Long ago, when the Shining Lord ruled the multiverse and all was peaceful, a child was born to the ruler of Heaven. He was a beautiful child, smart and kind, with a streak of wild recklessness his father called bravery. His name was Moon, Prince of Heaven.

As he grew, Moon learned the ways of the diplomat and the warrior, finding strength and power in both the spoken word and the blade. But his true passion lay with the forge his father had given him. With his magic, arms bared and sweating under the heat, he formed each bright star and set them hanging like jewels in the multiverse. There was one other thing that the Moon Prince was more passionate about than the forge.

A young soldier who went by the name of Sun, one of many soldiers tasked with defending the borders of the multiverse from the darkness and also a powerful warrior.

They shared everything as they worked. The Prince claimed he never wanted any of his stuck up siblings or the whiny brats to meet the Soldier, but he spent days talking about each and every one of them. The Soldier told his prince about all his favorite places, and the fragile mortals that meant so much to him, painting a picture of a lonely, gentle genius with too much potential and so much strength.

Every moment of free time the Moon Prince had, he spent with his best friend, and the time he spent with his family was spent missing him. It didn't matter that the entire multiverse was all in a tizzy about a grand event, the wedding of the Dawn Bringer, a beautiful princess who set the solar cycles of the planets and the patron goddess of the green people who called themselves the Zen-Whoberi. When the Prince should have been swept up in go picking out outfits, all he could think about was what the Sun Soldier was doing without him.

His brothers and sisters knew something was wrong by the moony look their eldest sibling kept sporting and the way he didn't chase them all away when they followed him everywhere or tugged at his robes for attention, which came to a conclusion.

"Moon is in looooooove." They chanted as he finally swatted them away. "Who is it? Moon likes somebody."

"Nobody, go away." The Moon Prince made the scariest faces he could to shoo them away, but his siblings just laughed, too used to his moods to be afraid.

"You should invite them to the Dawn Bringer's wedding."

"Yeah! It's going to be beautiful, she's been planning it for a hundred years!"

One girl came up, eyes wide in awe as she cuddled up to her big brother. "They say that her betrothed is powerful and rich, but we've never seen him."

"Oh, and I suppose you lot have been following the Dawn Bringer around looking for her fiance, him?"

"Yeah!" "Of course." "Duuuuh." The little girl cheered and the Prince sighed. They'd all be lucky if the Dawn Bringer didn't send an Abilisk to swallow them all up if she ever caught them spying.

"Just stay out of his way, you know the Dawn Bringer has a temper." He warned, but the little kids just stuck their tongues out and danced around him in circles. Would Sun like to come to a wedding with him? The Moon Prince had never really thought about bringing him down to his home. Going up to the Sun Soldier's domains, he felt like a different person. He wasn't a failure, he was the eldest son of the ruler of Heaven. People thought he was important and more than that, the Soldier liked him.

Maybe more than liked him.

He'd never had a best friend before, but he had fallen into the Sun Soldier's life like he was a missing piece. It was shocking how well they fit, laughing together, playing tricks and pranks, challenging each other with stupid dares. Even when the Soldier was shy or reluctant, the Prince could always coax him into trouble that more often than not resulted in them running for their immortal lives, chased by angry spirits or annoyed imps.

But all his worries flew out the window when he found his best friend sitting outside. The Prince launched himself at him.

"Why the long face, buddy?" he asked. "I could see you frowning all the way across the galaxies." The Sun Soldier just wept, burying his face in the Moon Prince's shoulder. After so many centuries of being alone, he'd finally found someone who loved him for what he was, caring for his flaws and celebrating his triumphs. A friend, something more than a friend. A partner. A love. An equal. His face scrunched, losing his composure and sobbing as the Prince tried desperately to sooth him. "I can't be with you anymore, I promised to marry the Dawn Bringer."

"Her?" He jerked back, eyes wide in shock. The wedding, the celebration. The Dawn Bringer had been planning the event for a century and was going to marry a powerful Celestial with many mortal worshipers and, and…it was the Sun Soldier?

