The Other Half

5 years later

5 YEARS LATER

Sam has made a group of people who are still suffering from the snap. "So...I, uh, went on a date the other night." One of the people say. "The first time in 5 years. I didn't even know what to talk about." "What did you talk about?" Sam asked. "Same as always, how everything's changed." He continues. "How much we miss the Mets. Stuff like that. Then...we cried during when they were serving the salad." "That's great. You took the hardest part, you took the jump. You didn't know when you were gonna come down." Sam says. "That's it. That's those little brave baby steps we have to take to try to become whole again, try to find purpose. The world's in our hands. We've gotta do something with it." Sam finishes.

San Francisco, Luis' van starts back up and the quantum tunnel activates. Scott gets shot out. "Ow. Hank, I know I can be a..." he looks around and realizes they're not there. "What?" He asked confused.

At the Avengers compound, Wanda is placing chips in a bowl as she is surrounded by holograms of the others. "Yeah, we boarded the highly-suspected warship Danvers pinged." Rocket says. "It was an infested garbage scow." Nebula says. "And now we smell like garbage." Rocket complains.
"Well, you were closer." Carol says.

"T'Challa, did you get a ping on the tremors?" Wanda asked the king of Wakanda.

"'Twas a mild subduction under the African plate." He answers.

"So, how do we handle it?" Wanda asked.

"It's a earthquake in the ocean. We handle it by not handling it." Shuri answers behind T'Challa.

"Carol, are we seeing you here again next month?" Wanda asked her.

"It's not likely." She answers.

"What? You gonna go get another haircut?" Rocket asked.

"Listen, furball, what's happening on earth is happening on thousands of other worlds. So you won't be seeing me for a while." Carol says back. "Okay, good point." Rocket says.

"Okay, well, this channel is always open if you need anything." Wanda says and they all leave except Bucky. "Where are you?" She asked him.

"Mexico." Bucky answers. "They found a lead to a warehouse and when they got there...it was like a massacre. Definitely cortel guys" Bucky says.

"It was probably a rival gang." She says.

"Except, it's not. It's definitely Barton." Bucky says. "I gotta tell you, there's a part of me that believes he doesn't wanna he found. I've been where he's at. Doesn't know his place in the world. Or what to believe anymore." Bucky says. "A part of me doesn't even wanna find him." He answers sympathetically. "I'm heading back tomorrow. See you then." He says as he shuts off the hologram.

Wanda sits back down and starts crying. "You know, I'd offer to take you someplace just to get you out of here, but I have a feeling I should come back on a better day." Sam says.

Wanda looks up and sees him. "Come to do your laundry?" She asked him.

"Came to see a friend." He says.

"Well, your friend is doing fine as you can see." She says.

"You know, I saw a pod of whales when I was coming over the bridge."

"In the Hudson?" She asked. "There's fewer ships polluting the waters." He explained. "Okay, if you're about to tell me that there's a bright side to everything that's happened, you're about to be thrown through that wall." She says. "I was just with my group, telling them that it's time to move on. Some of them do, but not us." Sam says as he sits down. "If I move on, who does any of this?" Wanda asked him. "Maybe it doesn't have to be done." He answere her. "You know, I used to only have my brother, then I lost him, and then I got this family. And even though their all gone, I feel like it's continuing their legacy by doing what I can." She answers him. A hologram appears in her face. She flips it on and the camera outside activates.