[REWRITTEN] You Chose The Wrong Side

“Boss. I have managed to hack into the Raft and access the camera feed.” Friday started, looking worriedly at him. “Block A and B are mostly under control, but blocks C, D, and E are busted completely open. Special cells for… special inmates are still holding, but the power generators are quickly falling.”

“Who got free out of the “special inmates” group so far?” Tony asked, hoping for at least some good news.

“Well…" Friday grimaced. "Everybody except The Abomination, Leader, Living Laser, and Inmate Zero.”

Tony took a deep calming breath. “What do we know about this, Inmate Zero?”

“Nothing." Friday answered with a frown on her face. "There is nothing about him in Raft’s database. He is a Ghost. Officially he isn’t even there.”

“But we know that he is in there…” Tony said with a small frown of his own.

“Yes.” Friday agreed and snapped her fingers, showing Tony a small 3D model of the entire Raft. "According to my calculations, his cell is right at the bottom of the entire facility. He is kept in stasis and his cell is powered by all of the generators and even his own backup power.”

“Ross really doesn’t want this guy to wake up.” Tony muttered under his breath.

“It seems so-“ Friday nodded, then froze, and then released a dramatic, annoyed, and exhausted breath. “Incoming call from Nick Fury..."

Tony groaned in distaste. “Answer it.”

“Stark.” Fury noted with a cold tone as his profile picture appeared inside Tony’s HUD next to Friday, who childishly sticks out her tongue at it, making Tony chuckle at her antics. "What's the situation?"

"It's bad." Tony responded. "What can you tell me about this mysterious Inmate Zero?

“His name is Dr. Franklin Hall. White male. Age 48." Fury stated. "Ross brought him in on his Super Soldier project after Banner became The Hulk and went into hiding.”

“And how did Dr. Hall ended locked up on Raft?” Tony questioned with suspicion clear in his tone.

“Dr. Hall conducted an experiment with gravitational forces." Fury revealed, making Tony's interest spike up. "The experiment went wrong and the gravitational force exploded. Hall was caught in the blast.”

Tony grimaced n discomfort. He could almost imagine how that would mess a human being up. “Yikes...”

“Hall went into a deep coma but Ross declared him dead which caused his wife to spiral into a depression and later commit suicide.” Fury continued. "Hall woke up almost two years later and after he was informed of his wife’s tragic fate, he accidentally tapped into his new gravity powers and killed all of the doctors at the scene.”

Tony bit down on his lip after hearing this. He understands Hall's pain. He understands even more so after his own experience in a coma where he dreamed about his dreamed, perfect life with his own dead lover. "What happened to him then?”

"Ross expected something like this to happen so he had the whole room rigged with sleeping gas and ever since then, Hall was on Raft.” Fury answered.

"That means he has been in stasis for more than a decade…” Tony concluded with a whisper.

"Stark…” Fury spoke with a firm voice and a frown on his face. “I know what you are thinking, but Hall can’t be reasoned with.”

"You don’t know that!” Tony argued. "I know what he is going through. Maybe I can talk him out of doing something stupid and then get him the proper help he needs."

Fury shook his head. "According to his personal file, Hall was unstable even before the accident."

"Sorry, Nicky." Tony apologized. "But I already made up my mind.”

"Dammit, Stark! This guy can’t wake up! Fury snapped, angrily. "He controls Gravity itself and according to Ross, every second he is awake his power will only grow. He has the potential to wipe out the entire fucking world!”

There is a beeping voice and Fury’s eye twitched as he realized that Tony had just hung upon him. “Motherfucker…” Fury growled under his nose as he pulled out an older pager and pressed the button.

****

"Come on, Guys!" Steve encouraged for a sixth time, as they made their way through the inmates and towards the evidence locker with the equipment. "We are almost there!"

“Hey!” Clint snapped, already feeling annoyed with Steve’s constant talking and pushing. He now agrees with Tony that Steve can be an annoying arse. "Not all of us are Super Soldiers with enhanced stamina out of a bottle. Cut it out!”

