Chapter 11
The doorbell rang through the Tower making everyone jump and waking Tony up, who jumped and rolled off the sofa and onto the floor with a bang. Pepper got up from the kitchen table and walked to the lift doors. She was about to press the button but the lift to the doors open. Agent Hill closely followed by Agent Coulson stepped out on the floor. They walked passed Pepper and stopped in front of the TV screen. The Avengers all looked up at the two SHEILD agents in confusion. Bruce dropped his book down. Natasha just looked Agent Hill up and down. Thor, Clint and Steve just stared at the two. Pepper walked over and stood behind the sofa.
Tony was laying on the floor staring up at the ceiling.
'Sir, Agent Hill and Agent Coulson of SHEILD are here,' Jarvis said.
'Let me listen,' Tony said. Agent Coulson's voice echoed around the lab.
'Director Fury wants to see you all on the helicarrier right away, everyone,' Agent Coulson said.
'Even Tony Stark,' Agent Hill added. Bruce looked over at Steve. Steve had looked away when Agent Hill had said Tony Stark and Agent Hill noticed. She raised an eyebrow at him and turn her attention back at the other Avengers. She'll ask Steve later about it. Natasha leaned forward.
'Why did you come here to tell us that, you could have just phoned us,' Natasha asked, her expression cold. Agent Hill looked at her.
'Director Fury sent us here to make sure that all of you come up to the helicarrier and not just five of you,' Agent Hill said.
'And what if we don't want to come,' Natasha said leaning back into the sofa.
'Then we will use force.' Agent Coulson said.
'Why does he want to talk to us?' Natasha asked. Agent Hill sighed.
'Well, if you haven't been paying attention to what's happening in the Tower or haven't been keeping up with the news then you wouldn't know that Tony Stark tried to commit suicide. Trying to commit suicide when your Iron Man, is something Director Fury would want to know about and understand why the hell he did it. Ok? Do you now understand why we are here?' Agent Hill said looking over to Natasha. Natasha glared at her and if looks they probable both be dead by now. The two Agents both turned around and walked towards to lift.
'We'll be waiting outside,' Agent Hill called back to them as they got into the lift.
The Avengers looked at each other. Bruce shrugged.
'We have to go, it's director Fury,' Bruce said getting up. Pepper watched as the rest of the Avengers sighed and got up to followed Bruce.
'I'll go get Tony,' Bruce said taking the stairs, as the other Avengers climbed into the lift.
Tony was laughing at what Agent Hill had said to Natasha. Oh how he would have loved to see the look on Natasha's face. Bruce stepped through the broken door and stopped when he saw Tony laying on the floor laughing his head off.
'Ok… morning,' Bruce said walking over to him and holding out his hand. Tony took it and Bruce pulled him up.
'Are you ok?' Bruce asked Tony with a look of concern on his face.
'Yeah am fine,' Tony said rubbing his back.
'Ok, Director Fury-'
'Want's to see us. Yeah I was listening,' Tony interrupted Bruce. 'Am not going,' Tony said turning around and walking over to his desk, patting Dummy as he walk passed him. Tony grabbed his desk and turned it back over.
'Tony you need to come,' Bruce said. Tony chuckled as he started to pick up the sheets.
'I need to clean this place up,' Tony said as he placed papers onto his desk.
'Tony, if you don't come Agent Hill will come and drag you up there by your ear,' Bruce said.
'Oh I can't argue with that,' Tony said with a smirk on his face. The smirk though didn't get to his eyes. Bruce could see the pain in Tony's eyes. He wanted to help but knew Tony didn't need pity, he knew Tony just wanted a friend.
'Come on Tony,' Bruce said weakly. Tony shrugged and turned back around the keep cleaning up his lab. Tony turned back around when he heard footsteps coming up the steps.
'Stark, come on now,' Agent Hill said, ignoring the fact that Tony's lab was a mess and that Tony was in a pair of tracksuit bottoms and ad ACDC top. When Tony didn't say anything. Agent Hill walked over grabbed his ear and pulled him along the lab floor. Tony weakly attempted to get Agent Hill off him, but seriously didn't want her to kick his butt. Bruce chuckled at the scene. Agent Hill dragging Tony down the stairs and Tony wincing at the pain of his ear. Bruce followed them down the stairs and out of the tower. Agent Hill let go of Tony's ear as the got to the bottom floor. She opened the door and let Bruce go first and she went last, letting Tony go in the middle. They walked out and Tony suddenly want to be back in his lab with Dummy and the bottle of scotch.
