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Hey guys so this chapter has a little something from other places in the Marvel universe beside The Avengers, like Guardians of the galaxy and Thor: the dark world

If you haven't seen them, you may not know some of the names mentioned but you'll still get the idea

That said, let's get on with the story

Thanos hadn't been in a haste to acquire the infinity stones...he'd been amusing himself giving the humans -the Avengers specifically- a game of fetch with the stones

But now that his long awaited infinity has surfaced, things had to pick up the speed, and so he did

Sending out a fraction of his followers to capture the Orb..Xandar suffered through a brutal battle protecting the weapon of mass destruction in their acquisition...the Power stone...

He knew they couldn't stand against even a squad of his elite soldiers but Thanos wasn't taking any chances so he sent out an army

Another fraction was tasked in capturing the Aether, a squad was sent to Knowhere for the mission, Tivan didn't prove as a challenge

As the Reality and Power stones were successfully collected, Thanos started the process of enhancing all his capable soldiers

The results were satisfying and the new-and-improved army was separated in two, the bigger fraction that was highly composed of the Power-stone-enhanced soldiers was to be sent to Asgard for the Tesseract, for that he was aware Asgard was not to be underestimated

As for the smaller fraction, whom included more Reality-stone-enhanced, it was sent to Earth in search for the infinity, the only one that he was genuinely interested in

Hail wasn't the most confident person in the world, she had numerous self-esteem issues growing up...and the mindless puppet she saw her future self become didn't do any help in the matter

If she continued her way now, what's to say she won't mess things up and do more harm than good...what's to say that she won't just be handing herself to the army and become what she feared as a result?

But wasn't it at least worth a shot?, if she didn't help her friends they would die and if she tried and failed the same would happen...so had she to lose?

She didn't, but the world did...she knew that if they succeed in their plans, she would become what will destroy the world...so her options were either risking the world against leaving her friends to face their death..her newly acquired family

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She would be lying if she said that the choice she made was free of selfishness, that she made it because it was the right thing to do, but wasn't it?

Big picture: it was the life of the entire world against that of half a dozen people...but small picture: it was the life of her entire world against that of all the rest

And when she put it that way, she saw all sense backing up the decision she made and so she proceeded with more speed towards the battlefield

The team was surrounded from all sides, backed into a small circle in the middle of the crowd of enhanced soldiers around them

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She was either going smart or not going at all, so she stopped advancing and studied the situation to determine if that was a strategy from the team or they were truly surrounded and helpless

She found that when she focused hard enough, she was able to see far more than the human eye should be able to see from such distance

The Iron man and War machine's flying systems were busted...Steve's left leg was injured -and knowing how fast injuries healed with Steve, the wound must be fresh..also it looked pretty deep- Wanda had a bleeding nose indicating that she had used too much power for too long, Sam was grounded and was fighting alongside an exhausted Natasha...Vision was the only member left that was fully capable of combat, he was afloat on top of the team tearing soldiers apart with his bare hands while dealing with others with the beam from his stone but he no doubt stood no chance against the army of thousands alone...so in short terms, they were like rats in a trap..

Hail felt the power inside her boiling, but she didn't give in to it...knowing that she could harm her teammates and exhaust herself, and the last thing they needed was another liability

The opponents weren't equally distributed in the circle, there were areas where they were clustered and others where there was a soldier or two..

Choosing whom will she attack, she focused hard and tapped into much more power than she ever had but instead of allowing it to consume her, she focused them into her arms..

Her whole body was surrounded with the tan/gold ora and her hands were barely visible as they were engulfed in energy, she saw Vision turn towards her expression that of awe, surprise, worry and fear all together

She ignored the distraction and focused on the task at hand, once she had control over the enormous amount of power she was using...she sought the largest cluster her eyes found and launched herself like a missile right into them..

Once she was close enough, she tried to stretch her hands but found it near impossible

She screamed as she tried again with all her strength and she almost felt her tendons snapping, tears pooled in her eyes but she did it...millimeters away from impacting the surface

Once she touched down, she channeled the energy she was holding into the ground...the ground shook with the impact as well as her bones

It was like an earthquake and the team was swaying for their balance, while the soldiers closest to her got atomized, the further they were from the touchdown point, the less the damage

They varied from: turned-to-dust, to dead-from-the-shockwave, to gravely-injured...the attack must have killed hundreds leaving a huge crater in the middle

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Hail didn't feel pain, only numbness and drainage...she did feel her entire being shake with the impact but the feeling of emptiness was the dominant...she didn't allow it to last as she filled the space by allowing her power to flow freely through her body..with no restraints what so ever , knowing if she severed the connection she would fall into unconsciousness which was unaffordable at the moment

She had more control over her power once she allowed it fully, she felt excitement and even a little need to make more damage, so much contradicted feelings and needs, she got the predatory need to kill more soldiers to inflict pain and destruction...and at the same time came a sense of peace and calm

Not having the time for feelings and distractions, she recovered and stood up, breathing hard, head still lowered, she put a hand through her hair, pulling it away from her face and deriving the sand grains away..

