As the movie ended I don't think I had gotten over the fact that I was going to meet an actual GOD but then again, I don't know if stuff like this would ever get normal.

"Hey so Thor's probably going to arrive soon but we never really know with him, just a heads up though," said Tony as he entered the living room.

The clip from Ragnarok "Send a falcon" just flashed through my brain.

"What's so funny," asked Nat looking over at me.

"Oh, nothing just remembering something, you'll maybe see later"

"Ok, have your fun," she got up and walked over to the kitchen.

"Hey, kid, I need you for a sec" Tony called from near the elevator.

"Sure, what for" I said walking over to him.

"Nothing big, Bruce and I just wanted to make sure the machine is calibrated to you before tonight so it all goes smoothly"

As we entered his lab I realized it was the same one from Age of Ultron, except for in the

open area where Ultron first came to life there were a lot of wires and techy looking stuff. I don't know how any of this shit works, sue me. "Umm, so how does this thing connect to my brain"

"Well that's the amazing part, we had to figure out a way to tap into a couple very specific parts of the brain without going over and getting too much info or not enough. The actual process of using it though is pretty simple, you just sit down and we're going to attach electrode magnetic sensors to parts of your head." Bruce answered, gesturing to the machine.

I walked over and cautiously sat down, "so what's going to happen now, as you're calibrating it" I felt Bruce start to apply the sensors to the back of my head and my temples.

"So you won't feel anything and just try to clear your mind for right now, in a minute we'll hook you up to a screen and try it out." Tony answered from behind me.

It's very hard to think of nothing when someone tells you to, because then you can only think of everything. I tried to channel some occlumency, but I think I did just about as good as Harry in his first lessons. Bruce and Tony whispered and did whatever behind me for a good couple minutes until they spoke to me.

"Ok, I really hope this works. Now when I turn it fully on you will kinda fall asleep, but not really. Basically in order to isolate what we want in your brain we're trying to quiet the other parts. So you won't feel tired and you'll be able to communicate with us via your thoughts but your body will be asleep, again kinda. I promise it's going to be fine"

Okkkkk this sounds sketchy as fuck but whatever. "Let's do this."

Suddenly I realized what Tony meant by sorta asleep. I was definitely awake, but I was not really in my body. I don't know how to describe it but it was like I was watching my thoughts and hearing them as well. Damn, I need to be careful about what I think about. I tried to picture a memory, something I knew. Immediately Erin came to the, screen- I don't know if screen is the right word, but I saw her. Ok, what about right before I left. Suddenly I was watching back through my eyes our conversation about Tik Tok.

"Hey Alisson, can you hear us in there" I didn't know if it came from Bruce or Tony but I definitely heard that. I couldn't exactly speak it, so I tried just talking in my mind and hopefully that would come through.

(A.N - all the thought dialogue from Ali will be in quotations like normal dialogue but she isn't actually talking per say)

"Yeah, I can hear you. How much of my thoughts to do hear or see"

"The audio is a little fuzzy at times but hopefully we are just seeing what you're seeing" Ok, I think that was Bruce.

"So, I know you want to wait until tonight but can you show us some scenes from our movies, I'm very interested in them." Tony asked.

Hmm, I don't want to show them something that really plot relevant, let's do some fun Tony scene. I thought of that scene from Iron Man 1 after Tony goes out on his first real mission and is caught by Pepper in the midst of taking his suit off. I knew it had worked when Tony's exasperated voice cut through.

"They cover all of that… oh boy"

"Hey, I don't think you understand how many movies there are in this universe. Like I believe that the total runtime of all the movies, as of now is exactly 3000 minutes, some Marvel fan did the math and then it brought up tons of other theories because that's a very specific number to hit."

"Wow, that's way too much of us" Bruce said.

I could only smile. "It's not nearly enough." Visions of Erin and I watching marvel movies, picking apart fan theories, that one time she dragged me to comic con when it was in our city. "You could make a ten hour long movie about your everyday lives and millions would watch it. You have no idea what you've done for people, how many you've saved or given hope."

Bruce and Tony were silent for a couple minutes, I think just processing the fact that they could give hope, but who knows.

"Well, I'd love to do this all day but Thor is due to arrive any time now and he always gets lost in the tower," Tony said as I felt the sensors on the side of my head come off and I was suddenly back in the chair. Wow, that was one hell of an experience.

Back in the living room Steve was making dinner while Sam and Nat watched the news.

"Any news on when 's gonna show up" Nat asked from the sofa.

"You know he just shows up, I have no clue. I think soon but that's as much as I know" Tony answered, pouring himself a cup of coffee even though it was almost six in the afternoon. That man might die of caffeine one day.

About half an hour later we heard a loud crack of lightning and I jumped a little in my seat. Thor's here! I guess he appeared via bifrost or something on the ground floor because he came into the apartment through the elevator which was really weird looking.

"My friends, how good it is to see you all again!" Thor hugged Steve and in a way that only Thor could pull off, he ended up picking him off the ground. "Stark, what is the reason for my urgent call, invaders, my brother, do tell"

"No, not exactly, we're all safe. But something really weird happened and somehow a person from a different universe appeared in ours. Now here's the kicker, in her universe we're all movie characters, and none of this actually exists."

