Faded

Chapter 5

Universe 2

Peters POV

“Stark! I don’t feel so good….” I stumble over to him and he catches me. “I don’t know what’s happening”. I fall to the ground “Please, I don’t wanna go” I say to him tears in my eyes and memories of him and me fill my mind “I don’t wanna go….” I start to turn to dust still crying and Mr. Stark is holding me. The last time he held me was after fighting Captain America and his team.  “I’m SORRY…” With those words, as I lay in his arms the last thing I see is his tears then I am gone.

I wake up suddenly screaming as I am pulled from the dream and into reality. I start breathing heavily. Light fills the room as my door opens. “Peter?” A feminine voice says and footsteps approach and the bed dips with weight as she sits beside me. “Peter?” the voice says again and I shake my head, breathing hard and gasping for air. “Woah Peter look at me” The person lifts my chin so that I am looking at her. Brown meets Blue and he feels a little better. I lean against Tessa feeling a little calmer but I am still breathing hard. She rubs my back trying to calm me.
“It is okay Peter I am here,” she says still rubbing my back trying to calm me. My breathing slows and I lean against her some more feeling a bit better but still worried about my dream and what had happened. I feel a sense of calm with Tessa here by my side.

“I am sorry for waking you up” I whisper feeling bad that she had to come and help me. She looks at me shocked “Peter..” She scolded. “Yes?” I say confused at why she is mad. “It is not your fault for waking me up. I will always be here to help you” She promises while smiling at him. I nod unsure of what to say in response to that. She moves to leave but I grab her wrist and she looks at me raising her eyebrow.

“Can you stay? Please just till I fall asleep?” I ask hoping she will say yes. She nods and moves to the bed and lays down then rolls over to look at him. I smile at her a lay back down so we are now face to face. We stay like that for a while just talking and the last thing I remember is me laughing at something she said because when my eyes open she is gone and the sun is shining in from the window. I sigh and go back to sleep feeling much better.

Universe 2

Wanda’s POV

We have been here for so long I feel like it has been years but Bucky says that we are safe here so I guess we are. I am still unsure of what happened that fateful day I barely can recall what happened Bucky told me that it is normal and I am shutting memories out so I don’t become unstable I guess he is right. I wonder what everyone is doing right now and I hope that they are trying to find us. I miss them all especially Vision I wonder how he is Bucky refuses to tell me where he is which makes me mad but I guess I can wait a little longer to see him.

Well, not I guess I know I can I mean I did not see him so long ago but I miss him so much. I miss the way he held me when I was sad and how he was always more than happy to stay till I felt better. I miss the way his laugh melted any frown and how he took his faults with stride. He was I mean is amazing I am so excited to see him. I smile as I remember everything we have done together. Bucky walks over to me

“We should get a move on maybe we can find someone who can help us” I nod and stand up and gather our stuff which's basically garbage and we walk out of the alley and back onto the streets of New York.I look around to see if I see anything that I might have been too before or have passed. We have been walking for so long I have lost track of time suddenly Bucky stills and puts a hand out to stop me and I look around as I try to find why have stopped.

“Wha-” he puts a finger up to my mouth to silence me and I stay quiet still confused as to why he then points to an alley and we approach it quietly trying not to draw attention to us as we walk into the darkness we turn and watch the entrance of the alley waiting for something to appear or a sign of danger. Suddenly a man appear in the entrance to the alley the darkness shields his face (XD) and all we see is a silhouette as the man steps closer we can make out who he is the first thing we notice is the black trench coat the moves even though there is no wind then we see the stoic face of Nick Fury

“Well, Well, well what have we here?” He asks pleased that he found more people.
“Hey Sir” Says Bucky casually as though it is not weird that Nick is here. Nick smirks at us and he walks closer.
“We have some people to go meet” He says and a car pulls up in front of the alley’s entrance and Nick enters the car motioning them towards the car and we approach it carefully unsure if we should as soon as he notices he says.
“It’s safe no-one is going to kill you calm down” he scoffs and rolls his eyes and with that statement of pure annoyance which is his specialty we get in and the car pulls away from the curb. Soon enough we make it to the compound and we all exit the car and walk towards the building a little confused why Nick brought us here.

