We could stay like this
for forever and a day
Stephen glanced at her with a small nod she makes, he sighed deeply. "Alright, Stark. We goto him, but you have to understand if it comes to saving you, Peter, my little apprentice, and Mato or the two stones. I will not hesitate to let the four of you die, I can't. Because the universe depends on it." Stephen stared at him.
"Nice. Good moral compass." he walks over to Peter and Mato tapping their shoulders. "Alright kids," he does the knighting making Benjamin squealed seeing his parents were part in Avengers now.
"You're an Avengers now."
"Papa is smoldering!" Benjamin said proudly, while Mato has a sad smile on her lips when she looks down the dark veins was already on her wrists.
The hardest choices requires the strongest wills.
-Thanos
The black-haired maiden felt weak, she looks at her wrist now covered with dark veins. Even her fingers are like dipped on dark purple paint, she takes a peak on her chest more veins coming out. She looks away, Benjamin walks towards her. Mato glance at him who was looking a bit pale, still the boy hasn't eaten his lunch.
Mato stirred looking at her side, where her bag was thrown. She took the small gallon and grab some small plastic cups to her relief some wasn't destroyed. She poured the water at the cup and gave to the boy who sipped the water. "I only got your favorite cookie." she handed him his favorite.
"I don't mind, Mama." the boy sipped the water and took some bite at the cookie, Mato sighed tiredly, she needed to rest and her eyes were slowly closing.
"Here, it's your drawing book and color materials." she handed it to his side. She knows the boy will be bored, Peter walks towards them and lets Mato rest his shoulder. "I'll be taking a nap if you don't mind," she whispered.
"It'll be alright, I'll take care of him." he smiled, she raised her brow. "I promise," he assured, she responds with a small yawn. She waved her hands, with a small poof a block of ice appeared that shape like a bed. She climbed at the cold bed and starts to drift off to sleep.
"Your Mama's napping." He grabbed Benjamin and his art materials away trying not to disturb his girlfriend sleeping and she needed it. "I know Mama needs rest." the boy took out his coloring materials and begins to do his masterpiece.
Benjamin spends his day, doing art with his hands. While his mother was still fast asleep and needed rest. Often he could hear her murmuring some things, the little boy doesn't understand it. The boy looks over at his Papa Stephen who was looking sad?
Why his Papa Stephen would be sad? The boy's head tilts in confusion. His eyes stare at him with full of curiosity and wonder, although the boy finished his drawing where five stick figures holding hands with space on the background and big smile on their faces. He smiled and hugged his masterpiece close to his chest. Benjamin showed his artwork to his father who was talking to Grandpa Ton-Ton for a moment, the boy was quickly pulled by his power.
"Papa! Papa! Look what I have drawn this time!" he yelled excitedly, waving the drawing book at his father's face. Making Tony chuckled at his side, he saw them smiling widely.
"I'm so proud of you son." he giggled when his father gave him a kiss on his cheek. Tony glance at his drawing version, the kid got his mustache right. "Let's see here." he take a picture in case the book will be destroyed. Tony flipped to the next page seeing a clearer detail of Stella and Tom smiling gently, which Tony thought it was Mato and Peter who was at the drawing.
"Mama and Papa did it." the boy pointed the two. "She's an assassin and He's an actor." the boy explained remembering what his mother said, Tony, chuckled and ruffle his brown locks with his hands.
"Magnificent." Tony said, Benjamin extend his hands over Tony and Peter let him on Tony's arms like a child would. "Mama's hurt." the boy muttered, making Tony looked over at the ice looking like a pod or a bed. "I know, underoos Jr. I know how you feel." he said in disbelief.
Mato felt pain, she groaned. She felt her body was slammed on a hard wall three times in a row. She felt a cold sweat trickling down on her forehead, she woke up still away from earth. She keep staring at the ceiling, looks like she's been sleeping in a hour her fingers touch the cold substance below her she examined her arms was now covered with dark purple color and more veins scattering.
Her lips quiver, standing up from the pod and find them at the side trying to find a way to control the ship, she shakes her head a few times. "Good timing was here," Tony said, patting her shoulder. He spotted the veins on her arms; the man looked away with hurt eyes.
"I don't think this rig has a self-park function," Tony remarked, eyeing the stirring wheel. He looked at Peter who puts down Benjamin. "Now listen to your Mother, we don't want you to get hurt," Peter said worriedly, the child nods going to her back and holds her hands.
"Get your hand inside. This, we got one big dodge, so we gotta move at the same time." Tony instructed carefully, Mato watched them both at the side working together as father and son. She smiled tiredly, "We might wanna, turn, turn, turn, and turn!"
"turn!"
The two put on their masks, Strange waved his hands creating a protection spell around the ship, Benjamin held his hand over hers tightly and she put an arm around his shoulders protectively. The ship crashed, making them be tossed at the ground.
