Chapter 6

-Thomas's POV-

"I love you Angela Ziegler." I said again. "I was a fool in thinking my place was back in my world, when it is clear, it is with you." I told her. She wiped her tears from her eyes and smiled. She held me tight. "I'm not going anywhere." I said finally. I got up and held my hand for her. She grasped it tightly and I pulled her up. We both walked back to our room and I grabbed the Space stone. I felt the same jolt and watched as the Stone gathered more energy and zapped back into a bright purple light that bathed the room around us.

"Mein Gott! It's back too normal." Angela said starting at the stone. I looked at it and tossed it in the air and snatched it. "Let's go back and return the Avengers back to their world." I said. She nodded and we walked to Winston's lab with the Space stone. We walked in and saw the Avengers and Winston along with Torbjorn working on a giant machine.

"Ah, Sparky, do you have the Space Stone?" Tony asked. I tossed the stone to Barton. He gave it to Tony who placed it, along with the Reality Stone in the compartment and started up the machine.

"Once this activates, it with teleport us along with the Stone back to our world." Tony explained. "Yeah, yeah Stark. We know, I just want to know when it will be operational." I said. He glared at me. "No appreciation for science." Stark grumbled. I smiled and crossed my hands. Angela chuckled a little. He walked over and switched it on. It made some noises and popped. It then shut down completely.

"Hmm, I'm guessing it needs more juice. What do you think Winston? More power?" He asked Winston. Winston lumbered over to look at it. "Athena, give us a scan of the machine." Athena scanned the machine and started to calculate.

"It would seem as the power output would need to reach 1.5 million volts to put out that much energy that brought Sparky and the Avengers. So far, I've deduced that Sparky can produce this energy, but." She stopped.

"Athena, what's the but?" Stark asked. "It would, kill him." Athena said. I looked at Stark and the rest of the assembled heroes. "Well, that's a risk I'm going to have to take." I said. "No, please Thomas. You'll die!" Angela retorted. I smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder. "That's where you'll come in." I said. She looked at me with confusion and so did everyone else.

"What are you saying Thomas?" Cap asked. "I am staying here." I proclaimed. The Avengers looked at me. "Y'know you won't be able to return to our world if you stay." Widow said. "I know, I decided to stay because of Angela. It may be selfish of me, but I feel as if I belong here instead of there." I said with a smile. The Avengers looked at me and Thor was the one to break the silence.

"I admire your courage Man of Sparks. I will honor your memory when we return." He said placing a hand on my shoulder. "Thank you Thor, but promise me you will never let Stark do something like this." I said. He smiled and chuckled. "Aye, that I will do." He replied.

"I want to thank you Avengers, for the life I had in our world, I will forever be grateful to have been in the Avengers." I said. Barton was trying his best to not look like he was crying. Widow nodded and Stark smiled at me. Cap walked over and shook my hand.

"It has been an honor to fight beside you." He said. "Oh come on Cap, you're making me look worse than Barton." I said as tears began to form. Hulk nodded to me and fist bumped. I walked over to Barton and gave him a hug.

"Don't let them squabble. That's your job Barton." I said to him. He was now crying harder as he hugged me. "I'm gonna miss you sparkplug." He said breaking the hug and wiping his eyes. I smiled and walked over to Angela. She smiled and hugged me.

"Alright, training it is for me." I said and asked Winston if he had any training equipment for me. He told me to ask Zenyatta, he might be some help. I nodded and me and Angela walked out to find him.

-Stark's POV-

"It's going to be hard without him." I said breaking the silence. Widow and Barton nodded. Barton sniffled a little but shrugged it off. "Aye, he will be missed." Thor said. Hulk agreed with him. "Well, this is gonna be hard. What do we tell his family?" Cap asked.

"He never really had a family Cap. He was an orphan. But, I do think him being here is better for him." I said. Cap looked surprised and held his head down. I looked at Winston and put a hand on him.

"Well, my genetic furry friend, how about it? Promise you will keep Thomas out of trouble?" I asked him. He looked at me and nodded. "Thank you." I replied. I walked over to the machine and started to do some calibrations on the machine.

-The Next Day Thomas's POV-

I woke up and felt a sharp pain run through my body. 'Ugh, should have taken Angela's advice and stopped. Now I am feeling it.' I thought. I looked and saw Angela sleeping soundly next to me. I smiled but winced at the sudden move. I got up and fought the pain as I trudged to the bathroom. After a few minutes, I came out feeling better and with a pair of clothes on. Angela woke up and smiled.

"How's the pain?" she asked with a smile. She punched my arm and I fell down and held my arm. "Peachy. You are enjoying this aren't you?" I said still holding my arm as the pain flared through. She smiled and grabbed a pair of clothes and headed into the shower. 'Oh I'll get you back.' I thought and poured cold water in a cup. I walked into the bathroom and Angela must've heard me.

"What is it Thomas? More training to do or do you need healing." She asked. "Oh nothing, I was looking for my dirty clothes. I left them here by accident." I replied trying my best to not laugh. I walked over and dumped the cold water right on Angela.

