WarMachine Saga

15 days after the decemation

Me, Tony and the blue chick from Titan, found out her name was Nebula, where on her friends ship on our way back to Earth. It’s been a long journey, it hasn't been easy either, the ship keeps falling apart around us and we have to keep fixing it. But right now things are ok. Me and Nebula are playing a game of paper football, Tony’s keeping score. I flick the paper at her and she catches it and gets in a fighting stance.

“You don't need to do that. Because you're just holding position” I said. She flicked it back at me and missis. “That was close” I said. She tried again. “That's a goal. We're now one apiece” I continued.

“I would like to try again” said Nebula. I flicked it at her and made a goal. She tried and scored.

“We tied up. Feel the tension? It's fun” I said. I flicked it at her and missid spectacularly “That was terrible. Now you have a chance to win” I said. She flicks it and scores. “And... you've won. Congratulations” I said as i held out my hand to her. “Fair game. Good sport” I said. “Have fun?” I asked.

“It was fun” said Nebula.

22 days after the decemation

“This thing on?” Tony asked after he turned on the recorder in his helmet. “Hey, Miss Potts... Pep. If you find this recording, don't post it on social media. It's gonna be a real tear-jerker. I don't know if you're ever going to see these. I don't even know if you're... if you're still... Oh god, I hope so. Today is day 21, no 22. You know, if it wasn't for the existential terror of staring into a void of space, I'd say I'm feeling better today. The infection's run its course, Thanks to the blue meanie back there, Nebula. You'd love her. Very practical. Only a tiny bit sadistic. Some fuel cells were cracked during battle, but we figured out a way to reverse the ion charge to buy ourselves about 48 hours of time. But it's now dead in the water. We're 1000 light years from the nearest 7-11. Oxygen will run out tomorrow. And that'll be it. And Pep, I ... I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one. But it looks like... well you know what it looks like. Don't feel bad about this. I mean, if you grovel for a couple of weeks, and then move on with enormous guilt. I should probably lie down. Please know that... when I drift off, I will think about you. Because it's always you” said Tony as he turned of the recording. He laid down and I put him in the chair next to Dash. Not long after a bright light approaches the ship, waking up the two terrans. It reveals itself to be a person.

Hours later

Carol lands carrying a ship. The ramp opens and Nebula helps Tony down it me and Cap run over to her. Cap takes Tony.

“Couldn't stop him” said Tony.

“Neither could I” said Cap.

“I lost three of the kids” said Tony.

“Tony, we lost” Cap tries to say, but can't seem to finish.

“Is…” Tony tries to ask about Pepper, but he struggles.

“My God! my God!” said Pepper as she runs up to Tony. They embrace.

“It's okay” said Tony.

“Tony” I said. “Dashie?” I asked.

“She’s on the ship” He said barely audible as he walked away with the assistance of Pepper and Cap. I ran onto the ship.

“Dashie!” I yelled once I was on the ship.

“Over here” I barely heard. I ran to the voice. When i got to her i hugged her close and kissed her.

“I'm so glad your ok!” I said after I broke the kiss. I picked her up bridal style and carried her to the base.

The next morning

“It's been 23 days since Thanos came to Earth” said Rhodey.

“World governments are in pieces. The parts that are still working are trying to take a census. And it looks like he did... exactly what he said he was gonna do. Thanos wiped out fifty percent, of all living creatures” said Nat.

“Where is he now?” Asked Dashie, already back on her feet thanks to her speed healing. “Where?” She asked again.

“We don't know” said AJ.

“He just opened a portal and walked through” said Cap.

“What's wrong with him?” Tony asked from his wheelchair. Talking about Thor and how depressed he looks.

“He's pissed. He thinks he failed. Which of course he did, but you know there's a lot of that going around, ain't there?” Asked Rocket.

“Honestly, until this exact second, I thought you were a Build-A-Bear” said Dashie.

“Maybe I am” said Rocket.

“We've been hunting Thanos for three weeks now. Deep Space scans, and satellites, and we got nothing” said Sunset.

“Tony, you fought him” said Cap.

“Who told you that?” Asked Dashie.

“I didn't fight him. No, he wiped my face with a planet while the Bleecker Street Magician gave away the store. That's what happened. There was no fight” said Tony.

“Okay” said Cap.

“He's unbeatable” said Tony.

“Did he give you any clues, any coordinates, anything?” Asked AJ.

“I saw this coming a few years back. I had a vision. I didn't wanna believe it. Thought I was dreaming” said Tony.

“Tony, I'm gonna need you to focus” said Cap.

“And I needed you. As in past tense. That trumps what you need. It's too late buddy. Sorry. You know what I need?” Tony asks as he stands up. “I need to shave. And I believe I remember telling all of you” he tried to say as he walked towards Cap, but he gets cut off by Rhodey when he blocks him, trying to get him to sit down.

“Tony!” Said Rhodey.

“Alive and otherwise” continued Tony. “What we needed was a suit of armor around the world! Remember that? Whether it impacted our precious freedoms or not, that's what we needed!” He yelled.

“Well, that didn't work out, did it?” Asked Cap.

“I said, ‘we'd lose’. You said, ‘We'll do that together too.’ And guess what, Cap? We lost. And you weren't there. But that's what we do, right? Our best work after the fact? We're the Avengers, we're the Avengers. Not the Prevengers” he rammbled.

“Okay” said Sunset.

“Right?” Asked Tony.

“You made your point. Just sit down” said Rhodey.

“Okay…” said Tony.

“Okay?” Asked Rhodey.

“Here's my point. You know what?” Asked Tony.

“Tony, you're sick” I said.

“Sit down. Sit” said Rhodey. Tony forced his way past and got in Cap’s face.

“I got nothing for you, Cap! I got no coordinates, no clues, no strategies, no options. Zero. Zip. Nada. No trust. Liar” said Tony. He rips off his nano tech ark reactor and puts it in Cap’s hands. “Here, take this. You find him, and you put that on. You hide” he said. he falls to the ground. Steve is by his side and everyone is starting to gather

“Tony!” Said Cap.

“I'm fine. I…” Tony starts to say before he falls over unconscious. Dashie’s the first one to start helping him up.

10 minutes later

“Bruce gave him a sedative. He's gonna probably be out for the rest of the day” I said.

“You guys take care of him. And I'll bring him a Xorrian Elixir when I come back” said Carol as she walks off.

“Where are you going?” Asked Nat.

“To kill Thanos” said Carol. Me and Nat follow her.

“Hey, you know, we usually work as a team here, and between you and I, morale's a little fragile” said Nat.

“We realize up there is more your territory, but this is our fight too” I said. “You even know where he is?” I asked.

“I know people who might” said Carol.

“Don't bother. I can tell you where Thanos is” said Nebula from a few feet away. We go to the meeting room with everyone but Tony and Pepper. “Thanos spent a long time trying to perfect me. And when he worked, he talked about his great plan. Even disassembled, I wanted to please him. I'd ask ‘where would we go once his plan was complete?’. His answer was always the same: ‘To the Garden.’” She told everyone.

“That's cute, Thanos has a retirement plan” said Sunset.

“So where is he?” Asked AJ.

“When Thanos snapped his fingers, Earth became ground zero for a power surge of ridiculously cosmic proportions. No one's ever seen anything like it... Until two days ago” said Rocket. A hologram of a planet pops up, with a shockwave visibly traversing the surface. “On this planet” he continued.

“Thanos is there” I said.

“He used the stones again” said Nat.

“Hey. We'd be going in short-handed, you know” said Bruce.

“Look, he's still got the stones, so…” said Sunset.

“So let's get him... Use them to bring everyone back” said Dashie.

“Just like that?” Asked Rhodey.

“Just like that” said Cap.

“Even if there's a small chance that we can undo this... I mean we owe it to everyone who's not in this room to try” said Nat.

“If we do this, how do we know it's gonna end any differently than it did before?” Asked Bruce.

“Because before, you didn't have me” said Carol.

“Hey, new girl, everyone here is about that superhero life” I said.

“And if you don't mind my asking, where the hell have you been all this time?” Asked Rhodey.

