[Unimpressed]
If you consider failure experience.
I consider experience experience. Almighty Thanos, I, Loki, Prince of Asgard... [Looks significantly at Thor] Odinson... the rightful King of Jotunheim, God of Mischief, do hereby pledge to you, my undying fidelity.
[Thor squints and notices a dagger materialize in Loki's hand. Loki braces himself, thrusts upward with lightning speed and attempts to stab Thanos, but is frozen in place by the Space Stone's power before the point could strike home.]
"Undying." You should choose your words more carefully.
[Thanos twists the dagger out of Loki's hand with his right hand, then takes hold of Loki's neck with the gauntlet and lifts him to eye level. Loki struggles, kicking, as his throat is squeezed. He makes eye contact with Thor before he increases his force on Loki's neck.] [Giving up on fighting against Thanos]
You... will never be... a god. [Thanos crushes Loki's neck, killing him.]
[Walks over and drops Loki's body in front of Thor.]
No resurrections this time.
[Thanos raises the gauntlet, sends violet Power fire through the remains of the Statesman, and uses the Space Stone to teleport away with the Black Order.]
No... Loki...
[Thor is released from his bonds. He crawls over to Loki's body – which, unlike in Thor: The Dark World, has not returned to its Jotun form – and lays his head down on Loki's chest, shedding tears for all that he has lost. The ship explodes.] [Dr. Stephen Strange recruits Tony Stark to the New York Sanctum, and he with Bruce Banner and Wong explain Thanos' plan to acquire the Infinity Stones.]
Tell me his name again.
Thanos. He's a plague, Tony. He invades planets, he takes what he wants, he wipes out half the population. He sent Loki! The attack on New York, that's him!
[To himself]
This is it... what's our timeline?
No telling. He has the Power and Space Stones, that already makes him the strongest creature in the whole Universe! If he gets his hands on all 6 Stones, Tony...
SS Dr. Stephen Strange
He could destroy life on a scale hitherto undreamt of.
There's six stones out there. Thanos already has the Power Stone because he stole it when he decimated Xandar last week. He stole the Space Stone from me, when he destroyed my ship and slaughtered half my people. The Time and Mind Stones are safe on Earth. They're with the Avengers.
They're Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
Like Kevin Bacon? [This line echoes a reference to Footloose made by Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy]
He may be on the team, I don't know. Haven't been there in a while. As for the Soul Stone, no one's ever seen that. No one even knows where it is. Therefore, Thanos can't get it. Therefore, he's going to Knowhere. Hence, he'll be getting the Reality Stone. You're welcome!
Gamora Then we have to go to Knowhere now.
Wrong. Where we have to go is Nidavellir.
Hold up, Nidavellir is real? Seriously?! I mean, that place is a legend. They make the most powerful, horrific weapons to ever torment the universe. I would very much like to go there, please!
The rabbit is correct, and clearly the smartest one among you.
Only Eitri the Dwarf can make me the weapon I need.
[Moving in, his blaster pointed right at Thanos]
Let her go, Grimace!
Gamora Peter...
[To Gamora]
I told you to go right.
Gamora Now? Really?
I like to think of myself more as a Titan-killing long-term booty call. Let her go.
Gamora Peter–
Or I'm gonna blow that nutsack of a chin right off your face!
Gamora Not him.
Gamora [Quill hesitates. He does not shoot anyone.]
You promised! You promised.
Oh, daughter. You expect too much from him. [To Quill] She's asked, hasn't she? Do it. [there is a very tense and unpleasant pause. Thanos rolls his head and shoves Gamora towards Quill's gun, egging him on.] DO IT!
[Tearing up]
I told you to go right.
Gamora I love you, more than anything...
[Quill screws up his eyes and pulls the trigger – but a stream of bubbles comes out. Thanos was playing him.] [Genuinely sincere]
I like him.
[Breathes shakily]
Come on. We got a situation. [He leads Peter over to a viewpoint on the torture below. Peter crouches to study the situation, the Cloak leaning over his shoulder.] See him down there? He's in trouble. What's your plan? Go.
Um. Okay, okay... uh... [Peter and the Cloak pop back upright] Okay, did you ever see this really old movie, Aliens?
Ebony Maw [The Cloak lifts its collar in surprise.] [Cut back to Ebony Maw interrogating Dr. Strange, who screams loudly.]
Painful, aren't they? They were originally designed for microsurgery. And any one of them...
