2 | LAST DANCE ━ Peter Parker ✓

10 - FOLLOW YOU

"TONY!" Kaelyn exclaimed worriedly as soon as Thanos was gone, running over to the man and wrapping her arms around him while he was using his suit to heal himself or at least tie himself back together again. She was so scared of losing him, she didn't want to let go. "I thought... I thought you were..."

"It's okay, I'm okay, we're all okay, right?" Tony reassured, looking around to make sure everyone was good, "Is anyone hurt?"

"Did we just lose?" Star-Lord's question interrupted the concern as his eyes met Tony's. His expression was incredulous and Kaelyn understood why. They had him, but now he had one more stone and they were weaker than ever.

Tony didn't answer Quill's question, instead, he turned to look over at Doctor Strange who had a somber expression on his face, "Why would you do that?"

All the man had to say to defend himself was, "We're in the endgame now."

"Wait, I mean, Strange, you saw one future where we won, right? So... in order for us to get to that point, you had to sacrifice the Time stone, right? So we still have a chance?" Kaelyn did her best to connect the dots, but she was terrified of sounding stupid in a situation so detrimental. "What if wherever Thanos went, the rest of the Avengers are, what if they can get us out of this?"

Peter nodded along with what she was saying, "Yeah, Thanos needed the Time Stone in order for us to get to the future where we won, right Strange?"

"It's not up to us anymore," was all the man had to say and Kaelyn hated him for being so cryptic in such a desperate moment. The girl scoffed, groaning in frustration as she let Peter wrap his arms around her. She hated having her fate be so completely in someone else's hands. A creeping feeling made its way up her spine that seemed to be screaming at her that they would not be making it out of this alive. She wondered what death would feel like or if she would be part of the 50% that survived. What would her life be like without half of the people in it? Would they be gone forever or would the remaining Avengers bring everyone back? Even if they brought them back, there's no knowing how much things would change.

Of course, all of these feelings morphed into anger as she stormed over to Strange, shouting, "Can you give me a straight answer for once in your goddamn life? We could all be dead in the next five minutes and even if we don't, we are stuck on some random planet and I have school tomorrow, god damn it! I don't know if my parents are some evil anti-S.H.I.E.L.D weirdos, I don't know if my best friend is okay, I don't know if my brother is okay, and I still have a stupid math test I have to study for! These problems may seem trivial to you Mr. Master of the Mystic Arts, but I don't give a shit! I'm seventeen and I am staring death in the face! Do you have any idea what that's like? No, you don't. You fucking don't."

Everyone seemed to be taken back from her explosion as in the last year Kaelyn had mostly gotten her killer mean streak under control, but she was a little stressed at the moment. Not even just stressed, but downright terrified. She whipped around to look at the others, almost daring them to say something, anything.