Thanos fell to his knees, grasping at the gauntlet. Peter Quill fired some type of gun at the ground once Y/n teleported herself and Drax out of the way. Long, blue, electric volts sprouted up and clung to Thanos's arm, ripping it down. Thanos now had one arm caught by the tendrils and one by the volts. Peter swung around him, leaving his webbing to tie Thanos up. Y/n grabbed Mantis's arm and teleported her above Thanos's head. She let Mantis wrap her legs around his neck. She grabbed his head as Y/n pounced off of Thanos and onto the ground. Everyone was groaning and straining, trying to hold him in place. Tony looked at Mantis.

"Is he under? Don't let up." Mantis let her head drop back a little bit as she responded.

"Be quick. He is very strong." Tony looked at Y/n.

"Squeak, help! Get over here! She can't hold him here much longer let's go!" Y/n ran over and grabbed the gauntlet with her good hand, and together, she and Tony worked to pull off the glove. Y/n was grunting as she saw Peter Quill fly over.

"I thought you'd be hard to catch. For the record, this was my plan. You're not so strong now, huh? Where is Gamora?" Y/n watched as Thanos's lip quivered.

"My... Gamora...." Star Lord got close to Thanos, nose to nose close.

"Bull shit. Where is she?" Mantis grunted.

"He is in anguish." Peter looked up at Mantis before looking back at Thanos.

"Good." Mantis whimpered.

"He... He mourns." Drax frowned.

"What does this monster have to mourn?" Nebula walked closer.

"Gamora." Peter Quill turned around. Everyone was still holding their place, letting out grunts as they strained themselves, but Peter was still.

"What?" Nebula looked at him.

"He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone. But she didn't." Tony let his Iron Man mask fall down and he looked at Peter Quill.

"Okay Quill, you gotta cool it right now. You understand? Don't, don't. Don't engage. We almost got this off!" He was screaming by the end. But Peter couldn't hear. He was slowly turning around to face Thanos.

"Tell me she's lying. Asshole! Tell me you didn't do it!" Thanos groaned.

"I had to." Peter's face had fallen long ago.

"No, you didn't." He took a step back before raising his gun. Y/n knew what was going to happen. She teleported over, she tried to block him, but he just hit her broken arm and threw her to the side.

"NO! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO!" Tony charged at him.

"HEY! Stop! STOP!" Peter Parker ran over and started pulling on the gauntlet. It was sliding off, they were so close. Just as his fingers had left the glove, his eyes snapped open. He grabbed the glove and pushed Peter aside. He threw Mantis off his head and Peter jumped to catch him. He tossed everyone aside, he crushed them. They ran up to him, they jumped him, they thrashed, but he just pushed everyone off him. He grunted and lifted his arm. Y/n watched in horror as one of Titan's moons came ripping towards them.

The moon turned fiery as it entered the atmosphere, and little bits broke off, and the rocks came crashing down. The whole planet shook as they crashed down, and the moment they hit, Y/n was weightless. She flew into the air, and time seemed to slow. Her arms moved through the air, flapping, and her legs kicked, but they did nothing. She was winded as she hurtled toward the ground. Her body crashed against a pile of debris, and she rolled into a deep crevis seconds before a large explosion went off. She saw flashes of light from far away, but she couldn't move, and she couldn't hear.

She was helpless.

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It felt like years, but it was only minutes. She heard Tony over the intercom.

"Squeak? Are you there? Y/n? Where are you?" Y/n smiled and wheezed as she spoke.

"Took you long enough Thump. I'm, I'm a little stuck." In a few minutes, Tony had come and helped her escape. She looked at him, at his frown. Her face dropped.

"It happened, didn't it?" Tony looked at the ground. But Y/n kept her glaze.

"We lost. We lost. What happens now?" Her lip was quivering as Tony looked up. He was silent as he took a step toward her. He was silent as he hugged her. He was silent as they both let out a single weep, and they were both silent as they walked back to the others.

She hugged Peter Parker, she slapped Peter Quill. She thought of Pietro, of where he was, of how he was. She sat with Peter and let him braid her hair. It was something Peter had always liked to do at the compound, and to be doing it again was bittersweet. She tied her hair and looked over her shoulder at Peter. He was looking... off. Mantis looked at the horizon.

"Somethings happening." And she... faded away. Y/n and Peter stood up. Everyone's eyes had widened, and suddenly Drax was turning to dust as well. Then Quill. Y/n turned around on the spot. She saw Dr. Strange fade and then turned to Peter. Oh, Peter.

"Mr. Stark? Y/n? I don't feel so good." He was stumbling around and Y/n was shaking her head. Her eyes were watering. Tony looked at him.

"You're alright." Peter stumbled forward.

"I don't know, I don't know what's happening, I don't know." He fell into Tony's arms.

"I don't want to go, sir. Please. I don't want to go, please, please, I don't want to go." Y/n watched as they fell to the ground, Tony cradling Peter. Y/n crashed to her knees as he drifted away. She was wishing, praying, that she would be taken as well, that she would drift away, but she stayed. Nebula looked at her as she looked at Nebula.

"He did it." They all sat down together in silence.

They were helpless.

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I hate Quill so much in this scene. It's all his fault, and it's stupid and I hate him, but it also makes total sense for his character.

God, this scene made me cry. I knew it was going to, and it did.

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