While Kraft was still wandering through other parallel worlds, unable to find the coordinates that would take him home, the world he had originally come from faced a major crisis of its own.
Thanos was heading for Earth with his entire army in tow.
Since Thanos had no device that could pinpoint the Stones as precisely as Kraft's Infinity Stone Radar, he actually had no idea that most of the Infinity Stones were on Earth.
He had only set his sights on Earth because he was pursuing the fleeing Asgardians-or, more precisely, the Space Stone in their possession.
Thanos had known the Time Stone's whereabouts for a long time, however. Although The Ancient One had passed away, caution and respect for the Sorcerer Supreme still prompted him to bring all his forces.
After all, Earth now held the two most troublesome Stones, Time and Space. It had also repelled his cannon-fodder vanguard, the Chitauri, and he had actually lost three members of his Black Order recently...
So this time, Thanos decided not to underestimate any force. He would spare no effort in seizing the Time and Space Stones.
A move as large as Thanos mobilizing his entire army naturally drew the attention of powers across the universe. But once they realized they were not his target, none took further action, lest their forces inadvertently provoke the Mad Titan.
Earth, meanwhile, was not entirely unaware of Thanos's movements.
With technological support from Kraft and the Inhumans, S.P.E.A.R. had already assembled a space fleet and established preliminary contact with a handful of alien civilizations. Naturally, they had learned about Thanos as well.
And even if S.P.E.A.R. had failed to detect Thanos's approach, Angela would have warned them in time.
S.H.I.E.L.D., meanwhile, had two sources of information-the Skrulls and Captain Marvel-so they had