Maya Stark

Chapter 41: Tony Stark and Natasha Romanoff

Thor, who was on the other side of Steve, and definitely showing the five years, made a battle cry. We all charge. I blast into the air, landing in the middle of a bunch of weird alien things. My landing blasts them away at once and I look at my hands, wondering when I was able to do that. I shake my head and pull a knife from where they were hidden on my thigh. I lunge at the aliens, stab the robots and all the fun stuff.

'Cap, what do you want me to do with this damn thing?' came Clint's voice over the comms. I tried to balance my emotions.

'Get those stones as far away as possible!' Steve said as I landed, taking out another group of aliens.

'No!' Bruce's voice came next. 'We need to get them back where they came from.'

'No way to get them back,' my dad said. I got more and more determined with each voice. 

'Thanos destroyed the quantum tunnel.' Quantum tunnel?

'Hold on!' Scott said. 'That wasn't our only time machine.' A stupid song thing rang out across the battlefield as I lift into the sky looking for dad while shooting away anything that gets in my way.

'Anyone see an ugly, brown van up there?' Steve asked.

'Yes!' Came an unknown voice. 'But you're not going to like where it's parked!'

'Scott, how long you need to get that thing working?' dad asked.

'Maybe ten minutes,' Scott said.

'Get it started,' Steve said. 'We'll get the stones to you.'

'We're on it Cap,' came another unknown female voice.

I fly up, scanning the ground for my dad, only slightly frantic. I spot him talking to Strange and I fly over landing behind him quietly.

'Everything went to hell without me, huh?' I said. He whips around, his face going slightly slack.

'You have no idea, kid,' he breathed out.

'Yeah,' I said. 'Everyone keeps saying that.'

He walked over and pulled me into a tight hug. It felt so good to hear his voice. 'God, I've missed you, Maya.'

'I'd say the same if I didn't feel like I've been gone for a couple seconds,' I said, smiling as he lets go of me. 'How much did I miss?'

'5 years worth,' he said.

I nod. 'We're going to win this time. I'll catch up with you later.'

He nods, still staring at me like I was a ghost. I smile at him before taking off into the sky again. I shoot down as many enemies I can, feeling a lot more powerful than before. I see the squidward guy from the ship, and I fly towards him as he surrounds T'Challa with rocks while holding the gauntlet. Peter comes swinging by, grabbing the gauntlet, and then swinging off. I land and start shooting at the squidward guy who sends a brick flying at me, which I use my powers to deflect. When I look back, he was already far away. I turn to T'Challa who had recovered quickly.

'You know purple was my thing,' I said, pointing to his suit that surged with purple stripes.

He laughs. 'Just keep fighting, Stark.'

I smile but it disappears quickly as the ship's cannons start to fire at us. I block one shot just barely. 'Help! Somebody help!' came Peter's voice through comms. I look around to try and find him.

'Hey, Queens, heads up,' Steve replies.

I stab an alien thing that was running at me from the side and fly up. I slice another one that was in my way as I swerve to avoid being hit. I see Peter fall off a Pegasus, a fucking Pegasus, and fly towards him, not getting there in time to slow his fall. I land fast, stumbling slightly, and quickly make a force field that covers the both of us. I grit my teeth as more and more shots bounce off of it.