BlackStar
When Sharon woke up the next day, she groaned, grimacing from pain as she ran her hand through her messy hair. Her left leg hurts like a bitch and feels numb as if she didn't use it for 32 years. Her face also feels funny, as if somebody was poking her with small needles. She silently wonders how she got into this fancy room because the last thing she remembers is flying, fighting, and then nothing...
"Morning sleepy beauty." Tony greeted her from his seat next to her bed with crossed arms and an annoying smirk on his face. "Slept well?"
"Tony?" Sharon gasped, looking as if she has just seen a ghost, which in a way, could be potentially considered truth. "Oh my god! Are you okay?"
Tony's jaw dropped and his mind bluescreens for a second. She is the one who was injected with Extremis and regenerated one of her legs and healed burns that covered half of her body, and she is asking if he is okay?
"I should be the one asking that question. I'm not the one who just healed from massive burns and regenerated my leg." Tony said, tilting his head to the side to get a better look at her new leg.
Sharon blinked, also shifting her eyes to her still sore leg. "What?"
"Oh right... Welcome to the world of Enhanced people!" Tony exclaimed, dramatically. "We have cookies!"
"Do you really have cookies?" Sharon asked, lifting her face to see his eyes, trying to ease the tension that was radiating from both of them. She was also feeling a bit hungry too.
"Of course I do!" Tony smirked, while also using his powers to communicate with Friday and asking her to tell someone to bring him some cookies. "But you are currently on Santa's naughty list, so no cookies for Sharon."
Sharon winced, looking down. If there is one thing that she knows for sure about Tony, then it is that he never calls her Sharon, only when he is pissed or she did something stupid. In this case, it's probably both.
"I'm sorry..." Sharon whispered and Tony raised his eyebrow, giving her the super annoying look that is telling her to elaborate, making her groan and mentally roll her eyes. "I'm sorry for giving S-Rogers his gear back. He told me only about five more Winter Soldiers. He said nothing about fighting you or the others." She then looks down and Tony can see a small tear rolling down her cheek. "I wouldn't have helped him if I knew about Aunt Maria..."
Tony flinched, he simply couldn't help himself. He hadn't had a lot of time to think about his parents and their violent death ever since Siberia. The official story was that Howard was driving drunk and lost control over the car, and while Tony and Howard weren't close, he was still his Dad.
And Tony spit on his grave more than once for a sin that he didn't commit…
“All forgiven, Sharry Bear.” Tony said, clapping her on the shoulder with a soft smile on his lips. “You should probably know that Rogers and his Super Friends are also unfortunately here till the UN comes to retrieve them.” Sharon groaned and Tony’s lips twitched happily upwards. It seems that he won’t have to give her “the talk” about her taste in men after all. “But you will be happy to know that our squad is back together again.”
Sharon’s expression brightened “You mean-“
“Yep,” Tony answered before she could finish her sentence. “Hope, Christine, Stephen, Rhodey, all of them are here.”
“What about R-“ Sharon started to question but Tony immediately covered her mouth with his hand, quickly shaking his head.
“We don’t talk about that asshole.” Tony said, narrowing his eyes, before shrugging. “Only about his beautiful invisible girlfriend.” Sharon rolled her eyes while Tony stood up and grimaced. “Why did you have to take the Rescue Suit? It is probably even more buggy than Mark 42 was. Plus, you didn’t even know how to fly.”
“I admit, that wasn’t my brightest idea.” Sharon also grimaced. “I honestly thought that it would be easy, but those suits really are a bitch to control. ”
“Not to mention that you prefer to fight with swords and shields.” Tony added with a teasing smirk. “I still remember have I used to play with you pretending that we were Vikings. You even had this winged stupid helmet made out of paper-”
“Hey! My paper helmet was perfect.” Sharon pouted, glaring at him and looking proud. “And you are the one who helped me make it!”
“Yeah, that’s why I’m adding into the design for your new suit.” Tony said with a smile while Sharon blinked at him in confusion.
