Drones are still flying around the Expo, one crashes into a building.
Ivan deploys another set of drones from the stage. The tech says that the drones are communicating in their own unique language.
Pepper says to choose one and focus on it.
Hammer asks if they've tried Russian.
"That's not how that works." Tony said.
Happy is still fighting the guard. Natasha throws something at two more guards and knocks their legs out from underneath them. She fights three more guards. She takes down two more and Pepper sprays the last one. Happy finally takes his guard out.
"Good for you Happy." Natasha smiles.
Ivan pulls up specs for a suit.
"Oh boy."
Tony is still being chased by drones he asks Rhodey if he's still locked on.
Rhodey says he is.
Tony tells him to drop his socks and grab his crocks because they're about to get wet.
"What?"
Tony flies through a large globe, the drones follow hitting different parts of it, they explode. Natasha opens the door to Ivan's room, guns drawn, Happy is behind her. Natasha says that Ivan's gone and lowers her guns.
Tony apologizes to Rhodey and says that he needed to thin out the herd. Rhodey crashes into him, they fall into the bio-dome.
Natasha does something on a computer. Happy asks what she's doing. She says she's rebooting Rhodey's suit.
"Oh, good."
Rhodey and Tony start fighting each other. Rhodey starts shooting. Rhodey's suit powers down, he's lying on the floor. Tony stands up. Natasha says he's got his best friend back.
Tony thanks her.
Natasha compliments his chest piece and says his vitals look promising.
Tony says he isn't dying at the moment. Video of Pepper appears on the screen.
"Here we go." Gamora said.
"She's about to let him have it." Hope said.
Pepper asks if he just said he was dying.
Tony says that he isn't dying anymore.
Pepper asks what's happening.
Tony says he was going to tell her but he didn't want to alarm her.
"I feel like if you didn't have the new element and just died, she would have been more alarmed." Bucky said.
Pepper asks if he was really going to tell her.
Tony says she didn't let him.
Pepper asks why he never told her.
Tony says he was going to make her an omelet and tell her.
Natasha tells them to save the argument for the honeymoon.
"Even Natasha thinks you two fight like a married couple." Rhodey laughed.
Natasha tells Tony that he has incoming and that the fight is coming to him.
Pepper asks Tony if he's okay now.
Tony says he's fine and tells her not to be mad.
Pepper says she's mad.
"Maybe save this conversation to a time where he's not fighting an army of robots." Ned said.
Tony says he'll apologize when he isn't fighting an army of Hammer drones and that they could've been in Venice.
"And if we did go to Venice, Fury wouldn't have given you what you needed to fix the arc reactor and you would have died and never told me that something was wrong." Pepper said.
Tony knocks on Rhodey's helmet and says he needs him because the drones are coming.
Rhodey's face-plate lifts he tells Tony that he can have his suit back.
Tony helps him up and asks if he's okay.
Rhodey says he is and apologizes.
Tony says he doesn't need to.
Rhodey says that he should have trusted Tony more.
"I probably should have." Rhodey said to himself.
Tony tells him to forget it because he was the one who put Rhodey in that position.
Rhodey agrees that it was Tony's fault but he's still going to apologize.
Tony thanks him and says that the drones are coming in hot and asks Rhodey what the plan is.
Rhodey says they should get the high ground and that they should put the biggest gun the highest.
"It's over Anakin. I have the high ground." Peter said, laughing
They both start walking in the same direction.
"Well this is awkward." Quill said.
Rhodey says that he meant himself when he said 'big gun.'
Tony says that Rhodey has a big gun but he isn't the bug gun.
"He's not exactly wrong, not right, but also not wrong." Rocket said.
Rhodey tells him not to be jealous.
Tony says that the bells and whistles are subtle.
Rhodey says its called being a badass.
"I'd say showoff but-" Thor said.
Tony tells Rhodey to go up and he'll draw the drones in.
Rhodey tells him not to stay low because its the worst place to be.
Tony asks where he should go.
