'Why am I back here? I lived through the day... didn't I? Killed in my sleep maybe? That's a possibility.' I think to myself, spiraling from the single thought of why I was back in Oscorp while leaving with my sister.
'I need to find what happened.' I eventually conclude, and find out I did. In rerun 4, I did the exact same thing as day 3, except I didn't sleep for the night, warry of some type of assassination, for whatever reason someone may have for killing me. But then, again, I found myself back in Oscorp, despite me not dying.
Finding myself back here, I decided to experiment each time. Each death, each sudden rewind despite my lack of death, I figured it out, maybe.
'I need to fight.' Was the simple conclusion I came too. Whatever being or entity that brought me here, wanted me to fight, to struggle, to climb this "wall" in front me, to surpass this obstacle.
The issue? Sure I was fit, but I have practically zero real world combat experience, a few school fights sure, but that was against other teens. This? I had to fight an army of aliens who would gun me down without a thought, and me? All I had was my muscles and slight experience in Krav Maga, something I took up for self defense, but never fully saw through, for my own preservation funnily enough, but a story for another time.
At this point, I decided I was going to do what this shitty being wanted me to, cause I saw no other way out. Basically, it's time to channel my inner rocky into a rambo setting.
"QUEUE THE MUSIC!" I yell to no one but myself, prancing and schmooving my way to the crushed and burned bodies of Chitauri, courtesy of the Fantastic 4. Music through my earpods blaring "Eye of The Tiger" outside the Baxter building, my sister now safe. You see, I've made a nice and simple starting routine now, I'd get my sister to safety in the Baxter building, before leaving and now deciding where to go from there.
"Well, this should be fun." I chuckle to myself, picking up a gun and grenade from one the fallen Chitauri, but then I was shot by one on a hover bike.
"YEOW! That hurt." I chuckled to myself, a hand on where there was once a cauterized hole from the energy shot of the hover bike Chitauri.
'My first obstacle to pass, should be easy.' I think to myself while going through the usual motions of getting out of Oscorp towards Baxter building. At this point I've completely streamlined the starting events, getting there faster than any attempt before, which turned out to be a mistake... As I was gunned down, before Sue was able to cover me and my sister.
"New obstacle now, I guess." I mutter to myself, back in Oscorp. Could I just wait a little bit more for the heroes to show up? Sure, but this is also an easy event to farm for exp, I hope...
...
"I should reconsider what I think is easy." Finding myself back in Oscorp for nth time. The issue quite frankly was simply numbers, they'd all fire so many shots that it felt impossible to dodge all of them, even if I'm not holding my sister.
"But I think I've got it now." I end with a chuckle, going through the motions again, until I find myself standing alone on the sidewalk again, the group of ugly aliens standing in front of Baxter building.
"What is up bitches!" I yell out excitedly, running towards the aliens, to which they all promptly turned and started firing.
Dive, roll behind the car. Wait 2 seconds then jump to the right at the Chitauri there. Grab the gun and point it down, punch it in the throat, drop to the floor while holding the gun, making the alien let go. Shoot the one now behind you twice, shoot the original one now. Let the body fall on you and grab a energy nade, get up, activate and...
"RUN!" I yell to myself, using the dead body as protection on my back as I throw the nade into the group now behind me, then diving again to make myself smaller and doing my best to make the body take the blast. And then I'm hit with a shockwave, slightly disorienting me, but I'm used to it by now, mentally at least, and I know this isn't my first, and certainly won't be my last.
"Woah, sick moves kid, you alright?" Johnny Storm suddenly asks me, or Human Torch, descending from the sky and turning the flames off.
"Yeah, I'm good." I grunt out, shoving the now charred remains of the alien off my back.
"Flash! What the hell was that?!" My sister suddenly yells out, reaching my side.
"You said-"
"Yeah I know what I said Jessie, but I also said trust me, right? And look, I'm good, no injuries." I spread out my arms, giving her a full view my torso and chest, clothes looking unharmed, other than some dirty spots now.
"That was good work, but also stupidly heroic son. Get inside Baxter building and leave it to the pros." Reed said, appearing suddenly with Sue and Ben.
"Thanks, but no can do, this is my fight too." I argue back.
"Listen man, that was cool and all, but you're young and powerless, let us handle it." Johnny says, putting his hand on my shoulder, trying to reason with me.
"Ah, but I'm not powerless." I state.
"Really? What can you do?" My own sister asked me.
"Well I can see the future!" I exclaim, rubbing my hand on Jessie's head.
"Uhuh, and I'm Captain America. Just get to safety kid." Johnny said now in a commanding tone.
"Well actually you are both... actually that's too meta, nevermind. But anyways I can! Trust me, I can take care of myself. Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta get this one safe first." I say, bringing my sister towards Baxter building. Reaching it, I send my sister in, not stepping in myself as once I go in, I know the doors won't open to let me back out, for safety concerns I guess.
My sister tried arguing, but I reassured her I'd be fine, and walked back to the streets, which are now vacant, and put on my earbuds before playing "Eye of The Tiger". Prancing and dancing my way down the street, I suddenly stop.
"... I'm getting some serious deja vu." I mutter to myself, before remembering a crucial detail... And then I found myself back in Oscorp.
"This is going to be a looong day." I groan out to myself.
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So that concludes this chapter! Honestly I wanted to write more, but this is going to have to be a 2 parter as my carpal tunnel is trying to revive itself rn, but yeah! Hope you all enjoy, (and maybe add this to your library... pretty please).