Burn B•Barnes

Part 15

"Alright The glove's ready. Question is, who's gonna snap their freaking fingers?" Thor stumbled forward and leaned on rocket's shoulder.

"I'll do it"

"Excuse me?" Scott widened his eyes as the team held Thor back.

"Wait, wait, Thor, just wait. We haven't decided who's gonna put that on yet."

"I'm sorry. What, we're just sitting around waiting for the right opportunity?"

"We should atleast discuss it!" Lyra argued.

"No, no, sitting here staring at that thing is not gonna bring everybody back. I'm the strongest Avenger, okay? So this responsibility falls upon me. It's my duty."

"It's not about that" Tony pushed Thor back as he stumbled into a seat. Thor's eyes watered as he stood back up. " It's not that– Stop it! Just let me! Just let me do it. Just let me do something good. Something right."

"Look– 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."

"What do you– What do you think is coursing through my veins right now?"

"Cheese-whiz?" Rhodey asked. Thor clicked his fingers at Rhodey shaking his head. "Lightning" he smirked.

"Lightning won't help you, pal. It's gotta be me." Banner looked down at the glove nervously as Tony let go of Thor shrugging, and Thor sat back down in his seat.

"You saw what those stones did to Thanos. It almost killed him. None of you could survive."

"How do you know you will?" Lyra asked.

"We don't. But the radiation's mostly gamma." He took a good look at the gauntlet.

"It's like...I was made for this." Nebula snuck away without anyone noticing as they sorted up Banner, ready for him to put the gauntlet on.

"Good to go, yeah?" Tony asked.

"Let's do it" banner nodded.

"You remember– everyone Thanos snapped away five years ago and just bringing them back to now, today. Don't change anything from the last five years."

"Got it"

Everyone left for a minute suiting up, before reuniting and standing behind the glass doors, that F.R.I.D.A.Y had set up.

"Everybody comes home." Everyone nodded at Bruce in hope that he could do this, Lyra grabbed a hold of Steve's hand nervously, yet excited that she may see Bucky again.

Bruce put on the gauntlet, which nanobotically expanded to fit his hand, and the power surge overwhelmed him. He grunted in pain, as the infinity stones lit up in his hand.

"Take it off! Take it off!" Lyra bashed the glass in fear something happened, Steve grabbed her hand and looked up at Bruce.

"No, wait. Bruce, are you okay?"

"Talk to me banner!" Lyra begged.

"I'm okay. I'm okay!" Thor doubled his thumbs up, as Bruce screamed in pain with the stones coursing up his veins, he slowly placed his fingers closer together snapping his fingers together, before fainting, with the gauntlet sliding off his hand.

The team rushed in, with Clint kicking the gauntlet away. "Bruce!" Lyra shouted.

"Did it work?" Bruce grabbed a hold of Lyra's sleeve, as she held his shoulder up.

"Worth a shot. It's over. It's okay." Lyra, Clint and Scott slowly walked towards the window, and see's plants and birds. Clint's phone started to ring, the three looked down at it, seeing a photo of Clint's wife pop up on his screen. Tears fell from his eyes as he slowly held the phone to his ear.