106 And I Am Iron Man

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No one said a word. They all just watched. Both sides were going to go all out on each other now with everything they had got.

Cull was thrown down by a blast as Tony and Pepper started blasting from above. Thor slammed Stormbreaker on the ground and the lightning killed several foes. Hope enlarged and jumped on a foe as M'Baku roared and Bruce threw an opponent away just as Scott punched a Leviathan down.

"Yeah!" Hope cheered for Scott as all applauded while he smiled humbly, happy that people appreciated him for who he was and what he was doing.

T'Challa and Okoye took down foes side by side as Shuri blasted them with her blasters. Drax jumped on Cull, who had grabbed Korg, and started stabbing him while Korg knocked him away. Tony and Pepper flew next to each other and blasted all foes around them back to back with their repulsors.

"Oh yeah!" Tony cheered for them both as he and Pepper exchanged a smile with each other and Morgan as well.

Steve and Thor fought side by side, throwing their weapons as they continued fighting. Thor then grabbed Mjolnir on return as Steve grabbed Stormbreaker. "No, no. Give me that. You have the little one." Thor said as he tossed Steve Mjolnir and took back Stormbreaker, flying off to fight.

Everyone chuckled as Steve asked jokingly, "Stealing my thunder?"

All laughed at the pun as Thor joked back, "You stole mine."

The laughter increased as Odinson said, "Yeah. Captain Thunder steals my thunder."

Everyone laughed more.

Bucky and Rocket fired at foes, standing next to each other. From up above, Tony fired at more foes and landing on the ground, fired at more before Cull knocked him away from behind. Before he could bring his hammer down on Tony, Peter pulled him away with webs and Scott stepped on him.

Everyone cheered as Hope said, "An ant stepped on the poor thing's toe. He's crying right now about why the ant didn't pick on someone his own size."

All laughed as Tony turned to Peter, Benjamin and Scott and said, "Thanks bug bros."

They laughed at the joke and nodded.

"Hey!" Peter said as he helped Tony up, "Holy cow!" As Tony looked at him he said, "You will not believe what's been going on. Do you remember when we were in space? And I got all dusty? I must've passed out, 'cause I woke up, and you were gone. But Doctor Strange was there, right? He was like, "It's been five years. Come on, they need us!"" Peter mimicked Strange's gestures of portal opening and said, "And then he started doing the yellow sparkly thing that he does all the time..." Tony cut him off by wrapping him in a loving hug. "What are you doing?" Peter asked in shock before finally hugging back, "This is nice."

"This is so nice." Peter said too as Tony actually hugged him, "Oh than you, Mr. Stark."

"No problem, kid. You earned it." Tony said as he let go while everyone smiled at the two and Benjamin gave Tony a nod too.

"Kid got a hug finally." Pepper said to Tony who smirked.

"And it was nice." Benjamin said.

At a distance, Quill fired at foes before he was thrown down. There, he fought two simultaneously, knocking one down when the other punched him down. He was about to kill him when a shot from behind killed him instead. Quill got up and was shocked to see Gamora standing there. "Gamora?" He asked in shock.

"Yes." Rhodes said.

"But not yours." Natasha added.

"This is gonna be interesting." Sam muttered.

Quill walked to her saying, "I thought I lost you."

"You did." Bucky said in sympathy.

He was about to touch her face when she grabbed his hand and twisted it, "Don't..." She kneed him in the nuts, "touch... me!" She kneed him again and he was down.

Everyone cringed, especially the guys, considering where Quill was kicked.

"Poor guy." Logan muttered and all nodded.

"You missed the first time... then you got them both the second time." Quill groaned in pain.

"We didn't need to know that." Loki cringed and all nodded.

"This is the one? Seriously?" Gamora asked as Nebula walked up to her. "The choices were him, or a tree." Nebula said as Quill looked between the two and mouthed.

"And a raccoon." Wanda added and all chuckled.

