Chapter 31: Epilogue

"Viktor…Viktor where are you!?" Laura shouted as she walked into the front room of her boyfriend's house. Viktor had seen it fit to give her, her own set of keys so that she could visit whenever she wanted. But right now she just had to find him.

"Up here Laura!" Viktor shouted from the room he was in. Laura smiled and ran quickly up the stairs and into the room that Viktor was sat in. Laura expected to find him flicking through a newspaper or reading a book in his bedroom but she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the contents of the room she found herself in.

The room was large and circular in nature and rightly so as the walls were adorned with many different artefacts and art pieces, weapons and armour sets and some things that she couldn't even identify they looked so old. Her eyes were so drawn to the items around the room that she glanced over Viktor sat on one of the steps with Zemo's sword in his lap.

"You like the place I assume?" Viktor asked with a smile, Laura's gaze immediately stopped and she looked at Viktor with an embarrassed blush.

"Sorry…it is just…..wow" Laura said in awe of the objects around the room making Viktor chuckle.

"What are you doing anyway?" Laura asked as she wondered what Viktor was doing with Zemo's sword.

"Ole Zemo had this sword forged in Adamantium, if I have learned one thing from seeing you and Logan fight, and using my gauntlets, it is that an Adamantium blade can come in handy. So I am modifying this baby to suit my style" Viktor said

Laura did notice that he had few sword parts around him and had already changed the handle to the style of a medieval broadsword, which wasn't a surprise as Laura had found that Viktor adored his heritage as an English warrior.

"Are you okay?" Laura asked out of nowhere

"I'm….sorry Laura?"

"After the whole 'dimensional portal' thing?"

"Well….I'm fine…nothing out of the ordinary" Viktor smiled relieving Laura until he continued his sentence

"Well…apart from a weird buzzing I get every once in a while, but that's nothing" Viktor said

"A…buzzing?"

"Yeah, like the sound of static going on in my head, it goes for about 5 seconds before it stops. I don't know, maybe I overdid it and need a bit of rest" Viktor said as he put on a new grip for the sword.

"I don't know Vik….maybe you should have that looked at" Laura said as she sat beside Viktor

"I told you Laura, its fine" Viktor said and Laura gave him a concerned look

"Alright, alright, I'll get Reed or Hank to take a look at it, ok?" Viktor said earning a smile from Laura.

"I just need to finish this baby, and maybe a nice sheath would do some good" Viktor said as he polished the blade, his girlfriend smiled widely as she leaned on his shoulder affectionately.

"I really don't see the point in doing this babe" Peter said nervously

"Why not? I'm having fun, Jess and Logan will have fun" Carol replied with a smile

"I don't see me having fun" Peter said

"Kick his arse Carol!" Jess called from the side

"Whoop his skinny schoolboy ass!" Logan shouted gruffly from the side as well

"Hey isn't anyone on my side?!" Peter said

"GET ON WITH IT!" Jess shouted with a chuckle in her voice as she clapped her hands

"THE CROWD DEMANDS IT LOVER BOY!" Logan shouted as well cupping his hands to his face as he did, the smirk threatening to crack his face

"You heard em Baby, better give em what they want" Carol said before she dashed at Peter and threw her fist in his direction, the arachnid barely managed to avoid getting slugged and did his bes to avoid getting his ass kicked.

Who the hell suggested a boxing match between him and Carol?

His girlfriend by any means was not a pushover and was more than capable of whooping his ass if needed. Carol was stronger than him by a mile, faster if given the room and had way better training than what he could ask for, the only thing that gave him the ability to dodge was his arachnid like reflexes. But there was one factor that could give him a chance in a straight up fight between them, and that was their feelings for one another.

Over their time together, Carol and Peter had become closer than they had ever been. A few short months ago Peter would have never thought to find himself in this position, being the lover of probably one of the top five most powerful women on the face of the planet. It was something he never thought he would be when he first became Spider man, but now that he was, he felt like the happiest man on the face of the earth.

