The First thing that Penny got back as her atoms were reformed on the planet known as Titan, was her sight. Penny could feel as her body was slowly, and painfully putting itself back together. As she was laying on her back, she was watching what could only be described as the most beautiful colored sky she had ever seen.
The sky, by itself was colored a nice mix of purple and blue, but she could also see a tint of gold mixed into the mess of colors that was above her. She couldn't quite understand why, but the sky was strangely calming to her. Not even the sky, sunsets, or sunrises on earth could compare to what Penny is seeing in front of her now. It looks beautiful, magnificent even. And somehow she wished she could watch the skies all day.
Then Penny's sense of touch came back to her full force. She could feel the slow but steady thump of her heart against her rib cage, pumping blood throughout her whole body. She could feel the slow cool breeze of the wind against her face. She also felt this slight painful throbbing against the back of her neck. It felt like when her spider sense was warning her of danger...but there was no danger around.
Then hearing—she could hear the chatter of the others around her, she can hear the breeze whistling past her, she can hear the heart beats around too. The calm, steady pace of Mr. Doctor, the slightly faster pace of Star-man's heart, and the slow and rhythmic beat of that Drax guy.
One by one she could hear everyone's heart beat, except for 2 people that should be there. That blue lady, she couldn't hear her heart beat, and Mr. Starks. She couldn't hear Tony's heart beat.
Penny bolted up right with a gasp. Taking in all the air around her like she hasn't breathed in years. Their was a gentle but firm hand pressed against her shoulder, grounding her. Penny looked up and saw everyone was standing waiting for her.
Mr. Doctor had his right palm pressed to her right shoulder. He gave Penny a warm smile and nodded his head. Penny did a double take on the people surrounding her and saw that she was right. The blue lady and Tony were no where to be found.
"T-tony, where is Mr. Stark?" Penny said, her voice coming out a little more panicked than intended.
"It's been five years kid, Tony is on earth. We gotta get going. Come on, up you go." Strange said while guiding Penny back onto her feet.
"W-what, f-five years? What do you.." Penny stuttered, still slightly confused at what was happening. Strange turned to Penny, suddenly looking very serious, and with a certain glint coming from his eyes.
"Listen very closely Penelope, we're about to go head first into battle ok? I need you to give it all you got when we get there. We can't lose Kid, you understand right?" Strange said while resting both his hands on her enclosed metal shoulders.
Penny looked up at Strange. She is not sure why he is telling her this, but she still listens to the man. Penny knows how important this battle is going to be. She can worry about everything else after they win.
She locked eyes with Strange and gave one nod of her head. "I understand sir, I'll try my hardest."
"Good, cause we're gonna need it." Strange muttered to himself, which Penny still heard because of her enhanced hearing.
Suddenly in front of them, Strange opened a portal to somewhere, Penny didn't know where but was hoping it was earth. When the portal opened she could see Captain America standing there with a half broken shield, and more portals opening up around him.
Strange and the others went through the portal while Penny swung off a piece of floating debris before launching herself through the portal. Penny landed in her signature Spider-Girl pose before slowly retracting her mask.
She looked around at all of these heroes before her. She would totally be freaking out over this if this wasn't such a serious situation. She calmed down her excited thoughts and looked straight ahead of her.
Focus Penny...
There in the middle of his army, stood Thanos with golden armor and a double bladed sword, Well that's new.
Suddenly, everyone was getting into a battle ready stance, so Penny commanded her suit to reform the mask over her face again and got down into her Spider-Girl pose.
That's when she heard Captain America.
"AVENGERS!...Assemble" Penny was surprised people heard that last part considering she could only barley hear it with her senses. But it didn't really matter cause in a matter of seconds every hero was rushing towards Thanos and his army. Ready to give the genocidal, alien, maniac the fight of his life. And together, they would all win this war.
Whatever It Takes...
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Penny had no idea how it happened so fast. One second, they were winning and Thanos didn't have the gauntlet. Then she woke up after she gave the infinity stones to the glowing lady, and suddenly everyone was on the ground around the Titan's feet.
