E POV
It's been three days since she woke up. The Asgardians arrived today and have been set up in camps outside of the Compound.
She sat on the roof and overlooked the makeshift camp. T'Challa, Thor and Tony were going in and out of meetings to set up a new home for the Asgardians.
Dr. Strange had looked over her and assured Tony that she was fine, no residual physical damage. But it wasn't physical damage they were worried about.
She was young not stupid, she was afraid of what might happen to her now. After New York, Tony developed Anxiety. She knew he thought he had conquered it after the whole Mandarin/ Killian fiasco, but she thought it was clear he still had it.
Ultron was the result of this. She looked down to her left arm to see the pale scar on her arm. He was right when he said she was special, that out of all the Avengers she was most likely to survive his plan.
She pulled down her sleeve covering the scar as he thoughts wondered to Pietro. He had no one left, he and his sister accidentally traded places, and there was no way to get her back. She was not going to sacrifice anyone.
Why had Hela sacrificed herself for her?
Was it so simple just because she was her daughter? Tony always tried sacrificing himself, so she wasn't sure what to think of it.
And Tony said Thanos sacrificed himself for him, but why would he do that?
Eris put her head in her hands, this was too much. Why was nothing simple?!
"Hey." She looked up to see Sam, the young one, walking over to her.
"Hey." She said softly over looking the camp. "What are you doing up here?"
"Everyone's been looking for you." He said sitting next to her.
"Why?"
"They're just worried about how you've been. It's been a stressful few days."
"Really?" She said dryly. "Haven't noticed."
The two were silent for several minutes.
"So... Those are your people?"
"I guess."
"Aren't you excited? You get a chance to study a new culture."
"Yippee."
Sam sighed. "Look. I get this could be... Strange... For you. But don't you think you should go down there? Meet your people?"
She laughed humorlessly. "Okay first, strange so does not cover what I'm feeling. Second they're not my people, they were barely my mother's people. And third why would they want to meet me? I'm the daughter of the reason Asgard was destroyed."
"You could use this chance to prove you're not Hela and-"
"Cause she was just the bad guy?"
He hesitated. "Well to them-"
She let out a frustrated sound as she stood, stalking toward the door.
Sam jumped between. "So you're plan is to run away."
"No my plan is to get away from this conversation." Eris moved toward the door again to be blocked.
"Eris please talk to me. Your family has a habit of not talking about things and then having it-"
Anger surged through Eris. Was he insulting her family?
She turned away from him walking toward the edge.
"Eris!" He tried as she opened a portal. "Will you just-"
She didn't hear the rest since she tossed the portal to him, sending him to one of the holding cells on the Compound's sub levels.
Was this the best problem solving? No. Was there a problem? Also no.
She was completely fine. Just didn't want to talk about all that's happened. So she'll do like every other person she's ever met and suppress any negative feeling and not talk about it.
She'll be fine. She just needs to get away. She jumped through another portal.
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TS POV
"Can you repeat that?" Tony asked again standing across from Pepper.
She was sitting at the counter her head down in a tablet as she oh so casually dropped the P-Bomb with everything else.
She glanced at him before repeating. "You, Thor and T'Challa are meeting with UN officials at 3. The memorial service is this weekend and you're expected ti give a speech. The caterer is coming at noon. And I'm pregnant. You think we could have lunch just the two of us?"
"Pregnant?" He repeated slowly.
"With your child." She said picking up her lemonade. She paused. "Well children. Hela said it was twins." She took a sip of her drink.
Hela? Twins? "Ghost Hela came to give you her blessing and that you were pregnant with twins?"
"And Helen confirmed it." She said putting tablet and drink down. " The pregnancy part it's too early to see if she was-"
He cut her off by stalking forward grabbing her face and passionately kissed her.
"Wow!" They jumped apart to see Pietro at the entrance. "I did not see that coming."
Pepper cleared her throat slightly embarrassed as he turned to the young man.
"Everything alright?"
"You cannot make out in the Public kitchen and be upset when someone walks in."
"So Eris keeps telling me." Tony muttered. "Where is she anyway?"
"No idea." Pietro said grabbing one of Steve's energy bars. "Thor's been looking for her too. Bye."
He zoomed out of the room. All things considered Tony is pleasantly surprised how well the Sokovian boy bounced back.
But Eris? Not so much. He needed to talk to her.
"Do you want to or do you want me to?" He turned to Pepper. She always knew what he was thinking.
"I think it'd be best if it were both of us." Pepper cupped his cheek. "She's your daughter. She's a strong girl. You know she'll be fine."
He gently grabbed her hand smiling fondly.
"Boss." Friday called.
"Yeah?" He asked as Pepper moved her hand away.
"'Young Sam is in one of the holding cells."
"What? Why?"
"He was sent in by a portal, I believe made by Eris."
"And where is she?" Pepper asked patiently.
"I'm not sure."
