Tony POV
Death. That is all I could describe it as. The sky was stained a permanent red. The city itself was on fire. And the world's last hope was wasting away in the streets, in what used to be the city that never sleeps.
The first place to go was Washington D.C. Not just the White House, but the entire surrounding area. It had happened so fast, not even Fury saw that coming. The next to go was every Government Agency in the world. The attack was so organised that the only one I could save was Nova. And that was by the skin of his neck really. If he hadn't been trying to get her to leave in the first place, she would've been like the rest of them. Incinerated. And now, they were killing off the superheroes, one by one. Hunting each and everyone of us down. And leading the charge was that bastard, Thanos.
However, what he doesn't know is that for the past few months, since the Sokovia Accords, he's been working on something brand new. So top secret that only his girls know about it.
Anthony 'Tony' Edward Stark had created an Inter-dimensional portal.
And since there was nothing left for him here, he was going to use it to save the last few that he knew gave a shit about him. He doesn't know where it is going to take him, but anything is better than this.
They thought him Weak. Careless. Reckless. Mediocre. Useless. Arrogant. Cocky. Only five out of them all stood by him when shit hit the fan. So when the world was being destroyed, and there was only one way. Through the prototype portal he had been building. And for first time in forever, he was selfish. And took them with him to the unknown. So they would get a new start.
So as he rigs the lab to blow, downloads every bit of info he has, grabs onto his girls and Nova to leave, he can't help but wonder, am I really ready for this prequel to my sequel to end?
I look back once more, to tattoo this memory into my memory, while hanging tight to the girls and stepping through the portal, begging for something better.