THE AVENGERS
I tried looking for Steve but I could only assume he was busy.
Just then I saw Steve landing on a car,real badly. People well running off,firefighters accompanying them away from the buildings. Hulk was jumping from one worm to the next,crashing windrows,ravaging floors.
“Hey,you okay?” ,i went closer,my breathing all messed up.
“Yeah..you?” ,Steve's eyes were following the chaos,and only landed on me after realizing I took a pause. My hands were on my knees,my brows knitted.
“This is...We need to close it down Steve. We can't go on like this forever”
“I..i know” ,he took one good look at me,his eyes somewhat concerned. “You..”,he took a pause and I lifted my body,now directly looking at him.
“You said you are a war child” ,i was reminded of my words from back then at the doctor's lab.
“Ah..yeah”
“What did you mean exactly?” ,i see. A soldier's solidarity,ain't that right. I took one big breath.
“I..uhm.. There was a civil war,back home. Started when I was fourteen,and..it was because of me” ,i started,trying to be as quick and brief as I could.
“Because of you? What could a fourteen year old child have possibly done to cause a war?” ,his brows were knitted together,his voice soft and hoarse at the same time.
“I existed” ,i said simply and bluntly and Steve's lips parted for a second. Though he didn't say anything. “My father elected me as the one to lead our troops. And..so I did”
“That's..an awful duty to be carried out by a child. Pers,i'm sorry i-”
“Don't go soft on me Rogers” ,i tapped his shoulder,a bitter chuckle coming out as I tried to look somewhat carefree. “And I was just beginning to like you” ,he smiled,but it didn't really last.
“Hey,where's the kid at?” ,we suddenly heard Tony through the intercom. I lifted my finger along with my brows,asking Steve to not speak. I'm done answering at kid.
“I don't really see her; haven't in a while actually” ,Barton said,before getting cut off by a big blast.
“You guys lost the child?”,he asked in all seriousness and I snorted.
“Nobody lost me playboy. What'ya need?” ,i huffed with opened nostrils,air coming out as I was indeed pretty much offended.
“We have a situation here; I have an entire horde ravaging a school bus filled with children” ,oh fuck.
“Other than me you're the only one to reach quickly enough. Fly,do your thing. It's up in 117th. Hurry”
“You say that like I understand” ,i snorted.
“I'm a little busy here kid,so excuseme if I don't just lay a map in front of you. Take Rogers along,he's like a moving chart”
“Fine”
Cap nodded at me and I waved to get ahead after he explained the location;
I was using big crouches of concrete to catapult myself ahead,getting flames down to ease my landing and jump again.
After a while I spotted a big yellow school bus,children inside yelling and crying as the chitauri were shooting at it.
“Fuck” ,i hissed.
I landed with a veil of fire coming out of me,pushing the chitauri away.
Some children thought it was cool,some were even more afraid than before. I pushed my foot down,then kicked up to throw a chunk of rocks over at some coming my way.
“I got it!” ,i heard Tasha's voice. “Anyone getting this? I can shut it down!”
I was melting the stuck door's handle to open it when I spoke.
“Well then do it,what're you waiting for Tasha? A fucking blessing?” ,one way the children coming out after I yanked the door away,one shooting beams coming my way.
“No,don't,wait” ,Tony spoke.
I fell down and lifted my hands up,iron rods cutting the chitauris' flesh open. I just hoped the children would like close their eyes or something.
“The fuck do you mean wait?”
“We got a nuke coming in Pearse,i got less than one minute here”
“Wait” ,i huffed,now serious. “Tony,if you're going up there...”
“That's a one-way trip Stark,you know that,right?” ,Steve said.
But Tony never answered.
“That was so cool!” ,a young,maybe ten years old boy shouted at me with fists up in the air. I let out a bitter smile.
We were all watching,the children included – still standing besides me,as Tony flew ,the nuke above his head,inside the massive hole in the sky.
“Close it” ,i heard Steve say in a bitter manner.
“Wait,Steve-” ,before I could say anything,Natasha did it.
I hurried back,the children running towards some adults who were now picking them up,fortunately their parents, to where I had left Steve.
Thor was there as well,helping Steve stand up.
The worms were all falling down,as if they were all sucked out,like the life inside them was cut off.
“Steve..” ,i said In a low voice and he pat my back softly.
And then,
Tony fucking Stark got out. His body falling just one second before the portal completely closed.
“Son of a-”
“Mother-fucker” ,i spelled out with eyes wide open,cutting in Steve's sentence. We were all smiling,cheering for a well awaited victory.
But Tony kept on falling and falling,and falling.
“He-”
“He's not slowing down”,Thor noted with a voice concerned and worried,just before I could speak.
Thor started swinging his hammer,and I pulled up a big crouch of rocks under me,suddenly both of us in the sky- and then Hulk flew in from somewhere,grabbing Tony and bringing him down.
“Sweet-oh fuck” ,i lost my focus for a second and I barely had the time to put out some flames,leading to me slightly hitting my hip as I fell on it clumsily.
Steve came to me,gently helping me get up,his arm around my waist. Thor was eyeing Tony,his eyes still closed.
“Is he..?” ,then Hulk growled,a big one,enough to send chills down my spine. And Tony abruptly opened his eyes,gasping for air.
“Stark you crazy bastard” ,i laughed,smacking his shoulder,although he seemed to be in pain as he was still laying down,me on my knees laughing about this whole entire thing.
“Please tell me no one kissed me”
“It's over”,Thor told him
“We won” ,i couldn't help but smile softly at Steve's words while he helped me get back up.
“Alright. Hey. Alright. Good job, guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day. Have you ever tried shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it” ,he began bubbling.
“I just hope you're buying. You are loaded as fuck my friend. Who the hell builds a skyscraper and then puts his name on it” ,i mumbled and Steve tried to hide a chuckle.
“I know right?” ,he asked. “Nobody does that” ,he shook his head,still smiling.
“I bet you too want one” ,Tony pursed his lips.
“You guys think we're forgetting something though?
“We're not finished yet”,Thor agreed with me,his eyes set on Tony's tower.
Loki was crawling on the stairs,looking like shit; exhausted and huffing,he hadn't yet realized our presence there.
He then turned,all of us standing above him; Steve had his shield,Tony had the beams on his palm,Tasha her gun,Barton his arrow's end pointing at him.
Hulk- he didn't really need to do anything more than let out a growl,and I ,i was just smiling and with a press of my fists Loki's hands and feet were cuffed on the ground,concrete embracing his skin.
“If it's all the same to you....I'll have that drink now”
“Yeah,i bet you need one” ,i said with a huff.