"Meet me at the Cortex, we've got a really big problem."
"Oh really? Is it the kind of problem that's going to explain why the very nice coffee girl in front of me just disintegrated into nothing." All Cisco wanted was his regular cup of coffee, and maybe to do a little harmless flirting. Now he's looking at a pile of dust, he doesn't have his coffee, and he's trying very hard not to freak out right now.
"Oh, you're at Jitters. I'll be right there."
Cisco barely gets a chance to respond before he's caught up in the speed force, and Barry is running, and it's way farther than if they were just going to the Cortex, but he doesn't have time to ask before Barry skids to a stop and they're somewhere completely different and way more advanced than anything he's ever seen.
"Where ..."
"You're in Wakanda."
"You're Princess Shuri." The words fall out of his mouth before he can think of anything else, and he's immediately in fanboy mode, a wide grin splitting across his face. "Dude, your tech is amazing, like beyond anything. There are so many things I want to ask you about ... " His voice trails off when his eyes go past her to the table behind her and sees the last thing he ever thought he would see. " ... That's Vision? What the hell happened to Vision?"
It's not that he and Vision were friends exactly. It's hard to be friends with someone who doesn't fully understand the concept of "friend." But they hung out when Barry and Caitlin were helping Wanda with her meta abilities, and the guy was a pretty cool dude. And now he's dead.
"Thanos ripped the Infinity Stone out of his head." Cisco's eyes then turn to Captain America, standing off to he side looking like he's had the fight kicked out of him, and it's then that Cisco starts to panic a little.
"Okay, what the hell is happening?"
And that's when it all comes out. Thanos, the Infinity Stones, his plan for the universe. It all tumbles out of them in bits and pieces, but he manages to weave things together enough to get the full narrative. When they're all done, he takes it all in, and steps up, just like any hero would. They've got to fix the world. He'll do what he has to do.
"What do you need from me?"
"We need you to find Tony Stark." Bruce Banner comes from the side. "He got caught on one of Thanos' ships when it was leaving orbit. If he's still alive, we need to find him and get him home so that we can come up with a plan to fix this. Barry says you have some kind of locator power?"
"Yeah, I vibe." The word gets confused looks from some of the older Avengers and a curious look from Shuri.
"Vibe? What the hell is a vibe?"
Cisco turns on his heel at a rough voice he doesn't recognize, and his eyes suddenly widen in surprise.
"That is a talking raccoon."
"Cisco, focus." Barry's hand is on his shoulder and he turns Cisco towards the spot where a piece of armor that looked similar to Iron Man's but much larger was sitting on a table. "You can ask Rocket questions later."
"Rocket. It's a talking raccoon named Rocket." He makes his way closer, putting on his visor as he moves to place his hands on the piece of armor. "The universe continues to be a crazy, crazy place." All it takes is a moment of concentration before he's rocketing far, far away from Earth. Eventually the vision clears, and he sees Tony Stark, sitting on a desolate piece of Earth and looking Not Great.
"Got him. He's alive. He's hanging out with some blue robotic lady."
"That's Nebula. You should probably bring her back too." Rocket mutters as he makes his way past Cisco to continue cleaning his gun. "She's gonna want a piece of this action."
"Got it." Cisco's never vibed off planet before, but if he's managed to vibe between universes, then this shouldn't be that hard right. God he hopes he doesn't die in the vacuum of space. But this is for Tony Stark. He can save Tony Stark. He takes a deep breath, opens a breach and he jumps.
Stumbling out onto the rust colored surface of the planet he glances around for a moment, before he spots the two people in question. He leaves the breach open behind him and shouts. "Hey! Anybody looking for a ride back to Earth?"
Tony's head snaps around, eyes wide with surprise, before he appraises Cisco like he doesn't know if he should trust him. "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm Cisco Ramon, I'm here to rescue you."
Tony blinks again before he rolls his yes. "Did you seriously just Luke Skywalker me right now?"
"What is a Luke Skywalker?" The mean robot lady asks and Cisco rolls his eyes in return.
"Don't judge me for having style, man. Captain America sent me. He wants me to bring you home." He nods back to Nebula standing behind him. "You too, Lady Blue. There's a talking raccoon who's looking for you."
"Rocket survived?" And with that Nebula is marching past them both, heading towards the portal that Cisco was holding open. She didn't seem to care about whether or not this was a trap, probably because she'd kill him the second she found out. He lets her head through, before looking back to Tony.
"I can only hold this open for so long, man. What do you say we find this Thanos guy and fix the world?"
Tony glances back over his shoulder for a moment as he makes his way closer. "What if we can't?"
"Who are we if we don't at least try." He cracks a grin. "Awesome demigoddess said that to me once. You should listen to her, she's kinda scary."
5/14/18 | stop, drop, write challenge | 1,029 words | SPOILERS FOR INFINITY WARS
"Meet me at the Cortex, we've got a really big problem."
