[REWRITTEN] You Chose The Wrong Side

Some would think that after being in a coma for two months, people would give you a break, but unfortunately, that simply isn't the case. Immediately after the word of Tony waking up and got out in the public, Ross stormed into the Compound and dragged Tony before The UN Panel to answer for his disobedience of The Accords.

The Panel Members were luckily sympathetic to Tony for his injuries and decided not to prosecute him like the others, much to Ross's dismay, who wanted to have him "examined" under his personal care to see if Tony isn't a danger to the public.

Luckily for Tony, President Ellis got involved and personally told Ross to back off.  Ross still managed to convince The Panel on a 4-month long house arrest, but considering that your home is a freaking Tower and you could've ended up in Prison, Tony considers it as a great deal. Besides, he doesn't have to go to any boring SI meetings.

This also gave Tony more than enough spare time to search through the SHIELD's leaked data and learned more about the Mission that lead to his Parents' death. The Results were upsetting but not entirely surprising. The order was given by Alexander Pierce at the request of Obidiah Stane. Howard caught the wind of Obadiah's double-dealing and started looking more into it. Pierce also wanted Howard dead but not because he cared about Stane or his business. Howard apparently managed to successfully recreate the super-soldier serum and Hydra couldn't afford to have a World full of Super Soldiers.

Tony also found out the most likely date Rogers learned the truth. 2014 right before S.H.I.E.L.D collapsed, Rogers was in New Jersey at the first official SHIELD base that housed the copy of an AI version of Arnim Zola, or the man who created The Winter Soldier.

And who was with Rogers during the whole shit show?

Romanoff.

There is no way that Ms. Double Agent didn't know the truth. Rogers is a terrible liar when someone calls him on it, and if Tony recognized it then Widow would've too. Tony also isn't sure what hurts the most. The fact that he isn't surprised, or the fact that he actually feels hurt by something that concerns her, because believe it or not, Tony and Natasha were good friends after Avengers reunited back in 2014 before Ultron.

Heck, she always kept stealing his hoodies and he even cuddled with her during the movie nights all the time!

She knew.

Tony isn't so sure about the others. He doesn't know Sam at all and only met with the man on some Avengers-themed after-parties, but it is possible that he knew because all Steve had to do was say "jump" and Sam would just ask "how high" Wanda, Tony has no idea at all, but its unlikely, considering what happened with her own parents. He never stayed around her for too long. After Vision and Rhodey gave her the talk about Stane and SI weapons, she was polite to him, but never actually had any real conversation with him. The only time they spent together was when they danced at one of the charities for Sokovia and it was the most awkward dance Tony had in his whole life. Not because he or Wanda would be bad dancers, but because they are who they are.

Then there is Clint.

Romanoff informed Clint about The Accords but He didn't want to hear much about it because he was retired, so Tony purposely didn't call him when Rogers and Wilson went rogue in Europe because he respected his decisions. After all, Clint was the only one who didn't outright hate him right after Sokovia and even let him hang out around the Farm and the kids. Tony was even there to babysit Lila and Nate when Laura was in labor and Clint was panicking like an idiot.

That comment on Raft about broken back hurt, but Tony understands why Clint said it. Laura told him a lot about Clint's childhood and Tony mentally cursed himself for letting Ross put Clint in that caged box.

Tony doesn't want to believe that Clint knew and kept it from him, but his own judgment cannot be trusted right now. Sunset, Stane, and now Romanoff and Rogers are clear proof of that.

But he needs to know the truth and there is no way Ross will let him fly to Raft and have a quick chat with the others, so Tony has to be patient, and wait till Pepper and her army of Lawyers can secure the conditions of their Pardons and get them back home. Besides, it's not like they are being treated badly on Raft right now. Ellis made sure that they were treated like kings. Hell, Wanda doesn't even have to wear that shock collar anymore and their cells look more like fancy hotel rooms than actual cells.

If they didn't know the truth and are still willing to be his friends and teammates, it might be nice having somebody else on house arrest with him.

Tony also wondered where did Rogers and Barnes fucked off to, but considering that it was T’Challa who apprehend Zemo and the way Princess Shuri refused to meet Tony's eyes during The UN meeting, it's safe to assume they are in Wakanda and while Tony wants revenge, he doesn't feel like invading a country just yet.

Besides, he has a lot of work to do.

