WARNING: Infinity War spoiler ahead
This takes place after the events of Infinity War. This will mostly be a feels story with my theory on what will happen after Infinity War
The field in Wakanda was completely silent after Thanos snapped his fingers. All it took was one tiny second for trillions of innocent lives across the universe to perish. Nothing remained of those who lost their lives except ash and dust.
The remaining Avengers, Rocket, and Wakandans had 5 minutes of complete silence. Steve, Thor, Natasha, Bruce, and Rhodey all stood close to each other, shivering with tears welling in their eyes, trying to make sense of it all. Is this all dream? Did this really just happen?
Rocket sat on the log sobbing, tears running down the fur on his cheeks, trying to comprehend what happened all while mourning the loss of Groot, his best friend since the beginning. Little did he know that the rest of the Guardians- his friends, his family- were also gone, with the exception of Nebula.
What remained of Wakanda wept at the loss of T'Challa, their king. Plus, with their nation demoralized and attacked, it only added to the grief.
Is this our fault? What do we do now? Can we come back from this? All of these questions ran through their minds. They all felt such guilt for not being able to stop Thanos, that they had failed to protect Earth and the rest of the universe. They felt as if the weight of all those who had died rested on their shoulders.
After standing by what remained of Avengers for a couple minutes in silence, Thor noticed Rocket sitting alone on the log, sobbing with his head buried in his paws and his ears folded back. Thor went over and sat by Rocket and put his arm around Rocket, letting him know that he's not alone.
"Where's T-Tony?" Steve managed to speak while holding back tears. The silence had broken.
"I don't know. I don't k-know." Natasha answered with uncertainty, tears coming down her cheeks.
"Wh-what are w-we going to d-do?", Steve muttered, choking up from his grief. Thor looked up, and with a broken voice replied, "I…don't think there's much we can do right now."
More silence ensued after that while everyone tried to come face to face with reality. Nothing about this situation was imaginable. Yet it was real. What was of Earth's population of seven billion had dropped to three and a half billion in less than a minute. Friends and families were torn apart, half of every city and country in the universe vanished, and above all, Thanos now had the power to do anything his heart desired. Thanos had won, and now he could enslave the remaining half of civilization just as quickly as he killed the other half.
At least forty-five minutes passed since Thanos committed the atrocity, and during that time the survivors grieved together. Okoye came into the area where the Avengers and Rocket were grieving, and while holding back tears of her own, let them know that they were welcome to stay at the Royal Palace. They all decided that it was best to stay together and support one another through this difficult and uncertain time until they could get things figured out.