Another Chance

Izel stepped out into the courtyard with an eerie feeling, the air was crisp and dark clouds were covering the sky. She looked up with a worried look on her face, the weather had been changing like never before, it had begun to bother her. She kept her pace and headed towards the library, crossing the small garden. She smiled and greeted the people she came across but didn't stop to chat.

The giant oak door swung open as she came close to it, as the door was closing behind her thunder filled the air. She sighed and went into a small room with a bunch of open books spaced out on the desk. ''Teliope?'' She called out. The office had no sign of her assistent as she walked over to the mess. She noticed that he majority of the books were about weather changes and space.

''Izel!'' Teliope appeared in the door with more books in his arms. ''Greetings,'' Izel said and raised a brow at the man. ''Anything new?'' Teliope's face fell as he shook his head. She sighed, ''This weather is a problem. I got an update from the spacecrew, and more parts of Saotera is starting to deterioate. The smaller districts are evacuating to Yeos. We might be a big district, but we can't hold that many people.''

Teliope didn't answer but kept his eyes glued to the book he had in his hands. She sighed, ''I'm going to the control center if you need me.'' She went out the way she came and wasn't expecting what she saw. The sky had turned a deep dark red, and she noticed how heads started to poke out of windows or enter the courtyard. Something landed on her cheek, she brushed it away and noticed how it smudged out on her hand. ''Ashes?'' she mumbled and looked around as the grey flakes of dust started to cover the ground, ''what is happening?'' She asked herself and hurried over to the control center. She was quickly notified that there was no fires in the area, so they couldn't explain the ash.

Izel was going through the reports as someone out of breath let her know that someone had found a body on the beach.



Steve was sitting at the window of a small diner with Tony across the table. An untouched milkshake in front of him, he had bags under his eyes and was overall looking terrible. He had an awful feeling in his gut, which had been there since Thanos had vanished. Tony was on his phone checking up on people, and asking around about the dust situation.

He knew tony was hurting too, but obviously the man wasn't showing it, he had gone back to work while trying to figure out what had happened. ''You're gonna run out of phone at the end of the day, put it down'' Steve said referring to the wear and tear the phone would probably soon suffer. Tony didn't respond but kept his eyes glued to the device.

Everyone had gone into a state of grieving in their own way, back to their own homes and galaxies. It was raining heavily, and people ran past the window with umbrellas over their heads. He looked back at Tony who was still concentrating about his phone. He finally took a sip of his drink and leaned back in his seat.

Miri had lost everyone she knew, and she was really struggling with it. Some people at least had one person that they kept, but she was one of the unlucky ones who lost everyone and anyone important to her and she was finding it hard to bear.

But somehow life went on, people filled the places of those who went missing but it didn’t fill the emptiness. She found herself sitting in a diner, one that used to be her favorite but she hadn’t had much of an appetite for days. She kept her eyes on her plate, feeling that the slightest bit of attention from the waitress might make her break the mask she’d been keeping up so well for the past few days.

She noticed the rain but all she had was her wallet, her lack of umbrella seemed like the least of her problems. She accidentally dropped her wallet under the booth when she reached for her phone, stepping out and looking under the seat. “I’m so sorry,” Sje said quietly, her eyes down and focused on the wallet and nothing else.

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Peter couldn’t explain it, but he felt like he’d been hit by a truck. He couldn’t feel anything but a dull pain all over his body, and it took him a second to realize that he was awake and he could move. His eyes opened and he realized he was laying on sand because he could feel it on his cheek.

It took nearly everything out of him to sit up and look around, and realize what was going on. When he didn’t recognize anything it confused him further and he had no way to comprehend the place he was. It wasn’t anywhere he had ever been before. The last thing he remembered was dust and ash everywhere and then nothing at all. He found it in him to stand and took a few steps, trying to find someone, anyone familiar but came up empty. He didn’t know what to expect but he wanted some answers.

He noticed a few people had gathered and were staring st him in confusion. Not for nothing, he was just as confused at how he got there. “Uh hi, where is here?” He asked the nearest person but they just continued to stare at him. He felt his head fill with that dull pain sensation once again and fell to the ground again, holding his head.

@ ciel.

