EVELYN GROANED as an Outrider jumped out of nowhere, landing on her. She screamed in fright just as a metal arm reached over to the alien creature. She watched with wide eyes as Bucky tore its head off, not wasting a second in reaching to lift his wife up. He nodded once at her before picking up his gun from the ground and continuing the fighting. Evelyn turned, doing the same with her fallen staff.
Neither was up for long as she saw the Outriders' number grow. It seemed they were coming out of nowhere now, and she felt it was too much for them. Her eyes flickered to Bucky being taken down, keeping his hands up to make sure the Outriders did not practically eat his face. Evelyn's head snapped over when she saw Cull Obsidian's hammer bang loudly on Rhodey's suit—sending him to rhe ground. Evelyn was taken down next, again fighting for her life. Steve was down. T'Challa was down. Bruce was down. Everyone was down. They were losing.
"There's too many of them!" Bruce shouted her thoughts. "AHHH!!"
Evelyn's eyes shut as she prepared for death just like that.
Then, suddenly a large beam of rainbow-hued light landed with a loud boom in the middle of the battlefield. An ax flew out of it, killing every Outrider that was on the Avengers and Wakandans. Evelyn breathed out a sigh of relief when she was uncovered. She sat up on her elbows, eyes narrowing at the figure coming out of the hue right as the ax flew into his hands.
Thor. A raccoon. A tree.
Evelyn grinned at the God, feeling a weight lifted off of her chest as she began to stand up.
Bruce opened his helmet when he managed to stand, a wide grin on his face as well. "AH-hahaha! You guys are so screwed now!"
Thor did not glance at the Avengers yet as he stared at the battle in front of him. He began to run with the raccoon and tree before shouting, "BRING ME THANOS!"
As he screamed, he flew into the air with lightning crackling around him brighter than Evelyn had ever seen before. He landed on the ground, bringing his ax down with him—taking out a hoarde of Outriders in one swing. She grinned at Steve when he caught her eye. They were going to be okay.
Evelyn and Bucky met up again, close by to Steve. She felt a new surge of energy through her as she landed on another alien. Steve and Bucky locked eyes for a moment, amusement dancing in them when Evelyn laughed maniacally as she killed some more aliens.
Evelyn watched in curiosity as the raccoon landed near her, using his own gun to shoot the aliens around Bucky and herself. "Come and get some, space dogs!" he shouted. Bucky noticed another wave coming near them, and Evelyn had to force herself not to laugh when Bucky yelled for her to duck. Doing so, she watched Bucky pick up the raccoon to hold him at arm's length and twirl in a circle as he and the raccoon shot and killed every creature in their area. "Come on, get some, get some! Come on, get some!" The raccoon shouted again before Bucky placed him back on the ground. Bucky quickly helped up Evelyn as she bit back a laugh.
"That was oddly satisfying," she told him with a cheeky grin.
"Don't speak of it," Bucky told her just as the raccoon glanced at them with an impressed gleam in his eyes.
"How much for the gun?" he asked Bucky.
Bucky lifted the gun to shoot again as he replied, "Not for sale."
"Okay, how much for the arm?" Bucky gave him a look before stalking off. The raccoon's eyes met Evelyn's as he said, "Oh, I'll get that arm."
Evelyn grinned his way before rushing off when she saw Steve fighting too many at once. As soon as Evelyn got there, Thor landed right next to them with a soft smile on his face as he met Evelyn's eyes.
"Lady Evelyn!"
"Hey, Thor," she greeted as she sent a knife from her suit flying.
Steve was panting as he gestured to Thor. "New haircut?"
Thor grinned and gestured to his face. "Notice you've copied my beard."
Steve nodded, moving his shields to his own face as if to show that he did, in fact, copy Thor's beard. Thor grinned more as he turned to face the tree that he arrived with, skewering through Outriders.
"By the way, this is a friend of mine. Tree," Thor told them as he pointed to him with his ax.
