Everyone looked at James like he said something crazy but to be fair

He did

"Let me get this straight" Francis signaled

"You wanna offer yourself to the Collector. Less evil brother of the Grandmaster know hoarder of the Universe"

James nodded his head

"Your fucking insane"

"Francis"

"No ! No ! look James you've had some crazy ideas some that even worked, the team attack against the group of Hydra Soldiers awesome, deciding to face Red Skull and the Red Room on your own pretty cool, deciding to face Asgard's mot evil sorceress badass"

"Francis you literally just explaining why my plans always work"

"BUT GIVING YOURSELF UP TO THE COLLECTOR IS COMPLETELY INSANE !"

"I didn't say I'd fully give myself up to him. I just meant I don't know maybe he'd find interest in my hair or something. I mean I am a walking science experiment here. The very fact and logic that I'm even alive breaks many lars of human anatomy"

Francis found himself rolling his eyes before placing his hands on his hips as he found this plan very crazy

And truly he thought the others would agree

But Pym ran the numbers in his head

"James is right" Pym said only angering the Archer

"The Numbers don't lie and since were flat broke and have nothing to give offering James as a second choice could give us something"

Francis had a Dead look of shock on his face

"You guys are fucking insane" He said only making Pym and James groan

"Guys-"

"NO YOU SHUT IT !" Francis yelled at Sam making him quiet before he turned to Pym and James

"You 2 are crazy"

Alright James had enough of this

"Alright it's not your choice to make. I offer myself because it's my plan and I'm worth more than all 3 of you guys put together, you know how many people on earth would kill to even have a sample of my own blood maybe Collectors the same or maybe not either way it's our only choice so either you in or you can stay out here and wait so what's it gonna be huh ?"

Clicking his teeth in anger Francis and James found themselves in another intense stare down as Pym just sighed rolling his eyes

"It's always these two that pick a fight with one another" he sighed under his breathe

Glaring at James's sea blue eyes Francis knew he could never beat the Romanoff glare even if they were hid behind his mesmerizing eyes as he ultimately caved

"Fuck" he grunted before looking away making James smirk

"Alright Rogers you win what's the plan"

Looking at the Collectors Museum before looking back at the group James spoke

"Alright here's what we're gonna do"

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EVerything Franklin said about this guy was true

Truly enough none of the kids knew what the Collector was truly about. All they really knew was what the History books told them in the battles they faced together against their parents so the fact that Clint Barton Himself labeled The Collector as The Universe's biggest Hoarder that's what everyone now saw him as

But as the team continued to walk through his Museum and saw nothing but collected artifacts from all over the know universe and beyond everyone could only think Francis's Dad was right

Through every hall everyone saw podiums and vats full of different things and labels as there was so much stuff to be consumed by it was easy to get overwhelmed

As the team of 4 continued to walk the halls of the museum Francis nudged Pym's arm grabbing his attention

"What ?"

"Look at" he said as he pointed to the single eye within the glasses podium

The two came to a halt as they together looked at the singular eye but Pym's eyes shoot shot up when he realized what this was

"Holy shit Francis do you know what this is"

"Umm. an eye ? kinda gross"

"What ! no not just any eye" Pym said as he walked towards it

He couldn't help but raise his hand to try and touch it

"It's the Watchers eye" he said before turning to Francis

"You know the Watchers. You know cosmic entities of the Universe lookers of all there is ! THEIR ONLY JOB IS TO WATCH ALL KNOW REALITIES OF POSSIBILITIES OF THE MULTIVERSE KNOWING THEY COULD NEVER INTERVENE !"

