CLINT BARTON: Okay, hold on. Don't shoot. You see where you're going?
'LILA BARTON': Mhm.
CLINT BARTON: Okay, now let's worry about how you get there. [Clint corrects his daughter's foot to the proper position, and adjusts her shooting stance.]
CLINT BARTON: Put your foot this way. Here. Can you see?
LILA BARTON: Yeah.
CLINT BARTON: You sure?
LILA BARTON: Mhm. [Clint pushes Lila's hair in front of her face while covering her left eye.]
CLINT BARTON: How about now?
[Both Lila and Clint giggle, as the camera panels into a long shot showing a target nailed on a tree, and the rest of Barton family having a picnic in the field.]
CLINT BARTON: Alright. Ready your fingers.
COOPER BARTON: Nice.
LAURA BARTON: Nice throw, kiddo.
COOPER BARTON: You go.
LAURA BARTON: Hey, you guys want mayo or mustard, or both? [Camera switches to Lila who then proceeds to look at Clint.]
LILA BARTON: Who wants mayo on a hotdog?
CLINT BARTON: Probably your brothers.
[Clint looks at his wife, Laura]
CLINT BARTON: Uh, two mustard, please! Thanks, mama. [Camera switches to Laura facing Nathaniel]
LAURA BARTON: Mayo or mustard?
NATHANIEL BARTON: How about ketchup?
LAURA BARTON: Ketchup? [Camera switches back to Clint and his daughter]
CLINT BARTON: Mind your elbow. [Lila releases the arrow and it hits the target directly in the bullseye.] Hahaha! Good job, Hawkeye. Go get your arrow.
LAURA BARTON: Hey guys! Enough practice, soup's on!
CLINT BARTON: Alright, we're coming; we're hungry. [Clint looks behind him, but there's no one there, but dust being blown away by the wind.] Lila, let's go. [Clint starts to look around] Lila? [Clint starts to move and look around, and pick up the bow she had.] Honey? Hey, babe! Babe? Babe? Boys? Boys? Laura?
[Lightning crackles]
[SOMEWHERE IN SPACE]
[Opening sequence begins with Dear Mr. Fantasy playing]
[Scene switches to Nebula and Tony on the ship playing paper football]
NEBULA: Wrra! [Nebula, frustrated, puts her hands in a fighting stance while looking at Tony]
TONY STARK: You don't need to do that. Because uh... you're just holding position. [Nebula flicks a paper football towards Tony] Oh yeah, that was close. [Nebula once again flicks a paper football towards Tony] That's a goal. We're now one apiece.
NEBULA: I would like to try again. [Nebula flicks a paper football towards Tony]
TONY STARK: We tied up. Feel the tension? It's fun.
[Tony poorly flicks a paper football towards Nebula]
TONY STARK: That was terrible. Now you have a chance to win. [Nebula flicks the paper football towards Tony]
TONY STARK: And... you've won. Congratulations. [Tony reaches his hand out to shake Nebula's hand]
TONY STARK: Fair game. Good sport. [Nebula shakes Tony's hand] Have fun?
NEBULA: It was fun.
[Camera switches to see Iron Man's busted helmet. Tony Stark's hand reaches forward to turn on the helmet. We pan out to see that he's sitting on the floor of a gloomy Benatar. The weight of the recent events of INFINITY WAR evident in Tony's posture. He taps the helmet with a sigh.]
TONY STARK: This thing on? [The helmet scans Tony. Tony leans against the wall while taking deep breaths. He looks weak and malnutrition.] Hey, Miss Potts... Pep. If you find this recording, don't post it on social media. It's gonna be a real tear-jerker. I don't know if you're ever going to see these. I don't even know if you're... if you're still... Oh god, I hope so. Today is day 21, uh 22. [Cut to Tony standing at a window to stare out in space, waiting for his impending doom to arrive.] You know, if it wasn't for the existential terror of staring into a void of space, I'd say I'm feeling better today. The infection's run its course, Thanks to the blue meanie back there. [Cut to a shot of Nebula sitting in the back of the Benatar.] You'd love her. Very practical. Only a tiny bit sadistic. Some fuel cells were cracked during battle, but we figured out a way to reverse the ion charge to buy ourselves about 48 hours of time. [A shot of Tony and Nebula working on the fuel cells of the Benatar.] But it's now dead in the water. We're 1000 light years from the nearest 7 -11. Oxygen will run out tomorrow. And that'll be it. And Pep, I ... I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one. But it looks like... well you know what it looks like. Don't feel bad about this. I mean, if you grovel for a couple of weeks, and then move on with enormous guilt. I should probably lie down. Please know that... when I drift off, I will think about you. It's always you.
[With that, Tony turns the helmet off. He rubs his thumb over the left eye, and then leans down, to what would be his last sleep. Nebula walks over to him, and carries him to Drax's seat, and lies him there. She walks away dejected.]
[Cut to a shot of Tony's face, which for the first time shows age and weakness. There is a light on his face, which grows brighter and brighter until he's forced to open his eyes. The camera pans around to the light source, which is slowly revealed to be CAPTAIN MARVEL.]
[A bathroom in the Avengers compound. We see Steve Rogers holding a blade, having just shaved off his beard. He sighs and looks into a side mirror. The mirror suddenly starts shaking, slowly at first, and then severely. Cut to the yard in the Avengers Compound, we see Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, and James Rhodes walking out looking at something, the Benatar carried by Captain Marvel as she lands the spacecraft. The landing gears deploy as they touch down. The entry hatch opens, and Tony and Nebula walk out, Tony being supported by Nebula. Steve runs to Tony to help him stand up. Tony grips Steve's arm as he joins him.]
TONY STARK: I couldn't stop him.
STEVE ROGERS: Neither could I.
TONY STARK : I lost the kid.
STEVE ROGERS: Tony, we lost.
TONY STARK : Is ummm... [Tony struggles to ask about Pepper.]
PEPPER POTTS : Oh my God! [She and Tony embrace.]
TONY STARK : It's okay. [In the Avengers Compound. The heroes are sitting in a living room area. Tony is sitting at a table, getting blood for healing.]
JAMES RHODES: It's been 23 days since Thanos came to Earth.
NATASHA ROMANOFF: World governments are in pieces. The parts that are still working are trying to take a census. And it looks like he did... exactly what he said he was going to do. Thanos wiped out fifty percent, of all living creatures.
TONY STARK : Where is he now? Where?
STEVE ROGERS : We don't know. He just opened a portal and walked through.
[Cut to a shot of a sullen-looking Thor, sitting on a bench, seemingly deep in thought.]
TONY STARK : What's wrong with him?
ROCKET : Yeah, he's pissed. He thinks he failed. Which of course he did, but there's a lot of that's goin' around, ain't there?
TONY STARK : Honestly, until this exact second, I thought you were a Build-A-Bear.
ROCKET : Maybe I am.
STEVE ROGERS : We've been hunting Thanos for three weeks now. Deep Space scans, satellites, and we got nothing. Tony, you fought him.
