imafuturist | Totally Normal Abandoned Warehouse in NYC, Thursday Afternoon (Reply)

Miss Marvel	"If you could have just tracked Steve and the others down this whole time, why were we wasting our time?" Carol asked. Because seriously, Tony. Get your shit together. She could have been catching up on The Walking Dead with Jan.
Iron Man	"Because playing Big Brother would have really gotten them to listen to what I had to say," Tony shot back. "And not an arrow to the face at all." Or a shield for that matter.
Miss Marvel	"Because luring them into a trap is better." Uh huh.
Iron Man	"It's not a trap, Carol." God.
Thor	"Our comrades have entered your trap, Iron Man!" Thor said, flying down to join the pair.
Iron Man	"It's not a trap!" Tony said again, throwing his hands up in the air.
Hawkeye	"This really feels like a trap," Clint said, just coming into view of the trio waiting for them. So of course he notched an arrow because it was a trap. It was clearly now a trap. "Called it, everyone owes me everything."
Wasp	"It's Tony!" Jan zoomed in behind him, hovering just over Clint's shoulder for a moment before moving to the other side out of sheer nervous energy. "And Carol and Thor. They wouldn't try to trap us." Right? She was really a little lost on what people would and would not do lately. That wouldn't stop her from zapping someone, mind.
Captain America	"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Steve cautioned her. No one seemed to be behaving reasonably lately.
Iron Man	"We're just here to talk," Tony assured them all, hands up to try to deescalate the situation.
Hawkeye	"I dunno, I still sort of want to shoot you," Clint said. Because Tony always did have a sort of smug face that was just aching to get shot.
Thor	"Peace, my friends," Thor chimed in like the only voice of reason in the room.
Captain America	"No one's shooting anyone," Steve said firmly, then added for Clint's ears only, "Yet." Just in case.
Wasp	Jan tsked them both, zipping between Clint's face and where the rest of their friends were standing. "Stop being a jerk."
Iron Man	Which was why Jan was Tony's favorite of all time. "Just give me five minutes, Steve. Please."
Captain America	"Five minutes," Steve agreed, "but if they turn out to be so you can get us surrounded..."
Miss Marvel	"We'll be back at each other's throats," Carol filled in. "We know."
Hawkeye	"And I get to shoot people!"
Iron Man	Tony sighed, feeling that tension headache start right on up again. "Missed you too, Barton." He nodded over to a section of the warehouse not currently filled with costumed idiots and headed in that direction, hoping Steve would follow.
Captain America	Steve followed him, casting a wary glance back over his shoulder at the rest of the idiots. "Well?"
Iron Man	Hopefully Thor and Jan would be suitable enough babysitters for the other two. "I need you guys to come in with us," Tony said, going straight to the heart of the matter and fucking it up completely without explaining why.
Captain America	"No," Steve said with zero hesitation, already turning away from Tony. "Five minutes are up." Come on, what had he expected to happen?
Iron Man	To be listened to because he was trying his best to protect people? Okay, it didn't help that he was terrible about explaining his actions. "Steve, please," Tony said, grabbing his arm. "I still have---four minutes and five seconds."
Captain America	Steve looked down at Tony's hand on his arm and said, "And you apparently want to talk like Maria Hill wanted to talk."
Iron Man	Tony dropped his hand at that, trying to get himself back under control. "I didn't have anything to do with that. I swear. I only found out after the fact." Also, you bought the pilot you hijacked a burger? Really, Steve?
Captain America	There was no reason not to be polite, Tony. And it hadn't been so much a hijacking as surfing on the plane, excuse you. "That doesn't really fix anything," Steve pointed out.
Iron Man	HOW WAS THAT ANY BETTER?! "This isn't going to get better with you guys off the grid," Tony tried again. "You don't know what is coming down the pipeline because of this." Maybe because someone didn't share those things leading up to this. Tony.
Captain America	"Really? Because things look pretty bad from where I'm standing already, before your vague suggestions." Sharing is caring, Tony.
Iron Man	Tony sighed because his vagueness was to protect people! Honest! "Do you know who was originally slated to be in charge of this plan? General Ross." Remember Red Hulk? Not good times. Not at all. "I had to fight to even get the time to come talk to you rather than let them form some kind of angry mob with Norman Osborn handing out the pitchforks and torches." Because they were living in bizarro world.
Captain America	"That doesn't make any sense," Steve protested, because his main flaw here was that he kept expecting things related to Civil War to make any sense.
Iron Man	None of it ever made sense. "That's why I need you guys to come back with me. I can't do this--" He was going to say 'alone' but it was drowned out by a sudden explosion blowing in one of the walls to the warehouse. Because none of that solving problems here.
Constrictor	And a roar followed the explosion as some of the traditional SHIELD agents flooded in along with a few newly minted ones. "Hands up and we'll shoot!" Constrictor was in no way clever. But he sure thought he was.
Wonder Man	"I hate you already." But hey, he was also here to beat the crap out of the Avengers and he wasn't picky which ones!
Captain America	Steve took a second to look disappointed at Tony before grabbing his shield. "Five minutes, huh?" That had been maybe two. Not cute, Tony. Not cute. And neither was 'I need you to come with me,' as a cover for 'before I force you to.' Talk about taking a page out of Maria Hill's book.
Iron Man	Tony was going to tear his own hair out. Or he would if there hadn't been a helmet in place. "I didn't bring them!" He tried to emphasize that by shooting Constrictor in the face with a repulsor blast. "Go," he snapped, moving between Steve and their new arrivals.
Captain America	Steve shot him one last look somewhere between disappointment and confusion before waving for Jan and Clint to follow him. But he really did hope Clint got to shoot somebody on their way out.

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Totally Normal Abandoned Warehouse in NYC, Thursday Afternoon

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