Five years after Thanos, an intergalactic warlord, disintegrates half of the universe, the Avengers must reunite and assemble again to reinvigorate their trounced allies and restore balance.
° Book Four, fourth installment from Game of Survival. Bas...
"Okay, so the 'how' works." Steve said to the team from beside Tony and Bruce, as holograms showcasing each of the six Infinity Stones were pulled up. "Now we gotta figure out the 'when' and the 'where'. Almost all of us has had an encounter with at least one of the six Infinity Stones."
"Or substitute the word 'encounter' for damn well near been killed by one of the six Infinity Stones." Tony commented causing Azar to snap her fingers before she pointed towards her best friend.
"I agree with that statement." The brunette said. "New York being one of those times."
"Well I haven't." Scott replied with a lost expression. "I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about."
"Regardless," Bruce began as he walked around the table of heroes. "We only have enough Pym Particles for one round trip each, and these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history.
"Our history." Azar commented while flipping her pen between her fingers. "So, not a lot of convient spots to drop in."
"Which means we have to pick our targets." Clint added from his position against the wall.
"Correct." Tony pointed at the archer.
Steve nodded in agreement as he put his hands into his pockets. "So let's start with the Aether." He announced before looking towards the God of Thunder. "Thor, what do you know?"
It remained silent which had caused everyone to turn in their seats to look at the god. The heroes couldn't figure out whether Thor was awake or asleep from the sunglasses over his eyes.
"Is he asleep?" Natasha asked.
"No, I'm pretty sure he's dead." Rhodey answered which earned him a soft jab in his side by Azar who was fighting to hold back a smile.
All of a sudden, Thor woke up and got to his feet while taking his sunglasses off in the process. "Where to start? Umm.. The Aether," He said before tapping the screen. "First, is not a stone, someone called it a stone before." He gestured towards Steve who frowned in confusion.
"It's more of a.. An angry sludge thing so.. Someone's gonna need to amend that and stop saying that." Thor continued as he put some eye solution in his eye. "Here's an interesting story though, many years ago.. My grandfather had to hide the stones from the Dark Elves." He wiggled his fingers to imitate a spooky ghost effect. "Whoo, scary beings. So Jane," An image of the woman popped up on the screen making Thor look over his shoulder. "Oh, there she is. That's Jane.. She's an old flame of mine.."
Tony stared at the god with an incredulous look before arching an eyebrow at Azar who shrugged with a shake of her head.
"She stuck her hand inside a rock this one time and then the Aether stuck itself inside her.. And she became very, very sick. So I had to take her to Asgard, which is where I'm from, and we had to try and fix her. We were dating at the time, you see. I got to introduce her to my Mother.. Who's dead." Thor continued with a broken look, appearing to be on the verge of tears. "And you know, Jane and I aren't even dating anymore. These things happen you know, nothing lasts forever."
"Okay." Azar muttered as she got up from her seat and walked towards the god. "Come on, Sparkles. How about I make you some food, hmm?" She asked as she tried to pull him back over to his seat.
"No, I'd like a Bloody Mary." The God of Thunder replied.
"Of course you do." The brunette muttered to herself.
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"Quill said he stole the Power Stone from Morag." Rocket announced as everyone ate dinner at the table.
"Is that a person?" Bruce asked while eating a tub of ice cream.
"Morag is a planet." The raccoon-oid responded. "Quill was a person."
"A planet?" Scott asked, still chewing on his food. "Like in outer space?"
"Oh, look. It's like a little puppy all happy and everything." Rocket said and began to imitate talking to a puppy while rubbing his head, which Scott did not find amusing. "Do you wanna go to space? You wanna go to space, puppy? I'll take you to space."
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"Thanos found the Soul Stone on Vormir." Nebula said while Azar took down notes. "And what is Vormir?" The brunette asked.
"A dominion of death at the very center of Celestial existence." Nebula answered. "It's where.. Thanos murdered my sister."
Azar looked up with an unreadable expression as an awkward silence fell upon the room. The team glanced at each other in silence before the brunette began writing what Nebula had said.
"Not it." Scott said, breaking the silence.
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It was around midnight and most of the team had retired to their bedrooms to sleep, all except for Azar and Tony who lied on the table surrounded by papers, and Bruce who lied on the floor.
"That Time Stone guy--"
"Doctor Strange." Bruce said, cutting the brunette off in mid-sentence.
"Yeah, whatever his name is." She shrugged and rolled her eyes. "What kind of a doctor was he?" She asked.
"Ear-nose-throat meets rabbit from a hat." Tony replied.
"Nice place in the village, though." Bruce added.
"Yeah, Sullivan Street." The billionaire said.
"Hmm.. Bleecker." The scientist argued.
"Wait, he lived in New York?" Azar questioned.
"No, he lived in Toronto." Tony answered. "Haven't you been listening to a word I've been saying, Spitfire?"
The brunette shoved her best friend slightly with a smile tugging at her lips. "Guys, if you pick the right year, there are three stones in New York." She announced.
Bruce shot up, looking at her in surprise. "Shut the front door."
