*TONY'S POV*

"Mr. Stark?"

"Peter? You're back?" I got no answer. I laughed a bit. "Thank god! I can't believe it!" I walked over to him quickly but it was as if he didn't see me.

"Pete?" He just looked up and stared at me for what felt like hours. I took another step towards him. There was nothing around us but a black void. With a better look at him, he seemed to be crying. "Kid... What's wrong?"

He finally looked up at me with a cold expression. It sent chills down my spine. I went to put my hand on his shoulder but he quickly grabbed my wrist. "Don't. Touch. me," He growled.

"Peter what's going on?" "...you..." he mumbled. "What?" "I HATE YOU!" I was taken aback for a second. "You're the reason I'm dead!!! If you hadn't let me go, none of this would have happened!!!"
"...I know. I'm sorry." "I wish you died instead of me. Everything would've been better..." "I know kid. It's all my fault." "And now... I'm never coming back. And it's your fault."

He started to crumple. He grunted in pain, obviously holding back a pained scream. Little pieces of dust drifted off. "Goodbye Mr. Stark. Some father you were," He said bitterly as a tear dropped off his nose. "Peter please. There's nothing I can do to make this up to you. It's all my fault but please you've got to forgive me!" I tried to grab him- to put his pieces back together. It didn't work. I lost him again. And like before, it's my fault.

"Hello Stark." I turned around swiftly. My eyes widened. Thanos. He was here too. "You...took him from me..." I choked out. "You said it yourself. This is your fault. Don't pretend you don't know this." I darted my eyes away, refusing to make eye contact.

He chuckled. "How pathetic. The famous Tony Stark, Iron man, whom is known for showing no feelings, crying for a child. I should just put you out of your misery."

"Tony?"

It was Pepper's voice. It sounded like I was underwater. "Hm. She wouldn't want to live with this pathetic excuse for a hero." He was right...

Thanos lifted a huge axe meant for a warrior and swung it towards me. I gaped in terror.

"No!"

I shot up out of bed. breathing hard and ragged. "Tony..." She hugged me tightly. I wanted to say I was ok but the words couldn't come out. It felt like the wind was knocked out of me. I was limb against her but held on to her shirt for dear life. After a few minutes, I pulled away. She looked at me. 'Is she mad at me? What if she leaves again? I scared her away last time.' She opened her mouth to talk but I cut her off. (I was so mad when she left while he was having a panic attack from the dream in the movie. He even asked her to stay with him ☹️ )

"Don't leave," I finally choked out. "Tony. I'm not going to leave. I'm sorry about last time. I was shocked when the suit flew in. I shouldn't have left." I let out a breath of relief. "...What time is it, Pep?" "Uh... 5:45." "Oh ok. I can just go to the lab and-" "Tony. You can't work stress away. Just... lay down. Rest."

I complied and after a few minutes, I decided to break the silence. "I saw him again." "Who?" "Peter. And...Thanos." She looked at me sympathetically. "It's kinda stupid I'm impacted about a dream but... Pete told me he hated me. Said I was a bad father and stuff." "Well I think we both know he would never say or even think those things. He loved you."

I sighed deeply. "I still can't believe he's gone." "I know. Nothing in this situation makes sense." Just then, her phone binged and lit up.

"Oh Happy just got here." "Ok great." The two of us got up to get dressed. I was glad he was ok. I don't know what I'd do without him.

Pepper and I walked out to the driveway to see him quickly get out of his car. "Holy shit. You guys are ok," he breathed out. "All these people- they were turning to ash or something!" Pepper told him to come inside so we could explain the situation- for what felt like the thousandth time.

"Fuck... the kid... he's gone?" He asked with wide, terrorised eyes. I gave a small nod. "I was an asshole to the him. Holy shit a 15 year old's dead and-" "Happy," I breathed out, exasperated. "Don't go blaming yourself. I've got enough of that to go around."

"He's right," Nat said, walking into the living room. "But he's wrong for taking the blame. It's Thanos' fault. Not his." She gave me a pointed look but turned to hug Happy. "Hey Romanoff."

Everyone greeted Happy but there was a sudden crash outside the compound. All of us ran outside, ready to fight- thinking it was Thanos, But it wasn't.

"That purple nutsack is too big for that ship..." Rhodey said. "Who would it be then?" "I might have an idea..." I said.

I walked up slowly, ready to fire at anything that might fight. "Stark? I got the right place right?" "Sure did." It was Nebula.

Everyone pulled out their weapons, realizing she wasn't human. "Guys, Guys chill. She's on our side. Right Nebula?" "That is correct. I am the daughter of Thanos but I see what he is doing is wrong. I want to fight him."

They exchanged hesitant looks but put their weapons away. "She helped me get the ship going." " But it you almost died in it. Where was she when we found you?" "Yeah because it ran out of fuel. And- oh she was looking for Thanos. Find anything?"

"Yes, actually."

You could feel tension fill the air around us. "He's on a planet- a small one. I flew around the whole thing and it's just him. No one else. Not even an army. He told me about this before. He told me when he succeeded his plan, he would go there and relax the rest of his days."

"Thanos has a retirement plan. Cute," "Only someone insane could rest after killing half the universe," Rocket muttered. "He is insane. Did you not get that within the first 2 seconds of being told of him?"

"We need to get started on the plan." "You have a plan?" I told her about the time travel thing. "Hm... it's a 50/50 chance... With the stones, one of you could snap everyone back." " You figured that out easier than I thought." "He talked about this stuff every day. At this point, it's drilled into my head." "Yeah that makes sense," Steve said sympathetically.

"But- just to make things better- If you get the stones from Thanos now, it'll make everything easier. You don't have to do all this time travel stuff. Get the stones, come back, get everyone back. In and out. Back to normal," She said. "If I may ask madam, how do you get your voice to  be that mysterious sounding." "Shut up Thor." "It was a question rabbit." Nebula rolled her eyes. "Shall we get going? My ship should hold all of you."

A surge of anxiety swept over me like a wave. "Yeah...Yeah..." I said distractingly.
"Let's get this over with."
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