Alright, everybody. I am finally getting to the battle of Wakanda itself.
The battle itself will comprise two chapters. I might have been able to do it in one chater, but given the fact I'm also cutting back to Nidavellir during the battle to show the forging of Stormbreaker, I felt it would be too long.
Alright. Let's get to it.
Chapter 11- The Battle Begins
"Wakanda Forever!"
Barry takes off running, at normal speed, alongside his teammates. With the force field down, there's no point in running at super speed. Plus, he wants to show that he stands with his teammates.
As the army gets about halfway, T'Challa raises his wrist up to his mouth and shouts into his Kimoyo Beads, "Now!" A split second later, a small section of the barrier opens up, allowing the aliens to surge through.
Immediately, Barry takes off running at super speed. Behind him, Morris turns into a tidal wave and surges ahead of the army.
Barry reaches the aliens and launches into the attack, striking at them with his repulsors, cold blasters, and wrist blades. The repulsors and cold blasters aren't fatal, but have enough power to knock the aliens unconscious or at least daze them. His strikes with his wrist blades aren't always fatal, but Barry doesn't care. His goal was the chaos among the aliens and make it easier for the rest of the Wakandan army and the Avengers.
Behind him, Morris in his tidal wave form surges against the aliens, knocking most of them to the ground. His action saves many lives at the start, enabling the Wakandans to get the first strike before the aliens can recover.
Steve and T'Challa race ahead of the army, sprinting as fast as they can. They reach the aliens and attack, Steve with his gauntlets and T'Challa with his claws.
The Wakandan army clashes with the aliens. Thanks to Morris and Barry's attacks, the aliens are confused and unprepared. The Wakandans tear into them before the aliens can effectively begin to fight back. Natasha smiles as she sees how Barry and Morris have given them a big advantage. "Thank goodness we listened to Barry and didn't leave Morris in the Raft," she says under her breath as she bludgeons an alien to death.
As the two armies clash, T'Challa lifts his Kimoyo Beads up and asks through them, "How much longer, Shuri?"
"I've barely begun, brother," Shuri replies as she focuses on the display in front of her as she manipulates the laser beams to cut the Stone out. At the foot of the table, Wanda watches the battle anxiously, wanting nothing more than to be out there fighting with her husband and friends.
"You might want to pick up the place," T'Challa suggests right before whipping around to cut down an alien trying to sneak up on him.
(Nidavellir)
Thor takes a few deep breath as he positions himself between the two levers to open the iris. He stares out into space and whispers, "Allfathers, give me strength."
"You understand, boy? You're about to take the full force of a star. It'll kill you," Eitri says as a last warning.
"Only if I die," Thor responds.
Oliver shakes his head a bit as Eitri replies in confusion, "Yes. That's what killing you means."
Thor reaches out and grasps the handles. Oliver wrings his hands a bit and whispers, "You got this, Thor."
Thor takes one more deep breath, then pulls as hard as he can. Slowly the iris opens, and once it is fully open, the energy of the star shoots out and into the forge. The energy hits the panel, powering up the forge and igniting the flames beneath the crucible where the metal meant for Stormbreaker is.
"Hold it! Hold it, Thor!" Eitri shouts as both he and Oliver race back towards the crucible. Thor yells in pain, trying to resist the pain and continue holding the iris open.
Oliver waits anxiously beside the crucible as Eitri watches the metal melt. It doesn't take long before Eitri pulls away and yells, "Queen!"
Oliver nods and slams his body against the wheel, trying to help Eitri turn it. With their combined strength, it only takes a moment before the crucible is turned far enough, and the uru starts to pour out and into the mold.
Outside, Thor is unable to hold on any longer. Hardly conscious, he finally lets go and is sent flying towards the forge as the iris closes. Rocket follows him in the pod, which gives him a good view as Thor hits one of the poles hanging from the ceiling and comes crashing down onto the floor of the forge.
Oliver has been watching the metal pour into the mold, and Eitri rotating the crucible back up, though he notices that Eitri has left a little metal left in the crucible. But, the moment he sees Thor hit the ground, he dashes towards his friend.
"Thor! Come on! Say something!" Oliver shouts. Thor doesn't even move.
Desperate with the knowledge that the best chance of killing Thanos is dying, Oliver places his hands on Thor's chest and begins CPR. He has no idea if this will work, but knows he has to try.
A few meters away, Eitri pulls the mold to the ground and begins smashing itin order to free the axe. Rocket, who has run up to Oliver and Thor, calls to Eitri, "I think he's dying!"
"He needs the axe!" Eitri responds before looking around desperately for the handle.
"Where's the handle? Tree, help me find the handle!" Eitri shouts.
