This fight was going downhill at an alarming rate. Ever since that idiot star-whatever his name was lost his cool, it was getting worse and worse. The guardians were now out of commission, and the kid was off saving them. Strange was doing who knows what, leaving tony to fight the titan. Great, just great.

"Stark." He spat, as I shot at him from my blasters. He dodged easily, absorbing more power somehow, sending rocks hurtling towards him.

"You know me?" I replied, attacking him again. Distantly I heard peter landing, and I knew he had finished getting the guardians.

"I do. You're not the only one cursed with knowledge." I snarled at him.

"My only curse is you" I shot at him some more, failing again. I heard foot steps coming up behind me, and peter was then by my side. He looked at me inquiringly, waiting for me to say or do something.

"Mr stark? What do we do now?" He whispered. He looked awfully like a frightened kid who had lost there mum in the supermarket, asking an attendant where to go and keep a straight face to not cry out.

"Oh I get it." Thanos's voice rang out. He looked at peter, than at me. "You care for it don't you stark." He gave a smirk.

"What? No."

"You do. I see it the way you look at him, the way a father looks upon their young." Peter shuddered as thanos was talking, and I subconsciously took a protective step towards him, earning another smile from the titan. Not being able to handle any more of the conversation, I shot again, waging battle. Peter came around the perimeter, shooting webs when he could. He seemed to be muttering something under his breath, probably talking to karen. The purple giant snarled, pushing his hands down then bringing them up, a purple glow enveloping his hands. I knew what was coming, so I braced myself, Peter doing the same.

A rumbling came from the surface of the planet, rocks beginning to shake. We looked around, then, showers of rocks came down from the sky. Peter and I jumped out of the way, my flying around them and peter using his spider sense to dodge the falling space rocks. He gave a yelp when a particularly large one nearly crushed him, but he diverted his attention towards me.

All of a sudden he shot a web at my suit, the sticky substance attaching, and gave a heave, pulling me towards him. I was quite startled, not moving from the sudden gesture, and I let myself be pulled. once I reached him a loud crashing sound came, and the moon was smashing down on where I was before.

"Thanks kid"

"No problem Mr star- aHHrk" he yelped, and I gasped. The titan has used his distracted state as a diversion. Peter was now struggling, thanos's giant fist around his neck and lifting him in the air.

"NO!" I yelled, flying towards him.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." He began to clench his fist slightly, peter letting out a yelp. He couldn't breathe.

"Please, don't do that" my voice cracked. I cringed with how childish I sounded, but this was different. This was peter. The giant only chuckled.

"You should know by know what happens when you get too close to things stark." Peters struggling legs slowed and his movements grew sluggish, the hands he was using to try pry off thanos fell limp by his side. He let out a strangled cry that sounded like my name.

"Mis'r sar?" He slurred, whimpering.

"Please, I'll do anything." The words left my mouth before I even realised. Thanos smiled, and he knew he got what he wanted. He loosened the grip on peter slightly, so the spider could breath.

"Miste' stark, don't g-giv it to 'im!" Peter cried out.

"Quiet insect" he tightened his grip for only a second, making peter Yelp out in pain again. I looked around myself for anything I could use, but there was nothing.

"Your time is ticking stark. Give me the stone if you want your precious bug to live." He lifted the gauntlet to peters head, it glowing a dangerous purple. It began sort of... pulsating. Then, an agonising shriek broke the silence.

"Mr sTARK! PLEASE!" he writhed in the beaming titans hand, attempting to pull the giant fists off his neck.

"I'm sorry kid... you're ok, we'll figure it out." I was more reassuring myself then him. What have I gotten him into?

"Mr star'k, I don't wanna g-go! P-PLEASE mr sta-" he let out another shriek, the glow getting brighter, and small purple lines shaped like lightening found their way across the side of peters head.

"Stop! I'll give you the stone. I'll give it to you."

"That's what I want to hear." The gauntlet powered down, peter going limp, his eyes flickering. I looked around, and saw the wizard slowly getting up. I ran to him, helping him.