"What?" Tony asked pulling out his phone. "What about that tracker I put on her?"
"The tracker's current location is currently right above you."
Tony looked up to see Peter sitting upside down on the ceiling with a pair of headphones on casually scrolling through his phone.
Tony sighed before he grabbed an apple off the counter. "Spiderling." He called throwing it to him.
Without looking up, Peter caught the apple. He looked up- Down?- to them as he slid off his head phones.
"Hey Mr. Stark." Peter took a bite out of the apple. "Thanks."
"How long have you been up there?" Pepper asked curiously.
"About an hour." He shrugged. "I was hiding from Aunt May, she's been... Overwhelming lately."
Tony understood what Peter meant. May was understandably being protective now, he suspected she agreed the Compound was the safest place, besides Wakanda. But she's been following him every chance she gets.
"Thanks for the watch Mr. Stark." Peter said as he hoped down, twisting to land on his feet like a cat. He turned his wrist slightly showing off a black watch. The one with the tracker in it he had given Eris.
Of course she figured it out. "Glad you like it, kid." He said wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "How much did you hear?"
"Nothing." Peter touched his headphones fondly. "Eris helped make these completely soundproof. Not regular soundproof, but enhanced sound proof."
"That's good." Tony agreed. "Have you seen her lately?"
"No. Why? Is everything OK?"
"Yeah, just hadn't seen her in a couple of hours. Do me a favor. Sammy got himself locked in a holding cell. Can you get him out for me?"
"Sure." Peter said before running out.
Tony sighed running a hand through his hair.
"Short of implanting one under her skin, she'll lose every tracker you put on her." Pepper spoke matter of fact.
Under her skin? Maybe he could use some nanotech to do that?
"Don't even think about it." He looked over to see Pepper giving him a firm glare.
"Alright. No under skin tracker. But what do you suggest?"
"We do have a 'god of mischief' at our disposal." She pointed out hoping off her stool. "I'm going to get dressed. You talk to Loki."
She walked out without waiting for his reply. How could these women so easily run him?
"FRI do me a favor and find Reindeer Games."
"He is outside in the camp with Thor."
Tony sighed before walking out. He so did not want to do this.
Once he got into the camp he couldn't suppress the memories.
After New York, he had donated countless amounts to relief organizations in addition to opening the Stark Relief Foundation. But even that didn't feel like enough. He had never seen so many kids with that haunted look in their eyes.
And now Asgardian children were looking up to him with that same look.
"Hi." He said awkwardly. "Uh.. Have any of you seen Thor- King Thor or Prince Loki?"
The kids looked at each other before all pointing in different directions.
"Thanks." He said dryly before stalking off in a random direction.
He eventually happened upon Thor who was conversing with two men he didn't recognize, both of which were clearly angry, as Loki sat in the background causally slicing an apple as he inputted on occasion.
"-new heir?!" One was yelling. "Are you just trying to get out of your duties again?!"
"Have some respect!" Another yelled. "New heir or not he is still of royal blood. He is Odin's first born son and until further notice our king."
"Hey King Thor." The men looked over to Tony. "Could I speak to you and Reindeer Games real quick?"
"Of course." Thor nodded. "Bard, Birger if you don't mind."
One scoffed before stalking off.
"Forgive Bard." the second, Birger said. "It's been troubling the last few weeks."
"For us all." Thor patted his shoulder before he left. He turned to Tony. "The are sons of one of our generals, who died during Hela's siege. And good friends."
Tony nodded. "I see. Have either of you seen Eris? Heard you were looking for her."
"I haven't seen her today."
"What did you want to talk to her about?"
"When we find a place," Thor started. "Our people will need someone to lead them-"'
"You can't ask her to rule an entire race!"
"I'm not... Yet. I was going to ask if she was interested in coming with us so she can learn about her people."
"Fine." Tony said plainly before turning to Loki who appeared to be studying him. "Any chance you can find her?"
"Only if she wants to be?" Loki walked closer. "Are the Guardians still here?"
"There inside." Tony confirmed.
"And the Stones?"
"Will you relax. Gamora won't let the others pawn them off. What do you mean if she wants to be?"
"Simply her abilities are stronger than mine." Loki said. "She can block me and Strange from tracking her. So if she doesn't want to be found I can't track her."
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PM POV
She sat in her cell cross legged as she meditated. There was nothing else to do anyways.
She understood why Stark put her in here. It's better than what Thanos would've done.
She looked up to see a portal open letting the young Nova in to a cell across from her before the portal closed.
He fell to his knees looking around before lowering his head. "-Listen."
"What are you doing here?" Proxima asked as she stood walking to the glass.
"I pissed off Eris." He said dejectedly as he sat against the wall.
"Be happy she doesn't have her mother's temper."
She smiled remembering the old hymn she heard several times over her life.
"'Cruel and Cold like winds on the sea
"Will you ever return to me?
