"Tony? Antonio?" Natasha tried to open the door, but it was locked. When she bust in the door, she saw Tony on the ground face down, with his feet lying on the toilet and his shirt around his neck, hardly covering his full back. It looked like he had been standing on the toilet and fell forward. Upon further examination, she saw a spot of blood on the washbowl of the sink, "Bruce?!"

Startled, Bruce nearly jumped out of his chair and rushed towards the bathroom, with the others following. Out of instinct, he grabbed his medical bag on the way. By the time they arrived, she was about to call for him again.

"Woah. What happened?" Clint asked. Bruce immediately jumped into doctor mode,

"Don't touch him! Stay back." He snapped when Clint went to help. He felt around Tony's neck and head and determined that it was okay for him to be readjusted. When he turned him over, he felt the tenderness of his skin and lifted up his shirt the rest of the way and gasped.

"What?" Rhodey asked.

"Ahem. Rhodes? Rhodey... maybe we should talk separately."

"What? No! What's going on?" Sam rushed.

"What is it?" Steve asked. Bruce lifted Tony's shirt off the rest of the way and moved out of the way, rubbing his forehead,

"Howard right?"

"Yeah," Rhodey sighed, "Yes. How..."

"I think that when the spell reversed his age, it took him back to exactly how he was at the time. Physical condition and all. The bruises are too old to have been from a recent fight and even if they were, they are specific to a certain type of attack. It's highly unlikely whoever had him would have done this. And even if that doesn't sound possible, he no longer has his arc reactor, so it's unlikely he would still have recent bruises. Does that sound possible Thor?"

"Aye. If it is the kind of magic that it seems to be, it shall run its course." Thor told him, frowning at the thought of the elder Stark haven beaten his child.

"What do you mean 'Howard'?" Steve sounded genuinely confused, but when Tony started to stir, he was ushered out of the room. Clint, Thor, and Sam left as well, to "create as little stress as possible", by orders of Bruce. When he finally woke up, Bruce had just finished treating a cut on his forehead and backed away.

"Hey. It's okay," he said placatingly, with his hands up, "We know about y- Howard. You don't have to worry. We won't hurt you."

Tony whispered something softly, his lips hardly moving.

"Yeah. Yes, we'll keep him away. Come on, let's find you somewhere to sleep... Don't worry, one of us will stay with you. How about Natasha?"

When he finally agreed to it, Natasha took him to her room and the two men joined their teammates in the other room. Apparently, Steve had been brought up to speed and was refusing to believe the facts. When they entered the room, Sam cleared his throat,

" I don't think that Tony would want us talking about this."

Around 10 hours later, Natasha had Jarvis alert them to the fact that he was awake and needed Bruce's assistance. Natasha has taken an arc reactor up with her just in case he woke up and needed it back in his chest, and wanted Bruce to check on him. Rhodey went too, of course.