The Adeptus Custodes(DC)

Chapter 67: The Time Stone.



The Ancient One always knew she was supposed to die in the year 2017. Her life was supposed to end in that year even if the future became blurry after that. However, during one of the times she used the Time Stone to view into the future, all that stopped.

One moment and that future that could not be changed was turned on its head. Rather than her death being in 2017, the Eye of Agamotto said her death was nigh. Within the mountains of Nepal, in the heart of Kamar-Taj, her eyes shot open.

She knew that whatever was coming was coming directly for her. No, they were after the Time Stone and she could not let it fall into the wrong hands She was about to place Kamar-Taj under full alert, but she didn't get the chance.

She heard what sounded like explosions shacking the Earth causing her to jump to her feet. She had to face this threat for Earth and for the future of Kamar-Taj. No for the future of the universes, not just Earth. 

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High above orbit, Justinian stood on the bridge of The Invincible Reason looking down at Kamar-Taj. Even from orbit, he could see it and the hundreds of Drop Pods that had fallen around the sorcerer's village. 

Not far from his flagship, The Conqueror and the Vengeful Spirit orbited as they also released their Drop Pods. Soundwave his ever-faithful A.I companion coordinated it. From all three ships, titanic Teleportation Monoliths were falling into place.

He could not allow the Time Stone to escape as all six stones were crucial to his ascension. He watched as the leading gigantic Pods opened which allowed the massive Krorks to step out to lead the charge. 

The heavily armored giants hefted their massive weapons and began to fire. Flying off the bays of his ships,a swarm of Kryptonians, Space Marines, Predacons, and Tyranids began to descend on Kamar-Taj.

Moving alongside the Krorks, his Tempestus Scions, Psian Jackels, Eldar, and Terminator Destroyer squads charged alongside the Krorks. At his sides, his Honor Guard, and his Predakonsstood with him.

He turned around and he gave his orders. There was no point in him to remain in orbit when his strongest forces were with him.

"We are all going down, I cannot let the Time Stone escape me. With it and the Space Stone, I will be able to track down the Reality Stone. That will give me the ability to find the other three."

All 50 of his Honor Guard drew their weapons while his Predakons got up from the floor. Ddraig and Albion through their bond with Justinian prepared to do what needed to be done. 

Once everyone was ready, Justinian flexed his left hand and teleported them all down to Earth. He could already control Space Magic, but with the Stone, it felt effortlessly easy. When they arrived, his forces were already in the middle of engaging the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj who charged out to engage the invaders. 

The Sorcerors that were unlucky enough to try to engage up close were torn apart under a swarm of monsters. He watched as a Space Marine Librarian smashed his Force Staff into the ground causing ten sorcerours to explode from inside. 

A Kryptonian in a set of Power Armor cut several sorcerous in half with his heat vison. An entire portion of Kamar-Taj was destroyed under salvo from orbit, absolute devastation was happening.

His Krorks moved like living Titans firing their Gause Destroyers, Shoulder Mounted Hellfire Missiles, Zero Point Annihilators, Phosphex Flame throwers, and Radiation Rifles. Behind them, Tempestus Scions, Psian Jackels, Tyranids, Kryptonians, and his Space Marines followed behind the Krorks.

Inside, Kamar-Taj the Ancient One moved to the heart of the sanction to activate an ancient barrier. The barrier was not going to last long as the army invading was not just technologically superior, but they also had access to magic and psychic abillities. The Ancient One gathered her Sorcerors from the highest building to look out at the advancing army.

At her side, when Wong glanced out at the advancing army, he felt absolute horror. 

"This is the end for Kamar-Taj. There is nothing we can do." 

Kaecelius who had yet to betray his Master, ignored Wong before looking at his mentor The Ancient One.

"Master, what does the future hold for us? What does the Eye Of Agamoto show you?"

The Ancient One gazed out with growing unease. The massive Krorks unleashing hell on her barrier caused parts of it to flicker. 

"I did not. This never happened in the many timelines I witnessed. Something major changed and I do not know what. We must escape unless the Time Stone falls into their hands." 

As they talked, Justinian clenched his left fist as he drew on the Space Stones' power. Albion as a Sacred Gear could Warp and affect Space, as a Dragon God his ability to manipulate Space had effectively become innate just like his poison affinity. 

Now with the Space Stone, their ability to manipulate Space and Dimensional Magic was absolute. Knowing that the Sorcerors could teleport, Justinian isolated the space around Kamar-Taj to prevent any escape teleportation. 

With teleportation locked down, the Time Stone and the Ancient One would not be able to escape with his Infinity Stone. With this handled, Justinian began to move forward with his Honor Guard.

He glanced over at his Predakons before he motioned for them to rise with his hands. 

