It was hard for Gamora to tell how much has passed since Rocket and Groot left to Nidavellir along with Thor to get a weapon able to kill her father, but it wasn't the subjects of her thoughts, at least at this moment. The subject of her thoughts was a small red-jeweled dagger, which was given to her a long time ago, back when she was still a girl by Thanos on the day when he cleansed her planet.

''Gamora." Quill's voice suddenly took her away from her thoughts, "Do you know if these grenades are the "blow off your junk" kind or the gas kind? 'Cause I was thinking I might hang a couple on my belt right here. But I don't want to..."

''I need to ask a favor." She cut in, as they were now standing in the halfway of the cockpit of the ship.

Quill stopped and swallowed, "Yeah, sure."

''One way or another, the path that we're on leads to Thanos." Gamora said, giving him a look.

''Which is what the grenades are for." Quill said, trying to lit up the situation, but Gamora silenced him with a look, "I'm sorry. What's the favor?''

"If things go wrong... " Gamora paused for a moment, bracing herself to say this, "If Thanos gets me... I want you to promise me... you'll kill me."

Quill froze in confusion at the request, "...What?"

''I know something he doesn't. If he finds out... the entire Universe could be at risk." Gamora sighed.

''What do you know?" Quill raised his brow, giving her a concerned look.

''If I tell you, you'd know, too.'' Gamora pointed out.

''If it's so important, shouldn't I?" Quill stated.

''Only if you wanna die." Gamora explained, shaking her head.

Quill threw his hands in the air at this revelation, "Why does somebody always have to die in this scenario?''

Gamora rolled his eyes at what he just did, "Just... trust me. And possibly, kill me.''

''I mean, I'd like to. I really would..." Quill said, struggling to pick the right words for it, before Gamora silenced by covering his mouth with her hand.

''Swear to me. Swear to me on your mother.'' She said to him.

Quill stared in her terrified eyes. After a second, he responded with, "Okay..."

The two lean forward and press their lips against each other. They shared a kiss with each other, until an odd crunching sound startled them. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw Drax, standing in the corner.

Quill's eyes widened, as he asked him, "Dude. How long have you been standing there?"

"An hour." Drax responded.

''An hour?" Quill asked, not even trying to hide his suprise.

''Are you serious?" Gamora asked, wanting to know if Drax was serious or not.

Drax nodded his head, "I've mastered the ability of standing so incredibly still... that I become invisible to the eye... watch.''

Quill and Gamora watched how Drax just stood motionless, until pulling his hand out of the bag of zarg-nuts. He slowly began to raise it up, as Gamora and Quill stared at him in confusion.

''You're eating a zarg-nut." Quill pointed out, confused.

"But my movement... was so slow... that it's imperceptible." Drax continued.

"No." Quill said as he and Gamora shook their heads.

''I'm sure I'm invisible." Drax said, going along with this thing, depised being told that it doesn't work.

Mantis suddenly walked in from behind Quill and Gamora and said, "Hi Drax."

"...Damn it." Drax said, giving out a dejected sigh.

-----

Things have been really awkward for three gems that were sent to help Quill, Drax, Gamora and Mantis retrieve the Reality Stone from the Collector, especially for Jasper. In all the time she spent in Little Homeworld, she eventually managed to make amends with Peridot. They wouldn't call themselves best friends, but they were on the good terms with each other.

As for things between her and Lapis, well, they were still tense, and it was just a gentle way to put it.

"So..." Peridot spoke up, trying to start a conversation, "Jasper, if what Shi'ra's computer tells us is true, then we're going to arrive at this planet if a few minutes. Can you tell us how they look like, it would be easier for us to spot them."

Jasper nodded her head, Peridot and Lapis heard about the Guardians, but these two never really had a chance to see how they look, "Quill is probably going to be the easiest one to spot.

Drax is the one who walks shirtless for most of the time and has most of his body covered with red tattoos, and Mantis has strange antennas coming out of her head."

