A/N Sorry for delay in posting, kids habit of taking up most of my time.

"Steve, Bruce you do realise that physically Tony might be a cat but intelligently and emotionally he still is human, would you like to explain who thought it would be a good idea to lock Tony in a cat crate and leave him alone to wake up hurt and disorientated, bearing in mind the last time this happened was in a cave in Afghanistan and we all know how he reacted to that event.

Steve was mortified at what they had done, he had read Tony's file and he knew from his own experience of being frozen in the ice for 70 years that confined spaces were difficult to deal with again after such traumatic experiences. Bruce also was upset and angry with himself, he had got caught up in the leaflets of aftercare from the Vet that he had also forgot that Tony would react as a human with bad memories of being locked up and not as a cat.

"Well the damage is done, we need to concentrate on finding Tony and making sure he has not made his injuries worse when escaping from the cat crate. I also need to ring Pepper and let her know what has happened she might have an idea of where he would go."

Phil quickly got hold of Pepper who was in Europe attending meetings as CEO of Stark Industries. She had been unable to return due to these commitments, needless to say she was not happy with Steve and Bruce and they were not looking forward to what would happen to them on her return as she was very protective of Tony even though they were no longer a couple.

"I would suggest that you check his workshop as that is where he normally would go if angry upset or feeling threatened, it's where he feels safest. He would have found some way of getting in if he really wanted to. Jarvis will override the entry code to let you in, please let me know as soon as you find him, now I really must get back to my board meeting."

Phil contacted Clint and Natasha and they arranged to meet at the door to Tony's workshop. Once they were all there Phil asked Jarvis to unlock the door, his request was met with silence the door remained locked and the glass wall dark.

Tony had heard them coming down the stairs to the workshop and had managed to type in the codes to mute Jarvis and lockdown the workshop using the large holographic keyboard he had created once he had been able to communicate with Jarvis through the Stark pad. It was tiring as he had to run up and down hitting the keys with his good paw whilst trying to keep his balance on his injured paw. Still it was better than using his nose which he had to do when first using the Stark Pad.

After some trial and error he had been able to communicate with Jarvis and the Bots and his design idea had taken shape and he was waiting for the fabrication process to complete. It was at this stage that he had heard the others nearing the workshop.m

The fabrication unit chimed signalling that end of the process, Dummy picked up the completed parts and rolled over with them to the work bench where Tony was sitting waiting. Quickly Tony put them on only pausing to unmute Jarvis and give him the command controls.

Just as Clint was about to climb up into the air vents, the glass wall turned opaque and the door to the work shop slid back.

Jarvis's voice was cold and remote as he spoke.

"Before you enter I must inform you that Sir's safety is my first priority and any attempt to hurt him or remove or restrain him against his wishes will be met with hostile force."

Phil entered the workshop first after assuring Jarvis that his main concern was also Tony's safety and that he wanted to make sure he was not hurt and to get him to eat some food. The gathered near one of the work benches, looking around they could see no sign of Tony.

"Tony please come out I am so sorry that I was not here earlier I would never have let them lock you up, I care about you too much to want anything bad to happen to you."

Suddenly from the dark corner of the workshop something flew towards them, automatically they dropped to the ground Phil, Clint and Natasha drawing their weapons, before they could shoot Dummy rolled forward fire extinquisher in his claw and sprayed them with foam.

Suddenly Clint fell on to his back among the foam laughing the others looked at him as though he was insane which made him laugh even more. Point upwards he managed to gasp out,

"LOOK PUSS IN REPULSOR BOOTS!"

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