No Tears | NR

Chapter 46

TW: Death, Torture

Birnin Zana, Wakanda

"Eyes up. Stay sharp." With those words, Captain America ran toward the newly arrived enemy to attack him. Bruce was faster, however, and reached him first.

Thanos didn't look the least bit fazed or worried by the Avengers who were sprinting towards him. As Bruce tried to hit him in his large metal suit, Thanos simply lifted his fist with the Infinity Stones and caused the scientist to faze through him. Bruce's momentum caused him to continue tumbling until half of his body was stuck inside rock and Thanos made him solid again.

Next, Steve reached him, but he didn't even get to lay a hand on the alien as he got thrown backward by Thanos. T'Challa leaped towards the purple man, but he got caught by his shoulder easily and then slammed into the ground. Sam attacked Thanos from the air, but the alien used the Infinity Stones to stop Sam's wings from working. The Falcon fell down right before him and rolled out of his way.

As Natasha was sprinting towards Thanos she caught a glimpse of Vision and Wanda who were having a conversation. It looked like Vision wanted Wanda to destroy the stone in his head. There was nothing, Natasha could do. They needed to finish Thanos.

A hot feeling of bubbling rage and hatred rose inside of her. He was the one responsible for what had happened to Yara. But she needed to calm down and focus. She couldn't fight properly if she was blinded by those emotions.

The big, purple alien was currently crushing Rhodes in his suit. Then, he tossed the Colonel aside as if he were some bug that he wanted to get rid of. Bucky ran towards Thanos in front of Natasha and Okoye while shooting him, but got thrown back quickly just like Steve. Okoye threw her spear, but just like Steve and Bucky before her, Thanos caught her and threw her aside together with her spear. A moment later, large rocks shot out of the ground and trapped Natasha. All she could do was helplessly watch as Thanos continued on his way to Vision.

Groot, the walking tree who had arrived with Thor, attacked Thanos, trying to trap him with roots, but the alien easily broke the wood. By now, Steve had recovered and did his best to stop the alien. He slid past Thanos' legs and beat him with his two vibranium shields on his forearms.

Natasha looked away from him and her eyes landed on Wanda and Vision. The Sokovian redhead was blasting her magic at Vision's Infinity Stone, trying to destroy it before Thanos could get to it. Natasha didn't even want to know what Wanda was going through right now. There was nothing that could be compared to taking the life of someone you love.

Natasha's gaze returned to Steve. He had managed to get ahold of Thanos' gauntlet, which held the rest of the stones, but it took him both hands to hold it so he couldn't block the other hand that was coming for his head. Natasha couldn't move as she watched Steve go down and Thanos continue on his way to get the last Infinity Stone.

As the alien approached Wanda, the redhead held out one of her hands toward him and blasted him with her magic, while she continued blasting more at Vision's forehead.

Then, the stone finally broke, sending out a blast in all directions.

Thanos just stood there for a few seconds before he approached Wanda. Natasha couldn't hear what they were saying, but she had a feeling that this wasn't over yet. He leaned forward and it looked like he was stroking Wanda's head. At that moment, all Natasha wanted to do was break his hand, but she couldn't move.

And then, Thanos used his gauntlet again. It didn't take Natasha long to figure out that he was quite literally turning back time. As soon as Wanda realized it, she tried to stop him, but Thanos simply pushed her away. At that point, he had brought back Vision, whose body had previously been destroyed by the blast of the Infinity Stone in his head. Thanos grabbed Vision by his throat, ripped the stone out, and dropped Vision's lifeless body on the ground.