It can't be Undone:
Thanos's Ship 2014
Vamos was with Thanos as their Nebula approached them, disguised as present-day Nebula whom they had abducted.
"How do I look?" she asked.
Thanos smiled. "Perfect,"
Nebula offered a vial of red liquid. Vamos swiped it. "What is this?"
"How I will travel to the future,"
Present Day:
"It is not over," Reiorus's voice echoed around the four loved ones. The teens sought comfort in their father's arms afraid of another terrifying illusion. "You four have faced your darkest memories and found the goodness that came out of them," he approached them; the fathers were beyond outraged.
"What right did you have showing us all the pain and suffering that has tormented us all our lives?" Tobey demanded, outraged which such trauma.
"They were the tests of Spirit and Flesh. To remind you all that despite our darkest memories, our most tragic moments…they always lead us to happy moments," his words could not be denied. After what they had seen before them, it could not be denied. "But now only one of you can complete the final test,"
"Tell us what it is," Peter demanded.
"Follow me," Reiorus guided them along the floating platforms. They followed him under arches of floating stone surrounded by rings of dimensional energy holding them together. But they came to the very edge. Keeping a firm hold on one another, they peered down and saw a black hole…stones were being pulled in…disappearing forever. A lighting storm brewed inside it. Quickly the fathers pulled their children back.
"What is that?" Sylva demanded the Dragokren.
"It is the final test," the guardian spoke grimly.
"To jump into this deep dark hole?" Tobey demanded. "No way,"
"It is the only way the stone can be claimed by the rest of you," Reiorus's words sent a grim chill up their spines. "Just like the Soul Stone, the Light Stone requires a sacrifice,". They were horrified.
Vormir 2014:
Natasha sat down deep in thought. Clint stabbed the ground. The wolves snarled at the Keeper. "He has to be lying," vented the human archer.
"He's not," Hiroto said with deep regret. "We can hear his heartbeat. If he was lying, it would beat rapidly,"
"You think just because he knows Nat's father's name, we should believe what he says?"
"I didn't know his name," Natasha said sadly. "Thanos left her without the stone, without his daughter. That's not a coincidence," Gamora had been sacrificed. "'Whatever it takes'" Steve's words echoed in her mind.
Present Day:
"There is no way we sacrificing anyone!" Sylva refused.
"Hasn't there already been enough death already?!" Leok begged. As they ranted, Peter's face paled at the thought of the word 'sacrifice'. His thoughts bounced back to what Thanos had done to Gamora back on Vormir for the Soul Stone.
"The Light Stone demands it. Only a worthy soul willing to lay down their life so that the rest of the universe can be restored will allow the rest of you to obtain it. The chances of dying are very certain but it would mean you guys would be able to undo the actions of Thanos," then he raised an aged finger and pointed at Peter. He wasn't surprised at all. He looked willing. "Only he can make the sacrifice,"
His family would not have it. "No! No!" Tobey pushed his finger away and blocked him from his brother. "We won't let you do it!"
"It is not I who wants to. It is he who wishes to die so that the rest of you still live,"
"This is the only way," Peter inhaled deeply and tried to step forward but his brother blocked him again.
"No! You can't do this!" he begged. "We will not sacrifice you like this!
"It's better than half the Universe remaining dead,"
"Dad, please…don't do this," Sylva begged, crying out loud. "You can't,"
"It has to be me," Peter was beginning to cry seeing her so heartbroken. "It's my fault this all happened. I brought this upon us all. And now it's me that has to do this,"
"You didn't do this!" Leok tried to get through to him. "Thanos did! Why can't you see that?!"
Vormir 2014:
"If we don't get that stone, billions of people stay dead," said Natasha grimly.
Clint looked at the platform. "Whatever it takes," he repeated.
"You cannot expect us to sacrifice one of our own," Hiroto threatened the Keeper who was the Red Skull, banished to this planet by the Space Stone, decades ago.
"It is not I who demands it. It is the Soul Stone that does,"
"There is no other way," Clint said. His hand slipped into Nat's who clasped his hand back tightly.
"For the past five years, this is what this has all been about. "Bringing everybody back," she said.
"Then let me do it," Higa walked towards the platform but Hiroto grabbed her.
"No,"
"It has to be me,"
"What will I do without you?"
"We are experiments, made for nothing. If there's any good thing my death will bring it will be sparing our friends from death and loss,"
"No," Hiroto hugged her. "I need you. We are more than what we were raised to be,"
"I will be doing it," said Clint. "I've changed over the years. I've made terrible mistakes,"
"You shouldn't judge people by their worst mistakes," Natasha said.
