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Chapter Eight~
Friday would never come soon enough though for the next morning we were all greeted by a message from Director Fury.
"Avengers, assemble." the message said and as Tony opened the video file we came face to face with his serious expression.
"Avengers, Thanos has opened another portal in Central Park in the North Meadow destroying everything and anything in his path. You need to bring a stop to his tirade and somehow defeat him before closing the portal. The Council, despite my overwhelming argument, is only giving you all twenty-four hours to defeat him else they do something stupid like last time and send a nuclear missile. Don't let that happen, again." and with that the video died leaving us shaken beyond words.
"Let's go! We only have ten hours left!" Steve cried and at that we all rushed to get ready; Tony calling on JARVIS to bring up a false fire-alarm so that everyone would evacuate in order to keep our cover, Natasha and I ran for our bedrooms to change, Clint and Steve going to their bedrooms and Bruce trying to calm Pepper down. When we finally were ready we all were exiting Stark Tower as the Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Hero's. We didn't waste time on strategize; we just need to get there. Pepper was updating up in our earpieces on the situation in Central Park that had apparently become Thanos's playground.
"There's already over thirty casualties, eight major fires have been started and need putting out and a perimeter has been put up; ten blocks evacuated all around the Park." Pepper said into my earpiece making me question how bad it really was. With Tony and Thor flying in overhead, the rest of us divided into two groups; one would come in on the left, the other on the right. We were two blocks from the area when we met with a frightening sight; thick black smoke curled into the air from at least twenty different areas, the ground was charred black from some kind of blast, unlucky civilians charred to look just like those at Pompeii.
"This is, horrible." I said looking around at the damage. No one answered, instead Steve asked,
"Tony, Thor, you overhead?"
"Yeah, seeing, still working on believing." Tony replied as he came to a landing before us, Thor right behind.
"I have already tried to hit Thanos with my lightning; it seems to have no effect on him. He is protected by some kind of gilded armor that makes any projectile merely bounce off." Thor added as we huddled in.
"Ok, we got nine hours to do this. Tony, Thor, work from overhead. Clint, Natasha, Sara and I will try and keep him in one area. Bruce, get angry." Steve said and when we split with our orders Bruce gave me one last look before transforming into the Hulk.
"GO!" cried Steve and off we went, to try and stop the maniac known as Thanos. I took the upper right side of the park, letting my black fire encase my body as I ran passing unimaginable horrors. When in my position I was greeted with a horrific sight; Thanos wasn't just an alien from outer space, he was a monster in golden armor at least ten feet tall with purple skin and tombstone white teeth.
"Hello little one." he said spotting me but I simply replied by blasting him with both hands extended, the fire leaping from my body all too eager to get a piece of this guy. The monster simply held up one hand and deflected the blast with some sort of force field laughing as he did.
"Is this the best this pathetic planet has to offer? A group who cannot even put a dent into my armor?!" he roared in twisted delight as he stomped over towards me, his footsteps leaving craters in the ground.
"We may look pathetic Thanos, we may look weak, but if we can't save the Earth from you—you can be damn well sure we'll Avenge it!" I screamed stopping him in his tracks for only a second before he backhanded me, sending me flying over the ground before I slammed into the ground. I felt numb for a second before I forced myself upright only to feel a hand help me up. Looking to my right, I saw it was Tony who said,
"Watch it darling, you stole my line." and then he took off, his jets sending him right into the chest of the beast forcing Thanos to fall backwards.
"What's the status on the portal?" I asked into my earpiece as I tried to breathe normally, looking for broken bones.
"Clint and Natasha are working on it." Steve replied as a roar filled the air; Hulk. Looking up I spotted the green machine running head first into Thanos who had somehow tossed Tony aside when he managed to stand again.
"HULK SMASH!" he roared before the two titans collided, fists against fist and legs digging into the ground to try and gain leverage. Hulk held his own for a good twenty minutes before Thanos shoved him aside like a ragdoll. Laughing with malice delight he cried,
"Is this the best you have?!"
"Not really." I muttered as I circled my hands over one another creating a black ball of fire. When I couldn't hold it any longer I let it go sending it flying right into Thanos's face causing him to stumble backwards.
"Good one Lady Sara!" Thor cried happily as he sent a blast of lightning to add to the blow, the lightning slamming Thanos miles into the ground. This gave me an idea, one that might just save our asses.
