I saw Avengers Infinity War and I can't believe it! I mean, seriously! I won't spoil, it goes against my nature. Anyway, thanks to that I come up with a good idea that maybe you'll love it (or hate, I don't know) This fanfic will be longer than expected, it won't only focus on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 but there will have more character development between all characters and my OC after the movie arc and more situations (because there's a two year gap between the second movie and Infinity War). Remember, leave a review and if you haven't you can read my Avengers fanfic "Daughter of Chaos" that will also reach Infinity War.

Chapter 1: The Secret that didn't last

Hako usually don't stay up that long, she tends to sleep at night but today was different. She couldn't sleep. Not because Groot was sleeping next to her but because she couldn't stop thinking about what might happen to her. She was nervous, scare even, she didn't know what to expect. She was going to take the pills the doctor give to her and follow his advice to not rip out the crystal blood that attaches itself to her skin, but it was difficult. She was feeling trapped like if she let them there, she might be trapped and become nothing more than a crystal statue. She was scared that her own blood might kill her in her sleep. She didn't want to feel that way, but she couldn't help but keep thinking about that horrible possibility. She gets up and makes sure to not wake up Groot. She walks out of her room and walks to the bathroom. She looks herself at the mirror roll up her sleeves. The crystalize blood was covering her arms, enough to make her more anxious. If she didn't act know, she'll be unable to move her arms in the future. She takes a deep breath and takes one of the crystal in her left arm. She closes her eyes and starts to pull out. At first, it didn't move but when she started to pull harder she starts to feel how her skin was giving up and was ripped apart. She takes it out and was about to yell in pain, but didn't. She didn't want to wake up the others. She saw the blood falling to the floor, it wasn't crystalizing this time which was odd. She kneels and touches the blood with her fingers. She felt them unnatural... They felt viscous, sticky... On top of that, they felt strangely hot...

"The fuck is happening to me?" She whispers and didn't lose time to clean up the floor and get rid of the blood and the crystal she takes out. She throws everything to the trash and launches it into space. She then stared at the trash through the window, she watches how it disappear in space. She stays there watching for several minutes, then she walk away from the window but Gamora was next to her. Hako didn't notice her presence until now.

"Let me guess," She said. "You want me to not say a thing about what you throw out into space?" Hako didn't speak. She stays quiet. "I'll take that as a yes, but here's the question... What are you hiding?"

"... You have to be more specific. I have a lot of secrets and I'll die with most of them so..." Gamora walks to her until they were both face to face. They stare into each other eyes and then Gamora grab Hako's left arm. She felt the blood stain on her sleeve and roll it up. She saw both the blood and the crystals. She didn't look surprised at all, but Hako could tell that Gamora was panicking on the inside, she saw it in her eyes.

"What's this?" She asks and Hako retreats her arm and walks backward until she hit the wall. "Hako... What is happening?"

"Nothing. Nothing at all" Hako look down. "Just... My body is being stupid, that's all" That was the dumbest excuse Hako had ever come up with and she knew it. She was so scared that she wasn't thinking straight anymore. She didn't want to admit that she was scared either. She wanted to keep wearing her tough mask, the mask she shows them every day, the mask of a psychopath she wears all those years, the mask she uses when stealing and killing but that mask was falling so quickly that she couldn't keep it on anymore. She refuses to show them and the universe how she is... A brash but scared girl that want a place to belong...

"Hako... You can tell me. Please" Gamora grab her sister's hand. "Why are you avoiding me?"

"I..." Hako looks down. She didn't find the right answer to that question. "... I... Don't know..." Hako then looks at her in the eyes and walk away. "Just leave me alone"

"Hako!" Gamora follows her to her room, but Hako closes the door before she could even enter. She knocks the door and demands her to open the door but Hako sit on her bed watching how Gamora knocked. Groot was sleeping and luckily enough he wasn't waking up. "Hako, I'll kick down the door if you don't open it!"

"Yeah, right... You can try though" Gamora stop knocking the door and she, in fact, kicked the door down. Hako sighed. "Fuck" She whispers.

"You were saying?"

"... Why can't you just leave me alone?"

"Because I want to help you. Is that hard for you? To accept my help?"

"... Is it so hard for you to accept the fact that I might want to solve this by myself?" Hako asks and that took Gamora by surprise. "I don't need anyone's help. I've been alone since I escape from Thanos and I will solve this on my own"

"But... Why?"

"Because... I..." Hako gulp. "I... " Gamora sit next to her.

"Tell me..."

