Trick 141: Sharon's Staying!

Wong fell silent and Banner stepped up, saying "Cloak! We need your help, if they really took Strange then we're in a lot of trouble!" Ace rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, saying "Just a few aliens, I'm sure Strange isn't stupid enough to give them the Time Stone. When he comes back, he'll get an rude awak-"

Banner shouted "Forget about that! We have a serious problem! This isn't a joke! Thor's gone!" Ace froze and looked at him, frowning "What are you talking about? Thor was with the rest of the Asgardi-"

Banner pressed on his chest, shouting in reply "Listen! That's what I'm trying to tell you! Thanos came and killed half of the Asgardians! He killed Loki, Heimdall, and Thor! That's what he does, he goes around from planet to planet, wiping out half the population before leaving! He took the Tesseract from Loki and he has 2 Infinity Stones now!"

Ace's eyes widened and he said "WHAT?!" Banner continued "Yeah! He-" Ace pinched his lips and looked at the ground with wide eyes, "Oh no… this is really, really bad…" he turned to Wong and asked "And the Orb of Agamotto?"

Wong replied with a head shake, "Haven't been able to use it yet." Ace muttered "Go. Notify me when you find Strange…" Wong nodded and made a portal before going through it.

Ace was silent as he let go of Banner, who said "What's the Orb of Agamotto?" Ace replied "Shut up. Just shut up for a sec. Let me think…" before muttering "Hela to escape, escape into Thanos, Loki took the Tesseract and now he has 2 Infinity Stones, but how…"

Ace turned to Banner and asked "The Stones, how is he using the Stones?!" as he grabbed his shoulders.

Banner swallowed and replied quickly "I don't know! He had a gauntlet!" Ace waved and a golden gauntlet appeared as he shouted "Like this!?" Banner nodded and Ace let him go, saying "Eitri!" before taking out a badge, channeling his magic into it.

However, nothing happened.

Ace looked at the badge and cursed, "Fuck! He closed off the other side?! Why didn't he say anything! Damn it!" before tossing it back into the space, frowning.

Banner grabbed a flip phone saying "We need to find Steve!" Ace waved "Call him." as he held his chin, frowning "They stole Strange for the Time Stone, the only one left on Earth is the Mind Stone… And the Reality Stone is with the Collector, that leaves the Power Stone, Soul Stone, and the Space Stone…"

He frowned deeper, "But he had one already… Then he got the Space Stone so that means…" he held his forehead, "He'll have 4?!" Banner looked at Ace, saying "Yeah, he's here."

Ace looked at him and grabbed the Phone as Banner passed it over, Ace said "Yeah." Steve said seriously "This guy… A real Threat? We didn't find anything on him years ago."

Ace frowned and replied "Probably a Space Overlord. It's out of my area of expertise. Listen, we need to meet." Steve replied "I know. Meet us at the Avenger HQ. I'll go pick up Vision." Ace said "You need to make sure Vision is with you! He is extremely important!"

Steve replied, "Understood." before hanging up. Ace handed the phone to Banner, saying "We need to go to the Avengers HQ. Right now." Banner nodded and Ace grabbed him, dragging him through a portal.

He got to the HQ instantly, saying "Talk to Rhodes and Pietro, they're in here somewhere. I'll be right back." Banner looked at him saying "But I-" however, Ace was already gone.

He returned home and walked to Sharon, saying "Love, we need to talk." Sharon looked at him as Jack and Margaret played with toys and she sat on the couch.

She frowned, "Bad?" Ace grabbed her arm and smiled "Be good, you two. Play with your toys, okay?" Jack and Margaret looked up and nodded happily, as Ace smiled gently disappearing with Sharon.

Ace took off the hood as they appeared in another room. He paced around as Sharon said "Calm down, what's going on?" Ace frowned and replied "Very very bad things. Potentially the end of our universe."

Sharon was stunned, "End of our Universe???" Ace looked at her and said "I want to send you to another Universe with the kids." Sharon was blown away, repeating "Another Universe!?"

Ace nodded, "You'll be safe in another Universe. The Infinity Stones cannot affect anything outside their universe. I'll send you to a calm one, if I don't come back, I understand if you find someone else-" Sharon grabbed his hands and said "Stop!"

Ace looked at her and she smiled "I'm not going anywhere." Ace frowned, "But you're in danger." Sharon waved her hands, carelessly "I'm always in danger, so what? I'm not going to another Universe."

Ace's face was hard to look at as he replied "But the kids…" Sharon looked at him, smiling "They'll be fine." Ace was confused and she continued, grabbing his face "Because you'll win."

Ace was stunned and stared at her as she stroked his cheeks with her thumbs, "You'll win and come back, just like every time before." He muttered "Sharon…" she kissed him and patted his cheek, saying "Go save the universe. I'll watch the kids."

Ace teared up and smiled warmly, wiping his eyes as he laughed "I adore you." she giggled and pushed him, saying "Go be a hero." as he fell into a portal, smiling "I'll be back before you know it." she smiled and nodded as he disappeared.

Sharon sighed and her smile faded as she bit her nails, "Better be fast…"