with a hand wrapped round his throat Pietro seemed to have Tony up against the wall before anyone could register he was out of the restraints. Blood was slowly dripping down the wall where Tony head had smashed against it. Everyone suddenly jumped into action, Clint and Natasha went for their guns, Bruce backed into the cockpit and before Steve could reach for his shield Thor had bounded across and grabbed Pietro`s upper arm and threw him with force across the jet.
Tony fell to the ground coughing and despite the dizziness Pietro felt he went to get back up but the noise of a gun cocking stopped him and he looked up to see Natasha holding a gun to Wanda's head who was still lying unconscious oblivious to what was happening around her.
"stop!" she ordered "sit down and don`t move" the gun staying firmly against Wanda`s head. Working his jaw Pietro obediently got up slowly and sat down at the nearest seat, eyes staying firmly on the gun to his sisters head. Tony got up from the floor with a grunt and went through one of the cabinets and pulled out a pair of handcuffs and tossed them to Clint.
"Here hopefully these will hold psycho speedy over there"
Clint gave the cuffs a questionable look "aren't these the same cuffs we used on Loki?"
"Yep I replicated them and made a few modifications, and if they can hold a God they should be able to hold"
Clint approached a glaring Pietro "Hands kid." Pietro held out his hands and the cuffs were clicked into place. Natasha clicked the safety back on and moved away from Wanda, Steve gave her a disapproving look.
"What?" she mumbled "I wasn't really going to shoot her."
Steve glanced into the cockpit where Bruce had disappeared into when the fight broke out "Bruce are you alright?."
"Yeah fine" coming out of the cockpit "we`re only 15 minutes away".
Tony flopped down on a seat opposite Pietro, holding a bandage to the back of his head.
"Oh and I`m fine, thanks for the concern. So kid what`s your beef"
Clint laughed "what`s your...beef?"
"Yes beef..problem..grudge, come on kid spill the bean to uncle Tony".
"You`re a murder" Pietro snarled out.
"A murder? kid I carried a nuke through a wormhole and saved the world, I'm practically a hero".
Pietro gave out a sharp laugh "what, you think dressing up and playing hero forgives you for everything you have done. The money you have built your life on is tinted with the blood of innocent people."
A dark look passed Tony`s face "Is this about my weapons? because I don`t do that anymore, I'm making up for the mistakes I made in my past".
Pietro fists clenched tighter together and his mouth pulled into a sneer "And that makes ever better? Do you know what it's like to grow up in a war zone, to see your parents killed in front of you, to see the streets you once played in turned into nothing but a graveyard for the unburied". His accent was getting stronger the more worked up he was getting. "because that TONY STARK is what your..MISTAKES caused" he spat out with such hatred.
Everyone just sat in silence, Tony face was emotionless but you could tell he was affected by the words.
"I.I..didnt" Tony stuttered
Steve stepped forwards hoping to diffuse the growing tension that has built up "Tony just don`t". Tony nodded and got up ignoring the death stare Pietro was giving him "I will get ready for landing" and walked out to the cockpit".
Natasha took Tony`s now absent seat.
"Is that how hydra recruited you, promised you a better life..revenge?"
"it`s not like we had a lot to lose".
Natasha held up hands "I wasn`t judging, I get it".
Steve got up and walked into the cockpit and saw Tony staring blankly out of the window.
"Are you okay"
Tony jumped at the sudden voice and cleared his throat "yeah I think the bleeding has finally stopped".
Steve sighed and sat down next to Tony "I was talking about what the kid said. You know it`s not your fault".
Tony ran a hand down his face "I know, I wasn`t the one to fire the weapons" a couple of minutes of silence followed and Tony turned round "but if I didn`t...If I never designed them-" Steve cut him off "you`re aren't the only person in the world who manufactures weapons, they could of easily got them from elsewhere. You`re are not to blame".
"Tell that to the kid" Tony huffed
"He needs someone to blame Tony, and you`re a face and a name, someone to place all that hatred and anger on. Do you think the cells at the tower will hold them, I read the files and the girls powers are even more volatile than his."
"The hulk couldn`t even bust himself out of those cells, I made them invincible. What are we even going to do with them, going by the boy I don`t think they`re fans."
"Talk to them, they deserve a chance."
"And if they don`t want to listen?"
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