Tony spend this last week on house arrest on creating Leg Braces for Rhodey and remodeling the Tower. He got rid of that stupid Avengers logo and replaced it with a brand new, Red STARK logo. The Tower also got a redesign on the outside and instead of dark blue is now brightly silverish/white with dark black windows.  He also completely annihilated Widows and Rogers floors and remodeled them into his own personal gym in which he can actually test his suits freely. It has been fun testing out the limits of Mark 47 and making science notes with Friday to improve the suit in the Mark 48.

Iron Man can’t be defeated the same way twice, because Tony is always learning from his mistakes and upgrading himself.

Ant-Man got into the armor and disabled some of his weapons. He was only one lucky wire away from tearing out the flight controls and sending them both crashing to the ground. Rogers disabled the whole armor by destroying the main Arc Reactor, thus leaving him stranded in the cold.

“Friday?” Tony called out to the ceiling inside his lab and Friday immediately appeared in her holographic form next to him with a bright smile on her face.“Be a dear and open a new project file. Label it 'Mark 48' and save it on my personal host server.”

"Finally." Friday cheerfully exclaimed, snapping her fingers two times while Tony just shook his head in amusement. He admits, he took a lot more time in collecting all the ideas and data before moving with the creation of this New Suit.

"I think it’s time to start working on Nanotech Armor again." Tony muttered, punching in a few keys on his holographic keyboard that made a 3D model of The Black Panther suit appear. "Wakandians are sneaky little liars as it appears they had nanotechnology available for quite some time. Luckily for us, all of their technological advancement is due to their study of Vibranium, so we know what the key element is."

"That's true." Friday agreed with a smug smile. "What Wakanda doesn't know however is that you managed to create a synthetic version of Vibranium back in 2010 that shares some key properties with the real thing." She then grins evilly and giggles. "Badassium is the key to our Nanotech."

"Not to mention that it is easy for us to create so we will have as much of his nanotech as needed." Tony added with a proud smile directed at her with a bright exciting glow in his eyes. "Not to mention that we have learned to manipulate Badassium on atomic levels during these past 6 years. We will be able to create many, many, many interesting gadgets."

"And it will keep the bugs from entering the Suit without a proper invitation." Friday pointed out with a smirk. "I actually managed to create a detection system that will be able to pinpoint small humanoid figures in the close area around the suit."

Tony felt like a smile is permanently pasted on his face, it almost hurts his cheeks. Friday is simply wonderful. For an AI that is so young, she is unbelievably smart and mature. Not even Jarvis learned so quickly as she does. Her humanity is also a nice surprise, and Tony must for sure say that Friday is the most human AI he ever created.

Maybe that's why she made a humanoid form for herself...

“Boss?" Friday interrupted his inner thoughts, her eyes distant for a moment. "Peter Parker left you another voice message.”

Tony froze. He completely forgot about the Spider- Kid. Happy was supposed to be taking care of him, but Happy and Tony didn't really have time to catch up because after the whole "Avengers Civil War" as the media calls it, he became Pepper's personal driver and bodyguard. Just to be safe. Tony is man enough to admit, that taking a 14-year-old Kid into Germany as a reinforcement to apprehend half of The Avengers wasn't his smartest idea, but it's too late to take it back now.

He should've at least talked with his really hot and attractive Aunt...

“How many voice messages did he leave?” Tony asked with a quiet voice, mentally hoping that it isn't a high number.

“42.“ Friday answered with a grimace. "He also left 186 text messages."

"Yikes..." Tony grimaced himself, practically mirroring Friday's own expression. Debating his next course of action in his mind, Tony can't help himself but frown at the first idea that comes to his mind.

It’s a bad idea, the kid is still a kid... No pun intended.

A Kid with Superhuman abilities that could rival the strength of Winter Soldier and Captain America with relative ease. A kid knows about dealing with super strength more than anyone in Tony's area, and Tony could use a coach because if he smashes another cup of coffee, he will lose his freaking mind!

“You know what?" Tony turned around with a completely serious face. "Call him. He might be able to help me out a bit.”

Friday smiled and closed her eyes. “Calling Peter Parker...”

The phone ringed two times before the kid picked up, sounding out of breath. "Hello? Mr. Stark, is that you?"

“Hey, Underoos." Tony greeted with a soft smile, while also pushing buttons on his keyboard, reworking the design of Mark 48 into something new. "You busy tomorrow?”