“There are a lot of other planets in the universe. And unfortunately, they didn't have you guys” said Carol. Thor, who has been eating a snack all this time, stands up and walks over to Carol. She looks at him. He holds his hand up, and catches Stormbreaker as it flies over to him, missing Carol by inches. But Carol doesn't even flinch, instead smiling at the God of Thunder.

“I like this one” said Thor.

“Let's go get this son of a bitch” I said. We all got on the benatar.

“Okay, who here hasn't been to space?” I asked. Nat, Cap, Rhodey, Sunset and AJ raise their hands.

“Why?” Asked Sunset.

“You better not throw up on my ship” said Rocket.

“Approaching jump in 3... 2... 1!” Said Nebula. The ship jumps forward into a wormhole, The ship slows down, and hovers in orbit of the planet seen in the hologram. Carol gets out of the ship and hovers in front of the Benatar.

“I'll head down for recon” said Carol.

“This is gonna work, Steve”said Nat.

“I know it will” said Cap. “Cause I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't” he continued. Carol Danvers approaches the Benatar.

“No satellites, no ships, no armies, no ground defenses of any kind. It's just him” said Carol.

“And that's enough” said Nebula.

Me, Cap and Nat walk in after everyone has subdued Thanos and Thor has cut off his gauntlet hand. Rocket turns the hand over and the stones are gone.

“No” said Rocket.

“Where are they?” I asked.

“Answer the question!” Said AJ.

“The universe required correction. After that, the stones served no purpose, beyond temptation” said Thanos.

“You murdered trillions!” Said Bruse as he forced Thanos’s back onto the ground.

“You should be grateful” said Thanos.

“Where are the Stones?” Asked Sunset.

“Gone. Reduced to atoms” said Thanos.

“You used them two days ago!” I yelled.

“I used the stones to destroy the stones. It nearly killed me. But the work is done. It always will be. I am... inevitable” said Thanos.

“We have to tear this place apart, he has to be lying” said Rhodey.

“My father is many things. A liar is not one of them” said Nebula.

“Thank you, daughter. Perhaps I treated you too harshly” said Thanos. Thor lifts stormbreaker up and chops Thanos’s head off.

“What did you do?” asked Rocket.

“I went for the head” said Thor as he walked away.

5 years later

Me and Cap where we host our PTSD support meetings.

“So I... Went on a date the other day. It's the first time in five years, you know? I'm sitting there at dinner... I didn't even know what to talk about” said Joe.

“What did you talk about?” Asked Cap.

“Same old crap, you know? How things have changed, and... my job, his job... How much we miss the Mets. And then things get quiet... He cried as they were serving the salads” said Joe.

“What about you?” I asked.

“I cried... just before dessert. But I'm seeing him again tomorrow, so…” said Joe.

“That's great. You did the hardest part. You took the jump, you didn't know where you were gonna come down. And that's it. That's those little brave baby steps we gotta take. To try and become whole again, try and find purpose” I said.

“I went in the ice in '45 right after I met the love of my life. Woke up 70 years later. You gotta move on. Gotta to move on. The world is in our hands. It's left to us guys, and we got to do something with it. Otherwise... Thanos should have killed all of us” said Cap.

4 days earlier, San Francisco, self storage unit.

“What the hell?” I ask after I crash into a bunch of shit. “Hope?” I ask. I write ‘help!’ on a piece of cardboard and hold it up to a camera. Eventually i get let out by the security officer.

Hours later.

Im walking down an old street, all the houses are abandoned and there where shit tons of missing posters. A kid rides past me on his bicycle. “Hey kid!” I yelled. The kid stops his bike as he stares back at me.”What the hell happened here?” The kid still stares at me and is starting to cry, he wipes his tears and rides away.

Hours later

I arrive at a grave monument site called ‘the vanished’. “No. Please” I said as i started looking at all the names hoping i don't see cassie’s. “No” I said again. “No, Cassie, no” I said again. “Please... No, Cassie” I said yet again. Then i see something I didn't expect, my name on one of the tombstone pillars. “What?” I asked myself.

Hours later

Im running up to Maggie’s house. I start fiercely knocking on the door. A fifteen year old girl opens the door. She grabs my face and starts crying. I grab her face. “Cassie?” I asked.

“Dad?” Asked Cassie.

“You're so big!” I said as we hugged.

3 and a fourth days later.

“Yeah, we boarded that highly suspect warship Danvers pinged” said Rocket’s holo.

“It was an infectious garbage scowl” said Nebula’s holo.

“So, thanks for the hot tip” said Rocket.

“Well, you were closer” said Carol’s holo.

“And now we smell like garbage” said Rocket.

“You get a reading on those tremors?” I asked Okoye.

“It was a mild subduction under the African plate” said Okoye’s holo.

“Do we have a visual? How are we handling it?” Asked Nat, the only one physically in the room with me.

“Nat, it's an earthquake under the ocean. We handle it by not handling it” said Okoye.

“Carol, are we seeing you here next month?” I asked.

“Not likely” said Carol.

“What, you gonna get another haircut?” Asked Rocket.

“Listen fur-face, I'm covering a lot of territory. The things that are happening on Earth, are happening everywhere, on thousands of planets” said Carol.

“All right, that's a good point” said Rocket.

“So you might not see me for a long time” said Carol.

“Alright. Well. This channel is always active. So, if anything goes sideways... anyone's making trouble where they shouldn't... comes through us” said Nat.

“Kulungile” said Okoye.

“Okay” said Rocket.

“Alright” I said. Rocket, Nebula and Okoye turn off there holo’s

“Good luck” said Carol to Rhodey. She turns off her holo.

“Where are you?” Asked Nat.

“Mexico. The Federales found a room full of bodies. Looks like a bunch of cartel guys. Never even had the chance to get their guns off” said Rhodey’s holo.

“It's probably a rival gang” i said.

“Except it isn't. It's definitely Barton. What he's done here, what he's been doing for the last few years... I mean, the scene that he left... I gotta tell you, there's a part of me that doesn't even want to find him” said Rhodey.

“Will you find out where he's going next?” Asked Nat.

“Nat…” I said.

“Please” said Nat.

“Okay” said Rhodey. He turns off his holo. Cap and AJ walk into the room.

“You know I'd offer to cook you dinner but you seem pretty miserable already” said Cap.

“You here to do your laundry?” I asked.

“And to see a couple friends” said AJ.

“Clearly, your friends are fine” said Nat.

“You know we saw a pod of whales when we where coming up the bridge” said Cap.

“In the Hudson?” I asked.

“There's fewer ships, cleaner water” said AJ.

“You know, if you're about to tell me to look on the bright side. I'm about you to hit you in the head with a peanut butter sandwich” said Nat.

“Sorry. Force of habit” said AJ.

“You know, I keep telling everybody they should move on and... grow. Some do. But not us” said Cap.

“If I move on, who does this?” I asked.

“Maybe it doesn't need to be done” said AJ.

“I used to have nothing. And then I got this. This job... this family. And I was... I was better because of it. And even though... they're gone... I'm still trying to be better” said Nat.

“I think we all need to get a life” said Cap.

“You first” said Nat. A notification pops up and Nat presses play.

“Hi! Is anyone home? This is Scott Lang. We met a few years ago, at the airport? In Germany? I got really big, and I had my mask on. You wouldn't recognize me” said Scott on the screen.

“Is this an old message?” Asked Cap.

“It's the front gate” i said.

“Ant-Man? Ant-Man, I know you know that. I need to talk to you guys” said Scott on the screen.

5 minutes later.

“Scott. Are you okay?” Asked Cap.

“I'm fine” said Scott. “Have you ever studied Quantum Physics?” He asked.

“Only to make conversation” i said.

“Alright. So... five years ago, right before Thanos, I was in a place called the Quantum Realm. The Quantum Realm is like its own microscopic universe. To get in there, you have to be incredibly small. Hope, she's my... She was my... She was supposed to pull me out. And then Thanos happened, and I got stuck in there” said Scott.

“I'm sorry. That must've been a very long five years” said AJ.

“But that's just it. It wasn't. For me, it was five hours” said Scott. “See, the rules of the Quantum Realm aren't like they are up here. Everything is unpredictable. Is that anybody's sandwich? I'm starving” he said as he walked over to Nat’s sandwich and started eating it.

