Time-Traveler
A/N: This was written before the Infinity war premiere and is solely based on the trailer and assumptions both from me and from Tumblr that I’ve seen. All the spoilers that may or may not lie ahead are purely coincidental so read at your own risk if you haven’t seen the movie yet.
Word count: 1664
Warnings: spoilers?, foreshadowing lol, and please, let’s not forget the angst
Being a time-traveler is quite fun. You’re immortal, you always look young, you rock at history and always seem to win at arguments concerning any historical event. But the best part of it all is the power. The power to know so much more than any of the historians in the whole world. And before you ask, yes, I can travel through the future as well. Actually, that is one of the reasons as to why I’m standing in the lobby of the Avengers tower, waiting to speak with Mr. Stark.
I dialed the phone number and once the first beep was heard, a female voice sounded immediately after, “Stark Industries, Avengers Tower. How may I help you?”
“Excuse me, but who am I talking to? I thought this was supposed to be Mr. Stark’s private number.”
“It is, but due to a recent incident, all calls that are directed towards Mister Stark will have to go through me, Pepper Potts.” I smiled at her attitude.
“Well then, Miss Potts, could you please tell Mr. Stark that I have an important issue that I must discuss with him immediately.” I said walking over to the fridge to get myself some leftover pizza from last night.
“I apologize Miss, but Mr. Stark is busy.”
“As said Miss Potts, this is an urgent issue that I need to discuss-“
“And as I said, he is busy-“
“I don’t care that he’s busy let-“ I said with a mouth, full of pizza.
“I can’t-“
“It concerns-“
“Miss I’m going to hang-“
“Peter Parker.” I finished and swallowed the pizza that I had been chewing on.Immediately the line went quiet and the only thing I could hear were her quick intakes of air.
“Excuse me, but what did you just say?”
“I said that this concerns Peter Parker. I am aware of how much Mr. Stark cares about the teenage boy and I want to help him prevent a catastrophic future event. But I can only do that with Mr. Stark’s help. So please, Miss Potts, I need to see him as soon as possible." I could tell that she was contemplating her options. She had two. Let something horrible happen to Peter Parker, or disobey protocol and safety measures and smuggle me in. Finally she had made her choice.
“Come in three hours here at the Avengers tower and wait for Mr. Stark in the lobby. I’ll see what I can do. Do not be late.” And with that the line went dead.
Exactly three hours later, I was standing by the door of Mr. Stark’s office, leaning on the wall. Suddenly the doors opened and a man in his early fifties waltzed out, dressed in a plain blue shirt with the Stark Industries logo on his chest and black jeans, adorned with black trainers on his feet. His hair was a tad bit ruffled and his brown eyes looked tired as if he hadn’t slept in days. He turned to look at me, who was leaning on the wall beside the door frame to his office, and his eyes immediately sparkled.
“Follow me,” he said.I complied and followed him through the countless hallways of the tower. Taking the lift to one of the top floors, we stepped out into a spacious room, filled with all different kinds of machinery and equipment. I did a 360 degree turn and noticed all the mess in the lab and all the suits, both robotic and basic, littering the desks and walls, even floor.Some were black with either blue or purple details, respectively. Others were red and yellow Iron Man suits along with black and silver War Machine suits, and there were also some suits with metallic wings and with metallic headpieces. The one that actually hurt me the most, though, was a red, blue and white suit, tucked nicely in a metal box with a round shield and helmet of the same colours lying on top of it. Ripping my eyes away from it I looked over to Tony, only to see him staring intently back at me, nursing a glass of whiskey in his right hand.
“So what did you want to talk about so urgently?” He asked quietly, as if he feared the answer that he would receive. And he was right to do so.
“Do you believe in time-travel Mr. Stark?” He just stood there, staring dumbly at me.
“I’ve seen aliens fall from the skies, I’ve seen a man turn into a ten foot tall, green, rage-filled monstrosity, a whole country destroyed in the matter of minutes and men who should’ve been dead, reemerge from blocks of ice." He set his ember filled glass on the table near him. "I’ve seen the woman I love, fall to her death and then appear alive and well. I’ve seen demigods and rips and holes in the matter of space and time itself," his brown eyes flickered to my form standing beside one of his suits, "so why not?” My heart ached for this man. He had seen so much and went through so much, yet he still stands tall and strong.
“Well then, Mr. Stark, we will become good friends in the near future anyway, so I might as well tell you the truth now. Well, part of it anyway.” He looked so broken, so torn, as if he wanted to know and to stay ignorant of the future at the same time. It almost made me not want to tell him. “You might want to sit down for this one Tony. Can I call you Tony? I’ll call you Tony.”
“This is about Peter, isn’t it? What have you seen, what happens to him? Answer me!” His voice raised and his eyes were turning wild, but I stood my ground nonetheless. “Answer me!” His arm accidentally pushed the whiskey glass off the table and it shattered on the cold tile floor.
“Tony, calm down, okay? This isn’t just about Peter, it’s about all of you. I can’t tell you of what’s to be, but I can tell you that something big is coming your way. Something much, much bigger than anything you’ve ever seen or faced before. And because I can’t tamper with time myself, I need you to do it. So will you, please, please, save the world once again?” Halfway through my speech Tony had sat down, his hands holding his head. “Ready?”All he did was nod, looking down at the shattered glass.
“What's your name anyway?” His eyes looked up at me and I slightly froze, but brushed it off.
“That is not of importance right now. Recording?” I asked looking around, waiting for the reply of the male A.I. Instead I heard a female voice respond.
“Yes Miss. Please begin.”
“Good.” Stealing a glance towards the Captain’s suit, I exhaled a long sigh and closed my eyes. “Most importantly, modifications to the Spiderman suit. Check the air ventilation and the levels of oxygen in his suit. Disarm the instant kill mode and in three months on the 29th of September, under no circumstances are you to let him on the school trip to Washington DC, do you understand?” He was pacing through the lab, occasionally stealing glances towards me. "Do you understand?"
“Yes, next?”
“Next, you must strengthen the wings of the Falcon suit and connect them well to the body. Create small transformable blades that will help Scarlett Witch fight, if in any case, her powers decide to go…wonky.” At that his eyes locked on mine and I had to look away from the sheer intensity they held. “And add wireless and limitless coms controlled by either your suit or myself, so that there are two bases. If one breaks, the other will still work. And lastly.” Tony turned to me and once he saw me staring at his suit, he walked over to me.“Something happens to me doesn’t it?” His voice snapped me out of my trance and I side glanced at him.“No, but you will need to keep close watch on your suit. And double check it. Always.”
“Why?”
“Promise me.”
“Okay, but why? Does it kill me or something?” He asked taking a sip from a new glass of whiskey and walked over to the big windows, covering the entire wall.
“I can’t disclose that information Tony. Something does happen, but I can’t tell you what, when or to who.” I joined him by the windows, looking over the busy New York streets. “I have to go now, but I promise I will be back, okay?”He was quiet for a few minutes, deep in thought, before he fully turned to look at me and nodded.
“Okay. But be back soon. And be careful, don’t want you dying before the big battle has even started.” He laughed dryly.I smiled and walked out of the lab, leaving the broken man to nurse his almost empty glass whiskey while looking out of the window, not noticing the blond haired man, from across the street, staring at him.















