Chapter 2

Strange new world

(Tony Stark/ Iron Man's POV)

Avengers facility, North America

"Increase range distance to cover the entire planet. We need to find him." I ordered FRIDAY as I ran my hair though my hair. It's been two days and not a single peep from Richard or ATHENA. I am well past worried and am now paranoid. I was in the computer labs at the Avengers facility, FRIDAY was preforming low level gamma signature sweeps across the entire planet. ATHENA won't respond, hell I can't even reach her locator function. Little backdoor command I installed in her should Richard go missing, like in situations like now. This means two things. Either she is deactivated (Dead in other words) or not in this realm. Neither are good for anyone.

"I've already scanned the planet a hundred billion times in the past 48 hours, using every gamma station and tracking satellite in the world. Nothing even remotely similar to Richard's Infinity stone signature anywhere." FRIDAY informed. This is bad, extremely bad. Richard is already in enough shit with the UN as is, and they put him on a excruciatingly short leash. If they hear he's missing and nothing on earth can find him. No Tony, don't think like that. Focus on finding Richard, worry about the political consequences later. "Last known location from ATHENA's tracking software places them around time's square, then nothing two nanoseconds later."

"Richard, where the hell could you be." I asked myself pulling on my hair. If HYDRA or worse gets their hands on Richard, I don't think even the Avengers could stop them. No one on this planet could. I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Okay, let's think hypothetically for a minute. What would the best case scenario be for him? Best case. He found a wormhole to another universe and lives happily there till I find him. Worst case, he's in the hands of HYDRA being brainwashed to be used as a weapon of mass destruction. Not helping Tony, not helping at all."

"It's three in the morning Stark. What could you possibly still be up for?" Natasha asked sleepily walking into the lab, kind of half paying attention to everything. Dressed in a simple black nightgown, hair kind of everywhere, showing that she literally just woke up. Guess she hasn't had her morning coffee yet.

"Richard's missing. I need to find him before anyone important finds out." I replied hoping she is too tired to care right now. Probably got my hopes too high on that one, Natasha is extremely difficult to trick and knows more then she lets on.

"Okay, I'm going back to bed then. Obviously nothing majorly important." She replied half asleep shuffling out the door. Okay I know exactly how this will end. She'll come back to her senses in five . . . four . . . three . . . "WHAT!" she screamed at the top of her lungs running back into the room, now wide awake and nearly busted down the door. Wow that took less time then I thought. Probably woke everyone up but hey, she's alert and moving now. "What do you mean he's missing?!"

"I mean I have no idea where he's at, FRIDAY can't find him anywhere. Can't get a lock on ATHENA, and his chip's signals went dead two days ago." I replied.

"Tony, do you have any idea what is going to happen if the UN finds out he's missing?" She asked running her hands though her hair in frustration. "I can't even begin to imagine the amount of shit we'll be in after this. We're already in really deep trouble for Ultron. If they found out that we lost the most powerful and mentally unstable child on the planet. We'll be done for. Worse then losing Banner or Thor, maybe even worse then losing the Tesseract."

"Forget the UN. I'm a lot more worried about HYDRA splinter cells at the moment." I replied as FRIDAY finished scanning the globe again.

"Sir, I've just received a automated video file sent to me by ATHENA. You're not going to like what's on it." She replied. Oh thank you FRIDAY. I forgot I set a security command in ATHENA. Basically means that before she loses contact with me or the Avengers, she sends a video file of the last minute leading up to their disappearance. Wonder what took her so long?

"Play the video." I ordered as Natasha rolled up a one of the computer chairs. FRIDAY's screen changed completely. Showed Richard's HUD, his reactor energy levels way below depleted, machine in front of him was pretty much a pile of scrap metal and molten slag. He collapsed to the ground as some weird pink rabbit MECH thing raced toward him. His heart rate was climbing though the roof, adrenaline levels beyond normal,

"Call . . . call dad." He ordered as the rabbit Mech's back opened, running out of it was some girl Richard's age in a skin tight blue under suit and pink triangles on her cheeks.

"Sir, I can not reach Master Stark or any of the Avengers, we're on our own." ATHENA replied as the MECH pilot rushed over and slid across the rice patch to pick up the suit. "Miss Song, master Stark has slipped unconscious and required light medical attention. Is there a safe place for him to rest.