“Scott, what are you talking about?” Asked Cap.

“What I'm saying is, time works differently in the Quantum Realm. The only problem is right now, we don't have a way to navigate it. But what if we did? I can't stop thinking about it. What if, we could somehow control the chaos, and we could navigate it? What if there was a way to enter the Quantum Realm at a certain point in time but then exit at another point in time? Like... Like before Thanos” said Scott.

“Wait, are you talking about a time machine?” Asked AJ.

“No, of course not. No, not a time machine. It's more like a... Yeah, a time machine. I know it's crazy. But I can't stop thinking about it. There's gotta be some way... There's gotta be… some... it's crazy” said scott.

“Scott, I get e-mails from a raccoon, so nothing sounds crazy anymore” I said.

“So who do we talk to about this?” Asked Scott. Me, AJ, Cap and Nat share a knowing look on which family to go talk to.

Hours later

Me and Tony walk out of the cabin we built for Pepper and Dashie.

“Morgoona? Morgan H. Stark. You want some lunch?” Tony asked as his four year old came out of her small tent.

“Define lunch or be disintegrated” said Morgan as she came out of her tent with Peppers rescue armor helmet on.

“Okay, You should not be wearing that, okay? That is part of a special anniversary gift I'm making for Mom” said Tony ashe takes the helmet off.

“Okay” said Morgan.

“There you go. Are you thinking about lunch? I can give you a handful of crickets on a bed of lettuce” I said.

“No” said Morgan.

“That's what you want. How did you find this?” Asked Tony.

“Garage” said Morgan.

“Really? Were you looking for it?” I asked.

“No. I found it, though” said Morgan.

“You like going to the garage, huh? So does daddy. It's fine, actually. Your mom never wears anything I buy her” said Tony as he picked her up and we walked back towards the cabin. A car pulls up as were walking and Sunset, AJ, Cap, Nat and… Scott get out of it.

5 minutes later

“Now, we know what it sounds like…” said Scott.

“Thomas, after everything you've seen, is anything really impossible?” Asked AJ.

“Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck Scale, which then triggers the Deutsch Proposition” said Tony.

“Can we agree on that?” I asked. “In Layman's terms, it means you're not coming home” I said.

“I did” said Scott.

“No, you accidentally survived. It's a billion to one cosmic fluke. And now you wanna pull off a... What do you call it?” Asked Tony.

“A time heist?” said Scott.

“Time heist. Of course, why didn't we think of this before? Oh, because it's laughable? Because it's a pipedream?” said Tony.

“The Stones are in the past. We can go back and get them” said Cap.

“We can snap our own fingers. We can bring everyone back” said Nat.

“Or screw it up worse than he already has, right?” I asked.

“I don't believe we would” said Sunset.

“Gotta say, I miss that giddy optimism” I said. “However, high hopes won't help if there's no logical, tangible way for me to safely execute said time heist” I continued.

“I believe the most likely outcome would be our collective demise” said Tony.

“Not if we strictly follow the rules of time travel. That means no talking to our past selves, no betting on sporting events-” Scott tried to say before I cut him off.

“I'm gonna stop you right there, Scott. Are you seriously telling me that your plan to save the universe is based on Back To The Future?” I asked.

“No” said Scott.

“Good. You had me worried there. 'Cause that'd be horse shit” I said.

“That's not how quantum physics works” said Tony.

“Tony... We have to take a stand”said Nat.

“We did stand” I said.

“And yet, here we are” said Tony.

“I know you both got a lot on the line. You both got a wife” said Scott. “You got a daughter” he said to just Tony. “But I lost someone very important to me. A lot of people did. And now, now we have a chance to bring her back. To bring everyone back. And you're telling me that won't even…” He tried to say.

“That's right, Scott, I won't even” I said.

“I got a kid” said Tony. Morgan runs over and Tony picks her up.

“Mommy told me to come and save you” said Morgan

“Good job. I'm saved” said Tony.

“I wish you'd come here to ask me something else. Anything else. Honestly, I... I missed you guys, it was…” I tied to say but couldn't finish.

“And the table's set for all of us” said Tony.

“Tony, I get it. And I'm happy for you, I really am. But this is a second chance” said Cap.

“I got my second chance right here, Cap. I can't roll the dice again” said Tony as he went inside with Morgan.

“If you don't talk shop, you can stay for lunch” I said as I walked inside.

3 minutes later

Me, AJ, Cap, Nat and Scott have walked back over to the car.

“There scared” said Sunset.

“There not wrong” said AJ.

“But I mean, what are we gonna do? We need him. What, are we gonna stop?” Asked Scott.

“No, I wanna do it right. We're gonna need a really big brain” said Cap.

“Bigger than his?” Asked Scott pointing to Tony and Thomas’s cabin.

Hours later, dinner

“Come on, I feel like I'm the only one eating” said Bruce in hulks body. He pushes a plate of food towards me and Scott. “Try some of that. Have some eggs” he said.

“I'm so confused” said Scott.

“These are confusing times” said Bruce.

“Right. No, that's not what I meant” said Scott.

“No, I get it. I'm kidding! I know. It's crazy. I'm wearing shirts now” said Bruce.

“How? Why?” Asked Scott.

“Five years ago, we got our asses beaten. Except it was worse for me. Because I lost twice. First, Hulk lost, then Banner lost. Then, we all lost” said Bruce.

“No one blamed you, Bruce” said Nat.

“I did. For years, I've been treating the Hulk like he's some kind of disease, something to get rid of. But then I started looking at him as the cure. Eighteen months in a gamma lab. I put the brains and the brawn together. And now look at me. Best of both worlds” said Bruce.

“Bruce” said AJ.

“About what we were saying…” said Cap.

“Right. The whole time travel do-over? Guys, it's outside my area of expertise” said Bruce.

“Well, you pulled this off. I remember a time when that seemed pretty impossible too” said Nat.

Hours later, Tony and Thomas’s cabin.

I walked downstairs and saw Tony working on something.

“Look at a mod inspiration, let me see what check out. So, recommend one last sim before we pack it in for the night. This time, in the shape of a mobius strip, inverted, please” said Tony.

“Processing…” said Friday.

“Give me that eigenvalue. That, particle factoring, and a spectral decomp. That will take a second” said Tony. I realized what he was working on.

“Just a moment” said Friday. “Model rendered” she said.

“Shit!” Me and Tony said at the same time. He turns and notices me.

“Shit” said Morgan. We turn around.

“What are you doing up, little mess?” Asked Tony.

“Shit” Morgan said again.

“No, we don't say that” I said.

“Only Mommy says that word. She coined it, it belongs to her” said Tony.

“Why you up?” Asked Morgan.

“'Cause I got some important shit going on here. What do you think? No, I got something on my mind. I got something on my mind” said Tony.

“Was it Juice Pops?” Asked Morgan.

“Sure was. That's extortion. Great minds think alike. Juice Pops, exactly was on my mind” said Tony as he picked her up to get juice pops. They went upstairs afterwards.

10 minutes later.

Im on the couch with Pepper, who’s reading a book, and Dashie, who’s snuggled up to me. I'm completely focused on the successful time machine render. Tony walks back downstairs.

“Not that it's a competition, but she loves me 3000. You were somewhere on the low 6 to 900 range” he said to Pepper. “What are you reading?” He asked.

“It's just a book on composting” said Pepper.

“What's new with composting?” Asked Tony.

“Just-” Pepper tried to say.

“He figured it out, by the way” I said.

“You know, just so we're talking about the same thing-” Dashie tried to say from her place in my arms.

“Time travel” said Tony.

“What? Wow that's amazing!” Said Dashie as she sat up.

“And... terrifying” said Pepper.

“That's right” said Tony.

“We got really lucky” said Pepper.

“I know” said Tony.

“A lot of people didn't” I said.

“No, I can't help everybody” said Tony.

“It sort a seems like you can” said Dashie.

“Not if I stop. I can put a pin in it right now, and stop” said Tony.

“Tony, trying to get you to stop has been one of the few failures of my life” said Pepper.

“I feel like you should put it in a locked box and drop it at the bottom of a lake... go to bed” I said.

