Believer [Peter Parker]

42 - Time Stone

During the entire fight, Hannah was at Dr. Strange's side, trying to get him to get up.

"Finally," Hannah said. "Thanos is fighting Tony. Or was. I don't know. We need to help him."

"I need to give up the Time Stone," Dr. Strange said, as Hannah helped him get up.

"What? No!" Hannah protested. "You can't! You know what he'll do!"

"I know, but it's the only way," Dr. Strange said.

"What do you mean its the only way?" Hannah asked.

"If I don't give up the time stone," Dr. Strange said, "we will lose."

"Wait, you said there are fourteen million possibilities," Hannah remembered. "Does -

"It has everything to do it with the possibilities," Dr. Strange said.

"So if - if you give up the Time Stone... what will happen?"

"I can't tell you exactly," Dr. Strange said. "Just know that I need to give up the Time Stone. If I don't..."

Hannah sighed.

Dr. Strange began to walk.

"Did you see everything that happened?" 

"Yes," Dr. Strange said, looking back at Hannah.

"What will happened?"

"I can't tell you," Dr. Strange said. "Like I told you earlier, if I told you what happens, it will never happen."

Hannah sighed, disappointedly.

"I'm sorry, Hannah," Dr. Strange said. "What I saw, it has to happen."

"There has to be another way!" Hannah protested.

"There is no other way, Hannah," Dr. Strange said. "There's only one possibility of us winning. You need to trust me."

"I've only known you for a few hours!" Hannah said. "How do you expect me to trust you when I've known you for a few hours?"

"Hannah, please, you need to trust me," Dr. Strange said. "Giving up the time stone is the only way!"

Hannah sighed, frustratedly. 

She knew that Dr. Strange is right and she should trust him on this, but she's afraid. She's afraid of what will happen when he gives up the stone.

"Alright, fine!" Hannah gave in. "I'm trusting you!"

He nodded. 

Dr. Strange and Hannah revealed themselves to Thanos.

"Stop!" Dr. Strange said. "Spare his life... and I will give you the stone."

"No tricks, wizard," Thanos said.

Hannah stood next to Dr. Strange, wishing that they didn't have to go down this path, but they knew they need to.

Dr. Strange shook his head as Thanos pointed all four stones at him and Hannah instead.

"Don't..!" Tony said.

Strange reached up and plucked the Tome Stone out of it's hiding place among the stars. He opened his hands, the scars on his fingers and their inherent trembling particularly obvious now, and the Stone floated to Thanos's bare hand. Strange watched him intently, as he takes the Stone and dropped it into the thumb set. The energy pulse made the Titan wince.

"One to go," Thanos said. An energy blast hit the gauntlet right in the empty mind stone setting and Thanos grimaced in surprise.

Peter Quill screamed in incoherent rage, helmet up, firing with both hands and flying straight for Thanos. Thanos doesn't even bother to respond to the assault, he just left. Quill flew through where Thanos was and crashed, rolling several times.

Quill stood up and dehelmeted.

"Where is he?"

"Tony!" Hannah called. 

She ran to Tony as he stitched up his stab wound as well as he can with his suit functions; he has no breath for answers.

"Did we just lose?" Quill asked in fear.

"Why would you do that?" Tony asked Dr. Strange.

"We're in the Endgame now," Dr. Strange said.