"You should,"
"You did," Natasha reminded him of their surrogate friendship which had grown over the years. They pressed foreheads to one another.
Present Day:
All these years, his family had told him countless times that none of this was his fault, not entirely but with all that he had heard about the people who blamed and neglected him, he couldn't bear to live a moment longer. "Someone has to die so that stone is obtained or billions remain dead. And I'd rather it be me than any of you," to Peter, it was better for him to die than suffer more pain and loss but it would mean no difference to them either.
"Please!" Sylva begged, hugging him tightly so he would never leave her arms. "I can't lose you too!"
"Tell him he doesn't have to do this!" Leok begged Reiorus. "Please!" he begged in tears.
"I am sorry but this is the only way the Universe will be restored," Reiorus waved his hands and Peter was separated from the others by a magical forefield that blocked them from him and its caster.
"No! You can't!" Tobey banged hopelessly against the shield. "Peter don't!"
"You can't do this!" the teens cried out too. Peter walked to the shield and pressed his hand against it. The others pressed their hands against it too. He smiled at them with wet tears. "Thank you for being there for me guys,"
Vormir 2014:
"You win," Clint pulled back his head. Suddenly he pinned Natasha to the ground. "Tell my family I love them,"
But Natasha rolled him over and pinned him down. "Tell him yourself," she tasered him and made a rush for the platform.
"No Nat!" the wolf siblings tried to stop her but she shot and electrical crackled under their fur as they were tasered. Clint got back up and activating his bow shot an arrow to blast Natasha away from the ledge. Then he sprinted to leap to his death. He jumped but Natasha jumped with him and she shot a grappling hook to the mountain wall. They fell but it saved Clint from his fall but his hand grabbed Natasha's. He tried to break free and secure her instead but she had tightened it to his belt.
The wolves got back up and peered over the ledge seeing them dangling hundreds of feet above. There was no guess as to which one of them would be the sacrifice.
"Let me go," Natasha begged.
"No," Clint shook his head. It should be me. He tried to lift her but she would not let him.
"It's okay,"
"Please?"
"Nat don't!" Higa cried down.
Present Day:
"Dad no! Please!" Sylva fell to her knees and her father did too, not taking his eyes off her for one moment.
"It'll be alright baby girl. I'll always be with you. Even if it doesn't seem like it,". He unclipped his Quadblasters and left them on the ground for her to inherit. He slowly stood up again, seeing their faces again. "Don't ever forget me. I love you all,"
"Peter no," Tobey begged. But Peter closed his eyes and turned away, Leok and Sylva's cries calling out to him again. He stood over the edge, staring down towards his doom.
"You truly believe this is what you want?" Reiorus asked with a careful voice. His breath sent chills down his spine.
Peter nodded, not looking at him and gathering courage in his heart again. "I wish to die so that billions will live again. And none of my family will die as well," he took one last look back at their shaking heads.
Reiorus waved his hand. And then, Peter jumped.
Vormir 2014:
Natasha pulled her arm free and she plunged to her death. "No!" cried out Clint. Higa turned away and Hiroto held her head.
Present Day:
"No!" The three horrified screamers rushed forward. But it was too late. Screams filled the air. Heads were lowered over the ledge. And Peter plunged and plunged, down into the dark abyss, his loved ones reaching out to him with tears and sobs. And then whoosh! Flash!
Vormir 2014:
Hiroto and Higa howled into the sky after seeing the dead body, a lifeless head resting in a pool of blood. The sky flashed bright white above them.
Present Day:
The entire temple glowed a spectrum of different colours as the sobbing Tobey embraced the children's heads as they scrunched their eyes and buried their faces into his tests. He squeezed his eyes shut down, wanting all of this to be imaginary as everything else was but nothing could modulate the agonising loss he had now listed to his mental list of tragedies.
Higa and Hiroto blinked their eyes. They felt wet. They scurried onto the sand, panting for life. They hated water. They heard more splashing. They saw Clint sitting up, a bright orange stone in his hand. He kneeled. He glimpsed at them, tears spilling down his face. He slammed his fist into the water and grieved. The wolves embraced one another. Natasha was gone forever. There was no undoing it.
Present Day:
Scylla, Phateia and Hippoflash waited outside the entrance. They heard the whooshing of engines and saw the three ships and Colin landing at the bottom of the island near their own. Zapping disturbed the silence. They turned around and saw Tobey and the teens walking slowly through the portal.
"Oh, thank goodness," Scylla rushed to hug them but suddenly paused at once. She saw pain, grief…Sylva's head buried in Leok's chest; her best friend holding them.
