Maddison Romanoff-Stark

What The Heck Are Infinity Stones?

The past year has been an interesting one. My mom has been on the run, and I haven't seen her since my birthday earlier this year. My birthday this year was my best one ever! In light of the Red Room events, my parents have decided that I can fight with them if necessary! My dad made the suit I designed, so I don't have to wear the Iron Man style suit when fighting unless I want to. I get to use both batons and guns! I mostly use batons since guns won't help me against more advanced opponents.

My old suit that's like my dad's got an upgrade too in case I ever want to use it! My dad came up with this new technology called Nanotechnology, making our Iron Man style suits more adaptable. They can carry much more missiles, thrusters, cannons, hammers, shields, wings, freezing spray, and even glasses. My dad has glasses with Friday programmed into them, and he gave me a pair of them. Let me tell you. I look like a mini version of my dad when I wear it. I also had him change the color plating of my suit to match his, and he was over the moon to do it.

Right now, I'm walking in New York with my dad, and we're talking and having a fun conversation. We're both wearing tracksuits. Mine is a black and white Adidas one and my dad's is black with orange accents and stuff. My dad's Arc Reactor is showing through his.

Out of nowhere, a portal opens, and a man in a cape steps out. "Tony Stark. I'm Doctor Stephan Strange. I need you to come with me," says the man in the cloak. "I'm sorry, you giving out tickets to something?" says my dad. I laugh. "Nice costume!" I say. "We need your help. Look, it's not overselling it to say that the fate of the universe is at stake. And who's "we?" says my dad. Bruce Banner steps out of the portal and says, "Hey, Tony." "Bruce," says my dad. "Hi," I say.

Then he hugs my dad, who says, "You okay?" Bruce nods. Then he notices me. "Who's the kid?" asks Bruce. "Oh, I'm Tony and Nat's kid. I'm Madison Romanoff-Stark. Nice to meet you, Bruce," I say. "Wow, nice to meet you too, Madison," says Bruce.

Then Bruce, my dad, Doctor Stephan Strange, and I walk through the portal and into the place on the other side. It's a big building.

My dad and I sit on a couch while Doctor Strange, as Stephan told us to call him, his work partner Wong, and Bruce explain what's happening.

"At the dawn of the universe, there was nothing. Then... Boom. A big bang set six elemental crystals hurtling across the virgin universe. These Infinity Stones each control an essential aspect of existence," says Wong as he shows us a visual with his magic.

"Space. Reality. Power. Soul. Mind. And Time," says Doctor Strange. Then he opens his necklace and reveals a green stone.

"Tell me his name again," says my dad. "Thanos. He's a plague, Tony. He invades planets. He takes what he wants. He wipes out half the population. He sent Loki. The attack on New York, that's him," says Bruce.

As Bruce talked, my dad stood up and paced. I sat there watching him.

"This is it. What's our timeline?" says my dad. "No telling. He has the Power and Space Stones. That already makes him the strongest creature in the whole universe. If he gets his hands on all six stones, Tony..." says Bruce. At this point, I'm standing next to my dad.

"He could destroy life on a scale hitherto undreamt of," says Doctor Strange. My dad is leaning against a cauldron fixing his shoe. "Did you seriously just say "hitherto undreamt of"?" says my dad. "Are you seriously leaning on the Cauldron of the Cosmos?" says Doctor Strange. "Touché," I say.

Then Doctor Strange's cape, which seems to have a mind of its own, hits my dad, and I smirk. "Is that what that is?" asks Bruce. I shrug in response.

My dad turns to face Doctor Strange, and he says, "I'm going to allow that. If Thanos needs all six, why don't we just stick this one down the garbage disposal?" "No can do," says Doctor Strange. "We swore an oath to protect the Time Stone with our lives," says Wong. "And I swore off dairy, but then Ben & Jerry's named a flavor after me," says my dad. I laugh. "Stark Raving Hazelnuts," I say. "Not bad," says my dad. "I like it," I say. "A bit chalky," says Doctor Strange. "A Hunk of Hulk of Burning Fudge is our favorite," says Wong. "That's a good one. Long name though," I say. "That's a thing?" asks Bruce. I nod.

"Whatever. Point is, things change. Our oath to protect the Time Stone cannot change. And this stone may be the best chance we have against Thanos," says Doctor Strange.

"Yes, so conversely, it may also be his best chance against us," says my dad. "Well, if we don't do our jobs," says Doctor Strange. "What is your job exactly? Besides making balloon animals," says my dad. "Protecting your reality, douchebag," says Doctor Strange.

"Hey! There's a kid in the room," says Bruce. "Bruce, my parents are Natasha Romanoff and Tony Stark. I'm used to hearing language and lots of sarcasm in conversations daily," I say. "Touché," says Bruce. I smile at him.

"Okay, guys. Could we table this discussion right now? The fact is we have this stone. We know where it is. Vision is out there somewhere with the Mind Stone, and we have to find him now," says Bruce.

"Yeah, that's the thing," says my dad. "What do you mean?" asks Bruce. "Two weeks ago, Vision turned off his transponder. He's offline," says my dad. "What?" says Bruce. "Yeah," I say.

"Tony, you lost another super-bot?" says Bruce, making me laugh. The last super-bot my dad lost was Ultron, and he nearly destroyed the world.

"I didn't lose him. He's more than that. He's evolving," says my dad. "Who could find Vision then?" asks Doctor Strange. "Shit," mutters my dad. I giggle. I swear my dad uses language all the time. See what I did there?

"Probably Steve Rogers," says my dad. "Oh, great," mutters Doctor Strange. "Maybe. But..." says my dad. "Call him," says Bruce. "It's not that easy. God, we haven't caught up in a spell, have we?" says my dad. "No," says Bruce.

"The Avengers broke up. We're toast," says my dad. "Broke up? Like a band? Like-Like the Beatles?" asks Bruce.

"Cap and I fell out hard. We're not on speaking terms," says my dad. "Yeah, there was a big fight and everything. In part one of it, I fell from about 100 feet in the air because I couldn't dodge Vision's laser fast enough. Anyways, carry on," I say.

I usually don't interrupt conversations between adults with pointless things, but since Bruce hasn't been on Earth recently, I slip in these little sentences to catch him up on what's been going on.

And also, the part one was the airport battle. The part two was when my dad went and followed Steve and Bucky to wherever they were going and my dad found out that Bucky murdered his parents.

"Tony, listen to me. Thor's gone. Thanos is coming. It doesn't matter who you're talking to or not," says Bruce.

My dad sighs, and I say, "I could do it if you want. I could even call mom since she's with Steve." "Thanks, Maddie, but I'm an adult, and I need to solve my problems rather than have my seven-year-old solve them for me," says my dad. I nod.

My dad pulls out his flip phone that Steve have him, and he's about to press call when we hear a distant rumbling. Objects start rattling, and my dad looks at Doctor Strange who's hair is blowing like it's windy inside here.

My dad says, "Say, Doc. You wouldn't happen to be moving your hair, would ya?" "Not at the moment, no," says Doctor Strange.

The rumbling continues, and I look up at the hole in the ceiling, and papers are blowing away. That never happens unless there's a hurricane or something. I hear screaming, and I look at the windows on the front doors, and I see people running.