fiction | Part of the journey is the end

9. End credits

"Still no word from Stark?" Fury's voice was heard as he and Hill appeared, driving.

Clint and Natasha's hearts stopped. Were Fury and Hill alive?

"No, not yet." She said, "We're watching every satellite on both hemispheres, but still nothing." Then she paused. "What is it?" Fury asked. "Multiple bogeys over Wakanda." Hill said.

Rhodey made a slight sound of realization. This was before the Snap.

"Same energy signature as New York?" Fury asked. "Ten times bigger." Hill said. Fury turned to her, "Tell Klein we'll meet him at..." Hill cut him off as a car skidded to a stop in front of them, "Nick! Nick!" Fury stopped his car just at the right time.

Everyone sucked in a breath in anticipation.

Hill walked to the empty car, and to her shock, no one was inside. "They okay?" Fury asked. "There's no one here," Hill said.

"Shit!" exclaimed Clint. "This is after the Snap." Clint and Natasha hoped Fury and Hill were okay.

Then they looked up to see a chopper crashing on a building as the pilot had turned to dust.

Everyone was at a loss for words as they realized what was happening across the universe.

"Fuck," breathed Tony. "Planes, cars, trains, helicopters will crash without their pilots. Parents will die, leaving thousands of kids orphans." The full repercussions of the Snap hit them like a bullet train.

"Call Control. Code red." Fury said. "Nick," Hill called out from behind. He turned around and was horrified to see her slowly turn to dust, "Hill."

Clint and Natasha cried out in alarm.

Fury ran back to the car as people around him turned to dust. He opened the backdoor and took out a pager, trying to message someone before noticing he was turning to dust too.

The Avengers raised their eyebrows, confused at what Fury was doing.

"Oh, no." He said as half of his hand turned to dust, "Mother..." He was cut off as his face disintegrated, but he managed to send the message just before his right hand disintegrated while the pager fell.

The Avengers looked at the screen in shock. Fury and Hill were both gone!

"A pager?" whispered Tony in disgust. Who still used a pager in this day and age?

The pager sent whatever message it was sending, and a red glowing star appeared on it as the screen went black.

"Do you know who Fury contacted?" Steve asked Clint and Natasha. Both of them shook their heads.

The pager was shown held by a bot as it suddenly died down. Steve and Natasha were looking at all the global casualties as Steve said it was a nightmare, and Natasha said she had worse nightmares.

Natasha agreed with her on-screen self. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the number of casualties displayed. There were so many.

Rhodes arrived and said the pager had stopped working. The three and Bruce looked at it as they wondered how to get it to work. It had died down by itself. Steve said to reboot it. Bruce said they didn't even know what this was. "Fury did. Just do it, please."

"What if the person Fury contacted also died?" noted Rhodey. The Avengers felt like their hearts stopped beating. It was entirely possible what Rhodey was saying was true.