TONY STARK : Who told you that? I didn't fight him. No, he wiped my face with a planet while the Bleecker Street Magician gave away the stone. That's what happened. There was no fight.
STEVE ROGERS : Did he give you any clues, any coordinates, anything?
TONY STARK : Pfft! I saw this coming a few years back. I had a vision. I didn't wanna believe it. Thought I was dreaming.
STEVE ROGERS : Tony, I'm gonna need you to focus.
TONY STARK : And I needed you. As in past tense. That trumps what you need. It's too late buddy. Sorry. You know what I need? [Tony stands, pushing things off the table with a clatter. Everyone winces at the noise.] I need to shave. And I believe I remember telling you, Cap.
[Tony goes for Steve. Rhodey quickly comes in front of him, trying to stop him.]
RHODEY : Tony, Tony, Tony, stop!
TONY STARK : Otherwise what we needed was a suit of armor around the world! Remember that? Whether it impacted our precious freedom or not- that's what we needed!
STEVE ROGERS : Well, that didn't work out, did it?
TONY STARK : I said, "we'll lose". You said, "We'll do that together too." And guess what, cap? We lost. You weren't there. But that's what we do, right? Our best work after the fact? We're the Avengers, we're the Avengers. Not the Prevengers, right?
RHODEY : Okay, you made your point. Just sit down, ok?
TONY STARK : Nah, nah, nah. [He pushes Rhodey away] Here's my point.
RHODEY : Sit down!
TONY STARK : [Referring to Carol] She's great, by the way. We need you. You're new blood.
RHODEY : Tony!
TONY STARK : Bunch of tired old mills! I got nothing for you, cap! I got no coordinates, no clues, no plan, no options. Zero. Zip. Nada. No trust. Liar.
[Steve looks affected by Tony's words. The old friends just gaze at each other. After a moment, Tony rips his Arc Reactor from his chest and shoves it into Steve's hand.]
TONY STARK : Here, take this. You find him, and you put that on. You hide.
[Tony falls to the ground. Steve is by his side and everyone is starting to gather.]
RHODEY : Tony!
TONY STARK : I'm fine. I...
[Tony falls into a heap, unconscious.]
[Cut to a shot of Tony on a bed, with Pepper at his side.]
RHODEY : Bruce gave him a sedative. He's gonna be out for the rest of the day.
CAROL DANVERS : You guys take care of him. And I'll bring Xorrian Elixir when I come back.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Where are you going?
CAROL DANVERS : To kill Thanos.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Hey, you know, we usually work as a team around here, and between you and I, we're also a little fragile.
STEVE ROGERS : We realize out there is more of your territory, but this is our fight too.
RHODEY : Do you even know where he is?
CAROL DANVERS : I know people who might.
NEBULA : [Standing behind Carol] Don't bother. I can tell you where Thanos is. Thanos spent a long time trying to perfect me. Then when he worked, he talked about his great plan. Even disassembled, I wanted to please him. I'd ask "where would we go once his plan was complete?". His answer was always the same: To the Garden.
RHODEY : That's cute, Thanos has a retirement plan.
STEVE ROGERS : So where is he then?
ROCKET : When Thanos snapped his fingers, Earth became ground zero for a power surge of ridiculously cosmic proportions. No one's ever seen anything like it... Until two days ago. [A hologram of a planet pops up, with a shockwave visibly traversing the surface.] On this planet.
NEBULA : Thanos is there.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : He used the stones again.
BRUCE BANNER : Hey, Hey, we'd be going in short-handed, you know.
RHODEY : Look, he's still got the stones, so...
CAROL DANVERS : So let's get him... We'll use them to bring everyone back.
RHODEY : Just like that?
STEVE ROGERS : Yeah, just like that.
[Steve and Carol share a knowing look.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Even if there's a small chance that we can undo this... I mean we owe it to everyone who's not in this room to try.
BRUCE BANNER : If we do this, how do we know it's gonna end any differently than it did before?
CAROL DANVERS : Because before, you didn't have me.
RHODEY : Hey, new girl, everyone here is about that superhero life. And if you don't mind my asking, where the hell have you been all this time.
CAROL DANVERS : There are a lot of other planets in the universe. And unfortunately, they didn't have you guys.
[Thor, who has been eating a snack behind all this time, stands up and walks over to Carol. He holds his hand up, and catcher Stormbreaker as it flies over to him, missing Carol by inches. But Carol doesn't even flinch, instead smiling at the God of Thunder.]
THOR : I like this one.
STEVE ROGERS : Let's go get this son of a bitch.
[Cut to a shot of everyone except for Tony aboard the Benatar.]
ROCKET : Okay, who here hasn't been to space?
[Nat, Cap, and Rhodey raise their hands.]
RHODEY : Why?
ROCKET : You better not throw up on my ship.
NEBULA : Approaching jump in 3... 2... 1!
[The ship jumps forward into a wormhole, and we see Steve holding onto his seat for dear life. The ship slows down, and the ship hovers in orbit of the planet seen in the hologram previously. Captain Marvel hovers in front of the Benatar.]
CAROL DANVERS : I'll head down for ground recon.
[A shot of the passengers inside the Benatar preparing for the impending confrontation.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : This is gonna work, Steve.
STEVE ROGERS : I know it will.
[We see Steve holding a compass with an image of Peggy Carter.]
STEVE ROGERS : Because I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't.
[Captain Marvel approaches the Benatar.]
CAROL DANVERS: No satellites, no ships, no armies, no ground defenses of any kind. It's just him.
NEBULA : Then that's enough.
[Cut to a shot of the burnt Infinity Gauntlet on Thanos' Arm. He's walking among his crops, harvesting fruit, and putting them in a bucket. He walks over to a shed, presumably his living quarters, and tries to sit down, and we see his full face. His whole left side is burnt with blisters; He looks ridiculously pathetic compared to when we saw him last.]
[Suddenly, Captain Marvel flies through the roof, knocking Thanos down, and grabbing his neck. Bruce in the Hulkbuster armor bursts from the ground, and grabs Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet arm. Thor flies in and slices off the Infinity Gauntlet. Rhodey flies down with Rocket and aims guns on Thanos' head.]
[Captain America walks in his Winter Soldier Outfit, with Natasha right behind him, staring murderously at Thanos. Rocket goes over to the sliced off Infinity Gauntlet, and kicks it over, as everyone realizes that there are no stones in it.]
ROCKET : Oh no.
STEVE ROGERS : Where are they?
CAROL DANVERS : Answer the question!
THANOS : The universe required correction. After that, the stones served no purpose, beyond temptation.
BRUCE BANNER : You murdered trillions!
THANOS : You should be grateful.
NATASHA ROMANONFF : Where are the stones?
THANOS : Gone. Reduced to atoms.
BRUCE BANNER : You used them two days ago!
THANOS : I used the stones to destroy the stones. It nearly... killed me. But the work is done. it always will be. I am inevitable.
RHODEY : We have to tear this place apart, he-he-he has to be lying.