It was him?

"I should have told you, I just didn't want to lose you." He sniffed and rubbed his face on his arm.

"How could you marry her? How did this happen?!" The Moon Prince paced back and forth with his hands in his hair, trying to make sense of the world. The Sun Soldier was so kind and caring, he was gentle, he loved too much. He was brilliantly smart and funny. He was lonely, how could he have ever met the Dawn Bringer? It wasn't possible, this was just some kind of joke. He looked at the Soldier, silently pleading with him to deny it.

The Guardians came in earlier than I thought, so I'll have to include them in this chapter.

Tony(Shining Lord), Steve(Fire Star Warrior), Ronan(Moon Prince), Star-Lord(Sun Soldier) and Ultron(Ion, the god of blood, flame and destruction) are the only ones reincarnated into this age, and everything that happened in the Celestial Kingdom are merely coincidences.

Here's a short explanation of how Ultron can be the reincarnation of Ion:
Remember, in Age Of Ultron, that little snippet where Tony's failed experiment integrated itself successfully to the Ultron program? It was because the Fates have decided the spirit of Ion shall inhabit that program, at least, in this AU.

Ebony Maw walked towards the controls of the ship, Strange's unconscious body floating face-down behind him, and prepared to leave Earth's atmosphere, Tony hot on his tail. "Unlock 17-A." the billionaire ordered his assistant. FRIDAY immediately responded by launching a pod from the Avengers Mansion and shooting it towards the accelerating circular ship, somehow it caught Leyenar with it...or did she hitch-hike onto the pod? "Pete, you gotta let go. I'm gonna catch you." said Tony.

"But you said save the wizard!" yelled Peter, then took off his mask. "I can't breathe!"

"You're too high up. You're running out of air." Tony told him.

"That makes sense." replied the boy, then passed out due to lack of oxygen. Suddenly, a pod jumped out of nowhere, catching him mid-air. And then Peter was enveloped in a shiny new suit. Now being able to breathe, Peter landed on a bottom part of the ship, standing up heroically. "Mr. Stark, it smells like a new car in here!" he said.

"Happy trails, kid. FRIDAY, send him home." Tony said. A large parachute extended from the new suit, snatching Spider-Man free of the ship's hull and him spiraling back to Earth.

"Oh, c'mon!" yelled Peter.

Tony latched onto the hull and cuts a hole to board the ship, looking for wherever Strange and Ebony Maw went. That was when FRIDAY came in. "Boss, incoming call from Miss Potts."

Pepper sounded heavily worried. "Tony? Oh, my God. Are you all right? What's going on?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just think we might have to push our 8:30 res."

"Why?" Pepper asked.

Tony looked around the ship. "Just 'cause I'll...probably not make it back for a while."

"Tell me you're not on that ship." said Pepper.

"Yeah." replied Tony.

"God, no. Please tell me you're not on that ship." Pepper wailed.

"Honey, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I don't know what to say." Tony apologized.

"Come back here, Tony. I swear to God…"

"Pep..."

"Come back here right now! Come back!"

"No, he won't. Not in a million years. If he does return, then he'll surely deliver a rocket punch to that pudgy face of yours." said Leyenar, suddenly cutting in.

"What the...Wait, I recognize you." said Pepper, hearing the familiar voice.

"He might be your boyfriend, but he's Captain America's lover, and to top it all, he's an Avenger. He's got a planet to save, and a childhood hero to reunite with."

Now Pepper was furious. Not only her man was with that girl, he was now letting her take over. "You slutty, nasty, bossy high-maintenance—" she cursed, only to be cut short by Tony.

"Now what did I say about that big mouth of yours?" he said before Pepper could say anything racial. "I will come back, and, true to the director's words, I will surely deliver a rocket punch to your pudgy face." And, with that, the connection was shut off.