"Where's Peter?" Phateia asked. When she saw his Quadblasters in his daughter's hands…
Tobey raised his tearful face and shook his head. Sylva sobbed and sobbed as Leok held her as he eyed the girls with wet yellow eyes.
"Oh no," Scylla breathed. Hippoflash neighed into the sky.
Vormir 2014:
Higa walked on her hind feet into the water. She knelt before Clint holding his wrists, receiving no response. "It should have been me,"
"There is nothing more to be done," said the she-wolf solemnly. "We must return home or her sacrifice will have been for nothing,"
"And you can't have that," her brother patted Clint's shoulder. "It can't be undone. We are truly sorry for your loss,"
Present Day 2023:
Daniel, Cheryl, and Orlins had nodded off. Beep! Beep! Beep! They sprung awake, the children drawing out their weapons and Orlins becoming huge and monstrous. He growled.
The children panicked. "Relax kids, it's just me," he shrunk again.
"Do not do that again," Cheryl begged.
"Guys!" Daniel criticised. "It's them! They're ready to return him!" Quickly he and his sister pressed some buttons and pulled some levers. The engines turned on and whoosh! The Avengers and Guardians appeared. With the stones. The mission was a success.
"You made it!" Orlins cheered.
"Thank goodness," Cheryl sighed in relief.
But one person was missing. "Clint, where's Nat?" Hulk asked.
Clint's head remained hung. The wolves clasped his shoulders, raising their forlorn faces and shook their heads.
Una blinked back tears. "Oh no,".
A tearful Cheryl turned her brother away so he couldn't see heartbroken feelings wetting everyone's eyes. Hulk fell to his knees and slam!
Darkness. Peter's eyes flickered. He felt soft grass under his fingers. He raised his head feeling no pain, no wound, no cracked bone, or anything. He twisted his body finding himself in a field under a clear blue sky as the darkness receded. This was Missouri. His birth town. He stood up, staring around. Was this the afterlife? Has his sacrifice granted his loved ones the stone?
The silence was struck by the gentle sound of a voice he hadn't heard for more than thirty years. And it shuddered his heart. "Peter…"
Peter turned around and saw a young woman with long blonde curls and dark eyes like him and his twin. "Mum…" he shuddered.
"Hello Peter," she approached him. The closer she came; the harder Peter could feel his heart pounding against his chest. "My son…I'm so happy to see you,". Unable to hold back, he threw his arms around her and she held tightly, smothering his face with kisses. "I'm here now,". She cupped his face as they let go.
He was speechless. He couldn't contain himself. "I've missed you….so much,". He couldn't stop crying.
"I've missed you too Star-Lord,"
Peter didn't know where to start. "There is…so much I want to say to you,"
"I only wish we had more time. I would have given anything to watch you and your sister grow up into the caring man and woman I know you have both become,". The mention of Tina made Peter's eyes blink in tears. Meredith pursed her lips and wiped them away. "It's okay baby,"
Peter could tell by her fretting face that she knew the truth of their estrangement. "You have no idea…how much we've fallen apart,"
"Promise me you'll make peace with her," she begged, beginning to cry.
"She will always resent me for what I did,"
Meredith shook her head. "No Pete,"
"She didn't think of me. For five years. I tried reaching out to her so badly but she wants nothing to do with me,"
"You don't know that for sure," her words were effortless.
"I do. I let my entire team down. I got them killed. I got so many people killed. You have no idea how agonizing these last few years have been. And not just emotionally,"
Meredith stared at his hands and saw the metal under his veins. "Oh Pete," she clasped his hands. "You've been through so much pain,"
"I wasn't alone mum. My daughter was with me,"
"You're such a wonderful father. Unlike yours," her heart had broken just thinking of the man she had fallen in love with from space.
"I made him pay for what he did to you," Peter said boldly. "And he was not my dad. I found a better dad. Blue. Made an arrow fly. Took good care of me and Tina for years," Meredith was overjoyed that though their birth father turned out to be a murderous egomaniac, they had found a father who loved and took care of them for years after her death. "He made us promise to look after each other…when he gave his lives for us. But we broke it,"
Meredith's heart was shattered. "It's not too late to make things right. Family is the most important thing. You must know deep down she still loves you. And if you don't reach out to her, you will regret it for the rest of your life. I know you will. Promise me you will try and reconcile with her," she cupped his cheeks and their foreheads touched. "Promise me," her heart cracked more with every silent second that passed between them. "Promise me,"
Peter's heart quivered. But her warmth pacified him. "I promise," he bobbed his head. "I promise. I won't give up on her. Or anyone I care about. I will try. I will try," He felt a pair of warm lips touch his forehead.
"I love you, my son," she held his hands.