NEBULA : My father is many things. A liar is not one of them.
THANOS : Ah, thank you, daughter. Perhaps I treated you too harshly.
[We cut to see Thor, his face filled with rage as he raises to summon Stormbreaker, and before anyone can stop him, SLICES Thanos' head off. Thanos' limp body falls to the floor.]
ROCKET : What... What did you do?
[Thor looks broken, realizing what he has done.]
THOR : I went for the head.
[Thor slowly walks out of the shed, no real purpose in his steps as the screen blurs to nothingness.]
FIVE
[A pause]
YEARS
[pause]
LATER
[We see shots of New York City, seemingly abandoned. There are a lot of boats gathered around a dock, all abandoned. A baseball stadium comes into view, with no life present at all. The aftermath of the Decimation is evident, and Earth has not coped well.]
[Cut to an abandoned cafe, with a poster on the wall labeled "WHERE DO WE GO, NOW THAT THEY'RE GONE?". A therapy session is taking place, with Steve Rogers and seven other people discussing life as it is now. Right now, a man (Joe Russo) is talking about returning to normal life.]
MAN #1 : So I, uh... Went on a date the other day. First time in five years, you know? Sit there, dinner... I didn't know what to talk about.
STEVE ROGERS : What did you talk about?
MAN #1 : Same old crap, you know? How things have changed, and... my job, his job... How much we miss the Mets. Then things get quiet... He cried as they were serving the salads.
MAN #2 : How about you?
MAN #1 : I cried... just before dessert. But I'm seeing him tomorrow, so...
STEVE ROGERS : That's great. You did the hardest part. You took the jump, you didn't know where you were gonna come down. [Another man during the therapy session is seen starting to tear up.] And that's it. That's those little brave baby steps you gotta take. To try and become whole again. To try and find purpose. I went in the ice in '45 right after I met the love of my life. Woke up 70 years later. You got to move on. Got to move on. The world is in our hands. It's left to us guys, and we have to do something with it. Otherwise... Thanos should have killed us all.
[Screen Title: SAN FRANCISCO]
[The camera pans to San Francisco Bridge, all the way to a self-storage facility with a sign saying "U-STORE It, SELF STORAGE", with its interior filled stored stuff and junk until it spots Luis' van from "Ant-Man and the Wasp", behind a metallic fence with a label named "LANG". A rat crawls over the van's rear windshield and accidentally activates the controls for opening the Quantum Realm, haphazardly activating the Quantum Realm. The rear door busts open, flinging Lang outside the van.]
SCOTT LANG : [grunts as he pushes away a cushion out of his body, and deactivates the helmet, but still grunting in pain, as he sweeps away sparks from an electrical failure out of his suit, then try to stand up.] What the hell?
[He manages to stand up, as another electrical failure sparks out of his gauntlets, and now looks around in a confused look.]
SCOTT LANG : Hope?
[Inside a security office, a security guard (Ken Jeong) reading a book as he looks upon his security screen, seeing something going on in one of the storage facilities. In the cameras, it shows Lang in his casual clothing, shouting, waving a sign with the word "HELP" written on it.]
[Outside the facility, he pulls out a pushcart and looks back seeing the guard giving a stern look from far. He walks around until reaching his hometown, finding a post filled with MISSING posters, abandoned houses, a wrecked car, nothing but desolation. He then sees a kid in a bike pass by.]
SCOTT LANG : [yells] Kid! Hey kid!
[The kid stops his bike as he stares back in a serious look.]
SCOTT LANG : What the hell happened here?
[The kid still stares at him and is almost about to tear up, but immediately turns away from him and move on. Lang still gives the same confused look, as he arrives in somewhat a memorial called "THE VANISHED", with all the names of the people who became victims of the Decimation. As Lang arrives on one of the engraved stones, he immediately drops the handle in shock.]
SCOTT LANG : No. Please. Please, please. [moves on to check the other side of the engraved stone] No, no, no. No. [Lang excuses aside a young couple as he keeps on checking another engraved stone if her daughter hadn't had her name on one.] Excuse me, sorry. No, Cassie, no.
[The camera keeps panning and switching as Lang checks the rest of engraved stones if her daughter's name was in one.]
SCOTT LANG : [in a mantra-like] Please, please, please, please... No, Cassie. [Lang looks at the engraved stone in shock, revealing his name in it.]
SCOTT LANG: What?
[Scott is now seen running across the memorial, then to his hometown, only to ring a doorbell at his house, bang on the door, and try opening the door, but is found locked. Then, he sees a feminine figure appear out of a hallway inside. The figure gets closer, revealing a woman in a purple sweater, with her hand pushing towards the glass door's window, and her face filled with amazement, as she unlocked the door. It was Lang's daughter, Cassie, now a grown-up teen since the last five years.]
[Cassie, who hasn't seen him for five years, holds up his face in an emotional sight and starts to smile tearfully. Lang does the same.]
SCOTT LANG : Cassie?
CASSIE LANG : Dad? [Both of them emotionally hug each other as both dad and daughter had reunited. Then Lang shoves her back, realizing that her daughter is now a full-grown teenager.]
SCOTT LANG : You're so big!
[Both dad and daughter share a hug once more.]
[The camera cuts to a sunset in San Francisco, showing a metal face with a sign saying in its headings, "RESTRICTED AREA, DO NOT ENTER" with the subtext, "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT, SECURITY ID OR ESCORT REQUIRED", then cuts to a scene inside a new Avengers facility, someone cutting the two bread with peanut butter filling into a couple of triangles, as someone else was speaking. The camera pans up to Romanoff, now having red, long hair, over-coloring her blonde streaks, hearing Rocket Raccoon out about his status so far.]
ROCKET : Yeah, we boarded that highly suspect warship that Danvers pinged.
[The camera cuts showing a few of the Avengers in holographic calls from the left to right, respectively: Nebula and Rocket Raccoon, Okoye, Danvers with a tomboyish haircut, and Rhodes.]
NEBULA : It was an infectious garbage scowl.
ROCKET : So, thanks for the hot tip. [turns to Danvers and replies back with a smirk]
CAROL DANVERS : Well, you were closer.
ROCKET : Yeah. And we smell like garbage.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [turns to Okoye] You get a reading on those tremors?
OKOYE : It was a mild subduction under the African plate.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Do we have a visual? How are we handling it?
OKOYE : Nat, it's an earthquake under the ocean. We handle it by not handling it.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [turns to Danvers] Carol, are we seeing you here next month?
CAROL DANVERS : Not likely.
ROCKET : [realizing that she got a new haircut] What, you gonna get a new haircut?
CAROL DANVERS : [irritated] Listen fur-face, I'm covering a lot of territory. The things that are happening on Earth, are happening everywhere, on thousands of planets.
ROCKET : [murmurs to himself] You took a point, you took a point.
CAROL DANVERS : So you might not see me for a long time.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Alright. Uh, well. This channel is always active. So, anything goes sideways... anyone's making trouble where they shouldn't... comes through me.