Thor thought about this for a second before smiling and looking over at me.

"I assume you are the person he speaks of" Thor said, and Jesus that guy talks so loudly.

"Yup, that's me, I'm Allison, or Ali"

"Son of Ali, it is good to meet you" Ok, well, sure, not my name or even how that works, but sure.

"Hey, before we all get caught up in the future, I've made some food and you guys should eat" Steve interrupted from the kitchen.

Dinner passed surprisingly uneventfully for the people we had at the table, but I guess this was pre ultron or civil war so everyone's still friends. The biggest conflict of the meal was when Thor tired to challenge Sam to a flight race, Sam's wings against, thors hammer flying powers and Nat had to tell them that they weren't going to do that right now because, it was dumb. Now she didn't say who she thought would win so that caused everyone to start to pick sides until Tony had to shut it down finally.

After dinner we all sat down in the living room and it scarily reminded me of the hammer lifting scene from Ultron.

"So, you are from a different universe. What is it like there?" Thor asked.

"Well, all of you guys are just characters, and all the aliens, and other space or like supernatural stuff just doesn't exist. It was thought up and created by Stan Lee who created the Marvel comics then they were adapted into movies. You guys are from the movie universe though. Basically I want to help because right now we're like midway in the marvel timeline. There's a bunch of movies that have already happened but the real big stuff is yet to come. Tomorrow when we get everyone here I'm going to show you guys clips and parts of the movies, and just explain as much as I can. There's so much stuff to go over so it's going to probably take a while."

"That sounds fantastic, I'm looking forward to hearing all about the future." Thor said.

"Oh, I don't think you will be." fuck, I need to watch what I say, that's crypitc as shit.

"What does that mean?" Steve asked.

"Well, I know I'm going to have to go over this another million times but, well, the future for you guys isn't pretty. A lot of stuff happens and to be honest, most of it's bad."

"You keep saying that, but it's already gotten pretty bad. Aliens came to New York and tried to kill us all through a wormhole." Tony stared at me.

God I don't want to tell them. I wish I could say that it gets bad but then it gets better, or at least that nobody dies. I want to say you all make it. I want to tell you that Aliens and Loki are the worst thing that's going to happen to this planet.

I tried to say that it's going to get worse, or at least that he's wrong, I tried to say something. Anything. Nothing came out. Tears threatened to fall down my cheeks, I can't look him in the eyes. I can not look up. Not when the people I'm looking at are going to die. No. They're not. I'm going to change it, I already have changed it. I'm going to. I have to. I could feel my knees start to shake, in a feeble attempt I put my hands on my knees to try and steady them. Of course it didn't work, now my hands were also shaking. I could feel eyes on me. I didn't know how many or who they were.

"Ali.."

Ok, that's Natasha. She's sitting to my left. I'm here, I'm sitting on a couch. I can feel my jeans underneath my hands. The room is warm.

"Ali.."

It's evening. I can smell someone's perfume and I can hear a faint humming of the dishwasher. The floor is wood, it has a light honey color. I can see a small scratch in the floor.

"Ali, can you hear me"

I can see my shoes. My laces are double knotted. My feet are cold inside my shoes. I can move my toes and feel my socks. I'm wearing black socks, because they're Nat's. Natasha.

"ALISSON"

Everyone is looking at me.

"Allison, are you ok" Nat spoke softly and I willed myself to look over at her.

"I don't know," my voice came out quite and horse, like I hadn't used it in years.

"Well, that's ok. You don't have to know." Nat spoke and I could sense the hesitation in her voice, she was trying to help me but being vulnerable and comforting someone in a group of people really wasn't something she was comfortable with.

"I'm tired, I think I'm gonna go to sleep," As I stood up the ground swayed underneath me but I kept my footing and slowly walked forward. Tony hadn't said a word and as I passed him he just looked at me. Steve and Sam seemed to be in some silent conversation but I just walked to the elevator and went down. Nobody followed me and I was grateful.

Nat's apartment was dark when I entered, "umm, Jarvis can I ask you a question"

"Anything Allison"

"So, I was wondering if you could bring up youtube like on the tv or something"

"Of course"

I walked over to the living room area and sat down in front of the tv, I knew it was too early but I really need something right now. "Hey Jarvis, how do I type and use the tv, there's no remote"

"Simply point at the screen and say what you want to do, I will cover the rest"

"Thanks, Jarvis"

"Search, Spiderman" Ok, lets see what's going to pop up. I mean I don't think anything will, considering that Peter's going to get bitten in about 2 years ish but maybe I'll find something. Yup, just actual spiders. Disappointing. "Jarvis, pull up google and search Peter Parker"

"There are 256,733 results for Peter Parker"

Ok, is any of this actually useful. I mean why am I doing this. I can't exactly interfere right now and also I don't actually know this Spider Man's origin story really well, I mean like I know the concept but Homecoming comes in after he's already been bit so, damn. I knew this was going to be disappointing. I do really need to go to sleep. "Jarvis, turn the tv off and delete my search history, thanks"

"Goodnight, Allison"

"Goodnight Jarvis"