To say Bucky's conversational skills had improved in the last twenty-five years would be a vast exaggeration. It was about ten minutes of complete silence and him just watching me making me kind of uncomfortable. He must've noticed how awkward I felt so he finally said something.

"Where'd Aiden take you?" Bucky asked making small talk.

"Ye olde pub." I answered with a shy smile. It was like the first time I met him all over again. Except we weren't tied up or being tortured by a Nazi scientist.

How could that be easier than this?

"That's it?" He asked confused.

"Yeah we talked." I said with a shrug.

"About?" Bucky asked pinching his eyebrows together. He looked adorable when he was lost in thought.

"Stuff." I answered back. It was obvious he was fishing for intel, trying to see what was going on.

"Aiden isn't really the type to open up." Bucky said.

"That ale must have hit him harder than he thought it did" I said as we walked down the hall. Time for a classic deflection. "How's future me doing? Should I be concerned she'll pop in randomly and accidentally tear a hole in the universe?"

Bucky frowned a bit before answering. "You don't teleport anymore. Aya's with..."

"Wren right." I said remembering his glowing hands when I crashed in. Most kids' parents give them a car; I gave my kid a sentient being that can control time.

A+ Stark Parenting at it's best.

"Aya doesn't give him a hard time like she used to do with you." Bucky said trying to make me feel better.

"If you say so." I said. "Is this it?" I asked the door we stopped at.

Yeah you want me to wait or..." Bucky started.

"I'm going to be a while." I said "lots of dresses to try on."

"I'll see you at the feast then." Bucky said. He moved like he was going to hug me but then changed his mind and walked away. As he was walking the light bounced off his arm and I noticed the red Star was gone. The metal also looked different.

Guess dad finally talked him into an upgrade... or maybe it was Connor.

I opened the door and was greeted with racks of dresses and shoes.

Times like this really made me miss Jess. Whatever she threw at me to put on I liked and it always fit me perfectly.

I started looking through the racks there were a few ball gowns, some simpler dresses and then there were dresses that were more jewels than actual cloth.

I immediately put aside any of the pink ones because ew pink. I eventually found a black one with gold embellishments that I liked and I guess it fit my mood, I was in the middle of mourning myself.

.

When I was finally ready I walked out of the room and started following the music and rowdiness that was probably coming from the feast.

Sure enough the dining hall was full of people dancing drinking and eating.

Aiden was the first that spotted me. He excused himself from one of the girls who were obviously really interested in him. He immediately came to my side.

"A little on the nose don't you think?" Aiden said as he started leading me towards where Thor, Bucky, and Steve were sitting.

"Black is chic" I retorted as we got to them.

"Nora, you look beautiful." Thor said

"Thank you for this I had a really hard time just picking one." I said.

"It suits you." Steve said giving me a small smile.

"Shall we?" Thor said leading us to the head of the table.

We all took our seats and started eating and drinking. I might have indulged more than I should have but when the King of Asgard challenges you to a drinking contest for old times sake you can't say no. It'd be rude.

"Oh oh you remember that time Loki turned himself into a snake?" I said as we started reminiscing about old times.

"Haha, and he bit me?" Thor said chuckling. I could swear there were tears in his eyes.

"You thought you were poisoned and passed out!" I laughed.

"He certainly lived up to his name." Steve said ruefully.

"Or the time after the battle of Haragon where Sif enjoyed the feast so much..." Thor started.

"She almost started the second one!" We said at the same time.

"They were so pissed." I said not being able to control my laughter. Without Aya speeding up the regeneration process I was really starting to feel the buzz.

"The revels of victory, one of life's greatest pleasures." Thor said.

"I'll drink to that." Val said coming over.

"Valkyrie!" Thor cheered.

"Hello again." She said looking over to me as I was currently chugging a beer. "What are you two doing?"

"Reminiscing about old times" Thor said.

"Remember that time your parents busted that party you threw." I said continuing our discussion.

"I could see the steam coming out of father's ears" Thor said.

"Oh I know the look you're talking about it. Hell hath no fury like the allfather." Val said.

"I was more worried about your mom." I said. "It's always the quiet ones you have to worry about."

"Aye. Sometimes I wonder if things would have turned out different if father were still alive." Thor said sadly.

