Earth's observatories screamed with alerts. The Avengers, watching via satellite, froze.
"He… punched out a god?" Banner's glasses slipped.
Thor's beard trembled. "By Father…"
Deep Space
Galactus stabilized, his chest's gaping hole healing visibly. He glared at James. "Who are you? Why obstruct the cosmic balance's keeper?"
James crossed his arms. "You're trying to eat my home, and you ask why?"
"I must feed!" Galactus's voice shook space. "It's my cosmic mandate!"
As tensions peaked, Boom! Space tore open, revealing a golden figure radiating cosmic runes—Arishem, the Celestial.
"Galactus," Arishem's voice echoed. "Leave. Earth is the Celestials' testing ground, birthing our kin."
Galactus hesitated, stepping back. "Arishem."
James laughed. "Seriously? One wants dinner, the other wants a nursery. Ask Earth's opinion?"
Arishem loomed over James. "Lower lifeforms have no say—"
Bang! James teleported, his gem-powered fist cracking Arishem's faceplate. "Who's lower life?"
Arishem staggered, armor fractured. James aimed left at Galactus, right at Arishem, gems splitting into twin torrents. "Let's take this to a black hole."
Whoosh! Space folded, two micro-singularities dragging both gods into a black hole cage.
Black Hole Dimension
No light, no time, only chaotic gravity. Arishem roared, "You dare cage gods?!"
Galactus, weakened by hunger, grew menacing. "Here, rules don't bind us!"
James hovered, gems blazing. "Mistake? This is your grave."
Arishem struck, his palm radiating planet-crushing force. James countered, fist meeting palm, tearing spacetime. Galactus unleashed an energy torrent. James's Reality Gem turned it to pink bubbles.
"What?!" Galactus gaped.
"Your hunger's useless," James said, punching him into the gravitational vortex. Arishem's judgment beam fired; James's gems deflected it, collapsing the cage.
Galactus swelled, a dark abyss swallowing light. Arishem summoned a judgment sword. "Cosmic law: erasure!"
James unleashed all six gems. "Let's see who's the real god!"
Boom! The cage shattered, dimensions collapsing and reforming under gem power. Only James's Kryptonian physique withstood the gems' backlash; Thanos would've been drained instantly. The stronger the user, the greater the gems' power, but James maxed their potential.
The dimension fractured. Galactus, dimmed by hunger, raged. Arishem's armor cracked, golden energy leaking. "You defy Celestial majesty!"
James smirked. "You're just tough foes." He vanished, fist piercing Arishem's chest. Splatter! Golden blood sprayed. "Impossible!"
"See ya," James said, purple light exploding, disintegrating Arishem into golden particles.
Galactus, terrified, fled through a dimensional rift. "Madman!"
James pursued but was blocked by collapsing spacetime. "Tch, fast runner." His Space Gem stabilized the dimension, and he stepped back to Earth's orbit.
Earth
James overlooked the blue planet. "Done."
The black hole vanished, the universe silent.
Avengers Compound
The team stared at the satellite feed, petrified. "It's over?" Peter quavered.
Tony gaped. "He… erased two cosmic gods?"
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