Thor lay on his back completely knocked out, Captain America was on his hands and knees panting heavily, the glowing lady was sitting down clutching her side, and Mr. Stark just got blasted a mile away.
Thanos stood with the stones in his hands and looked around, savoring his victory, again.
Penny looked up to see if she could find anyone when her eyes landed on Dr. Strange. Coincidentally, Strange was staring right back at her.
Penny tilted her head in confusion and mouthed 'is this it...the time line we win?' .
Strange must have know what she was asking, even if he was a little far away. His answer was lifting up one finger, and staring her directly in the eyes.
Penny was confused for all of one second before she suddenly tensed and her eyes widen in realization. Strange's eyes held the answer, 'yes...but you better hurry'.
Penny quickly stumbled to her feet and raced to the mad Titan. She could feel all the questioning and horrified glances the other heroes were sending her but she couldn't care at that moment. She had a mission, and no one was getting in her way.
She launched herself at Thanos and reached for the gauntlet. All she had to do was get the stones and she could end this, end the war, end this maniacs life once and for all.
Her right hand came in contact with the stones and she could feel them transferring from the gauntlet to her suit. Suddenly, she was thrown off the mad Titan's shoulders and got thrown back into a hard piece of concrete.
"Insect!!" Thanos spat.
She looked back up to see Thanos glaring daggers at her as he raised his hand getting ready to snap. When in reality he looked really stupid. But no one knew that except Penny for the moment.
"I..am...Inevitable," Thanos said while glaring at the young girl. Suddenly he snapped and the whole battlefield was silenced.
Thanos looked around hopping to see dust fly, when nothing happend though, he looked down at the gauntlet and recoiled in shock. He finally realized he don't have the stones.
He swiftly turned to the girl, only to be met with a terrifying scene.
Penny was on her knees panting, out of breath. The stones were quickly moving into place on her right hand. They finally settled and the power surged through her body. Penny held back a grunt of pain, and stared Thanos directly in the eyes.
She ignored the panicked shouts coming from Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, and the other Avengers to focus on her main goal. Kill Thanos and his army and bring back those we loss during this battle.
She raised her right hand when the power settled down and glared at Thanos before speaking again.
"Just for the record...spiders aren't insects, we're arachnids..."
And with her final words said...
Penelope Mary Parker, Spider-Girl, Snapped.
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Tony doesn't think that he's ever been this scared in his life.
Not when he was stuck in that cave in Afghanistan, not when Hammer and Vanko tried to kill him, not even in the battle of New York...
This, right here, trumps all of that...
Watching his daughter, biology be damned, take the stones and snap her fingers to save the universe.
He's never felt that much fear, dread, or sadness run through his body at once.
He woke up, disoriented from being kicked around by Thanos, and low and behold, he wakes up to see Penny grabbing the stones.
He tried to call out to her, to tell her stop but she couldn't hear him, he was too far away from her. He watched as all the other heroes tried to tell the girl to stop, to let someone else do it, but she had tunnel vision. She wouldn't listen and Tony knew his daughter, she would never willingly put someone else through harm if she could do it.
Like she always says, "If you have the power, and the bad things happen...they happen because of you."
He knew she'd never take that risk...
So, all Tony and the surrounding heroes could do, was watch as Penny snapped her fingers as they tried to race to the girl.
No one paid any attention to how Thanos sat down and disintegrated right after his army did, they had something else to focus on.
When the heroes got over to where Penny was, they were surprised to see two figures already standing over her. When they got closer both Clint and Wanda gasped.
"Nat?"
"Vis?"
Vision, in his human form, turned to look at everyone. He smiled a little sadly at them before speaking, "Hello Wanda."
Natasha still didn't look back, keeping her eyes on the teenager that saved her life. For some reason, she felt a connection to the girl. She has no idea why though. She's heard stories about the girl from Tony in these past five years, but she's never had a full conversation with her.
