[5 years later]

I laid down on the ground, the quiet chatter of people in the abyss. I was alone once again, wishing that I was next to Peter. Every other day, for months at a time, everything would simply...

Disappear. I had no clue why, but it shattered me every time because I could hear Peter calling out to me, but we couldn't communicate. We would see each other for a moment, and then we were alone again. 

But this time, I've been alone for 3 years. I kept count. I hadn't seen Peter's face or heard his voice in 4 years.

But I heard everyone else's.

It scared me to think he had died in here. I had hoped that it was just a bad dream, and I would wake up in my bed. But it wasn't.

For the last 5 years, I had been trapped in this dark abyss. I was with Peter in this abyss for no less than a full month. Then I never saw him again.

There was a blast of yellow behind me, and I turned my head to see Doctor Strange. I gasped in delight. The first person I had seen in at least 5 years was someone I had known for a full day,  but I could care less as I embraced him the a hug I so desperately needed.

But it wasn't from the person I wanted to hug the most.

I felt his arms wrap around me in a comforting way. "It's been five years kid. They need us." He whispered as I nodded, tapping my bracelets as my suit engulfed me. I jumped out the portal, looking around for a moment as I floated. 

I searched for the three people I wanted to see most, immediately spotting my dad getting yanked by a familiar web. I wasted no time to fly down behind the two people.

"Mr. Stark! Holy cow, you would not believe what's been going on. Do you remember when we were in space? And I got all dusty? I must've passed out because I woke up and you weren't there, but Megan was. Then she wasn't, but Doctor Strange was there and he was like 'It's been 5 years, they need us.' And he started doing that yellow sparkly thing he does-" Peter rambled as my dad brought Peter into a tight hug. 

"Oh... This is nice." Peter said as my dad gasped.

"Megan..." My dad released the hug as he ran towards me. My helmet retracted as I started to cry, my dad lifting me into the air and hugging me as tight as he could. I opened my eyes to see Peter staring at me with wide eyes, a smile crossing his lips as my dad set me down.

"I thought I lost you both..." My dad said as I wiped away my tears.

"Y-You could never lose me dad..." I said with a weak smile.

"We need to get that gauntlet." Peter said as my dad nodded, his helmet covering his face as he blasted off. I watched him fly away as I turned to Peter, who engulfed me in a hug.

"I missed you so much, Megan..." He said as I nodded in response, hugging him back.

"You have no idea how lonely I was starting to get. About lost my mind." I laughed weakly as Peter smiled, eyes widening as he pushed me and him aside before a large chunk of the earth hit us.

"We need to go. Like. Now." I said as Peter nodded, both of our masks enveloping our face as we swung and flew away from one another.

I looked down to see Clint running with the gauntlet, a wave of relief hitting me. "CLINT UP HERE!" I yelled, catching his attention. A smile washed over his face as he tossed the gauntlet up, which I successfully caught as I landed in front of Steve.

"Megan oh my god you're alive!" He said as he dropped his shield, hugging me. I laughed painfully as I nodded, holding the gauntlet.

"What am I supposed to do with this?" I said, holding up the gauntlet.

"We need to get the stones as far away as we can." Steve suggested as I shook my head, the Hulk running up to us.

"No! We need to send them back to where they came from!" He said as I frowned in confusion.

"Bruce?" I said as he looked down at me with a smile, shrugging. "Huh.. Cool." My dad walked up to us and he stood by my side.

"There's no way to send them back. Thanos destroyed our time machine." My dad said as my eyes widened.

"You guys made a time machine while I was snapped?! Rude!" I said as I frowned.

"Not the time, Megan. We can talk about it later." My dad said as I sighed, nodding.

"Hold on!" Some man in a strange suit said, shrinking down to a normal size. "That wasn't our only time machine."

"Woah cool! How did you do that, man I have never met before?" 

"Tell you later, girl I have never met before." He said as he clicked a pair of keys, the faint sound of 'La Cucaracha' being heard.

"Does anyone see an ugly, brown van out there?" Steve said into his head piece as Valkarie flew up.

"Yeah. But you're not gonna like where it's parked." Valkarie said as I frowned.\

"Let me guess, it's surrounded by a bunch of these aliens?" I said as Valkarie sighed.

