"Okay. Who here hasn't been to space?" Rocket asks. Aleks, Nat, Steve, and Rhodey all raise their hands. Seraphina hands each of them a bag.
"What's this for?" Steve asks. She simply points to Rocket as she takes her seat.
"Barf bags. You better not throw up on my ship." He replies.
"Approaching jump in three, two, one." Nebula counts down. They make the jump and come to a stop, looking down at the planet below. They wait in the ship as Carol heads down to check it out.
"No satellites. No ships. No armies. No ground defenses of any kind. It's just him." She tells them when she comes back.
"And that's enough." Nebula says.
Rocket lands the ship and the group splits up as they approach Thanos' house. Carol blasts through the wall of the house before slamming into him. She wraps her arms around his neck and pins his arm down with her leg.
He tries to pull free, but Bruce bursts through the ground in the Hulkbuster armor, holding his arm down. Rhodey joins them and pulls his other arm back. Seraphina flies into the house and swings her sword, cutting his left arm off. The gauntlet drops to the floor, and she points her sword at his head.
"Daughter, I've been expecting you. I knew you'd come for me, you are the Angel of Death, after all." He tells her as Rocket, Nebula, Thor, Steve, Nat, and Aleks enter the room. She growls, using all her self-control not to kill him.
"Oh, no." Rocket says as he flips the gauntlet over, revealing the missing Stones. Aleks scans the room, looking for any possible hiding places.
"Where are they?" Steve asks.
"Answer the question." Carol tells him, tightening her grip around his neck.
"The universe required correction. After that, the stones served no purpose beyond temptation." Thanos explains. Aleks rolls her eyes at the dramatics, annoyed.
"You murdered trillions!" Bruce shouts, pushing Thanos onto his back.
"You should be grateful." He replies. Bruce punches him in the face before Seraphina guides him out of the way. Thanos smiles at her and she scoffs, kicking his chest to knock him back down. She presses the tip of her sword to his throat as he sits back up.
"Where are the stones?" Nat asks.
"Gone. Reduced to atoms." He answers.
"You used them two days ago!" Bruce argues.
"I used the stones to destroy the stones. It nearly killed me. But the work is done. It always will be. I am inevitable." He tells him.
"We have to tear this place apart. He has to be lying!" Rhodey says.
"My father is many things. A liar is not one of them." Nebula replies.
"Ah. Thank you, daughter. Perhaps I treated you too harshly." Thanos tells her.
Seraphina looks to Thor and nods. She kicks Thanos down onto his back again, raising her sword above her head. Together, she and Thor swing their weapons. Thor cuts his head off as she stabs her sword through his heart.
"What did you do?" Rocket asks as the group stares at the two.
"I went for the head." Thor answers before he leaves. Seraphina pulls her sword free and stares down at her father's body. Nebula kneels down next to his head and closes his eyes. She looks at her sister and ushers the others out, leaving her alone.
"I thought I had daddy issues." Aleks mutters as they hear Seraphina screaming as she destroys the house behind them as they start walking back to the ship.
*1 Year Later*
"Aleks, listen to me-" Nat's voice comes from over the phone.
"I have been listening." Aleks scoffs, readjusting the phone on her shoulder. She looks through the sight, adjusting her aim. "I'm busy, can we talk later?"
"No, this is the first time you haven't sent me straight to voicemail in a week. What is going on with you?" She replies.
"I thought this was going to be a short call, I wasn't expecting a lecture." She sighs. Her target begins moving and she pulls the trigger. People scream below as Aleks begins packing the gun away.
"What was that? Are people screaming?" Nat asks. Aleks rolls her eyes as she snaps the case shut.
"Yes. People tend to scream when someone gets shot in front of them. It's annoying." She answers before she rappels down the side of the building.
"Aleks! Where are you?" She asks.
"I have to go. I have another job. Bye." She says before hanging up the phone. She sighs deeply before tucking her phone away and starting her motorcycle. She doesn't particularly like being an assassin again, but killing people is a good distraction and pays well.
*4 Years Later*
"Oh, I love knives." Aleks says as she drops down onto the street. The man looks at her, his blade still stabbed through the dead man on the ground. He quickly pulls the blade free and wipes it clean. She smirks at him and unsheathes her dagger, pressing the button to extend the blade.
"Who are you?" He asks. She rolls her eyes and attacks. The man quickly defends, and they fight, pretty evenly matched until Aleks slices his side. She takes the offense again, eventually pinning him and pressing her blade to his throat.
"Aleks, stop!" A voice shouts, making her freeze in her tracks. She keeps her blade pressed to the man's throat, keeping her attention on him.
"Go away, Natasha." She calls.
"You shouldn't be here." The man adds. She presses the blade harder to his throat, glaring at him.
"Don't talk to her." She hisses, ready to slit the man's throat.
"Step away." Nat orders, her arm raised and widow bite ready to fire.
"Let me do my job." She replies.
"I'm not going to let you kill my best friend." She scoffs. Aleks rolls her eyes but puts her knife away, shoving Clint away from her. "Both of you, listen to me. Killing all these people isn't gonna bring them back."
"You act like we don't know that." Aleks snaps, glaring at her sister. Nat ignores her and continues.
"We found something. A chance, maybe." She says.
"Don't." Clint tells her.
"Don't what?" She asks.
"Don't give me hope." He clarifies.
"I'm sorry I couldn't give it to you sooner." Nat tells him. Aleks scoffs and starts walking in the direction of her motorcycle. She grunts and falls to the ground as Nat fires her widow bite.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" She grunts, the electricity jerking her body around.
"I'm not gonna let you keep running from me. If I have to literally knock you out and drag you home, I will." She says.
"You wouldn't-" She starts to say, interrupted as Nat knocks her out.
"That's your sister?" Clint asks as they look down at her.
"Yeah, Aleks. She's not usually like this." She tells him as they lift her between them and start walking towards the car.
"So, you and your sister have tried to kill me. Is her twin gonna try and kill me next week?" He jokes, trying to distract a clearly upset Natasha.
"I make no promises." She replies.
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The Spring Soldier | Bucky Barnes
Hayran KurguThe Spring Solider was HYDRAs secret weapon. As the only person able to calm and keep the Winter Soldier under control, she was an important asset. That was until they found out that the two had gotten closer than what was expected or allowed. Alek...