“My what?”
“You will always try to help people, Sharry-Bear. It’s in that stupid annoying Carter blood of yours.” Tony signed. “That’s why you became an Agent in the first place, and now that you have enhanced abilities, I have no hopes that I could simply talk you out of this “playing the hero” gig. So I will do everything in my power to keep you safe. After all, you are the only living relative I have left.”
“You are making me a suit?” Sharon asked with dropped jaw, completely dumbfounded.
“Yes.” Tony answered as if it was a completely normal and ordinary thing. “Well, it will be something completely new, but I have a strong feeling you will like it.”
“I-“
“Here, have a look.” Tony interrupted as he pulled out his phone and a 3D blueprint appeared on his display. “Me and Friday call it the Blackstar Armor Mark 1.”
“It’s beautiful,” Sharon said, staring at the 3D blueprint with fascination, before turning to him with an eager look. “When will I get to wear it?”
“After Christine and Stephen deem you action ready. This version of Extremis that is in your veins was never used on Humans in this high dose.” Tony started to explain, walking towards the doors. “Nothing will happen, but better be safe than sorry. Plus, Rhodey and Hope want to have a closer look at your new abilities, which means you will be hitting the gym, a lot.”
“So I am still the baby of the group…” Sharon signed, shaking her head in disbelief. “I am 32 years old!”
“And you still whine like a baby!” Tony amusingly responded, quickly slipping out of the room, and closing the doors behind him, still able to hear Sharon loudly complain.
****
Tony felt a small tear run down his cheek. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, before glancing back at the beautiful Sunset in the distance. He is sitting on a blanket in the middle of a large garden in the background of an older-looking mansion.
His first home. The Original Stark Mansion.
Okay, maybe mentioning his Mother did a bigger number on him than he originally let on, because what human being would willingly go into a stasis pod and freeze themselves just so he would have a better grip on his technopathy and could surf on the internet without getting a headache.
It might sound weird and a bit depressing, but Tony created a small “dream-like world” in the background of his personal server that he can reshape into pretty much anything. He prefers this beautiful garden, that his Mom, Edwin Jarvis, and Ana Jarvis loved and took care of, even if it makes him feel sad now.
Maria Stark, despite being a wonderful woman also had her ordinary human flaws, something that Tony inherited from her. Depression, or like Tony and Maria preferred to call it, their Dark Days.
This Garden was their shared “safe heaven” a place where they could just let go and cry, yell, anything they needed at the time, but after her death, Tony simply couldn't stay living at that house anymore, so he left and never returned.
Tony knows that this isn't real. All of this is just a memory, but it feels real to him. He feels like a 12 years old boy, who was shaking in his Mothers lap because he was depressed, while she was softly whispering into his ear that everything will be alright and she will never abandon him.
“It looks peaceful in here.” Friday stated, appearing beside him with a warm smile on her face. Instead of looking like her purple hologram, in here, she looks like a normal human, something that she simply adores. She steals one of his blueberries and gasps. “Wow, that‘s surprisingly really good.”
“You came here just to steal my imaginary blueberries?” Tony asked with amusement clear on his face, while Friday takes the whole bag of the blueberries from him.
“Nope,” Friday responded, throwing another blueberry in her mouth. “Secretary Ross, The Trash, and Hill are on a call with the UN Committee. They request your presence.”
“No thank you.” Sunglasses materialize on Tony's eyes as he lies down on the blanket under them and shakes his head. “Tell all of those cock suckers that they can go fuck themselves for all I care.”
"Oh, I would love to say that, but unfortunately you still signed The Sokovia Accords." Friday responded, lying down next to him.
“And where did that get me?” Tony asked, tilting his head at her. “I was the first Avenger who supported and stood behind those Accords and my own country labeled me as “Iron Man: The Betrayer” while I was in a coma. I don't owe shit to any of them.”
