Thor walked through the part of the Avengers building where all the ships and mechanical experiments took place. He cracked open a can of beer which dripped onto his beard. Tony came up behind him on his left. 

"You're drifting left." He called out as he passed the God of Thunder while carrying a giant metal pipe. "One side there, Lebowski." Tony directed to Thor. "Ratchet, how's it going?" He called out to Rocket who was working on the underside of a new huge machine. 

"It's Rocket." The raccoon called back. "Take it easy, you're only a genius on Earth, pal." He commented. (Y/N) flew above them and landed next to the machine with more tools that Rocket had asked for. She leaned underneath the machine and placed the tools in Rocket's toolbox that sat beside him. He thanked her and gave her a quick peck on the cheek and went back to work. For some reason, Rocket was still quite affectionate, and in need of affection. Specifically from (Y/N). And (Y/N) didn't mind at all. 

No one really took notice of it. Or they did, although they just didn't make a big fuss over it. It wouldn't have been the weirdest thing any of them had seen since Thanos attacked. But the Avengers didn't point out (Y/N) and Rocket's relationship much anyway, Rocket was still a little sensitive on the topic, but he was grateful for everyone not saying anything. 

Except Tony. 

Tony was still an ass. 

"Alright love birds..." He dragged out with a smirk. "Get it? 'Cause you're part bird?" He explained as he gestured to (Y/N). (Y/N) and Rocket simply looked at each other, unamused, as this was a common occurrence. And it was usually with a bad joke or a slightly snarky comment. "Well, I thought it was funny. And it was, because I'm hilarious." Tony said confidently as Banner, Nebula, Rhodes, Scott and Clint, who wore a suit for the time travel test entered the large room. 

"Alright, Clint." Banner began as he flicked a few switched to start up the machine. "We're going in three, two, one." And the machine was active. Clint's mask covered his head and he was sucked in as his test run began. For him, it was a few minutes, whereas for the others, it was only a few seconds. Then he was back. 

"LILA!" He screamed and grunted as he landed on his knees as his mask disappeared. 

"Hey! Hey, hey. Look at me. You okay?" Nat spoke softly as she stood up with Clint. Other members of the team ran up to see how Hawkeye was after his short trip through the Quantum Realm. 

"Yeah. Yeah." He panted as a reply back to Natasha. "It worked." He faced Tony. "It worked." He repeated as he threw over a baseball mitt. Tony caught it and smiled. 

~

"Okay, so the 'how' works." Steve observed as all the stones were displayed through holograms. "Now we gotta figure out the 'when' and the 'where'. Almost everyone in this room has had an encounter with at least one of the six Infinity Stones." 

"Or substitute the word 'encounter' for 'damn near been killed' by one of the six Infinity Stones." Tony pointed out. 

"Well, I haven't... but I don't even know what the hell you're all talking about." Scott admitted. 

"Regardless, we only have enough Pym Particles for one round-trip each." Banner explained. "And these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history." 

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

"Which means we have to pick our targets." Clint added. 

"Correct." 

"So, let's start with the Aether. Thor, what do you know?" Steve asked the Asguardian who sat back in the chair in a corner of the room. He wore sunglasses and an, appearing to be, empty beer can in his right hand. 

"Is he asleep?" Natasha asked. 

"No, no. I'm pretty sure he's dead." Rhodes suggested. Mostly in a joking tone, with a hint of honesty 

~

"Uh, where to start? Um... The Aether, firstly, is not a stone. Someone called it a stone before. Um, it's more of an angry sludge sort of thing so someone's gonna need to amend that and stop saying that. Here's an interesting story, though, about the Aether. My grandfather, many years ago..." Thor then went into this whole speech on his and the Aether's backstory. He spoke about the Dark Elves, Jane Foster, who he used to be an 'old flame' of his, is how Thor put it. 

He then went onto explain Jane's experience with the Aether, his life on Asgard, to which no one was interested by in this moment. Except maybe Scott. He seemed quite intrigued with Thor's journeys. But the stories took a turn when Thor mentioned his deceased mother, which caused him to immediately hide his small cries. 

"...to my mother... who's dead and, um... Oh, you know, Jane and I aren't even dating anymore, so..." Thor mumbled on. Banner looked to Tony and put hand near his neck to signal him that he should stop Thor's rambling. Tony understood and waked over to Thor. 

"Why don't you come sit down?" He asked quietly. 

"I'm not done yet." Thor quickly declined. "The only thing in life that is permanent is impermanence." He laughed while everyone looked around awkwardly. 

"Awesome. Eggs? Breakfast?" Tony clapped and asked Thor. 

"No. I'd like a Bloody Mary." Thor smiled. 

~ 

"Quill said he stole the Power Stone from Morag." Rocket began. 

"Is that a person?" Banner asked while everyone sat at the table, eating breakfast, just like Tony suggested. Although, it was Chinese take out, not Eggs. But for Banner, it was a large Ben and Jerry's mint chocolate ice cream tub. 

"No, Morag's a planet." (Y/N) corrected from her seat while Rocket walked along the table. 

"Quill was a person." Rocket added. 

"Like a planet? Like in outer space?" Scott asked, so invested, his eyes wide like a child first finding out there used to be dinosaurs roaming the Earth. 

"Oh, look. It's like a little puppy, all happy and everything." Rocket pet Scott's head. "Do you wanna go to space? You wanna go to space, puppy? I'll take you to space." He asked in a playful, mockingly manner. 

~ 

"Thanos found the Soul Stone on Vormir." Nebula explained. 

"What is Vormir?" Natasha asked with a little notebook to help her keep track of important details. 

"A dominion of death, at the very centre of celestial existence. It's where... Thanos murdered my sister." Everyone listening went silent. Rocket and (Y/N) lowered their heads at the mention of their deceased teammate, Gamora. 

"Not it." Scott interrupted. 

~

"That Time Stone guy-" 

"Doctor Strange." Banner mentioned to Natasha from his position on the floor. 

"Yeah, what kind of doctor was he?" 

"Ear-nose-throat meets rabbit-from-hat." Tony guessed, not entirely seriously from his spot on the table, lying top-and-tail beside Natasha. 

"Nice place in the Village, though." Banner admitted. 

"Yeah, on Sullivan Street?" Tony asked. 

"Mmm... Bleecker Street." Banner corrected. 

"Wait, he lived in New York?" Natasha realised. 

"No, he lived in Toronto." Tony added. 

"Uh, yeah, on Bleecker and Sullivan." Banner was still stuck on the street names. 

"Have you been listening to anything?" Tony raised his hand. 

"Guys." Natasha stopped them. "If you pick the right year... there are three stones in New York." Tony and Banner sat up in realisation. 

"Shut the front door." Banner gasped. 

~ 

"Alright." Captain America started. "We have a plan. Six stones, three teams, one shot." They all stood in front of the holograms that displayed the Infinity Stones. Prepared and ready for their mission, it was time to commence... the Time Heist. 

A/N

Been a while hehehe... But look at that! Updated two books in two days! 

I know there wasn't much Rocket X (Y/N) moments in this chapter, apart from the small detail in the beginning. So I made sure the chapter was a decent length :) 

But don't worry! There will be plenty of romantic (maybe a lil cheesy) scenes to come ;) 

See you in the next chapter! 

- Chalupa