Meanwhile, Peter Parker is revealed to have managed to shoot a web to the outside of the ship, foiling his parachute, and clambers inside a slowly-closing chamber. "Oh, my god! I should have remained inside that bus..." he said. Ebony Maw, hands engaged in the ship's steering mechanism, accelerated into hyperspace.

Back at New York, Bruce found Tony's flip-phone in the debris on the street and picked it up thoughtfully. Wong opened up a portal back to the Sanctum. "Where you going?" asked Bruce.

"The Time Stone and the director's been taken. The Sanctum remains unguarded. What will you do?" Wong asked back.

"I'm gonna make a call." said Bruce. Wong nodded in understanding and closed the portal, not to be seen again for the rest of this arc. Bruce held Steve Rogers' cell phone and made a call.

Rubberband Man-The Spinners

Hand me down my walkin' cane,

Hand me down my hat,

Hurry now and don't be late,

'Cause we ain't got time to chat.

You and me we're goin' out,

To catch the latest sound,

Guaranteed to blow your mind,

So high you won't come down,

Hey ya'll prepare yourself for the rubberband man.

You've never heard a sound,

Like the rubberband man,

You're bound to lose control,

When the rubberband starts to jam.

Oh boy, this dude is outta sight!

Everything he does seems to come out right,

Once I went to hear them play,

At a club outside of town,

I was so surprised,

I was hypnotized,

By the sound this cat put down.

When I saw this short fat guy,

Stretch a band between his toes,

Hey, I laughed so hard,

'Cause the man got down,

When he finally reached his goal,

Hey ya'll prepare yourself for the rubberband man.

You've never heard a sound,

Like the rubberband man,

You're bound to lose control,

When the rubberband starts to jam.

Got that rubber band,

Up on his toes,

And then he wriggled it up,

All around his nose,

Guaranteed to blow your mind.

Playin' all that music, yet keepin' time,

Where in the world did he learn that, oh Lord?

Lord, help him get away,

Hey ya'll prepare yourself for the rubberband man.

You've never heard a sound,

Like the rubberband man,

You're bound to lose control,

When the rubberband starts to jam.

Rubberband man, rubberband man,

How much of this stuff do he think we can stand?

So much rhythm, grace, and debonair for one man,

And then he had the nerve to wiggle his left toe,

Went to his knee, got the feelin' in his head, y'all,

Oh, come on baby,

Hey ya'll prepare yourself for the rubberband man,

You've never heard a sound,

Like the rubberband man,

You're bound to lose control,

When the rubberband starts to jam.

Rubberband man starts to jam,

Moving up and down 'cross the land,

Got the people all in his wake,

Everything probably seems outta place

Just move it, just move, move, move it, just,

Rubberband, rubberband man,

Just move it, just move, move, move it, just,

Rubberband, rubberband man,

Get down, oh, get down low.

Star-Lord, Earth name Peter Jason Quill, was chair-dancing. He seemed to have completely forgotten about his lover, Ronan The Accuser, when he returned to Planet Hala, the Kree home world, to take care of business. "Sing it, Drax!" cried Star-Lord.

Drax, of course, was snoring with his mouth open from his seat in front of Star-Lord. Gamora lip-synched with the song along with Star-Lord. Actually, the "Rubberband Man" song was a distress signal.

Rocket Raccoon yawned. "Why are we doing this again?"

"It's a distress signal, Rocket. Someone could be dying." said an annoyed Gamora.

"I get that, but why are we doing it?" asked Rocket.

"'Cause we're nice. And maybe whoever it is will give us a little cheddar cheese for our help." said Star-Lord.

Gamora waved her index finger at Star-Lord. "Which isn't the point."

"Which isn't the point... I mean… If he doesn't pony up..." Star-Lord began.

"We'll take his ship." Drax finished.

"ZIGACKLY!" yelled Rocket.

"B-b-b-bingo!" Star-Lord chimed in.

Gamora looked up at Star-Lord in concern. He returned her look and grimaced a "don't worry about it" expression at her.

