Complicated

Part 57 - I'm not Completely Heartless

On the way Bucky got two calls from Amber, he ignored them. His mind was somewhere else at the moment anyway.

"I'm off on Monday if you want to hang out." She texts him.

He clicks the phone and ignores it. "I also have an early shift. I can come over tomorrow after work" She texts again a few minutes later, he sighs and think about a response. The car stops, he looks up at a beautiful cabin by a lake.

He places his phone in his pocket. They step out of the car and see Tony holding a little girl as he walks up the stairs of his porch. They all look at each other.

Bucky hadn't seen Tony since the day he arrived back to earth so he was shocked he had another daughter now.

Nat nods, Tony nods back as they stand outside each door of the car.

They walk to the porch where he invited them to sit and Scott explains his plan.

Tony sits after serving them a drink. Bucky stands behind Steve with his arms crossed.
"Tony, after everything you've seen, is anything really impossible?" Steve asks.

"Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck Scale, which then triggers the Deutsch Proposition. Can we agree on that?" Tony points out.

They all glance at each other confused. They don't know much about science let alone Quantum Physics. Tony hands Steve and Scott a drink. "Thanks" they say, passing it to Nat and Bucky.

"Other words, it means you're not coming home." Tony says.

"I did" Scott says.

"No, you accidentally survived. It's a billion to one cosmic fluke. And now you wanna pull off a... What do you call it?" Tony asks.

"Time heist," Scott says.

"Yeah, a time heist. Of course, why didn't we think of this before? Oh, because it's laughable? Because it's a pipedream?" Tony says sarcastically at his plan.

"The Stones are in the past. We can go back and get them." Steve argues.

"We can snap our own fingers. We can bring everyone back." Nat says. Bucky runs his hands on his neck, just the thought of having his family back he'd do anything.

"Or screw it up worse than he already has, right?" Tony says glancing at Bucky then down again.

"I don't believe we would." Steve says seriously.

"Gotta say, sometimes I miss that giddy optimism. However, high hopes won't help if there's no logical, tangible way for me to safely execute said time heist. I believe the most likely outcome would be our collective demise." Tony says as he sits on the chair

"Not if we strictly follow the rules of time travel. That means no talking to our past selves, no betting on sporting events -" Scott says sitting in front of Tony, he holds his hand up at Scott signaling him to stop talking.

"I'm gonna stop you right there, Scott. Are you seriously telling me that your plan to save the universe is based on Back To The Future?" He asks leaning closer to him. "Is it?"

"No." He responds a bit embarrassed. Bucky and Nat roll their eyes and look down.

"Good. You had me worried there. 'Cause that'd be horse shit. That's not how Quantum Physics works." Tony says frustrated.

"Tony... We have to take a stand." Nat says softly

"We did stand. And yet, here we are." He says. Nat glances at Bucky then looks away frustrated.

"I know you got a lot on the line. You got a wife, a daughter. But I lost someone very important to me. A lot of people did. You of all people should know." Scott's voice gets louder, desperately trying to make him understand. "And now, now we have a chance to bring her back... To bring everyone back, you're telling me that won't even..." Tony interrupts.