So, since I've gotten a few questions about this, let me clarify. The reason Tony doesn't acknowledge what car is in the flashbacks is because he is in denial and doesn't want to accept it.
Green Hal37: Indeed. *Chuckles*
Yep.
Thank you, I try.
Jason Hunter: Yes, it will be.
Guest 1: Yes. The reason The Avengers failed to stop Thanos the first time was because they were divided due to the events of CW, so they needed to get this all out and work together. It will be.
Guest 2: Vision wasn't talking about Tony in particular; he was talking about The Avengers as a whole. And from that perspective, he kind of has a point, even if he goes about it the wrong way. And, just throwing this out there, Tony is indirectly responsible for the events of Iron Man 3 and Spider-Man Homecoming.
At an airport, Zemo is listening to a voice message from his wife. He is clearly affected by it, as pain shows on his face.
"A wife, a son. Something happened to them," Steve noted.
"A lot of people died when Ultron attacked Sokovia," Natasha pointed out and Tony and Wanda flinched. "It's possible his wife and son were casualties."
"But why is he doing this?" Peter wondered.
"Revenge is a powerful motivation," Wanda said softly, remembering how she had gone after The Avengers in order to avenge the deaths of her parents.
"You think Zemo blames us for whatever happened to his family?" Steve inquired.
"It's possible, if his family were among the dead, that he blames us for not saving them," Thor pointed out. "And, as the Little Witch said, revenge is a powerful motivation."
He ends the message and hears a news report on Bucky's escape and Steve and Sam being reported as 'missing' before getting up.
In a warehouse, Bucky awakens from his trance, his metal arm pinned under some machinery. Seeing he was awake, Sam called over Steve, who had been watching the search choppers outside the warehouse. Steve walks over and demands to know which Bucky he's speaking to. Bucky remembers that Steve's mother's name had been Sarah and he used to wear newspapers in his shoes.
"You put newspapers in your shoes?" Tony said amused.
Steve didn't answer, a lump in his throat. There was no doubt now, Bucky was truly back. Seeing that Steve was overwhelmed with emotion, Tony decided to table it for a later date. And when it came, Tony couldn't wait.
Steve believes it is Bucky but Sam is a skeptical. Bucky asks what he did and Steve says 'enough'. Bucky is tormented over the fact that Hydra still has a hold on him but Steve doesn't have time to treat him with kid gloves. Steve wants to know who Zemo is but Bucky doesn't know. Steve demands answers about why Zemo would go to all this trouble just for ten minutes with Bucky. Bucky concentrates and remembers that Zemo wanted to know exactly where Bucky had been kept while frozen. When Steve asks why, Bucky reveals he wasn't the only Winter Soldier.
"I'm sorry, please tell me I misheard that," Rhodey pleaded as everyone tensed.
"If you heard him say there's more than one Winter Soldier, you didn't," Clint said grimly.
"Good god, one was bad enough," Sam muttered, remembering how dangerous Bucky had been.
The recording shows the scene at the beginning again of The Winter Soldier attacking the car and taking the case full of liquid packets. The scene then changes back to Siberia, where five people are injected with the contents of the packets. One of them, a man, screams in agony as he is thrown in a cell. The door is closed behind him and the Hydra operative, the man Zemo had killed earlier in the recording, sits down, ignoring the man's screams until he stops. He gets up and opens the door, revealing the man now sitting on his bed calmly.
"Okay, what is in those things?" Rhodey wondered, disturbed by what they were seeing but no one had an answer.
"Whatever it is, they certainly went to great lengths to acquire it," T'Challa noted.
"And Hydra doesn't go to all this trouble for nothing. Whatever it is, it was worth sending Barnes after," Clint noted uneasily.
The scene changes to the man engaging The Winter Soldier in training. The man is able to grab The Soldier's metal arm, restraining him and throw him across the room with ease.
The Avengers, especially those who had faced Bucky in DC, were horrified. If these other Winter Soldiers could beat Bucky like that, then things were really bad. And if Zemo could get his hands on these people…horrified didn't even begin to cover how they were feeling.