"All right, Guardians. Don't forget, this might be dangerous, so let's put on our mean faces." said Star-Lord. Groot rolled his eyes as Mantis made a snarl. Groot's handheld Terran-vintage video game beeped. "Groot, put that thing away. Now. I don't wanna tell you again." The game continued beeping. "Groot." said Star-Lord.

"I am Groot!" the plant said in a mocking tone.

"Whoa!" Star-Lord gasped.

"Language!" said Rocket.

"Hey!" said Gamora. Drax wowed.

"You got some acorns on you, kid." said Star-Lord.

"Ever since you got a little sap, you're a total d-hole. Keep it up, and I'm gonna smash that thing to pieces!" Rocket warned. Groot rolled his eyes. The Benatar decelerated, and Thanos's devastation suddenly covered the Guardians' field of view, revealing the distress signal to be the one from the Asgardian vessel at the beginning of the movie. Bodies were seen floating dead in space along with the pieces of the shredded ship.

"What happened?" asked Mantis.

"Looks like we're not getting paid." Rocket told her.

With a thump, Thor's body got plastered to the hull of the ship. "Wipers! Wipers! Get it off!" yelled Rocket, shaking his hands wildly. Thor's remaining eye opened, and everybody gasped.

"How the hell is this dude still alive?" asked Star-Lord.

"He is not a dude. You're a dude. This...This is a man. A handsome, muscular man." said Drax, awe in his voice.

Star-Lord felt a little dented. "I'm muscular."

"Who are you kidding, Quill? You're one sandwich away from fat." said Rocket.

"Yeah, right." Star-Lord admitted.

"It's true. You have gained a little weight…" said Drax, motioning to Star-Lord's chest and belly. Gamora left Star-Lord's side at Thor's right, and circled around the foot of the table.

"What? Gamora, do you think I'm…" Star-Lord began, but was interrupted by Mantis.

"He is anxious. Angry. He feels tremendous loss and guilt." said Mantis, referring to Thor.

"It's like a pirate had a baby with an angel." said Drax.

"Wow. This is a real wake-up call for me. Okay. I'm gonna get a Bowflex. I'm gonna commit. I'm gonna get some dumbbells." Star-Lord grumbled.

"You know you can't eat dumbbells, right?" Rocket told him.

Gamora reached out and and picked up Thor's left arm, stroking his triceps. "It's like his muscles are made of Cotati metal fibers."

"Stop massaging his muscles." Star-Lord said snidely, then told Mantis "Wake him up." Mantis did so.

Thor awakened, sat up violently and threw himself off the table to stumble a few steps away, then turned to see his hosts all pointing their weapons of choice at him; Groot is still playing his game. "Who the hell are you guys?" asked Thor.

LATER...

"The entire time I knew Thanos, he only ever had one goal:To bring balance to the Universe by wiping out half of all life. He used to kill people planet by planet, massacre by massacre..." said Gamora.

"Including my own." Drax added.

"If he gets all six Infinity Stones, he can do it with the snap of his fingers, like this." Gamora said as she snapped her fingers.

"You seem to know a great deal about Thanos." said Thor.

"Gamora...is the daughter of Thanos." Drax told him.

Thor stood up and yelled, "Your father killed my brother!"

"Oh, boy. Adoptive father. Technically, she hates him as much as you do." said Star-Lord, and Thor calmed down instantly.

"Families can be tough." said Thor. Before my father died, he told me I had a half-sister...that he imprisoned in Hel. Then she returned home, and stabbed me in the eye, so...I had to kill her. It's life, isn't it, I guess. Goes round and round and...I feel your pain."

