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Day #28: Full Circle
Mar. 28th, 2020 12:37 amQuote:
"The wheel is come full circle: I am here."
~William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, Scene 3
Fandom: MCU
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Full Circle
Steve looked at the spirit. He was Johann Schmidt, Red Skull.
“So it sent you here?” he asked it.
Schmidt’s voice had not changed. The floating apparition glided over the ground. “And here you are, too. You have come to bring the Soul Stone back, have you not?”
Steve nodded. “Is she here?”
“She is dead, as I told her and her companion when they came for the stone.”
“How do I return it?” Steve took it out of the case. It was the last stone left.
Red Skull pointed down, off the cliff, the one that Natasha had jumped from. Steve knew it was a long way and he knew he might die, but he had to return it. He took the stone out and held it in his hand. He jumped. It seemed forever but he finally landed. There were no bodies. She was not here.
He held his hand open.
He was in a red tinted world and there she was. Her hair was just off her shoulders and red all over, just as she had looked when he met her.
“Did you save everyone?” she asked.
“Not Tony. He gave his life to snap Thanos out of existence. But all the others are back.”
“I am sorry I had to leave you.”
He smiled at her.
“I love you, Natasha. I always will.”
“I know,” she said. “Go back to her.”
“Her?”
“Yes, it’s your chance to have what you always wanted.”
“I wanted you.”
“We had our time and I loved you so. Go to her, my love.”
And he knew. She meant Peggy. He had the means to do it. He’d read every file that he could find about Peggy Carter and he knew quite a lot about her life. He could go back to her.
It was Natasha’s final gift to him.
She put her arms around him. “Have a wonderful life, my Lyubimiy.”
And he woke in the water.
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A year later, Natalie Stevens was born to Peggy Carter and her new husband.
"The wheel is come full circle: I am here."
~William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, Scene 3
Fandom: MCU
*
Full Circle
Steve looked at the spirit. He was Johann Schmidt, Red Skull.
“So it sent you here?” he asked it.
Schmidt’s voice had not changed. The floating apparition glided over the ground. “And here you are, too. You have come to bring the Soul Stone back, have you not?”
Steve nodded. “Is she here?”
“She is dead, as I told her and her companion when they came for the stone.”
“How do I return it?” Steve took it out of the case. It was the last stone left.
Red Skull pointed down, off the cliff, the one that Natasha had jumped from. Steve knew it was a long way and he knew he might die, but he had to return it. He took the stone out and held it in his hand. He jumped. It seemed forever but he finally landed. There were no bodies. She was not here.
He held his hand open.
He was in a red tinted world and there she was. Her hair was just off her shoulders and red all over, just as she had looked when he met her.
“Did you save everyone?” she asked.
“Not Tony. He gave his life to snap Thanos out of existence. But all the others are back.”
“I am sorry I had to leave you.”
He smiled at her.
“I love you, Natasha. I always will.”
“I know,” she said. “Go back to her.”
“Her?”
“Yes, it’s your chance to have what you always wanted.”
“I wanted you.”
“We had our time and I loved you so. Go to her, my love.”
And he knew. She meant Peggy. He had the means to do it. He’d read every file that he could find about Peggy Carter and he knew quite a lot about her life. He could go back to her.
It was Natasha’s final gift to him.
She put her arms around him. “Have a wonderful life, my Lyubimiy.”
And he woke in the water.
*
A year later, Natalie Stevens was born to Peggy Carter and her new husband.