•~Die For you~•

Chapter 23- Karma's a btch

Chloe watched in silence as the new gauntlet was sat down on the stand. "Question is who's going to snap their fingers?" Rocket questioned.
"I'll do it." Thor strode forwards. Everyone stepped forwards to stop him. "Wait. We haven't decided who's going to put that on yet." Steve spoke. "What are we waiting for? The right opportunity?" Thor retorted
"We should at least discuss it." Scott piped up. "Look, sitting here staring at thing is not going to bring everybody back." Thor pointed out. "I'm the strongest Avenger, okay? So this responsibility falls upon me. It's my duty!" Thor declared.

"It's not that!" Tony stood in between Thor and the gauntlet. "Just let me do it. Just let me do something good. Something right." Thor pleaded, his voice wavering. "Look. It's not just the fact that the glove is holding enough energy to go light up a continent, I'm telling you that you're not in the right condition." Tony explained.
"What do you think is coursing through my veins right now?" Thor demanded.
"Cheez Wizz?" Rhodey suggested sarcastically. "...And lightning!" Thor nodded.

"Lightning won't help you, pal. It has to be me." Bruce spoke up. "Bruce-" Natasha started. Bruce shook his head at her. "You saw what those stones did to Thanos; They almost killed him. None of you could survive." He stated. "How do we know you will?" Chloe frowned. "We don't. But the radiation is mostly gamma, it's like...I was made for this." Bruce shrugged, peering down at the glove.

In agreement that Bruce would do the snap, everyone geared up and readied for the event. Natasha and Chloe stood behind Tony's shield along with Clint. "Friday, do me a favour and activate Barn Door Protocol Will ya?" Tony murmured to the AI. All doors, windows and any other openings to the building were locked down.

"Everybody comes home." Bruce muttered as he put the glove on. Energy pulsed throughout him and he dropped to the floor, groaning out in pain. "Take it off! Take it off!" Thor exclaimed.
"No, wait! Bruce are you okay?" Steve affirmed. "I'm okay. I'm okay." Bruce panted  as he shakily began clenching his fist.

"My spidey senses are going off." Chloe mumbled. Natasha turned to her with a concerned frown. "What do you mean? About Bruce- we should stop?" She questioned. Chloe shook her head. "No- I don't think so- something just feels..wrong." Chloe furrowed her brows in confusion as a feeling of dread began to build.

Bruce snapped and the feeling crumbled slightly, thought it swiftly built up again as the glove dropped to the ground, Bruce following close behind. Everyone rushed to help as Tony set something over the wound. "Did it work?" Bruce grimaced. "We're not sure yet." Chloe told him, her heart thudding against her chest as hope levelled out the feeling of dread.

The windows and doors reopened. A phone began buzzing and Clint walked over to pick it up. "Honey-" He choked out.
"Guys," Scott smiled.
"I think it worked." Chloe grinned. She took her phone out from her pocket to call Kate when a blast of energy knocked her and the device backwards.

"Fuck!" Chloe jumped up at the sound of her mother's yelling. She spotted her not too far away being slowly crushed by a sharp chunk of metal that had been dislodged from something. Chloe jumped forwards and lifted it off. Natasha hissed in pain and pressed her hand down to stop blood gushing from her leg. "What the fuck just happened?" She questioned, her breathing irregular and sharp. "Not a clue, but I'm sure we'll find out soon." Chloe told her, grabbing a cloth she had found torn apart and using it to bandage her mother's wound. "Can you stand?" She asked her softly. "I've ran miles with injuries worse than this. Don't worry." Natasha answered as she slowly got to her feet.

The two found their way up to the surface. "Over here." Natasha nodded to where Cap, Thor and Steve could be spotted. "You two okay?" Cap asked them. They both nodded in response. "Where are the stones?" Steve inquired. "Somewhere under all this." Tony huffed.
"As long as he doesn't have them." Chloe spoke, glaring at the figure of Thanos sat, almost bored, among the rubble. "So we keep it that way." Steve spoke.