Chapter 4
As Tony, Loki, Peter and Wanda are all seated at the long dining room table. Steve enters the room and moves to head to the table. Tony groans in frustration. “Can we hurry this along?” Steve rolled his eyes and crosses his arms. “I thought we could have a memorial service at sundown. Out by dad’s favourite tree.”
Everyone almost looked at Steve like he was crazy. “Wait dad had a favourite tree?” Wanda questioned as Steve looks at her almost kinda confused. “Yeah the big elm? He used to take me out there and we would talk and..” but then Steve soon stopped as he realised no one really had that same connection with Howard.
He shakes his head and continues to speak. “It doesn’t matter. What’s important is, there are things that need to be discussed right now”
Everyone looks at each other confused but Loki already speaks up. “Question will there be food” as everyone looks at him rather confused. “Are you sure you aren’t high?” Asked Wanda as Loki shakes his head. “Nope I’m not high, right Brucey?” As Loki looks over at the empty chair where someone sat, had a hood on. Bruce, number 6. But all Bruce did was roll his eyes. Steve looked at the empty chair which he saw nothing, so did everyone else.
“Anyway, I was thinking about the way he died” as soon as Steve said that, he could hear Tony groan in frustration. “Aaaand here we go again” he mutters but Steve just kept carrying on. “We thought it was just a heart attack hit what if it was something else? Dad’s heart stopped at 4:32 in the morning. We know the exact moment because of his pacemaker” But everyone just stared at Steve more confused. “Soo what does this mean?” Peter managed to say. “That he died at 4:32. Three minutes before that, the cameras had stopped. There’s a ten minute gap before they go back online.”
Everyone just stares at him just letting this sink in to all their brains. “But there’s no food? Like definitely?” Loki mutters which makes Bruce rolls his eyes. “We just found out information and yours worried about food?” He asked but all he got back was Loki glaring at him.
Then suddenly they hear something outside, almost a gush on wind or like a Hurricane. As all of them rush outside to see a blazing electromagnetic disturbance givers just above the courtyard right in front of them. It hisses and crackles like fire. Loki grabs a fire extinguisher ready to do something with it. “What is that?” Peter shouts so everyone can hear them over the noise. Steve puts up his hands ready to defend. “Get back everyone!” He shouts as Tony rolls his eyes. “Yeah no shit! I was just heading towards it!” Tony says sarcastically which Steve just ignores like usually. “It appears to be a portal?” Friday says but before anyone could say anything more, Loki runs out with the fire extinguisher in his hand and chucks it at the portal which Wanda rolls her eyes at and crosses her arms. “What the hell?! What’s that going to do?!” She shouts as Loki is just freaking out. “I don’t know!! You got a better an idea!” But before Wanda can say anything else the disturbance seems to implode folding in on itself. “Get behind me!” Shouts Steve trying to protect everyone as possible, trying to be the hero that he was before. Then suddenly, the disturbance was gone but in its place was a small form, smoke rising from his body. Screaming in pain as he falls, landing on the ground, looking around confused. “Holy shit” Wanda mutters as all of them are shocked to see who it is. “Does anyone see a little Stephen or it is just me?” He asked but everyone was too stunned to speak. Stephen looked at everyone, almost disoriented but confused. “Anyone care to tell me what year is it?!” He says looking around. Stephen, number 5.