The Legacy of the Avengers

Chapter 12

Third Person POV
November had arrived within a short notice. The leaves were all nearly off the trees and students began wearing sweaters and jackets.

"Come on! Keep going Thea!"

She stopped and huffed, "If I could, I would."

"There's no could," Strange replied. "You can. And I know you can."

"This is my first prototype of my machine. I'm lucky I can even get it to work! And how do you know I can do it, if I've never done it before?" She snapped.

Strange got quiet. He knew that she had done it before. But if everything went the way it was supposed to, she'd never know she did.

Thea gave her hands and feet a squeeze and went to try it again. She tensed up her fingers slightly. The circle began to blow out the fire, protruding Thea upwards slightly. Her feet began to do the same.

"See you got it," Strange nodded. "Now go as far up as you can without having to fall back down."

"But what if I do fall? How are you going to catch me?" She asked.

"You have to trust me."

"Fine, but what do you want me to do once I get high enough?"

"Ease up on your launchers and float back down."

"Alright," she sighed. "Helmet on." The fabric covered her face and ventilated her oxygen.

"Wow it smells like a new car in here."

"That's a perk of making a new suit like this one," my AI spoke back to me.

"You know, I'm glad to have someone to talk to in here. Especially when they can help me see things I can't," She spoke to I.A.N.H. (said like Ian).

"It is my duty to assist you the best I can."

"Great, then can you count how far we got up before coming back down?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Perfect. Let's go." She took off slowly.  As she ascended towards the sky light, her friend counted down how far they had gone.

"Ma'am, we are running out of charge. You need to go back down."

"I'm sure I can go a little bit farther," She insisted. She continued to climb farther. She reached an elevation of 1,000 feet before her launchers began to die on her. Her right hand went out first. "Shit!" She whispered. She had only been in the air for about 25 minutes. Why was it just now going out?

"Ma'am, you need to head back down. Your left is about to go out too."

"Yes I.A.N.H. I realize that. Just a little farther."

Her left leg went out next. She dropped two feet which made her scream. Strange was watching from below. He didn't know what was going on, but he was ready for anything.

"Okay, fine. I'll go down." Before she began her journey down, her other two went out simultaneously. She began to drop fast. She screamed, "IANH! ACTIVATE PEOTECTION BARRIER!"

She felt a bump by she continued to fall. While she was making her suit, she had added in a few other details. This included the protection barrier. This was like a force field coming out from her back. It was either to protect her from whatever was behind her, or to protect whatever was behind her from what was in front of her. Only bad part, it could break if it was hit really hard with a substantial amount of pressure.

Doctor Strange noticed and decided not to do anything. He was ready to do something if it was needed but so far he didn't.

Her barrier hit the ground and slowed her down. After setting her down, it retracted back into the suit. She rolled over onto her hands and knees. Strange came over to see if everything was alright.