Avengers: Infinity War Page #12

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Star-Lord:
Boom!

(Thanos tries to use the Space Stone to pull Quill back)

Strange:
(To the Cloak of Levitation) Do not let him close his fist.

(The Cloak closes around Thanos’ fist, and the mine on his back goes off. Spiderman appears on his right from a portal)

Spider-Man:
Magic. (He kicks him in the head) More magic.

(He then leaps into another portal. As Thanos tries to recover, he appears through another portal behind him)

Spider-Man:
Magic with a kick! (He kicks him again in the head with his right leg)

(Finally, he appears on his right)

Spider-Man:
Magic with a-

(Before he can finish Thanos turns, grabbing him from the air, and throwing him to the ground, with his hand around his neck.)

Thanos:
Insect! (He then throws him, about to use the gauntlet, but is interrupted by an explosion caused by Iron Man shooting a missile at him. As the flames blind Thanos, Spiderman attaches a web to him, and strains against it. Thanos pulls Spiderman toward him, but looks up as a ship crashes beside him, and Nebula jumps in front of him)

Thanos:
Well, well.

Nebula:
You should have killed me.

Thanos:
It would’ve been a waste of parts!

Nebula:
[she runs at Thanos, attacking him with her sword] Where’s Gamora?!

[Strange uses the Space Stone to case her aside, flailing. Strange forms energy ropes that grapple onto the gauntlet. Thanos tries to pull it free, as Star-Lord shoots a electric magnet onto the ground beside him, holding down his other hand. Spiderman swings in, and makes a string of web, holding him back, enabling his spider legs to anchor himself, as Strange opens a portal above Thanos out of which drops Mantis, who lands on his shoulders, her hands on his temples. He screams as she tries to put him under]

Iron Man:
[while pulling on the gauntlet] Is he under? Don’t let up.

Mantis:
[starting to cry] Be quick…. He is very strong!

Iron Man:
Parker, help! Get over here. [Parker withdraws his web, and hurries to help Tony with the gauntlet] She can’t hold him much longer. Let’s go. We gotta open his fingers to get it off!

Star-Lord:
[lands, then joins with the others] I thought you’d be harder to catch. For the record, this was my plan. Not so strong now, huh? Where’s Gamora?

Thanos:
… My… Gamora…?

Star-Lord:
Oh, bull–sh*t. Where is she?

Mantis:
[shocked] He is in anguish!

Star-Lord:
Good.

Mantis:
[crying] He… he… he mourns!

Drax:
What does this monster have to mourn?!

Nebula:
[she suddenly understands in horror what Thanos has done with…] Gamora.

Star-Lord:
… What?

Nebula:
He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone…but she didn’t.

Iron Man:
Okay, Quill, you gotta cool it right now, understand?

[Quill slowly turns to Thanos]

Iron Man:
Don’t, don’t, don’t engage, we’ve almost got this off!

Star-Lord:
Tell me she’s lying. [enraged] A**HOLE!!! Tell me you didn’t do it!!!

Thanos:
I… had… to.

Star-Lord:
[while starting to tear up; quietly] No, you didn’t… No, you didn’t… [he continues to rage and then proceeds to pistol-whipping Thanos in the face] NO, YOU DIDN’T!!!

Drax:
Quill!

[Quill uses his gun to pound Thanos in the face twice. Iron Man goes to hold him back, as Peter Parker is left to pull off the gauntlet]

Iron Man:
[to the struggling Quill] Hey, stop! Hey, stop! Stop! Hey, stop! Stop!

Spider-Man:
It’s coming! It’s coming! I got it! I got it…!!

[But Thanos wakes, butting Mantis from his shoulders, and grabbing the cuff of the gauntlet just as it is sliding off his hand, causing Parker to stumble back, and Mantis to go flying]

Spider-Man:
[seeing Mantis flying] Oh, God! [he jumps and hugs her, extending his spider legs which give them a safe landing]

[Strange summons a weapon, and Thanos uses the Space Stone to throw him away. Then, Iron Man shoots at him, but Thanos bats him down, and uses the Space Stone to pull down the surface of a moon. Stark tries to fly away, but a large chunk pins him down]

Stonekeeper:
Welcome, Thanos, son of Eros, Gamora, daughter of Thanos.

Thanos:
You know us?

Stonekeeper:
It is my curse to know all who journey here.

Thanos:
Where is the Soul Stone?

Stonekeeper:
You should know: it extracts a terrible price.

Thanos:
I am prepared.

Stonekeeper:
We all think that at first. [his face is revealed as the Red Skull] We are all wrong.

Thanos:
How is it you know this place so well?

Red Skull:
A lifetime ago, I too sought the stones. I even held one in my hand. But it cast me out, banished me here, guiding others to a treasure I cannot possess.

Gamora:
I was a child when you took me.

Thanos:
I saved you.

Gamora:
No, no, we were happy on my home planet.

Thanos:
Going to bed hungry, scrounging for scraps? Your planet was on the brink of collapse. I was the one who stopped that. You know what’s happened since then? The children born have known nothing but full bellies and clear skies. It’s a paradise.

Gamora:
Because you murdered half the planet!

Thanos:
A small price to pay for salvation.

Gamora:
You’re INSANE.

Thanos:
Little one, it’s a simple calculus. This universe is finite, its resources … finite. If life is left unchecked, life will cease to exist. It needs correcting.

Gamora:
YOU DON’T KNOW THAT!

Thanos:
I’m the only one who knows that. At least, I’m the only who the will to act on it.

Rocket:
You speak Groot?!

Thor:
Yes, they taught it on Asgard. It was an elective.

Groot:
I am Groot?

Thor:
You’ll know when we’re close. Nidavellir’s forge harnesses the blazing power of a Neutron Star. It’s the birthplace of my hammer; it’s truly awesome.

Rocket:
[to himself] Okay, time to be the Captain. [to Thor] So, dead brother, huh? That can be annoying.

Thor:
Well, he’s been dead before. But this time… I think it really might be true.

Rocket:
And you said that your sister and your dad…

Thor:
Both dead.

Rocket:
But, still got a mom, though?

Thor:
Killed by a Dark Elf.

Rocket:
Best friend?

Thor:
Stabbed through the heart.

Rocket:
You sure you’re up for this particular murder mission?

Thor:
Absolutely. The rage, vengeance, anger, loss, regret, they’re all tremendous motivators. They truly clear the mind… so, I’m good to go.

Rocket:
Yeah, but this is Thanos we’re talking about, he’s the toughest there is.

Thor:
Well, he’s never fought me.

Rocket:
… Yeah, he has!

Thor:
Well, he’s never fought me twice. And I’ll have a new hammer, don’t forget.

Rocket:
Well, it’d better be some hammer.

Thor:
You know, I’m one thousand and five hundred years old. I’ve killed twice as many enemies as that, and every one of them would have rather killed me, but none succeeded. I’m only alive because Fate wants me alive. Thanos is just the latest in a long line of bastards, and he’ll be the latest to feel my vengeance. Fate wills it so.

Rocket:
And what if you’re wrong?

Thor:
Well, if I’m wrong, then… what more could I lose?

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