Y/N's POV
"Ryan, move!" I shouted, causing him to release his grapple and hit the ground with a roll. A millisecond later, a car came flying through the spot Ryan last was.
The guy we were chasing had started launching vehicles and items back our way. Though he never slowed his pace. He just continued to run and parkour across cars and buildings, almost putting distance between us if we didn't keep at our current pace.
I blinked further forwards, landing gracefully on a Ford and boosting off of it to catch up. The momentum got me within a few feet of the man, and with a swipe of my claws I had managed to clip the back of his leg, momentarily knocking him down.
Within just a couple seconds he rolled back to his feet, then turned to face me and Ryan who had just stopped behind me.
"You're defiant. I'll give you that." He stated, eyeing us both with an unnerving gaze. I couldn't help but look past him and admire the sight behind him. It seemed that after all the chasing, we'd reached London Bridge.
"So I've been told." I smirked, summoning energy around myself. I sliced the air with my hands, releasing the energy in multiple arcs, all of which were deflected away to the sides.
Ryan ran forward, bouncing off a car and extending a spear in his right hand. As he dove towards the man with his weapon aimed to pierce down through his chest, he was suddenly put on the defensive the guy pulled a pistol on him. Ryan cut his momentum short, landing on the ground just in time to spin his spear and block a range of energy blasts that'd been fired at him.
I dove over him and slashed across the weapon, leaving a mark and causing the enemy to recoil back. Ryan followed up by throwing his spear at great speeds towards our target. To my surprise, the spear was caught quite easily before being tossed back towards me.
I hastily blinked away and onto the cables of the bridge, narrowly avoiding being stabbed.
"This guy isn't going down easy. We need a better tactic." Ryan told me over our comms, moving out of the way of an energy blast and returning fire with his Sig MPX as I thought of a plan.
Tony's POV
"Tony." Rhodey walked across the compound to me. He clearly wasn't sure about running still, but he definitely looked like he had important information. I sat up from my seat on the couch, locking eyes with him.
"What is it?" I asked with a small sigh.
"Theres a firefight going down in London." He stated as he stopped next to me. I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at that.
"And? Why's that our problem?" I questioned with a confused expression.
"Witnesses say they spotted an Avenger on site. An avenger who could manipulate space, and teleport." Rhodey crossed his arms, awaiting my response again. I unintentionally laughed at the information, looking down slightly to hide it. Wasn't the first time I'd heard news of the kid.
"Sounds like gossip to me. Not our issue."
2nd Person POV
You blinked onto the side of the bridge, leaping off of the metal with a quiet thud as you proceeded to kick the enemy in the jaw. The force managed to knock him into a flip, which he landed.
Ryan bounced over the both of you, firing his grapple down to you as he began to land further away.
"Grab the grapple!" He yelled. You did as he said, gripping the rope and being pulled off the ground by the counter balance of weight. Luckily, you'd also dodged a retaliation attack, avoiding the shot that would've hit you.
Releasing the grapple, you were a good 30 meters in the air. Summoning your sword to your hand, you dove downwards, the man quickly looking up to see you approaching. As you closed the distance, you struck down across his armour plating, leaving a long mark in it and knocking him way back because of the force behind the strike.
You then swung your sword as you prepared to fire another blast of energy, but the guy got up rather quickly. He raised his gun and you raised your sword to block his shot. But something different happened after he fired. The energy blast left the barrel of his gun, and when you made to deflect it, the energy latched onto your weapon.
Even the man had a surprised look in his eyes, though it quickly dissipated as if he knew what was happening but didn't expect it to happen. You stared at your weapon as the cyan colour began to get brighter and brighter around the weapon. The entire thing starting to shake.
Ryan ran back over, halting an attack to also spare a glance at you. He tapped the touch screen on his arm, raising it up as a holographic screen popped up. He looked through the screen at you, then your sword. A look of instant shock hit his face, and you started to hear a charging- or buzzing sound echoing from the metal of the weapon.
"(Y/N), THROW IT AWAY!!!" Ryan practically screamed. You started to get the message as you realised what was happening, and you began to reel your arm back. But it was too late...
The last thing you saw was a cruel smirk on the other man's face.
The streets around were filled with a loud bang as the energy that had been absorbed by your sword was suddenly released in an explosion 20 times stronger than the original. The detonation instantly knocked out an entire tower that was on the bridge, shattered the cables of two sides, ruptured the road and path of the half the bridge, and sent you flying over 200 meters where you slammed down into the River Thames.
"(Y/N)!" Ryan shouted as he fell through the battered bridge, plunging into the water, too.
One moment you were fighting an oddly dressed man. Then you were submerged in darkness. No sound, no noise, no light.
"How could I be so stupid?" You tried to speak, but only oxygen bubbles left your lips. Your arms and legs were raised way higher than your torso as you continued your slow descent.
"That explosion shattered most my bones, and without a doubt most my organs. I can't even open my eyes..." Your head hit the bottom of the river first, followed by your back, then legs.
"I can't breathe. I can't... I can't move. I can't... I can't die like this." You told yourself. After everything you'd been through. Slaying aliens, slashing Hydra, crushing robots, finding a girl...
"I... can't... lose..." Your thoughts finally started to disappear as your body started to finally tire.
"So, you want to survive. Huh, (Y/N)?" A feminine yet echoed voice asked. The darkness that once surrounded you had begun to shift into a light blue colour.
"You don't want to die after everything you've done." The voice knew your thoughts. The light blue colour behind your eyelids had changed to a more galactic blue. You somehow felt your strength returning, and managed to muster the energy to open your eyes.
