GLISTENING DIAMONDS.
038. ❛ battle of wakanda. ❜

"FALL BACK!" T'Challa screamed, watching as five gigantic serrated wheels mauled their way towards him. "Fall back now!"

"Focus that fire on the left flank, Sam!" Rhodey ordered, dodging animals left and right in the air when they tried to jump at him.

"I'm doing it!" Sam snapped back, firing at the wheels, but he watched with frustration as the bullets ricocheted off of them.

Across the field, Natasha, Okoye, and Diana were in a small triangle, fighting off the aliens. Natasha had her short staffs, Diana had her swords, and Okoye had her spear. They quickly noticed four out of the five wheels spinning towards them, and all turned away.

Natasha grabbed Diana and pulled her to her chest, protecting the young girl from the wheels heading straight at them.

Before the wheels could crush them, Wanda flew down in front of them, using her telekinetic powers to lift the four wheels into the air. Taking a quick glance back, she grunted as she threw her hands down, sending the wheels around the three and taking out the surrounding enemies.

Wanda turned her head, her hair blowing onto her face. Diana and Natasha smirked at her, thoroughly impressed with her abilities.

Okoye twisted her spear around in her hand. "Why was she up there all this time?"

"Guys, we got a Vision situation," Sam informed over the comm before the sound of an alien snarling cut him off.

"Somebody get to Vision!" Steve screamed back, stabbing an alien in the face.

"I got 'em," Bruce replied, taking off into the air.

Wanda pressed her fingers to her ear, a worried look written over her face, "On my way." She turned, only to get punched across the face by Proxima Midnight.

She grunted, falling into a nearby trench. Proxima jumped down, landing over her. She roughly turned Wanda on her back, narrowing her black eyes. "He'll die alone, as will you."

"She's not alone."

Proxima turned to see Natasha, Okoye, and Diana all surrounding her, weapons raised.

She cried out, jumping on the wall of the trench before leaping at Natasha. Natasha raised her staff that was now in one piece, defending off several hits before Diana and Okoye rushed in, aiding her in the fight.

The two women ran around on the walls of the trench before standing on Natasha's side.

Proxima was able to fight off all three women skillfully, nearly dodging the last wheel that jumped overhead. She took advantage of them crouching, kicking Natasha down. Grabbing Okoye by the neck next, she threw her away.

Diana gritted her teeth, tightening her grip on her sword. Proxima glared at her, clashing her dagger against her weapons before lifting her leg and kicking Diana in her stomach.

Diana cried out as she landed roughly on the floor. Proxima bent down and used her staff to strangle Diana by holding it down on her throat.

The blonde gasped for air, kicked her feet out, and pried at the staff, but nothing seemed to work. She was starting to see black dots when Natasha grabbed the alien and tossed her off Diana, who immediately gasped for air.

Natasha jumped to her feet, snapping her staff into two. She managed to hit Proxima's knife out of her hand but jumped back when she began to swing her fists harshly.

Proxima punched Natasha to the ground, grabbing her by the throat before unsheathing a gauntlet blade from her wrist. She struck downward, and Natasha was barely able to lift her staff and hold her off from slicing her neck.

Wanda used her powers, lifting Proxima into the air, getting mauled by the wheel that luckily bounced overhead.

Natasha sat up, flinching when Proxima's blue blood splattered on her forehead. She looked between the three as Wanda fell back, sitting tiredly. "That's really gross."

"Stupid blue bitch." Diana coughed out and stood up, rubbing her throat that was red and sore, "She could've killed me."

M'BAKU GROWLED AS HE TOOK out another alien while Thor destroyed the ships outside the dome. Wanda landed in the forest, rushing over to wounded Vision, who sat against a log. Vision looked up at her before crying out in pain, the Mind Stone vividly shining.

She knelt down, cradling his face. "What?" Wanda pressed, "What is it?"

The air in Wakanda was eerie, strange even. Everyone could tell something wasn't right. The leaves rustled, the air shifted, and everyone tensed. "He's here," Vision breathed out, looking around alerted.

"Everyone, on my position. We have incoming," Steve called through his earpiece.

Joining him, Sam, Natasha, T'Challa, Okoye, Diana, and Bruce looked around. "What the hell?" Natasha mumbled under her breath, looking around.

A cloud of blue appeared, and Thanos stalked out from it. Wanda stood, bringing her hands together to form a ball of red. Everyone drew in a shaky breath, fear almost making them paralyzed.

Bruce turned around in his Hulk-Buster suit and confirmed who the Titan was, "Cap, that's him."

Steve clenched his fist, bringing out the spike in his wrist shield. "Eyes up," He broke into a run, "Stay sharp."

Everything Diana watched seemed to happen in slow motion as she stood next to Wanda and in front of Vision. Thanos walked towards them like nothing would faze him, and the others ran at him with their determination set.

Bruce Banner reached Thanos first, and with ease, Thanos used the Space Stone on him, making him transparent. Thanos then turns and makes him a part of a rock wall. Then it was Steve, but Thanos used the power stone to throw Steve out of his way.

T'Challa runs and jumps up high into the air to use his claws but is easily caught by the throat and thrown into the ground, the King's built-up armor discharging. Sam flies down, shooting at Thanos, trying his hardest, but falls down when his wings get broken by one of the stones. Rhodey shoots from above, but the space stone is used against him, enclosing him in the suit tightly.

Bucky runs up, shooting, but is pushed away by the power stone. Okoye's thrown spear is stopped, and she's thrown off, too. Natasha gets tripped and trapped in shards of the earth, unable to escape. Groot uses his tree arms to grow roots in the ground and around Thanos.

Diana didn't know what to do. Everyone was down; it looked like all hope was lost, like she should just give up. But the Mind Stone was still here; it was the only thing that gave Diana the slightest bit of hope. Hope of getting Peter back.

Then suddenly, Thanos punched Steve into the ground, knocking him out cold. "Steve!" Diana yelled and went to move towards the man but stopped when she caught the Titan's eye.

The only thing to keep Thanos away from the Stone was Diana and Wanda. Thanos smirked and grabbed Diana by the throat, lifting her off the ground.

She unsheathed her claws, sunk them into his arm, and tried to loosen his grip. Not liking how she somehow ended up getting strangled again. Her vision was starting to go out, black spots forming everywhere. She struggled to keep her eyes open, but she had to keep going.

For Peter.

"There's nothing you can do to stop me," He taunted her, tilting his face to the side with a smirk as Diana thrashed in his grip. "Nothing."