Peter

I was on my usual Wednesday patrol when I saw smoke rising above the buildings. Within a couple of minutes I was already at the scene. My eyes widened as I saw that there was a hospital on fire. I ran up to one of the firemen.

"Are there any people left in the building!?" I yelled to be heard over all the noise.

The firemen looked at me a little surprised but answered.

"15 patients and 4 doctors! All on the third, fourth and fifth floor" He yelled back.

"Okay I'll be right back!!" I yelled and ran towards the burning building.

Tony

I was switching through the channels bored out of my mind. Pepper had decided that we were gonna have a date night at home. We had just watched a movie and was gonna watch another as soon as she was finished in the bathroom. When I heard footsteps I stopped switching through the channels and turned around to see my lovely wife in her PJs.

"So what are we watching next?" She asked and walked around the couch.

"Well I was thinking...." I said but stopped mid-sentence when I saw the screen.

"....civilians saved from burning hospital by spider-man. The hero is yet to be found after the building collapsed" the news reporter said.

I froze and looked over to Pepper who shared the same look as me.

"I'll go and get him" I said trying not to sound too worried.

"You better" she said.

I nodded and tapped on my chest so my armor came on. After that I had Friday open a window before I flew out.

...

When I got to the scene the fire had been extinguished. But that didn't calm me. My eyes landed on the collapsed building and I started looking around to see if Peter were anywhere to be seen.

"Friday scan the area for spider-man" I said as I looked around.

"No match found" she answered.

I swear to god if Peter is stuck under another building I'm gonna snitch to his aunt. While trying not to worry too much I walked over to one of the firemen.

"Iron man? What are you....?"

"Spider-Man. Any signs of spider-man since the building collapsed?" I asked.

"Uhm....afraid not. We've called for back up and will start digging for him as soon as possible but...." the firemen answered.

But I didn't listen to the öast part. Instead I flew up towards the building and started digging down while Friday tried to scan for heat signatures. But the chemicals mixed with the technology did something weird to the suit and Friday couldn't help much. I kept digging though. There's no need to worry. He's survived a collapsed building before, why wouldn't he survive another one with an even better suit to do so? He....he has to be alive.....right? I how my heart ached more and more as I found absolutely nothing. The hospital was huge and he could be anywhere. I kept digging through. This couldn't be it. It couldn't! Peter couldn't be dead....he just....he can't be.

Peter

After getting crushed by the hospital roof I managed to get out. Normally I would help out with the after-work too but right now I probably had several broken ribs and I could barely stand straight. My suit was completely dead so I had to start walking. I picked up my phone from the secret pocket built into the suit. Somehow it had survived all that chaos. So I called Ned.

"Hey man!" Ned answered.

"Ned! Ned....hey uhm....can I come over? Things got a little...out of hand during patrol and I....I don't think I can get home like this"

"Sure. My parents are out on date night right now so hurry up before they come home" Ned said.

"Thanks Ned" I smiled and hung up.

Man what a day

....

Finally my last class was over and I could finally leave to get to S.I. Mr. Stark was definitely gonna grill me about how I got the suit in such a bad state. But that was a problem for future Peter. I checked my phone in case Happy was picking me up. It seemed like he wasn't. But instead I noticed May had called. I called her back when I left school and headed for the subway.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Hey May I saw you called. Everything okay?" I asked.

"I don't know. Mr. Stark called me while I was assisting a surgery. When I called him back he didn't answer. You should probably get over there and see if he needs anything" May said.

"Yeah I'm on my way. I'll see you later" I said and hung up.

Rhodey

Something was nit right. I had been calling Tony all morning and he wasn't responding. That itself couöd be seen as usual Tony behavior. But it was worrying when Pepper wasn't answering either. So now I was standing in the Stark Tower elevator on my way up to see what the hell was going on. The doors dinged and I got out only to see the whole penthouse in a complete mess. That can't be good. Did I miss a fight? I was gonna start investigating when I heard sobs coming from the hallway. Since I recognized that voice I ran over there to see Pepper sobbing in her and Tony's bed. She looked like she had been crying all night.

"My gosh Pepper what happened? Is Tony okay" I asked worriedly and hurried to her side.

