The Valiant (The Seventh Avenger)

Chapter 98

I turn and gold sparks appear out of thin air, a smile courses on my lips and tears form in my eyes. The portal spreads wider and three figures step through. Okoye, T'Challa, and Shuri stand tall with their uniforms on and ready to fight. T'Challa nods his head at us and Sam flies in above in his Falcon suit cueing dozens of more portals to swirl to life.

In a portal to the right, I find the fallen heroes from Titan emerge. Strange lowers himself to the ground and orange discs spiral in his hands, Mantis and Drax walk in beside him, Quill flies in with a grimace on his face ready to attack, and finally, Peter swings in and lands staring at the army.

T'Challa's army cries out, "Yibambe!" as his ground forces march in, more portals open to ships and other parts of the Universe. Bucky and Groot walk through a Wakandan one as Valkyrie, Miek, and Korg step through another. Wanda drops herself to the ground, red wisps and anger in her eyes show how ready she is to fight.

Evan runs through and looks frantically around until his eyes land on me. He sprints up to me and we embrace into a hug.

"I thought I would never see you again," he sobs into my shoulder and I wrap my arms around him.

"Well, you see me now," he chuckles at my comment and breaks apart from me, wiping his cheeks. "And I am not going anywhere."

I smile at him before glancing back at our own army. More and more heroes step through the portals telling us the same thing. We are not alone.

Thor chuckles beside me and summons Stormbreaker to appear in his hand. Tony stares aghast at the rest of the army as one last hero flies in: Pepper. Her mask opens as she glares at Thanos and his army, Tony steps up beside his wife and takes her hand.

"Is that everyone?" Strange questions Wong after gazing across our growing numbers.

"What? You wanted more?" Wong replies and looks at the rest of the army. A loud boom fills the air and we all turn to find a large Ant-Man bursting through  what's left of the compound. He lowers his hand allowing Rhodey, Rocket, and Pietro onto the ground. Everyone is here.

We all shout at Thanos' army, getting ready for the fight of our lives. Loki walks up beside me and stares right at the man who tortured and manipulated him, pure rage in his eyes. He opens his palm and green light twirls its way around it causing a staff to appear in his hands. Gold laces its way around it creating Asgardian designs. The edge curves out and creates a pointed periphery and I can't help but allow a smirk to appear on my lips.

"You finally moved out of your butter knives phase," I mumble and he sends me a chuckle.

Flames burst to life at my sides, the monster who tormented and abused his power over me stands in front of all of us and it's time for each and every one of us to repay the debt he brought onto us. The words of the once dusted begin to spin around in my mind and the flames begin to burn brighter and brighter on my sides.

Thanos looks at our army, the smirk is gone and a tint of fear can be seen sparkling his eyes. I crouch down allowing the energy to course through my veins as a shout escapes my lips before it all goes silent.

"Avengers!" Steve shouts and reaches out his hand. Mjolnir flies directly into it and his gaze travels up to the army, a grimace forming on his face as he growls,  "Assemble."

Thor and T'Challa sound a battle cry and we charge at the Mad Titan. Thanos raises his sword commanding his army to charge right back at us and a chuckle escapes my lips as I blast myself into the air. Flames swarm their way around my body and I begin my decline in the center of a cluster of creatures. My fist slams to the ground and a blast of purple surrounds me, taking all of them out.