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𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑽𝑶𝑹
-𝒔𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏
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three.
decollate
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❝SO I'LL RECLAIM MY
BODY AND SOUL, BANISH
THE BROKEN FROM MY
BONES.❞

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LEXI slowly chewed the last of her granola bar that Natasha gave to her. Reaching down, she took a small sip of water before throwing out her wrapper, placing the glass on the table and standing to grab her old uniform.

Putting the clothes over her arm, she turned in time to watch Steve approach her with a concerned look. His eyebrows perked. "You sure you can do this? You and Tony only came back yesterday. And...I hate to say it but you look awful."

Lexi shook her head before shrugging. "Thanos took Peter away from me, and with all due respect, Captain; I'd like to watch him get killed. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get changed please."

Steve wordlessly stepped back, watching as her bony figure shuffled away to the bathroom in the hall. Passing his gaze to Natasha, Natasha only stared back, but they both knew they were all grieving... Some taking it in different ways.

          BEFORE they all knew it, Rocket and Lexi were leading the remaining Avengers into space. The two sat in the front seat. As the two steered the ship upwards, Rocket sparred a weary look to Lexi. He was worried about her. He actually hated seeing her so frail.

Behind them, Steve, Natasha, Thor and Rhodey all sat. In the front two seats, Bruce, Carol and Nebula sat.

"Hypo-thrusters are up." Lexi said out of habit, swiftly using the touchpad in front of her.

"Okay," Rocket turned his head to the group behind them. "Who here hasn't been to space?"

Steve, Natasha and Rhodey slowly lifted their hands.

Rhodey looked around. "Why?"

"You better not throw up on our ship." Rocket commented, glancing at Lexi once more as he turned to face forward.

"It's actually really hard to clean up. You don't know how many times Drax and Peter have thrown up..." Lexi said airily, still looking forward and not bothering to seek a reaction.

"Approaching jump," Nebula cut in. "In three..." Steve gripped his armrest. "two..." Natasha pressed her head back. "one!"

As the ship thrusted forward into a space-jump, everyone's bodies were pushed back into their seats. Steve's eyes widened as the vast colours flashing before him.

When the ship suddenly slowed on the other side, Carol left the ship, floating out and turning back to the ship. Everyone heard her through their comms, "I'll head down for recon."

She turned, quickly disappearing towards the planet.

          CAROL slowly drifted to the ship. "No satellites, no ships, no armies, no ground defences of any kind."

Lexi cocked an eyebrow, taking a ship from the water bottle brought along for her. "Then what the hell is there? There's no way we went to the wrong planet."

"It's just him." Carol answered and everyone stared, different thoughts running through their heads.

Nebula stared up at her. "Then that's enough."

          THE air was calm on Titan II. A slight chirp filled the air as various bugs and foreign things fluttered in the air. The purple Titan grunted as he moseyed down a lane of crops he was growing. Stopped at a ripening plant, he reached his scarred hand down, plucking it from its stem. Dropping it in the cloth sack he had, Thanos slowly made his way back to his cottage, dragging his leg with him.

Inside the cottage, Thanos started to make a stew from his vegetation. Placing a pinch of spices into a pot, the Titan grabbed the handle before bringing it to the fire in the middle of the room. He placed the pot over the fire before kneeling in front of the fire.

A faint whistling noise made him look up before a suddenly blast of energy knocked him back. Thanos yelled, raising his left hand to block the blast. Carol suddenly shot into the room, hitting him. She quickly sprang to her feet, lunging at the god before placing him in a headlock. With her foot outstretched, she forced his left hand out.

Bruce, in the Hulkbuster armour, flew in, grabbing his left hand and pulling on it. Rhodey then appeared next to hold him back by his right arm. Thanos grunted under the strain of all three.

Thor crashed in, swinging Stormbreaker high and slicing off Thanos' arm from the elbow. Thanos cried out, seething behind his teeth.

To complete the ambush, the front door opened and Steve, Natasha, Lexi and Rocket walked in. Rocket approached the severed arm, turning it over to reveal all the Infinity Stones gone.

Lexi hovered over the charred metal. Both her and Rocket muttered in unison,

"Oh no..."

Both Steve and Natasha joined them next, sharing a blank look.

Steve frowened at Thanos. "Where are they?"

"Answer the question." Carol threatened, tightening her arms around his next after a moment of silence.

Thor's chest moved in large movements as his breathing picked up at the sight of the missing Stones.

"The universe required correction." Thanos said with a slur, not being able to talk properly because of the restricted airflow. "After that, the Stones served no purpose, beyond temptation."

"You murdered trillions!" Bruce cried out, shoving Thanos back. Rhodey and Carol jumped out of the way.

"You should be grateful!" Thanos snapped at them, looking up just as Bruce punched him across the face.

Natasha's eyes filled with tears. "Where are the Stones?" she asked in a shaky voice.

"Gone." Thanos breathed. "Reduced to atoms."

"You used them two days ago!" Bruce shot back.

"I used the Stones to destroy the Stones. It nearly killed me." the Titan pointed out, referring to half his face being scarred and the gauntlet permanently being wielded to his left arm. "But the work is done. It always will be."

Thanos sat up, staring at Steve. "I am...inevitable."

Thor stared with a blank face, rage bubbling up and threatening to spill. Rhodey looked around. "We have to tear this place apart. He has to be lying."

Lexi sank to her knees, face burying into her hands as she silently began to cry in front of the gauntlet.

"My father is many things..." Nebula muttered, drawing the attention to her. "A liar is not one of them."

"Thank you, Daughter." Thanos mumbled with a pant. Nebula bowed her head. "Perhaps I treated you to harshly..."

Lexi lifted her head with a snap. She rose to her feet with a wobble. Opening her mouth to tell-off the Titan, she was suddenly interrupted by Thor swinging his axe and decapitating the god.

Everyone stared as Thanos' body slumped to the side.

"What...what did you do?" Rocket asked with sorrow, looking up at the back of Thor's head.

Thor's eyes looked down at Thanos' dead body.

"I went for the head."

He turned, exiting the hut without another word spoken by anyone.

❝ GAME OF SURVIVAL ❞
❛ by -sebstan ❜

author's comments ↴

if anyone has seen 'to the bone'
with lily collins, im imagining
lexi as thin as she was in to the bone
(if that makes sense?)

if you don't know what i mean,
then just look up to the bone with lily
collins and you'll see how thin her body
is

I also ran out of seats in the ship
so I put an extra for nebula, oops