"How do you know my name? Are you an Omnic?" She answered with a obvious Korean accent. Which Korea did he land in, nor or south? The answer would determine how quickly I get there and in what.

"No ma'am. I'm a intelligence program named ATHENA." ATHENA replied once again. "I'll say once more. Master Stark has nearly drained his suit's main battery and is barely running on his personal reactor, we require somewhere to rest. Do you have such a place?"

"What the hell did he land himself into this time?" I pondered as the MECH pilot closed her eyes and looked over at her MECH.

"MEKA, stop streaming and recording audio. Sorry guys, going to have to get this thing to an old friend. Come back same time next week maybe for another stream. out." She ordered, a beep from the MECH let us know it responded.

"Wait, is she broadcasting a military operation over the internet? That is a breach is so many security protocols, would make my job all the easier if I ever had to face her." Natasha said looking back at the screen. I couldn't help but nod at that. Would make it a whole lot easier for FRIDAY to hack into her suit's systems and take over. Why hasn't ATHENA done so yet? I know that AI can hack the pentagon given some time. That machine doesn't seem to ave anywhere close to the security firewalls the pentagon has.

"I know a place, not entirely legal but you should be safe there." She replied once again. "MEKA, Call Winston. We're going to take a small trip to Watchpoint; Gibraltar." With that, the video stopped and froze right there.

"Where did that broadcast from?" I asked FRIDAY looking back at Natasha. She seemed to be deep in thought as she focused on the MECH unit. I'll admit it looks alright, though the thusters on the back seem excessive. Can that thing even get off the ground for very long? I'd give it ten maybe eleven seconds max, if that.

"Unknown origin Sir. But the surrounding area matches multiple rice farms in the South Korean region. There is a Miss Song on the Korean citizen data banks but nothing remotely military related." FRIDAY replied pulling up dozens of files on the mystery MECH pilot. "She is a world renown Star craft champion, a professional gamer in South Korean. Going to star in a movie called 'Hero of my storm'. . ."

"Sounds like the name to either a A rated cheesy action romance, or a low funded B rated porno." I answered with a small smirk. Got to keep moral up some how, even with crappy jokes. "Nat, any ideas on what to do? It's our only lead as to where he went."

"I've read somewhere that South Korea was working on a drone defense system. Didn't think much of it at the time, we had Ultron to deal with on top of everything. It was still in the Alpha testing phase, so nothing major could have come from it. Might be in Beta right now, worth a look." She answered looking back at me. "Weird thing is, that MEKA looks an awful lot like what they were building."

"That has a pilot. A young child no less. What situation would be dire enough that someone would put a child behind the wheel of a mobile death machine?" I asked scratching my head a bit.

"I don't know. Why don't we ask the man who gave his son in a several hundred million dollar, fully loaded, hyper advanced suit of battle armor and told him to be home by ten." She countered looking back at me with the deadliest poker-face anyone has ever seen.

"First off; He made that suit himself, I just funded it and showed him how. Second, I wanted to give him a little more freedom. Kid can't stay cooped up in the Avenger tower all day. I know I'd go crazy staying there alone for five minutes." I replied looking back at the frozen video. "Back to the problem at hand. Do you think he could be there?"

"Best lead we got. But we'll have to be casual about it. We do this wrong, we're looking at massive political coincidences for losing him. Disbandment or even imprisonment is a huge possibility. Losing Richard is on par with losing a ninety mega-ton nuclear warhead in the UN's eyes." She replied swerving her chair closer. "My suggestion: You go there, seem a little interested in funding the drone defense program. Maybe even give them a few pointers to throw them off our scent. I'll sneak away and check their records. We find nothing, we'll figure something else out from there." As much as I'd hate to agree to that plan, it does make the most sense. Mine was to go in guns a blazing and find out the easy way. Her way will draw less attention to us in the long run now that I think of it. Drone defense? I think I can keep them distracted long enough for her to do her spy stuff. Maybe see how their drones tick, because that MECH looks formidable enough for me to be wery. Better to be safe then sorry in the end. Encase we're faced with another Ultron like incident.

"I'll make a few calls. We won't have long till someone finds out Richard's missing. Harvard would most likely notice their top graduate being gone for more then a month. I'd rather not have to face the entire world without a damn good reason." I said getting up from my chair and headed to the door.

"Stark." Nat called out. I looked back to see the desperation in her eyes. "If we don't find him first, but HYRDA does and brainwashed him like with Bucky. What will we do then?"