Ebony Maw [At the "thump" behind him, Maw turns to see Iron Man standing there, hand repulsors ready to fire.]
Could end your friend's life in an instant.
I gotta tell you, he's not really my friend. Saving his life is more a professional courtesy.
Ebony Maw [Walks slowly towards Iron Man, beckoning very large, very solid metal objects to float behind him]
You've saved nothing. Your powers are inconsequential compared to mine.
Yeah, but the kid's seen more movies.
Gamora I'm sorry I disappointed you.
I am disappointed. But not because you didn't find it. [Leans down to put their heads at a level, whispering fiercely] But because you did. [Looks at her] And you lied.
Gamora [Thanos and Gamora stand outside a large solid door that slides open vertically as they approach, then pause as a set of inner doors made of interlacing metal slide away. Inside, we see Nebula face-on, suspended horizontally in the air in the middle of the room, her breath shuddering in pain.]
Nebula.
Gamora [Gamora hurries to to Nebula's left side, and we now see that she has been partially disassembled, her components stretched apart on a cybernetic version of the medieval torture rack.]
Don't do this.
Some time ago, your sister snuck aboard this ship to kill me.
Gamora Please don't do this.
And very nearly succeeded. So I brought her here. To talk.
Gamora [Thanos curls his gauntleted fist, activating both the Power and Space Stones, scowling and causing Nebula's already extended pieces to stretch further outward. She begins to scream.]
Stop. Stop it. [She puts her hands on the gauntlet, pulling it down] I swear to you on my life. I never found the Soul Stone.
[Thanos signals a nearby servant who taps on a control pad. We hear Nebula's voice say, "Accessing memory files" and a sort of hologram of Gamora's face shudders to life.]
You know what he's about to do. He's finally ready, and he's going for the stones. All of them.
Memory Gamora He can never get them all.
Memory Gamora He can't, Nebula. Because I found the map to the Soul Stone and I burnt it to ash. I burnt it.
[The memory ends.] [To Gamora, walking around behind her]
You're strong. Me. You're generous. Me. But I never taught you to lie. That's why you're so bad at it. [His voice drips with disgust] Where... is... the Soul Stone? [He raises his gauntlet next to Gamora's face. Nebula shakes her head, expression terrified, to encourage her sister's silence but when Gamora does not answer, Thanos clenches the gauntlet again, brow furrowed at his adopted daughter as the Power and Space Stones are reactivated. Gamora grimaces in shared pain at her sister's screams, growing louder as Thanos increases the pressure.]
Gamora Vormir! [Thanos unclenches his hand, and Nebula gasps in air as her parts snap back almost into place. Gamora goes to her and caresses her face.] The Stone is on Vormir.
S Stonekeeper
[After Gamora reveals Thanos where the Soul Stone is, they travel to Vormir, the Stone's location]
Welcome, Thanos, son of A'Lars. Gamora, daughter of Thanos.
S Stonekeeper
It is my curse to know all who journey here.
S Stonekeeper
You should know: It extracts a terrible price.
S Stonekeeper
We all think that at first. [His face is revealed as the Red Skull] We are all wrong.
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.
Red Skull [Red Skull leads Thanos and Gamora to a shrine on the edge of a tall cliff]
What you seek lies in front of you. As does what you fear.
Gamora What's this?
Red Skull The price. Soul holds a special place among the Infinity Stones. You might say it has a certain wisdom.
Red Skull To ensure whoever possesses it understands its power, the stone demands a sacrifice.
Red Skull In order to take the stone, you must lose that which you love. A soul, for a soul.
Gamora [laughs]
All my life I dreamed of a day, a moment, when you got what you deserved. And I was always so disappointed. But now, you kill, and torture and you call it mercy. The universe has judged you. You asked it for a prize and it told you no. You failed. And do you wanna know why? Because you love nothing. No one.
Gamora Really? Tears?
Red Skull They are not for him.
Gamora [Gamora looks at the Red Skull, and as her bitter smile fades, realizes what is about to happen]
No. This isn't love.
I ignored my destiny once. I cannot do that again. Even for you.
[Gamora takes the double-edged knife Thanos had given her, then tries to stab herself in the stomach. But Thanos uses the Reality Stone, turning the knife into bubbles] [anguished]
I'm sorry, little one.
Gamora [muted]
NO!
[Walking closer to the Scarlet Witch]
I understand, my child. Better than anyone.
[Snarls]
You... could never.
