What if, Tony dusted instead

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Maria from the front hearing this asked "How old are you?" Tony said ''17." Peter shook his head "I did that when I was 17, I'm 18 now." Tony watched him as he asked "I missed your birthday too?" Sad as Peter nodded and said "You missed a lot." Tony nodded as Rhodey said "You need to rest Tony, bunks are in there." Pointing to a side room he nodded as Loki assisted him in. Before the three joined, Maria Loki said "Hello again, agent Hill." Peter rolled his eyes as Maria asked "So how were you free?" Loki smirked sitting next to Peter ''Fury proved my innocence." She nodded as Fury came back through "Parker update." Peter spoke back "On our way back now, roughly an hour and a half from Wakanda, Tony and Strange are resting. Hill is an excellent pilot, I trust her with my baby." Rhodey snorted as Fury said "Clint arrived in Wakanda 20 minutes ago. Guardians are 30 minutes out there. Friends are gathering now and said they might be a bit late to the welcoming party. Carol Said they are picking more crafts heading towards Earth." Peter took a deep breath as he said "Alright, let me know of any changes." Fury said "We will be doing a mass avenger comms check when you arrive understood?" Peter smirked and said "You gonna give a speech as well?" Rhodey snorted and Loki laughed. Fury left the comms channel as Maria said "If he does I'll be surprised as Rhodey said "No. Peter lost the bet, he has to give it." Peter nodded at the look given to him as he fell into conversation of what has happened in the past few months. Soon they entered the atmosphere as Peter said "Tony, Strange wake up it's time." As both men entered groggily They were allowed entrance to Wakanda They landed between two quinjet as the deboarded. The first group waiting for them were the Wakandans as Rhodey lead Loki and Peter behind him followed by Tony, Maria and Strange the walked up the three in the front doing the Wakandain bow as T'Challa said "I am a bit confused on what is happening still, but you are welcomed to Kannada." Shuri nodded as Rhodey said "Thank King T'Challa." As he turned to Okoye M'Baku, and the queen mother as he said "This Is Loki, and Peter." M'Baku had a grin as he said "IT is an honor to meet you Peter Parker, your name is well known." Peter nodded in thanks not knowing how to respond as The queen mother said "Wakanda stand behind you child." Before fluffing his hair T'Challa watches confused as Peter says "Thank you, ma'am We appreciate." Before nodding as they walk to the next group Thor and Bruce are standing there as Peter smiled wide and bear hugged Thor before Thor bear hugged Loki as Thor said "This is Peter Parker." Pointing at Peter Tony grew more confused as Loki says "This is Queen Valkyrie, and Queen Sif of New Asgard. Clear some up until they both looked over at Peter and said "Your weapon?" Peter smirked as he pulled out the sword, both looking it over in his hand before he put it away as Tony asked "When did this happen?" Peter smirked but didn't answer as Tony asked "Why does everyone know you?" Thor answered before Peter could "Man of Iron the child saved the world! Without him, you would still be dust." Tony nodded confused as he walked to the next group as Peter said "Clint! How was the ride?" Clint moved forwards hugging him as he said "Not bad, could use a few more adjustments but it's great." Peter nodded, smiling as Loki came up, mouth stuffed with some candy as he said "Barton, want some?" Everyone watching Peter noticed Steve, Nat, and Scott all standing defensively Clint smiled and said "Obviously, they're mine! Where did you get them?" As he took some Yelena who was hugging Nat walked forward taking some as she said "Losers, stop fighting about candy, I will eat them." Before walking back eating them Clint shoved some in his mouth as Loki said "From you stash in the vents." Like it was obvious as Peter heard the comms comeback on only his as Fury said " Parker have you arrived?" Peter sighed as Loki smirked Peter rolled his eyes as he said "Yeah Fury, We arrived, now let's get this party over with already." He heard laughing as All comms came to life all hearing Fury say "Comms check is a go." As the world did a comms check to their leader. Clint pulled Peter to the stairs as Loki, Clint, Thor, Yelena, and Jane sat in front of him gathering some attention as Fury said to Peter's comms "Ready?" Peter said "No." Causing some laughs from the five sitting as they waited Fury hooked him to all comms muting everyone as Peter took a deep breath he said "Hello, World, this is Peter Parker, you've heard a lot about me in the past year, since Thanos snapped half of all life away in seconds. Today we deal with the mess he has left behind." Dramatic pause "Today, we fight his followers who want to see us destroyed, who want to see us fail. For a dream that for most is a nightmare. Today we stand stronger and more United than ever, so let's get out there and kick some alien butt. Or are you going to let an 18 year old show you up?" Soon the comms were