Clint ran, avoiding a Chitauri Gorilla when Sam flew into it and with a roar, stabbed it with his wings.

"Wow!" Hill said as all clapped for Sam.

"That was ruthless. Just like it deserved." Rhodes said and Sam nodded humbly at all as they clapped for him.

"Cap, what do you want me to do with this damn thing?" Clint asked as he ran. Steve threw Mjolnir at some foes and fighting an Outrider said, "Get those Stones as far away as possible!" He recalled Mjolnir and ended the Outrider, throwing it into Bruce who knocked it away with his uninjured hand and said, "No! We need to get them back where they came from."

"Back in time." Bruce said, "The only place Thanos can't get them."

"But he won't just sit around and let you do it." Fury pointed out and all nodded.

"No way to get them back. Thanos destroyed the quantum tunnel." Tony pointed out. Scott shrank to normal size and said, "Hold on! That wasn't our only time machine." Then he pressed a button and the horn of Luis' van was heard.

"Oh! That!" May said as all laughed a bit.

"Luis' van." T'Challa noted.

"Anyone see an ugly brown van out there?" Steve asked.

"It's not ugly." Scott said and Steve nodded.

"Yes!" Valkyrie said as she flew on Aragorn, "But you're not gonna like where it's parked." It was on some destroyed rubble between foes.

"Definitely don't like it." Morgan said and all nodded.

"Scott, how long you need to get that thing working?" Tony asked him. "Maybe ten minutes." Scott said as Hope enlarged next to him. "Get it started. We'll get the Stones to you." Steve ordered. "We're on it, Cap." Hope assured as she and Scott shared a knowing smile.

"Cap." Hope said as she exchanged a smirk with Scott.

The two shrunk as Hope flew Scott away. Strange flew and opened numerous chasms in Earth, producing purple tendrils of energy that forcefully lifted up Thanos' minions and dragged them into the ground before resealing and vanishing.

"Wow!" An impressed Tony said as all gapped.

"Yeah. He is very powerful. Not to be messed with." Lila said and all nodded.

He turned to see Tony land behind him and open his visor, "Hey. You said one out of 14 million, we win, yeah? Tell me this is it."

"It has to be!" Pepper said as Morgan winced.

"If I tell you what happens, it won't happen." Strange said almost regretfully. "You better be right." Tony told him.

"He was." Morgan whispered to herself as Cassie put an arm around her.

Tony started wondering. Why wasn't Strange telling him? Could it be….? Really?

Or maybe not. He pushed the thought to the back of his head and continued watching.

Hope flew Scott to the van and they enlarged as she said, "It's a mess back here." Scott pressed some buttons and said, "It's... it's dead."

"Bummer, I know." Cassie said as the two sighed.

"What?" She asked. "It's dead." Scott said before pulling out wires, "I have to hotwire it."

"Only you can." Scarlet Witch said and he nodded.

Thanos struck down a Master of the Mystic Arts with Thanoscopter and asked Glaive, "Where's Nebula?" Glaive killed an Asgardian and said, "She's not responding."

"Because she killed herself." Tony quipped and all chuckled due to the double meaning.

"Sire!" Maw pointed at Clint, who was running while killing enemies and shooting explosives.

"Oh no!" Natasha paled as Clint watched with wide eyes.

"Just watch." Lila said as she looked at Clint and T'Challa.

T'Challa then jumped to the ground and his suit discharged kinetic energy, taking many foes down. "Clint!" He said as he walked to Clint and opened his visor, "Give it to me."

"Oh! You do care after all!" Clint said happily to T'Challa as all snickered and he shook his head in amusement.

"It appears I do." He said.

Clint gave it to him and he ran, kicking away a foe before flipping and knocking another down and then kicked two away. He then ran and leaping up, punched the ground, discharging more kinetic energy to take down foes.

All clapped for T'Challa as Rhodes said, "Now that's a badass King who fights his own battles."

"Achilles would love to fight for you." Bruce said to him and he smiled in appreciation.

