The war began.
Fireballs rained down from Wakanda's sky.
Their shield blocked the first wave of attacks, but more fireballs fell.
The tremors alerted the superheroes.
Wakanda's defensive barrier could hold them off for a while, but it could not stop everything.
Seeing the army, Vision understood that only destroying the Stone could make them give up.
He was about to rise when John slapped him back down.
T'Challa's sister Shuri, Wakanda's chief scientist, was working with Banner to find a way to remove the Mind Stone.
Seeing John approach, Shuri shouted, "Hey, don't touch anything!"
They would have to operate on two trillion neurons to remove the Stone intact without harming Vision.
John raised his right hand and said calmly, "That would take too long."
Under Shuri's gaze, silvery-white threads finer than spider silk floated up from John's hand.
One, two...
Thousands upon thousands of threads, more precise than Wakanda's most advanced machinery.
Banner looked at them and asked, "If you had this, why didn't you bring it out sooner?"
John curled his lip. "Sometimes, you have to give the other side a little encouragement."
Disaster was already at their doorstep, yet John was still plotting to wipe out the enemy completely.
"Vision, if you can't hold on..."
"I can hold on, Wizard King," Vision said firmly.
Annoyed at being interrupted, John said, "If you can't hold on, I'll pry the Mind Stone out by force."
Vision fell silent. I thought you were going to show some concern for me.
John certainly wasn't going to fuss over someone from Stark's family.
The Soul Scalpel plunged straight into the Mind Stone.
Vision clenched his fists. At last, he understood what it felt like to have his soul torn apart.
John's expression remained calm, as though he could not see Vision