Into the Unknown

Soon You'll Come Home

When the Quinjet lands at the Compound Wanda, Pietro, Vision, Sam, and Bruce all come outside. I'm not surprised that Tony is not there. I hope that when they do meet things go ok. I also hope that Bucky can relax here and feel safe.

"Everyone, this is Bucky." Steve announces and then he turns to look at Bucky. "Bucky, meet the Avengers."

Sam crosses his arms in front of his chest and narrows his eyes.

"We've already met."

Bucky stares back at him.

"Yes and it was a funny little meet-cute." I say as I walk past them.

Sam turns to me. "Tearing my steering wheel out of my car is not a "meet-cute"."

I laugh and head inside. Tony is standing in front of the windows.

"So that's him." He says.

I don't say anything but I step next to him. Tony is quiet as he watches Bucky get introduced to the team. He lets out a deep sigh.

"It's going to take a long time to forgive him, but I'm glad you told me when you did."

I nod in reply.

"So tell me again about this Zemo guy." He steps away from the window and I follow him down the hallway.

I try to remember everything I can about him. "Well, he's a Baron. He kills somebody that knew the trigger words for the Winter Soldier and pretends to be him. Then after the bombing of the meeting, he pretends to be a therapist I think? Anyway he talks to Bucky and then says the words."

"So we just keep anyone from outside seeing Bucky. We can do that."

"And if he tries to even come here, I know what he looks like so we can stop him before he gets too close."

Tony enters the lab and motions for me to come inside as well. He pulls away some cloth to reveal the Glove.

"You finished it?" I stare at it in shock.

"Yep. Finished it while you were gone."

I walk closer to it. There are the six indentions for the Stones. "And it won't fuse to Bruce when he uses it?"

Tony shakes his head. "It shouldn't."

I nod. I'll have to tell Bruce that his arm will be fucked up for a bit but he'll heal.

"How about Bruce?" I ask.

"I'm still working on it but I know I'm close." I hear Bruce say.

I look to see him entering the lab. He looks at the Glove.

"I'm not doubting you on this but, can't we just destroy the Stones?" He asks.

I shake my head. "The Stones can't be destroyed." I look back down to the Glove. "Even if they could, Thanos would just go after something else. We need to destroy him first." I mumble.

"Thanos? Is that the big bad guy?" Tony asks.

I realize what I had just said. Welp, the cat's out of the bag. I nod. "He's the one that sent Loki."

"So what exactly does he want?" Bruce asks me.

"He wants everything to be balanced. He wants to wipe out half of the entire universe. Not just Earth, every planet. To him, there's too much of the consumer and not enough of the consumed."

Tony clears his throat. "Yep, that sounds like a psychopath."

"He's more than that." I reply.

"So what do we need to do?" Bruce picks up the Glove.