ROCKET : Okay.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Alright. [One by one, the Avengers cut off their calls one by one...]
CAROL DANVERS : Good luck. [cuts off call]
[except for Rhodes. Nat sighs exhausted, and sits down, as she notices Rhodes still online in the call.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Where are you?
RHODEY : Mexico. The federales found a room filled with bodies. Looks like a bunch of cartel guys. Never even had the chance to get their guns off.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : It's probably a rival gang.
RHODEY : Except it isn't. [Nat realizes something.] It's definitely Barton. What he's done here, what he's been doing for the last few years... I mean, the scene that he left...[Nat starts to show signs of sadness as she gradually tears up.] I gotta tell you, there's a part of me that doesn't even want to find him.
[In an abrupt moment of silence, she tries to chew her tears and emotional feelings as she eats a sandwich.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Will you find out where he's going next?
RHODEY : Nat...
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Please.
RHODEY : [reluctantly] Okay. [then Rhodes cuts off his]
[Nat starts to cry as she tries to hold back her tears miserably.]
STEVE ROGERS : You know I'd offer to cook you dinner but you seem pretty miserable already. [Out of nowhere, Roger slumps over a bookshelf, in the same mood as he is in the therapy session, as Nat wipes off the tears off her face.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : You here to do your laundry?
STEVE ROGERS : To see a friend.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [referring to herself] Clearly, your friend is fine.
STEVE ROGERS : You know I saw a pod of whales when I was coming up the bridge.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : In the Hudson?
STEVE ROGERS : There's fewer ships, cleaner water.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : You know, if you're about to tell me to look on the bright side. Um... I'm about you to hit you in the head with a peanut butter sandwich. [jokingly smiles, as Rogers does the same]
STEVE ROGERS : [Walks and talks to her...] Sorry. Force of habit. [...and throws his jacket, then sits down on another chair.]
STEVE ROGERS : You know, I keep telling everyone they should move on and... grow. Some do. But not us.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : If I move on, who does this?
STEVE ROGERS : Maybe it doesn't need to be done.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [Deep in her thoughts] I used to have nothing. Then I got this. This job... this family. And I was... I was better because of it. And even though... they're gone... I'm still trying to be better.
STEVE ROGERS : We both need to get a life.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [Smiling] You first.
[A camera footage pops up in front of them, showing Scott Lang with his Quantum Realm Van behind him.]
SCOTT LANG : Uh...Oh! Hi. Hi! Is anyone home? This is Scott Lang. We met a few years ago, at the airport? In Germany? I got really big, and I had my mask on. You wouldn't recognize me.
STEVE ROGERS : [Standing up] Is this an old message?
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [Also standing up] It's the front gate.
SCOTT LANG : Ant-man? Ant-man, I know you know that. I need to talk to you guys.
[Cut to Scott inside the Avengers Compound, pacing worriedly in front of Steve and Natasha.]
STEVE ROGERS : Scott. Are you okay?
SCOTT LANG : Yeah. I'm fine.
[He struggles to ask about something. He finally blurts it out.]
SCOTT LANG : Have either of you ever studied Quantum Physics?
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Only to make conversation.
SCOTT LANG : Alright. So... five years ago, right before Thanos, I was in a place called the Quantum Realm. The Quantum Realm is like its own microscopic universe. To get in there, you have to be incredibly small. Hope, she's my... She was my... [struggling to not tell the entire truth about their relationship] She was supposed to pull me out. And then Thanos happened, and I got stuck in there.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : I'm sorry. That must've been a very long five years.
SCOTT LANG : Yeah, but that's just it. For me, it was five hours.
[Steve and Nat share a quick bewildered glance.]
SCOTT LANG : See, the rules of the Quantum Realm aren't like they are up here. Everything is unpredictable. Is that anybody's sandwich? I'm starving.
[He strides over to pick up Nat's sandwich, and bites into it.]
STEVE ROGERS : Scott, what are you talking about?
SCOTT LANG : What I'm saying is, time works differently in the Quantum Realm. The only problem is right now, we don't have a way to navigate it. But what if we did? I can't stop thinking about it. What if, we could somehow control the chaos, and we could navigate it? What if there was a way to enter the Quantum Realm at a certain point in time but then exit at another point in time? Like... Like before Thanos.
STEVE ROGERS : Wait, are you talking about a time machine?
SCOTT LANG : No. No, of course not. No, not a time machine. It's more like a... Yeah, a time machine. I know it's crazy. But I can't stop thinking about it. There's gotta be some way... No, it's crazy.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : I get e-mails from a raccoon, so nothing sounds crazy anymore.
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SCOTT LANG : So who do we talk to about this?
[We cut to a cabin in the woods, at the bank of a lake. We see Tony Stark sitting outside what looks like a tiny shed.]
TONY STARK : Chow time! [He seems to be speaking to someone unknown by the audience.] Morgoona? Morgan H. Stark. Want some lunch?
MORGAN STARK : Define lunch or be disintegrated. [She puts on a silver and blue helmet similar to Iron Man's]
[A girl with long dark hair walks out in front of Tony. This is Morgan Stark, Tony and Pepper's daughter. She looks to be about 3-4 years of age.]
TONY STARK : You should not be wearing that, okay? That is part of a special anniversary gift I'm making for Mom. [Takes the helmet off Morgan's head. She emerges out smiling mischievously.]
MORGAN STARK : Okay.
TONY STARK : There you go. Are you thinking about lunch? Want a handful of crickets?
MORGAN STARK : No.
TONY STARK : That's what you want. How did you find this?
MORGAN STARK : Garage.
TONY STARK : Really? Were you looking for it?
MORGAN STARK : No. I found it though.
TONY STARK : You like going to the garage, huh? So does daddy. It's fine, actually. Your mom never wears anything I buy her.
[They start walking towards the house, but Tony notices a black Audi pulling coming to a stop a few meters away. Steve, Nat, and Scott get out of the car. Tony sighs. He is not looking forward to the discussion about to take place.]
SCOTT LANG : [Cut to after Scott's plan has been explained to Tony] Now, we know what it sounds like...
STEVE ROGERS : Tony, after everything you've seen, is anything really impossible?
TONY STARK : Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck scale, which then triggers the Deutsch proposition. Can we agree on that?
[Scott, Steve and Nat all look puzzled. Science is barely any of their fields.]
STEVE ROGERS : Thank you.
TONY STARK : In Layman's terms, it means you're not coming home.
SCOTT LANG : I did.
TONY STARK : No, you accidentally survived. It's a billion to one cosmic fluke. And now you wanna pull off a... What do you call it?
SCOTT LANG : [Trying to hide his pride] A time heist?
TONY STARK : Yeah, a time heist. Of course, why didn't we think of this before? Oh, because it's laughable? Because it's a pipedream?
SCOTT LANG : The stones are in the past. We can go back and get them.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : We can snap our own fingers. We can bring everyone back.
TONY STARK : Or screw it up worse than he already has, right?
Like for the rest
'LILA BARTON': Mhm.
