open arms, mcu ?

twenty six

Tony is quick to add pressure to the person below him, a nanotech gun extending and pointing towards the grey man covered on scars and tattoos. "Let's do it! You shoot my guy, I blast him. Let's go!"

Drax doesn't even seem fazed by the gun that's in his face. "Do it, Quill! I can take it."

The alien - woman shakes her heard from where she stands, her body wrapped in spiderwebs, courtesy of Peter. "No he can't take it!"

Strange nods, because he knows that the gun Tony holds will blow the face of that person underneath his foot. "She's right. You can't."

"Oh yeah? You don't wanna tell me where she is? That's fine. I'll kill all three of you and beat it out of Thanos myself. " He turns his attention to Peter, pushing the gun harder against his mask covered temple. "Starting with you."

Strange is interested now, the word Thanos ringing in his head. That was the person who was destroying everything. "Wait, what, Thanos? All right, let me ask you this one time. What master do you serve?"

Star-Lord looks offended by the question, his head tilted to the side. "What master do I serve? What am I supposed to say? "Jesus"?"

"You're from Earth?" Tony scoffs.

Star-Lord shakes his head. "I'm not from Earth. I'm from Missouri."

Paisley smiles, "That is on Earth! Nat took me there once, we went to a zoo."

Peters mechanical suit eyes grow smaller, just like his voice. He's obviously scared but relived at the same time. "So, you're not with Thanos?"

Star-Lord, who had been offended more than once during this conversation, grows much more offered by the fact that they may have believed he was with Thanos. "With Thanos?" He scoffs. "No, I'm here to kill Thanos. He took my girl - wait, who are you?"

Ryders mask disappears and he's the one who talks, "They're the Avengers, and we're the mini Avengers, man."

"Oh." Star-Lord nods.

Mantis, the alien person almost looks excited. "You're the ones Thor told us about."

"You know Thor?"

"Yeah." Star-Lord confirms. "Tall guy, not the good-looking, needed saving."

Strange lowers his hand, "Where is he now?"

💫 ━━ PAISLEY squeals as she holds hands with the alien woman she had learnt went by the name Mantis. The two are jumping up and down, the gravity on Titan isn't what the gravity on earth was life. The two enjoy the few moments of peace, because in a short time, things can and will start to happen.

The two stop bouncing and Paisley grins up at Mantis, "Can I show you my magic?"

Mantis nods excitedly. She would love to the the magic the young girl has, especially when it isn't wrapped around her or trying to cause her harm. "Yes, yes, yes!"

Paisley happily holds out her hand, closing her eyes briefly and allowing a small stick figure like person to form in her hand. Its glowing blue, dancing and jumping around. When she opens her eyes, Mantis is excitedly reading out of the small blue thing that disappears the second she touches it.

"Awe, make it come back." Mantis pleads, her head tilted and she looks towards Paisley with big eyes.

Paisley makes the figure appear once more, only she lets the blue figure grow as tall as Mantis. The blue figure holds out his hand, a realistic flower rests in its open palm. Mantis reaches out and grabs the flower, twirling between her fingers. The flower changes colour a few times before it disintegrates into a bunch of glowing blue bubbles that Mantis is quick to pop.

"Tony - Pony?" Paisley steps towards Tony, her hand finding his. He look down at her questionably, only for Paisley to point at Strange who is sitting cross-legged and floating in the air. His hands are positioned in a weird way as the time stop glows a bright green. His eyes are closed, and his head is jerking rapidly from side to side

Tony looks towards the wizards, his eyes wide with confusion as he calls out, "Strange, we alright?" Steven Strange seems to snap out of the trance, landing on the ground and letting out a gasp. Tony places his hands on his arm to steady him. "You're back. You're alright. Hi."

"Hey, what was that?" Ryder asks the wizard, head tilted to the side as he tries to mental guess what had just happened.

"I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict." Strange tells the group and the three kids all let out 'wows'.

"How did you see?" Star-Lord asks, his face twisted.

Strange takes a breath, his eyes squinting as he tries to recall how many possibilities he had seen. "14,000,605."

"How many did we win?"

Strange pauses a while before he answered, "Two."