"Take to the sky, bring down that barrier." 

Predaking, Ravage, Grendel, Grimlock, and Devastator flew off before growing to their true titanic sizes. Each of his precious draconic pets were almost 500 meters at their full sizes. 

The five Predakons took deep breaths before they unleashed five devastating beams of golden purple concentrated energy. These were not ordinary lasers as they contained Justinian's Omega Effect, Divine Energy, and Psychic Energy. As his contracted familiars, they had access to his powers. The five beams hit the Barrier around Kamar-Taj in the same spot.

This caused the barrier to start falling apart, but that was just the start. Every Kryptonian and Space Marine blasted the barrier with their own eye lasers bringing the barrier down under an onslaught of concentrated power. 

With the barrier down, Justinian advanced with his Honor Guard.

"Remnosh, Corvus, Konrad, move ahead of us and start picking off those you can. Sigismund, Helbretch, Leona, Sanguinia, while they assassinate those they can, you charge ahead. Lead the charge with your powers. 

Perturabo, Magna, and Lauralina siege that place with magic and explosives. Ddraig, Albion, you stay with me. The rest of you split up and destroy anything that gets in your way. Kill everything." 

With the efficiency that should be expected of his Honor Guard, they did as he ordered and they split themselves up. As for his Predakons, they split up and they began to unleash hell on Kamar-Taj from each angel. 

Even if they destroyed the books of magic inside, he could use the Time Stone to reverse time to recover them so he wasn't worried about losing the knowledge inside. 

Remnosh, her brother, Corvus, and Konrad burst into darkness as they advanced toward the inside of Kamar-Taj. Sigismund, Helbretch, Leona, and Sanguinia with their weapons charged ahead from the front. 

Perturabo's gigantic set of Terminator Armor began to expand as he revealed all manner of weapons. Dark Matter Blasters, Disintegration Rifles, Phosphex missile launchers, Gatling guns, Zero Point Destroyers, Rail Guns, and even more. 

As for Magna, she raised her naginata which also functioned as a staff to begin to pelt Kamar-Taj with magics. Lauralina grasped her mace before surging her Psymagic into it to attack along side Magna and Perturabo. 

The rest of Justinian's Honor Guard split up to lead the assault from different areas while Justinian marched forward. He could sense the Time Stone and its location. 

"I got it." 

Ddraig and Albion grinned as Justinian drew on the Space Stone's power to teleport into the heart of Kamar-Taj. When he appeared behind the Ancient One she had only had moments to move thanks to the Time Stones's future sight. 

Justinian held his Guardian Spear with both hands and he swung it with all his strength. A massive slash tore through Kamar-Taj cutting it in half. It also killed all of the Sorcerors who had been around the Ancient One who brought them to the Mirror Dimension. 

With that, she barely survived by jumping above his attack even if her fellow sorcerors could not. The sheer shockwave behind Justinian's swing had crashed into her smashing her into the wall. 

Justinian, Ddraig, and Albion glanced up at the Ancient One who was looking down at them with extreme hatred and pain. She picked herself up with difficulty, but Justinian merely stood at his full height. 

With his helmet on, she could only see into the unfeeling eyes of his helmet. 

"Give me the Time Stone, Ancient One and I will allow you to live. You get one chance." 

"I will not, whoever you are, you will not get the Stone." 

Justinian shook his head as they never take the easy method. The Space Stone attached to the Boosted Gear on his left hand glowed brighter as its power was absolute. Justinian froze her in place with the Space Stones Power. 

He ran with speeds exceeding that of the Flash causing him to reach her instantaneously. When he did so, he stabbed forward with the Boosted Gear. The claws pierced through the Ancient One's midsection and chest with effortless ease. 

This caused the Mirror Dimension to come down with the Ancient One no longer able to support it. When it did, Justinian rose to his full height with the Ancient One impaled on the claws of the Boosted Gear. 

At this point, he released the space lock he had on her allowing her to realize her death was here. The first thing she felt was agonizing pain and when she looked down, she saw herself impaled. 

Even worse was that the Boosted Gear didn't wasn't just a physical weapon. It was a Divine Weapon containing the soul of Ddraig, a Dragon God. Backed by the power of Albion, another Dragon God, and Justinian.

It attacked the soul which made the wound even worse. Ddraig flew up with a smile on his lips. 

"Sorry honey, you should have listened to my brother. He would have let you live." 

He reached out and grabbed the Eye Of Agamotto which used its magical defenses to try to burn his hand. Ddraig though smirked as he glanced over at Albion. 

"It kind of tickles." 

He ripped off medallion off the Ancient One's neck with ease. With the necklace away from her, Justinian shook his hand sending her flying off the claws of his gauntlet. She crashed into the wall harshly before she fell to the ground with her blood pooling around her. 