"We'll cross that bridge when we get there." I replied dryly heading out the door. That much raw power in the hands of something like that, we'd stand a better chance going up against Ultron again but with a plastic fork to share between us. I'd rather not kill my own son, I'll do anything to see he's safe and protected. If HYDRA got to him and does what I think they'll do, they'd better be praying the others get them first. Because I won't be anywhere as merciful as them. . . and his real father would be even worse then I ever could. I almost pity the poor soul who feels his wrath. When that man gets pissed off at someone, there will be hell to pay. That would be one Doom we'd rather avoid at all possible costs. "Richard what the hell happened to you."

(Richard Stark/ Blue steel's POV)

Universe B

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

Two weeks before the Overwatch Recall

Pain, right now I feel nothing but pain. Every nerve feels like they were fried, every bone broken and shattered. Even my heart and reactor hurt, I'm not even sure how that's even physically possible with me. Yet some how I felt somewhat comfortable, like my body was lying on a cloud and wrapped in a silk blanket. Why the hell do I feel miserable yet comfortable at the time? Last I checked those two statements contradict each other. I groaned in pain as I forced my eyes to open. I noticed two things right out of the gate.

A: I am not in suit, someone or something had to pry it off. Unless ATHENA unwrapped it off me, in which case I need to seriously upgrade her safety protocols.

B: I am very much obviously in a hospital. Or at least a medical wing to a building. The white walls and pictures of my brain were kind of obvious. How do I know it's my brain? Because I can count seven little squares around different lobes, plus the infinity stone in my Medulla and Cerebellum kind of gave it away. Was a large gray blob with the words 'Low gamma ray signature' scribbled below it with an arrow aimed at it, along with 'Impossible to remove without death' and 'How in the hell did it get there'. Damn how I hate my life some times.

"Where the hell am I this time?" I asked myself as I forced myself to sit up, still holding my head in pain. Feels like someone is trying to bust my skull open from the inside. I seriously need a shot of Scotch right now. . . . screw a shot, I need the entire freaking bottle. I felt my ear real quick to see if ATHENA's com was still there, nothing. It's missing, which means I have no way to communicate with ATHENA. Great, i'm in some type of hospital without any way to talk to my AI. Quick look down at my body confirms I am still in my normal clothes. Good to know I am not in a hospital gown. Hate those things with a passion.

"Good to see you're finally awake." A female voice rang though out the room.

"Who's there? Where am I?" I asked quickly looked all around the room for anything that could be the source of the new voice. No one else in here with me. Though there are a few speakers on the room for the boring elevator music to play.

"Relax, you're safe here. You're in good hands." The same voice replied, sounding like it came from the speakers above. "My name is Athena, an artificial intelligence program designed to aid Overwatch agents in the field and around Watchpoint: Gibraltar." Overwatch? Okay if I remember correctly, overwatch is a term used by the military means to provide protection to others. I think, never did quiet learn every military term there is. I know the bare basics. ASAP and FUBAR are the only ones I know off the top of my head.

"How long was I out?" I asked forcing myself out of bed, running my hands though my greasy hair.

"Two days, four hours, thirty seven minutes, and ten seconds." This place's Athena informed. Man it is going to be confusing when I find a way to communicate with my ATHENA again. Two days, wow I really pushed myself to the edge didn't I? Well I did have trillions of volts of electricity coursing though my veins for a little while. How the hell am I not dead or a vegetable? "Don't worry. Your AI companion is perfectly fine. She's just explaining a few things to your hosts. I suggest you head upstairs as well. Don't want to leave Hana or Winston waiting."

No idea who Hana is. I think Dad had a drunken one night stand with a Hana before. Doubtful it is the same one, but if it is, then I am beyond screwed. They did not end the night on nice terms, I'm leaving it at that. Did not think tuna could be used like that, or that it could scar me enough never to eat anything tuna related again. I groaned as I made my way to the door and up the steps. Floor creaking every so slightly with each footstep. Every step felt like I was walking barefoot over a pit of legos, gradually decreasing with each step. Must have fried something when I absorbed the reactor. The walls gradually changed to a metallic grey color.

"Master. You've grown so much since we last spoke." A ghostly grim voice called out from inside my head as a faint chill went down my spine. I quickly looked around and saw no one. Strange, I've heard that voice before, yet I can't pinpoint from where. Back when I was boarder line insane, and nearly destroyed Rhode Island. No, it can't be. The chips cut him off from my mind. I shook my head and proceed down the hall. I can see another door frame ahead, an opening is good. I need answers.

