The Beginning of the End (Elanor)

Chapter 5

 I know Supergiant has been left out of the cinematic universe, but I had to mention her because, for some reason, I love her powers.

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"Oh, found them."

I leaned over the console, staring at the information on the screen in front of me. My eyes scanned the words formerly from a S.H.I.E.L.D file, now available for all.

"Okay, the Children of Thanos. Formally known as the Black Order. They're his servants, apparently. They basically do his dirty work, going around, whatever he wills them to do." Their names were next to their pictures. "Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glave, Ebony Maw, and Supergiant." I studied to the pictures closely. "Looks like our antagonists were Maw and Obsidian."

"And they got away with Stephen Strange?"

I glared at the figure of Secretary Ross.

"I don't think we're here to discuss the outcome. I'm far more interested in the fact they're here."

"Miss Rogers, you stepped on our territory. You weren't authorized to fight, and yet, you did. And I find it a little too convenient you're the only member of this battle present at the moment." I pointed behind me.

"I mean, Banner's in the back, but his ego's suffered a bit of a blow, so I wouldn't." Secretary Ross let out a sarcastic chuckle.

"You've certainly been spending a lot of time with Stark." He cleared his throat. "Now, we should move on to the real reason we called this meeting."

"Yeah, I never got information on that." I glanced over at Rhodey, who suddenly had a distant look on his face. In fact, the entire group seemed to all of a sudden not want to talk about it. My arms crossed against my chest, and I scoffed. "Why wasn't I given any information on this meeting?"

Secretary Ross glanced at the faces around him before getting up from his chair.

"Now, Miss Rogers, we want just all want you to remember to remain calm."

"Remain calm? Why would I need to-"

"We lost contact with Vision yesterday."

My angry demeanor started to melt away. If Vision and Wanda were lost, that could only mean...

"Along with the others," Rhodey added quietly. "They all hopped on a Quinjet, but not long after it took off, we lost it."

My mind started to race, but something that shocked me was the feeling of worry in my chest. A biting, twisting feeling in my stomach that caused my heart to race and tears to start pushing their way up and out of my eyes. But, Ross told me to remain calm, and that's what I'd do. I just had to act nonchalant.

"Okay, great. Whatever."

"Elanor-" I held my hand up to cut Rhodey off.

"You know how I feel about him. Knowing where he was, and how easy he could have come back to at least, you know, check on his own daughter just made things worse. It's better this way," I said, trying to convince them I was fine. I could feel every pair of eyes linger on my for a moment before they chose to move on.

"Still no word from Vision?" Secretary Ross inquired.

"Satellites lost him somewhere over Edinburgh."