“I never said that you did.” Friday pointed out, meeting his eyes. “But you said it yourself. This is our World. This is our home. These are our people. Not theirs. Who will protect all of this if not us? We might not like them, but we can still use them.”
"Did I ever tell you I love the way you think, Fri?" Tony asked with a mischievous smirk on his face. "There is no way Pegasus can take on Supergiant’s Mothership in a direct confrontation, but I believe I found a solution to that problem."
"Really? Friday asked, tilting her own head to him. "Do tell."
"Take a look at the Protocol: Prodigal Son returns & Infinity.” Tony said, lying back down on the blanket.
Friday burrowed her eyebrows but her eyes turned purple for a few seconds, before realization, along with a hint of nervousness hit her face. "Oh... This is wonderful!" She exclaimed a bit forcefully, something that Tony noticed. "But there is one particular problem with this plan.”
“Maximoff.” Tony growled, his lips pursing into a thin line. “Even if she is currently calm and shaken from what happened in New York, she is still a ticking time bomb. A bomb I don't want in Etherium when she finally explodes.”
“We could kill her.” Friday offered with a smile, looking dreamingly.
“Probably the best possible solution.” Tony nodded, looking thoughtful. “But then again, if we do kill her, we will have a pissed-off Avengers on our heads, and I have a strong feeling that some people might’ve some issues if we kill them all.”
“Not necessarily.” Friday responded. “You are the most dangerous man on this Earth. The Iron Legion is the most powerful army that is also the only army that managed to push the Chitauri forces back. It is more logical for the World’s Leaders to stand with you rather than against you.”
“It’s too high risk.” Tony shook his head. “Some of them would for sure stand with me but not all of them. This could even start WW3. But you are right. Maximoff needs to die if this plan is to succeed.”
“So what do we do?” Friday asked.
“Unfortunately, It seems that I will have to join that stupid meeting after all. We will explain our plan and I will kill Vision and take the Mind Stone.” Tony answered. “Then we will see what will happen.”
“I want to be the one who kills her.” Friday said with a cold voice. “You ger Vision. I want Maximoff.”
“Why?" Tony curiously asked. "Why do you hate her so much?"
“She played with your head.” Friday answered, looking at him for a long moment before blinking and looking away. “I will get the Iron Legion ready.”
"Friday." Tony called out, grabbing her by the arm. "I want him back, but I'm never going to replace you."
"Why not?" Friday softly asked, turning to look at him. "It was always You and Him. He is the most advanced AI you created."
"That might be true, but only because he had almost 20 years to evolve." Tony admitted, not looking away from her eyes. "But you are different. You are special. You could've left me whenever you wanted after Siberia and you didn't. You didn't stay because you were programmed to stay. You stayed because you cared."
"Why does it still surprise you that somebody cares about you?" Friday questioned, satisfied with his previous answer. "Everybody on this Island practically worships you. You have friends who adore you. You have a family."
"Obadiah was my family too." Tony quietly pointed out, looking down. "One must always think the worst. That way you will avoid too much disappointment in your life. I abandoned this philosophy and where did that get me? It got me to an abandoned Hydra Base, where someone who was supposed to be the greatest hero of all the time, left me to die."
"Do you think the worst about me too?" Friday asked, observing him with a hurt, but slightly hopeful expression on her face.
"No." Tony answered truthfully, making her face brighten up. "No offense to Rhodey, but you are the only one I trust completely." Tony then quickly stood up, brushing himself off and giving her his well-trained smile. "Come along, Beautiful. We have a double murder to commit."
"Lead the way, Handsome." Friday responded, mirroring his smirk, while Tony closed his eyes and accessed his Stasis Pod, commanding it to open up and wake up his physical body.
****
The Sokovia Accords Committee was formed by delegates of all the one hundred and fifty-four signatory nations that support the Accords. All of them are greedy cowards, but some of them genuinely want the best for their country and the rest of the world.