"Hana, don't you think you're overreacting just a bit?" A rather ape like voice echoed though out the walls. Think I figured out who Winston is. Hana is more used as a female's name. Winston is used more for males. Well 90% of the time if my memory is correct.

"He fired some sort of energy beam that melted a massive rampaging Omnic in five seconds, same Omnic my MEKA group was fighting for over five hours. Not to mention absorbed it's partical beam like it was nothing." A familiar female voice replied. I assume Hana.

"Technically it took 5.657 seconds for the Unibeam to melt though the machine. All though it was greatly enhanced by the power core from one of the fallen MEKA suits. Those fission cores are rather potent for something so small." ATHENA replied in her normal tone. "The reason for the excessive amounts of weaponry is a easy one. This specific suit is designed for all out war and meant to end it as quickly as possible. Master Stark has yet to finish upgrading it to fit his desires. He wants to add a hydrolic puncher systems in the near future for CQC situations. Perhaps that will go on his Mark VIII suit when he gets around to it." I reached the doorframe as I was kind of shocked at the scene before me. A huge ass silver back gorilla in some type of shiny power armor swiveled in a tire chair as countless news headlines buzzed by the multiple display screens. Beside him was the pilot from the other day. All though she is a whole lot smaller then I imagined. The ape towered over her by good foot at least. She sat in a normal computer chair. In both the ape and pilot's hands were coffee mugs. Filled with I hope is coffee, I really need some. Head feels like I drank all of Italy's wine reserves dry. My suit was powered down on a table beside both of them. ATHENA's voice bar was on one of the computer screens, right beside a news headline for the middle east. Yet another terror group threatening the world. Why am I not surprised. Thought Dad and I cleaned that area out pretty good last time we were there, guess this one was hidding pretty good to evade both JARVIS and ATHENA. I thought for sure my CHIMERA missiles scared them into hiding. Destructive little bastards those things are.

Simple terms. Combine a devastation force of a cluster bomb, with a flammable and quick to disperse nerve gas, and the lethal properties of a incendiary missile. That is my CHIMERA missile in a nutshell. Designed to wipe out infantry and be a major psychological weapon. Once it launches, it soars over head, breaks apart into thousands of small discs. Once the disc hits the ground it send out the flammable gas. After ten seconds the disc detonates, setting the gas on fire. Recorded it to burn at over 1,150 degrees Celsius for over a minute. Flash cooks everything in the cloud in seconds, everything after that is overkill. Got that nasty bugger under lock and key back home with dad's missile. Only Dad and I can access them, even then its only in extreme situations. The one with the bigger stick rules the world, mine just happened to be on fire.

"Thank you for clarifying that." Winston thanked with a sot groan. "Let's wait to meet him first before we jump to any assumptions." I tapped my knuckles on the metal frame, barely sending a ping though out the room. Both the Ape and MECH pilot looked my way. They were just about to say something when my AI cut them off.

"Good morning Master Stark. How are you feeling?" ATHENA asked, voice full of naive innocents and concern.

"Like the Hulk used me as his personal punching bag, then getting thrown into an active power plant." I replied stiffing a soft chuckle. "One question, is there any coffee left? Talk about a nasty hangover."

"Fresh pot, just brewed not even five minutes ago. Help yourself." The ape replied pointing to the pot not even ten feet from me, simple styrofoam cups stacked neatly by the pot. I shrugged my shoulder and begun pouring me a cup. Two sugar cubes, one spoon of creamer. Just the way I like it. "You're AI was just telling us about your suit a bit. I must admit it is quite impressive."

"Still in the prototype stage. Got to replenish the flares and finish tweaking the stabilizers. Noticing it's getting a bit wobbly at speeds over two hundred MPH. Might need a recharge after that massively overcharged Unibeam blast." I replied sitting down in one of the free computer chairs. "Hi, I'm Richard Stark." I introduced myself taking a small sip of liquid sanity. This is the best coffee I've ever had. Not too bitter, yet not too strong. It's just right for my unique taste.

"Winston." The ape introduced himself extending a foot. Being kind I shook it like I would a hand. Not as furry as I thought it would feel. More like sandpaper if I'm honest. Never thought I would be shaking hands . . . well hand-to-foot with an ape.

