"Two years ago...
Peter's voice was low and hoarse, laden with pain that would never fade.
"After the Blip ended, the Avengers assembled again to... bring back the people Thanos had erased. So, under Tony Stark's leadership, they devised the 'Time Heist' plan."
"In other words, they used Pym particles and quantum entanglement theory to travel from the future into the past, gather the Infinity Stones, and bring back everyone who had been erased."
"They succeeded?"
Pym swallowed and asked.
"They did..." Peter's brows knotted as painful memories flooded his mind. He crushed his beer can without realizing it. "But all our problems began with that success... We opened Pandora's box with our own hands and unleashed a force called destruction!"
Pym knew about Endgame.
After all, he and Howard had been researching the time-heist device precisely so Alvin could go and prevent Endgame.
But he could not begin to imagine why Peter Parker would say the Time Heist... was the source of the disaster.
"At first, everything went smoothly."
Peter took out another can of beer and gulped down two mouthfuls before continuing slowly. "But soon, the Thanos of the past learned about it too. He led his fleet through time in the opposite direction, into the future timeline."
"You... lost?"
Pym asked.
"No. Even then, we still had a chance to win." Peter gave a bitter, self-mocking laugh, his gaze growing complicated. "But one person was missing from that war... And her absence directly led to the Avengers' crushing defeat."
"One person... was missing?"
Pym was puzzled. How could one person's absence cost them an entire war?
"Carol Danvers. You know that name, don't you?" Peter Parker asked a seemingly unrelated question.
"Yes." Pym nodded. "Carol Danvers was a test pilot assigned to Project Pegasus. Is there a