2018 ― Nidavellir
"Yes, babe... that's what killing you means."

"This is the plan? We're gonna hit him with a brick?" Rocket asked. Eitri had led the four of them across the ring where a brick of metal had been brought down on what would be the starting of Thor's ax.

"It's a mold. A king's weapon. Meant to be the greatest in Asgard. In theory, it could even summon the Bifrost." Eitri said. The mention of the Bifrost sent a pang to Nikita's heart as she immediately thought of Heimdall and how nothing was going to be the same again with him not being the guard of the Bifrost.

"Did it have a name?" Thor asked.

"Stormbreaker," Eitri said.

"That's a bit much," Rocket responded. Thor turned to look back at the mold, while Nikita looked at Eitri.

"So, how do we make it?" She asked.

"You'll have to restart the forge. Awaken the heart of the dying star." Eitri said, turning to face the star that was in the middle of the planet that had since gone cold.

"Rabbit, fire up the pod."

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"Thor, I don't think you get the scientifics here. These rings are gigantic. You wanna get them moving... you're gonna need something a lot bigger to yank 'em loose." Nikita spoke to Thor over their coms. She and Rocket were back inside of the ship, while Thor was on the outside.

"Leave that to me, love," Thor responded back to her.

"Leave it to you? Buddy, you're in space, all you got is a rope and a...-" Rocket cut off when he started yelling, because the rope that Thor had was attached to the pod they were in, and of course, they were strapped down because Thor started swinging them around.

"Fire the engines," Thor said, which Rocket dd on command, and as they flew through the rings, Thor planted himself on the ground, straining while pulling onto the ship. "More... power... rabbit!" He exclaimed. Rocket did what Thor asked, as Thor continued to pull against the ship, and he eventually got the rings moving again, and Nikita noticed that the star started to light up as the rings fell in alignment with each other. Then Thor appeared on the outside of the pod.

"That's Nidavellir." He said. Rocket's eyes lit up, while Nikita smiled as the star shot out the energy through the mold, but as quickly as it lit up. It closed down and failed.

"Damn it," Eitri said.

"Damn it. What's damn it?" Rocket asked.

"The mechanism is crippled," Eitri responded.

"What?" Thor asked.

"With the iris closed, I can't heat the metal," Eitri said.

"How long will it take to heat it?" Thor asked.

"A few minutes, maybe more. Why?" Eitri asked.

"I'm gonna hold it open," Thor said.

"What?!" Nikita exclaimed.

"That's suicide," Eitri said.

"So is facing Thanos without that ax," Thor said.

"Thor... hold on a second...-" He cut her off.

"...-Nikita, I love you." He said, before running off of the pod and flying to the middle of the star. Nikita looked out of the pod and watched as he did. Her breath got caught in her throat, only being able to pray that he didn't kill himself doing this.

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"All fathers, give me strength." Nikita heard Thor whisper through the com in her ear.

"You understand, boy? You're about to take the full force of a star. It'll kill you." Eitri said.

"Only if I die," Thor responded, which made Nikita roll her eyes because that was such a typical Thor answer.

"Yes, babe... that's what killing you means," Nikita said. Nikita watched as Thor grabbed the two handles and pulled the star open to let the heat go through to mold the ax. Nikita flinched as she could hear his groaning in pain and his stranging. It was killing him, she could tell it was. Nikita watched as Thor let go of the metal and fell through the middle.

"Rocket!" She exclaimed.

"On it." Rocket said, Thor was knocked on the platform that Groot was sitting on playing his video game and when Rocket landed, Nikita immediately got out of the ship and ran over to Thor, cradling his head in her lap.

"Thor... say something, baby. Come on... Thor, stay with me, come on." Nikita whispered, tears coming to her eyes.

"I think he's dying." Rocket said.

"He needs the ax." Nikita and Eitri said at the same time. Nikita remembered, back when they were in New Mexico and Loki struck him down through the Destroyer, and it nearly killed him, until he got his hammer back.

"Where's the handle? Tree, help me find the handle!" Eitri yelled, while Nikita only held Thor's face in her hands. Nikita watched as Groot looked at Thor and then he bent down to the ax and grabbed it, using his twigs to form the handle, and when Nikita saw that the ax was together, she moved Thor's fingers to extend out for it, and then she backed away from him.

She moved Rocket as the lightning formed around the ax and around Thor's fingers and the ax flew into his hands, bringing him back to his strength. As he stood from the ground, Nikita wrapped him in a quick hug and he laid his hand down on her hair.

"Let's go kill Thanos."

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