Avengers: Zero to Infinity

Chapter 4

Vision and Wanda turned around when they saw a portal being created in their room. They were standing beside the window, holding each other as if they were about to kiss. Strange, Thor, Loki, Bruce, Brunnhilde, Steve, Natasha, Sam, Tony, and Clint walked through the portal and came in contact with the couple.

Vision hesitated, but then he opened his mouth. "What are you all doing here?"

"Vision," Steve began. "We need your help, and we need Wanda's as well."

"Huh?" Wanda questioned. "What is it?"

"There's a massacre that's going to happen in a few days." said Steve. "We are going to be invaded by the mad titan, Thanos."

"Thanos?" Wanda continued asking. "Who's Thanos?"

"Who the stone was warning me about." Vision spoke. "He's a titan, trying to collect the infinity stones. And once he does that, he's going to erase half of the universe with one snap of his fingers."

"Then if that's the case, he needs to be stopped immediately." Wanda said. "Why would he need to destroy half of the universe?"

"Can... can we... can we not?" interrupted Tony. "I've heard that story like a thousand times already. Are you people going to explain the story to every single hero we interact with? How about we just explain the story as soon as we gather everyone?"

"Fair enough." Strange added.

"You could've said it in a better way." Steve said, glaring at the moody Tony. "We are trying to save the universe here. Are you seriously still sullen about what happened two years ago?"

"Well, I wasn't the one who tried to defend a murderer, right?" Tony argued back.

"Bucky isn't a murderer. Don't you ever dare call him that again. You understand Loki and Clint when they were mind-controlled, but you can't understand Bucky?"

"He killed my parents."

"Against his own will. And for one thing, if I had listened to the corrupted government right then and there, this formation of a team never would've happened, and Thanos would've destroyed half of life by now!"

"Enough!" shouted Brunnhilde.

A tense aura was surrounding both Tony and Steve, trapping them in between words of ire and hostility. Brunnhilde's shout broke that aura, though, providing them a passageway to the real world. The two heroes who once referred to each other as friends, though still holding venom in their hearts, took the passageway knowing that fighting wouldn't solve anything.

"The universe is at stake, so why are the both of you arguing?!" Brunnhilde continued. "Is this how Midgardians act like?"

"Not all Midgardians." Thor spoke, blushing as he thought of Jane Foster.

"So... what you're saying is that..." Wanda began. "You need us in order to defeat this mad titan?"

"Exactly." Strange said. "And one more thing, Vision, your life is at stake. Thanos and his children are targetting you for having the Mind Stone. Please be safe."

"Don't worry." Vision spoke. "I'll bear it in mind."

"Pfft..." Wanda slightly chuckled at the joke that Vision unintentionally made.

Strange could see that things were going through the correct road. Once these people are aware of Thanos, they'd be prepared for him. Just like with what happened at the Statesman, people are able to defeat Thanos once they become prepared for his invasion. For some reason, Strange couldn't wait to see Thanos' reaction to his defeat again.