Silence hangs in the air as everyone stands starstruck by what Hela has just said. My heart hammers in my chest as I being to put the pieces of the past few weeks together. A smirk is plastered on Hela's face while Thanos remains completely composed, lacking any emotion whatsoever as his eyes fix on me.
"I'm sorry but what does that mean?" asks Peter, his voice quiet and innocent as he steps away from Tony, his eyes darting around the group in the hope for some kind of explanation. Before I can say anything, Stephen places his hand gently on my shoulder causing me to glance up at him, confused by his sudden change of heart. He couldn't even look at me a few minutes ago and now he can? I wish he'd make his mine up.
"She means it's one of us." explains Stephen as he looks down at me, his eyes giving away that he too has put the pieces together. He too knows who it is so of course he knows that Hela was right. I don't like the answer I got.
"Which one of them is it?" asks Wanda as she steps out from behind Vision who was stood protectively in front of her moments ago. Everyone turns to me and Stephen but when they don't get an answer, they turn to Hela and Thanos instead.
"The one Abi doesn't want it to be." says Thanos as he steps forward slightly, his figure towering over Hela as he stands up straighter.
"And I bet you find that hilarious don't you." I hiss at him, my voice bitter as I tense the muscles in my face, glaring at him as my hands form fists, my nails digging to my palms. Stephen's hand on my shoulder tightens reassuringly, calming my anger and causing me to relax my hands.
"I'm sorry my child." whispers Thanos as he looks down at the ground, avoiding my eye contact as I chuckle to myself. Nebula was wrong when she said he wasn't a liar. He is and a terrible one at that.
"So who is it?" asks Tony, frustration clawing at the edges of his voice as he stares at me expectantly, waiting for the explanation everyone wants.
"Isn't it obvious?" asks Loki as he steps behind me, glancing at Stephen who nods once, gesturing that he too knows.
"Not to me it's not." argues Tony as he crosses his arms against his chest, tapping his foot impatiently on the floor as silence invades the air. Needing the assurance, I look up at Stephen, our eyes locking together as we both take a deep breath.
"It's you, Tony." I declare, not taking my eyes off Stephen until I hear Peter gasp loudly behind me. Looking at Tony directly, I watch his eyes slowly widen and his jaw drop slowly as his brain processes the information I've just shared with him.
"Well, I wasn't expecting that." confesses Pietro from beside me, a chuckle escaping his throat as I shoot him a warning glance causing him to quickly shut up. Turning back to Tony, I see that his eyes are wide as he rapidly blinks, clearly just as shocked as everyone else on the team.
"So my sister's a psycho." declares Tony as he walks towards me, looking down at me as he comes to a stop right in front of me. Looking me up and down, Tony rolls his eyes as I stick my tongue out at him like a little child.
"Welcome to the club." mumbles Loki from behind him as Thor chuckles in agreement.
"And my brother's a douchebag." I add, looking Tony up and down just as he did me, a smirk plastered on my face as I notice his clear annoyance at me calling him a douchebag. Its what Stephen used to call him.
"Oh, you can tell you two are related." chuckles Loki as he raises his eyebrows, glancing between me and Tony, both of our faces masked with confusion. "Oh come on. You both have the same attitude problems." he adds as Thor nods in agreement causing me to glare at him. I do not have attitude problems.
"Well now that I've done what I came here to do, we've got to dash." declares Hela as two separate portals begin forming behind the two of them, one glowing a bright green whilst the other glows a darker blue shade.
"What about Christine?" I shout as Hela steps into her portal, the green glow disappearing in an instant before I turn to Thanos, my voice breaking as my emotions take over. "What about what you said?"
"You'll soon find out daughter." he mumbles as he steps backward into the portal, his figure disappearing as the portal begins to fade away, only his voice left in the air. "And when you do, you'll come running back to us."
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Chasing the tesseract
Fanfic"𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼." • • Abigail Laufeyson has always had a chaotic life but it became even more chaotic when she met Stephen Strange. After the tesseract is stolen by none other than Hela Odinson, the two ne...
