Back with another chapter. I decided to take mercy on you all who are waiting for thisand just post it tonight instead of tomorrow.
I hope this chapter will be better than the last two. I'm dividing the Battle of Wakanda and scenes in Nidavellir into a few chapters, given the fact they took up such a big portion of the film's time.
Let's get started.
Chapter 10- Prepare for Battle
From his position inside the main forge, Oliver watches as Rocket flies the pod over to a section on one of the outer rings.
Thor leaps down from the pod as Rocket says, "I don't think you get the scientifics here. These rings are gigantic. You want to get them moving, you'll need something a lot bigger to yank 'em loose!"
"Leave it to me," Thor replies.
If only I had a bow and some incendiary arrows, Oliver thinks to himself in response to that.
"Leave it to you?" Rocket asks incredulously before saying, "Buddy, you're in space. All you've got is a rope and a…"
Rocket is suddenly cut off as Thor begins whipping the pod around in a circle using the cable. Inside the pod, Rocket is yelling from centrifugal force.
Finally, Thor stops swinging the pod around and sends it flying across the rings as he shouts, "Fire the engines!"
Rocket recovers and shoves the throttles to maximum power. The pod streaks across the center of the rings and to the opposite side. Thor throws his legs out, and they dig into the surface of the outer ring. He skids through it before finally coming to a halt at the edge. Slowly, the ice around the rings preventing them from moving starts to break.
Straining hard against the cable, Thor shouts, "More power, rabbit!" Rocket tries to get some more thrust. Thor tries to keep hold on the cable.
Finally, it works. The ice shatters, and the rings begin to move. In the center, the star begins to glow. It takes a minute for the rings to slide into the position. When they do, the star quickly flares up, energy flowing from it as the light illuminates Nidavellir.
"Well done, boy," Eitri says in a low voice. Oliver just looks out, entranced by the sight of Nidavellir's star.
A few moments later, the iris of the star opens, and a beam of energy shoots out from it, streaking into the forge and striking a panel, which instantly activates all the equipment. Eitri is smiling broadly, as is Oliver, when the mechanism holding open the iris breaks, and the iris closes, shutting off the energy.
Staring out at the star, Eitri curses, "D*** it!"
"D*** it? What's 'D*** it'?" Rocket asks.
"The mechanism is crippled," Eitri announces.
"What?" Thor questions.
"With the iris closed, I can't heat the metal," Eitri adds.
"How long will it take to heat it?" Thor asks.
"A few minutes. Maybe more. Why?" Eitri responds.
After a moment of silence, Thor replies, "I'm gonna hold it open."
"Thor, that's suicide," Oliver warns his friend.
"So is facing Thanos without that axe," Thor retorts before leaping off the pod and flying towards the iris.
(Wakanda)
Barry stares out ahead as the troopship flies over the ground alongside multiple others, heading towards the barrier where members of the Wakandan army have already begun to gather. He looks down and smiles at his new suit.
Shuri had done an outstanding job with the Mark V suit. The emblem still contained the Speed Force enhancer, but was flatter and less bulky, as Shuri had made a new enhancer powered by Wakandan technology. The suit's color was a brighter red than any previous model, and with only a little black, mainly around the neck, shoulders, and upper arms. All the previous features on his prior suits were still there, with the addition of nanotech vibranium blades that Barry could mentally command to sprout from his wrists. Ordinarily, he wouldn't have a use for this very much, but he's gonna need it now.
Standing next to him is T'Challa, Steve, Okoye, and Natasha. As the troopship continues ahead, Natasha gets on her earpiece and calls back to Banner, "How we looking Bruce?"
"Yeah, I think I'm getting the hang of it," Banner replies. A moment later, Banner, now wearing Tony's Hulkbuster armor, accidently propels himself forward with his thrusters.
"Wow, this is amazing, man! It's like being the Hulk without actually…!" Banner cries out excitedly before tripping over a rock and going skidding on his face along the ground. Okoye looks back, wondering just how useful he's actually gonna be.
Banner pops back up, picking clods of dirt off the front of the suit as he calls out, "I'm okay! I'm okay!"
"I've got two heat signatures breaking through the treeline," Rhodey calls out over the radio as he and Sam fly ahead. Beside the troopships, a surge of water flies ahead of them before coming to rest among the troops up ahead, solidifying into Morris.