[Reaches down to presume to stroke her hair, as if in comfort]
Today, I lost more than you can know. But now is no time to mourn. Now... is no time at all. [He reaches forward, clenching the gauntlet, emerald filigree surrounding his wrist, making a gesture very similar to that Doctor Strange made when activating the Eye of Agamotto. In response, a bead of yellow light starts gathering in on itself as time is reversed and growing in size, solidifying into an intact and conscious Vision]
No! [She lunges for Vision and is swatted away.]
[Thanos picks up Vision by the throat, lifting him to eye-level, and digs the fingers of his right hand into Vision's forehead, digging out the Mind Stone. He pulls it loose, and Vision goes limp and colorless; he tosses the lifeless android aside like trash. Bringing his gauntleted hand up, he slowly moves the Mind Stone over the last empty setting, and drops it in. The energy surge is much more than any previous – his torso is wreathed with iridescent static and he bellows from the sensations.]
[As Thanos studies the completed gauntlet, a massive bolt of lighting strikes him, digging him into the ground and grinding him back for meters. Thor has arrived, eyes glowing with power, stooping down from the sky like a bird of prey. The God of Thunder pauses his attack, reverses his position, raises Stormbreaker above his head and hurls it – Thanos fires the whole might of the gauntlet against it, but it only creates a rainbow-like bow-shock, not slowing the ax as it slams right into Thanos' chest. ]
I told you... You'd die for that!
[He takes hold of the back of Thanos's head and forces Stormbreaker deeper into his chest, staring angrily into his eyes while Thanos cries out in pain]
You... should have gone for the head!
[He holds up his hand and snaps his fingers]
NO!
[Thanos is now briefly inside the Soulworld, where he sees a young Gamora on the home world of the Zen Whoberi]
Daughter?
Gamora Did you do it?
Gamora [Beat]
What did it cost?
[out of the Soulworld, Thanos is snapped back into reality, notices the damages inflicted on the scorched Gauntlet, and the stones are no longer glowing]
What did you do? WHAT DID YOU DO?!
[Thanos closes his fist, Using the Space Stone to teleport away, leaving Thor left on the Wakandan field] [Stumbles into the clearing, holding his left side]
Where'd he go? Thor, where'd he go?
[Bucky suddenly collapses into a pile of ashes. Steve walks over and touches the ground where Bucky's ashes evaporated unbelievably. On the battlefield, Wakankan soldiers disintegrate to ashes, much to M'Baku's horror] [While reaching for a fallen Okoye]
Up, General! Up! This is no place to die. [He holds out his hand for Okoye. But T'Challa then turns into ashes and an anguish Okoye falls back on the ground]
Okoye Kumkani?!
[Slowly corroding into ashes as well]
I... am... Groot... (Translation: "Dad?")
Okoye [Off-screen]
KUMANI!
No. No, no, no, no! Groot... No...
War Machine [Scarlet Witch is mourning over Vision. She then turns into ashes. An injured Falcon turns to ashes, hidden in the brush] [Searching for Falcon, missing him by only a few feet]
Sam!
War Machine [Okoye is seen hyperventilating fearfully over T'Challa's disappearance] [Off-screen]
Sam, where you at?!
[Back on Titan, the remaining members of the Guardians and Avengers help themselves up from their battle against Thanos they had lost]
Something's happening. [She gets disintegrated into ashes]
[Drax gets disintegrated next]
Steady, Quill.
[Staring around in horror]
Aw, man.
[Quill turns into ashes also]
Tony. [Tony turns to Dr. Strange] There was no other way. [Finally gets erased]
[Realizing that he's fading away]
Mr. Stark? I don't feel so good...
[Trying to be calm]
You're alright.
[Stumbling and terrified]
I don't... I don't know what's happening. I don't– [Parker falls into Stark's arms, clutching him tight and crying] I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go! Sir, please. Please, I don't wanna go. I don't wanna go. I'm sorry.
[Parker disintegrates into ashes in Stark's arms.] [To Tony Stark, seeing Thanos' victory]
He did it.
War Machine [Stark mourns silently at their failure it caused. Back on Wakanda, the remaining team members, Captain America, Thor, War Machine, Black Widow, Bruce Banner, and Rocket are left mourning near Vision's dead body.]
What is this? What the hell is happening?
[Pause]
Oh, God.
[Meanwhile, in a different place, in a rustic house on a terraced slope with a scarecrow made of discarded armor, Thanos sits down and watches the sun rise.]
