Daniel Sousa would never prop Tony
The source of this one is a strange story that claims Tony is protecting enhanced beings from Shield. Apparently the author didn't notice that Tony SIGNED the Accords, and obviously didn't care if enhanced (or unenhanced) people got locked up on the Raft without lawyers or due process. This gem also claims Peggy Carter is Sociopathic. I don't know whether Daniel ended up with powers or was just a time traveler, but either way he would NOT be propping someone who bullies others the same way Jack Thompson did--with insulting names and mocking people's trauma.
Note: I don't know how canon Daniel ended up in the future. This is an AU where the Avengers are aware of Shield's continued existence and Coulson's resurrection.
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Daniel wasn't quite sure what happened. One moment he was in the middle of a case involving a strange amulet, the next he was standing in the middle of a deserted street. While he could recognize buildings, cars, and streetlights, none of them looked familiar. They looked...futuristic.
This was NOT what he was expecting when he got up this morning.
Within a few moments, some kind of robot with a glowing chest and glowing eyes landed in front of him. The faceplate of the armor opened to reveal a human who looked somewhat familar. Daniel said, "Mr. Stark...is that you?"
The man looked surprised, then replied, "Uh, yeah, actually."
Then Stark waved an arm and said, "Long story short: You've been jumped 70-some years into the future. Or, into a universe 70-some years farther along--it's complicated. Just trust me when I say you're not in Kansas anymore."
Daniel said, "Okay...and what are you doing here?"
Stark walked close to Daniel and said, "My surveillance system detected your arrival. Then facial rec identified you as an old Shield commander. So I'm here to snag you for my team. We're way cooler."
Daniel wanted to ask a LOT of questions, but he focused on asking, "Do you know how to get me back?"
Stark stopped his sales pitch, then said, "No, there's no way home. Trust me, you need to get with the program. You'll love it here. We got way better at prosthetics. Nobody'll know why I call you Gimpy unless you tell them. Or Geezer."
Daniel frowned at the nicknames. He said, "I'd prefer Sousa or Daniel."
Stark shrugged and said, "I get that you came from an era where everybody was uptight as a job and a hobby, but you're going to have to loosen up fast if you want to fit in, Grandpa. Plus you realize I'll have to give you a completely new name, right? So we can hide who you were. Except from CERTAIN people, of course."
"You mean like me?" said a voice nearby. Suddenly Stark's suit powered down as two women and a man stepped up to Daniel.
The man was shorter than Daniel and balding. He said mildly, "Welcome to the future, Director Sousa. I'm Phil Coulson, assistant Shield Director. These are two of my agents, Daisy Johnson and Melinda May. I'm sure you have a lot of questions."
Stark said, "Don't trust them!"
Daniel looked from Stark to the Shield team and replied, "I have just one question for the moment: Can you get me home?"
Coulson replied, "We don't know yet. But we can brief you on the situation while MY team works for a solution."
Sousa asked, "What is this team Stark is talking about?"
Coulson sighed and said, "In this world, certain events caused an anti-enhanced faction to come to power. The United Nations ratified a set of regulations that enhanced people must live under."
The woman named Johnson said, "Honestly, they suck. But we're doing the best we can to protect the people subject to them."
The woman named May said, "Stark signed the Accords, then violated them by bringing in an enhanced underaged soldier and flying somewhere he wasn't authorized to attack a prisoner of war he KNEW had been brainwashed."
Stark made a sound. When Daniel looked over, Stark was looking pretty shifty.
Coulson said to Stark, "There was a LOT of evidence. You're lucky we decided to keep it from being released--for now."
Stark looked at Daniel and said, "See what I have to deal with? They're EVIL."
Johnson snapped her fingers and Daniel felt the ground rumble under his feet. Johnson said, "Take it from me, Shield is the team you want to handle your situation. At least until you know exactly what's going on."
Daniel nodded and said, "Okay. I'll hear you out."
He looked at Stark and said, "Thanks for the offer. If things don't work out, is there a number I can reach you?"
Stark glared and said, "One strike and you're out."
Daniel guessed Stark would have liked to blast off, but his suit still didn't seem to be working. As Daniel walked away with the Shield team, he hoped he made the right choice.
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Daniel's few days in this future world convinced him he was wise to steer clear of TONY Stark. As he reappeared in his own time and universe, he considered talking to Howard Stark about birth control...