"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I looked for him everywhere and called his card. I was watching him fight Red Skull-"

"Wait. You were only watching him!?" I screamed. We were basically running to get to the other Avengers in the Aven-jet. Falcon took up the rear.

"I didn't know he needed help. I feel like it's my fault. Like it's all my fault," Tony whispered. I stopped and grabbed him by the shoulders.

"Tony! Snap out of it! It's not your fault! Where is the Stark that loves to play the blame game, hm? You are Tony Stark! Nothing is your fault! We... We're all shocked," I shook him. He was shocked. I was scared like a kitten, but I swallowed my fear. "We need a leader. Will you be it?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I will," he murmured.

"Now get your suit and your butt in the jet and let's go!" I cried and ran off.

Tony's POV

"Oh my God," Falcon mumbled.

"I've seen her worse. Cap is like her second father," I replied.

"Really?" Falcon asked in amazement.

"He's the only one that understands her lifestyle. I just don't get it," I explained. "Come on. She'll freak if we aren't there."

"What do you mean, "not there?" Falcon questioned. "She'll be flying with us."

"Not exactly," I ran off and called my suit.

My POV

I called NightWing. He flew down and I climbed onto his back.

"Stark, where we heading?" I asked.

"He's in Antartica. JARVIS said he might be there," Tony answered. "Just follow me."

NightWing flew beside the Aven-jet until we reached Antartica. Then, Tony let me take NightWing in. Falcon was geeking out. Hawkeye thumped a box of mints and it bounced of some stuff and landed in Hulks mouth.

"They're called mints, you should try 'em," Clint smiled, not looking away from the windshield.

"HAWKEYE!" Tony scolded.

"What? How am I suppost to find bad guys if I've gotta see through his gamma breath," Hawkeye joked. Hulk picked him up and walked to the side of the ship.

"See anything now?" Hulk dangled Hawkeye by the leg in the Artic wind.

"Hulk..." Hawkeye cried. "Actually, you just did me a favor, Green Bean. 8 o'clock!"

Missles shot in our direction and Thor jumped out to stop them. I couldn't put NightWing in that kind of danger. He's to close to me, so I sat this one out. Thor knocked one out of the sky with a grunt and Hawkeye shot an arrow to take one out. There were still plenty more so I drew my bow and climbed onto NightWing. I could stay a distance away. Thor stared at the others and got hit with one. I shot 2 and was forced to fly back.

"Thor just got hammered! Step on it!" I cried as I flew back in. The ship shot into the snowy air. I calmed NightWing best I could, he hated when stuff exploded. More missles came to the ship and Tony knocked 'em out with some lasers. I shot one. Boom. Done.

"I'm bringing us in close. Hold-"

"System breached," JARVIS called. The controls flashed green and an image of a really ugly thing appeared.

"I thought you understood what technopath does to machines, Stark," it said.

"What the heck is that?" I screamed.

"What ever I want," it finished. Technopath grabbed our ship and we were going down.

"NightWing! Fly!" I screamed. At least save him. He could tell Percy what happened if necesarry.

"Change of plans guys, seems like we're gonna need someone to Avenge us," Tony said as the ship blew up. Don't try it at home kids.

"Everyone clear?" Tony asked as he flew out of the ship.

"Yeah. Not my vision, but yeah," I answered, calling NightWing, who wasn't far away. He caught me and we flew off.

"Okay, that's an ouch. Apparently Modok's increased his range as well as his power levels. That stinks," Tony explained.

"*Cough* You said it. Skip the breath mints Hulk, we're skipping strait to advanced showering," Hawkeye glared at Hulk.

"I can still drop you," Hulk warned. He screamed as he hit the ground.

"NightWing. Right there. When I land you go find somewhere warm and safe. I trust you," I ordered. Thor skidded through the snow and got NightWing dirty.

"Come on, Bro," I complained. NightWing shrugged and flew off. Thor smirked.

"What is our plan to vanquish the Skull?" Thor asked.

"Hit everything. Hard," Tony ordered.

"That's a brilliant plan," I said sarcastically. Tony flew off.

"So the plan is: there is no plan?" Hawkeye summed up. "I thought he was the smart one."

"I like the plan," Hulk smiled.

"'Course ya do, Buddy," I chuckled. Then, men ran out with guns and fired.

I ran to one and drew my sword. I stabbed him and kicked another. Good warm up. Get it? No. Okay. No need for Gray. When I hit another, Tony blasted some more. Clint clogs someones gun and it explodes, taking the owner out with it. Thor uses his hammer to take out some lasers and Hulk knocks Hawkeye and Thor right off their feet.

"Asgards son will lead the fray, and I will drop more minions," Thor challenged. Here we go again.

"Wanna bet?" Hulk asked.

"CUT IT OUT!" I ordered. Hawkeye agreed and Hulk threw him to somewhere.

