Elisa picked up the glowing Gauntlet. She could feel the power, the raw, unadulterated power flowing through it. She hesitated for a long moment, and gulped in fright.
"Please let this be the right decision..." she said softly. She pulled the Infinity Gauntlet on over her hand.
And screamed.
The glove immediately resized itself, fitting tightly against her hand. Elisa's all-too-mortal mind felt the full force of her senses expanding to the cosmic level. She became aware of all minds in the universe, everywhere, all at once. Trillions upon trillions of alien voices filled her head. Her body bulged and swelled, lifting off from the world as she grew larger and larger, her mass expanding in response to the infinite power flowing into her. She could feel the souls of every living thing in the universe, their hopes, their dreams, their fears, their hatreds, all of it filling her. She could see the past, her own family history, Xanatos as a child, the day Goliath was hatched. She could see an infinite amount of possible futures, Goliath and her having a child, Goliath and her breaking up, Goliath killing Demona once and for all, Goliath and Demona and herself in a threesome... She could see all the possibilities, all that might have happened in another reality. She saw herself staying as a gargoyle after the Mirror incident, she saw Goliath staying a human after that incident. She saw Demona injuring Puck before he could change everyone back, causing him to leave in a huff. She saw herself as Xanatos's wife. She saw herself as a member of the Pack, as sadistic and crazy as Hyena herself. She saw herself as a mutate, she saw all of New York as mutates. She became aware of everything in existence, her senses expanding to encompass the whole of the universe. She felt as if she could go anywhere she wanted, just by wishing it.
She became AWARE.
And that awareness was destroying her, her mind becoming lost to the power flowing through her.
Goliath, she thought.
She held onto that thought, repeating Goliath's name over and over again. And slowly, she became sane once more. She opened her eyes... and gasped.
She was huge. She could literally hold the world in her hands. She felt powerful, stronger than ever before. She looked down at herself, smiling a little. She had become a living starscape, her body like a miniature universe now. Her hand still bore the Gauntlet, which she smiled at warmly. This was beyond incredible. She had no mortal words to describe how wonderful she felt.
Looking down at the Earth, she saw that her ascension had caused massive damage. "That won't do," Elisa said softly, her voice echoing. She held out her gauntleted hand... and simply willed the damage away. Everything was as it was before her ascension. No deaths, no destruction. Everyone was fine.
"Incredible..." Elisa said, looking at her hands again. "Such power..." She felt...
She felt godlike.