A race to the finish line

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When my eyes open again, I'm in a car. With a groan, I sit up. Bruce's voice comes from beside me telling me to be careful. 

"Where are we?" I ask with a groan. Rubbing my eyes. 

"We're in a car." Tony says from the drivers seat

"No shit sherlock," I say exasperated "I meant where are we on planet earth"

"We're just about to enter New York." Tony says

I twist to look behind me. Sitting there are Thor, Sam, Clint, Natasha and Bucky. When I look beside me Bruce and Hampton are sitting in my row. Steve and Tony are in the front. 

"We have everything?" I ask

"All the stolen equipment and money are in the way way back of the car." Hampton says "By the way, where'd you find that car? It was beautiful." 

"Oh my gosh! I know right!" I say, but wince when pain shoots up from my back "oops"  I say, attempting to calm down. "I don't know, I found it in a parking lot. I hit the jackpot though." I say and Hampton smiles. 

"Whoah, did the kid smile?!" Stark asks, looking in the rear view mirror again. "He's said more words right now than he has this whole time you were out." Stark says

"Which was how long again?" I ask. If we're near New York already, and were in Moscow when I passed out it must've been a while. 

"About a day almost." Steve says from the front. 

"In the quinjet it took about fifteen hours to get from Moscow to Maine. We thought it'd be best to not fly right into New York." 

"Wait, I'm sorry. Did we just get the money to fix a jet we left behind?" I ask growing annoyed

"No, not at all. Our tech still works in this world for the most part. We-"

"We?!" Clint protests, making Tony roll his eyes

"Fine, Clint, programed it to self fly back to where it came from."

"So it's on autopilot on the way back to the farm." I clarify 

"Not exactly." Tony says "It's currently making a stop in two different countries, and thirteen different states before it will cloak and disappear as it heads here. Then it'll be off the radar and they won't know where we went." 

"Who came up with this idea?" I ask astounded 

"Wonder boy back there." Tony says, and I give Hampton a smile. 

"Are we sure you're really the genius in this car?" I ask, and out of the corner of my eye I see Bruce smirk.

"We're going to need more fuel though. Going as fast as we're going to go is going to burn through our fuel with a fury." 

"That won't be hard. Especially with the money we have. I think our only concern should be time." Hampton says 

"They filled you in more?" I ask, and he nods "If you're all going to get back then every second of time matters." Hampton says 

"Okay, so the quinjet will be back by the time we get to the farm right?" I ask

"About then, yeah." Clint says 

"Okay, then when we get back Hampton you're going to drive this car to get a crap ton more fuel for the quinjet after we empty the car. Take some of the money though to pay. No need to draw attention to where we are after taking precautions like that. " I say and I can see Steve nod from the front

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