Carol could say the same in these matters as Peter was like no man she had met before. Any men she tried going out with before where either pigs who would ogle at her all the while or stiffs who didn't really give a dam, sure there were exceptions as not every man in her life was like that, men like Steve and Logan would always be her close friends but they weren't exactly the types of men she wanted to settle down with. Peter was everything she wanted in a man; he was kind, caring, considerate and always thought about others before himself. A long time ago Carol thought men like Peter didn't exist and had given up any hope of ever meeting the right man, then Peter came into her life and turned everything around. Everything that ad happened to her in the past, her memory loss, her father, her rape at the hands of Marcus, no matter what troubled or haunted her, Peter would be there for her and she hoped that would never change.

"A respected super hero...reduced to a human punching bag" Peter said as he dodged his beloved's strikes.

"I SAY IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT FROM BIENG A SMARTASS!" Logan shouted with a chuckle. Peter dodged a particularly powerful punch from Carol but she immediately had him in a corner and grappled with him closely

"Don't listen to him Babe, I like a man who can take a hit" Carol joked with a seductive tone

"Should we leave you two lovebirds alone for a few minutes?" Jess joked

"Make it an hour" Carol replied seriously

"…..are….are you serious?" Logan asked

"Dam straight I am" Carol replied keeping her eyes fixed on Peter

Jess and Logan then looked at the two wide eyed and looked at each other before slowly turning and walking out of the room. As soon as they shut the door behind them, Carol pressed her lips to Peter's in a fit of passion and love, pretty much devouring his tongue in the process. Peter relaxed into the kiss and enjoyed the feeling of his lover's lips against him, he wrapped his arms around Carol as she wrapped her's around the back of his neck. When Carol and Peter broke their kiss, Carol called out to the Avenger's AI JARVIS.

"JARVIS….would you mind locking up the room for about an hour?" Carol panted as she gazed deeply into Peter's eyes

"Of course ma'am" JARVIS replied

"An hour? You think we can do that?" Peter asked

"Hell, I say an hour is too short" Carol said as she locked lips with Peter again, hoping to enjoy the rest of their evening in each other's company.

Ok everyone, this scene I would show as an after credits scene, all Thanos style you know? Enjoy.

Location – Unknown, Time – Unknown

The surroundings were blackened around the room, a few small lights via consoles were the only light sources available and did little to illuminate the room. What the lights did manage to show was the outline of the room. The room was not by any means empty and was filled with occupants, but the lack of any real light sources made it hard to see them.

In the centre of the room was a chair and sitting in that chair was a large framed man, the lack of light made it nearly impossible for human eyes to see what he looked like, but what could be seen was the fact that his position in the chair marked him as being in charge.

"My lord…you may want to take a look at this" one of the men at the consoles said to the figure in the chair

"What is it?" the large man asked nonchalantly, not moving an inch from his seat.

"We are picking up….strange energy readings"

"….define 'strange'"

"….I'm sorry my lord…..but…..there isn't any other explanation" the man, making the larger man break his relaxed pose

"It's him…we found him"

The large man in his chair then leaned forward and the little light that was available illuminated the mask he was wearing, a very intricate mask that was decorated with many different runic patterns. The mask area around the eyes then retracted with a metallic clank and showed the man's eyes.

His glowing red eyes.

The man then smiled behind the area of his mask covering his mouth, and gave very deep and guttural chuckle as he rose from his seat and walked over to the front area of the room and looked out the window and gazed deeply into a sight that would drive most people mad.

A crack, a white glowing crack in pure space.

"It begins" he uttered quietly.

Now everybody I hope that teaser is enough for you guys, and trust me I will try everything in my power to make sure the sequal is just as good as this story has been.

I thank you everyone for reading 'The Marvel Alliance' and I hope you guys will enjoy the sequal even more.

This is Dakkaman777 saying thanks for reading 'The Marvel Alliance' and I will see you again in 'The Flames of War'.

See you guys then and let me know what you think