Tony is in his lab, the Expo model is reassembled. Tony blows some dust off of it. He asks JARVIS if he could form a digital wire frame because he needs a projection he can manipulate.
"Wait Jarvis as in Edwin Jarvis?" Howard ask. Tony nodded.
"Your butler?" Peggy asked Howard.
"You named you AI after him?" Howard asked.
"Yes, I liked Jarvis so I thought I'd keep him around." Tony said.
A blue outline slowly covers the top of the model, Tony snaps his fingers as he waits. JARVIS says the scans complete.
Tony asks how many buildings there are and then lifts the hologram.
JARVIS asks if he should include the Belgian waffle stands.
"Again with the sarcasm in this AI." Clint muttered.
Tony moves the model and says the question was rhetorical and asks JARVIS to show him then he sets the model down.
He snaps his fingers and points, the model starts spinning in the direction he pointed in and turns so its right side up, facing the back wall. Tony grabs a chair and sits in front of the model and asks JARVIS what it looks like, then compares it to an atom and points to where the nucleus would be.
Tony tells JARVIS to highlight the unisphere. The globe turns yellow, Tony takes it in his hand and tells JARVIS to lose the footpaths.
JARVIS asks what he's trying to do.
"Yeah, what are you doing?" Strange asked.
Tony says he's rediscovering a new element.
Howard smiled, he was right when he said Tony could finish what he started.
"So that is the element you used in place of palladium?" Bruce asked.
Tony tells JARVIS to lose the landscaping, shrubbery, trees, parking lots, exits and entrances and says to structure the protons and neutrons using the pavilions as a framework. Things start moving toward the unisphere, it starts to look more like an element atom. Tony claps his hands and the element expands.
"Holy shit."
Tony looks around it and makes a comment about Howard still taking him to school even though he's been dead for 20 tears. He claps his hands again and the element shrinks, he holds it between his fingers. JARVIS says that the element should serve as a replacement for palladium. Tony thanks Howard. JARVIS says the element is impossible to synthesize.
"I have a feeling, you're about to make it not impossible." Bruce said.
"Its not technically impossible, its just very difficult if you don't know what you're doing." Shuri said.
Tony says to get ready for a major remodel because they're back in hardware mode.
"I was right." Bruce said.
Tony Smashes a wall with a sledge hammer a few times, he drops it.
"Okay but honestly, that looks fun." Peter said.
He uses a jackhammer to uncover a panel of electric switches, he takes the door off and attaches some wires. He uses the jackhammer again to make a hole in the ceiling, hr throws the wires through the hole. He wheels some crates and opens them, he lifts a metal tube and attaches it to the wall. Some time later all of the tubes are connected, resting on piles of random objects.
"You built a particle accelerator in your basement?" Bruce asked.
Coulson puts in a code and enters the lab and says he heard Tony broke perimeter.
Tony jokes that it was 3 years ago and asks where Coulson's been.
Coulson says he was doing stuff.
"Wow, 10/10 explanation." Shuri said.
Tony says that he has too and that he's playing for the home team and calls them 'fabulous furry freak brothers.'
"Uh, rude."
Tony asks if Coulson's going to let him work or if he's there to break his balls.
Coulson walks toward a box and pulls out something that looks like Captain America's shield and asks why its there.
"Once a fanboy, always a fanboy." Natasha said.
Tony looks at him to see what he's talking about and sets down the thing he's holding and asks Coulson to bring it to him.
Coulson asks if he knows what it is.
"Of course I know what it is, Agent." Tony said.
Tony says that its what he needs to make his system work. He takes the shield and tells Coulson to lift the coil so he can slide it underneath. Tony grabs a level and sets it on the coil and says its perfectly level before asking Coulson what he wants.
Coulson says that Fury's sending him to New Mexico.
Clint and Coulson subtly looked to Thor.
Tony says its fantastic and calls it the 'land of enchantment.' Then he asks Coulson if he's doing secret stuff there.
Coulson confirms and wishes Tony luck.
Tony thanks him.
Coulson says they need him.