Then the Thanoscopter flew at him, knocking him down as Thanos caught it on return while the Gauntlet fell away. As he charged at T'Challa, Wanda jumped in his way.

"What are you doing?" Clint asked, pale, as he held Wanda's hand while the others watched in concern.

Then he noticed the future people smirking.

"It's not her you should be worried about." Benjamin said.

Her eyes glowing red, she declared with venom in her voice, "You took everything from me."

Wanda and Vision exchanged a look, knowing she meant him.

"I don't even know who you are." Thanos said as he charged.

"Big mistake, bub." Logan said as all watched in anticipation for what was coming.

"You will." Wanda promised and flew into the air, raising huge columns of debris with her. She threw two of the columns at Thanos who chopped them with his sword before she jumped down and fired at him twice, making him drop his sword as he tried to defend himself. He picked his sword again to defend as she walked closer, firing at him.

"OH! MY! GOD!" Scott cheered happily as all loudly started applauding Wanda and Scarlet Witch both.

"You're kicking his ass, kid!" Clint said, the concern in his eyes replaced with pride.

"That looks so awesome!" Peter said.

"Because it is." Benjamin told him before giving Scarlet Witch a smile which she returned.

"Thanos made a mistake by pissing her off." Tony noted and all nodded.

"Just like Ultron." Odinson reminded and more nods followed.

"Great job." Natasha complimented Wanda too who nodded.

"Not just great, it is awesome." Steve clapped and she gave him a smile. Which was shocking as it contrasted her on-screen self's ruthlessness.

"Let's hope she does it." Fury said as Wanda smiled thankfully but Scarlet Witch shared grim looks with the future people.

T'Challa ran to the Gauntlet when Maw lifted it up with telekinesis along with rocks. T'Challa jumped to grab it but was lifted too when Peter swung to get it. T'Challa tossed it to him as he said, "I got it!"

"Great job." May complimented as all clapped but it was restrained because now Peter was a target.

Peter landed on a foe and commanded, "Activate Instant Kill!" And then his suit's eyes glowed red as his feet started killing foes that came close.

"I'm…killing people." Peter noted, unnerved as May wrapped an arm around him for comfort. Sure these were mindless aliens. But taking a life for the first time had got to affect anyone.

"I understand kid." Steve said to him in sympathy.

"But sometimes, it is the only way." Benjamin said to him with a look which said he had done it a few more times than just this once.

Peter nodded, still not over it but knew they had a point. May wrapped him closer.

Wanda blocked Thanos' sword with her magic as Thanos grunted, using his other hand to bring the blade down as she strained.

Everyone paled as Clint wrapped Wanda closer, everyone worried for her again.

Then Wanda smirked and straining a little, pushed his sword away, breaking it.

"OH YEAH!" Sam cheered and loud applause filled the room again.

"You broke the sword!" Thor cheered, all clapping.

"The sword that destroyed Captain America's shield!" Loki added as the applause continued.

"You are awesome!" Peter said to her as they all clapped.

"Thanos is done for!" Clint smiled in pride as the applause continued.

"KICK HIS ASS!" Hope cheered as all clapped.

And then they started chanting the same thing they had for Steve- "Kick his ass! Kick his ass! Kick his ass!"

Wanda and Scarlet Witch exchanged a smile and nodded humbly at the others.

Using her powers, Wanda lifted Thanos into the air along with debris and using her magic, started ripping apart his armor and slowly moved to his skin as he screamed in pain.

"He's in pain!" Hill said, happy about it as all clapped more.

"No more than he deserves!" Morgan said while the applause continued.

"No kidding." Lila said.

"She can do it by herself." Logan said and all nodded.

And then everyone chanted- "Rip him up! Rip him up! Rip him up!"

Wanda and Scarlet Witch had humble smirks again.

"Rain fire!" Thanos then commanded, his voice strained due to his pain. "But Sire, our troops!" Glaive pointed out in concern a she struck down a defender. "Just do it!" Thanos groaned, still in pain.

