TITAN – THANOS' HOME WORLD
Rocket, Drax, Groot, and Mantis arrive on the ruined world of Titan. "What a dump…" Rocket says. Many of the buildings had been blown apart. There are a few Q-Ships still in their berths. The air is breathable, but there are no trees on the planet's surface. The sky flashes with thunder and lightening and the gravity is very light.
"What happened here…" Drax asks.
"I am Groot…"
"Even his people know the legend of the Mad Titan…He destroyed his own world and people; in his quest for perfection and power…Eventually he killed his own offspring to impress Death itself…"
"We should get ready for the arrival of these Earth Heroes…" Drax says.
"Right Mantis come with me…Groot and Drax set up a perimeter…"
"Who said you were in charge…"
"Whenever Peter or Gamora isn't here I am in command…"
"I should be in command…" Drax confidently says.
"I am Groot…"
"I agree…"
They argue for another hour failing to notice the arrival of the Q-Ship, "Um guys someone is coming…" Mantis says pointing.
IRON MAN
They land the ship in an empty berth and exit the ship, "Boss I am detecting four non-human life forms…One of them has DNA similar to that of a Raccoon…Two I cannot identify, but the last has the genetic makeup of a tree…" Friday says.
"Come out! Come out whoever you are…We come in peace unless you serve Thanos…" Spiderman says.
Rocket is the first to appear, "You must be the Agendas Earth's Mightiest Heroes…"
"We are the Avengers and who or what are you supposed to be…"
"Names Rocket Red Robot…" One by one; the other Guardians come out, "This is Groot…"
"I am Groot…"
"Nice to meet you too…" Spiderman says and gasps, "Oh my God I understand him…How is that possible…"
Tony looks at Spiderman, "Of course you understood him…He said I am Groot…"
Doctor Strange walks up to Groot, "It may sound like he said I am Groot, but he said it's nice to meet you…His language is repetitive because of his vocal abilities…It sounds like he is saying the same thing…" Strange looks at Peter, "You can understand him because of your abilities…"
"I am Drax the Destroyer…"
"Wow like Conan the Destroyer?"
"Who is this Conan?" Drax asks. "Has he destroyed many of Thanos' minions?"
"Never mind." Iron Man says looking at Spiderman.
"I am Mantis…"
"Iron Man and this is Spiderman and Doctor Strange…"
Rocket explains why they are on Titan, "We need a plan to stop Thanos…"
"Right he won't expect an attack on his home planet…"
They fail to notice that Doctor Strange flies up to a piece of debris and sits on it. He opens the Eye of Agamatto and beholds all possible outcomes of their fight with Thanos. "Excuse me but is the Doctor supposed to do that…" Mantis asks pointing.
They cautiously walk over to Strange, a green light is coming from the Time Stone and his body is phasing in and out of time while his head shakes from side to side and up and down at an incredible speed. He stops and looks at them, "What did you see…" Iron Man asks.
"I just witnessed every possible scenario in a fight with Thanos…"
"How many did you see?" Drax asks.
"Over fourteen million possible outcomes…"
"How many did we win?" Tony asks with a bit of dread and hope in his voice.
"There are only two possibilities where we can win…" Strange stands up, "Whatever we do we need to get the gauntlet off his hand…and this is how we are going to do that…"
THANOS' WARSHIP
Gamora stairs out the main view screen into space as a tear slides down her cheek. For years she had been free of him and now here she is back on this ship again. Her relationship with Thanos is a complicated one. She had seen adopted brothers and sisters come and go. Many died at Thanos' hand for failing him, others died in battle pitted against other siblings. Some of them Gamora herself had killed. "Nebula…" She whispers thinking about her sister.
A door opens somewhere and Thanos enters the throne room. She ignores him and walks toward the throne, "I hate this room…I hate that chair…"
"I have heard these words before little one…Of all my children you are my favorite…It was you I chose to sit on that throne after me…" He hands her a bowl of stew, "Here eat…It's your favorite…"
She snatches the bowl and throws it at the throne, "Why did you bring me here? Where is Peter?"
He walks past her and sits on the steps leading up to the throne, "Is this game you wish to play Little One?"
"I am not playing any games…I hate you! I want to kill you…"
"If you hate me so why did you weep on Nowhere…when you thought you had killed me?"
"I thought it was finally over and I was free of you…"
"We are never truly free are we…Someone or something has us bound in one way or another…Come with me child…" Reluctantly she follows him through the ship to a chamber where Peter is suspended in the air.
"Peter!" She rushes to him, but an energy field pushes her away from him, "Let him go!"
"I will…I like him…He completes you…and he reminds me of you, but first tell me…Where is the Soul Stone?"
She looks at him, "I don't know…"
Thanos shakes his head and strokes her hair, "Oh my daughter…I taught you many things…I taught you to be resourceful…Relentless…merciless…the greatest female warrior the Universe has ever seen…The one thing I did not teach you is to lie…That is why you are so terrible at it…Where is the Soul Stone?"
"I swear to you I don't know…"
"Fine!" He nods and the guard presses a button on the terminal. Peter screams in pain. Gamora looks away, but Thanos forces her to watch.
"D…o…n't…t…el…l…him…any…th…ing!"
"Brave words…"
"Stop it! Stop it…I'll tell you…" Gamora pleads in tears.
"Where is it?"
"Gamora no!" Peter says in a weakened voice.
"Vamar…The Planet Vamar…"
"Come my child we have a long way to go…"
NIDEVALLAR
Back on Nidevallar Thor, Eitri, Lady Sif, and Nebula work to restore the Star Doulyn. "You ready Asgardian?" Nebula says from the bridge of her ship.
