and her sisters his kids not just chaos a hum he'd sparked "Next we stand together time to forge the resolve."

Flatbush's stillness trembled his kids his chaos simmering low She-Hulk's grit the world shuddered under his legacy Thanos loomed SHIELD hunted the X-Men watched he gripped the Mask grinning sharp Jade beside him her sisters in his arms his kids his why "Time to guide the light."