▌UNTIL THE VERY END ▌
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𝖢𝖧𝖠𝖯𝖳𝖤𝖱 𝖳𝖧𝖨𝖱𝖳𝖸- 𝖲𝖨𝖷 - 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖫𝖨𝖥𝖤 𝖨 𝖠𝖫𝖶𝖠𝖸𝖲 𝖶𝖠𝖭𝖳𝖤𝖣

❝Part of the journey is the end.❞

          𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐉𝐀 𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 one of the creatures into the stomach, before grabbing her knife with her other hand. She twirled it in her hand before stabbing it through it's throat. 

She then spun around towards Clint,  who just shot an arrow at some creature killing it. But as soon the two scanned their surroundings with there eyes, they saw that there were already more approching them.

Anastasija made herself ready to fight but then, out of nowhere T'Challa suddenly jumped infront of them punching the ground, which sent a purple energy beam at the creatures, knocking them all out.

"Guys, give it to me", the King said before Clint quickly handed him the glove.

The King immediately spun around and made his way away from them.

The two agents continued fighting as Anastasija spotted Wanda, who fought Thanos in the distance. The ginger let the gigantic purple Titan float into the air before the aline ships' above them started firing.

The blond assassin quickly made her way through the crowd of aliens and heroes, desperately trying to avoid the beams that were shot at her.

The dirt flew into her face and debris were exploding everywhere atoidn her.

The russian was sure that she wouldn't make it through them, but at some point the ships' stopped firing. Ana looked up into the sky, confusion written all ocer her face. The guns were slowly pointing themselves into the sky and started to fire again.

Suddenly there was a bright beam that shot through the aline ship,  destroying it's weapons.

the ship caught on fire and when Anastasija eyed the beam closer, she could recognize Denver's, who came to their rescue.

"Denver's, we need an assist here", Steve spoke up breathing heavily.

Anastasija had just reached Peter as Carol landed infront of the young boy, who held onto the gove, laying on the ground. His face was completely dirty.

"Hey, I'm Peter Parker", the young boy greeted the blond woman, a bit overwhelmed.

"Hey, Peter Parker. You got something from me?", Carol smirked at him confident. The teenager stood up, grunting as he looked at the alines that approched them.

"I don't know how you're gonna get it through all of that", he handed her the glove, looking completely wrecked.

Suddenly Wanda landed next to Ana, accompanied by Eva, Valkyrie, Hope and Pepper. From the other side, , Okoye, Mantis, Shuri, Gamora, Nebula joined them.

"Don't worry", Wanda spoke up as she let the red mist twirel around her fingers.

"She got help", Okoye added as she swung her speer.

The group of woman quickly approached the large crowd of alines before they start to attack.

Anastasija tightened her grip around her weapons. She didn't waste time and immediately went for Proxima Midnight, the one Wanda had killed five years ago.

She swung her knives around as she looked at the big alien woman infront of her. The russian narrowed her eyes as she muttered to herself, "I thought we'd killed you."

She then trend to stepped the woman through the shoulder, but she blocked Ana's attack. The Russian didn't waste anytime letting the knife slip through her fingers. She caught it and quickly rammed it into the woman's leg.

Proxima Midnight groaned in pain before Anastasija ripped out the knife and then kicked the woman away from her. She let out a loud battle cry and attacked the woman again.

She ran up to her, throwing some electro sensors at her. A shock went through the alien woman and Anastasija stepped her knife into the womans heart and stomach.

Anastasija then spun around, her attention getting caught by Thanos, who just balsted Carol away form him.

Tony stormed forward, quickly grabbing onto the large glove before he was punched away as well.

Thanos looked at the little man infront of him, breathing heavily as he held up his hand.

"I am inevitable."

Anastasija let out a loud scream as the giant snapped with his fingers. She stormed forward, her weapons already at the ready before she realized that nothing happened.

The russian let out a deep breath as she saw how he turned his hand around and realized that there were no stones.

Tony still sat on the ground, now holding up his hands while looking at the purple giant. The little energy streams shot through his arm and he let out a couple of deep breaths. "And I- am- Iron Man."

He exhaled one more time before he finally snapped with his fingers, creating a energy wave that went through the crowd of people.

They all stopped fighting as suddeny a a rumbling could be heard in the distance. Anastasija's gaze moved around and she slowly realized that all the aliens' slowly turned into dust.

Anastasija chuckled happyly as she put her knifes back into her pockets. She could not believe that they had actually did it. Tony had actually did it.

The brunette man walked a couple of steps before he leaned against a couple of debris as he grunted. Anastasija immediatley joined him, helping her old friend to sit down.