CLINT BARTON: Okay, now let's worry about how you get there. [Clint corrects his daughter's foot to the proper position, and adjusts her shooting stance.]
CLINT BARTON: Put your foot this way. Here. Can you see?
LILA BARTON: Yeah.
CLINT BARTON: You sure?
LILA BARTON: Mhm. [Clint pushes Lila's hair in front of her face while covering her left eye.]
CLINT BARTON: How about now?
[Both Lila and Clint giggle, as the camera panels into a long shot showing a target nailed on a tree, and the rest of Barton family having a picnic in the field.]
CLINT BARTON: Alright. Ready your fingers.
COOPER BARTON: Nice.
LAURA BARTON: Nice throw, kiddo.
COOPER BARTON: You go.
LAURA BARTON: Hey, you guys want mayo or mustard, or both? [Camera switches to Lila who then proceeds to look at Clint.]
LILA BARTON: Who wants mayo on a hotdog?
CLINT BARTON: Probably your brothers.
[Clint looks at his wife, Laura]
CLINT BARTON: Uh, two mustard, please! Thanks, mama. [Camera switches to Laura facing Nathaniel]
LAURA BARTON: Mayo or mustard?
NATHANIEL BARTON: How about ketchup?
LAURA BARTON: Ketchup? [Camera switches back to Clint and his daughter]
CLINT BARTON: Mind your elbow. [Lila releases the arrow and it hits the target directly in the bullseye.] Hahaha! Good job, Hawkeye. Go get your arrow.
LAURA BARTON: Hey guys! Enough practice, soup's on!
CLINT BARTON: Alright, we're coming; we're hungry. [Clint looks behind him, but there's no one there, but dust being blown away by the wind.] Lila, let's go. [Clint starts to look around] Lila? [Clint starts to move and look around, and pick up the bow she had.] Honey? Hey, babe! Babe? Babe? Boys? Boys? Laura?
[Lightning crackles]
[SOMEWHERE IN SPACE]
[Opening sequence begins with Dear Mr. Fantasy playing]
[Scene switches to Nebula and Tony on the ship playing paper football]
NEBULA: Wrra! [Nebula, frustrated, puts her hands in a fighting stance while looking at Tony]
TONY STARK: You don't need to do that. Because uh... you're just holding position. [Nebula flicks a paper football towards Tony] Oh yeah, that was close. [Nebula once again flicks a paper football towards Tony] That's a goal. We're now one apiece.
NEBULA: I would like to try again. [Nebula flicks a paper football towards Tony]
TONY STARK: We tied up. Feel the tension? It's fun.
[Tony poorly flicks a paper football towards Nebula]
TONY STARK: That was terrible. Now you have a chance to win. [Nebula flicks the paper football towards Tony]
TONY STARK: And... you've won. Congratulations. [Tony reaches his hand out to shake Nebula's hand]
TONY STARK: Fair game. Good sport. [Nebula shakes Tony's hand] Have fun?
NEBULA: It was fun.
[Camera switches to see Iron Man's busted helmet. Tony Stark's hand reaches forward to turn on the helmet. We pan out to see that he's sitting on the floor of a gloomy Benatar. The weight of the recent events of INFINITY WAR evident in Tony's posture. He taps the helmet with a sigh.]
TONY STARK: This thing on? [The helmet scans Tony. Tony leans against the wall while taking deep breaths. He looks weak and malnutrition.] Hey, Miss Potts... Pep. If you find this recording, don't post it on social media. It's gonna be a real tear-jerker. I don't know if you're ever going to see these. I don't even know if you're... if you're still... Oh god, I hope so. Today is day 21, uh 22. [Cut to Tony standing at a window to stare out in space, waiting for his impending doom to arrive.] You know, if it wasn't for the existential terror of staring into a void of space, I'd say I'm feeling better today. The infection's run its course, Thanks to the blue meanie back there. [Cut to a shot of Nebula sitting in the back of the Benatar.] You'd love her. Very practical. Only a tiny bit sadistic. Some fuel cells were cracked during battle, but we figured out a way to reverse the ion charge to buy ourselves about 48 hours of time. [A shot of Tony and Nebula working on the fuel cells of the Benatar.] But it's now dead in the water. We're 1000 light years from the nearest 7 -11. Oxygen will run out tomorrow. And that'll be it. And Pep, I ... I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one. But it looks like... well you know what it looks like. Don't feel bad about this. I mean, if you grovel for a couple of weeks, and then move on with enormous guilt. I should probably lie down. Please know that... when I drift off, I will think about you. It's always you.
[With that, Tony turns the helmet off. He rubs his thumb over the left eye, and then leans down, to what would be his last sleep. Nebula walks over to him, and carries him to Drax's seat, and lies him there. She walks away dejected.]
[Cut to a shot of Tony's face, which for the first time shows age and weakness. There is a light on his face, which grows brighter and brighter until he's forced to open his eyes. The camera pans around to the light source, which is slowly revealed to be CAPTAIN MARVEL.]
[A bathroom in the Avengers compound. We see Steve Rogers holding a blade, having just shaved off his beard. He sighs and looks into a side mirror. The mirror suddenly starts shaking, slowly at first, and then severely. Cut to the yard in the Avengers Compound, we see Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, and James Rhodes walking out looking at something, the Benatar carried by Captain Marvel as she lands the spacecraft. The landing gears deploy as they touch down. The entry hatch opens, and Tony and Nebula walk out, Tony being supported by Nebula. Steve runs to Tony to help him stand up. Tony grips Steve's arm as he joins him.]
TONY STARK: I couldn't stop him.
STEVE ROGERS: Neither could I.
TONY STARK : I lost the kid.
STEVE ROGERS: Tony, we lost.
TONY STARK : Is ummm... [Tony struggles to ask about Pepper.]
PEPPER POTTS : Oh my God! [She and Tony embrace.]
TONY STARK : It's okay. [In the Avengers Compound. The heroes are sitting in a living room area. Tony is sitting at a table, getting blood for healing.]
JAMES RHODES: It's been 23 days since Thanos came to Earth.
NATASHA ROMANOFF: World governments are in pieces. The parts that are still working are trying to take a census. And it looks like he did... exactly what he said he was going to do. Thanos wiped out fifty percent, of all living creatures.
TONY STARK : Where is he now? Where?
STEVE ROGERS : We don't know. He just opened a portal and walked through.
[Cut to a shot of a sullen-looking Thor, sitting on a bench, seemingly deep in thought.]
TONY STARK : What's wrong with him?
ROCKET : Yeah, he's pissed. He thinks he failed. Which of course he did, but there's a lot of that's goin' around, ain't there?
TONY STARK : Honestly, until this exact second, I thought you were a Build-A-Bear.
ROCKET : Maybe I am.
STEVE ROGERS : We've been hunting Thanos for three weeks now. Deep Space scans, satellites, and we got nothing. Tony, you fought him.
TONY STARK : Who told you that? I didn't fight him. No, he wiped my face with a planet while the Bleecker Street Magician gave away the stone. That's what happened. There was no fight.
