Childhood Hero (Captain America/Avengers Story) •EDITING•

Chapter 18- Pain

HEYYY GUYS :)

SO THIS IS THE LAST THIRD OF THE BATTLE, THEN THERE WILL BE TWO OR THREE MORE CHAPPIES.

..MAYBE THEN A SEQUEL ;)

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Steve's POV

I watch her go again, flying off into the distance.

Every time I get the chance to tell her how I feel, she flies off.

Maybe she doesn't like me?

I mean, she did leave me, and she's probably upset about how I acted.

I sigh and go help Natasha, because I know she has a lot on her plate.

I climb onto the bridge as she shoots down another Chitauri soldier with on of their sceptres.

She hears me coming and aims the sceptre at me, before dropping it and catching her breath.

"Captain none of this going to mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal." She says.

"Our biggest guns couldn't touch it." I agree, looking to where all the monsters are coming out.

"Maybe it's not about guns."

"You sure?" I ask her, understanding what she's saying.

"Yeah." She shrugs.

"You'll need a ride." I say, looking at how far away Stark Tower is.

"I have a ride." She says, walking to the other side of the bridge. "Could use a boost though!"

"You sure about this?" I ask, setting my shield in place.

"Yeah, it'll be fun." She says hesitantly.

I nod and she runs for my shield. She jumps onto a car then onto it, before I propel her up into the air.

She catches onto the end of a Chitauri hovercraft and flies off.

I grin, before fighting off all the aliens around me.


Tony's POV

"Stark!" Fury orders, "You got a nuke heading straight for the city."

I shoot all the Chitauri that are closing in on me as I lie on the ground.

"I'm on it!" I report. "JARVIS put everything we've got into the thrusters."

"I just did." He replies and I fly off.

"How long?" I ask Fury.

"About three minutes." He explains and I fly away from all the chaos, over the water surrounding New York.

I look up to see the nuke shoot past me, heading for the city.

"I got this." I mutter, before flying after it. I get underneath it, grabbing hold of it and steering it where to go.

"I can close it." Natasha's voice alerts me, "Can anybody copy, I can close the portal."

"Do it!" Steve orders.

"No, wait!" I protest.

"Stark these things are still coming!"

"I got a nuke coming in, about to blow in a minute." I explain.



"And I know just where to put it."



"Stark," Steve says hesitantly, "You know that's a one way trip."

"Save it for the return Captain." I say assertively.

"Tony Stop!" Zoey yells, making me wince, "You will not go through that portal!"

"Zoey," I say firmly, "I am. You can't stop me."

"I can try." she says before going silent. I zoom over Manhattan, aiming straight for the portal.

I go towards Stark Tower and fly up the side of it.

"No Zoey!" I hear Steve yell and look forward to see Zoey flying on the other side of the missile.

"Zoey go away!" I yell at her but she ignores me, grabbing onto the other side of the missile and guiding it through.



She's not letting go.

She's going to get hurt.

She's going to die.



"Zoey," I say sadly, making her look up.



"I'm sorry."



I kick her in the stomach, trying my best not to avoid any vital organs.

She looks at me in pain as she flies backwards, crashing through the window of the tower.

"ZOEY!!" Steve screams, "What happened?"





"I saved her." I say simply before disappearing through the portal.



Steve's POV



I waited.

And waited.

And waited.



But she didn't come back out.



Silence.



"ZOEY!!" I scream up to the tower.

I look back to the portal, where Tony hasn't returned from either.

But I'm guessing the nuke killed the mother ship, because all the Chitauri soldiers around us drop dead.

"Close it." I say sadly, before I start to run to the Tower, but Thor stops me.

"Look." he nods towards the portal.

I turn to see the portal closing completely, with a figure falling through it.



"Son of a guy."


Stark kept falling. He was going to hit the ground soon.

"He's not slowly down." Thor states, swinging his hammer.

But Hulk interrupts him.

Bruce jumps from a building to catch Stark, shielding his body as they crash into the road.

We run over to where they are, as Hulk pushes Tony to the ground.

Thor rips off his helmet, leaving his middle aged face in view.

I kneel down next to him, assessing the situation.


His arc reactor has no light.

His eyes are shut.

He's dead.

Until Bruce roars.


"Whoa!" Tony jolts awake to the sound, "What the hell?"

I sigh and sit back.

"What happened?" He asks, "Please tell me nobody kissed me."

"We won." I say flatly.

"Oh." He says, "Yeah uh, good work guys, yay." He cheers awkwardly.

"You ever tried shwarma?" He asks and I raise an eyebrow at him. "There's this shwarma joint downtown. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it."

I chuckle lightly at him, completely exhausted.

"We're not finished yet." Thor says, looking towards Stark Tower where Loki and Zoey are.

Zoey.

"Zoey." I say, absolutely terrified now.

I run frantically towards the tower, the others following closely behind. We get up to the top level, where Loki is struggling to sit up.

Clint and Natasha are there, Clint aiming an arrow at his head.

Loki turns around to see us all crowded around him.

"If it's all the same to you," he says to Tony, "I'll have that drink now."

Tony smirks slightly, whilst the rest of us look angry.

"Where is the Redbird?" Loki asks tauntingly and my face pales.

"Where is she?" I ask enraged, grabbing him by the collar and pulling him towards me.

"I don't know, I'm not the one that kicked her through a window." He says, looking at Stark.

"She wouldn't have let go, she could have died." He reasons and I nod to him, throwing Loki to the ground.

"Zoey!" I call around the room, "Zoey!!"

I hear movement behind me and we all turn to see Zoey stumble slowly out of the debris.

She looks hurt, she can barely walk.

"Zoey!" I yell, pulling her to me, protecting her.

"Are you alright?" I ask her and she looks up at me.

She nods gently, making my heart race.

"Zoey," I pull her to me, "I'm sorry."

"No Steve," she cries into my chest, "I'm sorry."

I pull away from her, looking into her beautiful brown eyes. I tuck some hair behind her ear and muster up some courage.

"Zoey.." I mumble.

"Steve, I want to tell you something." She says nervously.

"Anything." I reply slowly, my cheeks tinged pink.

"You can tell me anything."

Zoey's POV

I look away to the others, who are nodding in encouragement.

Tony winks and Nat gives me a thumbs up.

I smile and look back at Steve, into the light blue eyes I love so much.

I love him so much.

"Steve," I start, "I've been confused about some feelings lately."

"But after I told you about my childhood I worked them out."

I look down, smiling and blushing.

Steve's grip on me tightens, making me look back at him.

"Zoey what do you mean?" He asks, confusion shining in his voice.


"Steve," I say.



"I lov-"



But I couldn't finish the sentence.

Because of the excruciating pain of a blade slice through the back of my shoulder.

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WHOA WHAT?!

YOU PROBABLY ALL HATE ME NOW YES?

NOW STEVE CAN'T KNOW SHE LOVES HIM.

I WONDER WHO HURT ZOEY?

LOKI?

K I THINK YOU ALL ACTUALLY KNOW..
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER TO FIND OUT.

KK BYE BYE!!

YOU KNOW I POSTED THE LAST CHAPTER THIS MORNING AND ITS LUNCH..

BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THIS FOR WEEKS.

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NAINAI xx