"Uh, um..." Peter trailed off, sounding as if he was in the middle of something like a robbery or something, which would be ridiculous considering that he is supposed to be at school at this moment. Right? "no, not at all..."

“Good." Tony smiled and clapped his hands together. "Swing to the Compound for lunch, and bring the suit with you.”

"Wha-" Peter started to say, but Tony cut the connection off and signed. Inspecting the design of the design he just created with an uncertain expression on his face.

Friday settled herself on his armrest and leaned her head next to him with a grin on her face. "You know that he wasn't in school right now, right?"

****

"You know..." Peter breathed out as he dodged under Tony's punch and quickly moved out of the way. "When you called me yesterday I would never imagine you called for sparing."

“Trust me, Kid. I know." Tony responded while he blocked a punch Peter directed at his leg before he took a few steps back to give him some space and burst out laughing, while Peter just raised an eyebrow at him.  "You should’ve seen your face when you held that suitcase out for me. You looked like a kicked puppy!”

“Hey!” Peter pouted, turning slightly red from embarrassment.  “I thought you called me to take the suit back…"

"Yeah. I was totally planning on going out in the city, wearing a tight red and blue spandex.” Tony sarcastically chuckled, throwing another punch at Peter, who simply blocks it and jumps over him.

Where are Mr. Vision and Colonel Rhodes by the way?” Peter asked and Tony stopped attacking and picked up a towel and cleared out his sweaty forehead. "I thought they were all living with you."

"They are." Tony answered, throwing a water bottle at Peter, who easily caught it without even looking. "Rhodey is in therapy with Dr. Helen Cho, who is also living here. The Vision was called on a mission to assist Jane Foster in Norway with something related to Thor.”

Peters's eyes went wide and he spits the water out of his mouth. "Jane Foster?!" He exclaimed with a fanboying voice. "You mean Dr. Jane Foster? Thor’s girlfriend? The famous astrophysicists and creator of The Foster Theory on Portals?! She is beuti- I mean amazing!”

Tony blinked at the Kid, silently wondering if Peter even breathed during his fanboying rants. Also... Does Peter have a crush on Jane? Well, Tony wouldn't really blame him... He quickly shakes his head and looks at the Kid, who was still staring at him as if he saw Jesus Christ himself. “Thor and Jane broke up.”

Peters's jaw dropped to the floor. "...What?!"

“Relax Kid." Tony rolled his eyes and waved him off. "Thor and Jane broke up at least 10 different times ever since 2013." He smiled nostalgically and chuckled. "It was actually entertaining to watch. Clint and I used to bet on how long it would take for them to fuc-" He stopped himself and cleared his throat while Peter turned red like a tomato. "How long it would take them to get back together."

"Nice save, Boss" Friday's amused voice ringed through the gym.

"Thanks." Tony sarcastically replied to the ceiling, before he turned his attention back to Peter. "I heard about your latest stunts, Spider-Man." Peter awkwardly started scratching the back of his head while Tony started counting on his fingers. "First you fought against some Vulture guy that highjacked my plane. Then against a Russian guy wearing a mechanized Rhino Suit."

“Technically that suit is a part of him.” Peter quickly pointed out but shut his mouth shut when Tony just stared at him, looking completely unpressed.

“If I was awake at the time, I would totally ground you.” Tony said after a moment and Peter immediately hold his finger up to say something, but Tony's glare shut him up instantly. “But. You held your own. You screwed up at first and Friday had to get involved, but in the end, you held your own and caught them. Good job Kid.”

Peter blinked at him a few times in complete shock, his mouth hanging open and his cheek going even redder. “Thank you, Mr. Stark... It means a lot-“ He went to hug him but Tony quickly moved out of the way and held his hands in front of him with a warm smile.

“Nope. Don’t thank me yet." Tony said, placing his hands down to his size and looking at the ceiling. "Friday? Disable the Training Wheels protocol in Peter's Spider-Man suit."

Peter immediately stilled and swallowed, hard. Friday decided that it would be the best time to reveal her holographic form to him, and appeared next to Tony with a smug, teasing smile. Peters's jaw dropped down again, which made Friday's smile turn into a smirk. "Oh. They already are disabled, Boss."

