Tony was quite honestly annoyed with how long Hammer had stayed in hiding and was not found. So he decided to ask Hammer very nicely to give himself up. In person.

He had learnt a new trick much to Stephen Strange's horror. It was not a nice trick, his ghostly form as well as looking as stunning as he did for a press conference could also look like what his corpse looked like if he willed it. His corpse was not pretty and not all in one piece. He was quite willing to show Hammer his new trick.

He found Hammer huddled away somewhere with his back against a desk and appeared sitting next to him.

"Who you hiding from?" Tony asked conversationally. Hammer jumped and stared at Tony with horrified shock. Tony sent him a grin which stretched a little too wide and eyes that were a little too manic.

Hammer scrambled away, pointing at Tony whilst seemingly trying to gasp out something. Tony stood up leisurely and slowly walked towards him. "Is this any way to treat an old friend?" He asked calmly.

"You're dead. I killed you." Hammer managed to stammer out.

"Oh, that you did. Firstly I would like to apologise for being a jerkass to you at boarding school." Hammer lost some of his fear to appear gobsmacked. Tony's grin turned wicked.

"Secondly, I've come to return the favour." Hammer did not seem to like Tony's party trick very much considering the way he screamed.

Vision, he had put off interacting with Vision as he had never really felt comfortable with him.

It was JARVIS' voice. Sometimes when Vision spoke, he just blissfully forgot that JARVIS was gone and just hurt and confused himself, Vision and FRIDAY. Dear FRIDAY, he had to explain to her that she was more than JARVIS' replacement, that you can love siblings equally and all that jazz. JARVIS had sacrificed himself to make the android, Tony was not the only one behind the decision, JARVIS had the right to choose and choose he did.

There was a part of JARVIS in Vision, which was one of the reasons that made Vision as much a part of his family as any of his other AIs or bots. He guessed he could not help resent Vision a little for not being JARVIS, for being a reminder of what was lost despite knowing how unfair it was.

Vision had not asked for anything. He was as new as his baby girl FRIDAY but far more naive and innocent. He had not all the access FRIDAY had so he grew slower. He did not have Tony's constant love, attention and teaching to help him grow. It was not fair. Part of the reason he had avoided Vision was that he knew he was being terrible. Rhodey would not have ever fallen if he had just given Vision the same care as he did FRIDAY or any other of his creations. It was never Vision's fault, the fault lied between Tony and Rhodes. Rhodes who gave the order and Tony who did not give as much as he should. Vision was so young and who's only field experience was Ultron, he should have been personally training Vision as opposed to expecting the other Avengers, Wanda, to do it.

He had figured, Wanda had her powers from the same thing, they should train together. It had clearly been a mistake.
Wanda had excelled in harm but not the saving aspect as was evidenced by the whole mess leading up to his death. When Wanda was on defence, Lagos, her powers played bad. When Wanda on offense, throwing cars at him, throwing Vision through floors, messing with everyone's minds, her powers played good. Well it was obvious what she had the most practice in.

And he had left Vision to her.

Vision who in the face of his teammates attacking him used non-lethal force and restrained them, Vision who had offered Ultron mercy. Vision who had still cared for the witch who had utterly betrayed him, for what, through harming him as she choose his attacker over him. Vision was so innocent and soft hearted (despite it probably being made of Vibranium) and he had left him to a witch who excelled in harm, failed in saving.

He had given Vision a place to live, books and all basics he might like but he had failed Vision where it mattered.

He did care for Vision though. Not as a part of JARVIS, but as himself. He had realised that when he went after Wanda first for putting Vision through so many floors as opposed to Steven Rogers. He felt inclined to worsen Clint's punishment for the way he so callously attacked Vision and perhaps prompted Wanda's attack. He had all but gave Wanda her cue.

Perhaps it was a little too late but he was going to start putting effort into Vision now, the way he should have from the beginning.
He went to Vision.

Vision was staring at the hole he had been thrown though when Tony had tracked him down. Now that was not healthy. Perhaps Vision would like Malibu? Tony had his Malibu dream house (which when he said it like that sounded like it came out of the Barbie line) rebuilt as how could he not. He loved the warm and sunshine of Malibu, a happy yellow opposed to the cold greyness of New York. Better still, the Avengers weren't aware of it anymore. Vision should be far away from Wanda.

He bet Vision would love Malibu. Then he would do something about the hole. Perhaps he would put glass where the hole was as a bitter reminder of what Wanda done, so the Avengers could be reminded when they came back. As they would come back, skittering like cockroaches. He found contentment that they would probably not be welcomed back and would probably break in to get their stuff. Stuff which would be so kindly donated as what did they expect a shrine to them?