"He'd be proud of you. Sure you managed to burn Asgard to the ground five minutes after you became king." I said making Thor give me a grimace. "But your people are thriving. You rebuilt and are growing better than before. It took Odin thousands of years of bloodshed to get Asgard to what it used to be. You built all of this in twenty-five years. Not bad for a guy who didn't want to be king."

"I have missed these talks of ours." Thor said with a sad smile.

"Talk is cheap." I said having had enough of the pity party. I grabbed a glass and smashed it on the ground "Another!" I shouted and everyone cheered.

Third Person's POV-

"Wren, babe you need to wake up." Ellie said patting Wren's cheek but Wren was out cold.

"Don't think that'll help." Connor said. "Aya's done this before. He's not going to wake up until he really understands Aya's point."

"What is her point? What aren't you saying Connor?" Elle said.

"It's not my story to tell." Connor said.

"You've never talked about what happened before." Elle said.

"That's because Wren was right. I actually have memories with Aunt Nora and Uncle Wren. I got a chance to say goodbye. Aunt Nora never does, did, anything with out a reason and even in the end that was true." Connor answered getting a sad, faraway look.

"Well still doesn't help us now. We kind off didn't bring our passports and our ride is… unconscious." Elle said worried.

"We just have to wait it out." Connor said.

Nora's POV-

"Is this really a good idea?" Steve asked.

"You really want to tell Nora and Thor they can't do something?" Bucky answered.

"Don't think they'd listen to you even if you tried." Aiden said. "If you can't beat them join them."

"Okay rules are simple you have to bounce the ball into the cup. Each team has a ball if you make it in you dunk a shot, chug and slap it on to the other team's cup making a stack. Once you make it in the ball goes to the player on the left. Game's over when your side's out of cups." I explained. "Pretty straight forward."

"Why don't we just see who can drink it all first without the ball?" Val said.

"Where's the fun in that." I said. "Ready, steady… bounce."

The balls were promptly thrown towards the cups in the center but Thor's brute strength made the ball land on our side.

"Go go go go!" Thor said really into it as I made it into my cup. I passed the ball to Aiden as I dunked a shot and chugged. I stacked Thor's cup on top making him miss again. "I may have underestimated the difficulty of this game."

"I didn't." Val said shooting making it and chugging before stacking it on our side.

We had the lead but they caught up pretty fast by the last cup we were all drunk and tied. Of course Val lost her patience and decided to end the game by drinking the last two cups leaving us tied. We ended up moving the after party to the balcony while the grand hall was being cleaned up. Aiden and Val were passed out leaning against each other. Bucky and Steve were inside helping clean up our mess.

"So you still with Jane? I haven't seen her around." I asked.

"Uh we… she ended things. She left a message with Heimdall while I was scouring the universe for information on the stones." Thor said.

"She broke up with you via bifrost? That sucks." I said.

"It was a long time ago." Thor slurred.

"Buddy, screw Jane, there's plenty of fishes in the sea," I told Thor.

"But she was right, I… I wasn't the right…. Uh, minute." Thor said making me laugh.

"Right minute." I said not being able to control my laughter.

"I'm thirty years ahead of my time, I'm a giant wrong minute!" I cried out laughing before I started crying. "I fucked up."

"What? No." Thor said giving me a side hug. "It's just a rough patch. Thing's will… work out."

"I'm stranded in the future, I abandoned my baby, He hates me and so does my dad." I cried.

"Nora I have never seen a bond between father and daughter stronger than you and Tony. He bloody adored you." Thor said.

"Okay I think you two have had enough." Steve said barging in sensing Thor was close to spilling something.

"I'm a horrible daughter, I didn't warn him Pepper was going to dump him." I cried.

"Oh yeah, you're past buzzed and getting emotional." Bucky said kneeling down. "It's time for bed Doll."

"Noooo." Thor and I whined.

"We're the only ones still up." Bucky pointed out.

"But I'm so comfy and I'm… I'm not… drunk." I said trying to hold back the nausea I was starting to feel as I stood up.

"Oh just let her, she's earned it." Aiden slurred.

"Thank you." I said grabbing another glass but Steve grabbed my arm stopping me from picking it up.

"You've had enough." Steve said.

"You're not the boss of me." I said taking his arm off of me.

