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

Soul

Thanos took one step to the right, standing now right in front of his daughter, as he spoke up to the floating figure they just encounter, "You know us?"

The figure's response was, "It is my curse to know all who journey here."

Thanos took one step forward towards the figure, "Where's the Soul Stone?"

"You should know it extracts a terrible price." The figure explained.

Thanos gave him a nod, "I am prepared."

"We all think that at first." The figure stated, as he touched down the ground. He glided out of the shadows, revealing his face to them, "We are all wrong."

The figure gestured for them to follow him, beginning to walk towards something. Thanos and his daughter followed him, asking, "How is it you know this place so well?" 

"A lifetime ago, I, too, sought the stones." The figure began, "I even held one in my hand. But it cast me out, banished me here. Guiding others to a treasure I cannot possess."

They stopped on the edge of the mountain, overlooking a drop, as he continued, "What you seek lies before you. As does what you fear."

"What's this?" Gamora asked.

"The price." He answered, "Soul holds a special place among the Infinity Stones. You might say it has a certain wisdom."

"Tell me what it needs." Thanos asked him.

"To ensure that whoever possesses it understands its power...." The figure explained, "The stone demands a sacrifice."

Thanos titled his head towards him, "Of what?"

"In order to take the stone you must lose that which you love. A soul... for a soul." The figure reponded.

Gamora could find herself laughing at how ironic this situation was as her father looked over at the drop in front of him. She slowly too a few steps towards him. She looked up at her father, speaking up to him, with a rather bitter smile forming on her face, "All my life, I dreamed of a day... a moment when you would get what you deserved. And I was always so disappointed. But now... you kill and torture... and you call it mercy. The universe has judged you. You asked it for a prize, and it told you no. You failed. And do you wanna know why? Because you love nothing. No one."

Thanos turned towards her, tears blinding his vision which she didn't failed to notice, "Really? Tears?"

The figure looked at her, "They're not for him."

Gamora looked at the figure, and as her bitter smile faded away from her face, realizing what is about to happen. Her gaze went back to her father, to see him taking steps towards her. She backed away from him, saying, "No. This isn't love."

"I ignored my destiny once. I cannot do that again. Even for you." Thanos declared. 

Gamora stared down for a moment, then up at the resolution on his face. She grabbed the red-jeweled dagger, the same dagger he gave her on the day when he cleansed her planet, from his belt with lightning reflexes, triggered the blade and stabbed herself in the stomach... but nothing happened. Her father used the Reality Stone to turn it into bubbles.

Her lips quivered. It broke Thanos' heart, right down the middle. Right in half, "I'm sorry, little one."

He held out his hand towards her, grabbing her by her arm, leading her straight to the drop, his daughter squirmed, trying to free herself from his grasp, yelling, "NO!"

Thanos' expression broke, pain showing on his face. He closed his eyes as he reached the edge. He threw her over the edge. The only thing he could do now was only watch as his little Gamora, his favourite daughter fell to her certain death. She held out her hand, and screamed something, but he didn't heard what was it.