Chapter 39

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by Snowgirll101
by Snowgirll101
                                        
                                                  Bruce and 2012 The Ancient One had Hulk lying down on a beach chair looking like he's sleeping with a hat on, Bruce tried reasoning with her to let him have the Time Stone.
"Please, please!" he said.
"I'm sorry, I can't help you, Bruce. If I give up the Time Stone to help your Reality, I'm dooming my own." she said.
"With all due respect, I'm not sure the science really supports that."
Then The Ancient One created a projection with a long ray that simulates the flow of time.
"The Infinity Stones create what you experience as the flow of time. Remove one stone and that flow splits." she said and flicked the Time Stone projection away showing black stream indicating a point of divergence. "Now, this may benefit your reality, but my new one...not so much. In this new branched Reality, without our chief weapon against the forces of darkness, our world will be overrun. Millions will suffer. So, tell me, Doctor, can your science prevent all that?"
"No, but we can erase it. Because once we are done with the stones, we can return each one to its own timeline at the moment it was taken. So, chronologically," he said and held the Time Stone projection. "in that reality," he said and put it back to its spot. "it never left." he said and his astral form took the projection of the removed Time Stone, replaced it back amongst the other five, and the doomed alternate dimension faded away, illustrating his point.
"But you are leaving out the most important part. In order to return the stones, you have to survive." she said still not convinced.
"We will. I will. I promise."
"I can't risk this Reality on a promise. It is the duty of the Sorcerer Supreme to protect the Time Stone."
"Then, why the hell did Strange give it away?"
"What did you say?" she asked surprised.
"Strange, he gave it away. He gave it to Thanos."
"Willingly?"
"Yes!"
"...Why?"
"I have no idea. Maybe he made a mistake."
"Or I did." she said and returned to him control of his Hulk body and opened the Eye of Agamotto, revealing the Time Stone. "Strange is meant to be the best of us."
"So he must have done it for a reason."
"I fear you might be right." she said and gave him the Time Stone.
"Thank you."
"I'm counting on you, Bruce. We all are."