"Hey, hey Tony. You good?", she questioned as the man grunted again exhaling.

Her excitement faded from her face as she saw how wrecked Tony looked. Rhodey laded behind them, before he approched Tony as well.

He placed a hand on the side of Tony's head and stroked his head as they both smiled at each other. A tear leaked from Anastasija's eyes as she grabbed Tony's hand. "No, not you too."

Tony still had a smile on his face as his head slowly turned towards her, still breathing heavily. "Whatever it takes", the blond russian repeated the words as she smiled lightly back at him, patting his hand.

She then softly patted his shoulder, letting go of him before she stepped back.

"Hey, Mr Stark. Hey!", Peter sat down beside him as he breathed shakily.  "Mr. Stark. Can you hear me? It's Peter."

Tony looked at the young boy. "Hey! We won, Mr. Stark! We won, Mr. Stark! You did it, sir! You did it!"

Anastasija closed her eyes while big tears made their way down her cheek.

"I'm sorry", the young boy started crying as Anastasija placed a hand on his shoulder. The boy started sobbing uncontrollably and Anastasija slowly started to pull him softly away from the dying man.

The boy continued cried as Anastasija rubbed his back, crying as well. They watched how Pepper sat down infront of her dying husband.

She placed a hand on his chest, "Hey."

"Hey, Pep", Tony softly breathed out, his voice not more than a whisper. He looked at his wife and placed his hand over hers.

"Friday?"

"Life functions critical."

Tony smiled at her as his eyes started to whelme up with tears. "Tony? Look at me. We're gonna be okay. You can rest now."

Tony let our a deep breath before the light in his chest flickered and went slowly out. His hand let go of Pepper's, slowly falling to the ground as the woman started sobbing quietly.

After a moment Pepper leaned forward, placing a long kiss onto Tony's cheek before she laid her head on his shoulder sobbing.

The blond russian exchanged a sad ook with Steve as they both heard Peppers sobbing.

Anastasija quickly looked away again. Letting her gaze wander around she saw that the other's all slowly started to kneel down on one leg as they watched Tony and Pepper.

Anastasija let out a quiet sob as she fell down on one knee as well. Peter and Rhody looked at her doing the same as their gaze wandered back to Tony.

Anastasija couldn't believe that Tony was dead. First Natasha and now he. The russian had lost so much just so that everyone else could have their family back.

Natasha and Tony had given their lives for their mission.

As Ana looked at the ground, she spotted something that was hurried under a couple of stones.

The woman pushed then aside and now she saw what it was. It was the picture Anastasija had eyed earlier in Natasha's room, the glass was broken but the picture seemed alright so the russian pulled it out of the frame.

She looked at it for a second, a smile playing on her lips before her gaze moved towards the sky. Brushing a tear from her cheek she smiled.

A couple of days later everyone arrived at the lake house for Tony's funeral.

Anastasija had her hair opened, only her front hair strains behind her head. She also had a rather elegant black dress, that hugged her body perfectly.

Pepper had already greeted them. The closest friends of Tony and Pepper were invited to come inside to see the last words Tony had recorded of himself.

Anastasija sat down inbetween Rhodey and Steve as they all looked at Tony's hologram.

The man sat on a chair, rubbing his chin as he looked at the people.

"Everybody wants a happy ending right? But it doesn't always roll that way. Maybe this time. I'm hoping if you play this back it's in celebration. I hope families are reunited. I hope we get it back. And something like a normal version of the planet has been restored. If there ever was such a thing."

Anastasija smiled lightly at the hologram of her old friend, a tear made it's way down her cheek. "God, what a world. Universe, now. If you told me ten years ago that we weren't alone let alone to the extent, I mean, I wouldn't have been surprised but come on, who knew? The epic force of darkness and light to have come into play. And for better or worse that's the reality Morgan's gonna have to find a way to grow up in."

"So, I thought I better record a little greeting in case of an untimely death. On my part. Not that death at any time isn't untimely. This time travel thing that we're gonna try and pull off tomorrow it's got me scratching my head about the survivability of it all. That's the thing."

He held his hands up, his eyes wide, "Then again, that's the hero gig, right? Part of the journey is the end. What am I even tripping for? Everything is gonna work out exactly the way it's supposed to."

Tony's hologram record stood up and walked towards the little Morgan, who sat next to Pepper on the couch.

"I love you 3,000", he smiled widely and with that he disappeared.

Anastasija placed a hand over Rhodey's when she saw the tears on his cheek and gave it a squeez.

The man whipped away his tears and squeeze her hand back.

