Another chapter today. I might get another out if I can today.
Tony walked in and was a little woried. He was already struggling with guilt about Ultron. He just wanted to make the world a safer place and be able to stop being Iron Man for Pepper. No his friends were in hidding and it was his fault. He at at the dest and found two files with his name on them. One said watch first so he selected that one.
The video started with a older and tired looking version of himself. "Hi younger me. I probable made you speechless which is a first for us. Tony what I am about to tell you will not be easy to hear. In the future if things don't change you and others will make more mistakes that will cost a lot of lives. The Avengers are going to be needed in just a few years for a major battle. A battle that will not only effect Earth but the whole Universe.
The first thing is that you need to pause his video and check out the other file. It has information that I discovered to late about SGT James Barnes and what was done to him. I will start to say he is Steve's best friend and the last of his family from the past. Remember that when you see the rest of this video but for now pause it and look over the file."
Tony paused it and then opened up the data file. He saw it was a lot of information of what was done to James Barnes starting with when he and his unit were captured by Hydra before the unit was rescued by Steve with the help of his father and Peggy Carter. It went on to wat information was found about what Russia and then Hydra did to him over the years. It made Tony angerly at what had happen to him. All the memory wipes and false memories implanted would make anyone forget who they were. What's worse was they used him as a weapon. It was obvious to him that he stopped being James Barnes and was turned into the Winter Soldier. The last bit of information was what needed to be done to help Barnes. Tony closed the file and went back to the video file.
Older Tony sat there for about a minute before speaking. "When I finally read the information you just saw it made me angerly like I'm sure you are right now. It also explains why Steve did some of the tings he did to help Barnes. Steve understood before I did that the things Barnes were force to do were not his fault. He was just as much of a victim as the people he was forced to kill. Barnes was Steve's brother in all but blood. I'm not saying Steve was not with out his faults about what happen between us but I was just as wrong for not letting Steve explain things before things got worse between us.
Shortly in the future Secretary State Ross will inform the Avengers of the Skovia Accords which will establish a UN panel to control the Avengers and others like them if things don't change. Ross will use it to control the Avengers for his own use and declare those who don't agree as criminals and traitors. Because of my guilt about Ultron I signed and got others to sign also. Worst mistake I ever made. Steve refused to sign because it went against everything he stood for. Him and others were then cast as fugitives. The Avengers fought against Avengers. It lead to some of them being imprisoned on the raft. Steve did end up breaking them out but he spent the next two years on the run with Natasha, Wanda Maximoff and Sam Wilson. They helped were they could while those who sighed were used to hunt them down or for what ever Ross wanted them for.
After the Avengers were imprisoned I received some information that proved Barnes was incent about a crime he was accused of. I showed Ross but he didn't care. Sam finally told me were to find Steve. I helped Steve infiltrate Helmut Zemo's base along with Barnes who was remembering who he was at the time. The framing of Barnes and other things going on was just to draw Steve and I there so he could show me some information that was meant to divide and break up the Avengers. It turns out that one of the missions that Hydra sent the Winter Soldier on was to kill our father. I grew angerly and refused to listen to Steve when he tried to explain. I grew so angerly when I discovered that Steve suspected it since him and Natasha were on the run a couple years before."
Tony took a deep breath after he paused it. He finally knew who killed his parents and that Steve knew or suspected and never told him. He was starting to get angerly but took a deep breath and remembered what he just learned about Barnes. He started the video up again.
"Maybe Steve was wrong about not telling me but in some ways I understand why he didn't. He was trying to protect his brother and spare me the details that me knowing would not change anything. When we finally met up again two years later we talked. We both made mistakes and both agreed to be more honest with the other. After this talk we became better friends and the Avengers as a whole became closer. Talk with Steve. Keep any anger you may feel out of the discussion. It will do nothing but drive a wedge between you two. A wedge that will cost lives.
Now that that is out of the way there are some thing that you will need to do. In upstate New York we have some property that is perfect for the Avengers. There is a file for you, Steve, Phil Coulson and Fury to go over together and yes Phil is alive. You and Steve need to reach out to him and Fury before you leave Clint's farm. I want you also to build a secret facility on that large holiday island that we own in the pacific. Build another Avenger compound that the Avengers can go to incase the accords are still made. If the accords do come about don't sign. You and Steve need to take all the Avengers and disappear till they are needed. Outside the Avengers no one should know about the island but Phil and Fury. You will know what is needed to be done to help our friends and family if things go bad.
One last thing when you can get Phil and Fury out to the farm, there is some information on how the Avengers should go from here on out. Steve, Phil and I fell that SHIELD and the Avengers should form a partnership. While the Avengers for the most part will be in charge of them selves they will be a part of SHIELD as a separate division. Fury needs to come out of hiding and retake charge of SHIELD, Phil wants to work with the Avengers with is team. Maria Hill can be the SHIELD liaison to the Avengers. All the details are on a thumb drive that James and Sarah have.
Tony good luck and don't make the same mistakes I made. Talk with Pepper and fix things between the two of you. She also recorded a message for herself. Good luck Tony."
Tony closed the file and stood up. He went back to the living room and waited for Steve and Natasha to come back with the two kids they were talking with. He notice everyone was doing the same as him. They were all thinking about what they learned and what it meant.
When Laura saw Tony come back in she left to get the Roger family. The twins needed to tell the others what they knew and who they were. A couple minutes later Steve, Natasha and two teens came back in the living room. Natasha stood by Steve taking his hand while the two teens stood behind them.
Steve addressed his friends. "We all have just learned some things that has us all in shock. The best thing I feel we should do first is talk about what we learned. If your not comfortable about some thing you don't need to say anything about it. There may be things that you can't say yet or you want to talk privately with others.
I will start first. First is that me and Natasha are now a couple." That met with some congratulations and about time. "We learned in the future we admitted our feelings and got married. It was a surprise to us both but speaking for myself I'm happy with learning that.
Second the two teens behind us are James and Sarah Rogers our children."
So Tony knows the truth about his parent and Steve learning of Howard's death. He also learned about Bucky and what he had to go through over the last 70 years. Hopefully this time around he will be able to talk with Steve and clear the air between the two of them. The twins have be introduced. Next chapter will be the group talking and maybe Phil and Fury showing up. Hope you all are stil enjoying the story.