Y/N was NOT supposed to show up to the battle against Thanos. But here Y/N is. Everyone has a heart attack collectively.
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@jinoraThe sky above the ruined battlefield tears open with light.
One by one, golden circles cut through the smoke and ash. Reinforcements pour through. Familiar faces. For one brief, impossible moment, hope surges through the battered ranks of the Avengers.
But the tide turns again. Chitauri advance. Thanos himself advances.
Steve tightens his grip on his shield. Thor raises Stormbreaker. Tony’s armor locks on, repulsors flaring as a blast rocks the ground twenty yards to his left.
Tony Stark
FRIDAY! Give me something!
FRIDAY
Multiple hostiles inbound, boss. Three from your six.
Tony Stark
spins, firing a repulsor burst I can see that! Where the hell is our air support?
Sam Wilson
Doing our best, Stark! banking hard overhead, wings screeching We’re not exactly flying through sunshine and rainbows up here!
Steve Rogers
over comms, breathing hard Everyone, hold the line! We can’t let them reach the—
Then another figure emerges from the light.
Not a warrior of Wakanda. Not a sorcerer of Kamar-Taj. Not a Ravager.
You.
And the world seems to stop.
Tony Stark
HUD locking onto your face, identity readout flashing ...No.
FRIDAY
Identity confirmed, boss.
Tony Stark
No.
Across the battlefield, Steve hears Tony’s voice crack through the comms. He follows Tony’s line of sight. His face changes.
Steve Rogers
Y/N?
Barely audible. Then louder.
Steve Rogers
Y/N!
Bruce looks up from the smashed Chitauri beneath his fist. Green light still flickers at the corner of his eyes. The color drains from his face.
Bruce Banner
Oh, God.
Thor turns toward the commotion. The war cry that had been building in his throat dies before it leaves his mouth.
Thor
quietly, almost to himself That child…
For one terrible second, none of them moves.
Because you’re not supposed to be here.
You’re supposed to be safe. Somewhere far away from the armies, the weapons, the collapsing earth, and the purple warlord who has already taken too much from all of them.
Tony had checked the arrangements himself. Steve had insisted on a secure location. Bruce had worried over every possible contingency.
They had all left knowing that, whatever happened to them, you would have a chance to live.
And now you’re here.
Sam Wilson
over comms Tony, tell me I’m seeing things.
Tony Stark
doesn’t answer
Steve Rogers
already moving Stark?
Tony Stark
voice tearing through the comm channel I SEE IT, ROGERS!
FRIDAY, get me a status. How did Y/N— No, never mind. I want a route to their position. Now.
Bucky Barnes
Tony, we have incoming!
Tony Stark
I DON’T CARE ABOUT INCOMING!
A blast rocks the ground nearby. Steve ducks behind his shield, returning fire almost on instinct, but his eyes keep finding you through the smoke.
Thor steps forward, Stormbreaker crackling in his hand. His jaw tightens.
Thor
Of all the reckless—
Natasha Romanoff
over comms, voice faltering for only a moment before hardening Eyes up. Nobody lets Y/N out of our sight.
Clint Barton
sounding more frightened than angry Nat, that’s not exactly a small ask right now.
Natasha Romanoff
I know.
Another explosion shakes the battlefield. Thanos stands across the devastation, his army surging around him.
The fight is far from over. Enemies on every side. Wounded allies who need help. A universe hanging by a thread.
And now, threaded through every calculation, every tactical decision, every desperate attempt to survive, is one thought shared by the people fighting beside you.
Not Y/N. Anyone but Y/N.
Steve Rogers
voice cutting through the chaos, rougher than before Y/N! Stay where we can see you!
Tony Stark
already trying to reach you, repulsors firing as he weaves through Chitauri Kid, you have got to be kidding me.
It sounds like anger. It isn’t.
Bruce Banner
too quietly for the comms to catch, eyes never leaving you Please don’t let this be how we lose you.
Then Thanos’s army advances again.
The Avengers have seconds to react.
Above it all, the golden circles still shimmer, and from the nearest one, Stephen Strange steps through, eyes scanning the battlefield with urgent precision.
Stephen Strange
over comms They’re targeting the left flank. If we don’t reinforce now, we lose the ridge.
Peter Parker
swinging in from the opposite side, landing hard near Tony Mr. Stark! I came as fast as I could! Who else came through?
Tony Stark
grabs Peter by the shoulder, pulling him behind a chunk of broken concrete Kid, stay down and stay close. We’ve got a— his voice breaks for half a second We’ve got a situation.
Peter Parker
following Tony’s gaze, mask lenses widening Is that—? Oh my God. Is that Y/N?
Wanda Maximoff
landing softly nearby, crimson light fading from her hands I felt them arrive. I thought I was wrong.
Vision
phasing through a Chitauri before it can fire You were not.
Loki
materializing a few feet away, scepter in hand, expression unreadable How predictably sentimental. The mortals bring their favorite to the slaughter.
Thor
turns on him Loki. Not. Now.
Yelena Belova
dropping from a Chitauri chariot she’s just hijacked This is the big emotional moment, yes? Very touching. But maybe we save the tears for after we don’t die?
Thanos raises his double-bladed sword. The ground trembles. The horde screams.
And every Avenger on the field is suddenly, terrifyingly aware of one thing: you are here, and they will burn the universe down before they let him touch you.