Izel zigzagged through the big crowd of people, and pushed some to the side. The adrenaline was pumping through her veins as she reached the center of the crowd. She just about got to the person and saw how they fell to the ground after asking where he was. She quickly ordered people back to their homes or proper posts. As the crowd scattered she knelt down beside what she could now see was a male.

She stood up quickly and scanned him over, making sure he wasn't armed. With the tip of her boot she flipped him over onto his back. She quickly patted him down and ordered some of the guards to prop him up. As they did so she noticed multiple cuts and scratches on his face, making him look like he'd been through hell.

''Take him to my quarters please,'' She eyed him up and down with a raised eyebrow at his attire. He surely wasn't from here. As she followed the guard the sky had gone back to a dusty yellow and orange, the usual evening sky colours.

They reached her quarters and sat him in the living area on a chair. ''You can leave now,'' she said to the guards and went into her kitchen to fetch a first aid kit. She took a deep breath and went back to the stranger, ''Welcome to Saotera, Yeos district. I'm Izel.'' She immediatly started cleaning the cuts and figuring out if he was even more hurt.



Steve noticed the woman dropping her wallet and immediatly went to reach for it, he was too late though as she had already grabbed it. ''That's okay,'' he said and nodded. He noticed her lack of umbrella or any sort of protection from the elements, and she was obviously heading out. He looked out and then back at her. ''You're really going out there?'' He asked with a slighly crooked smile.

He felt Tony's eyes on him as he talked, it didn't feel great but he didn't really care, he was so used to it these days. Nothing seemed to have changed drastically, it was just certain people had gone missing. It was all over the news of course, so were the missing Avengers. There had been slight panic, but Tony had handled it all with help from Pepper. Although she hadn't been too pleased with him.

Steve started spacing out but remembered that he was still in the diner and was actually talking to someone. ''Sorry,'' he excused himself and cleared his throat.

@ musicalpanda

//sorry I didn't even notice that you had answered ages ago//

Miri shook her head in apology, shifting from one foot to the other. “No need to apologize,” She said kindly, turning her attention to the outside. It seemed that it had been raining nonstop since people had disappeared. So she should have known better than to think about even leaving her home without an umbrella.

“Yeah, I left my umbrella at home and I guess that was to my own fault,” She explained, watching the rain hit the window in buckets. “I don’t live too far though so I should be able to get home without too much issue.” She added a small smile appearing on her face.

Everyone had gone back to their own lives but it was strange to think that even The Avengers too had been effected by this and might go to diners in the meantime like everyone else. Though she knew it was a silly thought, to be talking to Captain America in the diner she frequented was not what she had expected when she left home today.

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Peter could feel himself being moved. The groups of people suddenly disappeared and he felt the sunlight going from very warm on his skin to weak until it was gone and he realized he was being brought inside. His legs stumbled under him, it was difficult for him to keep up with whoever was bringing him in.

He groaned quietly, his body being propped up and his eyes opened to adjust to the light difference. A blonde woman, one he assumed gave the order to have him moved stood just a few feet away.

Even in his state he was confused at her words and found it within him to be funny. “Welcome to what where now?” He asked in confusion, wincing when she dabbed something above his eye. “Izel? How did I get here,” He asked her, his vision finally clearing to give him a better look at her.

@ ciel.
[its fine! I’m so sorry it took me so long to respond I haven’t been receiving any notifications but I seem to have fixed it!]

Izel made sure he wasn't bleeding anywhere else from the head before moving onto removing his clothes. She started undressing him quickly as she now had to make sure there weren't any internal bleeding. After a few minutes of inspecting she confirmed no internal bleeding just a lot of bruises and minor cuts.

The strangers question made her raise an eyebrow, ''You haven't heard of us.'' She said more as a statement than a question and completely ignoring his. ''Interesting.'' Izel met his eyes when she felt him look at her, ''Saotera, Yeos'' she said again and sat down in front of him. ''You appearing like that is rather interesting, considering our current status, but unfortunately I can't give you an answer, because I don't know.''

Silence filled the room as she gave him time to think just as she let herself think. The situation was incredibly strange and she didn't really know how to react. Most of all she felt bad for this stranger who was obviously just as confused as she was. ''What's your name?''



