Nebula helps Tony into Quill’s chair. Tony slumps, completely still. Nebula gives him his privacy.
Move in on Tony’s face as...
A LIGHT SLOWLY GROWS BRIGHTER.
Soon, the entire flight deck glows as bright as a sun.
Nebula appears from the galley, shading her eyes.
Tony’s
eyelids flutter. Finally, he opens them to see...
CAPTAIN MARVEL (CAROL DANVERS) hovering in space.
INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, BATHROOM - NIGHT
STEVE ROGERS shaves.
He studies himself in the mirror, exhausted. He’s about to
tap his razor in the sink’s standing water, when...
THE WATER RIPPLES. Steve stares a beat, puzzled. Then the
lamp catches his eye...SWAYING GENTLY.
Just then, a sound roars overhead. Steve turns...
EXT. AVENGERS COMPOUND - NIGHT
THE MOON HANGS HUGE OVER THE EARTH.
Then the silhouette of
THE BENATAR races past, propelled by CAROL DANVERS.
Below...STEVE ROGERS, BRUCE BANNER, AND NATASHA ROMANOV watch a flying woman guide the ship to the ground.
Behind them, PEPPER POTTS walks up to the group.
TIME CUT:
Steve races up as NEBULA helps Tony down the ramp.
TONY
I couldn’t stop him.
STEVE
Neither could we.
TONY
I lost the kid.
STEVE
(unable to say it all)
We...lost...
TONY
Is Pepper...?�
JUST THEN, PEPPER POTTS THROWS HERSELF INTO TONY’S ARMS.
PEPPER POTTS
Stay here, you stay right here
TONY
I’m not going anywhere.
NEARBY, NEBULA watches the sad humans.
ROCKET SITS BESIDE HER, GRATEFUL.
She rests a hand on his furry head.
INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, WORKSHOP - DAY
RHODEY, TONY, STEVE, NATASHA, AND CAROL watch...
A HOLO-DISPLAY ROTATING THROUGH FACES OF PEOPLE WE’VE LOST:
WANDA. VISION. BUCKY. T’CHALLA. MARIA HILL.
RHODEY
It’s been twenty-three days since
Thanos came to Earth.
TONY, weak, sits in a hi-tech wheelchair, IV dripping into
his arm. He stares, taking in the loss:
SAM WILSON. SECRETARY ROSS. SHARON CARTER. SCOTT LANG.
HOPE VAN DYNE. HANK PYM. NICK FURY.
At Fury, Carol bites back emotion.
NATASHA
World governments are in pieces, as
you can imagine. But the parts
that still work are trying to take
a census. It looks like he did
what he said he was going to do.
JANE FOSTER. ERIK SELVIG. WONG. DR. STRANGE. THE BARTON
FAMILY. QUILL. DRAX. MANTIS. GROOT. PETER PARKER.
Finally, Tony looks away.
RHODEY turns it off.
NATASHA (CONT'D)
Thanos wiped out fifty percent of
all the living creatures on Earth.
CAROL DANVERS
Not just Earth.
RHODEY
You sure about that?�
CAROL DANVERS
You never have to ask me that.
TONY
Where is he now?
STEVE
We don’t know. He just opened a
portal and walked through.
Tony looks out to see...THOR on the patio.
TONY
What’s his deal?
ROCKET (O.S.)
He’s pissed.
Tony turns to see Rocket for the first time.
ROCKET (CONT'D)
He thinks he failed. Which, of
course, he did. But there’s a lot
of that going around, ain’t there?
TONY
Until this second, I literally
thought you were a Build-a-Bear.
STEVE
We’ve been hunting Thanos for three
weeks - deep space scans,
satellites - we got nothing. Tony,
you fought him
TONY
Who told you that? I didn’t fight
him, he wiped my face with a planet
while a Bleecker Street magician
gave away the store. There was no
fight because he’s not beatable.
STEVE
Did he give you anything to go on?
Clues, coordinates
Tony stares, lost, barely acknowledging Steve.
TONY
I saw this coming, few years back.
Didn’t wanna believe. I thought I
was dreaming...�
STEVE
Tony, I need you to focus
TONY
And I needed you, as in past tense.
That trumps what you need. It’s
too late, buddy. You know what I
need?
Tony turns to everyone, slightly unstable.
TONY (CONT'D)
I need a shave and a burger, not a
bowl of soup.
(stands)
And I believe I remember telling
all of you, alive and otherwise,
that we needed a suit of armor
around the world, whether it
impacted our precious freedoms or
not
STEVE
But that didn’t work out, did it?
TONY
I said we’d lose, you said we’d “do
that together, too.” Guess what,
Cap, we lost, and you weren’t
there. But that’s what we do,
right? Our best work after the
fact? We’re the “Avengers”, not
the “Pre-vengers-”
RHODEY
Tony, take it easy...
TONY
I’ve got nothing for ya, Cap. No
coordinates, no clues, no
strategies, no options. Zero, zip,
nada. No trust.
(rips out RT)
Here. You take this. You find
him, you put this on, and hide.
(drops to his knees)
I’m fine!
Tony COLLAPSES.
Rhodey catches him.�
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Avengers Endgame (The Mad Titan).
FanfictionAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos's actions and undo the cha...
