Legends Never Die

Chapter 36

Tony opened his eyes, looking around, feeling frantic, what went wrong? This isn't the soul world. "Quinn?! Quinn what did you do?" he cried, scrambling from the cradle and crawling over to Quinn's still form. Stephen propped Quinn up, holding her as Tony held her hands, "Why? Why did you do that?" he begged, desperation seeping into his words as the others watched. Quinn smiled ever so softly, and held Tony's face, "You made your deal, I made mine" Stephen looked to Tony, "Love, what is she talking about?". Tony didn't look up, "When the stones offered me to come back, they said that it would only last a little over a decade.... but I agreed to it so I could be with you, even if it wasn't very long". Quinn nodded, "I know, I-" she gasped in pain, holding her stomach. Tony looked up to Stephen, waiting to pick her up and get her to the med bay, but Stephen shook his head sadly-she wouldn't make it anyway. "I knew that your time was short," she said breathlessly, "so I made sure you got your happy ending". Tony shook his head violently, "You have a life to get back to Quinn, a loving Father, two siblings, and what about Mac?". She quirked a small smile, "They'll live without me, I don't think we can live without a Tony Stark". Tony ran a hand over his face, "Quinn, please, there's still time" but even as he said it, her face was becoming more ashen. She tapped her wrist slowly, and rotated it, the stones coming out of her wrist. She sent the stones to each person, giving them the only thing keeping her alive by a bit.

Stepen, Time Stone

Loki-Space Stone

Peter-Mind Stone

Lila-Power Stone

Vincent-Reality Stone

Tony-Soul Stone

She smiled one last time, at each of them, holding Lilas hand, and closed her eyes, her labor breathing stopped.

Lila cried, Vincent didn't know how to respond to what was happening, at all. Peter pulled at his hair and felt the tears drip down his face. Loki walked away, teleporting to god knows where. Stephen bit his lip and watched Tony, knowing his husband was right there, but his heart lurched at Quinn's death. Tony held a hand over his face, unshed tears ready to fall.

Epilogue-2 years later

"Tony, get your ass over here and look at this!" Bucky yelled from the kitchen. Tony ran in, obviously looking for a fire, when Sam doused him in paint. "Oh ho, now you're in for it" Tony snarked, splattering Sam back. Lila decided that was the perfect time to dump glitter from the vents on the three of them, while Vincent sounded an air horn. They all jumped and slipped on paint and now glitter. Stephen and Loki watched the chaos from the couch, "They do this every year, and it never gets old" Loki chuckled. Stephen shook his head, "It's always great to watch the annual Avengers prank war".