Steve nodded, ''I hope it clears up anyways.'' He smiled back at her and offered her his hand for an official greeting ''Steve.'' She probably recognized him, but he would still never assume that people knew who he was. He wasn't one to brag or be up in peoples faces like others. He eyed Tony who was obviously starting to get agitated with his phone.

The repercussions of Thanos weren't as fatal as Steve had thought they would be. Obviously it had affected many people, but not to the point of fatality and to where people couldn't function. It was a weird experience to go to his local supetmarket and not seeing familiar faces behind the counters, but a strange face with a sad expression. He instantly knew that they had also dissapeared. He thought of all the well-known neighbors who had vanished without any trace, all the houses and apartments that were now empty.

Most of all he had been thinking of the things Doctor Strange had told Tony in his last few seconds of being aswell. He couldn't wrap his head around it and in the end he would get angry and frustrated, trashing his home and almost scaring himself.

“It’s nice to meet you, Steve,” Miri replied politely, her hand reaching out to shake his in return. “My name is Miri,” She offered, shaking his hand and then looking behind him toward who she could only assume to be Tony Stark. Though ridiculous, it was hard not to see these people as the heroes they most often showed, rather than everyday citizens who did every day things.

“He looks stressed,” She commented, wondering how anyone could really be anything but as of late. “Of course with what happened I can’t imagine it’s not hard for you as well.” She said apologetically. She shifted to her other foot and exhaled, her attention back on the rain when a thunderbolt struck.
“I should thank you, you did a lot for us in the past, you and all of the Avengers have, really.”

It was hard to tell whether she was overstepping or not. She hoped she wasn’t because she did mean it. She just hoped he felt like she wasn’t wasting his tine. “Of course if you were busy I can let you go back to what you were doing,” She said quickly, noting Tony was still completely focused on the cellphone in his hands.

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Peter made a weak attempt to stop her from pulling st his clothes, but quickly surrendered. Every move he made he could see the room swimming around him, and his head wouldn’t stop spinning. If he had ever had the worst migraine if his life, this was definitely without question, much worse. “Hey stop... you should ask first,” He said with a weak laugh, dropping his hands a second later.

“And here? No, I’ve never heard of... Yeos? Never heard of it,” He said, shaking his head in tandem with his words and immediately regretting it. “Why, should I have?” He asked her, finally getting a chance to look at her clearly. She was beautiful and if his head weren’t in such pain, he’d be immensely grateful.

“My name is...” He said, clearing his throat a moment later in a weak attempt to be dramatic. “My name... is Star Lord,” He said, raising his eyes to look at her, before clutching his head gently in one hand. “Or Peter. Eithers fine,” He said, leaning back in the chair. “What do you mean you don’t know how I got here? My ship isn’t here?”

@ ciel.

As Izel was sitting in front of him she noticed how his eyes turned blank for a moment before returning to normal. She made a mental note to herself to scan him later. ''I usually never ask,'' she said with a slight smirk. For now she liked him, he hadn't said or done anything to make her feel uncomfortable or threatened.

Her head fell slightly to the side, ''If you're from this realm, yes.'' She knew of other dimensions, other realms but had never experienced the produce of them up close. ''Star Lord?'' Confused she raised an eyebrow, ''Lord of the stars?'' She was by his side within a second as he held his head, ''You should lay down and get some rest, and no, no ship. Just you.'' Izel pulled him up from the chair and ducked under his arms to support him.

He was heavier than she thought and for a moment she wasn't sure if she would be able to support him if he did pass out. ''Come on, this way,'' she nodded towards her bedroom and took a few steps with him. ''If you faint on me, Star Lord, I'll make sure you're no lord when im done with you.'' She eyed him and sighed.

The door opened automatically and the lights turned on as they entered the room. They started dimming so the brightness wouldn't make Peter feel worse. She placed him on her bed and gently pushed him down on it. She helped him off with his shoes but left his pants for him to remove. ''Take them off and then sleep, I'll get it washed.'' Izel sat down on the bed and smiled at him, ''If you need anything, Peter, press the button there and speak'' she said and pointed to a small button in the wall just within reach. ''I'll hear you and you'll hear me.''



''Good to meet you, Miri.'' Steve smiled and noticed how she looked over his shoulder. ''Stressed is an understatement,'' he chuckled and started shaking his head, ''Don't thank us. We could have done better, but instead we lost so many people.'' He didn't want to sound harsh, but there wasn't anything to thank them for. They didn't stop Thanos, not even a little.