“But would any of you be able to rest?” Asked Pepper.

Hours later

“Okay, here we go. Time travel test number one. Scott, fire up the van thing” said Bruce.

“Breakers are set, emergency generators are on standby” said AJ.

“Good. 'Cause if we blow the grid, I don't wanna lose Tiny here in the 1950's” said Bruce.

“Excuse me?” Asked Scott.

“He's kidding” I said.

“You can't say things like that!” Nat whisper shouted at Bruce.

“Just... It was a bad joke” said Bruce.

“You were kidding, right?” I asked.

“I have no idea. We're talking about time travel here. Either it's all a joke, or none of it is” he whispered to us. “We're good! Get your helmet on, Scott. I'm gonna send you back a week, let you walk around for an hour, then bring you back in 10 seconds. Make sense?” said Bruce.

“Perfectly not confusing” said Scott.

“Good luck, Scott. You got this” said Cap.

“You're right. I do, Captain America” said Scott as Bruce sent him into the machine.

“On the count of three. 3... 2... 1!” Said Bruce as he brought Scott back.

“Guys? This...this doesn't feel right” said a teenager wareing Scott’s suit.

“What is this?” Asked AJ.

“What's going on?” I asked.

“Who is that?” Asked Nat.

“Hold on” said Bruce.

“Is that Scott?” Asked Cap.

“Yes, it's Scott!” Said teen Scott. Bruce sends him back into the machine then brings him back out. And now he’s an old man.

“Ow! My back!” Said Scott.

“What is this?” I asked.

“Can I get a little space here” said Bruce.

“Can you bring him back?” Asked Cap.

“I'm working on it!” said Bruce as he sent him into the machine and brought him back again.

“It's a baby” said AJ.

“It's Scott” said Bruce.

“As a baby!” I yelled.

“He'll grow” said Bruce.

“Bring Scott back!” Said Cap.

“When I say kill the power, kill the power” said Bruce as he sent Scott back into the machine.

“Oh my god” said Nat as she got ready to kill the power.

“And... Kill it!” Said Bruce as Nat killed the power Scott came back as normal.

“Somebody peed my pants” said Scott.

“Oh thank god” I said.

“But I don't know if it was ‘baby’ me or ‘old’ me...Or just ‘me’ me” said Scott.

“Time travel!” Said Bruce. Cap walks away. “What? I see this as an absolute win!” Said Bruce.

7 minutes later

Me, Dashie and Tony pull up and stop in front of Avengers HQ. Cap’s standing there.

“Why the long face? Let me guess: He turned into a baby” Tony said through his opened window. Me and Dashie get out of the car.

“Among other things, yeah. What are you doing here?” Asked Cap. Tony gets out of the car.

“That's the EPR Paradox. Instead of pushing Lang through time, you might've wound up pushing time through Lang. It's tricky. Dangerous. Somebody shoulda cautioned you against it” said Tony.

“We did” I said.

“Oh, did we? Thank God I'm here. Regardless, I fixed it” said Tony as he holds up his left hand showing a strange device on it. “A fully functioning Time-Space GPS. I just want peace. Turns out, resentment is corrosive, and I hate it” said Tony.

“Me too” said Cap.

“We got a shot at getting these stones, but I gotta tell you my priorities: Bring back what we lost? I hope, yes. Keep what I got? I have to, at all costs. And... maybe not die trying will be nice” said Tony as he walked to the trunk.

“Sounds like a deal” said Cap. Cap and Tony shake hands. Tony reaches into the trunk and pulls out Cap’s shield.

“Tony…” said Cap.

“He made it for you” said Tony. “Plus, honestly I have to get it out of the garage before Morgan takes it sledding” he continued. Cap puts the shield on.

“Thank you, Tony” said Cap.

“Will you keep that a little quiet? Didn't bring one for the whole team” said Tony.

“We are getting the whole team, yeah?” I asked.

“We're working on that right now” said Cap.

1 hour later.

Im walking towards the landing platform when the benatar lands. I notice the engines have ruined Scott’s tacos.

“Hey, homie! Where's Big Green?” Asked Rocket from the ramp of the benatar

“Kitchen” I said as I walked past Nebula who’s walking inside. I hear her callRhodey, who lands behind me and walks inside. I make it to the ramp. “He’ll be here any minute” I said as Bruce walked out and gave a couple tacos to Scott. Me, Rocket and Bruce get on the benatar.

15 minutes later

The ship lands and we get out and get in a truck that drives us to new asgard. We arrived and all three of us get out of the back of the truck.

“Kind of a step down from a from a golden palace for an Avenger highness and whatnot” said Rocket.

“Hey, have a little compassion, pal. First they lost Asgard, then half there people” said Bruce.

“They're probably just happy to have a home” I said. I notice Valkyrie.

“You shouldn't have come!” Said Valkyrie.

“Valkyrie! Great to see you, Angry Girl” said Bruce.

“I think I liked you better either of the other ways” said Valkyrie.

“This is Rocket” I said.

“How you doin'?” Asked Rocket.

“He won't see you” said Valkyrie.

“That bad, huh?” Asked Bruce.

“We only see him once a month, when he comes for… supplies” said Valkyrie as she point to the brewery.

“It's that bad” I said.

“Yeah” said Valkyrie.

6 minutes later

Me, Rocket and Bruce arrive at the shack Thor’s living in. Rocket knock and the door opens from him knocking.

“What the... Woo! Something died in here” said Rocket.

“Hello? Thor?” I asked.

“Are you here about the cable?” Asked Thor’s voice from somewhere in the shack. “The Cinemax ran out about two weeks ago, and the sports were all kind of fuzzy” he said from the living room as we walked in.

“Thor?” I asked.

“BOYS! Oh my God! Its so to see you!” Said Thor. “Come here, you little rascal!” He said to Rocket as he hugged him into his fat belly.

“No, I'm good. I'm good. That's not necessary” said Rocket as he broke free from the hugg.

Hulk, Thomas, you know my friends, Miek, Korg, right?” Asked Thor.

“Hey boys!” Said Korg.

“Hey guys, long time no see” I said.

“Beer's on the bucket. Feel free to log on to the Wi-Fi. No password, obviously” said Korg.

“So you guys want a drink? What are you drinking? We have beer, tequila, all sorts of things” said Thor.

“Buddy, you all right?” Asked Bruce.

“Yes, I'm fine! Why, don't I look all right?” Asked Thor.

“You look like melted ice cream” said Rocket.

“So, what's up?” Asked Thor.

“We need your help. There might be a chance we could fix everything” I said.

“What, like the cable? Cause that's been driving me bananas for weeks” said Thor.

“Like Thanos” said Bruce. Thor grabs the collar of Bruce’s shirt.

“Don't you say that name” said Thor.

“We don't actually say that name in here” said Korg as he stood up.

“Please take your hand off me” said Bruce. He gets Thor’s hand off of him. “Now, I know that... guy might scare you” said Bruce.

“Why would I be? Why would, why would I be scared of that guy? I'm the one who killed that guy, remember? Anyone else here killed that guy? Nope. Didn't think so. Korg, why don't you, tell everybody who chopped Thanos' big head off” said Thor.

“Stormbreaker?” Asked Korg.

“Now, who's swingin' Stormbreaker?” Asked Thor.

“I get it. You're in a rough spot, okay? I've been there myself. You wanna know who helped me out of it?” Asked Bruce.

“I don't know. Is it... Natasha?” Asked Thor.

“It was you. You helped me” said Bruce.

“Why don't you ask the, Asgardians down there, how much my help was worth” said Thor. “The ones that are left, anyway” he continued.

“We think we can bring them back” I said.

“Stop. stop, okay?” Asked Thor. “I know you think I'm down here wallowing in my own self-pity, waiting to be rescued and and saved. But I'm fine, okay? We're fine, aren't we?” Asked Thor.

“All good here, mate” said Korg.

“So, whatever it is that you're offering, we're not into it, don't care, couldn't care less. Goodbye” said Thor.

“We need you, pal” said Bruce.

“There's beer on the ship” said Rocket.

“What kind?” Asked Thor.

Same time, Tokyo.

