Boom. The city of Chicago went up in flames, consumed by the nuclear bomb particles floating in the sky. It was gone in a matter of seconds. Obliterated. The screams silenced and all that could be heard was the explosion as it swept the land. The Avengers were tired. Bleeding. Lost. Torn to shreds inside with guilt. I...
Everything changes in the blink of an eye. One minute I'm having the time of my life with a new family, and the next, I am six feet deep hollow of emotion with a huge amount of guilt on my shoulders. How could this happen? How could so many lives depend on us only for us to let them down? Stitches, broken bones, shatt...
Retreat. That word was not in my vocabulary, but it was the only thing we could do. If not, the Avengers would be lying dead on the grass behind the White House. Loki would televise it and reign terror upon the world. We weren't going to give up. Not now. There was too much at stake. The weight of the world sat on ou...