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Chapter Twenty Eight
The Black Tarantula's finger tightened on the trigger of his .45, it's blast echoing in the ruinedhalls of the Smithonian like thunder. Time seemed to slow for Captain America as the bullet was fired, and instinctively he threw his hand up in the path of the lethal round. With impossible speed he caught the bullet, barely feeling the impact in his hand. That's odd...Steve thought to himself as he turned and opened his hand to catch sight of the bullet. I didn't really feel any pain from the shots fired before, just the force of them pushing me over. What's going on? Cap pondered, with realization setting in as he saw the flattened bullet fall from his palm.
The First Avenger propped himself up on his elbows, watching as the rounds fired at him fell off his body in similar flattened fashion. The Black Tarantula knew his error immediately, looking back to the Infinity Gauntlet before he looked back at Steve. Cap got back to his feet, dusting himself off as he said. "It doesn't have to be this way. Don't do this." The darker Steve gave the First Avenger a scowl before bolting after the Infinity Gauntlet. There must be some way to get the gauntlet free! There must! The Black Tarantula thought to himself, but his thoughts were cut short as Captain America tackled him from behind. The two Steve Rogers hit the ground hard, with the super spy landing an elbow in a hard blow to the side of the super soldier's head.
They rolled apart, with Mjolnir and the Infinity Gauntlet between them, they began to circle the mighty weapons. "Go ahead, Captain. Call Mjolnir to you. Take your advantage." The Black Tarantula taunted, tensing his muscles to be ready for action. Cap shook his head no as he replied, "No, I won't be giving you that advantage so easily. As soon as Mjolnir leaves the gauntlet you'll grab it. You want to do this, we'll settle it out like this where it's fair." Steve's doppelganger laughed as he heard this,"Fair? You call fighting someone with the powers of a god fair?" Sparing no more words in fear for his family's safety the longer the Black Tarantula posed a threat, Captain America launched himself to attack.
With a whirlwind kick he caught the super spy on the left side of his head, snapping it back and sending the man stumbling. With blinding speed Steve laid into his darker self, rapidly landing punches and elbow strikes from various martial arts, never staying in one style in an effort to keep his enemy off balance. Like the First Avenger, the Black Tarantula was used to fighting opponents who were at times stronger than himself. Managing to intercept a punch to his head and fire back with one of his own. It caught Captain America straight between the eyes, still managing to force stars to explode across his field of vision. The super spy grabbed his opponent's head in his hands, then viciously slammed it off his knee. The Black Tarantula followed up with a quick left to right punch combination that left Cap open while his vision cleared.
With blinding speed Steve's doppleganger used a knife handed strike to jab into the nerve cluster in the First Avenger's shoulder, directly in the deltoid muscle. Paralyzing pain seared through the limb, to which Captain America struggled through and swung a wide hooking punch that hit nothing but air. Again, the Black Tarantula struck, his hardened fingers digging deep into Steve's back, to the left of his spine just above his hip. The loss of feeling in his leg caused the super soldier to fall to one knee with his hand on the floor to support himself. He managed to lift himself back up to catch a knee to the face, feeling his nose crunch under the force of the blow.
Still Steve didn't fall, so his darker self in anger laid into him. A blur of punches pummeled into Cap's head and left arm, as the super soldier did his best to defend himself. "Powers of Thor or not, you can't keep taking this kind of punishment! I will win and you will fall!" The Black Tarantula yelled in fury in between punches. However, Steve's healing factor had been accelerated, allowing him to recover much faster, even while taking a beating. The split second of his enemy talking was all he needed. Slipping a jab the First Avenger landed a punishing punch to his opponent's gut, following up with an uppercut to the man's chin. The Black Tarantula flipped away, landing squarely on his feet, and as he stared back at his counterpart Steve said. "I can do this all day." To which the darker Steve smirked and said, "Yeah, I've heard that line before."
"And this is a fair fight. If I could fight Loki all those years ago without any added bonuses and still do alright, you can fight me now with the plenty of stuff goin on for you right now." Captain America said as they squared off against each other again. The two warriors faced each other once more and continued their battle. This time there was no finesse, no complex moves. It was a straight out slug fest, of who could do the most damage. Who wanted it more. Captain America pummeled the Black Tarantula with a crushing flurry of punches. Switching between hooks, jabs and crosses Steve was battering his darker self's defenses. Beginning to show signs of damage with a cut over his left eye, which also was now swelling, the super spy couldn't help but have a fit of coughing that sent spittles of blood as Cap landed a solid punch into his ribs. The Black Tarantula recovered and landed an elbow to Steve's head.
This was followed by a punishing headbutt, and whirl of speedy punches into Cap's stomach. Steve tried to counter with a roundhouse kick, but the darker Steve trapped his leg up on his shoulder at the last second. Delivering a punishing strike right into his enemy's knee. It wasn't enough to break it, but it certainly slowed him down. The Black Tarantula flung Captain America away, and as he tumbled along the floor, he crashed into where Mjolnir kept the Infinity Gauntlet down. The godly weapon reacted to it's wielder's proximity and rolled with him as he made contact with it. The Gauntlet, was now free.
The Black Tarantula wasted no time in regaining it, but before he could do anything with it, he found his hand frozen in place as a red aura blazed around the Infinity Gauntlet like wildfire. He turned to see Wanda stepping through a portal followed by Loki. The Scarlet Witch glared at the Gauntlet and the Soul Stone soon ripped itself out it's place and flew to her outstretched hand, a smile on her face as she stared into it. Her concentration slipped slightly as thoughts of Vision entered her mind. It was all the Black Tarantula needed, as he managed to yank himself out of her telekinetic grip and use the Space Stone in the Infinity Gauntlet to open a portal. "This isn't over, Captain!" The super spy said before disappearing into the portal.
And that is Chapter 28! I'm sorry it was on the short side, and that it took so long to get it here. I had writer's block, but I'm back and will he updating regularly. I hope you all love the story, thanks for all your support and I'll see you all next time!