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(Y/N) aided Sam and Rhodey in the air with a couple of Outriders before she decided to return back to the ground and help the others. She had her two arms extended, one aiming in one direction and the other in the opposite one. Thor was fighting by his own a few feet away, slicing the creatures with his new axe.
"New haircut?" Steve's voice was heard, he was out of breath and eyes were set on Thor's new, shorter hair.
"Noticed you copied my beard."
(Y/N) wanted to point out the new weapon. "What happened with the other — "
"My sister destroyed it," Thor simply explained with a shrug, swinging the axe once through an Outrider before flashing an innocent smile.
(Y/N) felt like she missed something. "Oh?"
"How have you been?"
"A lot better, you know. Thanks for asking," (Y/N) responded to Thor's question out of breath, not even batting an eye when she blasted an Outrider without looking. "Got engaged, though."
"No way! To who?"
Steve and (Y/N) shared a glance, to which the man only responded with a shake of his head. (Y/N) laughed it off and decided to leave that topic for later, since they were busy at the moment. One of Thor's new accomplices pierced through three Outriders by stabbing them with his large tree trunk arm.
"By the way, this is a friend of mine, Tree," Thor gestured to the much shorter creature.
"I am Groot!" The creature, now known as Groot, presented himself with his arm still holding the pierced Outriders in the air.
"I am Steve Rogers."
"Nice to meet you!" (Y/N) waved in greeting with a smile on her face. She ran just a few steps before pushing her feet off the ground to fly over the battlefield again.
"I am Groot!" was still heard from below.
"Come on, Groot!" Rocket Raccoon scolded his friend. "Didn't you hear her? She's engaged! She doesn't like you!"
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(Y/N) blasted a group of Outriders coming up behind T'Challa before they were able to jump on his back, making the king nod at her in thanks. She was about to turn in another direction and blast more Outriders, but then she saw how the trees on the ground started to shake unexpectedly. She thought nothing of it at first and thought she was just imagining things, but when the ground was raised by something unfamiliar from underground, her suspicions were confirmed.
Five different wheel-like structures appeared from the underground, making almost everybody lose their footing. They weren't driven by someone, or at least that's what (Y/N) thought. They spread out into different spots in the area, and (Y/N) tried to think of a way to get rid of them and stop them from getting anyone else hurt.
"Focus that fire on the left flank, Sam."
"I'm doing it!"
An idea popped into (Y/N)'s mind, but she wasn't sure it was going to work. Still, it was the only one she had. She decided to dive forward in the direction of the wheels, seeing from up close how they had blades that sliced through the grass.
"(Y/N), what are you doing?" she heard Rhodey protest in her ear.
"Just trust me, okay?" she said before silencing her comms.
She flew much closer to the first wheel she saw, and braced herself for what she was about to do. With a sharp breath, (Y/N) hovered near the bottom of the wheel and tried to get a good grip on it, a grunt leaving her lips when she did so. She pushed herself off the ground with her hands still holding onto the wheel and lifted it from below as if it was just a regular wheel she was throwing in the air.
Just as the wheel structure got thrown in the air, (Y/N) spotted the others on a nearby radius and used all the strength in her body to push the wheel toward the others. Because of the strong push the wheel received, it flew forward to the other closest wheel in the area, followed by a domino effect. The wheels crashed into one another, causing a huge explosion that left the Outriders around in a pile of flesh.
At the same time, Wanda landed on the battlefield in front of the other wheels and opened her arms in a V-motion with red mist coming out of her hands. She lifted the structure in the air before pushing it back down on the ground harshly on top of the Outriders with a grunt.
Natasha and Okoye both watched breathlessly at the sight of the two women, who didn't seem at all tired or out of breath by the actions they had done.
"Why don't you two handle this on your own?" Okoye asked out loud, indignation on her tone.
Sam, who was still flying above the battlefield, saw from a distance how two figures flew out the window from Shuri's lab. "Guys, we got a Vision situation here."
"Somebody get to Vision!"
Bruce flew over the field, headed toward the forest. "I got him!"
