INFINITY. peter parker [1]

fourteen

Nikki was sitting on the ground. Thanos was long gone. Strange had given Thanos the Time Stone to save Tony's life. The air was still, unlike when they were battling Thanos. Her whole body was numb. It was no doubt that there was no stopping on what's about to come.

Peter sat next to her. They were silent for a few minutes, unable to comprehend what they both just witnessed. Everyone felt nothing but pity for the two teenagers. They didn't deserve to experience this, bringing out the fact that they were only seventeen.

"This is what you saw, isn't it?" Nikki started and limped towards Strange, who's head was just pointed at the dust.

"Yes," Strange breathed.

"But did we win?" she pressed. "You said we won,"

Strange was unable to answer her. Instead, his eyes welled up and he quickly stood up, leaving the scene.

"Why did you do that?" Tony's voice croaked out. Strange stopped waking, and slightly tilted his head towards the billionaire's direction, and said nothing.

-

Peter and Nikki sat in silence after they both went to the ship to heal their wounds, as Tony requested.

Both of them were a mess. Peter had a thick line of blood flowig down from his forehead, a giant bruise on his arm, and a bleeding leg. Nikki on the other hand, had a giant burn on her leg, blood flowing down from her arms, a bleeding forehead, and a bruised eye.

'What's the point? I'm going to die, anyways.' was the only thing she thought off when Peter helped her wrap the gauge on her leg.

"I saw a vision." she broke the silence. Peter's attention was now directed towards hers. "Like what you saw before you fell from the sky?" he asked, she nodded.

"I-I-" she didn't want to say it, but she felt like she needed to. Peter needed to know what was going to happen to him. To both of them.

"Thanos had retrived all the Infinity Stones. W-we—" she paused, unable to continue when she saw the look on Peter's eyes.

"We died." he breathed out.

Shakily nodding her head as a yes, she looked back at Peter, who's eyes held the same look of sadness.

He stood up and hugged her. She tightly hugged back. And for a few minutes, it felt like they were the only people in the world. Just the both of them. Crying and sobbing in each other's arms.

-

When Mantis said, "Something is happening," Nikki knew it was the very end. She cried as she watched Mantis slowly turn into ashes, then Drax, then Quill.

Tony looked at Strange with a heartbroken look, who was also now turning into ashes. "It was the only way." was the last thing he said, before he completely disappeared.

"Mr Stark, I don't feel so good," Peter said calmly. He knew nothing good will happen if he panicked.

He had one of those. When his skin would numb, when he felt the hairs on his body suddenly sharpen. Something bad was going to happen.

You're safe, Peter. Maybe her vison wasn't meant to happen.

Peter was staring at his feet. He knew it was a lie when he saw some parts of his right foot slowly turning into ashes.

"Peter?" Nikki turned towards him, just in time to catch him as he fell into her. He clutched into Nikki's suit that Tony got her. "I don't wanna go, please. I don't wanna go."

Nikki slowly and gently lowered him to the ground, peering down at him and tightly grabbing his hand. "Hey- hey. Peter! You're allright, look at me." he gazed into her eyes that were filled with tears. "You're going to be okay.." she mumbled, even though she wasn't sure for herself.

He lifted his hand, watching it as it slowly turned into ash. Her mouth hanged open, making her choke back a sob. "Dad will bring you back! I p-promise. Dad will bring us back."

She bent down, slowling pressing her lips to his. She stayed there as long as she could, before she felt air below her. Opening her eyes, all that was left on the dusty ground was Peter's ashes.

She closed her eyes tightly, and let the tears fall freely.

When she didn't feel her right leg anymore, she knew that it was her time.

She looked behind and went face to face with her father, a smile plastered on her lips. Nikki was using her powers to hold her body together for just a little bit longer. Her eyed were now turning a beautiful shade of red.

"No, not her." Tony choked. Nikki couldn't feel her legs, so she just embraced her dad tightly. "Please, not her." he cried.

Slowly setting her down, all he could do was cry. She couldn't control it anymore longer, so she just let herself turn into ashes.

"Bring him back, please. No, bring us back, please? For me. I love you." Was the last thing she said before she turned into a pile of ashes.

Tony stood up and held his hand to his chest.

"They were only seventeen."

-

As Tony and Nebula boarded the ship, Tony took a note he saw out of the controls.

To: Dad
From: Nikki

Please bring us home soon.

I love you.

fin.

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a/n

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