"That's it." Steve said before pulling me over his shoulder and carrying me out.

"Put me down!" I shouted.

"You're being stubborn." Bucky said following Steve.

"Steve's being mean to me again." I whined.

"And you're acting like a brat. Seriously even Wren never acted like this as a kid." Steve said.

"You suck, At least you still have a nice butt." I said admiring it as he walked.

"You need to sleep it off. You'll feel better in the morning." Steve said as I heard a door open. He walked in and put me down on the bed.

I crossed my arms and glared at him making Steve sigh.

"Nora I get that you're having a bad couple of days…" Steve started but I just turned around and buried my face in a pillow.

"Just let her sleep it off. We can talk in the morning." Bucky said. "When she's sober and can actually be reasoned with."

"Yeah." Steve said grabbing a blanket and draping it over me before walking out.

Third Person's POV-

"It's time I showed you what really happened." Aya said putting two fingers on Wren's forehead.

Suddenly Elle, Connor and the restaurant around him faded into a bright green light.

There was nothing there when suddenly it all changed. It was dark and the only light Wren could see was from the surrounding building and in the distance he could see the Brooklyn bridge.

"Aya why are we in New York?" Wren asked.

"You're not here and I'm just showing you what you need so you can understand the ending." Aya said looking towards the edge of the roof.

"You've been coming here a lot." Aya said making Nora turn to look at her.

"Just have a lot on my mind." Nora said wiping her eyes. Even in the dark Wren could see his mom's eyes were red rimmed and she was sniffling a bit.

"You've different since…" Aya said.

"I came back? It was a few days here but… it was longer for me." Nora said.

"I'm sorry." Aya said.

"Don't be. Everything happens for a reason." She said. "I need you to do something for me."

"Nora…" Aya started arguing.

"It's not a time jump, don't worry. I need you to make me a promise." Nora said.

"You know I can't do that, I don't interfere." Aya said making Nora laugh.

"You don't interfere? Really?" Nora said.

Aya sighed. "What is it?" She asked.

"You've put me through the ringer these past few years. I've past every single one of your stupid tests. I've done everything you've ever needed me to do and even with what I know now I'll keep doing that but I need you to promise me that no matter what happens Wren won't grow up how I did. That he won't be alone and he'll be safe." Nora said tearing up.

"Nora." Aya said.

"You owe me that much Aya." Nora said.

"You already know I will." She said.

"So mom makes it back." Wren said.

"She's a fixed point in time, if anything had changed we would have known by now." Aya told him as everything faded again. This time they were in a grassy field. There were corpses and bodies of aliens scattered all over the place.

"This," he said before turning around. "This is Wakanda."

"It is."

"No!" Some one shouted. Wren ran towards the forest.

"Aunt Wanda?" Wren said.

"Wanda. It's time." A red android said.

"No." Wanda said shaking her heard tears streaming from her eyes.

"They can't stop him, Wanda. But we can." It said as Wanda shook her head looking away from him. "Look at me. You have the power to destroy the stone."

"Don't." Wanda said trying to resist.

"You must. Please..." He begged. "We are out of time."

"We can't hold him back forever guys, it's now or never." Nora said forming energy orbs in both of her throwing them as fast as she could.

"I can't." Wanda cried.

"Yes, you can. You can. If he gets this stone, half the Universe dies." Vision said pleading with her.

"She isn't going to do it is she?" Wren asked "That's uncle Vision before…"

"Keep watching." Aya said.

"It's not fair." Wanda cried.

"It shouldn't be you, but it is. It's all right. You could never hurt me. I just feel you." Vision said before Wanda started focusing her powers on the stone. "I love you." Vision whispered before finally it shattered killing him. Wanda was on the ground crying over Vision's body. Then he walked towards her.

"No, no this doesn't happen." Wren said. "This isn't how it happened."

"I understand, my child." The giant purple titan said petting Wanda's head. "Better than anyone."

"You could never." Wanda sobbed.

"Today, I lost more than you can know." Thanos said. "But now is no time to mourn. Now... is no time at all." He said lifting up the golden gauntlet. The green stone started glowing.

"What the hell?" Wren said looking at the gauntlet. "That's not the whole stone."

