The Journey Home
Daisy sat in her side of the bed.
Now that she can talk to the Time Stone, there is a question that is invading her mind.
"Excuse, Time Stone, can I.."
"You want to know about the alternative future you were in right ?"
"Yeah, my friend, former friend, has this theory that she can't die because she survived in that future and..."
"That is not true. What happens on a timeline, doesn't have to happen in the others. Your friend might be alive in that one, but in this one, she may die at anytime."
"So there is a chance I won't destroy Earth."
"You never did."
"WHAT ?"
"The one that caused the destruction of that Earth, is not you. There is only so much I can see on that alternative timeline, as we were destroyed in that time line. But I can promise you this, the destruction of Earth, won't happen in here."
"How did you..."
"The big change from that one, is that Steve Rogers killed Tony in Siberia, we were left with no Lord Blue, and then, you perished with Hive instead of Lincoln. We were left defenseless, when Thanos came, no one stood a chance, in a desperate attempt, Steve Rogers used something that no one should use, and destroyed the Earth."
"So I am not the Destroyer of Worlds."
"Well, you do have the power of destroying worlds, so the title is not off, but, you would never do it on your own will, your heart is to pure."
"But you just said that Rogers did it."
"Not using his own power. He used something called the Infinity Armor, it holds all of our corrupt power, there is a reason Thanos only uses one of the gloves. I can't really say more, Soul is the only one that can speak of this. But you are not a murderer, you did not kill all of this people, the danger is not gone, but we are on the right path."
"I get it, it helps, thank you. If we win, what will..."
"The upcoming battle, considering we win, is an ending. For some of you, it opens new paths, for others, it's the finish line."
"Wha...what does that mean ?"
"I can't say more. Its better that you focus on getting the task in hand."
Daisy looked down.
"Now that is a good thing to think about it, new paths, finish line ?" A voice said.
Tony woke up from his sleep.
"Shit I forgot that I can only speak privately with Power, I'm sorry to wake you up."
"Its fine. So Rogers destroyed the world in another time line, most likely for his Bucky."
"That is all the guy can think about right ?"
"Yeah."
"What do you think he meant with the finish line, is that death ?"
"I don't think so. Maybe the finish line is that they find a stable way to live, retirement or something, while the new paths are new adventures. I could be wrong though, the only thing I know is that we must stop Thanos."
"Yeah, I agree, but we should also keep Rogers away from this, Infinity Armor, in the future."
"Agreed. Where is it anyway ?"
"Wakanda." Space answered.
"You must get it from them." Power said.
"Other wise what we are trying to avoid could happen."
"Wait, does T’Challa give it to him ?"
"He doesn't, in that future Rogers steals it from him." Time said.
"The King would refuse to give it to you, but like Thor, he has the potential to change, and if he does, the Black Panther will be useful." Reality said.
"Hey, despite the fact that the guy left me in Siberia, I have no beef with him, he at least apologized."
"Doesn't seem you two are buds." Daisy said.
"We're not, the fact he hid the rogues does bothers me."
"Well, if Thor changed, maybe he can as well."
"I guess."
It seemed that the stones said everything for today, and it looks like they are not going to sleep any time soon.
"So, exited to see Peter again ?"
"Off course, he is my son, I love him."
"Still can't believe that dick of a mother left him."
"You know, I feel that I can trust you, so I will tell you this part. I know who his mother is, and why she left, and the reason I kinda not blame her."
"What ?"
"Her name is Carol. She was this Captain that was friends with Rhodey. It was one of my bad days with the reactor, I was stupid and refused the help from Pepper, Rhodey, or Phil. She was drunk, and you can imagine what happened. This was before Pepper and I were a thing by the way. After that I never saw her again, time passed until the day I found Peter. Carol said she got herself involved in a bad situation, and that it was dangerous for her to care of Peter, she went missing the next day, in a plane crash."
"Oh. I am sorry, did you love her or...."
"No. I didn't have anything for her, it was on the days I want to forget. The days where I was an idiot."
"Phil told me even in those days, he saw you as hero. Wait is this Carol, Carol Danvers ?"