"Uh-oh!" Rhodes said and they deflated.

"The dude is using friendly fire to escape you." Scott said to Wanda, "That's how awesome you are!"

"But he did escape me." Scarlet Witch said a bit guiltily and Wanda had the same expression.

"Don't blame yourself." Benjamin said.

"Thanos doesn't care about his troops. So that's what he will do." T'Challa pointed out and they nodded.

Then the Sanctuary II pointed guns at the ground, piloted by The Other, and fired, killing several defenders. Wanda had to raise a shield to defend herself, distracting herself from Thanos as one blast sent her back too. Wong used the Shield of Seraphim to defend himself and the other Masters used those too, though shots were still rained upon them. Pepper noticed a flood approaching from a nearby broken dam and asked, "Is anyone else seeing this?"

"Now that." Fury groaned as all sighed.

"Why can't the Universe give us a fucking break?!" Scott asked and all nodded in agreement.

Strange noticed and using his powers, stopped the approaching flood. "I got this! I got this!" Peter was saying as the foes covered him, "Okay, I don't got this. Help! Somebody, help!"

"No!" May said in concern as she wrapped Peter in her arms.

"Now time for another callback." Benjamin smirked at her and Peter, confusing them.

Steve noticed and said, "Hey, Queens. Heads up!" And then he threw Mjolnir in his direction. As it passed over Peter's head, he used a web to hang onto it, escaping.

"Oh thank God!" May sighed in relief as she let Peter go and turned to Steve, "Thank you!"

"Thank Cap!" Peter and Benjamin said simultaneously.

"Don't think of it, Queens." Steve smirked as all smiled at that.

Peter hung onto Mjolnir as it flew, avoiding shots before Pepper got him and flew with him, "Hang on. I got you, kid."

"Thanks." Peter said to Pepper who smiled and patted his head.

"You're a sweet kid." She said to him.

"I know right?" Tony asked as all chuckled before they turned to the screen.

She dropped Peter on Aragorn as he said to Valkyrie, "Hey! Nice to meet-" The shots knocked them away as Peter yelled, "Oh! My God!"

"How polite are you, kid?" Rhodes asked in appreciation as well as amusement.

"Very." Benjamin said as all snickered.

Aragorn was knocked away by the airstrike as Peter fell down, still holding the Gauntlet tightly as he rolled. As he got up, one shot destroyed his spider-legs and he rolled away, holding the Gauntlet tight. As more shots were fired near him, he covered himself and yelped.

No one said a word, worried for Peter as May held him tight and Scarlet Witch held Benjamin's hand. And they also had appreciation for him. In spite of losing his spider legs and in spite of being so young, he was trying his best to protect the Gauntlet with everything he had.

The shots knocked down Clint, Korg, Bruce, Rhodes and Groot when Rocket covered him with a fierce roar, not wanting to lose him again. And in that moment, the firing stopped.

"What?" Sam asked as all gapped.

"Something's happening?" Fury asked them.

"Oh yeah." Odinson smirked, "Something big."

All looked up as the guns started firing at someone above. "What the hell is this?" Sam asked. "Friday, what are they firing at?" Tony asked his AI. "Something just entered the upper atmosphere." FRIDAY told him.

"What?" Hill asked.

"Just watch." Scarlet Witch smirked.

The ship fired at a glowing light that was flying down on it. The light wasn't affected and smashed into the ship, destroying it. The light then straightened, revealing herself to be Carol Danvers. "Oh, yeah!" Rocket cheered as Steve looked at the ship being destroyed.

"Oh yeah!" Tony cheered too as all applauded at Carol's entrance.

"What are you gonna do now, Grimace?" Scott asked Thanos mockingly as all chuckled and clapped.

"Bet he didn't see that coming either." Bucky cheered and all continued clapping.

"When did we contact her?" Steve wondered.

"You didn't." Morgan said.

