REMEMBER ME; peter parker

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EARTH

5000 BC

There was only supposed to be ten Eternals. That's the way the universe works, the way Arishem wanted. But, there was a fluke. Not only in the number of Eternals, of heroes, but in the extra one. She was not synthetic, like the others. Not completely, anyways. For some reason, the aberration was part Human. She was half robot, part of Arishem, and half human. 

Unlike humans, she did not have a heart, and her brain was a beautiful mix of wires and neurons. Instead of her heart stood an Infinity Stone, one Thanos didn't even know existed. The Heart Stone. It changed and controlled other's desires, and sometimes her own. It allowed her to be extremely empathetic, caring for any and everything whether she wanted to or not. She didn't have a say in who she cared for, but she knew she cared for her fellow Eternals. Thena was her "mother", Sersi, her sister. Ikaris, her brother and Gilgamesh, her father. Phastos, Kingo, and Druig were her best friends. Ajak was the leader, and not super close to anyone. She and Sprite weren't super close, but she cared for her nonetheless. But, she and Makkari were the best of friends. They told each other everything and spent practically all of their time together. 

The Eternals were sent to Earth with one mission: exterminate the Deviants. And they did, as a team, for five hundred years. 

The aberration, Talen, did not enjoy killing the Deviants. Even though the Deviants were evil, vicious creatures, Talen felt the killings deeper than everyone else. Secretly, she mourned every loss. It was the only way she could process her emotions. She didn't want to care for the Deviants, she'd watched them rip apart innocent people. Creatures like that didn't deserve a funeral, but the stupid, stupid stone in her chest did. 

She'd thought many times about leaving the team. Killing the Deviants was proving hard on her soul. It was a thought that kept her up at night. 

But, the team didn't need to know about her feelings toward the Deviants. They didn't need to know about her caring for them. The didn't need to know that her being human was not a good thing.