"Antennas?" Peridot raised her brow, raising her arms to imitate, "Like this?"

"Yes." Jasper confirmed with a nod.

"For what purpose?" Peridot asked another question.

"She doesn't know herself. When I asked her that, she said that she think it's for her abilities." Jasper explained.

"Abilities? What are those?" Peridot asked, curious about Mantis' abilities.

"If she can touch someone she can feel what that person feels." Jasper replied.

Peridot chuckled, "Then it must've resulted in some awkward situation, right Lapis." She said as she nudged Lapis, who said nothing, "Lapis?"

"You again with this silent treatment?" Jasper asked her as Lapis rolled her eyes in response. Jasper let out a groan at the response of the blue gem, "I'm trying to be someone better, but not matter how much I try to atone everything I did to you, but you ignore me or fly away!"

"Maybe it's because I want you to leave me alone?" Lapis pointed out. She knew that Jasper was now a different gem than she was when they fused into Malachite, but no matter how much time has passed since then, she still couldn't bring herself to forgive her, and was doing her best to stay away from her.

"Don't start, both of you." Peridot shushed them both, "If Thanos is as bad as Azurite describes him to be, or even worse, then arguing is the last thing we should do."

Lapis sighed, as she turned her attention to Peridot for a second, "You're right." She turned to Jasper, "I'm not going to ignore you, but don't except me to show that I like you."

"That's what I'm asking for." Jasper pointed out. As long she doesn't ignore her, she was okay with it. If they wanted to get the Reality Stone, they needed to work together.

"You've reached your destination." Shi'ra's computer spoke up, as all three gems quickly hurried over to the cockpit and all of them saw a disembodied head which was the planet they were heading to.

"Whoa..." Peridot whispered in awe. She hasn't seen anything like this before. The others were in similiar awe at how this head looked like, but it was quickly turned into disgust after the ship flew into a giant eye which happened to be the entrance.

When Shi'ra ship landed on this planet, they all stepped out of it and eyed their surroudings.

"Azurite was right. This planet is disgusting." Peridot stated, eyeing the surroudings.

The other two couldn't help but agree with her.

"It's quiet here." Lapis stated.

"Too quiet." Jasper added. If what Azurite and Shi'ra told her was true then Knowhere should be filled with people, but now, it looked like a ghost town.

"There's a ship heading our way." Lapis suddenly exclaimed,

Jasper and Peridot turned in the direction Lapis was pointing at and saw a ship heading their way, after spotting it, Peridot asked, "Is that them?"

"I don't know I've never seen their ship, so be prepared in case if it's someone else." Jasper answered, as she, Peridot and Lapis readied themselves, just in case if it turns out to be someone else.

Thankfully, after the ship landed and the entrance lowered itself down, the three gems saw, Quill who was walking out of his ship, followed by Drax, Gamora and Mantis.

"That's them." Jasper said to Lapis and Peridot as they walked over to Quill's crew, "Quill!"

Quill turned his head to the source of the voice and saw Jasper, Lapis and Peridot heading his and his crew way, "...Jasper? What are you doing here?"

This was actually the first time Jasper and Quill's crew saw each other in person. In all the times they saw each other, it was through Shi'ra's and Azurite's device. She along with two other gems approached them, as she explained, "Azurite and Shi'ra decided to go to Nidavellir, I was sent here along with these two to help you with the Reality Stone."

Quill nodded his head in understanding, as he eyed Jasper for a momen, "You're even taller in person."

"Thanks... I guess." Jasper didn't know how to reply for that.

"Who are these two?" Quill then asked, gestured towards Lapis and Peridot who stood behind Jasper.

"The blue one is Lapis Lazuli, then one on the disc is Peridot." Jasper said, glancing over her shoulder to Lapis and Peridot, who gave nods to Gamora in response.

"It's nice to meet you all. My name is..." Gamora was cut off by Peridot.

