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At a gym a man is hitting a punching bag in a gym. He has several flashbacks of World War Two.
Steve: There's not enough time. I gotta put her in the water.
Suddenly he hits the bag harder, faster...
Female: You won't be alone.
He then hits the bag even faster then the last.
Scientist: Oh my God. This guy's still alive.
Steve throws the hardest punch he has left and it knocks the bag across the room. Breathing hard, Steve picks up another bag from a line on the floor and hangs it up. He begins to hit it.
Fury: Trouble sleeping?
Steve: Slept for seventy years, Sir. I think I've had my fill.
Fury slowly approaches Steve.
Fury: Then you should be out, celebrating, seeing the world.
Steve: When I went under, the world was at war. I wake up- they say we won. They didn't say what we lost.
Fury: We've made some mistakes along the way, some very recently.
Steve removes the hand wrap.
Steve: You here with a mission, Sir?
Fury: I am.
Steve: Trying to get me back in the world?
Fury: Trying to save it.
Fury hands Steve a folder with information on the Tesseract in it.
Steve: HYDRA's secret weapon.
Fury: Howard Stark fished that out of the ocean when he was looking for you. He thought what we think. The tesseract could be the key to unlimited sustainable energy. That's something the world sorely needs.
Steve: Who took it from you?
Fury: He's called Loki. He's... not from around here. There's a lot we'll have to bring you up to speed on if you're in. The world has gotten even stranger than you already know.
Steve: At this point I doubt anything would surprise me.
Steve gets up, grabs his duffel bag, and another punching bag while Fury is talking.
Fury: Ten bucks says you're wrong.
Steve then walks up to a punching back and puts it over his shoulder as he walks away.
Fury: there's a debriefing packet waiting for you back at your apartment. Is there anything you can tell us about the Tesseract that we ought to know now?
Steve: You should have left it in the ocean.
underwater. A man in a metal suit attaches a device to a massive pipe. He flies up out of the water and towards the city and begins talking with Pepper Potts.
Tony: Good to go on this end. The rest is up to you.
Pepper: You disconnected the transmission lines. Are we off the grid?
Tony: Stark tower is about to become a beacon of self sustaining clean energy.
Pepper: Well, assuming the arc reactor takes over. And it actually works.
Tony: I assume. Light her up.
Stark Tower the tallest building in New York lights up.
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Pepper: How does it look?
Tony: Like Christmas, but with more me.
Pepper: We've got to go wider on the public awareness campaign. You need to do some press. I'm in DC tomorrow. Im working on the zoning for the next three buildings.
Tony: Pepper, you're killing me. The moment, remember? Enjoy the moment.
Pepper: Get in here and I will.
Iron Man lands on the landing pad of the tower and walks along a walkway, robotic arms deconstructing his armor.
Jarvis: Sir, Agent Coulson of Shield is on the line.
Tony: I'm not in. I'm actually out.
Jarvis: Sir, I'm afraid he's insisting.
Tony: Grow a spine, Jarvis. I got a date.
Inside Pepper stands in front of a holographic display, a little confused.
Pepper: Levels are holding steady, I think.
Tony: Of course they are. I was directly involved. Which brings me to my next question. How does it feel to be a genius?
Pepper: Well, I really wouldn't know, now would I?
Tony: What do you mean? All this came from you.
Pepper: No, all this came from that.
Pepper then point in Tony's chest where a mini arc reactor is.
Tony: Give yourself some credit. Please. Stark tower is your baby. Give yourself 12% of the credit.
Pepper: 12%?
Tony: An argument can be made for 15.
Pepper: 12%? My baby?
Tony: Well I did do all the heavy lifting. Literally I lifted the heavy things. And, sorry, but the security snafu? That was on you.
Pepper: Oh.
Pepper then pulls out a bottle of wine and pours some for herself.
Tony: My private elevator...
Pepper: You mean our elevator?
Tony: It was teeming with sweaty workmen. I'm gonna to pay for that comment about percentages in some subtle way later, aren't I?
Pepper then pours another glass of wine and hands it to tony.
Pepper: It's not going to be that subtle.
Tony: I'll tell you what. The next building is gonna say "Potts" on the tower.
Pepper: On the lease.
Tony: Call your mom. Can you bunk over?
Pepper the smirks at Tony's remark as the buzzing is then heard.