We entered the compound and took the elevator upstairs and of course over the elevators speakers AC/DC’s Back in Black was playing courtesy of Tony Stark. When the doors opened we immediately noticed that there were two other people in the room one of them we already knew but the other one was a new face and that scared me a little.

“Hey Wanda” Peter says with that silly smile of his. I smile back and wave then I turn my attention to the girl. The girl looks up at them with a look of indifference and then looks back down to the book she was reading seconds before we entered from where I am standing I can't tell what she is reading but she must like it because she is reading quickly or she likes to ignore people.

“Hey, I am Wanda what is your name?” I say trying to be nice to this girl who seems remotely uninterested in us. She looks up from her book and looks right at me her icy blue eyes piercing in my brown ones and I am a little taken aback at how blue they are and the fact that they almost look fake.
“I am Tessa” she says then her eyes move back to her book signalling that this conversation is over. I sigh a little annoyed that she ended the conversation but I move my attention to Nick.
“Um sir?” I ask “Why is it so quiet here normally it is so lively and there is always noise to be heard.” He gives me a grim look.
“They disappeared Wanda” he says gently trying to be as kind as he can.

“What?!” I say confused and a little angry that I did not know that this had happened. He sighs in annoyance and explains to me what happened and I listen intently then he mentions Vision and my heart plummets and Tears spill down my cheek as I cry in anguish for my lover and it all comes back to me. The moment I destroyed the stone and the life left his eyes then when Thanos appeared and reversed what I had done and destroyed vision once and for all and how afterwards I had dusted away as Nick calls it. The emotions fill my heart and my tears flow down my cheeks like a dam had burst. I am not only crying for the loss of my Lover but the loss of my team the loss of everyone and suddenly more grief fills me as I feel Nicks and Bucky's and Peters. It all fills me and it becomes too much my vision starts to swim and I fall over into the arms of Bucky and I blackout.

Universe 1

Tony’s POV

Beep Beep Beep. Weird why is my alarm on? I wonder and I open my eyes but light hits them and I groan quickly shutting them. Beep Beep Beep. There’s that goddamn alarm again! I try to open my eyes and the light still hurts but not as much as before so I keep them open and I take in my surroundings. I note the hospital bed I am in and the machines I am hooked up too and the major headache threatening to break my skull open.

“Ow” I mutter and I finally notice Pepper in the chair beside me. She is asleep with work stuff all around her and a Stark Pad on her lap I smile fondly at her and the way she looks so peaceful when asleep. I continue my search of the room and I finally notice the pain in my mid section and I pull the covers away and I see the Blood Stained bandage and I sigh which hurts a lot to do. Suddenly I hear a noise and I look over a Pepper who is awake now and watching me inspect my bandage.

“Um Hey?” I say a little worried that she might kill me and knowing her she actually might. She gets a really worried look on her face.
“Are you okay?” she asks and I relax nodding then her expression changes.
“Good then I can do this” She smacks me upside the head.
“YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT……” She continues on but I tune her out and try to not smile and tell her she looks cute when she is mad because that will only make her hit me harder. She sighs and leans back into her chair staring at me waiting me to answer a question she asked me but the bad part is I have no clue what she asked so of course me being an idiot I say.

“Yes?” I wait for her to calm but she does not instead her face turns a shade of red I have never seen before in my life.
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WILL DO IT AGAIN????!!!!!!” OH shit I think I messed up real bad.
“Uhhhh I mean No I will not do it again?” I say praying for my life and those after me that I have said the answer she wanted. She leans back into the chair again and relaxes meaning I can do the same. She grabs the StarkPad and starts talking about PR and all that stuff that I don’t care about.
“So we need to show the public that you are alive and that you will protect us and all that stuff Okay?” I nod along like I normally do.