"There's no need for that. Jasper here already told us about you." Peridot said as she pointed at Quill, "He's Quill." Then at Gamora, "You're Gamora." At Drax, "Drax." And finally at Mantis, "And the last one is Mantis."

"Oh my gosh... The little gem is so cute..." Mantis said, with her eyes on Peridot, right after the green gem pointed at her.

"Mantis not now." Quill whispered to Mantis, nudging her, before turning to the three gems that arrived here to help them, "Excuse her, she's just being herself."

Peridot huffed as she crossed her arms, "I'm not cute."

"We should go for the stone, Drax and Quill said that there's a movement in the Collector lair." Gamora stated.

Gamora didn't had to say more. The now mixed group of the Guardians of the Galaxy and the gems made reached the Collector's domain, after a few minutes of walking. It was huge, and full of many items— but, at large, the place was completely wrecked. No wonder he wanted Azurite to bring him a Pearl so she could serve him...

''I don't have it." The person who the gems assumed belonged to the Collector sounded across the room. Who else would be talking about not having the Reality Stone, now?

''Everyone in the Galaxy knows you'd sell your own brother if you thought it would add the slightest trinket to your pathetic collection." Another voice that was unknown for the three gems stated.

Jasper, Lapis and Peridot all turned to Gamora, already assuming who that might be, but wanted to be sure.

"That's him." She whispered to the three gems, who nodded their heads, understanding that the Mad Titan was just metres away from them.

Quill stopped, and held his fist up, telling all of them to stop, but everybody ignored it and quietly walked past him, causing him to roll his eyes and let out a quiet groan.

''I know you have the Reality Stone, Tivan. Giving it to me will spare you a great deal of suffering." Thanos spoke up again, as he put his boot in the middle of the Collector's chest and pressed it. The Collector whined in pain, gasping for a breath.

"...I told you." He sobbed, with his arms out on his heart, pleading Thanos to spare his life, "I sold it! Why would I lie?..."

''I imagine it's like breathing for you." Thanos pointed out.

"Like suicide." The Collector said back.

''So you do understand." Thanos stated, with a small smile on his face, which faded a second afet, when he added, "Not even you would surrender something so precious.''

The Collector shook his head, trying to think of a good lie, "I didn't know what it was.''

''Then you're more of a fool than I took you for." Thanos stated, putting more pressure on the man's chest. "Where's the stone? Last chance, charlatan. Where's the Stone?"

"Today." Drax whispered, but if everyone were honest with themselves, it was more of a hiss than a whisper, "He pays for the deaths of my wife and daughter.''

Quill noticed it and immediately went over to Drax to calm him down, "Drax! Drax!''

However, Drax continued, not paying attention to Quill, "...He pays for the deaths of my wife and daughter."

''Drax, waaaaait!" Quill said to Drax as the latter one drew his dagger from his leg scabbard.

"Calm down for a second!" Jasper also tried to calm Drax down. She knew from Azurite why Drax wanted Thanos dead, and she knew that it may take a moment to calm the tattooed man down.

Drax gave both of them a look before turning to Thanos, as Lapis quickly formed two water chains with her powers, to hold him onto the floor, as Quill got himself in front of Drax, "Drax, Drax, Drax. He doesn't have the Stone yet. We get it, and then we can stop him. We have to get the Stone first.''

''No. No. For Ovette. For Kamaria.'' Drax shook his head, already having made his mind, as he struggled to free himself from the water chains.

With this happenning, Mantis quickly put her hand on Drax's head, "Sleep."

Drax got still, with eyes closed. He was sleeping, as Peridot stated, "One problem less."

But then, Drax collapsed on the ground, making a loud noise, alerting Thanos that someone was here, Quill shook his head as all of them ducked down to the floor, "You just had to jinx us?"

Thanos looked towards the sound. He picked up the Collector by his clothes and threw him inside of the collecting case before walking towards the place from which the sound came from, to see who was here.

