Chapter 10

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Strange: Oh yeah, you're much more of a Thanos.
Thanos: I take it the Maw is dead. This day extracts a heavy toll. Still, he accomplished his mission.
Strange: You may regret that. He brought you face-to-face with the Master of the Mystic Arts.
Thanos: And where do you think he brought you? (Star-Lord and Amanda are near by behind wreckage with their weapons ready, and Spiderman is above the structure where Strange sits.

Strange: Let me guess. Your home?
Thanos: (Smiling reminiscently) It was. And it was beautiful. (Thanos uses the Reality Stone to show Strange Titan before it was destroyed) Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, and not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution.
Strange: Genocide.
Thanos: But at random, dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike. They called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass. (The illusion fades into the true state of Titan)
Strange: Congratulations. You're a prophet.
Thanos: I'm a survivor.
Strange: Who wants to murder trillions.
Thanos: With all six stones, I could simply snap my fingers, and they would all cease to exist. I call that...Mercy.
Strange: And then what?

Thanos: I finally rest...And watch the sun rise on a grateful universe. The hardest choices require the strongest wills.
Strange: I think you'll find our will (Using his hand motions) equal to yours.
Thanos: Our? (He looks up in time to a see a chunk of wreckage coming down on him, and tries to use the Power to stop, but is too late)
Iron Man: (Flying in) Piece of cake, Quill.
Quill: (Flying in from the other side) Yeah, if your goal was to piss him off.Amanda stay hidden and don't come out, understand?
Amanda:[nods her head]
(The wreckage on top of Thanos erupts, the pieces glowing with purple. He shouts as he uses the Power Stone to force the pieces at Iron Man. Spiderman webs his eyes, and swings in the kick him in the face. Then Strange summons a blade, but Thanos stops it with his hand, and tears the web from his eyes. He advances on Strange, and kicks him just as Strange summons a shield, absorbing the force of his blow, but knocking him back. Star-Lord shoots Thanos from behind, and Thanos uses the Power Stone to shoot balls on energy at Star-Lord while he advances by the steps Strange formed in the air, and places a electric mine on his back. He turns to Quill, as he disengages his helmet, dives backward into a portal, flipping him off.)
Quill: Boom!
(Thanos tries to use the Space Stone to pull Quill back)
Strange: (To the Cloak of Levitation) Do not let him close his fist.
(The Cloak closes around Thanos' fist, and the mine on his back goes off. Spiderman appears on his right from a portal)
Spider-Man: Magic. (He kicks him in the head) More magic.
(He then leaps into another portal. As Thanos tries to recover, he appears through another portal behind him)
Spider-Man: Magic with a kick! (He kicks him again in the head with his right leg)
(Finally, he appears on his right)
Spider-Man: Magic with a-
(Before he can finish Thanos turns, grabbing him from the air, and throwing him to the ground, with his hand around his neck.)

Thanos: Insect! (He then throws him, about to use the gauntlet, but is interrupted by an explosion caused by Iron Man shooting a missile at him.Amanda watches in fear while hiding from Thanos like her father said. As the flames blind Thanos, Spiderman attaches a web to him, and strains against it. Thanos pulls Spiderman toward him and punches him, he then looks up as a ship crashes beside him, and Nebula jumps in front of him)
Thanos: Well, well.
Nebula: You should have killed me.
Thanos: It would've been a waste of parts!
Nebula: [she runs at Thanos, attacking him with her sword] Where's Gamora?!
[Strange uses the Space Stone to case her aside, flailing. Strange forms energy ropes that grapple onto the gauntlet. Thanos tries to pull it free, as Star-Lord shoots a electric magnet onto the ground beside him, holding down his other hand. Spiderman swings in, and makes a string of web, holding him back, enabling his spider legs to anchor himself, as Strange opens a portal above Thanos out of which drops Mantis, who lands on his shoulders, her hands on his temples. He screams as she tries to put him under]

Iron Man: [while pulling on the gauntlet] Is he under? Don't let up.

Mantis: [starting to cry] Be quick.... He is very strong!

Iron Man: Parker, help! Get over here. [Parker withdraws his web, and hurries to help Tony with the gauntlet] She can't hold him much longer. Let's go. We gotta open his fingers to get it off!

[Quill lands, then joins with the others with Amanda who comes out of hiding and runs to him]
Quill:I thought you'd be harder to catch. For the record, this was my plan. Not so strong now, huh? Where's Gamora?
Thanos: ... My... Gamora...?
Star-Lord:No bullshit! Where is she?
Mantis: [shocked] He is in anguish!
Star-Lord: Good.
Mantis: [crying] He... he... he mourns!
Drax: What does this monster have to mourn?!
Nebula: [she suddenly understands in horror what Thanos has done with...] Gamora.
[Quill and Amanda both looked at Nebula]
Quill: ... What?
Nebula: He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone...but she didn't.
Amanda:*gasp*No...NO!!
[Amanda began to cry while hugging Nebula, who hugged her back with her hand rubbing her head]
Amanda:*sobbing* No...Mom..
Nebula:Shh...I'm sorry...
Iron Man: Okay, Quill, you gotta cool it right now, understand?
[Quill slowly turns to Thanos]
Iron Man: Don't, don't, don't engage, we've almost got this off!
Quill: Tell me she's lying. [enraged] ASSHOLE!!! Tell me you didn't do it!!
Thanos: I... had... to.
[while Quill was starting to tear up; quietly] Quill:No, you didn't... No, you didn't... [he continues to rage and then proceeds to pistol-whipping Thanos in the face] NO, YOU DIDN'T!!!
Drax:QUILL!!!
[Quill uses his gun to pound Thanos in the face twice. Iron Man goes to hold him back, as Peter Parker is left to pull off the gauntlet]
Amanda:Dad!
Iron Man: [to the struggling Quill] Hey, stop! Hey, stop! Stop! Hey, stop! Stop!
Amanda:Dad, stop!
Spider-Man: It's coming! It's coming! I got it! I got it...!!
[But Thanos wakes, butting Mantis from his shoulders, and grabbing the cuff of the gauntlet just as it is sliding off his hand, causing Parker to stumble back, and Mantis to go flying]
Amanda:Peter! Catch her!
Spider-Man: [seeing Mantis flying] Oh, God! [he jumps and hugs her, extending his spider legs which give them a safe landing]
[Strange summons a weapon, and Thanos uses the Space Stone to throw him away. Then, Iron Man shoots at him, but Thanos bats him down, and uses the Space Stone to pull down the surface of a moon. Stark tries to fly away, but a large chunk pins him down]

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