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03.

"Welcome to the new age,
to the new age."
      - Imagine Dragons » Radioactive

|CHAPTER 3|
NIGHTMARES

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"We're locked down out here." Natasha stated.

"Then get to Banner. Time for a lullaby." Steve said.

I observed the room Tony and I we're currently in, I had no idea how people are motivated to work here. It seemed pretty dark. Not to mention, there was little air.

"I know they're hiding more than files." I said observing the brick walls not too far from the computers

"Hey, J, give us an IR scan of the room, real quick." Tony said, stepping away from the computers.

"The wall to your left. I'm reading steel reinforcement and an air current." Jarvis said as Tony and I approach the wall.

"Please be a secret door. Please be a secret door. Please be a secret door." Tony said, pushing a few bricks.

"Yay!" We both silently cheered as we walked down the stairs into a long hallway.

"We have a second enhanced. Female. Do not engage." Steve said as we walked farther into the hallway. "Guys, I got Strucker." He continued.

"Yeah, Tony and I got something bigger." I said as we walked into the room at the end of the hallway.

I looked around to see the scepter. Just displayed there. No forcefield what so ever. The room was filled with mangled robot bodies.

"Thor, I got eyes on the prize." Tony said as we slowly walked up to the scepter.

All the sudden, a flash of red light blocked my vision.

I was confused until a familiar sounding voice sounded my ears. "Don't do anything too horrible."

When it all cleared however, it wasn't all that great. I started hearing muffled screams that got louder and clearer. It was mortifying.

I could see...I looked up to see New York. It was burning. In my flames...I continued to look around me to see a crowd of people, all looking at me with fear, as they mourned the loss of all the Avengers. Their bodies we're scattered around me. I looked at Steve. What once was a strong super soldier, was now laying on the ground. Like a tiny twig.

Next to him, was Natasha and Banner. Both on the ground, huddled against each other. They looked like they've lost all hope. I looked to my left to see Thor. What was once a powerful god, was now a broken soul. He was still alive. Panting for air as he slowly succumbed to his injuries.

I looked beside him, to see Tony. What was before a confident hero, was now a simple rag on the floor. His eyes were still open. His horrified look still carved on his face. Just as I thought it was enough, I looked down to see Maria. Who was knealing in front of me. She had multiple open wounds and was looking up at me. She looked like she was about to surrender, for the first time in her life.

"Stop! Now." The same voice spoke again. It sounded a bit like Speedy, but was muffled.

Suddenly, that same feeling of rage I got on the day of the experimentation, erupted from my body as the left overs of New York were burned down.

I suddenly snapped out it. Taking a few deep breaths. I was greeted by a concerned Stark.

"Hey kid, are you okay?" Tony said with a hand slowly patting my back.

"Yeah, I'll get into it when we get back to the tower. We need to get the scepter and get out of here." I said with a reassuring smile.

"Okay then, let's get out." Tony said as he got the scepter in his grasp.

I then heard a vague whisper. "We're just gonna let them take it?"

I ignored it however. I was way too exhausted to pay attention to any more of that. We were the last ones on the quinjet jet. I sat near the pilot area as I tried processing what I saw in that vision...

I didn't know whether to think it was a glimpse of the future, or an illusion of some sort. Whatever it was, it wasn't good.

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