Assemble | Avengers | Second Part

Captiolo (19) Diciannove ~ Who's Here

~Avery~

It had been two days, and Morgan, Harley, and I were settled back in New York. Happy had flown back with us, having insisted that since Tony wasn't around at the moment, someone needs to look after his wife and kids.

At the moment, I had left Happy to watch the two while I went back to the compound, hoping that any Avenger that wasn't dusted would be there. I had tried to call Olivia, Steve, Natasha, and Rhodey, but none of them answered.

And if I saw even one of them, I would be likely to kill them.

Walking threw the halls of the compound I, I noticed not a single person in any office, training room, lounge room, or anything. I kept making my way down the halls, trying to see if the Captian was in his office towards the end of the compound. Coming across the closed door, I quickly threw it open, finding Steve Rogers with his head on the desk.

"What the hell happened? Where is my husband?" I practically shouted at the man, who was quick to stand.

"Avery! I..." He started, before deflating back into his seat. "We couldn't do it. We lost."

"Well, obviously." I huffed, moving to sit in the seat opposite. "Where is Tony?"

"We don't know. Olivia has been driving herself mad trying to get in contact with him down in her lab- hold on, Avery!" Steve shouted as I bolted from the room, running towards Olivia's lab.

"Oliv!" I shouted as I flung the door open.

The woman seemed to flinch at my voice, whatever was in her hands dropping onto the table in front of her. Turning around, I was met with bloodshot eyes, dark bags hanging under them, and her messy brown hair was haphazardly thrown into a bun at the top of the woman's head.

"Oh, Olivia..." I mumbled, rushing towards the woman and engulfing her in a hug.

"Avery... oh my god, Avery." She gasped, as if only now fully realizing it was me. "God, I'm so sorry. I wanted to answer your calls but I just... I didn't know what I would even say..."

"Hey, hey it's alright. It's okay." I tried to reassure the obviously broken woman.

"No, it's not! I almost had it! Shuri and I almost got the stone safely out of Vision, but I couldn't protect us long enough to finish! And then I tried to keep him alive while Wanda destroyed that fucking stone, but he died right with it! And then- and then Thanos just reversed time and brought him back, just to pull the stone out of his head and kill him all over again!" She ranted, her knees buckling causing us to move to the ground.

"He's gone because of me. Because I couldn't just do my job and protect people."

"Who, Oliv?"

"Jamie. He took my Jamie. I was just getting him back, and he took him. And for all we know he took Tony, too!" She cried, and my heart broke for the woman.

"Wait, what about the kids?" She pulled away. "Peter was with Tony, but what about Morgan and Harley?"

"Their okay! They're back home with Happy, right now." I smiled. "I was one of the lucky ones, I guess. Or, wait, what happened to Rhodey? I haven't heard anything from him, either."

"He's okay. He's just been as depressed as the rest of us." She sniffled. "Steve, Natasha, Bruce, Thor, and Rhodey, are still here. We're not sure what's going on with Liv, Tony, and Alex since they're all who knows where in space. Haven't heard a thing from Clint, either."

I nodded in understanding, neither of us saying anything for a moment.

"Listen, at the end of the week, I've got to go back to California. Apparently Tony and Pepper made me the Interim CEO of Stark Industries, so I've got to go deal with whatever that entails."

"Oh, thank god it's you and not me. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's not that bad of a job, but there's a reason Howard was the face of the company. Besides the sexism." The two of us laughed as someone walked in catching our attention.

"It's good to hear some laughter around here." Natasha smiled.

"Hey, Nat." Olivia and I stood as I went to go give the blond a hug.

"Avery. How're the kids? What happened to them?" She quickly pulled away.

"Their okay. Harley and Morgan are both still here. I'm guessing Peter was still with Tony, though, so..."

"So, we don't know what happened." She nodded in understanding. "Well, at least you have those two to keep you sane, right?"

"Are you kidding? I love those two with all my heart, but it's Tony Starks kid and his mentee. I will never be sane with them around."