What you saw before you was nothing like the river you had previously been in. You were laid on your back in what felt like a very shallow pool of water. You managed to slowly rise to your feet, finding the entire world around you to be a sky of galaxy blue, a blue sun, and light blue water on the floor, similar to that on tropical beaches.
"You want to live and see your family reunited again." The voice said from behind you, causing you to spin around. You came face to face with... a woman?
She had light blue hair that ran down her back and shoulders before stopping at the middle of her back. It obscured her left eye, but you could see by her right one that her irises were an icy blue. She wore a light blue cloak that seemed to move on its own, along with a small glow.
"Who are you?" You questioned, taking a step back. The woman seemed amused by this, and only stepped forward another step to close the distance again. The water on the ground seemed to avoid her in a circle, yet it didn't do that around you.
"I'm your guardian." The woman giggled quietly at your surprised form. You were only more confused by her answer, and this time took a small step forward.
"What's that supposed to mean? Where am I? Who are you actually?" You asked again. The woman moved forward again so that she was a mere foot or two away from you. She was about your height, and that was a little surprising since you'd consider yourself tall.
"I am your guardian." She repeated, lightly patting your head and running her fingers through your hair. "You are in my home."
"That just doesn't make sense. One minute I'm dying in the bottom of London's famous river, then I'm suddenly in the lair of someone I've never met." You shook your head as you tried to wrap your head around what was going on.
"We've met before. Though, I doubt you'll remember it." She spun to the side, placing her hands behind her neck as she gazed into the endless distance. You'd met before? Surely you'd have remembered this woman.
"No, that's not true. I've never seen you in my life." You told her calmly. Whether you expected her to admit her mistake, or you had nothing else to say. You didn't think about the statement too hard.
"Of course we have. You've touched me before." She said nonchalantly.
"Excuse me!?" You couldn't help but blush at her words, turning your head the other direction to hide it. The girl turned in your direction, making a confused sound as she saw you were suddenly nervous. Then she yet again read your mind.
"I think you misunderstand what I mean. You think I mean sexually, don't you-" She began.
"Just shut up and explain, please." You crossed your arms and growled at your own mind.
"Well, how do you think you have those powers? Those weren't there until you touched me." She reached back over, pressing on your arm and causing your powers to suddenly manifest into a knife in your hand.
Only then did you realise who she was. Retracting your arm from her touch, the knife disappeared, and you finally had the right question on your mind.
"You... you're the Tesseract?" Your jaw quite literally dropped at the reveal. The girl sighed before sitting down with her legs crossed.
"Of course not. That's just the stupid name that they gave me. No, I'm the Space Stone." She explained. When finding that you were still standing, she nodded to the floor and coaxed you into doing the same. You hesitated because of the fact you'd be sitting in the water again, but she simply looked at the spot with an inaudible 'hmph' which caused the water to retreat enough for you to sit.
Once you were seated, she began to explain exactly what had happened. "You see, (Y/N). Us Infinity Stones have ways to manifest like this. The only way to do so is by dragging our wielder into our world, dragging someone with an affinity to us into our world, or by our wielder summoning us into the true world."
"So, you dragged me in here? How? You're not even on Earth, right?" You raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm the only one who can do this, as my powers allow me reach across the universe to find whoever I want to contact. Though, since I can only speak to those with my affinity, I can only speak to two people." She stated, causing you to tilt your head.
"Whose the other person?" You were curious to know.
"Ms. Carol Danvers. Though she's from your planet, she's usually tending to more cosmic affairs." She informed you. Huh, so you weren't the only king of the cosmos. There was another.
"Either way, I need to get back to London. The bridge is in shambles, that guy probably got away. And I don't even know if Ryan survived." You said, starting to get to your feet.
"If you try to leave now, you'll die." The woman said calmly, not moving from her seated position. "Your body is metaphorically destroyed. If you leave then you'll be trapped in the river and I'll no longer be able to save your consciousness in here."
"I need to defeat that guy." You exclaimed.
"Tyrant is no 'guy' to be messed with on your own." She said, causing you to glance at her eyes.
"Tyrant?" You repeated the name.
"The man you were battling. His name is Tyrant." She explained.
"Well, either way. What am I supposed to do? I can't just stay here forever. What do I do... Space Stone..." You felt weird calling her by that name.
"I can repair your body quite easily, actually. Though it will take me quite a bit of energy. I won't be able to contact you again for a long time. So if you get yourself into a life threatening situation, you'll be dead." She stated seriously.
"When will I be able to speak to you again?" I locked eyes with her. There was an almost sad- lonely look in her eyes.
"If I heal you, you must promise me something." She placed a hand on your arm. You nodded for her to continue, and she did so. "Promise me. Once you've taken care of your personal affairs. Promise that you'll find me. Promise you'll take me." You looked off to the side again, trying to hide your face.
"I promise. Just stop making everything sound so god damn sexual." You mumbled. She chuckled silently, turning your head to face her.
"I need your permission before I can do this and send you back." You couldn't help but seem an almost invisible blush on her cheeks as she finished her words.
"Fine. Just do it, Cosmo." You shook your head.
"Cosmo?" She raised an eyebrow.
"It sounds better than Space Stone. Plus, I'd say it fits. Whenever I say my nickname, it'll be like you're there too. At least until I manage to find you." You couldn't help but smile at the name.
"Very well, (Y/N). Are you ready?" She asked. You nodded, and she placed both hands on your shoulders, pulling you to her. It confused you for a moment, then she ever so lightly pressed her lips to yours. You had no intentions of kissing her back, after all you loved Wanda. But you felt a burst of energy run through you, and your sight suddenly began to change.
With a flash of light in your eyes, you were back in the river, your body now feeling like it was in perfect condition.
"Tyrant. When I find you. I will slay you."