Natasha didn't move as both Tony and Pepper made their way over to the girl though. She stayed right there, keeping her hand on the girls unburnt cheek, running it up through her hair.
Tony crouched down to be eye level with the girl, "Pen? Can you hear me?" He asked, with tears glistening in his eyes. He got no response from the girl though. Tony looked over Penny and his heart broke even more.
Her whole right arm was mangled and some places were even burnt into the suit. It was all charred, up until her cheek where he could see lightning like scars going up and past her hairline. Her right eye was bleeding profusely too, there was even blood leaking out of her mouth.
Her hair was all greasy and tangled up, coming out of the bun that it was in originally. He could see the stones still glistening in what was left of her suit. He realized with growing horror, that she most likely wouldn't make it.
But that didn't mean he wasn't gonna try...
"Hey, p-Penny? You're gonna be alright Underoos, w-we're gonna fix you up and you'll be swinging around N-New York in no time." Tony finally let the tears fall.
"Tony..." Rhodey said, trying to step forward but backed off when Tony spoke.
"N-No!! She's gonna be fine, please, I can't lose her again."
Pepper then crouched down next to her husband with tears already streaming down her face. Penny then, to the surprise of all the heroes, looked over towards the woman, but not straying away from the comfort offered by Natasha's hand.
"H-hey...m-Mrs...p-Potts..." she spoke so softly that everyone had a hard time hearing her, but since it was so silent everyone did hear. The girl smiled up at the woman and Pepper smiled back.
"Hey Sweetie, you did it, you saved everyone." She said, trying not to choke on the sob that was building up in her throat.
Her gaze then traveled to the man next to her, and her smile dropped a little bit and turned more sad.
"Tony." She smiled sadly at him.
That was the first time she called him that...
"Hey Pen, I'm gonna fix you up ok? You're gonna be ok, I promise." He sobbed, knowing it was a lie but not having the heart to tell her that she wasn't gonna make it. Luckily for him though, he didn't since his kid was a genius.
She already knew...
She smiled one last time before turning to the woman on her left. When her eyes met Natasha's, she smiled up to the older woman. Nat smiled down at the girl, keeping her hand on her left cheek, watching as Penny leaned into the touch.
"Thank you, for saving me, saving all of us." Nat said sincerely. She doesn't know what it is about the girl, but she's drawn to her, and it seemed the same for the teenager.
And if the girl wanted Natasha to stay close for the last few moments of her life, who was Natasha to deny that to her?
"H-hello...m-Mrs...Romanov..."
Nat huffed, "Hey yourself," she looked at the girl with sadness in her eyes. She knew that she was waiting for someone to tell her, so it might as well be her, "You can rest now, we're gonna be ok, I promise." She could see how Tony was about to deny it, but his voice got caught in the sob that made its way through instead.
Penny looked up into Nat's eyes for one last time though, "M-message...k-Karen...s-Suit..." she stuttered. It seemed as though Nat was the only one to hear it. She nodded at the girl, to tell her she'd look into it, before the girl smiled up at her one last time, before her eyes became hollow, devoid of life.
Natasha reached up to close the teens eyelids, letting a few stray tears leak out of her eyes for the girl they all just lost, to the hero, the savior of the universe.
She got up and moved over to Clint, letting the parents grieve themselves. When she got to Clint, the man brought her in for a hug, letting more tears out for having his best friend back.
Thor looked at the body of the girl who saved them all. He couldn't believe that they, the adults, let the kid get that close to Thanos. He couldn't believe that she snapped her fingers and saved everyone, in exchange for her own life. Thor then, decided that from that moment on, he'd tell everyone he met about the story about the savior of the universe, about the girl who gave up everything. He looked around and realized everyone was crying, he decided that he'd honor her in a true warrior fashion.
He kneeled for her, showing his respect for her...
Soon, all the heroes took a knee too. Everyone that was left got down onto their knees and bowed their head in respect for her.
A girl from Queens...
A Vigilante of New York...
An Avenger...
The savior of the Universe...
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They all gathered at the lake house for Penny's funeral...
