—A few years before "The Decimation"—

The Avengers were hiding in a small warehouse, not far away from the place they escaped. They had managed to set up a small interrogation room and quarters for them to stay. They set up some comfortable beds from worn-out couches that were stored outside. In the same room, there was a metal table with two chairs. They used one of Clint's rope arrows to tie Loki to the chair.

Steve and Scott were watching Thor interrogate Loki. Tony and Bruce were in the bed area, going through the crate he managed to steal. Natasha and Clint were having a conversation while they were watching for any intruders.

Thor removed the mask from Loki's face, "You may speak now, brother."

"Well if it isn't a Skrull." Loki chuckled at the fact there were two Thors.

"A Skrull?" Thor chuckled, "I am in no form a Skrull. Skrulls could only access the recent memory of a person. I hope you're aware that a Skrull does not have enough time to shave his hair, forge a new weapon, have his eye slashed, and get a prisoner off a heavily-guarded ship."

"Of course, with the help of the Skrull Avengers." Loki laughed at Steve who was behind them, "What are you called? The Secret Avengers?"

"When was the last time we did 'Get Help'?" Thor asked.

"I don't know what you mean Skrull. What is that combination of words?"

"It's where we act like you're dying and we throw your lifeless body towards the enemy." Thor smiled. Scott was able to let out a chuckle.

"So you are Thor, but hail from another timeline." Loki nodded, "Seems like you're still arrogant, brother."

"I'm not here for games Loki." Thor reminded, "After the creation of the universe, when was the last time the stones were close together."

"And why would I tell you that, brother. You might as well ask Father for he was the one who tried to combine them in the first place."

"I wasn't asking for facts, I was asking for an answer." Thor angrily said.

"I'm sure Stark has some torture materials inside his little cart." Steve said.

"Alright, alright." Loki gulped. "After the creation of the universe, the Infinity Stones settled on Blackworld. The Rigellians still lived there by the time but it was destroyed after someone tried to combine the stones together."

"And it wasn't that hard, wasn't it?" Thor stood up and walked over to Tony.

Steve and Scott moves away from Loki which left him on the chair, still tied up.

"So, what's our next move?" Scott asked Steve.

"Wherever that Blackworld is. We need all the Infinity Stones." Steve said, walking over to the three in the corner.

Tony and Bruce were building a brand new Iron Man suit which could hold all the Infinity Stones. Thor explained to them their next move.

"What about Loki? We can't just leave him here." Steve said.

"We bring him back to S.H.I.E.L.D." Tony answered.

"We drop him off at the Helicarrier and we travel to Blackworld's time." Bruce nodded, "We get those and Infinity Stones and bolt out of there."

"Seems good. We leave in a few hours." Steve commanded. "And get that suit done."

—Present—

Carol was hovering at the top of the skies, waiting for another attack to happen. Rhodey was standing on top of the old Avengers Tower to find a route to take them out quicker. Rocket and Nebula were still beside the time device.

There were rumblings in the skies and Carol knew the portals would open. It was all over her, the rumblings and cracks in the skies were being evident.

Suddenly, multiple portals appeared beside her and worms came out of each. Carol crossed her arms and released the stance to shoot photon blasts around her. The worms were being held back and exploded as it reached the other end of the portal. The portals closed and Carol smiled.

"They tried to enter, but they couldn't." Carol reported.

"Just keep them there. We're doing pretty good down here." Rhodey replied.

"I could tell. All the sitting and waiting around must be becoming a bore to you." Carol chuckled.

"Yeah, somewhere around that context."

Suddenly a portal opened right on front of Carol and a blast of purple struck her, which knocked her out. She began to free fall towards the city, which Rhodey saw. He used his thrusters to chase after Carol who was starting to gain speed. Before he could reach her, another blast of purple struck Rhodey's arc reactor and he crashed through a building.

Carol landed with a lot of force and created a small crater on the street. Nebula and Rocket approached her unconscious body. Rocket raised his goggles up and looked closer. Nebula laid Carol's head on her knee.

