There is a forest outside New York. In the forest there is a small lake. Beside the lake there is a large wooden house. This is Tony's new home - the lakeside cottage.
In fact, not only this wooden house which was totally incomparable to his previous luxurious villa, but all the land nearby was bought by Tony so that he would not be disturbed and could enjoy the rest of his life in peace and tranquility.
But today, the uninvited guests still came.
Outside the house, Tony, who was playing with his daughter, had a complicated look on his face when he saw Dio, Steve and others getting out of the car.
Happy
No, if it was just old friends visiting him, he might be very happy, but with so many people coming to him with serious faces, it was obviously not that simple.
Apart from meeting once when he and Pepper got married, they hadn't been in touch for a very long time.
"Let's go, it's time to take a nap with Mommy."
Tony didn't know what to say, so he just looked at them and then walked in with his daughter in his arms.
Dio and the others, who also remained silent, looked at each other and followed. Although their arrival disturbed Tony's peaceful life, since they chose to come, they would naturally not give up halfway.
"Hi, long time no see."
After entering, I saw Tony carefully handing his two-year-old daughter to Pepper. Pepper also saw the person coming and greeted him in surprise.
"Long time no see, Pepper. My daughter is very cute and looks a lot like you."
"Thank you. Tony, you entertain everyone. I'll go take care of the little cutie for his nap."
Tony nodded, signaling with his eyes that he was fine and would be fine, and then turned back to make some tea.
"I think you must have brought very bad news, so bad that I don't want to hear it."
"Tony, we need you." Natasha spoke first, but Tony didn't even answer, just shrugged and continued pouring tea.
In desperation, they had to repeat their previous arguments and Scott's plan B in detail.
"We know this sounds a little too exaggerated, absurd, and incredible... But after going through so much, is there anything that is impossible?"
"Is this what you mean by quantum fluctuations breaking the Planck scale and triggering the German effect?"
Tony opened his mouth and spoke a bunch of incomprehensible academic terms, then curled his lips and handed the teacup in his hand to everyone.
"Thanks."
"In short, you can't come back."
Tony's refusal was obvious, but after a moment of silence, Scott suddenly said, "I came back, twice."
"No, you were just lucky. It's a one in billions chance. If you did manage to come back... twice, then you should buy a lottery ticket. You can easily bankrupt any gambling industry. And now you want... what?"
"Uh, time and space hijacking?" Scott said uncertainly.
"Yes, time and space hijacking. That's right, why didn't we think of such a great idea before? Because this is ridiculous, like a daydream. Do you want to take a nap too?" Tony retorted very impolitely.
"The Infinity Stones are in the past. If we go back in time, we might be able to get them. We can also snap our fingers and bring everyone back." Steve looked very serious.
But Tony interrupted: "It is possible that the result will be worse than it is now."
"I don't think so." Dio chose to trust his intuition, or rather, he could not find any other way except this seemingly crazy method.
"You shouldn't be so blindly optimistic, or is it that things can't possibly get any worse for you?"
Tony's words are very realistic, because for Dio, he has already lost everyone, and at most he will lose himself, but Tony is different. He has a wife and a child. If he loses all these again, what will he do? Or if he loses the person, what will Pepper and his daughter do
Dio was not angry because this was a possibility that he had to face.
"Without a practical method, it is impossible to safely perform a space-time hijack, and the most likely result is total annihilation."
Tony's assertion was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart directly.
"Just follow the strict rules of time travel, like not talking to your past self, not betting on any sports..."
"Stop right there, Scott. Do you really think the plan to save the universe is to rip off Back to the Future?"
"No, of course not..."
"Oh, that's good. You really scared me just now because that's complete bullshit. Quantum physics is not this nonsense."
Scott was speechless by the rebuttal. At this moment, Natasha said with a wave of sadness in her heart: "Tony, we have to stand our ground."
"We held on, but this is the result."
"I know you have a lot of concerns now. You have a wife and a daughter, but I have lost a lot of important people, and many people are the same. But now, we have the opportunity to bring them all back, but you tell me that you don't want to..."
"That's right, Scott, I don't want to. I can't do it!"
Tony spread his hands and refused completely.
"Are you guys okay?" Pepper came out and asked after hearing the noise.
"Oh, did you disturb the little princess' sleep?"
Seeing Pepper's helpless expression, Tony stood up and said, "Let's stop here. If you want to do something else, anything is fine. I welcome it. Anyway, I'm really happy to see you."
"Tony, we have a second chance."
"Here's my second chance, Captain. I can't take the risk again, sorry." Tony rejected the proposal very seriously, then looked at everyone and said, "Stay for lunch, we can talk about something else."
Leaving Tony's house, everyone was silent.
"He's scared."
"But it's not his fault. Everyone makes their own choices." Dio sighed. He didn't blame Tony for not joining, but was touched.
If he and Tony switched positions, he might not be able to abandon his wife and children to take risks for an almost impossible plan, which is understandable.
Similarly, it was already difficult for them to come to Tony.
"So what should we do next?"
"Perhaps our Princess and the 'Giant of Wisdom' can give us some surprises. Let's go."
Dio and others had to leave with regret.
Tony, who watched them leave, was not as calm as he had imagined...