"The stone is just one of many physical manifestations. My first host was a master of the mystic arts she had an amulet that could contain me. Before I moved on from her I left a part of my energy in it. Never put all of your eggs in one basket." Aya said. "Especially when you know someone wants them."

Suddenly Vision and the stone were alive again, that is until destroyed him and took it for himself.

"No!" Wanda shouted trying to stop him but he was too strong.

Thor flew in and swung Stormbreaker stabbing him in the chest.

"I told you..." Thor said pushing the hammer deeper in Thanos' chest.
You'd die for that."

"You should have..." Thanos coughed out. "You... You should have gone for the head!" he said before the gauntlet started glowing.

"No!" Thor shouted before he disappeared.

"What did you do?" Steve said running to him with Nora next to him. "What did you do?!"

"Where did he go? Thor..." Nora said getting his attention. "Where did he go?"

Suddenly Bucky appeared from behind him and started swaying.

"Dad?" Wren whispered.

"Steve? Nora?" Bucky said as he started turning to ash.

"He did it." Thor said defeated.

"Oh, God." Steve said tears welling up in his eyes.

"Aya." Nora cried. There was no response but Nora just teleported away without saying anything.

"Where'd she go?" Wren asked.

"She just watched a mad man wipe out half the universe what's the first thing you think she'll do?" Aya said as everything started changing again. There was a TV on the wall and a blue L shaped couch set up. There were children's Toys scattered around the room and a dog barking.

"Axl." Wren said kneeling down.

"He can't see you." Aya reminded him.

Suddenly Nora appeared.

"Sam!" Nora called out looking panicked. "Wren!"

"Auntie?" Connor sniffled peeking out from the hallway holding a stuffed bear.

"Connor." Wren said.

"Hey," nora said choking back a sob. "Hey buddy."

Connor ran into her arms. "They're gone."

"Who's gone?" Nora asked.

"Daddy. Ellie, Wren" Connor said crying. "We were watching the Incredible and then they turned to dust." Nora turned pale. "Why are they gone?!" Connor cried.

"Connor, hey I need you to listen to me. Okay. I need you to go to your room and pack some of your clothes." Nora said barely holding her tears back.

"But…" Connor said ready to argue.

"You can't stay here by yourself." Nora said. "Go please."

Connor nodded before running of to his room. Once he was out of the room Nora started crying.

"Ah!" Nora cried.

"Hm hm." Axl whimpered moving to console his owner.

"The Snap. Half the universe gone in one second." Wren said crying. "I didn't know…"

"Most of the kids that disappeared didn't notice it. You were probably better off that way." Aya said as everything changed.

They were on a flight hanger in Wakanda again.

"Nora." Aiden argued.

"You're not going." Nora said flat out shutting down any arguments Aiden had.

"You are not leaving me here where you go off to fight that purple bastard on the other side of the universe!" Aiden shouted.

"You're staying here and that's the end of it!" Nora shouted.

"No, You are not the only one that lost someone that day. I care about Sam, Ellie and Wren just as much as you do so shut up and…" Aiden shouted.

"One of us has to stay here with Connor!" Nora shouted making Aiden stop talking. "He doesn't have a mom anymore. His Dad, sister and cousin turned to ash right in front of him. Not all of us are coming back he's going to need someone Aiden. I'm the best shot of taking him down but if that doesn't work he's going to need someone."

"Auntie?" Connor said coming in holding an older girl's hand.

"Hey sweetheart. Did Shuri show you all of her cool toys?" Nora said giving him a smile.

"Are you leaving?" Connor asked noticing how tense they all were.

"Uh, can you two give us a minute?" Nora asked before everything changed again. Aiden looked at Nora with uncertainty before walking out with Shuri.

"Do you have to go?" Connor asked tearing up.

"I have to buddy. I'm going to get your Dad, Wren and Ellie back." Nora said.

"What if you don't come back?" Connor cried.

"Hey, I know you're scared of being alone and that I won't come back but no matter what happens it's going to be okay." Nora promised giving Connor a reassuring smile. "I promise you are going to see me again but I'm going to be really far away so I'm going to need you to look after your sister and cousin until I get back okay?"

"Promise?" Connor said sticking out his pinky.

"I never break my promises." She said linking her pinky with his. "You're going to stay here with your Uncle, he'll look after you."

