"I have no doubt that you'll try."
"I'll succeed, thank you very much," Natasha said with a mock glare before she reached over to try and pick up Rose, except she stopped when Rose turned away from her and seemingly tried to burrow her head into Harry's chest. "oh… so that's how it is, now?" Natasha asked in mock offense, placing a hand over her chest in a dramatic fashion.
"Dada." Rose chirped happily before tapping her forehead repeatedly on Harry's chest. "Da…"
"Da." Harry finished for her with a grin on his face.
"I'm starting to feel jealous," Natasha warned, though the seriousness of the warning was ruined by the smile on her face.
"You want to go to Mama?" Harry asked Rose as he held her out so that Natasha could pick her up. Rose let out a loud snort and tried her best to reach towards Harry.
"Are you kidding me?" Natasha sighed.
"You want to go to Dada?" Harry grinned as he pulled Rose back to himself.
"Dada!" Rose confirmed, happily clapping her hands.
"I want to act very adult now and be a good example to my daughter," Harry told Natasha. "but instead, I shall simply say 'ha'." Harry grinned.
.....
"Sire," Ebony Maw, a proud and prominent member of the Black Order and an adoptive son of Thanos, spoke. He had wrinkled grey skin and white hair on the back of his head. "forgive me, but are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes," A deep voice boomed in response. "I am." Thanos, the mad titan and one of the most feared beings in the universe replied. He sat upon his throne, his massive six-foot-seven body covered in gold armor and a gold helmet, leaving only his purple face exposed. "We will attack Earth."
"Of course, if that is what you desire," Ebony bowed his head. "but I must ask, is that truly the wisest course of action?"
"Perhaps, perhaps not," Thanos replied. "but I am long past being willing to wait. We have already obtained the power stone, and now we have the space stone too." Thanos grinned as he held up the arm that he had placed the infinity gauntlet on. He smiled as he looked at it, the gauntlet was an amazing device, worth far more than money. It may just look like a giant, gold, flashy glove but it was far more than that. it was a glove that was capable of holding and harnessing the power of all the six infinity stones. His smile grew wider as he looked at the two stones that he had already placed in the gauntlet, the purple power stone, and the blue space stone.
It was quite fortunate that the ship they had recently captured had possessed the space stone, it was an unbelievable bit of luck, as his information had told him that the last known location of the stone had been on Asgard. He knew of Asgard, not as much as he'd like, but he had known about it. He also knew that even with his own army, getting the stone from Asgard would have been challenging to say the least.
"The space stone dropping into our hands is surely no coincidence," Thanos continued. "I see it, I see it as a sign. A sign that I will achieve my destiny soon, it's close. We must get the others, I will not wait anymore."
"As long as you are sure," Ebony nodded. "we will be heading to 'The Collector' first, and then to Earth." Taneleer Tivan, also widely known as the Collector plus the current head of the Tivan Group, was renowned as the keeper of the largest collection of interstellar fauna, relics, and species in the galaxy. Unfortunately for him, they had discovered that he held an infinity stone in his collection and they were not in the mood to buy or bargain. Ebony didn't really mind that, it was going to Earth that bothered him.
"You seem reluctant," Thanos noted. "is that fear I detect?" He asked.
"Not fear, merely concern," Ebony quickly spoke, the last thing he wanted to do was appear weak in front of Thanos. "our reports show that Earth's heroes are still as strong and united as ever."
"That will not matter," Thanos said dismissively. "they can bring all their strength, all their numbers, but I will not falter, I will not fail. I will win."
"My lord, our spy network has heard whispers, whispers of the one that the Earthlings call 'Grim'." Ebony paused for a moment before continuing. "There are many species in the universe with connections to death, they have all warned against challenging him. Spoke of him with reverence in their voices." He could tell his words had affected Thanos, Thanos tilted his head upwards, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"We shall see," Thanos whispered under his breath before he replied to Ebony. "either way, we shall continue. Earth holds two infinity stones, we cannot avoid going there. We will head to Earth as soon as we get the rest."
"As my lord commands," Ebony Maw nodded. "what of the prisoners?" He asked.
"I have no use for them," Thanos said dismissively. "do what you want with them."
"Thank you." Ebony Maw gave him a smile that would be best described as creepy.