Chapter 72: A glimpse of Thanos
[Aron's first Person POV]
Natasha tensed. "The good."
"The good news is that the alien girl's name is Nebula and she's Thanos's daughter. Thanos is a mad Titan who wants to destroy Earth and offer the souls to Lady Death. Why is it good news? Well, because we got time to prepare for the threat," I sighed and continued, "The bad news is that Thanos is going after the Infinity Stones. Now, if he gets his hand on all the six stones, he would become practically unstoppable. He can dismantle the entire universe into atoms and recreate it on his vision with a snap of his finger."
Natasha sat up straight with a baffled expression. 'You gotta be kidding me!' She thought.
"Nope. Not kidding. Sorry, for reading your mind." I apologized.
'It's fine...' She pressed her eyebrows in worry and looked down.
"We need to inform Fury. How long do we have?" She asked, standing up.
"Thanos is building the Infinity Gauntlet to contain the stones' power, that's all I got from her memories and well, he got a massive army so yeah it's not gonna be pretty," I answered as I stretched my neck to the side. "So, give or take a couple of months to a year,"
'Damn, that's insane,' She muttered and paused.
I grabbed Natasha and teleported to Nebula, then after grabbing her I teleported to the Shield's base entrance. The agents outside reacted almost instantly with their guns aimed at me, but then they realized it was Natasha and lowered their guns.
Natasha lifted her hand as she stood before them. "Fury in?"
"Yes ma'am," The agents replied and stepped aside for her to enter.
We walked into the base, Nebula still encased in her ice prison, hovering behind me like some twisted trophy. Before me was Natasha, walking through the halls. I couldn't help but smirk a little. She was already back in action mode, even after nearly dying. That's the Black Widow for ya.
The place was full of agents and workers. Some were running around with files and others with boxes of supplies. Everyone was busy and focused on their work. There were turrets and cameras everywhere. The whole place was heavily secured. The SHIELD agents stared as we passed. Some whispered. Can't blame them, it's not every day one sees a frozen blue alien.
We reached Fury's office. Natasha didn't even knock—just barged in like she owned the place. Fury looked up from his desk, his one eye narrowing as he took in the scene. 'Thank God, she's alright.' He thought. 'She brought Aron and an alien?'
"Romanoff," he said, his voice calm but sharp. "Care to explain? You went off-grid and none of the agents are replying. What happened out there?"
Natasha walked towards Fury and sat down in front of him, while I placed Nebula on the table.
"Everyone's dead. If not for Aron, I would have been dead too," She informed him.
Fury turned his attention to me and asked, "Dead? How?"
"Her," She pointed at the frozen Nebula on the table. "We were waiting for the X-Force to arrive, but she got a jump on us and we were too weak against her cybernetic implants and technology. Send a team to recover the bodies." Natasha sighed, pressing her fingers against her forehead, recalling all those people that she lost.
"Who is she?" Fury asked as he stood up to take a closer look at Nebula. "And why did she attack you?"
"She's Nebula, Thanos's daughter," I answered. "She was sent here to acquire data on Earth's heroes and technology and send them back to Thanos. And well, she failed."
Fury leaned back in his chair, his single eye narrowing. "You're saying this—" he gestured to the frozen Nebula, "—is Thanos's daughter, and she's here to scout Earth for an invasion?"
I nodded grimly. "That's the gist of it. But instead of me explaining everything, it's better if I show you two."
Natasha tilted her head, her gaze piercing. "What do you mean, show?"
I stepped closer, resting my hand on the table. "I'll use telepathy to connect your minds to her memories. You'll see everything firsthand—Thanos's conquest, his army, and his plans. But fair warning, it's not going to be easy to watch."
Natasha's lips tightened. Fury studied me for a moment before giving a curt nod. "Do it."
I extended my telepathic power, linking their minds with mine and connecting all three to Nebula's frozen consciousness. The fragments of her memories swirled in my head like shards of broken glass, each one sharp and jagged. I pieced them together carefully, guiding Natasha and Fury into the heart of her experiences.
The office around us dissolved, replaced by the black void of space. Fury and Natasha stood beside me, invisible observers in Nebula's fractured mind.
A young Nebula appeared before us—a child on a distant, barren planet. Her blue skin shimmered under the harsh alien sun as she trained with other children under the watchful eye of Thanos. He loomed above them, a menacing figure of power and cruelty, his voice cold as he barked orders.
"Only the strong survive," he said, his tone devoid of mercy.
The scene shifted to a brutal sparring match. A young Gamora, Nebula's sister, bested her in combat. Nebula fell, wounded and desperate, as Thanos approached.
