58 CHAPTER 58

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I eyed Captain Marvel as I sighed, turning my grill off. "I won't give you anything." I said, getting ready for the worse.

"And I said, I wasn't asking. You have no idea the power that thing has, it needs to be in the right hands." Carol said, her tone bordering the lines of a threat.

"I'll put it in terms you understand." I smiled. "Not even in death, I will give you the core as you call it."

Captain Marvel looked at me, giving me a long scrutinizing look as she did so. "I can make you." she grinned.

"Go ahead." I challenged her. "You are stronger than me, at least now you are. So go ahead, beat me up, I will put up a fight, but considering the power you now wield. I will lose, but no matter how much you punch me, the core stays with me."

"Sorry, Fury here." Fury said, getting our attention. "The fuck is the core?"

"An item of unimaginable cosmic power." Carol replied. "In the wrong hands, could bring the end of the world."

"Which is why, I am keeping it." I added.

"I said you are not." Carol said, glaring at me.

"What's that? Sorry, I couldn't hear you over how much I don't give a fuck about your opinion." I replied.

"You really want to fight me?" Carol looked at me, with a smug smile on her face.

"If I have to, I will." I shrugged.

"You already know what will happen if we do." Carol said, her fists glowing, but before she could take another step, Erik shut her up by throwing my truck at her, blasting her into the ground.

"I was getting tired of the conversation." Erik said, looking at me. "How strong is she?"

"Stronger than Vuk, weaker than Jean." I replied, equipping my armor.

"Great." Erik sighed, turning to look at where Captain Marvel was with a worried look.

"That was cute." Carol chuckled, blasting the truck off her, then cracking her neck, she levitated towards us. "One last chance, give me the core."

Why was she so obsessed with the core, in the canon timeline she let Fury keep it. "No."

I had barely finished my sentence when Captain Marvel instantly charged at me, with blinding speed. However I predicted her attack, which allowed me to block her first blow with my right arm. But even with that, the sheer force behind the attack sent me flying across the field like a ragdoll, only to be stopped by magneto using his magnetism on me. Had I not been using my armor, that attack would've hurt a lot.

"You can't protect the core. I can." Carol said, floating above me.

"You sure have a funny way of showing that." Fury said, getting her attention. "Perhaps you are right, perhaps you can protect whatever my friend here took." At this he pointed at me. "But if you keep doing this, we will fight you, and we will stop you."

"What he said." Erik nodded, glaring at her. "I don't know you, ergo, I don't trust you. But I trust him. So whatever he took, in my eyes, is safer on his hands."

"I understand he's your friend bu--" before she could finish that sentence, the Ancient One appeared behind her, tapping Captain Marvel in the back and in the process taking out her spiritual form.

"Normally, I don't like to interfere in such affairs. But I suppose Mr. Walker has been a bad influence on me." The Ancient One chuckled, as she turned to look at Captain Marvel's spirit floating around her body. "Now, I understand your concern, I really do." she paused, probably thinking about the time stone. "But, believe me when I tell you, he is destined to hold, that what you wish to take from him."

"Is… she okay?" Erik muttered, for in his eyes, the Ancient One was talking to an unconscious Carol.

"She is talking with her spirit." I replied.

"That… answers nothing." Erik sighed.

"Shouldn't we take this chance to kill her?" Bucky asked.

"No. We might need her in the future." I replied.

"Dad! I brought you Goose!" Emily, who had disappeared before the battle even began, ran towards me, Goose in her arms. "He can eat her." look at Emily, planning for the team.

~~Fine…~~ Carol's spirit sighed.

"Good, now please behave." The Ancient One smiled, putting Carol back on her body.

"I suppose the core doesn't need my protection, not when you have all these friends." Carol said.

"I pity the man that ends with you." Erik said, glaring at her. "Or the woman, I don't judge. I just pity them."

"So… Can I get a burger?" Carol asked.

Before I could reply, Fury took a step forward. "Sure, just let me untie Maria."

"Why did you tie her?" I asked him.

"She was about to help her. So I tied her up." Fury replied.

"Hmm." I chuckled.

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After that short lived battle with Captain Marvel, we had the most awkward barbecue ever. After said uncomfortable Barbecue was over, Carol gave Fury and me a beeper, to call her in case of an emergency.

"Well, I am off." Carol said, giving me a look. "Take care."

I looked at her, and smiled, if only because I was polite. "Same."

"I can feel the love." Carol chuckled.

"I hope next time we see each other, you won't be trying to kick Alex's ass." Fury said, as he came to say his goodbyes to Carol.

"Who knows, I kinda enjoy fighting him." Carol grinned.

"Ok, I am not emotionally invested in this, so I am off to do literally anything else." I said, opening a portal to Italy, where Bucky, Erik and Emily waited for me, for it was pizza day.

"It's pizza day?" Fury asked, and I nodded.

"Hm." Fury smiled, turning to Carol. "Take care, bye~" and with that he walked through the portal.

"Until next time." Carol said.

"Let's hope it's not too soon." I chuckled, for if she was ever needed here, it would be for the likes of Thanos, or other big threats.