"Hana Song." she introduced taking a sip of her coffee.

"May I suggest we start off by telling each other a little bit about ourselves, to break the tension. Hello, my name is ATHENA. Short for 'Alternatively Testing Hyper Electrical Neural Applications'. Artificial intelligence designed to be Richard's companion and tech support." ATHENA introduced herself as her line moved on the screen. Well that is one way to start up a conversation. Hell, might as well play along.

"I'm Richard Stark, nineteen years old. Nineteen year old super genius, heir to a multi-billion dollar company, working for a nuclear physics major, thermodynamic study minor, and I'm the biggest pain in the ass you'll ever meet. I enjoy pizza and lived in New York under close supervision. Hobbies include inventing, flying around in my suit, outracing military jets when I can, and basically blowing shit up when I can." I introduced myself taking another sip. It's nice that they're not bombarding me with a billion questions. Just a nice civilized chat between two people of the opposite sex, a talking ape, and an AI. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Absolutely nothing.

"Winston, scientist with a degree in multiple areas. I was born and raised on a lunar colony. Fled to Earth to have a better life. Helped defeat Doomfist several times and enjoy a good challenge." Winston introduced picking a banana up from beside him and opening it.

"Hana Song, fans call me . Nineteen years old. Top star craft player in the world, high ranked MEKA pilot, and professional gamer in general. High school graduate going to star in a Hollywood movie soon. I live in South Korea. Love Doritos, mountain dew and I will break both your hands if either you steal any from me." She introduced sipping her coffee once more. "Now that introductions are out of the way. Who are the Avengers? You muttered about them quite a few times in your sleep."

Is she serious? Who are the Avengers? We've saved the earth how many times and she doesn't know who we are. I personally kicked Loki's ass when he brought his army to earth. Didn't last long because I had an invasion to deal with, but I kicked it pretty good if I must say so. He needed stitches after I clocked him across the jaw I my Mark 2. It was something that was thrown at me last minute and I had to change quick. It was the closest suit I had. Barely was able to hold my own. And against Ultron, I like to think I did alright. All though he did make me briefly lose control and I may or may not have created a Frigate from Halo to blow his ass to hell. I destroyed it after words, damn my luck there. Had to have ATHENA remotely pilot it to above orbit and set it to self destruct, much to my demise. I loved that ship to death, the Halo nerd in me cried out in pain when I saw it blow up. But it was a fun firework show to watch.

"The Avengers initiative is a lot like Overwatch in your world." ATHENA answered. "The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, to fight the battles humanity never could. They've stopped an entire alien invasion while keeping the destruction to a few city blocks. They've stopped a genocidal AI, or Omnic in your terms, from recreating the extinction that destroyed the dinosaurs."

"Okay, that one we created regretfully but we solved in the end. In our defense, how the hell was I suppose to know he'd go insane and try to kill everyone. It worked with you sort of, at the time we tried to recreate it but better. Did not turn out how we planned in the least." I replied sheepishly as Winston and glared at me. "Ultron was an AI made to safeguard the planet and help humans evolve more. He did his job, just not the way we intended or even would have wanted. We killed him, after he nearly sent an entire city plummeting into the earth. That was not a fun day at all. In hind sight I probably should have seen it coming after watching Terminator."

"Moving on. The Avengers main goal is to protect the world from forces it can not hope to understand or even beat alone. They've got many countries demanding they have some sort of a leash or even be disbanded." ATHENA answered. "What they don't see is how many times they've saved humanity. While the world only remembers the destruction they caused, they forget how much worse it could have been without them. Much like your world is right now. They seem in dire need of hero willing to step up to the plate."

"I know that feeling oh too well. The world just loves to focus on how badly everyone screws up, while completely forgetting how much good they've done. Seems like they only care about their own agendas and not what really matters. " Winston replied eating his banana sadly. I couldn't help but give a sympathetically nod as I drank my coffee. "Tell me, what brought you here in the first place?"

"We flew into an unknown anomaly that popped up at me last second. No way I could gave avoided it. Popped out to miss movie star fighting some big robot thing. From there, you know more then me." I replied spinning bored in my chair. "I'm thinking the parallel universe or Multiverse theories are sounding pretty good right now. Considering the situation and all."

"Indeed. I can't think of any other way to explain it. You're AI told us a bit about your world while you were asleep. Her story is too solid to be made up and way too thought out to be made by a machine or single mortal being." Winston replied. "Any idea where you'll stay till you find a way back?"

