I'm going to see the Foo Fighters tomorrow so i'll be away from a few days. So i thought i would put this up a day early rather then two days late. So enjoy.

Chapter 7

May was walking down the hall to the hanger when Captain America stepped out in front of her blocking her path and surprising her enough to make her lock up. He had his arms crossed over his chest and a look in his eye saying you are not going any farther until I say so.

"Can I help you?"

"Before we go I need to ask you are you alright to do this mission?"

"You have never asked me that in the past why ask it now?" Sighing she relaxed her stance. "I have no injures," she motioned up and down with her hands, "my powers have fully restored from that little bit of sun bathing." She held her hand up and power flowed to it making it glow. "I am all ready to go."

"Physically yes there is no problems. How are you going up here," He tapped her lightly on the head.

"Oh that," Walking over to one of the walls she made herself comftable on it. "Look I won't lie to you I have seen just about everyone who has ever meant something to me die somewhere in my life. So yeah, I am carrying some serious baggage, but I will be fine."

"You won't snap and endanger the whole mission because if there is any chance of that you stay right here."

"No there is no chance of that. Matter of fact there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. If all goes well, then one of three things happen." Raising her hand, she lifted her first finger to enforce the point. "One when we are done I will remain here while my whole timeline is wiped out with all of these memories intake or replace with a new set of memories." Raising the next finger, she continued. "Two. If string theory is correct, then a whole new time line will branch of from the first one. Creating its own dimension with its own timeline while mine stays right where it is, and I will also stay here a bit like that Marvel Girl did." Finally, she raised her last finger. "Three. My whole-time line is wiped out totally changing everything that happened. All the deaths erased, all the destruction gone, unfortunately this also means I will simple fade away, but I can kind of see that as a good thing because quite frankly I don't like the way my life has turned out and with any luck I haven't changed too much to stop me from existing. The way I see if I can't lose any which way. Mind you I might need some serious help if I stay here for you have no idea how much I am really carrying."

"That is what I needed to know. The last thing I need out there is a loose and damage cannon. There is not enough of us to carry you through this if it all goes south. I need you to keep it together. When this is all over feel free to come see me. I am always willing to talk because I do know what it is like to have a lot of ghosts in your past." He relaxed and held out his hand to her, "deal."

"Deal," She took his hand. "And I already knew I could talk to you after all there is only two people I know of that has seen war like I have and that is you and Uncle Logan."

He was taken a little back by that. Not that Wolverine had seen as much war as him because they had served next to each other in World War 2 from time to time. No what surprised him was the Uncle part. "Uncle Logan?" He asked in a confused tone.

"Blast." Hoping off the wall she walked a bit closer to him and lowered her voice. "Yeah Uncle as in he is my adopted Uncle and one of the two people that raised me and my brother. Now please don't ask any more. OK."

Nodding his head, he let her past because she had let something else slip. If Logan was an adopted Uncle that helped raise her then. He walked out into the hanger and looked over to where Logan was standing with Spider-man, Captain Marvel and Spider-woman. He watched as they laughed and joked around while Spider-man held Captain Marvel in his arms. Then it means at least half of that little group where not going to last and he didn't like the thought of that.

Bobby stood back and watched as his fellow X-men walked onto the plane. Yet even though he watched all of them his eyes mainly followed a sertent blond haired girl. Just as he was about to enter the plane she looked back at him and smiled this just about made his heart leap out of his chest matter of fact steam started to rise from him for a minute until he got himself back under control.

"Dame man you have it bad." Spider-man quip as he came up to stand next to his friend. "I have never seen you do that before. Matter of fact I don't think I have ever seen you this nerves before. What's wrong?"

"M-me." Holding his hands up in surrender, "Nothing wrong with me man and I have nothing to be nerves about. I'm not the one giving up their freedom."

"No, you're the one melting around one girl." Standing infrount of his friend, "And don't try and change the subject or lye to me. I have known you to long for that and you, me and the matchstick go too far back to not know when one of us is a little put out by something. So once again what's wrong?"

Dropping his arms and letting out a sigh of defeat he knew he couldn't put it off any longer. "Yeah I like her I like her a lot. I'm just a little put out by the fact that she is a crowned princess and I'm just a walking ice cube. I mean what can I offer a girl like that?"

"How about you just start with being honest with her. Ask her out. The worst she could do is say no and then it's all over no more problems. But if she says yes then just be who you are. Not a walking talking ice cube. A good friend that would stand by her through anything. What more can anyone ask for?"

"Yeah I guess you're right. It still doesn't change the fact that she is a princess and I have no idea what to do with that."

"Well tell you what ask her to be your date to the party this Friday. It should be fun for everyone and there is no way the two of you could feel put out in a room full of heroes just as strange and different as the both of you are."

"You know I think I might just do that." Holding his hand out the two of them shook each other's hands, "Thanks man you really are a great friend you know that."

"I know now go get her." Pushing his friend past him he shook his head and chuckled at how even after knowing both him and the matchstick nether one of them had changed much in the last ten years.