Arthur opened his eyes while looking around the wreckage of the ship with indifference. He didn't care about Maw and Dwarf since they were murderers who killed millions of innocent lives. Hence, he didn't give his attention to those and solely decided to end this meaningless war even if it costs his life force.
" Where are we?"
Tony said while scanning around him with curiosity. He didn't have any experience with space travel, so he was curious about other sentient beings. Especially, they were far superior to humankind.
" Somewhere in the ruined planet. It seems that this planet had dead for at least a couple of hundred years."
Arthur said, touching the soil with his bare hands. He couldn't feel the breath of living on this planet as he only heard the cry of deceased souls.
" Let's go out."
Strange spoke while sighing with a complicated expression.
Creak*
Suddenly, they heard the sound of a crash. A shadow immediately fell before them as it grabbed Strange and pointed a gun at his head.
" Quill? What are you doing here?"
Arthur said, recognizing Peter who was wearing his mask. Other guardians also appeared from the wreckage as they saw their vice leader with a bright expressions.
" Art, you are here. I couldn't contact you because we had some difficulties."
Peter said, putting his gun down. He noticed other heroes besides Arthur and felt they weren't simple humans. Especially, Tony and Spiderman had their suits that were literally saying we are dangerous.
" Earth has been invaded by some aliens and I have neutralized 2 of them. They were far more powerful entities than I thought."
Arthur explained the situation to them with a calm expression since there was little time.
Peter's expression darkened when he heard his home was invaded by his enemies. Although he left his home planet, he still cared about them.
" So, who are these guys?"
Tony asked while taking off his helmet. He noticed one of them was a human and the others were aliens.
" They are my other teammates aka Guardians of the Galaxy. This is Drax, Mantis, and Peter Quill. By the way, why is Nebula with you again? I remember the last time she tried to kill us."
Arthur looked at Nebula who was also observing him with vigilance since Nebula was afraid of him. Peter gritted his teeth and hung his head down with guilt.
" Thanos got Reality stone and Gamora. We don't know where they are and Rocket, and Groot have decided to go with Thor."
Peter said, showing his guilt and helplessness for being a useless leader. He couldn't prevent his teammate's separation as he was the main reason for their failure and he couldn't bring himself to tell this Arthur.
" Thor? Thanos? Reality Stone?"
Arthur was shocked to hear these words. He never imagined his enemy would be infamous Gamora's father. Moreover, he already collected the stone which he was hoping to get his hand on first. He knew the reality stone was the biggest obstacle after the space stone.
" ... This is Peter Parker, Tony, and Stephen. We are here because we wanted to end this war, but it seems we were mistaken. This isn't a battle anymore since he got 3 stones. We have to escape from here."
Arthur spoke while showing his concern about other stones. He wasn't foolish enough to challenge a titan with the three Infinity stones with just 8 people. It would be suicide.
" No, we can't leave without Gamora. We must find her."
Peter shouted, showing his aggravation to them. He was anxious about Gamora because she looked at him with sadness unlike before. His guts were telling him something was wrong.
" Yes, we can't leave without her."
Others agreed with him except the Avengers. They didn't try to argue with him because Arthur's decision was right.
Suddenly, Arthur's face changed. He sighed with a complicated look.
" It is too late. I can feel the energies of the stones. He banned the space around us to get the thing."
He drew his sword as he saw a wormhole.
" What thing?"
Drax asked while scratching his head.
" Time stone."
Strange replied while looking at Nebuls who was shocked to hear.