The Kidnapping of Nebula was a successful effort by Thanos to replace the Nebula from the alternate timeline with her still Thanos-loyal self in order to infiltrate the Avengers and bring Thanos and his forces to 2023.
Background[]
In an attempt to undo the Snap and restore everyone, killed by Thanos, the Avengers sought a way to obtain the Infinity Stones that Thanos previously destroyed. Scott Lang suggested that since the laws of time and space are different in the Quantum Realm, they could use it to their advantage. Tony Stark and Bruce Banner managed to create the Quantum Realm to travel to another timelines and obtaining the Stones there, thus launching the Time Heist. As the Avengers split into several teams, Nebula and War Machine traveled to 2014 to get the Power Stone. They arrived on Morag and followed Star-Lord to the Temple Vault where the Orb was hidden. War Machine knocked Star-Lord out and Nebula used his Lock Pick to retrieve the Orb.
Meanwhile, the alternate Nebula's cybernetic enhancements unwillingly synchronized with those of Nebula, forcing a link between the two. Thanos ordered Ebony Maw to investigate, and he discovered that Nebula synchronized her memories with her alternate counterpart from the future. He looked through Nebula's memories and Thanos witnessed that his counterpart succeeded and was killed by the Avengers, but now they were seeking for a way to undo his plan. Thanos made a decision to stop the Avengers and ordered to track down the Nebula from another timeline and have her captured.[3]
Kidnapping[]
Nebula gets captured by the Sanctuary II
As War Machine returned to his timeline with the Orb, Nebula got incapcitated because of the memory link and failed to carry out a timeline jump with him. Nebula witnessed Thanos researching her memories through the link and realized that he found out about their plan. Horrified, Nebula managed to recover from the malfunctioning and rushed to the Benatar's Space Pod, attempting to notify Black Widow and Hawkeye about Thanos. However, the Sanctuary II had arrived on Morag and beamed Nebula up before she could contact anyone.
Nebula threatens her counterpart
Nebula was captured by Thanos' army and got attached by her alternate self who was still loyal to Thanos, as she expressed her disgust that her future self would betray him. Nebula saw Gamora there and tried to talk to her, only to be interrupted and knocked up by the alternate Nebula. She then threatened Nebula with her Energy Dagger, but instead of torturing her, the alternate Nebula removed her superficial armor plating and equipped it on herself, as well as taking the Pym Particles she had on her.[3]
Aftermath[]
Ebony Maw researched the Pym Particles and figured out the way for Nebula to jump to the alternate timeline, so she could bring Thanos' forces to the future. Using the Advanced Tech Suit and the Time-Space GPS, Nebula traveled to the future and infiltrated the Avengers, pretending to be her alternate self. While the Avengers used the Nano Gauntlet and the Infinity Stones they collected to resurrect the victims of the Snap, the alternate Nebula activated the Quantum Tunnel to bring the Sanctuary II into that timeline. Meanwhile, Gamora approached Nebula, and after talking about her fate, they joined forces against Thanos.
Nebula kills her alternate self
As the Sanctuary II attacked the Avengers Compound, and Thanos fought the Avengers, Hawkeye grabbed the Gauntlet and ran away from the Outriders pursuing him. He was eventually found by the alternate Nebula, and assuming she was an ally, Hawkeye gave her the Gauntlet, as she updated Thanos that she got the Stones. As the alternate Nebula attempted to kill Hawkeye, she was confronted by Gamora and Nebula, who tried to convince her to abandon Thanos and change her fate, like Nebula did. However, the alternate Nebula was unable to do that as Thanos' grip on her was too hard, before she attempted to kill her sister, only for Nebula to shoot her.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy
- ↑ The Marvel Cinematic Universe follows a general real time policy in most of Phase Two - set when the media is released when suitable.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Avengers: Endgame