First Tests

Tony was in the kitchen, washing dishes after dinner. It went exactly as excepted, the meal that was cooked by the likes of him and his wife was delicious and the entire family enjoyed it. His mind continued to drift back to the visitors he received a few hours ago, and one person that went back from the grave. His mind was drifting back to the words of Scott Lang saying they could go back in time and reverse everything that ever happened. Reverse Thanos.

Stark set the plate down and wipped his hands with a towel. He looked through the window, gazing for a moment at the darkened sky of the night, until his eyes went to the shifted their attention to the set of pictures. He walked past the picture of his father, Howard Stark, and shakily picked up the one next to it, looking at the framed picture of him and Peter Parker, neither of them unaware of what was going to happen in the future, what was going to happen to Peter.

As he proceeded to gaze at the face of Peter Parker, some voices from the past sounded in his head.

"And if you die... I feel like that's on me..."

"I don't want to go... I don't want to go... Sir, please, I don't want to go, I don't want to go..."

He shook his head as those words flew through his mind, his face hardening. He set the picture down back where it belonged as he made his way out of the kitchen into the living room. He cleared the table out of any scraps and tapped the heart of it twice and started working on something new.

"...Look at a mod inspiration, let me see what check out. So, recommend one last sim before we pack it in for the night. This time, in the shape of a mobius strip, inverted, please." He said.

His AI, Friday stated, "Processing..."

''Give me that eigenvalue. That, particle factoring, and a spectral decomp. That will take a second." Tony told her.

''Just a moment." Friday answered.

''And don't worry if it doesn't pan out. I'm just kinda..." Tony was cut off by the AI.

''Model rendered." Friday interrupted him.

In a complete shock of amazement, the render came back as 99.987% successful. Tony fell back into his chair, bewildered by this discovery. He lost his breath. He could only stare up to the hologram, didn't even hear Homer's words declare the test a success. 

It worked out. He figured out time travel. Stark shot out his arms and declared in a successful voice, "Shit!"

"Shit." A familiar, young voice sounded in his ears.

Tony furrowed his brows at that, spinning his chair in the direction from which the voice came from, to see his Morgan sitting on the stairs, wearing onesie pyjama. Morgan stared up at her father, innocent was smile across her face, "What are you doing up, little mess?"

"Shit." Morgan repeated herself, smilling evilly.

''No, we don't say that." Tony shook his head, "Only Mommy says that word. She coined it, it belongs to her."

''Why you up?" Morgan asked her dad.

''Cause I got some important shit going on here." Tony explained, gesturing towards the hologram, his daughter giving him incredulous look in response. Instantly regretting his choice of words, he added, "What do you think? No, I got something on my mind. I got something on my mind."

'' Was it Juice Pops?" She asked him with a hopeful look, knowing the right looks would get her dad to do anything she wanted.

''Sure was. That's extortion. Great minds think alike. Juice Pops, exactly was on..." Tony said, looking back to the model for a second, before turning back to her, "My mind..."

He stood up from his seat as he walked over to his daughter, scooping the giggling, child in his arms. He made his way back into the kitchen and gave his daughter the Juice Pops that she wanted before they made their way into Morgan's room and set her down on her bed.

''You done? Yeah, now you are." Tony said, wiping her lips. He pushed her head into the pillow, adding, "That face goes there."

"Tell me a story." Morgan exclaimed.

''A story..." Tony stated, "Once upon a time, Maguna went to bed. The end."

Morgan giggled, "That's a horrible story."

Tony smiled at her, kissing her forehead, "Come on, that's your favorite story. I love you tons.''

He stood up, opening the door and was about to walk out of the room but he stopped when she said, "I love you 3 000."

"Wow..." Tony stated, quietly, turning the lamp off, "3 000? That's crazy..." He said.  He stared down to Morgan with that warm smile on his lips, pushing past the door and shutting it behind him. "Go to bed. Or I'll sell all your toys. Night, night."

A playful smile grew on Morgan's face as the darkness overcame her room.

Tony made his way down the steps, walking through the halls and eventually making his way into the loving room. His wife, Pepper Stark sat with a book in her hands, her legs splayed on the couch cushion, with her golden blonde hair falling down to her back.

Tony paced in front of a fireplace as he offered her a smirk, ''Not that it's a competition, but she loves me 3000. You were somewhere on the low 6 to 900 range." He told her to which Pepper scoffed in response, "What are you reading?''

Pepper looked down at the book she was holding, "Oh, it's just a book on composting.''

''What's new with composting?" He asked her.

"Just..." Pepper began but Tony cut in.

''I figured it out, by the way." was what he told her.