"Are you alright?" Peter asked, helping Mato and Benjamin. The two nods in response and gave them a hug. "we're fine." Mato glance at Strange who helped Tony. "I guess they are getting along, baby steps," she said to herself.
"That was close," Tony said in relief, the three went close to the two. "I owe you one," Tony said with amusement on his voice. Peter smiled, "Let me just say, if aliens wind up implanting eggs in my chest or something and eat one of you, I'm sorry." he takes Benjamin on his arms, "That's what Mama let me watched last time-"
Tony looks at Mato who shrugged her shoulders."You let a kid watched Aliens?-you know what, never mind. I don't wanna hear another, single pop culture reference outta you for the rest of the trip, understand?" he said warningly, "I just wanna say something is coming." Peter informed making Peter hold Benjamin close to him. Something landed in front of them, but before they could react it explodes, Mato lands near Stephen at the cold metal. She gasps in pain, felt her back. They could spot figures running in based on the vibration on the ground. One was a guy wearing a weird looking mask; the next guy was gray with another weird marking on his body and lastly a girl with black hair with antennas. No, she doesn't look like weird and looked cute.
"Thanos!" Star-lord screamed Mato puts on a shield where he tries to blast your face off. She growled, creating a large spike wanting to hit the guy who was flying and tried to kill her. "Mama!" the boy screamed, not in a frightening way more like in curiosity while Mantis was towering both the father and son.
"AH! Please don't put your eggs on us!" Peter swiftly backed away trying not to let go of Benjamin. Star-lord came and nearly kicked Peter at the head, the little boy cried when Peter throws him over at Mato she jumped and used the wall for support and caught her son in her arms. Peter tried to avoid his attacks, but only stopped when he throws those electrifying rope. "PAPA!"
The boy tried to get out from his mother's grasp, Mato holds him tightly not wanting to cause another ruckus. "Stay down, Ben." she pleads to try to calm him at all cost, the small boy immediately calms down. Puffing his cheeks out and crossed his arms. She raised her arms and shot a beam on Star-lord's arm, his arm started to freeze. "Let him go, or I'll freeze your heart." She growled, glaring at him. Star-lord shoots between her legs that she nearly loses one of her legs.
"DIE BLANKET OF DEATH!" Drax tried to remove the cape on him. Tony finally escaped from the small machine, when the cape released him. Tony pointed his blasters at Drax.
"Everybody stay where you are, chill the F out." He cocked the gun at Peter's forehead making Benjamin worry even more. "Benjamin, stay there." His father said, his eyes begun to water and still followed his requests.
"I wanna ask this one time, Where's Gamora?" Star-lord removed his mask and continued to point the gun at Peter.
"Who's Gamora?" Mato groaned, looking at Tony who seemed more confused than ever.
"Yeah, I'll do you one better. Who's Gamora?" Tony point his other blast to him. "I'll do you one better, why is Gamora." Drax chimed in.
"Let him go, or I swear to you. I'm gonna french-fry this little freak!" Star-lord said shoving the gun more dangerously at Peter's head, making Benjamin's eyes widen in horror.
"Let's do it! You shoot my guy and I'll blast him." Tony shouted as his blaster turns into a cannon, aiming at Drax.
"No, please-" the boy begins to cry, Peter looks at his son trying to assure him. His papa will be fine, Mato holds him tightly. "Do it, Quill. I can take it!" Drax commands.
"No! He cant take it!" Mantis said hopping towards them.
"She's right, He can't take it," Stephen said to Drax.
"Oh yeah? You don't wanna tell me where she is? That's fine, I'll kill five of you and beat Thanos with myself!" Star-lord shouted furiously, "Starting with you."
The boy sobbed, Mato growled. She glares coldly at Star-lord. She cant let him die, her eyes twitch to purple, dark veins started to grow on her cheeks but soon she fainted, not able to control the soul stone.
"Kori!" Peter yelled, his eyes darted on his unconscious girlfriend. "Mama? Mama!" the boy wept.
"Why are you doing this? Are you with Thanos?!" the boy shouted angrily.
"What master do you serve?" Stephen asked, "What master do I serve? Am I supposed to say Jesus? " he said in a sarcastic tone, the boy's brow furrowed angrily.
"You're from Earth," Tony said finally cracking the pieces.
"Not from earth, I'm from Missouri." Star-lord corrected making Tony looked at him with annoyance.
"Yeah, that's on earth, dipshit!" Tony snapped angrily because he made the boy cry.
"S-so you're not with T-Thanos?" the boy asked, holding her cold hands that were now covered with a darker color. Star-lord looked at the four with confusion, he looks to see Benjamin who was sobbing. It reminded him of his younger days where his Mother dies.
"With Thanos? No, I'm here to kill Thanos! He took my girl. Wait, who are you?" he pointed.
"We're the Avengers, man." his mask peel off, and when Star-lord lets go of him. He quickly ran to his girlfriend at the ground, the boy embraced his father. Peter touched her face, noticing the veins all over.
"How did this happened?"