Tony Stark lay in the Extremis Chamber. He was unconscious and in bad condition; his chest was repeatedly bashed in by a shield, but not just any shield - Captain America's shield. His lungs had collapsed, and his body was battered; he looked like a dead man. As for what led to these events, it was simple; there was a civil war, a battle of ideals. One side chose to listen to the people calling for them to have oversight and be restricted by rules, advocating for a governing body that would punish them for mistakes. This was the pro-Sokovia Accords team, otherwise known as Team Iron Man. It had five members, but now it was reduced to four, maybe five, including Colonel James Rhodes, Peter Parker, the Vision, and Tony. It had Natasha Romanoff, but for some reason, Natasha Romanoff had betrayed them, whether it was planned or not, Tony did not find out.
The other side of the war was a team that had only one good reason, which was to fight for freedom. That was Team Captain America, which consisted of Steve Rogers, James Barnes, Wanda Maximoff, Scott Lang, Clint Barton, and Sam Wilson. They fought, and most of Team Captain America was captured and thrown into prison, which they rightfully deserved. They had been invading countries and tried to enforce their form of justice, killing people who could have been saved and causing collateral damage that could have been avoided because they refused to work with law enforcement. Only Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes got away. After that, Tony found out that Barnes was framed for attacking the U.N., so he went to make amends, getting the location of Steve Rogers from Sam Wilson, who was in the raft. Finally, he made it to Siberia, and they went to fight the villain, but it turns out it was the villain Zemo's plan. He had lured the heroes he wanted and then orchestrated his plan, which was to destroy the Avengers from the inside to get some sick form of justice since Ultron killed his family, and the Avengers were too late to protect him.
His plan was simple; show Tony a secret that Steve Rogers hid from him, which is that Bucky Barnes had killed Tony Stark's parents, and that Steve Rogers had known it and hidden the murder, which meant he was an accomplice to Hydra and was involved in covering for them, whether he did so with knowledge or not, or if he did it to protect Barnes or not. Steve Rogers had defended and helped Hydra, a neo-Nazi terrorist group, and so Tony rightfully so lost at both Barnes and Rogers, wanting to kill Barnes and avenge his parents while bringing Rogers in for his crimes. He attempted to, so the result was Tony being ganged up on and left to die by Steve Rogers and Barnes.
So now he was in the Extremis chamber, a chamber made to save his life; it was used to enhance humans by using the Extremis Virus version 4.0. This was a stable version of the Extremis virus made by Aldrich Killian, the Mandarin, and Maya Hansen; what power it will give, nobody knows, but all that it will save Tony's life.
"Starting injection of Extremis Virus 4.0," Friday, who was Tony Stark's AI, says in a sad, low tone. Unknown to the world, Tony's AIs weren't emotionless pieces of code; no, they were something more; they were sentient Tony-coded virtual souls capable of feeling emotions and being sentient. This is shown when Jarvis, despite having his code ripped apart by Ultron, had been able to put himself together and save the world from Ultron, who was going to hack the nuclear codes and bomb the world. Jarvis, despite having his code ripped apart, managed to prevent the hack by switching the codes faster than Ultron could hack them and therefore managed to save the world and his Sir Tony Stark.
"Injection complete."
"Initiating Extremis Virus."
"Extremis virus initiating."
"Extremis virus initiated."
"Boss's heartbeat stabilizing."
"Lungs have re-inflated."
"Boss's heart is beating normally."
"Boss's bones are fusing back together."
"Boss's ribs are healing."
"Extremis Virus 4.0 fully active."
Tony wakes up and sees Friday, who is in holographic form.
"Boss," she says worriedly as Tony opens the chamber and steps out.
"Friday, what's my status?"
"Well, the good news is you're alive. The bad news is I had to use the Extremis Virus, which means you had to become enhanced like Captain America."
"Friday, I need you to start doing tests on the virus and see what abilities it has given me," Tony says.
"Ok, Boss," Friday replies.
A few hours later, Tony was shocked.
"So you're saying I have gained the ability of Absolute Nullification, which is the ability to passively negate and nullify absolutely anything/everything's any/all powers and abilities that exist no matter what level of defense the ser has or put up. It could even remove the enhancement done to designated threats like Steve Rogers, James Buchan Barnes, and even Wanda Maximoff. Tony Stark, your ability could possibly change the course of history and the balance of power," Friday says.
"Yes, it is a power befitting a Stark. Maximoff got powers of telekinesis and mental manipulation from Stark Industries' stolen funding, and Rogers and Barnes got peak human physical abilities. It's only befitting that I, as a Stark, have the ability to take those traitors' powers away and basically metaphorically become the holder of their leash to keep those powerless disgraces that got power and now think they can do anything they want," Tony says.
"Boss, you're right; all those so-called heroes need someone powerful enough to control them. Let's not forget without you; all those heroes apart from Thor and Banners will be nothing. Wanda Maximoff would be a mere Sokovian powerless without Hydra stealing Stark funding given to Shield to experiment on her. Steve Rogers will be nothing but 6ft under without Howard Stark funding and the Vital Ray chamber. Barton, Romanoff, Wilson will be nothing without the gear you made. All those so-called heroes needed Stark to achieve anything great in their life, or they would be below-average humans in normal society, well, apart from Natasha, but that's because her skills as a whore, thanks to Red Room, are second to none," Friday says.
"Exactly, Friday; we are the ones with power, not them. I don't even know how they could have ever thought they were right to oppose me."
"Maybe their ego. They probably believed the fact that they have superpowers or they have an extremely large following; they think they are invincible. But how did that turn out? You got a power to keep those low-class peasants in check now, and their following—well, them being called war criminals should speak for itself. Where their support is. I am certain they will not have support after all that has happened, and they should not even get support," Friday says.
"You're right, Friday. I will put an end to this and show the world how worthless they are without Stark Tech or funding. They need my
family, our wealth, our intelligence to even be lucky to someone," Tony says.