"Oh really? Is it the kind of problem that's going to explain why the very nice coffee girl in front of me just disintegrated into nothing." All Cisco wanted was his regular cup of coffee, and maybe to do a little harmless flirting. Now he's looking at a pile of dust, he doesn't have his coffee, and he's trying very hard not to freak out right now.
"Oh, you're at Jitters. I'll be right there."
Cisco barely gets a chance to respond before he's caught up in the speed force, and Barry is running, and it's way farther than if they were just going to the Cortex, but he doesn't have time to ask before Barry skids to a stop and they're somewhere completely different and way more advanced than anything he's ever seen.
"Where ..."
"You're in Wakanda."
"You're Princess Shuri." The words fall out of his mouth before he can think of anything else, and he's immediately in fanboy mode, a wide grin splitting across his face. "Dude, your tech is amazing, like beyond anything. There are so many things I want to ask you about ... " His voice trails off when his eyes go past her to the table behind her and sees the last thing he ever thought he would see. " ... That's Vision? What the hell happened to Vision?"
It's not that he and Vision were friends exactly. It's hard to be friends with someone who doesn't fully understand the concept of "friend." But they hung out when Barry and Caitlin were helping Wanda with her meta abilities, and the guy was a pretty cool dude. And now he's dead.
"Thanos ripped the Infinity Stone out of his head." Cisco's eyes then turn to Captain America, standing off to he side looking like he's had the fight kicked out of him, and it's then that Cisco starts to panic a little.
"Okay, what the hell is happening?"
And that's when it all comes out. Thanos, the Infinity Stones, his plan for the universe. It all tumbles out of them in bits and pieces, but he manages to weave things together enough to get the full narrative. When they're all done, he takes it all in, and steps up, just like any hero would. They've got to fix the world. He'll do what he has to do.
"What do you need from me?"
"We need you to find Tony Stark." Bruce Banner comes from the side. "He got caught on one of Thanos' ships when it was leaving orbit. If he's still alive, we need to find him and get him home so that we can come up with a plan to fix this. Barry says you have some kind of locator power?"
"Yeah, I vibe." The word gets confused looks from some of the older Avengers and a curious look from Shuri.
"Vibe? What the hell is a vibe?"
Cisco turns on his heel at a rough voice he doesn't recognize, and his eyes suddenly widen in surprise.
"That is a talking raccoon."
"Cisco, focus." Barry's hand is on his shoulder and he turns Cisco towards the spot where a piece of armor that looked similar to Iron Man's but much larger was sitting on a table. "You can ask Rocket questions later."
"Rocket. It's a talking raccoon named Rocket." He makes his way closer, putting on his visor as he moves to place his hands on the piece of armor. "The universe continues to be a crazy, crazy place." All it takes is a moment of concentration before he's rocketing far, far away from Earth. Eventually the vision clears, and he sees Tony Stark, sitting on a desolate piece of Earth and looking Not Great.
"Got him. He's alive. He's hanging out with some blue robotic lady."
"That's Nebula. You should probably bring her back too." Rocket mutters as he makes his way past Cisco to continue cleaning his gun. "She's gonna want a piece of this action."
"Got it." Cisco's never vibed off planet before, but if he's managed to vibe between universes, then this shouldn't be that hard right. God he hopes he doesn't die in the vacuum of space. But this is for Tony Stark. He can save Tony Stark. He takes a deep breath, opens a breach and he jumps.
Stumbling out onto the rust colored surface of the planet he glances around for a moment, before he spots the two people in question. He leaves the breach open behind him and shouts. "Hey! Anybody looking for a ride back to Earth?"
Tony's head snaps around, eyes wide with surprise, before he appraises Cisco like he doesn't know if he should trust him. "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm Cisco Ramon, I'm here to rescue you."
Tony blinks again before he rolls his yes. "Did you seriously just Luke Skywalker me right now?"
"What is a Luke Skywalker?" The mean robot lady asks and Cisco rolls his eyes in return.
"Don't judge me for having style, man. Captain America sent me. He wants me to bring you home." He nods back to Nebula standing behind him. "You too, Lady Blue. There's a talking raccoon who's looking for you."
"Rocket survived?" And with that Nebula is marching past them both, heading towards the portal that Cisco was holding open. She didn't seem to care about whether or not this was a trap, probably because she'd kill him the second she found out. He lets her head through, before looking back to Tony.
"I can only hold this open for so long, man. What do you say we find this Thanos guy and fix the world?"
Tony glances back over his shoulder for a moment as he makes his way closer. "What if we can't?"
"Who are we if we don't at least try." He cracks a grin. "Awesome demigoddess said that to me once. You should listen to her, she's kinda scary."
"Think you can recruit her to fix the world."
"Oh, I think it would be her pleasure."