"Fight there," Hulk smiled. I gave them a glare that made them fight. They knew that I could hurt them if I wanted to. Hawkeye landed next to some guys and said,

"I'm not with them."

We fought somemore. Tony, Clint and I ended up getting stuck next to each other.

"Wanna rethink that 'no plan' plan, Shellhead?" Hawkeye asked.

"Trust me," Tony ordered.

"That'll work," I mumbled.

"Shoot your little arrows. We have to find the Skull before... AH!" Modok grabbed Tony with some tecnopath stuff and Hawkeye ran off. Chicken.

"One dead Avenger isn't enough. There is nothing you can build that I can't manipulate, Stark. I will..." Modok was cut off by me.

"He's not dead, idiot! I can sense life in Cap! Don't say that again unless you wanna be dead," I glared.

"Ooo. You're in trouble now," Tony muttered. Black Widow appeared out of no where.

"Name's DeathWish. Just fight. Talk later," I ordered.

"I like her already," Widow said.

"Modok, the time is now," Skull said over the intercom. "Or all is lost."

"As you wish," Modok teleported him and some guys that lived away.

"Is it true?" Widow asked. "About Cap?"

"Yes," Tony answered.

"Then you'd better stop playing solo and lead this team before you lose more friends today," Widow walked up to Tony.

"Okay. As a team. Modok's cloaked. I can't find a hair on his big ugly head. Ideas?" Iron Man asked.

"Scan for Skull. He is a super-soldier alumni. His blood has trase isotopes that will show up on a chemical scan," Black Widow offered.

"I'm impressed," Clint complimented.

"Of course you are," Nat replied, punching a bad guy that ran up behind her out. I smirked.

"Gray. I'm gonna need you have my back," I ordered. Gray nodded and I said, "Let's go."

"Accessing the super-soldier files. Scanning for a chemical match. And... there's two targets?" Tony questioned.

"It's Cap!" I cried. Iron Man took off into the garage thing and we followed.

"We had a plan... for a few seconds," Clint said. Just then, a lot off guns shot at us at once. It took skill to dodge them all, but I pulled through. Hulk grabbed us and threw us into a hole.

"Next time you want to complain about my breath, just remember that... AH!" Hulk was shot away.

"Sorry, I didn't catch that last part," Clint smiled. I wacked him across the head.

"Idiot," I murmured. Clint called in Tony.

"Automatic forces have us pinned down. We need some tech help, now," Clint called.

"Rub your brains together and come up with a plan. I'm too close," Tony replied. I grabbed my bow and shield and readied myself.

"I'll go find him," I promised, and ran out. Using my shield, I got away. Barely. I followed Tony's trail of smoke. When I found him, he was blasting through a door.

"Tony!" I screamed. He didn't listen. When we got in, we saw Modok. He had Cap and Red Skull pinned to a machine.

"Knock knock, Modok," a piece of the metal that Iron Man blew out landed on Modok. Owe momma.

"You weren't fried, you were teleported! I can't believe I missed that," Tony broke Captain free.

"I tried to tell you," I reminded.

"Shut up," he helped Cap up. Steve seemed different. Like, he was brainwashed. Oh, gods, please don't let him be brainwashed. He walked over to his shield and picked it up.

"You left your team behind, for me?" Cap asked in a shocked voice.

"Of course. You're part of the team too," I reminded him.

"Yeah. This whole leadership thing is harder than I thought. Welcome back," Tony agreed.

"Still how did you know that the team was here," I asked suspiciously.

"FOOL!" Cap wacked Tony with his shield. I drew my sword.

"What are you doing Steve?" I yelled.

"Steve. I am not Steven anymore," he said. Then I realized.

"YOU SWITCHED BRAINS?! NO!" I ran over to the real Steve. I broke him free and he collapsed. I held him up and he leaned on a rail.

"Are you alright?" Steve asked.

"I'm fine," Steve went into a coughing fit. "Calm down. Deep breaths. There."

"I'm not 3," he smirked.

"I know. Just... come on," Red Skull through Cap's shield at me and instead of it hitting me I caught it. I handed the shield to Steven.

"I believe this is yours," I presented the shield to him. Then turned around and fought Red Skull to no end. Finally, Falcon flew in with the team.

"FALCON! Get to the control center and power this thing up!" Tony ordered.

"What is it?" Sam asked while running to the machine's controls.

"It's a brain-switcher device thing-a-ma-jig," I answered.

"Okay," he smiled. Pressing buttons until he exclaimed, "It's on!"

I fought Red Skull close to the machine and when he got close enough I kicked him in. I used some shadow force to hold him down. Steve climbed in and Sam powered up the machine. It switched their brains and Cap was Cap again.

"Good job team," Tony smiled. "Let's go home."

Then we flew home and relaxed until we had to fight.