An Outcast (Steven Universe x Male Gem Reader x MCU)

The Past

Rin closed his eyes, and hung his head down, as he pointed to his right. Aleena and Azurite looked at this direction and saw the lifeless bloodied body of Karolyn.

"Mom..." Aleena said, this view making her cry even more than she already did.

"Karolyn..." Azurite muttered under his breath, as the woman that made him how it is to have a family was dead, and there was nothing he could to stop it.

"Azurite... Aleena..." Rin said, earning their attention as they looked at him, "I don't have much time left..."

"No. That's not true. We can patch you up!" Aleena said, even though she didn't believe in that herself.

"We both know that it's not true, little one..." Rin gave her a comforting smile, "It may be too late for me and Karolyn... but you two can still make it out of here..."

"Why are they doing this?" Aleena asked what was on her and Azurite's mind.

"I asked... him... that... all he said to me was that... it's for the greater good..." Rin answered, gesturing towards the body of the of the Chitauri which was killed by Aleena a moment ago.

"How is that for the greater good?" Azurite asked. 

"I don't know... Azurite c'mere." Rin said, as Azurite leaned down, wanting to hear everything Rin had to say to him, "I'm glad we've met you, you are as much of a family to me as Karolyn and Aleena are..."

Azurite just nodded his head at his words, as Rin looked at Aleena, "And you... my baby girl... Me and your mother have always been proud of you... proud of the person you became..."

"Dad..." Aleena said, still not believing that it was happening.

"Azurite... Do you remember where your ship is..." Rin asked, even though the answer was quite obvious.

"Yes." Azurite nodded his head in response.

"Take her there... Use the upgrade you and your friend Shi'ra installed a year ago... and wait for this massacre to end... I love you Aleena, and I love you too Azurite, even though we're not related by blood... Please take care of my baby girl..." Rin said, what it seemed to be his last words to them.

Aleena nodded her head in understanding, as Rin closed his eyes, for the last time, "I love you too dad... I love you too..."

Azurite, who seemed like he was stopping himself from crying, whispered, "Goodbye, both of you. Thank you for everything. I promise I'll take care of your daughter."

He stood up from the floor, and put his hand on Aleena's shoulder, comfortingly, "Aleena. I know this is hard for you, but we must go. More of them may come here any second."

"I must be strong. It's what mom and dad would want." Aleena said, wiping tears off her cheeks, "I'll mourn them, once we'll be safe, both of us."

Azurite said nothing, just nodded his head to what Aleena said, as she stood up from her knees, and walked over to body of her mother. She carefully took the headscarf, her mother wore for most of the time, off her her head, and put it inside her pocket.

"Let's go, uncle Az." She said, as Azurite nodded his head. The duo made their way to the exit, and shared a look with each other. 

With that, Azurite opened the doors, and they both of them rushed into streets, with Azurite leading and Aleena following closely behind him. They passed dozens of lifeless bodies of their friends and neighbours, but they knew they couldn't mourn their deaths, because they had to get out of this chaos as soon as it was possible. They eventually had to take care of the invaders that tried to attack them, or hide in the corners, when something flew above their heads, but they met a huge complication when a spear flew right next to Azurite's head. The person that threw it must've missed on purpose. He turned around, preparing himself for another fight, but he let his guard down when he noticed what was happening to Aleena at the current moment. She was pinned down to the ground by two Chitauri who probably used the fact that a spear flew right next to his head as an opportunity to take care of both of them.