“What I want... You can't give me” said the masked man as he killed the crime boss. Me and Nat walk up to him. He takes his mask off.

“You shouldn't be here” said Clint.

“Neither should you” I said.

“I've got a job to do” said Clint.

“Is that what you're calling this?” I asked.

“Killing all these people isn't gonna bring your family back” said Nat.

“We found something. A chance, maybe…” Nat started to say.

“Don't” Clint said, cutting her off.

“Don't what?” I asked.

“Don't give me hope” said Clint.

“I'm sorry we couldn't give it to you sooner” said Nat.

3 hours later, Avengers HQ

“Time travel suit? Not bad” said Rhodey. Bruce tries to put pym particles in Scott’s time travel suit.

“Hey! Easy!” Said Scott.

“I'm being very careful” said Bruce.

“No, you're being very Hulky” said Scott as he takes the particles.

“I'm being careful” said Bruce.

“These are Pym Particles, alright? And ever since Hank Pym got snapped out of existence, this is it. This is what we have. We're not making any more” said Scott.

“Scott, calm down” I said.

“Sorry. We've got enough for one round trip each. That's it. No do-overs. Plus two test runs” he said as he accidently shrunk. He grows back to normal size. “One test run” he continued. “All right. I'm not ready for this” he concluded.

“I'm game. I'll do it” said Clint.

10 minutes later

“Clint, now you're gonna feel a little discombobulated from the chronoshift. Don't worry about it” said Bruce.

“Wait a second, let me ask you something. If we can do this, you know, go back in time, why don't we just find baby Thanos, you know, and…” said Rhodey as he made a killing jester.

“First of all, that's horrible…” said Bruce.

“It's Thanos” said Rhodey.

“And secondly, time doesn't work that way. Changing the past doesn't change the future” I said.

“Look, we go back, we get the stones before Thanos gets them... Thanos doesn't have the stones. Problem solved” said Scott.

“Bingo” said Clint.

“That's not how it works” said Nebula.

“Well, that's what I heard” said Clint.

“What? By who? Who told you that?” I asked.

“Star Trek, Terminator, TimeCop, Time After Time” said Rhodey.

“Quantum Leap” said Scott.

“A Wrinkle in Time, Somewhere in Time” said Rhodey.

“Hot Tub Time Machine” said Scott.

“Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Basically, any movie that deals with time travel” said Rhodey.

“Die Hard? No, it's not one” said Scott.

“This is known” said Rhodey.

“I don't know why everyone believes that, but that isn't true” I said.

“Think about it: If you travel to the past, that past becomes your future. And your former present becomes the past. Which can't now be changed by your new future” said Bruce.

“Exactly” said Nebula.

“So... Back To The Future's a bunch of bullshit?” Asked Scott.

“Yes” I said.

5 minutes later.

“Alright, Clint. We're going in 3... 2... 1!” Said Bruce as he sent him back in time. He brought him back and he was holding a baseball glove he didn't leave with.

“Hey. Look at me. You okay?” Asked Nat

“Yeah, it worked” said Clint as he tossed Tony the glove.

10 minutes later, planning room.

“Okay, so the ‘how’ works” said AJ.

“Now we gotta figure out the when and the where. Almost all of us has had an encounter with at least one of the six Infinity Stones” said Cap.

“Well I'd substitute the word encounter for damn well near been killed by one of the six Infinity Stones” I said.

“I haven't, I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about” said Scott.

“Regardless, we only have enough Pym Particles for one round trip each, and these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history” said Bruce.

“Our history. So, not a lot of convenient spots to just drop in” said Tony.

“Which means we have to pick our targets” said Clint.

“Correct” I said.

“Let's start with the Aether” said AJ.

“Thor, what do you know?” Asked Cap. he doesn’t respond.

“Is he asleep?” Asked Nat.

“No, I'm pretty sure he's dead” said Sunset. Thor wakes up and walks to the front of the room.

“Where to start? The Aether, first, is not a stone, someone called it a stone before. It's more of a... an angry sludge thing, so... someones gonna need to amend that. Here's an interesting story though, many years ago... My grandfather had to hide the stones from the Dark Elves... Wooooh, scary beings. So Jane, Oh, there she is. That's Jane... She's... an old flame of mine... She... she stuck her hand inside a rock this one time... and then the Aether stuck itself inside her... And, she became very, very sick. So I had to take her to Asgard, which is where I'm from. And we had to try and fix her. We were dating at the time, you see. I got to introduce her to my Mother... who's dead, and oh you know, Jane and I aren't even dating anymore, these things happen though you know, nothing lasts forever” he said as Tony started to push him back to his chair. “I'm not done yet, the only thing permanent in life is impermanence” said Thor.

“Awesome. Eggs? Breakfast?” I asked.

“I'd like a Bloody Mary, thank you” said Thor.

Lunch time

“Quill said he stole the Power Stone from Morag” said Rocket.

“Is that a person?” Asked Scott.

“Morag's a planet. Quill was a person” I said.

“A planet? Like in outer space?” Asked Scott.

“Oh, look. It's like a little puppy, all happy and everything, Do you wanna go to space? You wanna go to space, puppy? I'll get you to space” said Rocket.

Back to the planning room

“Thanos found the Soul Stone on Vormir” said Nebula.

“What is Vormir?” Asked Sunset.

“A dominion of death, at the very center of Celestial existence. It's where... Thanos murdered my sister” said Nebula.

“Not it” I said.

Late at night

“That Time Stone guy…” said Nat.

“Doctor Strange” I said.

“Yeah, what kind of doctor was he?” Asked Nat.

“Ear-nose-throat meets rabbit from a hat” said Tony.

“Nice place in the village, though” said Bruce.

“Yeah. Sullivan Street” said Tony.

“Bleecker” I said.

“Wait, he lived in New York?” Asked Sunset.

“No. He lived in Toronto” I said.

“Guys, if you pick the right year, there are three stones in New York” said Sunset.

“Shut the front door” said Bruce.

The next morning

“All right. We have a plan. Six Stones, three teams. One shot” said AJ as we walked to the time machine.

“Five years ago, we lost. All of us. We lost friends... We lost family... We lost a part of ourselves. Today, we have a chance to take it all back. You know your teams, you know your missions. Get the stones, get them back. One round trip each. No mistakes. No do-overs. Most of us are going somewhere we know. But it doesn't mean we should know what to expect. Be careful. Look out for each other. This is the fight of our lives. And we're gonna win. Whatever it takes. Good luck” said Cap as we all got ready to back in time.

“He's pretty good at that” said Rocket.

“All right. You heard the man. Stroke those keys, jolly green” said Tony.

“Tractors engaged” said Bruce.

“See you in a minute” said Nat. We all shrunk back in time.

New York, 7 years ago.

“All right, we all have our assignments. Two Stones uptown, one Stone, down. Stay low. Keep an eye on the clock” said Cap after we landed in the past.

Asgard, 6 and a half years ago

“That's Jane” said Thor.

“All right. Here's the deal, Tubby: You're gonna charm her and I'm gonna poke her with this thing” said Rocket as he holds up a device. “And extract the Reality Stone and get gone, lickety-split” said Rocket.

“I'll be right back, okay? There's a wine cellar, that's just down there. My father used to fish huge barrel of ale. I'll see if the cellar has a couple of…” Thor said as he tried to leave.

“Hey! Aren't you drunk enough already?” I asked. Someone entered the hallway and all three of us hid.

“Who's the fancy broad?” Asked Rocket.

“It's my Mother. She dies today” said Thor.

“That's today?” Asked Rocket.

“I can't do this. I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't have come.This was a bad idea” said Thor.

“Come here” said Rocket as he climbed a pillar so he was face to face with Thor.

“No. I think I'm having a panic attack. I shouldn't be here...this is a bad-” Thor tried to say before he got cut off.

“Come here. Right here” said Rocket. Rocket slaps Thor.

“You think you're the only one who lost people? What do you think we're doing here? I lost the only family I ever had. Quill, Groot, Drax, the chick with the antenna, all gone. Now, I get you miss your Mom. But she's gone. Really gone. And there are plenty of people who are only kinda gone. But you can help them. So is it too much to ask that you brush the crumbs outta your beard, make schmoopy talk to Pretty Pants, and when she's not looking, suck out the Infinity Stone and help me get my family back?” Asked Rocket.

