Do you trust me?
Peter was running on the glass of Stark Tower and turns to see an open window 2012 Hulk made. He sees the Avengers, surrounding Loki. He sees the full team, even his mom and mentor. Tony had on his old Mark suit while his mom was with her old Black Widow suit, her hair short and red. "Steve, where are you?" Peter asks.
"I'm approaching the elevator now." Steve replies, just as quiet.
" If it's all the same to you... I'll have that drink now." Loki says, trying to sound nonchalant.
Peter hurriedly gets inside the tower and removes his suit which sunk into his bracelet. A tiny Scott Lang on his shoulder almost fell as the suit speedily went into the bracelet.
"Be careful, kid!" Scott warns.
Peter ignores him for Steve's ass, "That suit does nothing for your ass, Steve." Peter jokes.
"No one asked you to look, Peter." Steve replies.
"Couldn't help myself. Have to look at the star-spangled ass, but man is that ridiculous, right Scott?" Peter asked, hoping for Ant-Man's approval.
"I think you look great, Cap. As far as I'm concerned, that's America's ass." Scott answers, and even did a salute.
"I'll flick you off, agree-"
"Uhh, magic wand?" He could hear his mother's honey voice go to his ears. Peter frowns. He missed her. He's been touch-deprived from her for five years. It's been too long if Peter was being honest. Peter couldn't wait to tell her that she's a grandma and how the five years have been to him. They weren't nice, but Peter wouldn't tell her that.
"STRIKE team's coming to secure it." 2012 Tony replies to 2012 Natasha.
Then, SHIELD came in and Peter's spidey-sense started to buzz, "Didn't you mention SHIELD being HYDRA?" Peter asks Steve.
"Yeah, I did. Why?"
"Some SHIELD agents came in not too long ago." Peter informs.
"Thanks for letting me know." Steve said.
"We can take that," One of the men take away the scepter from his mom, "Off your hands."
"By all means. Careful with that thing." Natasha advises and Peter wishes that Natasha can turn and see him. Maybe hug him as well.
"Unless you want your mind erased. And not in a fun way!" Clint teases and wiggles his fingers, similar to Thor.
"We promise to be careful." The man replies.
"Who are these guys?" Scott asked.
"You can't just act like you didn't hear me say something, Lang." Peter says with a chuckle, "Those are HYDRA agents disguised as SHIELD agents."
"On my way down to coordinate search and rescue." 2012 Captain America notifies the team.
But Loki who was currently handcuffed became funny, "On mY wAy DoWn To CoOrDiNaTe SeArCh AnD rEsCuE." Loki says when he became just like 2012 Captain America before transforming back into himself, "I mean, honestly! How do you think you'll be..."
2012 Thor clamps his mouth shut with a device, "Shut up."
They all begin to walk away and Peter took that as their cue, "You're up, Scotty."
"All right," Scott says, getting into an odd position, "FLICK ME."
"You could've worded it better, but okay." Peter whispers and flicks Scott to Tony's beard which he landed in and fell when Tony began to scratch his neck. Luckily, Scott fell on the arc reactor. All of the 2012 Avengers were in the elevator except for one.
The Hulk.
"Whoa!" 2012 Thor exclaims once he realizes that Hulk was attempting to go inside the elevator with them.
"Whoa, whoa. Hey! Buddy. What do you think? Maximum occupancy has been reached." Tony quips and points to the board.
"Take the stairs." Thor adds.
"Yeah-" Tony says as Hulk attempts to claw the door open to go in, "Stop. Stop!"
"TAKE THE STAIRS! TAKE THE STAIRS!" An angry Hulk shouts as he walked away after he dented the door. Peter smiles amusedly, wishing he can comfort the big guy but he can't do it right now.
" All right, Steve. I got our scepter in the elevator just passing the 80th floor." Peter replies and he hears Steve saying he'll head to the lobby.
Peter will meet him there.
