"Anthony? Anthony!" He felt hands hovering over him, and a sticky fluid running down his face. "Stay with me...wake up, please..."

Steve cried in relief as he saw tired, dark eyes open in pain...

"Steve? You're ok..."

Steve faked a smile. "I'm fine...where's Carol?"

His eyes widened. "I...I don't know, she ran and hid probably, I-"

"It's alright, Thor's gone after her, but you need to lie still..." Tearing the bottom of his top off, he applied pressure to the wound.

Anthony hissed. "This tower just gets harder by the day..."

He started to get up, but Steve kept a hand gently pressing down. "Anthony, please...haven't you been through enough? I'll go help, and-"

"Steve, no..." He found another urge to get up and besides being a little dizzy, he was fine. "I promise, I'm fine..."

A scream made their stomachs drop as fear overcame them, and without anymore arguing, they went after it.

Carol tripped over some rope, and could feel his presence over her in an instant. Thanos grabbed her before she could make it outside to the moonlight, dragging her back into the dark.

"Make a sound, and I'll make him wish he were dead..."

She fought for a second, then froze, not wanting to risk Thor's life.

"Thanos!"

They could hear his calls, sprinting feet approaching. Doors opened...then creaked, as they were passed by...

Thor listened to bells ringing faintly. Going up into the sea of songs, he stopped each one with his hand, cursing the fact that he still could not see anything up here. A grunt of pain had his attention...

"Carol?!" Running outside, he finally found them.

"One more step..." Thanos backed away with Carol held firmly against him. "No more surprises this time...it's just us..."

"Wouldn't have it any other way..." Thor was stopped by a wave of delirium, then looked down at his stomach. Blood covered his hands as he examined his wound for the first time since Thanos left Steve and himself in the woods.

"Looks like you're running out of time...why don't you rest, and we'll just be on our way?"

"Not a chance..." Thor ripped his cape off completely and tied it tightly around his waist to stop the bleeding. "Now, let her go..."

Carol whined as Thanos pushed her by her neck over the balcony.

"Are you sure that's what you want me to do?"

Thor saw Steve sneak up behind them with some rope, nodding his head once. He did not want to do it, but trusted Steve had a plan.

"No, what I want you to do...is to go to hell..."

Thanos leaned back an inch, loosening his grip on Carol ever so slightly. Her feet firmly planted on the ground, she ducked as Thor rammed Thanos away from her and Steve caught her as Thanos pushed her off the edge.

"Steve?!" She grabbed their joined hands with her other, terrified of the ground down below.

Steve strained as one arm was stretched out holding her and the other gripping onto the rope for dear life. Using strength he did not know he had, he curled his lower arm up, and Carol was eventually able wrap around his shoulders.

Crying out in pain, he huffed and puffed.

"Steve? Steve..." She said.

He was losing consciousness, or he was just so exhausted, his body was shutting down.

Thanos pinned Thor to the ground, punching him from the left and from the right.

He rolled them both over, and was able to stand up, but Thanos knocked him over, and before they fell Thor grabbed onto the railing with both hands. He was straining because Thanos was holding onto his legs.

"If I'm going to hell, you're coming with me!"

Thor felt a new pair of hands on his, and he looked up to see Anthony.

"Don't you dare let go!" Anthony yelled.

"The same for you!" Thor tried to kick and Thanos dropped to his ankles.

Seeing Steve and Carol floundering to climb up, he started to swing their way, causing Thor more pain. Thanos jumped and held onto the building, and made himself face them.

"It's over, gypsies...you cannot win...I will never stop hunting you down." A piece of stone broke from Thanos' weight and he fell a few feet. Lucky for him, he began to climb up onto the surface, but something made him scream in terror as he fell backwards and was shot down to the earth.

"Steve...hold on...it's over!" Carol started to swing themselves, but could not get any momentum without fear of letting go.

"Anthony! Come on!"

Anthony gave one last burst of energy and gave Thor what he needed to reach up and make it to safety. They flew over to Steve and Carol, and pulled them up as well.

Steve fell to his knees and Anthony kept him from falling onto his face. Heavy breathing and tired eyes were the only signs of life he got, but he was alright.

"Carol?" Thor checked her over, and found she was hunched over in pain. Her shoulder had been dislocated from Thanos. "I'm so sorry...I'm so sorry..." He prepared himself, holding her arm out... "Forgive me..." She screamed in pain once more and sobbed as he wrapped her in his arms, and kept apologizing over and over.

No one knew how long they stayed their comforting each other, tending to the other's wounds and fears, but they never left that balcony until the sun rose.