" Hey, man. When are we having dinner? I am hungry, ya know."
Tony said, placing his hand on Arthur's shoulder, but Arthur didn't say anything to him.
Crack*
Suddenly, his body started to crack like ice peculiarly. His calm expression faded into horror as he stepped back to look around. He saw the countless corpses of the aliens and people on the ground while Arthur was holding a sword in his hand. His eyes teared up with blood, and he was pierced through his chest.
" Tony, live well. Please protect them instead of me!"
He said, kneeling on the floor with a calm expression on his face. He spurted out blood with his smile, hanging his head down, life leaving his body. No matter how he tried, Tony couldn't grab his body as his body was disappearing into the dust.
" Ah!"
Tony screamed in pain, looking around himself with fear. He gasped with heavy breathing, trying to recall Arthur's face in his dream. All he could recall was the smell of blood that was flowing through his nostrils, a pungent smell that overpowered his nose.
A cold hand touched his arms, pulling down his defense along with his anxiety. He could feel the worry in Pepper's eyes who was looking at him with worry.
" Another nightmare? Why don't you drink some water?"
Pepper said calmly while wiping his sweat with the towel. She knew Tony had PTSD from the last incident and it was haunting him to this day because he blamed himself for Arthur's disappearance along with other countless people. Although Morgan had calmed his mind down, he had chronic nightmares like this.
" Yeah, sure."
Tony said, getting up from the bed with a tired look. He walked through the hall, thinking about his past and present with a troubled expression.
Open*
He opened the fridge door and decided to continue the research that he was doing for years. He turned on the interference frame, dragging the formulas around the curve.
" Jarvis, do you think I need to study quantum physics like Arthur?"
Tony asked while placing his legs on the table with a wondering look. It wasn't hard to study quantum physics since he was always with the world's best scientists like Arthur and Bruce in the past. Therefore, he had an adequate amount of knowledge, regarding time and space. Especially, Arthur used to babble about his prized space knowledge during dinner time.
" Hmm, let's see. This is the data of their research, huh? Well, it doesn't look bad, comparing their access to the database of Eden. Moreover, they have improved these aspects despite his absence, but it still underwhelming compared to my intelligence. If I replace this with this and do this, it should be more efficient."
Tony mumbled, dragging the formulas with amusement. He never stopped improving his knowledge, thus he was much more proficient in the fields of matter knowledge thanks to his continuous study to solve the Infinity stones.
Chirp*
The birds were singing outside while Tony was still tackling the formula with his haggard look. He was dragging the formulas to create a more efficient and effective formulas. Furthermore, he had read all materials about Arthur's research and other famous scientists. It wasn't a lie if he said he was one of the leading people in the quantum physics field now.
Tony stretched his body to relax his muscles. He sipped the old tea that he brought from Arthur's mansion with a serious gaze.
" As expected it is bitter without sugar."
He said, putting down the teacup while biting down his cookie.
Meanwhile, Bruce and Scott were trying to finish the formula in Eden. Compared to 5 years ago, Eden was longer in the attention of the world due to the destruction of Dimension portals. They were no longer able to access to power of outsiders and most of the world had forgotten their existence.
" Scott, are you sure this is the right way? I mean we combined the gate technology with pym particle, but the atom won't change even if you shrink down."
Bruce asked with a deep voice, knowing it was likely to be impossible to travel through time unless they break the time barrier with enough force.