the strongest avenger (2)

fifteen

Thor drank all the beer on the ship.

All of it.

Thank God that our flight was short, because as soon as we landed, I was out of that ship.

I spent the rest of the day helping Tony build the machine or whatever, the bigger pieces I moved with my telekinesis.

Rocket helped as well, while Thor sat back and watched.

Nebula, Scott, and Bruce worked on the suits, and I knew that Nat went to find Clint.

When I first saw Clint, he was heading over towards Bruce, and our gazes met across the way. His mind screamed with pain and it took my whole being to not wince.

I just sighed and continued putting the finishes touches on the machine.

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Eventually, we finished and I grabbed a quick snack from the kitchen, coming back to find Clint in the new suit in the middle of the machine.

Thor, Rhodey, Steve, Rocket, Nebula, and I watch as Big Green fiddles with his computer.

"Alright Clint. We're going in three, two, one."

I finish my granola bar as Clint gets sucked into the machine thing. Bruce waits a few seconds and then presses some buttons to pull him back.

My eyes widen as Clint comes back on his knees, yelling something. I hang back while everyone runs up to him, Nat going first.

"Hey, hey look at me. You okay?" I hear her ask.

"Yeah, yeah. It worked. It worked."

A grin spreads on my face and I feel a flutter in my chest, we were gonna do this.

We're going to get them back.

**

After Clint changed back into normal clothes, we went to the conference rooms to have a time heist meeting.

"Okay, so the how works." Steve says as I sit down in a chair and lean back. "Now, we gotta figure out the when and the where. Almost everyone in this room has had an encounter with at least one of the six Infinity Stones."

"Or subtitle the word encounter for damn near been killed by one of the six Infinity Stones."

"Well I haven't," Scott says. "but I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about."

"Regardless, we only have enough Pym Particles for one round trip each." Bruce explains. "And these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history."

"Our history." I clarify.

"So, not a lot of convenient spots to just drop in yeah?" Tony says.

"Which means we have to pick our targets." Clint mumbles.

"Correct."

"So, let's start with the Aether. Thor what do you know?"

I look over at him as he just sits there with sunglasses on.

"Is he asleep?" Nat asks.

I sigh and reach over to the small bowl of peanuts. I pick one up and throw it, watching him jerk as it hits his forehead.

"I'm pretty sure he's dead." I hear Rhodey mutter under his breath.

We watch as Thor lets out a breath and pushes up out of his seat, walking over to the screen.

"Uh, where to start? Um...the Aether, firstly, is not a stone. Someone called it a stone before. Um, it's more of an angry sludge sort of a thing, so someone's gonna need to amend that and stop saying that. Here's an interesting story, though, about the Aether. My grandfather many years ago had to hide the stone from the Dark Elves."

I roll my eyes at my friend.

"Ooh. Scary beings. So Jane actually, Oh there she is. Yeah so Jane was an old flame of mine. You know she uh stuck her hand inside a rock this one time and then the Aether stuck itself inside her and she became very very sick. And 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 and I got to introduce her to my mother...who's dead and um. Oh you know Jane and I aren't even dating anymore so. Yes these things happen though. You know? Nothing lasts forever. The only thing that—"

"Why don't you come sit down?" Tony asks as he tries to pull Thor away.

"I'm not done yet. The only thing that is permanent in life is impermanence."

"I was thinking more along the lines of death but whatever." I mumble.

"Awesome," Tony claps his hands. "Eggs? Breakfast?"

"No, I'd like a Bloody Mary." Thor sighs and goes back to sit down.

"Moving on..." Steve tried to get us back on track. "What about the Power Stone?"

"2014, Morag." I say quickly, frowning at how fast that came out of my mouth.

"How do you know that?" Rocket asks me.

I just shrug at him. "Uh...I don't know I just kinda...had a hunch?"

"Well you're right. Quill said he stole the Power Stone from Morag."

"Is that a person?" Bruce asks.

"No, Morag's a planet. Quill was a person."

"Like a planet? Like in outer space?" Scott asks while a little in awe.

"Yes Scott." I say.

"Oh look," Rocket goes over to him and rubs his head. "It's like a little puppy, all happy and everything. Do you wanna go to space? You wanna go to space puppy?"

"Muppet, that's enough." I groan out.

Rocket rolls his eyes but goes back to his seat.

"What about the Soul Stone?" Tony asks.

"Vormir." I blurt out, immediately putting a hand over my mouth. "Sorry."

"How do you know this stuff?" My dad asks me.

"I honestly have no clue, dude." I shake my head.

"She's right, Thanos found the Soul Stone on Vormir."

"What is Vormir?" Nat asks as she takes notes.

"A dominion of death...at the very center of celestial existence."

"It's a planet." I say simply.

"It's where Thanos murdered my sister." Nebula continues, causing me to flatten my lips in a line.

Steve sighs and looks down. "Not it."

**

"Okay...next is the Time Stone." Bruce says, as we all lay back onto a large table.

"That Time Stone guy." Nat says.

"Doctor Strange," I clarify. "He's odd."

"What kind of doctor was he?" She asks.

"A surgeon I think." I tilt my head while thinking.

"Nah, he was ear nose throat meets rabbit from hat." Tony sarcastically says.

"Nice place in the village though." Bruce says.

"Yeah on Sullivan Street?"

"No, Bleecker." I correct.

"Wait he lived in New York?"

"No, he lived in Toronto." Tony says.

"On Bleecker and Sullivan." I say over Tony's loud voice.

"Guys. If you pick the right year, there are three stones in New York."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I ask while sitting up.

"Shut the front door." Bruce says while sitting up next to me.