"When people randomly started appearing around, she noted and flew to Earth to meet you guys." Lila said.

"And then she saw a fight was going on." Cassie said.

"You know the rest." Logan said, "Or will know."

All nodded.

Carol flew as the ship was destroyed while Thanos breathed heavily, watching in horror.

"What? Mindblown?" Loki asked mockingly as all laughed and clapped.

"Danvers, we need an assist here." Steve then informed her. Scott opened the back of the van and managed to restart the tunnel at last.

"Finally!" Scott said as all sighed in relief.

Carol flew down and stopped in front of Peter. "Hi. I'm Peter Parker." He said, still holding onto the Gauntlet. "Hey, Peter Parker. Got something for me?" She asked playfully.

Everyone chuckled as Sam teased, "She likes you, kid." [1]

"Oh please don't say that." Peter blushed and Benjamin did too as the others laughed at the joke.

"Well, he is the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man after all." Tony pointed out and all nodded.

He gave her the Gauntlet and noticing the charging army said, "I don't know how you're gonna get through all that." And then Wanda flew down next to her with Valkyrie landing on Aragorn and Okoye and Shuri walking up to them. "Don't worry." Wanda said. "She's got help." Okoye said as Pepper landed too while Mantis arrived, walking with them just as Hope enlarged all of a sudden, joining them with Gamora and Nebula. They all nodded at each other and started walking at the army.

Everyone was cringing at the scene, finding it way off.

"What are Okoye and Shuri doing there?" T'Challa wondered, knowing they preferred to fight alongside their people.

"And you?" Clint said to Wanda, considering she would go after Thanos again instead of posing with the other women.

"And how stupid are you, Hope?" Hill asked as Hope shot her a look, "You're in the van. And then you go out of the van to pose with a bunch of women you don't even know to fight your way back to the van!"

Hope looked up and then at Scott and Hill before realizing, "I got nothing for that. Hill is right this time."

"I know right?" Scott wondered.

"And can't Carol just blitz through the army?" Steve wondered as all nodded. [2]

"You know what?" Tony said, "Let's just roll with it."

All shrugged.

As the army charged, Wanda fired a blast, scattering some of them while Pepper, Shuri and Hope at a Leviathan and more soldiers respectively just as Gamora leapt, slicing a Chitauri Gorilla while Okoye stabbed Glaive through the heart and lifting him up, threw him down.

"Okoye killed him!" T'Challa cheered as all clapped at that.

Wanda stopped a Leviathan with her magic while Valkyrie flew to another one on Aragorn, slicing it brutally. Carol flew past them with the Gauntlet in hand, destroying more Leviathans. Thanos ran with his broken Thanoscopter to stop her when Pepper, Shuri and Hope fired at him together, sending him back. He got up as Carol flew past him and threw the Thanoscopter at the back of the van, causing an explosion that sent many of them flying back, including Carol as the Gauntlet dropped from her hand.

"Oh shit!" Sam said as all paled.

"Even the all-women team-up couldn't stop this guy." Tony quipped.

"Now what?" Thor wondered.

"A lot of stuff." Morgan whispered sadly.

The explosion made the flood rise as Strange strained to stop it. Tony pushed a dead foe off of him and saw the Gauntlet. He ran to it, pushing Thanos away, but Thanos elbowed him in a rotatory motion, sending him down.

Everyone paled as Pepper and Tony held hands tightly, hoping it turned out all right.

As Thanos tried to pick the Gauntlet, Thor jumped to him, swinging his weapons. Thanos backed to avoid Stormbreaker and ducked to avoid Mjolnir being thrown at him. Thor turned to pick the Gauntlet when Thanos grabbed him so he freed himself and swung Stormbreaker, though Thanos managed to grab it to save himself. As they struggled, Thor summoned Mjolnir and used it to push Stormbreaker, trying to break the deadlock. Thor roared as lightning flashed and then Steve leapt at Thanos from behind, grabbing Stormbreaker as well, trying to pull it into Thanos to help Thor.

