Chapter 9: A Life for Another
--Streets of New York--
Steve had crashed the armoured van onto a building, since there were many Skrulls running through the streets. You can see the destruction from a distance, the buildings on fire. Steve grunted as he got out of the van.
"Is this the street?" Steve said, looking around.
"I would say we're 100 meters away." Wanda estimated.
"This is battle of New York all over again." Clint said, getting some arrows from his back.
"Over there, more of those alien guys coming." Scott said.
The group moved further into the city, taking out any Skrulls in the way. It was easy since Wanda was with them, she created a shield when they were getting attacked. Police were in the scene to get the civilians away from the fight. They finally reached the house of Strange, but they saw a group outside fighting some Skrulls.
"Who are they?" Clint said, shooting at some of the Skrulls.
"I think I saw those guys on TV." Steve said, moving near them.
They joined the fight with the mysterious group, as they cleared out the rest of the Skrulls.
"That's most of them, but only within the area." Sam said, looking around.
"That's some nice work, Captain America." Murdock said.
"I'm not that guy anymore." Steve said.
"I've been through that before, but it will always go creeping back."
"We got some more coming from the alleys." Luke said.
"We'll go inside. We have to meet someone."
"We got your back. Besides, most of them are coming here." Danny said.
"Why are they going this way?" Jessica asked, curious.
"Because they want something inside the house." Natasha said.
"Here they come. Get inside."
"I'll be eyes in the skies again, I guess." Sam said, as he flew up in the air.
The 'Avengers' went inside the building and you could tell it was a very ancient building. It was very silent, as they saw Skrulls trying to open the doors of the Sanctum.
"Um... Steve?" Sam said, through the comms.
"What is it?" Steve asked.
"There's a lot of alien guys trying to enter the building from the top of the building, but the guys outside are holding up well."
"Keep them busy. We might be here for a while."
"I can do that."
--Avengers Headquarters--
"All these guys have are junk." Rocket said, inspecting the bodies of the Skrulls.
"Well, these guys have different weapons and stuff." Quill said, looking at the wreckage.
"They made a huge mess, the building even got damaged." Tony said.
Bruce had turned back into human, after his rampage as the Hulk. He sat down on the ground and leaned on some of the broken parts of the ship that released the Skrulls.
"You ok?" Tony inquired.
"Yeah, just a bit tired after the fight, but other than that, had the time of my life." Bruce said.
"Alright then. Let's all go inside and talked about what we'll do next."
They went inside the meeting room that they used yesterday when Fury talked about the Avengers.
"Ok, what next?" Gamora asked, sitting down.
"Who has the orb?" Quill asked.
"Nebula has it. Don't you?" Rocket said.
"What? I don't have it, I thought it was with Drax." Nebula complained.
"It's not with me." Drax said.
"Here it is." Mantis said, revealing the orb in her hands.
Quill grabbed the orb, and he finally got to relax for a minute.
"Our plan: we wait for any news on Steve's team." Tony said.
"What will we talk about now?" Drax asked.
"So, Tony, any experiments we got to do?" Bruce asked.
"I got an idea." Rocket said.
"And what's that?"
"Let's make bombs so when those aliens or whatever, come back, we got some presents for them."
"Not a bad idea." Tony said.
"You know, Rocket, that's one of the smartest things I've heard from you in a while." Quill said.
"Thank you, I've haven't heard that from you since we met." Rocket said.
Bruce, Tony and Rocket went into the lab to work on the bombs. They planned on using chemical gas so the Skrulls would have a hard time fighting them.
"I think I've got some poison in the ship. I'll be back." Rocket said, running outside.
"How does it feel going back to working?" Bruce said.
"Feels great, very great." Tony said.
--Sanctum Sanctorum--
The place was full of Skrulls as they tried to find Strange.
"Where are they?" Steve asked, fighting off some Skrulls.
"I think they're over there." Scott said, turning back into his normal size.
The group closed in on the room and Wanda opened it. Inside, Strange and Thor were fighting some Skrulls in the room. Multiple Skrulls flew across the room as Thor used his lighting at them.
"Get away, foul beasts." Thor said, using his hammer against them.
"When did you get the hammer back?" Natasha said, taking out some of the Skrulls.
"I used the Time stone to repair the hammer." Strange said, using his powers against the Skrull.
"I brought a piece of my hammer back here." Thor said.
"I got a plan."
"You better do it now or we'll be dead." Clint said, shooting as many arrows as possible.
"Everyone, get to this part of the room."
Everyone got into the side that Strange was using his powers. Suddenly, a wall of magic appeared and Strange pushed it to the other side, crushing the Skrulls.
"Incredible." Wanda said.
"Hurry, we must get into a safe place."
They walked there way through the place, fighting any Skrulls in the way.
"Over there, that's where we keep the Time stone and a portal to different place on Earth." Strange said.
Skrulls came from behind the hallway and ran to the group.
"Get inside the portal."
"I think it's a great time to close the door." Steve said.
"I need time; get them away from the door."
Clint went outside the portal and continuously shot at the Skrulls.
"Steve, the building looks like it's about to collapse." Sam said, through the comms.
"Clint, get in!" Steve shouted.
"Just go." Clint said.
"The portal's almost ready." Strange said.
"Tell the family I love them, ok?" Clint said.
The door to the Sanctum closed and everyone knew what happened.
"I'm sorry, he couldn't get out alive." Strange said.
Everyone looked up and saw the Watcher from Wakanda.
"Another life lost." Data said.
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