Time Thaws History~ Marvel WTM

Prologue

Tony Stark was peacefully avoiding his thoughts and feelings by blasting music as he tinkered in his workshop.

He had just swiped at a hologram and was going to reach for a rolling chair when he was engulfed in a bright light.
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Tony was beyond confused as he slowly woke up on the floor of a room that was definitely not his workshop.

After blinking and rubbing his eyes the man looks at his new surroundings.

Somehow, some way, he had been knocked out and transported into a miniaturized theater room. The kicker though, was that Tony wasn't the only one in this predicament.

The genius was confused even more because Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Thor, Bruce Banner, Loki, and James 'Bucky' Barnes were also in the room.

Not waiting for anyone else to talk, Tony asked, "Anyone wanna share with the class what the hell is going on?"

Unfortunately, no one had an answer for him.

In their confusion, everyone walked around, except Loki and Bucky, and figured out that they were trapped in this room. There were bathrooms, bedrooms, an area with food of all kinds, and what seemed to be rage rooms, but there was no way out.

Everyone had gathered back in the theater-like section and was about to start theorizing about what had happened when the screen at the front of the room suddenly turned on and displayed a message.

As the message was writing itself out Clint's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "What kind of horror movie escape room bullshit is this?!" From his right, Natasha crossed her arms as she commented, "You could've just said 'Saw' you know."

Clint resisted the urge to push his best friend into the theater chair behind her.

Finally, the message had revealed itself in full. It read:

Avengers, Mr. Barnes, and Loki

You have all been brought here to watch your lives.

More specifically, you are here to watch your lives in a different universe.

Everything is much the same. Nearly.

Except for one woman.

She will join you in a moment.

Just know that she knows you, but not these versions of you as she does not exist in your universe.

We have already informed her of your ignorance of her existence.

Anything you could need will be provided as the watching goes on.

Others will likely join you in watching as well.

Fix your future. Before it's too late.

-The Watchers

Everyone in the room was stunned. Even the two gods.

No one had time to freak out or ask questions though because a bright light suddenly blinded them all.

A thump on the ground was heard as everyone dropped their hands from shielding their faces.

At the front of the room, a woman wearing all black, a t-shirt, joggers, combat boots, and a leather jacket, wasted no time in pushing her way up off the floor. As she pushed her stark white hair out of her face, she looked up and met the eyes of everyone present.

At first, the woman's eyes were somewhat gentle. That was until they instantly hardened after sweeping over most of the room's occupants.

Now fully standing, the woman clenched her jaw before crossing her arms over her chest. Nodding once, she spoke, with a thick Russian accent, "I know all of you, so no need to introduce yourselves. My name is Viktoria Petrova."

Unable to help himself, Tony chuckled a bit and asked, "Are you, like, a super Russian spy or something?"

Clint and Natasha couldn't help but notice how Viktoria's hands tightened around her biceps after Tony spoke. But what the redhead saw, and what her friend seemed to miss, were the swirling emotions the woman in front of them was desperately keeping at bay.

Natasha saw as a mask slipped on to Viktoria's face. The woman now wore a small smirk as she replied to Tony, "Something like that."

Tony seemed surprised that his supposed-to-be outlandish guess might be somewhat correct. He didn't have time to dwell on that though because the lights around the room started to dim.

Everyone else noticed this as well and slowly started finding seats around the room.

Viktoria sat in the middle of the front row by herself.

Tony and Bruce sat in the row behind her with a seat between them.

Natasha and Clint sat on the left side of the room.

Steve and Bucky were on the right side with a seat between them. Bucky was still very unsure of everything happening.

Thor and Loki sat in the top row of seats with multiple seats between them.

Staying subtle, Viktoria took a deep breath as the room went mostly dark and the screen lit up.