With his arms folded Francis snorted

"You have a weird obsession for science Pym"

Rolling his eyes Pym turned back to the case as he stared at the Eye

"The watchers were one of the things I could decipher in my Dad's Journal, He said they were able to see every know Multiverse out there Past and Future along with the Present they were able to watch and see everything"

Turing back to Francis Pym spoke

"Imagine, having the power to see every single outcome"

Francis now had a serious expression on his face to go with his folded arms

"Yeah must've been nice to sit back and Watch as our Parents got slaughtered right in front of their eyes"

"Francis…they took a universal otah. They weren't allowed to intervene with any outcome it was a universal rule"

"Yeah well sometimes Rules need to be broken for the greater good"

"Keeping the Universe in Balance is the greater good. When you tug the Universe it has a very strange way of tugging back harder"

"Right because having Alive parents and an actual stable childhood is so bad"

"I'm not having this conversation right now" Pym said as he tried to walk away but Francis continued to push

"Right because that's the answer to every Pym's problem start a fight and not Man enough to finish it"

"The Hell's your problem !" Pym yelled as he immediately snapped back to Francis

James and Sam's attention was immediately grabbed as they had finally noticed they stopped walking with them and by the way they were looking at each other they could tell something was going down

"Ever since we got here you've been acting different !"

"Different ! or maybe I'm not talking to the right Henry Pym Jr right now"

"The hell's going on here ?" James asked the two but they were so deep in their conversation they couldn't even bother to notice them

"You know I've noticed your Change Pym, ever Since you met Franklin. You've begun to devote Science over your Friends your family"

"I didn't change ! and Franklin's not the problem. In Fact he's the solution ! He helped me open my eyes and realize the dangers that lay ahead ! and the future problems we face ! it's not my fault you can't see that"

"THERE IT IS !" Francis yelled as he pointed at Pym's growling expression

"HENRY PYM JR AND HIS OVERSIZED EGO THINKING HE KNOWS WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE ! YOU KNOW WHO ELSE THOUGHT LIKE THAT ! YOUR FATHER BECASUE OF HIS PRIDE AND EGO AND HE'S THE REASON ALL OF OUR PARENTS ARE FUCKING DEAD !"

Clenching his fist tightly Pym's hands began to glow green in plasma as he began to grit his teeth

"Francis Barton I'm warning you if you blame my Father's mistake one more time-"

"What are you gonna do, hit me, face reality Pym you're a giant pussy and we all know it. It's why you never decide to go big and always go small in fights. Not because you didn't get the calculations but because you're too scared to face a problem head on. But I can't blame you. Your Dad was a giant Bitch too Like Father Like Son right. What more could I expect from a Wife Beater"

"FRANCIS !" James shouted

Pym's eyes went wide as a pulse was sent through his heart

Wasting no time Pym threw all caution to the wind throwing a mean and angered punch at Francis knocking him back into the Watcher's eyes podium forcing the boy in a purple jacket and white straps and shirt to hit the glass causing it to tip over and fall shattering on impact

Granted the destruction was quickly overshadowed when Francis launched forward attacking Pym as a fight broke out between the two

A loud commotion was started between the group as both James and Sam tried to break them apart as they sent punch after punch with each other

"GUYS STOP !" James yelled

"PYM FRANCIS PLEASE THIS ISN'T HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ACT !"

In a weak attempt to break them up James and Sam only found themselves knocked to the ground as Pym and Francis continued to fight one another as with a leg sweep Francis knocked Pym to the ground before getting on top of him ready to punch him

"FRANCIS STOP !"

"STAY OUT OF THIS JAMES !"

Bringing his gauntlet up James readied his widow bite as his wrist suddenly flurried with Red lighting

"I'm warning you don't make me fire this"

"I can get at least a punch in before I'm hit" Francis growled but Pym just shot him a smirk one that secretly sent a shiver down Francis's spine as the blood on the corner of his mouth made a strange sight Francis never saw from Pym before

"You touch me I'll blow your fucking head off" Pym threatned as suddenly the young Archer felt a large wave of heat come from under his chin as he looked down to see Pym's fist glowing green

The standoff got more intense as no one even thought of making a single move not even James knew who to shoot or how it would play out if he did

Secretly behind everyone's back Sam flicked his wrist deploying his wings as just in cause this went to far he would be able to defuse the situation granted it would hurt but it's better than everyone in this room being dead

"Why Why Children, Why must you be like this. Didn't your Parents ever teach you to act appropriate around Company" a sudden voice stated catching everyone off guard as they started to look around