However, Hydra is ultimately unable to control them, causing a rampage in the room and The Soldier is forced to get the Hydra operative out of there.
"Well, I guess you learned why Dr. Frankenstein feared his monster," Clint muttered.
"Who?" Thor asked confused.
"A character in a book. A scientist creates a monster, is terrified by it, and the monster escapes before murdering his brother and fiancée. The scientist dies trying to kill the monster and the monster decides to kill itself once he dies," Natasha explained and Thor nodded in understanding.
In the present, Bucky explains that those five were Hydra's most elite death squad with more kills than anyone in Hydra history, even him, and that was before they were injected. Steve wants to know if Zemo could control them and Bucky confirms he can. Steve remembers Zemo's words about seeing an empire fall and Bucky says these five could make it happen, able to take down an entire country in a single night.
"This just keeps getting worse and worse," Sam muttered.
"If Zemo gets his hands on those five, the loss of life could be...unimaginable," Steve said as they all shivered at the thought.
"Then once we get back, we find him and stop him before he can get to Barnes," Tony said and it was a plan everyone seemed to agree with.
Sam walks over to Steve and they quietly note that even if Tony believed them, The Accords would not let him help.
Tony flinched, cursing himself for his stupid decisions while Steve cursed himself for not stopping to tell Tony when it would have helped.1
Steve notes they're on their own but Sam disagrees, claiming he 'knows a guy'.
Sam smirked, figuring out what he was planning as everyone else wondered who Sam is talking about.
At the base, Tony and Natasha are in a meeting with Ross. Tony is tracking Steve but Ross is forbidding Tony and Natasha from handling it, claiming they cannot be objective. Ross is assigning Special Ops the case. Natasha demands to know if they plan to kill Steve and Ross says 'if provoked'.
"Meaning they'll be ordered to kill you," Natasha said and Steve nodded.
"Ross has been after the serum for too long. And I imagine if I die, it won't be long before my body somehow disappears so Ross can run his experiments, try to extract the secret of the serum from my body," Steve said grimly as everyone shivered at the image.
"Are we sure Ross isn't Hydra?" Sam wondered.
"Wouldn't surprise me, but it's not something we can prove," Clint grumbled.
"How did a man like Ross end up in such a position of power?" T'Challa wondered.
"He knows the right people who owe him favors," Rhodey said grimly.
Ross points out if Steve had not interfered, Bucky would have been killed and no one else would have died.
Steve flinched, acknowledging that was true as Sam put a hand on his shoulder for support.
"If they would've done their jobs and properly vetted Zemo, he wouldn't have gotten inside and no one would have died," Natasha said angrily.
"It's Ross, what do you expect?" Clint asked grimly.
"Secretary Ross does seem to blame others for his own mistakes," Vision noted.
Tony argues that the Special Ops team won't be able to handle it, almost begging to let him and Natasha handle Steve. Ross is skeptical until Tony makes it clear he's not going to talk to Steve this time. Ross gives Tony thirty six hours to bring them all in before walking off.
"Thirty-six hours. God, Zemo really planned this out. As far as supervillain plans go, it's pretty good," Tony sighed as the situation hit them all.
"He must have a contact involved with The Accords, he timed it perfectly. He won't be easy to stop, that's for sure," Clint noted.
Natasha notes they are understaffed, with Tony wishing Bruce were there.
"And you really think Banner would be on your side with Ross involved?" Clint said, almost laughing as Toy winced.
"No, I'd imagine Hulk would probably come out at that point and it wouldn't be pretty," Tony said, shivering as he imagined what Hulk would think of that.
Natasha doubts Bruce would be on their side. Tony and Natasha both have an idea, Natasha's being T'Challa. She asks what Tony's idea is.
The scene changes to Queens. In an apartment, Peter walks out of the elevator, a DVD player in his hands.
"Hey kid, it's you," Sam noted.
Peter tensed, something Wanda and Clint noticed. As Wanda picked up some anxiety from him, Peter prayed to whatever god that was out there that his secret wasn't going to come out.
