the strongest avenger (2)

twenty

As I leave Pete, I head over towards Doctor Strange to help with the water. Explosions are everywhere and I find myself having trouble navigating, that is until it all stops.

I pause and look up at the sky as the guns start shooting at something in the distance.

What the hell is this? Sam asks.

Friday, what are they firing at?

I grin as I see Carol flying right at the ship, going straight through and coming out the other end, disabling the guns.

I throw up my hands and cheer as she takes down the ship.

Danvers, we need an assist here. I hear Steve say.

I ignore him and make my way to Strange as he battles the water.

"It's nice to see you Stephen." I say as I land next to him.

"Uh huh, you wanna help or not?"

"You know," I say as I lower myself onto a knee. "people seem to think that I'm doing absolutely nothing, so maybe I won't help." The man just glares at me. "Oh come on grumps, take a joke."

I place my hands palms down onto the ground and send my power through the Earth, watching as the land rises up to create a barrier. The water settles down behind it as I wipe my hands clean and stand up.

"Well that was easy." Strange says to me.

"I've been practicing."

"I see that..." he cocks his head. "witch."

I just shake my head at him. "I give up, I'm not even gonna correct you anymore."

I smirk at him as I take off back into the air and look around. I spot a familiar metal armed man, shooting at aliens and decide to pay him a visit.

As I land, I send fire out in a circle, the smell of burnt flesh swirling in the air.

"Hello James. Always a pleasure to see you." I grin at him as he rolls his eyes at me. "I see you've done your hair for this event, a waste if you ask me." I gesture to the mess that is my braid.

"God, I hate you." He groans.

"We've been over this James, you don't." I eye his new arm, it's darker with accents of gold. "What's the new one made of?"

"Vibranium." He eyes my suit. "What's that one made of?"

I give him a cheeky smirk. "Vibranium." I walk closer to him, seeing as he's extremely tall. "Don't die, then maybe you could teach me how to fight like a psycho assassin like I asked."

"Mm, and what do I get out of it?" He asks while taking another step closer.

"I'll teach you how to properly do your hair, so you don't go walking around looking like you got shocked by electricity."

He scowls and backs up, leaving me grinning. I look over and see more and more aliens, worms, and monsters running towards us, a group of our team running back to them.

I let out a sigh, looking over at the approaching army. I stomp my foot down and grin as the Earth starts to shake, a large fissure forming down in front of me straight through Thanos' army.

I watch as they halt, while the ground splits open, swallowing up majority of the approaching army. I stomp my foot one more, grinning as the ground closes and our team continues going to them.

You couldn't have done that sooner? Valkyrie asks through the comms.

"Listen, my genius ideas are spur of the moment. So...sorry I didn't think of it sooner."

I turn and stop as I see James, eyes wide and his mouth slightly open. He quickly shakes his head and composes himself.

"I still don't like you, but that was badass."

I tilt my head to the side and cheekily smile at him. "I know."

And then I take off back into the air, searching for who else needs help. I look over and see Tony and Thanos near each other.

Last time Thanos spared him, but I know he won't do it again. And so, I go over there to help my dad.

I see Thanos grab the gauntlet and I come down, kicking out his knee and swiftly kicking the gauntlet out of his hand, remembering my previous Dora Milaje training.

He knocks me back to the ground and I scramble to go back to him, watching as he puts on the gauntlet.

"Nope, not happening nutsack." I start pulling on the gauntlet, my telekinesis seeping into it, pulling it off. "You're not going to win this time. And that's a promise."

"I am inevitable."

"Fuck that." I say as I get the gauntlet off and blast him backwards with my telekinesis.

I look down at it, not even hesitating before I place my hands on the top, on the stones.

A scream leaves me as the power of the Infinity Stones runs through me, up and down my arms the rainbow sparks flow. My breath seems to leave me, my body burning with the power.

I'm pulled into the air by some imaginary force and I look down to see the stones following. I ignore the pain and power and meet my dad's eyes where he lays on the ground, staring up at me in awe.

As if someone is manipulating the air and my body, my arms fly out to the sides and my back bends, my eyes staring up at the sky.

The stones float up and come into my line of sight, forming a halo around my head.

And then, similarly to when I got my memories back, I cry out as eons and eons of memories flow through me.

Memories of a fallen race, the creation of the world, of ancient beings older than the Celestials. The wisdom and knowledge from millennia ago.

And then it stops, and I'm lowered to the ground, the stones floating around my head as I stare at the titan. Thanos huffs and sits down on a nearby rock, accepting his defeat.

"You kept me in that cage so that I wouldn't reach my full potential." I step forward and watch as Thanos—the titan, widens his eyes. "Well, you see how that turned out." My voice...it has power and influence, something that I've never had before. It vibrates through the air, filled with authority.

"Ah, Tallias, the Great Witch. You've come to know the truth."

"And now I know. I am Talia James, daughter of Sai the First. I am inevitable, Thanos. Because I'm an Infinity Witch." And then I snap my fingers, and the world turns white.