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THEY DID IT. Rocket, Tony and Bruce (with Amber for support) had finally configured the stones onto a glove that resembled one of Iron-Man himself. Everyone gathered round a small contraption that held up the gauntlet, while Rocket and Tony made some finishing touches.

Amber stood back, secluded from the rest of her team- her arms crossed and black bags plastered under her eyes. She bit her lip in worry, what if it didn't work? What if she never saw her sister, or Bucky or Sam again? She'd lost so much already, she didn't think she could handle losing much more.

Rocket cleared his throat, "All right." he spoke up, making everyone look down at him, "The glove's ready. Question is, who's gonna snap their freaking fingers?"

Thor raised his hand and stumbled forward, "I'll do it." The man volunteered, walking towards the team from his seat. "It's okay."

Everyone held out their arms, blocking Thor from getting past. Amber lurched forward, Everyone erupted into a chorus of: "No, no, no, whoa. Stop. Stop. Wait a sec. Hey, hey..."

Steve stopped the god, "Thor, just wait." he said firmly, trying to let the man down slowly, "We haven't decided who's gonna put that on yet."

Thor laughed in disbelief, "Oh, I'm sorry." he snapped, "What, were you just sitting around waiting for the right opportunity?"

Amber stepped forward to face the group, "We should at least discuss it." She reasoned, her voice standing out among Thor's disgruntled noises.

"Look, us sitting here staring at that thing is not gonna bring everybody back." Thor scoffed, "I'm the strongest Avenger, okay? So this responsibility falls upon me. It's my duty."

Tony huffed and shifted uncomfortably, "It's not that..." the man started, placing a loose hand on Thor's shoulder.

Thor shushed everyone, "It's... stop it! Just let me." the gods voice cracked, and Amber looked down at the floor as Thors thoughts drifted into her mind. "Just let me do it. Just let me do something good. Something great."

"Look..." Amber began, glancing towards Tony "It's not just the fact that that glove is channeling enough energy to light up a continent-"

"I'm telling you you're in no condition." Tony finished bluntly, making Thor chuckle in disbelief.

Thor looked around at his fellow Avengers, "What do you think is coursing through my veins right now?" He boomed.

Rhodey smirked, "Cheez Whiz?" He remarked, making a few of his teammates snicker. Thor looked disgusted before gesturing to himself, "Lightning." He said with dignity.

Bruce mumbled something before stepping forward "Lightning won't help you, pal. It's gotta be me." he announced, "You saw what those stones did to Thanos. It almost killed him. None of you could survive."

"How do we know you will?" Steve skeptically questioned,

Bruce huffed, "We don't. But the radiation's mostly gamma." The man explained, as he took a good look at the gauntlet. "It's like...uh...I was made for this."

Bruce took the gauntlet into his hands as he walked alongside Tony and Amber, "Good to go, yeah?" Tony asked.

Bruce nodded slowly, "Let's do it." He sounded almost hesitant while putting on a brave face but Amber saw past the whole 'facade'; everyone was scared, of you weren't scared you for sure weren't human.

Amber looked up at Bruce, "You remember... everyone Thanos snapped away five years ago and just bringing them back to now, today." She said firmly.

"-Don't change anything from the last five years." Tony added, making Amber place a comforting arm on his shoulder.

Bruce took a shaky breath in, "Got it." He mumbled. Everyone surrounded Bruce, all of them suited up and anxiously shifting on their feet. Tony tapped his reactor, before being engulfed by the Ironman suit, he lifted his arm creating a shield that both, Clint and Amber stood behind.

"F.R.I.D.A.Y., do me a favor and activate Protocol 8." Tony commanded, the AI complied, sending a loud series of bangs throughout the compound sending it into complete lockdown.

Bruce looked nervously around the room, "Everybody comes home." He said clearly Bruce slowly put on the gauntlet and the power surge overwhelmed him, making him fall to the floor as he grunted in pain.

"Take it off. Take it off!" Thor yelled over the whirring of the gauntlet.

Amber who tried to keep her nerves in check, silenced her teammates, "No, wait." She exclaimed, "Bruce, are you okay?"

"Talk to me, Banner." Tony ordered, hiding the shakiness in his voice.

Bruce groaned loudly, "I'm okay. I'm okay." He replied, Amber watched in horror as his upper arm began to singe. Thor gave a double thumbs up to Bruce, trying to be encouraging.

Bruce screamed, fighting through the intense pain that coursed through his body courtesy of the gauntlet. The others watched in anticipation as Bruce began to curl his fingers finally managing to snap them. He collapses onto the floor and the gauntlet slid off his arm with ease.

"Bruce!" Steve exclaimed, as the entire team lurched forward to Bruce's side. Clint kicked the gauntlet away abruptly, before crouching beside Amber.

"Don't move him." Amber said in panic, as the others fawned around him, as Tony sprayed down Bruce's singed arm with water. The barriers confining them into the room lifted, with a more series of clanging.

Bruce weakly reached for Steve's arm, "Did it work?" He whispered hopefully.

Amber stood up, to leave more room for Tony to examine the wounded teammate. She began to walk towards the doors before a sharp pain erupted in her mind, she whimpered lowly and fell to the concrete floor. She hadn't felt this pain in years.

"Amber? You alright?" Steve asked worriedly, helping the younger girl back to her feet.

Amber looked up at the soldier with tears streaking down her face. Happiness was all she could feel right now, maybe a bit of relief too. She smiled, through her tears. Hundreds of thoughts now plowing through her mind, unlike before, when they were fainter due to the lacking population.

"Guys...I think it worked!" Scott yelled in excitement, from another room, the team turned to him and as if like magic, they were all thrown backwards by force. Amber screamed as the building was obliterated, and as she fell her vision blackened.

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