A/N: Finally a new chapter after 3 months of nothing. I'm gonna be honest with you lovely people, I am going to be updating this but just at a snail's pace because I still have a bunch of unfinished fics that I still want to work on and my inspirations ebbs and flows with each one. But I hope you enjoy!

"Gamora, why don't you head to your room okay? I'll get you late."

Gamora nodded as she got off the bed, heading out the door. Lily didn't want to her to see what was going to happen, and truthfully she didn't even want Rose too.

Thanos took a few strides until he was standing in front of her, Rose clinging tighter to her neck and all she wanted to do was flea, flea away from this situation...from this life. These were the times where she was terrified of him, terrified of what he could do, Thanos was cruel and there's not a doubt in Lily's mind that he would do what he did to his previous children to Rose. And that terrified her the most.

"What happened? I want the truth Lily." His eyes narrowed down to Rose, bawling her eyes out on Lily's shoulders, then to the scepter.

Even though Thanos kept a neutral expression, she could easily hear the anger in his voice. She took a deep breath, setting Rose down on the bed. Little Rose all red face and still crying - curling up on herself as she looked up at her father.

"I'm so-sorry papa, I I I didn't mean too." She choked out.

Lily felt her heart breaking seeing Rose this scared and knowing she couldn't do anything about it. All she can do is hope Thanos doesn't punish her to severely.

"What did I tell you about touching weaponry Rose?"

"Not too." She wiped the tears away with the back of her hand and sniffled. "Are you mad papa?"

Lily grabbed Sage off the bed, holding him in her arms. He, thankfully wasn't startled by everything going on and was content in his mother's arms.

Thanos narrowed his brows, hands on his hips. "Mad?, Rose. I'm angry, you know better, and now look at what you did."

He pointed to the huge hole in the wall with debris laying around it, Rose followed his finger, bottom lip quivering and tears welling in her eyes. Lily started to shake, deciding it would be best to put Sage in his cot and crossed her arms.

"I thought it was like Corvus's and it wouldn't do anything…"

"That still doesn't give you the right to touch things that aren't your Rose." He sighed through his nose, pinching the bridge of it. Lily could see his anger was starting to get out of control and she didn't want that.

"My love why…."

"Lily." He warned. "I'll deal with you after."

Her heart began pounding in her chest, making it seem it was going to break free from it's confinements. Thanos was mad, very mad and there wasn't a thing she could do to make things better. Even sex wouldn't curb his anger right now.

"Rose, just go to your room, we'll deal with this later. And you better stay there too or you'll be in greater trouble than you already are."

"Yes papa." She hopped off the bed, heading for the door. Leaving Lily alone with Thanos and Sage.

Thanos sat down with a sigh, rubbing at his temples. "What happened Lily?"

"Rose, Gamora, Sage and I were heading to the garden. Sage needed his diaper changed before we went down, Rose saw the scepter. She asked me what it was, but at the time I was talking with Gamora and told her to hold on. When I didn't hear her I turned around and she had it in her hands, then it fired."

"This is why I don't like you babying her, you made her into a spoiled little child and look. She has no sense of right and wrong - to be frank Lily I'm getting tired with dealing with this. You're supposed to be her mother, not her friend, if you can't change your ways..soon, you won't be parenting her anymore."

Lily's heart sank at his words, a knot was forming in the pit of her stomach and she was on the verge of tears. "What do you mean?"

"I'll send her to Ronan."

"No! I won't let you send her to that maniac." She retracted her attitude as fast as she could once she saw the look he was giving her. "I'm sorry."

"You may be my wife, but I am the leader of this ship. Everyone, including you answers to me."

"I know that Thanos." She closed her eyes, letting the tears fall down her cheeks. "I also know you don't love her like I do, she's just another pawn in your game."

"What do you mean by that?" He crossed his arms - sighing.

Lily's hand ran over the silk sheets, the bed that housed so much. A consummation, her tears, the many times her and Thanos commerce, two children being conceived and their births. So much has happened in this room, that it was now a blessing and a curse.

"All you care about are the infinity stones, you'll put a staff in her hands and train her until she becomes like Proxima and then that happy bouncing blue eyed little girl will be gone." She closed her eyes and sighed. "When I found out I was pregnant with her, I was terrified because I didn't know anything about infants or children for that matter. The one thing I vowed to myself was that I would make her life filled with nothing but love and happiness because I didn't want her to feel how I feel all the time and that's scared."

Thanos' face soften and he uncrossed his arms. "Why do you feel that way my flower?"

Lily brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them. "I fear that you won't want me one day, and if you don't, I have no place to go. I try to push that feeling out of my head, but I can't, it's always still there."

"I may get angry at you from time to time with how you parent, that doesn't change the fact that I chose you for my wife, not another 'child'. I know I'm not the easiest person to be married to, but I find solitude every night when I fall asleep next to you. That's something I didn't have until you. I will always want you Lily, even if your mind says otherwise."

"I know I'm not the easiest to be married to either, I can be quite stubborn and I know you don't like that. I do care about you, with all the past we share, it's kinda hard not too, I just wish you would treat our children, like children. Not soldiers."

"I do treat them like children, Rose is old enough to know the rules about weapons, she disregarded those rules."

"I know she needs to be punished for that, that's not what I mean. I just think they should be spoiled, they never asked for us to be their parents, God gave them to us and sometimes I wonder if he was making a mistake. I love them, that's clear, maybe sometimes I love them too much and that's my problem."

"Your love for them was never my issue, it's how you baby them. Yes they have my blood running through their veins, but they still need to learn about the galaxy and know how to fight. If you keep disregarding everything she does, she'll never learn the consequences of her actions. And that's what I have a problem with."

"I won't get in your way anymore when you discipline Rose, I promise."

"Good! Now follow me, you're going to need to hear her punishment."

Lily nodded and got off the bed, walking over to grab Sage out of his cot. She took a deep breath and followed Thanos out of their bedroom, heading towards Rose's. She just hoped her punishment isn't bad, but only time will tell.