INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, WORKSHOP - NIGHT
SCOTT paces, mumbling to himself.
STEVE (O.S.)
Scott, are you okay?
SCOTT LANG
What? Yes.
He turns to STEVE and NATASHA.
SCOTT LANG (CONT'D)
Have either of you guys ever
studied quantum physics?
NATASHA
Only to make conversation.
Steve glances at her. She shrugs.
SCOTT LANG
Well, five years ago, just before
this Thanos guy...I went into a place called the Quantum Realm. It’s like its own microscopic universe. You can only get there if you’re incredibly small. Hope,
she’s my...she was supposed to pull me out. But then Thanos happened.
And I was stuck in there.
NATASHA
I’m sorry. It must’ve been a long five years.
SCOTT LANG
(getting excited)
Okay, but that’s the thing. It
wasn’t. For me, it was only five hours. The rules in the Quantum Realm aren’t like out here. They’re completely unpredictable.
Is anybody gonna eat that sandwich?
STEVE
Scott, what are you talking about?
SCOTT LANG
Time works differently in the
Quantum Realm.
Steve and Natasha share a look.
SCOTT LANG (CONT'D)
Problem is, right now, it’s chaos,there’s no way to navigate it. But what if we could figure out a way
to enter the Quantum Realm at a certain point in time...and come out in another. Like, before Thanos-
STEVE
Wait...wait. Scott. Are you
talking about a time machine?
SCOTT LANG
No, not a machine. More like a...
(searches, then gives up)
Yeah, like a time machine. I know
it sounds crazy...
NATASHA
Scott, I get emails from a raccoon.
Nothing’s crazy anymore.
SCOTT LANG
So, who do we talk to about this?
EXT. STARK ECO-COMPOUND, UPSTATE NEW YORK - DAY
LLAMAS and FARM ANIMALS GRAZE A RUSTIC-TECH ECO-COMPOUND.
EXT. STARK ECO-COMPOUND, WOODS - DAY
TONY approaches A WOODED GLADE near the house.
TONY
Morgan H. Stark. Chow time. Want some lunch?
Silence.
Then MORGAN STARK (4) steps out of her play tent,
wearing A PURPLE-BLUE IRON MAN HELMET (RESCUE).
MORGAN STARK
Define lunch or be disintegrated.
TONY
You should not be wearing that.It’s part of a special anniversary gift I made for Mom. You thinking
about lunch?
Tony gently takes the helmet off, revealing A YOUNG GIRL.
TONY (CONT'D)
Where’d you find this?
MORGAN STARK
Garage.
Tony picks her up, walking toward the house.
TONY
You like going in the garage? So does Daddy. It’s all right. Mommy never wears what I buy her.
TIME CUT:
Tony and Morgan exit the woods. Suddenly, Tony stops.
In the driveway, STEVE ROGERS stares at him. NATASHA AND
SCOTT GET OUT OF THE CAR BEHIND HIM.
EXT. STARK ECO-COMPOUND, PORCH - DAY
STEVE, SCOTT, and NATASHA sit with TONY.
TONY
I just want to thank you folks for dropping by. It’s not every day one gets to contemplate biting it on an inter-dimensional timescape.
NATASHA
You’ve got some objections to the plan.
TONY
So you’re calling it a plan. To me, it sounds like an exotic suicide method. Not to mention, it’s impossible.
SCOTT LANG
We know what it sounds like.
STEVE
Tony, after what you’ve seen, is anything really impossible?
TONY
Quantum fluctuation kinda messes with the Planck Scale, which then triggers the Deutsch Proposition,
can we agree on that?
(offering more tea)
Chai?
(back on message)
In layman’s terms, it means you can cancel your Netflix subscription because you’re not coming home.
SCOTT LANG
I did.
TONY
Which was a billion-to-one cosmic fluke. Now you want to pull a- What are you calling it?
SCOTT LANG
A time heist.
TONY
Oh, of course, a time heist,why didn’t we think of this before? Right, because it’s a pipe dream.
Who are you again?
SCOTT LANG
Still Scott...
STEVE
Tony, the Stones exist in the past. We could get them and bring them here.
NATASHA
We can snap our own fingers. We can bring everyone back.
TONY
Or screw it up worse than he
already has.
STEVE
I don’t believe we would.
Tony stares at Steve, a lot of water under the bridge.
TONY
Gotta say it. Sometimes I’ve
missed that giddy optimism. Sadly,all your high hopes won’t help me if there’s no logical, tangible way
for me to safely execute said “time heist.” I believe the most likely outcome would be our collective demise.
SCOTT LANG
Not if we strictly follow the rules of time travel. No talking to our past selves. No betting on sporting events-
TONY
Stop, Scott. Stop. Are you
telling me that your plan to save the universe is more than loosely based on Back to the Future?
SCOTT LANG
(meaning “yes”)
No...
TONY
Good. Because that would be
horseshit. Scientifically
speaking, your brother’s picture doesn’t disappear just ‘cause you went to the dance with your mom.
That’s not how quantum physics
works.
NATASHA
We have to take a stand.
TONY
We did stand. And yet here we are.
SCOTT LANG
Look, Stark- Can I call you Tony?.
TONY
Please don’t-
SCOTT LANG
Tony-
TONY
Fine.
SCOTT LANG
I get that you’ve got a lot on the line, here. You’ve got a wife. A daughter. But I lost someone very important - a lot of us did - and now we have a chance to save her,and everyone else, and you won’t
even-
TONY
No, Scott. I won’t. Even.
Suddenly, MORGAN walks onto the porch.
MORGAN STARK
Mommy told me to come save you.
Tony takes Morgan into his arms and heads inside.
TONY
Good job. I’m saved.
(to Steve)
I wish you were coming here to ask me something else. I’m honestly happy to see you. If you want to stay-
Steve tries one last time.
STEVE
Tony, I get it. And I’m happy for you. I am. But this is a second chance.
TONY
Yeah, well, I got my second chance right here. I can’t roll the dice on it. The table is set for six.
If you don’t talk shop, you’re
welcome to stay for lunch.
He exits.
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