"I AM GROOT!" the tree yelled at Thor.
Steve pointed to his check as he formally stated, "I am Steve Rogers."
Thor let a rumble of laughter leave his lips as he pointed to Evelyn. "Are you ready for another bout?"
Evelyn grinned. "Aren't I always?" Evelyn's grin was shortlived as they all felt the ground rumbling underneath them. They looked through the forest to see motorized spiked wheels were heading toward them. "Shit."
She began to run that way, knowing Natasha was one of those over there. Okoye caught her eye as she used her enhanced speed to rush over. She had helped the leader of the Dora Milaje off the ground when she fell.
"Fall back! Fall back now!" T'Challa yelled at them all.
"Focus that fire on the left flank, Sam," Rhodey said as he and Sam tried to find a weak spot on the wheels.
Sam called back, "I'm doing it."
Evelyn glanced up after helping Okoye up to see a wheel heading right for the trio. Natasha cringed slightly, hoping for the best as they tried to run off. They watched in awe as Wanda suddenly appeared, eyes and hands glowing red as she lifted the wheels right off the ground. Evelyn pulled Okoye and Natasha to get out of the way as Wanda sent them flying and crashing.
Okoye took her arm from Evelyn's as she pointed at Wanda. "Why was she up there all this time?"
Evelyn laughed quietly at her words before looking for Bucky again. She found him near T'Challa and Groot. Knowing he was okay, she followed Natasha to fight more of the aliens.
"Guys, we got a Vision situation here," Sam said before he grunted in pain as if he was tackled.
Steve's head snapped up as he shouted, "Somebody get to Vision!"
"I got him!" Bruce called back as Wanda said, "On my way."
Before Wanda could fly far, Proxima threw her down. She leaned down to Wanda who had fallen into a nearby ditch. "He'll die alone. As will you."
Natasha and Evelyn showed themselves as Natasha sneered, "She's not alone."
Okoye appeared, spear ready to fight as the three gave each other a nod. Both Natasha and Evelyn used their staffs to fight Proxima as Okoye used her spear. Natasha's staff had an electric shock added to it, and Evelyn smirked when Okoye yelled, "Twist it, White Tiger."
Twisting the staff, it broke apart to two nunchucks with spikes on the end of it. "I love this place," she echoed Bucky's words from earlier. Using her new weapon, she fought Proxima with a fierceness Natasha had never seen before.
"Guys! Vision needs backup now!"
Proxima was stronger than Evelyn wanted to give her credit for. She was fighting back, grabbing one of Evelyn's weapons and using it against her. Evelyn yelped, jumping over a blow that should have hit her. She twisted midair, grabbing a knife off of her leg, throwing it and catching it in her hand before sending it Proxima's way. Proxima yelled when it landed on her thigh as Evelyn landed in a crouched position. Evelyn had certainly pissed her off.
As one of the wheels from earlier was thrown their way, all four ducked. Proxima used this to kick Natasha to the ground. She grabbed Okoye, throwing her away like she was nothing. When faced with Evelyn, she punched Evelyn's face before using the metal rod of the nunchuck to choke her.
Evelyn struggled against it, coughing as Proxima whispered, "Give up. It'll kill you faster that way."
Natasha swiped her legs to trip Proxima as she separated her staff to reveal stick of her own. As Evelyn was thrown to the ground, coughing and spluttering, Natasha blocked the sword blows from Proxima. Natasha was tackled by the alien as she brought a knife to the Widow's throat. Natasha fought against it, but she was failing. Scarlet wrapped around the knife, taking it and throwing it aside as she sent one of the spiked wheels right into Proxima—splattering blue blood onto the three women around it. Wanda had been able to save Natasha, killing Proxima in the process.
"That was really gross," Natasha murmured.
Evelyn rubbed her throat as she nodded. "I think my mouth was open," she told the woman.
Natasha's lips twitched as she helped Evelyn stand.