-
Steve struts confidently to the elevator. He hears Sitwell and Rumlow, the two people that he knows that are a part of HYDRA. That was enough to confirm the whole elevator was HYDRA infested. He remembers finding this out through a fight in an elevator. But now he has that information. And he'll be damned if he doesn't use it.
"Evidence secure. We're en route to Dr. List. No. No hitches at all, Mr. Secretary." Steve can hear Sitwell and once the elevator door was open and Steve was visible to them, they were all in shock.
"Captain. I thought you were coordinating search and rescue?" Sitwell questioned.
"Change of plans." Steve lies. God, this felt so cool.
"Hey, Cap." Rumlow greets.
"Rumlow." Steve greets back, trying not to sound so cold as he remembers what Crossbones did. He could feel the tension begin to hang itself and it was right there that he knew he must've scared them. "I just got a call from the Secretary. I'm gonna be running point on the scepter."
Sitwell, who was just talking to the Secretary was confused and made it clear, "Sir? I don't understand."
Steve wished he can roll his eyes and say I know who you guys are, let's just rehearse the fight.
But Steve is strategic. He's the leader of the Avengers. Plus, playing along is better because they don't know what he knows, "We got word there may be an attempt to steal it."
"Sorry, Cap. I can't give you the scepter." Rumlow says, but Steve knew the apology wasn't a real one. Especially since in the future, he nearly assassinated Steve with Sam and Nat.
"I'm gonna have to call the Director." Sitwell said.
No! Wait... "That's okay. Trust me." Steve said, hiding the mischevious glint as he leans over to Sitwell and whispers, "Hail Hydra."
Needless to say, the elevator was shocked. And Steve walks out with the scepter with a smug smirk.
-
"Move it, Scott," Peter pressures as he was behind the Avengers (who were beginning to fight) and a mini Scott who was inside the arc reactor, "We need that prize."
"I'm not gonna argue who's got the higher authority here, all right?" 2012 Tony asks Alexander Pierce.
"You promise me Tony won't die?" Scott requested.
"You're only giving Tony a mild cardiac dysrhythmia." Peter whispers, his tone carrying a bit of edge.
"That doesn't sound mild." Scott doubts.
"Nothing is ever mild in life, Lang!" Peter whispers, his heart beginning to pick up the pace as Alexander and Tony start to argue more. Peter wanted to go and defend Tony but he couldn't without arousing suspicion.
"I need the case." Alexander repeats.
"I know you got a lotta pull. I'm just saying..." Tony persuades.
"Okay. Then, give me the case."
"Do it, Lang!" Peter snaps breathlessly.
"Get your hands off!" 2012 Tony shouts at Alexander and the SHIELD agents.
"Window's closing, hurry up!"
"Here it goes!" Scott shouts and pulls a cord and 2012 Tony drops the case in favor of dropping to the ground.
"MEDIC! You guys, some help!" Peter shouts and turns away before anyone notices him.
Peter could see Scott push the case but Loki also has seen it and he only hopes nothing goes wrong as Peter grabs the case, "Good job. Meet me in the alley. I'm gonna grab a lollipop-" Was ten seconds before the disaster known as 2012 Hulk emerges forcefully and pushes the door open with so much strength, it sent Peter flying.
As a result of that, Loki got ahold of the tesseract and Peter only watches as blue gas surrounds him and he disappears.
Fuck.
"NO MORE STAIRS!!!!" An angry Hulk shouts and everyone runs out.
As the 2012 Avengers focus on Tony, Scott goes to Peter and Peter only frowns and looks at the ceiling with nothing but annoyance. He wanted to fight the Hulk.
"That wasn't supposed to happen, was it?" Scott asked sadly.
"Oh, we blew it." Peter replies with a crazy smile and shrug which mildly hurt.
-
Fighting himself was tough. Steve thinks to himself as 2012 Steve says his line, "I can do this all day."