"She seems knocked out." Nebula said, as purple particles started floating around Carol.

"Power stone." Rocket muttered and looked to the sky. There were portals being opened and worms entering the atmosphere, "Thanos's here."

"Then... we... need to move." Nebula grunted as she placed Carol on her shoulder, "Let's bring her to the time device."

Meanwhile, inside of a office building, was Rhodey. He ejected from his War Machine armour and slowly walked towards the broken window. He looked above and saw four worms circling the island.

"Does anybody copy me?" Rhodey asked in his earpiece and there was a signal that opened, "Are you guys seeing this?"

"The worms? We see them. Carol's here but unconscious. We don't have enough firepower to take them down." Nebula answered.

"My suit's busted. We need to wait for Carol to wake up. Just protect that time device." Rhodey said, leaving the window and walked down the stairs.

—Millions of Years before "The Decimation"—

Thor, Steve, Clint, Natasha, and Bruce walked off the ship and entered the land of Blackworld. There was a lot of darkness and they landed near a lake. Loki said that the Infinity Stones were located in the temple that was beside the lake. A temple appeared in the thick of the jungle and they walked towards the place.

"This is a really thick forest." Steve commented, moving the leaves out of his face as they moved forward.

"Well, the Rigellians weren't too advance. That was why they tried to combine the stones." Thor explained.

"Then let's hope they won't do it here." Steve muttered.

They reached the temple where the fires were still burning. There were no guards at the top and it was very ancient. There was trees growing inside but it was like a beacon of hope. They walked up the steps of the structure and then there was a rustling in the trees.

They turned around for a second, but they just thought it was the trees. They continued their way up and eventually reached it. The entrance was blocked by a wall, which was confusing. Suddenly a group of Rigellians, with heavily armoured space rifles, surrounded them all.

All of the heroes turned into defensive mode. Steve didn't have a weapon so he raised his fists up. Thor charged Stormbreaker with thunder from the clouds. Clint grabbed his bow and loaded it with an arrow. Natasha grabbed her batons on her back and pressed a button to electrify them. In a blink of an eye, Bruce quickly turned into the Hulk with the black suit.

"Stand back!" Thor shouted.

"We are not going to hurt you!" Natasha continued.

The Rigellians started talking in their native language which Thor seemed to understand. After some more exchanges, two heroes were getting impatient.

"Banner." Steve whispered. Hulk looked at him, "Break the wall behind me."

The Hulk followed, turning around and punched through the wall. Steve and Natasha ran inside while the other three defended the entrance. In the center was a structure with six sides. Each side was glowing a different colour and the first thing they did was grab it.

Outside, they were taking care of business. The Hulk and Thor were destroying the Rigellians were trying to shoot them down. Clint was assisting them by taking some down while they distracted them. Natasha and Steve walked out with the stones and started running towards the ship.

"Who said they weren't advanced?!" Natasha asked as they ran towards the ship.

"I didn't know the Rigellians were one of the most advanced species back then!" Thor answered.

Tony and Scott were surprised with the noise they made and was startled. They all boarded the ship followed by Rigellians trying to shoot the ship down. Hulk turned back into Bruce and hid behind a chair. The Rigellians tried to shoot at the ship but it was just reflecting back their shots.

Bruce was driving the ship as Steve and Natasha unloaded the Infinity Stones into the crate that Tony used.

"What the hell is that?!" Bruce shouted, as a large figure, ten times bigger than the planet, appeared on front of them.

"It's Galactus!" Thor shouted, "Turn left, turn left!"

Bruce did what Thor commanded and he swerved left, avoiding Galactus's large hand. His hand landed on the planet, which made it explode. Pieces of rock started flying all over the place, some almost hitting the ship.

"Go small!" Tony shouted.

As Galactus tried to slap the ship, Bruce activated the shrinking mechanism and went into the Quantum Realm.