Star-Lord glared at Thor's hand on Gamora's shoulder, on the verge of full snarl, and moved around her to push between her and Thor. "And I feel your pain, as well. I mean it's not a competition, but I've been through a lot. My father killed my mother, then I had to kill my father. And that was hard. Probably even harder than having to kill a sister. Plus, I, came out of it with both of my eyes—"

Thor wasn't listening, and stared at the soup spoon in his hands. "I need a hammer, not a spoon…" He attempted to fiddle with machinery. "How do I open this thing? Is there some sort of a four-digit code maybe… Maybe a birth date or something…"

"What are you doing?" asked Star-Lord.

"Taking your pod." replied Thor.

"No, you're not!" said Star-Lord, then he began faking Thor's voice. "You'll not, be taking our pod today, sir."

"Quill. Are you making your voice deeper?" asked Rocket.

"Absolutely...NOT!" replied the Terran.

"You are. You're imitating the god-man. It's weird." said Drax.

"No, I'm not." Star-Lord retaliated.

Mantis gasped. "He just did it again!"

"This is my voice!" yelled Star-Lord.

"Are you mocking me?" asked Thor.

"Are you mocking me?" Star-Lord repeated.

"Stop it. You did it again." said Thor.

"He's trying to copy me." said Star-Lord.

"That's enough! We need to stop Thanos. Which means we need to find out where he's going next." said Gamora.

"Knowhere." said Thor.

"He must be going somewhere." said Mantis.

"No. Knowhere? It's a place. We've been there. It sucks." said Star-Lord. Suddenly, he noticed Thor rummaging through their food stores. "Excuse me, that's our food."

"Not anymore." said Thor.

"Thor…Why would he go to Knowhere?" asked Gamora.

"Because for years, the Reality Stone has been safely stored, there with a man we call the Collector." Thor replied.

"If it's with the Collector, then it's not safe. Only an idiot would give that man a stone." Star-Lord insisted.

"Or a genius." said Thor.

"How do you know he's not going for one of the other Stones?" asked Gamora.

"There's six stones out there." said Thor as he finished rummaging. "Thanos already has the Power Stone because he stole it last week, when he decimated Xandar. He stole the Space Stone from me when he destroyed my ship and slaughtered half my people. The Time and Mind Stones are safe on Earth. They're with the Avengers."

"The Avengers?" asked Star-Lord. "I heard about them from Director Leyenar, but..."

"They're Earth's Mightiest Heroes." said Thor. "Of course, the director can go on for ages bragging about 'em, and..."

"Like Kevin Bacon?" Mantis cut in.

"Oh, well, Leyenar would say, "What? Kevin Bacon? He's nothing compared to the Avengers!", and as for the Soul Stone, well, no one's ever seen that. No one even knows where it is. Therefore, Thanos can't get it. Therefore, he's going to Knowhere. Hence, he'll be getting the Reality Stone. You're welcome."

"Then we have to go to Knowhere now." said Gamora.

"Wrong! Where we have to go, is Nidavellir." said Thor.

"That's a made up word." said Drax.

"All words are made up." said Thor.

"Hold up, Nidavellir is real?" asked Rocket as he clambered up the table. "Seriously? I mean, that place is a legend. They make the most powerful, horrific weapons to ever torment the Universe. I would very much like to go there, please."

"The rabbit is correct, and clearly the smartest among you." said Thor.

"Rabbit?" asked Rocket.

"Only Eitri the dwarf king can make me the weapon I need." said Thor. "I assume you're the captain, sir?" he asked Rocket.

"You're very perceptive." bragged Rocket.

"You seem like a noble leader. Will you join me on my quest to Nidavellir?" asked Thor.

"Lemme just ask the captain. Oh, wait a second, it's me! Yeah, I'll go." said Rocket.

"Wonderful." said Thor.

"Except for that I'm the captain." said Star-Lord, and he knew that Leyenar would say "you're right" if she was here.

"Quiet!" boomed Thor.

"That's my backpack." grumbled Star-Lord.

"Go sit down." Rocket ordered.

"Look, this is my ship. And I'm not goin' to…" Star-Lord paused mid-sentence, then said "Wait, what kind of weapon are we talking about here?"

"The Thanos killing kind." Thor replied.