Everyone was biting their nails at this point as Loki shouted, "OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"

Hearing that, all started chanting, "Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head!"

Then Thanos head-butted Thor, sending him back before grabbing Steve's head and throwing him down too, punching him out.

"Fuck this!" Clint said angrily as all deflated.

"What does it take to beat this guy?" Rhodes wondered.

Morgan exchanged sad looks with the others, knowing what was coming.

As he picked up the Gauntlet, Carol leapt at him, kicking his knee, sending him down before punching him and dodging his punch. She hovered in the air, firing two blasts at his face, sending him back and then tried to punch but Thanos dodged and grabbing her hand, spun her around and threw her off.

"Damn it!" Sam said.

"No!" Steve said too.

Thanos then put on the Gauntlet and grunted as energy surged through him. Struggling through the pain, he tried to snap his fingers when Carol grabbed the Gauntlet, stopping him.

"OH THANK GOD!" May said as she touched her chest while the others sighed in restrained relief.

With her hands on the Gauntlet, Carol absorbed its power, increasing her energy as she did so. Thanos angrily head-butted her but she was unaffected, only looking pissed.

"Thanos used Headbutt! It's not very effective." Scott quipped and all laughed at the reference.

"But it was." Thor said as all remembered he had been head-butted moments ago.

"She absorbs energy of stuff she touches." Odinson explained, "When she touched the Gauntlet, she absorbed its energy and that increased her strength and durability to that level in the moment. [3]

Everyone nodded at the explanation.

Absorbing more energy, Carol flew into the air while holding onto the Gauntlet, sending Thanos to one knee. As she pushed him back, he suddenly ripped out the Power Stone from the Gauntlet and before she could react, punched her with it, sending her flying off.

"Oh no!" Rhodes paled.

"No, no, no, no, no." Peter was saying, almost biting his nails.

Tony looked up at Strange. As he struggled against the flood, he looked at Tony regretfully and with shaking hands, raised one finger. And then Tony knew what he had to do.

Pepper froze. As did everyone else. They looked between Tony and the screen. Tony had a look of realization on his face.

"No, no, no…." Pepper started whispering as all lowered their heads sadly, realizing what was coming.

Tony looked at Morgan, who looked at him with quivering lips as a tear rolled down her cheek.

Trying to control himself for Pepper, he said to her, "Hon-"

"NO!" She screamed and hugged him so tightly he would have been suffocated. With shaking hands, he hugged her back, looking at the others, who all looked horrified and saddened by what was going to happen now as Cassie and Lila hugged Morgan, trying to calm her down.

Thanos put the Power Stone back in the Gauntlet and power surged through him. Tony rushed him and grabbed the Gauntlet, trying to snatch it. Thanos kneed him and smacked him away. As Tony looked up, Thanos looked at the Gauntlet and turning to him declared, "I am... inevitable." Then he snapped!

Everyone felt their hearts stop.

But nothing happened! Thanos turned the Gauntlet around to see the Stones were missing and turned to Tony in horror. The Stones were on Tony's right gauntlet now. Tony closed his eyes, grunting painfully as power surged through the suit.

Everyone watched with pale faces and their hearts beating against their chests. Pepper and Morgan felt like their hearts would burst out of their chests at this point. Pepper was in Tony's embrace, who himself was panting. Morgan was in the embrace of Lila and Cassie.

Steve looked at Tony with tears in his eyes, already feeling grief clutch his chest. Everyone felt their respect for him grow to a new level as they knew what he was about to do. Thor gave Tony a nod as a tear rolled down his cheek and so did Loki, Odinson and T'Challa.

Fury looked at Tony and then at the screen, closing his eye and opening it, feeling proud of the man but saddened too.

Natasha nodded at Tony with a half-smile and a tear in her eye and he nodded back with the same expression, knowing both of them had given their lives for the Universe.

Clint looked at Tony, taking heavy sad breaths, and nodded in thanks, knowing that Tony was the reason his family and the rest of the Universe would live.

