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AMBER SAT BESIDE the rest of the team as their eyes were drawn to the massive hologram displays. In her hands she held the rag doll, that she once longed for as Tony, Steve and Bruce paced in front of them, while the girl just stared into nothingness.

"Okay, so the "how" works. Now we gotta figure out the when and the where." Steve begin, "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 remarked,

"I haven't, I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about." Scott piped up,

"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." Bruce continued,

"Our history. So, not a lot of convenient spots to just drop in." Tony added,

"Which means we have to pick our targets." Amber spoke up, earning a slight smile from Tony.

"Correct." Tony nodded,

"Let's start with the Aether. Thor, what do you know?" Steve asked, everyone turned to Thor who was sitting on a chair with his sunglasses on. It was impossible to tell whether he was actually awake or asleep.

"Is he asleep?" Natasha questioned,

"No, I'm pretty sure he's dead." Rhodey answered,

"Earth to Thor! We have alcohol!" Amber hummed, as Thor jolted up. Rhodey gave her an impressed nod as the god made his way in front of the team

"Where to start? Umm... The Aether, first, is not a stone, someone called it a stone before. It's more of a... and angry sludge thing, so... someones gonna need to amend that. Here's an interesting story though, many years ago...My grandfather had to hide the stones from the Dark Elves..." Thor began, wiggling his fingers to imitate a ghost,

"Wooooh, scary beings. So Jane,"  Thro said before getting distracted by an image of Jane Foster that popped up on the screen, "Oh, there she is. That's Jane... She's an old flame of mine... Sh-she stuck her hand inside a rock this one time... and then the Aether stuck itself inside her... And, she became very, very sick. So I had to take her to Asgard, which is where I'm from. And we had to try and fix her. We were dating at the time, you see. I got to introduce her to my Mother... who's dead,"

Thor stopped and looked down, trying to hold back his obvious tears, "and oh you know, Jane and I aren't even dating anymore, these things happen though you know, nothing last forever" He continued, making Tony stand up and try to push him back to his chair. "I'm not done yet, the only thing permanent in life is impermanence." Thor finished with a wave of his hands.

"Awesome. Eggs? Breakfast?" Tony questioned,

"I'd like a Bloody Mary, thank you." Thor grimaced.

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THE AVENGERS SAT around a table, eating a meal, as Rocket was walking on the table in front of them. "Quill said he stole the power stone from Morag." The raccoon started,

"Is that a person?" Scott asked, he looked so hopelessly confused by this whole thing- but so was everyone else.

"I think- Morag's a planet and Quill is...Sorry was a person." Amber answered, as she sat cross legged on the couch in between Scott and Natasha.

"A planet? Like in outer space?" Scott questioned, sitting up straighter in his seat.

"Oh, look. It's like a little puppy, all happy and everything." Rocket mocked, talking to Scott as if he was the animal, "Do you wanna go to space? You wanna go to space, puppy? I'll get you to space."

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"I KNOW THIS ISN'T really good timing but may I please be excused?" Amber queried, standing up after the rest had finished their meal.

"Yeah-yeah of course" Natasha replied, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I am." Amber said slowly, "I just need to do one more thing, before this whole- what did you call it- a time heist?", she turned to Scott who looked away slightly.

"When you say it like that it doesn't sound cool" Scott mumbled, making Amber laugh.

"Well... I'm off" She announced, grabbing the rag doll and coat, and leaving the rest of the Avengers in silence.

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"LEVI, THE ODDS... they're not looking so good"Amber sighed to the boy that sat opposite her in her office.

"But they have to look good. They have to!" Levi argued, an expression of hurt on his face. Amber shifted uncomfortably, the small rag doll still in her hands.

"Levi, I need to say my goodbyes- as a precaution...in case anything does go wrong. I need to speak to Lizzie alone." Amber sighed, running a stressed hand through her hand.

Levi nodded, "She's upstairs in the hospital wing. Luke came down with a fever and Liz won't move from his side." He informed the girl, "C'mon, I'll come with you."

The pair walked side by side, and passed the multiple dorms, where the kids were playing and joking around. Amber smiled softly upon seeing all the kids together, the two turned the final corner and opened the wooden door to reveal six single beds strew out around the room. At the end of the room, Lizzie was sitting on top of the bed beside Luke, who was smiling slightly.

"Hey guys!" Amber said cheerily, putting on a smile for the two young ones, "How are you Luke?"

"I feel like garbage," Luke pouted, "But Lizzie's telling me a story and now I'm less like garbage."

Amber chuckled and ruffled his hair, "That's great little guy!" She smiled, "But so you mind if I borrow Liz for a few minutes?"

Luke scrunched his eyebrows together and rubbed his eyes, "I suppose so....As long as you bring her back" the boy said with a straight face.

"Oh of course" Amber replied in a 'serious' tone, "She'll be back before you know it. Come on Lizzie". Lizzie clambered off Luke's sick bed and rushed towards the older girl. Lizzie grasped her hand and the two walked back through the corridors and into Ambers quarters, that she had designed for when there was extra work to do.

"Come sit," Amber grinned, taking a seat on the couch that was placed directly in front of a book shelf. Lizzie nodded and sat criss legged on the couch.

"Now Lizzie, you know how much I love you." Amber began, "but, I'm about to go on a mission with my family- Remember them?"

"Mhmm" Lizzie nodded, twiddling her thumbs, "Are you gonna come back?"

"Hopefully." Amber sighed, "I'll do everything in my power to fix this whole situation. It's what I do- I'm the glue...I fix things."

Lizzie looked down, "Please come back soon. Levi is a big meanie." She replied, scrunching her eyebrows.

Amber laughed and pulled the girl closer to her, encasing her in a hug, "I'll be back before you say 'skittles'" she reassured the girl. Although she wasn't sure if she would come back at all.

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I put minimal effort into this. That sounds so shitty but here are my very valid excuses:

1: I am sick
2: I got a new doggo today!
3: I don't sleep well (insomniac things), I stayed up all night last night and the night before soo.. I'm lowkey tired but not tired (if that makes any sense).

Anyway, DONT FORGET TO COMMENT + VOTE, I love y'all 3000 <3