"Yep" He said as I groaned.

"Scott, how long do you need to get that thing working?" He said, turning to the man that had shrunk to our size.

"Uh maybe like... Ten minutes?"

"Get it started. We'll get the stones to you." Steve said.

"We're on it, Cap." Hope Van Dyne answered as my dad floated up to Strange, talking before blasting away. I stood there awkwardly for a moment as I still held the gauntlet, unsure of what to do or where to go.

Black Panther (may he rest in piece) ran up to me, holding out his arms. "Megan, give me the gauntlet." I nodded, tossing it to him before he ran off. 

My helmet covered my face as I blasted up into the air. "Hax. Where is Thanos?"

"He is about to fight Wanda Maximoff, 30 degrees to your left." I turned my head, seeing Wanda start to float into the air, using her red energy to hurl chunks of debris at Thanos. I flew around, blasting any alien in sight as I saw Black Panther wrapping his body around the gauntlet as Voldemort, who I thought had died, dragged him closer.

"I got it!" Was yelled from behind me, and I saw Peter swing toward T'Challa, who let go of the gauntlet as Peter shot a web, grabbing the gauntlet and falling to the ground, only to be surrounded by aliens.

I dropped down behind him, a smirk on my face as the arms of my suit turned into giant blasters.

"Activate instant kill!" Peter yelled as six arms appeared from his back, attacking every alien that ran towards him while I blasted others away.

"Instant kill?! How long have you had that?!" I said as I stabbed an alien with my arm.

"Since I took off the training wheels protocol!" Peter yelled as he kicked away another alien.

"We got this.. We got this.. WE DON'T GOT THIS." Me and Peter said in unison as we were slowly being overwhelmed by aliens.

"HEY QUEENS." Steve yelled, getting our attention as he hurled the Mjolnir at us. We grabbed onto it as it took us away from the danger. I let go and fly as Peter is blasted off, getting caught by my mom.

"Hey kid. I got you." She said as Peter nodded. I waved to my mom, who de-helmets and smiles widely at me before blasting off with Peter. She tossed him to Valkarie before he quickly perched atop Pegasus.

"Hey it's nice to meet you- aaarg!" Peter yelled as Valkarie spurs into high gear, dodging canon fire, but obviously not fast enough. Peter started to free fall, still clutching the gauntlet as he crashed.

I knew helping him would do nothing, so I just looked around in fear, noticing that maybe..

All hope was lost.

"Megan, something has just entered the Earth's atmosphere." Hax said as I looked up to see a comet heading straight for us. I frowned in confusion as the comet veered right into the ship, tearing through Sanctuary-2, right out the other end.

"What the hell-" I said as I heard Steve sigh. I snickered as I blasted towards a scene to kill aliens.

"What? Is hell a bad word too?"

"Megan I swear. It was ONE TIME." 

"And you will never live it down. So good luck." I said as I shot a beam through an alien, slicing it in half. "Gross." I said as I watched the comet land in front of Peter.

Oh it's a woman.

I dropped down next to her as she smiled down at Peter. "Oh hey.. Im.. I'm Peter Parker." He said, hugging the gauntlet, still dazed.

"Hey Peter Parker. You got something for me?" The woman asked as Peter stood up slowly, handing the woman the gauntlet. She blasted off, leaving me and Peter.

The fight continued for so long, and I slowly started to feel myself heat up and grow weak. My punches were growing sloppier with each swing, and Peter forced me to hide.

"Peter please I can fight-"

"Megan you are going to get yourself killed!" He protested.

"I will not!" I said angrily as he jumped back, staring at me. I frowned, noticing that there were two white dots in his eyes, but they were the reflection of something. I frowned as Peter looked between my eyes.

"Megan please just go hide or you'll end up killing yourself or someone." Peter continued as the cracks in my suit where my joints were lit up like a christmas tree.

"Megan I am detecting the radiation of gamma rays in your suit. I advise that you remove it." I nodded as I tapped my bracelets, gasping in surprise as I noticed it was me that was radiating.

"Peter what the hell is happening-" I said as he backed up. 

"Megan-?" I felt my eyes burn for a moment as they turned completely white.

"Peter get away!" I yelled as he jumped behind debris as a blast of white exploded from me, sucking in everything before it blasted everything away. I heard a grunt as Peter was being crushed under cement.