“What do you mean ?” Tony asked, looking with a confused facial expression between Friday and Peter. Friday's smirk widened as she pointed at Peter who was still staring at her with wide eyes. “He hacked into the suit.”

Tony's mouth slightly opened. “I’m sorry, what?!”

“He hacked into the suit.” Friday repeated, turning to look at her Creator, still smirking and clearly amused by the whole situation.

“How are you doing this?” Peter asked, moving towards Friday with a curious expression on his face, completely obvious to her snitching on him. "Is this some kind of Hologram manipulation or-"

“YOU HACKED INTO A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SUIT?!” Tony yelled at the whole gym, his eye twitching in annoyance mixed in with irritation and disbelief.

“Uh… kinda?” Peter sheepishly answered with a grimace. "I mean... Training Wheels Protocol. Really?"

Tony looked really offended by this comment while Friday quickly jumped in front of Peter, slightly startling him. "Okay! Don't hate on his Training Wheels Protocol. He is really proud about those..."

“Hi, Chief.” Karen greeted with a sheepish smile, appearing next to her Older Sister, making both Tony and Peter jump away in shock. "...Surprise?"

“Karen?!” Peter exclaimed with wide eyes, making Tony give him a weird look.

Since when is her name Karen?

Ohh… The Kid hacked into the Suit and woke her up prematurely.

Karen… It sounds doesn't sound so bad. Tony can live with it and she also seems pleased with her new name.

Karen looks like a teenager that strongly resembled her older sister. Instead of Purple, she is Red and has long dark red hair. She is wearing a similar tactical skin-tight suit, that Friday wears, but instead of White and Black, Karen has it in Red and Black with a small, black, Spider Logo on her chest.

"Seems like you got your redhead, after all, Boss." Friday stated with a knowing smile, throwing her arm around her little sister, who looked like she was blushing under all of that attention.

Tony chuckled and nodded, while Peter awkwardly walked in front of Karen, who gave him a sheepish smile wave. "Hello, Peter.”

“Hi?… How are you even doing this?!” Peter threw his hands up in the air while Karen and Friday exchanged funny looks before they both burst out laughing.

“This?" Karen pointed at herself, still chuckling. "This is just something I picked up from my big Sister." Friday smiled proudly at her younger sister and Karen continued. "I always wanted a humanoid form and I figured that to form a better bond with you it would be for the best if we aged together.”

“That’s so cool!” Peter exclaimed with amazement and admiration clear in his eyes which made Karen grin at his reaction.

Tony and Friday shared a small knowing smile. Peter and Karen are an amazing and great duo already. They will be the greatest of them all in time.

“So, what else can you do, Mr. Stark?” Peter suddenly asked and Tony frowned in confusion, not knowing what Peter meant Peter noticed his visible confusion, so he specified. "I meant with Extremis. I mean, you told me you have Superstreanght and enhanced reflexes, but you didn't tell me anything else and I did a quick research on the Extremis and found a few statements from Maya Hanse-”

"I get it." Tony quickly cut him off, sadly looking down at the mention of Maya Hansen. He might not have loved her, but she didn't deserve to die the way she did. "And I honestly have no idea." He admitted, grimacing. “Extremis allows me to raise temperate of my body to the point I can scotch skin, or increase the heat to the point it can melt steel.”

“Wow…” Peter breathed out. “Is there something else?”

Tony again grimaced "Well… Killian could somehow breathe fire.”

Peter’s eyes widened. “Like a Dragon?”

“You could say that…” Friday muttered, looking thoughtful.

“Okay, okay, before you get any funny ideas for a nickname…” Tony pointed at Friday, who give him her best innocent smile. “I can hardly make my eyes glow.”

“We could help you train?” Peter offered and Tony, Friday, and even Karen blinked in his direction, not saying a word. On the one hand, it could be useful and even beneficial to Tony. On the other, he is still only getting to terms with his new enhancements and has a hard time adjusting.

“Okay.” Tony agreed, nodding and taking a deep breath. "So, How do you suppose I do this?"

Peter froze for a moment because he honestly didn't expect Tony to agree with his offer. He thought for a moment about it, before he looked at Tony. “Try to relax your body. Be in the moment.”

“Am I supposed to sing too?” Tony joked and Peter signed, grimacing in annoyance because he already knows that it won't work with Tony as it works with him.

