As it turned out, knowing plenty of people made things easier.
As for how John had gotten there, everyone seemed to take it for granted.
After all, John had spent some time traveling through space.
Only Stephen looked at John thoughtfully, recalling the blue light from moments earlier.
"Stark, I haven't congratulated you on your wedding yet."
John greeted Tony.
Tony stared in disbelief. "If you're here, what about Earth?"
Thanos's army was still eyeing the stones on Earth, yet John, whom Tony considered their greatest safeguard, had appeared on Titan.
"Oh, those guys?" John said casually. "They've been defeated."
Defeated?
That Thanos?
"Sorry, are you saying you defeated Thanos's army?" Star-Lord asked, wondering if he had misheard. "All by yourself?"
John looked at Star-Lord as though he were an idiot. "Of course not."
"Earth has dozens of superheroes. Isn't it perfectly normal for them to band together and defeat an alien army?"
Was that perfectly normal?
Hearing John speak as though it were obvious, Star-Lord fell into thought.
It wasn't that he didn't believe him. Gamora had simply stressed, over and over, how powerful and terrifying Thanos was.
Everyone had thought the end of the world was coming, only for John to tell him those guys had been wiped out.
Star-Lord needed a moment.
So did Tony.
But on second thought, if all of Earth's heroes came together, it didn't seem impossible.
"How many people did you bring?" Tony asked eagerly.
John smiled mysteriously. After keeping them in suspense long enough, he slowly raised one finger.
"A hundred?" Peter ventured.
John glanced at him. "Kids shouldn't interrupt. Fine, it's just me."
Their hopes of ganging up on Thanos were finally dashed.
Tony had better focus on figuring out how to deal with Thanos.
"It's simple," John said, seamlessly joining