Chapter 1
"Krugarr, get the kids somewhere safe." Krugarr nods and opens a portal for them.
"No way in Hell! We're staying," Indri says and I look at him.
"Sorry ahead of time for this."
"What?" I grab him by the back of his shirt and throw him through the portal.
"Strange."
"On it." He goes with them and Krugarr closes that portal. He opens another portal to Loki's Chambers and gestures at me when I look at him quizzically.
"Good point. Be right back." I go through the portal and quickly get changed, keeping my new sword on me. I tap a few things on my wrist com to connect to Krugarr and he answers. "Mind opening a portal above those assholes?"
A portal opens in front of me on the floor and I jump through it, ending up much higher up than I had anticipated. "Not cool, dude." Another portal opens beneath me and ends with me closer to them. They look up and I blast one of them in the face before landing in a crouch next to their body.
"22-3-16. Give up. You are surrounded." I stand as I look around and notice I had landed next to Solstice while also seeing he was right, all of them having blasters trained on me.
"Huh. Looks like I am. So... How about this?" I blast the ground in front of them with an extended blast and a small spin to cause dust.
"Damnit!" I grab Solstice and pick her up.
"You'll be fine. Krugarr, portal when you see her! YEET!" I throw her and see her land next to them through a portal as the dust settles. "That was a good throw and catch." I give him a thumbs-up and he returns it in the form of magic.
Something wraps around my ankles and I look down to see a whip wrapped around them. "Huh. Interesting." They yank it and I'm eating dirt. "OK, then... We're playing already." Someone grabs the back of my neck and shoves my face down, grabbing something from my hip.
"That was a grave mistake, 22-3-16," They snarl in my ear and I nod a bit.
"Then so is this." I slam my elbow into their head twice and roll over, kicking them away. The person with the whip around my ankles yanks on it and manages to tug me a little closer to them. I grab the whip and yank it myself, throwing them away with the force of it. I quickly unwrap my ankles and wrap the whip around my gloved hand, looking at them as I start to feel my consciousness slowly slip away. "You made a mistake coming here."
"No. You made a mistake killing Manphaid." I feel a whip slash against my back and grunt, turning quickly to keep that person in my sights. They smirk and I punch them in the face with my fist that has the whip around it, cutting their face up badly. Another whip slashes against my back and I whistle to send my arrow around them but nothing happens. "Oh? You thought we'd allow you to keep your arrow?" They laugh and I tense slightly, thinking quickly.
A whip wraps around my throat and pulls me down with a grunt. They drag my head up to make me watch the others fighting against more Skrulls. "We are going to capture and make them all our slaves. The women will make excellent breeding slaves and the men will make excellent battle slaves. Don't you think? And, once we find your children and that pesky brother of yours... Well... We will see just how long they last, won't we?"
"Sir!" I look toward the yell with the others to see a group of people with my kids, Morgan, and Indri and they were all injured, bleeding the color their blood is supposed to be. Stange was unconscious and being dragged around. "We found them!"
"Mom!" Gamora tries to come over and one of them stops her.
"Silence!" They hit her and she falls into Petey as she yelps.
"Don't... Fucking... Touch them," I grunt out around the whip and they laugh, tightening it as they pull me off the ground slightly to cut off my airways more. I grab for the whip and they restrain my arms at my wrists with whips. I open my hand and the Mjölnir flies into it. "Ya... Done... Goofed," I croak and storm clouds appear.
"What is happening?" Lightning strikes down the Skrulls holding the whips that are restraining me and I stand, eyes glowing blue. I yank the whip from around my throat then the ones around my wrists and a Skrull runs at me.
"And I oop, bitch," I croak and slam Mjölnir into their skull before they collapse, dead. I drop Mjölnir and it goes flying back to Thor as they continue to fight their Skrulls. I wrap one of the whips around my fist and fight this group, noticing the kids about to be dragged onto a ship. I run over and fight them too. Then, my consciousness slips away from me completely as I slip into full survival mode.
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The others watch as I tear Skrulls apart and Krugarr opens a portal beneath the kids so they don't have to watch. "As much as I hate to admit it, she is very good at that. And she may have to be the one to deal with all of these Skrulls."
"Trust me, Krugarr. We know," Stakar sighs and they look over at me when I start to laugh hysterically. "And now she's gone. Yeah. Send some over to her." Krugarr nods and opens a portal beneath a few Skrulls to send them my way, making the number they're fighting smaller.