Everyone was there, May, Michelle, Ned, Harry, Gwen, all the heroes that were on the battlefield that day, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, and even her childhood best friend, Mary Jane Watson.
May, Mary Jane, and Tony all walked out of the cabin with a wreath of flowers for her, so they could place it in the lake. Everyone had tears streaming down their face. Surprisingly, May was keeping it together the best.
It's probably a Parker trait being mentally strong like that.
Just like Penny was...
The three of them placed the wreath on the lake, watching as it floated out towards the middle. The wreath was surrounded with Magnolia flowers with a couple roses spread out on it too. In the middle of the wreath though, sat a picture of the girl. It was a picture of Mary Jane and Penny at Central Park, sitting down onto the grass while both were in the middle of laughing from a joke that was said.
When Mary Jane was given the honor of picking the photo, she instantly picked that one. It's the happiest photo she has of her best friend.
It always warmed her heart to realize that she made her friend that happy...
Everyone stood back and watched as the wreath made its way out to the middle of the lake. Fury stood up on the porch, wondering how a girl could get a reaction like this out of all of the heroes, even Danvers had tears in her eyes. Hell, he could tell even Romanov was fucking sad.
After a few more minutes of respectful silence, the others started to make their way over to the cabin when Natasha stopped them all.
"Her last words, were something about Karen and a message she left. I don't really know what that means, I has hoping you did Stark." She admitted, looking the man in his eyes.
She could see that piece of information crushed him, knowing that this teen knew the dangers of this job and left a message incase she never came back.
All the heroes and family quietly made their way back into the cabin and waited for Tony to find the message and pull it up.
After a few minutes, Tony found the file, opened it up, and let it play out.
A hologram of the girl, looking very much alive, was projected from Tony's sensors in his living room. The hologram of the girl smiled at them before starting to talk.
"Hello, if you're watching this, that means I've sadly passed away. I wanna start this off by saying that I know that the first thing people say when they look at me is how young I look, how I'm too young to do this, how I shouldn't be anywhere near a fight. But the truth is, I haven't felt like a kid since my uncle died in my arms. That's why I do this, I try and make sure that everyday people don't have to go through the shit I've been through." She started off, smiling at everyone in the room even if she wasn't actually there.
"The one thing about a hero that some people don't realize, is they don't start off a hero. Everyone has their tragic backstory, but that's what makes them a hero in the end, it's what shapes them into who they are. Being a hero, when you go out to fight, you never know for certain that you'll make it back. The only thing that's a guaranteed, is eventually, you're gonna get knocked down, and one day, you won't get back up." She admitted. Tony sobbed harder, knowing that his daughter knew that she'd die one day on the job, really stung. Knowing that she didn't see a future for herself.
"You know, when I get to thinking about it, all these stories are told about heroes winning the battle and then living happily ever after when the day is saved. But, in reality, the hero is the one to make the sacrifice in the end, they don't ever know if it was worth it, if they died for nothing or if they actually made a difference. At the end, they just have to have a little faith. Faith in the ones they leave behind." She smiled at them, sitting down in a chair with her legs crossed. It looked like Tony wasn't gonna stop his crying any time soon.
"I'm filming this currently at 3:25 pm, on March 6th, 2018. My...senses have been a lot more sensitive this past week. I don't really know why, they usually only go off when I'm in danger, but recently...it's like warning me of something that's coming. If you're watching this in response to what's probably gonna happen in the next month, I want you to know that whatever happened to me, wasn't your fault. I know the dangers to this job, and I choose this life when my uncle was shot, that's not on you." She said, shocking everyone. They didn't know that her senses were that strong. To predict something as big as Thanos a month before hand, there was no denying that this girl, was very powerful and would have been the best of them all...She is, the best of them.
"May, I know that, you never liked it when I went out to patrol New York, but I also know that you would support me on whatever decision I make. You knew that you wouldn't be able to stop me, so you supported me, thank you for that, and thank you for looking out for me, for raising and supporting me. It means the world to me."
