22. Yeah. We’re a Team.

I made it to the helacarrier a little after the rest and Coulson met me up top and lead me inside.

Bruce: "I think it's about the mechanics. Iridium… What do they need the Iridium for?"

As I walk into the room I see my place to but in.

"It's a stabilizing agent." I looked at Phil. "Just pick a weekend and I'll fly you to Portland. If I don't Pepper will have my head." - "Thank you."

I continued into the room towards Fury's computers. "It means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did that SHIELD." As I passed Thor I tapped his arms as I spoke. "You have a nice swing there Point Break.

That's also means The portal can open as wide, and stay open as long, As Loki wants." I made it to Fury's place and looked out onto the sky. I looked around and smiled. "Who design the station my neck hurts . Oh! Look what we have here. That man is playing Galaga. You thought we wouldn't notice but we did..

I hear Agent Barton is pretty resourceful, so it wouldn't be hard for him to get his hands on the rest of the material pretty easily. The only thing left you we need to get is that high density energy source to, You know, to kick-start the cube." I was playing with the screen to allow a download and slipped a device to hijack all data from the carrier onto the base of the screen. I have access to there files but you never know what they hid on here since it's a closed network.

Hill: "When did you become an expert in the thermonuclear astrophysics?"

I looked at her like she's stupid. "I'll answer that obvious question. Last night. You know the packet, Selvig's notes, the extraction theory papers."

Everyone looked shocked that I read and understood it. All but Natasha. "Am I the only one who actually did their homework."

Steve: "Does look need any particular kind of power source?"

Bruce: "He would need to heat the cube to 120 million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier."

"Unless Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum effect." - "Well if you could do that, He could achieve heavy I am fusion at any reactor on the planet."- "Finally, someone else who can speak English."

Steve: "Is that what just happened?"

I walked up to Bruce and shook his hand. "It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on antielectron collisions is unparalleled. You truly are a genius. Not as much as me.. but, still good job. I also can not say how much of a fan I am of your green alter ego."

Fury: "Dr. Banner is only here to track the cube. I was hoping you might join him."

Steve: "I would start with that stick of his. It may be magical, but it looks awful a lot like Hydra weapons."

Fury: "I Don't know about that, But it is powered by the cube. And I'd like to know how he used to turn two of my sharpest men, I know into his personal flying monkeys."

Thor: "Monkeys? I do not understand."

Steve: "I do. I Understood that reference."

His excitement is almost annoying.

Looks like I have a little annoyance for the man with the plan myself. Gotta love, my father.

"Where's the toys Doctor?" - "This way, sir."

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Bruce: "Gamma reading are definitely consistent with Selvig's reports of the tesseract. But it will take weeks to process."

I rolled out a map and it projected 2 screens. "If we bypass their mainframe and direct route to the Homer cluster we can clock this out around 700 teraflops."

As I was speaking I was doing it. After hitting the last button I walked over to Bruce.

Bruce: "All I packed was a toothbrush." - "I always come prepared.. You should come by Stark Tower sometime. I know you'd love the top 10 floors. All R&D. It's Disney world for people like us, but better." - "Thanks, but the last time I was in New York, I. Kinda broke Harlem." - "I heard about that. It's quite impressive." Lightning surounded my finger and I touched him. "Ow!"

"Man. I'm impressed."

Steve: "Hey! Are you nuts?" - "It wasn't me… okay it was. My wife and daughter ask me that everyday. Still undecided." - "Is everything a joke to you?" - "When you're around yes. Because you make everything funny." - "Threatening The safety of everyone on this ship isn't funny… No offense, Doc."

Bruce: "It- it's all right, I wouldn't have Come aboard if I couldn't handle things."

"You're to bottled up. You need to let lose. Relax."

Steve: "And You need to focus on the problem, Mr. Stark." - "I am. I'm also looking at the bigger problem. Something's not right here. Why did we get called in now. Why not yesterday or the day before. He's not telling us something, and it's hard to get the right answer without all of the variables." - "You think Fury is hiding something?" - "I know he is. He's a spy. Cap, he's THE spy. His secrets probably have three more under it.

It bugs me. I know it's bugging him to. Don't it?"

Bruce: "Ummm. I just wanna finish my work here, and."

Steve: "Doctor?" - "A warm light for all mankind. Loki's jab at Fury about the cube." - "I heard it." - "Well I think that was meant for you."

"Everything is. What's the point?" - "Even if Barton didn't tell Loki about the tower, It was still all over the news."

Steve: "Stark tower? The big, ugly."

"Those are fight words Cap."

Steve: "Building in New York?"

Bruce: "It's powered by an arc reactor, A self sustaining energy source. That building will run itself for, what, a couple years?" - "Yeah. I have a couple more going up around the world in a few months.. he's saying I'm the really the only one in clean energy right now."

Bruce: "Exactly. Why didn't SHIELD bring him him in the project. What are they doing the the energy business in the first place?"

"I will look into that deeper once my decryption program finishes getting into all the files I don't already have."

Steve: "I'm sorry did." - "No need to be sorry. You heard right. Jarvis Has been running it since I hit the bridge. In no time, I'll know all their, dirty little secrets. Well more of them." I pulled out some food. "Blueberry?" - "Yet you're confused about why they don't want you around." - "Please. I've been in there systems for years, and they know. But there is more to look at I can feel it." - "I think Loki's trying to wind us up. This is a man who means to start a war. and if we don't stay focused, He'll succeed. We have orders. we should follow them." - "Following isn't really.. me. Not my style." - "And you're all about style, aren't you?" - "I am thank you. But going off the horrible comeback, I have to ask. Who's A, not of use, and B, just in the way?"

