I am NOT ready for this...are you?

Brace yourselves.


[SNAP]

Everything went white.


Across the battlefield, a surprise came as Thanos' army slowly began to disappear. Disintegrate, to be more precise.

Leviathans in the air turned into dust, as did the Chitauri soldiers and the Sakaarians.

This was a surprise to the myriads of good guys as they watch all of the evil army disappear. Just as half of the universe had been decimated ten years ago, so now was this mass army of evil.

The Mad Titan himself watched in shock and defeat as his army, his children, and all of his world conquering structures began to vanish before his eyes.

But then, he began to feel something. It hit him first I his legs, causing them to shake slightly. He felt it coming. With no choice but to accept it, Thanos hobbled to a nearby rock and sat down. Letting out one last sigh, he closed his eyes before finally, he too disintegrated into the air.

It was over. Finally, it was over. They had won!

The group of young Avengers, seemingly unscathed from their previous moment with the Stones looker amongst one another in glee. It seemed it was all good now.

Or was it.

A bright flash caught Jamie's eyes from the other side of the group. It was Nikki. A bright, goldish-orange light seemed to glow around her. This was oddly entrancing, but also cause for concern.

"Nikki?" He said, walking up to her, looking her up and down. "What's going on?"

Nikki held up a hand and smiled as it glowed brighter. Then she looked to her brother and gave a sad smile. "It's all part of the deal, Jamie."

"What deal?" Frankie asked, the worry in him now rising too.

"I was called back to help defeat Thanos. To help with the Stones," she explained. Looking around, she motioned to all around them. "We did it. We did it...and now...its time for me to go."

This didn't sit well with the others, especially Jamie. "No! No there has to be another way!"

Nikki shook her head and put her shoulders on Jamie's. "There's not. Not here anyway."

"But-..."

"Jamie..." She paused and held her brother close, looking him right in his eyes. "Its okay."

Suddenly, her legs beamed brightly and they slowly started to disappear, like little fireflies going in the wind. This kept on and more and more of her disappeared.

Just as her torso began to vanish, the young blonde looked to her brother and uttered one last thing.

"Tell Mom and Dad I love them...and I love you too, bro."

And then she was gone. As they watched the sparks fly away into the sky, a pain came to all of them. To see a friend of theirs go, disappear in front of them...was hard to experience. Especially for Frankie as he had already seen it happen once before. At this point, he and Jamie hurt the most. They had all lost someone close, but these two had lost someone who was family to both of them.

This day came with a great victory, but also with a great loss.

As if that wasn't hurtful enough, there was more.

Looking around, Ava realized that their first leader wasn't with them. "Where's...where's Peter?"


Peter had wandered off, limping as he did until he reached a fallen ship and winced as he sat down against the wreckage.

Once down, he let out a good long tired sigh. He had good reason to be tired...it had been a long day.

Up in the air, he saw a familiar bright figure flying. Sam. He was looking around until he saw Peter against the wreckage.

"Guys, I found him," he said before descending and landing a few feet away.

Walking up to his friend, he saw how in bad shape he was. On his right side, the Stones still sat in his arm. And now, his arm was burnt, slightly deformed. Just like Bruce's had become.

"Ah, Pete," he said, looking to his friend in worry.

Just behind him, Riri dropped in and ran up to them. She gasped in horror at the sight if her friend. "Oh my god..."

His arm...it shocked her. But then she remembered her idea. Reaching behind her, out of concealed compartment of her suit, she pulled out a large cylindrical looking device which opened like a big clam shell.

She took it, closed it around Peter's hand and pressed a button. Colorful lights were seen moving through the cracks of it before a beep came. Then she pulled it away, showing Peter's crippled hand to be free of the Stones. By the time Riri had backed up, more of the team had arrived. Frankie, Kate, Viv, Maddie, Torunn, Azari, the Langs, Harley, Kamala...and Jamie.

Upon seeing his brother, Jamie knelt down and began to tear up as he spoke.

"Pete?" His voice was raspy, already emotional from having seen Nikki go.

Peter let out a tired and quiet "hey" in reply, barely above a whisper.

This set Jamie off, making him realize what this meant. Now his tears came forth more violently. "No...no, please...Peter. No, I can't- I cant lose you too. Please, no!"

As he wept, Peter brought a tired hand up over his brother's and sniffled a little himself. "It's okay...Jamie. It's okay." His words were forced they could tell, he was becoming short of breath.

Not too far away, Ava had come up running. But upon seeing Peter down and weak, her face changed instantly before she charged her way over to him and fell to her knees by his side.

"Peter! Oh my god, Peter!" She whispered with tears coming, devastated by the sight of him.

Seeing her there made Peter feel a little better and he smiled a little, as best he could. "Hey, Ava."

The latina felt her heart being crushed at the sound of his weak voice. Her eyes watered up and cried.

"FRIDAY?"

"Life functions failing..." the AI replied, her voice not sounding very happy.

"Oh, Peter..."

Ava shook her head at this is horror, not wanting to believe it. But Peter brought a weak hand up and laid it atop hers that was on his chest, giving it a good squeeze with what strength he had left. It was his way of reassuring her that it was okay...and she sensed it. As much as she didn't want to accept it, she nodded and squeezed his hand back.