Pepper put the book down, as she said, "You know, just so we're talking about the same thing."

''Time travel." Her husband exclaimed.

The blond haired woman looked amazed at her husband, "What? Wow... That's amazing, and... terrifying.''

Tony sighed as he sat down on the couch, next to her, "That's right."

''We got really lucky." Pepper stated, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah, I know." Tony said, his gaze on the floor.

'' A lot of people didn't." Pepper said.

Tony shook his head, "No, I can't help everybody."

''It sort a seems like you can." Pepper stated, offering him a sad smile.

"Not if I stop. I can put a pin in it right now, and stop." Tony told her.

"Tony, trying to get you to stop has been one of the few failures of my life." Pepper pointed out.

Tony smiled at those words, "I sometimes feel I should put it in a locked box and drop it at the bottom of a lake... go to bed."

Pepper smiled back at her husband, "But would you be able to rest?"

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Azurite and Jasper stood together, watching how Bruce and Peridot fumbled with the time machine Scott brought with him. Complications arose when Scott first volunteered as the test subject. Then Shi'ra volunteered as well. Banner, with the very small time he was actually given to actually study the tunnel, organized a small station he used to control the Quantum Tunnel.

''Okay, here we go. Time travel test number one. Scott, fire up the uhhh... the van thing." Bruce awkwardly stated, fiddling with buttons on a panel. Scott and Shi'ra stood in front of Ant-Man's van, with the back open to show the Quantum Tunnel.

As Scott opened up the van portal, Cap reported to Bruce, "Breakers are set, emergency generators are on standby."

"Good. 'Cause if we blow the grid, I don't wanna lose them here in the 1950's." Bruce stated as everyone send him a look.

Scott's eyes went wide, so did Shi'ra's, as they both said in unison, "Excuse me?"

Amethyst laughed, thinking that Banner was joking, "Don't worry guys, big guy here is kidding."

"Right?" Natasha asked as she looked up at Banner.

''Just..." Bruce said with a pause, coming up with better version of what he was going to say, "...It was a bad joke."

Natasha and Amethyst realized something and the latter one whispered quietly to Bruce so Scott and Shi'ra wouldn't hear, "Oh my stars, you weren't kidding?"

"I have no idea. We're talking about time travel here. Either it's all a joke, or none of it is." Bruce whispered back, then his gaze went to Scott and Shi'ra and he gave them thumbs up, declaring loudly, "We're good! Get your helmet on, Scott. I'm gonna send you back a week, let you walk around for an hour, then bring you back in 10 seconds. Makes sense?''

''Understood, cap." Shi'ra said with a nod of her head.

''Perfectly not confusing." Scott added.

"Good luck, sis!" Azurite said to Shi'ra, him and Jasper giving their roommate an encouraging nods.

Shi'ra smiled at them, nodding her head in return.

"Good luck, guys." Captain America told them, "You got this, both of you."

''You're right.'' Scott said, confidently, "I do, Captain America."

Bruce looked down at Peridot and nodded her head. In response to that, the small green gem pressed a button and Scott and Shi'ra both disappeared in the Quantum Tunnel. Everyone held their breaths, hoping that they would be okay.

"On the count of three." Bruce looked down at Peridot as she nodded her head in understanding, "Three... two... one!"

Peridot pressed the button on three and Scott and Shi'ra came out of the Quantum Tunnel, or rather two people less older than them, wearing the same suits as the human and the kratai who entered the Quantum Tunnel a moment ago.

''Uh, guys?" Teenage Scott stated, super confused, not realizing that he had turned into a teenager, "This...this doesn't feel right.''

"That's right. I feel younger." Shi'ra added, looking around in confusion.

Steve gave Bruce a panicked look, ''What is this?"

"Wait, what?" Amethyst said, turning her gaze between Scott and Shi'ra.

''What's going on?" Bruce asked, looking just as bewildered as Captain America.

"Who is that?" Jasper raised her brow, Azurite beside her looking just as confused.

"That's Scott and Shi'ra..." Garnet stated.

Peridot removed her visiors to see if Garnet was right, and when she realized that the fusion was indeed right, she started panicking. What have they done?

Bruce pressed another couple of buttons in panic, trying to fix the problem, "Hold on."

"Scott? Shi'ra?" Nat asked, her face switching from confusion to glare she send Banner.

"Yes, it's Scott!/Yes, it's Shi'ra!" Scott and Shi'ra yelled in unison as they got sucked in the Quantum Tunnel again. Bruce must've hit the correct buttons in the correct sequence. What cae out of Quantum Tunnel was an eldery man and an eldery Kratai.

