"I have only ever used my powers for bad, I am grateful that you gave me this opportunity for good" Wanda said genuinely, I gave her a small smile. Wanda and I could move past this, she was a nice person just lead wrong.
"I'm grateful that you're sorry." I said and she seemed surprised as she nodded her head thoughtfully.
"If its any consolation, the nightmares I give...I get them back" she revealed. After that night, things seemed to be better for us-we were friends now and I respected her.
Wanda's POV
I watched as my family came out of their memories with me. I wanted to stay with them, but I knew we could not defeat Thanos and if he got the Mind Stone-he would be unstoppable. I couldn't spare my life against billions...James's gun was trained on my forehead and his eyes crinkled with tears. We both sobbed as Thanos became harder to fend off, "Don't cry James, you could never hurt me" I smiled through my tears but the cry of his sobs sent stabbing pain through me, "I just feel you" I finished.
"I love you Wanda" James's choked out.
"I love you too James, till the end of the line." I gasped, this was the end of the line for me wasn't it. I could hear Pietro's unheeded pleas for me to change my mind but I couldn't, I wanted my family with James but this was how things had to end. I'm glad that for all it was worth, I got to spend my life with the best people ever.
"Wanda!" Pietro screamed and it made me cry even more, to hear my brothers scared and desperate cries for my life was agonising. "Please! There has to be another way!" he rationalised but I knew that there wasn't; Thanos was powerful and I would not allow him to destroy this earth. I stared into James's eyes one last time before the ringing sound of a gunshot echoed in my ears bef-
Tony's POV
The gunshot echoed in all corners of Wakanda. Everything seemed to freeze momentarily as the sound of Wanda's body hitting the floor penetrated our senses...I let go of Pietro who sank to his knees in silence; I gawked at her dead body, her mouth was open partially, eyes blank and lifeless whilst the bullet hole oozed blood. "I'm so sorry!" Bucky's tormented screams were torturous as he cradled her limp body in his hands. He began rocking back and forth with sobs ripping through his body. For how much Bucky had done to me...I never wanted to hear those screams.
"Oh god" Steve breathed with tears spilling over his cheeks, he slumped next to Bucky. Natasha ran over to them placing a hand over her stomach as if she was going to be sick and the other hand over her mouth. Pietro crawled-actually crawled-to her body with tears in his eyes. He tugged at his hair with his hands regretfully, Peter thrust himself into my arms and I returned the hug, pushing aside my pride.
"How could we let this happen?" Clint gagged. His face was white as a sheet, Clint stumbled over to her and kissed her hand, blood covered Bucky but the sobs did not subside.
"Its his fault!" Sam cried pointing at Thanos who looked hopeless-Wanda had just sacrificed herself to foil his plans, something he'd held close to his heart. Thanos let out a roar of contempt as he shot at me with a beam from one of his stones; I expected to feel the burning pain of the blast but only felt the force. I opened my eyes to see Peter who had a giant hole torn through his stomach...
"Kid!" I gasped catching him as he fell onto me.
"I-I don't wanna go" he begged and each request to live twisted my insides, "I don't wanna go" he said more like he was accepting what was going to happen. I set him down on the ground caressing his scared cheek, how could I have let this happen? There was so many mistakes I had made and this was all my fault! I just wanted to keep him safe, Pepper and I had even planned to adopt him. I got so angry when I saw who he was helping that I shot fucking Clint!
"Stay, st...stay with me kid" I trembled but his eyes were draining of life.
"I'm sorry" his voice cracked and he went limp. I scrambled from his body feeling lost, everyone's faces were distraught and helpless. A crack of lightning enveloped the sky and we all dragged Peter's body next to Wanda's. There faces blank and so so very young, why would we get to live? How was that fair? I had treated Wanda like shit and she didn't deserved, what she showed me was coming true-everyone around me who I loved...dying. Would I even survive to see my baby?
"I understand, more than you will ever know" Thanos grumbled with sad eyes as he trudged on closer-we all circled around the bodies of our loves ones, protecting them even in death. How could someone like him ever know the loss we felt? Bucky took a single step forward with a dark stare he had perfected as the winter soldier.
"You could never" his voice was grave, Thanos squinted at him and looked as if he wanted to take a step back. The titan turned his attention to the sky as it rippled with thunder and flashes of white.
"The hardest choices require the strongest wills" Thanos gestured to Wanda's body, regarding Bucky like he thought he was brave for what he did-he was but coming from the person who had made him do that, it wasn't a compliment. A bang sounded scaring off Wakandan birds, an unfamiliar looking Thor marched over to us with white dazzling eyes, his hair was cut short and his hammer was an axe instead...the fuck had he been up to?
"Thanos!" Thor yelled gruffly.
Sam's POV
Thor joined our circle of protection stopping when he saw Wanda and Peter's bodies on the ground. "Wanda...Peter" he said grievingly; the last he had seen of them, they were alive and flourishing, like normal people did. He had spent time with us and we'd all come to love each other as family...now seeing them gone was like being shot multiple times and not dying. "Who?" Thor seemed lost for words.
"Thanos!" Steve growled. His face had lost hope, joy and was now angry and disappointed-he looked nothing like the leader I met. Everyone turned in the direction of the mad titan who stood disgruntled at the fact that Wanda had ruined everything for him, I wanted to be proud of her but I loved her like a lil sis and we all needed her. I began wondering if Bucky could live without Wanda, she had given him a new lease of life and now...could he go on? I like Bucky a lot-I wouldn't let him know that.
"Steve?" I heard Natasha say as we all joined hands. We would kill Thanos. Now, not tomorrow or in a few years when some agent comes running in with a new lead, now! "I love you all" Natasha said a bit louder so all of us could hear. I smiled a small one at her words because I knew how true they were.
"We love you too" Steve chuckled kissing her cheek, "you don't wanna run from this?" Steve asked her. We all smirked at them-but the sadness was still there like a someone was gutting me. Nat smirked aiming her gaze at a sad Thanos. Seeing his pain was pleasing, maybe Wanda had something in mind with revenge. I never tried to get revenge but damn it was feeling good.
"No. Besides, where else am I gonna get a view like this?" she huffed charging at Thanos we all circled him. I shot furiously at his stomach, Thor batted away members of his alien army, Natasha and Steve tried to get the gauntlet off of his hand, T'Challa and Okoye were working together as was everyone else.
"Why do you continue to fight? They are dead!" Thanos reasoned angrily. Tony plunged his fists into Thanos's face again and again but his words were chilling and a reminder of what we had lost.
"Their names were Wanda and Peter" Tony grunted as another punch went to his face. Thanos looked confused like they weren't reason enough to face a titan, of course they were! They were people with names, families and futures and memories! They deserved to live and now they were laying on a jungle floor in a pool of each others blood.
"You, mighty Avengers" Thanos began looking at each of us in turn, "fractured, broken" he continued to stare at Wanda to drive his point home, "I've already won" he finished.
