Hi again! This chapter is basically about fixing Thanos and make him closer to how he was in Infinity War than what Endgame ended up doing.
Please enjoy!
Black' Victor Cachat: Writing ships really isn't my thing, BUT tell me what ideas you have and I'll see what I can do.
Thanos was busy at his "Garden" when he had another vision inside The Soul Stone.
"What?" Thanos asked himself confused.
He saw that same archway he did the day he snapped his fingers and culled half the universe.
He walked over to it and saw Gamora standing there with her back turned.
Only this time it wasn't child Gamora he "saved" but the Gamora he raised and then betrayed him.
"Daughter?" Asked a somber Thanos to Gamora whose back was still turned.
Gamora turned around and faced Thanos with her eyes full of disgust for the man she once called father.
"Are you finally happy?"Asked a distraught Gamora.
"I…I did what was necessary. The hardest choices require the strongest wills." Thanos said with a hint of regret in his voice.
"You call wiping out half of all life, mercy? No, you're the same as you've always been." Countered Gamora.
"You don't understand! The universe has finally been set right! I've brought peace and order to trillions and yet you still lecture me from beyond the grave!" Thanos exclaimed frustrated Gamora who still didn't understand.
"You may mask your true intentions, but I know what you really are. You kill, torture, ruin lives and call yourself a hero?" Asked a sarcastic Gamora.
"I am one, even if the rest of the universe will never see it that way." Thanos smugly replied.
"Or maybe you're really just trying to cover for the fact your ancestors called you a madman and rejected your proposal to "save" Titan. Isn't that what this was all about, anyway? You unable to accept what happened to you and your obsession with proving to your long dead ancestors that you were right and they were wrong." Gamora said knowing this was a sensitive subject for him.
"That has nothing to do with any of this!" Thanos screamed in anger and denial. "I am merely showing the universe there is only one means of survival and I have given them that." Thanos righteously said.
"I can hear it your voice. You know you are still haunted and affected by your past. You take your anger and bitterness out on others disguised as some "savior"." Gamora mockingly told Thanos.
"You know nothing, Little One." Thanos replied with his old name for Gamora.
"No you're the one who knows nothing!" Screamed Gamora. "Even now, your plans are coming apart. You think no one will oppose you?" Asked Gamora to Thanos.
"No one would dare stand against me now. Not after I've given the universe a second chance." Replied an ignorant Thanos.
"You say that now, but despite what you think, you don't know everything." Gamora countered. "Even as we speak, there are still those that will oppose and stop you. You think killing the ones they care about the most won't motivate them to stop you?" Gamora asked to a thinking Thanos.
"They won't because in time they will come to terms with what I did and accept why and be grateful." Thanos replied as ignorant as ever.
"I see you still fail to see that your actions have consequences. You may act smug now, but you will get what you deserve." Gamora said to Thanos.
"Yes, recognition for my actions would be a good change." Thanos proudly said.
"Ha, no. Know this that your destiny is to lose. You may have won the battle, but you won't win the war. As we speak, real heroes are already planning your demise and will undo what you have done. And I look forward to that day." Gamora said as the vision was beginning to end.
"We shall see, Little One, we shall see." Thanos replied as the vision ended and he woke up in his hut breathing heavily.
Gamora couldn't be right. Who would want to undo what he had done?
Surely those Avengers couldn't. They didn't know where he was now. But then again, his other daughter, Nebula might know where he was.
But she was stranded on Titan and even if she made it off with Stark, they would run out of fuel in their ship in no time.
Ah, Stark.
The only mortal to even draw a drop of blood from him.
Even before that, Stark had proven formidable.
It was because of Stark that his invasion of earth failed six years ago.
It should have been easy for the Asgardian god and the Chitauri to take the planet, but it was the actions of Stark, four other mortals, and the Asgardian god's brother that stopped them that day.
Ever since then, he had been hoping to meet these mortals, these Avengers for some time.
When he finally did, it's almost if there were more of them.
And to his surprise, they actually could put up a fight.
Even so, he still won and now the universe should be grateful.
But what if Gamora was actually right?
They didn't seem like they would give up that easily.
Just look at that Captain Marvel woman. She had been a nuisance for almost twenty five years now, but he has always assumed someone else would take care of her.
Even during Ronin's pathetic rants to him, he more than once mentioned her and how he had been obsessed with killing her ever since she had him and his fleet running scared from C-53.
Ronin mentioned she was empowered by an Infinity Stone which made her hard to challenge and wanted to find some way to match her.
It may even explain why the foolish boy was so intent on getting The Power Stone now that he thought about.
But even she would realize it time the wonders of his work, that is if she wasn't culled as well.
But what if she didn't?
What if The Avengers decided to counterattack?
What if Nebula found a way tell them where he was?
The Asgardian would have killed him with his ax had he gone for the head, after all.
No, he needed to be ready in case they found a way to them.
If that meant getting out of retirement for a time, then so be it.
After making up his mind, Thanos walked out of his hut and got his armor off his scarecrow and put it back on. He then went back to his hut and picked up his double bladed sword he had the dwarves make for him as well. Thanos also had them make another gauntlet for him and put the Stones in that one and took off the old one and put the new one on.
He would use the Stones to create an illusion to bring them here. They would likely detect the energy signature and would come here in some misguided attempt to stop him and undo what he had done.
Though to be fair, since they were part of the non-culled half, he would give them one warning to stay out of his way and accept the goodness of his actions.
After all, Thanos was very generous.
Now he just had to wait.
Hope everyone liked that! Thanos won't be be acting like an idiot or getting killed off so easy in this story FYI.