Well, this is it. The final chapter. It's pretty sad. I'm glad you all enjoy this. Just like the last two stories of this series, after this chapter, there will be a separate chapter which will show the post credit scenes since this is a part of the crossover series of DPxMCU.
Anyway, here's the final chapter.
Chapter 12: The New Avengers.
At Clint's homestead, it was peace and quiet. Lila and Cooper were reading books and Laura was putting away a teapot when she sense that someone was behind her. Laura gasped when she saw Clint standing at the front door. She smiled and went to hug him.
Tony was driving his sportscar to the New Avengers Facility at upstate New York. Inside the facility, personnel were busy. Among the personnel are Maria Hill, Dr. Helen Cho and Dr. Erik Selvig. At that same time, Natasha was alone at a large room, looking at the phone. It shows Clint and Laura's newborn child name Nathaniel Pietro Barton in honor of fallen Avenger Pietro Maximoff.
"Look! Say hi to Auntie Nat!" Laura said through the recording. Natasha smiled.
"Fat." Natasha commented.
"One of our tech boys flagged this. Splashed down in the Banda Sea." Fury said, approaching Natasha and show her a tablet. "Could be the Quinjet. But with Stark's stealth tech, we still can't track the damn thing."
"Right." Natasha said.
"Probably jumped out and swam to Fiji. He'll send a postcard." Fury said before trying to leave.
"'Wish you were here'." Natasha quoted a postcard before realized something and stared at Fury. "You sent me to recruit him way back when. Did you know then what was gonna happen?"
"You never know. You hope for the best, then make do with what you get. I got a great team." Fury replied.
"Nothing lasts forever." Natasha said.
"Trouble, Ms. Romanoff. No matter who wins or loses, trouble still comes around." Fury said before leaving Natasha alone.
Meanwhile, Steve, Danny, Thor and Tony were having a conversation about the future of the Avengers, the Mind Stone, Vision and MjĂžlnir.
"The rules have changed. We're dealing with something new. Oh, the Vision is artificial intelligence." Steve said.
"True, very true." Danny said.
"A machine." Tony said.
"So, it doesn't count?" Steve said.
"No, it's not like a person lifting the hammer." Tony said.
"Right, different rules for us." Steve said.
"Nice guy. Artificial." Tony said.
"Thank you." Steve said.
"He can wield the hammer, he can keep the Mind Stone. It's safe with the Vision. And these days, safe is in short supply." Thor said.
"I agree, Thor. Someone would have to be stupid enough to steal the Mind Stone from the Vision." Danny said.
"But if you put the hammer in an elevator..." Steve continued.
"It would still go up." Tony said.
"Yeah, it's not a person lifting it." Danny said.
"Elevator's not worthy." Steve said.
"I'm gonna miss these little talks of ours." Thor said, patting Tony's shoulder.
"Not if you don't leave." Tony said.
"I have no choice. The Mind Stone is the fourth of the Infinity Stones to show up in the last few years. It's not a coincidence." Thor said as the four Avengers go outside the facility. "Someone has been playing an intricate game and has made pawns of us. And once all these pieces are in position..."
"Triple Yahtzee." Tony said.
"We'll find the culprit." Danny said.
"You think you can find out what's coming?" Steve asked.
"I do." Thor said before looking at Tony and walking a distance from his friends. "Besides this one, there's nothing that can't be explained."
"We'll miss you, Thor." Danny said.
Thor looked at Steve, Danny and Tony once last time before a bright rainbow like beam of energy appeared from the sky and Thor disappeared, heading back to Asgard. Steve, Danny and Tony looked at the pattern that the Bifrost left at the grass.
"That man has no regard for lawn maintenance. I'm gonna miss him, though. And you two are gonna miss me. There's gonna be a lot of manful tears." Tony said as he starts his sportscar.
"I'll miss you too, Tin Can. Shame you have to retire from the team." Danny said.
"I will miss you, Tony." Steve said.
"Yeah? Well, it's time for me to tap out. Maybe I should take a page out of Barton's book. Build Pepper a farm, hope nobody blows it up." Tony said.
"The simple life." Steve said.
"You'll get there one day." Tony said.
"Don't worry, Steve. You're time will come. You too, Tony. You both deserve it." Danny said.
"I don't know. Family, stability... The guy who wanted all that went in the ice 75 years ago. I think someone else came out." Steve said.
Tony then open his car before asking Steve...
"You all right?"
"I'm home." Steve said as he hears soldiers shouting in the distance.
With that, Tony leaves the facility, leaving Steve and Danny alone.
"Well, Cap. Guess this is it for me." Danny said.
"You sure about this?" Steve asked.
"I have to. The time has come for me to return to Amity Park. I need to get back to my old roots and college. Not to mention spend some time with my beautiful Goth girlfriend." Danny said.
"Well, you have a town to protect. Big responsibility." Steve said.
"You know, ever since I was kid, I idolized you, Cap. I wanted to be just like you, a man who was scrawny and wimpy and then turn out to be a brave and kind-hearted hero. That inspired me. I got the chance from a lab accident that turned me half-ghost. People, especially my peers back in high school like the A-Listers, never thought a scrawny and wimpy kid from a small town and the son of professional ghost hunters would ended up being a brave and kind-hearted hero. You're one of a few people who changed my life." Danny said.
"That means a lot, Danny. You know, your grandfather would have been proud of you. I'm glad Harry got married. I remember him when he was young and single." Steve said.
"I wish he would have been alive to meet Jazz, Dani and myself. Speaking of that, you're welcome to my home anytime. And Jazz's tutoring offer still stands if you have anything that you want to catch up." Danny said.
"I'll be sure visit you, sometime, when I get the chance. And, sure. I'll let your sister tutor me. I still need to catch up." Steve said.
"Okay, I'll let Jazz know. Anyway, you don't mind training our two special recruits from my team? After all, they proved themselves." Danny asked.
"Don't worry. They'll be in good care." Steve replied.
"Good. Well, this is goodbye." Danny said.
Danny and Steve shook hands. Danny then backed up. He then changed into ghost form and flew off, starting his long journey back to Amity Park.
Natasha was still in the same room alone, staring at the wall until Steve stood behind her.
"You wanna keep staring at the wall, or do you wanna go to work?" Steve said, taking Natasha out of her thoughts. "I mean, it's a pretty interesting wall."
"I thought you, Danny and Tony were still gazing into each other's eyes." Natasha joked. "How do we look?"
"Well, we're not the '27 Yankees." Steve replied.
"We got some hitters." Natasha said, looking through a tablet.
"They're good. They're not a team." Steve said.
"Let's beat them into shape." Natasha said.
The duo then walked through double doors into a large room, preparing to train new recruits James Rhodes, Vision, Sam Wilson, Wanda Maximoff, Danielle Fenton and Valerie Gray.
"Avengers..." Steve said.
And that's the end of this story. There is an extra chapter which will show the post-credit scenes. I'm glad that you enjoy this story and thank you for the awesome reviews. Please review this chapter as well as the post-credit scenes. Take care. :)