"You've disappointed me again," Thanos said, his voice dripping with disdain. He motioned to his scientists, who dragged the screaming child away.
The memory shifted, showing Nebula undergoing horrific cybernetic modifications. Piece by piece, her organic body was replaced with machinery, each surgery more brutal than the last. Every time she lost, Thanos would replace a part of her with a machine. Natasha flinched at the sight, her jaw tightening. Fury's expression darkened, his eye focused intently on the scene.
Nebula's adult self emerged, a warrior hardened by years of torment. Her hatred for Gamora and Thanos burned brightly, but so did her fear of her father.
The scene shifted...
A planet burned below us, its surface consumed by fire and chaos. The skies were filled with smoke, and the screams of its inhabitants echoed faintly in the distance. Thanos's massive ship loomed overhead, covering most of the sky.
Nebula stood on the battlefield, surrounded by Thanos's forces. His army was a nightmarish sight—Chitauri soldiers swarmed the ground, their grotesque forms running around and killing everything in their sight. Leviathans, massive serpentine warships, soared through the skies, raining missiles and plasma on the fleeing populace.
At the forefront were Thanos's generals, and the Black Order. Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian commanded the assault. The heroes of that planet were falling like flies, unable to resist the insane army.
In the midst of the chaos, Thanos descended to the surface, his massive frame unyielding as he ran through the destruction with his giant blade. The ground trembled beneath his feet. Survivors who dared to fight were effortlessly cut down, while others were dragged before him in chains.
Ebony Maw called it honor and mercy. But it was nothing more than sadistic pleasure. It was a scene of pure horror. Thanos raised his sword and brought it down on the helpless prisoner, splitting the man in two. Blood sprayed across the ground, staining the soil red. Then he killed them all, one by one. The Chitauri, the Black Order, and everyone else on the planet rejoiced in blood and slaughter.
Thanos then kneeled before a pile of bodies and closed his eyes, "My mistress... A small gift from an insignificant world. May its sacrifice please you. They shall be your slave in death."
Then the scene shifted...
Nebula stood aboard the command deck of his flagship, watching as a hologram projected his vast army. The Chitauri were only one piece of the puzzle. The Outriders, horrifying creatures bred solely for war, moved in relentless waves, their claws dripping with blood. Entire fleets of warships, each bristling with weaponry capable of decimating planets, were stationed across the galaxy.
Thanos's forces were a juggernaut of destruction that had already claimed countless worlds.
Nebula's fear deepened as Thanos turned his gaze to her. "Earth," he said, pointing to a glowing hologram of the planet. "They will resist, but they will fall. And when they do, I will offer their souls to my mistress." He leaned back on his throne and looked at Nebula, who just went through another enhancement. "Your new enhancement will give you an edge. Leave. Gather intelligence on their heroes and technology and don't fail me again. Gamora, how's the search for the infinity stones going?"
His voice echoed throughout the command deck.
"Knowhere. Collector. I will need the alpha team," Gamora said.
"Take them," Thanos ordered as he stood up and walked to Gamora. He then placed his hand on her shoulder. "Daughter... Once I get the stones, I can finally do what must be done. Offer all souls to my Mistress. You must succeed." He paused and looked at Nebula, "All of you must succeed."
The scene shifted again...
Nebula arrived on Earth, her mission clear. She used two decoys to attract the attention of the heroes. First was an army of robots in the Sahara, where they would attack the heroes or anyone who arrived there first. If a few civilians die, then the heroes are bound to show up and those robots will scan the heroes' fighting style, technology, and power and send them back to Thanos.
Then the second decoy was at the North Pole where Natasha and the rest were waiting for the X-Force to arrive. The X-Force arrived and well... You guys know what happened. With her captured, she could send those data back to Thanos. In short, Thanos has all the information on the Avengers who went to the Sahara, but thanks to my quick thinking, he shouldn't have much info on the mutants or me, since I captured Nebula and there was nothing in her memories that says she transferred the info.
But let's say, Thanos saw everything through her implants during our fight, well, that purple fuckface will only know that I can use ice power.
The memories faded, and we were back in Fury's office.
Natasha's hands gripped the chair's armrests, her knuckles white. Fury leaned forward, his expression grim. Neither spoke at first, the weight of what they had just witnessed settling over them like a suffocating cloud.
"That army…" Natasha finally said, her voice low. "It's… it's too much. Even if we had every hero, every resource, it's not enough."
Fury exhaled slowly, his eye fixed on me. "And those stones. If he gets them all…"
"He won't," I said firmly, my voice cutting through the tension. "There are two Infinity Stones, right here on Earth."
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