"Tony, thank you, for being one of the only ones who believed in me, even when you knew my age. Thank you for all those lab days, for those movies nights, for...everything. That meant the world to me, thank you...I love you dad, and I always will." Penny smiled with tears in her eyes. Tony sobbed again, loving how she called him dad.
Too bad he would never hear that again...
"Umm, this last message, is to my best friend, my partner in crime, my sister...my soulmate, Mary Jane." Penny sniffled as she rubbed her eyes, trying to get the tears out of her eyes. Mary Jane was crying openly now, tears streaming down her face, honored that her last message was for her.
"I, don't know how to start this off. You've been by my side for years, ever since I was a kid. You were the first person I told about the spider bite, the one I told about Spider-Girl, the one who would comfort me when I was scared, the one who always had my back, no matter what. When I first saw you, I knew that we'd always be together. I believe that soulmates don't have to be romantic partners, they can also be siblings. You are my soulmate Em, and I don't think I could've survived without your support. Thank you, for being my sister, my best friend, my everything." Penny was full blown crying now and so was Mary Jane. It hurt them all to see their bond separated by death. They knew that Mary Jane would be hurting for a while, if not for the rest of her life because no one just gets over the death of their soulmate.
Penny pulled herself together before looking back up at the camera and started to talk, "I know it's gonna hurt for a long time, but I don't want you guys to stop living your life just because I'm not there anymore. Live for me and remember all the good moments that we had, not about how I'm not there. I love you all so much, and I wish things could play out differently, but I'm a Parker, our luck isn't that great. I may be gone, but my love for you guys is infinite, don't ever forget that...This is Penelope Mary Parker, signing off." With that, she winked one last time before the hologram shut off.
Everyone sat there, and cried for the girl who died too young, who had too much trauma for someone her age, who was by far, the best of everyone in the whole universe.
Too bad said universe hated Penny Parker...
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The whole world...no, the whole universe mourned for their savior, Spider-Girl. All the heroes that were capable of space travel, went all across the galaxy, spreading word that the person who saved them, was a girl from earth, Spider-Girl.
Monuments were erected in her honor, for the Local Queens hero that saved everyone in exchange for her own life. All over the universe people build statues in honor of her.
Every time The Guardians, Thor or Captain Marvel came back and told them about a new statue, Tony's heart warmed to know that his daughter would be remembered for centuries after their time.
She deserved it...
Surprisingly, Natasha was the one who suggested something that kind of peaked Tony's interest. She said that they should tell the world who was actually behind the mask, so everyone knows exactly who sacrificed their whole life so others could live.
Everyone would know that Penelope Parker was Spider-Girl...
It took some convincing, but two months after her death, all the Avengers were up on stage in front of hundreds of cameras, ready to tell the world what really happened.
They told them about the story of a girl from Queens, who would grow up into the most amazing young woman that had ever lived. They told everyone about how she got her powers, how she used them for good, how she paid the price for them at the end of the day.
The world finally knew the truth of their savior, and everyone was saddened to realize that Spider-Girl was a child, a child that died to protect them.
The universe mourned for their hero, but they also mourned for the girl who lost her life
With time though, they knew I'd eventually get easier. They'd never forget her, but they would all have to learn to move on with their life, and live in memory for Penny.
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Penny didn't expect to wake up...
She slowly opened her eyes and came face to face with a sky that was pure orange. She slowly got up from her position on her back, groaning as she did so. It felt like she's been asleep for years with the way her bones were cracking.
She finally stood up and looked around the area. There was nothing but orange and a little gazebo looking place with a table and a set of chairs.
Weird...
"We've been waiting a long time to meet you Penelope."
It wasn't that surprisingly to her that she heard a voice, the surprising part was that voice sounded very familiar.
Mary Jane...
She turned around and came face to face with six faces that were familiar, but definitely looked different. They were standing behind the table, all smiling at her.
Mary Jane...
Gwen...
Michelle...
Ned...
Harry...
Liz...
"Em?" She said, not believing that she was there.
