Avengers: Infinity War 11

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(Back in Wakanda, Shuri is working steadily to complete the Mind Stone's removal; Wanda stands by tensely)

[The Kingsguard, Borderers and Jabari have little success going against Cull Obsidian's chained hammer - he either sends them flying or punches them into the ground. The Black Panther gets free of his other sorties, leaps and uses all his collected kinetic energy behind a punch that lays Obsidian flat.]

Many cheer on T'Challa. They were all growing steadily more worried as the movie went on, losing more and more hope that they could win this.

Rocket: (having found a clear spot) Come and get some, space dogs! [Another wave of Outriders heads right for the raccoon-oid. Bucky, having come up behind Rocket, grabs him with his mechanical arm holds him at arms length and spins 540 degrees, firing his own M249 at the same time.) Come on, get some, get some! Come on, get some! (Bucky drops Rocket, who looks up at him with an impressed gleam] How much for the gun?

Many cheer on the raccoon and super soldier pair.

Bucky Barnes: [snaps off another burst) Not for sale.

Rocket: Okay. how much for the arm? Bucky just gives him a look and moves off) Oh. I'll get that arm

Everyone laughs. Rocket has an evil smirk on his face. Bucky tries to hide his arm from the raccoon's line of sight.

Steve Rogers: (panting) New haircut?

Thor: grinning) Notice you've copied my beard
(Cap nods, wearily gesturing at his own face with a shield-covered hand. Groot skewers three Outriders with his right arm.

Everyone laughs. How are they so casual?

Thor: By the way, this is a friend of mine. Tree. (gestures towards Groot with Stormbreaker)

Groot: (In full battle snarling) i am GROOT

Steve Rogers: [formally, but bemused) I... I am Steve Rogers.

Everyone laughs, those who know what Groot was actually saying laugh the hardest though.

[In Shuri's lab, a deep rumbling can be heard even at their height. Wanda looks down on the battlefield, and sees movement through the blazing forest between the troopships and the dome.
When the disturbance reaches the edge of the trees, it turns into vast moving mounds of earth that easily bypass the force field and emerge - Threshers, sets of massive, motorized spiked wheels, intended for nothing more than shredding everything in their paths.)

T'Challa: Fall back. Fall back now!

Everyone is sitting on the edge of their seats.

[Wanda watches as at least one set of Threshers separates into individual wheels and starts veering all over the battlefield, and then looks anxiously back at Vision]

"You should be down there." Vision says. Wanda simply shakes her head no.

James Rhodes: Focus that fire on the left flank, Sam.
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Sam Wilson: I'm doing it. [the two fliers use their firepower to crack a Thresher but cannot find a weak spot]

[Black Widow with her escrima sticks, Quake with her gauntlets and Okoye with her augmented spear have drifted together when they're suddenly in the path of a Thresher. Quake tries to, well, quake the thresher but it's no use. All three women cringe at their seemingly inevitable shredding when Wanda lands in front of them, eyes glowing red, lifting the whole Thresher well clear of the ground. Looking behind her, the friendly forces have scattered and replaced by a charging mob of Outriders - the perfect place to throw a Thresher. Black Widow and Quake straighten with a pleased smile, Okoye with an amazed look.)

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