It was Wanda who started it, she sneered at Stark, "it's probably just one of Stark's one night stands that got lost".
Stark just stared, but Tony got in her face, "Got something to say to me, Maximoff?"
Bringing in the calloused voice she used with people she didn't trust.
Wanda withered, making Nat bristle and come to defense.
"She can say what's on her mind, don't speak to her like that".
She turned her attention to Nat,
"Really, Romanova, I seem to remember all the snide comments you made to me before and after New York, was it any different here?"
I fired my question at Stark.
He shook his head, "Thought so, so back the fuck up" Tony snarls, Nat flinches minuscule.
"I like her, she's a lot like you, Tony" Loki said from the divide.
That's when it collapsed into chaos.
Weapons were drawn and some were fired, Tony had it covered.
She barrel rolled in front of Loki, activated the stones and yelled.
"EVERYONE CALM THE FUCK DOWN!!"
The time stone flies from Stephen, and Stark is getting dragged too?
"Soul, I see you, you're fine, stay with Stark".
She said, eyeing the stone in a bracket he has.
Her arm still in repulser form, Soul stops pulling Stark.
"Alright, how about we step away from the scary lady who has the infinity stones as weapons, thank you very much", Tony snarked,
"Cuz you may have been nice in my universe after I nearly died, y'all are psychos here".
Stephen is watching in awe as the stones rotate around Tony's wrist, seeing an illusion of the soul stone.
Tony walked back carefully, urging Stark and Stephen to as well.
"Friday, close the barrier", Stark said.
"Jarvis, put this on my never want to do again list, and try to find us a way out".
"Already on it Tony, I don't like this place".
"That makes two of us", Tony finally turns to Stephen and Stark, the latter starting to tear up.
"Jarvis? How-how'd you get him back....." He chokes out.
Tony takes the glasses off gently and hands it to Stark.
Tony steps back, dragging Stephen with her,
"I need to know, what did you do differently... we did not meet until Bruce crashed into the New York Sanctum, and then we were whisked away onto a spaceship and to Titan".
The mere word sent shudders down Stephen's spine.
"You've seen it..." Tony whispered quietly.
Stephen nodded, "The Ancient One suggested that in order for the universe to be stable, a look into the future was needed...and I saw Endgame...".
Tony nodded, "Yup, that's my timeline I guess, Thanos snapped, I snapped five years later?"
Stephan looked confused, "I saw you die, how are you still here?"
She waves to the stones who had started to float around the room,
"These guys saved me, found a body capable of holding me".
"It was hard", a Russian voice said, Power levitating near,
"to find someone capable of holding not only the trauma and genius from Tony's life."
Tony waved them off, looking at the doorway past Stark.
She saw Yasha, sporting the assassin glare.
"Did B.A.R.F not work?" She asked, sorrow gripping her.
"No, that's just Yasha, I separated the soldier and Barnes, due to their agreement."
Tony looked in awe, "it's good to see you in the flesh for once, wolf", Tony said in Russian.
Yasha is confused, he never told anyone what the Wakandans called him, so he approached, to see if this woman is dangerous.
"What do they call you?" He asked smoothly in Russian, feeling familiarity in the language.
"Tony Stark, but my James called me Tony, none of that Stark business".
Yasha nodded, enthralled by the aura he can see around this woman, it showed a strong, hardship tested soul, much like what he saw in Stark.
He walked closer, and saw a light blue light coming from her shirt.
He pulled the shirt down slightly, knowing deep within him that she will defend herself if she feels threatened.
There nestled in her chest was the arc reactor.
He felt the humming, glancing up briefly to see her reaction, and she was smiling at him, like he was a child.
It warmed his heart to be seen like that.
He relaxed, and stood by the door, brooding in silence.
Tony smiled at Stark, who was still listening to Jarvis,
"I'm warning you now, he has developed a lot in his years alone, and he's more..emotional about trouble 1-5 in there,
but I can download him to your servers...I think that would do you both good, what do you say, J?".
Stark perked up to the sound of download, and reverently handed Tony the glasses so she could do it.
"As long as I am still coming back home with you, I don't see why not", Jarvis said softly.
"Okay then, Jarvis, let's see who else we can meet on the way there".
Tony started bounding out, running down the hallway.
A group of kids that consisted of the Barton crew, Harley, Peter, and two girls that Tony had not met before, Cassie and Kamala-were weary of her,
but Harley and Peter warmed up to her the fastest.
After effectively scaring Reed, she started to reverse the portal.
The same red portal appeared, Tony looked back to Stark and Stephen,
"Be safe, live long, and for gosh sake watch your language!"
Stark laughed, Stephen nodded to Tony, who back flipped into the portal.
"Tony!" Several voices screamed, and she looked around to find herself in the living room.
Breathing a sigh of relief, she collapsed onto the couch where a dog pile cuddle formation surrounded her.
Tony did a universe jump...to another fanfic I'm writting-Reconciliation, some self promotion...its still a work in progress.
Love you my young ones
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Legends Never Die
FanfictionNo one was the same after Tony Stark died...but what if he never did? What could have happened if the stones saw the sacrifice a worthy one? What if he came back, but who knows for how long... Written after WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Sold...