She gasped for air as her own resilience worked against her to prolong her pain. 

Ddraig clenched his fist around the Eye Of Agamotto before he crushed the medallion to reveal the Time Stone inside. With the stone in his hand, he smiled as he looked at the green stone. 

"Here." 

He tossed it to Justinian who caught it with his right hand. Justinian grinned as he brought the Time Stone to his left hand. He held the stone over his thumb before he released it causing the Stone to fall into place into the slot on the Boosted Gear. 

When that happened, Ddraig, Albion, and Justinian all groaned as the Time Stones, power flowed into their bodies and souls. Ddraig hugged himself before he licked his lips. 

"Damn, that feels good." 

Albion ran a hand through his hair with a grin of his own. 

"Not going lie, this does feel amazing." 

Justinian looked at his left hand which now had two of the 6 Infinity Stones. Already, he could feel his strength rising by the second. 

"2 down, four to go." 

After acquiring the Time Stone, Justinian didn't just leave directly for his next destination. The next stone he would get would be the Power Stone which was on the planet Morag in the Andromeda Galaxy. 

With the Power Stone, he would be able to fuel bigger uses of the Space and Time Stones. Since the Power Stone wasn't retrieved until 2014 by Star-Lord, he would get it first. 

As he was walking, Ddraig jumped up and landed on his massive shoulder. 

"Hey bro, wanted to ask you something?" 

Justinian glanced up at Ddraig. 

"What is it?" 

Ddraig jumped off before he spoke. 

"So after you get all six, and you use them to ascend the three of us to the next level, where do we go next?" 

"Back to DC, I will show Darkseid just how powerful I will be." 

As they were making their way out, they eventually ran into Remnosh, Corvus, and Konrad who were done with their slaughter. There was no one left alive, but now they were in the middle of looting every artifact and book they could get their hands on. 

Remnosh left the looting to her brother and Konrad before she moved closer to Justinian. Seeing her approach, both of them returned to their Sacred Gears. 

"Did you get it?" 

Justinian raised his left hand and showed her the Time Stone attached to his gauntlet. He reached up with his other hand and removed his helmet. It was better to see her eye to eye than behind his unfeeling helmet. 

"I did. Did you have fun my darling?" 

She smiled happily which was rather rare for her since she was usually so taciturn. 

"I did, with the Time Stone in your possession, are we going to leave for the next one? I will get the others and order a full retreat to our ships." 

Justinian shook his head as they were on Earth of the MCU. If he didn't plunder the massive amounts of Vibranium and other treasures, he would be a fool." 

"No. We are going to plunder this world for all it can offer. In the meantime, I will personally go retrieve the Third Stone." 

As they were talking, the rest of his wives after feeling his presence through their psychic bond teleported to his side. When Leona appeared she had a sorcerer impaled on her massive sword. 

She pushed the body of her blade, while Lauralina had a bloody face. Justinian could swear he saw her chewing. Magna teleported in among a swarm of floating books which she collected, while Sanguinia had her spear and sword on her shoulders. 

Justinian walked toward the still-chewing Lauralina. He leaned down and looked at her face which caused her to start burning up. She swallowed before smiling shily showing off her very bloody teeth. 

"Sorry." 

He chuckled as he patted her on the head. 

"Don't be, I think it's kind of cute." 

Hearing that made her smile. 

"Really?" 

Remnosh sighed. 

"Justinian, don't encourage her." 

Even Leona had to agree as she saw the thing happen. 

"I saw her do it. Ate the guy bite by bite. It was disgusting."

Magna nodded. 

"I second that opinion. It was nasty." 

Lauralina didn't even seem offended. 

"Hey, don't judge me, I can do what I want." 

Sanguinia just patted her on the shoulder with a sad look on her face. 

"We are judging you." 

From the looks her fellow wives gave her, they very much were judging. Justinian shrugged as he didn't mind it.

"No harm done by it so leave her alone. Regardless, I will return shortly. Remnosh, Leona, Magna, Sangunia, Lauralina, while I am gone you five are in charge of my force. Loot this place bare and bring the entire world to heel.

The five of them slammed their fists onto their chest plates before nodding. 

"Understood." 

With a smile, Justinian tapped his spear on the ground before he teleported to the world Morag. Once he claimed the third stone, he would be able to track down the Reality Stone which was currently in the form of the liquid Aether. 

The Mind Stone was with Thanos, while the Soul Stone was with Vormir. It still required the sacrifice of someone loved, but Justinian didn't have to be the one to sacrifice someone. He would manipulate some poor bastard to get it for him. 

With that, he would have all six Infinity Stones allowing him to supercharge himself to face the dangers of the DC Universe. 

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