Suddenly the voice got closer as soon enough the 4 boys turned towards an opening door revealing a man with white hair in what seemed to be red rich dress clothing with feathers popping out

Immediately everyone caught wind of who it was now making their current position kinda awkward

"Oh shit" Pym said

The man removed his Sunglasses and smiled

"Oh Shit Indeed Son of Giant Man"

Suddenly everyone just felt the odds of successfully caring this mission went down the drain

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The Collector had lead the team into his private sanctum and if they thought the halls were filled to the brim with ancient artifacts than this was even bigger as he had shit the 4 thought was genuinely lost

But even more so no one could take their eyes off Collectors prized possession hidden behind a wall of security with a small window on display

"Holy shit it's real" Francis damn near gasped as he saw the golden gauntlet

Clapping his hands The Collector got all 4 of the boys attention before placing his finger on his hand examining each of the 4

He continued to tap his chin as they all looked at each other before The Immortal man exaggeratedly let go

"Aren't there 2 more of you ? where's the King's Child and Thor's daughter"

No one even questioned how he knew

"They're not here. It's just us"

"And who are you" The Collector asked as he pointed at Sam

"Sam Wilson Jr aka-"

"Falcon yes I know i'm already bored with you" the older man flaunted as he whisked his hands away before walking towards james

Truly Sam didn't know how to feel about that but he's more so weirded by how The Collector was staring at James again with his hand on his chin

This time now he singled the Children out he smiled as James just kept a straight face

"You fascinate me"

"Charmed"

"HA ! I really like you"

Tapping James on his nose The Collector smiled

"From your matching Red Hair of your Mother to the Sea Blue eyes of your Father James Rogers you are truly one of a kind. Probably the most rare artifact of Human life ever"

SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF

Pym, Sam and Francis all got weirded out when the Collector began to sniff all around James and even James found it weird but the last thing he needed right now was going head to head with an immortal god with the access to every weapon known to mankind so he just let him continue to sniff as he grabbed his arm rolling up his sleeve of his black suit revealing his cut Rick gave him

Francis Pym and Sam all went wide eyed at the sight as they didn't notice his injury before

"woah…James"

One thing at a time couldn't deal with the Collector and his friends worrying about him both

Sniffing his dried blood The Collector finally let go as he began to whisk the air more already missing the smell of James's blood

"Ohh that's good, you better find yourself Lucky Ultron killed Dracula or he would have a field day with you. You must get it from your Mother The King of the undead had a complete obsession over her"

"Great that you find it so interesting, I'd be willing to sell it for you"

Immediately everyone's eyes shot up as The Collector just smirked

"WHAT ! JAMES !"

"James Rogers you interesting Young Boy, what are you proposing"

"For 1 Vial of my blood I want the Rings of Power"

The Collector's smirk widened as he looked over to the hands display case each finger held a ring

"I vial seems a little too small for such a big price" The Collector said

"You said it yourself. I am rare. You know how many people would kill for a Vial of my blood. The wars that were started on the day of my birth. You will be the only man in the known universe who has access to my blood. An upgraded version of the Super Serum Steve Rogers was given in the 1930's with a perfected version of the Serum Natalia Romanov was given in her days of the Red Room. the only man to have the next stage in Super Soldier evolution my blood in your possession and you can do with as you please"

Now that James laid the thought out there was no way in hell Pym Francis and Sam would let this guy have it

But the Collector had other opinions as he couldn't refrain his smile of joy at the thought

"DEAL !" he said as he shook James's hand before rushing to his closet to get a knife

Right when he left the team crowded James

"This apart of your plan Rogers" Francis said with a serious expression but James just rolled his eyes as he began to roll up his other sleeve

"Listen dumbass, I'm buying us time. Pym go small and begin to take the rings and drop them off to Sam's possession near the door one by one. Me and Francis will distract The Collector long enough and when you have them all give us and signal and run like hell"

"Wait, are we doing what I think we're doing ?" Sam said

"If that is robbing the Universe's biggest Hoarder than yep that's what we're doing" James said

Sam and ultimately Pym had more questions but the Collector came back with a vial and what seemed to be some Silver Sword making Francis Gulp as James kept a stern look

