Well not exactly a lab more like, a lab table, on which a very tired looking scientist was sleeping, in front of him were many important looking papers and beside him was sitting a red head who was glaring daggers at the screen.

While this was going on

"Peter..Peter..Call me , like now!" Ned was just leaving his 3rd voice mail to Peter when Peter knocked on his window.

"Ned, dude you can't just keep leaving mes..." Peter never got a chance to finish, Ned talked non-stop for 3 minutes. Now 2 pairs of eyes were watching the screen. But there was a difference, both of them had thought Mr. Stark was hero, both of them knew that he was alive. After all, he had dropped Peter home. Hence Ned was cool. Whereas Peter… Peter's mind was going back to all the unanswered voicemails. May be Mr. Stark was really…wouldn't Happy have told him? He hadn't even got a chance to say thank you properly. What if Mr. Stark's health had taken a turn for worst, after they came back? Things like that happened all the time, people died so easily. No, not Mr. Stark. Not like that, and to think that he had paused in fighting, to tell captain America, that he was a big fan. Peter's body started to shake at that thought but his eyes couldn't move from the screen.

"You are actually watching this.." Hope's voice brought him back from his thoughts.

She was standing there, unharmed. He didn't trust Stark men, but there was a time when Howard had been his friend… He was killed, murdered, with his wife… His child had to see that…the age of Anthony Stark did not matter. He had spent a life time making sure that Hope will never have to watch her mother's death. He had spent years to make sure that his inventions will be better, so she would not fall by his hands….

He looked at her again, he had given the suit to Scott, made him a superhero. Just like Howard had made the Captain. He had designed Scott's suite, provided him with all backup. Howard had designed Captain's shield. Rogers had used the same shield, trying to kill Tony. All he could think was Hope getting killed by his inventions. He had felt that pain once, nothing….nothing was as painful as that was. Enemy or not, Howard Stark did not deserve that.

Your child, getting killed by something that you made; by someone whom you gave powers… No...Nobody deserved that.

"Dad….are you ok?"

"Send a message to Virginia Potts. That we accept."

"But Dad, we have already signed the accords."

"Not talking about that. Tell her...She will know. Just tell her that Pym industries will work with Stark for whatever they want." He could see that Hope was about to complain but then she just nodded and went away. She was still heart-broken over Scott.

It could have been worse…She could have been present at the airport…..

He just stared back at the screen, suddenly noticing that the guy on the table, Tony stark was moving sluggishly…like he had just fought a battle.

The screen – Wakanda's palace

"what the.." The red head's angry growl was stopped in between by Tony's sudden shifting.

"Tony..Tony" Harley couldn't keep himself calm anymore. His voice was getting that annoying pitch that he was trying to avoid for past 6 months.

"Mute." The women…Pepper Potts, yes that was Ms. Potts growled at the screen. Most of the team Douche was still trying to talk to the screen. Harley knew better. He was just watching Tony.. who was alive ..not well if the grayness of his skin was any indication but alive.

"Dummy, don't let him out of your sight ok? Friday, transfer this screen to main lounge, I'm coming up." Pepper ordered and suddenly a weird looking robot started making noises by moving in half circle near Tony. They all saw Pepper's small smile, when Tony settled back in sleep.

"But Ms. Potts" before Harley could complete his sentence, the screen blacked out and opened in a large sitting area. A very odd seating area.

"Why are there Monkey bars here?" Harley asked. He was suddenly feeling really light. Tony was alive, he was looking a little grey but he was alive.

"They are physical therapy equipment." Sam whispered unable to move his eyes from the bars on screen. He hoped to God that it was not what he was thinking.

Sudden voice of an elevator, brought everyone out of their thoughts, and Pepper Potts emerged.

"Who are you? Oh my God. You are the kid. You must be. Friday, track his suit I want its location. Now." Pepper was talking fast.

"You know me? Tony talked about me, didn't he?" I knew we had a connection. Harley was nearly bouncing with joy now. All the tension he had was gone so suddenly.

Pepper nearly smiled looking at the kid. Tony was right. This kid was something.

In all that finally Friday decided to speak.

"Sir has made a list of people who are capable of making the iron-man suit. That list consists of two people. As far as how Ms. Potts knew it's you, I think she used a simple process of elimination."

"Waw, you are so not like Jarvis." Harley couldn't help but point out.

"Hey, come on she is really good and why does everyone keep comparing her to Jarvis?" Sam spoke up. He had missed Friday, she was the only one continuously available in the compound, to welcome him home. God that was home, he missed it so much. Friday must have missed him too.

Friday on her part acted like she couldn't hear Sam and went on.

"I'm not. But I have multiple files about you. We have not talked after your initial reaction to me. Mr. Stark said that you needed time to process the loss of Jarvis."

"uhm, can anyone explain what is happening here? If I'm correct this is an AI. Did Stark make an AI after Ultron? Does he really want to end life as we know it?" Scott asked really confused now.

