"Do we know if she had more family?" Tony asks as Aleks approaches.
"They're gone." She answers.
"You're acting like she's dead. Why are we acting like she's dead? We have the stones, right?" Thor asks. "As long as we have the stones, Cap, we can bring her back. Isn't that right? So, stop this shit. We're the Avengers. Get it together."
"We can't get her back." Clint says. Aleks glares at him, sliding her hand towards her knife.
"What's he...What?" He scoffs.
"It can't be undone. It can't." He replies. Thor laughs.
"Look, I'm sorry, no offense, but you're a very earthly being, okay? And we're talking about space magic. And 'can't' seems very definitive. Don't you think?" He tells him.
"Yeah, look, I know that I'm way outside my pay grade here. But she still isn't here, is she?" He says.
"No, that's my point." He replies.
"It can't be undone." Clint repeats. "Or that's at least what the red, floating guy had to say. Maybe you wanna go talk to him, okay? Go grab your hammer and you go fly and you talk to him." He yells. "It was supposed to me be."
"Yes, it should have." Aleks snaps, grabbing the handle of her knife. Steve wipes his eyes and grabs it from her, keeping it away.
"She sacrificed her life for that goddamn stone. She bet her life on it." He continues. Bruce roars and throws the bench in front of him into the water.
"She's not coming back." He says. "We have to make it worth it. We have to."
"We will." Steve promises.
The others begin to head back, but Clint stays behind. Once the others have gone back inside, Aleks rushes forward and shoves him into the lake.
"I hope you drown." She tells him before heading back towards the building.
***
Clint wakes to Aleks pinning him down, her knife pressed to his throat. She smiles when she notices he's awake, pressing her blade further into his skin.
"Tell me why I shouldn't kill you. Beg for your life." She tells him.
"Shut up." He replies, knowing the explosion means they have bigger problems. It distracts her enough for him to shove her off and he takes off down the tunnel in front of them. She growls and follows but comes to a stop when she spots him kneeling in front of the glove.
They hear growling and he grabs an arrow. He fires it down the tunnel, revealing aliens crawling towards them. He grabs the glove and Aleks snatches it from him, wanting to leave him behind but not wanting to let the glove fall into the wrong hands.
Aleks focuses on getting away as Clint sets explosive arrows to buy them some time. They explode, sending them flying to the ground. Aleks quickly spots the opening above them and uses her grappling hook to get away.
Clint follows her lead, using his sword to kill the aliens following them. Aleks jumps onto the ground as she emerges from the tunnel, waiting for Clint. She spots Nebula and tosses her the glove, tackling Clint as he lands next to them.
"Father, I have the stones." Nebula says. Aleks groans and moves to fight her for them, but Nebula kicks her over and pins the two of them to the ground, pointing her gun at them.
"Stop." A voice calls before she can fire. Gamora from 2014 enters, pointing her gun at Nebula.
"You're betraying us?" She asks.
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