Steve stopped dead in his tracks, looking as if Clint had slapped him. He glared at the Archer, who glared back at him with anger. "Clint-"

“No! You need to back off.” Clint cut him off right away, holding his ground and smacking another inmate who was trying to take a jump on him across the face.“What are you even doing here, Steve?”

Steve frowned, feeling as if he was talking with Tony instead of Clint. “Saving you guys from Prison. Obviously.”

"Why would you-?" Clint started but then froze when he realized what was happening around them. “This isn’t an accident. This Prison Riot is your work.”

"Clint." Steve stated in his classic Captain America is disappointed in you voice, that Clint thought was only reserver for Tony, while the others stared at him in shock and disbelief. "You don't know what you are talking about."

“Oh, shut up..." Clint snapped. “Tony and his people managed to get us pardoned with only small consequences for what happened in Germany. We were supposed to be out of here in a few days. Dammit!”

"What?" Steve questioned with a frown on his face. "What do you mean? Tony got you all pardoned?"

“Look we can discuss this later, but right now we need to get out of here before someone more powerful notices us.” Natasha said in a commanding voice, trying to stop them from arguing.

“I think it’s a little late for that,” Sam exclaimed, looking ahead of them at the three figures that slowly approached them and block their way.

“Long time no see, Romanoff.” Jack Rollins growled as he stood alongside Georges Batroc and Willis Stryker, codenamed Diamondback.

“Rollins..” Natasha acknowledged, observing the three incomers with a calculating look, as she pulled out her batons and prepared herself for a fight.

“It’s Grim Reaper now.” Rollins growled while he pulled out a really big sword, and jumped on Natasha, who managed to block his attack.

Clint immediately moved in to assist her, but Batroc kicked him away. Steve moved in to fight his former enemy, but Diamondback got in his way and backhanded him to the nearest wall as if he was made out of paper.

"Disappointing." Diamondback taunted as Steve wiped away the blood from his nose and got back up. "I expected better from the legendary Captain America."

Diamondblock moved in for another punch, but Steve quickly rolled out of the way. Wanda meanwhile powered up and used her powers to grab Diamondback and throw him across the room. Diamondback only smirked at her as he stood up to his full height and dusted himself off, before running at them like a freaking bulldozer.

“Scott, Sam! Go get your gear! We will hold them off.” Steve called out and the two said men exchanged a quick look before nodding and running away in the direction of the evidence locker

More and more inmates started to gang up on the four remaining Avengers as Steve gritted his teeth and quickly joined the fight. He can do this all day after all.

****

Fury paced around The Stark Tower with irritation clear on his face. He tried to call Tony again, but Tony blocked his phone number and Friday simply isn't responding to him.

It's not really all that surprising. Not even Jarvis really liked Fury, and Friday seems even more overprotective of her Creator. Which Fury respects. He saw the way Tony acted around his creation and it reminded him of a way a Parent would act around his Children.

But like any child, Friday is completely unaware of what's happening in Tony's head. Fury is The Spy. He sees through masks as if they didn't even exist, and while Tony is a hard man to read, Fury learned how to see past his mask too. The looked Fury saw in Tony's eyes surprised and is really concerning him. He got the wind of it after he pissed Tony off. There is a lot of anger in that Man, but there is also more. There is hurt that is eating him alive, but what finally confirmed Fury's theories was the way Tony reacted to Graviton.

The pain hidden behind Tony's eyes flew to the surface and Fury saw a broken man who is angry at the entire world and wants nothing more than to be left alone. But like Howard before him, Tony is cured with the Stark name and the only way it would end for him is with death.

Now Fury isn't saying that Tony is going to let himself get killed. Quite the opposite. Tony wants to live and he wants to burn out his rage and anger. But subconsciously he also wants to die and be over with it all. The question is what will win. Hate and Anger or Subconsciousness.

Dammit... Fury just hopes that the calls he made weren't sent out too late.

****

“You are sure it’s this way Tic Tac? Sam asked for a third time, making Scott take a deep calming breath so he wouldn't explode as Clint did on Steve earlier.