Hear my voice, sing with the tide-"
"My love will never die." She looked over to see the boy staring at her in shock as he finished the verse. "How do you know that?"
"I've heard that song since I was a child. It's suppose to be sung as a duet. The song of two lovers. Feared throughout the universe but had a love so strong nothing could stand in their way. Did you hear the whole thing?"
He nodded.
"Then you know they're describing each other and what they'll do to be with each other again. The songs about Hela and Thanos. They were feared and loved. Strong and fierce but together? They could've been an ordinary couple."
The boy was silent for a few moments.
"Did you believe in him? Thanos?"
"I believed in Hela." She admitted. She had grown up with tales of the should've been queen.
She was fierce and passionate. And would've led Asgard into a new dawn. Could've united the universe in a way Thanos always talked about.
"She was everything I wanted to be."
She could still remember when they found Hela.
They had just left Xandar having extracted the power stone and killed nearly all the Xandarians. Thanos heard of Hela and was going to reunite with her.
But Asgard was nothing but rubble.
"Father..." Corvus spoke weakly as they looked at the floating debris.
"Proxima, Cull search the rubble for any sign of life." Thanos had ordered. "Corvus, Ebony search for any sign of the escapees."
She took a smaller ship and began weaving throughout the debris. According to legend Surtur was suppose to be Asgard's end. But where was he?
She stopped when she saw a floating body.
"Father." Proxima called through the communicators. "I found her."
They then transported her failing body back into the ship. She and her brothers stood back silently as Thanos sat next to her, his huge hand gently held hers.
"We will not end like this." He had told her as he stood up holding his gloved hand towards her.
She watched as a wave of purple traveled over her before she released a gasp her eyes flying open.
Her gaze fell to him. "Thanos." She spoke the word with reverence usually reserved for something precious before the two embraced. She looked away feeling as if she had walked in on a moment rather than having been here.
She glanced up to see Thanos helping Hela to her feet.
Proxima bent down to her knees, kneeling in front of her queen. The others took her lead.
"Rise." She obeyed hiding her nervousness as the woman she always admired, stood directly in front of her. "You must be one of our generals."
She glanced at Thanos who had nodded approvingly. "I am Proxima Midnight. And am ready to serve you."
"You are one of Thanos children?"
"He saves us and gives us a purpose."
"Which is?"
"To unite the universe and bring peace."
"Good." Hela smiled. "But we have another mission now." She angled her body so they all could see her. "One moment of weakness in over two thousand years, my daughter."
They all stood in silence. Yes they had learned of this years ago but for her to so openly admit it? The four of them stood tensed waiting for Thanos to explode, for him to kill this woman that dared cheat on him.
But Hela? She stood completely calm. As if nothing was wrong.
"Your daughter..." He paused, a smile grew on his face. "Your blood is my blood. Your child is my child. Your heir is my heir." He looked toward them. "It is time for us to bring peace. First we must get the stones and complete our family."
She looked to the boy.
"Some are alive you know." He looked at her confused. "The Xandarians. Some escaped when we attacked."
He looked at her as if he just found water in a desert. "Where? How?"
"A half bred Kree got them off using some of the Xandarian ships. I don't know where they went."
"But who was he?"
"She goes by the moniker Captain Marvel."
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H POV
He quietly walked through his house careful not to wake anyone else up. His Mom had pulled a double shift and would likely be pulling another one.
He had spotted the light on in the garage even though he knew he turned everything off and locked it. Whoever was in there was going to regret it and come face to face with his modified bb gun, assuming it didn't blow up this time.
Making sure the door didn't slam shut this time, he carefully treaded across the snow, quiet enough to not alert whoever was in there.
He took a deep breathe when he got to the door before swinging it open and aiming it at- Eris Stark.
She was sitting on one of the seats messing with her locket with one hand and the other messing with the wires on his robotics project.
"Sorry there were a couple of exposed wires that were really bugging me. But now it should run more smoothly, no more flickers." She closed the hatch before turning o him. "Good to see you again Mr. Quinn."
He rolled his eyes putting down his bb gun as he closed the door. "I've told you it's Keener. Harley Keener."
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AN:
Happy new year!
And to start off the new year I bring y'all new POV's. I wanted to show Proxima as someone who believed in Thanos and Hela, and show her as someone lost now. And I wanted to bring in Harley to check in on him and both of them will help Eris in the next couple of chapters.
Thank y'all for the reviews.
Writer-at-Heart0: I really want to use the names Morgan and Maria but I haven't decided which would be a middle name, or a first name yet,so thanks.
Leopard1516: I'm glad you enjoyed the Pepper POV I wasn't sure if it'd be good or well recieved, what did you think of the Proxima Midnight and Harley POV's? And sorry but I don't think I'd do Thanos. Thanos Stark just doesn't sound right, but thanks.
Anyways enjoy, review and I'll update whenever I can. Thanks.
Bye.