"Strange. Please.... I just......." I looked at him, and he looked back quizzically.

"Tony?"

"No time for reunions, give me the stone now!" Thanos raised his hand again, but this time it wasn't to the kid. He pointed it at me. A weird sensation flew through me, and then pain. My eyes flickered, and I let out a moan.

"Alright stop!" Strange yelled. "Spare his life, and I'll give you the stone." The purple giant nodded, and the feeling was gone. I fell to my knees from the pressure being removed, and watched strange.

He started manoeuvring his hand in the air, a green glow coming of it. A small stone then appeared, floating for a second, then coming rest in strange's hand. He lifted it up, gesturing to thanos. The man walked over to it, and held the gauntlet by it. The green glow surrounded it again, and it was sucked into the gauntlet like a magnet. Thanos smiled. He turned, summoning a portal behind him. But he stopped, as if remembering something.

"This day took a heavy role on me. I lost what I loved. But even in the end, I will accept it, as fate has. I hope, you accept his." I realised what he meant.

"W-wait, we had a deal! No!" Thanos gave one more smirk, before looking down at peter. "A soul for a soul." He whispered, peters eyes pleading as he tried to move again. He realised that it was no use, so he looked up to me.

"I'm sorry." Then, the giant clenched his fist, the sound of bones breaking filling the air.

"PETER!" the giant dropped peter to the ground, his body crumpling. Then, he walked through the portal, and was gone. "No, no, NO!" I ran to peter, taking his frail body in my hands. I checked for pulse, but already knew the outcome. Nothing. I looked into peters eyes, the stare empty, dead.

A whirring noise filled the air, and star lord descended from the sky, followed by mantis, drax and nebula.

"Where'd he go?" Quill looked around, searching for Thanos. I snarled, laying peter down, then charged at him. I tackled him to the floor, rolling across the planets dusty surface.

"What the hell man?!" He yelled, pushing me off and getting to his feet.

"It's your fault!"

"What?"

"Don't play dumb with me. You got pissed because of something he's done, and you ruined the whole plan, for everyone. We were This close to getting it off. Now he's gonna go on some murder trail somewhere else, and it's your fault!" He looked speechless. Then, a stern look filled his face.

"He killed gamora. She was the love of my life, and now she's gone. She was killed by that monster. I don't think you understand how I'm feeling right now."

"I don't understand. I don't UNDERSTAND? HE KILLED MY SON. he pleaded to me, told me to make it stop. And I couldn't do anything. Then he killed him. I watched my son die. So you know what I think? I think YOU don't know how I feel." The man looked at me, his eyes filled with fear. I only then realised I had been pointing my repulsers at him. I powered them down, and walked over to strange.

"Why me. You could have saved peter. Not me. I deserve this, he's done nothing wrong in his life. So you should have saved him, should have-"

"Enough stark. I did what I did for a reason. You don't understand now, but you will. All I can say, we're in the endgame now." I was about to reply, when a shiver ran down my spine.

"Something is happening..." the freaky bug-lady said. Her face then showed surprise, when she began to turn to dust.

"Quill?" I turned to drax, who's arm had began to disintegrate to. The rest of his body joined, turning to dust. Quills face morphed into one of horror, looking at the dust of his teammates floating through the air.

"Steady quill" I whispered. He looked at me, then frowned.

"Oh man." His face was then gone, along with the rest of him.

"Tony" I turned quickly to strange, who looked at me solemnly. "There was no other way" gone. I looked around, a resounding clap of thunder breaking the eerie silence.

"He did it" the blue lady whispered. I then realised what she meant. Thanos.

I sat down, placing my head in my hands. What if pepper was gone to? And Rhodey, happy, Steve. Who else was lost? I looked over to peters body, the only one left to tell the tale. How would I tell May, if she was even still alive?

"W-we have to get back to earth." I murmured to no one in particular. The ship from the guardians was still here, near the remains of the donut.

"I can fly us." Nebula walked to me, helping me up. I picked up peters body, almost throwing up at how frail and cold it was. We went to the ship, taking off the creaking planet.

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