"This Blade was held by Kenuichio Harada himself. His signature Silver Blade" The Collector said as he shined the blade in the light watching on how it reflected

"Granted I don't have his mutant ability to cut through anything it's been able to cut through Diamonds before so this should work too"

"Great" James sarcastically smiled before going to take his seat

Francis stood watch and so did Sam in the off distance near the door leaving Pym to be the only one who secretly slipped away as he shrunk down flying towards the rings

"It's only a vial so this is gonna sting a little" James just nodded his head before The Collector placed the Vial down beside his arm before positioning the blade right above his arm

Finding The Collector was already deep in his work James looked at the rings spotting as Pym was already up to work flying each ring one by one back and forth to Sam

But he couldn't watch for long as a sharp sting hit him making him in his arm making him wince as suddenly he saw his arm beginning to bleed

The blood started to trickle down his arm and into the Vial as the sight made James cringe

There's a reason he doesn't draw his own blood unless it's a fight

Pym and Sam were in their own world also as Sam was already in on the 8th ring counted the 9th as pym dropped it all in his hands were he soon put them in his bag before strapping it to his side

Right when pym returned with the 10th ring it shined a bright mesmerizing white one that caught their attention before they shook their heads and placed it in Sam's bag before zipping it up fully securing it

"DONE !" The Collector smiled as he placed the Sword down on the table and quickly picked the Vial up to admire it

Francis Immediately rushed to James's side grabbing a cloth to wipe the blood before wrapping his arm as The Collector was to focused on the blood to even notice his missing artifacts

"Oh words can express how precious this is ! oh my boy you are a fine specimen of work you are. A perfect split. In my hands I have the most valuable blood sample the Universe has ever known ! oh my Brother's gonna be so jealous !"

"Glad you liked it because that's the only chance you ever gonna have to look at it"

Before The Collector could raise an eyebrow James jumped from his seat Immediately sending a kick towards the Collector

One that was effortlessly blocked as the elder man patted James's leg down back to the ground before grabbing him by his neck

"Stubborn, just like your Father" he smiled

"But sneaky like my Mother" James smirked before using both his legs to launch away from the Collector while simultaneously kicking the Vial from his hand catching it in the air and lading on his feet

Wasting no Time everyone immediately hit the jets running out of the room and the Museum as The Collector looked and noticed the Display hands Rings were gone

Smirking The Collector only began to laugh hysterically as he just found out he got conned

HIM THE COLLECTOR OF THE UNIVERSE GOT CONNED !

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !"

Pressing a button on his desk The Collector could barely keep his laugh in

"Ohh I'm gonna kill those children" he said wiping the tears from his eyes

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"GO GO GO GO !" James Yelled as they all sprinted towards the exit but right as they made it to the door Francis stopped at a nearby podium

"Woah sweet Helmet" Francis smiled

"FRANCIS WHAT ARE YOU DOING !" Sam yelled

"Yeah yeah yeah yeah, hold your horses I'm coming" The young archer said as he pulled a bow from his quiver and stuck it on the glass

Pressing the trigger a frequency was made as the glass had soon shattered into pieces leaving Francis to grab the helmet before he headed to the door to regroup with his friends

"Hey guys" he said as he caught up to them with the helmet in his hand

"Really ?" Sam said

"What ? it's cool ?"

Sam and James rolled their eyes and groaned but Pym wasn't far too off as he joined the group himself right now

"We better go The Collector just released a fleet of trapped Chitauri after us and trust me when I say that's definitely a fight I want when we have Torunn on our side"

"Then let's waste no time and get out of here"

A loud roar was heard causing the team to look back as suddenly the door was slammed open revealing a charging Chitauri fleet after them forcing them to waste no time as they immediately ran out the door

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Pushing past people and Aliens of Knowhere James, Sam, Francis and pym ran for their lives as the Chitauri fleet was chasing after them

"EVERYONE HEAD TO THE SHIP'S LANDING ZONE !" Pym shouted as he suddenly sprouted his wings before going to pick up Francis flying them into the air

"Well better late than never to make my debut" Sam said as flicking his wrist his steel coded wings formed on his arms as his jetpack turned on before suddenly he found himself gliding in the air before picking up James into full force flying

"WOAH ! SAM !"