"I love you too Mum,"
"And tell your sister I love her too,"
"I will," he nodded. As their hands parted, she dissolved into a spectrum of white sparkles. And so did the world around him. He was standing in a void of deep space blue with stars around him.
"You have done well Peter," the sound of Reiorus made him turn to see him standing before him with arms tied behind his back.
"Am I really not dead?"
"No. You are not. The Light Stone sensed the growing guilt of agony in your heart. And it tested you. And you have passed it. The fact that you were willing to sacrifice yourself so that half the Universe could be brought back proves once and for all that your cause for the stone is just. And now you have passed the final test, the Test of Insight and looked past your guilt to see what you must do to find inner peace for yourself and those you love,"
A bright gleam burned from his palm. Peter turned it over and saw a pure white gem, pure as starlight. "The Light Stone,"
"Now you can use the Light Stone to help bring back the Universe. And once you do, it can be used once and only once,"
"To do what?" Peter wondered. Reiorus gave him one of those careful looks one would receive when one desires something so desperately.
Tina was leaning against the column of a gazebo on the river, silently crying. Rocket was beside her and Orlins was on her shoulders. Now they knew exactly how Gamora had died. She had been sacrificed by Thanos for the stone. And to Peter, it was a sacrifice that shouldn't have been done to her. No wonder he had been such an emotional wreck after learning of her death.
The Avengers were heartbroken, Clint especially. Higa and Hiroto sat away from everyone, head leaning on shoulders. Nebula, or who they thought was Nebula had excused herself and only Daniel seemed suspicious.
"It should have been me. She wouldn't let me," the archer grieved.
"It wasn't your fault," Tina said, not turning her head. "She made her choice,"
"Did she have a family?" Tony asked.
"Yeah," Steve's voice broke. "Us,"
"A family's not just the people you're born to, it's the people who love you," Una wiped her eyes.
"I am so sorry," Scott said solemnly, wiping his eyes. "But we have the stones. Can't we just use them?"
"We can't get her back," Clint grieved. "It can't be undone,"
"No. No. No! You are not saying that!" Jesse shook his head at him. "We are getting her back!"
"She's not coming back!" the heartbroken archer cried out. "It can't be undone. It should have been me. She sacrificed her life for that damm stone. It can't be undone. She's not coming back," he grieved.
George patted his side, comforting him. "We have to make it worth it,"
"He's right," George said. "We have to make it work. Otherwise, she died for nothing,"
"But we don't even have the Light Stone?!" Hulk reminded him. "And do we even know it exists? How do we even know we need it?". No one could answer that. They had yet to hear anything from either Colin or the Nameless Order.
Peter's family and the Nameless Order slouched on the stones at the bottom of the stairs, grieving for him. Leok held Sylva in her arms whilst Hornil stroked her back. Hippoflash tried to comfort them but with little effort. Tobey was squatting down near the water, Scylla behind him. "It should have been me,"
"I am so sorry," the badger said tearfully, patting his back.
"When I rescued him I promised him I'd keep him safe…but now…" he started sobbing. "I let him down. I let him down too. And his death was all for nothing,"
"No. No. No. No. No, blaming yourself any longer," Scylla implored cupping his cheeks. "You're not doing this to yourself anymore. He would not want you to,". She pressed her forehead to his and he found himself back in that cage where he was motherly and comforted by her when he was a kid.
"She's right," Colin approached gently, saddened as well. "He would not want you to,"
Tobey instantly stood up and with a dark face approached him darkly. "He wouldn't have done it if you hadn't said all those things before. And now I've lost a brother, my son an uncle, my niece a father and my crew a loyal friend who was willing to go to great lengths to undo what Thanos had done. Leave now…and never show your face again,"
Colin could clearly see Tobey was blaming him entirely for Peter's sacrifice. He had done so out of guilt and self-shame. Even the other members of the Nameless Order sent him death glares wanting him gone too. Sylva was too heartbroken to even look at him. "I'm sorry. Your brother was a good man," lest he face Tobey's laser sabre, he instantly shot off like a rocket into space.
Tobey sent a ranging cry into the air and fell to his knees wiping his eyes. Erzi stepped forward and clasped his shoulder which he appreciated more than anything. "It wasn't your fault. He made his choice,"
"But it was for nothing," Sylva's loud mumbles brought more sorrow. "It was all for nothing!" There was a long moment of silence. Creak. They turned their heads and saw the wall of the base of the mountain tower crumbling a little. An entrance was unravelled. And from the glowing tunnel within stepped Reiorus.
"You killed Peter!" in blinded grief, Tobey charged at the ancient being but he was knocked by back a blast of energy into the sand.
