A Wonderfully Terrible Idea

Tony slowly opened his eyes. It seemed that he was more tired than he had originally thought. The second he got into bed he was fast asleep, and luckily he didn't have any nightmares. Tony rolled out of bed and stumbled over to his bathroom. He turned on the lights and squinted at his reflection. He looked terrible, felt terrible, and really wanted a cup of coffee.

Regrettably, there was no coffee in his room. Sighing, Tony wrapped a blanket around himself and padded down the hallway to the commons. He made his way to the coffee machine and was deleted to find there was already coffee made. He poured himself a mug and then leaned on the counter as he looked at who was in the commons.

Clint was sitting at the table with Vision and Winter was just walking in. He nodded at Tony and then looked around the commons before walking over to him. Tony lifted his coffee mug in greeting. "Have a good night?" he asked.

Winter nodded and reached for the coffee maker. He paused before grabbing it and looked over at Tony. Tony stared at him for a moment before realizing Winter was waiting for permission. It filled him with a sick sort of feeling but he nodded and Winter grabbed the coffee and got out a mug for himself.

After a couple moments, Sam and Steve walked into the commons, sweaty from their morning runs. Tony found it horrendous that they woke up early just to go running. Must be a soldier thing. Sam went straight for the fridge to get his orange juice. He was almost as protective of that as Natasha over her leftovers.

The rest of the Avengers slowly trickled in. Wanda looked like someone had just taken the last slice of chocolate cake.

She eyed the room before sitting down at the table. "Someone was in my room last night," she said.

"Wanda, no one should have been in your room. Everyone was asleep," Steve said. Tony looked around the room, wondering if anyone actually was in Wanda's room. His eyes caught on Winter. He looked almost smug as he drank his coffee.Wanda crossed her room. She glared at the room, well, Tony and Winter mostly. "It must have been Winter. He threatened me earlier!" she said standing up. Winter narrowed his eyes and set the mug down.

"I wasn't in your room," he said. "You can ask Friday if you don't believe me."

Wanda looked like she was about to launch herself at Winter. Instead, she snapped at Friday. "Friday did Winter come into my room last night."

"Winter remained in his room for the entire night," Friday replied smoothly. Winter nodded and grabbed his mug again. Oh, he definitely did something last night. Tony could sense it. Wanda sat back down at the table.

Tony drank the rest of his coffee and set the mug down by the sink. He really didn't want to be in the same room as Wanda on a good day. And if she was upset it was not going to be a good day. Right after the Ultron event, he had tried to accept Wanda as a teammate but she hated him. Tony figured it was just easier to avoid her. "I'm heading down to my workshop," he said. "See you all later."

He made his retreat from the commons and started walking down to his workshop. Tony walked into his workshop and opened up his lightsaber plans. He glanced around the workshop, wondering if Winter had followed him. It appeared he hadn't. Tony shrugged and turned back to his work. After working further on his lightsaber, and Russian lessons that he was taking at the same time. He remembered Wanda complaining about someone being in her room.

"Friday, could you tell me if anyone went into Wanda's room last night while she was sleeping?" he asked.

"Well, shortly after Winter was left in his room he did go down to Miss Maximoff's room," Friday said a little guiltily.

Tony frowned, "What did he do?"

"Just moved a couple things around, and went on her computer."

Tony hummed as he tried to figure out what Winter was trying to do. He was pretty sure that if Winter wanted her dead then he wouldn't waste time messing with her things. Unless he was trying to get her to do something. Winter did get on her computer, maybe searching for blackmail information? But then why would he move her stuff around. Tony tapped his fingers and reached for his coffee ug. It was empty, so he took a break from working and went to fill it up. All while trying to figure out what game Winter was playing.

It was clear that Winter didn't like Wanda. Although so far he hadn't actually tried to kill her or anything. Tony knew that Winter must have had a perfect opportunity when he was in her room, but he didn't kill her. That either meant that he didn't actually hate Wanda that much, or he was planning out something different. Judging from what he had seen of the super soldier, Tony would bet that hew as planning something. What it could be, Tony wasn't so sure. So far he just seemed to be making Wanda upset, and slightly paranoid.

