I flew into the battle, my mind only focused on getting this right. I landed in the center of a horde of Outriders. They could barely fight me before. Now, with this newfound power, defeating them was easy. Rays of light erupted from me, completely obliterating them.
I searched the battlefield for Thanos with vengeance in mind. Before I could find him, a whole swarm of Thanos's army rushed at me. I guessed that they had figured out that I was not someone to be overlooked.
I held them off as best as I could, but even the "New Piper" couldn't hold them all off.
"Um, a little help hear please!" I shouted to no one in particular. Help came in the form of Wanda's telekinesis, blasting the aliens away.
Man, she was a sight for sore eyes.
After five years of her being dead, I didn't even know what to say. I tried to form the sentences, but they just wouldn't come.
"I-" I tried to say, but nothing could explain what I was feeling at that moment. Joy and relief, anger and sadness, powerful and weak.
Instead of words, I embraced her in a bone crushing hug. I knew there was a battle raging around us, but if we were going to die, I wanted to hug my little sister one last time.
"Time to be a hero." I grumbled, finding my voice. Wanda laughed. With a newfound energy, I flew right back into the battle.
In front of me, I saw Clint fighting off the army and holding the Gauntlet, which in turn held the Stones. I could tell he was being overpowered by the sheer number of forces coming after him.
"Clint!" I shouted. He glanced my way, and I motioned for him to throw the Gauntlet into the sky. He looked at me like I was crazy, but he did it anyways. I flew into the air and caught the Gauntlet in my hands, and I flew away.
The first shot blew right past me, but the second one hit my foot, and I faltered, falling to the ground. The bulk of Thanos's army converged towards me. As powerful as I had become, I couldn't hold them all off.
"Piper!" A voice said. I turned and saw T'Challa. "Give it to me." I happily handed the Gauntlet off to him and flew past the oncoming aliens, blasting them from above.
I continued fighting until, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar red glow. I turned to the sight that awaited me.
Wanda. Fighting Thanos.
He seemed to have the upper hand, too. He pushed her down with his double-bladed sword. She held it off as best as she could, but Thanos was strong.
He had taken her from me once. I was not going to let him do it again.
I flew at full speed towards him, knocking him back. He looked up at me, shocked.
"Hey asshole." I said as I completely incinerated his oh-so-powerful sword. Wanda took this opportunity to raise Thanos up in the air with her telekinesis. Using the full force of her power, she began to crush him.
I joined in, blasting him with all my effort. I hovered above Wanda, concentrating all my power on Thanos.
I enjoyed seeing him in pain. And deep down, that scared me more than anything.
"Rain… fire!" Thanos shouted.
"But sire, our troops!" Corvus Glaive exclaimed.
"Just… do it!" Thanos yelled. Cannons appeared out fo the spaceship and fired on the battlefield. I tried to blast them away, but there were just too many of them.
Wanda put up an energy shield, but even that couldn't stop the missiles from being fired at us.
Suddenly, they all aimed towards the sky and started shooting at something else.
"Huh?" Was all I could manage to say. "What is that?"
I got my answer when Carol Danvers burst out of the clouds and flew through Thanos ship, causing it to explode.
Reinforcements had arrived.
She flew down to Peter Parker, who was holding the Infinity Gauntlet. Behind her, Thanos's forces prepared to attack.
I flew towards her, and I saw some of the others doing the same. I landed with grace next to Wanda, Okay, Valkyrie, and the other female heroes. I wasn't sure why it was just women, and it seemed very cliche, but I didn't much care at the moment.
The only one missing was Natasha.
This was for her. I am an Avenger, and she will be avenged.
I charged into the fight, feeling more powerful than I ever had. I flew into the sky to meet a few Leviathans. I blasted right through them.
Carol, meanwhile, flew through the army, Gauntlet in hand. Thanos ran to stop her, but Pepper, Hope van Dyne, and I blasted him back.
Just as she was about to enter the Quantum Realm Tunnel, Thanos threw his new sword at the van, destroying it. Carol was blasted back, and the Gauntlet fell to the ground.
Thor, Tony, and Steve charged at Thanos, trying to get the Gauntlet away from him. And, for a minute, they were succeeding. Until Thanos overpowered all three of them, and they were flung aside.
My turn.
I flew at Thanos, full force. He didn't see me coming, and he was thrown back. He charged, using his sword to block my blasts.
That's when I realized: This was not the Thanos I fought in 2018. This Thanos was far more ruthless, and he learned from his predecessor's mistakes.
He was more powerful, too.
He knocked me aside, slamming me into the ground. I tried to bring up a blast, but I was too dazed.
"I was too soft on you all before." Thanos growled, raising his sword. "I should have killed you all." I brought up my hands as he went in for the kill, but the blow never came. Instead, Carol blasted him back. Unfortunately, this put him right next to the Gauntlet.
Grinning, he put it on.
Carol charged at him before he could snap. He tried to shake her off, but she was just too powerful.
Eventually, realizing that he couldn't win, he pulled the Power Stone from the Gauntlet and blasted her back.
Suddenly, Tony was there, attacking Thanos, pulling at the Gauntlet. Thanos simply punched him away and raised the Gauntlet.
We had failed. Again.
"I am inevitable." Thanos said, raising his arm. I flinched as he snapped, but the only thing that happened was a metallic clink. He turned the Gauntlet over. The Stones were missing.
Tony raised his own arm, the Stones on his own Gauntlet. Radiation flowed over him, but he fought through the pain.
"And I am Iron Man."