Legends Never Die

Chapter 15

Tony watches from the doorway as Jarvis greets them. 

There were varying degrees of shock, most of it from Bruce. 

Peter just watched her silently, not taking his eyes off of her.

 She greeted them, and made a beeline to Peter. 

"I thought I told you not to do anything I would do, or wouldn't". 

A smile danced across her face, but Peter was confused. 

But Tony pulls him into a hug, a normal hug, and Peter feels the arc reactor against his chest. 

He pulls back with a wild look in his eyes, he yells, expecting this to be another illusion where nobody died from Beck's henchmen. 

"You can't trick me anymore! You're not real!" 

Tony pulls the struggling boy to her chest, activates the stones with her other hand and points it at the others.

 She stood in front of where they were sitting, Everyone stood in either alarm or awe.

Peter is trying to get away, but Tony has him in a vice. 

The real Time stone flies to her wrist from Stephen, who was leaning against the wall. 

The stone flew to her wrist, glowing brighter than she's ever seen before. 

She aimed her hand like a repluser, "ALRIGHT! WHO THE FUCK DO I HAVE TO KILL?!!", her gaze as hard as steel that even Nat flinches. 

She stares straight into Steve's eyes, "Rodgers..I swear to god that if you had anything to do with this, you're gonna wish I made the choice to kill you in Siberia...DON'T TOUCH WHAT IS MINE..."she said dangerously. 

A black cat walks in, and stands next to Tony.

 Sam, Bucky, Wanda and Nat stand up and walk to Tony. 

Loki shifts and they all stand behind Tony, supporting her in whatever she does.

 "Tony", a deep voice said from the corner of the room. 

Tony will admit that she hasn't looked at Stephen since she walked in, but he walks over to her with grace. 

She looks into his eyes, still clutching onto Peter, who is finally understanding what is happening. 

Stephen is standing in front of Tony, with a small smile on his face as he hugs the two of them.

Steve stands gobstopped at the ramifications of what he just saw.... 

'Tony's alive...and he has the Infinity Stones...and he's a girl?!'. 

Clint was watching Loki carefully, he seemed different. 

He remembers not believing a word Bruce had said about the mind control, but looking at him now-had it not been for his appearance, he wouldn't have guessed it was Loki. 

His demeanor was completely different, and he seemed to have a soft spot for Strange, Stark and the kid. 

Nat was more scared than anything, along with Wanda, Sam and even Winter. 

They had never seen this side of Stark, ever. 

And it seemed to be amplified by something, Nat knows she'll be asking in the future. 

Stephen  releases the two and try to console the guilty teen for yelling as Tony just held him. 

Peter kept putting his hand on the reactor, just to make sure she was still there. 

Tony had flinched the first time he touched it, but she released the stones to float and ran her hands through his curls. 

"Tony?" he asked timidly, as if he was wrong.

 "Yes Peter?" she asked quietly. 

"I'm really glad you're alive, I missed you", Peter hesitated near the end like he said the wrong thing. 

Tony smiled, burning her nose into his locks, "I love you Peter". 

She chuckled as he hugged her tighter and sobs racked his shoulders.

 She drew her attention to the star struck trio. 

"Go to the lab on the 47th floor, you'll find Vision", they all perked up at that, including those who hadn't seen him yet..Sam and Nat. 

"Now leave me alone with my kid". 

They stood like a deer in headlights, Tony beckoned Space over, who spoke in a loud voice, "She won't ask again", a blue circle forming around their feet. 

The three of them ran to the elevator, followed by Sam and Nat-to make sure they didn't cause any problems. 

"What do we do now, Tony?" Loki asked, watching with awe as the stones drift across the room. 

Mind and Reality come close to joining the conversation. 

Reality spoke in his cool voice, "Next is to tell the world that Iron Man is alive," 

"Slowly, however, they are likely not going to believe anything if we just go out and say it.We tell the government and then the world", Mind rebutted quickly, sensing Tony's panic. 

"Well, it sounds like a trip to Wakanda is in order in the future", she said, leaving it up for no discussion. 

Peter starts to fall asleep standing up, content to be with his long lost mentor, but his-her words keep resounding in Peter's mind. 

'I love you. My kid'. 

Suddenly he looked into Tony's eyes, "Does Pepper know? Does Morgan?". 

Tony sighed deeply, brushing a few curls out of his eyes, "No, but I'm going to tell her what happened. And it'll be up to her to tell Morgan", she said sadly. 

Tony led Peter to the couch, with Stephen and Loki sitting next to them. 

Bucky and Wanda sit at the kitchen table, silently agreeing to watch over them. 

Tony held on to Peter, leaning up against Stephen. 

Peter slept, safe in Tony's embrace and Tony had the best sleep she had in a year. 

Ok, got some feelings in that chapter. Who else would pay money to see Tony Fracking Stark to go ballistic in protecting Peter? ME...