News reporters and the press surround him, Bruce and Agent Hill. Bruce went stiff as they walked outside. He hated crowds. Agent Hill just pushed her way through the crowd of cameras and microphones. Flashes went off everywhere and Tony was sure he was going to go blind. He wanted his sunglasses. He felt safe behind them, no-one could see in.
'Tony, Tony why did you do it?'
'Tony, Tony Stark over here mate,'
'Tony are you going to stay as Iron Man?'
'How are you going to get over your depression?'
Tony started to shake when Agent Hill pushed him into the car. Tony sighed in relief, he was still shaking though and Bruce noticed. When they got to SHEILD base they all climbed into the jet.
They landed ten minutes later on the helicarrier. They walked into the meeting room. Fury was already there and was sat down waiting for them. That was a first, they would all be there first and then Fury would walk in ten minutes late with Agent Hill on his heels. They all sat down in their usually spots. Tony the furthest away from Fury, as always. Agent Hill an Agent Coulson stood behind Fury's chair. Fury looked up and stared at Tony as he sat down. Tony felt a little uncomfortable and shuffled in his seat. Fury straightened up in his chair.
'As you all know the press and the public all want to know what is happening,' Fury began. Tony felt sick, like physical sick. He was going to throw up soon. Luckily Tony could see a trash can in the corner, unlucky Tony hated throwing up. Fury continued.
'We are trying our best to tell them something, anything that will keep them away, but seen as we don't even know ourselves about what yesterday was about we can't tell them a lot,' Fury looked over to Stark, who had turned slightly pale.
'So, I called you all here today so that you can explain to me, Agent Hill and Agent Coulson, why the hell you,' Fury pointed at Stark, 'tried to commit suicide yesterday.' Fury looked over to Stark.
Shouldn't have got drunk, Tony thought. He could feel it, he was going to be sick. He swallowed hard thinking it would help but it didn't. Tony breathed in deeply.
'I… I…' Tony choked he couldn't explain to them. He couldn't even explain it to himself yet, yet alone them. Steve saw Tony was choking and stepped in.
'I can tell you,' Steve said. Fury looked over to Steve and raised an eyebrow.
'Go ahead then,' Fury said. Steve took a deep breath and told Fury everything that he knew. How he and Bruce had been the only ones awake. How they both said that Steve should go up. About how Steve had tried to get Tony down. What Tony had said to him up on the roof. How Steve had grabbed Tony's hand to stop him falling.
When Steve finished, everyone was silent. No-one knew what to say. Tony couldn't remember that much about what had happen, but now Steve had told everyone what he had seen, Tony now felt even more sick.
Tony ran out of the room and to the nearest toilet and threw up. Bruce got up and followed Tony out of the room. Tony sat on the bathroom floor. His back pressed up against the wall and his arms on his knees, with his head on his arms. His eyes were shut tightly. Bruce sighed and sat down next to Tony. He didn't say anything, he just sat there next to Tony, letting Tony calm down.
'You know… I hate throwing up,' Tony said after a while. Bruce smiled.
'I think everyone does,' Bruce said and looking over to Tony. Tony lifted his head and sighed.
'Yeah I guess you right,' Tony said getting up. Bruce looked as Tony washed his face with cold water. Tony rubbed his face with a towel and turned towards Bruce. Bruce got up.
'Fury still wants to talk to you,' Bruce said and opening the bathroom down. Tony sighed and walked out. He walked back into the meeting room.
Fury had sent everyone out, except for Agent Hill who was sat down to the right of Fury. Tony went to sit down in his chair and Bruce sat next to him. Fury sighed.
'Stark, we know you have been through a lot, ok' Fury started. Tony just stared at the table.
'Stark we want you go talk to someone,' Agent Hill said. Tony looked up.
'What? You want me to go a therapist?' Tony said. Fury nodded.
'What? No, I don't need to go to some stupid therapist,' Tony said, he got up and stormed out of the meeting room.
Hello everyone, i have finished this story now, but i'm going to make you wait. Hope you liked this chapter. Reviews would be nice.