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I pant as I take down the last opponent and stand in the middle of the circle of bodies, tense as I look around for any more movement. I hear someone behind me and spin, knife at the ready to point at someone in a green outfit at the front of a large group of people that should look familiar but just look like enemies and opponents. He raises his hands slightly and I growl low in the back of my throat, spinning my knife slightly to hold it in a better attack position.
"Rogue, it is alright. Put the knife down." I attack him and he catches my arm, disarming me easily. "Or I can take it. That works as well."
"Losing your knife will cost you, 22-3-16," A voice growls in the back of my head and I narrow my eyes at him, attacking him again.
"Woah!" He dodges to the side and I growl louder, attacking again. He crouches and uses my momentum to throw me away from him. I roll and slide to a stop in a crouch, eyes still narrowed. "It seems as though I have underestimated how difficult this would be."
"Wan' 'elp?"
"That would be appreciated, yes." A Xandarian and Centaurian nod and step forward, looking at me.
"A'ight, Girl. Git outta yer 'ead an' git back ta normal." I attack the Centaurian and he catches my arm, pinning me to the ground easily with my arm pinned against my back. "Girl. Ya know tha' Ah ain't gonna put up with tha' shit." I try to grab him with my free arm but the Xandarian pins it to the ground and I growl, pissed off.
"Kid, ya ain't gotta fight no mo'. Yer fine. Relax." I struggle and the Centaurian presses against my neck slightly.
"Tha' ain't relaxin', Girl. Tha's tryin' ta kick m'ass an' Krags' too. Lissen ta me, Girl. Yer lil' 'uns is watchin' us. So ya gotta relax. Ya wanna scare 'em? Cuz tha's 'ow ya do it," He hisses in my ear and I stop struggling, panting slightly.
"A'ight, Kid. Tha's mo' like it. 'M gonna letcha go an' Cap is too. A'ight?" He asks after about ten minutes and they wait for my response. I nod slightly and they both let me go, backing up slightly. I sit up and wipe some blood away from my mouth.
"MOM!" I get knocked backward when Gamora suddenly flings herself at me and I wrap one arm around her while catching myself with my other hand so I don't bust my shit on the ground. "Are you OK? Did you get hurt? Why were they holding you down? Are you OK?" I cover her mouth with my hand and she looks at me.
"Hush." She nods and I move my hand, looking at her cheek as I turn her head by her chin. "You're bleeding. Explain."
"That asshole had a ring on when he hit me. I'm fine." I don't respond and take a travel med kit out of a pouch at my side. "Mom-"
"Your explanation of why you're hurt is done. You hushing is back to being what you should be doing."
"Sorry." She shuts up and I wipe the blood away with an alcohol pad, causing her to wince. "Ow."
"Looks like it already healed," I murmur and she nods.
"Told you I was fine." I don't respond and notice Indri was still bleeding while giving Tex a hard time about patching him up. "You might want to go deal with your idiot of a brother, though."
"Good idea." I stand and hiss, grabbing my side to find a knife blade there. "Well... That's interesting." I take a pair of pliers out of another pouch and pull it out of my side. "Huh." I pocket it for now and go over to Indri, kneeling next to him.
"Cap-"
"I got it. Make sure the other kids are good and help the other Docs." He nods and goes to do that while I grab Indri's chin, looking at his face.
"I'm fine!" He yanks his chin out of my hold and I just grab it again, patching him up despite his arguments. "Damnit, Rogue!"
"Deal with it. You're still bleeding from your injuries so you're not fine." I finish and check him over once more before putting the stuff I used in a different pouch to be cleaned later.
"So are you." I press a hand to my side that had the knife blade in it and shrug slightly when it comes back with blood. I move my clothes and see that it was worse than I thought.
"Oh. That's nice." I put a large bandage on it for now and make sure it's tight.
"More needs to be done to that!"
"And more will be done to it. Later." I stand carefully and look around. "Where is she?"
"Who? Solstice?" I nod and Tony points to where we were sitting. "She passed out a while ago. She's bleeding pretty bad too." I go over and crouch next to her, hovering my hands over her a bit.
Light emanates from my hands and her body starts to glow before it starts to heal. To everyone's surprise. Including my own. "Well... That was weird..." The others nod and she suddenly sits up, panting. "Welcome back," I say drily and she looks at me as I pick the locks on the chains.