"AIEEEEEEE!" she screamed. I ran out laughing hard. "THOMAS GREENE! HOW DARE YOU!" she yelled out of the bathroom door. She stormed out in fresh clothes while her hair was drying. She stomped over to me and smacked my arm. I held my arm and continued to laugh the pain away. She pouted and continued to wail on my chest. The pain was excruciating but I continued to laugh.

"I'm sorry Angie, but you did have it coming." I teased. She looked at me and reduced her frown and smiled a little. "Well, I guess I did deserve that." She said. I smiled and kissed her cheek. "You are a strange one Angie." I said smiling at her. We got up and walked to the mess hall and grabbed some eggs, bacon, and toast and made our breakfast.

We walked to a table and sat down as the Avengers and the rest of the Overwatch agents walked in. Tracer and Hana sat with us and smiled.

"I take it that yelling was Angie yelling at you Thomas?" Tracer asked. I nodded and she giggled along with Hana. "So what did you do?" Hana asked. "I poured cold water on her while she was in the shower." I said. They laughed and Angela just sighed and held her head.

I placed an arm over her and pulled her in for a hug and kissed her. "Ugh, get a room you too." Hana said. I smiled and as we finished our food. Me and Angela walked over to Winston's lab and nodded to Angela. I opened the door and saw Stark and Winston waiting for me along with the Avengers. I nodded and walked over to a power coupling and began charging electricity into the cables.

"50%, 80%, 100% and stabilizing. Keep it there Sparky!" Stark said in his armor. The Avengers gathered into the machine and held on. I charged more electricity as Winston activated the machine. After a flash of white, The Avengers were gone and so were the stones. I released the cables and walked over to Angela. I stumbled and fell into Angela's arms.

"Thomas? Thomas! Are you ok?" Angela yelled holding my head. "Yeah, just tired. That's all." I said before blacking out.

-5 hours later Thomas's POV-

I woke up back in the infirmary with Angela going back and forth writing down notes. I felt myself starting to doze off again. 'Well, I guess sleep still beckons me forth.' I thought as I felt myself going under again.

-12:00pm Thomas' POV-

I woke up to darkness outside with the blinding aura of the hospital light over me. I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and looked over and saw Angela cuddle next to me sleeping soundly. I smiled at her and gently stroked her chin. I guess I must've woken her up as her eyes fluttered open. She looked at me and grasped me tighter. I felt her tears soak into my shoulder.

"Hi Angie, how you doing?" I asked. She looked up and smiled with tears in her eyes. She kissed me for what felt like an eternity. We broke the kiss as I smiled at her. "I missed you Angie." I said holding her tightly. "I-I m-missed y-you. I thought I lost you." She said between tears.

I managed to have Angela help me up from the bed. She grabbed crutches for me but I declined. "I need to fight through this Angie. I can't be using handicaps." I said and picked myself up. I stumbled and hit the floor. She went to help me up but I declined it.

"Sir, I'd suggest you take that help." Dan said. "Sorry Dan, I gotta do this myself. No help. Just fight through the pain like Cap." I gritted though my teeth. Angela sat there watching me struggle. I looked and saw as she was trying her best to not laugh.

"Ok, maybe I will need some help." I said in defeat. She chuckled and handed me two crutches. I thanked her and walked with the crutches to the mess hall. All the agents were in there and cheered as I walked in. Lena was the one who tackled me. I slammed on the floor as Lena put me in bear hug. Hana, Lucio, Mei, and Satya all dogpiled me.

"Yeah, it's good to see you all. Please, get off. I can't breathe." I wheezed out. Angela came to my rescue and shooed them all away. I laughed as Angela picked me up. She helped me to a table. I looked at the assembled agents and smiled. I got up without my crutches and cleared my throat.

"I am thankful for your guy's support and I am glad to have found new people to call my family. Thank you everyone." I said as they nodded and smiled back. I sat down and watched as the agents started passing out food for everyone and had music playing. Lena and Genji started to dance and so did Hana and Lucio. With some strength I waddled over to Angela.

"May I have this dance?" I asked Angela. She looked at me and smiled. She grabbed my hand and I pulled her in. We walked to the dance floor and started to slow dance. I smiled at her and placed my chin on her head. "I love you Angie, nothing will ever change that." I said holding her.

"I know Thomas Greene, I am glad I met you." She replied. I smiled and heard the music end. Everyone started to clap for us and smile. Lena blinked next to me hugging me. "You were amazing Thomas. You too Angie. You both are lucky to have each other." She said grinning. I chuckled and pat Lena on the head.

"Well, thank you everyone. Now I am tired and need to sleep." I said as the agents nodded and started to clean up. Me and Angela walked to our room and started getting ready for bed. I placed an arm around Angela as she snuggled in close. "I am glad you chose to stay Thomas. I love you." She said holding me tight. I pulled her in close and kissed her forehead. "I am glad I met you Angela. I love you the most." I said. After of few minutes, she started to breathe as she was asleep. I smiled one last time and thank god or whatever celestial being for bringing me here. I then felt myself falling fast asleep.

A/N: Whew, another chapter down. I really have come to enjoy this story along with my other stories. Hell, I love all my stories. Thank you all for reading. I might put on last chapter, kind of like an epilogue. So look out for that. Tata for now readers.

~CommanderKnight145