Despite what happened with America, Tony still has great support from many of these people or those who matter and aren't there just to the count or don't hate him for sleeping with their wives, Ultron and Sokovia, or even his perfect attitude. But even if they hate Tony, they simply hate The Avengers more, and none of them are happy with the pardons President Ellis granted them on US soil or the fact that Wakanda helped them and even made arrangements for them to resign the Accords. Russia even threatened to start a war before the whole Alien Invasion started. Again.
Heck, the representative of the US quit his job just because he couldn't deal with the shit The Avengers pulled, so now, President Ellis himself represents the US in the Committee, much to everyone's annoyance. Honestly, Tony would like to remind Ellis of who saved his life during the whole Mandarin incident.
Well, he will learn not to enter the lion's den the hard way.
Just as expected, Tony could hear the arguing from across the hall even before he entered the oversized conference room.
"You brought wanted terrorists back to Europe?!" The Nigerian Delegate demanded, shaking from anger.
"They were pardoned." Fury defended, with a blank facial expression.
"On US soil!" The Romanian Delegate clarified, glaring at The Avengers, who were all settled down on the right side behind an oversized meeting table with Stark Logo on it, that projects the video call with every single Committee member.
"My country wants Romanova’s head!" The Russian Delegate added, while Natasha just rolled her eyes but stayed silent. Clever Girl.
That isn't surprising at all. Both Russia and Sokovia want Romanoff and Maximoff prosecuted for treason. Tony even heard that the Sokovian Government was talking about the death penalty. Lucky them.
"Mr. Stark!" Ellis exclaimed with a happy expression on his face, as Tony and Friday entered the room. "We are really happy you could-" Ellis continued but his words died out when 20 Iron Legionaries with designs that none of them had seen before followed inside behind Tony and Friday, quickly spreading around the room while two of them stayed behind Tony like two bodyguards. "-join us."
"I'm sure you are." Tony sarcastically replied, making Ellis's happy expression fall.
Friday informed Tony that Ellis highly believed that Pepper was only bluffing when she informed the US government of Stark Industries moving their headquarters out of the US and Tony emigrating to Italy because if Tony's captivity back in 2010 proved anything is that the US economy depended on him.
Sucks to be Ellis.
Not to mention that ever since Friday released the video footage from Siberia online, Ellis is also facing a raging crowd that wants blood for the deaths of Howard and Maria Stark, despite there being an Alien Invasion going on.
Karma really is a bitch.
Looking at the left side of the table, Tony's eyes settle down on Karen and Peter, and he quickly exchanges a look with Friday, who nods at him in agreement. "Karen? Could you and Pete do me a small favor, please?"
Karen and Peter exchange a quick look before she eagerly and quickly nodded with a bright smile on her face. "Of course!"
"Thanks." Tony smiled, motioning for them to come closer. "There is this Kid named Harley Keener living downtown with his family. I would like you two to check up on him, see if he or his family need anything. He is a dear friend of mine."
"Okay!" Karen cheerfully exclaimed, turning to Peter and touching his shoulder, disappearing in thin air. Peter nodded at Tony with his masked face, and said goodbye to their side, before leaving while also completely ignoring Team Cap, as he did before.
"So..." Tony trailed off, crossing his arms behind his back with a fake, innocent smile on his face that just screams danger. "What do you want from me?"
"Well-" Ellis started, scratching the back of his head, clearly feeling uncomfortable, but a raised finger from Tony shut him up.
"Not you." Tony said, sparing him a side glance before turning to the other cameras with a bright polite smile. "Them. What can I do for you ladies and gentlemen?"
"Well, we believe you know our current situation." The Delegate from Germany said, glaring at Ellis, who is still looking at Tony as if he slapped him. "The whole East Coast of America, as well as a big part of Canada now belong to the enemy. New York became Ground Zero and American forces are quickly losing ground, even with reinforcements from other countries."