unmuted as the world cheered loudly. As the peanut gallery stood cheering him on he blushed and said "You guys are too much sometimes." Yelena walked forward hugging him as The other circled around the boy. She said to him "You are family, we take care of family right?" He nodded as she continued "You're the one who built this family, now you lead." He smiled as those who were daily to him hugged him. Soon he backed away as he said "Fury, how long do we have?" There was a few minutes before he said "30 minutes." Peter nodded as he walked up a few steps taking a deep breath he said "Alright we are expecting quite a large assault, numbers in the millions. Backup is on its way, this is not just Earth's fight, this is a fight amongst the galaxy. So Maria take my craft, you've been taught how to run it, if anyone wants to join her they may Rhodey will help teach you. Guardians I want you in the sky until ground forces are necessary. That leaves quinjet both with turrets and can take battle in space if anyone wants that option. Wong, Valkyrie, Okoye, let's talk about ground battle plans." The three named moved forwards joining him as Okoye said "The field from the last battle has mostly been fixed, I say we make our stand there unless you are a part of the air force." Some nodded as Steve asked "Air Force?" Valkyrie nodded as she said "In the year you've been gone Peter, has somehow got the UN to create a space force together, every country in the world has prepared for this moment." Some nodded as Peter said "I did no such things, don't lie." some rolled their eyes who knew better as they began splitting off. Jane joined Maria in the space ship alongside Rhodey, whose suit can survive in space a bit. Wakanda asked if two warriors could fly the quinjet Peter agreed so Clint ran them through the controls. Valkyrie and Sif left to move their troops. Wong left with Strange to move the Sorcerers, and Okoye left with the Wakandans troops to move them as well. The Queen mother was assisted to the bunker with the people leaving, Peter, Loki, Thor, Yelena, Steve, Tony, Bruce, Bucky, Sam, and Wanda. Loki and Thor approached Peter as they said "Your a good leader." Peter let out a breath as he said "Really? Cause I think I messed up, The speech could have been better and..."Loki put his hand over his mouth as he said "Stop doubting yourself." Peter nodded and Loki moved his hand as Yelena said "I think you did great, not as good as the recruitment speech I received." Peter and Yelena stared for a moment before laughing as Nat asked "He gave you a speech?" Yelena looked at hair laughing still and said "No, he gave me half of his sandwich, before calling me a stray and took me home with him." Clint laughed as he said "Yeah I had a heart attack when he did so." As the three laughed, Fury added in "OH but the story it made." To the avengers channel causing them to laugh as Clint said "He ran into four scientists in one day." Peter pouted and said "It's Parker luck man!" Clint everyone laughed as Thor said "The first stray he brought home was Loki." Bruce laughed as he said "OH god, that was a terrible first day." as Sam asked "What happened?" Loki shushed them but Bruce said "Loki almost killed himself drawing magic to save the kid because he had been poisoned. Carol refused to call Tony by his name." as Tony said "What?! You almost died?!" Looking at a guilty looking Peter and Rhodey walked up saying "Yeah well Tony has been renamed to 'they guy wearing a trash can' because Carol wont call him anything else." This caused everyone to laugh as Tony pouted before Bruce said "Seriously though we need to get to the field." They nodded, becoming serious as they headed to the field. Steve. Nat, Sam ,Scott, Hope, and Bucky stood together next to T'Challa. Peter stood in front of them on one side was Clint, Loki, and Thor. The other side was Tony, Yelena, and Bruce as they stood. Yelena Looked at Peter a crossed Tony and said "Welcome to the dysfunctional family right?" Peter smirked and nodded as the six looked at each other Peter said "So shall we?" Tony looked confused as they all tapped their wrist in since their battle wear covering their clothes, Nano technology wrapping around them Tony smirked and said "Any other tricks?" Peter nodded as Tony snorted and said "My tech?" Peter said "ahh, somewhat?" Tony looked confused but Carol landed in front of them as she said "it's begun." Everyone took a deep breath as she hugged Peter before heading back out Tony said screw it and went up as well to help Rhodey. The group in front closing the gap Yelena grabbed Peter shoulder squeezing it as they watched the battle above. Fury popped in at the 10 minute mark "We're doing good, though some enemies have made it to the ground, Compound is going lockdown mode." Peter responded "How's my missile holding?" Hank responded this time "They haven't got close enough to take them out. We're doing good here kiddo." Peter smirked as he said "Yeah well, it was a team effort." Some laughed through comms as Tony said "Hey forces just landed outside of Wakanda." Peter nodded as the all