Chapter 10
Wanda smiled when she saw the others land in their Quinjet . She understood that the flight was last minute, and she planned on cooking them dinner in a way of saying sorry for the short noticed. Morgan was the first one out, looking in awe at the tower and sight below her.
“Wanda!” the little girl said, running to the other woman. The European caught the child and lifted her up onto her hip, her smile was widen went Morgan wrapped her arms around her neck and placed a sloppy kiss on her cheek.
“I missed you.”
“I missed you too honey.”
“Wow, and here I thought I was your favorite.” Clint said as he exited the jet. Wanda give him, the family, and everyone else a hug as they exited.
“So, what happened?” Steve asked, as the group made their way inside.
“I woke up and I felt this strange feeling like someone was watching me. I came to the kitchen for tea and boom, Pietro was here.” A million and one questions ran through everyone’s mind, but stopped when they reached the living room and saw the man sitting on the sofa waiting for them.
“I didn’t see this coming.” Clint said, making Pietro laugh and pulling him into a bone crushing hug.
“How? What? When did you get here?” Bruce asked once the men separated from their hug.
“Well I could ask the same for you. You’re green, but you’ve always been green but still, and wearing a shirt now.”
“We can talk about that later.”
“Okay, tell them how you got here, while I get water for everyone.” Wanda said as she put down Morgan. Both her and Nate followed the older woman into the kitchen to help her.
“Well I remember when we were fighting Ultron and I turned around and saw you in this white and red suit thing,” he said looking at Clint, before clearing his throat to continue, “And then you were gone. The fight went on as normal, I died of course and then I saw this yellow light and I was in water. There was a voice, it deep, they said that I earned the right to live because of what you guys did. Don’t worry Wanda caught me up on everything. Before I knew it, I was awake and covered in dirt. I knew I was in Sokovia because of the language everyone was speaking, and I was laying right where I died.”
“So, the stone brought you back?” Tony stated rather then asked, with Steve nodding in agreement.
“I believe so. I asked people what year it was, and they said 2023. I just up and ran, because I knew I had to find you guys and figure out what was going on.”
“I think the stones are doing us a favor now,” Natasha said, thanking Wanda when she handed her water, “Maybe their way of saying thank you to us by bringing back everyone that we love.”
“If they are then that means Loki is alive, since he was important to Thor.” Clint said with a shrug.
“Then shouldn’t their mother come back too?” Pepper asked, everyone knowing just how important Frigga was to the boys, especially Loki. She was the only one, besides Thor of course, that loved him for who he was.
“Well, that’s the issue. We don’t know how far back the stones are willing to go,” Bruce stated, rubbing the back of his head, “It’s honestly a guessing game now about who all is going to pop up next.”
“All we can do is hope for the best,” Wanda said standing up, “I’m making dinner. Any suggestions?”
“Pizza!” The kids screamed out, causing the adults to laugh.
“Pizza it is.”
Later that evening Wanda was sitting on the balcony with a cup of tea and a blanket wrapped around her. After dinner, her and brother talked with the group, sharing stories and laughing. After Nate and Morgan feel asleep on Natasha, everyone decided to call it a night. Everyone even took to their old rooms to sleep for the night.
“I told you would be asleep.” A voice said from behind her. She turned her head and saw Tony standing at the doorway with a cup of tea in his hand as well.
“I’m not tired honestly. I’ve slept for five years.” She said jokily, causing Tony to laugh as well.
“Mind if I join you?”
“Please.” She moved over on the bench that she was sitting on and even opened the blanket for him to climb into. They sat in silence for a while, just enjoying the night and their tea, but from time to time they would take quick looks at each other.
“So how are you feeling?” Tony asked. Wanda wasn’t sure if he was asking how she felt about her brother coming back to life or how she was feeling about coming back five years later.
“I’m okay, I guess. I’m still getting use to everything.”
“Everything?”
“Yeah, I mean coming back from being dusted, fighting Thanos again, having you and Nat come back from the dead, and having my brother come back to life after he’s been dead for eight years.”
“I understand. When I snapped, I never thought that I would come back, in fact I knew I was going to die.”
