Everything happened so fast that it was hard to even comprehend what was going on. The Avengers got the stones, Hulk snapped his fingers. For the first time in a long time there’s a subtle hope in his heart but then just as fast as it seemed like it might be okay, everything went to shit again.
He had been in another part of the compound away from when he heard the rumbling outside. And then things began to blow up, the building began to crumble and Oliver fell from the third floor to one of the lower ones. There was no doubt in his mind that this had something to do with Thanos. Somehow, someway all this was his doing. Oliver groans an expletive as his back smacked against a chunk of debris. His head aching, ears ringing, but at least he’s alive. He just hopes that everyone else was just as lucky as he was. Of course Kara’s whereabouts worry him. He lifts his hand to speak into his watch that also acts like a communicator, but it’s shattered .... broken beyond use.
As he pulls himself up from the ground, he begins to walk carefully across the floor, worried that any moment it’ll give away again and and he’ll be free falling once again. There’s so much noise outside that he can tell that it’s just not gunfire and bombs laser blasts, but he also hears people and aliens .... creatures yelling and screaming -- it’s almost too much for him to bear. For a moment he thinks about going to the shelter underground. Kara always told him that he should head there if anything like this ever happened. It was impenetrable and he could wait all this out. But as he begins to make his way there, another thought comes to him and he switches direction. He needs to check to make Kara’s lab is secure. With all her tech in there, he worries what would happen if Thanos or whoever got ahold of it.
When he’s just about to the lab he hears something behind him and when he turns his eyes widen and mouth falls open slightly at the sight of an armor-clad alien holding a long pointing weapon. It chitters something and then begins to charge and Oliver takes no time to turn and run down the hall. He’s not a superhero. He has no powers or special abilities to help him in a situation like this, so all he can do right now is run towards the lab. Maybe in there he can find something to defend himself. But just as he rounds the corner of the hall, he feels a sharp stab through his back. He looks down to see the spearhead poking through his chest before it’s pulled out. There’s more chittering from the alien attacker but just before he’s stabbed again, there’s more rumbling as the building crumbles again, taking the alien with it.
Oliver looks down at his white button up shirt which now has a huge red spot pooling on it. Blood --- there’s so much blood, but he keeps going towards the lab, getting slower with each step. Fuck -- he really thought he’d have more time, there was so much more he wanted to accomplish in this life. He thought he’d have more time with her and he wished he told her everything he wanted to tell her, but it was too late now. He staggers towards the lab which he can see is open wide from the building being blown up but he knows there’s force field mechanism that goes on as a fail safe. Unfortunately it’s not on. “Fuck...” he mutters, breathing heavily as he approaches the lab. He brings himself over to the console on the wall to see if he can manually get it up and running again. His last act on this earth, he wants to do something for her.
His vision is going blurry and his head cloudy. His bloody fingers slip against the console as he tries to put in the code. He’s not successful the first two tries but on the third there’s a small beeping noise and the force field goes up around the lab. Oliver breathes out a sigh as his vision darkens, legs begin to weaken and he slides down to the floor leaving a bloody streak from his body against the wall.
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