Or maybe he should just burn the compound down, or let Vision do it, it could be therapeutic for him to get rid of the reminder of the utter betrayal.

"Hey Vis."

"Sir?" It was the sirs really that were the painful reminder of JARVIS that had caused him to redraw away from Vision. "You were supposed to be dead."

"I would say that my death was greatly exaggerated but that would be a lie. I'm a spooky ghost, fear me. Also please call me Tony." Vision turned and looked at him in childish fascination and a hint of amusement.

"You don't look spooky, si... Tony." Vision gazed upwards for a moment. "I had wondered if there was a life after death when you died, I had hoped you were at peace as some of my research said. There was no factual evidence though." Tony knew he was a terrible person then, dear Vision had to research about death on his own for some comfort. And Tony had forgotten him when he had checked up on people.

"I was not alone, FRIDAY was there." Good girl FRIDAY, thank Thor (he had taken to saying thank Thor for it had amused Thor whilst Thor had stuck around) for FRIDAY.

"You shouldn't stay here, Vis. It's not healthy."

"FRIDAY remarks that you were never good at healthy."

"Don't be me, be better." He held out a ghostly hand. "Let's go home, Vis."

"I don't know what home is." Tony was slightly in shock that Vision could actually physically take his hand. Was it something in the way he phased through walls? Also wasn't that the saddest statement he had ever heard.

"What do you think about Malibu?" When Vision nodded, Tony put his fingers to his mouth and blew.

"I'm not your lap dog, Stark!" Strange stepped out of a portal looking highly annoyed, Vision looked at him in interest.

"But you still came. Look, holding hands!" Tony exclaimed excitedly holding his and Vision's hands up in triumph. Strange's annoyed expression turned interested and he had his science face on. "Now, to Malibu!"

Strange gave a groan of disbelief and incredulously held his palms up to the sky. "What do you think I am?"

"A valued friend and my awesome facial hair bro?"

"I hate you." Strange groaned pinching the bridge of his nose. Tony whooped in victory and still holding a bemused Vision's hand, led him through a new portal to the Malibu Mansion. DUM-E, U and Butterfingers would be great company for Vision.

"What are you doing?" Rhodey enquired looking at Tony and Stephen, who were holding hands as both looked over their respective paperwork.

"Research." Stephen answered simply creating a mini portal to grab his drink close to where their hands were entwined as opposed to letting just letting go of Tony's hand. Tony looked enviously at the coffee; he had not been able to drink it since dying. It was one of the things he really missed about being alive, the others things he decided to gather in Malibu, where he was now.

Rhodey groaned and gestured at their hands; Tony looked at him with a grin and waved over Vision with his free hand. Vision obliged after carefully placing a post-it note marking the page in the knitting book he was looking over, closing the book and taking it with him over to Tony. Tony took Vision's hand pointedly.

That's when Rhodey realised what he was looking at.

"You can hold hands!" Rhodey said in astonishment and delight, holding hands meant Tony was gaining more control with the physical world. Whereat he could briefly interact with objects, with anything living he just passed through which was an uncomfortable feeling.

"Fifteen minutes seem to be the longest he can hold hands." Stephen stated turning a page of his book, Rhodes looked at Stephen. They had held hands for that long? And by the sounds of it, this hand holding attempt was not the first.

Tony let go of both sets of hands and absentmindedly took the knitting book when Vision held it out to him. Rhodey's eyes widened slightly and he grinned, Tony nodded to Vision's choice. Vision looked pleased at Tony's approval.

"Hold me James!" Tony stated when he handed Vision's book back to launch at Rhodey who was laughing.

Peter Parker was astounded to be asked to go Malibu, his aunt was asked to accompany him. He figured it was a private funeral for Mr. Stark, but Happy Hogan looked far too much like his nickname for it to be that so he was just confused.

He was not that confused when he saw a transparent Tony Stark and a whole team of people waiting for him there.

"Mr. Stark made an AI and hologram of himself in case of his death?" Peter stated in astonishment. Tony looked at Colonel Rhodes.

"Damn, how come I didn't think of that!" Colonel Rhodes sighed and decided he would have to take it from here as of course he had to be the sane guy in the group.

Peter and his Aunt May listened in some disbelief, but they had evidence right there, that Mr. Stark was now a ghost and he had all but adopted them both (as Peter came with his Aunt May as a two-pack deal, all or nothing, because now he was dead he had to follow other's rules for once) according to Colonel Rhodes. He also would not stop pestering everyone else until they came to Malibu, as he wanted all his important people so he could look after them. May was surprised to see how she was included in the number, but it must have been because of Peter.