“Try a different approach.” A deep voice spoke up and Nick Fury walked out of the shadows with an emotionless facial expression. Tony’s eyes shifted to Friday, who was glaring daggers at Fury and muttering something about "stupid maintenance and remodeling."

So that explained how Fury got inside the Tower. Dammit. Tony took a few calming breaths and turned to Fury with a cold glare on his face. “What are you doing here, Nick?”

“I came to fix the big mess you guys found yourself in." Fury responded with a completely still voice that made Tony's blood boil. "I'm honestly not surprised. I go into retirement for a few years and you manage to create a murder bot and then tear the whole team apart."

"Me?!" Tony yelled, his eyes flickering between Orange and Brown. "Who the fuck put Rogers in the command in the first place?"

"You did." Fury answered instantly. "You were the first official member of The Avengers. You were supposed to lead them, but you decided to shift that responsibility over to Rogers during the Invasion of New York."

"Me. Really?" Tony sarcastically chuckled. "I was supposed to lead them? And what the fuck happened to Iron Man: Yes Tony Stark: not recommended?"

"What does that even mean?" Peter questioned with a confused look. "You are Iron Man. How can you be recommended and not recommended at the same time?"

"I have no freaking idea!" Tony loudly exclaimed, glaring at Fury. "Why don't you enlighten us, Director."

"You know that the report Romanoff did on you was bullshit." Fury rolled his eye. "You knew that it was only so you would be interested in joining The Avengers because we needed you on our side. "

"Say it like it is, Nick." Tony growled. "You wanted to manipulate me into doing whatever SHIELD wanted."

"I won't deny it." Fury responded. "We did want to manipulate you. We did manipulate you, but we only wanted the best for you and the whole world."

"And how did that work out for you?" Tony demanded his face darkening. "Bruce and Thor are god know where. Barton is in Raft and Romanoff and Rogers are on the run. I was in a coma for two fucking months because the so-called righteous man with a plan lied to me, betrayed my trust, and left me in an abandoned bunker after he used my money, resources, and hospitality for years! His hands started to smoke and his eyes glowed brightly orange. "He left me to die!" He outstretched his hands up and a small fire beam shoot out at Fury, who quickly ducked under it and smirked.

“That’s how you control it.” Fury said, holding his hands up in surrender and making Tony realize what Fury was doing. He was purposely pushing him. "Extremis is like stuff out of hell. Rage, Anger, Hatred, and fear are the key to controlling it. Use these emotions as your anchor and source of your power, and it will give you total control over that fire that burns inside of you."

"Why are you really here, Nick?" Tony asked again, inspecting his smoking hands with curiosity.

Fury released a tired sign, his eye shifting towards Peter, who shrank down under his gaze. “You should send Spider-Boy over here home...”

“It’s Spider-Man.” Peter immediately corrected, only to slap both of his hands over his mouth when he realizes that he just revealed his secret identity to him.

Fury just stared at Peter looking unimpressed and Peter shrinks down on himself even more, practically hiding behind Tony’s body. Fury’s gaze returned back to Tony with a serious look. “As I was saying... We have a lot to discuss.”

****

After Peter left, Tony led Fury into the living room, fully aware that Fury was inspecting every move Tony made, but he simply couldn't find any will in him to care. Neither of them said a word, both waiting for the other to start the conversation. Eventually, it was Fury who broke first.

"After the mess in Europe, The World Leaders decided to bring back a system that worked in the past." Fury started, while Tony scoffed at his words. "SHIELD will be reestablished under the supervision of the same UN panel that was supposed to look after The Avengers. I am coming back as the Director, of course, and Ellis is even giving us a brand new, shiny Heliccarrier."

Tony sarcastically clapped his hands together and faked a smile. "Good for you! Well, if you consider a system that was infiltrated by a Nazi Organization ever since its creation as a good system that worked-"

"I never said that it was perfect." Fury cut him off. "Hydra infiltrated only 12% of SHIELD and honestly, I feel stupid for letting Rogers execute his stupid plan with the Hellicarriers after seeing the numbers." He took a tired breath and continued. "But that doesn't change the fact that the rest of the SHIELD was created to protect the world and we both know that mission like that isn't black and white."

“And what does it have to do with me?” Tony asked, looking suspicious.

