Bruce's fingers worked fast, the keyboard beneath his hands taking a beating. Victor and Steve stood behind him, Banner remaining at Tony's side, Thor at Natasha's. It was clear with Banner's constant glancing over at Natasha, that he felt like he should be in both places.

"I remember walking into the warehouse, Arthur saw something through the shelfing…" A video popped up on the monitor. "I didn't believe him." Bruce admitted. The video on the monitor played, Bruce leaned back in his chair, watching the video with Victor and Steve.

"This was the only CCTV footage I could restore; the systems had been wiped." The video showed the front of the warehouse, two security guards stood by the main door talking to each other. Bruce didn't want to watch, he had a feeling the end wasn't going to be a happy one. As he suspected the guards were suddenly attacked by the same spider devices that had attacked them, they watched them latch onto the guard's neck, the cameras microphone picked up their panicked screams. The men suddenly stood still, taking their guns from there holsters before walking off into the woods out of the cameras sight. Two gun shots went off simultaneously, before silence fell. But silence didn't remain, a few more gun shots went off in the distance before static took the screen.

"Now we know what happened to the guards." Steve stated the obvious, there was a moment of silence for the men and woman who had lost their life. Bruce's fist suddenly crashed down onto the desk, the bang echoed around the cave. "There was nothing you could have done." Steve comforted. Bruce shot up out of his chair, turning so he was face to face with Steve. The Captain didn't move an inch.

"Did you bring these things with you?! Wherever you say you're from." Bruce excused, Arthur suddenly was at their side, ready to step in if needed. "I have no clue what's going on, when we woke up here, it was just me and my friends." Steve seemed to be remaining calm, on the inside he was slowly slipping, anger taking control.

"We don't know who you are, we know nothing about any of you." Bruce prodded his finger in Steve's chest.

"We came to help when you sent a distress signal, Tony risked his life to save yours! He had no intention of living through that." Steve pushed Bruce back. "I don't know if you've noticed, two of my friends almost died, only one of yours."

"And I would trade all of your lives for his." Steve couldn't help but smile, he chuckled to himself looking down at his feet. Steve's fist then crashed into the side of Bruce's face, knocking Bruce to the ground. Arthur suddenly grasped him from behind, but the Captain simply slipped his leg behind Arthur's and brought his back to the ground. Steve had no intention of continuing the fight, he stepped away, glancing over his shoulder at Banner and Thor. The look in their eyes showed they had his back no matter what, he gestured for them to remain where they were. Bruce got to his feet, he wiped his own blood from his bottom lip.

"We helped you, you helped my friends. Tony saved your life, you saved Tony's. Were on the same side!" Steve knew his actions didn't help his case, but he couldn't help it, his fist was guided by his anger.

"The thing is, I don't remember sending a distress signal and I don't remember you saving us. I just have to take your word for it."

"He's telling the truth." Barry was on his feet Diana beside him watching him closely as they approached. "Check the computer, it received a distress signal, when we arrived you all had them devices around your neck." Barry clutched his bandaged side, his black hair a mess, his eyes looked tired. "You attacked us Bruce, you're the one who hurt Natasha, Diana's the one who cut Banner." Barry wobbled on his feet slightly but regained his footing easily, his healing factor working fast to heal his eyes were on Barry, but Barry's eyes fell on Tony. His eyes examined the new device in his chest and the wires leading to the car battery, he then found the dead arc reactor laying at Tony's feet. "Is he…"

"He's alive." Steve forced a smile.

"I tried to contact Clark, the signal was being jammed. How could I have sent a signal?" Bruce turned back to the computer again he tapped away at the keyboard, he sat slowly back in his chair. Leaning his elbow on the arm of the chair, he held his head in his hand. The monitor in front clearly displayed the distress signal Bruce had somehow unwillingly sent.

Steve sat beside the table, Banner sat right next to him. In front of them both Tony remained unconscious, still lying beside his amour. Banner now with a fresh set of clothing, the simple dark brown t-shirt showed his still bleeding arm. Steve had been watching Banner just hold the broken reactor in hand, Banner's own eyes not leaving the device. Only did Banner and Steve look up, when bandages were presented right in front of Banner's face.

