Within a half hour, the whole of the Wakandan army stood prepared to stand off against Thanos's army. Noelle and her father stood alongside Okoye, T'Challa, Natasha, Steve, Bruce, Rhodey, and Sam. She and her father both wore the vibranium arms that Shuri had crafted, and they watched as the six-legged creatures tried to force themselves through the force field barrier that surrounded Wakanda.

"They're killing themselves." Noelle breathed, watching as the energy barrier sliced through and burned off the limbs of the creatures. As she watched, her heart started pounding, and all of a sudden, a white-hot pain flared through her chest. She gasped in pain, dropping to her knees, as her rifle slipped from her hands. Her vision began to blur and spin, and she faintly heard her dad calling for her. She closed her eyes, trying not to cry out in pain. When she opened her eyes, she gasped. She was no longer in Wakanda, but rather...Somewhere else. She was on a planet that was nearly in ruins, with an orange-yellow sky, and she gasped, looking up to see several people standing around her. There was a man with a red-eyed mask, a man with blue skin and intricate red lines on his skin, a black-eyed woman with antennae protruding from her forehead, a man with what seemed to be a blue pantsuit and red cape.... And her least favorite person at the moment.

"Tony." She hissed, standing as the pain vanished. He glared at her, lowering his blasters and crossing his arms. Then, she spun around, surprised, as someone dropped down behind her, and grinned at the sight of the spider symbol on the person's chest.

"Peter!" He grinned, yanking his mask off and grabbed her in a hug, spinning around with her in his arms. She laughed, wrapping her arms around his neck, burying her face in his shoulder.

"I missed you, Ellie." He said softly, setting her down, and she grinned.

"I missed you too, Petey. I was getting a little bit tired of video calls." She said softly, grinning and kissing his cheek. Suddenly, an angry voice cut in.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. You two are together? For how long?" Peter tilted his head slightly, refusing to remove his arm from around her waist.

"Umm.... I asked her to be my girlfriend right after everything happened with the Sokovia Accords, so...just over six months. To be fair, one of those months was while she was frozen, but...." Tony opened his mouth to say something, but Noelle stepped forward, cutting him off.

"Okay. Let me make something very clear here before we go any further. I am not in the mood to deal with any more of your s***. Yes, I was physically there when your parents died. Yes, I remember every d*** thing that Hydra used my body to do, and yes, I do wish that I had been strong enough to fight it then, but at the moment, that doesn't f****** matter. What matters is that there is a titan coming to murder all of us. So no, I am not looking for forgiveness from you, and I am not going to ask your permission to fight. So, I suggest that you just deal with the fact I'm here, and be glad that I actually care enough whether you live or die to be fighting on your side." Everyone stared at her in shock, and Peter smiled, leaning close to her ear.

"This is going to sound weird, but that was kind of hot." He whispered, and she blushed as the man in the red cape stepped forward.

"I wish everyone fighting with us could have the same mindset as you. Stephen Strange." He said, extending a hand. She shook it, nodding.

"Well, I've had enough of people like Thanos walking all over me and making decisions for me." The woman with the antennae stepped forward.

"I am Mantis, and I...I sense great sorrow from you....and great pain. May I?" Noelle nodded, extending her hand, and the woman gently took it, her eyes closing, and she gasped softly.

"Oh...Oh, child...I am so sorry." She smiled weakly, and Tony rolled his eyes.

"What's the big deal anyway?" Mantis grabbed his ear, pulling his closer.

"Do not move or I will melt your brain!" She said cheerfully, closing her eyes. Suddenly Noelle gasped, and she was pulled back to the day after she was taken.... The day that they had first wiped her mind.

Noelle struggled, trying and failing to pull her small limbs out of the leather straps. Strucker came in, smiling cruelly when he saw the little girl.

"Привет малыш. Вы готовы начать? (Hello, little one. Are you ready to begin?)" She glared up at him, and then growled, spitting in his eye. He slapped her, and she couldn't hold back the cry of pain that escaped her lips. Tears started to trickle down her cheeks, and she started to pull harder.

"Let me go!! Daddy! Daddy, please! Help me! I want my daddy! Please!" Strucker picked up a metal headset that was connected to a large machine, fitting it snugly on her head. Her screams and cries grew louder, causing some of the scientists to shift uncomfortably at the sounds of despair coming from such a small girl.

"Let's begin." He hissed, moving to the machine and starting it. Noelle's cries grew louder as the machine started, her whole body shaking as the jolts of electricity raced through her body.

"Daddy...Please.... Help...help me, daddy..." Her cries grew weaker as the shocks continued, and she finally slumped over, one last whimper escaping her lips.

Noelle was jerked back to reality, a sudden cry escaping from her lips. She caught her breath, clenching her fists to steady her shaking hands. Tony pulled away, and she saw tears forming in the corners of his eyes.

"Oh, d***.... Noelle...I...I'm so s-" She cut him off, shaking her head.

"Don't. I don't need or want sympathy. But now you know. They did that to me, and they did that to my dad. Neither of us had a choice, and we didn't want to do it. So get the f*** down off of your high horse, and just accept the fact that we didn't want it, we didn't have a choice, it wasn't our fault, and let us live our li-" She was cut off as the burning pain started again, and she nearly fell over, gasping in pain. Peter caught her, laying her on the ground.

"Ellie? Ellie, come on. It's okay. You're here. You're with me, and you're safe. It's me, it's Peter. Ellie, please." She gasped, closing her eyes again. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to be somewhere else... But there was an ethereal tint to everything. She stood, turning, and sucked in a sharp breath when she saw who was there. Thanos had brought her to himself.