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Chapter 24: Sam

"Move," I order. I float down and land on the ground. I put my hands flat on the computer and bow my head closing my eyes.

"I think I might be able to access the computer with the Nova Force," I explain.

"The 'Nova Force'?" Spider-Man laughs. "Seriously, that's Star Wars, not you."

"The Nova Force is how my helmet gives me my powers. I may not fully understand it, but it's worth a shot." I explain to him. "So be quiet and keep lookout for a minute while I try this."

Ok, let's see what I can do…

The computers are in the native Chitauri language, so I can't read very much of it. I only recognize a few short unhelpful words. I let the Nova Force flow through my hands into the computer and look over the screen.

Blueprints.

Ok… I can work with that. I just need to figure out how to get there from here and look for a weak point.

I pull my hands off the computer and start moving the schematics around.

We're on the other side of the ship, but that doesn't matter it's pretty much a straight shot, and I can fly fast to get there.

Now… what's going to be able to take out a Dark Matter Cannon?

The Ultimate Nullifier would be nice but I don't have time to go get it from Uatu. And I don't know if I want to put myself in that position to wield it.

I can Swiss-cheese the cannon, and hope it does not explode in the process if I take out the main power supply that would also work.

I have options.

I zoom in on the cannon and look over the hologram blueprints.

Ok, there looks to be a support beam that is a weak spot, if I can break it before the cannon fires then the whole thing will collapse.

I don't know what will happen to the ship as a result but it will save Earth.

And Earth is the priority on this mission.

"Anything?" Spider-Man asks.

"Yeah, there a weak spot on the cannon if I can break it the cannon should be unable to fire. From then we just need to take out Korvac." I explain.

"Yeah, sounds good." Spider-Man agrees. "So how do we take out the cannon?"

"It's on the outside of the ship, you can't go out there, you don't have a suit." I look at him. "You need to stay with the Guardians on the other side of the ship in case something explodes."

"What about you?"

"I can take it out and maintain a safe distance," I assure him. "Go find the Guardians and stay with them. Find Korvac and keep him busy I'll handle this."

"On it." Spider-Man agrees running out of the room.

He's actually willing to listen to me on this.

He is way out of his league.

The screen flashes bright letters in front of my face.

I look down on the ground and see a Chitauri on the ground trying to get up.

I grab his shoulder and pull him to his feet. "What does this say?"

I hold my hand to his back ready to blast him.

"The Cannon is about to fire." The Chitauri says calmly. "You Guardians are too late."

I blast him and let him drop to the ground.

Ok, I need to get outside.

I hover off the ground and fly out of the room.

I need outside.

Where's the loading bay where they brought us on board?

I zip in and out of rooms looking from a way out.

I can't just blow a hole in the side of the ship and go out that way; it would endanger the Guardians and Webs.

I fly into another bay and grin as I spot loads of Chitauri fighter ships.

Perfect this is a hanger.

As I fly past the ships I blast them, setting off a chain reaction of fires.

I don't want any company outside.

Red lights start flashing as I make my way to the large bay doors.

This room is sealed off. I can blast out of here and leave the Chitauri to worry about it.

I pick a low spot and blast a hole just large enough to fly through and squeeze my way out.

The entire ship starts to tremble.

The purple light catches my eyes.

It's been fired….

"No," I whisper as I rocket off after it.

I can't just take out the cannon anymore. The beam will still be headed to earth.

Priority is the beam.

My muscles tense as I push myself.

Focus on the beam, focus on speed.

Don't slow down until I'm ahead of the beam and in the Stratosphere.

"I can make it," I mutter to myself. "I can make it."

Earth in my home, there are millions… probably billions of people living on Earth.

I can't be a Nova who couldn't save their home planet, and I most certainly am not going to lose my home-planet to Korvac of all people.

There are way bigger threats out there.

I feel the resistance of the stratosphere and I look over. I'm ahead of the beam.