"On my way," Wanda pressed a hand on her ear to reply to her other teammates.
A punch on the side of her face made her grunt just after replying, and the impact made her roll down a small hole in the middle of the field. She tried to crawl away but Proxima Midnight grabbed her by the shoulder and turned her around.
"He'll die alone. As will you."
"She's not alone."
Proxima turned to see Natasha on one side with her batons at the ready. Okoye was on the opposite side, holding her spear in the air. Proxima gritted her teeth and yelled out in a battle cry, bracing herself to fight both women, but she was unexpectedly pushed in the back and landed face first into the dirt, curtesy of (Y/N).
This angered Proxima even further and she rose from the dirt with her sword in the air. Natasha blocked the sword attacks with her batons as Okoye jumped in the air and pointed her spear downward. (Y/N) grabbed a hold of Proxima's hand and twisted to the side before aiming a kick to her abdomen and delivering a blast in the same area, which only caused her to stagger a few feet back.
A remaining wheel rolled in the direction of the hole they were in, rolling just a few feet above their heads. Since all of them had ducked, Proxima took this as an opportunity to strike and kneed Natasha in the face and pushed Okoye away. (Y/N) was the last one standing on her two feet, a bruise forming on her cheek due to the punch Proxima delivered a few seconds ago.
(Y/N) backed up a few steps as Proxima marched up close with her sword still hand, not backing down any time soon. (Y/N) lost her footing and fell backward into the dirt, and Proxima smirked when she thought she had the upper hand. Though (Y/N) caught a glimpse of Wanda rising to her knees and gave her a subtle nod to act now.
(Y/N) waited for Proxima to hover over her body and raised her two feet in unison to push Proxima backward. In the small second that she was in the air, Wanda enveloped her in a red mist and lifted her even higher, just in time as a wheel rolled above the hole and she got caught in it.
Natasha let out a grunt of disgust when she saw droplets of Proxima's blood. "That's really gross."
(Y/N) saw the blue colored blood and brushed her off her cheek. "You sure that's not mine?"
"Oh, you — "
(Y/N) laughed, and a relieved breath left Natasha's lips. "You do bleed red, right?"
"That's a question for another time."
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(Y/N) and the rest of the group headed straight for the forest in order to give Vision backup, not wanting to be unprepared for another surprise. She landed on the dirty ground that was awfully quiet for a forest, but she didn't want to pay attention to that detail. She had to find Vision and protect him with no matter the cost.
The wind blew her loose strands of hair, and she heard a sound that made her turn toward it. There, just a few feet away in the forest, appeared a dark blue cloud, and the mad titan known as Thanos stepped out of it with firm and slow steps. (Y/N)'s fell on the gauntlet and she saw how he had five stones in it, including the Time Stone that Stephen Strange had sworn to protect with his life. If Thanos had it? What had happened?
"Cap," Bruce said firmly. "That's him."
Steve braced his shield. "Eyes up. Stay sharp."
Bruce was the first one in the line to charge at Thanos, being easily overpowered when he used the Space stone to make the Hulkbuster suit phase through him and left him in the rocks. Steve ran after him, but Thanos tossed him to the side like a rag doll with a purple blast. T'Challa jumped in the air for some advantage, but the titan grabbed him by the neck before delivering a punch in his face.
(Y/N) stayed in front of Wanda and Vision, fearing that if it came to it, she may be the only line of defense left between Thanos and the stone.
"Wanda," Vision called out weakly. "It's time."
"No."
"They can't stop him, Wanda, but we can," Vision's eyes were set on (Y/N) standing in front of them as a protective shield. "Look at me. You and (Y/N) have the power to destroy the stone."
"Don't."
"You must do it. Wanda, please," Vision turned desperate. He was kneeling on the grass, and he looked up to her with pleading eyes. "We are out of time."
Wanda shook her head in denial. "I can't."
"Yes, you can. You can."
"If he gets the stone, half the universe dies," Vision grabbed a hold of Wanda's gloved hand and placed it close to his forehead. "It's not fair. It shouldn't be you, but it is."
