Time Bomb

Chapter 29

—Bucky's POV—
I had just shot down one of the weird alien dog things when Thanos came into view. A black haired girl wearing almost exactly my same suit on top of him, landing punches left and right to his face. I knew instantly who it was. And even from the distance I am from her, I can feel her rage.
Suddenly, Thanos grabbed a hold of her and tossed her. She came flying through the air towards me. Tony yelled out her name and jetted himself into the air but he wasn't going to make it in time. I watched carefully and positioned myself where she would land. Instead of her smashing into the ground, I caught her in my arms.
"Hey you." I said to her and she froze briefly before immediately turning around to face me.
"Bucky?" She breathed out. I could see the tears brimming her eyes but she fought them off.
We spoke for a few minutes before it was time to get back to the fight. We both ran towards Thanos, her keeping pace with me.
"I see you've decided to show off, huh?" I said and chuckled.
"This asshole deserves the full amount of rage that all of us can give. He took you away from me and I'm not letting him get away with it this time. He was killed 5 years ago when everyone went to another planet after finding him but I wasn't able to go with. But this time? I'm gonna kill him." She said, anger lacing her words.
"Just off my back and get him, Dani!" T'Challa yelled as he rolled out in front of her. Dani lined herself up with him and as she jumped off his back, she soared into the sky. A purple bubble erupting from his suit. It absorbs the blows he takes and it can be used to create a great hit. He let her use it to gain momentum.

I watched as she landed on his shoulders, wrapping her arms around his head and covering his eyes. Over coms was the only way I could hear what she was saying. Steve, Tony, Bruce, and Stephen all surrounding Thanos. Peter came swinging in as well.

-over coms-
Dani- "Thor got to kill you the first time. Chopped your head clean off. But this time, you won't even have a body left after I kill you."
Thanos- "A puny human? There's nothing special about you, child. What makes you think you can kill me?"

-off coms-
T'Challa and I approached everyone else, able to hear the conversation in person now and not just over coms.
"I guess there's no better time than now to expose who I really am. Pin him down, guys." Dani said as she jumped off of Thanos's shoulders and stood in front of him. Peter used his webs to secure Thanos to the ground, everyone else using what they could to keep him pinned.
"Anyone here ever heard of the man that goes by Soldier Boy?" She asked, turning to face everyone. I looked around and watched as a lot of faces went pale with fear.
"Yeah well.. he's my biological father. While it wasn't believed that I would inherit his abilities due to his coming from being experimented on... it wasn't true. I gained them. Or at least the biggest one. I kept it hidden because I didn't want to hurt anyone. I spent some time in Wakanda to learn how to use it in case I ever needed to. And look where I am now... couldn't think of a better time to let it all out." She said and turned back to face Thanos.
"You see... you took the one person from me that meant everything to me. He became my world. My life. And you took him from me!" She yelled, getting closer to him. Her body started to glow that nuke yellow color I've seen plenty times before.
"Everyone back up. This is gonna get big and nasty." I said over coms. Steve and Tony both shot me a look.
"Buck, how do you know this?" Steve asked as she approached me.
"I've seen it. I was in Wakanda with her during her training. That's what we were doing there. Why we stayed instead of coming back to the compound." I said, watching as Dani bent down to one knee, placing both her hands to the ground. I felt the ground start to rumble and smiled. First time she did this, I was so impressed by how powerful she truly is.
"Do it, baby. Show him just how powerful you really are." I said, knowing she would hear me over the coms.
"Everyone brace yourselves!" I yelled and everyone did as told. Dani's nuke aura engulfing not just her but now Thanos. Her head snapped up to face him and as she stood up, the nuke went off and blasted straight into Thanos. Erupting him into nothing but dust, including his entire army behind him. Or at least what was left.
Once the blast diminished and Dani's aura went away, she dropped to the ground. I ran over to her and dropped to my knees beside her.
"Hey hey hey, you okay?" I asked, pulling her into my lap.
"I'm okay. Just took up a lot of energy to do that." She said, letting her head rest against my chest.
"That house is still yours in Wakanda if you'd like to come back. All of you are welcome to take refuge in Wakanda until things are rebuilt." T'Challa said as he approached Dani and I.
"That would be great, T'Challa. Thank you. You've always been so kind and generous." Dani said as she looked up at him.
"Of course. You will always be a Wakandan. You'll always be welcome." He said.
I stood up and helped Dani up too. T'Challa made a call to have a jet come pick us up.
"So what do we do with this?" Clint asked and pointed at the gauntlet in his arms.
"Hang on to them for now until we can get a new machine built. Thanos destroyed the other one." Tony said and he and the others walked over to us. Clint nodded and looked to Dani.
"You alright? That was the first time you've ever used your powers with intent to hurt someone. I know how you feel about that kind of thing." He asked.
"I'm actually okay. I did it not just to protect all of you, but it was also revenge. I wasn't able to go with when you guys went to kill him in The Garden, so this was my second chance at it. And thanks to T'Challa, I was able to control it. Instead of the blast just being like a bomb, I was able to focus it solely on Thanos. And it destroyed him and his army. I'm actually feeling pretty good right now other than extremely tired." She said, holding on to me for support.
"You did great. I'm so proud of you." Clint said and walked up to her and kissed her forehead.
"Alright, the jet is here. Let's go everyone." T'Challa said and we all made our way over to the jet and got on.