She raised her head to be met by more sand...so much that she couldn't see past...she was in the middle of the crater she created

She slowly flew up, keeping her ora active with sufficient amount of energy into her hands...

She was met by a floating form on which she immediately directed a wave of energy...but once she recognized him, she redirect the attack to the crater since she didn't know how to reabsorb it -she didn't have that much control-

The tiny wave hit and it caused a two-meter-wide hole...Hail let out a breath, let her ora disappear but didn't let the power slip away, then glared at him "what is wrong with you?!" She said thrusting her hands "I could have killed you, Vision!" She added angrily

She gasped in surprise as her face was buried into the slick fabric covering Vision's shoulder, he held her into a tight embrace with one hand on her head and the other on her back

He let out a relieved breath before pulling back to glare at her "What were you thinking?!" He said angrily

"Shut up I saved your butts, now let's go...I'm not sure you know, but there is an army up there" she said jokingly pointing up

"Yes" he said shaking his head "yes, you're right" he added more firmly, and when she started elevating again he held her hand and gave her a serious look "just" he said hesitantly, looked down then straight into her eyes "just don't do that again"

She smiled warmly and nodded, they both headed back to the battle field "are you tired?" He asked on their way up through this giant crater

"Whatcha think?" She said smirking

"Right, absurd question" he said smiling

As they got higher and she could see the top, she caught a glimpse of glassy/shiny spikes "woah!" She gasped "I don't remember seeing those"

"They weren't there before now" he answered "the heat of your impact crystallized some of the sand"

"Cool" she said slowly, wide-eyed then cleared her throat remembering something important to say "um...Vision" she said lowly, he looked at her so she added "about earlier..." She coughed "I..I'm sorry for snapping at y'all.." She said then looked through his eyes "but especially at you Vision" she added not breaking the eye-contact "you know...I promised not to do that and all, but I did...and about yet another situation you didn't have any control over"

"It's ok, I understand" he said, chancing a smile

She shook her head and looked down "no you don't...not yet" she said then quickly added "but I'll tell you, I promise"

He looked confused but didn't press and almost missed when she added under her breath "just hope I make it through and see you again"

He stopped abruptly and held her hand firmly "don't" he said coldly, giving her a death glare

She nodded and lowered her head mumbling "sorry", no goodbye talks..they will make it through and hopefully so will she...she didn't tell him her doubts about her making it through or that the army was after her, she couldn't afford him fighting while looking over his shoulders for her and risking his own life..

So she reactivated her ora and channeled power back in her hands as they approached the top

They flew out of the crater to find...well she didn't have time to count how many eyes on them, no one was fighting...they all stood still, eyes full of horror...even her teammates

She flinched at the looks they gave her that matched the ones from her visions, panic rose inside as the flashbacks got more vivid but a hand on her shoulder caused her to snap out

"Ready?" He asked and she nodded with a grimace-like smile

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She thrust out her hands and sent multiple waves to different spots as Vision launched his Mind-stone-beam leaving a trail of annihilation behind them

The only challenge for them was managing to control their powers...and how much to put into their attacks...the battled was relatively easy as they fought back to back, destroying a soldier after another...they must have killed several hundreds without slowing down

They dodged the energy waves coming their way, and from this hight..no soldier was able to reach them with their ora, so they were in control of the situation and keeping most of the attention away from the rest of the team...they already finished more than half

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That was until they sensed an even bigger power source heading their way...those were able to fly, their oras were wider, and they charged them all together as one, without any hesitation

"Darn" Hail exclaimed, she didn't have time to recover from the last wave she launched before a soldier threw a punch her way..

She closed her eyes waiting for an impact that never came, opening them she found no soldier, only a crimson hand holding a bloody one surrounded by fading red ora "stay focused Hail" he told her

She nodded "yes..." she said before sending a small wave at a purple surrounded one exploding him "sir" she added with a smug smirk, he smiled and shook his head before charging another two

She wasn't familiar with combat, considering the only thing she ever hit was Austin's punching bag to tease him when he was exercising...and she couldn't tear the soldiers from the inside like Vision does for that would be too gross

So she stuck with sending small waves and avoiding contact...she took out about twenty red soldiers before a purple one rose

He was different..more skilled, and the power he emitted was enormous..unlike the red ones

She threw a wave at him, but since he was too close...the wave didn't separate from the energy inside of her before connecting to the opponent

She felt the same pain from her first vision...the one with the colors and the stones, -only this time it was a thousand folds worse- she screamed as the pain exploded through every atom in her body, and before she could come back to reality...she was falling from the sky

Vision heard her voice at the same time he felt the large power source disappear...it came abruptly to his senses so he didn't have time to take the stronger soldier himself...and it disappeared just as quickly as it came, accompanied by Hail's pain-filled scream cutting through the air

He was alarmed and immediately shot after her, only to be grabbed by a dozen soldiers, hanging on from his every side and others blocking his way, immediately taking his momentary distraction to their advantage

He was tethered, unable to so much as lift a finger, and was barely able to keep afloat as they used their powers, pulling downward

He couldn't fly throughout them as it was hard enough to only fit his hands through the first wave of soldiers, and now that the second was even worse, he wasn't able to do even that -they were powered by infinity stones after all-, they blocked his view as they formed an impenetrable wall surrounded by red ora, he saw a glimpse of three purple soldiers headed for Hail before his view was entirely blocked..