She nodded trying to stop herself from sobbing so she could talk. It wasn't working out for her. So I hugged her in an effort of trying to comfort her.

"Pepper what's going on? Where's Tony?" I asked when she had calmed down.

"In his lab. I....I don't think he'll be out for a while" Pepper said with a sad voice.

"Pepper....what happened?" I asked fearing whatever could have caused her this much heartbreak.

"It's Peter" Pepper said with a broken voice.

"Wait the kid?....like the spider kid....that you two have part custody over?" I asked.

I knew about Tony and Pepper getting shared custody with someone else over a kid named Peter Parker. I didn't know much about him since we only met once on a mission. But I did know that the kid was like a son to both Pepper and Tony.

"Pepper what happened to the kid?" I asked seriously.

"He's....he's dead....his body hasn't been found" Pepper said and started crying again.

I wanted to be mad at Tony, part of me was. He should be here grieving with Pepper. But instead he's locked himself in his lab. However....since I knew that in whatever state he was in his lab, it was worse than Pepper's.

Peter

I walked towards the elevator and scanned my card before the doors closed and I started going up. It must be something serious if Mr. Stark called my aunt. When the doors opened my eyes widened in shock as the penthouse looked like a tornado had been there messing everything up. Before I could even think of any scenarios as to why the place was in such a mess I heard sobs coming from the kitchen area. When I walked over there I saw Mrs. Stark sobbing and Mr. Rhodes embracing her.

"Uhm....sorry...I heard something crying and....uhm Mrs. Stark are you okay?" I asked worriedly as both mrs. Stark and Mr. Rhodes looked at me in shock.

They didn't say a word, the two of them just stood there and stared at me.

"D-did something happen? S-should I come back later?" I asked a little uncomfortable.

"NO!!....no Peter please just don't....don't leave" Mrs. Stark said and ran up to me before she hugged me tightly.

"Mrs. Stark why are you crying?" I asked and hugged her back.

"We thought you were dead" she said with a broken voice as she hugged me tighter.

"What? Why!?" I asked confused and pulled away from the hug.

"Well...the fire? No one saw you exit the collapsed building" Mrs. Stark said and dried her tears.

"No wonder they didn't find the body" Mr. Rhodes said smirking as he walked up to me and ruffled my hair.

"Yeah....I may have accidentally trashed the suit a little bit while getting out. Do you think Mr. Stark will be mad about that?"

"Kid....he thinks you're dead...and he's locked himself in his lab" Mr. Rhodes said.

"Oh no"

Tony

I was laying on the floor staring at the ceiling. The whole room smelled like alcohol and it was sickening. Yesterday I wanted to drink. I really wanted to. But I couldn't....even if he was dead....I couldn't let him down. Him and Pepper are the ones who are made me gone sober for over 6 months now. I couldn't let him down....again. The walls to the hallway crashed and I guessed it was Rhodey finally having enough of not getting let in.

"Oh my god it's worse than I thought" Rhodey mumbled.

I didn't really care what he thought right now. In fact I was in too much hurt to even care. The only thing I did was turn my head to see him. My eyes widened as I saw Peter standing beside the war machine armor. I blinked and rubbed my eyes, but he was still there. I must be going crazy.

"Mr. Stark?" Peter asked worriedly and started to slowly walk towards me.

I sat up trying to shake my head in the process. I'm actually going crazy, I'm seeing his ghost.

"Man I've really lost it" I sighed as Peter got closer.

God if my mind would stop playing tricks on me that would be appreciated.

"Mr. Stark can you hear me?" Peter asked when he was not far away.

I just stared at him. This isn't real. He's dead Tony. All because you weren't there.

"Answer the kid Tony" Rhodey said.

I looked over at him confused. How the hell did he hear....? Before I could think more I felt a hand on my shoulder. Slowly I looked up to see Peter looking at me very concerned. Ghosts can't actually touch you that firmly and be heard by others....

"Y-you're alive!?" I breathed shocked as tears started falling.

"Yeah uhm....apparently there's been a misunderstanding" Peter said nervously and scratched his neck.

I just hugged him tightly. He was alive...it wasn't a dream....he was really alive.

"You're grounded"