Silently, Nick watched the countdown continue, ignoring the pain of his shoulder and the fear in his heart as he just stared. His attention was wrested from the screen at the sound of a new message crackling in his ear. Fury could barely make out a single word, it all sounded like gibberish. Glancing back up he noticed that the countdown had stopped, just stopped, at 1:02. What the fuck did that mean? Had it been stopped? Had the countdown been wrong and it reached impact sooner? Nick then shifted his gaze to Tony to see if he looked as baffled as Nick felt.
Another message came through then, clearer this time. With the delay it was sent maybe two minutes before. Nick stood frozen as the words sank in- Saved and Scarlet Witch- and then suddenly he was laughing, laughing until tears rolled from his good eye.
"That crazy bitch!" he gasped and then reached out to ruffle Tony's hair in a rough show of affection. "And you, you beautiful motherfucker!" They'd done it, well Tony had done it. He'd started it and Wanda had finished it- and fuck he would forgive that bitch just about anything right now- and Nick got to come along for a helluva ride.