"Hey… that's Friday. Don't talk like that about her. She is really good, nothing like Ultron." Sam bristled.

"Yeh… that's not the question buddy. Lang, Friday is an AI, she was made somewhere between Ultron fiasco, as JARVIS turned into vision. And she is best friends with Sam here. Like really -really good friends." Clint sang. He was feeling much lighter now. Tony was alive. Thank God. And more than that this line of dialogues normally got both Friday and Sam flustered. And like on cue

"Hey, so what's wrong with that? At least I have friends not like you.."

"Sam, she is a robot or computer... you can't form a relationship with…" That was Wanda.

"No.. JARVIS was my best friend. And he was a really cool friend... like better than Tony." Harley jumped in. What did this barbarian mean by just a robot?

"What was JARVIS? Wait the rumors were true? Stark actually had a functioning AI? Like, 'you can be best friends with it' good?" Scott couldn't believe that.. because if there were AI's that good…then Ultron…

"Are we really… ok… one thing at a time…Yes, Tony had AIs before Ultron. I know that was your question Mr. Lang. He had JARVIS, DUM-E, u, butterfingers, Friday and some more." Pepper took the

"Yes. Sir had me..him..JARVIS for a quiet long time." Vision said suddenly appearing from a wall.

"waw that's cool. Hi Ja...Mr Vision. Sorry your voice just..." It was so easy to think this was Jarvis, the sound of him was the only thing keeping him company many times in past years. He really missed Jarvis….

"Hello, that is alright, Sir explained to me that people who knew Jarvis will get confused. I have also read all research papers on relevant topic"

"Research papers…..He let someone do research on you and didn't tell me? I would have" Harley spoke, excited by the idea.

"Really…..how does everyone he meets….Ok one by one… kid, I need to know where you are, I understand you wanted to meet the avengers, but they are fugitives… You can't just go there and meet them. Let me just arrange transportation for you...from wherever you are.. Jar..Vision, keep him company will you.." Pepper was just turning to leave, when Friday spoke.

"Sorry lady boss, but he thought Mr. Stark died and he wanted to take revenge hence he infiltrated the country where the avengers are hiding… I cannot infiltrate them as that would be breaking the accords…"

"you ..what… oh kid… Tony is ok.. he was hurt ..pretty badly but he is ok.. and why would you want to take revenge on the avengers…"

That was the moment Harley realized that Ms Potts didn't know and he had no clue how to broach the topic.

"You don't know.." Sam was the first to talk, familiar and equipped to handle difficult conversations.

"I don't know what… the bunker..the damage was too much just for one winter soldier...what really happened there? Friday.." Pepper had always doubted, but now it looked like she was finally going to know.

"I have been instructed to not say anything, Ms Potts."

"Protocol 'Simon says', go on Friday...God I need better codes than this"

"This has been marked as a potential fatal danger to you and can't be opened...apologies lady boss."

"Fri, what's happening?" It was again Sam, who tried to decipher things.

"I can still give suggestions.. you can ask the kid for explanation, he knows." Friday said ignoring Sam.

"Oh a lovers quarrel, are you angry with Sam Friday." It was Clint who found this hysterical, oblivious to the tension in the room.

"Really man? So not the time.." Scott was baffled by how casually these people were treating things.. He could understand the kid, but the adults… how the hell he turned out to be the 'most adult' adult in the room?

"And who are you?" Pepper turned her eyes on Scott.

"Miss Potts, I'm Scott, Ant-man, I'am"

"That is Scott Lang, working as Ant-man with Pym industry. That's the guy who threw an Airplane on Sir. Also you have a message from Ms Hope Van Dyne."

"Read the message Fri, also Mr Lang, do not dare to speak with me. You.. I will see that, that was the last plane you threw at anyone"

"The message is on behalf of Mr Pym, he says that, 'we accept, Pym industries will work with Starks'. That's all"

Pepper Potts gave a feral smile at that, "Good. Now about what happened..kid can you explain.. I am still not sure what is going on here…"

"I think I will be better.." Sam tried to speak.

"Ms Potts is not speaking with you Mr. Wilson."

"Fri...are you actually angry with me?" Sam was perplexed by this.. Friday was always ..a good friend to him. They actually had inside jokes, even from Tony..why was she behaving like this..

"Did Tony ask you to be rude to Sam.. That's juvenile of him.. I will have a word with him Sam." Steve couldn't believe how childish Tony was sometimes..

"Shut up..you you..." Harley was tired and in pain and happy.. he just couldn't deal with Cap Douche now.. why was no one else handling this..

"Its's ok Kid... I will deal with him.. Calm down.. I got this.." That was Pepper Potts..

"But you broke up with Tony." Harley kicked himself the moment he blurted that, even cap douche knew not to say that.

"Ms Potts was the one who told vision to go and find Sir.. and Boss says you never question Pepper." Was Harley just imagining it or Friday sounded annoyed?