“SHIELD is going to take control and authority over The Avengers Initiative." Fury responded, making Tony grimace in disgust. "I will be your guys' Handler personally from now on while you or Rhodes will be the field Leader. Just like it was supposed to be at the beginning.”

"I don't know if you noticed, Nick." Tony stated, pointing around them with a bored look. "But there are no more Avengers. Me, Friday, and Vision are all that are left. You can count Rhodey if Helen clears him for field duty, but that's still only four."

"Five if you count Spider-Man." Fury pointed out. "And I heard that Potts and your Legal Team are already working on getting the others back from Raft."

"Clint is retired and Sam and Wanda are never going to follow my lead." Tony quickly pointed out, shaking his head. "And Peter is a minor who isn't an Avenger and won't be for a long time."

"Then why did you bring him to Germany?" Fury questioned.

"Because I am an idiot." Tony deadpanned, shrugging. Before Fury could respond, an Alarm ringed through the whole Tower, making both men quickly stand up from their sitting spots.

“There has been a breach on Raft!” Friday appeared beside Tony, looking worried. Tony cursed and signed, while Friday nervously bit her lips. "Boss... The situation is worst than you think…"

"Who got out of Raft?" Fury demanded, looking really worried, something that also threw Tony off because he never saw Fury worried, not even in New York or Sokovia.

Friday nervously shifted next to Tony and bit her lip even harder. “Everyone.”

****

15 Minutes Earlier.

Steve stayed in Wakanda for two months. He spend his time either watching over Bucky, who went back to cryo-sleep, despite Steve's protests. Or trying to get in contact with Natasha. Eventually, Natasha contacted him and Steve was really happy because he missed her. He misses all of their friends. Even Tony.

Natasha would call him sooner, but she had her hands full of running from Ross and destroying The Red Room for good. Steve was sad that he wasn't able to help her, but Natasha quickly waved it off, saying that her sister, Yelena, simply wouldn't welcome or accepted his help. Steve didn't understand why, but apparently, Yelena liked Tony a lot more than him, which Steve found weird, but eventually let it go.

Natasha changed her hair again and is blond now. She also cut it to a similar haircut she had when they first met in 2012, as she needed to cover herself, since they are both international fugitives, much to Steve's outrage.

This is exactly what Steve knew would happen if they gave in to The Accords. Despite their falling out, Steve was still concerned when Tony didn't show up at any Stark Industries conventions or at any official hearings. He was convinced that Tony would be alright and living at The Compound, but that wasn't the case.

It was Princess Shuri, who accidentally revealed Tony's fate to him, while she was screaming at T’Challa for putting their country and their people at a risk for a liar. Those words cut Steve like a knife but he understood why Princess Shuri reacted that way. She just lost her Father and feels sympathy for Tony and his situation. Steve feels that way too. Despite his faults, Tony is still his friend and a teammate.  But he simply couldn't let Tony hurt Bucky for something he didn't do!

Natasha also got angry at Steve at first, but later calmed herself down and agreed to help him free their teammates from Raft. She is convinced that when the time is right, Tony will reach out to them and bring them home, despite being hurt by their actions.

Sneaking in the Raft was surprisingly an easy task. They borrow T’Challa’s advanced stealth jet and flew right toward Raft and easily made their way through the guards. Apparently, they managed to get inside the Raft on the one day in the whole month, that the Guards are inspecting cells over the whole Raft, so only a few of them stayed in the control room, which was perfect.

They sneak into the control room, knocking the guards out and Natasha quickly moved to the console, trying to release their friends. Steve tried to help her, but she hit his hand away, growling under her breath. “Don’t touch anything!”

Steve frowned but moved to the side, giving Natasha the space to do her thing. Perhaps she is angry about what Steve did to Tony after all. She and Tony were after all really cuddly after The Avengers reunited, much to everyone's shock. She has also voiced her concerns about this whole Prison Break, but Steve simply won't let his friends rot in jail!

They did nothing wrong and don’t deserve this treatment. They are heroes for crying out loud!

From the corner of his eye, Steve noticed a big red button on the left side of the wall next to him with a big "release" sign on it. Steve smirked to himself, ready to tease Natasha about it later, and walked to the button and punched it, sending a red alarm across the room.

Natasha lifted her head up, looking around them with wide, fearful eyes, while Steve smiled as their teammates walked out of their cells. His smile only fell when Natasha pushed him into the wall and glared deadly daggers at him. “What the fuck did you do?!”