Tony says they need him more than they know.
Coulson tells him they don't need him that much.
"Debatable." Tony said.
The lights in the lab are turned off. Tony is wearing glasses and has a wrench. He puts a prism in the particle accelerator and rotates it. He sticks a key into it something and turns it on, the lights start dimming more. Tony takes his shirt off.
"Was that strictly necessary?" Rhodey asked.
JARVIS says that he's initializing the prismatic accelerator. Tony tries to turn the wheel with his hands. JARVIS says they're approaching maximum power. The wheel won't move, it starts shaking. He grabs the wrench and uses it to turn the wheel.
The laser starts burning things in its path, cutting a large metal container in half before it reaches the small triangle, the triangle starts to glow blue, Tony turns off the machine and says that that was easy.
"How was that easy?" Quill asked.
He ducks under the coils and walks toward the glowing object, he tosses his glasses on the table and sits down. He uses a pair of pliers to lift the triangle. JARVIS congratulates him on creating the new element.
Howard gave onscreen Tony a fond look, then turned his head to real Tony and gave the same look.
'Maybe not all Americans are stupid, most are, but there are a few smart ones.' Shuri thought.
Tony puts the new element into an arc reactor. JARVIS says that the reactor has accepted the core and he'll begin running diagnostics.
"I do wish you would have let me finish the tests." Vision said.
"Do I know you, I feel like I know you." Tony asked, a few people nodded in agreement.
"Oh, you do actually, you just don't meet me for a few years." Vision responded.
Ivan is building his own arc reactor. He's talking on the phone with Hammer, who's golfing Hammer says he's with senator Stern and that they were going to take a look at the drone designs.
Ivan says they aren't ready.
Hammer asks what he means.
Ivan says he can present them but he can't demonstrate them.
Hammer asks for the difference.
"Presentation means they wont do anything, demonstration means that they will do stuff." MJ said. "To put it simply."
Ivan says that they wont fly or shoot.
"But they did both of those things." Rhodey said.
Hammer asks what they can do because its a weapons demonstration.
Ivan says he can make them salute.
Hammer asks what he means.
"Does he not know what a salute is, he works almost directly with the army how does he not know?" Sam asked.
"Well... he isn't very smart." Happy said.
Hammer says that thats not what they agreed to and that Ivan promised him suits and then he promised him drones.
Ivan has remade his lightning whips.
"Oh no."
Justin and two men in suits are walking through a lab, they walk into the room where Ivan is. He is sitting with a bird. Hammer says he's confused because Ivan said it wasn't his bird but he likes it now. Then he tells one of his men to take the bird. A man grabs the bird and puts it in a sack.
"Okay that is just wrong." Scott said.
Hammer says to also take his pillows and his shoes. The men take them. Hammer asks if Ivan feels bad and says that that's good because its how he feels. He reminds Ivan that they had a contract and that he saved his life and Ivan gives him suits. And says that he doesn't know if Ivan id a genius of a fraud.
"I hate to say it but the guy is a genius." Tony said, a few people made noises of agreement.
Hammer says that something good fell into his lap and if it didn't he'd be at Ivan's mercy. He says that he has a piece of Stark tech that he 'pimped out.' and says that Ivan's drones are going to be a backdrop to the demonstration.
Ivan says something in Russian.
Hammer says he doesn't speak Russian.
"He knows that, that's why he's using it." Natasha said.
Hammer says he's going to go to the Expo and he might even get laid.
"That's wishful thinking." Bucky said.
"I'm gonna be the one to say it but that guy has a very punch-able face." Hope said.
Hammer points to the other in the room and says that they're Ivan's babysitters and that when he returns they're going to rehash the terms of their agreement and Ivan's going to make good on their arrangement and if he doesn't he's going to be a dead man.
"I feel like this guy is just full of empty threats." Clint commented.
Tony is sitting on a chair in his lab and tells Dummy to clean up the mess. JARVIS says its from a blocked number.
Tony says hi phone privileges are reinstated and answers the phone and asks Coulson how the land of enchantment.