went into combat mode, soon the enemy made it to the barrier and breached it the fight began raging on. As the battle peaked they watched as the cavalry entered the atmosphere as Fury said "Peter, they came." Peter smirked as Fury said "Multiple planets have sent reinforcements, let's wipe the floor with the enemy." The battle raged on for hours soon, it came to an end as Peter and Yelena fought off one of the generals together. The world celebrated in union as the war ended. Soon Maria landed in Wakanda as did the guardians, and the two Quinjet pilots survived the battle. As they helped get injured to the medical wing soon, they were ready to go home as Peter approached Steve covered in blood Peter said "Your welcome back to the compound, all of you are. The accords were removed." Tony froze but nodded as Steve accepted the offer. Everyone bored the four crafts heading to the compound when they arrived they got nervous the turret was still running incase of surprise enemies Tony said "What happened here?" Looking over the compound Peter smirked as Bruce said "Peter alongside, two teenagers, and 5 scientists were put in a room together, that's what happened." Tony nodded as they landed in the hanger everyone deboarded as Clint, Loki, Rhodey, and Peter took off their armor and began doing a check through of their vehicles. Before joining the others who just watched as Peter said "Your rooms are still sort of here." Shrugging Tony left with Rhodey to find Pepper Peter led them down a hallway as he said "These rooms are for residents, this is Nat's or well Yelena's because she took it over and refused to give up her sister's room." Nat smirked and said "We can share." Yelena nodded at both girls entering it as Peter continued "These three would be Bucky's, Sam, and Steve's." They three nodded entering their rooms as he continued "Scott, this is you Hank is across the hall that one is Cassie's for now, and across from her is Hopes." They nodded entering their rooms and He continued "Wanda this is yours." She nodded entering it as he gave the guardians rooms. Before walking to his room Loki waited for him on his couch Peter smirked heading to the bathroom to clean up. Afterwards he walked out to be jumped by both Betty and Abe who hugged him and Loki. As they walked down to the main common room Abe entered with Loki talking about getting to shoot one of the turret guns during the fight. Peter entered hand in Bettys as he took in everyone who was clean, most sitting confused. He sighed , kissing her cheek pulling her close as Fury said "Let's take the rest of the day to celebrate, tomorrow we can worry." Somewhere shocked but accepted it as Fury walked to Peter and shook his hand as he said "Nice job kiddo." Peter smiled as he led Betty to Pepper who was watching Tony holding his baby watching like it was the world she whispered "Thank you, for keeping faith Pete." PEter nodded as Pepper hugged him and Betty as she said to everyone "We ordered food placed the order yesterday so it should be here soon." Peter nodded as He and Betty sat with Loki and Thor. Abe went to sit with Fury as everyone talked amongst themselves. Clint and Scott were hanging out with their family's just talking as Pepper said "Clint, you know you can take them to the game room right?" Clint said "On Pete's Floor? I didn't want to be rude." Pepper rolled her eyes and said "I had a bigger game room added, since we all kept using Peter, it's down the hall third door on the right." He smiled as he led his family alongside Scotts to it. Soon Darcy, Thor, and Abe went to join them." Yelena sat with Nat both not wanting to lose each other, it made sense. Bucky, Sam, and Steve sat talking amongst themselves and Rhodey joined them laughing. Fury talked amongst Selvig, Jane, Hank, Janet, and Hope. Tony, Happy, and Pepper sat awing at the baby quietly. Nat and Yelena awed as well at the baby quietly. Loki, Peter, and Betty sat curled up on the couch as Peter smiled. He felt happy knowing that he helped them get back. Betty and Loki smiled as the three talked about the new adventures they could go on. The guardians sat in a group talking with Strange and Carol laughing. Soon the food arrived Peter and the Bettys helped Pepper set it up. Soon everyone was eating in different places in the room. Tony still held the baby, until Pepper told him to let him put her in the crib. He was sad he just wanted to hold her but he needed to eat. After eating Peter snuck off to get fresh air he went to the sitting area by the lake looking out over the water he saw fireworks in the distance. He sat thinking as he curled into a ball, he didn't know how long he was there until someone wrapped a blanket around him as he looked up. It was Happy who covered him up as he sat down and said "I miss her. Everyday." Peter nodded a tear coming down as he said "I uhm, now that we have them back, it hurts more, knowing she didn't get to come back." Happy nodded in tears as they hugged each other sitting in silence in memory of May, the world celebrated the return but Peter lost everything and gained new things.

