"Where are you going?" Bruce calls after Wong steps through the portal. Dahlia stands and moves towards his voice. Wong helps her through the portal as he responds.

"The Time Stone's been taken. The Sanctum remains unguarded." He replies. "What will you do?"

"I'm gonna make a call." He answers. Wong closes the portal and Dahlia grabs Bruce's arm.

"What happened?" She asks. He quickly explains what happened and she seems to finally snap out of it completely. "Tony's gone?" She asks.

"I'll call Steve. He'll be able to help." He assures her. She nods, clutching tighter to his arm as he snaps open the flip phone.

***

"Come on. The others are here." Bruce says, pulling Dahlia to her feet. She clutches tightly to his arm as they walk into the other room, joining Rhodey, Steve, Sam, Nat, Vision, and Wanda. "I think you look great." He tells them, joining their conversation.

"Bruce. Dahlia." Nat says, shocked.

"Yeah, uh, I'm back." He replies. They move into the other room and tell Bruce what had happened while he was gone. Then they each explain what happened to bring them here.

"So we gotta assume they're coming back, right?" Rhodey asks.

"And they can clearly find us." Wanda adds.

"We need all hands on deck. Where's Clint?" Bruce asks.

"After the whole Accords situation, he and Scott took a deal. It was too tough on their families. They're on house arrest." Nat explains.

"Who's Scott?" He asks.

"Ant-Man." Steve answers.

"There's an Ant-Man and a Spider-Man?" He asks. Rhodey nods. "Okay, look. Thanos has the biggest army in the universe."

"Thanos killed half my people without even trying. He killed..." Dahlia says, speaking up for the first time. She trails off, shaking her head. "He killed my father, Thor, and Loki."

 "He is not gonna stop until he gets...Vision's Stone." He tells them.

"Then we have to protect it." Nat replies.

"No, we have to destroy it." Vision announces. "I've been giving a good deal of thought to this entity in my head. About its nature. But also its composition. I think if it were exposed to a sufficiently powerful energy source, something very similar to its own signature, perhaps, its molecular integrity could fail." He explains, moving to stand in front of Wanda.

"Yeah, and you with it. We're not having this conversation." She tells him.

"Eliminating the stone is the only way to be certain that Thanos can't get it." He argues.

"That's too high a price." She replies. He cups her face.

"Only you have the power to pay it." Vision says. She walks away from him. "Thanos threatens half the universe. One life cannot stand in the way of defeating him."

"Men. Always so dramatic." Dahlia mutters, rolling her eyes.

"But it should. We don't trade lives, Vision." Steve tells him.

"Captain, 70 years ago, you laid down your life to save how many millions of people? Tell me, why is this any different?" He asks.

"Because you might have a choice." Bruce answers. "Your mind is made up of a complex construct of overlays. Jarvis, Ultron, Tony, me, the stone. All of them mixed together, all of them learning from one another."

"You're saying Vision isn't just the stone?" Wanda asks.

"I'm saying that if we take out the stone, there's still a whole lot of Vision left. Perhaps the best parts." He replies.

"Can we do that?" Nat asks.

"Not me, not here." He answers.

"Well, you better find someone and somewhere fast. Ross isn't just gonna let you guys have your old rooms back." Rhodey says.

"I know somewhere." Steve announces.

"Aliens are back?!" Pietro interrupts as he runs into the room. He spots Wanda and pulls her into a hug, checking on her before he turns his attention to the others. He spots Dahlia and marches towards her. "Where the hell have you been?" He asks. 

Dahlia bursts into tears when he reaches her and he glances at the others, unsure what happened. Bruce and Nat steer the others out of the room to give them some privacy as Pietro pulls her into a hug, rubbing her back as she sobs.

"They're gone! They're all gone!" She cries, pulling back and clutching his shirt.

"Who's gone? What happened?" He asks, holding her arms.

"Thanos killed them!" She exclaims, shaking her head. He pulls her into another hug as she begins to cry again.