''Not busy at all,'' Steve looked back at Tony over his shoulder and then back to Miri. ''He's gonna stay like that for a while. He's been trying none-stop to figure certain things out.'' It was eating Tony up. For every day he didn't figure out a new thing, he would get just a little more irritated, pour one too many drinks. It wasn't pretty.

''What are you doing here, besides dropping things,'' he joked trying to lighten the mood. He had started to relax a bit more since he had escaped Tony's stress bubble. The light conversation they were making made him feel so much better than he had felt in a while.

@ musicalpanda

Miri nodded and laughed, ducking her head sheepishly. “Yeah... I can be a bit clumsy sometimes,” She admitted. “I eat here sometimes when me and my best friend feel like meeting up,” She said, smiling a little sadly. “But she uh, disappeared so I came here alone this time,” She explained to him.

“And no, we should be thanking you, you did what you could and that alone deserves thanks,” She said. “Of course we all might have wanted a different outcome, but you worked as hard as you could and it’s just as hard for you as the rest of us, we understand that.” She told him.

“Well, I mean, you’re welcome to join me if he wouldn’t mind, I was going to go buy a piece of cake, their red velvet is my favorite type,” She told him. “It’s good if you need a distraction, I always got it when I was stressed or treating myself.”

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He chuckled to himself at her words. “Usually? So I’m not the first?” He asked her, his voice feigning hurt st her words. He was exhausted but he wasn’t tired at all until she had sat him down and he finally felt the weight of his exhaustion settling into him.

“Yeah... Star Lord, I’m one of the Guardians of thr Galaxy, we patrolled the galaxy to keep things in order, but as of recently... has anyone else turned up like me?” He asked her, a sense of urgency suddenly in his voice.

She lifted him up and he did his best to support himself, stumbling slightly on the way to the bed. He fell onto his back and groaned, his eyes shutting as if oh their own. “I thought you usually never asked,” He joked weakly, reaching down to undo his own pants, leaving him in his underwear and nothing more. His voice began getting heavier and his eyelids struggled to stay open. “Okay, Izel,” He murmured, falling asleep almost instantaneously as he said her name.

@ ciel.

Izel laughed and blinked at Peter. She shook her head when he asked, ''just you for now.'' She picked up his pants as he kicked them off, and turned on her heel. She lingered in the doorway for a few seconds before turning off the lights completely and left the room. She then bundled up the clothes in her arms and left Peter to get some sleep. She might aswell do something productive while he was asleep.

As she stepped out of her quarters Teliope almost collided with her, making her take a few steps backwards, ''Good lord, watch where you're going, Teliope.'' He didn't answer but just looked at the clothes in her arms, ''That's not yours'' he replied with an unimpressed look on his face. Izel moved around Teliope and chuckled, ''No, it's way too big to be mine. It's Peter's clothes, or Star Lord, which I think he prefers.'' Out of the corner of her eye she noticed that he was following her, ''Star Lord? The guardian?''

Izel nodded and looked over at him, ''You know about him? He'll be pleased with that I think.''

Teliope followed her to the cleaning area in silence, she nodded to the two men who were in charge of the area and plopped the clothes onto the counter. ''When you're done with it just send it to my quarters, please.'' The men nodded and started going through the clothes. Izel then turned around and went for the exit, ''He's interesting, Teliope, I don't kn-'' she was halfway out when the two men called out her name, ''What do we do with this? Whatever it is.'' Izel turned around with a confused look on her face. One of them were holding some sort of device connected to a string that split into two strings. ''I'll take it, sorry.'' She reached for the thing and inspected it, ''That is quite odd.''



Steve looked back at Tony when she asked him to join her, ''I don't even think he'd notice, so I'd love to. I honestly thought you were heading out though.'' Steve smiled sincerely at her and followed her to a table, ''and I'm sorry about your friend, Miri. What was her name?''

''Red velvet sounds great,'' he sat down and folded his hands on the table. ''It's just been a lot to deal with, and the head on experience was awful. Tony was basically holding onto Peter when he.. Yeah. He feels guilty. I think we all do.''