Bruce turned to Tony and with shaking hands, gave him a thumbs-up as a form of comfort while wiping a tear from his eye. Hill simply followed his gesture with a tear of her own.

Bucky and Sam gave Tony very respectful salutes while Wanda gave him a respectful and appreciative nod, feeling only respect for him now as Vision and Tony exchanged a look, as AI and creator.

Benjamin wiped a tear from his eye as Scarlet Witch held his hand for comfort. Rhodes was panting heavily, seeing his best friend from childhood about to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Scott and Hope looked at Tony sadly, their eyes apologizing for Hank's bias and he acknowledged with a nod.

Logan too gave Tony a very respectful salute and a nod.

Peter was struggling not to cry as May hugged him, looking at the screen with quivering lips.

'Don't waste it. Don't waste your life.' Tony remembered Yinsen's last words to him.

"I didn't." He whispered to himself.

Tony looked at Thanos and declared defiantly, "And I...am... Iron Man." With that, he snapped his fingers as the screen went white.

That was it for Pepper, Morgan and Peter to burst into sobs as Steve got out of his chair and walking to Tony, actually gave him a hug. While they had their disagreements and didn't always see eye to eye, they cared about each other a lot. Tony gave a half-smile and accepted the hug. Rhodes put a hand on Tony's shoulder to assure himself he was there and Tony grasped the hand firmly to assure him he was.

The rest had their heads lowered in grief and respect for the man.

Tony suddenly found himself in an orange landscape and looked around. It was the Soul World. "Hey!" He turned to look at an older Morgan Stark approaching him.

"Morgan?" He questioned in shock, getting his mind off of his death for a moment as he looked between her and the on-screen version, "How?"

In a shaky voice, Morgan said, "When you snapped, the Soul World showed you a manifestation of me as a teenager to inform you of what I thought about what you had done."

Then she wiped her face again as Tony nodded shakily and all turned to look at the screen, grief clutching at then.

"Do I know you?" Tony asked in shock as they walked closer. "You do." She said with tears in her eyes and Tony's eyes widened in realization. "Dad!" She cried out as the two held each other's hands. "Did it work?" Tony asked her shakily. "Yes." She cried out. "What did it cost?" He then asked. With tears in her eyes, she said to him, "Everything."

No one could control their tears now as Steve sank to his knees while Morgan got up from where she was sitting and sat next to her parents instead, the two embracing her, trying to offer any comfort they could while trying to comfort themselves as well. Rhodes looked at the family and then at the screen, trying not to break down. Peter was sobbing still in May's embrace while Benjamin was wiping his face. The rest were sobbing either quietly or making some noise.

Everyone knew that by 'everything', Morgan meant her dad.

Trying to comfort his daughter, Tony wrapped her in an embrace as she cried out, "I love you dad!" Tony kissed her forehead and hugging her tightly said, "I love you 3000." And then the screen went white again.

"I do too, dad. I do too." Morgan cried out as Tony kissed her forehead while Pepper patted her head. The rest couldn't even speak. Because that's how full of grief they were.

Back in reality, Rocket fired at a Leviathan which was about to eat him when it turned to dust. And then all of Thanos' army around them started turning to dust too while T'Challa and Quill watched.

"It….it worked….." Steve said in a voice that was barely a whisper, trying to speak coherently.

Steve looked around at the army turning to dust before turning to look at Thanos, who backed off in horror. Maw staggered up to him, not feeling well, like Peter had when he had been snapped. And then he turned to dust. Midnight was cradling the dying Glaive, like Wanda had done to the dead Vision before being snapped, and both turned to dust as well. Thanos looked around and knew he had been defeated. Refusing to let his enemies see him cry or beg, he sat on a rock and sighed, watching the sunset solemnly, closing his eyes and accepting his defeat with dignity. And with that, he turned to dust as well.

