PART 2
Chapter 2x19: Decisions & Visions
"Thanos found the Soul Stone on Vormir" - explained Nebula
"What is Vormir?" - Asked Natasha in a business-like tone
"A dominion of death, at the very center of Celestial existence" - said Nebula - "it's where...Thanos murdered my sister" - she added looking down
An awkward silence falls upon the room while Natasha writes what Nebula has just said, Arash looked at the red hair carefully seeing as she seemed too interested in the blue alien's words, he tried to look to her notes, but she was discreetly covering them.
"Note it" - said Scott trying to break the awkward moment
After Nebula explanation, Steve and Tony did an explanation about the Space Stone to the group, the first one about how Cap encounter it 75 years ago and the second one about the huge fight against Loki in New York where they had first encounter with something related to Thanos.
Before they got to another stone explanation they decided to go and buy some food as it was lunch time now, Natasha was the one who offer to go and Arash tag along, there was a weird energy during the drive in the car, the King had a weird feeling, his ring didn't shine but he definitely could feel it tingle.
"I know you are hard to get afraid or something like that...but...aren't you nervous about the whole time traveling?" - asked Arash
"It worked with Clint, didn't it? Besides you turned out fine and nothing happened to you, I don't see how it could turn out wrong" - said Natasha
"You know...ever since this whole Thanos thing, my ring's been acting out...and it's like now I can feel when something is gonna go wrong somehow" - said Arash
"You think something is gonna happened?" - asked Natasha
"I'm not sure what, but I have a feeling...I don't know" - said Arash - "I think something is gonna happened while we are at it" - he explained
"That is why we are gonna be extra careful with this plan, pick our targets and think about the most minimum detail" - said Natasha
"I just hope everything turns alright" - said Arash sighing
Nat parked the car and the two got inside a Chinese place and bought a bunch of food for the hero's back in the Avengers Compound, they find a nice market close by where they bought the ice cream they were craving but could also buy some more for the rest, they were walking to the car when Arash stopped close to a geek store watching a couple of articles through the window.
"You like Star Wars?" - asked Natasha
"Yeah, me and Peter, we both like it very much" - said Arash with a smile
"That's cute...you know, that you both share liking something it makes you guys bond more deep" - said Natasha playing with the arrow on her necklace that reassures her own bond with Clint - "wanna go inside?" - She asked
"For what?" - asked Arash
"Since we are getting them all back, maybe you could buy him a nice "welcome back gift" for him, something that he can carry around with him" - said Natasha
"That's cheesy" - teased Arash - "but...I think it's a good idea" - he added
Both heroes go inside the store, Arash started to go through all the Star Wars merchandise, his first interest were a couple of rings that resemble R2D2 and C3PO, the Persian boy thought it could be a way to connect with Peter since they are matching rings and he is used to wear rings, but when he asked about them the owner of the store told him that those are engagement rings and the King thought it was a little too much.
The Persian boy asked Natasha for help, so both looked for something else and Natasha signaled at a necklace that had a Rebel Alliance symbol on it, the piece was more low-key, Arash thought it was great since Peter couldn't really use other things like bracelets because he carries his web shooters on his wrists, so he agreed with Black Widow's suggestion and he bought the necklace.
After buying the gift both heroes go back to the car and ride back to the Avengers Compound so everybody could eat and also talk about the last two stones left the Mind and Time Stones, after that presentations they decided to take a little break leaving Tony, Natasha and Bruce at the conference room, but the break didn't last long as the three heroes called out the rest as they figure something out.
The group where all reunited as holograms were displaying of different location: the Soul and Power Stones in space in 2014, the Reality Stone in Asgard in 2013 and the Space, Mind, and Time Stones in New York City in 2012.
They discussed the groups for each place: Rhodey, Nebula, Natasha and Clint were gonna for the Power and Soul Stones, Rocket and Thor were going for the Reality Stone and lastly Scott, Bruce, Steve and Tony were gonna get the Space, Mind and Time Stones; all while Arash stayed on the Compound inside the glass chamber to boost the time travel machine with Farah and Eddie keeping an eye on him.
"All right, we have a plan, six Stones, four teams, one shot" - declared Steve while everybody looked at the screens determinedly - "Let's take a proper rest and tomorrow we are going to do this at first hour" - he added dismissing everybody
Everybody started to depart to do whatever, Tony, Scott, Bruce and Rocket where working on the final touches on the machines and uniforms for tomorrow with Farah tagged along since she was the more familiarize than Eddie with the technology they were gonna be working for the time travel and decided that she was going to be the one operating the systems on Arash's chamber while they were out.