Peter walks into his apartment, calling out to his Aunt May. However, Peter is thrown when he sees Tony Stark on the couch, talking with his Aunt.
"What are you doing there man?" Rhodey asked confused as they all looked over at Tony.
"I don't know," Tony said, confused as he wondered what his idea was.2
Unseen to everyone, Pete had dropped his head into his hands, thinking he was exposed as Wanda and Clint eyed him concerned.
"Are you okay kid?" Clint asked but Peter just grumbled something that sounded like 'leave me alone'.
Tony mentions that Peter applied for a Grant with the September Foundation. It is clear Peter has no clue what he is talking about but plays along. Peter becomes uncomfortable when May mentions Peter keeping secrets from her.
"Okay, seriously, what are you doing there? I mean, you said you had an idea and now you're spinning a web of lies about this kid," Rhodey said, confused as thy looked back and force between Peter and Tony.
"Like I said, I don't know," Tony said annoyed. "When I find out, you'll be the first to know and I'll send you a postcard."
Tony charms May into letting him have five minutes alone with Peter. Once in Peter's room, Tony spits the walnut meatloaf he had praised moments before into a trashcan. Tony then takes a look around the room, noting the out of date computers. Peter says he looks through trash for it and Tony calls him a dumpster diver.
"I'm not a dumpster diver," Peter said as he flushed.
"You go through trash kid; you're a dumpster diver," Sam said and Peter sighed.
Annoyed, Peter wants to know why Tony is here. Tony pulls out his phone and plays a holographic video of Spider-Man swinging across New York on webs, asking if that is Peter.
Everyone turned to stare at Peter, who wasn't looking at any of them. His behavior was proof enough that it was true.
"You're the Spider-ling?" Tony asked stunned.
"Spider-Man," Peter mumbled but they all heard him loud and clear.
"How does a kid end up fighting crime?" Natasha asked, her mind whirling as she wondered how someone who seemed to have a pretty normal life ended up a vigilante.
"I went a field trip with my class to Oscorp," Peter sighed as he lifted his head, not looking at them. "They were working on these genetically modified spiders. One got out and bit me. The next day, I woke up without needing glasses and able to bench press my desk."
"Why are you doing this kid? I mean, I'm guessing you didn't wake up and decide to become a superhero," Sam noted and Peter flinched.
"No," Peter admitted. "If the bad things happen and you can do something about it, but you don't…then they happen because of you."
Without meaning to, Wanda got a flash of Peter crying as he held a man's hand, the man staring up at Peter before the light left his eyes. Wanda blocked it out, not wanting to invade Peter's head like that.
"You lost someone?" Steve asked, noticing the look in Peter's eyes.
Peter nodded but didn't say anything. Realizing it was a sensitive subject; The Avengers exchanged a glance, silently deciding to drop the subject. For now.
Peter stammers a denial, unconvincingly as Tony continues showing the footage of Spider-Man saving lives, noting Peter has 'mad skills'. Peter continues to stammer denials as Tony unveils the hiding spot in his ceiling and Peter's suit comes down, hanging from rope.
Peter stills as he realizes he's been caught. Tony lists all the names Peter is known as on the internet, 'Spider-ling, Crime fighting Spider, and Spider-Boy' before Peter corrects him, saying to call him Spider-Man. Tony makes fun of Peter's suit, calling it a 'onesie'.
"It's not a onesie," Peter said, annoyed and embarrassed.
"Not everyone can afford their own armor Tony," Clint said sharply as he looked at Tony sharply.
"Really Tony, you start off by making fun of him?" Steve said angrily as Tony winced, realizing that it was true.
"Sorry?" Tony said lamely.
Peter bemoans the fact that he's been caught as Tony asks if anyone else knows. Peters says no one, not even May because 'she'd freak'. Tony compliments Peter's web shooters, tossing one to Peter. Tony asks about the webbing and Peter admits he made it.
"Really, you made it?" Tony asked, impressed and Peter nodded.
"The science lab at my school is full of the chemicals I can use to make it," Peter said and everyone was impressed.
