It Was Always You (Universe 163,729)

Chapter 6

Tony, Steve, Bruce and Scott watched Hulk smash the car into pieces. Bruce put his hand to his face in embarrassment. Bruce walked to a car and started to smash it.

"All right, we all have our assignments. Two Stones uptown, one Stone, down. Stay low. Keep an eye on the clock."

Bruce made it to the roof of the New York Sanctum.

"I'd be careful going that way. We just had the floors waxed."

"Ma'am, I'm looking for Doctor Strange."

"You're about... five years too early. Stephen Strange is currently performing surgery about twenty blocks that way. What do you want from him?"

"That actually." Bruce points to the time stone.

"Ah! I'm afraid not."

"Sorry, but I wasn't asking."

"You don't wanna do this."

"Ah, you're right, I don't. But I need that stone, and I don't have time to beat it-"

The Ancient One knocks Bruce into his astral form and stares at him.

"Let's start over, shall we?"

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Thor and Rocket are walking around Asgard in 2013. They are searching for the reality stone. They find Jane and stop.

"That's Jane."

"All right. Here's the deal, Tubby: You're gonna charm her and I'm gonna poke her with this thing, and extract the Reality Stone and get gone, lickety-split."

" I'll be right back, okay? There's a wine cellar, that's just down there. My father used to fish huge barrel of ale. I'll see if the cellar has a couple of..."

"Hey! Hey! Aren't you drunk enough already?"

The door opens and Frigga walks out with two other women.

"Who's the fancy broad?"

"It's my Mother. She dies today."

"Oh. That's today?"

" I can't do this. I can't do this. I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't have come. This was a bad idea."

"Come here."

"No, no, no. I think I'm having... I'm having a panic attack. I shouldn't be here...this is...this is a bad-"

"Come here. Right here."

Rocket slaps Thor in the face. Thor is still having a panic attack.

"You think you're the only one who lost people? What do you think we're doing here? I lost the only family I ever had. Quill, Groot, Drax, the chick with the antenna, all gone. Now, I get you miss your Mom. But she's gone. Really gone. And there are plenty of people who are only kinda gone. You can help Carol. Would she be happy you are sitting there crying? No! So is it too much to ask that you brush the crumbs outta your beard, make schmoopy talk to Pretty Pants, and when she's not looking, suck out the Infinity Stone and help me get my family back?"

"Okay."

"Are you crying?"

"No... Yes!"

"Get it together! You can do this. You can do this. All right?"

"Yes, I can."

"Good."

"I can do this. I can do it, I can't do this."