13. Space Travel and the Hunt for Thanos

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            Oh, Tony, Thanos really did a number on you, didn't he?

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Oh, Tony, Thanos really did a number on you, didn't he?

We got Tony situated on a bed. Pepper wasn't leaving his side anytime soon. She could talk sense into him if he started on his rant again.

"Bruce gave him a sedative," said Rhodey. "He's gonna probably be out for the rest of the day."

"You guys take care of him," said Carol. "And I'll bring him a Xorrian Elixir when I come back."

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"To kill Thanos." Carol started walking off. Natasha, Steve, and I went after her.

"Hey, you know, we usually work as a team here, and between you and I, morale's a little fragile," Nat told her honestly.

"We realize up there is more your territory," Steve admitted, "but this is our fight too."

"You even know where he is?" asked Rhodey.

"I know people who might," said Carol.

"Don't bother." Behind Carol was Nebula, the blue woman who had helped Tony from the ship earlier. "I can tell you where Thanos is. Thanos spent a long time trying to perfect me. And when he worked, he talked about his great plan. Even disassembled, I wanted to please him. I'd ask 'where would we go once his plan was complete?'. His answer was always the same: 'To the Garden.'"

"That's cute," Rhodey deadpanned, "Thanos has a retirement plan."

"So where is he?" Todd asked Nebula.

"When Thanos snapped his fingers, Earth became ground zero for a power surge of ridiculously cosmic proportions," said Rocket. "No one's ever seen anything like it...until two days ago." A hologram of a planet appeared, with shock waves trembling throughout the surface. "On this planet."

"Thanos is there," Nebula confirmed.

"He used the stones again," Nat murmured.

"Hey, hey, hey," Bruce interrupted. "We'd be going in short-handed, you know."

"Look," said Rhodey, "he's still got the stones, so..."

"So let's get him," Carol insisted. "Use them to bring everyone back."

"Just like that?" I said incredulously.

"Yeah, just like that," said Steve. He exchanged a look with Carol.

"Even if there's a small chance that we can undo this...I mean, we owe it to everyone not in this room to try," said Nat.

"If we do this, how do we know it's gonna end any differently than it did before?" inquired Bruce.

"Because before you didn't have me," said Carol.

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