Through Space and Time | MCU Multiverse

36 - Goodbye

The warm water hit Cassie's face as she turned on the showered, washing away the layers of dirt caked on her skin. After the Battle of Wakanda, T'Challa had shown the visiting Avengers guest rooms to clean up so they can discuss the next step of what to do. With Thanos dead, Cassie didn't know what would happen next. Half of the world still remained yet, half of her family was still somewhere in space.

As Cassie cleaned up, scrubbing every surface of her body, she got dressed in clothes that Shuri had let her borrow. She was thankful when she saw the clean clothes lying neatly on the guest bed. Quickly, she put them on and walk out to join the other in the meeting room just down the hall.

When she walked in, she saw almost everyone sitting around. Natasha was with Wanda and Vision, who now had a bandage wrapped around his waist. Rhodey was in a sling for his arm, so was Bruce. Thor saw in the corner, wearing a t-shirt and jeans - something that looked so odd with his short hair, it just looked like Chris Hemsworth lounging around. Groot and Rocket were next to him, still taking in their surroundings on their first trip to Terra. Bucky sat next to Sam, both of them with crossed arms not speaking to each other. Cassie laughed at that, she always thought the dynamic between the two of them funny.

Natasha was the first to spot her when she entered the room, standing up immediately to greet her with a hug. "Hey," she said. "Everything good? No more broken bones or scratches?"

Cassie nodded. "I'm all good... I just can't believe we beat him."

Nat guided her over to a seat next to her, sitting back down in her own chair. "Can you tell us now what happened in the movie? Why you were so nervous about this?"

"Well... you lose," Cassie said blatantly making Natasha sit back more in her chair. "Shuri wasn't able to remove the stone when Thanos arrived, he killed Vision and Thor stuck his heart. He was still able to snap his fingers which wiped half of the population... It takes you five years to get a plan going to bring everyone back, Tony uses the stones again and dies and, you sacrifice yourself."

She looked up at Natasha who was still processing those last words. "I sacrifice myself?"

"You and Clint went to go get the soul stone which is this whole thing I'm not gonna explain but yeah, in order to get the stone you have to trade it for someone's life. You and Clint fought over who it would be and ultimately you beat him to the drop..."

"Wow...." Natasha said. She took a hold of Cassie's hands. "Well thank you for preventing that. Now everyone can live in peace."

"We still don't know where Tony is," Cassie reminded him.

The assassin smiled. "I'm sure we'll figure out a plan."

Just then, Steve and T'Challa walked into the room turning all of the attention towards them. "Okay, people," Steve began, sitting down at the rounded table. "Let's get started."

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As the meeting went on, they discussed what to do with the stones. Cassie recommended that they remain separated but in secure locations that only a few know about. After deliberating a little more over the locations and a potential plan to find Tony, Steve asked her a question.

"Cassie," he addressed her. "Once we've found a way to track down your sorcerer friend, he can use the stones to send you home?"

Cassie was taken aback for a moment. She had been so worried these past few months about Thanos that she forgot that the infinity stones were her ticket home to her reality. "Y-yeah," she stuttered out. "Dr. Strange should be able to help out."