"Guys, I got a plan!" I shouted but something made me stop, from all around the portal came men in black and green suits and Natasha called out,
"We've got company!"
"HYDRA! Hundreds of them!" Thor cried and I realized we may be in serious trouble. I ran towards the portal to see everyone dealing with the waves of men swarming in all around the portal.
"God, help us." I breathed as I watched Tony and Thor take on a dozen on their own, Clint and Natasha firing at anyone they could aim at, Steve and Hulk defending their positions. For the first time I felt like we may not win this, and that petrified me. From behind a hand grabbed me and a demonic voice said,
"And what about you little one? What is your glorious plan to save your pathetic world?" it was Thanos who brought me right up close to his face. Despite the fact I was still on fire, it didn't seem to faze him the slightest. Without thinking, I spit into his face causing him to growl before he began squeezing my body. I let loose a horrible scream as I felt my body beginning to shrink in on itself and closed my eyes praying for the pain to go away.
"SARA!" a gravelly voice roared from behind Thanos and suddenly he let me go, dropping me fifteen feet from the air. As I fell someone grabbed me, it was Thor who asked me,
"Are you alright Lady Sara?" but I wasn't listening to him, I was watching Hulk and Thanos duke it out. Both of their blows were enough to bend steel in two so combined that together and you have enough force to break the cosmos.
"Hulk! Get him to the portal! I got an idea!" I wheezed before asking Thor who had landed,
"Let me go, please."
"Lady Sara, I do not wish to lose you again friend." Thor said but as soon as he let me go I bolted for the two fighting beasts.
"Sara what's the plan?" asked Tony from somewhere around me.
"He has a helmet on, meaning he can't breathe in deep space without it. Someone needs to push him into the portal, take off his helmet, and close the portal from the other side." I said as I raced for the two giant Rockum-Sockum robots.
"That's a suicide mission!" cried Clint and Natasha added,
"Don't you dare!" she must be thinking along the same lines as me for she added,
"Don't you dare go in there Sara!"
"Who else is going to do it then? Not Tony, not Steve, not Clint, not you, not Thor and not Hulk! I won't let anything happen to my friends, even if that means going in alone." I said before I called out to the Hulk,
"Hulk! Throw him into the portal!" he turned his massive green head to see me, his icy blue eyes filled with sorrow before he picked up Thanos and threw him right into the portal which sparked at the entry of the alien. I had already run right up to it and before anyone could stop me, I jumped right into the portal itself. Once on the other side, I realized we both had landed on solid ground, the star Thor had spoken of. It looked like the surface of the moon, only the stars were brilliant and charged with some strange electric force. Still ablaze, I hoped that what I assumed of my powers was correct; as long as I was on fire it would create just enough oxygen that I'd be able to breathe in deep space. In my ear I heard yelling before I took the be damned device out of my ear and tossed it through back into the portal.
"That was foolish of you mortal. You cannot breathe in deep space!" roared Thanos but I smiled at that before saying,
"Neither can you!" and it was at that moment the monster realized that during his struggle with Hulk his helmet had come off.
"No-no-no!" he screamed charging for the portal since he had been tossed several feet back. Looking around desperately, I looked for the creator of the portal and realized that Thanos was somehow responsible for the portal itself. With him weakened and unable to breathe, I hoped that if I sent a big enough blast at him whatever device was controlling the portal would close it.
"At least I'll be AVENGED!" and raising both hands towards him, I released with the strongest amount of fire I could conjure from the depths of my very being. Time seem to freeze as the blast headed for the Thanos; Thanos was still running towards the portal, the portal itself was still pulsing with life and through it I could just make out the figure of the Hulk on the other side. I met his eyes with my own just as the portal closed, the blast sending me flying backwards from the sheer force. It was as if the center of the Earth had swallowed a moon size explosive and now was the repercussion from that. I watched as Thanos fell to his knees just a few paces away from me and behind me the portal closed forever leaving me alone on a distant star with a dying alien beast. The burning in my lungs from lack of oxygen was enough to send me falling to the ground, dust flying around my body as I smiled in victory. The others would be able to handle the rest I thought as I rolled over onto my back and closed my eyes. My last conscious thought was simply, how much I would miss Bruce and how much I loved him.