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"How we looking, Bruce?" Natasha asked through comms.
All of Wakanda's armed forces were making their way to the ends of the city where the invaders had taken place in just outside the barrier. The Dora Milaje and the Border Tribe, along with Steve, Natasha, Bucky and T'Challa, were being driven by technological vehicles, ones that didn't need any type of driver. (Y/N) was in the sky with Sam and Rhodey, all three keeping an eye on a respective quadrant of the area.
Bruce, on the other hand, had decided to grab the Hulkbuster suit, one that Tony had designed a long time ago. He had taken his time to fully adjust to its controls, but with the help of (Y/N), who knew the way those suits worked, he was able to get the hang of it pretty quickly.
"Yeah, I think I'm getting the hang of it," he spoke up enthusiastically. He jumped over one of the vehicles with the suit's boosters. "Wow! This is amazing, man! It's like being the Hulk without actually — "
He didn't watch his step and tripped over a rock on the field. (Y/N) saw this from afar, and even though she couldn't see Bruce's face, she knew he must've been red with embarrassment.
"I'm okay. I'm okay."
(Y/N) kept her eyes on the front as she swerved through the air, every now and then flickering her gaze downward at the army to check how they were doing since they were far behind. Among the trees on the other side of the barrier stood the unfamiliar ships, towering over the green that they had polluted with smoke.
"I got two heat signatures breaking through the tree line," Rhodey announced as he increased the speed on his boosters.
From her point of view, (Y/N) was able to spot the gigantic figure of Cull Obsidian walking outside of the forest. He was now accompanied by another being, one that wasn't the one that attacked back in New York. Steve had convinced her to meet the creatures in the end of the barrier along with Natasha and T'Challa, probably as a back up aid since (Y/N) knew more of the extraterrestrial life than any of them.
So she walked alongside the other three until they reached the end of Wakanda's protective dome, which Proxima Midnight was poking her sword at. Unlike (Y/N), Steve and Natasha had fought with Proxima, so they knew what type of attitude they were about to deal with, but she couldn't say the same. She was unluckily stuck with the half of the duo that didn't speak at least a language in common.
When they reached them, (Y/N) could hear the growl coming from Cull Obsidian's mouth as he gripped the axe with one hand. That's when she remembered what Wong had did earlier in the day, and she resisted the urge to smirk at it.
She faked a pout instead, placing a hand over her heart. "Sorry about your hand."
The creature's growl grew in volume at the taunt.
"Where's your other friend?" Natasha's eyes were on the female, her tone similar to (Y/N)'s.
"You will pay for his life with yours," Proxima sneered in anger.
"Looks like you both lost your buddies," (Y/N) added fuel to the fire. Tony's snarky remarks were finally rubbing off on her. She smacked her lips together. "I couldn't care less."
Proxima Midnight declared, her teeth gritted together in anger because of the last remark. Her glare was mostly directed at (Y/N), sword gripped tightly. "I won't waste my time fighting a Kree."
All eyes fell on (Y/N), who grew uncomfortable under their gazes. She didn't waver though, and instead decided to use her old home's tarnished reputation for her own gain.
"Then you must know what I'm capable of."
Proxima spoke through gritted teeth. "Thanos will have that stone."
"That's not gonna happen," Steve spoke this time.
"You are in Wakanda now," T'Challa announced, eyes not wavering from the two creatures. If someone dared to threaten his nation, he'd make them regret it. "Thanos will have nothing but dust and blood."
"We have blood to spare."
Proxima Midnight raised her sword with a grunt, and the ships behind her seemed to answer to her command and grew in size. Steve, Natasha and T'Challa returned to their positions in the front, meanwhile (Y/N) joined the sky again with Rhodey and Sam. From below, the Xhosa battle cry was heard as T'Challa encouraged his soldiers for the upcoming battle.