"She is, I know Phil knew her, she helped her in the past."
"Didn't she had a wife ?"
"Alcohol. It can make you do very bad things, and she was drinking space alcohol, and she can't handle it like Val does."
"She still amazes me."
"You know, the amazing thing of Phil, is that he always sees something in everyone that they didn't see in themselves, he saw it in Thor, he saw it in me..."
"He saw it in me too. Before I met him I was a hacker living in a van."
"Where you part of Rising Tide ?"
"Yep. Not proud of it."
"They are a pain in the ass, or were, they are no longer. A guy named Miles Lyndon tried to hack my tower once."
"That's my asshole ex."
"If it makes you feel better, I threw him in prison."
"It really does, thank you so much. He is part of the past I want to leave behind me."
"Well you and I are similar on that, we both trying to move on from our mistakes."
"Yeah, we are."
"Are you going to say something ?" Loki asked his brother.
"I can't believe you are alive, I mourned for you, I cried for you."
"I am honored that you at least felt my loss."
"How could I not, I lost Mother and I thought I lost you on the same day."
"That's your fault, you know I like faking my death."
"You should join theater."
"Maybe I will."
"What ?"
"I've been thinking about it. Maybe being Prince, or even King is not my thing. Those years as Odin made me realize it."
"So what is your plan then ?"
"After I get my revenge from Thanos, travel threw the universe, seeking purpose."
"Alone ?"
"I only have me."
"You have me."
"You are the King of Asgard. I am still not welcomed there."
"I...I guess you are right. But know this Loki, you aren't alone, I am here for you, always. I wasn't the best at showing it, but I love you brother, and I will have your back, like I should have at the beginning."
Thor patted Loki in the back and left.
Loki remained deep in thought.
"I am Groot."
"Yeah, he has a stupid face." Valkyrie said.
"Do you understand him ?" Bruce asked.
"It was an elective in Asgard, and he said that the human in the trench coat has a stupid face."
"Hey !" Peter said.
"I am Groot."
"I think you and I are going to be best buds as well." Valkyrie said.
"I would say you are a traitor, but this woman can drink, so she has my respect." Rocket said.
"Enough, we need to focus on the mission." Nebula said. "Thanos must be stopped. Where are Lord Blue and Lady Purple ?"
"Resting, they will come here soon." Bruce said.
"Soon means we are here, Daisy here had to have a chat with the Time Stone and it woke us up."
Daisy blushed a bit at that.
"So, I heard two of you are the daughters of Thanos, I use the term daughter loosely because the stones told me he isn't your real father, and took you from your homes."
"He did."
"What does he want, power, control ?"
"Balance. Thanos believes that the universe is over populated and that he must erase half of life in order for it to be balanced."
"The universe IS balanced, we do our job well, thank you very much." Power said.
"If Thanos snaps, he will create an unbalanced universe, were death reigns over life." Space said.
"Why don't you talk to him ?"
"Don't you think we have tried, dude has a grape for a brain." Mind said.
"JAJAJAJAJAJAJA." Drax, Rocket, Groot, Peter, and Yondu laughed at that.
"All right boys, considering we are talking to one of the Infinity Stones, I say we shut up." Yondu said.
"You will do more planning once your allies are united with you, Space, take them near Earth." Time said.
"Right, Guardians get back to your ship."
"Why can't we have a nice ship like this one." Peter said sadly.
the Space Stone soon got them to Earth, near the light house radars.
Daisy was getting ready to speak to her friends.
"Are you ok ?" Tony asked her.
"Yeah, a bit nervous."
"They are your friends."
"That I left behind without warning."
"We can explain it to them."
"This is forbidden airspace, please identify yourself." a voice said.
Here she goes.
"Is that the way to greet an old friend Mack ?"
"Daisy ?"
"The one and only. Missed me ?"
"I....of course I missed you, but how..."
"Long story, six colorful stones sent me to space, and I became friends with the purple one, and I am also best buds with Ironman, Hulk, and Thor. Can we land so I tell you everything ?"
"Off course, opening the hangar now, welcome back."
"Its good to be back."