Reversal

Six stones, two snaps. One to balance, and another to bring back.

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Tony sat alone on Titan, bringing his hands to his face. That was *his kid*, and he just watched him die in his arms. Thanos was going to pay for what he had done. Imagining shooting a repulsor blast through Thanos caused Tony to start laughing. A small laugh at first, before turning hysterical and delirious. Tears started streaming down his face as he kept laughing. He stopped to take a shaky breath in. Tony stood up with a look of resolve on his face. He was going to get his kid back, no matter the cost.

“I’m sorry…”

Those two words echoed around inside Tony’s brain like a broken record. Why did he have to come to space? He should’ve stayed home with May.

Looking around the planet, a glint of gold caught his eye. Tony bent down and picked the small object up. It appeared to be a ring of some sorts. As soon as he put it on his finger, a golden portal appeared.

“Strange, you never cease to amaze me with your plans.” Tony smiled and shook his head. He stepped through the portal, unsure of where it might take him.

When he walked through the other side, he was surprised to find himself in Wakanda of all places. Or, what was left of it, at least. The once beautiful scenery had been ravaged by a battle against Thanos’s army, and it wasn’t clear to Tony which side won. He walked along the plains and took everything in. Where were the Avengers? He began to walk faster, working up to a jog and then a sprint into the forest where he thought he heard voices.

Staring at him were the battered faces of Steve, Bruce, Thor, Rocket, and Vison’s gray body on the ground.

“Tony… are you ok?” Steve looked scared to ask the question and seemed to regret it as soon as the words left his mouth.

“Where’s Thanos?”

“He teleported somewhere after the snap, I don’t know exactly where.”

“I’m going to kill the bastard” Tony didn’t think it was possible to be this mad at a being. Peter was just a kid. He didn’t deserve this, and neither did anyone else that went with the snap.

“What happened on Titan?” Bruce yelled after Tony as he began walking off. Tony stopped in place and slowly turned around to face the other scientist.

“Thanos fucked with my kid, and now he’s going to pay.”

Tony opened up a portal with the sling ring and didn’t look back as he went through the swirling, gold sparks.

The portal closed behind him as he walked through another field towards a beaten down farmhouse. This had to be the right place. At first glance, the massive scarecrow near the house seemed to be made out of metal. As Tony got closer, he saw that it was Thanos’s armor.

‘So this is the place, all right.’

He continued along past the house. Tony brushed his hand along the flowers growing everywhere. They were golden and beautiful in the wind. He smiled softly to himself as he stopped walking.

“What makes you think you can stop me?” A voice came from behind. Tony didn’t even bother turning around before replying to it.

“Because that was my kid”

He quickly turned around and lunged at Thanos, armor on his right hand from the remnants of his nanosuit. He had enough energy for one blast, and God be damned if he didn’t give this his all. The infinity stone gauntlet seemed to not be working, as it was burnt onto Thanos’s arm and the stones weren’t glowing. Tony could work with that.

The blast came out from Tony’s hand as he screamed and it went straight at Thanos’s hand.