'Okay. Gamora, Mantis, Peridot, you go right. I'm..." Quill tried to say, but Gamora was already moving towards Thanos, not paying attention to his orders. He sighed, "The other right!"

Gamora leaped on Thanos from a stack of boxes, swinging her sword at him. Thanos caught one of her swings, and held it, putting the pressure on it, until it snapped in half, but before any of them could react she had plunged the other half on this sword into his his throat. As she stabbed him in the throat with the stub, his lower jaw was sagging and he let out a hoarse groan. She quickly drew another blade, which this time happened to be a red-jeweled dagger, and inserted it in his heart.

He grabbed the dagger with his hand, and tried to pull it out, but eventually stopped and said, "...Why?" He fell to his knees with a loud clatter, his armor making quick contact with the ground. He tried to raise up, but he couldn't, instead he fell on his back, "Why you... daughter?"

He held his hand out to her as Gamora broke into tears, sobbing her eyes out as her sight was not leaving his body.

The rest of the group stood up from their hiding positions, as Drax awoke from his slumber, with Quill saying, clearly suprised, "That was quick."

"That was easier than I thought it'll be." Peridot stated, with Lapis nodding her head in agreement.

The Collector was staring at Gamora in awe from his glass cage. He started rather violently clapping and shouting to her, "Magnificent! Magnificent! Magnificent!..."

''Is it sadness I sense in you, daughter?" The voice which belonged to Thanos spoke up, Gamora stared up from the ground at Thanos' body in shock, "In my heart, I knew you still cared."

Everyone stared in shock how Thanos' lifeless body turned red ashes, but it was only the beginning. They all watched how the scenery around them changed in just split of a second, and saw how the room which was pretty much undamaged just a second ago was now burning with fired and destroyed items were all around it. Even the Collector himself, was waving goodbye, before disappeared into the ash, leaving the glass empty.

"But one ever knows for sure." He continued, as Gamora was breathing heavily, watching everything around her, "Reality is often disappointing.''

Those same red ashes appeared beside Gamora, but instead of destroying something. It formed something, or someone. It Thanos, the real one this time. He showed her his gauntlet, to reveal the Reality Stone which was already placed on his gauntlet, "That is, it was. Now... reality can be whatever I want.''

''You knew I would come.'' Gamora stated, cursing herself for understimating him.

''I counted on it." Her father looked down at her, "There is something we must discuss, little one.''

Gamora hesitated for a second, but then she quickly reached down for her broken sword. Unfortunely Thanos was faster than her and grabbed her by the back of the neck, and held her in front of him, now.

Drax used this time to charge at Thanos as he screamed his name, "Thanos!"

Jasper summoned her helmet, as she charged at Thanos, knowing that there was no point of staying in the corner anymore, but before she and Drax could reach the Mad Titan, he used the power of the Reality Stone, turning both of them into rubble.

Mantis, Peridot and Lapis stared at what happened to these two in horror, a gasp leaving Mantis' and Peridot's mouth. The thing that shocked Lapis and Peridot the most was the fact that Jasper, instead of poofing was turned into rubble.

It didn't took that long before them and Mantis were turned into a ribbon version of themselves, with Peridot's disc falling on the floor.

Quill got out of his cover, and slowly walked towards them, armed his his blasters, "Let her go, Grimmace.''

Thanos just smirked at it.

"Peter." Gamora said to him.

"I told you to go right." Quill told her, his eyes not leaving Thanos.

"Now?" Gamora was now crying, "Really?"

''You let her go!" Quill exclaimed.

"Ah, the boyfriend." Thanos smiled at him.

''Actually..." Quill said through gritted teeth, "I think of myself as a Titan-killing, long-term bootycall. Let her go''

"Peter..." Gamora continued to call over to him.

"Or I'm gonna blow that nut sack of a chin right off your face!" Quill repeated himself, ignoring her pleas. His full attention was still on the Mad Titan.