“Okay then when you are cleared by Banner then we can arrange a meeting with the press” I tune in at the mention of Banner a little surprised that my science buddy is here.
“Banner? He is here?” Pepper Nods
“He is the one who treated your wounds” she points to my stomach and to the random scratches on my arms that are wrapped up.
“Can I see him? Is he okay? Is anyone else here?” I ask but I have way more questions than just those but Pepper stops me.
“You can ask him yourself when he comes to check your bandages.” I nod eager to see my friend and everyone that is still left and after thinking that thought I feel a wave of sadness at the thought of those who are gone or died fighting for the world.
“Peter-r” I whisper and a tear runs down my cheek but Pepper wipes it away. “He is gone-e” I say shakingly unable to bear the thought I push if from my mind. I can grieve later. I try to get up but Pepper stops me and she shakes her head.

“You are not ready and you have not been approved to get up and till both of those things happen you are not going anywhere.” She says firmly and with that the conversation is over and that it will not be argued with.

I sigh knowing that no matter what I say or do I will not be able to change her mind so I give up and look out the window and I watch the wind blow the trees and then I hear a door open I quickly turn and see Banner walking in he smiles at Pepper then looks at me he smiles and goes to hug me and I wince as he accidentally touches my mid-section and he quickly backs up but I keep hugging him ignoring the pain.

“ I missed you Rage monster” I Say smiling at him and he laughs at the nick name.
“You know I need to give you a nickname” He says laughing and I shake my head.
“No, Leave the nicknames to me please” He laughs again and puts his hands up like he is surrendering. I laugh and I notice Pepper is gone.
“Where did she go?” Banner shrugs then he turns to some machine that I am too tired to think about what it is so I close my eyes and I fall asleep to the constant beeping. Beep Beep Beep-......... then silence.

Universe 2

Tessa POV

It was weird to help Peter last night but he needed it so I helped and I am pretty sure that we are closer than ever. I smile as I move around my room looking for clothes which is very hard because my room is a mess it looks like a literal bomb went off in it. A knock sounds at the door I walk over to it and open it.

“Yes? What do you want?” Peter laughs at my welcome.
“Fine if you don't want me here” he jokes pretending to walk away. I sigh and grab his collar and pull him into a hug. He laughs and picks me up onto his back and carry me to the main room for food. He lets me slide off his back but I stay attached.
“Nuuuuu” I say laughing “I don’t want to go” He chuckles and moves to climb the wall but I hang on not letting go for a second. We are now hanging upside down but I am not letting go. He laughs and jumps down and I yelp almost letting go. He smiles at me.
“Dang you are real clingy” He laughs and I get off him smacking his neck and he looks at me with mock pain.

“Ow” he says and makes a face but I roll my eyes “You can lift a car I highly doubt that hit.” He looks at me shocked. “You saw that” I nod and he smiles at me then moves to the fridge to get food. I laugh at him now noticing there are other people in the room so I wave and walk over to them. “Hey” I say to the person who said Hi the other day “I am sorry for my attitude the other day my etiquette is atrocious.” she looks surprised at my word choice but I shake it off and look at the man with the arm. “Hey” I say again and nod at nick who nods back. I hear the door to the fridge shut and I look at Peter who has food overflowing in his arms. My jaw drops.
“You are gonna eat all that?” I look at his tiny stature and think “There is no way he can eat all that” He nods though to my dismay and sits down starting to eat all the food. I laugh and join him grabbing some bread and he winks at me making me laugh.

A/N : XD fluff yeah it's been awhile but I feel like no one reads this but even then I will still write it and yes there is more to write for this chapter wow right? This is like my apology chapter for being gone for like a month maybe more XD I literally have so many ideas for this story now maybe that break helped my mind out.

Peters POV

It was a little weird the way Tessa and I talked this morning and after words Wanda muttered something about OTP? I am not sure what it is I might look it up….Maybe later though I need to sleep. A knock on my door interrupts my thoughts and I roll over looking at it.
“Yes?” I say a little annoyed since I was about to have a nap but a laugh I know all to well breaks through my mood and brings a smile to my face. I smirk and get up walking over to the door and open it quickly to see Tessa there laughing at the way I greeted her like she had mere hours ago. I hug her first which makes her laugh I notice Wanda peeking her head around the corner at us muttering “Shipped shipped SHIPPED” Tessa laughs as we both hear her and she blushes quickly vanishing from our view. I laugh and look at Tessa
“What does ship mean?” we both say at the same time which makes us laugh.