theempathywithin:

themusechronicles:

Juniper

Juniper looks down at the huge gash running along her palm. While she can’t see it, she knows she’s got a matching one on her forehead. Peering back up at Thor, she gives him a disgruntled sigh.

“A simple thank you would have done it.” she rolls her eyes playfully, wiping off the dust from her jeans.

She looks around, noticing the chaos they had destroyed. Different figures lay limp on the ground. The outskirts of Wakanda, now in ruins, reveal the leftover rubble of Thanos’ attack.

“That monster, animal, whatever you want to call it was coming up behind you. I tried to warn you but you couldn’t hear me. So I came to your defense. I might be small Thor, but it doesn’t mean I can’t handle myself.” she defends her actions.

Slowly, she stretches out her non-injured hand to ask for help to stand up.

Thor arched a brow. “Size doesn’t make up for the fact that you could have died, little Juniper.” he scolded, looking around as he paused. He took a slow breath and grabbed her hand, helping her up to examine her. As he took note of her wounds, he wished more than ever that his brother had made it to earth. “We need to get these bandaged.” he said simply. The battle had finally ended, and Thor worried for the others. “Come, we must see about the others.”

With a painful groan, she stands up. Quickly, she scans over Thor to see if he was hurt, but all he had was a minor scratch. Guess that axe really came in handy. “You are right. We should probably stick together though.” she says. 

In all honesty, the best option would be to split up and meet in the middle, but Juniper feels safe by Thor. The whole attack has her shaken up, she hasn’t seen mass destruction before. At least she knows she will be safe if she sticks next to the ‘strongest avenger’ as he puts it. She shoves back her insecurities and fears, trying to scan for any survivors. “God, I can’t believe this is happening. We are going to have a lot of work to do when we get back to the compound.”

Thor moved at a pace she could keep up with, scanning for survivors as they went. “We’ve lost many, but so has Thanos.” He concluded. The mad titan’s minions had taken a great deal more damage from what he could tell, both from the battle and whatever it was that Thanos had done. “We must regroup and form a plan.” He paused to look behind him, up towards the sky. There was a flicker of lightning in his eyes and he sighed, looking down. “Come,” he moved to pick her up, holding her close and using Stormbreaker to carry them the rest of the way. Once at the compound, Thor set her down and turned to keep watch on the field, helping those who had managed to make it back as best he could.