Five Years Later
At the Compound, Natasha is awake and she made a peanut butter sandwich. She then communicates with Carol, Rocket, Nebula, Felicia, Okoye, and Rhodes via hologram.
"Yeah, we boarded that highly suspect warship that Danvers pinged."
"It was an infectious garbage scowl." Nebula said.
"So, thanks for the hot tip." Rocket said.
"Well, you were closer." Carol said.
"Yeah, and we smell like garbage." Rocket said.
Natasha turns her attention to Okoye.
"You get a reading on those tremors?" Natasha said.
"It was a mild subduction under the African plate." Okoye said.
"Do we have a visual? How are we handling it?" Natasha asks.
"Nat, it's an earthquake under the ocean. We handle it by not handling it." Okoye said.
Natasha turns to Carol.
"Carol, are we seeing you here next month?" Natasha asks.
"Not likely." Carol said.
"What, you gonna get a new haircut?" Rocket asks.
"Listen fur-face, I'm covering a lot of territory. The things that are happening on Earth, are happening everywhere, on thousands of planets." Carol said.
"You took a point, you took a point." Rocket said.
"So you might not see me for a long time." Carol said.
"Alright. Uh, well. This channel is always active. So, anything goes sideways... anyone's making trouble where they shouldn't... comes through me." Natasha said.
"Okay." Rocket said.
"Alright." Natasha said.
"Good luck." Carol said.
Most of the Avengers cuts off their call, except for Felicia and Rhodes.
"Where are you, Felicia?" Natasha said.
Black Cat is overseas on Avengers work.
"Italy, members of the Maggia found killed two weeks ago, witnesses say it was one man who took them out." Felicia said.
Natasha suspects that it was Clint.
"I see, thanks for the report." Natasha said.
"Sure, say hi to Peter for me." Felicia said.
"Will do." Natasha said.
Felicia cuts off, leaving Rhodes.
"And you?" Natasha said.
"Mexico. The federales found a room filled with bodies. Looks like a bunch of cartel guys. Never even had the chance to get their guns off." Rhodes said.
"It's probably a rival gang." Natasha said.
"Except it isn't. It's definitely Barton. What he's done here, what he's been doing for the last few years... I mean, the scene that he left... I gotta tell you, there's a part of me that doesn't even want to find him." Rhodes said.
"Will you find out where he's going next?" Natasha said.
"Nat..." Rhodes said.
"Please." Natasha said.
"Okay." Rhodes cuts off.
Nat starts to cry, hearing about what Clint has been doing. She tries to hold it back. Steve came out of nowhere.
"You know I'd offer to cook you dinner but you seem pretty miserable already." Steve said.
Nat wipes her tears off her face.
"You here to do laundry?" Natasha said.
"To see a friend." Steve said.
"Clearly, your friend is fine." Natasha said.
"You know I saw a pod of whales when I was coming up the bridge." Steve said.
"In the Hudson?" Natasha said.
"There's fewer ships, cleaner water." Steve said.
"You know, if you're about to tell me to look on the bright side. Um... I'm about to hit you in the head with a peanut butter sandwich." Natasha jokes.
"Sorry, force of habit." Steve said.
Peter came in all yawing.
"Morning, everyone." Peter said.
"Good morning, Dr. Parker." Natasha said.
Peter was able to go back to school and get his PH.D in biochemistry, he is now Dr. Peter Parker. He still stayed at the compound and became the team's scientist and still be Spider-Man. He became more focused on his superhero life, given that there is no normal life for him to return to. He is now in his late 20's.
"Coffee still warm, help yourself." Natasha said.
"Thanks Nat, you're the best." Peter said.
Peter got a mug of coffee and drank it down.
"You can repay me by making some wheatcakes. By the way, Felicia said hi." Natasha said.
"She did?" Peter said.
"Hm." Natasha smiled.
Both Nat and Steve smiled at Peter.
"We're just friends." Peter said.
"It's okay, no one is judging." Steve said.
"Yeah, I mean you're single. Well technically widowed." Natasha smiles.
"Okay, can we talk about something other than me." Peter said.
Natasha suspects that there is something going on between Peter and Felicia. She has noticed that they became close these past five years.
"Sure." Natasha said.
"You know, I keep telling everyone they should move on and... grow. Some do. But not us." Steve said.
"If I move on, who does this?" Natasha said.
"Maybe it doesn't need to be done." Steve said.
"I used to have nothing. Then I got this. This job.. this family. And I was... I was better because of it. And even though... they're gone... I'm still trying to be better." Natasha said.
"We all need to get a life." Steve said.
"You first." Peter and Natasha said at the same time, smiling.
A footage popped up, it's Scott with a van behind him. They see the footage.
"Uh... Oh! Hi. Hi! Is anyone home? This is Scott Lang. We met a few years ago, at the airport? In Germany? I got really big, and I had my mask on. You wouldn't recognize me." Scott said.
"Is this an old message?" Steve said.
"It's the front gate." Natasha said.
"Ant-man? Ant-Man, I know you know that. I need to talk to you guys." Scott said.
