Avengers: Infinity War Page #11

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Rocket:
“*Dang* it.”? What’s “*dang* it?

Eitri:
The mechanism is crippled.

Thor:
What?

Eitri:
With the iris closed I can’t heat the metal.

Thor:
How long will it take to heat?

Eitri:
A few minutes, maybe more. Why?

Thor:
I’m gonna hold it open.

Eitri:
That’s suicide.

Thor:
So is facing Thanos without that axe.

[Cut to the Wakandan battlefield. Their carriers hover over the ground with Wakandan soldier and Natasha, Steve and Bucky on board, and Bruce is in the Hulkbuster]

Natasha:
How we looking, Bruce?

Bruce:
(While walking) Yeah, I think I’m getting the hang of it. Wow! It’s like being the Hulk without actually- (He stumbles on a rock, and a carrier goes by, from which Okoye gives him a dubious look. He stands) I’m okay. I’m okay.

Sam:
We got two heat signatures breaking through the tree line.

(M’Baku of the Jubari rallies his soldiers with a war cry. He stops as T’Challa nears him)

T’Challa:
Thank you for standing with us.

M’Baku:
(Translated) Of course, brother.

(T’Challa, Steve, and Natasha walk to the edge of the barrier, where Proxima Midnight and Obsidian Cole stand)

Natasha:
Where’s your other friend?

Proxima:
You will pay for his life with yours. Thanos will have that stone.

Steve:
That’s not gonna happen.

T’Challa:
You are in Wakanda now. Thanos will have nothing but dust and blood.

Proxima:
We…Have blood to spare. (She raises her right arm with a cry, and several large ships emerge from the forest behind her.)

(T’Challa, Steve, Natasha return to the front line)

Bucky:
Did they surrender?

Steve:
Not exactly.

(T’Challa leads the Wakandans in the war cry “Yibambe!” telling them to hold fast as the Outriders bound toward the barrier)

Bucky:
What the hell?

Natasha:
Looks like we pissed her off.

(T’Challa commands the soldiers to engage their shields)

Okoye:
(Watching as the Outriders bombard the dome only a few getting through) They’re killing themselves.

Sam:
(Sending Redwings into the fight as he flies) You seen the teeth on those things?

Rhodes:
Alright, back up, Sam. You’re gonna get your wings singed. (He flies over a section that has been breached and drops a barrage of mines)

Sam:
Cap, if these things circle the perimeter and get in behind us…There’s nothing between them and Vision.

Steve:
Them we better keep ’em in front of us.

Okoye:
(To T’Challa) How do we do that?

T’Challa:
We open the barrier. (Putting his hand to his ear) On my signal, open North-West Section Seventeen.

Wakandan Officer: Requesting confirmation, My King. You said open the barrier?

T’Challa:
On my signal.

M’Baku:
(To Okoye) This will be the end of Wakanda.

Okoye:
Then it will be the noblest ending in history.

(The section of the barrier is opened)

T’Challa:
Wakanda Forever! (He crosses his hands over his chest as his Black Panther helmet covers his face, leading the army as they run toward the barrier. T’Challa and Steve are at the front of the advancing army) Now! (The section in the barrier disappears and the Outriders charge at them)

T’Challa:
How much longer, Shuri? (Over the comm)

Shuri:
We’ve barely begun, brother.

T’Challa:
You might want to pick up the pace.

(Cut to Thor on the rings of Nivadellir)

Thor:
Allfathers, give me strength.

Eitri:
You understand, boy? You’re about to take the full force of a star. It’ll kill you.

Thor:
Only if I die.

Eitri:
Yes. That’s what killing you means.

(Thor grasps the handholds and pulls, slowly opening the iris. The stream of light returns and awakens the forge once more.)

Eitri:
Hold it! Hold it, Thor!

(Eitri watches the metal melt, and tips the cauldron, pouring it into the mold. Thor passes out, and the jet carries him to the forge. Rocket follows him, in the pod, and Groot looks up from his game when Thor lands near him)

Rocket:
(Kneeling over Thor) Thor! Say something. Come on. Thor, you okay? (To Eitri) I think he’s dying.

Eitri:
He needs the axe! Where’s the handle? Tree, help me find the handle!

(Groot looks sadly at Thor, stands and grows a longer arm, weaving it around the axe and hammer, joining them,and then cutting his arm off at the usual length. Thor’s hand opens slightly, and the hammer rises from the ground; lightening flickering from it)

(Cut to Wakanda where the Avengers and Wakandans are struggling against the Outriders. Suddenly, a large beam of light lands nearby, and the Avengers and Wakandans stop to look up as the axe flies through the air, electrocuting the Outriders. Thor appears with his new axe Stormbreaker, alongside Rocket and Groot.)

Bruce:
[laughing with joy] Hah! Hah! Hah! You guys are so screwed now!

Thor:
BRING ME THANOS!!! (He charges toward the hoards of Outriders, followed by Groot and Rocket)

[Cut to Titan, where Thanos appears in front of Doctor Strange, who appears to be the only one there]

Strange:
Oh, you’re much more of a Thanos.

Thanos:
I take it the Maw is dead. This day extracts a heavy toll. Still, he accomplished his mission.

Strange:
You may regret that. He brought you face-to-face with the Master of the Mystic Arts.

Thanos:
And where do you think he brought you? (Star-Lord is near by behind wreckage with his weapon ready, and Spiderman is above the structure where Strange sits.

Strange:
Let me guess. Your home?

Thanos:
(Smiling reminiscently) It was. And it was beautiful. (Thanos uses the Reality Stone to show Strange Titan before it was destroyed) Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, and not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution.

Strange:
Genocide.

Thanos:
But at random, dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike. They called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass. (The illusion fades into the true state of Titan)

Strange:
Congratulations. You’re a prophet.

Thanos:
I’m a survivor.

Strange:
Who wants to murder trillions.

Thanos:
With all six stones, I could simply snap my fingers, and they would all cease to exist. I call that…Mercy.

Strange:
And then what?

Thanos:
I finally rest…And watch the sun rise on a grateful universe. The hardest choices require the strongest wills.

Strange:
I think you’ll find our will (Using his hand motions) equal to yours.

Thanos:
Ours? (He looks up in time to a see a chunk of wreckage coming down on him, and tries to use the Power to stop, but is too late)

Iron Man:
(Flying in) Piece of cake, Quill.

Quill:
(Flying in from the other side) Yeah, if your goal was to *tick* him off.

(The wreckage on top of Thanos erupts, the pieces glowing with purple. He shouts as he uses the Power Stone to force the pieces at Iron Man. Spiderman webs his eyes, and swings in the kick him in the face. Then Strange summons a blade, but Thanos stops it with his hand, and tears the web from his eyes. He advances on Strange, and kicks him just as Strange summons a shield, absorbing the force of his blow, but knocking him back. Star-Lord shoots Thanos from behind, and Thanos uses the Power Stone to shoot balls on energy at Star-Lord while he advances by the steps Strange formed in the air, and places a electric mine on his back. He turns to Quill, as he disengages his helmet, dives backward into a portal, flipping him off.)

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