The next morning he woke up early in his bed, Happy most have moved him. When he got up Loki was still asleep so he snuck out of his room and made breakfast for the four of them and Rhodey. Soon they woke up to waffles and Bacon as they sat talking about what happened now Rhodey said "You guys can stay here still, in this past year this has become your home." They nodded as he continued "Pepper said you're still working for SI as well, Peter will keep 50% ownership according to Pepper, Tony will be informed. So that means today you can reconnect with your family's and friends." They nodded as they joked around the table. Soon Pepper walked in with Tony as the baby fussed in her arms Loki stood up taking the baby gently singing to her as she calmed down, falling asleep, he handed her back as Pepper said "She was fussy most of the morning." Loki nodded as He walked to the kitchen fixing them both plates Tony smiled as he said "So any plans?" Peter smirked "Betty and Abe are going to reconnect with their families, Pepper was kind enough to keep their homes paid for during the dusting." Tony nodded as Peter said "I'm going to Ned's and MJ's let them know I'm okay then I'll be back to debrief everyone." The kids nodded as Abe said "We will as well. Then we can run to the graveyard with you tonight, since it's Sunday." Peter nodded as Tony asked "What about May?" Peter looked up as he said "Tony, during the snap, she uhm, she didn't make it. A Plane hit the apartment and all of our things are gone including her, the coroner confirmed it." Tony stood hugging him as he said "I'm so sorry underoos." Peter nodded and said "If I wasn't with you, I would have died with her." Some nodded knowing this was true Tony cried a bit as Happy made it up to the floor he walked in smiling red and puffy eyes as Tony smiled and hugged him as Rhodey made him a plate as he joined them. Pepper spoke up "Tony, When Peter first came back, I ran EDITH." Tony looked at her shocked before nodding as Peter took the glasses out and said "I never used them. It wasn't the right time to." Tony nodded, taking them as Rhodey said "He has been running SI though." Tony looked confused before realizing what he meant he nodded and said "That's fine we can always use help." Pepper said "He's keeping his 50% of the company." Tony nodded, accepting that as they laughed at jokes before heading out for the day. Loki joined Peter as he went to Ned's house Ned answered the door hugging Peter as Peter explained what happened, leaving out major details like the awards and reports. Ned was shocked but happy to see his best friend as Peter said "You can come to the compound for a detailed explanation." Ned asked his parents who agreed so they went to MJ's house and she was the same way. Soon they arrived at the compound as the parked in Peter garage two cars followed them in and Ned asked "Who is that following us?" Peter smirked and said "Betty and Abe, they are a part of the SS now." Ned looked confused So Peter showed the ring and said "Spiderman Squad." Ned made an oh face as the parked getting out Abe said "Ned, MJ nice of you to join us." MJ snorted as she said "We knew before the snap." Betty nodded as she walked to Peter, hugging him as she moved. He pulled her back, kissing her as Ned said "What?!" Peter looked at his best friend smirking as he said "You missed a lot." MJ added "I ship it." Abe nodded, walking to them as MJ and Ned joined Betty, ran to Peter's lab and grabbed rings before handing them to them, both matching theirs as an inside joke, all 5 laughing as they walked to the meeting room. MJ, Ned, Abe, And Betty sat to the side of the room with Happy, Darcy, and Betty Ross. As everyone crowded into the room Those joining them in person were The Guardians, Quill, Nebula, Groot, Drax, Rocket, and Mantis. Wong, Carol, Strange, Tony, Loki, Thor, T'Challa, Valkyrie, Okoye, Shuri, Steve, Bucky, Sam, Clint, Nat, Yelena, Jane, Maria, Selvig, Bruce, Hank, Hope, Janet, Scott, Cho, Rhodey, Wanda, and Fury. Everyone sat down in little groups Laura and Pepper volunteered to watch the kids during the meeting. Fury, Peter, Carol, and Bruce stood at the front as everyone took seats, those who dusted were at the table while those who were not sat to the side, Ned and MJ got pushed to the table in the end so they could see the files. Fury smirked as they all quieted down as he said "Welcome back to the land of the living." Some chuckled as he continued "You've missed a lot, since the original fights with Thanos roughly a year has passed, where here to fill you in, well most of the gaps."