"You should see to that." Barry smiled, pointing at Banner's arm. He hesitated at first, but Banner eventually took the bandages from the boy with his free hand, still holding onto the reactor. "Can I… Can I take a look at that?" Barry nervously asked, knowing the importance of the arc reactor and the obvious tension in the room. Banner looked to Steve, not able to make the simple decision himself. Surprised with his behaviour, Steve simply gave a gentle nod. Banner even with Steve's approval, reluctantly gave up the reactor. Barry took it with great caution.

"How you doing?" Steve questioned the boy, his injuries seeming to have no effect on him physically.

"I'm fine…" One of Barry's hands went to where his gunshot wound was, his red hoodie covering the bandages. "I have a healing factor, I heal much faster due to an increased metabolism." Barry clutched the reactor tightly as he examined it. Steve looked over at Tony, wishing his friend would recover. "Is it ok if I run a few more tests on this? If I'm going to fix it I'll need some more information on how it works, without Tony's help I'm flying blind."

"Go ahead, I'll give you a hand once I'm done with this." Banner replied, still in the process of rebadging his arm. Barry lingered for a moment, before smiling and quickly walking off. Steve watched Banner again rush with his bandages, eager to help Barry.

"You might want to take your time, otherwise you'll be doing this again." Steve leaned forward in his chair. "And I can tell that's the last thing you want to be doing." Steve watched Banners hands slow, being more careful as he wrapped the bandages more tightly. "How long can he last on the battery?" Steve finally asked, it hurt to look at Tony's unmoving form.

"For as long as it takes to fix the reactor, when the battery runs low we can simply replace it. The electromagnet keeps the shrapnel from his heart just like the reactor."

"Then he's going to be ok?" Steve knew Banner had been dwelling on an unhealthy thought for a while now.

"The reactor was on and off for a long time, his heart stopped. I'm worried his already weak heart has sustained even more damage." Steve sat up right, a sick feeling building in his stomach. "He's having a slight trouble breathing." Banner informed, Steve now noticed the slight delay in the rise and fall of Tony's chest. "It could be nothing, but it could also be a sign of heart failure." Banner now finished with his bandages looked over at Tony. "If his heart is failing, his breathing will continue to get worse and he will need adrenaline to keep his heart working." Now finished re-dressing his arm, Banner got to his feet. "Keep an eye on him, call me if anything changes." Banner rubbed his forehead before walking away, stress and worry giving him a headache.

"Thor son of Odin, your name I have heard before." Diana approached the god of thunder, who watched over his friend closely. "But only in myth and legend."

"Your place of birth I have heard of before." Thor admitted, he couldn't pretend that Diana didn't intrigue him. "Again, only in myth and legend do I recall hearing about it." Thor thought for a moment, recalling the little reading he did when he was younger.

"At first, I thought you were a decedent of Zeus, your control over lightning something only the god of the sky have had mastered."

"This Zeus may be the god of the sky in your world, but I am the god of thunder."

"That's something you're going to have to prove." Diana smiled, the smile quickly left her face when she looked down at Natasha, she lowered her head before turning away.

Bruce sat lost in his own thoughts, Arthur again had placed himself in a corner and was watching all that went on. His gaze switching from Barry and Banner to Thor, Natasha and Diana, his eyes only sitting on Steve and Tony for a moment before looking right at him and Victor. Bruce turned away, he could still feel Arthur's eyes on him.

"What's the plan?" Victor questioned, Bruce continued to look at one of the computers monitors. His memory was still a blur, he fought to remember. The distress signal he had somehow sent to the computer a mystery, a mystery he couldn't solve. "Bruce?"

"I want that lot either locked up or back wherever there from." Bruce replied, he wasn't sure what to believe, his own memories having betrayed him he was being forced to rely on others. Something he wasn't used to.

"What more do they need to do to prove they're on our side, I trust Barry and the computer doesn't lie."

"Somethings going on here, it can't be a coincidence that these guys turn up and my warehouse is attacked by technology I've never seen before." Bruce was trying to keep his voice down. "That arc reactor, there's a scan on the computer that Barry must have taken, I've never seen anything like this." Bruce retrieved the scan, he would be lying if he said he didn't want to be giving Barry and Banner a hand fixing the reactor.

"They help us, they risked their life. You want proof, look over at the dying man on your table." Victor walked away, knowing he could be put to more use helping Barry and Banner.

Bruce didn't know what to think, with sudden arrival of an unknown fourth Mother Box and strangers from another work.

"Banner!" Steve suddenly called.

Authors Notes

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, was kind of boring I guess, not a lot of action. Anyway see you soon.