"Why did you think it was me?" Coulson asked.
Ivan asks Tony hoe he's doing and says he is doubling the cycle.
Tony questions him.
Ivan reminds him that he says double cycle is more power then he says it was good advice.
"And that is why we don't give evil people advice, even if they're in jail." Pepper said.
Tony says Ivan sounds good for a dead man. Ivan says he does too.
"Oh?"
Tony mutes his microphone and tells JARVIS to trace the call.
Ivan says that the true history of the Stark name would be written.
Tony asks JARVIS where he is.
JARVIS says he's accessing the Oracle grid and traces the call to the eastern seaboard and a map appears on a computer screen.
Ivan says he would do to Tony what Howard did to Anton.
"Good thing he didn't get too right?" Rhodey asked.
Tony says it sounds good and they should hash it out.
JARVIS traces the call to the tri-state area then to boroughs outside Manhattan.
Ivan says he hopes Tony's ready, then hangs up.
JARVIS says the call trace is not complete.
"Damn it."
Tony looks around and sees an advertisement for Justin's demonstration at the Expo, he then looks over at the arc reactor, and aggressively slams it into his chest. JARVIS protests.
Tony tells JARVIS to run his tests and assemble the suit.
JARVIS says the effects of the reactor aren't clear.
Tony says he doesn't want to hear it. The reactor gains power and Tony says that it tastes like coconut and metal.
"You can... taste that?" Drax asked.
"That is exactly what I imagine Vibranium tastes like." Shuri said.
The scene switches to the Expo. Happy, Natasha and Pepper get out of a car. Happy tells them that he'll keep the car down there. Pepper thanks him and walks into the building with Natasha.
An announcer says Hammer's presentation will begin soon in the main pavilion.
Justin does a little dance as he gets on stage.
People laughed at him.
Hammer thanks them for coming. And begins his speech he says that the men and women of the country have been put in harms way for too long and then Iron Man arrived and they all thought that those days were behind them. Hammer says that the technology was kept out of their reach and that it wasn't fair.
"It is fair and it is right, seeing as what might happen if that technology gets in the wrong hands." Rhodey said.
"He sounds like a whiney little bitch." MJ said.
He says that it was an impressive innovation and the press garbled over it. He says that the press is faced with the problem that they're running out of ink. He presents the new face of the United States military and calls it the Hammer Drone. Groups of drones appear on stage. Hammer comments about his presentation being better than Tony's cheerleaders.
"I think, just this once, I'd prefer the cheerleaders." Pepper sighed.
"I agree." Natasha said.
Hammer says that no matter how revolutionary the technology is there will always a need for man in war. He introduces Rhodey and says that he is piloting the first variable Threat Response suit prototype.
Rhodey sighed.
Rhodey salutes, the drones on stage copy him. Hammer tries to finish his speech but Tony flies in and lands in front of Rhodey and tells him that they have trouble.
Rhodey tells him that there are civilians present and he's there on orders and they shouldn't do this now.
Tony walks over to him and tells him that the civilians are in danger and they need to get them out and he tells Rhodey to trust him for the next few minutes.
Rhodey says he tried trusting him but he got thrown around his house.
"Oof." Shuri said.
Tony says he thinks Hammer is working with Ivan.
Rhodey asks if Ivan's alive.
Tony walks up to Hammer and asks where Ivan is.
Hammer tries to play dumb.
"Oh don't play dumb now, its too late for that." Clint said.
Hammer asks Tony what he's doing there.
Rhodey's gun gets aimed at Tony. Tony asks if its him that's doing that.
Rhodey says it isn't and that he has target lock and can't move and tells him to leave because the system's been compromised.
Tony flies away and says to take it outside. He flies through the roof, the drones and Rhodey start shooting, the glass from the roof starts breaking and falling.
"This isn't good."
Rhodey starts to fly the drones follow. Tony tells JARVIS that he needs control on Rhodey's suit back.
Rhodey says he has target lock and he follows Tony and the drones are follow him.
Tony asks what he has target lock on.