They all slowly got up when Pepper started to walk out of the door and quickly joined the others that were all waiting for them outside by the lake.

Pepper walked at the front together with Morgen, while Steve and Anastasija were following behind them.

As they all arrived by the end of the little wooden dock, Pepper slowly let the flowers into the water and watch them flow away.

Anastasija stood inbetween Peter and Steve as she intertwined her fingers with Steve's.

The two looked down at their hands for a moment, before they both looked back ahead and smiled lightly.

As the people all left one after the other Clint, Anastasija and Wanda stood infront of the blue water and watched how the sun let the surface glimmer. It was really peaceful.

Anastasija's tried her best to hold back her tears but at last she let out a quiet sob. The other two immediately looked at her, a sad look on their faces as well. Clint laid an arm around her as she whipped her tears away.

"I'm sorry. I just— I don't know how to live without her", Anastasija chocked out.

"I know", Clint rubbed her arm as he fought back his tears. The blond looked at him, "I miss her."

"I miss her as well and— I just wish there was a way that I could let know", the man looked at Anastasija.

"That we won. That we did it."

Now Anastasija looked at him, her lips pressed to a thin line. Wanda looked at them seriously, nodding her head sadly.

"She knows."

Her gaze fell onto the glimmering water.

"They both do."

Two hours later Bruce, Bucky, Sam, Steve and Ana stood outside, preparing Steve to return the stones.

"Remember you have to return the stones to the exact moment you got 'em or you're gonna open up a bunch of nasty alternative realities", Bruce explained to the blond man.

"Don't worry, Bruce. Clip all the branches", Steve answered him as he closed the black suitcase.

Anastasija smiled as she stood besides Steve. Suddenly Bruce gaze fell onto her as he sighed deeply, his eyes full of sadness. "You know, I tried. When I had the gauntlet, the stones, I really tried to bring her back."

Anastasija looked down at the ground, before she met his eyes, "I really miss her, Ana."

The russian bit onto her lower lip, holding back her tears before she placed a hand on his shoulder, "Me too, Bruce. Me too."

The two looked at each other and nodded their heads as Steve walked towards the big device that stood in front of them.

"You know If you want I could come with you", Sam offered Steve as he smiled.

"You're a good man, Sam. This one's on me, though", he smiled as he patted his shoulder.

Steve then walked towards Bucky still smiling, "Don't do anything stupid till I get back."

The brunette man chuckled as he smiled as well, "How can I? You're taking all the stupid with you."

The smiles disappeared from their faces as they hugged each other.

"How long is this going to take?", Sam asked Bruce, who tapped something into his computer. "For him, as long as he needs. For us, five seconds."

Steve grabbed the hammer as he looked at the three. "You ready, Cap?" Steve nodded at him. "All right, we'll gonna meet you back here, okay?"

"You bet", Steve nodded as the mask covered his face.

"Going quantum. Three- two- one."

Steve disappeared and Bruce spoke up again, "And returning in five- four- three- two- one."

But as they all looked at the time machine there was no Steve. Anastasija heart sunk for a moment, she had an idea what Steve had done.

"What is going on?", Sam questioned Bruce with wide eyes.

"I don't know", Bruce answerd them as he clapped onto the Computer. Suddenly Anastasija could hear a weird sound and then, out of nowhere Steve stood on the paltform again.

Anastasija breath hitched in her throat as she stared at the blond man infront of her.

He had his old Captain America shield in his one hand and the suitcase in the other.

Steve slowly walked down the steps of the time machine and let the shield and the suitcase fall down to the ground as he grabbed her face with both of his hands and kissed her passionated.

The woman was surprised at first, but after a moment she kissed him back, a wide smile playing on her full lips.

"You had me worried for a sec", she chuckled as she leaned back, looking into his blue eyes.

"Yeah man, though you were stuck in the past or somethin'", Sam exclaimed from behind them as he let out a laugh.

Bucky remained silent as he walked past them and clapped Steve onto the shoulder. Sam followed after the long haired man, together with Bruce leaving the two alone.

Anastasija and Steve slowly walked towards the water still holding onto each other. "So, you chose to stay in the present", the russian asked him as she turned towards Steve.

"I met Peggy- in the past. Told her about the life thing Tony had told me to get. And she said I should- and that life is with you", he answered her as he grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze.

Anastasija smiled at him as she leaned towards him and kissed him again. Their lips brushed softly against each other before they're both pulled back. "I love you, Steve Rogers."

"I love you, too", the man smiled at her. Placing her head onto his shoulder they both watched the orange and yellow sky slowly turning red.