Scott is invited inside the Compound.
"Scott, Are you okay? Steve said.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Scott said.
Scott tries to pull himself together, and talks.
"Have any of you ever studied Quantum Physics?" Scott said.
"I have." Peter said.
"Only to make conversation." Natasha said.
"Alright. So... five years ago, right before Thanos, I was in a place called the Quantum Realm. The Quantum Realm is like its own microscopic universe. To get in there, you have to be incredibly small. Hope, she's my... she was my... She was supposed to pull me out. And then Thanos happened, and I got stuck in there." Scott explains.
"I'm sorry. That must've been a very long five years." Natasha said.
"Yeah, but that's just it. For me, it was five hours. See, the rules of the Quantum Realm aren't like they are up her. Everything is unpredictable. Is that anybody's sandwich? I'm starving." Scott said.
Scott went to pick up the sandwich and eats it.
"Scott, what are you talking about?" Steve said.
"What I'm saying is, time works differently in the Quantum Realm. The only problem is right now, we don't have a way to navigate it. But what if we did? I can't stop thinking about it. What if, we could somehow control the chaos, and we could navigate it? What if there was a way to enter the Quantum Realm at a certain point in time but then exit at another point in time? Like... Like before Thanos." Scott said.
"You're talking about time travel?" Peter said.
"No, no, of course not. No, not time travel. It's more like a... Yeah, it's time travel. I know it's crazy. But I can't stop thinking about it. There's gotta be some way.. No, it's crazy." Scott said.
"I get e-mails from a raccoon, so nothing sounds crazy anymore." Natasha said.
"What do you think, Peter?" Steve said.
"It's possible." Peter said.
"Can you do it?" Steve said.
"Not alone, as smart as I am, this is beyond my expectation. We're going to need help." Peter said.
"So who do we talk to about this?" Scott said.
For the first time in five years, there is hope.
At a cabin, Tony and his daughter Morgan see Peter, Steve, Natasha, and Scott get out of the car. Scott was able to explain everything to Tony.
"Now, we know what it sounds like..." Scott said.
"Tony, after everything you've seen, in anything really impossible?" Steve said.
"Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck scale, which then triggers the Deutsch proposition. Can we agree on that?" Tony said.
Scott, Steve, and Natasha looked clueless, except for Peter who understands.
"In Layman's terms, it means you're not coming home.
"I did." Scott said.
"No, you accidentally survived. It's a billion to one cosmic fluke. And now you wanna pull of a... What do you call it?" Tony said.
"A time heist?" Scott said.
"Yeah, a time heist. Of course, why didn't we think of this before? Oh, because it's laughable? Because it's a pipedream?" Tony said.
"The stones are in the past. We can go back and get them." Scott said.
"We can snap our own fingers. We can bring everyone back." Peter said.
"Or screw it up worse than we already have, right?" Tony said.
"I don't believe we would." Steve said.
"Gotta say, sometimes I miss that giddy optimism. However, high hopes won't help if there's no logical, tangible way for me to safely execute said time heist. I believe the most likely outcome would be our collective demise." Tony said.
"Not if we strictly follow the rules of time travel. That means on talking to our past selves, no betting on sport events-" Scott said.
"I'm gonna stop you right there, Scott. Are you seriously telling that you plan to save the universe based on Back to the Future?" Tony said.
"No." Scott said.
"Good. You had me worried there, cause that'd be horse shit. That's not how quantum physics works." Tony said.
"Tony... We have to take a stand." Peter said.
"We did stand, and yet here we are. I thought you would have moved on from this life. Maybe use your talents to start a company, call it 'Parker Industries'." Tony said.
"Lame. Besides we have a chance to get everyone back, everyone we ever lost. Now, you're telling me that you won't even..." Peter said.
"That's right, kid. I won't. I'm sorry." Tony said.
Morgan runs up to her dad. Peter sees Tony has a family to live for.
"Mommy told me to come and save you." Morgan said.
"Good job. I'm saved." Tony said
He turns his attention towards Peter, Scott, Steve, and Nat.
"I wish you'd come here to ask me something else. Anything. Honestly, I... I missed you guys, it was... Oh, and table's set for seven." Tony said.
"Tony, I get it. And I'm happy for you, I really am. But this is a second chance." Steve said.
"I got my second chance right here, Cap. I can't roll the dice again. If you don't talk shop, you can stay for lunch." Tony said.
Later, Peter, Steve, Nat, and Scott walks back to the car.
"He's scared." Natasha said.
"He's not wrong." Steve said.
Nat and Steve sees Peter being all quiet.
"Pete, are alright." Natasha said.
"Yeah, it's just that... seeing him with a family, got me thinking of..." Peter said.
"Of Wanda." Natasha said.
"Yeah, she always wanted to be a mother herself, have a family. I never gave her that chance." Peter said.
"You still might, we're not giving yet. Okay?" Natasha said.
"Yeah. We'll if Tony won't help us, I know someone who might." Peter said.
"Who?" Scott said.
"My old mentor." Peter said.
"Your mentor?" Scott said.