"Wow kid, you're good," Scott said impressed and Peter flushed at the praise.
Peter starts to explain about how he got his powers but Tony cuts him off, uninterested, as he observes Peter's suit, specifically the goggles. He makes fun of them before an annoyed and embarrassed Peter yanks it out of Tony's hands.
"And there you go with making fun of him again," Wanda said angrily and Peter flushed, embarrassed.
As Tony looked away, acknowledging that it wasn't okay, Barton mused from the lab that Tony seemed like a completely different person with Morgan than with Peter.3
Peter explains, since he got his abilities, his senses have been kicked into overdrive and the goggles help him focus. Tony says Peter needs an upgrade.
"My god Tony," Steve said, shocked and disgusted as they all put it together why Tony was really there.
"You're gonna drag a kid into this?!" Clint demanded, furious at the thought of Tony involving someone who wasn't much older than Cooper was.
"What is wrong with you man?" Scott, likewise, was angry that a child would be involved.
Natasha glared daggers at Tony, memories of the Red Room and all she had endured there surfacing. T'Challa likewise was angry that Tony would make Peter a child soldier, something he had seen far too much of as Sam and Rhodey stared at Tony, disgusted.
"Have you sunken so low Stark you would involve a child?" Thor asked angrily, wishing he had his hammer right now.
Tony was simply too stunned to reach, shocked he would involve someone so young in this kind of conflict. How low had he sunk, he wondered disgusted with himself.4
Peter sits on his bed and Tony asks why he's doing this. Peter explains that he's had his powers for six months and, while he'd love to use his powers for selfish reasons like football, people would notice if he could suddenly score a touchdown when he couldn't before. If you can do these things, but you don't, and bad things happen, they happen because of you, Peter says.
Steve looked over at Peter silently, reminded of his desire to help his country in the war. Peter reminded him a lot of himself when he was younger, he mused.
Wanda, likewise, remembered her desire to stop the invasions in Sokovia and Hydra's lies that they would help her and Pietro stop the invasions.
Tony calls this 'looking out for the little guy'.
In the lab, Fitz and Barton exchange a glance.
"Well, the recordings certainly don't show that," Fitz mused.
"Yeah, kid let being an Avenger go to his head," Barton agreed.5
Tony sits down next to Peter, putting a hand on Peter's shoulder before randomly asking if Peter has a passport or been to Germany.
"I'm sorry," Tony said softly, unable to look at Peter. "I shouldn't have involved you in this. This wasn't your fight and you had no business being involved in it."
"It's okay," Peter said, trying to make him feel better but Tony shook his head.
"No, it's not. This is so far from okay," Tony sighed in guilt but no one could say anything because, well, Tony was right.
Peter does not want to go but Tony is not taking no for an answer. Tony gets up, walking to the door, claiming he's going to tell May when Peter shoots some webbing out, pinning Tony's hand to the door. Peter demands Tony not tell May and Tony agrees.
"And now you're manipulating him," Natasha grumbled, once again drawing parallels between Tony's actions and the Red Room.
"He couldn't tell your aunt kid, she'd have to give consent for you to go as your legal guardian," Clint told Peter, who nodded, relieved.
The scene changes to the Compound at night. Vision is standing in his room when there is an explosion from outside.
Everyone tensed, wondering what else could go wrong.
"Great, as if we didn't have enough going on, someone's attacking us," Rhodey grumbled.
Vision phases through the floor up to the kitchen, where Wanda is. Wanda asks what it is and Vision says to stay there as he phases outside to investigate. Sensing someone else in the room, Wanda uses her powers to throw the knife off the cutting board towards the intruder. However, when she sees who it is, she stops it inches from Clint's face.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry," Wanda said horrified but was surprised by the proud smile that crossed Clint's face.
"Don't be. If I was the enemy, you would've stopped me before I could do anything to hurt you or Vision. You did good," Clint said and Wanda blinked, surprised but pleased at the praise.
Clint quips he should've knocked as the knife drops to the floor and Wanda asks what he is doing there. Disappointing his kids, Clint mused as he fired two arrows into the walls. He was supposed to be taking them waterskiing.