"Don't you think that we should all have a weapon like that?" asked Star-Lord, and he knew that Leyenar would agree with him if she was here.

"No. You simply lack the strength to wield them. Your bodies will crumble as your minds collapse into the madness." said Thor.

"Is it weird that I wanna do it even more now?" asked Rocket.

"A little bit. Yeah." said Thor.

"If we don't go to Knowhere and Thanos retrieves another stone, he'll be too powerful to stop." said Gamora.

"He already is." said Thor.

"I got it figured out. We got two ships, and a large assortment of morons. So me and Groot will go with the pirate-angel here, and the morons will go to Knowhere to try and stop Thanos. Cool? Cool." Rocket insisted.

"So cool." grinned Thor.

"For the record…I know that you're only going with him because it's where Thanos isn't." Star-Lord told Rocket.

"You know, Quill, you shouldn't talk that way to your captain, Quill." said Rocket. "Come on, Groot. Put that game down, you'll rot your brain."

"I bid you farewell and good luck, morons. Bye." said Thor.

The Guardians nodded or waved farewell as Thor, Rocket and Groot departed. Meanwhile, Carol Danvers, watching them from afar, murmured "Don't you dare interfere unless told otherwise, report immediately to the Director and the Supreme Accuser when you notice romantic interactions between Star-Lord and Gamora. Keep a safe distance."

Scotland

"Viz? Is it the stone again?" asked Wanda, noticing Vision in pain.

"It's as if it's speaking to me." replied Vision, in disguise.

"What does it say?" asked Wanda.

"I don't...I don't know. But something..." The stone trilled again and Vision flinched. Wanda took his face in her hands. Vision turned his head so he can kiss her left palm, then pressed Wanda's hand to the Mind Stone. "Tell me what you feel." he said to her. Wanda gestured, her hand emanating her red swirling energy. She seemed confused.

"I just feel you." she said, and they kissed.

LATER...

"So there's a 10 AM to Glasgow to give us more time together before you went back." said Wanda.

"What if I miss that train?" asked Vision.

"There is an 11." Wanda told him.

"What if I missed all the trains? What if this time, I didn't go back?"

"You gave Stark your word." said Wanda.

"I'd rather give it to you."

"There are people who are expecting me too, you know. We both made promises."

"Not to each other." said Vision. "Wanda… For two years, we've stolen these moments, trying to see if this could work. And...I don't know. You know what, I'm just gonna speak for myself. I, I...I think..."

"It works."

"It works." he repeated.

"Then stay. Stay with me." Vision pleaded. Wanda looked down, but then her eyes and attention drifted to her left.

"Or not. If I'm overstepping…" said Vision, suddenly sounding very uncertain. Wanda stepped over to get a better view of the TV in the kebab shop at which they had stopped, drawing Vision with her. It showed coverage of the invasion of New York, the alien antagonists, and the disappearance of Tony Stark.

"What are they?" asked Wanda, sounding fearful.

"What the stone was warning me about." He kissed her hand. "I have to go."

"No, Vision. Vision, if that's true…Then maybe going isn't the best idea." Wanda pleaded, then suddenly Corvus Glaive appeared behind Vision, stabbing him through the back. Vision screamed, loses his disguise to return to his green, red and gold appearance, and got thrown down into the street. Wanda, enraged, circled her hands, gathering up energy for a counterattack when Proxima Midnight blasted her from behind, knocking Wanda across the street and through a bistro's window.

Corvus Glaive pinned Vision down and dug the point of his high-tech glaive into Vision's forehead in an attempt to extract the Mind Stone. Wanda commited her own surprise attack, blasts both of the aliens away, then lifted Vision and herself into a nearby courtyard, from where Wanda drags him to rest in a concealed alleyway. "The blade. It stopped me from phasing." Vision said.

"Is that even possible?" asked Wanda.

