Stephen watched Genesis sleep on the ground. Just by looking at her, all he could think of was Kaecilius. What was his plan? Was Genesis part of some plan to create a bridge for Thanos? Stephen felt as if he needed Wong more than ever. He muttered a small prayer for Wong, who was still on Earth. Stephen could only hope he was alright, protecting the Sanctum. He turned to the window when he saw them approaching their destination: Titan.
"Hey," he said, gently to Genesis. "Wake up, Gen."
Peter also stared out of the window and turned to Tony. "What's going on?"
"I think we're here," Stephen said as Genesis got to her feet.
"Kid, over here. Gotta move this thing," Tony said as he approached the large steering mechanism for the ship.
Genesis couldn't even look at Stephen. He understood, and held her hand. The ship wobbled and they all gasped, trying to keep their balance. Stephen flew up and Genesis called out to him. "What're you doing?"
"Looks like we have a rough landing coming," Stephen replied as he held his fingers in formation.
He summoned the Spell of Seraphim, causing the ship to slow down a bit and create a spherical shield around it. Genesis braced for impact as the ship made its landing. It ran through the terrain until it made a quick stop. The group gathered together as Tony glanced at Stephen who joined them on the ground. "You alright? I owe you one."
Stephen gave him a nod and stood by Genesis. "You okay?"
Peter hung form the ceiling upside down with his webbing and said, "Let me just say, if aliens wind up implanting eggs in my chest or something, and I end up eating you, I'm sorry."
Tony shook his head and pointed a finger at him. "I don't wanna hear another single pop culture out of you for the rest of the trip. You understand?"
Peter shook his head, quickly. "I'm trying to say something's coming."
Genesis grimaced. "What do you-"
A grenade rolled into their view and Stephen wrapped his cloak around Genesis as quickly as he could. It exploded, sending them all in different directions. Genesis landed hard on the ground as Stephen already lifted himself in the air. Another grenade went off as a large blue man came lunging at Stephen, yelling, "THANOS!"
Stephen stood in front of Genesis and deflected the man's large knife with his shields. The Cloak flew off Stephen's shoulders and onto the man's face. It smothered him to the ground as he gave muffled roars. Genesis quickly got up as she saw Peter get kicked in the chest by a human-looking being wearing a helmet with red eyes. She hurried over to him, but stopped when she saw a young woman appear before her. She had large black eyes and a pale face.
"Aaah!" Genesis cried as she stumbled back and onto the floor at the sight of, what appeared to be, antennas coming out of the woman's head.
The antennas seemed to call out to her as she felt drawn to them. Spiderman crawled over to her and tried to pull Genesis away from the woman. "Come on, hey! Wake up!"
He turned to the woman and cried, "Please don't plant your eggs in me!"
"Die, blanket of death!"
Genesis stared up at the ceiling as she felt her mind fill with what felt like billions of words. Her eyes were wide open. Peter shot webs around the bug-woman and she grunted aloud. Genesis sat up and gasped when she saw the bug-woman falling ontop of her. They both groaned and stared at each other.
"Everybody stay where you are. Chill the F out," the red-eyed man said as he removed his helmet.
He had Spiderman in a headlock and aimed a gun at his head. Genesis and the bug-woman turned when he spoke. "I'm gonna ask you this one time. Where's Gamora?"
Genesis felt the air being squeezed out of her as the woman remained on top of her. "Could you...get off of me..?"
"Do it! You shoot my guy, I shoot yours," Tony said as he stood above the blue man from before.
"Do it, Quill!I can take it!" he shouted.
The bug-woman cried out, worriedly, "No! He can't take it!"
Stephen shook his head and said, non-emotionally, "She's right. You can't."
The man with red eyes looked a bit young. He had a small beard, and caramel colored hair. Something about him resembled Thor, Genesis noticed.
He kept yelling. "Oh yeah? You don't wanna tell me where she is? Fine, I'll kill all four of you and beat it out of Thanos myself!"
Stephen grimaced and spoke up. "Wait, what? Thanos? Alright, let me ask you this one time: What master do you serve?"
The bearded man looked offended and disgusted. His face wrinkled. "What master do I serve? What am I supposed to say? Jesus?"
Genesis tried to sit up. "You're from Earth, right?"
"I'm not from Earth. I'm from Missouri!"
The bug-woman looked Genesis in the eye and said, "You seem anxious. You can barely breathe."
"Maybe because you're on top of me," Genesis panted.
"Oh," the woman said as she tried to roll off of her.
"I'm here to kill Thanos. He stole my girlfriend. Wait, who are you?" the bearded man asked.
Spiderman removed his helmet, nervously and replied, "We're the Avengers, man."
The bug-woman lifted her head up, happily. "You're the ones Thor told us about!"
Genesis blinked and sat up. "You know Thor?"
Stephen was already at Genesis' side and asked, "Where is he now?"
"Nivadellir," the bug-woman said, finally standing up.
Genesis and Strange removed the webbing and freed her. She smiled widely. "Thank you!"
Stephen put a hand on Genesis' shoulder and wanted to pull her away from the odd-looking young woman. She resembled some sort of bug to him. "What's...excuse me..what..are you?"
The woman smiled again. "I am Mantis! I was raised by the Priests of Pama. And you are?"
The two stared at her and slowly introduced themselves. "I'm Genesis and this is Stephen. We come from..Earth."
The bearded man stepped between them, clearing his throat. "Star Lord, pleasure to meet fellow Earthians."
Genesis chuckled. "Star Lord? That's really your name?"
"Peter Quill, if that makes you chill out," Star Lord sighed.
Stephen rolled his eyes and stood next to Genesis. "We're on Titan. One of Thanos' goons was heading here, on this ship, so it's only a matter of time before Thanos gets here."
Tony spoke up. "He's right. We need to head out and plan. Let's move."
Spiderman followed after Tony while Quill and his crew remained behind. Stephen shook his head at that, motioning for Genesis to head out.