"We figured out the how. Now the when and where. Almost everyone in this room has had an encounter with at least one of the six infinity stones" Steve began.

"Or substitute the word encounter for damn near killed by one of the six's infinity stones" tony added.

"Damn right" I muttered under my breath, earning a half-smile from him.

"Well, I haven't" Scott said, raising his hand.
"I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about" he said

"Regardless, we only have enough pim particles for one round trip each. And these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history" Bruce's continued.

"Our history" Tony said.

"So not a lot convenient spots to just drop in" he added.

"Which means we gotta pick our targets" Clint said.

"Correct" tony nodded.

"So let's start with ether. Thor, what do you know?" Steve  asked.

We all turned to the God of thunder, who looked like he hadn't slept in a century.

"Is he asleep?" Scott whispered.

"No, im pretty sure he's dead" I said, crossing my arms.

Thor stood in front of us.
"Um-where to start. The ether firstly is not the stone, someone called it a stone before" he said, pointing at Steve.

He started dropping something in his eyes while rambling.
"It's more of a kind of angry sludge sort of thing" he said.

"So someone's going to amend that and stop saying that. A interesting story about the ether my grandfather many years ago had to hide the stone from the dark elves oooooo scary. So jane actually, of there she is. Yeah jane uhh an old flame of mine uhh you know she she stuck her hand inside a rock this one time, and and then the ether stuck itself inside her and she became very very sick and so I had to take to Asgard which is where I'm from and uh we had to try and fix her we were dating at the time you see and I got introduce her to my mother. Who's dead and um oh you know jane and I aren't even dating anymore so these things happen though you know nothing last forever the only thing that once you consider" he ranted.

Tony tried to stop him.
"I'm not done yet, the only thing that is permanent in life is impermanence" Thor said.

Tony sighed.
"Awesome. Eggs? Breakfast?" He asked.

"No, id like a Bloody Mary, please" Thor said.

Rocket turned to all of us next 
"Quill said he stole the power stone from morag" he said

"Is that a person?" Scott asked, mid chew.

"No it's a planet, quill was a person" rocket corrected.

"Like a planet planet in outer space?" Scott blinked.

"Oh look it's like a little puppy all happy and everything." Rocket said, patting his head.
"Do you want to go to space you want to go to space puppy? I'll take you to space" he said

Next was Nebula.
"Thanos found the soul stone on vormir" she said

"What is vormir?" Nat asked.

"A dominion of death at every corner of celestial existence. It's where thanos murdered my sister" she said.

Scott froze.
"Not it..." he said

We all sat or lay on the ground. Notebooks in hand.

"That time stone guy?" Nat asked.

"Doctor strange" Bruce said.

"Yeah, yeah- what kind of doctor was he?" She asked.

"He was your guy who pulls rabbits from hats" tony said.

"Nice place he had in the village though" Bruce added.

"Yeah, on Sullivan street" tony said

"Wait- he lived in New York?" Nat asked.

They started rambling, but nat stopped them.
"Guys. If you pick the right year. There are 3 stones in New York" she said

Bruce sat up.
"Shut the front door" he said

"Well, shit" I muttered.

Steve took command again.
"All right. We have a plan. Six stones. Three teams. One shoot. 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. That doesn't mean we showed know what to expect. Be careful, look out for each other. This is the fight of our lives." Steve said

"And we're going to win" tony said quietly.

"Whatever it takes" I added, the words almost catching in my throat.

Steve nodded.
"Good luck" he said

"He's pretty good at that" rocket said.

"Right?" Scott agreed.

"Way to good"  I muttered.

"All right. You heard the man. Stoke those keys, jolly green" tony said

"Trackers engaged" Bruce confirmed.

Rocket glanced at Clint.
"You promise to bring that back in one piece, right?" He asked.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Clint muttered

Rocket stared at him

"Okay, I'll do my best" Clint said

"As promises go, that was pretty lame" rocket said

Nat smiled faintly at Steve and I.
"See ya in a minute" she said

We all pulled on our masks. The platform began to spin. Then, in a flash- time folded.

We landed hard. The sky was torn apart by chaos. The battle of New York.

"All right" Steve said, scanning the wreckage.
"we all have our assignments. Two stones up town one stone downtown. Stay low keep your eye on the bots" he said

We turned- and there he was. 2012 Hulk, roaring and smashing through cars like a toddler on a sugar rush. Our hulk looked away, embarrassed.

"Maybe smash a few things along the way"
Steve said

"Whatever" Bruce grumbled, ripping his shirt off and halfheartedly smacking a car.

