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THEIR LANDING ON TITAN was a rocky and treacherous one and Kaelyn was practically shaking as the situation they were in was truly hitting her for the first time

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THEIR LANDING ON TITAN was a rocky and treacherous one and Kaelyn was practically shaking as the situation they were in was truly hitting her for the first time. She was a long, long way from home. Part of her wondered if Beth or Caden had even realized she was no longer on the planet. She knew her parents wouldn't care where she was or what she did. Watching nervously, she bit her nails as Peter and Tony did what they could to move in sync with the controls and land the ship. They were nearing the planet, but nothing could prepare her for the impact upon landing. The land was barren, filled with old, abandoned structures.

"We might wanna turn," Peter suggested as a large structure appeared in their way, "Turn, turn, turn."

"I can't watch this," Kaelyn sighed, but her eyes were peeled to the two anyway. They hit the structure and the girl felt it as she stumbled over, hitting Peter's back before falling onto her back against the ground. Struggling, she managed to stand back up just as they cleared what was left of the structure. Yeah, there was no way the ship was intact after that impact.

Peter turned to look at the redhead briefly before he had to turn back, but she could hear the concern in his voice as he asked, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Peter, you know the answer to that," Kaelyn responded with a scoff and a small laugh as she brushed herself off. As the ship began to collapse and rip apart, she fell back to the ground. She felt protected and she had a feeling her new suit sensing oncoming impact and covering her had something to do with it. They were all about to be crushed by debris, but the man, Stephen Strange, managed to create some forcefield around them that protected them from any falling pieces. Now she began to understand why Tony continued to refer to him as a wizard. God, what had she gotten herself into? Who even was this guy?

This ship crash-landed and began to slide on the surface of the planet and Kaelyn did all she could to stabilize herself and keep from falling over again. Eventually, she figured it was best to just stay on the ground until the ship ceased all movement. After what seemed like forever, the ship, well, the piece that was left of it, skidded to a halt on the ground. Kaelyn didn't realize how good it would feel to not be moving.

Standing up and brushing herself off as her mask removed itself, she made eye contact with Tony, who had just removed his helmet, also suiting up for the impact, saying, "Hey, I like these new suits."

"You all right?" Doctor Strange asked Tony, as he said yes he turned to Kaelyn with his eyes asking the same question and she nodded. She watched as he helped Tony up off the ground, "That was close."

"I owe you one," was Stark's only response as they regrouped and made sure everyone was okay after the rough landing. Well, rough was a bit of an understatement considering they were likely missing half a ship.

"Let me just say," Peter reclined from the ceiling on a string of web. Kaelyn hadn't even realized he had latched on to protect himself, "if aliens wind up implanting eggs in my chest or something and I eat one of you, I'm sorry."

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