''Not him..." Gamora said as Quill hesitated, and didn't shoot anyone, "You promised... You promised..."

Thanos shook his head at the interaction between these two, as he said to Gamora ''Oh, daughter. You expect too much from him." He glanced down at Quill and cocked his head, "She's asked, hasn't she? Do it.''

Quill didn't do anything, staring at Gamora. Thanos grunted as he shoved her closer to him, "Do it!"

"I told you to go right..." Quill said, his chin was quivering at what he was going to do, tearing up, not wanting to do this,

"I love you more than anything." Gamora said, whimpering, holding that weak smile on her face despite everything. To help him. To calm him.

"I love you too." Quill said, just a second before pulling the trigger, but a stream of bubbles came out. His eyes shot open in disablief, now understanding that Thanos was playing him for this whole time.

"I like him." Thanos stated, with admiration in his eyes, before teleporting himself and Gamora away from stunned Peter who watched how his friends, and three gems recover from their fake deaths.

"What just happened?..." Peridot asked after a moment as she got herself back on her feet.

"We lost the stone and Gamora..." Jasper said, her voice was weak as the last pieces of her were coming back to her, "That's what happened..."

-------

In the escape pod from the Guardians ship, Thor, Rocket and Groot were impatiently waiting to arrive at the Nidavellir. Groot and Rocket were still sitting on their seats, as Thor was standing in the back of the pod.

"I am Groot" Groot stated, not even trying to hide his irritation.

Rocket turned towards him and sighed, "Tinkle in the cup. We're not looking. What's there to see? What's a twig? Everybody's seen a twig."

"I am Groot." Groot protested.

"Tree, pour what's in the cup out in space, and go in the cup again.'' Thor stated, looking out into the space, brooding.

Rocket looked at Thor, suprised, "You speak Groot?"

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

"I am Groot" Groot stated, shortly.

Thor turned to Groot, said with a sigh, "You'll know when we're there. Nivadellir's forge harnesses the power of a blazing neutron star." He sighed as he sat down on the seat that was in the back of the pod, right next to the windows, "It's the birth place of my hammer. It's truly awesome."

Rocket turned around from the controls to see Thor sitting sadly beside the window, and sighed, "Okay. Time to be the captain." He muttered to himself, as he got himself off his seat and walked over to the console. He pressed two buttons as he started, "So, dead brother, huh? Yeah, that can be annoying.''

''Well, he's been dead before, but this time I think it really might be true.'' Thor stated sadly.

''And you said your sister and your dad?" Rocket prodded.

''Both dead." Thor responded with a shook of his head.

''Still got a mom, though?'' Rocket continued.

"Killed by a dark elf." Thor answered.

"A best friend?" Rocket, running out of the people to ask about.

Thor's mind flew to what recently happened and an image of Thanos stabbing Heimdall appeared in his mind, "Stabbed through the heart."

Rocket sighed at the pain and suffering Thor had gone through, and the worst part about it is that everything seemed to be recent, "Are you sure you're up to this particular murder mission?''

Thor smiled widely, not only trying to convice Rocket, but also himself. It was a very forced smile, "Absolutely. Rage, vengeance, anger, loss, regret... they're all tremendous motivators. They really clear the mind. So I'm good to go.''

''Yeah, but this Thanos we're talking about... he's the toughest there is." Rocket pointed out.

"He's never fought me." Thor replied.

"Yes, he has." Rocket stated.

"He's never fought me, twice." Thor corrected himself, "And I'm getting a new hammer, don't forget."

"Better be some hammer.'' Rocket stated.

''You know, I'm 1,500 years old. I've killed twice as many enemies as that, and every one would have rather killed me, but none succeeded. I'm only alive because fate wants me alive. Thanos is the latest in a long line of bastards and he will be the latest to feel my vengeance. Fate wills it so.'' Thor said, gritting his teeth in anger and pain.

