Iron Woman - (Fem Iron man X Pepper)

Chapter 57 - Rescue

I kneel down and watch the alien and Strange from above. I turn around quickly as I feel a tap on my shoulder, I raise my hand ready to shoot but relax when I see it's the Cloak.

"Wow you're a seriously loyal piece of outerwear, aren't you?" I chuckle.

"Yeah, uh, speaking of loyalty...." I hear Peter's voice.

Peter descends upside down, "What the-"

"I know what you're gonna say." Peter points and drops down.

"You should not be here." I point.

"I was gonna go home-"

"I don't wanna hear it." I shake my head.

"But it was such a long way down and I just thought about you on the way..."

"And now I gotta hear it." I roll my eyes. "God Dammit." I mutter under my breath.

"...And I kinda stuck to the side of the ship. And this suit is ridiculously intuitive, by the way. So if anything, it's kinda your fault that I'm here."

My head whips over to look at him, "What did you just say?" I ask angrily.

"I take that back. And now I'm here in space."

"Yeah. Right where I don't want you to be. This isn't Coney Island. This isn't a field trip. It's a one-way ticket. You hear me? Don't pretend like you thought this through. You could not have possibly thought this through." I point.

"No. I did think this through."

"You could not have possibly thought this through." I rub my face.

"It's just...you can't be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man if there's no neighborhood." He waits for my reaction as I just stare at him, "Okay. That didn't really make any sense, but you know what I'm trying to say."

I take a shaky breath, "Come on. We got a situation." I lead Peter over and kneel down, showing him the sight below. "See him down there? He's in trouble. What's your plan? Go." I point.

"Um. Okay, okay... uh..." Peter and the Cloak pop back upright. "Okay. Did you ever see this really old movie, Aliens?"

Now I'm listening to this insane idea......but I trusted him, I drop down to see the Alien pointing a solid spike at Strange's face, "I Could end your friend's life in an instant."

"I gotta tell you, he's not really my friend. Saving his life is more a professional courtesy." I nod.

"You've saved nothing. Your powers are inconsequential compared to mine."

"Yeah, but the kid's seen more movies." I smirk.

I fire a rocket from my shoulder, which pierces the side of the ship to his right and begins to suck everything out with depressurization, especially him and his large objects. Strange is pulled loose of his pinnings, loses the spikes, but also heads for the hole, helpless to resist. The Cape wraps around his arm and an anchor point, but Strange's arm slips loose and he keeps going. Peter shoots a web strand at Strange with one hand and holds onto a piece of the ship with the other. It breaks, sending them both towards space when his Iron-Spider suit's metal arms brace him to keep him from being sucked out. Fortunately, Strange is still surrounded by the ship's atmosphere making haste to leave.

"Yes! Wait what are those?!"

Peter crouches with his new spider-legs, and makes a mighty leap to pulls them both back inside. I quickly fly over and spray nanites onto the hole to plug it up. Strange safely hits the floor.

"Hey, we haven't officially met." Peter offers a hand to the Cape, he ignores it and continues to Strange. "Cool."

I shake my head as my armor goes off. "We've gotta turn this ship around." Strange points.

"Yeah. Now he wants to run. Great plan." I chuckle.

"No, I want to protect the stone."

"And I want you to thank me now. Go ahead, I'm listening." I point.

"For what? Nearly blasting me into space?"

"Who just saved your magical ass? Me." I point to myself.

"I seriously don't know how you fit your head into that helmet."

"Admit it. You should have ducked out when I told you to. I tried to bench you. You refused." I nod.

"Unlike everyone else in your life, I don't work for you."

"And due to that fact, we're now in a flying doughnut billions of miles away from Earth with no backup." I raise my voice.

"I'm backup." Peter raises his hand.

"No. You're a stowaway." I point to my finger between strange and I, "The adults are talking."

"I'm sorry, I'm confused as to the relationship here. Wh-- what is he, your ward?" Strange asks.

"No. I'm Peter, by the way."

"Dr. Strange." He nods.

"Oh, we're using our made-up names. Um... I'm Spider-Man, then."

"This ship is self-correcting its course. Thing's on autopilot." I point.

"Can we control it? Fly us home?" I get lost in my own thoughts, "Stark?" Strange asks.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"Can you get us home?"

"Yeah I heard you. I'm thinking... I'm not so sure we should." I nod.

"Under no circumstance can we bring the Time Stone to Thanos. I don't think you quite understand what's at stake here."

"No. It's you who doesn't understand, that Thanos has been inside my head for six years since he sent an army to New York and now he's back! And I don't know what to do. So I'm not so sure if it's a better plan to fight him on our turf or his but you saw what they did, what they can do. At least on his turf, he's not expecting it. So I say we take the fight to him. Doctor. Do you concur?" I ask.

"Alright, Stark. We go to him. But you have to understand... if it comes to saving you or the kid or the Time Stone... I will not hesitate to let either of you die. I can't, because the fate of the universe depends on it."

"Nice. Good. Moral compass. We're straight." I nod, stepping over to Peter. I tap his shoulders, "Alright, kid. You're an Avenger now"

I sigh and walk off as he looks up amazed.