"Dad!" Leok fell to his side.
"You deserve to pay for what you did!" Phateia warned him, pointing her weapon at him. All weapons of the team were aimed at the being. All except Tobey who hugged his heartbroken son and niece.
"Killing me will not be necessary," he showed no fear.
"Oh, I think it is necessary!" his fellow Dragokren cried out. "We came here for the Stone and you made Peter sacrifice himself for nothing!" Reiorus's lips formed a smile and this only made them the more desperate to kill him where he stood.
Steps echoed from the tunnel and out of it stepped through….
"Dad!" Sylva sprinted at once and threw her arms around her father and cried into his chest. Happiness filled the faces of all their friends. Their weapons lowered and what was once an atmosphere of anger transmuted into a moment of joy and relief. "Oh, Dad!"
Peter shed tears too into her and embraced her back, pressing an affectionate kiss to her temple. "I'm here for you. I'm never gonna let you go,"
The tearful Leok rushed to them and Peter chuckled as he felt his nephew / surrogate son embrace him too, his blue tail wiggling like a happy puppy's. And then Tobey overjoyed than ever engulfed them all in a big bear hug, holding his brother's head too. Scylla scaled up Peter's back and purred her soft head into his neck. Then Erzi, Hornil and Phateia cuddled him from behind.
"Okay, really getting squeezed now," he wheezed. Deep down he loved the big warm hug. They released him before Hippoflash painted his face with his outrage. "Yuck!". The kids laughed as he wiped his face.
"You dummy of a man," Tobey punched his shoulder. "Don't ever do that to us again!"
"Why did you have to sacrifice yourself like that?" Leok demanded. "After all you've been through?!"
"It was all worth it. For this," Peter drew the stone from his pocket. The Order felt relief flow into their hearts. They had succeeded.
"The Light Stone. You did it," Tobey smiled.
"No. We did," Peter addressed everyone. "Now we can go to Earth and undo everything," He glanced at his brother. "We have to try and make amends. If we don't, we'll regret it for the rest of our lives. And I would love you to meet our sister,"
Tobey took a moment to think. He looked to Erzi for guidance and he simply shrugged. "We do," he decided. He glanced down at Scylla. "It's what they would have wanted us to do,"
Scylla shut her eyes. "We'll try," she opened her eyes again. "For them,"
"I'll explain everything to him," Peter promised. "Once they all know everything we did to retrieve this stone, they won't resent us any longer. We can all reconcile with one another. Now come on. We've got a planet to return to," he turned to Reiorus. "Thank you,"
He bowed his head. "Use it well young heroes. Because it was you who obtained it, Peter, it will appear to you when you need it most. But there is one more thing you must know,". Peter listened carefully. "Two versions of the same person cannot exist together in the same timeline or universe,"
The team sent him apprehensive glares. "Why are you still here?" Tobey questioned, his mind still half-set on punching him for how he threw him into the sand.
"I was giving your brother some well-needed advice on what's to come,". His words bent Peter's eyebrows.
"Just get out of here," Phateia ordered. "We don't like you,"
"Well, I for one find you rather insulting. Farewell everyone," he walked into the portal tunnel and it closed again.
"I hope we're not seeing him anytime soon," Sylva hoped.
"Let's go," Peter held up the stone in the air, the other hand clasping his daughter's. "We have half a universe to bring back,"
And that's it. All the stones have been obtained. Natasha is dead and Peter is brought back. What did you all think?
For Tobey having scars over his face, it's not like the High Evolutionary's. It's not disfigured like his. He just has scars over his cheeks and eyes and a slash over his lip like Peter. And he uses a hologram mask to hide them because he can't bear to look at them.
Now to answer some more questions related to Dragon Prince. Here they are.
1. The descendent of Eragon and other chapters will relate to the descendants of Team Zym by their love of dragons.
2. Boromor will act as a spirit guide for Soren.
3. I would love Aaravos to transform into a dragon.
4. Zym will have children.
5. I will make references to Deep below between the chapters of the Season 4 finale and the first episode of Season 5.
6. I will have Zym see visions too.
7. Murtagh and Thorn will appear to Caroline and tell them about their past.
By the way loved the Zym eating the vision mushroom idea. I hope that answers the questions well and they are very appealing. Now I have a question as well, what do you guys think of Caroline still not telling Ezran and Willow about her promise to Ethari to find Runaan and bring him back to him? And maybe later on this could lead to an argument that involves them accusing her of not missing their father. What do you guys think? Please let me know what you all think.
Thank you all so much for your support and feedback and OC characters. I can't promise I can use them all but I will mention them and give descriptions of them.