In 2012, Loki is defeated, and the Avengers are enjoying their well-earned rest.

In 2018, Thanos gets hold of all the infinity stones, proceeding to wipe out half the universe.

In 2012, the tesseract shifts.

In 2018, everything is silent, everything is frozen.

In a world time doesn't mean anything anymore, nobody notices while universes rearrange themselves.

In 2012, in the universe we call the MCU, J.A.R.V.I.S notices an anomaly.

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" So, you woke us up in the middle of the night, telling it was urgent- and now you're telling us we didn't need to suit up?"

It was four A.M, and the original Avengers were gathered in a room in Avengers tower. Thor was scheduled to leave with Loki in the morning- and nobody was pleased at the idea they now had to stay up until seven, or risk oversleeping.

" Unlike you Stark, - Hawkeye continued- Some of us actually need sleep to function properly. If you have another valid emergency-"

"- We highly recommend that you say it quickly." finished Natasha, glaring at Tony with eyes half-closed. Usually, she would be comfortable with being woken up at any given time for a mission. However, they had just fought a freking alien army in New York, and this wasn't a mission, nor was Stark S.H.I.E.L.D.

Tony eyed the widow nervously, and then finally started to talk. " Okaay.. then. Let's go straight to the point. Jarvis found something."

" And?" prompted Natasha, raising an eyebrow.

" I don't know what it is... yet.. yet! I can find out in a few momemts!" Tony quickly added when he saw Natasha. " I swear- this looks important."

" Important enough to wake us up in the middle of the night?" said Clint, yawing as he said the last word.

" Uh, yes? That's probably why I actually did do that? Anyway- continued Tony, ignoring Clints' grumbles saying he wouldn't put it past Tony to wake them up for something unimportant- I'll let Jarvis explain the rest."

" Thank you, sir. Although I also do have doubts of the necessity of waking up the other Avengers- "

There was a 'hey!' from Tony, and a round of glares from the rest.

"- twenty minutes ago, my system picked up indistinguishable signals. Further investigation proved that the signals were beyond this world, as unbelievable as the notion might seem. "

There was a blank look from from the rest of the Avengers, and there was a long silence before Steve finally broke it.

" ...as interesting this information might seem to you, I highly doubt that counts as an emergency."

" It's a signal! from another universe! How can this not be urgent? This here- he pointed to a black screen- might be blank now, bit with just the right frequency-"

"So, you're not certain. And you woke us up- clint growled as he slammed his hand on a holographic keyboard- at 5 A.M. for..."

but nobody got to hear the rest of that sentence, because the screen suddenly came to life, flashing 'incoming signal' to the dumbstruck Avengers.

" That was.. convenient." said Tony, who had tried for three hours to find the right frequency.

They all stared at the loading screen. Thor, who didn't have any concept of how Midgardian technology worked, but somehow knowlegeable about diffrent dimensions, wached somewhat anxiously at the screen. This could turn out to be anything.. A evil version of themselves, a world where the worst of villains have prevailed..

After what seemed like hours, the screen lit up again to reveal..

"Uh.. what?"

It was some kind of.. movie streaming site. It wasn't in English, but there was a tiny poster next to a payment button.

" Well that was anticlimatic." said Bruce after another long silence." If hacking some guy's computer is all there is I suggest that we all go to.. "

"Wait. look at the poster..." susurprisingly, it was Natasha who noticed it first. Without waiting for anyone to react, she asked Jarvis for a translation. And that's when the penny dropped.

Avengers 3: Infinity war

Their picture in the poster, the more than obvious title.

It's a movie about us- our future.

And for the third time that morning, everyone went silent

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