Bruce: "Steve, tell me none of this smells a little funky to you." - "Just find the cube."

"Yes sir." When he left I looked at a computer and continued. "Man. I don't know what my father seen in him. He would never shut up about him. I don't see it. I almost think it would've be better just to leave them on ice." - "The guys not wrong about Loki. He does have a jump on us." - "What he has, is a plan that will utterly blow up in his face. I can't wait to be there when it does" - "Yeah. I'll read all about it." - "Or I think you'll inevitably suit up with the rest of us." - "No, You see. I don't get a Suit of armor. I'm exposed. like a nerve.. It's a nightmare."

I started to walk to him as I spoke. "This light. This armor I wear isn't to hide me. It's to help me. Just like Hulk is to you." - "Yeah. Okay. You control the suit, I don't." - "I learned how, just like anything else." - "It's different."

I switch everything off to the side on the screen. "Hey. Listen. I read all about your accident. That much exposure to Gamma, should've killed you." - "So you're saying that the Hulk… the other guy saved my life? That's nice. It's a Nice sentiment. Saved it for what?" - "Something bigger then you know. Trust me we'll find out, sooner or later." - "You may not enjoy that." - "Maybe, maybe you will."

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We continued our search for the cube while I also had Jarvis get as many files as possible without notifying anyone.

As soon as I got access to all there files I knew Fury was coming. Then like I called him, he came.

Fury: "What are you doing Mr. Stark?" - "I was about to ask the same question to you." - "You're supposed to be locating tesseract."

Bruce: "We are. Models locked and we're sweeping for the signature now. When we get a hit, we'll have the location within half a mile."

"Yeah, then you can be happy. You'll have your cube no problem. But I have a problem. What's phase 2?"

Steve sets a gun down on a table. "Phase 2 is SHEILD uses the Cube to make weapons. Sorry, computer was moving a little slow for me."

Fury: "Rogers, We got everything related to the Tezzeract. This does not mean."

I smiled as I pulled up the Phase 2 files on a screen and turned it to them. "Wait a second Nick. Do you want to rephrase that?"

Steve: "I was wrong, Director. The world hasn't changed a bit."

Bruce: "Did you know about this?"

Natasha: "You want to think about Removing yourself from this environment, Doctor?" - " I was in Calcutta. I was pretty well removed." - "Loki is manipulating you." - "And you've Been doing what, exactly?"

"He has you there Romanoff." - "Who's side are you on?" - "Currently. No ones."

I felt funny so I circulated magic through my body, which snapped me out of whatever was happening, which apparently made my eyes glow.

Natasha: "What's going on with your eyes?" - "Nothing."

Bruce: "If you two are done. I'd like to know why SHEILD Is using the Tesseract to build weapons of destruction."

Fury: "Because of him." As he points at Thor.

Thor: "Me?"

Fury: "Last years, Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that, not only are we not alone, But we are hopelessly, Hilariously, Outgunned."

Thor: "My people want nothing but peace with your planet." - "But your not the only ones out there are you? And you're not the only threat. The world's filling up with people who can't be matched, that can't be controlled."

"You hurt you couldn't play any manipulation games on me so now you're moving to trying to force me?" - "That's not our intention."

Thor: "Your work with the Tesseract is what Drew Loki to it, and his allies. it is a signal to all of the realms that earth is ready for a higher form of war."

Steve: "A higher form."

Fury: "You forced our hand. We had to come up with something."

"And you did a amazing job at that. Not only did you fail. But you invited the whole universe to our doorstep. I couldn't have done better myself."

Steve: "If they invited you, you'd be neck deep right alongside them."

"Now we're going after me. I love it when it's all about me."

Steve: "Isn't everything?"

Natasha: "We all know you love the line light Stark. Don't deny it." - "I never did. I just don't like Star Spangle lab rat over here acting like he's better."

Steve: "Come on Stark. What are you without that suit." - "Genius, Billionaire, Philanthropist." - "I know guys with none of that worth 10 of you." - "Do you? Or are they dead? Come on Rogers. If it wasn't for someone like me. You wouldn't be here. You're nothing without the Serum, while I can make another you. You're nothing special." - "Put on the suit and let's go a few rounds." - "You wouldn't make it past the warm up."

Thor: "You guys are so petty, and tiny."

Bruce: "Yeah. This is a team."

Fury: "Agent Romanoff, would you escort Doctor Banner back to his…"

Bruce: "Where? You rented my room." - "The cell was just in case." - "In case you needed to kill me. But you can't. I know, I tried… I got low. I didn't see an end. So, I put a bullet in my mouth, And the other guy spit it out. So I moved on. I focused on helping people. I was good. Until you dragged me back into this freak show and put everyone here at risk. Do you want to know my secret, agent Romanoff? Do you wanna know how I stay calm?"

During the end of his speech he grabbed the scepter.

Steve: "Doctor Banner.. put down the scepter."

He looked down at his hand in confusion as the computer beeped Indicating we found the cube.

Bruce out the scepter down and looked at the screen while I just pulled it up on my watch.

And Holly shit, I found out where it was before it goes to my tower. It's in one of my unused buildings. He must really hate me.

Thor: "You located the tesseract?"

"I know where it is. I can get there the fastest."

Thor: "The Tesseract belongs on Asgard. No human is a match for." - "We'll see about that." I took a step to the door and Steve grabbed my arm. "You're not going alone." I hit his hand away. "Don't touch me again." - "I will if I have to." - "I'm going to get the cube. And you can't stop me." - "Put on the suit and we can find out." - "I don't want to hurt a old man. But I will." - "Put on the suit."

BOOM!!