January 25th, 2015
Outpost 54, Bermuda

Tony Stark leaned back in his chair of his workshop in Outpost 54, which was also known as Castle Bravo, and he was looking at the files of the newest weapons MONARCH wanted him to build. The current project he was trying to work on is the newest prototype of the Maser Turrets. The current one, Maser Turrets type-3, is a complete and utter wreck when it came to working above and under the water. The ones above the water had the shortest life when it's in use, usually lasting about twenty minutes before it had to power down to cool off. The underwater ones...did not work at all. Really, this whole project was such a mess, even for him.

With a groan, he stretched, his back popping slightly from being in one position for so long. He stood up, shaking his legs out to get the feeling back in them and headed out of the workshop and over to the elevator, pressing a button. He waited until the automatic doors opened and stepped inside, pressing the button that would take him to the common level and once the doors closed in front of him, he felt the elevator moving upwards. His workshop was lower than all the other levels of the outpost and luckily for him, this meant that hardly anyone goes down there. Well, everyone except for the selected few. Those selected few had permission of going into his workshop when he's in there, no questions asked.

The elevator made a metallic dinging sound before the doors opened and he walked out and straight into the kitchen. To his disappointment, he wasn't the only one there but, to his delight, it was Bruce, his science buddy.

Doctor Bruce Banner was recruited by MONARCH on November tenth, twenty-fourteen for the science division for his work in nuclear physics. Tony was always a fan of Bruce's work and it was like a dream come to that he was working with the said man.

"Hey, Brucie-Bear!" Tony greeted as he made a B-line to the coffee maker and, to his delight, the coffee was already read to be poured, which he did without a thought into his mug.

"Hey, Tony." Bruce greeted back with a small smile. "Anything new with you?"

"I wish." Tony sighed dramatically. "They want me to get working on the type-4"

"Already? It's only been like, what, two months since the type-3 were commissioned?"

"Surprise, they do jack shit on land and just don't work under water."

Bruce just shook his head as Tony sipped at his coffee, enjoying the warm, caffeinated liquid.

"What about you, Bruce, anything new on your end?"

"Just the same stuff. Nothing exciting yet." Bruce rubbed the back of his neck slightly with a sigh. "Everything's going slow lately."

"Don't I know it. They are even taking long with my requests for personal projects."

"What have you come up with now?"

"A missile but not a weapon missile."

"...Go on."

"It's more of a helping missile type thing. It would mostly be used for finding survivors in cave ins and similar incidents. It will have a drill on the end where it drills into the rocks or whatever and explodes, creating a whole and the rescuers could dig into that whole and hopefully find survivors. I'm calling it Drill And Rescue Missile- or D.A.R.M. for short."

"That's...actually a pretty good idea."

"I know, right? You'd think it would be a quick snap approval but no, of course it can't be. I sent the request for it in two months ago."

"They didn't get back to you, yet."

"No." Tony grumbled before downing the rest of his coffee. "The board members are two busy doing god knows what and, even though Ishiro is the head of MONARCH, he still needs the stupid board members to be on board with it."

"I'm sure it will get approved of soon. There's no reason why they shouldn't, its a good idea that could save lives."

"I'm not gonna hold my breath." Tony ran a hand through his hair with a sigh. Before he could say anything more, the intercom cackled to life.

"Incoming Osprey, few miles out. Doctor Serizawa, Doctor Graham, Colonel Foster, Colonel Rhodes and Mister Stark, please head up to the platform to await landing."

"Well, duty calls." Tony straightened up and walked past Bruce with a parting pat and went straight to the elevator again. He pushed the button and the doors slid open. He slipped in and hit the top button and watched as the doors close once more and the elevator giving a small jolt as it resumed climbing upwards. It stopped after a few minutes though, opening to Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham.

"I see you finally listened when you were called." teased Vivienne as she stepped on the elevator with Ishiro, the doors closing again and the elevator started their journey up once more.

"What can I say? I wanna meet the new G-Force recruit...or should I say the three new recruits." How the guy got two of his apparent buddies roped into this, tony had no idea, nor did he know if the two had volunteered or not.

"Tony," Ishiro spoke up, making Tony look over at him. "Try to be on your best behavior this time."

Tony let out a dramatic gasp, a hand over his heart with mock hurt. "Ishiro, I am always on my best behavior! I can't help it that other's can handle it!"

"Yes, I'm sure that's it." Ishiro replied dryly. Vivienne only giggled slightly at the two's banter.

The elevator stopped and the doors opened and the smell of the sea filled the elevator. The three walked out, into the ocean breeze and the elevator doors slid shut behind them. Standing in front of them was Colonel Jane Foster and Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes, the latter being Tony's best friend since MIT.

"Platypus!" chirped Tony as he walked over to the two Colonels, slinging an arm around Rhodey's shoulder.

"Tony, glad to see you finally joining us in greeting new people." Rhodey said as he rolled his eyes at his friend's antics.

"What can I say? I wanna be one of the first to meet them."

"Why, so you can try to charm them with your non-existent charm?"

"Rhodey, not you too!" Tony pulled away from Rhodey dramatically, looking at him in mock betrayal.

"Not to ruin...whatever this is." Jane spoke up, nodding to the approaching Osprey. "But the new recruits are almost here."

Tony, Ishiro and Vivienne all got in line and watched as the Osprey slowly touched down, the rear hatch opening after a minute. Tony could see three people walking out and towards them. One was tall, blond hair and blue eyes and wearing just simple jeans, a t-shirt and a blue jacket. The second person was dark-skinned, military green shirt and pants.

The third one was who really caught Tony's attention. Dark hair that reached his chin, steely blue eyes that seemed like they were always guarded and hard. He wore a grey shirt, black pants and a black leather jacket. If he was honest with himself, out of the three of them, Mister dark hair was the most attractive.

The three reached them and, as soon as they were, saluted both of the Colonels, who saluted back.

"At ease." Jane stated, her's and Rhodey's arms dropping first with the three following suit. "Welcome to Castle Bravo, you're new home. I am Colonel Jane Foster. This is Colonel James Rhodes."

"You three are the first to be recruited for G-Team." Rhodey took over. "This team is going to be your family from now on. Now, I'd like to introduce you to the three you see beside me."

"Doctor Ishiro Serizawa," Ishiro stepped forward, putting his hand out and the blond was the first to reach over and shake his and. "I am the head of MONARCH. This is my assistant, Doctor Vivienne Graham."

"Name's Tony Stark." Tony grinned at the three. "The inventor around here."

"It's nice to meet you all." The blond stated. "I'm Captain Steve Rogers."

"USAF Master Sergeant Sam "Falcon" Wilson." the dark skinned man, Sam, introduced himself.

"Sergeant James Barnes. Everyone calls me Bucky." stated Mister dark hair with a hint of a Brooklyn accent in his voice. Can a Brooklyn accent sound hot? Cause, to Tony, it defiantly sounded hot.

"Follow Colonel Rhodes. He will show you to your sleeping quarters and get yourselves situated. Then, come down to the war room. We will debrief you all about what each of the MONARCH outposts hold and what function they serve."

"Yes, ma'am." The three men stated simultaneously before following Rhodey to the elevator. Tony couldn't help but watch after them, more specifically, Bucky. It was only when the elevator closed that Tony turned back to Ishiro and Vivienne, the latter looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

"...What?"