Shuri was working steadily to complete the Mind Stone's removal.. Wanda stands by tensely along with Janet and Felix behind, keeping an eye out for anything trying to harm Vision
The Kingsguard, Borderers and Jabari have little success going against Cull Obsidian's chained hammer - he was sending them flying or punches them into the ground. Orchid leaped towards them and with all her strength she punched him in the head, causing him to fall to the ground.
Rocket was with Connie and Bucky behind him and he was finding a clear spot to take out the Outriders "Come and get some, space dogs!" He yelled as Another wave of Outriders heads right for the raccoon and some going for Connie. Bucky, having come up behind Rocket, grabs him with his mechanical arm, holds him at arms length and spins 540 degrees, with Connie moving with him back to back, firing his M249 and Connie had a pistol given by Natasha at the same time. "Come on, get some, get some! Come on, get some!" Rocket shouted with glee as he was satisfied with the team-up with Bucky and Connie. Bucky dropped Rocket and quickly wrapped an arm around Connie's waist and she rested her head on his shoulder looking at him with awe. Rocket who looks up at them with an impressed gleam "How much for the gun?" He said as they saw there was another wave coming towards them and Bucky started shooting and shook his head
"Not for sale."
"Okay, how much for the arm?" Rocket questioned and Bucky stopped and gave him a look, Connie looking up at him and smilng softly "I'm quite a fan of the new arm.. So not for sale" She said as Bucky looked at him arm before beaming, both of them walking off arm.
Thor and Aya were fighting side by side, both using their weapons and testing them out. They saw Steve was nearby and Thor nodded at Aya and she twirled and slashed the Outriders nearby.. Steve stopped and watched before and watched Aya. Thor smiled at his fiancée and Steve looked over at Thor
"New haircut?" Steve panted and Thor grinned and touched his beard "Notice you've copied my beard."
Steve nods, wearily gesturing at his own face with a shield-covered hand. Groot skewers three Outriders with his right arm. Thor looked over "By the way, this is a friend of mine, Tree." He nodded towards Groot with Stormbreaker
"I am GROOT!" Groot shouted and Aya looked over at him and grinned "We know Groot.. We just have to ignore it for now"
Steve formally pointed at himself and nodded "I...I am Steve Rogers."
"And this.." Thor said moving towards Aya, he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close "This is Aya, my fiancée" He said and Steve's eyes widen "You're engaged now?"
"Well.. He was engaged for a few hundreds to me.. We broke it off for complicated reasons" Aya said and Steve nodded in understanding "Riley and I were engaged for a while until we broke up"
"What why?" Thor said and Steve was silent for a moment before shrugging "It's complicated"
In Shuri's lab, a deep rumbling can be heard even at their height. Felix and Janet heard the rumbles and made their way towards the window where Wanda was. Wanda looked down on the battlefield, and sees movement through the blazing forest between the troopships and the dome. When the disturbance reaches the edge of the trees, it turns into vast moving mounds of earth that easily bypass the force field and emerge. Threshers, sets of massive, motorized spiked wheels, intended for nothing more than shredding everything in their paths.
Orchid saw this and suddenly starte creating huge force fields the size of these things to hold some of them back, T'Challa noticed this and he called towards his people "Fall back! Fall back now!"
Wanda was watching as at least one set of Threshers separates into individual wheels and starts veering all over the battlefield, and then looks anxiously back at Vision. Suddenly she heard a voice "Go.. We'll look after him"
Wanda turned back to see it was Janet who spoke Wanda looked at Vision before Felix nodded "He'll be okay" He said. Wanda nodded in thanks before running towards the hallway to take off.
Natasha with her escrima sticks and Okoye with her augmented spear and Connie with her pistol have drifted together when they're suddenly in the path of a Thresher. The Three women cringe at their seemingly inevitable shredding when Orchid landed in front of them and created a Force Field to stop the Thresher in their way. Soon Wanda lands in front of both of them, eyes glowing red, lifting the whole Thresher well clear of the ground. Looking behind her, the friendly forces have scattered and replaced by a charging mob of Outriders , the perfect place to throw a Thresher. Natasha straightens with a pleased smile, Connie jumping up and down in joy while Okoye with an amazed look.
"Why was she up there all this time?" Okoye said and Orchid came towards Wanda and she stuck out her hand, Wanda took it and squeezed it and Orchid nodded "She's a noble warrior"
"She's on the field. Take it."
Janet and Felix were watching over Vision and Shuri.. Felix heard something and he looked over and saw Corvus Glaive killing one of the guards just outside the lab, and soon Shuri heard it. She starts hastily disconnecting her equipment from Vision's systems and he gasps at the sensations. Janet and Felix took out their guns and started to fight with the huge alien but Janet was knocked over by Glaive. He was going to go stab her but Felix with all his weight knocked himself into Glaive. Felix and Glaive were going at it and it wasn't until Janet hit him in the side. Glaive went to slash Janet with the stick but Felix noticed and grabbed Glaive's arm, causing him to be stabbed instead. Janet screamed a 'No!" as Felix fell over and she ran towards him. The Dora Milaje engages Glaive but is sent skidding across the floor. Shuri finishes her shutdown, grabs one of her sonic panther-paws and fires at Glaive. The Dora attacked again, and Glaive sends both her and Shuri through the balcony railing and onto the main lab floor.
