It hurt. There was so much pain. The burning sensation in Ever's bones wouldn't go away. She couldn't open her eyes. There were voices all around, casual. There were voices in her head too.

I want to be free of Thanos.

I want my family back.

I need to survive this.

Ever whimpered. She didn't want this. She wanted their secrets. She wanted what they felt. There were sharp pains in her arms, and her whimper grew louder.

"She's waking up, give her some more anesthesia." A sharp voice by her head, jolting through the thoughts.

"7 ounces this time if it wears off that quickly, we gave her 5 before." Another voice came from towards her feet, a nasally voice that Ever found annoying very quickly. She felt a tremble in the table and something was opened. A hush fell over the room, but they continued working, yanking at her skin, pressing on her bones. Ever couldn't feel everything but she knew enough to keep quiet.

A low grumbling voice spoke up from her right, and Ever could tell immediately that it was her father.

"How is the procedure going?"

"Actually better than planned. Her bones are surprisingly strong and she's taking the drugs quiet easily. Her body is responding perfectly. The only minor hitch we had was we didn't give her enough anesthesia but, that's fine." A voice from down towards her feet piped up, his voice sounding very eager when he described what was happening.

"Good. She is to be the one and I want no problems. Gamora is a fierce warrior but I can sense betrayal in her." Ever could sense Thanos by her head. His voice was the only one not in her mind.

Ever wanted to yell at him, tell him she was doing alright, and tell him she would be his champion. But nothing came out she could feel herself slipping into the dark again.

"It seems you got yourself quiet the catch Thanos. We were doing DNA samples to change a bit, like you wanted, and it seems that she carries the X gene. Very handy that is." A different voice came from a bit towards the back of the room where someone was probably sitting behind a row of computers.

"Is that so?" Thanos rumbled. Ever could feel the fear that he brought with him everywhere. Only half of the surgeons working for him were on his side and there on their own free will. "And how handy are we talking? Would you need to change much?"

"We can't tell what the X gene does to her until she wakes up, but it will certainly help with what we were planning on doing. It was a little more than what we did with Gamora, but the usual muscle enhancement, healing, etc. That's later in the procedure though. She's coming along fine so far."

Black was creeping into the edges of Ever's vision and everything was going fuzzy and then at once everything went red and her body jerked back like someone had yanked her. The last sound she heard through the barrage of pain was a loud noise that sounded like screaming and the rumble of Thanos's voice with his huge hand cradling her head.

Ever awoke again to more pain, coursing through her whole body. She could hear multiple hearts beating, as well as her own. The words coming through her head were fuzzy and she longed to be up and running around in the galaxy.

It was a beautiful place that Ever loved since she first set eyes on it. Perfect stars and milky lights that she loved to dance around in and wanted to just lay in forever. She never wanted the pain.

She wanted to please Thanos. She wanted to be his favorite. She wanted his love, his heart.

Sorry! Its kind of a short chapter but I'm going away for the weekend and I promise to update as soon as I finish the next chapter.

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