It would look like she was overreacting over someone being in her room when Friday said that no one was there. Of course, someone actually was, but it was clear that Friday liked Winter. For what reason, Tony wasn't quite sure. Although once you got past the whole brainwashed super-soldier that doesn't really have opinions, Winter wasn't that bad of a guy.

Plus he liked the bots, so he probably liked Friday. It looked like she had found another friend that wasn't Tony. His little girl was growing up. Tony felt so proud of her, knowing when to withhold information, especially from Wanda, was a clear sign of growth. Tony poured his coffee into the mug and went back down to his chair. "Friday was is Frosty?" he asked.

"Winter is currently outside with Vision. Vision is showing him the small garden he has in the forest," Friday said.Tony nodded and sipped at his coffee. It would be good for him to go outside. And with Rhodey in the compound, it was only a matter of time before he was dragged out against his will. Tony quickly downed the remaining coffee, scorching his. throat a bit, and stood back up. "Well, I think I'd like to go see how Vision's garden is coming along," he said as he walked towards the door.

Right outside the door was Rhodey. Rhodey looked surprised, probably at Tony leaving his workshop without anyone telling him to. "Tony!" Rhodey said. "I was just going to go get you," he said.

Tony smiled. "Yeah, I figured. So I decided that I would take a moment to go outside. Get some fresh air. You've told me it's good for me and whatnot," he said.

"You're actually going to do something because I told you to. Without arguing?" Rhodey said in disbelief.

"Rude," Tony said with a gasp. "I only don't do the stupid things that you try to get me to do," he said."Like sleeping and eating actual food?"

"I've survived this long."

Rhodey sighed but followed as Tony walked towards the commons. "Yeah, with a lot of help from me, Happy, and Pepper," he said.

Tony pouted at Rhodey. "I've done some surviving on my own! Just now, for example. I'm going outside by my own choice," he said. Rhodey rolled his eyes but didn't argue as they walked into the commons.

Clint and Sam were playing Mario kart. Sam was winning at the moment and yelling at Clint for how much of a loser Clint was. It was always amusing to watch people play Mario kart. Especially Steve. Steve had one of the dirtiest mouths when it came to Mario kart. The first time it happened, everyone was stunned and he slid into first with no difficulty. That of course, made it funnier when he reprimanded Tony on his language. Tony was never going to let him live that down. He'd print on Steve's cake for his birthday. Tony opened the sliding doors and stepped outside. It was actually a nice day. It was just cool enough to be pleasant, and it wasn't so bright that it felt like you were going to burn your retinas just be looking outside.

There was a small stone path that led off towards Vision's garden. It winded its way around the large grassy area right outside the compound, and then off into the small forest. Vision had chosen the middle of the forest to by the spot for his garden. It was relaxing just on the walk over. The trees cast shade down on the path and there wasn't anyone yelling.

Tony and Rhodey walked in silence. Neither one wanting to disturb the stillness of the woods. They reached Vision's garden. Vision and Winter were standing by the pond, probably looking at the fish that Vision had put in there. They looked up as Tony and Rhodey walked over to them.

"Well, this certainly doesn't look like forest anymore," Tony said as he looked around. Small paths were leading around to small flowering trees. There was a creek that led to the pond. Around the pond were a couple of benches. Tony wouldn't be surprised if soft piano music was playing from somewhere.

Rhodey nodded in agreement. Vision cleared his throat. "I would actually like to talk to you in private, while we talk perhaps Colonel Rhodes and Winter could get to know each other more?" he offered.

Tony nodded slowly. There was clearly something Vision wished to talk about, and he had an inkling it had something to do with Winter. He hoped that it wasn't going to be about how dangerous Winter was. Vision walked to the other end of the garden. Tony turned to face Winter and Rhodey before following. "Play nice while I'm gone," he said with a playful smile.

Rhodey rolled his eyes. "It's probably safer already without you to set something on fire," he said. Tony stuck his tongue out before following Vision. Sure it was childish, but Rhodey was clearly asking for it. Besides, not everything Tony did involved fire. Sometimes it involved explosions.

Once they reached the edge of the garden, definitely out of earshot of Rhodey, and probably Winter. Although Tony wasn't quite sure how enhanced his senses were from the serum he had received. Perhaps it would be useful to test that out later. "So, you wanted to talk to me?" he asked.

