Altered - A Marvel AU

Chapter 25 - My New Home

Steve's POV

I heard a voice that thundered the whole building yell, "Now, my dear Megan, it is time for you to die." and instantly I knew where Megan would be. "Megan's in trouble." I yelled into the comm, "Jheez, Sherlock, how'd you know." Tony snarked and I wanted to strangle him. "She's in a large room, probably Kronos's main dining room or something, left wing I think. Hurry everyone." I ran through the corridors, making my way to the left wing and rushing in towards two large, golden doors. I pushed them open, to see Megan choking on her own black blood as Kronos, who had somehow grown to 15 feet, held her in one hand and squeezed her body.

Megan's eyes burned with anger and ferocity and for the first time since I'd met her, I was able to read her expression clearly, "Leave me. Save the world." However, what Megan didn't know was I couldn't very well just leave her behind, she was a part of me, and I wasn't going anywhere without her. "KRONOS." I tried to sound as fierce as I could, but he loomed over me and grinned, "Can't do anything Captain America, she's as good as dead now."

My rage filled me with this new energy and I leapt at Kronos, my shield turning into a razor sharp, circular knife as I used the edge to cut down Kronos's body. He yelled and dropped Megan and I ran to catch her, she whimpered as I caught her, her head lolling back. She grasped my hand weakly, "Steve, please." She begged and I knew she wanted me to leave so I could live, "I'm not going anywhere without you." I whispered to her and a small smile crept onto her face as she passed out cold in my arms.

I tried to run as fast as I could but Kronos got to me, his golden blood made the floor slippery and I slipped and landed into the golden blood with a groan. Kronos hissed in pain, walking towards me slowly as I saw his injuries start to heal, they still shot streams of golden blood though. He fell onto his knees, making the whole building shudder and making me jump off the floor and land back on it, hard. I still held Megan in my arms, I held onto her like she was my own life.

Kronos crawled towards me and he hissed, "You'll pay. You think she's sincere, think again! She wasn't sincere to her mother, nor to Hannah or you or me. She wasn't even sincere to the person she claimed to have loved most in her life, her brother. He never knew who she really was and she left him with her cold mother. You think she'll ever be sincere to you?" My eyes stinged as I looked at him in his cold, calculating orbs, "I know she's sincere with everyone she meets. That's why she gets hurt so much." And with that I heard the doors shatter as Nat and Tony came blazing in, Nat helped me to my feet as Tony kept Kronos busy. Finally we got to the plane and it zoomed off, I looked off to the warehouse in the distance.

"We left a surprise for him." Nat said and I watched as the building blew up. My mouth was dry and I was unable to speak but I finally mustered a few words, "That's it? He's dead?" I asked and Nat looked to Thor for some sort of explanation. Thor fidgeted with his hammer, "I believe you wounded him horribly in battle, immortals cannot die, however his physical form can be reduced to nothing, leaving him nothing more than a mere thought. So, yes, I believe he's dead."

We all smiled at each other and then I looked down at Megan, her face was pale and blood was still streaming out of her mouth. Nat looked more closely as she gasped, "She has sparkly black blood?" Everyone looked to Thor as he was the only other god there and he could provide some sort of explanation for us, "Her blood is associated with her lineage and powers. She was born from Chaos, Eros and Ouranus, all of whom had dark blood, it's only natural. However, she has a pure heart which may explain the golden and silver sparkles in it."

"We have to get her to the sick bay." I said and we all rushed over there to see what the nurses could do. Turns out, they could do nothing, but Banner was a doctor and so he asked us to leave so he could perform surgery, if needed. My muscles tensed as I waited right outside the sick bay, waiting for those doors to open so I could see Megan again.