"... This doesn't concern you, Gamora"

"Yes, it does. You are my friend, my sister... We are family"

"Family... I wish I had a less messed up family..." Hako covers her face, she was getting tired. "Fine... I'll tell you. Just... Don't tell the others. They don't need to worry about this. We have bigger problems to worry about than my weird sickness"

Thanos was standing in the entrance of a circular room that was used for his most trustworthy warriors and Adoptive Children "The Black Order". He was watching how Proxima Midnight, a young hand-to-hand combatant and his best warrior. She was fighting against Hako, she was training her as a request from Thanos himself. Hako was only a child, an eleven-year-old child, and Proxima was a little older than her, they only had five years of difference. They were fighting at first with their fist, Hako prove that she could hold Proxima on her own and even push her against the wall, but she was holding back. Proxima and Thanos knew it, Hako was holding back because she was scared of what she was capable of doing. Since she discovers her power, she was afraid of it, but Thanos encourage her to use it, he insists and Hako practice and control her ability, but know she wasn't using it because she was sure that she would win with her bare fist. In order to force her to go all in, Proxima takes a stick from her belt that turns into a trident and throws it right at Hako. It went throw her and she falls to her knees. Proxima walks slowly to her while Thanos just stare at the fight. He knew that Hako could keep fighting but Proxima didn't, this was a test to see if Hako was worth of the plans he had for her. Proxima grabs the trident and looks at her in the eyes while Hako cough blood.

"You are strong, Hako... But not enough" She said and punches her in the face repeatedly to make her angry and force her to fight with all her might. "Our father is really nice to you just because you are his true child... Show me that you are worthy of that title. Show me that you are his daughter. Show me that you are as strong as him!" Proxima punches her again, but this time Hako grab her fist and smirk. She then twists her arm and slowly stands up. She takes out the trident and blood came flying from her wound. She raises her hand and her blood creates another trident. Proxima looks at that trident with horror because Hako was aiming right at her head. She then looks at her in the eyes, her red eyes were glowing and the white pupil was almost like a void of pure whiteness... A void of emptiness. It was like she switches personalities with someone completely different.

"... Weakling..." She whispers and stabs her repeatedly in the chest until Thanos step in and stop the fight. He knocked Hako and take Proxima to treat her wounds. The damage was too much for Proxima to tolerate but she made it out alive of that one... Since then, Hako's training was supervised by Thanos himself. He trains her himself to avoid his adoptive children to be severely wounded...

Gamora and Hako sit down in her room and out of nowhere Hako told her about the first time she trains with one of Thanos adoptive children, Proxima Midnight. Gamora knew her and she even notice horrible scars in her chest, she wasn't aware that Hako was responsible for that. She was telling all that while Groot, against all odd, was still sleeping. Hako sigh and look down.

"That was the first time I use my power while in a state of rage... Not only that, it was the first time I use it in a battle and almost kill someone. It wasn't my intention, I didn't want to, she forces me to do it... After that Thanos train me himself and those training were even worse. He was more ruthless than Proxima"

"I had... No idea... I was usually paired with Nebula, but none of the rest" Said Gamora. "Thanos was nicer to me than the rest"

"I'm sure that after I escape, he took you in because he wanted a replacement... Sick bastard" Hako look away. "What I felt that time... When I first use my power I felt a great pain in my heart, I use too much blood that time and I get used to it later on but I never even stop thinking about the possibility that I might die from it. I thought that I was indestructible... Now I'm too vulnerable"

"So, what is actually happening to you? Are you sick?" Gamora asks and Hako finally answers.

"That might be. I actually don't know. What I do know is that I might die if I don't treat this as soon as possible" Hako look at Gamora in the eyes. "Gamora... I'm scared..." She confesses. Gamora's eyes widen when she hears her admitting and exposing her feelings. Hako never does that, she only did it once before the fight against Ronan and even there she was holding back. "I don't want to die... Not like this... That my own blood becomes my own grave. I don't want it to cover me completely and become a fucking crystal statue!" She yells and Gamora calms her down.

"Take it easy. That is not going to happen. I promise you that you will live, you will survive this. Because you are strong"

"... I just... I wish I knew this before... Then I'll have more time to even reconsider my life choices. I have no regrets but... I could've done better" She and they stay there in silence. Not saying a word.

"I won't tell the others" Said Gamora. "Just because you really want me to, but keep in mind you are betraying their trust by not saying what is happening to you"

"I don't want them to worry too much. If I do die... They won't be so hard on themselves for not helping me. It's not their fault and they shouldn't feel bad because I die. I wouldn't... In fact, I would just walk it off"

"Shut up. You are not dying. I'll search for something to help you. I promise" Said Gamora and then they hear someone voice from outside.

"I already knew there was something happening" Rocket enter the room with his arms crossed. "I'm not dumb, Hako" He said and Hako sigh, she wasn't expecting that.

"Look Rocket-"

"I know, I know. I understand and I see what you are trying to do... But... I've been doing a research and find something interesting that might help you and we could get some money out of it" Rocket smile. Hako and Gamora look at each other and then at Rocket.

"If you are going to do something questionable then you better come up with something good" Said Hako.

"Not really, but maybe we should take it out with the whole group. This is something we should be talking in group" Rocket suggest. "And Hako... Don't be like that. We are here to support each other. You are not alone on this shit and definitely, you shouldn't suffer this alone"

"... It's not your weight to lift"

"Then we'll share it... Together" Hako wasn't expecting Rocket to be the one who's giving her a motivational talk. She let out a little chuckle and drop a tear, she was holding back the rest to not cry her eyes out and break right there in front of them.

"Yeah... Yeah..."