Clint tensed as those in the know (the original Avengers and Wanda) shot him concerned looks.
"You have kids?" Sam asked surprised.
"Yes," Clint said after a moment, deciding there was no point hiding it. "I have two boys and a girl. Fury helped me keep them a secret so no one could ever get to me through them. Look, if anyone ever found out, all the people I've made enemies of would come after them."
"We get it Clint," Rhodey said as Sam nodded.
"We won't tell," Sam promised.
"Your secret is safe with me Agent Barton," T'Challa vowed.
"I won't tell anyone," Scott vowed, Cassie's face flashing through his mind.
"Who's gonna believe a kid anyway?" Peter joked.
"Thank you," Clint said relieved as he relaxed.
Clint grabs Wanda by the hand and begins to lead her out when Vision returns, saying Clint should not be there.
"This should be good," Natasha smirked.
"The protective dad figure versus the controlling would be suitor," Tony said as he looked from Vision to Clint. "The worst thing you can do is underestimate this guy."
"I do not believe Agent Barton will underestimate me," Vision noted.
"I was talking to you," Tony said simply as Clint smirked.
In the lab, Fitz looked over at Barton.
"You do know you would've lost if Wanda hadn't stepped in, right?" Fitz said and Barton nodded.
"I know, but it was never my intention to beat him," Barton said with a smirk.
Clint makes a barbed remark about 'retiring for five minutes and it all goes to shit'. Vision pleads with Clint to 'consider the consequences of your action'. But Clint does not yield and Vision is electrocuted by the arrow Clint shot into the counter.
"Told ya," Tony said as Clint smirked. "I still have nightmares about the incident with the peanut butter."
"What incident?" Peter asked as the original Avengers and Rhodey began laughing.
"I'd rather not say," Tony said sheepishly.
"I'll tell you," Natasha said as Tony looked at her sharply.
"You promised!" Tony pleaded.
"You begged us not to say anything," Steve said with a grin.
"We promised no such thing," Thor said cheekily.
"So, Clint had brought an apple pie to the tower after coming back from visiting his family," Natasha said as Wanda, Sam, Peter, T'Challa, and Scott began listening intently. "He told us it was a gift from someone special, therefore to wait so we could share it as a post mission celebration."
"Only Tony is not known for listening, so he ate it while the rest of us were asleep," Steve said, his grin widening.
"Clint doesn't do anything for three weeks, so Tony is completely shocked one morning when he goes to take a shower and sets off a ringed peanut butter bomb that covers him head to toe in it while he's butt naked," Rhodey said with a grin.
"And Barton had set up a webcam in the room and sent the footage to every news station in New York," Thor said and everyone laughed at Tony's expense.
"I had to make so many deals to make sure that didn't go viral," Tony said embarrassed.
"And you never crossed me again," Clint said with a grin.
Clint tries to make a break for it but Wanda hesitates due to her guilt. Clint sighs before walking back over to her, telling her he needs her help. You wanna mope, go high school, he tells her. You wanna make amends, get off your ass.
Clint placed a hand on Wanda's shoulder as her face clouded with guilt.
"You can't let one mistake cause you to throw in the towel kid," Clint told her gently. "Sometimes you fail; sometimes people die on your watch. You're never gonna get universal approval, so you gotta take what you can get."
Wanda doesn't say anything, but Clint knew it would take a while for it to sink in.
Vision breaks free of Clint's trap and Clint fired at him. However, Vision phases so it goes right through him. Vision pushes Clint back and Clint lands on his feet, making a sarcastic comment about wishing he'd stretched. Clint pulled out a baton and rushed Vision.
"You are aware that you cannot defeat me," Vision pointed out and Clint nodded.
"I know," Clint said and they were all confused by the smirk that crossed his face.
Clint attempted to strike him but Vision phased through before hardening himself. The baton broke when Clint struck him with it and Vision put Clint in a choke hold, telling Clint he couldn't defeat him as Wanda watched. Clint agreed, but noted Wanda could. Vision looked up and saw Wanda's hands glowing with red mist as she demanded he release Clint.
