The Mad Titan's warning signs and a lead on the "dancer"!

Link returned to the throne hall.

He lounged against the Throne, the golden Infinity Gauntlet on his left hand, the Reality Stone at its index finger glowing an eerie red. Every so often, he snapped his fingers and turned a female alien making eyes at him into a squeaking space hamster, making Harley giggle, then changed her back amid her terrified screams.

Life on a throne was dull. He had to find some entertainment.

Cosmo, the Labrador in a spacesuit, now ranked second only to Harley in Knowhere. The dog lay beside Link's Throne, dutifully serving as the new "head of security" and chief adviser.

Cosmo's Telepathy worked better than any radar or scanner, making the dog Link's best source of intelligence for keeping everything under control.

[Boss, stop playing around.]

Cosmo's exasperated mental voice sounded in Link's mind.

[The warning signs from that madman are getting stronger.]

Link stopped his little "human-transformation trick," his gaze becoming calm again.

"Thanos?" he replied telepathically.

[Yes.] Cosmo's mental voice grew grave. [Within the universe's psychic network, his will is like a silent black hole, greedily devouring everything. The Collector's death was like a stone dropping into a lake. That black hole... has noticed the ripples here.]

[He'll send people soon. Every one of his followers is... difficult to deal with.]

"Isn't that perfect?" Link's lips curled upward. "I was just worrying that I had no one to help me test my new gauntlet's power."

Thanos? Sounds pretty badass.

But so what?

There weren't many opponents left in this universe who could stand before him. He looked forward to seeing just how many surprises this so-called Mad Titan could offer him.

[Besides that bad news, there's also... well, something that might count as good news.] Cosmo stuck out a tongue and continued relaying