Always. ~ P.Parker

• twenty •

"Bruce?" I asked and he looked at me.

"Why?"

"You saw what those stones did to Thanos, they almost killed him." Bruce pointed out, looking at all of us.

"No offence to any of you, but none of you could survive."

"But how do we know you will?" Steve asked the important question, making Bruce shake his head softly.

"We don't."

"Well, shit." I scoffed, but Bruce seemed determined to do it.

"Listen, the radiation is mostly gamma." He said, looking down at the gauntlet.

"It's like I was made for this."

"Well alright, I think we found our guy." I said, and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Let's get this show on the road, then." Steve said, and Tony gave Bruce an uncertain look.

"You're good to go, yeah?"

"Let's do it." Bruce responded, and I kept my position against the wall.

"You remember, everyone Thanos snapped away five years ago and just bringing them back to now, today." Tony said, slight desperation in his tone.

He had to keep Morgan.

If he didn't, I don't know what kind of devastation he would lay on the universe.

"What he's saying is, just don't change anything from the last five years." I said, and Tony walked over to me.

"Got it." Bruce said, and I watched everyone suit up to defend themselves, incase something went wrong.

"Friday, do me a favour and activate Barn Door Protocol, will you?" Tony asked, getting his shield up and holding it in front of us.

"Yes, boss."

The Avengers facility went on lockdown, and Bruce took that as his cue.

"Everybody comes home." He whispered to himself, and I held onto Tony.

"If this doesn't work?" I asked, and Tony sighed.

"I have no idea."

Bruce put on the gauntlet, which nanobotically expanded to fit his hand.

Here we go.

The power surge overwhelmed him, and I heard him yell in pain.

"Take it off! Take it off!" Thor exclaimed, but Steve shook his head frantically.

"No, wait!"

"Bruce, are you okay?" I asked, but he was unresponsive.

Shit.

"Talk to me, Banner." Tony said, and I heard the slight fear in his tone.

He and Bruce were really close, after all.

"I'm okay, I'm okay!" Bruce responded, and I let out a big sigh of relief.

"Oh, thank god."

Banner screamed, fighting through the intense pain coursing through his body, but eventually managed to snap his fingers.

"Yes!" I exclaimed, but I quickly felt the excitement diminish when he fainted, and the gauntlet slid off his arm.

Clint kicked it away while everyone rushed over to Bruce, but I gave him some space, staying against the wall.

"Bruce!" Steve exclaimed, but Tony stopped Steve before he touched Banner.

"Don't move him!"

"Did it work?" Bruce asked, desperately grabbing onto Steve's arm, and Thor shrugged.

"It's worth a shot."

"It's over, it's okay." I said, and watched Scott walk toward the windows outside as the lockdown lifted.

Clint's phone started ringing, and he slowly picked it up, struggling to speak.

"Who is it?" I asked, and he looked over at me, looking incredibly overwhelmed.

It's definitely Laura.

"Honey, honey."

I quickly ran to my phone, finding Peter's contact before ringing, but he didn't pick up.

He didn't pick up.

"Nix, what's wrong?" Tony asked, and I showed him Peter's contact, which had gone to voicemail.

"He didn't come back." I whispered, and Tony pulled me in for a hug.

"We left him on Titan, remember?" Tony asked, rubbing soothing circles in my back.

"There's no reception on Titan."

"Well, now I feel stupid." I laughed softly, and Tony chuckled.

"You aren't stupid, you just miss him."

"Yeah, I really do." I said, making Tony smile.

"I do too."

"Guys, I think it worked!"  Scott exclaimed, and I smiled at Tony.

The happiness was short lived though, and the last thing I saw was a missile heading straight towards us.

It exploded on impact, and the base was destroyed, sending everyone flying in different directions.