The look on Tony's face as he returned to The Avengers HQ was heartbreaking, never had Steve seen him so broken. He hadn't even accepted Peppers affection as he returned, he was just blank. He had kept to himself for days until he finally came out and told everyone what had happened. Steves eyes started to itch and he cleared his throat.

@ musicalpanda

Miri thought about her friend. They’d moved in together right after they’d started college. This was their favorite spot and they always got dinner when neither of them felt like cooking. “Nina.” Miri sighed, smiling sadly. “She was my roommate too, this was our favorite restaurant.” She explained and set her wallet back down.

“And well, I was heading out. Normally Nina and I would get our desserts to go but I mean might as well eat them here. Plus... not every day you get to meet Captain America. She was a fan so I would be doing her a disservice by not sitting and talking with you. In fact she’d probably kill me for not doing it.” She laughed, relaxing back against the seat.

“I think it’s been hard for us all, really. But we’re doing our best, as best as we can given the situation.” She admitfed, nodding at his words. “What have you been doing in the mean time? Keeping busy has been helping me a lot, have you tried it?”

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Peter couldn’t remember how he had gotten there but all he could see was a dull orange as if it surrounded him and the feeling of nothingness. He could hear familiar voices but none he could place, and it confused him to no end. He didn’t understand what any of it meant but he awoke to a start and didn’t recognize the room for the longest second.

Slowly realizing where he was, he sat up on the bed and stood, wandering the room until he realized the button beside the bed. The shades had been drawn but it get like much later than when he had fallen asleep. He remembered the name of the girl being Izel and pressed the button clearing his throat once.

“Ahem... Izel... it’s uh Star Lord. Can I have my pants back? Also there was something with my stuff I can’t find and I wanted to know if you had it. It’s really important.” He said, looking around the room as he spoke and wondering if she could hear him.

@ ciel.

Izel kept turning the device in her hands, trying to figure out what it was supposed to do. There were a few buttons, but she didn't want to press anything in case she broke it. She had taken some new clothes for Peter that he could wear while his own was being cleaned. Izel looked back over her shoulder and noticed that Teliope weren't following her anymore. She took a deep breath and tapped the device with her fingers.

She jumped a little when she heard his voice in her ear, which made her squeeze the device that was in her hands. It wasn't loud, but she could hear a faint voice coming from the small strings connected to the device. She didn't answer Star Lord, instead she put one of the little buds into her other ear and listened.

It didn't take long for her to realize that it was Earth music. She wasn't far away from her quarters, so she picked up her pace and ran the rest of the way. Her heart was beating in her chest when she entered her home and found Peter in her bedroom. ''You're from Earth?!'' She said offering him the device with a fascinated look on her face.



Steve listened with interest and smiled, ''She sounds like a person everyone could get along with. I'm glad you have a place where you can honor her in the best way.'' He eyed the waitress who was coming over with their cakes. ''Right on cue.''

''Do you think she would be asking me odd questions, if she was here?'' He asked softly. He liked how lovingly Miri was talking about her friend, but at the same time he was sad that she had to lose a close friend like that. It wasn't fair at all and the guilt started welling up in him.

He nodded, ''I agree with you. I've been running and working out like crazy when I have the time. Other than that I've been helping the fool over there with research. Now it's only him, me and Pepper at the headquarters. It's been very empty.''

@ musicalpanda

Miri nodded, picking up her fork and cutting off a piece off the edge. “Yeah she... I think she might have had a poster of you and your friend.” She admitted. She sighed, thinking of her room back at their shared apartment. She had closed the door and kept it closed since her friend had disappeared.

“If you don’t mind me asking, is it weird? Living then and now?” She asked him, wondering what it might be like. “It’s fine if you don’t want to answer me, I won’t take it personally.” She added with a little shrug.

“And well... you’re welcome to join me here for dinner on Wednesday’s,” She offered to him. “I’m going to try to keep as normal anroutine as possible so, I’ll be here if you want someone to talk to.” She told him.

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Peter shrugged. “I mean... yes I am from earth. He said, surprised by her reaction. “Why, is that a bad thing?” He saw she had his music player and was infinitely happier that it had made it with him. He didn’t know what he would hav done if he had lost it as well.

