Darcy Lewis frowned at the summons. Tony had been very vague and there was a sort of manic excitement in his eyes that usually spelled out a crazy invention.
She raised her eyebrow when she was joined on her walk down to the dungeon, as she had dubbed it, by the Cap and Bruce. The spies and Thor fell in behind her, Jane under the gods massive arm.
The whole team had been assembled for this big unveiling. This would be either good, or very not good.
What greeted the team was nothing they'd expected.
"Dude, the fuck?" Clint so eloquently voiced the thoughts of the entire group.
What the hell was that thing?
Darcy was caught between curiosity and the unnerved feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"I've done it!" Tony shouted, the manic glee portrayed in his voice.
"Done what, exactly?" Darcy asked, processing.
"This is the Earth version of the Bifrost. It's better, though, because it doesn't need a stupid bridge of light. Control panel and a world wide map with coordinates. That's all you need." Tony ranted, pushing buttons and flipping switches. "Who wants to test it out?"
A time manipulator. Tony had built a time manipulator. May God help them all.
The room exploded with questions, concerns and an offended shout from Thor. Tony had slightly dissed Asgard and its technology during his rant.
Yes, the time machine was safe. Hell no, Fury couldn't have the designs or the machine itself. No, it was not strong enough to go to the creation of earth.
No, Jane could not take it back to the century with all the weird comets.
That, at noon on the fifth of November, was how the Time Manipulator came to exist.