Proxima lowered her sword and this gave the signal to charge. When the Outriders ran from the inside of the forest into the light, the sound of their snarls ran a chill through (Y/N)'s spine. She could see how they collided with the barrier and desperately tried to claw their way inside with no avail, yet some even made it through but with serious burns.
This made the Border Tribe and the Dora Milaje place their protective shields in front of themselves before raising their weapons in the air. It only took T'Challa's command to tell them to fire at the upcoming Outriders, which were few from the thousands on the outside. (Y/N) took this as a signal to attack and charged at the creatures from above, balling her fists together and firing blast after blast at the ones that came across her path. Sam and Rhodey were firing their own weapons at them, from bombs to photon blasts or lasers, all three of them attacked the Outriders and assisted the Wakandan army while doing so.
"You see the teeth on those things?"
"All right, back up, guys," Rhodey told the two. "You're gonna get your wings singed."
(Y/N) and Sam did as they were told and watched how Rhodey dumped four bombs over the end of the barrier where the Outriders were entering from. The bombs exploded and in a matter of seconds covered the area in fire and smoke. When (Y/N) was just ready to cheer for her friend, her celebration was cut short when she saw how the creatures were bolting around the sides of the dome for another entrance.
"Cap, if these things circle the perimeter and get in behind us, there's nothing between them and Vision," Bruce spoke up.
"Then we better keep them in front of us."
"How do we do that?" Okoye asked her king.
It took time to respond, but then King T'Challa declared strictly. "We open the barrier."
Silence took over the comms for just a few seconds but then she heard another shout in Xhosa and the protective shields over the Wakandan army were dropped. T'Challa took a few steps forward to stand in front of his soldiers before he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Wakanda forever!"
The Border Tribe and Dora Milaje continued the cry and charged at the battle field behind their king. Natasha and Steve were on T'Challa's side as they got closer to the Outriders with every passing second. While Bruce ran inside of the Hulkbuster suit, Rhodey, Sam and (Y/N) flew above all of them in the sky.
The barrier was opened and the Outriders were welcomed inside the city, and within seconds the both armies met in the middle. (Y/N) moved downward to get closer to the creatures and swerved through them, firing blast after blast with an enthusiastic yell leaving her lips, something she found herself doing often.
She saw how a familiar claw hit Rhodey in the back of his helmet and knocked him down into the ground. Knowing who it belonged to, (Y/N) turned her attention toward Cull Obsidian and Proxima Midnight, who had finally crossed the barrier with the rest of their army. When she caught the female's eyes, she let out a growl of anger before throwing her sword at her in the air, which (Y/N) quickly dodged. Just as she turned around to challenge Proxima again, the claw grabbed her by the waist and brought her to the ground with a thud.
(Y/N) groaned at the impact and just as quickly as it gripped onto her waist, the claw pulled back. Despite that, she wasn't given time to catch her breath because she heard the growls of the Outriders coming her way.
But when she was bracing herself to attack the Outriders coming her way, a blinding light hit the middle of the battlefield unexpectedly. The white light was mixed with the rainbow's colors, and (Y/N) knew of only one person who could be behind that, but she didn't want to raise her expectations. A flying axe escaped from the beam of light, slicing through the Outriders that came across its path with a crackle of lightning. The light died out and the axe returned to its owner, which was the hand of Thor himself. He wasn't alone, his two accomplices being a raccoon and a tree.
"You guys are so screwed now!" Bruce yelled mixed with laughter, watching Proxima's and Cull Obsidian's faces of shock at the sight of the god.
Thor's eyes were set firm on the enemy. "Bring me Thanos!"
(Y/N) made a 'whoo' sound from the back of her throat before standing on her feet again, thrusting herself back in the air. She hadn't thought about how much she'd missed having Thor around until she had him back on Earth.
Maybe now, they had a better chance at winning this battle.
y/n, wanda and thor on the same battlefield?? strongest avengers unite am i right?
haha, brace yourselves for what's coming :)
- see you soon, bex