Chapter 2

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"Alright, who here hasn't been to space?" Rocket asked as everyone was sat in the Benatar. Steve, Nat and Rhodey raised their hands. "You better not throw up on my ship." He jokes, but deep down Steve didn't think he was joking. They all jerked forward after Nebula did a count down. Off they went.

Going through a wormhole, Steve holds onto his seat, eyes widening a bit. After a few minutes they are in front of the planet that Thanos was supposively on. Carol announced she was heading down for recon.

"This is going to work, Steve." Natasha reassured him. Tony glanced back at them. He knew Steve was close to Freyja, and he lost Bucky as well. His eyes moved to next to him where Thor sat in silence, listening. Thor had lost not only his sister, but his brother as well. Tony couldn't tell who was in more pain. Neither of them had anyone left.

"I know it will." Steve agreed. But his face held worry. He didn't know what he would do if it didn't work. Could he live with Freyja? He had lost Bucky once before, it would take a while but he could live with it eventually. But Frey...He loved her. More than Peggy. He had once thought that Peggy Carter was the love of his life. But that was so many years ago now. It was different compared to how he felt for Frey. He loved her more than anything. And right now, he wished he was the one snapped. He would trade places with Bucky or Frey right now. "Cause I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't." He added. Nat looked at him sad, she felt for him.

Carol returns, a look of shock and distress on her face. "No satellites, no ships, no armies, no ground defenses of any kind. It's just....him."

"And that's enough." Nebula said.

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The Avengers all burst through the door of the little home, Carol had gone through the roof and currently held Thanos by the neck. Bruce, in the hulkbuster, grabs Thanos' gauntlet arm, as Thor flies in and sliced it off. A scream left Thanos' mouth as he drops to his knees, guns pointed at him.

Steve walks to the Gauntlet on the ground, kicking it over. Everyone went silent staring at it.

"Where are they?" Steve demanded. He looked defeated. Hopeless.

"The universe required correction. After that, the stones served no purpose, beyond temptation." Thanos spoke.

"You murdered trillions!!" Bruce yelled, prepared to shoot Thanos.

"You should be grateful." Bruce punched him.

"Where are the stones?" Nat asked.

"Gone. Reduced to atoms." Thanos looked to Thor, who was deathly quiet. "I used the stones to destroy the stones. It nearly killed me. But the work is done. It always will be." He sits up a little. "I am....inevitable."

Thor didn't think twice about it, launching himself forward and slicing through Thanos' neck with Stormbreaker.

"What.....what did you do?" Rocket asked, in utter shock.

"I went for the head." Thor responded. All he could think about is whether that really made himself feel better or not. Did that help with the fact that this man had killed his brother and sister? No. not even close.

Five Years Later

Everyone was going through their own pain, dealing with it in their own way. Thor was in his place of New Asgard, his pain was numbed by snacking and drinking excessively. His thoughts on Freyja and Loki. If he could only fix his problems. But No. He failed. He failed his father. He failed his mother. He failed Loki. And he failed Freyja. Hell he probably even failed Hela. Why not add to the pile? Not to even mention his people. Asgard. Most were gone with the snap or from Thanos attacking their ship. So there he was, sitting in his self pity, playing video games with Korg and Meik, drinking and eating.

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Tony did something different. He finally married Pepper Potts. He could only imagine Freyja's thoughts on the matter. 'What took you so long?' Or 'Were you waiting for something drastic to happen again?'. Pepper could tell that the one open seat at the wedding was saved for Frey. They danced and had fun. Tony drank a lot, nearly more than normal. But he got back to himself, actually slightly better than that.

He actually ended up with a daughter with Pepper, Morgan Freyja Stark. Pepper insisted on the middle name, Tony gave in when she told him thats what she would have wanted. Morgan was the perfect puzzle piece to fix his life. Tony was able to move on better. Being a father, he could focus on other things, he still worked in the garage but not as much as he did.

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Steve was the worse. He never stopped trying to find a way to get the stones back. Natasha was there for him. He even had spent a few nights with Sharon Carter. He regretted it almost immediately and pulled what Nat called a 'Freyja' by running. That made him laugh until he started to break down slightly.

He just wanted her back. He went to meetings for people who lost others in the snap. He went to help them, but they also helped him a bit. Steve knew Freyja would be mad at him for putting his life on pause like this for her. But he had to get Bucky and Frey back. Nat was in the same boat, wanting to find Clint and help him get his family back. Steve thought he had it bad, when he found out that Barton lost his whole family, he felt bad sitting in self pity.

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That leads us to now. Scott Lang ended up knocking on the door. Nat and Steve learned there was indeed a way to get everyone back. It was a risk, but worth it.

Steve now stood outside the car, staring at Tony who was holding Morgan.

Tony nodded to them all, Nat, Steve, Lang and Rhodey. Placing Morgan down and sending her back inside. "What's up guys? We having a party or something?" Tony joked. He didn't want to get his hope up. Not now. He had too much now to lose.

"We can get Freyja back." Steve announced.

"We can get Everyone back." Nat corrected. Steve rolled his eyes but nodded.

"Oh? And please do tell how I'm risking my family now." Tony knew they were going to try to get him to join them, but was it worth it to him? His wife, his daughter.He could lose it all. Losing Peter and Freyja wasn't enough?

Lang went into a long explanation of the Quantum realm and how they could use it as a form of time travel. Tony let him continue his explanation for a while.

"No."

"Ex-excuse me?" Steve asked shocked.

"I've got a family now. I'm not able to risk that. I'm not losing anymore. I can't do it. I'm sorry." With that Tony went inside, leaving everyone shocked.

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They had all ended up back at the compound where they had ended up with Bruce helping them, well Hulk-Bruce. It was weird. Bruce was now stuck between the change, well he wouldn't say stuck. But still weird. They were all watching as Lang went back in time, coming back as a preteen, an elder, a baby.

Finally he came back right. "Someone peed my pants....I don't know if it was baby me or old me....or me." Lang said sounding a bit embarrassed and disgusted.

"Did you turn into a baby?" Tony asked Steve as he showed up.

"Yeah something like that."

"I'm in." Tony finally agreed.

They were bringing everyone back.

A/n: Sorry, I don't want to write all of Endgame, I feel like its cheating too much. I'm going to just summarize the time travel in the next chapter, just to show any changes. You've seen the movies hopefully. If not....why you here? Frey will be in here soon. I promise.

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