"It's all right. You could never hurt me."
"I just feel you."
Wanda raised her shaking hand in the air and formed a sphere of red mist in it. She hesitantly steadied the blast so it was directed at Vision's forehead, where the stone lay. (Y/N) looked away from the scene just in time to see Bucky, Natasha and Okoye being thrown away to the sides, leaving her to be the last one standing as a line of defense.
She swallowed the lump in her throat and braced herself, knowing that she owed it to the couple behind her. Thanos spotted her almost immediately and his lips formed into some sort of smirk, which formed a knot on (Y/N)'s stomach.
"The Kree," he spoke in his low voice. A sound she'll never get out of her head. "Vau."
(Y/N)'s jaw tensed at the name he used. "That's not my name."
"But it's the one you remember the most," Thanos retorted with a voice laced with satisfaction, pleased with what he was making her feel. "It's the one marked in your blood."
(Y/N) balled her fists together and prepared herself to charge, not before shortly glancing back at Vision and Wanda behind her. At the sight of Wanda still holding the blast up to the stone, (Y/N) braced her feet to jump in the air if necessary.
(Y/N) fired a blast directly at Thanos's middle and the titan blocked it by forming a protective shield with a balled fist, the blue stone in the gauntlet glowing as he did so. (Y/N) knew that she had to fight him another way in order to stop him, so she took off in the air and fired from another angle with a more powerful blast.
Thanos protected himself from the blast but this time the red stone shined inside the gauntlet. It transformed the photon blast into an innocent rainbow, and this made (Y/N) stagger for a few seconds.
(Y/N) got her balance in the air again and decided to change her attack. She surrounded Thanos in a circle while being in the air, flying around his figure with increasing speed to cut some of his air supply and weaken him even for a minute. (Y/N) was flying on circles so fast, that Thanos couldn't see her figure clearly and only saw a golden light blinding him all around.
Thanos let out a grunt as he stumbled inside the circle, growing tired of being toyed with. He closed his fist again and the purple stone glowed this time, waiting for (Y/N) to fly around him one more time before directing a blast her way. (Y/N)'s eyes widened at the upcoming blast, this time much more powerful than the others shed received. In a quick reflex, she crossed her arms in front of her and tried to shield herself from the blast, the beam burning onto her like a fire.
She fired a blast of her own after blocking his attack, this time with more confidence. Satisfied by the way Thanos had to back a few steps to regain his footing, (Y/N) landed back in the ground with a thud, the corner of her eye seeing how Wanda and Vision were doing behind her. The stone wasn't destroyed yet, so she had to buy them more time.
"Stark was able to do more damage than that."
At the mention of Tony, (Y/N) felt her heart stop. "You know him?"
"I do. I stabbed him with his own blade."
Anger boiled through her blood. The mere thought of Tony dying in the hands of the titan in front of her made her grit her teeth together in pure fury. With more determination and anger in her attack, (Y/N) dived downward from her position in the air and kicked the back of Thanos's knee, bending it over the floor.
Thanos grunted in pain but didn't get time to react because (Y/N) threw a series of punches in his face, not losing a rhythm. Satisfied by the waver in confidence, (Y/N) hovered in the air with a raised fist ready to throw another punch, but Thanos cowered back and tried to cover his face with the gloved hand.
Behind them, Wanda was finally close to destroying the stone, the tears she had fought so hard to contain finally cascading down her cheeks. She had both her hands up in the air now, wanting to speed the process up because she knew (Y/N) wouldn't be able to hold for much longer.
"It's all right," reassured Vision. "I love you."
And with closed eyes and a relieved look on his face, the Mind Stone cracked into a thousand pieces emitting a powerful blast as it did so. The blast knocked Wanda and (Y/N) off their feet, but it only made Thanos lose his balance. (Y/N) had to take a full minute to fill her lungs with air after the powerful blast knocked the wind off her, but her attention was fully focused on the spot where Vision last stood. She closed her eyes, as if she didn't want to believe it was real, but the painful reality hit her like a brick.