“Okay” said Thor.

“Are you crying?” I Asked.

“No...Yes!” Said Thor.

“Get it together! You can do this. You can do this. All right?” Asked Rocket.

“Yes, I can” said Thor.

“Good” I said as me and Rocket started walking towards Jane’s room.

“I can do this. I can do it, I can't do this” said Thor as he ran away.

“Thor? Thor!” I yelled after him.

Morag, 6 years ago.

“Take care, okay?” Said Rhodey as he hugged Nat.

“Yeah” said Nat.

“Take that stone and come back. No messing around” said Rhodey.

“Hey. You got this” I said.

“Let's get it done. Yes, ma’am” said Rhodey. “You guys watch each other's six” he continued.

“Yeah” said Clint. As the three of us got on the ship. We took off.

“We're a long way from Budapest” said Clint.

New York, 7 years ago.

I'm shrunk down, god i love my husbands tech, hiding between Cap’s shield and his arm. Cap gets on an elevator full of HYDRA agents that have the scepter.

“Captain. I thought you were coordinating search and rescue?” Said Sitwell.

“Change of plans” said Cap.

“Hey, Cap” said Rumlow.

“Rumlow. I just got a call from the Secretary. I'm gonna be running point on the scepter” said Cap.

“Sir? I don't understand” said Sitwell.

“We got word there may be an attempt to steal it” said Cap.

“Sorry, Cap. I can't give you the scepter” said Rumlow.

“I'm gonna have to call the Director” said Sitwell.

“That's okay. Trust me” said Cap as he leans to Sitwell’s ear. “Hail Hydra” he continued. He hands over the scepter and we walk out next time the elevator stops.

Lobby

Me and Tony where disguised as SHIELD agents.

“Thumbelina, do you copy?” Asked Tony. “I've got eyes on the prize. It's go-time” he said.

“Bombs away” said Scott through comms. “Is... is that Axe body spray?”He asked.

“Yeah, I had a can just for emergencies. Relax” said Tony.

“Can we focus, please?” I asked.

“I'm going inside you. Now” said Scott through comms.

“May I ask you where you're going?” Asked Pierce.

“To lunch and then Asgard. I'm sorry, you are?” Asked the Thor from this time.

“Alexander Pierce. He's the man, one of the folks behind Nick Fury” said the Tony of this time.

“My friends call me Mr. Secretary. I'm gonna have to ask you to turn that prisoner over to me” said Pierce.

“Loki will be answering to Odin himself” said Thor.

“Oh, he's gonna answer to us. Odin can have what's left. And I'm gonna need that case, that's been SHIELD property for over 70 years” said Pierce.

“Hand over the case, Stark” said an agent.

“All right, move it, Stuart Little. Things are getting dicey up here. Let's go” said Time traveler Tony.

“I'm not gonna argue who's got the higher authority here, all right?” Said past Tony.

“You promise me you won't die?” Asked Scott.

“You're only giving me a mild cardiac dysrhythmia” said present Tony.

“That doesn't sound mild” I said.

“I need the case” said Pierce.

“I know you got a lotta pull. I'm just saying…” past Tony tried to say.

“Okay. Then give me the case” said Pierce.

“Do it, Lang!” I said.

“Get your hands off!” Yelled past Tony.

“Windows closing. Pull my pin!” Said present Tony.

“Here goes!” Said Scott as past Tony fell over.

“Stark? Stark!” Said Pierce.

“Look, he's convulsing. Give him air! Medic!” Yelled Pierce.

“MEDIC!”I yelled.

“Stark, your chest machine?” Asked Thor. Scott pushes us the case. Tony picks it up.

“Good job. Meet me in the alley. I'm gonna grab a quick slice” said present Tony as past Hulk bust through a door and knocked present Tony down, the case sliding over to past Loki.

“NO MORE STAIRS!!!!” Yelled past Hulk. Past Loki grabs the Tesseract and teleports away.

“That wasn't supposed to happen, was it?” Asked Scott.

“Oh, we blew it” said Tony.

14th floor.

“Tony, what's going on? Tell me you found that cube” I said.

“Oh, you gotta be shitting me” Present Cap said.

“I have eyes on Loki. 14th floor” said past Cap.

“I am not Loki. And I don't wanna hurt you” said Present Cap as he put down the scepter. They trade blows and present Cap is kneeling on the ground.

“I can do this all day” said past Cap.

“Yeah, I know. I know” said present Cap. They traded blows until they fell a couple floors. Present Cap’s compass fell out of his pocket and past Cap got distracted by it. I grew to full size and knocked him out.

“Thanks Dash” said present Cap. we got the hell out of there.

Asgard, 6 and a half years ago.

Jane wakes up and Rocket stabs her in her ass with the device. She screams and when the reality stone is collected we high tail it the fuck out of there. We run into a room and see present Thor talking to his mom.

“Hey” I said.

“You must be Mom” said Rocket.

“We got the thing” I said.

“Come on, we got to move” said Rocket.

“I wish we had more time” said Thor.

“No, this was a gift. And you're going to be the man you're meant to be” said Frigga.

“I love you, Mom” said Thor.

“I love you. And eat a salad” said Frigga.

“Come on. We gotta go” I said.

“Goodbye” said Frigga.

“Three... two…” I said.

“No, wait!” Thor cut me off. He holds out his hand.

“What am I looking at?” Asked Rocket.

“Oh, sometimes it takes a second” Me and Frigga said at the same time. Mjolnir flies into Thor’s hand.

“I'm still worthy” said Thor.

“Oh, boy” said Rocket.

“Goodbye, Mom” said Thor.

“Goodbye” said Frigga.

New York, 7 years ago

“Cap…” said Tony as me and Cap landed in an alleyway. “Sorry, buddy. We got a problem” he continues.

“Yeah, we do” said Scott.

“Well, what are we gonna do now?” I asked.

“You know what? Give me a break, I just got hit in the head with a Hulk” said Tony.

“You said that we had one shot. This, this was our shot. We shot it. It's shot. Six stones or nothing. Six stones or nothing” said Scott.

“You're repeating yourself, you know that? You're repeating yourself” said Tony.

“You're repeating yourself. You're repeating yourself” said Scott.

“No!” Said Tony.

“No. No” said Scott.

“Come on” I said.

“You never wanted a time heist, you weren't on board with the time heist…” said Scott.

“I dropped the ball” said Tony.

“You ruined the time heist” said Scott.

“Is that what I did?” Asked Tony.

“Are there any other options with the Tesseract?” Asked AJ.

“No. There's no other options. There's no do-overs. We're not going anywhere else. We have one particle left. Each. That's it, alright? We use that... Bye, bye. You're not going home” said Scott.

“Yeah, well if we don't try, then no one else is going home, either” I said.

“I got it. There's another way. To retake the Tesseract and acquire new particles. We'll stroll down memory lane. Military installation, Garden State” said Tony.

“When were they both there?” Asked Cap.

“They were there at a...I've a vaguely exact idea” said Tony.

“How vague?” I asked.

“What are you talking about? Where are we going?” Asked Scott.

“I know for a fact they were there…” said Tony.

“Who's they? What are we doing?” I asked.

“And I know how I know” said Tony.

“Guys, what's up? What is it?” Asked AJ.

“Well, it looks like we're improvising” said Tony.

“Right. What are we improvising?” I asked.

“You three, get this back to the compound” said Tony. “Suit up” he said to Cap.

“0-4... - Uhh, 0-7. 1-9-7-0” said Tony.

“Are you sure?” Asked Cap.

“Cap. Captain. Steve, sorry, America. Rogers. Look, if you do this, and this doesn't work, you're not coming back” said Scott.

“Thanks for the pep talk, pissant” said Tony.he turned to Cap. “Do you trust me?” He asked.

“I do” said Cap.

“Your call” said Tony.

“Here we go” said Cap as they went to 1970. The three of us went back home.

Vormir, 6 years ago

Me, Nat and Clint land the ship and walk towards the mountain.

