Time Heist

"No, you accidentally survived. It's a billion to one cosmic fluke and now you wanna pull off... what do you call it?" "A time heist."

- Tony Stark and Scott Lang

Operation Time Heist was a planned mission organized by the Avengers and aimed at undoing the Decimation by going back to key events to retrieve the Infinity Stones.

Ambush on Thanos
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Scott Lang's Return
"That must have been a very terrible five years for you." "That's just it. It was more like five hours to me."

- Natasha Romanoff and Scott Lang In 2023, the Avengers became further torn apart after the fact that they could not reverse the effects of the Decimation. In a San Francisco warehouse, a rat accidentally walked over the controls of the Quantum Tunnel, which was housed in Luis' van, and released Ant-Man from the Quantum Realm. After being released from the Quantum Realm, Ant-Man reunited with his daughter and went to the New Avengers Facility to find the Avengers. Once Ant-Man found the facility, he discussed the Quantum Realm with Rogers and Romanoff, explaining the physics behind the Realm and how five years had passed for the Avengers while it was only five hours for him.

Theft of the Mind Stone
Aware that the Mind Stone was in the Scepter that Loki used during the events of the Battle of New York, Iron Man, Captain America and Ant-Man set out to retrieve it and the Tesseract which contained the Space Stone as well. The Scepter was retrieved by Captain America from Jasper Sitwell and Brock Rumlow after muttering "Hail Hydra" to Jasper which was more than enough to convince them to give him the case with the Scepter leaving them stunned.

Theft of the Time Stone
Aware that the Time Stone was in possession of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, the Hulk arrived at the New York Sanctum where the Ancient One was defending the Sanctum from the invading Chitauri. Bruce however was unaware that Doctor Strange was not part of the Master of the Mystic Arts in 2012 and was still a doctor. The Ancient One however was aware of what was going on and initially refused to give the stone to Banner fearing that events may be altered until Banner revealed that Strange gave the Time Stone to Thanos. Knowing that Strange wouldn't do it for a reason, she eventually gives it to Banner who promised that all the stones would be returned to their proper places in time afterwards and that they would survive.

Theft of the Space Stone
Ant-Man was tasked with incapacitating the 2012 Stark so that the future Stark could get the case with the Tesseract in the confusion. Ant Man shrunk inside the 2012 Stark's Arc Reactor in order to sabotage the device which caused a heart attack. The suitcase was then kicked to the future Stark disguised as a security guard. As he was about to take the stairs up, the 2012 Hulk came crashing through angered about using the stairs to go down. The case found its way to the 2012 Loki who used the Tesseract to get away. The failure caused Stark to make the decision to go back to the 70's where the Tesseract as well as extra Pym Particles could be found in a S.H.I.E.L.D Facility.

Theft of the Reality Stone
Thor and Rocket arrived in 2013 Asgard on the day the Dark Elves attacked. Thor was distracted by the sight of his mother Frigga forcing Rocket to get the Reality Stone from Jane Foster himself which he was able to do but ended up being chased by the Einherjar. Rocket eventually met up with Thor and Frigga. Before they went back to the present, Thor was able to summon Mjølnir to him happy that he was still worthy.

Theft of the Power Stone
After bring dropped off by Black Widow and Hawkeye with the ships pod on Morag,  War Machine and Nebula waited for Star-Lord to arrive who would steal the Orb containing the Power Stone. The two then trailed Star-Lord who agreed that he was an idiot. War Machine then knocks out Star-Lord and Nebula steals the tool that Star-Lord would use to gain access to the room containing the orb. Nebula then used her cybernetic arm to get the orb. The two then proceeded to transport themselves back to the present. However Nebula was unable to after something went off in her head.

Kidnapping of Nebula
The 2014 Nebula was on a mission with the 2014 Gamora when Thanos summoned them to debrief them on their mission to retrieve the Power Stone with Ronan the Accuser. However, Nebula began feeling pain and began playing a memory from the future Nebula which prompted Thanos to bring them to a room with Ebony Maw where he revealed that the implants in both Nebulas were interacting with each other which allowed both to access the others memory files. This allowed Thanos to see the future where he ends up being decapitated by Thor. Thanos stopped Ebony Maw from killing Nebula as he knew of a way to accelerate his plans. Nebula on Morag rushed to the pod to contact Clint and Natasha to warn them that the 2014 Thanos was now aware of their plans but was captured by Thanos. The 2014 Nebula then went to the future in order to help bring Thanos and his army to 2023.

Sacrifice of Natasha Romanoff
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Reversal of the Decimation
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Attack on the New Avengers Facility
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