Loving Yous A Little Bit Hard Sometimes / Bruce Banner

28. Assemble

They did the jump and Alisha proceeded to vomit. Besides Alisha smiles adorned their faces until they started doing a head count. Alisha wiped at her lips looking around. 

'Wheres nat?' she questioned. Clint couldn't speak. Alisha moved swiftly to him. "CLINT?'

'Where is she?' Bruce questioned moving to Alisha, he ran a hand over her back.

'She didn't make it.' Clint told them miserably and collapsed into Alisha. 'The soul stone, required a soul... a soul for a soul.' He looked up to Alisha. 'I tried to sacrifice myself, but you was so stubborn. She wouldn't... she wouldn't... God Alisha...' clint sobbed into her as tears streamed down her own face.

'No, no... NO!" Alisha exclaimed. This couldn't be happening, this was just a bad dream. They hadn't left yet. This was a dream. This all was a dream. She would wake up and be at home with Bruce and Maria.... she choked on her tears though. This wasn't a dream. She turned around and vomited again. 

'we have to keep going. If we stop she died for nothing.' Tony reminded them.

'how do we keep going?' bruce questioned. 'we were supposed to get everyone back! Maybe we could get her back too?' bruce suggested. 'with the stones?' Alisha looked to clint hopefully but he burst her bubble.

"The stone required a sacrifice. It wouldn't bring her back.' Clint told them.

'We get everyone else back. We get them back, for Nat.''

"Then lets get back to work." Alisha agreed. 

"Hey, you feeling alright?" bruce questioned as Tony got to work on the gauntlet that would be strong enough to contain the stones. 

"I'm just nervous is all. I'm sure its nothing." Alisha offered. 

"The smells of making the gauntlet was getting to you." Bruce countered. "That has never happened before."

"I'm fine." Alisha answered leaning into him. 

"You are warm." 

"I have a stomach bug, I time bug, I have been barfing since we left." Alisha admitted. 

"You have?" Bruce questioned. 

"I'm fine, I just needed some water and some tea to wake me up and maybe some chocolate or pickles." Bruce stared back at her, the last time she was craving chocolate and pickles she was pregnant.  Now was not the time to find out she was pregnant.

"I have to get back to work, can you track down some pickles for me?" Alisha questioned. 

"Yeah, of course." Bruce agreed. 

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'Whos going to do it?' Alisha questioned holding their own gauntlet in her hands.

'Me...' Tony answered. 

'No. I was made for this.' Bruce told them.

"Brucie..."

"I'm the biggest, I'm the strongest, I can do this Lida." Bruce assured. Alisha nodded and moved to put the tower under lock down procedures, the windows sealed and the doors locked. Everyone got ready for the worst, shields up, as everyone held their breath.

'Okay, bring back what was lost but keep what we gained.' Tony reminded him. Bruce took the gauntlet and it expanded as his fingers reached into it. Once on pain flooded him.

'Take it off!' Scott told him.

"Stop!" Alisha agreed as he screamed out. "Bruce-"

'Can you do this?' Tony asked hopelessly.

'I can do this. I got this.' Bruce said through labored breaths, he looked to Alisha and saw the panic in her eyes before finally finding the strength to snap his fingers. He collapsed to the ground Alisha yanked off the gauntlet while tony tried to save his arm.

"Bruce? Bruce? Are you alright? Honey..." ALisha begged holding his head in her lap. 

'did it work?' Bruce questioned looking around. How would they know. But clints phone started ringing.

"Laura?' clint said he wanted to cry. They did it.

'It worked?' ALisha questioned happily, Tony hugged her tight. Alisha smiled down at Bruce, kissing his cheek. "You did it."  but the happy moment was just a moment because the tower was struck. Collapsing with them in it. Alishas feet dropped form under her trapping her deep under the concrete.

'ALISHA?" Bruce yelled but he couldn't see her. what he did see was Thanos. "How the fuck did he-'

'Where is everyone?' Steve questioned but he stopped short seeing thanos sitting there waving at them.

'Give me the stones.' He told them. 'Don't you foolish mortals see? I will always be inevitable.' He told them.

"Lida? You down here?" Clint rasped. 

'Clint?' ALisha blasted away the debris holding them down.

'Laura called.' He said. ''God and now we are going to die anyways.' Clint shook his head. 'why couldn't we have died along with them, not now, not when we finally got them back?'

'No one else is dying today!' Alisha shouted helping him up. 'Now move.' She pulled him along until he got his footing back. 'Thanos.'

'Seriously.' Clint moaned. 'Come on.'

'We cant lose this time.' Alisha told him. "I have a little girl that needs me." 

"We dont lose." Clint agreed. 

Alisha turned around looking at the army in front of them. Thanos's army. They were screwed. But she heard the unmistakable sparks of a portal being opened up behind her.

'PETER!' Alisha flew to him the moment she saw a portal opening. She clung to him he wrapped his arms around her. 'Youre here. Youre back!' she cried out not ever wanting to let go. "Oh kid I missed you so much."  Peter smiled into her. "I missed you kid."

'I hate to break this up but we still have the big guy to deal with,' Quill reminded them stepping out of one of the many portals created.

They had to win. She wasnt about to lose them again.

"Avengers...' Steve said getting ready. 'Assemble.'