𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 || ( infinity war )

↳ chapter twenty

↳ 22 days before

strange turned his head in different directions, evi thought that he looked like he was possessed or something, before he stopped, eyes settling on the girl in front of him

"are you alright?" she had asked, laughing, confused to what was happening

"i am indifferent to be precisely"

"what is it?" evi asked, more concerned now

"i will give thanos the time stone"

"you will what?!" evi shrieked, voice loud, to which quill turned around and send her a questioning look

they were supposed to search for useful parts of the destroyed ship, so that tony could maybe use them to repair it and bring them home later.

peter wanted to search with her, she had told him to start walking already, while she would catch up later, first making sure that strange was alright

"have you lost your mind?" she asked bewilderment setting on her face

"obviously not" strange answered

"obviously? you seem far from sane right now" she sighed "so let me make this clear, we didn't turn around, we came here to fight thanos, so he wouldn't attack earth once again, trying to not let him get the time stone and now you're telling me that we're just wasting our time?! no, no we shouldn't stop him from taking it, we should just give it to him and hug him after, like it's his birthday?!" evi had began to scream again, furious at strange's words

he had outstretched his hand and clasped it over her mouth, so she would stop talking. she mumbled a few more words, before she finally went quiet

"i just told you all that there's only one situation in which we win. i looked at all the possible outcomes - twice. i have to give it to him. if not he will kill stark"

"he will what? how do you know that?"

strange grumbled frustrated before he raised his hand to pinch the upper part of his nose. "what part about 'i looked into the future' don't you understand?" he exclaimed through gritted teeth

"alright. so thanos is gonna kill tony, so you will give him the time stone to stop him from doing that?" evi asked skeptically "why would you do that? you don't even like him? hell i didn't even like him until a few days ago"

"we need him"

"for the one outcome in which we will win?"

"thank you, you finally get it"

"thanos will spare his life, so that tony can defeat him later?"

"precisely, tony stark is an important part to save the universes future"

"okay, but why are you telling me that?"

"because this is isn't the outcome in which we will win"

"i figured as much" evi deadpanned

"you can't tell anyone, it's important" strange told her with a serious look "there's only so much i can do. thanos will spare starks life, but i will have to leave, once thanos snaps his fingers"

"i'm sorry" evi said thruthfully

"it doesn't matter. the only thing that does it that tony stark makes it back to earth. someone will have to take care of that for me"

"me?" evi asked surprised

"yes, you"

"why didn't you ask peter?"

"he wouldn't be able to deal with such pressure, also you've been to the future, you know what i'm talking about. you understand, what's at stake here"

"i guess i do"

"it's important that tony stark lives, he can't die, you have to do anything in your power to save him"

"i promise" evi nodded

"thank you" strange bowed his head

"can i asked you one last thing?" evi turned to look at peter, who was wandering around in the distance. when he felt her eyes on him he turned to look at her and waved his hand. she waved back

"is he gonna make it?"

doctor stephen strange looked between the boy and the girl, who was definitely beginning to fall in love. he was indifferent once again.

he couldn't risk that she would cancel her mission, so he had to give her some hope. after all that she had been through, hope was what she needed most.

and so he figure it wouldn't hurt if he just told her the truth, even though time was what separated her truth from his

he nodded his head, yes. "he will"

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