Thanos approached Wanda with slow steps, and hovered a hand over her hair. "I understand, my child. Better than anyone."
Wanda raised her head from the ground to glare at him. "You could never."
"Today, I lost more than you could know," Thanos spoke again, his hand now pushing Wanda's head downward. "But now is no time to mourn."
"Now is no time at all."
With a balled fist, the Time Stone glimmered inside the gauntlet as he aimed it where Vision last knelt. (Y/N)'s eyes widened when she saw what he was doing, turning back time for his own favor to the last moments of Vision's life. This worked effortlessly, because with a blink of an eye, Vision was still kneeling on the ground intact just like he had been a few seconds ago.
(Y/N) rose to her feet. "No!"
Thanos raised his arm to smack her away, and this threw (Y/N) a few feet back into the ground. Wanda, still whimpering on the floor, weakly raised her head to see what was happening, and a swarm of emotions flashed through her eyes once it fully registered on her mind.
Thanos grabbed onto Vision's throat and pulled him up his feet. As much as the synthezoid fought back, it was effortless in the hands of the titan. Thanos slowly moved a hand over the last stone and ripped it off Vision's forehead, tossing the now lifeless body like it was worth nothing.
With a satisfied grin, Thanos placed the final stone in its rightful place in the gauntlet, completing his lifelong mission. A powerful energy streak surged through his gloved arm, making him groan at the burning sensation. He didn't care that much of the pain in his body, and instead focused on what was the next step of his plan.
But before he was able to snap his fingers, lightning struck in the air and a silhouette threw an axe his way from above. Thanos closed his fist and tried to slow the weapon down as it fell toward his direction, but his efforts were in vain.
The axe pierced through his chest and this made him lose his balance, falling to his knees on the grass because of the pain. Thor landed in front of him, vengeance filling his gaze, pleased with the pain he was causing on the titan.
"I told you, you'd die for that," Thor sneered.
Thor held onto the side of his face to make him look at him in the eye before pushing the axe deeper into his chest. The sound of pain that left Thanos's lips pleased Thor even further, and the pathetic way he stumbled over his words.
"You should have gone for the head."
Thor's eyes widened when he saw how Thanos raised the gauntlet in the air and snapped his fingers without hesitation. A sound of protest left Thor's lips, yet it didn't do anything to stop him.
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(Y/N) regained her consciousness and caught her breath with a series of coughs. Her entire body was on fire, feeling pain with every single movement she did. She didn't care that much of her own discomfort though, and instead moved to the side to find a quiet Wanda staring down at Vision's lifeless body in the ground.
(Y/N) internally screamed at the pain she felt when she crawled her way over to Wanda, but brushed it off. Wanda didn't lift her head at the noise, her eyes never leaving Vision's grey body.
"Come on, we gotta go," (Y/N) grabbed onto the woman's shoulder in a reassuring manner, but also with urgency to leave the forest.
Wanda didn't respond, but lifted her head into the air. (Y/N) frowned at her actions, but then she saw how Wanda's legs started disappearing into dust, along with her arms and torso. Just as the dust was about to envelop her completely, (Y/N) was able to lock eyes with her, and saw her face filled with nothing but relief before she completely dissolved into a pile of nothing.
A choked sob left (Y/N)'s lips at the sight, and she raised a hand to cup her mouth.
"(Y/N)! (Y/N)!"
Natasha and Steve were running desperately through the forest, trying to find more survivors in the midst of all the havoc. (Y/N) didn't have the physical or mental strength to respond to her calls, eyes glued to Vision's body and the spot where Wanda disappeared.
She heard Natasha's steps come to a halt when she saw what (Y/N) was staring at, and a horrified look flashed in her eyes. Steve crouched down on the ground with (Y/N), placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"What is this? What the hell is happening?" Rhodey joined them, panic on his tone.
"Oh, God."
The feeling of loss felt so foreign yet familiar in (Y/N)'s perspective. Almost all her life, she had lost insignificant things, or always found a way to get them back after a while. But this. . .this was a completely different feeling.