Groot, who has been on his game this whole time, but was distracted when Thor came flying in unconscious, looks to Thor, then the two halves of Stormbreaker, which are still glowing red hot, then back to Thor. Determination floods through him. He sets the game down and walks over to the halves of Stormbreaker. His fingers lengthen and begin to wrap themselves around the two halves. Groot groans in pain from the heat, but slams the two halves together, fusing them together. He grows his fingers a little more to make the makeshift handle more sturdy, then raises the axe up. With a cry, he chops his own arm off at the elbow. The now complete Stormbreaker falls to the ground.
Oliver suddenly feels Thor's pulse quicken a bit, and out of the corner of his eye, he sees Thor's fingers on his right hand open. Stormbreaker lifts off the ground, lightning sparking off of it as sparks fly between Thor's fingertips. Knowing what's coming, Oliver stands up and steps way back from Thor.
Stormbreaker flies across the floor and into Thor's hand. Instantly, Thor is enveloped in lightning. Oliver averts his eyes for a moment before realizing the light is not that blinding. He watches as Thor, almost completely hidden by the lightning, gets to his feet. He can see Thor's full battle armor assembling around him before the lightning fades, revealing Thor, now longer bearing any signs of having been hit with the energy of a star, wearing full battle armor and a cape once again, and holding Stormbreaker, which is sparking with lightning.
Oliver grins broadly. "Well. I'd say we just evened the odds a bit," he says confidently. Thor returns the grin.
Eitri walks over, smiling proudly at his work. Then, he looks down at Oliver, and says, "Come, Queen. We still have to make your weapon."
"I'm not doing what Thor did," Oliver says.
For the first time, Eitri laughs. "You don't have to. Why do you think I left a little bit of Uru in that crucible?" he replies.
Oliver grins. Eitri then says, "We don't have much time. The metal will soon cool. I have several molds for bows. Come show me which one will fit you."
Oliver follows Eitri over to where three molds for bows sit, along with sketches of their designs. Oliver looks them over, and sees, to his surprise, that the third design is nearly identical in design to the bow Felicity had made for him the second time he came back from Lian Yu.
"This one," he says.
Eitri nods and says, "Grab it!" Oliver picks it up, groaning a bit under its weight, and follows Eitri back to the crucible. He sets the mold down and positions it right under the trough. He then hurries around to the other side of the crucible and again helps Eitri turn the wheel. He watches eagerly as the rest of the Uru pours out and into the mold.
A minute later, Eitri pulls the mold out of position and smashes it to reveal the pieces of the bow. Under Eitri's instructions, Oliver and Thor together put the pieces of the bow together.
"Let Thor string the bow. I have something else to give you," Eitri says. As Thor gets to work attaching the strings and fixing them in place, and making sure the bow works, Eitri leads Oliver over to a section of wall where a quiver full of arrows rests. Oliver can instantly tell the arrows are made virtually entirely of metal.
"These are uru arrows, aren't they?" Oliver asks.
"Indeed. I was asked to make these for the king of the Elves of Alfheim. However, he never came to collect them. I think you can put them to good use. The quiver also carries an enchantment. The arrows you fire will return to the quiver after a certain amount of time," Eitri says.
Oliver grins as he takes the quiver off the wall, then slides it into position on his back. The quiver and its contents are much lighter than he expected. He suspects the quiver may also be enchanted to be light.
"Oliver!" Thor calls out. Oliver turns to face him, in part due to surprise that Thor called him Oliver instead of just Queen.
Thor holds out the bow towards him. Oliver is taken for a moment by the sight. The bow looks virtually identical to that bow Felicity had made, but has a beauty about it that that bow never had.
Oliver starts to walk towards Thor, then stops. He remembers that his bow is made of the same metal as Mjolnir, and Stormbreaker, and remembers whats Thor has been able to do with those weapons. With a grin on his face, Oliver raises his hand. The bow twitches, then flies across the forge and into Oliver's hand. And the moment Oliver grasps it, a ball of energy surrounds him.
Thor smiles broadly as the energy surrounds Oliver. Thanos has no chance, he thinks to himself.
And, I'll end there. Sorry. Please don't kill me for ending on this cliffhanger!
So, Oliver finally has a bow from Nidavellir. Obviously, he'll be able to channel some energy, and maybe lightning, with his arrows, but nowhere near what Thor can do, so don't worry about him trying to become Earth-1's God of Thunder. As for why I kept the design pretty much the same as his old bow, well, if it's made of uru, you really need it to be a compound bow, and I liked the design of Oliver's bow.
Also, with regards to one possible power. Would you all like to see the bow give Oliver the power to fly? I think it would be kinda nice for him to finally get a power like that. Let me know in a review.
Next chapter will finish up the battle, and will finally see Barry and Oliver reunite. I'm really excited for that, as I'm sure that's something you've all been waiting for ever since they got separated at the start of Worlds Collide, Heroes Clash.
Well, until next time, please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter, and stay tuned for the next one!
