—A few years before "The Decimation"—

Natasha and Clint were waiting in the hangar room, looking for the ship that Tony had suggested. There were many workers still inside the place at night, ready for any attack that was to happen. The past Avengers were already sleeping in their rooms. Tony and Bruce of the past were the ones still working.

After a few seconds, somebody got on the earpiece. It was Tony.

"Alright, we're in position. How about you guys?" Tony asked.

"We're in position, Stark. Once it goes to shit, we'll get the ship." Clint said.

"Good. We have about three guards on shift right now." Tony paused, "Any Avengers in the hangar?"

"Doesn't seem like it." Clint answered, looking through the holes of the ventilation system.

"We're good to go. See you in the ship." Tony removed the audio from his end of the earpiece.

Clint and Natasha were now patiently waiting for the attack. Natasha has dyed her hair maroon to prevent anyone from noticing her. Once there was a small explosion in the distance, they went through the ventilation system.

Clint and Natasha dropped inside the hangar and proceeded to open fire completely. Some of the pilots took cover as Clint unleashed arrow after arrow on the staff. There were some S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers who arrived on the walkway above. Natasha, with her precision, handled the armour-less soldiers with ease. Clint placed his arrows on his back and drew his swords out.

One by one, Clint started to kill the remaining pilots with his swords. The hangar was clear. The both of them retrieved the ship that they wanted to use. It was a ship as large as the Quinjet. The real Quinjet was parked on the hangar above.

"You really had to kill them?" Natasha asked, opening the ship.

"Who's the one who shot down the soldiers?" Clint pointed out while grabbing two arrows from the soldiers he shot inside the ship.

"I don't know. Who was the one who sliced them open?" Natasha said.

"You got me on that one." Clint chuckled, walking outside. He pressed on his earpiece, "We got the ship. Hangar's clear. Thor, you can get over here."

"On it." Thor said on his end.

"Their on their way." Clint said, turning around to Natasha, "Is the ship in good condition."

"It has a few shots in it; but it's good to go. Might not be as quick as Banner says." Natasha said.

"As long as it runs. We have a crew to make up for it anyways." Clint said, dropping his bag full of arrows. The hangar door opened, "Hey Thor! Banner?!"

"Hands up!" The past Tony said. He was in his Mark VI armour. "Whoever you are, hands up!"

Clint placed his hands up and Natasha hid behind the walls of the ship. While Tony walked closer to Clint to arrest him, he slipped the earpiece out of his ear and threw it behind. Natasha was near enough to pick it up without being noticed by Tony.

"Bruce, we could need some help over here." Natasha whispered.

Tony threw Clint's swords away. He grabbed his hands and placed it behind his back. Tony then escorted him towards the inside of the hallway. There was some rumbling near them so Clint hit Tony with an elbow which hurt him a little, but enough for Tony to lose control of him. Clint leaped towards the side as Bruce, who was in Hulk form and in a black suit, crashed through the wall and knocked Tony away.

"Keep him distracted." Clint said, rushing towards the ship.

"I can handle it." Hulk said.

Tony got up from the rubble but the Hulk grabbed him by the legs. He knocked the helpless Tony on the wall and threw him through the wall that he previously entered. After a few moments, Tony did not come out. Hulk walked towards Clint and Natasha.

"Everyone's good?" Hulk asked, leaning inside the ship.

"Yeah, we're good." Natasha said, checking on Clint. "You know, black suits you."

"Thanks." Hulk took the compliment lightly.

Hulk walked towards the entrance to check any other soldiers wanting to come in. Thor entered the hangar with Stormbreaker and his cape flowing loosely.

"Are they in the ship?" Thor asked, walking with fierceness.

"Yeah. Just get inside. We're going to be in a hurry." Hulk said.

"I can stay here. I shall defend with you." Thor said.

After a few minutes of standing there and waiting, some noise was coming from the hallways. There were sounds of shots coming and the four people they were expecting came. Tony was pushing a cart while wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform. Loki who was wearing a mask cover, was being escorted by Scott and Steve.

"Start the damn ship!" Tony shouted, telling them to move.

The four of them entered the ship immediately and Hulk and Thor were holding some soldiers back for a few minutes. Hulk turned back into Bruce and ran inside of the ship along with Thor. The hangar door opened and the ship flew out of there in no time.

There were some fighter jets leaving the Helicarrier to chase after the heroes and a stolen Loki.

"It's quite nice to see you not talking." Thor smiled at Loki who seemed confused to why he was there.

"We have four coming up from behind. Do you mind getting them off our tail?" Clint argued as he tried his best to fly them out of the situation.

"C'mon, Stark. You should have something to shoot them off!" Steve shouted at Tony who was fixing the cart.

"None of these things work! Ask Natasha for help!" Tony argued more.

"A couple of bullets won't take down a fighter jet!" Natasha said.

The ship's door opened and anyone was welcomed to take down the ships who were closing in. Their guns needed to line up with their ship and it was getting close.

"Bruce! Hulk?!" Tony asked.

"Me?!" Bruce chuckled, "I'm going to jump off this plane as the Hulk?!"

Thor threw Stormbreaker and the axe bounced off each fighter jet, eventually coming back to Thor. Everyone, even Clint, had to look at Thor.

"You could've done that earlier." Bruce said.

"It's quite cute when you all argue." Thor chuckled and placed Stormbreaker down. "You may now put up the hangar door, Barton."

"You're an asshole." Clint shook his head.

"Didn't know you could do that." Scott whispered.

"You should watch me more." Thor amusingly said.

—Present—

Carol and Rhodey regrouped with Rocket and Nebula under the highway where they were hiding the time device. There was smoke screens covering the sky as there were multiple worms that landed on the streets. Carol, who was no longer growing, was followed by Rhodey.

"Is that all Thanos got?" Carol asked.

"No, he's just changing strategy. There will be multiple routes he will use to destroy us all." Nebula said.

"That just means he's going to open up a lot of circles." Rocket explained.

"Then that means more opportunities to get to Thanos." Carol said looking to the sky, "Keep the device here and don't let any Chitauri get it."

"Got it." Rocket said. He went to back to the device while Nebula continued to look at the sky.

Rhodey and Carol went back into the air and circled around New York. Nebula stopped staring and went back towards the time device.

"News?" Nebula asked.

Rocket was checking on the communication device and there was static signals coming from the other end. There was a slim chance they were going to answer.

"They're either too busy to answer or they're already dead." Rocket sighed, "We're fighting a battle that's already lost."