"It isn't supposed to be." Suddenly, Vision's voice distorted electronically. "My systems are failing." Wanda used her magic to knit his wound back together. Vision continued in a gasping, wry tone, "I'm beginning to think...we should have stayed in bed."

Corvus Glaive suddenly arrived, knocking Wanda aside and grabbing Vision into the air. "Viz!" yelled Wanda, and Corvus flied away with Vision, slamming him against several walls. Meanwhile, Proxima engaged Wanda with her staff weapon and they, too, began to fight.

"Give up the Stone, and she lives." Corvus told Vision, who flew with Corvus to the roof of what appears to be a church, ricocheting off the stone church tower and onto the metal-clad roof. Simultaneously, Proxima and Wanda fought below, staff weapon versus magic energy hands until Proxima used the blaster effect of her weapon to knock Wanda meters away, stunning her as Proxima leaped down, brandishing her weapon within bare inches of Wanda's face, only held back by Wanda's powers. Furiously, Vision pummeled Corvus, then threw him across the roof, firing a beam from the Mind Stone. Corvus used his glaive to deflect the beam, splitting it into several beams, cutting up Edinburgh's ancient stone like butter, until one branch finally reflected back at Vision, slamming him into the wall behind him. Down below, Wanda has blocked Proxima's staff once again when she heard an agonized cry from Vision. Desperation strengthened her to throw Proxima through the burning lorry sliced in half by the split Stone beam, stunning the alien. Wanda then flew up to the roof where Glaive has pinned Vision and is again attempting to remove the Mind Stone.

"Hands off." she insisted.

Wanda cast a bolt of magic which threw Corvus back through the wall and down a shaft, then flew the two of them away again. Proxima, who has recovered, shot a bolt from her weapon, causing them to fall from the air and down through the roof of Edinburgh Waverley Train Station. Wanda crawled over to Vision, who cannot muster the strength to stand. "Come on. Come on. Come on, you gotta get up. You gotta get up. Come on. Hey. Hey. We have to go." said Wanda.

"Please. Please leave." Vision pleaded.

"You asked me to stay...I'm staying." Wanda replied.

"Please."

"Get up."

Behind them, Proxima and Corvus crashed through the roof and advanced on them, brandishing their weapons. Wanda moved protectively in front of Vision, building power in her hands. An express train passed behind Wanda, and Proxima cocked her head as if aware of another's presence. Confused, Wanda also turned and looked over her left shoulder. As the last train car passes, we see a silhouette on the far side of the platform. Proxima threw her weapon at the shadowy figure, but it is deftly caught just before the figure steps from the shadows. It turned out to be a bearded and furious Captain America. Vision and Wanda looked hopeful and relieved. While all parties are distracted, Falcon swooped in and kicks Proxima across the platform and through the closed cafe's security gate and furniture. Swooping around, he fired on Corvus. At the same time, Captain America threw Proxima's weapon to Black Widow who engaged Corvus, ducking under his swing, stabbing him in the gut and executing a flying kick to knock him backwards. Proxima, who has rushed back to the fight, summonec her weapon back to her hand and attacked Black Widow. Captain America leaped forward, rolled, scooped up Corvus's dropped glaive and held her off. Black Widow joined in with her own escrima sticks. While the three are fighting, Falcon returned and again kicked Proxima backwards; she scuttled over to the prone Corvus. Falcon drew both of his Steyr SPP submachine pistols on the couple.

"Get up." Proxima hissed.

"I can't." Corvus groaned.

"We don't wanna kill you. But we will." Nat said coolly.

"You'll never get the chance again." Proxima retaliated. Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive departed as they are beamed up. The glaive is snatched from Cap's hand as well.

"Can you stand?" Sam asked Vision.

"Thank you, Captain." Vision told Steve.

"Let's get you on the jet." Steve replied.

"I thought we had a deal. Stay close, check in. Don't take any chances." said Nat.

"I'm sorry. We just wanted time." Wanda apologized.

"Where to, Cap?" asked Sam.

"Home." Steve said.