Nuala wakes up early the next morning to Gamora gently picking her up from the medical bed. Gamora walks down several hallways and stops to knock at a large door. The door opens to reveal Thanos.
"Her wounds have healed for the most part but the bandages need to stay on for a few more days". Thanos nods and takes his youngest child in his arms then shuts the door. He sets her down in his large bed. He chuckled at the sight of the giant bed swallow her up.
Her eyes slowly open and she looks at her father," may I have some water?". "Of course". Thanos leaves then returns with a glass of water. She takes the glass and quickly drinks it. "Are you hungry". She nods her head and he leaves once more then returns with a bowl of food. "Thank you".
Thanos leaves her and sits at his large desk to work. As she eats she notices there are many fruits, vegetables and meats she never knew existed. She quietly ate her food and once she is done she set the bowl down on the table side. Thanos looks behind himself and sees she is done.
He gets up and grabs the bowl but to his surprise she only ate a few peaces of food. He looks at her with a raised brow," you didn't eat enough". He holds the bowl out to her. "I'm full already". "You barely ate anything".
"I know. I'm just used to eating little food". Thanos sets the bowl down and leans forward,"how long were you in that cell?".
Nuala looks away from her father and replied," Almost three years and I don't eat much is because I rarely got feed there". "Who put you there?", He asked trying not to burst in rage. "Mother. She got tired of taking care of me and dumped me there". He sighed and stormed out oh his room. Slamming the door in the process.
Nuala jumped at the sound and started shaking. She jumps out of bed and runs to Gamoras room. She enters without knocking and she hugs Gamora. "Hey, what's wrong?", Gamora asked sleepily. "Daddy is mad at me", she bawled. "W...What happened?", She asked.
"I ton't daddy about what my mother did to me and he just got mad!", She cried. Gamora chuckled," he ain't mad at you. He is mad at your mother". "He just scared me. He slammed the door. I hate found noises". Gamora looks down at her half-sister and kisses her head. "It will be okay. He has a large dark side but when it comes to family...He will do anything for them". Nuala nods.
"I know it's late but, I want to show you something fun". Gamora takes Nualas hand and leads her to the Hologram room but is stopped by Proxima Midnight. "Where are you going with her?", He motioned to Nuala. "Hologram room. I'm showing her the echo sanctuary". He snorts and walks away. They walk to the door of the Hologram room and it opens.
"Oh, I guess someone is already inside", Gamora said to herself. They walk through the door and enter the simulator. Once inside Nuala looks around in shock since she never seen something so beautiful. "I see our brother is already here". Nuala looks over to a large rock and sees Cull obsidian sunbathing. "Sup, shorty. How ya feeling", Cull said from his rock. "I'm feeling better". He chuckled,"Cool".
Nuala moves from Gamoras side to the water and looks inside. She sees any creatures that very from turtles, snakes, fish, and seahorses. Suddenly, a large beast comes from the water and starers at Nuala.
She gasped and moved away quickly but is stopped by Gamora who smiled at the beast. "Don't worry. She is friendly. Her name is Azula". Nuala looks back at the beast who snorts mist of her. Nuala smiles and walks closer to Azula. The beast leans forward and lets the child pet her wet snout.
Suddenly, Nuala is picked up by Gamora and placed in Azulas back. She lurched forward in the water. Nuala holds on tight to Azulas neck as they swim around the area. But, Azula stops and dives under water. Nuala opens her eyes and sees a large fish swim above her. She extends her arms and touched the large fish on its belly. The fish swiftly swims away. Azula swims faster and they enter a cave with an opening at the top.
Azula stops at the edge of an island and legs Nuala off. She looks up at the large rope and begins to climb. Halfway up the large rope she looks below and sees Azula swim back under the water. She then continues to climb and once she reached the top she sees the water below. She looks around her surroundings and notices she is next to the waterfall. The child goes to the edge of the cliff and looks down to see a deep end and then she takes off her shoes and throws them to the shore. But, they end up hitting Cull obsidian in the head. He falls off his sunbathing rock and glared at her from afar.
Nuala looks below again then backs up. She breathes in and out slowly then runs to the edge. As she fell into the water she rests on a scaled back. Nuala opens her eyes and sees its Azula. She looks back at Nuala then forward. Azula takes Nuala back to shore. Once there she gets off Azula and flops on a nearby rock. But, she didn't realize she landed on Cull obsidians back. Cull didn't say anything but lied there on the warm rock. So, Nuala sprawls out on his warm scaled back.
Suddenly, the doors to the Hologram room opens and Thanos is seen entering. He wears a black sleeveless shirt and grey pants with black boots. "There you are Child" Nuala sits up on Cull Obsidians back and looks over at her father. "Come, it's getting late". Nuala sighed and laid back down on Culls back. Cull grunts as he shoots up onto his feet which made Nuala launch into the air. She then lands inside the water. She comes back up and giggled with a smile.
Nuala swims back to shore and walks to Gamora who has a blue towel open for her.Gamora warps the towel around Nuala. Nuala walks to her father's side and they exit the simulation room together.
Thanks leads her to his Chambers where he picks her up and sets her down in the bathroom cabinet. He takes the towel off her and takes her arms in hand lightly then unwrapped the wet bandages. She pulls away quickly and hides her arms from view. "Give me your hand child", he said sternly. She shakes her head," no, it hurts". "That's what I'm trying to prevent. Arm. Now".
She slowly holds out her arms as he re-bandaged them as softly as the behemoth Titan could. Once done he puts the towel back on her shoulders. Then he taps a blue button on the wall panel. The ships AI shows up. "Get her dressed in something suitable for bed". The AI nods and Thanos leaves. The AI scans Nuala and seconds later she wears new attire.
Nuala looks down and sees she wears black sweatpants and a dark green tank top.
She hops off the counter and exits the bathroom. She looks at the bed and sees her father sitting on the bed in black shorts and grey sleeveless shirt. "Come, it's time for bed". Nuala nods and climbs into his giant bed. She then lays down on her side facing away from him.
Thanos goes to cover his daughter with the blanket but she moves away from his touch. He looks at his child in shock." I'm sorry. I just don't like people touching me". "It's alright child. I'm not going to hurt you".
"I know". Thanos silently sighed and laid down and closed his eyes.
Time passed and he felt the bed shift. He opens his eyes to the pitch black room but can still make out the outline of his youngest child. She moves from her side of the bed to his. She then curls up to his side and closed her eyes. Without thinking he turns to his left side and wraps his arms around her and falls asleep.