Love is Death

Part 37: Time Heist

All right. We have a plan. Six stones, three teams, one shot. Steve said

I pulled Natasha away from the others

What is it? She asked

Please promise me, you won't die. I said

I promise. She said

Ok, don't break your promise. I said

I won't, I promise. She said and kissed me

Skip

Everyone is in our suits that we have to wear to time travel and we are in the room where we have to time travel standing on the thing

Five years ago, we lost. All of us. We lost friends. We lost family. We lost a part of ourselves. Today, we have a chance to take it all back. You know your teams. You know your missions. Get the stones. Get them back. One round trip each. No mistakes... no do overs. Most of us are going somewhere we know. That doesn't mean we should know what to expect. Be careful. Look out for each other. This is the fight of our lives... and we're gonna win. Whatever it takes. Good luck. Steve said

He's pretty good at that. Rocket said

Right? Scott asked

All right. You heard the man. Stroke those keys, jolly green. Dad said

Trackers engaged. Smart hulk said

You promise to bring that back in one piece, right? Rocket asked Clint who had his ship in his hand

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, I'll do my best. Clint said

As promises go that was pretty lame. Rocket said and I laughed

Natasha kissed my cheek and I smiled at her

See ya in a minute. Natasha said to Steve who I was next to

Then the machine started working and our masks went over our heads and then we flew through time

Skip

Me, Smart hulk, Steve, Scott, and Dad are in 2012 new York, the time we fought Loki for the tesseract

Then our suits came off our body and we were in our regular suits I was in my suit from 2012

All right, we all have our assignments. Two stones uptown, one stone down. Staying low. Keep an eye on the clock. Steve said and we heard a thud

We turned and saw hulk from 2012 smashing a alien with a car then he ran away

Maybe smash a few things along the way. Steve said

I think it's gratuitous and smart. Smart hulk said and ripped his shirt off and left the alley

He was growling lowly and he hit a car softly and threw a motorcycle

Skip

I am in the lobby of the Stark building in a S.H.I.E.L.D. disguise waiting for and Dad is next to me in the same thing as me

Then we saw our 2012 selfs come into the lobby with the tesseract in it's case

Thumblina, do you copy? I've got eyes on the prize. It is go time. Dad said

Meet you in the alley. I said and then left

Me, Dad, and Scott are in an abandoned car in the alley I am in the passenger seat Dad in the front

We are out here because Dad lost the tesseract

Then cap landed on the ground in front of the car

Cap. Dad said

Sorry, buddy, we got a problem. Dad said

Yeah, we do. Scott said

Skip

Well, what are we gonna do now? Steve asked and I am now sitting on top of the car and Scott was out the car

You know what? Give me a break, steve. I just got hit in the head with the hulk. Dad said

You said we had one shot. This was our shot. We shot it. It shot. Six stones or nothing. It was six stones or nothing. Scott said

You're repeating yourself, you know that? You're repeating yourself. Dad said

You're repeating yourself. You're repeating yourself. Scott said

Dude. Come on! Dad said

No. You never wanted a Time heist. You weren't on board with the time heist. Scott said

I dropped the ball. Dad said

You ruin the time heist. Scott said

Is that what I did? Dad asked

Yeah. Scott said

Are there any other options with the tesseract? Steve asked

No, no, no, there's no other options. There's no do-overs. We're not going anywhere else. We have one particle left. Each. That's it. All right? We use that... bye-bye, you're not going home. Scott said

Yeah, well, if we don't try... then no one else is going home, either. I said

I got it. Dad said and got out the car and shut the door

There's another way to retake the tesseract and acquire new particles. Little stroll down memory lane. Military installation, guardian state. Dad said

When were they both there? Steve asked

They were there at a time... I have a vaguely exact idea. Dad said

How vague? Steve asked

What are you talking about? Where are we going? Scott asked

I know for a fact they were there. Dad said

Who's there? What are we doing? Scott asked

And I know how I know. Dad said

Guys, what is it? Scott asked and Steve looked around

Looks like we're improvising. Steve said

Great. Dad said

What are we improvising? Scott asked

You two, get this back to the compound. Steve said and I got up and he gave Loki's scepter to me

Let's go. I said and me and Scott went back to the present