A/N
Hey guys!
I'm actually REALLY excited right now to be giving you this.
Because I've been planning it for a lot of time and a lot of thought has gone into this.
And plus, I honestly loved Infinity War (NOT THE ENDING OH GOD NO).
So here you go!
Chapter 1 of I'm Sorry!
Don't forget to review about anything you think I can improve or feedback for next chapters!
Wandervibes28
Tony fell onto the ground, the dust in his hands disintegrating away into the suddenly cold air as he desperately tried to grasp nothing. But no matter what he tried, what he thought…
It was over. He was….
Peter was…gone…
The kid who was worried so much about him that he lied to the Iron Man and snuck onto a space ship heading to an alien planet to make sure he was okay.
The kid who worked with him every Friday night, helping with work and yet providing some sort of a family to him.
The kid who…..who died when he was just a tee-…..
Was-….gon-
And then suddenly the reality of the situation hit him as he sat up, face in terror and shock as he closed his eyes and just….let the emotions go. His chest rose and fell heavily as he breathed in shaking breaths. He sat down on the orange titan planet, his knees pulled up slightly as his hands raised up to his face. Trying to control the pain….
The hurt…..
And in the first time in 20 years, he cried.
Silent tears fell down his face as he remembered the first time he met the kid. Germany. He had gone all the way with him to Europe, to fight with him. Peter never let him down, he was a great kid. For a few minutes Tony just sat there, hands on his face, eyes closed, rocking himself front and back as he wished there was something he could have done…
Something he should have done…
And he blamed himself…..
His thoughts wandered everywhere….From Peter, to earth, to his drastic-
-And suddenly he realised his drastic situation-
-That he was stranded on a barren planet-
-He had no way to go back to earth where he could actually get back-up-
-And Peter was dead-
-Strange was gone-
-And he was stabbed and would probably bleed out-
-And nobody down on earth will know what happened-
-Half the population would be gone-
-People would be devastated-
-Earth would be in chaos-
-And he didn't know where the Soul stone was-
-He could feel his breathing increasing-
-And oh god, he was suddenly shaking a bit-
-And Thanos had won and they had lost-
-And the planet he was on wa-
"-Get off the ground". A strong, firm, yet feminine voice brought his mind back from his thoughts as he turned his head to find a completely mechanical woman staring at him. He turned around, eyes watching the woman's eyes as she stared back at him, unemotionally. In fact, it didn't feel like anything.
And she was made of metal. Completely. She was mostly blue, but had some other colours too, few parts just plain metallic grey. Kind of looked like Dum-E to him.
But out of all the things, the most important part was that she was holding a knife, leaning on a rock and staring right at him.
Probably didn't mean a good thing.
He decided to play it safe. Considering all the things he had just thought before.
"And stop being afraid like a child. You will be of no use to defeat Thanos otherwise." The woman called out again, continuing to dance the knife around her hand, while suddenly Tony realised what had happened.
A panic attack.
His eyebrows fused together. He thought he'd fixed that.
He hadn't had one since nearly 10 years now, he had found a way to get rid of it. But then, why was it back? He could notice that his body was tense as he exhaled a large breath and suddenly relaxed into a sitting position onto the floor. The woman just watched him carefully, yet without any glaring as her eyes flicked with every move he made.
Once he was back in his normal state, he, being Tony, decided to ask questions which sounded more in his style:
"Who the hell are you?" he screamed out, his voice echoing in the air, fading away on it's own in a few seconds and shaky. God, he hated it when his voice was shaky. Why the hell was his voice shak-
His thoughts went back as he watched the woman suddenly stop twirling the knife in her hand, her eyes suddenly turning into the glare.
Oh shit, she had emotions.
And shit, what had he done? He had just been stabbed, did he really want to be stabbed again?
Tony's eyes tracked her hand as she walked from the rock towards him. His hands instantly formed into fists in case it came to last resorts, and his body suddenly becoming rigid in case of a fight.
