Nuala wakes to beeping and blinking lights. "Good your awake", said a man. Her eyes slowly open and close. "Turn down the light. You will blind her", said a sweet voice.
Once the light got dimmer Nuala opens her eyes again and sees Proxima midnight, Ebony Maw, Cull obsidian, Gamora, Nebula and Corvus Glaive.
Corvus, Proxima midnight and Nebula sit at the counter while the rest are hovering around Nuala. " child, how do you feel? Any pain?", Asked Ebony Maw. Suddenly, she feels pain her body which makes her begin to cry. "That's what I thought", Maw commented. With a snap of his fingers, an IV bag comes out of a nearby cabinet to his hand. The pain drip is connectedto a needle that goes into her arm.
Her crying settles down and she lays there no longer in pain. She looks down and sees her hands, forearm, and legs is heavilybandaged with gauze and bandages. "What happened?", She asked. "To my knowledge, our Holo room malfunctioned and made all the Guardian'sweaponslethal. One of the Guardians beams hit you and now you have severe burns on your arms and legs", Replied Ebony Maw. Nuala didn'treply and slowly sits up with the help of Cull Obsidian. "Careful. Ya also had quite a fall", WantedCull.
Nuala leans forward and places her head on her knees. "My head hurts", She whined. "The pain will go away shortly. Now everyone begone with yourself. She needs rest", Said Ebony Maw. Before Gamora leaves sheturnsto Nuala,"Hey, I'll come back and bring you a drawing pad and crayons for you". Nuala looks at her puzzled,"What would I do with those?". "Draw of course. Have you ever drawn before?", Gamora asked. Nuala shook her head,"Twicebut my mother never lets me do anything fun". Gamora looks at the child with a horrified look,"I'll be right back".
Gamora exits the lab and goes to her room that she shares with Proxima Midnight. Midnight is sharpening her spear while Gamora walks in and moves thing from under her bed. "What are you doing?", She asked Harshly. Gamora didn'tanswer and just continued to look for her old Drawing pad and colored pencils. "It's on the desk under all your books", Midnightcommented.
Midnight holds out the Drawing pad and pencils."Thanks", Gamora said. She takes the Pad and Pecliles and goes to the pad to find and bored Nuala. "Here, Brought it like I promised". Gamora sets it down in Nualas hand and sees her staring at the pad and pencils. "Mother won'tbe happy that I'm drawing". "Don'tworry about her, Just have fun this once". Nuala nods and opens the pad and grabs a black pencil. Once Gamora sees her drawing she leaves
2 hours later
Gamora comes back to see Nuala still drawing. "Hey, How is your drawing going?". Out of fright, Nuala hides the pad and pencils. "Hey, It's alright", Gamora said reassuringly. Nuala sighed,"I'm sorry. I thought you were my mother". Gamora smiles,"What did you draw?". Nuala opens the pad and showes her the drawing.
Gamora looks at her in shock,"Wow, This is amazing". Nuala looks at Gamora and almost smiled but it faded quickly. "Thanks". She then closes the pad and lays on her side. "Here", Gamora said as she brings over a small blanket. She lays the blanket over Nuala and sets the pad on the counter next to her. Suddenly, Maw enters the lab to see the display. He goes over to the test results and looks at it in shock. "Gamora, I require you to do something for me".
She walks over to him and in handed a paper. "Lord Thanos needs to see this immediately". Gamora nods and rushed to the throne room. Upon her entering the room she sees Thanos' head shot up from what he was looking at. "What is it now?". Gamora walks closer and hands him the paper. He studied the paper for what seems like years.
Thanos slowly sets the paper down and gets up to head to the lab. Once there he opens the door to see Maw doing more test on Nuala. "Is this test accurate?". Maw nods his head," very Accurate, Sir". Thanos looks at Nuala who is falling asleep. He moves closer to his Daughter he never knew existed. He moves hair being her ear and he almost smiled but doesn't want to show weakness in front of an order member.
He looks to his right and sees a drawing pad and opens it to reveal a beautiful drawing of dead roses in a jar. "Well at least we have drawing in common", He thought to himself. Nuala rolls over her sleep but abruptly wakes up. She looks over at Thanos who is extremely close to her. She looks at Thanos and with a smile, she said,"Hi". "Hello, Little one. Are you feeling well?", He asked with concern. "Fine, But my arms and legs hurt from the burns", She said while gesturing to her legs and arms.
"The burns will go way shorty", He said with confidence. "How do you know?". Thanos sighed and looks back to his daughter,"Because, Your mother and I heal quite quickly and well". Nualas eyes lit up quickly at what he said. "A...Are you my father?". He nods,"Yes young one, I'm your father".
She looks at him and rest her head on his chest then wraps her small arms around him. Well tried to anyway. He doesn't move. He let's his child embrace him. Suddenly, she burst into tears. "Why didn't you stop mother from hurting me!", She cried. "I'm sorry, I didn't know I had a child. Your mother hid you from me. But, I promise nothing and no one will harm you again".
Slowly her crying settled down. "I don't believe you", she said while wiping her tears away," mother said the same thing but I always get hurt". He sighed and speaks," but, I'm not your mother. I don't break promisees I intend to keep".
He places his hands on her cheeks and wiped her tears away. "When will she be ready to leave?", Thanos questioned.
"Shorty". Thanos nods and leaves his child so she may rest.