"Shit, Foxtrot is going after Thanos!" Sam shouts over the comms. "Who can intercept?"
After knocking out an Outrider and snapping its neck, I look up from the ground.
"I have a visual! Whiskey, where are you?" I ask as I press the button on my earpiece.
Like a magnet, Steve runs toward disaster, hellfire, tears reality from its hinges. My heart pounds in my ears as I weigh the odds.
"Fuck it!" I snarl under my breath.
He runs at Thanos with manic blue eyes, screaming into the smoke that's swallowed the clearing.
"Echo, this is Whiskey!" I hear over the comms. "I'm just opposite your position! Moving to intercept Foxtrot!"
Thank God, Bucky.
Steve reaches his hands, hands that have saved billions of lives, up over his body to push against Thanos' much larger, more damning set of hands.
I shout into the comm as I leap over fallen trees and bodies of dead Outriders, "Foxtrot made contact! I repeat, Foxtrot made contact with Thanos! Clear out and move to intercept!"
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The others run from their current location toward the main clearing.
I see Bruce barreling through the forest to the south, knocking trees down to meet the rest of us. Vision flies over him, clearing what he can for the green giant.
"Tango, where are you?" I say into my comm as I hurdle over an Outriders and slam his head into a tree.
"Echo, this is Tango," I hear. "I'm on my way to intercept!"
Ana is okay. Thank God.
I swing over another Outrider and kick as I land, taking its head straight into the ground.
"Zulu, give me your position!" I say into the comm.
"Echo, This is Zulu," I hear. "Barrier is secure and I'm on my way to intercept!"
Tony is okay. That means I've got my ass covered.
"Zulu, this is Echo. I'm coming out of the trees," I say into the comm as I leap over more Outrider bodies. "Prepare to cover!"
When I get a good look at Steve, I realize that Thanos has him right where he wants him.
Son of a bitch!
"Dad!" Ana shouts, taking off like a bullet across the clearing.
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