A Soul's Past and Future

Why Him?

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Chapter 27: Why Him?

Yup, that was how Peter was greeted when he got back to the compound. Since Strange is MIA, he had to swing all the way back. The second he entered; he was met with a worried/angry Tony Stark. As well as a few other heroes but they looked more worried than an angry father.

"Happy said you'd be here before noon. It's four!" Tony yelled.

"I- uh, lost track of time and then when I went to the Sanctum, I couldn't find-" 

"The Sanctum?" Sam cut him off.

"Strange's place. Anway, I went there to go find him but he wasn't there and then Karen said there wa-"

"Karen? Who's Karen?" This time it was Bucky who cut him off.

"My AI, anyway, she said there was movement coming from one of the rooms, so I went to investigate. I thought someone must of broke into the place but then I was like-"

"Who would break into a wizard's home?" Sam cut him off again. Peter slightly sent a glare then realized Sam and Bucky were cutting him off to anger him, if the smirks on their faces were anything to go off of. 

"That's what I thought and my initial thought was Hydra."

"Hydra was there!?" This time both Bucky and Sam yelled out. Previous smirks gone and the mischievous look in their eyes now replaced with something Peter couldn't pin point.

Peter sighed, "If you'd let me finish." He grumbled. "No, Hydra wasn't there. I found Strange's Cloak in the room. Where it led me to the bookshelf to open a secret safe where I got this." Peter summarized to avoid getting cut off again. "After getting this, I swung home. That's why I'm late."

"What is that anyway?" Tony asked, now more interested in the eye than yelling at Peter for being gone for so long. "Isn't that the necklace Strange wore to hold the time stone? The eye of agua or something like that."

"Uh, no, it's the eye of agamotto, not the eye of water." Peter deadpanned.

"Right, sure. Why do you have it?" Tony dismissed the correction.

"Is Strange okay? Why would he give that to you?" Steve stepped in.

Peter looked down at the eye. "I don't really know where he is. His note said they found him. I concluded that 'they' meant Hydra and that either they caught him or he's fighting somewhere. Probably in another dimension." 

"Is the stone in there?" Bruce asked. 

"I don't know. I haven't tried to open it. It didn't feel right to." Peter scratched the back of his neck. "Uh... give me a sec." Peter took out the book and opened it to the marked page. Wanda made room for him on the couch, Peter sat down and placed the book on his lap. 'Strange, I really hope you won't be mad at me for using your sacred item.'

Peter made a diamond shape with is fingers before crossing them in an 'x' in front of his chest. The eye moved and opened, revealing a green light. 

Rhodey whistled. "Nice. Well at least we know that the stone's in there."

"So, we have the time stone in our possession. Which is a good thing. At least we know Hydra doesn't have it." Steve said.

"Obviously." Tony rolled his eyes. Steve promptly ignored him.

"Bad thing is that we don't know where Strange." Natasha stated, calmly twirling her knife.

"That's a problem to add to the list." Sam sighed.

"Strange will be fine." Tony stated while pouring himself a glass. 

"How can you be so sure?" Bucky grunted.

Tony gave him a deadpanned look. "He's a wizard and has wizard friends. I'm sure he'll manage. At least long enough for us to bust into Hydra and take them down and save the world once more." Tony raised his glass before taking a sip.

Peter closed the eye. He reached into his pocket and took out the soul stone. He always wondered what he would do with it once this entire thing was over. Was there a necklace he would have to wear? Or maybe a cube he'd put the stone in. He really didn't know. 

"So... what's the game plan?" Clint asked.

Everyone turned to Peter. 

"What?" 

Tony rolled his eyes. "Kid, this is your territory. This is your time to shine! So, what's the plan?" 

"Uh..." Peter looked down at the eye then at the stone in his hand. He then remembered the tesseract safely protected in a safe. "We have four out of the six stones. We can get the other two." Peter turned to Quill. "You can get the power stone to appear. And uh... Thor, if we really want to be extra careful, we need the reality stone."

"I see." Thor said with a straight face.

"We need Jane to get the stone." Peter said, his face stoic, void of emotion.

Thor nodded once. 

Quill raised his hand. "How do I... uh, summon the power stone?"

"I... don't know. Usually I just think about the soul stone and it appears."

Quill gave him an unsure look but nodded.

"After that? What's next?" Bruce asked.

Peter looked to Steve. He wasn't good at planning ahead. Usually he'd go off on a whim and wing whatever mission he had then come up with a plan mid battle.

"While they get the other two stones, we can do some research on where Hydra can be. Once we get more info, we'll start a plan of attack." Steve said. "Peter, get Shuri and Harley and see if you three can find anything. Tony, start repairs on any of our weapons and Bruce, see if you can use the stones to track Peter's guardian friends. The rest of you go on with your lives but be prepared for a battle, and inform anyone that isn't here about the situation." Steve gave the order. Everyone nodded.

Peter got up and headed to the elevator. He told FRIDAY to take him to the labs where Shuri and Harley were most likely at. As the door closed, Peter looked at the eye. First, Loki giving the tesseract and now Strange with the eye of agamotto. That's two stones given to him, plus his stone that he already wields. Something twisted inside his stomach. A feeling of dread. The doors opening interrupted his thoughts. Yet one question stayed. Why him?

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What's up pipsqueaks? Anywho, I'm going to go into final/exam week next week so I'm not too sure if I'll update next Tuesday, but we'll see. Just thought I'd give you guys a heads up.

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