"That's not the hulk I remember" I muttered.

"Me either" tony said.

A few minutes later, Tony and I were flying up toward the avengers tower.

"Things look like there about rapped up here" tony whispered

"Got it. I'm approaching the elevator now" Steve's voice came through.

We both leaned in, watching the familiar scene unfold through the glass.

"Mr. rogers, I almost forgot- that suit did nothing for your ass" tony whispered.

"Well, no one asked you to look Tony" Steve replied.

"I mean, it's not hard to miss" I said, holding in a laugh.

"It's ridiculous" Tony added.

"I think you look great cap. As far as I'm concerned, that's America's ass" Scott said.

"Who are these guys?" Scott asked as we watched.

"They are shield- well, actually, Hydra but we didn't know that at the time" tony said

"Seriously?" I whispered.
"You didn't notice?" I asked.

"I mean- They just look like bad guys" Scott adds

"You're small but you're talking loud" tony muttered at Scott.
"Alright you're up little buddy" he said

"Alright- flick me" Scott said from Tony's shoulder.

Tony raised his hand, but I silently smacked it away.
"Allow me" I flicked Scott myself, grinning when Tony rolled his eyes.

"You had to do it?" Tony asked.

"Yeah. Yeah, I did" I smiled, satisfied.

Once the chaos unfolded, I flew out of the building, waiting in the alleyway for them to finish. And ready for backup, because knowing them they'll mess it up.

Tony snd Scott soon joined me. Then Steve walked up.

"Sorry, buddy- we got a problem" Tony said.

Scott scoffed.
"Yeah, we do" he said

Then the bickering started.

"Well, what are we going to do now?" Steve asked.

Tony's pushed against his temples.
"You know what. Give me a break Steve. I just got hit in the head by the hulk" he said

"You said we had one shot. This was our shot. We shot it. It's shot. Six stones or nothing. It was six stones or nothing" Scott panicked.

I leaned against a car.
"You're repeating yourself. You know that?" I said

"You're repeating yourself, you're repeating yourself" he said

"Oh, dude- come on" I groaned.

Scott turned to Tony.
"No. You never wanted a time heist. You weren't on board with the time heist." He said

Tony raised his hands.
"I dropped the ball" he said

"You ruined the time heist" Scott shot.

"Is that what I did?" Tony asked.

Scott nodded.
"Yeah" he said

"Are there any other options with the tesseract?" Steve asked

"No, no, no. There's no other options. There's no do overs. We're not going anywhere else. We have one pim particle left. Each" Scott said

A pause of silence.

"That's it, alright? We use that bye bye you're not going home" Scott said.

"Yeah, well, if we don't try, no one else is going home either" I cut in, quiet but firm.

Tony paused. His mind already working.
"I got it. There's another way to retake the tesseract and acquire new particles" he said

He turned to Steve.
"Little stroll down the memory line. Military installation, Garden state." Tony said

"When were they both there?" Steve asked

"They were there at a time... I have a vaguely exact idea" tony said

"How vauge?" Steve asked.

Scott's voice came through.
"What are you thinking about? Where are we going?" He asked.

But Tony kept his eyes on Steve.
"I know for a fact they were there" he said

"Who's they? What are we doing" Scott cut in again.

"And I know how I know" tony said

"Guys, what is it?" Scott asked.

Steve nodded.
"Looks like we're improvising" he said

Tong clapped.
"Great" he said

"What are we improvising?" Scott asked, even more panicked.

Steve handed me the tesseract.
"Scott, Elizabeth- get this back to the compound" he said

Tony and Steve faced each other.
"Suit up" Tony said

"What's in New Jersey?" Scott asked

"0-4" Tony's said

"0-4"

" 0-7"

"0-7"

"1970" Tony said

Steve looked at Tony, eyes filled with worry but belief.
"Are you sure?" Steve asked.

"Cap. Captain. Steve. Sorry. America. Rogers. Look if you do this and it doesn't work, you're not coming back." Scott said

"Thanks for the pep talk, pissant" tony said

Then he turned to Steve again
"You trust me?" He asked.

Steve nodded.
"I do" he said

"Your call" tony told him.

"Here we go" Steve said.

"Tony, Steve" I said before they could leave.
"I know you can do it. Just come back... please " I said.

Tony gave me a smile.
"That's a much better pep talk" he said

Then they pressed the buttons- and vanished.

The air was still for a long time after that. Like time itself held its breath.