“Yes. I’m sure.” Scott said with an irritated tone as he suddenly stopped, making Sam bump into his back. Sam rubbed his nose and glared at him, while Scott just shrugged and pointed at the sign above their heads that spelled “Evidence Locker”

"Show off." Sam growled under his breath, still massaging his nose, as they both sneaked inside.

They both froze when they closed the doors behind them and came face to face with a three-stored archive-like room, full of many cool-looking weapons and highly advanced equipment. Some Inmates were trashing the place with laughter, while others were simply gearing themselves up with the stored equipment and weapons.

Scott noticed that the whole evidence locker was organized by the date the Inmates were imprisoned on Raft, so he pulled Sam by the arm and dragged him around until they found the date from two months ago. The other inmates didn't pay them any mind, mostly because they were doing their own thing and because Sam isn’t the most recognized Avenger in the world and they simply didn't recognize him. Scott’s identity as The Ant-Man is still a secret and not public knowledge, so he was in no danger of being recognized, plus he didn't put any of these people behind bars, so he really had no enemies around here.

They worked their way through many boxes and found, guns, knives, swords, Alien Tech, Ultron Tech, but not their gear and it made Sam even more unbearable than he already was. Sam felt frustrated because Steve was counting on them but this whole room is like a freaking museum.

“I got it.” Scott suddenly exclaimed with a bright look as he showed Sam his helmet and hugged it to his chest. "Oh, baby. I will never leave you out of my sight." He kissed the helmet and smiled. "I promise."

“Did you find my wings too?” Sam asked with a hopeful expression on his face.

Scott started to suit up and opened his mouth to say something, but when he turned around he noticed some people behind Sam and nodded, pointing behind him. “As a matter of fact… I did.”

"What?" Sam questioned as he turned around, only to see Adrian Toomes, wearing The Vulture helmet and The Falcon wings on his back. “Hey!” Sam angrily exclaimed, running at Toomes. “Give me back my wings!”

Toomes just turned to Sam with an annoyed face expression, before he turned to one of his companions and flipped his helmet over his face. “Herman? Deal with him.”

Herman Schultz, The Shocker nodded and motioned for Mac Gargan to move out of his way. When Mac signed and moved away, Herman shoot out a shockwave out of his gauntlet, that send Sam flying through the air and crashing into now a fully suited up Scott.

“Ouch.. that hurt.” Scott groaned, showing Sam off himself and freezing at the sight before them. “And I have a feeling it will hurt a lot more.”

“What?” Sam frowned in confusion as he turned around and also froze at the sight of Alexei Sytsevich. A man called by the public The Rhino, who has a figurine that is only slightly smaller and less bulky than that of The Hulk.

“Are these Americans bothering you?” Rhino asked with his heavy Russian Accent that made Shocker smirk at the two men before them.

“I think we should run.” Scott muttered as Rhino started menacingly approach them.

"Yep." Sam quickly agreed as they both jumped to their feet and ran out of the evidence room faster than you could say "Avenger" which made Rhino chuckle like a maniac.

“If you Gentlemen are done.” Wilson Fisk said, coming to stand next to the three criminals with Justin Hammer by his side. “It’s time for us to leave.”

****

”Boss?" Friday hesitantly called out with a worried voice. "Are you sure that it is safe to try and reason with Dr. Hall?"

“I don’t know.” Tony admitted. "If he really is mentally unstable as Fury said... This decade-long nap could drive him beyond insanity to the point he could become a threat equal to that of Ultron."

"Maybe it would be for the best to try and prevent his awakening?" Friday suggested in an almost begging tone that made Tony's heartache.

“How?” Tony asked after a moment of silence.

"By preventing the generators powering his cell from destruction.” Friday answered and Tony signed as finally saw Raft in the distance.

“You are right...” Tony admitted, giving in to her plan and pleading.

“I usually am.” Friday stated with a smug smirk until it fell from her face and her eyes turned calculating. "Boss, I'm detecting something humanoid and small in our area."

