Valkyrie: The End of Infinity

Bluebox345

A/N: This story will be updated on the second Saturday of each month. This fic will be a combination of both Avengers: Infinity War (part 1) and Avengers: Endgame (part 2) and will have a two month hiatus in-between posting each part. I picture Valkyrie to look a bit like Laura Bailey. Valkyrie's theme song is Skyworld by Two Steps From Hell. I also have written stories for Avengers, Doctor Who, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Torchwood if any are interested in those fandoms. By the way, I chose the name Valkyrie for my character before Thor Ragnarok came out. She is in no way associated with the Valkyries on Asgard. You could read this story on it's own but I would suggest (in order to get background info) to read the first two stories of this series in order to understand previous actions and mentions.

I was going to post this in the Avenger's category, but names like Peter Quill weren't available for selection, so I am posting this in the Avengers/Guardians of the Galaxy cross-over section.

Summary: While answering a distress call Valkyrie learns that Xandar has been wiped out by Thanos. Devastated by her family's deaths, Val teams up with a stranger called Thor to get revenge on Thanos. The Guardians soon find out that the heroes don't always win.

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, Disney does. I only own my OC's (Ex: Valkyrie). I do not own the picture I used on the cover, I found it on google. This disclaimer extends through the entire story.

"Before creation itself, there were six singularities. Then the universe exploded into existence and the remnants of these systems were forged into concentrated ingots. Infinity Stones. These stones, it seems, can only be brandished, by beings of extraordinary strength. The carriers can use this stone to mow down an entire civilizations like wheat in a field. Once for a moment, a group was able to share the energy among-st themselves but even they were quickly destroyed by it." - The Collector.

Part 1: Infinity War

Prologue

Xandar

Irani Rael, Valkyrie's adoptive mother of Valkyrie and leader of the Nova Corps walked with an air of confidence toward the vault that stored the Power Stone (the Infinity Stone that the Guardian's of the Galaxy had left the Nova Corp to protect) with a group of ten guards walking behind her. Men and women ran to and fro, not paying Rael any attention. From what little windows she passed by on her way down, she could see the chaos outside.

A fierce battle was taking place. Dark black ships zoomed in and out of buildings while gold star-like ships attacked with vigor. Screams from the city could be heard through the walls and black columns of smoke wafted up from collapsed buildings.

Thanos's forces had arrived for the Power stone.

Rael had a bad feeling about the stone when the Guardian's had handed it to her six years ago. She knew that the Guardian's defeat of Ronan would have triggered some response, but she had no idea that it would take this long for Thanos to take revenge. Now that it was here she wished for it to end.

They finally reached the door that was keeping the Power Stone safe… for the moment. "Spread out down this hallway. Defend it with your lives. Thanos must not get this stone. It will be the end of Xandar."

She typed in the number key into the lock and the door slid open to reveal a darkened room with only a pedestal, about waist tall with a black orb which Rael knew contained the Power Stone. Rael sighed as she stared at the stone which was the cause of all the pain and suffering currently happening. Rael turned on the lights and closed the door. She stood in front of the the stone, took out her weapon, pointed it at the door and waited. She waited for about thirty minutes before she heard shouting and weapons firing. Rael steadied her breath as her nerves got to her as the sounds outside the door quieted.

The door blasted open and Rael ducked as the door flew over her head. As the dust cleared she sucked in her breath as her eyes laid upon a large, heavy, purple man with a golden gauntlet on his left hand with six spots on his knuckles was empty. "Nova Prime. Possessor of the Power Stone. Hand it over and I might spare your life."

"Never you mass murdering prick." Hissed Rael. She brought up her blaster and fired. The blast hit his armor and the blast absorbed in the armor, doing no damage whatsoever. Thanos smirked. Rael tightened her grip and fired multiple shots, all absorbed on his armor.

Thanos sighed in amusement and shook his head, "They all try... but in the end they always fail." He brought up his left hand that held the gauntlet and back-handed Rael. She flew into the wall with such a force that the cracking of bone could be heard. She dropped to the floor and rolled to a stop, not getting up.

Rael's vision grew blurry and knew that she was dying and had lost. That her planet would be destroyed. She slowly moved her right hand to her pocket, taking out her long range communicator. She was able to type out the first two words in her message but then a large purple foot stepped on her hand, causing the communicator to drop.

Thanos appeared in her vision, carrying the orb with his right hand. He tutted and shook his head, "So valiant. All for nothing." He squeezed his hand and the orb shattered. Thanos smiled evilly as he held the Power Stone in his right hand. He slowly moved it to his gauntlet which magically sucked it into the first stone hold. He tensed in pain but shook it off. "You've failed."

"You'll lose." Rael whispered knowing that the Guardians were still out there, along with her daughter. They had a chance.

Thanos leaned down, holding Rael's head in his right hand and whispered back, "No, I've already won." And punched Rael in the face with the gauntlet which now housed one Infinity Stone. Irani Rael's body disintegrated and black ash fell to the floor in her place.

Milano

Valkyrie woke from her sleep with a startled scream. The scream died in her throat as she realized that she was safe aboard the Milano. She didn't remember what she was dreaming other than her fear. She had been dreaming the same type of dreams for over two weeks now. She never remembered her dreams but she always woke up afraid and screaming. Her body was exhausted from the lack of sleep and dark bags were under her eyelids. Val breathed out and wiped her sweaty brown hair out of her face and into a ponytail. She sighed and whispered, "Damn it. Just one night, please."

She put on her bathrobe and headed toward the middle of the ship where food and drinks were. An hour later saw Val sitting in a chair nursing a glass of alcohol while staring out into the vast expanse of space. It was quiet on the ship, everyone being asleep and not arguing for once. The Milano was on autopilot, the ship would alert them if they were in danger.

She sighed and took another sip. "You're up late." Valkyrie almost spilled what was left in her glass as she looked up at Gamora who had on her regular black outfit.

"For Nova's sake." Val said putting a hand over her heart, "Don't do that."

Gamora took the seat adjacent to her, "Nope. Never gonna stop. You're too easy to mess with."

Valkyrie sighed and took another swig, "Eh. Right now I'm not going to make a fuss about it."

"Aww." Gamora said in a teasing voice, "You're no fun when you don't fight back. So, same dream?"

Gamora was the only one in the ship to notice Valkyrie's current sleeping situation. Val guessed it was because they were the only females. Males were notoriously known to be unobservant, "Yeah." Another sip, "Same shit. I go to sleep and wake up and don't remember a single think except intense fear." One more sip, "I think it's a warning."

Gamora sighed and leaned forward, placing her elbows on her knees and her chin rested on the palms of her hands, "To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken you this long for something like this to happen. We've gone through some terrible times. You just have to sort it out."

Valkyrie looked at Gamora then back at the top of her glass, "How do you do it?"

Gamora leaned back in her chair, her arms dropping to the side, "I've just learned to hid it better."

Valkyrie closed her eyes, "I thought you might say that." They stayed silent for some time after until a loud beeping came from the cockpit, "Ugg." Val rubbed her right temple, "Turn it off."

Gamora got up out of her seat and rushed to the cockpit with Valkyrie stumbling not far behind. Gamora pressed a couple of buttons and sent the alarm through the rest of the ship, alerting the other Guardian's. "It's a distress signal. You should take a anti-drunk pill and get changed. Someone needs our help."

Valkyrie stumbled to her quarters as she was told not knowing that in less than a hour her world would crumble down around her.

Posted: January 12th, 2019.