"A-A little help..." He groaned as I attempted to lift up the cement, only to yell in pain from trying to do so. Peter was able to get out, staring at me in shock as my hands resembled Wanda's, except it was white instead of red.

"I don't know how this is possible, but you could use it to beat the crap out of Thanos!" Peter yelled as I nodded, running in the direction I last saw the giant titan.

But I quickly stopped as Peter did, seeing my dad be thrown off of Thanos as he had gotten the gauntlet back. "No..." I said as Thanos smirked.

["No Time To Die"]

"I am... Inevitable." I shut my eyes tightly as I heard the clink of a snap, but nothing happened. I opened them, watching as Thanos looked at the gauntlet, which didn't have the stones.

"And I.... Am..." I turned to my dad, who had his hand raised in a snapping motion as blood and dirt covered his face, the stones on his hand.

"NO!" I yelled, too far to make it in time. But I still ran to my dad, tears starting to fall.

"Iron-Man." He snapped his fingers as everything seemed to go into slow motion for a moment as the tidal wave evaporates into mist. My dad is thrown back, and he falls against the upturned roots of a tree.

I freeze, watching as the aliens vanish, the last one being Thanos. Rhodey runs up to my dad, but from one look, he knows it's too late.

My dad exhales, almost letting go before me and Peter fall to him.

"Mr. Stark? Tony... It's okay... Mr. Stark we won... You did it..." Peter sobbed, Rhodey pulling him away as my mom knelt down.

"Friday... What've we got?" She said quietly as FRIDAY echoed through the suit.

"Life functions critical." I let out a cry, covering my mouth. My mom stared into my dads eyes, already knowing.

"Tony look at me. We're going to be okay.." He looked at my mom, tears welling in his eyes.

"Dad?" I cried, kneeling next to him. He weakly took his hand in mine as I cried, shaking my head. "Please don't go... You said you would tell me about the time machine..." He huffed out a laugh, groaning in pain. 

"I can't lose you, dad. Please... I need you." My nose tingled as tears fell down my face. He squeezed my hand weakly.

"I love you..... 3000..." My dad said weakly, looking at me before facing away, his eyes glossing over as they fixated on nothing, his light going dark. I cried out, shaking my head.

"No.. No no no dad please... Wake up please!" I cried as Peter pulled me back, lifting me up into a hug. I sobbed into his shoulder as he held me tightly, my eyes shutting as I sobbed.

Everyone gathered around slowly, there heads falling down in silence as I sobbed. I could hear Peter's quiet cries ring in my ear.

"Why did it have to be him..." I whispered quietly.

꧁꧂

Peter and I walked down the hallway of the school as my eyes were still red and puffy. We searched the crowd, finding Ned, who stopped. Peter and Ned shared a look before they walked up to one another, hugging each other. There was a tap on my shoulder, and I looked up to see Ned, who had a weak smile.

I held back tears as I hugged him, his arms wrapping around me tightly.

꧁꧂

I sat in my bedroom in silence, holding a photo of me, my dad, and my mom together as I cried silently. There was a buzz, getting my attention as I sat up, looking over at my hologram TV. I sniffed, wiping my nose as a video of my dad appeared.

"H-Hax... Play..." I mumbled as the video began.

[3RD Person Point of view]

["Sign Of The Times"]

Megan walked down the steps of a lake house, carrying an RT ringed with flowers. The Avengers follow behind her, somber looks on their faces.

Megan walked onto the deck, placing the RT in the water. In the middle of it, an old arc reactor laid on it.

'Proof That Tony Stark Has A Heart' was written on it.

Megan stood next to Peter, resting her head on his shoulder as everyone stood there in complete silence.

After a long while, Peter and Megan stood under the tree, Megan's eyes not daring to remove their gaze from the RT. 

"I just wish there were some way I could let her know that we won." Clint said to Wanda, indicating he was talking about Natasha.

"She knows... They both do." Wanda replied

꧁꧂

Megan, Bruce in his smart Hulk form, Bucky, Steve, and Sam all stood together while Bruce made the final adjustments.

"Remember, you'll have to return the stones to the exact moment they were taken. Otherwise, we're still looking at a whole bunch of nasty alternate realities." Bruce said as Steve nodded.