The others would have laughed or cheered or even jumped from their couches happily with raised fists. But they didn't. Because the victory had come at a cost. A humongous cost.

Tony had one arm around Pepper and another around Morgan as they cried while Rhodes shook in grief now. The others looked at him with respect and grief but couldn't bring themselves to say anything.

They simply watched the screen again.

Tony staggered and supported himself, his entire right side now charred, burnt and blackened brutally. As he fell down, Rhodes flew in front of him and opening his visor, patted Tony's head, trying not to break down while Tony tried to say something and failed. Then Peter jumped own and tried to help Tony as he soon cried, "Mr. Stark? Hey...Mr. Stark? Can you hear me? It's Peter. We won. Mr. Stark...We won, Mr. Stark. We won and you did it, sir. You did it."

"This is not a win!" Peter cried out and smashed a table so hard it cracked while the rest flinched, never having expected such an outburst from him. But they couldn't blame him. Tony, while the best mentor, had cared for him and saved his life with a new suit. Of course this was how Peter would react.

"I'm sorry... Tony..." He cried as Pepper helped him up from behind while he sobbed. She then knelt in front of him and put her hand on his Reactor as he grasped it. "Hey." She said weakly. "Hey, Pep..." He groaned painfully and weakly too. "Friday?" Pepper called out, even though she already knew the answer. "Life functions critical." Friday said.

Pepper still hadn't calmed herself down for obvious reasons and this did no favors, making her hug Tony's chest again as he tried to offer comfort, not sure how to at this point because how could he?

"Tony." She called out, putting on a smile as she didn't want his last sight of her to be of her crying, "Look at me." He weakly groaned and managed to look at her. "We're gonna be okay." She smiled through a veil of tears, "You can rest now." And in a few seconds, his Arc Reactor shut itself off and his hand slumped to the side, letting Pepper's go. Steve and Thor watched sadly from behind, struggling not to cry as Pepper sobbed and kissed the dead Tony, having lost him forever.

"No." Pepper whispered to herself into Tony's chest as Morgan hugged him too crying a muffled 'Daddy.'

Tony himself had tears in his eyes, watching the two of theirs', Rhodes', Peter's and the others' reactions at his end which almost made him regret doing it. Almost! Because if he hadn't, they wouldn't be alive to grieve for him either.

"Thank…..thank…thank you….." Steve said to him almost incoherently as the two exchanged a respectful but saddened nod. He looked at the others and they gave him nods too with tears in their eyes, looking like they were barely holding on.

They looked back at the screen, not wanting to see further but knowing they had to.

Clint looked at the scene glumly and then he kneeled respectfully with his head lowered in grief. T'Challa saw that and kneeled as well. They were spotted by Carol who then kneeled to Tony respectfully. They were followed by Quill, then Nebula, then Valkyrie and then Scott. Steve, trying not to break down, kneeled as well along with Thor and Bruce. Strange looked at the scene with guilt and grief on his face and walking further, kneeled too. Gamora looked at the scene but knowing she wasn't part of them, left while Bucky, Sam, Wanda, Shuri, Drax and finally Mantis kneeled. Rhodes simply stood with his head lowered in grief.

No one, not a single soul could pass a comment or a word of comfort on that scene, knowing there was nothing to say. Tony had done it. He had not wasted his life and brought it full circle at last, ending Thanos with the ultimate act of self-sacrifice to make the world a better place for not only his daughter and wife but everyone else.

Then, to everyone's shock, Loki got up and walking up to where Tony was, kneeled to him. He remembered the old man telling him that they wouldn't kneel to a man like him. Well, he was sure they would kneel to a man like Tony for sure. Tony accepted with a humble nod but did a wave, not wanting anyone to kneel to him.

Loki got up and walked back to his couch, with Thor giving him a nod of appreciation.

There were still no words.

After about at least 10 minutes, Logan said in shaky voice, "There's…a bit….more."

With heavy hearts clouded with grief and faces covered by veils of tears, the audience continued watching what was left of the recording.