She guessed she could accept it all, she had seen the way Mr. Stark had chosen Peter over himself. Peter was speaking to other members and he eventually went closer to Colonel Rhodes and Aunt May.

"Aunt May, I'm Spiderman." May revised her opinion, she had seen the airport footage, there was no doubt who took Peter there. Mr. Stark was lucky he was already dead. She turned an angry glare towards him.

"Anthony Edward Stark." May stated through gritted teeth.

"Full name." Peter said anxiously.

"She used my full name. Shit." Tony Stark murmured and promptly turned more transparent until he vanished. May gave a huff of anger and turned her attention towards Peter.

"Peter Benjamin Parker." Peter gulped. Tony gave a small huff and reappeared.

"Fine, I can take it. I'm dead anyway, what much harm can it do." He had tried to explain that he had only brought Peter along as he was good at non-lethal restraining people, and he had thought the other side was supposed to be their team. He had been wrong. Aunt May was having none of it, quite rightly so Tony supposed, and ripped shreds out of him. He was lucky not to have a body otherwise it may have been literally.

"I was wrong. Your aunt is crazy scary, she almost exorcised me. Then I would have been all dead."

"Aren't you all dead already?" Peter asked much to Tony's delight.

"There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do."

"Go through his clothes and look for loose change." Rhodes added on receiving a high five from Tony.

Stephen looked at Tony with a quirked eyebrow. "You set that up so you could make that reference didn't you?"

"So what if I did?"

"What's it a reference to?" Peter asked and all three men looked at him in acute horror.

"FRIDAY, activate Protocol Dread Pirate Roberts."

And so Tony had made sure Vision and Peter were introduced to the Princess Bride, those who had already watched did not mind a re-watch. It was nice to take time to relax for once.

Everyone was wearing a knitted something when he had left them again to go bother those who think one-hundred and seventeen countries did not have a say in whether they wanted 'saving' or not. The knitted items were Vision's doing, Vision did not need sleep either although he liked to sleep. Of course Tony being Tony had to ask whether he dreamt of electric sheep. Tony liked having someone to spend time with during those times and he tried to be helpful when it came to knit.

He was not the best though, especially seeing as it was so time consuming and feeling drained the knit hooks would just drop from his hands, he settled for conversation and helping Vision understand the instructions. He supposed it was a stamina thing, with practice he could get better at holding and moving stuff.

He was so good when it came to moving stuff in his revenge because it always worked better when he was angry, and he always finding new things to be angry for when it came to them. The recent reason he decided to go back to tormenting them (when he had stopped because he was busy with people he actually liked) was because Peter was precious and May had brought up injuries he received from the airport. That Peter had passed it off as somebody hitting him, some guy called Steve.

That had him remembering the footage. That Steve had purposely dropped that massive weight on him, without knowing the kid's abilities. That could have easily been murder. So easily. If it had been anyone else, but apparently Captain America did not care unless you were named Bucky or were useful to him. Look at Wanda, he was so affront at her being kept in a place she called home for her own safety but he was apparently okay with locking her up in Wakanda when she became a danger to him. Peter played it off as if it was nothing and said that Captain America said he had heart.

But telling Peter that he had heart made it better? He distinctively remembered Clint saying a certain someone told him he had heart too in one of those rare moments he was willing to talk about what went down in the battle of New York. Loki told Clint the same thing.

He wondered if he should drop a note about that to Clint. Clint had mellowed a bit after he had (or rather Pepper) allowed Laura to see Clint. Laura had wailed on Clint just as May had wailed on him. Clint would probably have a good few choice words to say.

He started small again, let Steve think he's going mad from guilt. When Steve was in the shower and the mirror steamed up he happily wrote 'You Killed Tony Stark' in the glass.

Then he thought of the greatest punishment. Steve's 'Bucky' no longer needing him. It was kind of concerning the way Rogers would not seem to accept Barnes as a new person but rather he had to be the one he remembered. In a way getting Barnes away from Rogers and off of ice was doing him a favour. So was getting rid of those triggers.

Tony was going to help James Buchanan Barnes so hard that would be nothing left for Rogers to try to fix to soothe his hero complex. He was going to destroy 'Bucky' by giving James Barnes the chance to choose who he wanted to be. And in killing the triggers brutally he would be getting rid of the weapon that killed his parents. It would be almost therapeutic.

Although he still really wanted to cut off the other arm for strangling his Mom. Couldn't he just replace both arms instead of one? He was absolutely going to replace the one he blew off with something that screamed Iron Man to spite Rogers if Barnes would let him. Having no body really cut back a large part of the rage he felt towards Barnes. It was bad of him thinking of using Barnes as a weapon to hurt Rogers but hey he would be helped and his own person as an end result. That had to count for something.