"IT'S FALCON BABY WHOOO !"

James couldn't refrain from laughing as the two continued to fly in the air following Pym to the sips landing zone\

For a split second James truly thought this was gonna work that even with the rocky start to the plan it was actually gonna be seen through

But all his thought washed away when he looked down at the landing docks below and squinted his eyes to see a girl in a leather jacket and headphones around her neck skipping to a blue and orange ship

"Holy shit it's her" James mumbled

"What ?"

"Sam you gotta drop me"

Immediately the young black man's eyes went wide

"WHAT ?!"

"Sam it's her. The girl that stole our credits I gotta get them back you have to drop me:

"MAN FRANCIS WAS RIGHT YOU ARE FREAKING INSANE ! I'M NOT DROPPING YOU !"

"I'll be fine. The shield will absorb my impact and she has a ship of her own I'll send you my coordinates to the nearest planet and you'll pick me up from there"

"JAMES THIS IS CRAZY IT'S JUST CREDITS !"

"Yeah and without those credits getting the artifacts are gonna be 10x harder than this way we can't keep doing this the illegal way. Sam you gotta let me go"

Sam bit his lip in confusion on what to do as he looked down himself to see it was the girl and she was heading inside her ship right now ready to board

It was now or never

"Sam do it" James convinced and truly Sam didn't know what went inside of him to listen but he did throwing all caution to the wind and shook his head as he let go of James before boosting his Jetpack to catch up with Pym and Francis

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Landing on the Ships loading dock the Chitauri were in eye view in distance and that's all the 3 boys needed to know before Immediately rushing into the ship as Pym wasted no time getting to the controls to start the ship

"PYM ANY FASTER NOW !"

"I'M GOING ! I'M GOING !" he said flipping all the switches before soon enough they were in the air right as the Chitauri caught up to the loading Bay as right when they did the boys were off into the sky leaving Knowhere

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The ship had Immediately left the Knowhere airzone as right when the left Hyperjump they all shot out of their collected seats and began to jump and celebrate

"DID WE JUST DO THAT ! I THINK WE JUST DID THAT !"

"HELL YEAH WE JUST DID THAT !"

Pym and Francis couldn't help but let out their excitement in their victory as they high fived each other before they started dancing as Sam just took off his goggles and slapped them loudly on the table before gripping his hair tightly

The action caught the attention of the duo

"Sam ?"

Francis began to look around as he noticed they were down one

"Sam…..where's James ?"

Keeping his hold on his hair Sam gripped tighter as he now began to shake his head

"Sam. where is James"

Taking a deep sigh Sam shook his head again

"I dropped him"

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Immediately grabbing his shield from his back James placed it right in front of him before curling into the shield as he braced for impact on the incoming ground below

"Please work please work please work please work please work"

CLANK

Plummeting to the ground blow James was Immediately surprised to find he was alive by the impact as wasting no time he rolled strapping the Shield to his back as he continued to run to the blue and orange ship

The mystery girl went inside the ship only signaling James to pick up his speed as he already noticed the hatch was closing

So in a very close call he leaped through the hatch right as he closed rolling into the sip before immediately ducking behind a crate right as she turned around

Lucky to god she didn't catch James and even luckier she didn't decide to check as she just shrugged her shoulders

Ultimately James took the chance and moment to wait until they were in deep space of Knowhere before making his move as the last thing he needed was for her to throw him to the wolves of the Chitauri

Luckily he got his wish as soon enough he felt the fierce tragg and tight pull of the ship signaling to him they were out of hyperjump and in space giving him his chance to get from behind the crate

BLAST

In a quick second James was launched back to a nearby wall by some sort of ice blast

He tried to pry his hand free but it was no use as he turned his head to see the same girl holding a gun that dripped with freezing remains

"You have 5 seconds before I release you to the deep vacuum of Space"

With a gulp this was truly a moment when James found himself saying

"Oh shit"