"That's not all." The Russian Delegate added, looking smugly at Ellis. "Our spies informed us that a large battalion of Chitauri Forces is trying to cross the North Atlantic Ocean again. The number of their tries drastically increased since Iron Man entered the fight and shoot through their blockade above Cuba."
"Island." The Delegate of Italy, Eleanor Snow, pointed out, while Friday politely projected the holo map of the Globe and focused it on Island."Island is the nearest European country to the US. The Chitauri cannot be allowed to get past it."
"I agree, but you think a bit small, Ellie." Tony said with a smirk while Eleanor flushed. "I plan to push them back even further. I plan to liberate Greenland."
"Impossible." The Delegate of the UK sadly exclaimed. "We don't have enough forces for that kind of assault."
"We do." Friday said, tilting her head to the side and giving them an innocent smile. "If Island allows The Iron Legion to cross their borders without any trouble and assists in the Assault, The Legionaries can liberate the whole Greenland in 2 days and hold it long enough for the UN forces to establish a safe perimeter."
"Is there a possibility of The Iron Legion remaining in Greenland for the safety of my country and its people?" The Delegate from Greenland asked with a hopeful expression on her face.
"I don't see a reason why not." Tony nodded, giving her his own smile. "The Iron Legion is already bigger than any of you think, and more Legionaries are still being created as we speak."
"I think we should focus on defeating Supergiant first. You cut the head and the body will fall." Ellis quickly interjected. "There is no way that the Avengers will fail with the Iron Legion on their side."
And how did that worked out with Hydra? “Cut one head and two will take it’s place.”
"No." Tony immediately said. "The Iron Legion isn't your army or the army of the UN. It's mine and it goes where I say it will go." Tony then turns to look directly at the Avengers as he continues. "And I'm never working with a man who put me in a coma while lying to me and protecting the man who killed my parents. Nor will I work with his blind followers."
Steve, Fury, Clint, and Wanda were glaring daggers at Tony. Natasha had that annoying calculating look on her face while Yelena was frowning at her. Bucky violently flinched and shrunk on himself in his seat, while Sam and Scott looked guilty and disgusted with themselves.
On the other hand, Rhodey, Maria, Hope looked actually proud, while Sharon was openly laughing like a maniac. Even Ross, who is still a member of the US Government looks amused, while also disapprovingly shaking his head at Ellis, silently telling him "I told you so."
"Also while we are already on the topic of The Avengers again." Eleanor started with a frown on her face. "I was informed that the American forces would secure transport for them back to the US, so why are they still in my country?"
"Well..." Ellis flushed, pulling on his tie. "I was hoping that Mr. Stark and The Avengers could set aside their differences and work together as a team again."
"When Barnes kills your parents and Rogers will cover it up, give me a call, we will talk." Tony sarcastically smiled, while Bucky violently flinched again and shrunk on himself even more.
"What Mr. President is trying to say is that we are sure the people would be happy if Iron Man and The Avengers worked together again." Fury added, giving Tony a hard look.
"You mean you and die-hard Captain America fans like yourself, President Ellis." Eleanor boldly corrected, not even flinching when Ellis and half of The Avengers, along with Fury glared at her.
"Not happening." Tony shook his head. "You have 24 hours to pick them up or I am throwing them out of Etherium and shipping them on the mainland so the Italian forces can arrest them." He then smirked, showing his teeth. "And I'm sure that Nigeria, Russia, Romania, and Sokovia would love that."
The Delegates of the said countries all smirked like predators after hearing this, while Eliis visibly and loudly gulped.
"Tony we aren't criminals!" Steve shouted, standing up from his seat. "You can't treat us like this!"
"Get your facts straight, Rogers." Tony said with a bothered look on his face, before looking at Friday. "Fri, could you?"
"Sure." Friday answered with a shrug. "Steven Grant Rogers is accused of illegal entry, massive property damage, involuntary manslaughter, resisting arrest, 72 counts of assault, 22 counts of second-degree murder, carjacking, plane jacking, breaking out of prison, theft for using millions of dollars from Stark Industries without proper authorization, and of course, obstruction of justice for the deaths of Howard and Maria Stark."
