All of them ran from the door and eventually made it to a door that was tall and was red.
"This must be the way to the queen. Beyond this door, is the final battle." Steve said looking at everyone.
Pepper was in tears and could not get herself together.
"Pepper..." Nat said.
"No, I can't continue. I've lost Tony and now I lost Peter. Losing Tony a second time makes this all worse. I can't do this battle. Not after what that witch did to my family." Pepper explained, having tears run down her face inside the suit.
"Pepper, don't say that. I'm sure when we defeat this son of a bitch, you'll see both of them. Remember who you're doing this for." Bruce said.
"Seasoning Pepper, the man of Iron and Man of Spider will be fine. Have hope that they will see you again and be one happy family again." Thor said cheerfully.
"I-"
"Pepper, it's okay. We live what has happened and move on. We need you for this battle." Steve said putting his hand on her iron shoulder.
"I- No. I will fight for Peter and Tony. I will do this battle for them."
"That's the spirit. Come on. We need to end this reign of terror." Natasha said pushing forward.
They opened the door and see that Rita was floating there with the Keys of the Abyss in her hand and had all the weapons behind her floating.
"I see that you got past my test subject. Tell me, how did you manage that?" Rita asked with amusement.
"That is none of your concern you bastard. We will end you here and now." Steve responded getting his guns ready.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to begin."
Rita floated into the air and used the Ivy Boomer to launch cannonballs at them. They all spread apart dodging them and Rita used the cannon to shoot lasers at them. As Nat was running, she used her guns and shot bullets at her. They went through Rita, but were instantly recovered at an astonishing speed. Rita then used the Oath of Panther and put it on the ground. Black spears came out of the cross and started to launch at the team. Thor hit one of them back at Rita and it cut her on the cheek. Blood started to ooze from her cheek and she touched it. She looked at her hand with the blood and realized that the weapons were not completely under her control. Rita took the cross back and sent the Godslayer down to make it land on the ground. Fire started to form in a circle causing the heroes to be trapped. Pepper flew out of the circle and used her impulsors to extinguish the fire with foam. Steve looked up at Rita and used his whip sword to bring her down. Bruce tried to help with that and Clint shot arrows at her. Wanda got rocks to platform Nat to use her swords to slash Rita. Thor jumped into the air and started to swing his hammers at her. Rita started to have blood come out from her body and couldn't be release from the whip. She decided to use the Lightning Blade to cut the whip and used the sword to swing at Nat, causing her to start falling from the platform she was on. Steve put his swords back in the sword holder and rush to catch Natasha. Rita then used Iron Man's Gauntlets and punched Thor over a thousand times in the face in a matter of seconds. She did one final blow and launched him into the wall. Wanda turned the rocks into spears and launched them at her. Rita got the Keys of the Abyss and shot most of the spears and a few scratch her legs. She used the Aphrodite and rushed towards Wanda. Rita slowed down time and started to slash Wanda in several spots. After a certain amount of hits she made a tornado of rose petals then stopped it causing Wanda to bleed and went unconscious. Steve caught Nat and saw she was unconscious as well. He looked around to see only Bruce, Pepper and him were the only ones standing.
"Dammit. We can end like this." Steve put Nat down on the ground and used his whip swords to grab her again. Rita cut the whip before it even reached her. She then snapped her fingers and caused a large burst of energy to explode on Bruce. Rita then went into the air and made black holes appear behind her and shot waves of energy at everyone. Bruce was getting hit right and left, Pepper tried to dodge them but then got hit causing her to land hard on the ground, and Steve got behind her to dodge all the energy. He looked around to see all his friends beside him right now were all unconscious.
"No... it can't be." Steve muttered, starting tear up.
"Accept your fate. You have lost and I won victoriously. This is the end of you and your world. Say goodbye to your world you pathetic human insect.
She got made a bow made out of cubes of energy and pulled back. She released and sent a block of energy his way. Steve looked down in defeat knowing this is it for him. Tears rolled down his face and put his hands on the ground. He closed his eyes and let it happened. Suddenly, a huge dust cloud was made and Rita smiled in approval.
"Looks like my job here is done." She said, floating into the air.
"Is it?"
Rita looked down at the cloud of dust and then saw someone rushed towards. She gasped and place a shield below her. Rita looked to see it was Tony.
"What?! Impossible! How did you get out of the trance?" Rita asked with disbelief.
"You really think I did it on my own?"
"That pathetic insect."
Tony broke through the shield and punched her in the jaw. He then landed next to Steve and looked up at her then at Steve.
"Tony..."
"Go, get out of here. I've got to finish what I have started."
"Tony... please."
"No! I'm the only one who can beat her. I've already lost my last family member I cared about."
"What about Pepper?"
"No, she has a new family and doesn't deserve me. Now, go! Go, before it's too late."
Everyone started to wake and saw Tony standing there. Steve looked at everyone with determination. Everyone got and stand there ground.
