This is what I think will become the prologue of a massive story project that I have been working on for a long time. One that spans across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I hope you enjoy it! Additional author's note at the end.
The Heart of Shield
Prologue
It was as if all was at a standstill.
The clang of the heavy weapon falling to the ground broke the silence as the titan disappeared through a portal behind him. He was heavily wounded, yet escaped their grasp. Everyone stood completely worn from battle with heavy heart.
They lost. They lost Vision. They lost the time stone. They lost many brave Wakandans who pledged to fight.
Thanos had all of the stones. He still got away after the blunt force and impalement of Thor's new weapon.
"Where did he go?" Steve asked, his voice giving away how he was very drained. It was a wonder how he was still standing; how any of them were.
"Thor?" The captain asked again in a barely audible voice. The God of Thunder stood there stunned.
Alexa suddenly gasped, an overwhelming feeling come over her. She fell to her knees, weakened both at the new sensation and the recent battle. The auburn-haired woman stared out with wide green eyes at nothing in particular as she breathed heavily. All of the natural energies of living beings she could feel around her… The only way she could describe it, was that they were somehow diminishing. So many at once.
"Alexa, what is it?" Through the haze, she could barely recognize the voice belonging to Steve Rogers. He crouched down next to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. Alexa Hartfield shuttered as she struggled to tilt her gaze up to meet his.
Before she could utter a word, a new voice called out to him; one that was uncertain. Alexa immediately recognized the approaching friend and his natural energy signature before she even saw him. They both turned to see Bucky Barnes almost limping towards them. Alexa inhaled deeply as she felt the depleting energy of him disappear as the physical form of Bucky Barnes vanished into ash.
Steve cautiously walked over to examined the ash now covering where the soldier once stood. Alexa shook her head and bit her lip. "They're all disappearing." The mutant breathed out.
Alexa wrapped her arms around herself and closed her eyes. She shook as she began to hyperventilate. "Everyone is disappearing." She kept repeating to herself.
When Alexa Hartfield first discovered she had the ability to recognize and find specific people through the natural energies they emitted, she was overwhelmed by it all. It took quite some time for her to be able to handle going to public places without being bombarded by the amount of human energies surrounding her all at once. Eventually, she learned to sift through those energies, mentally blocking them when it got too much. The mutant even learned to pin point specific energy signatures to track them. A human tracker as she was nicknamed.
Now, it was quite the opposite. The mass of energies that Alexa was used to always having around her, were completely disappearing randomly. It threw everything out of balance. Voices became muffled to her ears of people calling out to friends, gasps of disbelief and waves of agony as they discovered friends turned to dust.
"Hart!" Someone called out to her through the empty feeling as blackness came over her.
What do you think so far? Would you want to read more? Of course, I introduced this thing with the scene that shocked many viewers and fans of the movie, Infinity War. Alexa Hartfield is a mutant, as in relation to the X-Men. I know the MCU didn't have "rights" to the X-Men Universe, but they will exist in my story. Other well known mutants may appear briefly or in mentions.
Fury always has had plans and secrets. His special covert team made up of mutants is one of them. Only a handful of trusted SHIELD operatives know of their true existence as they managed to keep their abilities a secret. A majority of the mutants I am bringing into the SHIELD team will be my own characters. Be aware, there will be lesser known mutants and other Marvel characters in the mix of all this. Alexa is definitely my own character.
This massive project of a story will span throughout the MCU, including a bit with the show Agents of Shield. Most events in these will only be mentions, yet some may be expanded a bit. Of course, other things will come up during this duration of 15+ years.
I will likely not have immediate updates as this is a big story that I am still flushing out how I want it to run. I have been rewatching MCU movies and researching characters to keep this as true as possible. I am open to future suggestions as this story progresses such as brief character appearances/mentions that you would like to see. Can be any Marvel character, not just mutants.
Side note: I would LOVE a Beta! I know I miss mistakes that helps to have a second pair of eyes to catch.
Thanks for reading!