"Fri.., calm down. Its ok. And Kid, yes we broke up, but we are still friends."

"It's a good thing Pepper, he needs somebody near him now.. when ..avengers were his family too..." Steve wanted to speak more but a loud noise of somebody banging there hands on a table stopped him.

"Thanks for that Fri.. still I would have preferred to hit something... Mr Rogers if you ever again mention that Avengers are anything more than colleagues to Tony, I will sue you for slander. And I will win."

"Tony will not"

"Last time I let Tony decide and we ended up separated. This time, I actually don't care what Tony wants. May be you have forgotten it Steve, that he will do anything for me.. So suing some fugitives is not that big of a deal"

"I don't think he will have any problem with it Ms Potts" Harley was sure Tony wanted revenge. Now that he was alive, team douche was going down so hard.

Scott couldn't believe what was going on, first Tony Stark was alive, thank God for that. Then everyone had just collectively started joking around. Then Hank had agreed to work with Stark and now Ms Potts was saying that the avengers were the reason behind the most talked about break up in history. His train of though was disturbed with Friday's nearly human voice.

"uhhmmm. .. well... " He just couldn't believe this thing was an AI.

"What is it Friday? What did he do?" Pepper was exasperated with everything at this point.

"I can't say lady boss."

"Tony told you not to say anything? "

"I can't say"

Finally it clicked for Harley.. how the video feed was suddenly destroyed.. how there was no proof...

"It was Tony wasn't it? I wanted to show that feed as a proof of what Cap did.. how he kill... attacked Tony, but it was not there. Tony erased it, right?"

"Steve did what? When? In Siberia? Dr Allen said that the damage was done by something really strong... it was the shield wasn't it? That's why it was there ...in that room ... Friday... What really happened there?"

"I can't say...even if the kid is right... "

"If it's true Steve I'm going to kill you.. you and anyone else in that god forsaken bunker.. I will destroy you.. Friday where is Tony? ... we need to clear this up now..."

"Boss is awake and asking where you are... should I inform ...I have told him you are here.. he is coming up..."

Pepper waited... Silently ignoring whatever Steve was muttering in background...something about how this wasn't Bucky's fault..

Harley waited...he wanted to see if Tony was ok...he was not sure if he actually believed it..

Sam waited..wondering if Friday was angry with him for taking Cap's side...could she actully have emotions to that level?

Other avengers waited... Vision, avoiding looking at Wanda; Wanda, trying to understand why vision was ignoring her. Clint, just waiting for his friend..

Unknown to all of them except Harley and Friday, the world waited with them.

Peter waited to see how much damage was done to his mentor. Ned waited, worried what it would mean to Peter, if something had happened to Mr Stark.

Entire shield facility including Fury waited. Most of them gob smacked by the sheer stupidity and childishness displayed by 'the best strategist', the leader of avengers. Only sound in the room was of someone furiously typing something on their keyboard. Nobody dared to look at the source of that sound, a small circle of techs, with rest of their peers standing guard.

The World waited in chaos, some of them unsure of how Cap. America, the epitome of good can do something like this.. some who suddenly had shifted to Team Iron-man. And some still waiting for clarification.

Somebody had put up an opinion poll asking who do you support- Cap, Iron-man or the accords. Nobody mentioned that Accords and Iron-man should have been the same option. Too much was happening on everybody's screen to think rationally. A week after news channels called this poll the reason of such a huge change, the voice of people changing the world and what not.

At present it was a harmless thing stating -

The accords 40%,

Iron man - 29%

Cap - 24%

Unsure - 7%

4 days after the event, Friday found the exact moment the polls actually started shifting in her Boss's favor. It all started at the exact moment the elevator dinged..

Pepper was staring impatiently at the elevator door, when it finally opened she couldn't keep her smile off her face. (In coming months that picture trended everywhere with a tagline, 'find someone who looks at you as Pepper Potts looks at Tony Stark')

The door opened to show Tony sitting on his knees in front of DUM-E, who was moving all his parts. Oblivious to the world's eye on him, Tony kept on talking with his bot, while trying to fix something with a spanner.

"Stop moving you dumb ass... I swear to science if you move and the spanner shifts one more time, I will donate you to a community college."

"Friday, add his repairing to my task schedule, do not move... stay still you idiot."

"Added boss... why don't you just change his programming.. he just keeps on messing things."

"Fri.. pay some respect to your elders, and keep that door open, I'm going to get out, just let me... I swear to God, I will find a time machine and kick college me, why the hell did I make this... You know what Fri.. lets change his programming."

DUM- E beep booped at that, making Tony pat him on head.

"Ya...ya not changing you, you idiot."

"Mr Stark if you are done..." Pepper finally interrupted the scene.

"Ya ya Pep... What the hell?" Tony Stark finally looked up seeing an air display showing a suit and fugitive avengers on it.