Bucky came upon the scene and hid behind a tombstone. Watching in despair seeing his family carried off, he desperately tried to come up with a plan to save them.
"Don't move."
A voice behind him commanded. Bucky froze in terror.
"I can help you get your friends out, but you're gonna have to trust me."
Bucky swallowed. "Seems I have no other choice..."
Carol was thrown in a cell roughly, but she bounced right back up to try to fight her way out. The door pushed her back, and she was shrouded in darkness, save for one window high up above that gave a little light. She crawled over to it, and stared.
When she lost track of time, the door opened up, and hid in the shadows.
Thanos entered calmly with a lantern and a plate of food.
"I thought you'd might be hungry..." He offered it to her.
Carol eyed it greedily, but immediately hid that longing, and slapped it out of his hand.
"Ungrateful as well..." Thanos sat the lantern down. "You are incredibly stubborn...and beautiful."
Carol did a double take. "Excuse me?"
"I hold a lot of power in this city...I have many riches and luxuries only a few here could ever hope to gain. I can provide you and your friends rehabilitation into society. Where they can thrive, and never have to worry about where their next meal is coming from..."
"I find that hard to believe..."
"I'm a reasonable man..." His calmness changed. "There's only one thing I want in return for my services..."
She was caught with her back pinned to the wall as Thanos had her shoulders held fast and their lips collided. For a horrifying moment, her nightmares had come true. She was trapped with the devil himself, and she was not strong enough to push him off of her.
So, she did the only thing she could do...she bit him.
Thanos jumped back in shock.
"You witch..." He slapped her face and she fell to the ground. "I have offered you what you have always wanted! What you have always dreamed of!" He pulled her back towards him by the hair as she cried in pain. "And this is how I am repaid?!" He pinned her against the wall again...this time, by her throat.
Carol coughed and sobbed. "Let...go...of me..." She tried to kick, but it did nothing. She was losing strength from already being exhausted and hungry for two days on the run.
"I'm giving you a choice, gypsy..." Thanos said threateningly. "You will choose me...or I will kill every last one of your friends and make you watch...starting with that retched Thor..."
"You're a monster..." She whispered...
He dropped her to the ground, and she scurried away like a rat into the corner.
"I will return, and you will give me the answer I want..."