The troopships pull up to the troops that have already gathered, and the people aboard hurriedly leap over the side. As each ship empties, it turns back to return to the city.
T'Challa and the Avengers who can't fly walk up to the head of the formation. Beside them, the Jabari are chanting alongside their leader, M'Baku. When T'Challa reaches him, M'Baku stops chanting and turns to shake T'Challa's hand.
"Thank you for standing with us," T'Challa says.
"Of course, brother," M'Baku responds in Wakandan.
T'Challa turns to Steve, who nods at him before saying, "Barry, Natasha, you're with us." The two nod, and follow Steve and T'Challa towards the force field's edge.
Waiting for them is Proxima Midnight and Cull Obsidian. The two aliens glare at the humans as they approach. Taking a look around, Natasha smiles a bit and innocently asks, "Where's your other friend?"
"You will pay for his life with yours. Thanos will have that stone," Proxima Midnight replies.
"Never gonna happen," Barry says firmly.
"You are in Wakanda now. Thanos will have nothing but dust and blood," T'Challa says firmly.
"We...have blood to spare," Proxima Midnight responds before raising her sword, which causes the top half of the dropships to rise. Realizing their "negotiations" failed, Barry races them all back to the rest of the army.
"Well, that went well," Barry says.
Outside the force field, they can faintly see figures leaping out of the ships. T'Challa, standing slightly in front of his troops, shouts, "Ybombay!" The Wakandans echo the cry of their king, and continue to do so several more times.
As they stop, Thanos' army charges out of the forest. Barry can't see too well from a distance, so he uses his HMD to zoom in, and is disgusted by the sight. The army seems to be solely comprised of hideous aliens with black and yellow skin, four arms, and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. From his zoomed in view, Barry can't see any eyes on the aliens.
"What the h***?" Barry whispers to himself.
The aliens charge at the force field, slamming their whole bodies into it. With savage abandon, the aliens try to claw their way through the force field. Some lose limbs when the force field snaps back into place, and others are cut in half.
"They're killing themselves," Okoye says in horror about the mindless creatures as they continue to try and get through.
It doesn't take too long before some get lucky and manage to get through. Taking a moment to recover, they begin running at the Wakandans.
Members of the Border Tribe activate their shields, while members of the Kingsguard point their spears in the direction of the aliens. At T'Challa's command, they begin firing them at the aliens. Morris and Banner join in, while Sam and Rhodey swoop in for runs of their own.
"You see the teeth on those things?" Sam asks after pulling out from a particularly low run.
"Alright, back up, Sam. You're gonna get your wings singed," Rhodey says as he makes a run right along the force field, ejecting multiple small bombs from the back of the suit, which engulf the aliens just getting through in fireballs.
As Rhodey pulls out of his run, Barry notices that the aliens are now running along the force field, as if looking for another way in. Others notice it too, and Banner calls to Steve, "Cap, if these things circle the perimeter and get in behind us, there's nothing between them and Vision!"
"Then we better keep 'em in front of us," Steve says.
"How do we do that?" Okoye asks.
T'Challa is quiet for a moment before looking at his General and answering, "We open the barrier." He then activates his earpiece to his command center and orders, "On my signal, open north-west section 17."
An operator calls back, "Requesting confirmation my king. You said open the barrier?"
"On my signal," T'Challa responds simply.
"This will be the end of Wakanda," M'Baku mutters.
Beside him, Okoye glares at the aliens as she replies, "Then it will be the noblest ending in history."
Steve extends the special vibranium gauntlets given to him by T'Challa for this. Natasha readies her weapons. And Barry lets out his wrist blades. T'Chally issues a command, and the Border Tribe withdraws their shields.
T'Challa slowly walks out in front of his men. He pauses for a moment, then shouts, "Wakanda forever!"
T'Challa's mask materializes, and the army of Wakanda bellows its challenge before following their king into hell.
And, I'll end there. Sorry about that cliffhanger, but I thought this was a good place to stop.
For the Mark V Iron Flash suit, I imagine it's color scheme to be the same as Barry's suit from season 5, but the spots on the season 5 suit that aren't quite as bright red are black on the Mark V.
Next chapter will be much more exciting, I promise. I hope you liked this one. I actually have finished the rest of the story already. I'll be posting the rest of the chapters at two to three day intervals.
Please review and give your feedback and suggestions. And stay tuned for the next chapter.