"What do you think?" Almost everyone in the room asked.
Rhodey says he has target lock on him and tells Tony he's on his six. They fly by a building, Rhodey shoots out all the glass as he flies by.
The drones that are still on stage start to walk off and out of the building. Hammer walks backstage and asks what's happening. One of the techs says that the software's been overridden. Hammer asks what he means.
"He doesn't understand anything does he?" Shuri asked.
The tech says that Ivan slaved the drones.
Hammer says its impossible.
"It really isn't, your tech sucks." Rocket said.
Hemmer says to call the guards.
Jack tells him that the phones are done.
Hammer says to call their cells.
"Idiot."
Jack says that those aren't working either.
The tech says that that Ivan locked them out of the mainframe.
"Of course he did." Bruce said.
Pepper walks in with Natasha and asks who locked them out of the mainframe. Hammer asks her to go away and he has the situation handled.
"I am groot."
"You're right, he doesn't." Quill said.
Pepper questions him.
Hammer says he has it handled and if Tony never showed up none of this would've happened and tells Pepper to go away.
"Sure blame me." Tony said.
He turns to the tech and says they need to get Pepper and Natasha out of there and calls them bitches.
"That was unnecessary." Maria said.
Natasha grabs him and slams him onto the table and tells him to tell her who's behind this.
Hammer says Ivan is.
Natasha asks where he is.
Hammer says he's at the facility. Natasha lets him go and walks away.
Pepper calls the police. Justin walks over to her and tells her not to.
Pepper ignores him and tells the tech to tell her everything he knows.
"Scary."
Tony is still being chased by Rhodey and the drones, Rhodey continues shooting at him. Tony asks JARVIS how they're doing with the suit.
JARVIS says the reboot was unsuccessful.
"Shit."
The drones that were onstage make their way out of the building, they start firing. Ivan watches this from his room, a small smile on his face.
"Psychopath." Ned whispered.
Natasha walks out of the building. Happy asks her what's happening.
Natasha tells him to get in the car and take her to Hammer Industries, when he doesn't she asks if he wants her to drive.
Happy says he's driving and tells her to get in the car.
"Fragile masculinity." Natasha coughed.
They get in the car and drive away. The drones are still shooting and people are screaming and running. They lock themselves onto the stairs and aim at Tony and start shooting, he doges and they end up shooting the drones following him. Other drones start shooting at the building. The kid from earlier, with the Iron Man helmet is targeted.
"Not the child." Bruce said.
The kid raises his hand, Tony lands beside him and shoots the drone and says the kid did nice work then flies away.
Rhodey says Tony has more drones following him.
Tony says they should take it away from the Expo.
"That's probably a good idea." Quill said.
Happy is driving with Natasha in the backseat, she takes her hair down. Natasha says that when they get there he'll have to watch the perimeter and she's going to go in and take down Ivan. She starts getting undressed, Happy looks in the mirror at her she tells him to watch the road.
"Happy." Tony sighed.
Tony flies over a road, then under a bridge, the drones are still following him. He flies over some parked cars, a few alarms go off, the drones fly over the cars and more alarms go off. The drones start shooting. Rhodey says that a group is headed back to the Expo.
"Dammit!"
Rhodey says that he's closing in on Tony and tells him to watch out he starts shooting, destroying a bunch of cars.
Happy pulls up outside Hammer industries, him and Natasha gets out and tells him to stay in the car.
Happy says he wont, asks Natasha what she's wearing and says he won't let her go in alone.
"Not the time to try and be a gentleman." Natasha said.
Natasha says that if he wants to help he should keep the car running. Happy opens the door and they walk in.
The security guard tells them that they can't be there. Happy punches him in the face.
"Nice." Rhodey said.
Natasha walks past, she throws something and a guard gets electrocuted. Happy is now getting beat up by a security guard.
"Poor Happy." Pepper mumbled.
Natasha jumps and knocks another guard out, she slides underneath another and kicks him in his area, another guard comes in Natasha swings her legs around his neck and knocks him out.
"Remind me not to cross you." Scott said.