"I can't beat you, but she can," Clint said as he looked over at Wanda. "And somehow, I don't think she likes the fact that you kept her prisoner."
The stonily look Wanda flashed Vision spoke volumes.
Wanda declares she is leaving but Vision refuses to let her. Wanda uses her powers to affect the stone, making him release Clint as Vision fell to his knees, Wanda increasing his weight. Vision told Wanda they would never stop fearing her but she notes she cannot control their fear, only her own. Wanda then sends Vision down through the floor as he falls through the Compound's many levels.
"I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here and say she's not asking for your permission," Scott said as they all looked over at Wanda.
Wanda felt partially guilty for this but Vision had left her no choice. She was sorry that it had come to that but she found she wasn't sorry she had done it.
Clint and Wanda stare at the hole for a moment before Clint tells her they have another stop to make.
Everyone looked at Clint but he shrugged, having no clue.
At the Task Force base, T'Challa and his guard are moving towards a car but find Natasha blocking their way. The guard demands Natasha move or she will 'be moved'. Natasha refuses but T'Challa calls off his guard.
"Who do you think would've won?" Tony asked T'Challa eagerly.
The other Avengers rolled their eyes at Tony's antics but listened with Scott and Peter for T'Challa's answer, curious despite themselves.
"It is difficult to say," T'Challa said after a moment. "Agent Romanoff is a skilled warrior, I can see that. But the King's guard is trained in the warrior ways of Wakanda, some since childhood. I honestly am unsure."
Natasha asks if T'Challa thinks he can find Barnes and he points out he has considerable resources. Natasha points out that Bucky is famous for disappearing and T'Challa asks if she knows where they are. Natasha admits she knows someone who does.
Everyone looks at Natasha but she shrugs, unsure.
Elsewhere, Steve met with Sharon as Sam and Bucky watched from a car. Steve says its low profile, which Sharon notes as a good thing as she opens truck of her car to reveal Sam and Steve's gear.
"Wow, she is awesome," Scott said as the others found themselves agreeing.
"Don't let that one get away Cap," Tony joked.
"She's my first love's niece. I think I'm gonna need some time to process that," Steve deadpanned.
Inside the car, Bucky is in the back as Sam is in the passenger seat. Bucky asks Sam to move his seat up but Sam blankly refuses.
"What are you twelve?" Rhodey asked amused.
Sam flushed, admitting he was acting a little childish, perhaps a little possessive to.6
Steve thanks Sharon as she says she's keeping a list. Sharon looks over at the car as Bucky moves to the middle seat, pointing out Bucky tried to kill her. Steve apologizes, saying he's keeping a list to. He warns her they'll be looking for her know, which Sharon already knows. Steve thanks her and they stare at each other for a moment before Steve walks over and they kiss.
Steve shifted a little, uncomfortable. Sharon seemed great and he found her attractive. There was something there, but it just felt too soon after Peggy's death to start something.
They pull back, both agreeing the kiss was late. Sharon walks off and Steve looks over at the car as Sam and Bucky smirk at him.
Steve stared at Sam with an incredulous look but Sam just smirked at him. Steve rolled his eyes with an amused smile as everyone snickered.
They drive to an airport and Steve parks by a van. They get out and Clint and Wanda exit the van. Clint greets Steve and Steve apologizes, saying he wouldn't have called if there was another choice. Clint brushes the apology off, saying he owes a debt as he looks over at Wanda.
"You don't owe me anything," Wanda said as she looked over at Clint.
"He has a habit of picking up stray, just go with it," Natasha said with a smirk as Clint rolled his eyes. "We first met when he was sent to kill me, he brought me home instead."
As Clint rolled his eyes, Peter looked around, noting how weird it all was. He'd always thought of them as gods, but he was starting to realize they were flawed and made mistakes, just like him.
Steve thanks Wanda for having his back and Wanda shrugs, saying it was time to get off her ass with a look over at Clint.
Clint smirked at her as Wanda shrugged.
