Tensions Rise

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"What are you doing, Mr. Stark?" Fury said coming in.

"Uh, kind of been wondering the same thing to you."

"You're supposed to be locating the Tesseract."

"We are. The model's locked." Banner said. I didn't want to say anything so I would get kicked out of this job. "And we're sweeping for the signature to now." We all smiled. "When we get a hit, we'll have the location within half a mile." He said pointing at the computer.

"Yeah, then you get your Cube back. No muss, no fuss." My dad said. "What is "Phase 2"?" My eyes widen. I forgot all about that. Then, I heard something crash. Steve had a gun and put it on the table.

"Phase 2 is SHIELD uses the Cube to make weapons." Steve said. Oh my god, I'm so fired. "Sorry, the computer was moving a little slow for me."

"Rogers, we gathered everything related to the Tesseract. This does not mean we're making..." Fury was cut off.

"I'm sorry, Nick. What were you lying?" My dad said and he pulled the computer to show him.

"I was wrong, Director. The world hasn't changed a bit." Thor and Nat came in.

"Did you know about this?" Banner said looking at me and Nat.

"You want to think about removing yourself." Nat said. "From this environment, Doctor."

"I was in Calcutta. I was pretty well removed."

"Loki is manipulating you."

"You've been doing what, exactly?"

"You didn't come here because I bat my eyelashes at you."

"Yes, and I'm not leaving. Because suddenly you get a little twitchy. I like to know why SHIELD is using the Tesseract to build weapons mass destruction."

"Because of him." Fury said and Pointing at Thor. Really!? You guys are fighting like children.

"Me?" Thor questioned.

"Last year, Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that not only were not alone but we're hopelessly, hilariously, outgunned."

"My people want nothing out peace with your planet." Thor said.

"But you're not the only people out there, are you?" I said. "And not only a threat. The worlds filling up with people who can't be matched, they can't be controlled."

"Like you control the Cube?" Steve said.

"Your work with the Tesseract is what drew Loki to it, and his allies." Thor added. "This is a signal to all the realms that the Earth is ready for a higher form of war."

"A higher form?" Me and Steve said.

"You force our hand. We had to come up with something." Fury said.

"A nuclear deterrent." My dad added. "Because that's always realms everything right down."

"Remind me again how you made your fortune, Stark." I looked up. Oh, he's talking my dad, not me.

"I'm sure if he still made weapons, Stark would be neck-deep..." Steve said.

"Hold on. How is this about me?"

"I'm sorry, isn't everything?"

"I thought humans were more evolved than this." Thor said. Trust me, Thor, trust me.

"Excuse me, did we come up to your planet and blow up stuff?" Fury said.

"You treat your champions with such mistrust."

"You boys really that naïve?" Nat said.

"Wow, you all are like children fighting over the last cookie." I said. "SHIELD monitors potential threats."

"Captian America's on threat watch?" Banner said to me. I laughed. My eyes turned red.

"We all are."

"Wait, you're on that list?" My dad said. We all started to argue. My dad and Steve. Fury, Thor, and Nat. Me and Bruce.

"Do you think a little girl like you can kill someone?" Bruce said.

"Well, at least I didn't turn into a green guy and start destroying things that are in my way." And me and Bruce went back and forth.

"Speak of control yet you court chaos." Thor said.

"That's his M.O, isn't it?" Banner said. "I mean, what are we, a team? No, we're a chemical mixture that makes chaos. We're a time bomb."

"You need to step away." Fury said.

"Why shouldn't the guy let off a little steam?" My dad said.

"You know damn well why? Back off!" Steve pushed my dad's hand off his shoulder.

"Well, I'm starting to want you to make me."

"Ah, Big man in the suit of armor. Take that off what are you."

"Father, Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist."  Me and Nat agreed on that.

"I know guys with none of that with 10 of you. I've seen the footage. Do you anything really fight for this yourself. Not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on the wire and let the other guy crawl over you."

"I think I would just cut the wire." We all looked at my dad.

"Always a way out. May not be a threat but you better stop pretending to be a hero."

"A hero? Like you? You're a laboratory experiment, Rogers. Everything special about you came out of a bottle." My dad took a step closer to him.

"Put on the suit. Let's go a few rounds." And Thor was laughing and said,

"You people are so petty and tiny."

"Yeah, this a team." Banner said.

"Agent Romanoff, would you escort Dr. Banner back to his..." Fury was cut off.

"Where? You rented my room."

"So I was just in case..."

"This if you needed to kill me. But you can't. I know, I tried." We all look at Bruce. "Got low. I didn't see an end. Oh, I put a bullet in my mouth, and the other guy spits it out. So I moved on. I focus on helping other people. I was good. Until you drag me back into this freak show and put everyone here at risk. Know my secret, Agent Romanoff? I want to know how I stay calm?" Me, Nat, and Fury reached for our guns.

"Dr. Banner, put down the scepter." Steve said. Then the computer started to beep.

"Got it." Fury said.

"Sorry, kids, don't get to see my party trick after all." Bruce said walking the computer.

"You located the Tesseract?" Thor asked.

"I could get there fastest." My dad said.

"Tesseract belongs on Asgard. No human is a match for it."

"Going alone." Steve grabbed my dad's arm.

"You're going to stop me?"

"Put on the suit, let's find out."

"I'm not afraid to hit an old man."

"Put on the suit." Me and Bruce looked at the computer and took off his glasses.

"Oh my god." We both said. And there was an explosion. Me and Bruce fell down and we both got hurt. My leg got stuck under a pipe.

"Agent Stark?"

"We're okay." I told Fury and I heard panting. "We're okay, right?" I looked at Bruce. "Banner?" And Bruce started to groan loud. "Bruce? You got to fight it. This is just what Loki wants. We're going to be Okay. Listen to me."

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