Ok, I just to have to deflect it at a one hundred and eighty-degree angle and shoot it right back at the ship.

I'm not in physics but Ava is, and I've listened to her talk about lasers and optics whatever for the past three weeks.

This is just a big laser, Sam. It's just a big laser.

I look up and don't hesitate in charging right back at the blast. I hold my hands out and summon all the Nova Force I can into my hands.

I need something between me and the blast to shield me.

The impact blinds me but doesn't kill me somehow.

It pushed me back some as I straighten out my body to maximize the push against the blast.

Three seconds feel like an eternity before I have built up enough force to move the energy blast back away from New York City.

I keep my eyes clenched shut and fly in a straight line. My arms locked as I push back the blast towards the cannon.

The raw destructive energy is compressed, it's not flying all over the place but it still resists me forcing it to change direction and push it back.

"Ok, Sam, come on!"

Baby steps, first get it to the exosphere then it should be easier to handle.

I open my eyes to watch as my hands glow bright blue against the purple energy from the dark matter cannon.

This, somehow, is working.

I need more speed, another boost.

My muscles shake as I start to fly faster; I'm going to be so worn out by the end of this.

I lock out my arms again and move my neck some to ease the aching.

"Come on," I mutter to myself. "Keep on moving back."

I feel a little lighter as we enter the exosphere.

Time to book it.

I have no idea how close Korvac's ship is.

I just have to keep pushing and keep going until something gives me a sign that I'm done.

It feels like I hit something.

I look up to see the cannon in front of me, the opening glowing with blue Nova Force and the dark matter.

It's not coming out. It's trying to, but it can't.

Time to go… Come on, Sam.

"Wait," I mutter to myself. "It has to be destroyed first."

It's probably going to destroy itself at any given second but I can't leave it up to fate.

I fly over to the weak spot I had found earlier and brace myself against a railing. I hold out my arms in front of me.

This will be the last straw in breaking it.

All it takes is one blast to eat through the think metal.

The cannon explodes in almost slow motion as I hover off the railing and attempt to outrun the debris and flames.

I weave in and out of the scraps of the ship.

The Guardians!

Where are they?

I freeze where I am and turn around looking all over the ship for anything departing.

"Come on guys…" I mutter between my teeth. "Where are you?"

I turn around again to look and a large metal beam nails me in the stomach and sends me flying against the side of the broken up cannon.

Am I alive?

I can feel the airtight seal on my mask depressurizing.

The air tastes wrong.

I keep my eyes squeezed shut as I choke on it.

"Did we win?" I ask, keeping my eyes closed and taking a deep breath trying to get air back in my lungs.

Someone tries to sit me up and I open my eyes to see Spider-Man holding me up, him and the dimmed lights from the ceiling above him.

"Sam! I take back everything I ever said about you! That was amazing! You saved the world!"

Where's my phone when I need it?

I put my arms behind me to sit up as

"Crazy good, kid." Rocket praises. "I'm proud of you."

This is the one moment I really wish I had recorded for the rest of my life, for where Parker starts making fun of me again and the next time Rocket overreacts about something.

I get to my feet and hold out an arm for balance, I would have really thought I'd be dizzier after that.

But I'm not.

"This has been epic fun, but Nova, we have to get home."

"Nova," Star-Lord says calmly. "Don't you think it's time you come back home? To us?"

"Stay." Drax invites.

I take a few steps forwards and look at the Guardians.

I want to be back out in space. I want to do this some more.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to stay," I turn back to look at Spider-Man. "My team needs me."

"Well, I guess this is it then." Spider-Man rubs the back of his next.

"Guess so," I hold out my hand to shake his.

It feels good to finally have some respect from him.

"Remember if you get Earth sick, you have another team that needs you too."

"We'll drop you off on Earth." Star-Lord offers. "Sam, you can co-pilot since you know where to go."

"You're going to let me pilot the Milano?"

"Co-pilot." He corrects. "Come on."

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