Rhodey says that he's in the 'kill-box' and that this is where he dies. Drones start dropping down.
"Wasted time arguing and now you're both in the kill box." Peggy said.
"This is why we can't have nice things." Natasha said.
They put their face-plates down and start fighting. Tony jumps up and hits one on the head and throws others out of the way. Rhodey shoots one to bits. Tony continues punching them. Tony dodges a missile and shoots one of his own instead, taking out three of the drones. Tony asks if Rhodey saw his cool move.
Rhodey compliments the move.
Everyone rolled their eyes.
They continue fighting the drones. Tony tells him to get down. Rhodey ducks, tony uses lasers to slice the drones in half as well as some trees.
"Nice."
Rhodey tells him that he should lead with those next time.
Tony tells him its a one-off.
Back at the Expo 3 cops arrive backstage. Pepper says Hammer is their guy.
The cops arrest him. Hammer says that he's trying to help them and that Pepper is trying to make the whole thing seem like it was his fault.
"You're the one that caused this!" Everyone shouted.
Hammer says that Pepper is starting to think like a CEO by taking out the competition.
"No, I had you arrested because you were 1. harboring a criminal and 2. harming civilians." Pepper said.
Hammer says that he's going to make a problem for her and she'll be seeing him soon.
"Again with the empty threats." Clint said.
Pepper walks out of the building with 3 cops and tells them that they should go to the the south, east and both west exits.
One of the cops says that they already shit the train down.
Pepper says to get buses to get people out.
A cop asks if she's coming with them.
Pepper says she's going to stay until the park is clear.
"No offence, but that is a terrible idea." Maria said.
Natasha says that their next incoming's repuslor signature is significantly higher than the rest. Ivan lands across from Rhodey and Tony, he has a suit now.
"Oh shit."
Ivan says that its good to be back and he takes out his lightning whips. Rhodey says that he's going to use the Ex Wife on him then takes a few steps forward Rhodey shoots him, the 'Ex-Wife' bounces off of his suit.
"Oh my God." Scott laughed.
Tony asks if it was Hammer tech.
Rhodey says it was.
"As if it wasn't already obvious." Hank said.
Tony tries to shoot Ivan in his head, but Ivan puts his helmet back up. He starts walking toward them. He tries to wack the with his lightning whip, Tony and Rhodey run in opposite directions.
"Smart."
Rhodey starts shooting at him. Ivan wacks him with the whip. Tony flies over him, Ivan uses the whip to pull him down. Rhodey starts shooting again. Tony flies toward him, Ivan knocks him away. Ivan tangles Rhodey with one of his whips, yanks him forward and punches him away.
"Ouch."
Tony flies over to him and punches Ivan a few times. Ivan tangles him with a whip, then steps on Rhodey. Tony yanks him off, using the whip as leverage. Ivan tangles Rhodey with the other whip. Tony says he has an idea and asks if Rhodey wants to be a hero and that he could use a sidekick then tells Rhodey to put his hand up.
"That's your plan!?" Steve asked.
Tony says as he puts his hand up. Rhodey asks if that was his plan.
"It worked didn't it?" Tony asked.
They shoot at each other, causing a large explosion. Tony stands up, Rhodey does too and goes to stand by him, they Look at Ivan, who is still lying down he tells them that they lose.
"How do you lose this time?" Quill asked.
The drones around them start blinking red. Rhodey says that they're all set up to destruct and that they have to get out.
"Oh."
They fly through the bio-dome. Pepper is still standing on the stairs when she notices a drone by her, blinking.
"Oh no."
Tony flies up to her, lifts her up and flies away just before the drone blows up.
"Oh, good, she's safe." Hope said.
They land on the roof of a building. Tony sets her down and takes the helmet off. Pepper says that she cant do this anymore.
Tony questions her.
Pepper says that her body can't take the stress and that she never knows if he's going to kill himself or wreck the company.
Tony says that he thinks he did okay. One more thing explodes in the background.
"'I think I did okay' Explosion. That is the most you thing you've ever said." Happy said.