"I'm a jerk." Wren said frustrated.

"You were hard on him. You may not remember what exactly happened but he does. It's a lot for anyone to carry especially a kid." Aya said before everything changed to a desert wasteland.

There was a wreckage of a ship or building of some sort. The sky wasn't blue but a burnt orange with dust blowing everywhere.

"I don't need the time stone to finish you off." Thanos said. "I'm a god." He said walking towards Nora.

"The only god I believe in is the one that swings a hammer." She said defiantly.

"Nora!" Tony shouted as he ran over to her. She lifted a hand and froze him in place.

"You wiped out half the universe and doomed the other half to complete chaos and destruction. Is this really what you wanted?" She said keeping pressure on the wound on her side that was bleeding profusely.

"This wasn't how I thought it would turn out but once I recover the time stone from your corpse I'll start over from scratch." He said grabbing her by the throat and lifting her up. Nora struggled and started choking.

"J-jokes… on y-you." She coughed out before he broke her neck and let her fall to the ground.

"No!" Tony shouted.

"AH!" Thor said taking advantage of the distraction. He appeared behind him and cut off Thanos's arm with the gauntlet on.

"AH!" Thanos screamed as he fell on his knees.

Aya moved the gauntlet away from him and put it on. Thor kicked him down and pressed his neck onto the ground with his foot

"It won't work. The soul stone won't help you unless you sacrifice what you love most." Thanos taunted.

Aya put it on before turning to look at Nora's body.

"I already did." She said before snapping her fingers. Suddenly the world around them changed and they were back in that field in Wakanda.

"Nora!" Tony said running to his daughter's side. Thor kneeled next to her body and bowed his head in respect for his fallen comrade.

"Did it work?" Steve said appearing out of nowhere. "Nora." He whispered before running to her side. "No, no." Steve cried as he fell onto his knees.

"This is cruel, even for you." Wren said tearing up.

"We're not done." Aya said.

Suddenly a little boy with reddish blonde hair appeared out of thin air.

"Mommy!" He said running over.

"Wren no." Rhodey said stopping him.

"Let me go, I want to see my mommy." Wren said teleporting out of his grandfather's grasp and appearing next to his mother. "Mommy. Grandpa, why is mommy asleep?"

Tony gave his grandson a heartbroken look before covering his face and sobbing.

"Wren your mom's not asleep." Steve said.

"But her eyes are closed." He said.

"Wren your mom got hurt. She's gone." Steve said choking back a sob.

"No, you're lying!" Wren shouted before shaking his mom's shoulder. "Mommy wake up. Please wake up. Please." He cried before hugging his mom and crying.

Aya walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. Wren looked up at her.

"Please Auntie Aya. Bring my mommy back, please." Wren begged making grown up Wren cry.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that." Aya said sadly. "There are things even I can't do Wren. Your mom saved the entire universe today, she was a hero."

"But she promised me. She said she would come back. I don't want to be alone." Wren cried.

"You'll never be alone Wren. I can promise you that but I need your help to keep it. Can you do that?" Aya asked.

"Aya?" Steve said worried.

"Please." Wren cried. Aya wiped the tears off of Wren's face before putting his hands on either side of his face giving him a reassuring smile before she glowed and disappeared. Wren's eyes glowed green and then turned back into his normal blue eyes.

"Your mother was aggravating and tested my patience in ways none of my previous hosts ever dared to even consider trying. She had the ability to bring out the best in people even me. I used to think it was her weakness but in the end it was what made her strong. She showed the universe that if one tiny mortal from an insignificant corner of there universe was willing to give it all up for them then there isn't a reason they can't do the same for one another or at the very least be kind to one another." Aya said. "She who saves one saves the world and Nora Stark saved half the universe."

"It still isn't fair." Wren said.

"Life rarely is." Aya said. "We rarely get second chances in life Wren, don't let yours go to waste. You'll regret it if you do."

With that everything faded into a bright green light and he woke up gasping for air.

"Wren!" Elle said running to his side. "It's okay, It's okay. I got you."

Wren pulled her into a hug and held her tight. Elle felt him start to shake uncontrollably.

She tried to pull away and see if he was okay but that was when she heard him sob. She put her arms around him and rubbed his back in circles while running her fingers through his hair trying to soothe him.