Chapter 5

TITAN (POV-NEBULA)

I rushed through the corridors of my father's ship, pressing random buttons on my way, opening and closing doors at random intervals. Anything to get away from Stark. I had to get this ship off the ground.

"Nebula!" I heard Tony shout from the other side of the ship. I could tell from his voice that he was pretty far away, and I'd probably lost him by now. I knew I was only a few minutes away from the main hull of the ship, and so I kept running as fast as I possibly could.

Only a couple of minutes later, I arrived at the main hull. I punched the 6 digit code into the keypad, allowing the door to slide open and let me into the hull. I stepped forwards, and the door slammed closed behind me. I'd made it.

"Activate main engines." I ordered, sitting down in the main seat and pressing a couple of buttons on the control desk.

"Voice recognition denied." I system replied, as a buzzing noise sounded over the speaker.

"List authorised figures." I demanded, pulling down on one of the levers as the voice sounded again.

"Authorised figures: Thanos, Ronan the Accusor, Gamora...Tony Stark." the voice listed.

What the hell? Tony Stark was listed as one of my fathers trusted authority figures? They hadn't even met before today! What was I going to do? I needed to get to Vormir and save my sister. But Tony had different ideas.

The only way I could get to Vormir was to get Tony to activate the ship, but he wanted to get as far away from this place as possible. There was only one way I could do this. Brute force.

STARK TOWER (POV-STEVE)

I was sat alone in my room when I heard the ringtone of my phone on the other side of the room. I jumped up off the bed and dashed over to the phone.

Incoming Call: James Rhodes

I sighed, wishing that the call could have been from Tony. But I supposed it must be important. I picked the phone up and placed it to my ear.

"Rhodes?" I answered.

"Steve. We've got a situation." James exclaimed drastically. It took me by surprise.

"What's up?" I asked, glancing over to my suit, which hung on the back of my door in case of emergency.

"Banner and Wong signalled the SOS from Cardiff. Thanos took Wong's Sling Ring." Rhodes explained.

"Wasn't Shuri with them?" I asked, confused.

"Yeah. He killed her, Steve." Rhodes said solemnly. There was a moment of silence as I took a while to contemplate Shuri's death.

"Natasha, Rocket and I will be there by tomorrow morning. You're all in Wakanda?" I confirmed.

"Banner, Okoye and I will be staying in Wakanda. Thor and Wong are going to the Sactum Sanctorum as we speak to try and find another Sling Ring." Rhodes explained.

"You honestly think Thanos is just going to let you pick up another Ring?" I scoffed. James went silent for a moment, thinking about what I had said.

"But if Thanos does turn up, we can't risk losing you or Nat. You're our best fighters." he said.

"Wong and Thor can't take on Thanos alone. Together, we stand a chance. Natasha and I will meet them at the Sactum, Rocket will meet you guys in Wakanda." I compromised, hanging up the phone and placing it down on my desk.

"Natasha!" I called, walking over to my suit and running my fingers down it. "Get your coat."