Water... Water everywhere ...
Those where the first thought that came to Peter after turning to dust ... The water was shallow enough for him to not be submerged by it ; Well this is weird ... he thought as he stood . Everything was tinted with orange , the sky , the water . Now that he thought about it there wasn't anything exept skies and water , never ending water ...
"What the hell ..?" he said to himself , he couldn't tell where he was , last thing he knew he was on Titan with Drax , Mantis and the others ; Groot and Rocket left with Thor who knows where ; and Gamora ... He didn't want to think about what happened to her ...
"Hey !? Is anybody out here !?"
A distant sound was heard , he couldn't make out what was said but it meant there was someone out there , Peter started running through the water determined to find the source of the sound .
People were running , screaming , crying but mostly confused . Nobody understood what they were doing there , one minute they were perfectly fine living there normal lives the next they were crumpling into dust and waking up in a different place that they didn't recognize ... Well Thanos had won , obviously ... But they didn't know that ... She searched for anyone familiar , but she couldn't see anything in the sea of people . She started running , pushing people away , she just wanted to escape this place !
She tripped and fell face in the water , she was pulled up by someone , scared she trashed wanting to be let go . It could be anyone , she couldn't know and she didn't care if they were friend or foe .
"Hey , I'm not going to hurt you ..." the voice said , she recognised that voice , she turned around wanting confirmation .
Indeed in front of her stood king T'Challa , still dressed his Black Panther costume , he looked as frightened as her .
"T'Challa ?"
"Hello Wanda ... Did you ..?" he started asking not finishing his sentence .
"Did I turn into dust and woke up here ? Yes ..." she said "Did you find any of the team?"
"No , you are the first person I saw that I knew ."
"Do you think ... Are we dead ?" Wanda looked worried , glancing around the crowd .
"No , this is not the ancestral palace , if I were dead , I wouldn't be here ..." T'Challa said .
Wanda sighed relieved ; they wern't dead but then what happened ?
Peter couldn't tell how long he had run , but his legs were killing him , he felt like it had been years but it could have been minutes , this was driving him crazy , was the sound an illusion ? Was anyone actually out there ? Was there any other color in this world exept orange ?
Exhausted he collapsed in the cold water , it wasn't cold per say but it wasn't warm either ... He couldn't help thinking what Thanos had done to him , he could probably list it , he didn't have anything else to do ... in the end Thanos had won they had lost and he couldn't do anything but blame himself .
He sat there for what felt like an eternity , until he heard it again , that sound , it was much clearer this time and he was sure he heard it . He got up and started sprinting towards it again .
Soon the sound dimmed and there was silence once again .
"Hey ! Where are you ?! " Peter shouted trying to catch his breath . This time he got an answer , a very clear .
"I am Groot ?"
Peter turned around to face the teenage like tree .
"Groot ?" he asked not really believing it .
"I am Groot ."
"You're really here ?"
"I am Groot ."
"What happened ? Is Rocket here ?"
"I am Groot ..."
"It's fine buddy ... You're okay , I'm okay ..."
"I am Groot ."
"I know . "