"Ava...I...I lo-..." His breath was beginning to fail him.

But Ava, somehow understanding him, put him at ease with a gentle hand on his cheek. "It's okay, Peter. I know... me too."

And Peter felt as if a major weight had lifted from his shoulders. He was nervous to tell her, but her sad, yet loving smile said the words for her as the two kept their eyes locked.

"Kid!" A voice from behind all of them shouted.

They looked and saw Tony running in.

"Oh my god!" He exclaimed. Examining him, he used the coolant solution in his suit on Peter's arm to stop the pain, which helped a little. Immediately, then, he tried to move him.

Peter winced as Tony tried to get him up, but was stopped by Ava pushing him away. "Get off of him!"

"We gotta save him! Get him some help!" The billionaire retorted frantically, worry apparent in his mood.

But Ava then jumped up and pushed him back even stronger, "NO! BACK OFF OF HIM!" She roared like a protective mate.

Tony tripped back a little, this was aided also by Rhodey and Pepper coming up and holding Tony back. He fought them for a little longer before finally stopping, breaking down in tears.

"Mr. Stark." Peter called to him, straining his voice. "Mr. Stark!"

His best friend and his wife let him go and Tony walked back to Peter, careful not to upset Ava who had a still had a watch on Tony.

Kneeling down, Tony put a hand on his protΓ©gΓ©'s shoulder. "Hey, kid."

Peter smiled tiredly, his eyelids getting heavy. Gathering what was left of his breath, he uttered his final words. "Thank you...Tony...for everything."

Tears coming up, Tony nodded and smiled at Peter. "Anytime...Peter."

A tear fell down Peter's cheek at hearing that. Now Peter felt it coming. But he didn't want to go, yet it hurt so much. He winced as it came in waves.

And then suddenly, a voice came and calmed him from those waves.

"Peter..." It was Pepper. She was next to Tony, looking over the boy she had grown to love like a son, a boy who had been a great big brother to Morgan, a boy...who had matured into a good young man. "We're gonna be okay, sweetie...you can rest now."

She gave him a pat on his shoulder, close to cupping his neck like a mother would.

Though Ava didn't want him to go, she nodded in agreement, giving Peter some reassurance.

With that, Peter gave one last nod, cracking one last weak smile before his heavy eyelids closed and a final breath was taken in...and exhaled.

Within her hand, Ava felt Peter's grip give way. There was no more strength in it anymore. That was the final confirmation for her...he was gone.

"Peter!...PETER!" She cried in agony, letting her head fall onto his chest. "No!...no!..."

Jamie squeezed his eyes shut and balled his fists, pounding the ground. This day was the worst. He had just lost his brother. His best friend ever.

Pepper pulled Tony into a hug as he let out a let of pent up emotion. He felt responsible for Peter like a father...and now, he...all Tony could think about was the regret in him and he didn't dare think of how to break this to May...he couldn't. He knew he would have to but he didn't want to think about it.

Ava had looked back up at Peter's lifeless face, cupping his cheek and stroking it with her thumb. Soon, she shifted herself to lean against the ship, pulling Peter into her arms and holding him close. Tears came profusely as she held him and she whimpered as she leaned her head on his.

"Peter!...oh, Peter!" She cried in a whisper.

All of the young ones watched in great sorrow at their first leader passing.

One of them, Frankie, overcome by the emotion of the day's loss, and wanting to honor his friend, dropped down to one knee and wept. Kate knelt down too next to him, rubbing his back and sniffling herself.

Seeing this, Cassie and PJ got down on one knee as well. As did Viv, Maddie, Sam, Kamala, Azari, Harley, Riri, definitely Torunn. Soon the adults followed and did the same for their fallen comrade.

On this day, a good man had died...Spider-Man.


...well, I did it. A double whammy in one chapter...and that's about the hardest thing I've ever had to write...make that second because I had Nikki die once before...still hurts... I'm sorry guys.πŸ˜”πŸ˜”πŸ˜”

I won't say I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter because I know it was a hard pill to swallow. But lmk how you guys took it, I'm curious.

More to come, got the reunion chapter ahead...and well, then the ending. I can't believe I've made it this far but you guys have helped me make it here and I wanna thank you all. πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ’™

Btw, two more things. MS. MARVEL IS COMING THIS WEDNESDAY! πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ AHHHHH! I'm SOOO stoked for this show! Though I'm still not TOO too happy with the power change, I'm confident it can be dealt with and I just can't wait. It's gonna be awesome!(And thanks to all of you who agreed for me to recast Kamala in my story/series with Iman, she is PERFECT for Kamala and i cant wait to see her in action.πŸ’₯πŸ’₯✊ )

And lastly, question: For the upcoming sequels, would you guys like to see the plots for them a head of time or just wait for them to be released? I want to know, I feel like Marvel rn hehehe 😁😁😝!

Well guys, see y'all in the meeting chapter. Hopefully sometime next week...or Friday, we'll see.

Laters! πŸ‘