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Doctor Strange and Madison helped Tony and Ben, now de-helmeted, to their feet; they were each panting a little from the exertion of arrival.
Tony asked Doctor Strange and Madison, "You two all right?" He panted. "That was close. Ben and I owe you two one."
Spider-Man and Nightwave descended from above in classically spider-like and bird-like fashion and the former said, "Let me just say, if aliens wind up implanting eggs in my chest or something, and I eat one of you, I'm sorry."
Nathan looked at his cousin and shook his head. "You are so weird."
Tony pointed at Peter. "I don't wanna hear another single pop culture out of you for the rest of the trip. You understand?"
"I'm trying to say that... something is coming, Peter said.
A grenade rolled into view, and Peter, Nathan, Ben, Madison, Doctor Strange and Tony got thrown well back when it fired its energy pulse. Star-Lord, Drax and Mantis appeared in the doorway.
Drax yelled, "THANOS!!!!" He flung a blade at Doctor Strange and Madison, who neatly deflected it with a mystical shield, and in return sent the Cloak of Levitation at Drax's face, half-smothering him and threw him to the floor. Star-Lord, Steel Iron and Iron Man had a brief dogfight until a magnetic disc pinned Iron Man face-first to a structure.
Peter and Nathan crawled backwards frantically from an anxious-looking Mantis as they cried, "AH! WHOAWHOAWHOAWHOAWHOA! PLEASE DON'T PUT YOUR EGGS IN ME!"
Spider-Man shot a web at Mantis in a panic, pinning arms to her body just before Star-Lord flew at him and Nathan feet-first, kicking them away.
"Stay down, clowns!" Quill ordered.
Star-Lord couldn't quite counter spider reflexes at first; he fired at Spider-Man, who extended his spider legs and leapt away, but an electric-like cord wrapped around Spider-Man and his six new legs when he tried to attack, sending him rolling across the deck.
Drax, struggling with the Cloak of Levitation, said, "Die, blanket of death!"
Iron Man and Steel Iron pulled free of the magnet; the Cloak pulled free of Drax as soon as Iron Man and Steel Iron had a bead on his opponent and a foot on his torso.
Star-Lord had Spider-Man in a head-lock, gun pointed at the boy's head.
Doctor Strange and Madison had a mystical shield of golden energy up, and stood ready at the third point of the triangle. Mantis had struggled to her feet behind Star-Lord, still covered with webbing.
"Everybody, stay where you are, chill the F out!" Quill ordered as he powered off his helmet and aimed at Tony and Ben. "I'm gonna ask you this one time. Where's Gamora?"
Tony de-helmeted and retorted, "Yeah, I'll do you one better. Who's Gamora?"
"I'll do you one better," Drax challenged. "Why is Gamora?"
"Tell me where the girl is, or I swear to you, I'm gonna French-fry this little freak," Quill said.
"Let's do it!" Tony shot back. "You shoot my guy, I blast him. Let's go!" He extended his nano-tech cannon, looking uncannily like an electric shark about to eat Drax's face.
"Do it, Quill!" Drax yelled. "I can take it."
"No, he can't take it!" Mantis cried.
Doctor Strange and Madison, completely deadpan, agreed, "She's right. You can't."
"Oh yeah?" Quill said. "You don't wanna tell me where she is? That's fine, I'll kill all three of you and beat it out of Thanos myself!" He said to Spider-Man, "Starting with you!"
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A Call to Arms
Hành độngA Mad Titan intends to wipe out half of the population and it's a race against time for the heroes to stop him. But not everything goes the way they hoped. He snaps, bringing victory for himself and defeat for an entire world. Everything looks to...