Mary Jane looked at her with a small smile, but her eyes where looking at her in sadness, "No, I'm sorry. I'm a representation of the person who has the strongest bond with you, a soul bond. I'm soul." She admitted.
"Like...the soul stone?"
"Yup, that's us Pen." Harry said with a smirk.
Penny looked at all of her friend with a tilited head. Now that Mary Jane said that, she could see a bit of orange glow behind her eyes.
Yellow behind Ned...
Purple behind Harry...
Green behind Michelle...
Red behind Liz...
Blue behind Gwen...
Holy shit!!
"So, let me get this strait, you guys are the infinity stones, and you all so happen to take the form of all my friends." Penny asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, pretty much." Gwen said, or space said.
Penny frowned, "I'm dead, aren't I?"
At her words, all the stones grew somber looks across their faces and nodded. Penny sighed, of course she did, it was just her luck.
"So what, do I just stay here for the rest of time?"
"Actually, we have another option for you, a choice that you can make." Soul said.
"What is it?"
The stones all looked at each other before soul decided to continue on, "You can either stay here with us for the rest of eternity, or...you could fix, everything." She said, catching Penny's interest.
"What do you mean, fix everything?"
"Penny, you have to understand that we had no idea that you'd be the only one worthy of us, I never even foresaw this outcome, so we're sorry for this, but you have the ability to travel to the beginning of time, watch as the world, the universe grows, and when the time comes you can save everyone from the same fate that happens in your universe." Michelle or Time said.
Penny was shocked, what do they mean that she was worthy? That she could go back in time and fix things? She was only Penny Parker, there wasn't anything special about her.
"Hey, stop thinking like that. You're amazing, and the universe now knows that." Soul said.
"I mean, this is a lot to process. Apparently I'm dead, and I'm trapped here for eternity unless I take up this crazy mission to the beginning of time! I mean, do you know how crazy that sounds?"
"We know it sounds implausible, but we are telling you the truth, we have no reason to lie to the savior of the universe." Ned, Mind said.
"But why me? There has to be someone with way more experience than me you can pick! I mean, I'm only a 16 year old girl, I mess up everything I do!" Penny exclaimed, not knowing if she was ready for this type of responsibility. Soul frowned at her, where she may not be the real Mary Jane, considering what she is, she can feel the bond from Penny. She doesn't want those thoughts to go through the girls head.
"You are young, younger than most, but still the only one worthy enough to carry out this mission. If you do this, we are giving you the chance to fix things, because we all know that deep down, you are the only one that would survive the journey, both physically and mentally." Soul said, walking over to Penny to place her hands on her shoulders.
"What's that thing you always say? With great power, comes great responsibility." Liz or Reality smiled at her.
Penny looked into the eyes of her soulmate, who was actually the soul stone. Even though it wasn't the real Mary Jane, she could feel apart of her soul inside of the stone. Maybe that was just her imagination, but Penny didn't mind, as long as she felt this close to her all the time, she'd be ok.
Penny frowned when a thought popped into her head, "Will I ever get to see my family again?" She asked. She didn't know if she could stand the thought of not seeing Mary Jane again.
Time frowned at her, "Eventually, when you've completed your mission, we can offer you a chance to see them again. But for them, it will be years later, for you, even longer."
"That's fine, as long as I get to see them again, I'll be fine." Penny nodded her head. Her resolved hardened, she'd complete this mission, however long it took and then, at the end, she could be reunited with her family and friends.
With Pepper...
With May...
With Tony...
With her real friends...
With the real Mary Jane...
Soul smiled at her, "Great, now this might hurt a little ok? But I'm gonna have to ask you to trust me. Our powers will reside in you and after this moment, you'll be the most powerful being in the universe. Are you ready?" She asked.
Penny took a breath before giving a small smile to the stone, "Yeah, I am."
With that, Penny and the stones were sent back to the beginning of time itself, where she'd start her long journey to the modern present, the one she knew.
That, is when her mission would start.
In 2008...
The rise of Iron-Man...