"Oh, my back!" Scott grunted, holding his back in pain, as Shi'ra simply groaned, having the same problem as Ant-Man.

If it was even possible, Steve panicked even more, "What is this?"

Bruce waved his hand to get their attention, "Can I get a little space here?"

"Can you bring them back?" Azurite asked him.

''I'm working on it!" Bruce answered, typing frantically on the side of the button pad, trying to pull back Scott and Shi'ra. After a moment another persons came, this time both of them were babies.

"It's babies." Steven said, blinking at the sight.

"It's Scott and Shi'ra." Bruce pointed out.

"As a babies!" Azurite pointed out

"They'll grow!" Bruce stated, shrugging his shoulders.

Steve motioned to the baby Lang and Shi'ra, "Bring them back!

Bruce glanced at Nat, "When I say kill the power, kill the power.''

''Oh my god." Natasha said as she walked over to the generator and stood ready to kill the power.

"And... Kill it!" Bruce said as Black Widow pulled down the lever in response. Everyone got shut down and Scott and Shi'ra, this time back in their normal bodies came out of the Quantum Tunnel.

"Somebody just peed my pants." Scott stated.

"Oh, thank god." Natasha breathed out a sigh of relief.

"They're back..." Peridot said, letting out a sigh of relief a well.

''But I don't know if it was "baby" me or "old" me...Or just "me" me." Scott added, looking around at his stunned teammates.

Shi'ra removed her helmet and threw it on the floor, "I'm going to be sick!" She shouted as she covered her mouth with her hand, and ran out of everyone's sight, trying to find the bathroom and or the nearest trashcan to throw up. 

Bruce shot out his hands and declared proudly, excited at all the new possibilities, "Time travel!"

Steve, Natasha, Jasper, Peridot, Amethyst and Azurite all looked at Banner with deadpan expressions. Garnet simply gave him a thumbs up, her expression as stoic as ever.

"What?" Bruce asked, "I see this as an absolute win."

"We should probably check on her." Azurite said as he looked up at Jasper, referring to Shi'ra.

"Yeah." Jasper said, as they both headed out to check on Shi'ra while Amethyst and Garnet went over to Scott to see if everything was okay with him. 

Steve sighed as he walked off, making his way directly through the halls and towards the exit. When he walked  walked outside of  the Avengers headquarters and stared down at the floor, deep in thought. He looked beated, the only possibility of victory now didn't seemed like an opportunity, at least for now.. He lookedup as a deafening noise broke the silence in the distance. As he looked, he saw an Audi R8 speeding towards the entrance. The car pulled over to Cap, but went a bit too far, then reversed back to Cap. 

Tony Stark rolled down the window and looked at him, revealing the person driving it, "Why the long face? Let me guess he turned into a baby."

''Among other things, yeah." Steve answered, "What are you doing here?"

Tony got out of the car, and ignored Steve's question, saying, "That's the EPR Paradox. Instead of pushing Lang through time, you might've wound up pushing time through Lang. It's tricky. Dangerous. Somebody should've cautioned you against it."

Steve blinked, "You did."

"Oh, did I?" Tony snorted, "Thank God I'm here. Regardless, I fixed it." He held up his right hand with a device on it, making a peace sign with his fingers,  "A fully functioning Time-Space GPS. I just want peace. Turns out, resentment is corrosive, and I hate it."

"Me too." Steve gave him a small smile.

''We got a shot at getting these stones, but I gotta tell you my priorities." Tony began, "Bring back what we lost? I hope, yes. Keep what I got? I have to, at all costs. And... maybe not die trying will be nice."

"Sounds like a deal." Steve nodded, reaching his hand out for a handshake in which Tony replied the same way, then Stark reached into the back of his trunk to pull something else out. It was Captain America's Shield.

He held it out to Captain America who hesitated, his mind flashing back to what happened in Siberia. He shook his head, saying, "Tony, I don't know."

"Why? He made it for you." Tony pointed out, referring to his dad, "Plus, honestly I have to get it out of the garage before Morgan takes it sledding.''

Steve reached forward and took the shield right from Tony's arms. He couldn't help himself but feel awkward, this time being the first one in years since he carried his shield for the last time. But this feeling was quickly overcamed by another one, a familiar one to Captain America. His shield returning to it's rightful owner.

He stared down at it, a smile forming on his lips, "Thank you, Tony."

''Will you keep that a little quiet? Didn't bring one for the whole team." He paused for a second, hesitating, "...We are getting the whole team, yeah?"

Captain America gave him a nod of his head in response, "We're working on that right now."

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Funfact: This is how Azurite would look like if he became corrupted.



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