STEVE ROGERS : Did he give you any clues, any coordinates, anything?
TONY STARK : Pfft! I saw this coming a few years back. I had a vision. I didn't wanna believe it. Thought I was dreaming.
STEVE ROGERS : Tony, I'm gonna need you to focus.
TONY STARK : And I needed you. As in past tense. That trumps what you need. It's too late buddy. Sorry. You know what I need? [Tony stands, pushing things off the table with a clatter. Everyone winces at the noise.] I need to shave. And I believe I remember telling you, Cap.
[Tony goes for Steve. Rhodey quickly comes in front of him, trying to stop him.]
RHODEY : Tony, Tony, Tony, stop!
TONY STARK : Otherwise what we needed was a suit of armor around the world! Remember that? Whether it impacted our precious freedom or not- that's what we needed!
STEVE ROGERS : Well, that didn't work out, did it?
TONY STARK : I said, "we'll lose". You said, "We'll do that together too." And guess what, cap? We lost. You weren't there. But that's what we do, right? Our best work after the fact? We're the Avengers, we're the Avengers. Not the Prevengers, right?
RHODEY : Okay, you made your point. Just sit down, ok?
TONY STARK : Nah, nah, nah. [He pushes Rhodey away] Here's my point.
RHODEY : Sit down!
TONY STARK : [Referring to Carol] She's great, by the way. We need you. You're new blood.
RHODEY : Tony!
TONY STARK : Bunch of tired old mills! I got nothing for you, cap! I got no coordinates, no clues, no plan, no options. Zero. Zip. Nada. No trust. Liar.
[Steve looks affected by Tony's words. The old friends just gaze at each other. After a moment, Tony rips his Arc Reactor from his chest and shoves it into Steve's hand.]
TONY STARK : Here, take this. You find him, and you put that on. You hide.
[Tony falls to the ground. Steve is by his side and everyone is starting to gather.]
RHODEY : Tony!
TONY STARK : I'm fine. I...
[Tony falls into a heap, unconscious.]
[Cut to a shot of Tony on a bed, with Pepper at his side.]
RHODEY : Bruce gave him a sedative. He's gonna be out for the rest of the day.
CAROL DANVERS : You guys take care of him. And I'll bring Xorrian Elixir when I come back.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Where are you going?
CAROL DANVERS : To kill Thanos.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Hey, you know, we usually work as a team around here, and between you and I, we're also a little fragile.
STEVE ROGERS : We realize out there is more of your territory, but this is our fight too.
RHODEY : Do you even know where he is?
CAROL DANVERS : I know people who might.
NEBULA : [Standing behind Carol] Don't bother. I can tell you where Thanos is. Thanos spent a long time trying to perfect me. Then when he worked, he talked about his great plan. Even disassembled, I wanted to please him. I'd ask "where would we go once his plan was complete?". His answer was always the same: To the Garden.
RHODEY : That's cute, Thanos has a retirement plan.
STEVE ROGERS : So where is he then?
ROCKET : When Thanos snapped his fingers, Earth became ground zero for a power surge of ridiculously cosmic proportions. No one's ever seen anything like it... Until two days ago. [A hologram of a planet pops up, with a shockwave visibly traversing the surface.] On this planet.
NEBULA : Thanos is there.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : He used the stones again.
BRUCE BANNER : Hey, Hey, we'd be going in short-handed, you know.
RHODEY : Look, he's still got the stones, so...
CAROL DANVERS : So let's get him... We'll use them to bring everyone back.
RHODEY : Just like that?
STEVE ROGERS : Yeah, just like that.
[Steve and Carol share a knowing look.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Even if there's a small chance that we can undo this... I mean we owe it to everyone who's not in this room to try.
BRUCE BANNER : If we do this, how do we know it's gonna end any differently than it did before?
CAROL DANVERS : Because before, you didn't have me.
RHODEY : Hey, new girl, everyone here is about that superhero life. And if you don't mind my asking, where the hell have you been all this time.
CAROL DANVERS : There are a lot of other planets in the universe. And unfortunately, they didn't have you guys.
[Thor, who has been eating a snack behind all this time, stands up and walks over to Carol. He holds his hand up, and catcher Stormbreaker as it flies over to him, missing Carol by inches. But Carol doesn't even flinch, instead smiling at the God of Thunder.]
THOR : I like this one.
STEVE ROGERS : Let's go get this son of a bitch.
[Cut to a shot of everyone except for Tony aboard the Benatar.]
ROCKET : Okay, who here hasn't been to space?
[Nat, Cap, and Rhodey raise their hands.]
RHODEY : Why?
ROCKET : You better not throw up on my ship.
NEBULA : Approaching jump in 3... 2... 1!
[The ship jumps forward into a wormhole, and we see Steve holding onto his seat for dear life. The ship slows down, and the ship hovers in orbit of the planet seen in the hologram previously. Captain Marvel hovers in front of the Benatar.]
CAROL DANVERS : I'll head down for ground recon.
[A shot of the passengers inside the Benatar preparing for the impending confrontation.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : This is gonna work, Steve.
STEVE ROGERS : I know it will.
[We see Steve holding a compass with an image of Peggy Carter.]
STEVE ROGERS : Because I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't.
[Captain Marvel approaches the Benatar.]
CAROL DANVERS: No satellites, no ships, no armies, no ground defenses of any kind. It's just him.
NEBULA : Then that's enough.
[Cut to a shot of the burnt Infinity Gauntlet on Thanos' Arm. He's walking among his crops, harvesting fruit, and putting them in a bucket. He walks over to a shed, presumably his living quarters, and tries to sit down, and we see his full face. His whole left side is burnt with blisters; He looks ridiculously pathetic compared to when we saw him last.]
[Suddenly, Captain Marvel flies through the roof, knocking Thanos down, and grabbing his neck. Bruce in the Hulkbuster armor bursts from the ground, and grabs Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet arm. Thor flies in and slices off the Infinity Gauntlet. Rhodey flies down with Rocket and aims guns on Thanos' head.]
[Captain America walks in his Winter Soldier Outfit, with Natasha right behind him, staring murderously at Thanos. Rocket goes over to the sliced off Infinity Gauntlet, and kicks it over, as everyone realizes that there are no stones in it.]
ROCKET : Oh no.
STEVE ROGERS : Where are they?
CAROL DANVERS : Answer the question!
THANOS : The universe required correction. After that, the stones served no purpose, beyond temptation.
BRUCE BANNER : You murdered trillions!
THANOS : You should be grateful.
NATASHA ROMANONFF : Where are the stones?
THANOS : Gone. Reduced to atoms.
BRUCE BANNER : You used them two days ago!
THANOS : I used the stones to destroy the stones. It nearly... killed me. But the work is done. it always will be. I am inevitable.
RHODEY : We have to tear this place apart, he-he-he has to be lying.
NEBULA : My father is many things. A liar is not one of them.
THANOS : Ah, thank you, daughter. Perhaps I treated you too harshly.
