Iron Lightning; Valuable [ II ] P. PARKER

XI. NOT ENOUGH PT. 1

CHAPTER ELEVEN
"not enough pt. 1"

Strange and Jade watched as Thanos walked out of a smoky blue portal with sparks floating around it. The portal disappeared behind him as he walked through it.

Jade took a deep breath, hoping she wasn't showing her nervousness. He was huge, bigger than she realized he would actually be. He was very different than when she saw him in her dream with Odin.

He looked directly at Jade and Stephen, a very small, but noticeable smirk grew on his lips. He broke eye contact with them and turned to look at the planet he once called home. Jade couldn't help but think it must've been his fault that it happened.

"Oh, yeah," Stephen broke the silence between them. Jade felt a shiver go down her back as Thanos looked towards them again. "You're much more of a "Thanos,""

Thanos didn't speak instantly, his eyes moved to look at his surroundings before saying, "I take it the Maw is dead,"

Stephen nodded his head and Jade crossed her arms in front of her chest, trying not to make direct eye contact with him.

"This day extracts a heavy toll," Thanos said, beginning to walk towards the two. Jade watched as his eyes darted towards Stephen's necklace with the time stone in it. "Still, he accomplished his mission."

He looked to Jade again and grinned, "It's so nice to finally meet you, Odindottir,"

The way he spoke to Jade made her feel sick. He said it with hate and it definitely felt evil to her. She felt her shoulders drop a little.

"You might regret that," Stephen spoke. "He brought you face-to-face with the Master of the Mystic Arts."

"And the goddess of Lightning," Jade growled towards him. She might be scared, but she wasn't going to back down.

"And where do you think he brought you?" Thanos asked, walking closer again.

"Let me guess? Your home," Stephen said.

Thanos stopped and placed a foot on top of a rock, leaning against it and smiled slightly, "It was," he said and lifted his gauntlet arm, activating the reality stone. Jade looked closely to see he now had four stones. "And it was beautiful."

The reality stone created a haze like image that made the worn and broken up planet look completely new. An opposite image of now Titan.

"Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, and not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution,"

"Genocide?" Stephen asked in disbelief.

"But at random, dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike. They called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass," he explained, turning off the reality and fading back into now Titan.