My name is Nova. Nova Bright. Or it used to be. When I was one of them. The Avengers. I still don't know how my life got to where it is now. Oh wait a minute…yes I do. It all started when an immortal from a place called Asgard decided to come to my home planet and try to take it over.
I still don't know what drew Loki to me. I mean sure I was powerful, but there had to be other meta-humans out there, if not from Earth, then somewhere. I hadn't asked for this. Hadn't asked for the power to control pretty much any kind of raw power. Hadn't asked for Loki to take notice of me, to be kidnapped by him off of the Helicarrier after we imprisoned him…
And I sure as hell hadn't asked to start falling for him. I had tried to hide it after New York. Had tried to pretend. But eventually the others started to wonder if maybe I had chosen to go with Loki that day. Thor was the only one who hadn't shunned me. In fact, he had even taken me to Asgard to see to Loki's punishment. I had gone back and forth since then, between Asgard and Earth, never really fitting in at one place or another. Over night I had gone from superhero to an outcast. All because of Loki.
But eventually, Asgard won me over. I had loved it there. The people, the architecture, the fact that you could look up at the sky and see into space. And eventually me and Loki had settled into a relationship—a rocky, sort of twisted relationship. But still. We had both finally come to the conclusion that we were perfect for each other.
So you can imagine I was pretty upset when I found out that he had duped the Asgardians into believing that he was Odin. What an ass.
And then Hela had come. Me and Heimdall had helped the women and children to escape just in time for Asgard to be blown to smithereens. Finally I had found a home…and it was gone. All because of a stupid goddess who thirsted for death and wanted the throne. Just like Loki had. But Loki had finally redeemed himself.
So now we were on a ship—me, Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and the survivors of Asgard. Even the Hulk had shown up. I hadn't seen him in ages so it was a nice reunion. It was looking like a new beginning for all of us.
Until a massive spaceship ten times bigger than ours showed up. And then the really bad shit started happening.
Or rather, Thanos happened…
