Chapter 14

"Another failure," a deep voice boomed. He sat in his golden throne, looking out to the stars. It was a shame, too. Pariah had such great potential. However, it looked like the being from two worlds was undefeatable. At least to a measly little ghost king.

"My lord," another voice said. Accented, and smaller. More…human. "I deeply apologize for the interruption, but what now?"

The being turned around, looking down his nose at Loki of Asgard.

"You will go to this so called Earth, and test their strength. But reveal me, and you will suffer the might of ten supernovas."

"Yes, Thanos. I understand."

"Good. Now off with you."

"Dude, quit being so jumpy. You guys have been ready for this for a long time, now," Tucker said as he straightened out Danny's bow tie.

"I know. But what if I mess up my vows? What if something catches fire or-or what if there's a ghost attack or-"

"-Danny!" Tucker said, half serious, half chuckling to himself. "It's all going to be fine. Now go out there and marry the man of your dreams."

He nodded, took a deep breath, and walked out in front of everybody. There was another entrance on the other side that Dash started walking from, and they locked eyes. In that moment, all of the nervousness Danny had disappeared. He was going to be with Dash. He was going to live a long, happy life with the man he loved, and he couldn't ask for anything better. He wanted this more than anything in the world, and from the look in Dash's eyes, Danny knew he was thinking the same thing.

They stopped in front of each other, their groomspeople behind them. Tucker, Sam, and Jazz were behind Danny, and Kwan, Valerie, and Dani were behind Dash. The officiant smiled between the two of them, and began his speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to take witness in an extraordinary act of love."

Danny kind of stopped paying attention after that. All he could do was stare into Dash's eyes, his grin getting wider and wider. He couldn't help himself, he was just so goddamn happy. Like he was on cloud 9 and was never coming down.

Soon enough, the vows were read, both grooms were borderline crying, and they had the most satisfying kiss of their lives. Dash even dipped Danny as he did so, just to put on a show, but god, it was so worth it.

Danny just married his prince. Maybe now they really would have a happily ever after.

It was two nights later when he came.

There had been a harsh knocking on their door. Danny had gotten back from patrol just a couple hours prior to that, and was knocked the hell out. Dash, however, did wake up. He slowly got out of bed, leaving his husband to slumber peacefully, so he could go and answer the door. On the way out he grabbed his baseball bat just in case.

Before he opened the door, he leaned it against the wall. What he saw when he finally did open it surprised him.

He was a blonde man, with a short haircut, a couple of scrapes and bruises dotting his skin, and was just a hair shorter than Danny. His shoulders were broad, and it was obvious he worked out with how his muscles bulged under his black tact-suit. On his shoulder was an emblem of some sort of bird? And on his back was an empty quiver.

"Hi. Does Danny Fenton live here?" He asked. Dash nodded, stepping in front of the doorway. He did this to prevent access, and so he could reach his baseball bat.

"What do you want with him," he asked defensively.

"Just to talk. I want to offer him an opportunity."

Before Dash could say anything however, Danny walked in, bleary eyed and stumbling a little from having just woken up.

"Dash? What's going on," he yawned out.

Dash, without saying anything, moved aside for the shorter blonde to enter their home. He looked around for a moment before extending his hand towards Danny and giving him a warm smile.

"Name's Barton. I'm here to talk to you about the Avengers Initiative."