Well, he has me there. I can't exactly use my credit card to buy a house somewhere, my money doesn't exist here. Well the few hundreds I keep in my wallet does, as well as a few solid gold coins I keep in my suit as emergency funds in a not so friendly area. Drop the hundreds to get the 'gangs' away from me. That doesn't work, they learn the hard way that I am not the most power stable human alive. Long story short, they were the reason I am no longer legally allowed to set foot in Brazil without a damn good reason. 'humanitarian aid' and 'scientific endeavor' are not good reasons according their government. I just wanted some freaking plums, just some fresh fruit to eat on my way to the hotel room. But NO! I had to get mugged and nearly caused an 11.5 earthquake around that area. I still say they should have let me throw one more punch. Trying to take ATHENA's chip from me to sell her for crack money. That is technically slavery or forced prostitution, depends on how you view it, and highly illegal either way. Hope they get thirty years to life for it. That is merciful compared to what I wanted to do with them.

ATHENA is not just some program I can take out her chip with ease. Her transponder node is kind of embedded into the base of my neck, right in line with my brain stem, and is powered by my reactor as well. Glad I invested the extra money to make that area washable and highly water resistant. I can go diving in a swimming pool and she'd still function perfectly fine. She can not be pulled out so easily. Wow that sounds dirty out of context.

"We have nowhere to go master Winston. Tony Stark nor Richard exist in this world, so their vast fortune doesn't either. He is technically bankrupt at this point. What little he has on him is the only cash available." ATHENA replied. "With no birth certificate, high school diploma, or even a valid social security number. We're both all but non-existent to this world. If he tried to get a job, he'd technically be an illegal alien no matter where he went." Damn it A, why don't you rub more salt in the wound. Don't remind me that I'm all alone here, with no money or family.

That's when the realization of this entire situation just hit me, I'm beyond screwed. I got nowhere to go, no real money to spend, no one to go to, no anything. I'm basically all alone right now. Alone with an AI who has no modesty or sensibility for delicate situations like this, which makes me feel even more lonely.

"No Avengers. No money. No home. No family." I whispered to myself softly as my coffee hand dropped lower. "I really am all alone here." Winston sympathetically gave me a pat on the back. Hana's facial expression was somewhere between sympathetic and confused. Can't blame her though. Finding out that everything you've ever worked for, everything you ever come to know and love, being taken away by some strange anomoly is hard to relate to. Especially with someone as young as we are.

"You can stay here, for the time being." Winston offered. I looked at the ape and raised an eyebrow, pretty much non-verbally saying 'what's the catch'. "It gets pretty lonely here. You can help out around the base, fix a few things I can't get to, pull your own weight basically." Sounds like a fair and reasonable deal. I nodded my head in agreement as I sipped my cup of joe.

"You sure about this Winston?" Hana asked.

"He needs a place to stay. I got more then enough room here and supplied to las us both till the next shipment." Winston replied. "Doctor Angela will be here in a few hours to check him out properly, he'll need a professional doctor examination before we discuss anything major. That mass in his Medulla and Cerebellum has me worried. Could be a new form of cancer for all we know." Mass in my Medulla and Cerebellum? OHH! THAT mass! I rather have cancer then that little shit. Well I got no good lie for that one. Probably better to tell the truth and be done with it . . . . HELL NO! They know nothing on my infinity stone. No one here does. I basically have a clean slate on that. No one to fear me, no one to use me, no one to abuse my cursed power. A fresh start, a second chance to get things right.

"If you insist. I'll have to head back to MEKA command. Need to get back to my game. Left it paused and said I'd return after the Omnic was dealt with. Hope the Doritos didn't go stale already."

And that's a wrap people. New chapter out. Fleshed out Richard's character a bit more and showed things from Tony's side. Dived a tiny bit into the insanity Richard will be cursed with. All though if you do compare the Avengers with Overwatch, they are remarkably similar in many ways. Blizzard must have had them as some inspiration or something. Let me go though the list.

Super soldier, check. Master assassins, check. Someone with breathtaking anger management issues, check big time. God like being, does Zenyatta during transcendence count? Witty speed demon, check. Genius mechanic, check. Do I really need to keep going?

Anyway, here's chapter two. Enjoy. Leave any questions you might have in the reviews or send me a PM. See yea next chapter.

~Dgreen20