"And what if you're wrong?" Rocket wanted to know.

''If I'm wrong then... what more could I lose?" Thor sniffed, as he hastilly wipedhis bellow eye, trembling a bit. He stood up and seated himself beside Groot.

Rocket muttered under his breath, " I could lose a lot. Me personally. I could lose a lot.'' He took the eyeball from the small bag on his suit. He walked over to Thor and held it out to him, "Okay. If fate does want you to kill that crapsack... you're gonna need more than one stupid eyeball.''

Thor took the eyeball from Rocket and eyed it questioningly, "What's this?"

''What's it look like? Some jerk lost a bet with me on on Contraxia.'' Rocket responded as he got himself back on his seat.

''He gave you his eye?" Thor raised his brow, eyeing the eyeball.

Rocket snorted as he turned around to Thor for a second, "He gave me 100 credits. I snuck in later that night and stole his eye."

''Thank you, sweet rabbit." Thor thanked him as he proceeded to put the eyeball in his socket.

''Hmm. Huh? Oh. I would've washed that. The only way I could sneak it off Contraxia was up my..." Rocket was cut off by someone.

"Rocket? Groot? Hello! Are you there?" A voice which Rocket and Groot immediately recognized came through their ears as the voice sounded all across the pod.

"Who's that?" Thor asked them, smacking his palm against the side of his head to get the eye calibrated

"It's Azurite. The guy Gamora mentioned back in my ship." Rocket answered, moving his hands to the control panel, and after pressing some buttons, Azurite's and Shi'ra faces appeared on the screen.

"Rocket." Azurite greeted him with a nod of his head, before looking over at Groot, "Groot."

"Azurite, Shi'ra. It's good to hear from you." Rocket said.

"I am Groot" Groot added.

"It's good to see you, too, you two. I just wish it was under better circumstances." Shi'ra said with a nod of her head, "We all saw a pod and we decided to check it if it was you."

"So, you two decided to come with us to Nidavellir." Rocket stated.

"Yes, but there's more of us here." Azurite told him, as Spinel appeared on the screen, by his side.

"Hey guys!" She greeted him, giving him and Groot a small wave, before making a room for Bismuth and Steven.

"And these two are Bismuth and S..." Azurite was interrupted by Rocket.

"This kids name is Steven. I know who this he is. You mentioned him a few times when we talked with each other, and we saw his message." Rocket cut in, to which Groot nodded his head in agreement.

"I know who he is as well. I also saw his little broadcast to the universe. I was suprised that someone like him could turn an entire race of conquering gems into something completely opposite. It was quite impressing." Thor praised Steven, "I was hoping we'd met some day, but I just wish it was better circumstances."

Steven just nodded his head to that, but he could feel pride exploding all over his body. One of the Avengers just praised him!

"I'm glad you think like that, Thor." Steven said, with a nod of his head, "Just like you, I wish it was under better circumstances.''

"So, which one of your antiques was used to get you here?" Rocket wanted to know, but also tried to mess with these two.

"My antique stayed in Little Homeworld." Azurite answered, crossing his arms, feeling offended. There was nothing wrong about him having an old ship.

"And for my antique. We sent Jasper and two other gems in it to Knowhere." Shi'ra explained, crossing her arms. She, just like Azurite seemed to be offended about the statement about her ship.

"Then, how did you get here?" Rocket asked them.

"We went to Homeworld, to ask the Diamonds to join the fight against Thanos. We broadcasted across all of their colonies for help, and then asked them to borrow us their fastest ship." Azurite explained.

"The Diamonds doing something good. I never thought I'll live to see this day." Rocket stated.

"I am Groot." Groot added.

"Yeah, me three." Azurite agreed with them.

"You understand what this tree says?" Bismuth raised her brow.

"I've known these guys for a few years now, I'm not an except, but I know a few words." Azurite explained.