Tony frowned and stopped in mid-air, looking around him with a pointed look. After a few seconds, his HUD pinpointed something small flying around him that made him groan in annoyance. “Friday? Zoom in on that small projectile.” Friday did what Tony told her to do and Tony sees a female wearing a black and yellow suit similar to the one that idiot, whose name Tony forgot, wore in Germany. But this one also has wings.

“I can see you, Little Bee.” Tony announced from his speakers and the Woman regrew to full size, retracting her helmet and making Tony’s eyes slightly widen from shock.

“Hey, Tony.” Hope Van Dyne, waved at him with a small awkward grimace on her face.

”Hey? What are you doing here, Nadia?” Tony demanded, his own helmet retracting as he crossed his arms before his chest.

"Oh, well, you know..." Hope trailed off, grimacing. "Scott like an idiot stole The Ant-Man suit without telling us anything and ended up fighting my Cousin in Germany and also managed to get arrested."

"Who is Scott?" Tony asked.

"You know..." Hope started but when Tony shook his head she just signed and cursed under her breath because Tony did this to all of her boyfriends. "The Ant-Man. The Guy in Red and Black suit. He can shrink and grow in size. I’m here to kinda bust him out of here so I can later kick his ass myself and also retrieve my Father’s Suit.”

“Ohh…" Tony dramatically exclaimed. "Well, you are a bit late for that.”

“What do you mean?” Hope asked, looking really confused just as a big explosion came out of Raft.

“Prison Break is already ongoing," Tony said as his Helmet snapped into its place. "And every inmate on Raft got invited.”

****

Steve finally knocked out Batroc, while Natasha and Clint teamed up against Rollins and Wanda managed to subdue Diamondblock and the other inmates that were attacking them. Despite the situation, Steve proudly smiled at his teammates. He understands that accidentally releasing all of the inmates was a mistake, but maybe the world will finally realize that they are only there to help. This is what they were supposed to be doing all the time. Fight the good fight against the bad guys.

"We need to find Sam and Scott." Clint exclaimed, clearly not sharing any of Steve's inner thoughts. "They might need help-" Clint continued but was cut out by a scream from the two said men, who ran to them while also repeatedly glancing behind their shoulders.

“We just escaped from a giant dude dressed up as some kind of Mech Rhino…” Scott breathed out and the others, except Sam and Natasha, stare at him as if he was crazy. "He was huge. Almost as big as The Hulk-"

“What are you talking about and where are Sam’s wings? Steve demanded with a more harsh voice than he intended to use, making Sam flinch and sadly look down.

“Some old guy stole them..."

Steve blinked. “I’m sorry… What?!”

“There were three guys. One had this gauntlet that create shockwaves. The second guy looked normal, just had a scar above his left eye and The Last one was wearing a strange helmet and my wings.” Sam explained and Steve suppressed an urge to kick or punch something because without Iron Man, they needed eyes in the skies and Falcon was the only suitable option.

“And with them was also this large dude wearing that Rhino suit.” Scott added to Sam's story.

“Okay." Natasha concluded, quickly pointing towards the way they came from. " Lang got his suit and Falcon wings are gone. We have everything we need. Let’s go.”

“Wait.” Wanda called out and pointed between her and Clint. “What about our suits?”

“Are you fucking serious?!” Natasha snapped at the younger girl, making her jump in surprise. “Do you really want to see what kind of Monsters are in this Prison from up close? Because you will wish they simply killed you when they will be done with you.”

Wanda stared at Natasha with wide eyes, but when she finally found her voice to say something, Steve quickly interjected and backed Natasha up. "Nat’s right. The Wings are gone. We need to leave. Now!"

“Thank you.” Natasha sarcastically thanked and they all started to run in the direction of their borrowed Jet. They almost managed to reach the exit, but they are cut off by a laser beam coming from the other side of the wall.

They all quickly prepare for another fight as soon as the laser cuts a hole in the wall and through it steps inside the Raft…

Iron Man.