A/N: Hey guys! here's the next chapter and i'm sorry that it's a little short. I've been sick for the last couple days and working, so, yeah. Enjoy!
When they arrived, several SHIELD agents were already waiting for them as Maria put the car in park and got out, the group following after them.
"Commander Hill, Director Fury has ordered us to bring you and your company to the helicarrier." A fair haired female agent told her.
"Then why are you telling me? Just bring us there."
It was silent for several minutes as everyone was lead to a helicopter where they were then flown to an airborn vessel that the guardians had never seen before.
"This is...different." Gamora said, at a loss for words as they landed.
"Where are we?" Drax asked, looking at Maria suspiciously as they got out.
"It's a helicarrier. We work on land as well as in the air." She explained as she lead them to the directors office where another agent stood to the directors left.
"You wanted to see us, sir?" Steve asked, approaching the directors desk with Maria and the others.
Fury sighed, "Yes. I'm afraid I have bad news. Did you bring it, Agent Hill?"
Maria nodded and reached into her jacket pocket and pulling out the necklace, hesitantly handing it to the director, who examined it closely.
"We think there's something in it, sir." Natasha stated, about to go on when everyone shot her a look.
"We'll worry about that later. I've called all of you here because it appears that Nebula and Thanos are in New York."
Everyone started talking at once.
"How did they get here so quick?"
"How did they even find out?"
"What if_"
"Enough!" The director shouted, cutting all of them off.
"I don't know how they got here and I don't know how they were undetected as they did so, but I do know they've been here for quite some time."
"They're biding their time. Waiting until we're weak to strike." Gamora said, sighing and sitting down in one of the chairs.
"Which is why all of you are here. You'll stay here until things calm down."
"But what about Pepper and Jace? Betty and Jane?" Clint asked, raising an eye brow.
"I have it under control. I sent Coulson and May to bring all of them to stay with some...allies of mine in upstate New York. They'll be well protected. There's a lab, a private library so they can get work done."
Gamora was about to say something when the necklace fell off the directors desk, and it opened almost like how one would open a locket to reveal a stone, very similar to the one back on Xandar, but it was a very dark purple, almost black.
"Well that explains how it's so powerful." Tony stated, completely awestruck as Quill hesitantly picked up the necklace, careful not to touch the stone that was inside of it.
"Yes, it also explains why Nebula wants it so badly." Gamora added as Peter closed the locket.
"How many infinity stones are there?" Quill asked, looking at Gamora and Thor.
"Six I believe." Thor answered, earning a nod from Gamora.
"Yes. The infinity stone of time, power, which is this one I assume, the orb, the aether, the tesseract, and the scepter."
"Well what should we do? Destroy it?" Clint asked Fury, who sighed and handed the necklace over to the agent on his left.
"Agent 13, please take this and put it in area 192, section B." He ordered.
"13? Like the fricken number?" Rocket asked the woman, who nodded.
"Exactly like the number." She said, walking out and closing the door behind her.
It was then that Maria noticed a few faces were missing, and she started frantically looking around the office.
"Where are Emily, Peter, and Lilith?"
When she said that, everyone went into a frenzy to try and find the three of them.
"Where the hell are they? They were just here ten seconds ago and just like that, they disappeared!"
"Maria. It's a helicarrier. There's only so many places they can be." Steve said, sighing.
"Well, they could not have_" Gamora started, but was cut off by a beeping sound.
That's when several explosions happened, sending the three of them flying across the room.
A/N: Let me know what y'all think! Please review :)