Revelations
Tony was extremely close to quitting the Avengers and becoming a solo act, well maybe he'd have Rhodey be his sidekick, but that's it. Fury woke him up at an ungodly hour of the morning just to inform him that he needed to be present at a meeting later, he could have just informed Jarvis. It's like eyepatch doesn't trust him, wonder why.
Knowing there wasn't a point in trying to fall asleep again Tony groggily got out of bed and hobbled over to his bathroom to freshen up. With just one glance at the mirror, Tony concluded that he looked like shit. Dark bags where prominent under his eyes, his beard wasn't trimmed to perfection and his hair was an absolute mess, brown locks flowing in every which direction.
Tony climbed into the shower, turned the water on, and rested his head against the cool tiles of the shower wall. Showers are supposed to be relaxing, however, Tony couldn't help but think about how similar the new mercenary's powers were to Peter's. He knew it wasn't logical to get his hopes up but deep down he couldn't help but hope it really was Peter. He knew the team didn't understand, although they all cared for Peter none of them knew him like he did, they never even knew his name. Even before the fiasco, Peter had been his unofficial son, but when he went missing Fury pulled a few strings and made him Peter's legal guardian in case he returned.
These thoughts were dangerous, he'd spiral again if he continued down this path. When Peter was taken scotch has become Tony's best friend, you wouldn't ever see them apart for long. Tony knew he had to suppress those thoughts and feelings, after all, he did have a meeting with the Avengers and has to look his usual self, wouldn't want them thinking Tony Stark had off days.
Tony turned off the shower, got dressed, then made his way to the kitchen to get some coffee. Right as he was about to grab the pot Peter's Blue Staffordshire Bull Terrier happily jumped onto his legs then started to lick his hand. A small smile appeared on his face, she was so big now compared to that scraggly little puppy Peter brought home.
"May, stop. You're getting slobber all over my expensive watch and fur on my suit," Tony scolded with a playful expression on his face.
Despite what the team thinks, Tony actually does love the dog. She grew on him after taking care of her for a few weeks, he even named her May in remembrance of Peter's hot spitfire aunt from Queens.
When the time came Tony found himself patiently sitting in a conference room aboard the SHIELD helicarrier, pondering important life questions like why does he ever listen to Fury? After waiting by himself for 10 minutes the rest of the Avengers made their way into the room. None of them knew the purpose for the meeting but Tony had a sneaking suspicion that it had to do with the dangerous Mercenary he had been assigned to locate.
Fury entered the room late and dramatically like usual. The lights were dimmed, doors slammed open, Fury walked over, sat down in his chair and spun around to face the team with a scowl on his face.
"What's up sugar cup?" Tony asked as he sent a playful wink Fury's way. Some of the Avengers chuckled but Fury looked less than impressed.
Fury scowled, "What's up is a dangerous mercenary hasn't been apprehended and put into SHIELD custody yet. A few days ago he retrieved files from Roderick Kingsley which caused a pretty big impact in the criminal world. There are some rumors on the street saying the Kingpin of crime is going to make sure all his assets are protected by hiring some help. Help is usually in the form of the Hand or assassins like Bull's Eye, we can't let that happen."
Clint raised an eyebrow at that statement and couldn't help but ask, "What's so wrong with that, wouldn't they just be doing our job for us?"
Fury rolled his eye," Yes, he would kill the Spider but he'd also risk the lives of many civilians. Barton the Hand doesn't care about the lives they might risk they just care about getting the job done. Also, I'm thinking about recruiting him."
"What!" Shouted all the Avengers simultaneously.
"You can't recruit him he's a mix between the Punisher and the old Deadpool," stated Captain America with a stern gaze on Fury.
"If we were able to make Deadpool, an insane mercenary, behave enough to be a reserved Avenger and a full-time SHIELD sanctioned Hit-Man I think we could get through to the Spider. He could be a valuable asset. He has superior strength, speed, reflexes, and intellect. Just imagine if SHIELD controlled him instead of having him out on the street killing for money," reasoned Fury.
Natasha shook her head in agreement, "Fury's right. As of right now, it seems that he hasn't killed anyone innocent, he's only killed gang members, rapists, or mob bosses. In all honesty, I believe it would be easier to convince this man to join SHIELD than it was to convince Wilson."
"That's not necessarily correct Natasha. We knew everything about Deadpool, his name, his family, his favorite color, his favorite gun and we even knew about the voices in his head. We don't know anything about the so-called 'Spider', he could be even more insane than Wilson for all we know," reasoned Captain America with his arms crossed.
"I gotta say Patchy I agree with spangles, we are completely in the dark when it comes to this guy," Tony agreed to his nails, feigning disinterest.
"Are we though Stark, I know you found that video," responded Fury with a challenging tone.
"What is he talking about Tony?" Asked Cap with a frown plastered on his face.
"I saw a video of this guy running into a building the other day. It was only a few seconds long and was low rez so I wasn't really sure what was going on, you couldn't see any details. Why is this such a big deal?" Tony questioned doing his best not to display emotion.
"Fine Stark, I guess you really didn't find anything out but I did. I managed to retrieve a video from one of his previous jobs," alerted Fury.
In the video Spider webbed up a few guards and jumped onto the ceiling, hiding in the shadows as he waited for a man to pass. With one swift kick, he hit the man in the jaw and sent him flying, collapsing into a heap on the floor. He walked over webbed his mouth shut, took a ring from his hand and something from his pocket, and then placed them into his utility belt. After taking out a gun he looked around the hall then shot the man in the head then the heart. Leaving the man to die he ran away and disappeared into the shadows.
"This guy seems highly trained," commented Clint.
Natasha shook her head, "I think it's fair to say this man wouldn't think twice to shoot you, only those with a healing factor should trail him."
"I was thinking we should have Wilson handle this one," informed Fury.
Tony's frown deepens, he hates Wilson. The Merc with a mouth is just that, a non-stop chatter machine. He would rather get shot than work with him again.
"Ya no, this is when I leave. Bye guys, see you next time the world's ending," Tony said as he got up from his seat and left.
Once he out of the conference room Tony summoned his armor and flew over to his penthouse to meet up with his beautiful wife, Pepper.
The apartment was quiet. Pepper was silently drinking coffee at the island as she read something on a Stark tablet and May was sound asleep on one of her many dog beds.
"Hey Pep, what are doing?" Tony asked as he planted a quick kiss on her cheek.
"Running your company," Pepper answered with a smirk and Tony couldn't help but chuckle.
"Pep... It is Peter," Tony said as he looked at the wall.
Pepper's face scrunched up in confusion, "What do you mean it is Peter?"
Tony sighed, "We watched another video today and his powers are the exact same as Peter's. I think Hydra brainwashed and trained Peter like they did to Bucky."
"Then we're going to find him," responded Peper with determination in her voice.
Tony smiled, he hit the jackpot when it came to Pepper. He'd been dead ten times over if it wasn't for her.
"You always know what to say," Tony joked but honestly meant every word.