Desperate, he completely tapped into the infinity stone on his forehead..resulting a surge of burning sensation through his body to come out as a thick, yellow, fast beam and shoot from his forehead, causing the wall to crumble as the soldiers were ripped molecule by molecule until there was no trace of them left

He felt utterly empty and drained...but he couldn't give up, not yet...if only he could manage to get to her before they did..but he knew better, his body was completely unresponsive to his commands, and he wasn't falling fast enough...

He looked up at the sky and tried one last time to tap into the Mind stone... It took all he had and more to just summon the concentration for this one simple act

His body wasn't responsive, as if it was acting of it's own accord to avoid anymore loss...after failed attempts, he finally succeeded in gaining small control as another beam shot from the stone towards the sky, giving him the speed he needed

He reached for Hail when he was her level and cradled her, just in time to block three purple waves from the soldiers chasing her

The soldiers lost the ora surrounding them as they emptied all they could into their attacks, then headed to the ground, falling full-speed, the same way Vision and Hail were

As the energy assault hit Vision's already drained body, he couldn't even fathom the exquisite anguish that shot through his being, he felt, saw, smelled all white if that was possible

His body shut down as he couldn't take it any longer, each fraction of a second through that pain felt like a millennia of torture...his last sense of the world escape him as he had only one thought in mind and that was to protect Hail..

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And protect Hail he did...the impact with the surface was fully absorbed by his limp body and Hail opened her eyes, to find all her bones intact..

She gasped in surprise and checked again because she was sure that she was falling fast and three purple attackers were charging her full-force, only moments ago, so how can that be?

Then she felt something under her and scooted to see that it was Vision "oh my god" she gaped, horrified -she did feel something embracing her but she kept her eyes shut expecting it to be followed by the wave of pain- but here she was, safe and sound, on top of Vision who took the hits for her

She didn't have time to check if he was alive or not as the army charged them full-speed not giving them a chance to recover for that they knew now what Hail and Vision could do

She felt lost, panicked, hurt, confused, angry but she bottled all of her feelings in order to channel her powers strengthening her muscles

Using the strong muscles, she carried Vision's body and flew quickly heading for the rest of the team, whom were till now fighting...

Praying against all hope that he was still alive that somehow by some miracle he survived...she knew better than to hope against impossible circumstances but she also knew that she won't spend her probably-last-moments-with-him grieving

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The team was fighting tooth and nail, surrounding Sam and Natasha's unconscious forms...Wanda was pale and so were her powers, Rods and Tony's armors were barely held together and Steve was panting after slamming his shield into a soldier's face while snapping another one's neck between his legs, as blood dripped from under his helmet

She reached them quickly and placed Vision's body in the middle, without saying so much as a word...she thrust her hands and surrounded them with her ora as the soldiers backed away

Her eyes started glowing gold and she concentrated hard on the field surrounding them not her then waved her hands in front of her face, closing her eyes and imagining the jet

She opened her eyes to find that they were gone..

Alone finally, with no one she feared hurting...she let out all what she felt and tried to bottle, tried to conceal, come to surface..all what she felt for the wrong the world done her...everything since her childhood

And the need for destruction boiled, and concord..leaving no place for peacefulness and warmth..

And for once, she didn't hold anything back, she let her powers control..

Her eyes were glowing brighter than ever and her ora boiled and only grew wider, taller, stronger

Every fiber in her body gave in to the sensation without so much as a twitch of protest

"Let's end it my way" she said breathing hard before screaming to the top of her lungs "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR YOU SONS OF BITCHES...COME ON!"

The army flew towards her and she smiled before unleashing her power with one explosion of gold light...

That filled the place with nothingness

Omg omg omg omg omg

I so loved this chapter and put my heart in it, although it's not the longest, it's still the one that took the most effort

I REALLLLLLLLY hope you liked it

Because I'm in love with it

Pleeeeeeease let me know what you think

I am literally dying to know

The cliffhanger was inevitable so don't murder me please ? ﾟﾏﾻ

The next chapter will hopefully be there soon, I'll work on it but I really need a break, i mean three chapters within a day is tiering even if they were short ones

Anyway...please comment

And see you next time ❤️