What if it was the opposite? Rewrite 2

It all began with this

On the Guardians'' ship.

"Gamora. Do you know if these grenades are the "blow off your junk" kind or the gas kind? 'Cause I was thinking I might hang a couple on my belt right here. But I don't want to-" Quill said.

"I need to ask a favor." Gamora said.

"Yeah, sure."

"One way or another, the path that we're on leads to Thanos."

"Which is what the grenades are for." he said. "I'm sorry. What's the favor?" he said and she silenced him with a look.

"If things go wrong... If Thanos gets me... I want you to promise me... you'll kill me."

"What?" he said confused.

"I know something he doesn't. If he finds out... The entire Universe could be at risk."

"What do you know?"

"If I tell you, you'd know, too."

"If it's so important, shouldn't I?"

"Only if you wanna die."

"Why does somebody always have to die in this scenario?"

"Just... trust me. And possibly, kill me."

"I mean, I'd like to. I really would..." he said and she silenced him by covering his mouth with her hand.

"Swear to me. Swear to me on your mother."

"Okay." he said and they kissed, until an odd crunching sound startled them.

Drax was standing in the corner.

"Dude! How long have you been standing there?" Quill asked.

"An hour." Drax said.

"An hour? Are you serious?"

"I've mastered the ability, of standing so incredibly still... That I've become invisible to the eye. Watch." Drax said and stood motionless until he ate more of his snack.

"You're eating a zark nut."

"But my movement... So slow... And it's imperceptible."

"No." Quill said and he and Gamora shook their head.

"I'm sure I'm invisible."

"Hi, Drax." Mantis said.

"Damn it." Drax said and they landed in Knowhere, searching of Thanos. "I'm reading movement. From the third quadrant."

"Yep. I'm picking that up, too." Quill said. "Let's put it down right here."

The group entered the Collector's collection room, which was in ruin. Thanos was threatening the Collector while the Guardians hid behind the rubble.

"Everyone in the Galaxy knows you'd sell your own brother if you thought it would add the slightest trinket to your pathetic collection. I know you have the Reality Stone. Giving it to me will spare you a great deal of suffering." Thanos said.

"I told you. I sold it. Why would I lie?" Collector said.

"I imagine it's like breathing for you."

"Like suicide."

"So you do understand. Not even you would surrender something so precious."

"I didn't know what it was."

"Then you're more of a fool than I took you for. Last chance, Tivan. Where's the Stone?"

"Today..." Drax said.

"Drax. Drax."

"...he pays for the deaths of my wife and daughter."

"Drax, wait! not yet, not yet, not yet. He doesn't have the Stone yet. We get it, and then we can stop him. We have to get the Stone first. Yeah."

"No. No. For Ovette. For Camaria."

"Sleep." Mantis said and Drax was knocked out, causing a ruckus.

"Okay. Gamora, Mantis, you go right. I'm..." he said and Gamora moved towards Thanos. "The other right!" she said and attacked him stabbing him twice, seemingly killing him.

"Why? Why you? Daughter..." Thanos said and fell down, holding his hand out to her, blood pooling out from his neck wound.

Then Gamora broke down in tears.

"That was quick." Quill said.

"Magnificent! Magnificent! Magnificent!" Collector said.

Suddenly, Thanos' disembodied voice filled the room, and the scene disappeared everything was leveled, and Thanos was more than alive. He has the Reality stone in the Infinity gauntlet.

"Is it sadness I sense in you, daughter? In my heart, I knew you still cared. But one ever knows for sure. Reality is often disappointing. That is, it was. Now... Reality can be whatever I want." he said.

"You knew I'd come." Gamora said.

"I counted on it. There's something we need to discuss, little one."

"Thanos!" Drax said.

With a flick of his hand, both Drax and Mantis were 'destroyed' in rather comical ways. Thanos grabbed Gamora.

"Let her go, Grimace!" Quill said.

"Peter..." Gamora said.

"I told you to go right."

"Now? Really?"

"You let her go!"

"Ah, the boyfriend." Thanos said.

"I like to think of myself more as a Titan-killing long term booty call. Let her go."

"Peter..." Gamora said.

"Or I'm gonna blow that nut-sack of a chin right off your face!"

"Not him." she said and he hesitates and didn't shoot. "You promised! You promised."

"Oh, daughter. You expect too much from him." Thanos said. "She's asked, hasn't she? Do it." he said to Quill and shoved her towards his gun, egging him on. "Do it!" he said and shoved Gamora towards Quill's gun egging him on.

"I told you to go right." Quill said and started tearing up.

"I love you, more than anything." Gamora said.

"I love you, too." he said and pulled the trigger but a stream of bubbles came out.

Thanos was playing him.

"I like you." Thanos said and teleported he and Gamora away as a stunned Quill watched as his friends recover from their 'deaths'.