"What did you do?" She breathes and I look at her as she stands, looking around for a moment. "What did you do?" She yells and grabs my duster.
"What I do best in their eyes. Fight."
"Why would you do that?" She tries to shake me and I catch her wrists, pulling her hands off of me. "Do you have any clue what you've done? They are going to kill you when they find you! They are going to kill everyone you care about! Do you realize that?" She was being hysterical and I wasn't in the mood for it.
I slap her to snap her out of it and she looks at me, shocked. "What are you talking about?"
"They're hunting you. They're hunting me and all of you. They've been hunting all of you for years. This just gives them more of a reason to hunt harder."
"Then let's make the hunt easier for them."
"What are you talking about?"
"They wanna hunt me? Fine. Let's let them know where to find me. Or, take the hunt to them. Hit them before they hit us."
"That sounds like you're going to find them and try to kill all of them," She scoffs and I look at her. "That's what you're planning to do? Are you out of your mind?"
"Yes." I whistle and can't feel a connection to my arrow. "After I find my arrow." I look around a bit and see a crate, going over to it. Stakar sees and grabs it, opening it for me.
I get hit with the connection and whistle. My arrow soars out of the crate and over to me. Solstice yelps and ducks despite me catching it. "Wow. So little faith." She stands and glares at me while I look at my daughter, Solstice.
"Cool!" She smiles brightly at me and I smile back a bit. "Are you OK, Mom?"
"I'm all good, kiddo." She runs over and hugs me around my legs. I gently pat her head and she runs off again.
"You're surprisingly good with them," Sol- Mom says and I look at her.
"Dear, are you alright?" Frigga asks as she comes over and I wipe more blood off of me.
"I am perfectly alive, Mother."
"Mother? You replaced me already?"
"No, she is just also my Mother now. And I don't plan to be around you ever again after we abolish the Skrull. Any questions? No? Good. Let's get this show on the road!" I clap and turn to head towards my ship.
"Rogue, it isn't the best idea to go up against the Skrull. Even if you do have the Clans backing you up," Stakar says carefully and I look at him, nodding a bit in agreement.
"Yeah... Fair point... We'll just burn that bridge when we get to it."
"It's cross that bridge when we get to it, not burn it," Mom corrects and I ignore her.
"Then let us leave here so that we may get back to our normal situations. Valkyrie Solstice, are you coming along?" Thor asks and Mom looks at him then at me then back at him.
"Yes, she is," I say simply and the kids head back to the ship. I start to follow with Loki before noticing Mom wasn't coming and I go back, dragging her along before she gets the hint.
"Alright, I'm coming." The other crews go to their ships and we all leave while I have another person on board. Lady Sif, but it's fine. Nebula takes charge while I go with Tex to get patched up fully and Mom comes with.
"How have ya been sleepin', Cap'n?"
"Well enough."
"I have something that can help with that. Would you like them?"
"Sure. Thanks." He gives me a bottle and leaves, putting up a privacy shield.
"So... Are you going to leave the Skrulls be or was that all a lie?"
"Lying through my teeth. You know where they are?" She nods and I look at her.
"They're on the planet that houses my life source. If we were to destroy the planet, I would die and you and your children might as well."
"No. All of them were born with their life source in them. They'll survive."
"How sure are you of that?"
"Completely." She nods and looks me over.
"We would have to go alone."
"I'm well aware. How does a bonding trip to Xandar sound?"
"Sounds lovely."
"Great. I'll be able to do whatever with these stitches so let's go in a few hours after I've explained to Loki and Nebula." She nods and leaves me alone in Med to think. "I'm probably going to die... It'll be fine, though... I've got this... I've got to do this," I whisper to myself and take a deep breath before I call the two of them in to explain.
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"Alright, Rogue. As you wish. I hope you enjoy the day with your Mother." Loki smiles and kisses me gently. I kiss him back and Nebula smiles a bit.
"I will ensure that everything runs smoothly, Captain."
"Thanks, Neb. I appreciate it." She nods and leaves us be. Loki gives me one more kiss before also leaving. I smile a bit and sigh softly.
"This is going to hurt all of them... A lot... But... It needs to be done..." I sigh softly and wait a while to heal up before meeting Mom in the Hangar to deal with this issue.