Vision is not where Corvus Glaive expected to find him. Vision is, in fact, charging at him and knocking him out the window to fall many meters down the face of Mount Bashenga
"Guys, we got a Vision situation here." They heard Sam's voice
"Somebody get to Vision!" Steve shouted and Bruce responded
"I got him!"
"On my way." Wanda said but she is clobbered by Proxima Midnight's pommel and rolls down into the large ditch from the Thresher before she can move.
Proxima Midnight dropped down in front of Wanda and stood over her "He'll die alone. As will you."
"She's not alone." Proxima Midnight heard a voice and saw it was Natasha, Connie walking towards her and nodding "She will never be alone.. Ever" Connie said as her smile grew bright and Proxima Midnight looked back to see Okoye and Orchid.. The cousins getting ready by Okoye silently brandishes her spear and Orchid creating Force Fields from her hand.
Proxima Midnight with a battle cry leaped at Natasha but Connie ran at her first and punched her in the stomach. Natasha, who has joined her sticks into a full staff. started hitting Proxima in the side with an electrical crackle while Okoye runs around the slope to also attack from the front. Orchid using a force field to leap into the air and kicking her in the face but it wasn't until Midnight grabbed her and threw her into Okoye
Simultaneously, Corvus Glaive and Vision struggle in the forest at the foot of Mount Bashenga. Glaive grasps Vision's shoulder and uses the leverage to plunge his blade once more into the android's chest.
"I thought you were formidable, machine. But you're dying, like any man." Glaive said while yanking the blade out and Vision collapses. As he bends over his fallen opponent to retrieve the Stone, he's tackled by Captain America at full speed and suddenly there was another figure and Glaive saw Aya standing over him and she pinned him to the ground
"Get outta here!" He said when he saw Glaive headbutt Aya and she groaned and Steve started hitting Glaive using his arm-shields as offence as well as defence, then turns to Vision again "GO!"
Natahsa splits her staff back into a pair of sticks to block Proxima Midnight's swordblows, and finally knocks it from her hand. The alien takes to her bare fists instead, knocks down and pins Natasha but Midnight felt herself being tackled and the super solider in the form of Connie tackled her and pinned her.. However it changed when Midnight was quicker and rolled her over and Proxima triggers an arm-blade from her left-arm armor, and stabs at Connie, who barely manages to block the blade with her bare hands and she whined when the blades started digging into her skin. As the edge starts to dig into Connie's, scarlet energy grabs Midnight and tosses her into the air right into the path of another passing Thresher. Dark blue blood spatters the women below. Wanda sits up, sighing with relief, her hands still shimmering. Okoye helped her cousin up and Orchid leaned on her. Natasha crawled towards Connie and took out a cloth and wrapped it around her hands, Connie hissing in pain
"That was really gross." Natasha muttered and Connie couldn't help but laugh a bit and she nodded, looking at Nat's face "Yeah.. We'll get cleaned up"
Steve kept blocking Corvus Glaive's staff weapon using his shields, Aya came forward and hit Glaive in the head with the end of her sword. The alien stumbled back and she tried to knock him back but Glaive kicked her in the stomach. Steve ran at him and knocked his staff it from the alien's hands just before he's thrown over a fallen tree and pinned, Glaive's hand at his throat. Even with his physical abilities, Steve is struggling. until a blade pierces Glaive's chest, and is pushed all the way through. Aya took out the sword and drove the sword into the alien's neck and holds him for a moment, before dropping Glaive's corpse to one side and went down on one knee. Steve gasping for air went towards Vision and helped him back up"I thought I told you to go."
"We don't trade lives, Captain." Vision muttered before he saw the Goddess coming towards them and suddenly the stone stared shining bright, Aya reaching her hand out towards his hand.. Steve was about to say something until Vision leaned his forehead on her hand.. The Mind Stone now shining brightly and the goddess couldn't help but smile softly
"I know I couldn't protect the others.. But I promise I'll protect you.. The Both of you" Aya whispered looking at the stone and then Vision.. Vision smiled as he felt the warmth of the stone and how much it shined for the goddess that protected it.. Vision grabbed her hand and nodded "Thank you.. From the both of us"
Author's Note:
The Stones and Aya have a special bond, she couldn't protect the other stones but she knows that she could protect this one, she has to.
Another Chapter done!
I love the team up with the ladies, I wish Riley was in it but I know that she had to look after Maria and Anthea.. And Riley is grateful for her new friends
We have four more chapters left until we then get the Snap! I wonder who will die ;)
Next Chapter:
Anthea and Thanos face off
Maria and Stephen have to give up the stone
A FREAKING GOOD ENDING TO THIS CHAPTER THATS FOR SURE
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