God, he hates 2012 Steve. "Yeah, I know. I know." He says tiredly. 2012 Steve was like a freshman and Steve is just a senior. Well, he's a senior citizen too.
Steve stands up and his locket falls. 2012 Steve notices this and instantly he was put in a chokehold, "WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?!" An indignant 2012 Steve asks 2023 Steve.
It was of Peggy and Bucky in the locket and since 2023 Steve use to be 2012 Steve, he knows the current weakness of 2012 Steve.
Through the chokehold, Steve manages to say, "Bucky... is... alive!"
2012 Steve looks at current Steve with shock, "What?" His chokehold loosens and he makes that mistake when Steve manages to get the scepter and touch him with the chest, knocking him out effectively.
Steve stares at his self. He was a little shorter and still new to the superhero game (especially in modern times). Steve looks at his ass and nods, impressed, "That is America's ass." He says and walks away with a limp.
-
"My ladies, I'll see you after. Go on." His mother excuses as Thor was hiding in the large post. He steps out carefully and sees his mother in front of him and he nearly jumps at the sight of her mother looking up and gleaming at him as if he were the stars. But he wasn't.
"What are you doing?" She asks as Frigga tries to get a good look but Thor was avoiding her eyes, "You're better off leaving the sneaking to your brother."
Thor gives a futile attempt to hide his belly, "Yeah, I was simply just going for a walk, and uh..."
Thor could see her mother's shoes backing out as if to examine him, "Oh good Valhalla, what are you wearing?"
This time, he looks at his mom and tries to smile, "I always wear this. This is one of my favorites."
She put her hand on his cheek which was nearly coated with his hair but it looks like she didn't mind at all as she finally studies her new son, "What's wrong with your eye?"
Ah, he forgot about his new eye after the fight with his oldest sister. But he can't tell her that. "That's... you remember the Battle of Haroquin? When I got hit in the face with a broadsword?"
Frigga didn't look convinced, "I remember the battle but you didn't have to get a new eye color for it. You're not the Thor I know at all, are you?"
"Yes, I am."
"The future hasn't been kind to you, has it?"
They have never been kind to me at all.
"I didn't say I'm from the future."
"I was raised by witches, my boy," Frigga softly scolded as she puts her other hand on Thor's cheek and just being covered by her warmth again... Did something to him, "I see with more than eyes, and you know that."
He didn't want to cry, but he did anyway. This was his mother, she knows him better than Odin and will always know how to parent compared to the man he once called father. He couldn't even lie to her. That's how much of a good mother she is to him. To be able to detect his giveaways for lying, "I am totally, totally from the future!" He says with a grin and tears flowing to his cheeks and beard.
"I know, sweetheart." Frigga said with a smile that made Thor feel at home.
"I really need to talk to you."
"We can talk," She says patiently.
Thor embraced his mother and he realizes how badly he misses her. How he missed her hugs, the kisses on the forehead, her cooking stew and potatoes, her just letting Thor and Loki battle it out but cutting in when things got too harsh.
And they did. Thor betrayed every single law known in time travel movies in exchange for comfort in his mother's arms while talking to her about every single thing that happened (except her death since it was bound to happen in mere hours).
"His head was over there... His body over there... What was the point? I was too late. I was just standing there. Some idiot with an ax." Thor says gloomily.
"You're no idiot. You're here, aren't you? Seeking counsel from the wisest person in Asgard." Frigga replies, playing with Thor's hair. It's been a while since he combed it.
"I guess, yeah." He shrugs.
"Idiot? No. A failure? Absolutely."
Thor frowns, "That's a little harsh."
"You do know what that makes you? Just like everyone else." Frigga consoles.
But he wasn't supposed to be anyone else. He's Thor, the god of thunder. Not Thor, an employee at Starbucks, "I'm not supposed to be like everyone else, am I?" He asked his mother.
Frigga moves herself to him, staring at him in the eye as she always does before giving him advice, "Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be, Thor. The measure of a person, of a hero, is how well they succeed at being who they are."