He had done this before. He could probably land in a few punches and make a run for it. He could also be beaten up….but he would prefer to run any day.
After that? Well….he could figure that out. He was a genius….To some extent-
Focusing on the situation at hand, his eyes flicked from her knife, which she grasped firmly in her hand as he walked the last few feet to where he was now laying down on, propped up against his elbows.
Tony shifted himself a few feet back, the woman staring right at him, the knife in her hands being held tighter as he raised up her hand. The genius realised he didn't have time.
He had to act.
He got ready, he could swipe the woman off her feet, he just had to keep her distracted and she would fall right into his trap.
The woman raised her knife. Right before sh-
Tony got ready, legs bending down and placed, ready to strike.
He could do this.
He just had to focus.
Focus an-
-e placed the knife back in her pocket and held out a…hand?
-d….what had just happened? Was the woman giving a han-
"-I'm Nebula. I did not like the tone but I understand what you are going through. Thanos killed my sister, Gamora." The woman, now called Nebula, spoke out as she extended her blue and grey hand to Tony, whose eyes flickered between her eyes and her hands for a few seconds.
What….?
Tony didn't know what to do.
Could he trust this person? A random person on a planet who was practically a robot? How could he know she wasn't lying? What was even going on?
But he figured out the situation and narrowed his thoughts down. He couldn't trust her. Simple.
Yet then again, he had trusted a man who had showed up in a magic portal while he was walking in the park. This was a walk in the park. And it wasn't like he had a lot of other choices either. Sadly, he didn't know how to fly an spaceship.
And also, she said Thanos had killed her sister. That meant she had also lost something.
Someone had also lost-…
Hesitating for a second, the mechanic took a deep breath, before he extended his hand to hold on to hers. Combining their forces together, yet not really, Nebula pulled Tony off the ground, steadying him as he stood up, one of his hands instantly coming up to block the wound which was now dripping blood onto the tangerine ground.
Tony watched for a second as a drop fell onto his other hand and formed a sort of an orange circle shape….
He quickly brushed it off on his pants.
Tony stood up and for a few minutes they were both lost in their own thoughts before Nebula abruptly brought them out of it by asking, "Was he your son?".
And then the thoughts came back again…
Tony looked up at her eyes. He felt his emotions rising again, the tightening of his chest, his inability to breath as he wanted to just wallow in his sadness about what had happened and blame himself about Pete-
Instead, he took in a deep breath, shook his head and replied back, sincerely, in order to avoid any other emotions. He hated emotions at this point: "No. A friend.".
No more words were exchanged as he nodded, staring at her feet for a second as they both stood on the ruins of a moon on the planet.
And despite the fact that there were no words or the fact that he had just gotten to know her and she was a random stranger, Tony noticed that.
Noticed it…
She was struggling too.
He had always avoided hard questions or realities too, by ignoring the situation, trying to throw away emotions by thinking he didn't have any. And he knew how lonely that felt. He wanted to say something to try and help, but from experience, he knew that he needed the quietness when he was down in the ditches too.
So he didn't say anything….And neither did she.
Instead, she broke her train of thoughts as she grabbed his arm around her neck, her hand supporting his back as they started to move towards the abandoned 'Guardians' ship.
A/N
OK YES,
I did need you to pretend a few things here:
- That Tony didn't know about Nebula at all.
- That Tony didn't know whether Nebula was actually on his side.
- And that the spaceship was the 'Guardians' spaceship.
But I hope you liked the story so far!
I have quite a few chapters coming up, focusing on Tony's POV thoughts after the whole Infinity war drama.
AND YES,
He also reaches back to WAKANDA...and meets Steve...
And yes, I also bring back some certain problems that he had in the past. Take a guess.
Until the next chapter, Please review :)
Wandervibes28
P.S Also do let me know if there's any mistakes I made. I kind of posted this in a rush, and I want it to not have mistakes. Thanks!