"Did you said something that you make a broadcast across all of the gem colonies and asked them for help?" Thor asked, wanting to be sure if he didn't misheard this part.

"Yes." Steven confirmed with a nod of his head.

"How many of them decided to join?" Thor asked. They needed as many people as it was possible to face Thanos.

"We just hope as many as it is possible." Steven answered.

"Gamora told us that you know where the two stones are on Earth, so we thought you may take us to one of them." Shi'ra added.

"Guys. I think we're here." Spinel spoke up as everyone stopped talking with each other.

"About time." Bismuth stated, as everyone, in both of the ships, stared forward at the place they just arrived in.

Thor began smacking his palm against the side of his head, once again to see if his new eye was working correctly, "I don't think this thing works correctly. Everything now seems dark.''

"It ain't the eye." Rocket commented.

There was something wrong about Nidavellir. It was total opposite of what Rocket and Bismuth heard in the stories, or Thor remembered. It was dark, motionless , just like the three stars around it.

Thor frowned as he stated, "Something is wrong. The star's gone out. And the rings are frozen."

The two groups eventually landed on Nivadellir, and after leaving their ships that met each other in person. The meeting started with some reunions between Azurite, Shi'ra with Rocket and Groot, but there were also some proper introductions between the people who hadn't met each other, yet in person, and Azurite had to admit that Steven did actually a very good job at hiding the fact that he was a bit excited because of one of the Avengers standing right in front of him.

After a few minutes of walking through the hallways, the group made their way to the inside of the forge, where all them were walking through seemingly abandoned, cluttered room.

"I hope these dwarves are better at forging than they are at cleaning." Rocket said, as he looked around the place, noting that they were the only people here, "Maybe they realized they live in a junk pile in the middle of space."

"The forge hasn't gone dark in centuries." Thor remarked.

"Someone was here before us." Shi'ra stated.

"Do you think it was him?" Steven asked, turning to the Kratai woman.

"I hope not, I hope not." Shi'ra said back, even though it was very possible.

Rocket who had apperently the same idea as Shi'ra, looked at a pedestal, "You said Thanos had a gauntlet, right?"

"Yes. Why?" Thor asked him.

"Look anything like that?" Rocket asked, pointing at the outline of a gauntlet.

"I am Groot" Groot stated.

Rocket snapped to Groot, "Go back to the pad!"

"Wha..." Spinel asked, confused by sudden change of Rocket's behaviour before the two Guardians of the Galaxy were knocked away, landing on a floor a few metres away from them by a huge figure. The figure went over to Steven, Azurite, Shi'ra, Spinel and Bismuth and tried to knock them down as well, but fortunely for them, Steven formed a bubble around them, preventing the figure from hitting them.

Thor noted who this person was and called out to him, "Eitri, wait! Stop!"

"Thor?" Eitri asked, stopping in his rush.

"What happened here?" Thor wanted to know.

"You were supposed to protect us! Asgard was supposed to protect us!" Eitri shook his head, furiously.

"Asgard is destroyed, Eitri." Thor explained as Eitri seemed to calm down up a bit, but in not a good way. He now believed that Thanos had destroyed Asgard and Thor was left him in a similiar survivor role of a sole survivor, like him, "Eitri, the glove. What did you do?"

Eitri paused, as he walked across the floor to a second, before he sat on the floor, leaning against an ore skip. Rocket and Groot got themselves back on their feet before Eitri began a rather solemn story of what happened in Nidavellir, ''300 dwarves lived on this ring. I thought if I did what he asked, they'd be safe. I made what he wanted. A device capable of harnessing the power of the stones. Then he killed everyone anyway. All except me. 'Your life is yours,' he said. 'But your hands are mine alone."

Thor took Eitri by the shoulders, "Eitri, this isn't about your hands. Every weapon you've ever designed... every ax, hammer, sword... it's all inside your head. Now I know it feels like all hope is lost. Trust me, I know. But together, you and I, we can kill Thanos."