Definitely a Time Heist
Kat zipped up her suit and looked in the mirror. They could do this right? They HAD to do this. Too much was riding on it. She closed her eyes and placed her hands on the counter, bracing herself for just a moment. What if they failed? What if, because of what they were trying to do, Tony lost his family Kat didn’t know if she could live with that.
Hands circled around her waist and a kiss was placed on her neck. She let out a breath and looked in the mirror into Steve’s eyes.
“You okay?” He asked. She nodded, giving him a small smile.
“We can do this.” She told him, lacing her fingers with his over her stomach. Steve nodded.
“We can do this.”
Kat turned in his arms and looked up at him. “I love you.” She whispered before crashing her lips against his. He picked her up and sat her on the counter, gripping her hips roughly. Her hands went into his hair and she was holding on for dear life. Neither one of them felt like they’d ever put so much emotion into a kiss before.
They eventually pulled back and Steve rested his forehead against hers. “I love you.” He whispered back, ghosting his lips over hers.
Kat took a deep breath and nodded. “Time to go.”
Everyone stood around the platform in a circle. Kat took a look at everyone, her family, the people who had taken her in so many years ago not knowing much about her. Tony who had been like a father to her, Nat like a sister. She didn’t know Clint or Bruce much, but the love she felt for the people standing in front of her was blinding.
“We lost five years ago. All of us.” Steve told them. “We lost friends, we lost family, and we lost a part of ourselves.”
She looked up at him and he had on his Captain face, but deep down she knew he was just as scared as he was. He didn’t want to lose anyone else.
“Today we have a chance to take it all back. You know your teams; you know your missions.”
Nat and Clint were going to Vormir, Nebula and Rhodey to Morag, Rocket was accompanying Thor to Asgard, and Kat would be going to New York with Bruce, Steve, Tony and Scott. There were three stones in New York the year the Chitauri invaded.
“One round trip each.” Steve warned. “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.” Steve shared a look with Tony. “And we’re gonna win…whatever it takes.”
“He’s pretty good at that.” Rocket exclaimed.
“Right?” Scott said laughing. Kat smirked and looked over at Steve. He was smiling at her, that smile that made her weak in the knees. He mouthed ‘I love you’ to her and she did it back, knowing that she’d see him in just a few minutes anyway.
“See ya in a minute.” Nat said, throwing a wink at Kat.
The machine started whirring and everyone tapped their helmets on. They were sucked in and Kat followed Steve in the direction she was supposed to go, but at the last minute she veered off in a different direction, having decided on a different course.
She came through the portal and took a minute to get her bearings. She was behind the main building of the compound. She poked her head around and saw the ship Valkyrie and Loki used sitting on the lawn. They hadn’t left yet.
She saw three people come out the main entrance and her heart stopped. It was him. Her Loki. The past version of herself was curled against Loki, saying goodbye to both him and Valkyrie. She willed the tears to stop as she watched Loki kiss the past version of herself and a part of her had wished she’d known then that it would have been the last time she kissed him.
Valkyrie had walked away to give them a few minutes alone together and Kat realized she was coming straight toward her. She hadn’t thought about how she’d do this yet, but this seemed like a good of an idea as any.
Valkyrie rounded the corner and Kat grabbed her arm, pulling her around the corner.
“Oy! What the…Kat?” Valkyrie yelped at Kat put a hand over her mouth. Once Valkyrie had calmed down, Kat removed her hand and took a step back.
“I just saw you over there.’ Valkyrie started. “But you look different. Kat what’s going on?”
“Please just trust me. I’m not from here, but I came to warn you.” Kat told her.
“Warn me from what? Wait...what do you mean you’re not from here? Where are you from?” She asked.
“I’m not from this time, look I cant tell you much okay, just that you need to trust me.”
Valkyrie just looked at her. “You’re from the future, aren’t you?” She asked. Kat looked around and nodded, making sure nobody was going to catch them.
“Look, you can’t let Loki go with you. I don’t care how you do it, but you have to stop him from going with you.” Kat said. Valkyrie raised an eyebrow at her.
‘Why the bloody hell not?” She asked. Kat sighed and leaned back against the building.
“He’ll die if he goes Valkyrie.” She told her. Valkyrie’s eyes widened and she let out a small gasp. “Thanos will kill him right in front of Thor. You can’t let that happen.”
“Kat, how far into the future are you from?” Valkyrie asked.
“Five years.”
“So, he’s been gone for five years?” Kat nodded. “How’s Thor?”
Kat laughed. “One bag of Cheetos away from a heart attack. Seriously I’m pretty sure the only liquid he consumes now is beer. It’s bad. This isn’t only for me. Thor needs him. We failed against Thanos and Thor blamed himself for it. We have a chance to fix our mistake, that’s why I’m here.”
Valkyrie nodded in understanding, huffing out a big breath. “So, I just need to keep him here?”
“Yeah and get the Tesseract from him somehow. It needs to go to Thanos, to save Thor’s life. I don’t care what you tell him or how you do it, but you need to get it from him. Tell him I know he has it and I want you to keep hold of it or something I don’t know.”
Valkyrie nodded and stepped in for a hug. “I’ll do my best I promise.” She whispered into Kat’s ear. Kat watched as Valkyrie walked back toward the ship, and she prayed Valkyrie came up with a good plan, or else this would have been for nothing.
Kat closed her eyes and took a big breath. She knew that Steve and Tony would be furious with her when she got back because she hadn’t gone with them. They were probably worried, Steve more so, and she wondered if he knew deep down what she was doing.
The last thing she wanted to do was hurt him. She did love him, of course she did. She still loved Loki too and she wasn’t trying to bring him back just for her, it really was for Thor too. She just hoped Steve understood.
“Here goes.” She whispered, pressing the band on her arm, taking her back to her own time.