“So why do it? You have Pepper, Peter, Harley, and Morgan to watch after.”
“I know, but when you look at it, I would never want to live in a world where I have to keep fighting to keep everyone, I love safe.”
“You rather die for your family-“
“I rather had not died, I knew I was going to die though, but I also knew that everyone was safe and was going to live in a world where no one has to fight every damn day or worry about a freaking purple giant coming out the sky trying to take over the world.”
“You’re always sacrificing yourself.” Wanda said with a small laugh.
“Ha! Well I have to make up for my mistakes.”
“You never made mistakes Tony.”
“Oh trust me I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I hurt a lot of people. I tried to make up for it when I became Iron Man, but it only went so far. Many people loved it and many hated it, of course it got worst when the Avengers got together.”
“I never hated you. In fact I admired you and wanted to be a philanthropist. I started to save up money to come to America and attend one of your expose and hoping that you would at least shake my hand.”
“There’s always time, you know? If Peter can intern, then you can too.” Tony said smiling at her, in which she returned it.
“I was honest when I said I never hated you.”
“You have a right too. I took your parents away from you and I tried to lock you away; but it wasn’t because I was scared of you. I was scared for you. I honestly wanted you to control your powers, but I knew, from personal experience, that the world was never going to give you that chance.”
“I know. The world was never kind to people who are different. You didn’t take my parents. Whoever was selling your tech is to blame, but Hydra and Ultron knew about my brother and I’s past and they used that as fuel to take you and the other Avengers down. Sorry for throwing cars at you.”
“Well, now that I know that, we can work on this friendship and I forgive you.” Wanda wrapped her arms around his middle and rested her head on his shoulder, and Tony wrapped his arms around her shoulders and placed a kiss on her hair line.
This was not going to be a quick fix, but this was a start.
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Peter sighed as he walked into school for the first time in five years. It was different only because now he was technically twenty-one, not sixteen, and he just finished having the most emotional week of his life. first, he had to come back from being dusted, Tony died in front of him, and he then learned that Natasha died as well and that triggered his depression. He went to the funerals, cried some more, and then hours later both of them came back to life.
“Peter!” Quickly he turned around and saw Ned and MJ walking towards him.
“Man, what’s up?” he said as the two did their handshake and he then turned to give MJ a hug, in which she returned.
“Man, what happened to you? I remember fading away and then coming back and everyone is five years older. Now I’m twenty-one in high school! My worst fear is coming true!”
“We’re all twenty-one in high school.” MJ said with a roll of her eyes.
“I was dusted too.”
“Dude! What about the Avengers? Did you know what happened?” Ned asked in a whisper tone, knowing that Peter won’t want anyone to know his secret about him being Spider-Man.
“It’s a long story, I’ll tell you guys after we get settled with our classes.” The two friends nodded and together the three of them walked off to the office.
Due to the fact that most of the student population was dusted and there was a five-year gap, the school’s office was having a hard time keeping up with the demands and long line of students coming to see where they stood in the academic school year. Thankfully, the three were in the back of the line, and no one seemed to care about their conversation. Peter told them what happened after he got off the bus, using different words so no one knew about him being Spider- Man, but also so his friends could pick up the clues.
“Wow. So, what are you going to do now? What about the others?” MJ asked once her friend was done with his story.
“I don’t know. I just want to get school over with and enjoy my summer. I’m taking a break from superhero things for a while.” And tell MJ that I like her, he added in his head.
“As for the others, Tony and Pepper have Morgan, Clint has his family, the Guardians went back to space, and the others are probably off doing their own thing. I know everyone is going to get back together for Nat and Steve’s wedding.”
“They’re finally getting married? Can we go? Please? Please? I have to go to my first Avenger wedding!” Ned asked with a smile and excitement written all over his face. It was no secret that Ned was a huge Avenger fan and almost fainted when Peter introduced him to them.
“I’m sure if I ask them, they won’t mind.”
“Well you know the school is planning a European trip for us. Maybe we could all go to that too?”
“Yeah, we could spend the summer together. My parents won’t be home anyway cause of their jobs.” Peter nodded and smiled at his two friends. It feels good to be back home.