Soulful | Book 2 of 2| Starks daughter x Natasha Romanoff

Chapter 16

We got into Steve's car and drove to Tony's house. When we got there Tony was carrying Morgan into the house. He stopped and looked at us for a second then walked back in. I wish I knew what was going on in Tony's head, I mean seeing me and Nat was normal, but seeing Steve and Scott who we thought dusted was strange. Nat nodded at Tony and Tony nodded back then we all walked to the porch. Tony left Morgan inside, got us some drinks, and came to the porch. He gave me and Nat hugs and nodded at Steve and Scott.

Scott explained his idea to Tony as Tony poured drinks for us. "Now, we know what it sounds like," Scott said as he finished explaining his idea.

"Tony, after everything you've seen, is anything really impossible?" Steve asked.

"Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck Scale, which then triggers the Deutsch Proposition. Can we agree on that?" Tony asked. I nodded but Scott, Nat, and Steve looked confused. Tony gave a drink to Steve,

"Thank you," Steve said.

"In Layman's terms, it means you're not coming home," Tony said.

"I did," Scott said.

"No, you accidentally survived. It's a billion-to-one cosmic fluke. And now you wanna pull off a What do you call it?" Tony asked.

"A time heist?" Scott said like he was trying to hide his pride.

"Yeah, a time heist. Of course, why didn't we think of this before? Oh, because it's laughable? Because it's a pipedream?"

"The Stones are in the past. We can go back and get them," Scott said.

"We can snap our own fingers. We can bring everyone back," Nat said.

"Or screw it up worse than he already has, right?" Tony asked.

"I don't believe we would," Steve said.

"Gotta say, sometimes I miss that giddy optimism. However, high hopes won't help if there's no logical, tangible way for me to safely execute said time heist. I believe the most likely outcome would be our collective demise," Tony said,

"Dad, come on, I think we should try it, I mean we owe it to all those people, we're the ones that we failed them," I said, Tony, nodded.

"Aj, I thought I taught you to be more logical," Tony said.

"It could work if we strictly follow the rules of time travel. That means no talking to our past selves, no betting on sporting events -" Scott started.

"I'm gonna stop you right there, Scott," Tony said, "Are you seriously telling me that your plan to save the universe is based on Back To The Future?"

"No," Scott scoffed.

"Good. You had me worried there. Cause that'd be horse shit. That's not how quantum physics works."

"Tony, we have to take a stand," Nat said.

"We did stand. And yet, here we are."

" I know you got a lot on the line. You got a wife, another daughter. But I lost someone very important to me. A lot of people did," Scott got louder, "And now, now we have a chance to bring her back. To bring everyone back. And you're telling me that won't even"

"That's right, Scott, I won't even," Tony said. Morgan ran over to Tony and got on his lap.

"Mommy told me to come and save you," She said.

"Good job. I'm saved," Tony said, Morgan jumped off of Tony and ran over to me,

"Aj!" she jumped into my arms and I picked her up, "Hey Morgs," I said.

"Hi, Nat!" Morgan said.

"Hey Morgan," Nat said back. Tony turned to Steeve and Scott, "I wish you'd come here to ask me something else. Anything else. Honestly, I, I missed you guys, it was... Oh, and the table's set for everyone," Tony changed the subject and went to walk inside. Morgan jumped out of my arms and ran over to Tony and he picked her up.

"Tony, I get it. And I'm happy for you, I really am. But this is a second chance," Steve said.

"I got my second chance right here, Cap, " Tony said, "I can't roll the dice again. I almost died on Titan with Thanos, and Aj and Pepper almost lost me, I can't have that happen again. I shouldn't have even started that whole Ironman thing while I had Aj, I've put too much on the line, now I need to take care of my family and do what's best for them and this isn't it. If you don't talk shop, you can stay for lunch." Tony said as he went inside. Nat, Scott, Steve, and I walked to the car.

"Well, he's scared," Nat said.

"He is," I said back, "he doesn't want to mess things up more than we already have."

"He's not wrong," Steve said.

"Yeah, but I mean, what are we gonna do? We need him. What, are we gonna stop?" Scott said.

"No, I wanna do it right. We're gonna need a really big brain," Steve said. Scott pointed to Tony's house. "Bigger than his?" he asked.

"Way bigger," I said. 

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