“Wow... Under different circumstances, this would be totally awesome” said Clint.

Later

“I bet the raccoon didn't have to climb a mountain” I said.

“Technically, he's not a raccoon, you know” said Clint.

“Whatever. He eats garbage” said Nat.

“Welcome” said a floating cloaked figure. “Natasha, daughter of Ivan. Clint, son of Edith. Sunset, daughter of Natasha” said the cloaked figure.

“Who are you?” Me and Nat asked.

“Consider me a guide. To you, and to all who seek the Soul Stone” said the figure.

“Oh, good. You tell us where it is. Then we'll be on our way” said Nat.

“liebchen... If only it were that easy” said… Red skull?

Couple minutes later

The three of us approached a cliff.

“What you seek lies in front of you... as does what you fear” said Red skull.

“The stone is down there” I said.

“For two of you. For the other... In order to take the stone, you must lose that which you love. An everlasting exchange. A soul, for a soul” said Red skull.

Later

We've had a couple minutes to digest the info Red skull gave us.

“Jesus...Maybe he's making this shit up” said Clint.

“No. I don't think so” said Nat.

“Why, 'cause he knows your Daddy's name?” asked Clint.

“I didn't” said Nat.

“Thanos left here with the stone without his daughter. It's not a coincidence” I said.

“Yeah” said Clint.

“Whatever it takes” said Nat.

“Whatever it takes” said Clint.

“Whatever it takes” I said.

“If we don't get that stone, billions of people stay dead” said Nat.

“Then I guess we all know who it's gotta be” said Clint.

“I guess we do” said Nat.

“I'm starting to think, we mean different people here, Natasha” said Clint. I started sneaking towards the cliff.

“For the last five years I've been trying to do one thing: Get to right here. That's all it's been about. Bringing everybody back” said Nat. I got closer to the cliff

“Oh, don't you get all decent on me now” said Clint. Even closer now.

“What, you think I wanna do it? I'm trying to save your lives, you idiot” said Nat.

“Yeah well, I don't want you to, because I...Natasha, you know what I've done. You know what I've become” said Clint.

“I don't judge people on their worst mistakes” said Nat.

“Maybe you should” said Clint.

“You didn't” said Nat. Half way there.

“You're a pain in my ass, you know that?” Asked Clint. “Okay. You win” he said as he knocked her to the ground. Two thirds of the way there. “Tell my family I love them” Clint said as Nat flipped the script and pinned him to the ground.

“You tell them yourself” said Nat as she electrocuted Clint. She turns to start running towards the cliff but see’s im already at the edge. “Sunset NO!!” She yelled.

“Good luck” I said as I jumped.

Avengers HQ, present day,

“Did we get them all?” Asked Dashie.

“You telling me this actually worked?” Asked AJ.

“Nat… wheres Sunset?” I asked. She fell to her knees and started sobbing.

Later, lake by the HQ

“Do we know if she had family?” Asked Dashie.

“Yeah. Us” I said.

“What?” Asked AJ.

“I just asked him a question…” said Dashie.

“Yeah, you're acting like she's dead. Why are we acting like she's dead? We have the stones, right? As long as we have the stones, Cap, we can bring her back, isn't that right? “So stop this shit. We're the Avengers, get it together” said AJ.

“We can't get her back” said Nat.

“What?” Asked AJ.

“It can't be undone. It can't” said Nat.

“I'm sorry, We're talking about space magic. And ‘can't’ seems very definitive don't you think?” Asked AJ.

“It can't... be undone. Or that's at least what the, great floating guy had to say” said Nat, slowly getting louder. “Maybe you wanna go talk to him? Okay?” She asked. “It was supposed to be me. She sacrificed her life for that god damned stone. She bet her life on it” said Nat, crying again. I pick up a bench and throw it over the lake in anger.

“She's not coming back. We have to make it worth it. We have to” I said.

“We will” said Dashie.

Later, HQ

“All right. The glove's ready. Question is, who's gonna snap their freaking fingers?” Asked Rocket.

“I'll do it” said Thor.

“Excuse me?” I asked.

“It's okay” said Thor as he walked towards the red gauntlet.

“Wait, Thor, just wait. We haven't decided who's gonna put that on yet” said Cap.

“I'm sorry. What, we're just sitting around waiting for the right opportunity?” Asked Thor.

“We should at least discuss it” said Scott.

“No, sitting here staring at that thing is not gonna bring everybody back. I'm the strongest Avenger, okay? So this responsibility falls upon me. It's my duty” said Thor.

“It's not about that…” I said.

“It's not that... Stop it! Just let me! Just let me do it. Just let me do something good. Something right” said Thor.

“Look...It's not just the fact that that glove is channeling enough energy to light up a continent, I'm telling you, you're in no condition” said Tony.

“What do you... What do you think is coursing through my veins right now?” Asked Thor.

“Cheez Whiz?” Asked Dashie.

“Lightning” said Thor.

“Lightning won't help you, pal. It's gotta be me” said Bruce. “You saw what those stones did to Thanos. It almost killed him. None of you could survive” he continued.

“How do we know you will?” Asked AJ.

“We don't. But the radiation's mostly gamma. It's like… I was made for this” said Bruce.

“Good to go, yeah?” I asked.

“Let's do it” said Bruce

“You remember... everyone Thanos snapped away five years ago and just bringing them back to now, today. Don't change anything from the last five years” said Tony.

“Got it” said Bruce. Everyone gets ready.

“Friday, do me a favor and activate Barn Door Protocol. Will you?” Asked Tony.

“Yes, boss” said Friday.

“Everybody comes home” said Bruce as he puts the gauntlet on. He screams out in pain.

“Take it off!” Said Thor.

“No, wait. Bruce, are you okay?” Asked Cap.

“Talk to me, Banner” said Tony.

“I'm okay. I'm okay” said Bruce. He snaps his fingers and fall down. The gauntlet falls off of his hand and I kick it away.

“Bruce!” Said Cap.

“Don't move him” said Tony as he sprayed Bruce’s destroyed arm.

“Did it work?” Asked Bruce. A phone starts going off. I grab it and throw it to Clint when I see who it is.

“It worked” I said. Nat looked so happy she was about to cry. My vision became nothing but explosions.

Later

“Come on, guys. Wake up” said Tony as he shook me and Cap awake. He hands Cap his shield. “You lose this again, I'm keeping it” he said.

“What happened?” Me and Cap asked.

“We messed with time. It tends to mess back. You'll see” said Tony. He led us to Thor and we saw… Thanos sitting below us.

“What's he been doing?” I asked.

“Absolutely nothing” said Thor.

“Where are the stones?” Asked Cap.

“Somewhere under all this. All I know is he doesn't have them” said Tony.

“So we keep it that way” I said.

“You know it's a trap, right?” Asked Thor.

“Yeah. And I don't much care”Me and Tony said at the same time.

“Good. Just as long we are all in agreement” said Thor as he summoned his hammer from years ago and stormbreaker into his hands. Lightning strikes him and he’s in his armor. “Let's kill him properly this time” he said as we walk to confront Thanos.

“You could not live with your own failure. And where did that bring you? Back to me. I thought by eliminating half of life, the other half would thrive. But you’ve shown me that’s impossible. And as long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be. They will resist” said Thanos as we approached.

“Yep. We're all kinds of stubborn” I said.

“I'm thankful. Because now, I know what I must do” he said as he stood up. “I will shred this universe down to its last atom And then...With the stones you've collected for me, create a new one. Teeming with life, but knows not what it has lost but only what it has been given. A grateful universe” said Thanos.

“Born out of blood” said Cap.

“They'll never know it. Because you won't be alive to tell them” said Thanos.

“Okay, Thor. Hit me” said Tony as Thor blasts his back, charging him up so can blast Thanos to kingdom come. I joined but Thanos uses his sword to block the attack. Tony charges. Thanos grabs him. Thor throws Mjölnir and hits Tony, knocking him out.