[We cut to see Thor, his face filled with rage as he raises to summon Stormbreaker, and before anyone can stop him, SLICES Thanos' head off. Thanos' limp body falls to the floor.]
ROCKET : What... What did you do?
[Thor looks broken, realizing what he has done.]
THOR : I went for the head.
[Thor slowly walks out of the shed, no real purpose in his steps as the screen blurs to nothingness.]
FIVE
[A pause]
YEARS
[pause]
LATER
[We see shots of New York City, seemingly abandoned. There are a lot of boats gathered around a dock, all abandoned. A baseball stadium comes into view, with no life present at all. The aftermath of the Decimation is evident, and Earth has not coped well.]
[Cut to an abandoned cafe, with a poster on the wall labeled "WHERE DO WE GO, NOW THAT THEY'RE GONE?". A therapy session is taking place, with Steve Rogers and seven other people discussing life as it is now. Right now, a man (Joe Russo) is talking about returning to normal life.]
MAN #1 : So I, uh... Went on a date the other day. First time in five years, you know? Sit there, dinner... I didn't know what to talk about.
STEVE ROGERS : What did you talk about?
MAN #1 : Same old crap, you know? How things have changed, and... my job, his job... How much we miss the Mets. Then things get quiet... He cried as they were serving the salads.
MAN #2 : How about you?
MAN #1 : I cried... just before dessert. But I'm seeing him tomorrow, so...
STEVE ROGERS : That's great. You did the hardest part. You took the jump, you didn't know where you were gonna come down. [Another man during the therapy session is seen starting to tear up.] And that's it. That's those little brave baby steps you gotta take. To try and become whole again. To try and find purpose. I went in the ice in '45 right after I met the love of my life. Woke up 70 years later. You got to move on. Got to move on. The world is in our hands. It's left to us guys, and we have to do something with it. Otherwise... Thanos should have killed us all.
[Screen Title: SAN FRANCISCO]
[The camera pans to San Francisco Bridge, all the way to a self-storage facility with a sign saying "U-STORE It, SELF STORAGE", with its interior filled stored stuff and junk until it spots Luis' van from "Ant-Man and the Wasp", behind a metallic fence with a label named "LANG". A rat crawls over the van's rear windshield and accidentally activates the controls for opening the Quantum Realm, haphazardly activating the Quantum Realm. The rear door busts open, flinging Lang outside the van.]
SCOTT LANG : [grunts as he pushes away a cushion out of his body, and deactivates the helmet, but still grunting in pain, as he sweeps away sparks from an electrical failure out of his suit, then try to stand up.] What the hell?
[He manages to stand up, as another electrical failure sparks out of his gauntlets, and now looks around in a confused look.]
SCOTT LANG : Hope?
[Inside a security office, a security guard (Ken Jeong) reading a book as he looks upon his security screen, seeing something going on in one of the storage facilities. In the cameras, it shows Lang in his casual clothing, shouting, waving a sign with the word "HELP" written on it.]
[Outside the facility, he pulls out a pushcart and looks back seeing the guard giving a stern look from far. He walks around until reaching his hometown, finding a post filled with MISSING posters, abandoned houses, a wrecked car, nothing but desolation. He then sees a kid in a bike pass by.]
SCOTT LANG : [yells] Kid! Hey kid!
[The kid stops his bike as he stares back in a serious look.]
SCOTT LANG : What the hell happened here?
[The kid still stares at him and is almost about to tear up, but immediately turns away from him and move on. Lang still gives the same confused look, as he arrives in somewhat a memorial called "THE VANISHED", with all the names of the people who became victims of the Decimation. As Lang arrives on one of the engraved stones, he immediately drops the handle in shock.]
SCOTT LANG : No. Please. Please, please. [moves on to check the other side of the engraved stone] No, no, no. No. [Lang excuses aside a young couple as he keeps on checking another engraved stone if her daughter hadn't had her name on one.] Excuse me, sorry. No, Cassie, no.
[The camera keeps panning and switching as Lang checks the rest of engraved stones if her daughter's name was in one.]
SCOTT LANG : [in a mantra-like] Please, please, please, please... No, Cassie. [Lang looks at the engraved stone in shock, revealing his name in it.]
SCOTT LANG: What?
[Scott is now seen running across the memorial, then to his hometown, only to ring a doorbell at his house, bang on the door, and try opening the door, but is found locked. Then, he sees a feminine figure appear out of a hallway inside. The figure gets closer, revealing a woman in a purple sweater, with her hand pushing towards the glass door's window, and her face filled with amazement, as she unlocked the door. It was Lang's daughter, Cassie, now a grown-up teen since the last five years.]
[Cassie, who hasn't seen him for five years, holds up his face in an emotional sight and starts to smile tearfully. Lang does the same.]
SCOTT LANG : Cassie?
CASSIE LANG : Dad? [Both of them emotionally hug each other as both dad and daughter had reunited. Then Lang shoves her back, realizing that her daughter is now a full-grown teenager.]
SCOTT LANG : You're so big!
[Both dad and daughter share a hug once more.]
[The camera cuts to a sunset in San Francisco, showing a metal face with a sign saying in its headings, "RESTRICTED AREA, DO NOT ENTER" with the subtext, "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT, SECURITY ID OR ESCORT REQUIRED", then cuts to a scene inside a new Avengers facility, someone cutting the two bread with peanut butter filling into a couple of triangles, as someone else was speaking. The camera pans up to Romanoff, now having red, long hair, over-coloring her blonde streaks, hearing Rocket Raccoon out about his status so far.]
ROCKET : Yeah, we boarded that highly suspect warship that Danvers pinged.
[The camera cuts showing a few of the Avengers in holographic calls from the left to right, respectively: Nebula and Rocket Raccoon, Okoye, Danvers with a tomboyish haircut, and Rhodes.]
NEBULA : It was an infectious garbage scowl.
ROCKET : So, thanks for the hot tip. [turns to Danvers and replies back with a smirk]
CAROL DANVERS : Well, you were closer.
ROCKET : Yeah. And we smell like garbage.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [turns to Okoye] You get a reading on those tremors?
OKOYE : It was a mild subduction under the African plate.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Do we have a visual? How are we handling it?
OKOYE : Nat, it's an earthquake under the ocean. We handle it by not handling it.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [turns to Danvers] Carol, are we seeing you here next month?
CAROL DANVERS : Not likely.
ROCKET : [realizing that she got a new haircut] What, you gonna get a new haircut?
CAROL DANVERS : [irritated] Listen fur-face, I'm covering a lot of territory. The things that are happening on Earth, are happening everywhere, on thousands of planets.
ROCKET : [murmurs to himself] You took a point, you took a point.
CAROL DANVERS : So you might not see me for a long time.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Alright. Uh, well. This channel is always active. So, anything goes sideways... anyone's making trouble where they shouldn't... comes through me.
ROCKET : Okay.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Alright. [One by one, the Avengers cut off their calls one by one...]
