{Book 6}
[Avengers: Infinity War - Avengers: Endgame]
There was an idea...to bring extraordinary people, heroes, together, to protect the world from all domestic and foreign terroristic threats. Aliens. Robots. An evil organization hidden under the...
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Though Gracie would've been a good ice breaker, Todd had offered to keep her at the facility while the rest of us travelled to Tony. While Grace hardly understood why she had to stay behind, she seemed content with the idea that she had Todd to pester until we came back.
The cabin was cute enough, that much I could tell as we pulled up. It was near a beautiful, clean lake. The woods surrounding it made the cabin feel like a sacred place. I could understand the appeal here.
My eyes caught two figures—Tony and a little girl—heading towards the cabin. Steve stopped the black Audi we had taken, all filing out at once. Tony's blank expression told me this was not going to be a pleasant visit. Not that he was going to be hostile towards us...we just walked onto his turf after five years of little to no contact.
We were invading his space, his happy place that seemed to help him flourish.
Tony, I said tentatively.
Long time, no see. I don't mind that you're here...but the rest?
We'll explain.
I'm not gonna like this, am I?
I was going to let him find that out for himself.
After chilly formalities, Scott dove right into his idea. The rest of us allowed him the floor. Tony had insisted the conversation not get taken inside, so we opted to hang out on the wraparound porch on the cabin.
"Now, we know what it sounds like..." said Scott.
"Tony, after everything you've seen, is anything really impossible?" asked Steve.
"Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck Scale, which then triggers the Deutsch Proposition," Tony explained. "Can we agree on that?"
We all just stared at him blankly.
"In Layman's terms, it means you're not coming home."
"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?"
"A time heist?"
"Yeah, a time heist. Of course, why didn't we think of this before? Oh, because it's laughable? Because it's a pipedream?"
"The Stones are in the past. We can go back and get them."
"We can snap our own fingers," I added. "We can bring everyone back."
"Or screw it up worse than he already has, right?" countered Tony.
