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(ELEANOR RIGBY)
CHAPTER NINE-----▹

TITAN

Tess swung down avoiding lots of debris, "Peter?" she called out, but not too loudly.

The most recent attack had sent Tess into a whirlwind of panic, the whole destruction of the planet's surface had really messed with her.

"Hold on!" Tess exclaimed noticing one of the group members..Drax? falling, "Got you!"

She caught him, just before he could've gotten any further, she found it quite unfortunate that she had eaten before all this, because at this rate, she could throw up at any second. Tear welding up in her eyes, she continued.

"Sorry. I can't remember anybody's names." She heard Peter say, "Me neither!" Tess agreed, "Good, you're alive." Peter murmured mostly to himself.

Although Peter thinks he would've known if something had happened to Tess, they had always been in a sense connected. Peter or Tess would always know when the other was sick, and feel a bit sick themselves.

This had happened long before they were even bit by those spiders.

Those damn spiders, Tess should've never brought Peter away from the field trip...maybe they would be at home with May. And not on some alien planet, fighting for their lives and everyone else's lives.

"Woah, there are like forty too many Dr. Stranges right now," Tess stated looking at the many cloned versions of Leigh's father.

Thanos looked around rapidly trying to figure out which one was actually Dr. Strange, and soon the magically formed ropes restricted his movements.

This would've worked if Thanos didn't already have infinity stones, pulling apart the illusion with just a turn of his hand. "You're full of tricks wizard."

Thanos wrapped his hand around the necklace, ripping it off, "But you never once used your greatest weapon."

Thanos crushed the necklace, and let the dust fall to the ground, "A fake."

The titan tossed Stephen to the side, his body smacking against the rock, knocking him out cold, just when Thanos was about to close his fist, Tony blocked it using one of his many weapons.

"You throw another moon at me, and I'm gonna lose it." Tony said dryly, "Stark."

"You know me?" Tony asked, unnerved by the way Thanos spoke his name, "I do. You're no the only one cursed with knowledge."

"My only curse is you." he noted, before shooting several things at the titan, "Come on," he groaned.

Tony sent attack after attack at the titan, however, with the stones, Thanos really was unstoppable.

The titan kept destroying bits on Tony's suit, but due to the Nano-tec it seemed to rebuild itself before their eyes.

"All that for a drop of blood." Thanos flipped Tony onto his back, punching him over and over.

Even when Tony put up a fight, he just ended up with his own blade stabbed right through his torso.

The brunette man groaned in pain, barely able to breathe from the shock of it all.

"You have my respect, Stark."

The titan spoke, hand placed over Tony's head, "When I'm done, half of humanity will still be alive. I hope they remember you."

Blood escaped Tony's lips with a panicked breath, Stark for once had almost no reply. He thought it was over, as Thanos lifted the gauntlet stones glowing inside, Tony was sure it was the end for him.

"Stop." Dr. Strange interrupted.

"What is he doing?" Tess whispered to herself, watching the scene play out in front of her. She was very quickly losing faith that they were going to win this. It sort of felt like the end was near.

"Spare his life," he breathed, "And I will give you the stone."

"No tricks." Thanos looked at the sorcerer, who shook his head, "Don't." Tony stated, now panicking more than before, everything was at stake.

Dr. Strange lifted his hand, the green stone appearing between his fingers, Thanos held his hand out, waiting for the light weight of the Time Stone.

Tony sighed, and Tess watched with wide eyes, as it floated into Thanos' grip.

Victory flicked over Thanos' face, as he placed the stone into the gauntlet, the power flowed through his veins.

"One to go."

There was unsettling peace until a shot against the gauntlet startled them all, Peter Quill was back at it again. Still angry at the murder of his girlfriend. Gunshot after gunshot slammed into the Titan.

Thanos was almost completely unaffected by the attack, in fact moments before Quill could get to him, the titan disappeared.

"Where is he?" Quill shouted, moving back to his feet after crashing into the surface of the planet.

Tony sealed his wound, panting, "Did we just lose?" Quill panicked.

Tony looked over to Leigh's father in anguish, "Why would you do that?"

Dr. Strange looked at Tony not quite worry in his eyes, but something similar. Stephen realized now that he might never see his daughter again.

Although he may not have been a great parent or any sort of support system, he still wanted Leigh to be ok.

He gave Thanos the time stone, with the hopes that this would be the one way, that everything would work out in this universe.

"We're in the endgame now."