Marvel Cinematic Prime Universe
This was the ninth year after Thanos snapped his fingers.
Under the influence of the Infinity Gauntlet's power, half of the universe's living beings were instantaneously reduced to sand and scattered with the wind.
This was a terrible disaster.
The condition Thanos set when he snapped his fingers was to randomly eliminate half of all life.
Half seemed fair enough, yet there were always those unlucky ones.
Dr. Hank Pym, the old Ant-Man, lost his entire family, leaving behind only an un-inducted son-in-law, Scott Lang.
Hawkeye Clint Barton—perhaps all his good luck had concentrated on him alone, as the fifty-percent chance took away his entire family.
Thor Odinson (Parallel Universe) lost his father, mother, girlfriend, brother, friends, and his people in that catastrophe.
They could be said to be among the strongest of this era, and naturally would not willingly resign themselves to such a fate when faced with this situation.
Somewhere inside Iron Man Tony Stark's secret base on the Western world's territory.
Iron Man Tony Stark, Thor Odinson, Hawkeye Clint Barton, Ant-Man Scott Lang, and Scarlet Witch Wanda Maximoff.
The five people who had lost all their family members gathered together.
At this moment,
the five of them wore excited and eager expressions, their burning gazes fixed upon a square gem resting on the glass tabletop, radiating a deep purple light.
Surrounding the gem were faint wisps of purple mist; this was none other than the Orb among the six Infinity Stones—the Power Stone.
Relying on their foreknowledge, they traveled to Xandar in outer space and obtained this beautiful gem.
Acquiring this gem filled everyone with excitement.
"If everything goes this smoothly, then achieving our goal is right before our eyes," Thor happily said.
Iron Man Tony Stark, however, shook his head and said,