I took a deep breath in, I had just finished telling May the story of Peters death. She had smiled when I told her he did great at helping me kick alien ass but the smile died when I started on how peter faded away in my arms.
I put my head down looking at the tables edge. Pepper was comforting May as she sobbed in her chair, once she finished crying she spoke.
"It's not your fault" she said with a shaky voice
'I have had to many people tell me, it's ok, it's not your fault.' I wanted to scream 'It is my fault! Everything is my fault'
But instead I just nodded, still with my head down.
"Is there at least still the slightest chance he's alive?" She asked, voice still trembling.
"Yes, there is" Steve spoke up in a confident tone.
I looked at him like he was nuts, 'how would we get the kid back?'
May looked at Steve
"We will find thanos, get the gauntlet and try get them back, if not, you can be damn sure we'll avenge him" he reassured
She smiled with teary eyes. "Thank you"
We walked out of the building in silence, Happy and the car wasn't there. Maybe he went to go get something to eat, we were there for just over an hour.
"I'll message happy" Pepper said as she unlocked her phone. She messaged him to get a reply saying 'went to get a bite and got stuck in traffic, meet me at the library.'
"Let's get walking then" I said
We started to walk, the street lights were dim and we could barely see the destruction all the disappearances caused. Most vehicles had been crashed into poles, bus stops and other cars.
"Strange walking the streets when it's so quite, huh?" Pepper stated
"Yeah" I agreed, Steve just nodded in reply.
After a while we got to the library, Happy wasn't there, so we sat in the bus shelter in front of the library. We sat on the bench, we waited for over 20 minutes until something happened. A loud alarm went off, it was over by the news agency store just up the road. Cap and I got up.
"Tony, you can't fight with that stab" Pepper pulled my arm to sit back down.
"I'll go check it out" Steve walked over
"At least let me go with him" I said and she let go of my arm and came with. We walked over as Steve ran to the store. We got there to see 3 men in black hoods, one stealing money from the cash register, the other 2 were looting. What they could find. They hadn't noticed us, yet.
Cap was about to take action when a figure jumped down in front of him and ran towards the men. Another two people came and started fighting off the robbers. In the dark I could see the first two figures of the mysterious fighters were male, the other figure was female. They Each had one robber to fight. The first robber that was stealing the cash was being punched by a man with very swift skills. the second that was looting was being fought by the girl, she was thrown back by a punch and knocked into a magazine shelf, she paused, picked up the shelf and threw it at the man. 'Holy crap' I thought
Now He was trapped under the shelf. The third robber had already been taken down by a man, with by the looks of it horns on the top of his head, the guy was standing over the robber as he lay on the floor defenceless. The only fighter left was the first robber, he drew a gun, pointed and shot. The man with swift skills put his hand out in a fist in front of him, it turned gold just before the bullet hit it, the bullet completely shattered.
They got back together, all the while we were standing there staring in awe and confusion.
"What the hell" I said
The three fighters were shocked, they looked at us. And came into the light.
"Well, well, Tony Stark is back in town" the women said
"Who are you guys?" Pepper asked holding on to my arm
They looked at each other.
"We're the defenders" the one with horns answered
"Defenders? Never herd of you" I said
"Probably because we stay low, out of the spotlight" the girl said
The man with the golden fist stepped forward so I could see his face properly.
"Wait a minute, aren't you Danny rand from rand enterprises?" I asked
"Yeah, I am"
"What was that, with your fist?" Cap spoke up
"That, was my iron fist"
"Your what?" I asked
"My iron fist, I am the iron fist, protector of kunlun, this is Jessica Jones" he said pointing to the girl with jet black hair "and this is Matthew murdock slash daredevil"
"That's great, it was nice to meet you, good job on the robbery and all but we do need to go get tony to the hospital" pepper said
"That won't work, the hospitals are full with people injured in the disappearances" Matthew said
"We have to at least try get him in" Cap argued
"What happened?" Danny asked
"Stabbed by a mad Titan" I answered
The three of them looked at each other and nodded, except Jessica who just rolled her eyes
"We know someone, come with us" Mathew said.
I nodded and we started to move. Before I took a step, Pepper grabbed my arm and stopped me.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" She asked
"I'm not sure, but you wanted me to get treatment, all the hospitals are full. Where else can we go?" I whispered
She didn't let go but she started to walk with me.
We walked down a street, Pepper already texted happy to tell him just to go back to the facility. We walked on the path, pepper and I walked at the back, Cap and Rand were in the middle and Matthew and Jessica were in front. I looked to the front to see that Matthew was walking with a blind mans stick. 'He can't be blind, he just kicked that robbers butt.' I walked a bit faster to catch up to Danny.
"Is Matthew blind?" I asked
Before he could answer Matthew spoke
"Yes I am blind and 'Matt' will do"
'Jesus how did he hear that?, I whispered...' I thought
"So, you have like what vision through the third eye or something? Other wise how could you have fought off that guy?" I questioned
"Enhanced senses" he simply answered
We kept walking and I went back to Pepper.
We reached a building and went inside. We climbed the stairs and I winced every now and then.
We got to a room and Matt knocked, there was answer about ten seconds later. The door opened.
"More really?" A lady with toffee skin and dark hair said "wait... is that Tony Stark? And Captain America?! Why are they here?!" She exclaimed
"Stark's Injured" Danny responded
"Come in" She stepped out of the way
We went inside and sat down at a table.
"Guys this is Claire temple" Danny introduced
"So what's the problem?" Claire asked
"He was stabbed" pepper answered for me
"Where?" She asked
"Stomach" I responded
"When?"
"Two days ago now"
"Ok shirt off and sit on the table" she said
I took my shirt off, handed it to Pepper. The technology I used had warn off, all the blood had dried around it so it formed a huge scab covering one hole side of my stomach.
"Oh my god! What stabbed you?" Claire asked
"On of the weapons on my iron man suits, thanos used it against me"
"Who?" Jessica asked sceptically
"Thanos" Cap repeated
"You know just because you say it again doesn't mean I know who it is" Jessica remarked
"He's from space, he's the reason all this happened" Cap answered
"All the disappearances? Like what happened to Luke? And Colleen? How did we not guess 'the avengers' were involved in that" Claire said
Steve told them about what happened while Claire cleaned the stab. It stung. Half way through Cap's explaining, Claire started to stitch up the wound.
Once he finished Claire finished too
"Damn" is all Jessica said "So these stones, if you could get them back would everyone who disappeared come back?" Jessica said in a confused yet serious tone.
"We could try" I shrugged
"How about you come back to the avengers quarters with us? and we can figure out a plan all together" Steve offered
"If we get answers, Fine" Jessica answers
"Let's go then" I answered