Steve asks about the other recruit and Clint walks over to the van, saying he had to put coffee in him but he was 'rearin' to go'. He opened the back door to reveal Scott Lang, dozing.
"Hey, it's me," Scott exclaimed.
"So now we find out why you're here Tic-Tac," Sam noted.
Scott blinks at the light, asking about the time zone as he gets out. Scott spots Steve and begins fanboying over him, shaking his hand far too long. He drops it and looks back a Wanda, complimenting her by calling her 'great'.
Wanda smiled at Scott as Clint shot him a grateful look. Throughout this whole recording, all Wanda had heard was how everyone feared and hated her. It was about time she heard something positive.
Scott places his hands on Steve's shoulder, as if to reassure himself this is happening as Steve stands still, fighting amusement as Scott stammers 'thinks for thanking of me'.
"Is this as embarrassing as it looks?" Scott asked flushing.
"Much worse," Clint said with a smirk and Scott groaned as everyone else laughed at his expense.
Steve asks what he's been told and Scott notes it was about some 'psycho assassins'. Steve warns him they'll be outside the law on this mission, which is nothing new to Scott. Bucky says they should get moving and Clint says he has a chopper for them. However, alarms blare as the PA system goes off, a man saying something in German. Bucky translates, saying the airport is being evacuated.
"Looks like you found us," Steve said as he looked over at Tony, who winced.
"Which just made your job a lot harder," Tony muttered.
"I must have tracked Sharon, which led us to you," Natasha realized in guilt.
Sam realizes Tony has found them, confusing Scott as they look to Steve for orders. Steve orders them to 'suit up'.
Probably an awkward place to leave off but I'm trying not to make the watching parts ridiculously long, as that is what tends to burn me out on these fics and this is already the longest chapter yet, so this felt like a good stopping point.
1: I meant to cover this last chapter, but forgot. Anyway, Steve and Tony both made stupid decisions that could have made the fight at the Airport avoidable. And Steve made a mistake at the base when the power went out. Well, Steve and Sharon. Steve rushed off without letting anyone know what was going on. I mean, I get it, but Steve couldn't have stalled five seconds to tell Tony or Natasha what was going on? And Sharon obviously didn't tell them when she was leading them through the building. It would have kept them all on the same page and prevented the fight at the airport.
2: it's never made particularly clear when exactly Tony found out Peter's identity, so let's say Tony found out shortly before CW, okay?
3: Prior to Morgan, I didn't think Tony was cut out to be a father. Every time he has an interaction with a child, he usually ends up being a jackass, pardon my French. In Iron Man 3, he's an ass to Harley, the one person trying to help him, and yet he still expects Harley to do everything he says. Then with Peter, he's even worse, involving him in a conflict he has no business being in, using lies and blackmail to do so and Homecoming showed he didn't even give Peter the whole story. And don't even get me started on Homecoming. Fatherhood must have changed tony, because I find it very hard to believe the same guy who treated Harley and Peter so horribly is the same person we see with Morgan.
4: Involving Peter in this conflict is one of the worst things Tony does in this movie. Never mind that he blackmails Peter, this was not Peter's fight, but Tony involved Peter when Peter was underage and what Tony did qualifies as kidnapping. This is the beginning of a very dysfunctional, sometimes emotionally abusive mentor/apprentice relationship. Now, in the rare moments such as their reunion in Endgame and when Tony says he 'doesn't want another pop culture reference' out of Peter, I enjoy their interactions, but those moments are far and in between.
5: An important part of the Spider-Man character that seemed to be removed from Peter is they hardly showed Peter in Homecoming being the friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, of Peter caring about the little guy. They set it up in CW, but Homecoming didn't follow through. Peter in Homecoming is more interested in becoming an Avenger and treats looking out for the little guy as a chore he has little interest in rather than something he wants to do.
6: Fun fact, the reason Sam and Bucky were written as not getting along was intentional as both Bucky and Sam consider Steve their best friend but weren't sure which one of them he saw as his best friend. Just something I found funny I wanted to share with you guys.