The remaining Avengers begin to regroup either voluntarily or through reluctant persuasion. Nebula returned to New York as she had valuable information on the power stone.
Natasha managed to locate Clint Barton the former Hawkeye in Tokyo. Barton, now calling himself Ronin had pursued a vengeful crusade against criminals who survived the Snap in the name of false judgment. Banner and Rocket traveled to New Asgard to recruit Thor, who had become an overweight drunkard traumatized with his perceived failure to stop Thanos. Out of all the avengers, they were the two who felt the emotional turmoil of Thano's snap the worst and the two who travelled the darkest path.
After they returned Rocket and Stark built a more stable and functioning time machine, while Barton volunteered to submit himself for a test run into the past. Grabbing a baseball mitt from his former homestead, he successfully carried it back to the present as evidence that their plan truly worked.
Finally, the Avengers were brought together in a meeting room. The holographic displays showcasing the celestial objects they were all too familiar with, each one of the six Infinity Stones. Steve walked to the front of the room.
"Okay, so the "how" works. Now we gotta figure out the when and the where. Almost all of us has had an encounter with at least one of the six Infinity Stones."
"Well I'd substitute the word encounter for damn well near been killed by one of the six Infinity Stones." Tony interjected
"I haven't, I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about." Scott interjected further
"Regardless, we only have enough Pym Particles for one round trip each, and these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history."
"Our history. So, not a lot of convenient spots to just drop in."
"Which means we have to pick our targets."
And so began the long winded painful planning of the time heist