"I am always ready Robot girl…"
Nebula sneers at being called a girl, "I'm a cyborg not a robot and its Cyborg Woman…One eye." She takes off with a chain attached to the ship and Thor holding the chain. They fly towards the star and Thor lands on the outer ring. As his feet drags the surface is ripped up and he stops on the ledge. With his feet caught on the seam Thor acts like an anchor to move the rings into place.
"Give it more thrust!" Thor says. Nebula boosts the power and the ice on the turn axis starts to shatter. The rings move into place crossing diagonally left and right up and across. There is a rumbling sound and the star comes to life in a huge blaze. A beam of energy fires from the star through the ring port towards the city Forge, but the port on the ring closes after a few seconds.
"Dam!"
"Now what?" Lady Sif asks
Thor sighs, "Now I hold it open manually…"
Dread comes over Lady Sif, because since they had reunited on Nidevaller they had connected in a way that Lady Sif had always hoped and now he was talking about holding open the port of Doulyn and taking the full blast of a star. "No there must be another way…" She pleads, "Thor don't do this…I love you…I have always loved you…"
"There is not! Listen to me Lady Sif…I am overjoyed to see you again…And I love you as well…But if I do not survive then I Thor son of Odin son Bor do hereby anoint thee and I name thee my wife and Queen of Asgard now receive the power of the Odin Force…"
A light shines on Lady Sif and her armor transforms. She is now wearing gold armor and a diadem of starlight. "Holy Shit!" Nebula says looking at her.
Eitri goes down to one knee, "My Queen…"
"You better come back to me…"
Thor gets into position and grabs the two handles for the port eye. He pulls with all his might and the port opens. Once again a beam from the star Doulyn fires through the port at Thor roasting him. He screams in pain as the City Forge powers up. "That's it you did it!" Eitri declares.
While Eitri works on the new weapon Thor floats away from the port and hits the ground making a crater. Sif runs up to his motionless body. Meanwhile Nebula lands the ship and joins her. "Is he dead…" Lightening sparks across his right hand; as Eitri places the handle into the mold and then drops it into water. Then he pulls it out and smashes the mold. The new war-axe floats into the air with arcs of lightening flowing from it and then it flies into Thor's hand. He stands up raising the war axe high as it amplifies his power.
The skies turn black all over Nidevallar and everywhere lightening strikes from the sky and the winds blow. With every crack of thunder the realm shakes. He lowers the weapon with a smile as Sif and Nebula join him. "Thank you my friend…And I swear your realm will be restored to its former flory…"
"Nebula I made this for you…" He gives her a blade. "And this is for you My Queen…" Eitri gives Sif a sword. Now he looks at Thor, "That war axe needs a name my King…"
"Storm Breaker or Udrin'Var…"
"Give Thanos my deepest regards my King…"
VAMAR
A portal opens to Thanos and Gamora on the surface of the planet. Whether or not it had been inhabited is unknown as there are no structures nearby or ruins to indicate that anyone had ever lived on the planet. There is an a eclipse in the sky and wet sand everywhere. In the distance there is a mountain. "That is where we must go…" Gamora says pointing.
"It better be there or your boyfriend will wish he had never been born…"
"He's not my boyfriend…"
"Oh Little One…You love him deny it all you want…"
"And what would you know of love?"
"More than you would guess…"
She grunts, "Oh I had forgotten…Your great courtship of the Mistress of Death…"
He stops and looks down on Gamora, "Be careful…You're my favorite daughter, but don't push me…" Gamora grunts and walks by him. They continue and walk up some steps that lead into the mountains. Soon they come upon a narrow doorway blocked by Uatu the Watcher. "Well of all the beings I thought would stand in my way you are truly the last I thought I would see…Uatu…It has been a long time…"
"Thanos!"
The two super beings stare at each other and Thanos finally flexes his gloved hand. All three stones start glowing, "Are you here to stop me…"
"I am a Watcher…My people observe and record we do not interfere…"
"Your vows didn't stop you the last time…" Thanos looks at Gamora, "Little One this is Uatu…Of all the Watchers he is the only one to ever break his vows…Because of him I lost the Infinity Stones long ago…"
"I am not here to fight Thanos…I am here to guide and observe…Of all the Infinity Stones the Soul Stone is unique…But to wield it one must make a sacrifice and I wanted to know are you willing to pay the price…"
"Why are you telling him this?" Gamora asks in anger.
"Because I am a Watcher my dear…Sometimes we offer advise and even give warnings…I stopped him the last time and here he is doing it again…I cannot and will not interfere…I just wanted to see with my eyes what he will do…"
"Then get out of my way you are wasting my time…" Uatu floats to the side and follows them up to the cliff of the mountain where two great obelisks stand. On the obelisks are glyphs in a language few in the Universe can read. Thanos is one of those few.
"What does it say?" Gamora asks looking at Uatu.
"It reads…To possess the Stone of Souls one must sacrifice a life for a life…A death for death…Give up that which you love the most…"
Gamora starts laughing, "Oh how I have dreamed of this moment…You will never possess all the Infinity Stones…You've lost, because you love nothing…" He turns to face Gamora with tears in his eyes, "Wow…This makes up for all the shit I have gone through with you…"
"He does not for himself…" Uatu warns.
Then Gamora realizes why Thanos is crying, he has always said that she is his favorite. She sneers, "This is not love…You are a liar!" She runs up to him and beats on his stomach, "Liar! Lair! You're a liar!" She hits him again and backs away. "You don't love me!" When he starts walking towards her Gamora tries to run, but the Space stone glows and holds her in place. "No!"
"I am sorry Little One…But I must have the Soul Stone…Even if it means your death…"