“Boss, wake up” said Friday. Cap tries to attack Thanos but is easily shielded away by the Mad Titan. Thor's attack on Thanos is blocked by his sword. Thor is beaten and choked by Thanos, as he punches him. Mjolnir is flicked away as Thanos relentlessly beats up Thor, throwing him into a tree and socking him before throwing him over rubble and socking him again. Thor tries to grab Stormbreaker but Thanos grabs it and uses it against Thor as he tries to defend himself. Mjolnir hit’s Thanos and flies back into AJ’s hand. She toses it to Cap who catches it.

“I knew it!” Me and Thor said at the same time. Thanos kicks Thor to the ground and proceed to battle Cap dual wielding both his shield and Mjolnir. Cap proceeds to charge at Thanos swinging Mjolnir and hitting Thanos in the face knocking him down. Cap throws his shield and Thanos deflects, Cap throws Mjolnir to his shield creating a shockwave and knocking Thanos off his feet. Cap goes on the offensive on Thanos, throwing his shield first at Thanos and quickly hitting it back at him again with Mjolnir. He lines his arm back up and underarms a channel of lightning on Thanos. Thanos eventually gets the upper hand, he removes his helmet, stabs Cap on the leg and knocks Mjolnir out of his hand. Thanos proceed to destroy Cap’s shield with his double-bladed sword and throws him across the battlefield. Me and AJ run To Cap and help him up.

“In all my years of conquest...violence...slaughter... It was never personal. But I'll tell you now... what I'm about to do to your stubborn, annoying little planet... I'm gonna enjoy it. Very, very much” said Thanos as his entire army starts coming out of his ship.

Cap tightens whats left of his shield around his arm and us three alone stand to fight Thanos and his army.

“Hey, Cap, you read me?” Asked… Sam through comms. “Cap, it's Sam. Can you hear me?” Asked Sam. “On your left”he said as we turned around to see the portal on our left side. Three figures step through; Okoye, Shuri, and T’Challa, fully restored and ready to fight. Cap and the revived Wakandans share a look when Sam zooms in from above in his Falcon armor. As he does, we see dozens more portals opening up all around the battlefield. Through one of these, we see Doctor Strange descend in. He is joined by Drax, Mantis, Star Lord, and Spider-Man. Everyone watches in confusion and awe as more and more heroes arrive from all corners of the universe, all backed up with forces of their own including T’Challa and his Wakandan army, Valkyrie and the Asgardians, Wong and the Masters of the Mystic Arts and several Ravager ships. Amongst the throngs of heroes we see Bucky, Groot, Wanda, the Wasp, and Pepper Potts, clad in her own iron suit, arrive. Nearly every hero has magically been transported to the battlefield to face Thanos' hordes.

“Is that everyone?” Asked Strange.

“What, you wanted more?” Asked Wrong. Scott, now giant, emerges from the rubble of the Avengers facility with Bruce, Rhodey, and Rocket. The Avengers, Guardians, Wakandans, Asgardians, and Ravagers take up battle positions. The heroes standing across Thanos' forces.

“AVENGERS!” Yelled Cap as he summons Mjolnir. “...assemble” he said. Thor makes a battle cry, as does T’Challa and the heroes charge, Thanos raises his sword towards them, commanding his army to charge as well. Then both sides collide. We fought for a long time eventually Thanos’s ship started raining fire and everyone had to duck and cover. The blasts destroy the dam, Strange has it covered. The canons turn upwards at the sky, still firing.

“What the hell is this?” Asked Sam

“Friday what are they firing at?” Asked Tony.

“Something just entered the upper atmosphere” said Friday. Carol descends and destroys the ship.

“Oh, yeah!” Said Rocket. She lands takes the gauntlet and races towards Scott’s van, our only hope of making sure Thanos didn't get the stones. Thanos blew up the van. The blast knocked back Carol, Thanos got the gauntlet from her. He grabbed the power stone out of it and punched her away. He put the stone back in the gauntlet and put it on. I charged him and grabbed the gauntlet. He knocked me away before I could get the gauntlet off of him.

“I am... inevitable” said Thanos as he snapped his fingers. Nothing happened he looked at the back of the gauntlet and saw the stones weren't there. He looked at me, as did everyone. I lifted my right hand to show the stones in my suit, just like they where in the gauntlet.

“Fuck… you!” I said as I snapped my fingers. All of Thanos’s forces turned to dust. Then Thanos did the same. I walked over some ruble and sat down and leaned against it. Dashie was by my side in an instant.

“Thomas!” said Dashie as she kneeled over me. “Thomas no! Please no!” she said again.

“It’s ok Dashie” I said. “I’ll be ok” I continued. “I’ll be ok” I said again, straining myself just to talk. The rest of the girls, AJ, Flutters, Pinkie, Twi and Rarity are the first ones to reach us. All of them crying. Eventually everyone i’ve become friends with in this universe make it over to me. They all start kneeling. It’s the last thing I see before I die.

4 days later

All of us where at Sunset’s and Thomas’s funeral. Everyone was morning and conversing.

“It’s weird being five years younger then you two” said Pinkie. No one laughed. “Sorry, just trying to lighten the mood” she continued.

“I never got to tell him” I said. Putting my hands on my stomach. The girls looked at me… shocked?, happy?, sad?, all of the above? I couldn't tell through the tears.

3 days later, forest next to Avengers HQ

“Now, remember... You have to return the stones to the exact moment you got them. Or you're gonna open up a bunch of nasty alternative realities” said Bruce.

“Don't worry, Bruce. Clip all the branches” said Cap.

“You know, if you want, I can come with you” I said.

“You're a good woman, AJ. This one's on me, though” said Cap. he walks over to Bucky.

“Don't do anything stupid 'till I get back” said Cap.

“How can I? You're taking all the stupid with you” said Bucky. “Gonna miss you, Buddy” he whispers to Cap.

“It's gonna be okay, Buck” he said ashe gets on the new time machine with all six stones and Mjolnir.

“How long is this gonna take?” Asked Sam.

“For him? As long as he needs. For us? Five seconds” said Bruce.

“Ready, Cap? Alright. We'll meet you back here, okay?” Asked Bruce.

“You bet” said Cap.

“Going quantum. Three, two, one…” said Bruce. Cap shrunk back in time. “And returning in, five, four, three, two, one…” said Bruce. Cap doesn't come back.

“Where is he?” I Asked.

“I don't know. He blew right by his time stamp. He should be here” said Bruce.

“Well, get him back!” I yelled.

“I'm trying” said Bruce.

“Get him the hell back!” I yelled.

“Hey, I said, I'm trying!” Yelled Bruce.

“AJ” said Bucky and Sam. I walked over to them. I saw an old man an a nearby bench.

“Go ahead” said Bucky and Sam.

“Cap?” I asked as I approached the old man.

“Hi, AJ” he said.

“So did something go wrong, or did something go right?” I asked.

“Well, after I put the stones back, I thought, maybe I'll try some of that life Tony and Nat where telling me to get” said Cap.

“How'd that work out for you?” I asked.

“It was beautiful” said Cap.

“I'm happy for you. Truly” I said.

“Thank you” said Cap.

“Only thing bumming me out is the fact I have to live in a world without Captain America” I said.

“Oh, That reminds me”said Cap. He grabs his shield, now repaired, out of a nearby bag “Try it on” he said. Put it on. “How does it feel?” He asked.

“Like it's someone else's” said AJ.

“It isn't” said Cap.

“Thank you. I'll do my best” I said through tears.

“That's why it's yours” he said as we shook hands. I notice a wedding ring.

“You wanna tell me about her?” I asked.

“No. No, I don't think I will” said Cap.

7 days earlier, seconds after Thomas died.

I woke up in what i can only assume is the after life.

“What the” I said as i noticed it was an orange void. A figure approached me. I recognized her as lady death from the comics.

“Thomas Quill” she said. “The world you know is done with you, but the rest of the Multiverse isn't yet” she continued.

“What the hell are you talking about?” I asked.

“The are universes that are in danger” she said. “And they need a hero like you” she continued. “You can move on to Valhalla if you choose, and leave these universes to die” she said. “Or you can work with me and save them all from annihilation” she concluded.

“I’ll work with you, but only if when this is done, i can go back to my universe and live my life with my friends and family” I said. She disappeared for a couple minutes, then she returned.

“The council of gods has agreed to your terms” she said.

“Well then, where do I sign” I said.

THE END?