GHOSTLY AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Chapter 1: One Last Surprise.

It was a nice day for a family picnic. Outside his homestead, Clint Barton, who is better known as Hawkeye and is still under house arrest after violating the Sokovia Accords during the Avengers Civil War two years ago, despite helping Team Phantom a year after, was having a picnic with his family. While his wife Laura was preparing lunch and his sons Cooper and Nathaniel were playing catch, Clint was teaching his daughter Lila archery. Clint guided Lila in how to shoot an arrow, something he had perfected.

"Okay, hold on, don't shoot. You see where you're going?" Clint asked.

"Mm-hmm." Lila replied.

"Okay. Now, let's worry about how you get there." Clint said as he helps Lila position herself. "Gotta move your foot here. Point your toe this way. Your hips here. Okay? Can you see?" Clint said.

"Yeah." Lila said.

"Are you sure?" Clint asked as he starts to mess with Lila's hair.

"Mm-hmm." Lila replied.

"How about now?" Can you see now?" Clint asked, making Lila chuckle.

"No." Lila said with a chuckle.

"How about now?" Clint asked one more time as he and Lila both laugh. "All right. Ready? Three fingers."

Meanwhile, Cooper and Nathaniel were playing catch while Laura looked on.

"Nice!" Cooper said upon seeing Nathaniel catch the baseball before throwing it back to him.

"Nice throw, kiddo." Laura said.

"Here you go." Cooper said before throwing the ball to his little brother.

"Hey, you guys want mayo? Or mustard? Or both?" Laura asked Clint and Lila, which Lila got confused on the concept of putting mayonnaise on a hot dog.

"Who puts mayo on a hot dog?" Lila asked.

"Probably your brothers." Clint replied before looking at Laura. "Uh, two mustard, please! Thanks, Mama."

"Got it!" Laura said before facing her sons. "Nate, mayo or mustard?"

"How about ketchup?" Nathaniel replied.

"Or ketchup. I got ketchup, too." Laura said.

Meanwhile, Clint watch as Lila prepares to take her shot.

"Mind your elbow." Clint said.

Lila then take her shot, the arrow hitting the bullseye, making Clint laugh in pride.

"Good job, hawk-eye. Go get your arrow." Clint said.

"Hey, guys! Enough practice. Soup's on!" Laura called.

"All right. We're coming. We're hungry. Lila, let's go." Clint said, only to discover that Lila is gone. "Lila? Honey?"

Clint called out for Lila again, wondering where she had gone, but to no prevail. Confused by his daughter's sudden disappearance, Clint turned to where his wife and sons were, only to find that they were gone too.

"Babe?" Clint called, starting to get worried. "Babe? Boys!"

Clint began to unsuccessfully search for his family and he could do nothing but desperately, and with great fear, call out for his family. Unaware to Clint, his family and half the population of the universe got wiped out from existence thanks to a genocidal plan that was carried out by the Mad Titan Thanos.

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Three weeks has passed since Thanos completed his plan on collecting all six Infinity Stones and used them to wipe out half of the population of the whole universe. After the so-called Snap, billionaire Tony Stark, better known as Iron Man, and Nebula, one of the daughters of Thanos, used the Guardians of the Galaxy's ship, the Benatar, to get off the planet Titan. However, the fuel cells of the Benatar had been damaged during the Battle of Titan, forcing Tony and Nebula to work together to repair it. After succeeding in repairing the ship, Tony set a course for Earth. However, the ship only possessed forty-eight hours worth of fuel left, leaving the pair stranded in deep space. Over the course of three weeks, they bonded and developed a friendly relationship, rationing their food and playing games to pass the time, and Nebula providing medical assistance to Tony due to the stab wound he had received from Thanos. Right now, Tony and Nebula were playing a few rounds of Table Football on the bridge of the Benatar. Tony flick one paper shard, only for Nebula to try and catch one of them.

"You don't need to do that. Because, uh, you're just holding the position." Tony said.

Nebula then attempt her try to score a point, but miss her target.

"That was close." Tony said.

Nebula then made more attempts to score a point before finally one of her paper shards pass between Tony's thumbs.

"That's a goal. We are now one apiece." Tony said.

"I would like to try again." Nebula said.

Tony and Nebula continue to play the game and both score points.

"We're tied up. Feel the tension? It's fun." Tony said, as he tried to make a goal but lost his aim. "That was terrible. Now you have a chance to win."

Nebula then flick the paper shard and scored a point, winning the game.

"And you've won. Congratulations. Fair game." Tony said as he shows Nebula respect by offering a handshake, which Nebula did returned. "Good sport. You have fun?"

"It was fun." Nebula said.

Sometime later, emaciated from lack of food and water and oxygen running out, Tony activates his nanotech Iron Man Armor Mark L helmet to record a message to his fiance Pepper Potts.

"This thing on? Hey, Miss Potts. Pep. If you find this recording... don't post it on social media. It's gonna be a real tearjerker. I don't know if you're ever gonna see these. I don't even know if you're still... Oh, God, I hope so. Today's day 21. No, uh, 22. You know, if it wasn't for the existential terror of staring into the literal void of space, I'd say I'm feeling a little better today. Infection's run its course, thanks to the Blue Meanie back there. Oh, you'd love her. Very practical. Only a tiny bit sadistic. So, the fuel cells were cracked during battle and we figured out a way to reverse the ion charge and bought ourselves about 48 hours of flight time. Uh, but it's now dead in the water. Thousands light years from the nearest 7-Eleven. Oxygen will run out tomorrow morning and that'll be it. Pep, I know I said no more surprises but I gotta say I was really hoping to pull off one last one. But it looks like... Well, you know what it looks like. Don't feel bad about this. I mean, actually, if you grovel for a couple weeks and then move on with enormous guilt... I should probably lie down for a minute. Go rest my eyes. Please know when I drift off, it'll be like every night lately. I'm fine. Totally fine. I dream about you. Because it's always you." Tony said as he recorded his message.

After finishing the recording, Tony put on his jacket and drifted off to sleep before Nebula put him in the captain's chair. While deeply sleeping from the chair for hours, Tony felt a slight arise of light coming from his face, causing some irritation. Tony suddenly woke up due to a beaming light outside the Benatar and as the glowing settled, Tony is surprised to see a glowing woman with long blonde hair and wearing a red and blue jumpsuit with the yellow Kree Starforce symbol on her chest. Unknown to Tony, the woman has come to rescue him and Nebula thanks to the Avengers.