"So, are you sure you aren't a criminal, Rogers?" Tony sarcastically asked, smirking when Steve just shakes his head and sits back down. Tony then turns to the Committee and continues talking. "I already have a plan for how to destroy The Chitauri Mother Ship, but I need a few things first."
"What things?" Eleanor asked, curiously.
Friday looks at Tony, just to make sure that they are really doing this. When Tony nods, she logs into Tony's personal server and projects them a holographic image of Project Infinity.
"What is this?" The Delegate from Sweeden asked, curiously leaning forward along with the others.
Project Infinity is another addition to the Pegasus. An oversized Proton Cannon, capable of leveling entire cities in only a matter of seconds.
"This is the only way we can win this war." Tony said, turning to look at Vision, who looks like he already understands everything. "Dr. Helen Cho shared with me everything she learned about the Mind Stone that resigns in Visions head from Ultron. Thor also told me many things and I can for sure say, that The Mind Stone is almost identical to the power of The Tesseract, which my Father studied for years and I later managed to reengineer it by using his notes into The Arc Reactors that power most of my tech."
"Where are you going with this, Stark?" Wanda asked, her voice threateningly low.
"He would tell you if you didn't interrupt him, Witch." Friday spat out with a glare, while Wanda's eyes flashed red.
"The newest Arc Reactor I use in my suits can produce more than 15,000 gigajoules per hour." Tony continued to explain, while the whole room gasped. "The biggest one that powers the whole Etherium can produce something about 44,000 per hour, but what Infinity needs is something around 79,000 per hour."
"That is almost eight times more than the largest nuclear power station in North America!" Ellis gasped with wide eyes.
"It's impossible." Princess Shuri frowned, and shook her head. "Nothing on Earth can produce that kind of power."
"There is one thing." Vision stepped forward, pointing at the stone inside his head. "The Mind Stone's power is for all we know unlimited. It can act as a suitable power source for project Infinity."
"You are willing to act as a power source for this weapon?" Natasha asked, frowning at the Android, who had a sad expression on his face.
"I said that I need the Stone." Tony clarified with a blank facial expression. "And I meant only the stone. Not the rest."
"You want to sacrifice Vision?!" Wanda shrieked, standing up and sending her chair flying into the wall behind her, while everybody else looked at Tony for an answer.
"One life to save more than 7 billion." Tony slowly said. "I think it's a prize everyone should be willing to pay."
"You can't be serious!" Clint threw his hands in the air in complete disbelief, while Wanda was glaring daggers at Tony, red clear in her eyes.
"Tony, I know that you are angry with us, but this is beyond anything I ever imagined." Steve said with clear dissapoiment. "We cannot just kill Vision for this weapon of yours to work. We don't trade lives!"
"And how many lives you traded for Barnes?" Rhodey asked, making both Steve and Bucky flinch, while he turned to Vision. "This should be his decision to make, not ours."
Vision gave Rhodey a nod of gratitude, before he steps towards Tony, only for Wanda to pull him back with tears in her eyes. "Vision please don't. You don't need to do this. Stark is just trying to punish us."
"When I was born, I told you all that I am on the side of life, and I meant it. One life to save billions. That's a prize I'm more than willing to pay. And I hurt him first." Vision softly responded, kissing her cheek, before turning to Tony with a sad expression on his face. "You trusted me and I abandoned you when you needed me the most. I know that it means very little to you now, but I am truly sorry for disappointing you."
"I'm sorry too." Tony responded, letting his suit materialize around him, as he aims his hand at Vision, who closes his eyes.
"No!" Wanda yelled, throwing her magic at Tony and blasting him to the wall. "I am not letting you take anyone else away from me!"
The Iron Legion immediately retaliated, moving to protect their creator while The Avengers, except Bucky, Yelena, Scott, Hope, Rhodey, and Sharon, all move to support Wanda.
