Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 100 of God of Lies and Mischief and the Woman of Many Faces. Thank you to those who have left reviews for this story. I have to admit that it is wonderful to see the reviews that you guys leave for this story. It does mean a lot to me to know that. I hope that you guys will continue to enjoy this story and hopefully you will enjoy future chapters that I come out with. Without further ado Chapter 100. ENJOY!
Chapter 100
Scott, Everleigh, Steve, and Natasha sat with Bruce, who was very much green compared to the last time that Everleigh, Steve, and Natasha had last seen him.
"Come on, I feel like I'm the only one eating." Bruce said as he pushed a plate forward towards Everleigh. "Try some of that. Have some eggs."
"I'm so confused." Scott said, looking at Bruce unsure of the whole thing.
"These are confusing times." Bruce said seriously not knowing why Scott was so confused.
"Right. No, no, that's not what I meant."
"No, I get it. I'm kidding! I know. It's crazy. I'm wearing shirts now." Bruce said with a laugh.
"Yeah! Wh...How? Why?"
"Five years ago, we got our asses beaten. Except it was worse for me. Because I lost twice. First, Hulk lost, then Banner lost. Then, we all lost."
Everleigh winced knowing that they had gotten their asses handed to them and that was something that she didn't want to remember at that moment.
"No one blamed you, Bruce." Natasha said, looking over at the green man.
"I did. For years, I've been treating the Hulk like he's some kind of disease, something to get rid of. But then I started looking at him as the cure. Eighteen months in a gamma lab. I put the brains and the brawn together. And now look at me. Best of both worlds…"
Three children came up to Bruce tentatively.
"Excuse me, Mr. Hulk?" The girl questioned softly.
"Yes?" Bruce said, turning to look at the three children.
"Can we get a photo?"
"100%, little person. Come on, step up." He held out the phone to Scott. "Do you mind?"
"Oh, yeah." Scott said, taking the phone from Bruce.
"Thanks, say "green"!"
The children and Bruce said green as Scott snapped the photo.
"Did you get that?"
Scott leaned forward, handing the phone back. "Don't you wanna grab one with me? I'm Ant-Man. They're Hulk fans, they don't know Ant-Man. Nobody does." Scott said letting out a soft breath.
"Wait, no, no, he feels bad. No, he wants you to...he wants to…" Bruce looked over to one of the boys. "You want to take a picture with him, right?"
The boy shook his head vigorously. "Stranger Danger."
"He's even saying no he doesn't. I get it. I don't want it either." Scott said, leaning back in his seat.
"But, come on, the kid! But he...but you…"
"I don't want a picture with them."
Bruce looked towards the children. "He's gonna feel bad." His eyes then shifted to Scott. "Sorry. They said they'd do it."
"I don't want it anymore." Scott said, huffing some.
"No, no...you feel bad."
"Just take the goddamn phone."
The girl took the phone back. "Thank you, Mr. Hulk."
Bruce smiled. "No, it's great kids. Thank you very much. Hulk out!"
"Bruce." Steve said, looking at the green man.
"Dab!" Bruce said awkwardly.
Everleigh let out a breath. "Bruce." Everleigh said, crossing her arms.
"Listen to your Mom. She knows better."
"About what we were saying…" Steve said, clearing his throat knowing that they needed to talk about this fully.
"Right. The whole time travel do-over? Guys, it's outside my area of expertise." Bruce said, looking at them.
"Well, you pulled this off. I remember a time when that seemed pretty impossible time, too." Natasha said looking at Bruce, her lips quirking a little bit.
Bruce let out a soft breath. "And you've talked to Tony about this."
"And he won't do it, Bruce. You know it…" Everleigh said, letting out a soft breath. "Tony has everything that he has ever wanted in life. A wife and a beautiful little girl. You're the only other person that would be as smart as Tony to help us get everyone back home alive and well."
"Even if I was able to, how can we be so sure that this will even work? Time travel isn't an easy thing to master."
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This is the end of Chapter 100. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. There are only 14 chapters left of End Game, which is a lot of stuff to cover. But the question is will Everleigh go with Tony, Bruce, Steve, and Scott to 2012 and see Loki one final time? Or will she go with someone else? Please leave a review and let me know what you think. Reviews help me keep going when it comes to writing. I will try to keep up with my schedule of updating every Monday. Until next time.