Pepper says she quits.
"Mega oof." Shuri said.
Tony says that that surprising then backtracks and says it isn't and he understands and she doesn't need to make excuses.
Pepper says she isn't making excuses.
Tony says that she is but she doesn't need to.
Pepper says her reasons are justified. Tony says she deserves better.
"You do." Tony said.
Tony says that Pepper has taken good care of him and that she got him through his rough spot.
Pepper thanks him for understanding.
Tony says they should discuss clean-up.
Pepper says she'll handle the transition.
Tony asks about the press and makes a comment about Pepper only having been CEO for a week and that it'll seem-.
"Not good." Natasha finished the sentence.
Pepper says that it's like dog years with him.
"Accurate." Rhodey said.
Pepper says that its like the presidency.
"I wouldn't go that far." Rhodey said.
They kiss.
"Finally!" Everyone shouted.
"It is about time you two stopped dancing around each other." Hope said.
"We're together now though..." Pepper said, confused.
"That's not my point." Hope said.
Tony says it was weird.
Pepper says it wasn't.
Tony says it was okay and tells her to do it again. They kiss again.
Rhodey says that he thinks its weird and says that its like two lions fighting over a grape.
People laughed.
"You were there that whole time?" Sam asked.
"Yeah." Rhodey said.
Pepper explains that she just quit.
Rhodey says they don't need to explain because he heard the whole thing.
Tony tells him he should leave.
Rhodey says that he was there first and tells them to get a roof.
A few people laughed.
Tony says he thought Rhodey was out of one-liners.
Rhodey says that that was his last one.
Tony says that he kicked ass during the fight.
Rhodey thanks him and says he needs to keep the suit because he lost his car.
Tony says no.
Rhodey says that it wasn't a question then leaves.
Tony asks Pepper how she can resign of he won't accept.
"Logic."
Tony is sitting alone at a table. He picks up a file that reads 'Avengers initiative preliminary report.' Fury stops him and says that it no longer reflects him. Then hands him Natasha's report and tells him to read it.
Tony reads it, he recites Natasha's words saying that he displays compulsive behavior. He defends it by saying that it was last week.
"I don't think that thats how those things work." Strange said.
Tony recites Natasha's words saying that he's prone to self destructive tendencies. he defends it by saying that he was dying.
"Yeah... I'll give you that, but you are still a little reckless." Natasha said.
He says that they're all dying.
"True that." Ned said.
Tony recites Natasha's words saying that he's narcissistic. He agrees.
"I thought you would have argued against that." Maria said.
He recites the part of the report that says that Iron Man is recommended and Tony stark isn't. Tony says that makes no sense and asks how they can approve him and not approve him.
"Yeah, how can you do that?" Scott asked.
He says he has a new heart and he's trying to to right by Pepper and says that they're in a stableish relationship.
Fury stands up and sits on the corner of the table and tells Tony that they'd like to bring him on as a consultant.
Tony stands up and they shake hands and tells Fury that they can't afford him but he'll waver his customary retainer in exchange for a favor. He tells Fury that he and Rhodey are being honored in Washington and they don't have a presenter.
Fury says he'll see what he can do.
"What did you do?" Mantis asked.
Senator Stern is seen standing at a podium and says its his honor to present the awards to Rhodey and Tony and he calls Tony a national treasure.
Everyone started laughing. Of course he, of all people, would be the presenter.
Stern walks over to them. He pins something on Rhodey's suit and thanks him for his performance and says he deserves the award.
Rhodey thanks him.
Stern walks over to Tony and thanks him for his performance and says he deserves the award. Stern purposely pricks him and makes a comment about how annoying pricks are.
"That was just unnecessarily immature on his part." Clint said.
A car is seen driving through a desert. Coulson steps out of the car and looks at a large crater and says to the person he's on the phone with that they've found it."Sir, we've found it." He says. The camera pans out to show Thor's hammer.
"Is that going to be what we watch next, then?" Thor asked.
"Well, I would assume so." Loki said.