"I really missed you, Mu-"
"THOR! I GOT IT!" Rocket shouts, running away from Asgardian soldiers. Thor stands up quickly and sees the rabbit drawing closer.
"Get that rabbit!" A Soldier shouts as whatever Thor's words were most likely forgotten as he tries to fit them into one sentence.
"Hey. You must be Mom. I got the thing. Come on, we got to move!" Rocket says and Thor looks at his mom.
"I wish we had more time." Thor said, beginning to tear up again.
"No, this was a gift. And you're going to be the man you're meant to be." Frigga replies and looks down at Rocket.
"I love you." Thor said.
"I love you too. And eat a salad, too."
"Come on, we have to go." Rocket interrupts.
"Goodbye." Frigga whispered.
"Three... Two..."
"WAIT!" And Thor puts his hands up to call Mjolnir. And to his surprise, Mjolnir comes to his hand and he's on cloud nine. He couldn't believe it. "I'm still worthy!"
"Goodbye mom." Thor bibes as the Avengers suit materializes.
"Goodbye." His mother whispers and they press the watch button before he smiles at his mother for the very last before they shrink into the quantum realm, going to his new home.
-
Steve was feeling good. Was. He jumps down from the stairs of an apartment building and meets with Peter and Scott. Peter, who was in the front seat had on his Spider-Man suit (except for the mask) and Scott who had on his suit as well (except for the mask too).
Peter was scarily silent while Scott's face was red. They were sitting a broken blue abandoned car and funnily enough, Scott was in the back despite Scott being older. "Something.... uh, not so cool happened." Peter speaks.
Steve knew that they didn't get the stone, "Well, what are we gonna do now?" He asks Peter.
"I literally just hulk smashed, I don't think I have any ideas." Peter snaps.
"You said that we had one shot." Scott says angrily, "This, this was our shot. We shot it. It's shot. Six stones or nothing. Six stones or nothing!"
"You do know you're repeating yourself, right?" Peter states.
"You're repeating yourself. You're repeating yourself." Scott mocks.
"No!"
"No. No!"
"Come on."
Peter and Scott started to bicker and Steve wanted them to stop and focus on the plan, "Boys! Cut it out!"
Both Peter and Scott stopped to look at Steve and he breathes. Seventy years of being Captain America leads up to this, huh? "Are there any other options with the Tesseract?" He asks patiently, hoping to accept a reasonable answer and not the freaked out on Scott throws.
"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, alright? We use that... Bye, bye. You're not going home."
Steve frowns. He had to think of something. But he didn't know what that something is. The military never prepared him for time travel or even living in the future.
"Did Hank Pym..." Peter starts, "Happen to be Ant-Man during the 70s? Or at any time?"
Scott looks at Peter with a raised brow, "Yeah, he stopped around 1982 due to Janet being in the Quantum Realm."
"Where was he during those times?" Peter asks, "Like any country?"
Steve helped connect the dots, "Peggy told me there was a base in New Jersey."
"Tony was born on May 4th, 1970," Peter states, "Howard told him he had to leave to go to the hospital and he got there late!"
"How did you even know that?" Steve asked.
"I got birthday gifts for him every year ever since the fallout, Cap," Peter replies, "Scott, get this back to the compound."
Scott, who was confused about the whole conversation, turns to Peter, "Are you sure? - Cap. Captain. Steve, sorry, America. Rogers. Look, if you do this, and this doesn't work, you're not coming back."
"Thanks for the anxiety, Scott. When can I return it?" Peter asks.
"Peter, look at me," Steve demands and Peter turns to him, "Do you trust me?"
Peter stares. He hesitated before nodding, "I do."
"Your call." Steve says with a smile.
"Here we-" Peter looks down at his watch as he sees the time and the spider-suit coming together, "Wait? 197-"
Before Peter can fix his typo, both Steve and Peter disappear from 2012 leaving Scott who travels back after them.