"Her family. Her father, Thor, Loki." Bruce explains as he re-enters the room. He explains all that had happened, and Pietro hugs her tighter, hating that he hadn't been there for her.

"So we kill him." He replies.

"No." Dahlia says, suddenly calm as she pulls back to look at him. "Not you. Stay home."

"What? Just because I don't have my powers, doesn't mean I can't kick ass!" He argues. She shakes her head, tightening her grip on his shirt.

"No, Pietro. I can't lose more of my family." She whispers. He softens, hearing the pain in her voice.

"All right. I'll wait for you here." He agrees. She sighs and hugs him.

"We're ready to go when you are." Bruce tells her, squeezing her shoulder. She nods, letting go of Pietro.

"I'm ready." She replies. 

***

"Drop to 2600, heading 0-3-0." Steve tells Sam as he flies the jet.

"I hope you're right about this. Or we're gonna land a lot faster than you want to." He replies. They pass through the barrier, and he lands the jet. Steve, Nat, and Sam lead the way, followed by Rhodey, Bruce, and Dahlia, who clings to Bruce's arm. Wanda and Vision bring up the rear.

"Should we bow?" Bruce asks.

"Yeah, he's a king." Rhodey replies.

"Seems like I'm always thanking you for something." Steve says as he shakes T'Challa's hand. Bruce clears his throat and bows, forcing Dahlia to bow with him.

"What are you doing?" Rhodey scolds.

"Uh, we don't do that here." T'Challa tells him.

"No hard feelings?" Dahlia asks, remembering her last encounter with T'Challa.

"Of course not. It's all in the past." He assures her. He turns to Aleks and nods. She smiles and rushes to her sister, throwing her arms around her.

"I see you've finally joined the blonde side. Now you're just as beautiful as your sisters." She teases, gently tugging on Nat's hair.

"Oh, shut up." She replies, rolling her eyes and pushing her away.

"Aw, you're wearing Lena's vest. Look! I made Shuri put lots of pockets on my suit." Aleks tells her, gesturing to her suit. Nat chuckles and loops their arms, following T'Challa and Steve.

"So how big of an assault should we expect?" T'Challa asks Steve as they begin walking.

"Uh, sir, I think you should expect quite a big assault." Bruce says, pushing to walk with Nat and Aleks, pulling Dahlia with him.

"Yes. He killed half my people with little effort." She adds, tightening her grip on Bruce.

"That's Bruce Banner and Dahlia Heimdalldottir." Nat whispers to her sister. "How we looking?" She asks.

"You will have my Kingsguard, the Border Tribe, the Dora Milaje, and..." T'Challa answers, trailing off as Bucky approaches.

"A semi-stable 100-year-old man." He finishes, smiling at Steve. They hug, and Steve pats his shoulder.

"How you been, Buck?" He asks.

"Not bad for the end of the world." He replies. He looks at Aleks. "I got married." He blurts.

"James!" Aleks scolds.

"Wow. Congratulations, Buck." Steve tells him, squeezing his shoulder.

"What?!" Nat shouts, rounding on her sister.

"I was going to tell you! I haven't even told Lena yet so you can't be mad!" She defends.

"Mad? You think I'm mad?" She asks, pulling her sister into a tight hug. "You're an idiot." She teases. She pulls back. "We can talk about this later, but we are talking about this." She tells her as she walks after the others.

"Dahlia?" Bucky asks.

"Bucky?" She replies, holding her arm out. He takes it and she stays with them as the others leave.

"Wait, this is the Dahlia who helped you?" Aleks asks, looking between them.

"Yeah." He answers. "What are you doing here?" He asks as he turns to Dahlia.

"Thanos killed my people. He killed..." She trails off, shaking her head. "He killed my family. He's going to pay."

"Damn right he will." Aleks agrees. Dahlia chuckles.

"This is her?" She asks Bucky.

"Yeah." He answers. He takes Aleks' hand and pulls her closer.

"I like her." She chuckles.