Infelicity [P. Parker x Reader]

t h i r t y - o n e

Merry Christmas y'all! To all who do and don't celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful holiday break. 

Vibing on a large metal donut wasn't that fun and there clearly wasn't much to do. Most of Squidward's focuses were on Strange and his stone, so here we are sitting in a caged corner.

Time passed slowly with nothing to do and the visions continued to get worse as I saw more struggle against the power of Thanos, who now had three stones.

The first couple flashes were of fights between Vision and Thanos' children. Wanda was helping out where she could and they were flying all around Scotland. They seemed to crash land in a train station and Steve, Black Widow, and Sam popped up to help out.

Those three were able to stop Thanos' children quickly, but they vanished into a donut. Worried they were coming up into this donut, I flashed out of that only to find the ship just as empty as before. This time, Strange was in a different setup. He seemed to be surrounded by these beams of glass in an all but comfortable position.

Not much warning was given before I was thrown into another scenario. This time, it was on the planet Knowhere, and involved the Reality Stone. A team of people went to find Thanos before the stone was taken, but it was clear that he had already gotten it. I could feel the distortion everywhere.

A man also named Peter was asked to shoot "Gamora" for some reason, maybe information related. Of course, he struggled to do it and in the end, thanks to the Reality Stone, only bubbles came out of the blaster.

Use of the Space Stone was quick to follow and both Thanos and Gamora disappeared in a vortex of greys and blues, leaving behind a very broken team.

My present location didn't look promising either. Dr. Strange had finally awoken from a very long nap and realized what was going on.

"In all the time I've served Thanos, I have never failed him," Squidward spoke up. "If I were to reach our rendezvous on Titan with the Time Stone still attached to your vaguely irritating person, there would be judgement."

The glass shards slowly moved towards his face before connecting, causing great pain to Strange. As if unbothered by this, Squidward continues.

"Give me the stone."

Much of this continued for quite a bit. Neither were giving up on the situation. I watched in wonder as more protection surrounded the stone as the shards got closer. His screams carried through the donut and I winced at what I heard.

"How about we try another method, hm?"

The shards left his skin, but stayed very close. Squidward sent a new set of shards in my direction and Strange finally realized that I was here.

Passing through my metal cage, the first touched my skin. At first the heat that came was only numbing, but then it turned searing, as if a fire was burning inside of me.

"Give me the stone."

"No, Strange, don't do it. I can do this all day," I cried out.

"Painful, aren't they? They were originally designed for microsurgery. And any one of them-" His speech was interrupted quickly by the thumping of Iron-man's heavy boots. "could end your friend's life in an instant."

"I gotta tell you, he's not really my friend, more of a business acquaintance. She's also just a part of the business. Saving their lives are professional courtesies."

"You've saved nothing," Squidward moved some metal weapons around him. "Your powers are inconsequential compared to mine."

"Yeah, but the kid's seen more movies."