He could hear it playing and her clear fascination made him wonder what her experience might have been with people from earth in the past. “I don’t live there now if that’s what you’re asking. I guard the galaxy remember?” He asked her, sitting up on the bed.

“If you uh can get me something to wear I’ll show you what music is on there. Best music in the world,” He smiled, pointing to the player in her hand. “Literally. But you might have already guessed that from what you’ve heard.”

@ ciel.

Izel looked at him with big eyes, ''Not a bad thing at all.'' She sat down on her bed and looked down at the device. ''We don't know a lot about Earth, the inhabitants there seem, well, destructive. No offense. We've been watching, albeit from a distance'' she said with sadness but slight amusement in her voice. Swiftly she removed the buds from her ears and handed him the device.

''Of course,'' she wanted to ask him more questions but figured it would be best not to drown him in questions. As he requested something to wear she remembered the uniform in her arms, ''Oh right! I forgot, here you go'' she replied with a slight red tint to her cheeks. ''Your clothes will be ready for wear soon, meanwhile you can wear this,'' Izel said and handed him the clothes as well.

She stood up and turned her back to him, giving him a bit of privacy to get dressed. ''It should fit you, might be a little tight, you got a very different physique than the rest of the males here. It's quite refreshing.'' She felt her ears heat up a little as she complimented his build without really wanting to compliment him. Izel took a deep breath and tugged her earlobe, she felt like a little girl beside him which was crazy when she was in the position she was in.

After he was done putting on the garments she turned around and nodded, ''I have somewhere to be, you're welcome to come with me or just stay here.''



''Interesting,'' he said and shook his head with a smile across his face. Steve would never get used to all the attention people would give him, it still blew his mind that someone would actually have a poster of him. He wasn't sure what to think, it was flattering sure, but also so mind blowing.

When she asked him the then and now question he didn't get offended, he had gotten that question a lot, but every time it was the same answer. ''It is weird, but people change with time and it's been quite a while since then, and I've had time to adjust to the change.''

Steve took a bite of his cake and nodded, ''I'll try to be here, but I can't promise anything. Thank you.'' They stayed silent for a bit as they ate their cakes, Steve stole a few glances in Tony's direction and noticed that he had gotten up from his seat. Steve frowned and searched for the other man but only found faces he didn't know. A movement caught his eye out in front of the door and he saw how Tony's suit covered him in an instant. ''What the...'' he said under his breath.

Without warning Steve got up and walked towards the door, but quickly realized Miri was still at the table. He cursed quietly and returned to the table and pulled out his wallet. ''Please let me pay this,'' he said and placed a few bills for the cakes. ''I'm really sorry, but I think I have to go.'' Steve all but walked out calmly and almost pushed a waitress out of the way as he exited the diner. The rain hadn't stopped, but it wasn't as bad as a moment ago. ''Tony, what the hell?'' He yelled out as the multi-millionaire started ascending. Tony looked back at him and sighed, ''Pepper, it's an emergency apparently, you have your bike, right?'' Steve nodded and watched him disappear. He noticed that people had stopped to look at the one and only Iron Man but had now switched their attention to Steve.

@ musicalpanda

Miri nodded when he spoke. She couldn’t imagine what it must have been like. She thought it might have been like culture shock except no language barrier and he was in the same country. Same culture just modified by different times. “Yeah that’s true,” She smiled at him.

When he stood up and left the table suddenly she didnt know how to react aside from staring. It happened so quickly she didn’t even realize what was happening until he was already up. “Wha...” She said, looking up as he came walking back. She then noticed that Tony had left and understood why he had left so quickly without warning.

“No, it’s fine, I understand,” She replies, but he was gone before she could finish her sentence. She watched him run out into the rain and noticed she wasn’t the only person watching. Tony had started to fly away and she wasn’t sure what was going on but she assumed it might have been important.

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Peter nodded, he was well aware of Earth and their tendencies to destroy things around them but he had grown up away from it so he didn’t really know much outside of when he was a kid and his mother had died. He shook away the memory and thanked her for the clothes, pulling them on while her back was turned.

When she mentioned his build he smiled to himself, looking at the outfit which was a little tight but not unbearable. “Yeah? They must be on the smaller side here,” He said, more than pleased that she thought that and even more happy with the attention. He took the player and smiled, holding it up. “Did you have a favorite song on there?” He asked curiously, standing and quickly realizing just how much smaller she was than him.