CAROL DANVERS : Good luck. [cuts off call]
[except for Rhodes. Nat sighs exhausted, and sits down, as she notices Rhodes still online in the call.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Where are you?
RHODEY : Mexico. The federales found a room filled with bodies. Looks like a bunch of cartel guys. Never even had the chance to get their guns off.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : It's probably a rival gang.
RHODEY : Except it isn't. [Nat realizes something.] It's definitely Barton. What he's done here, what he's been doing for the last few years... I mean, the scene that he left...[Nat starts to show signs of sadness as she gradually tears up.] I gotta tell you, there's a part of me that doesn't even want to find him.
[In an abrupt moment of silence, she tries to chew her tears and emotional feelings as she eats a sandwich.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Will you find out where he's going next?
RHODEY : Nat...
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Please.
RHODEY : [reluctantly] Okay. [then Rhodes cuts off his]
[Nat starts to cry as she tries to hold back her tears miserably.]
STEVE ROGERS : You know I'd offer to cook you dinner but you seem pretty miserable already. [Out of nowhere, Roger slumps over a bookshelf, in the same mood as he is in the therapy session, as Nat wipes off the tears off her face.]
NATASHA ROMANOFF : You here to do your laundry?
STEVE ROGERS : To see a friend.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [referring to herself] Clearly, your friend is fine.
STEVE ROGERS : You know I saw a pod of whales when I was coming up the bridge.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : In the Hudson?
STEVE ROGERS : There's fewer ships, cleaner water.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : You know, if you're about to tell me to look on the bright side. Um... I'm about you to hit you in the head with a peanut butter sandwich. [jokingly smiles, as Rogers does the same]
STEVE ROGERS : [Walks and talks to her...] Sorry. Force of habit. [...and throws his jacket, then sits down on another chair.]
STEVE ROGERS : You know, I keep telling everyone they should move on and... grow. Some do. But not us.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : If I move on, who does this?
STEVE ROGERS : Maybe it doesn't need to be done.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [Deep in her thoughts] I used to have nothing. Then I got this. This job... this family. And I was... I was better because of it. And even though... they're gone... I'm still trying to be better.
STEVE ROGERS : We both need to get a life.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [Smiling] You first.
[A camera footage pops up in front of them, showing Scott Lang with his Quantum Realm Van behind him.]
SCOTT LANG : Uh...Oh! Hi. Hi! Is anyone home? This is Scott Lang. We met a few years ago, at the airport? In Germany? I got really big, and I had my mask on. You wouldn't recognize me.
STEVE ROGERS : [Standing up] Is this an old message?
NATASHA ROMANOFF : [Also standing up] It's the front gate.
SCOTT LANG : Ant-man? Ant-man, I know you know that. I need to talk to you guys.
[Cut to Scott inside the Avengers Compound, pacing worriedly in front of Steve and Natasha.]
STEVE ROGERS : Scott. Are you okay?
SCOTT LANG : Yeah. I'm fine.
[He struggles to ask about something. He finally blurts it out.]
SCOTT LANG : Have either of you ever studied Quantum Physics?
NATASHA ROMANOFF : Only to make conversation.
SCOTT LANG : Alright. So... five years ago, right before Thanos, I was in a place called the Quantum Realm. The Quantum Realm is like its own microscopic universe. To get in there, you have to be incredibly small. Hope, she's my... She was my... [struggling to not tell the entire truth about their relationship] She was supposed to pull me out. And then Thanos happened, and I got stuck in there.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : I'm sorry. That must've been a very long five years.
SCOTT LANG : Yeah, but that's just it. For me, it was five hours.
[Steve and Nat share a quick bewildered glance.]
SCOTT LANG : See, the rules of the Quantum Realm aren't like they are up here. Everything is unpredictable. Is that anybody's sandwich? I'm starving.
[He strides over to pick up Nat's sandwich, and bites into it.]
STEVE ROGERS : Scott, what are you talking about?
SCOTT LANG : What I'm saying is, time works differently in the Quantum Realm. The only problem is right now, we don't have a way to navigate it. But what if we did? I can't stop thinking about it. What if, we could somehow control the chaos, and we could navigate it? What if there was a way to enter the Quantum Realm at a certain point in time but then exit at another point in time? Like... Like before Thanos.
STEVE ROGERS : Wait, are you talking about a time machine?
SCOTT LANG : No. No, of course not. No, not a time machine. It's more like a... Yeah, a time machine. I know it's crazy. But I can't stop thinking about it. There's gotta be some way... No, it's crazy.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : I get e-mails from a raccoon, so nothing sounds crazy anymore.
IF UR READING THIS UR AN ACTUAL REAL ONE LMFAOOO
SCOTT LANG : So who do we talk to about this?
[We cut to a cabin in the woods, at the bank of a lake. We see Tony Stark sitting outside what looks like a tiny shed.]
TONY STARK : Chow time! [He seems to be speaking to someone unknown by the audience.] Morgoona? Morgan H. Stark. Want some lunch?
MORGAN STARK : Define lunch or be disintegrated. [She puts on a silver and blue helmet similar to Iron Man's]
[A girl with long dark hair walks out in front of Tony. This is Morgan Stark, Tony and Pepper's daughter. She looks to be about 3-4 years of age.]
TONY STARK : You should not be wearing that, okay? That is part of a special anniversary gift I'm making for Mom. [Takes the helmet off Morgan's head. She emerges out smiling mischievously.]
MORGAN STARK : Okay.
TONY STARK : There you go. Are you thinking about lunch? Want a handful of crickets?
MORGAN STARK : No.
TONY STARK : That's what you want. How did you find this?
MORGAN STARK : Garage.
TONY STARK : Really? Were you looking for it?
MORGAN STARK : No. I found it though.
TONY STARK : You like going to the garage, huh? So does daddy. It's fine, actually. Your mom never wears anything I buy her.
[They start walking towards the house, but Tony notices a black Audi pulling coming to a stop a few meters away. Steve, Nat, and Scott get out of the car. Tony sighs. He is not looking forward to the discussion about to take place.]
SCOTT LANG : [Cut to after Scott's plan has been explained to Tony] Now, we know what it sounds like...
STEVE ROGERS : Tony, after everything you've seen, is anything really impossible?
TONY STARK : Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck scale, which then triggers the Deutsch proposition. Can we agree on that?
[Scott, Steve and Nat all look puzzled. Science is barely any of their fields.]
STEVE ROGERS : Thank you.
TONY STARK : In Layman's terms, it means you're not coming home.
SCOTT LANG : I did.
TONY STARK : No, you accidentally survived. It's a billion to one cosmic fluke. And now you wanna pull off a... What do you call it?
SCOTT LANG : [Trying to hide his pride] A time heist?
TONY STARK : Yeah, a time heist. Of course, why didn't we think of this before? Oh, because it's laughable? Because it's a pipedream?
SCOTT LANG : The stones are in the past. We can go back and get them.
NATASHA ROMANOFF : We can snap our own fingers. We can bring everyone back.
TONY STARK : Or screw it up worse than he already has, right?
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