What If... the other 50% were snapped?

Chapter 13: Time To Go Home

1995 S.H.I.E.LD. Headquarters...

"Here kitty," Sam says gently, slowly reaching his hand out towards Goose. A tiny Scott is sitting on Sam's hand.

"Oh my god, oh my god" Scott whispers squeakily as Goose leans his face on Sam's hand, sniffing Scott. "I'm gonna die," Scott peeps. Goose opens his mouth, extending a cat tongue and licks Scott up, swallowing him. "Ahhhhh!" Scott's yells get slowly muffled as he is swallowed.

"Good kitty," Sam coos, scratching Goose behind the ears.

"Hey," Scott says as he falls in a splat at Peter's feet. Peter helps Scott to his feet and they look at one another and then at the tesseract in Peter's hand.

"So uh..." Peter trails off.

"Right..." Scott replies, staring in awe at the tesseract. Scott shakes his head like a dog ridding its ears of water and looks at Peter. "Uh, to be honest I don't really understand the physics of this cat," Scott tells Peter.

"I'm not sure it even is a cat," Peter answers.

"Yeah..." Scott blinks. "Well uh anyways, I don't know if getting big will even mean getting out of here. Like what if the belly is infinite?"

"Um dude, I'm pretty sure it's an alien or something; not a wizard,"

"It eating you when you were a full size human is already going against any science that made sense."

"You okay in there?" Sam asks through Scott and Peter's earpieces. "I don't see you getting big and exploding this cat, I'm still scratching it behind the ears."

"Yeah," Scott answers, "we're actually starting to think that maybe that won't work."

"What do you mean? You gotta different plan or you just planning to live there now?" Sam quips back. Scott opens his mouth and closes it. He looks at Peter and shrugs. Peter's eyebrows furrow as he seems to be thinking of something.

"Hang on," Peter says, "I actually do have an idea," Scott looks at him. "We can just press our buttons and go back now, we don't need to get out of the cat first. I have the tesseract right here." Scott's mouth drops open

"Well hell," Sam says through Scott and Peter's earpieces. "We really aren't the brightest bunch are we? Good job kid. See you two in a second."

Meanwhile on Morag...

2014 Nebula and 2014 Gamora stand to the left of 2014 Thanos. 2014 Ebony Maw stands on 2014 Thanos' right and they all face Quill who is suspended in the air by magical silky black ropes around all his limbs. 2014 Ebony Maw makes the ropes grow upwards, wrapping tightly around him as he struggles to get free.

"That's enough," 2014 Thanos commands. 2014 Ebony Maw lowers his hands and the ropes stop growing longer and tighter, staying how they are. Quill's face is contorted in Pain and his eyes are huge as 2014 Thanos slowly takes one step closer to him. 2014 Thanos raises one hand to cup Quill's face. "I will ask you again," 2014 Thanos hisses. "Tell me what happens in my future."

Meanwhile at Citadel in Wakanda present day...

Shuri, Dr. Strange, Wanda, Bucky, Sam, Peter, Hope, Scott, Drax, Mantis, and Groot appear on the raised dias. Fury, Hill, Janet, Hank are standing next to the dias and all cheer when the others appear. The cheers die down and everyone looks around at one another.

"Where's your brother?" Bucky asks Shuri in a low voice. Shuri turns to him, her eyes full of tears and shakes her head.

"There was no other way," she whispers and hangs her head. Bucky puts a hand on her shoulder.

"The man who didn't want me to take his ship," Wanda says suddenly. "Quill. Where is he?" she asks Drax, Mantis and Groot. They look to one another in confusion.

"I thought he came back with us," Mantis says. Drax turns around 360 degrees eyes searching for Quill. Groot hangs his head.

"I am Groot," Groot says mournfully. Everyone looks at each other. Then without any warning Thanos' ship appears on the raised dias, causing the room to be wrecked. Everyone flies in different directions at the mini explosion. Clouds of dust and broken pieces of rock and metal make it impossible for anyone to see anything. Wanda raises up, surrounded by glowing energy and raises her hands up, all of the heroes go flying out of the room, surrounded by Wanda's magic, to land gently on the grass outside the city. Wanda flies out after them and lands in the field where everyone is slowly getting to their feet and helping one another get to their feet.