Vision nodded. "Yes, something has been bothering me shortly after Winter arrived," he said. Tony really hoped it wasn't something that Winter was doing. He really didn't want to see him locked up. After all, he was brainwashed and Tony doubted he had been shown true kindness since the forties. And wasn't that a dampener on his mood. Tony really needed to get the guy some soft blankets or something.

Tony sat down on one of the benches. "Any idea what it is?" he asked.

"The Mind Stone, it's been trying to tell me something," Vision said, sitting down beside Tony. Tony blinked, that really wasn't what he was expecting. "I am not quite sure, although whenever Winter is in the room, it seems to become more insistent."

Tony tapped his fingers on his knees. There clearly as something going on. It obviously had to do with something that would be able to interact with the Mind Stone. He knew that Wanda's magic had been a product of testing with the stone itself, perhaps Winter was also tested on with the stone? It would make sense given the fact that Winter was with HYDRA, and HYDRA had the staff and the stone.

Although, the Winter Soldier reports that Natasha had managed to gathered never mentioned any testing taking place during the time that HYDRA had the staff. Unless his arm was made of some of the same materials as Loki's staff. That could give a reason, maybe. "Who's always with him whenever the stone acts up?" Tony asked.

"Most of the team, with the exception of Mr. Barton," Vision said. That didn't exactly help, especially if Wanda's powers interfered with the stone, having some of the same signatures. She seemed to always be using it, moving around different items al the time. Most of the time it gave Tony a small headache."Has it been acting up with just you two?" Tony asked.

"That's one of the reasons I brought Winter here. The feeling followed him, although it was slowly going away," Vision said. "I don't think the source itself is him, but something is acting on him."

That wasn't good. For all they knew, HYDRA had left some nasty surprise with Winter, something that was clearly noticeable by Vision. If Vision could sense it than there was a chance tony would be able to build something that would be able to sense it too. Then, Tony could also have a reason to install the sensors he had made to watch Wanda. It was clear that her powers affected the cameras, it seemed to be a small amount, but it still wasn't good.Tony had brought it up with Steve, who was really against Tony putting them up. he said that Wanda couldn't help it that her powers disturbed Friday's cameras. He had then gone on about how she was just a kid and had lost her brother and as mourning. The compound was a safe place for her, she didn't need Tony setting up sensors designed to watch her only.

"So somethings affecting Winter," Tony concluded. "HYDRA?" he guessed.

Vision shook his head. "While that is a possibility, by the amount it's been fading, I doubt that anything like this would have remained with Winter," he said. "I am not quite sure what it is, but it is related to the compound and the team."

"And you haven't felt anything like this being with the team and the compound? It only came after Winter?" Tony asked."I am afraid so. I believe that Thor might be able to bring some insight to this. Having knowledge of magic," Vision said. "I would also recommend asking Wanda if perhaps she is feeling the same thing."

Tony really didn't want to tell Wanda anything about this. Winter very clearly didn't trust her, and it looked like Wanda felt the same about him. While Steve always said that she could be trusted, something about her didn't sit right with Tony. He had long since stopped bringing it up with people after they kept ignoring his worries.

"Or we could just talk to Thor about this," Vision said spotting Tony's discomfort at the thought of telling Wanda. "While it doesn't seem to be dangerous yet, I fear that it may escalate to a threat," he said.

Tony nodded and looked around the garden. He was pretty sure that Rhodey and Winter were having a better conversation right now than he was. Tony hoped that this wasn't going to have a negative impact on Winter, although past experiences with the Mind Stone seemed to always be negative. First, Loki's mind control, then those horrible Wanda induced nightmares.

The nightmare vision had not helped Tony at all. It really just helped to put him into a terrible headspace leading to the creation of Ultron and the whole mess it caused. Everyone else seemed to have recovered from theirs and were completely trusting of Wanda. Tony hoped that Wanda wasn't using her powers on Winter, although seeing as she had used her powers before and Vision hadn't felt this way yet it probably wasn't her. Something wasn't right here, and Tony was going to have to find out what was going on. Hopefully, before it escalated into a world-ending threat or something like that.