The Persian boy had troubles to go back to sleep, after the whole talk of the plan he was all hyper for tomorrow, also when he gets awaken from a nap he has troubles to go back on it, so he decided to go to the kitchen and have something to eat, while making his way there, he heard Tony talking something by himself in a room.
"So I thought I'd probably better record a little greeting in the case of an untimely death on my part, I mean, not that death at any time isn't untimely, this time travel thing that we're gonna try and pull off tomorrow, it's..." - trailed Tony - "...it's got me scratching my head about the survivability of it all, that's the thing, then again, that's the hero gig, part of the journey is the end" - he continued before taking a pause and the King could heard him moving - "what am I even trippin' for? Everything's gonna work out exactly the way it's supposed to...I love you 3,000" - he said before stop talking
Arash stayed there confused about what he just heard and then his ring glowed just like his eyes and something happened: he saw what it looked like a huge lake and the soul stone floating on it, he saw a shadow of someone using the Quantum Tunnel, then Thanos army who were roaring and running about to engage in a fight, he saw a red Infinity Gauntlet and he heard a metallic clank like the first snap that happened 5 years ago and last he saw a wreath with Tony's first Arc Reactor with the engrave words "Proof that Tony Stark has a heart".
When the vision stopped Arash stared in horror, is Tony going to die? When? How? No...he can't leave Pepper, Morgan, Happy, Rhodey, Peter, him...the team by themselves, the Persian boy started to walk away still going to the kitchen even if he lost his appetite, he felt his breathe uneasy about what he saw, he was so preoccupied with the content of the vision that he didn't even let sink in the fact that he just used a new ability he didn't knew he had.
The King serve the glass of water and was about to drink it stopping with the glass against his lips, he put the glass down and turned to a wine cooler that was behind him taking out a bottle of vodka that was inside, he grabbed his glass throwing the water on the sink and refilling the glass but with the vodka, he grabbed the glass and took the whole thing without even flinch or grimace at the taste of a glass full of alcohol.
"Are you ok?" - asked Natasha worried as she approached the Persian boy
"Yeah...just...couldn't sleep...and..." - said Arash trying to calm himself
"Is the ring thing you told me earlier?" - asked Natasha
"Yeah...kind of..." - trailed Arash steady his breathing
"Well...care to pour me some as well?" - asked Natasha
"Sure" - said Arash as he grabs a small glass to pour some vodka to the red hair woman - "can I ask you something?" - He asked nervously
"Of course, you know you can" - said Natasha before grabbing the drink while the Persian boy pours more for himself but a smaller amount just filling half of his glass
"What would you do if you know that someone you care about is gonna do something that can attempt against their life?" - asked Arash looking at Nat
The Russian woman looked at the Persian boy surprised at first and a little nervous, he kept looking at her with a sad look on his face waiting for an answer, she was unsure of what to say, she took a sip of the drink in her hands before answering the boy.
"If they are doing it for a greater good...there is nothing you can do to stop them" - said Natasha - "like I told you when you made up your mind about doing the chamber thing, you can't convince someone to not do something that they already have set their minds on" - she explained - "no matter how much you care for that person, you can't stop them from making their own decisions, just live through it" - she added
"What if this doesn't only affect me, but other people?" - asked Arash
"You be there for all the other people, just like we have done so far after The Snap" - said Natasha taking a sip of her drink as the boy stared at his drink - "hey" - she called out making the King look at her and she grabbed his hand - "just remember that whoever this person is...cares about doing the right thing, this decision may not save this person, but is gonna save a lot of people" - she added
"Yeah...I guess...you're right" - sighed Arash - "thanks Nat" - he said looking at her
"No problem...cheers...for time travel and getting everybody back" - said Natasha raising her glass putting it close to the boy's reach
"Cheers" - said Arash clicking his own glass with her before both took a sip
"Since you can't sleep wanna watch a movie?" - suggested Natasha smiling at the boy
"Sure" - said Arash returning the smile even he still felt a little uneasy
A/N: Our boy has a new ability and could see a sneak peek of what is to come but without much details, what do you think it would be the final result of each thing he saw? Comment your predictions people because we are getting close to the end of Part 2, we only have 6 more chapters to go.
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