"Tony, we are not leaving you. We are your family and family stick together."
"What?! You're insane! You'll get yourself killed."
"Killed or not killed, we stick together."
"No, let me do this for you guys."
"Tony..."
Tony stared into Steve's eyes and looked down at the ground.
"You're right Steve. Let's do this."
Everyone got into a fighting stance and was ready to fight. Rita looked at all of them with disbelief. She then grinned and laughed.
"You really are an idiot, 20151425! I'll end you and your friends." She said flying fast towards him.
Tony pulled out an iron shield and blocked Rita. Steve then used his sword whips to hold her in one spot. Bruce ran towards and started to punch her fast. Nat used her guns and shot her on the back. Wanda got rocks and started to toss them at Rita. Thor repeatedly threw his hammers at Rita and then started to hit her fast with the hammers with lightning. Pepper used her impulsors and shot Rita all over the body. Clint shot arrows at her and landed a couple hits. Rita was starting to be enraged and did a huge shock war of energy to blow them off. They all skidded back and started to run towards her. Rita snapped her fingers and went into the air. She once again, sent energy through the black holes. Tony made a wide shield to block her shots.
"Tony, we can't do this for much longer." Pepper said panicking.
"I had a feeling it would to come to this. Steve, cut my arm."
"What?! Tony, are you hearing yourself? You've lost your mind." Steve replied.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. All you guys need to do is drink a little of my blood. It will enhance your combat skills a little."
"If you say so."
Steve cut his arm and everyone drank a little of his blood. They all of sudden felt a little stronger. Rita stopped her attack and Tony removed his shield.
"This is getting ridiculous. I'm ending this now!" Rita shouted with aggression.
Rita made a massive drill of energy and sent it their way.
"Everyone, get close to me." Tony commanded.
That all did as he said and Tony started to have an aura surround them.
"On the count of three, we jump," Tony said, "One...two...three."
They all jumped and flew towards the drill. They went into the drill and pushed towards it.
"Everyone, push as hard as you can."
They all pushed as hard as they could past the energy and it started to crack. They eventually broke the drill and went past going light speed at Rita.
"Dammit!" Rita shouted, looking down the heroes.
"AVENGERS WILL ALWAYS WIN!" They all shouted, piercing through Rita.
Rita did a loud scream and started to dissolve.
"You haven't seen the last of me."
She then turned to dust and went into the abyss. They all landed on the ship and Bruce managed to get it to fly all the way back to earth. They landed the ship near the base and saw that all the rumble from avoid Castle was behind their base. They all got off the ship and went towards the rumble.
"Well this is another mess we'll have to clean." Pepper pointed out.
Tony looked around the rumble to see a hand sticking out that was red and blue. Tony rushes towards the hand and everyone looked at him rushing towards it. He went through the rubble and saw the last person he wanted to see die.
"No... Nononono.. please don't tell me."
Tony shook him and repeatedly said wake up. He started to have tears come down his face landing on Peter.
"P-Peter. Don't you dare be dead before your old man. Peter!"
Tony broke down into a loud sob over his dead son. Pepper went over to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"I knew what he was up to too, but I couldn't stop him. He did what had to be done just to save the person who he cared most about. That person was you Tony. He loved you enough to do this for you."
"I-"
"Tony, I know it's heartbreaking, but you have to learn to let things go."
"N-No. I promised him that I would be a better father figure for him, but look where that got him and me? He traded his life for mine. I-I wish I could say I was sorry."
"Sir?"
It was Friday.
"What is it Friday?"
"I've received a message from Peter Benjamin Parker."
"What?! Play it right now."
"As you wish sir."
The audio starting playing and Tony wanted to her every last thing he had to say.
"Hey, Mr. Stark. This is Peter I'm the orb. I'm in the orb that I was imprisoned in and no one is around so I decided to record this message. First, I wanted to say thank you. You were a great mentor in my life and I'm so glad that you took me under your wing. Your inspiration has helped me improve in better things I could ever imagine. The reason I've decided to tell you this all now is because I won't make it back with you and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for all the pain I have caused and the others. So, that is why I decided that it was my turn to save you like did for me back when we fought Thanos the second time. That is why I decided to do the sacrifice I'm going to do. I hope you enjoy your second life. Love you 3000... dad..."
The message finished and the only thing Tony could do was look at Peter with a small grin on his face.
"Peter, Thank you." He said softly.
He put Peter down and stood up.
"Alright guys, we better clean this mess up."
"What about Peter?" Pepper asked.
"I want you to arrange a funeral for him tomorrow. I want him to sleep peacefully after the hard life he had and to save me. His father figure."
Pepper nodded and started to walk towards the base.
"I feel you, Tony," Steve said, "Losing the one you loved most right before your eyes."
Tony has nothing to say and kept on looking at Peter with sorrow in his eyes.
End of Part 9