He would also replace the Captain American exhibit with an Iron Man one. Because he could and it would be glorious.

Speaking of which... he managed to collect the remains of Captain America's shield (with help and most of the floor around it), because if the King of Wakanda supported those who ignored one-hundred and seventeen countries who did not what these people to come and go as they pleased, Tony would come and go from his palace.

Tony was not pleased. He really wanted to wear the beautiful jumper that Vision had made him for days. But he could only manage half an hour at most whilst otherwise not interacting with the world in general. His jumper was in War Machine's colours.

Just like Rhodey had Iron Man's colours as per his request, Rhodes had groaned and commenced in staring very avidly at the table which he tried to suffocate himself with at the thought of 'couple' jumpers. Tony took that as a good sign and bought Vision plenty of red and gold to knit with, with just enough white and blue to make the arc reactors that Vision had so lovingly done on Tony and
Rhodes, plenty enough for everyone.

As he had claimed every one of these people and he may as well announce that they were his by making them wear his colours. Vision gave him a look and a small smile which told Tony that Vision knew what Tony was up to but was going to go along with it anyway. In fact Vision seemed quite pleased to be claimed as one of Tony's own.

"I believe I know what home is now." Tony could have cried ugly happy tears. In fact he may have but no one could prove otherwise, it was just ectoplasm.

Stephen devised they could try and kill the jumper to give it ghostly form, but how do you kill a jumper? Stephen lamented at the fact he too gained a red and gold jumper to his collection, along with fingerless gloves with knitted repulsors, he wore them though and the cloak was delighted to be remembered by Vision and to gain little coverings for the cloak's clasps.

All the bots received a little scarf which wrapped around their arms. Tony figured Vision was such a good brother for them to have and so thoughtful as well.

Everyone wore their knitted items for a big group portrait including Tony, even if he was more of a floating jumper unless you knew what to look for and looked closely. It hung in the pride of place and it was all worth the threatening enough to get together and wear the stuff Vision knitted. All worth it indeed just to see how happy and proud Vision was to see them all wearing his jumpers. After he got them to wear them, they just wore the jumpers as they were comfy and warm. Tony considered it a job well done.

Using science and the mystical arts together Stephen and Tony found a way to convert the jumper so Tony could wear it forever if he so wished. They were very proud of themselves for such a mundane task. Even if Vision and Peter were the ones to actually solve it, they were just going to ignore that.

He was also proud he had managed to bring Harley and his family into the fray and they were great enough to actually stay in Malibu until the Parkers who would visit but stayed in Queens. Rhodey scolded him telling him that he had a problem with the way he had to collect people. Tony tried to play off the dead card by saying "I regretted not doing it when I was alive." Rhodey was totally onto him though.

He decided to turn the remainder of the shield into a new Iron Man helmet to be the pride and joy of his new Iron Man exhibit. He also made sure to make it really obvious where it had come from with the insides of the helmet painted the same way as the shield.

When Steve Rogers saw the new Iron Man exhibit on the news, with the star attraction being the helmet which was very obvious where it originally came from. He thought he was going mad as he had seen the shield melt. Of course he had told or shown anyone else the melted shield stuck to his floor, what would they think? If he had pretended the shield was not molten mess then he could keep people's faith in him whilst try and get another one. No one would have to know better.

He ran to check. Nothing there. Had he imagined it all? Was it a dream?

But he remembered it being there, stepping over it in the morning to leave the room, carefully avoiding it. Not letting Sam, the one guy left aside from Bucky who was in a cryogenic chamber, see it.

He also remembered that building the exhibit was in. Didn't he have his exhibit there? He went to talk to Bucky in his cryogenic chamber, it always put him at ease talking to Bucky without having any judgement or answers. To just talk. But Bucky was not there.

"Okay let's teach you boys to drive." Vision looked at him dubiously, whilst Peter looked at the ceiling wondering why he had even gotten in this car. Harley sighed wondering why they had to be connected. When Mr. Stark had offered to show them how to drive they had not expected him to be behind the wheel.

"Mr. Stark, I don't really think a disembodied person should really be driving." Peter voiced eying up Vision in some panic.

"There's no rules against it." Mr. Stark stated with a slightly manic grin.

"That is because you're the first, I am sure there is soon going to be rules against it." Vision answered simply. Mr. Stark waved off their concerns.

"Practical demonstration." Mr. Stark said cheerfully beginning to drive off, fairly well for a ghost they had to admit.

"What about Rhodes?" Harley asked.

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

"Old reference, I get it." Tony looked at Harley affronted. "But I meant Rhodes, you started to drive off without him."

"Oh shit." Tony murmured.