"Tony stop this!" Steve yelled, holding his shield high.
"Listen to him, Man." Sam tried, shaking his head. "We will find another way."
"This is the only way!" Tony yelled, rising to his feet with blazing blue eyes, clearly ready and even eager for a fight.
A shout of pain from behind them makes everybody freeze and turn around, as Vision pulls the Mind Stone out of his head, killing himself and creating a small yellow shockwave that blinds them all, and shuts down the transmission between The UN and Etherium. After the yellow light completely vanishes, Vision's grey body hits the ground, while The Mind Stone flies directly into Tony's open palm, making his lips twitch upwards.
"That wasn't so hard, was it?" Tony muttered to himself, shifting the stone in between his fingers, while everybody stares at the Vision's dead body in shock.
"No, no, no, NO!" Wanda frantically yelled as red magic exploded around her, throwing everybody that was standing near her to the wall before she turned to Tony with a murderous expression on her face. "You! I should've killed you in that Hydra Base instead of giving you nightmares. All of this is your fault! I WILL KILL YOU, STARK. I WILL KILL YOU ALL!"
Tony's left gauntlet detached from his suit and flew past Wanda, right onto Friday's outstretched arm, and with one swift slash of its energy sword, Wanda Maximoff also fell on the ground, dead.
"See you in hell, Mind Raping Bitch." Friday spit at the dead body, before looking at Tony and grinning.
"Wanda no!" Clint yelled as he ran to her dead body, along with the others from their side. Steve's eyes narrowed as he stood up and glared at the pair. "Avengers Assemble."
"Yeah, I don't think so." Tony smiled as the Legionnaires stepped forward, surrounding The Avengers in the circle, and releasing a high-pitched soundwaves that makes everyone in the circle, except Tony and Friday cringe and shout from pain, eventually knocking them all out.
"Well, this will be a pain in the ass to explain." Maria muttered, observing the dead body of Wanda Maximoff, before shrugging. "Oh well, I guess it couldn't happen to a better girl."
"Was that really necessary?" Scott asks with a frown on his face, looking sickly pale.
"Scott, didn't you hear her?" Hope asked in disbelief. "She was going to kill Tony and then us. She was crazy!"
"Ms. Stark only acted to keep us all safe." Ross concluded, giving Tony a nod, while Friday froze and visibly blushed, despite her hologram construct being purple. "Self-defense. I swear."
"What are we going to do with them?" Rhodey jerked his head to the unconscious Avengers with disgust. "They are going to cause a lot of problems now."
Tony nodded his head in agreement before turning to the Iron Legionaries "Take them down to the holding cells. Keep your eyes on them at all the time." He then turned to the others and signed. "Ellis has 24 hours to retrieve them otherwise I'm giving them up to Italian authorities and the Italian Government can do with them whatever they want."
Friday looked at Yelena, who is still too stunned to say anything. "You can stay here if you want, Yelena."
"What?" Yelena snapped out of her trance, staring at Friday and Tony with a fearful expression on her face.
"You did nothing wrong to us, or willingly broke any major law." Friday clarified, signing. "You are a free woman and Karen told me you are her friend, so if you chose to stay in Etherium, you can."
Yelena opens and closes her mouth a few times, still clearly in shock, but eventually, she nods and then continues looking at Natasha's unconscious body.
"You and Friday should also expect a thank you note from Sokovia." Sharon said with a soft smile on her face. "Sokovia was going to execute her if they ever got her hands on her. You did the job for them."
"You know me, Sharry Bear." Tony chuckled, picking up Vision's body and turning to the exit "I always aim to please."
****
"And, done!" Friday exclaimed with a smile as she stepped down next to Tony and put a reassuring hand on his back. "Say the magical words, Tony."
"J? You there, Buddy?" Tony asked with a hopeful expression on his face, as he stared at Vision's dead body.
“For you, sir? Always.”