"Got it. I'll clip all the branches." Steve replied, grabbing the case. Megan turned to Bruce with somber eyes.

"You know, I tried. When I had the gauntlet. I really tried to bring her back." Bruce said as he sighed. "I miss her.."

"We all do Bruce." Megan said as she walked up to him, a weak smile on her lips.

"You'd better get going. We are almost ready for you." Bruce said to Steve as he nodded, going to step on the platform. Bucky grabbed his arm as Steve smiled.

"Don't do anything stupid until I get back, okay?" Steve said with a wink.

"How can I? You're taking all the stupid with you." Bucky replied, letting go of his friend and giving him a long hug.

"Going to miss you, buddy." 

"It's okay, Buck." Megan frowned, wondering why Steve was telling Bucky that when he would be back in less than 5 seconds. Steve picks up Mjolnir, and takes his place on the platform.

"How long is this gonna take?" Sam asked as Bruce shrugged.

"For him, as long as he needs. For us, five seconds." Bruce answered. "Ready, Cap? You're ready to go. Meet you right back here, okay?" 

Steve glanced at Bucky, who suddenly had the look of great sadness. "You bet." Steve answered.

"Going Quantum in three. Two. One." Steve tapped his cuff, shrinking into nothing. Megan let out a shaky breath, suddenly realizing why Steve chose to go back in time.

"That son of a bitch." She mumbled.

"And returning in five... four.. three. two." Bruce tapped a button, but nothing happened. Megan and Bucky shared a pained smile as Sam and Bruce look around.

"Where is he?" Sam said with a frown.

"I don't know. He blew past the time stamp. He should be here." Bruce answered.

"Get him back!" Sam said somewhat frantically.

Both Bucky and Megan turn out to the water to see an old man, quite obviously Steve Rogers. "He is back, Sam." Megan said, letting out a choked laugh as Sam turned.

Megan and Sam walked over to Steve, who was surprisingly alive at 112 years old.

"Hey, Cap." They said together, a voice crack coming from Megan.

"Hi Sam. Megan."

"Something go right or... something go wrong?" Sam asked, taking a small step forward.

"I thought, after everything that's happened... maybe I should try out some of that life Tony always told me to get." They all shared a short laugh.

"How was it?" Sam asked as Steve continued to stare out at the river, years of emotion on his face.

"It was beautiful."

"I'm happy for you, really." Sam and Megan answered, although for Megan, it was a blatant lie. She was happy that he got to truly live a life in the year he was meant to live, but she was angry at him for leaving the family he gained after being frozen.

Most importantly, he left Bucky.

"Only thing bumming me out is now I have to live in a world with no Captain America." Sam said as Steve pulls up a case from beside it, handing it to Sam.

"That's kind of why I am here." He said as Sam opened the case, revealing a brand new shield.

"Where did you get this?" Sam asked, purely shocked.

"I had a little time travel." He said, sounding beat. "Try it on." Megan walked away, leaving the two together as she walked over to Bucky, who looked heartbroken.

"You wanted to be with him, didn't you?" She said quietly as Bucky looked over at the aging Steve, hesitating before he nodded.

"I never really expected it to happen. I knew he would find a way to go back to Peggy."

"You mean the girl that he kissed once and didn't even make their relationship official until he went back in time?" Megan said as Bucky chuckled.

"Yeah... I guess." He looked down at Megan, frowning. "What about you, Megan?" He asked as she looked at him in confusion.

"What about me?" She said, raising a brow.

"You... And Peter. Did you two ever get together?" He said, nudging her shoulder as they started to walk together. Megan sighed, shaking her head.

"I don't think I could ever be with him, Bucky."

"Of course you can. Take it from a guy who has secretly been in love with a guy for almost 100 years. Peter likes you, Megan."

"Even if he did, now is not the time for me to be finding someone to love, or date. I just lost so much in such a short time. I can't get over it in a day and move on with my life." Megan said, holding back tears.

"My dad told me to mourn, but not spend the rest of my days locked in my room over his death. He wants me to find someone, and he specifically said it be Peter. But I can't just do that. We both need time to process everything that has happened..."

Bucky went silent, seeming to be at a loss for words.

"Then I guess you have to process it."