“I released them.”  Steve answered looking confused.

“Yeah." Natasha sarcastically muttered. "You released them and everybody else!” She yelled and punched the wall next to Steve's head, while Steve’s eyes went wide.

****

"Friday!" Tony called out, walking towards the balcony with Fury following closely behind him. "I need a suit. Now!"

“Mark 48 isn’t ready for combat or flight, Boss.” Friday informed and Tony groaned, shaking his head.

"Stark." Fury called out.

“Send me Mark 47 then." Tony said, ignoring Fury. " Time to put the suit you made for me to use Baby Girl.”

“Stark!” Fury called out more sternly, quickly running in front of Tony. “You can’t do this alone. Wait for backup!”

“I can’t." Tony dismissed as Mark 47 landed in front of them and opened up for Tony to get inside. "The more I wait the more people will die and more inmates will get to the mainland." He then gave Fury a side glance and muttered. "Besides, there is nobody else left to back me up."

“You don’t know who-" Fury signed and ran an exhausted hand on his head, wiping the sweat away. "You don't know what’s buried under Raft.”

“What are you talking about?” Tony questioned, as the suit closed around him.

Fury released a defeated sigh. “I’m talking about Ross’s biggest secret failure.”

Tony frowned as his HUD lit up inside his helmet. “Bruce isn’t on Raft… Is he?”

Fury shook his head. “I’m not talking about Banner. I’m talking about the first Prisoner of Raft.”

****

“What's happening?” Sam asked as he helped Wanda out of her cell.

“I don’t know.“  Clint responded as he looked around them, with a frown on his face. “We were supposed to be here for another week if I remember correctly from what our Lawyers said.”

“Maybe we got out early?” Scott awkwardly offered.

Two young guards rushed into the room, wearing their staff armor and guns pointed directly at them. They both look worried and afraid, but also determined, something that Clint and Sam both notice. “Get back into your cells!” One ordered, pointing his gun at the open cells behind them.

“What’s happening?” Sam asked again while ignoring the guard's command. "Maybe we can help?"

“We don’t have time for explorations!" The other guard hissed, urging them to listen. "Get back inside! Now!”

Before anything else could be said, Steve appeared behind those guards and smashed their heads together, knocking them both out cold.

“Steve?” Wanda questioned with a confused look. "What's going on?"

“Is everyone alright?” Steve asked as Natasha ran into their block and stopped beside him.

“Tasha?” Clint called out, also with a confused look plastered on his face. “What’s going on?”

Before Natasha could answer, there was a loud explosion, followed by an angry roar, and the sound of gunfire coming from outside. “No time to explain. We need to get out of here!”

“No, wait!” Steve stopped her, grabbing her by the arm. “We need to find Sam’s wings and Scott’s suit. We cannot leave them in Ross s possession.”

“Yeah…"Scott cleared his throat, awkwardly scratching the back of his neck. "Hank will kill me if I return without it"

Natasha stared at them as if they had grown a second head. “Are you crazy?!" She threw her hands up in irritation. "This  Prison is swarming with Super-Villains and you want to go look for some shrinking Suit and pair of stupid Wings?!”

There is another explosion in the background that shakes the entire room and Natasha threw her arms in the air, seeing Steve’s stubborn facial expression.

"We are The Avengers." Steve proclaimed with a determined look. “We will get through them all. Together.”

****

"Fri?" Tony called out to his Female AI and Co-Pilot and she appeared inside his Hud in a miniature form of her Hologram Construct. It looked kinda cute. "Beside The Avengers and Zemo, who else is on Raft?”

Friday grimaced and snapped her fingers, revealing a really long list of inmates. Tony’s eyes ran through the list, but he didn't recognize most of those names.

MacDonald Gargan for example, what kind of name is that anyway?

“Can you highlight the most famous ones for me?” Tony asked, pushing the suit to fly even faster.

“Yep.” Friday answered and the list shortened, revealing names like:

Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)

Vulture (Adrian Toomes)

Rhino (Alexei Sytsevich)

Blizzard (Dr. Donnie Gill)

Living Laser (Arthur Parks)

Radioactive Man (Chen Lu)

Crimson Dynamo (Valentin Shatalov)

Abomination (Emil Blonsky)

“Fuck…” Tony cursed under his breath. “This is going to be a really long and bad day…”