EVELYN MANAGED to help Bruce into his Hulkbuster suit Tony had made so long ago. Her heart began to ache at the thought of Tony. She had heard from Steve that the aliens had attacked New York first, taking Tony, Peter Parker, and a Dr. Strange—the apparent owner of the Time Stone to space. She only hoped Tony was okay because she could not picture her life without him. Sighing quietly, Bruce noticed her defeated stance.
"How was the wedding?" Bruce tried, hoping to see a smile on her face.
Evelyn did smile, a bit sadly, however. "It was not really a wedding. More so just us signing papers to make it official. Shuri had someone cook for us, wine and all. It was simple enough to get the job done. I wanted to be Mrs. Barnes officially, and it was done."
Bruce nodded. "I'm glad. He seems... nice."
"He's a softie. Don't let the arm scare you," she teased, tapping his suit once. "You're all good to go."
She watched Bruce walk down the hallways oddly to get outside where the others were waiting. Before Evelyn could leave the lab, Wanda had grabbed her arm. Evelyn turned to face her, bringing her in for a hug.
"Calm down," she whispered to the witch. "Be positive. He'll be fine."
"I love him," she revealed what Evelyn already knew about Wanda and Vision. "What if we don't make it?"
Evelyn did not know what to say. She did not want to promise anything. Backing away, she cupped Wanda's cheeks. "Go look after him. We'll take care of things out here."
Wanda nodded a bit brokenly before turning and walking off.
"Eve?"
Evelyn turned, smiling at Steve. "Yeah?"
"We're going," he told her quietly. He extended his hand for her to take, and she did. "You okay?"
"After everything I've been through—everything he's been through—you're telling me this is how we die?" she said with a mocking smile.
He shook his head. "We'll win, Eve. We always do... good always prospers in the end."
"I hope you're right."
They walked outside, seeing jets ready to fly them out toward the edge of the dome. Bucky was waiting on one of them, looking a bit apprehensive. When he caught Steve and Evelyn, he smiled softly. Evelyn dropped Steve's hand, taking Bucky's when he offered it to get onto the jet.
Okoye was standing near T'Challa and Ayo as she smirked at Evelyn's face paint that Shuri had done. She had not looked at it properly yet. "You are ready for another battle?"
Evelyn laughed quietly. "Definitely."
Buckt tightened his hold on his girl as the jet began to take off. Sam and Rhodey flew overhead while Bruce ran in his large suit behind them.
"How we looking, Bruce?" Natasha asked.
Bruce laughed. "Yeah, I think I'm getting the hang of it. Wow! It's like being the Hulk without actually—" he tripped, falling over a rock. He managed to stand and rush forward. "I'm okay. I'm okay."
As the many warriors began to file out of the carriers, Rhodey flew close to the border of the dome. "I got two heat signatures breaking through the tree line."
"Thank you for standing with us," T'Challa said when he made it to M'Baku. Evelyn stayed close to Bucky and Steve as they stood in the front of the large armies.
M'Baku nodded. "Of course, brother."
Steve glanced at Evelyn as he, Natasha, and T'Challa began to walk forward. She narrowed her eyes, following after them to see exactly who was in charge of the hurt on their planet. She knew it was aliens, but she wanted to see their faces. The woman slashed her sword through the barrier to test the strength, and she scowled.
"Where's your other friend?" Natasha jeered.
Proxima sneered, "You will pay for his life with yours. Thanos will have that stone."
Thanos was his name. The man in charge of it all. No one had seen him besides Bruce. But, she knew he wanted to kill them all. She allowed her own swords to release from her suit, a smirk on her face as Proxima's eyes glared at her.
"That's not gonna happen," Steve told her.
Evelyn's smirk widened. "You'll be going through us."
"And, you are in Wakanda now. Thanos will have nothing but dust and blood," T'Challa added with pride.
"We... have blood to spare," she told him, calling for her forces to begin their fight. The four of them returned to their armies.
Bucky tightened his hold on his gun. "Did they surrender?" he asked, knowing the answer already. Evelyn scoffed slightly at the question. When do they ever surrender?
"Not exactly," Steve said back.
The Wakandan tribes began to chant as the Outriders started making their way to the protective barrier.
"What the hell?" Bucky murmured as they watched the number of Outriders double... triple. There were too many of them.
Natasha bit her lip before saying, "Looks like we pissed her off."
The Outriders began to try to get through the force-field, not caring that they were dying while doing so. Some managed to get through, only for the rest of their body to be cut off by the barrier.
Okoye stated, "They're killing themselves."
Evelyn gulped, her eyes not leaving the threat as Bucky squeezed her hand. "This is horrifying," she whispered.
"I rather the Nazis," Steve joked quietly to the two other supersoldiers. Bucky smirked a bit in agreement.
The Outriders were beginning to make it through the barrier, more and more at a time. The Kingsguard and Border Tribe prepared to battle while Evelyn and Bucky simultaneously cocked their guns. Bruce fired up his suit in preparation.
"You seen the teeth on those things?" Sam called after sending in Redwing to look at them closer.
Rhodey flew closer to the border saying, "All right, back up, Sam. You're gonna get your wings singed." Evelyn watched him release a bunch of mines to explode on the Outriders that managed to get through.
Soon, the Outriders began to circle around the shield dome that surrounded Wakanda. Evelyn realized they were going to Vision.
"Steve, if these things circle the perimeter and get in behind us... there's nothing between them and Vision," she told him, worry in her tone. The real fight was about to begin.
Steve glanced at her with a grim look before looking to T'Challa. "Then, we better keep 'em in front of us."
Okoye glanced at her king. "How do we do that?"
T'Challa did not seem afraid, hiding his fears well. "We open the barrier," he said to her. He brought his hand up to speak directly in his comms. "On my signal, open North-West Section Seventeen."
"R-Requesting confirmation, my King. You said open the barrier?" a man replied in a stammered tone.
"On my signal," T'Challa confirmed.
M'Baku shook his head, his fears showing right on his face. "This will be the end of Wakanda."
Okoye gripped her spear tighter as she said proudly, "Then it will be the noblest ending in history." Steve lifted his shields, preparing to fight.
"WAKANDA FOREVER!" T'Challa screamed, letting his helmet slide over his head as his arms crossed once. He and Steve took off running, Evelyn and Bucky meeting each other's eyes once before they followed. "Now!"
The barrier opened, letting the Outriders pour inside of Wakanda. Evelyn ran forward with Steve and the Black Panther, all jumping into the air and falling on top of the creatures. Evelyn shot them with her gun, using all of her bullets on one group of creature. She pressed the button on the side of the gun, transforming it into a staff—wacking any of the creatures near her. She stabbed through them, finally glancing up at her surroundings. She noticed Bucky was being harassed by about four of them, and she felt that part of her switch again with a need to protect him.
She ran forward, flying into the air with her jump and landed on the nearest creature to her husband. He killed the other three, a small smile on his face when she let her gaze meet his.
"Don't die," he told her casually, leaning forward to kiss her once.
"You don't either," she said back. He expected her to run off to help the others, but she stayed close to him. She only strayed once to help Natasha. Both of the women looked absolutely bad ass fighting together.
"How much longer, Shuri?" T'Challa asked over comms.
"We've barely begun, brother," Shuri replied.
T'Challa flew past Bucky and Evelyn, clawing through the aliens. "You might want to pick up the pace."