“And yeah I’ll come with you wherever you’re going. I’d rather not stay here, not even sure what there is to do wherever we are right now.” He smiled, taking a few steps toward her. “So what exactly do you do here? You’ve always lived here?”

@ ciel.

Izel perked up a little when he spoke. She turned around and couldn't contain her laughter when her eyes roamed over Peters frame, ''Much smaller.'' She giggled all the way out of her home, as Peter made it clear he was going with her. Izel cleared her throat as the giggles settled and took a deep breath. ''I didn't listen much to it, so I couldn't tell you,'' she answered honestly as they walked side by side.

She was quiet for a few minutes when he asked her, ''My father is the Realm Protector, and I'm the Commander. I have always lived here, this is my home.'' The hallway led them to the door of the Observatory.

She placed herself in front of it, moving Peter a bit out of the way. There was a loud beep and the door slid to the side, revealing people who were standing either in front or in the middle of a sphere of holographic numbers and pictures. As she stepped into the room it fell silent, people had stopped talking as Peter stepped in with her. Izel noticed how everyone's eyes were on Peter, male and female. ''Concentrate,'' she barked out into the room, pleased with how everyone jumped and resumed what they were doing.

''For your own sake, don't touch anything unless someone says you can.'' Izel grabbed a tablet and opened it up, swiping up which made their planet appear as a holograph floating above the tablet. She handed Peter the tablet and walked up to a panel and placed her hands on a square pad just big enough to fit them. A holographic map appeared in between them of the solar system, a smaller map beside it showed the universe that they were in.



Steve stood there with his arms raised and hands behind his head, keeping an eye on Tony as he disappeared behind buildings. He blinked and looked around making eye contact with a handful of people. ''You can walk along now, thanks,'' he said out loud, nodding to the people who walked past him. He could hear their whispers and it made him uncomfortable.

His eyes widened when he realized what had just happened and where he was, and without hesitating he went back inside the diner and headed towards Miri where he had left her. ''I'm so sorry,'' he said slightly rushed and rubbed his eyes, ''I wasn't planning on ending this so quickly.''

He wasn't really thinking when he opened his mouth, ''Would you come with me?'' He was already half out the door when he asked her and dug out a helmet which he placed on the back of his bike.

@ musicalpanda

Miri stood watching in muted shock, she didn't know what was going on, she could see a crowd had gathered around him as Tony left, and she could hear them whispering. Suddenly she understood what he had meant when he said that he wasn't sure he deserved thanks. She moved out of the booth to stand, slowly taking a few steps when she saw him turn and head back into the diner.

She was taken aback by his question, that much was clear by the expression she had on her face. "It...it's fine. I understand that you're busy," She said softly, gesturing to the cake. "Surprised you had time to even sit with me, so it's okay, really." She said, noticing how frazzled he looked.

He was several paces away when he asked her if she wanted to go with him and she wasn't even sure that he was asking her as he was so far away. "Oh..me? Come where?" She asked, but despite her curiousity, she found herself following him out of the diner, and stood just next to his bike. "Is everything okay, Steve?" She asked him, wondering what was happening and if there was something she needed to be worried about. He looked worried, and she couldn't help but feel that if Captain America was worried, there was probably a pretty big problem.

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Peter finished dressing himself and stood, looking on the edge of the bed for his shoes and sliding them on. He stuffed the laces into the boot, figuring he'd tie them later, and put his cassette player into his pocket after wrapping the headset around it. "You should listen to it if you want, it's got some good music on there," He told her, following her out of the place she had brought him to and down a path.

Admittedly it was much more incredible when he was fully conscious, from being half awake and dragged and being able to look and see where he was more clearer, he was amazed by it and also surprised he'd never heard of it. He nodded as she spoke, wondering what it might have been like living here.

When the doors opened he saw how quickly they responded to her, and it made sense that she was probably in charge, so he made a mental note not to cross her. Nott hat he thought he would but he figured it would just probably be better not to. He looked down at the tablet in his hands and pressed a button, jumping when it flashed red and made an alarm sound. He didn't know what he'd accidentally pressed, but he figured for now at least, he'd put the tablet down. "So uh...what do you do here?"

@ ciel.