We Got Our Aim, But We Might Miss

Part 1

Tony drank too much. He couldn't sleep, his dreams were haunted by beautiful clear blue eyes, and a shield coming down directly into his heart. Tony was broken, he loved Steve, now he was gone. Steve betrayed him, and now he was alone. He lost Pepper, who was now happily settled down with a baby girl and even Rhody who was paralyzed was happy with his new fiancee. The Avengers disassembled, each of them going back to their homes, Peter busy with school and friends. They all seemed generally happy.

Tony hadn't heard from Steve since he walked away. The cold edges of Steve's shield slamming into his Arc Reactor, the cold sensation still rupturing in Tony's body.

Here Tony was, in his lab surrounded by robots. He was alone since his Science-Bro was MIA. Tony was building a machine for S.H.I.E.L.D, that was supposed to be able to travel back in time, in other words, he was building a time machine (really Coulson?). He tightened a gear with a sigh, taking a swig from his scotch. The device was mostly completed. It was about 7 feet tall, with steel reinforced circular edges. It was attached to a lever that would start the machine. Tony pulled the lever, testing it before handing it over to S.H.I.E.L.D. The machine was powered up, a blue swirl developing in the center, it ran smoothly until it started pulling Tony towards the machine with full force. Tony let out a groan, he probably shouldn't have build a time machine drunk.

"Jarvis!" Tony called out, beckoning his armor. But it was too late, Tony hung onto the edges of the portal and then was sucked in.

Tony saw a flash of colors, he was almost flying. He closed his eyes, trying to make out where and when he was in the universe. He kept his eyes closed, but he could still tell that he was traveling through space.

Tony coughed and gasped for air. He was lying on grass looking up at the blue sky, he noticed a yellow sun exactly the same as on Earth and he looked to be at a park. He rolled over and then saw a small boy looking at him. Okay, Tony thought, at least I'm on earth. Tony saw parents on their phones, current-century phones more imporantly. Tony went over the facts, I'm on earth, it's present day, but where am I? and why is this child still looking down at me?

"Do you want me to sign anything?" Tony said standing up and dusting off his clothes, he figured that the kid was a fan.

"Mommy!! Mommy!! Help! I'm scared!!" The little boy screamed and then ran away.

Tony looked around confused, sure, he looked dirty and his hair was disheveled, but he was.. still obviously Tony Stark.

"Jarvis? Where am I?" Tony said pulling out his Stark Phone. Not to be cocky, but everyone knew who he was, even little kids.

There was a brief moment of silence and then Jarvis spoke up, "You are on Earth sir, just not the Earth you're used to."

Tony and Bruce have been looking into Malti-Dimensional worlds, but it was still a theory. In this world, he could be evil, a woman, or not even alive.

"Do I exist in this world?" Tony asked Jarvis, it would normally seem like a strange question to ask, but in this context, it made complete sense.

"Not that I am aware of, Sir"

Tony stood still, processing this until a strong hand landed on his shoulder.

"Excuse me, Sir. There have been complaints from some of the families in this park if you would please come with me." A what looked to be mall-cop asked Tony.

"I wasn't doing anything wrong, I was just...uhh.. talking to my friend Jarvis," Tony answered, he had to find a way to get back to his Earth.

"Well, I'm sure Jarvis wouldn't mind if you came with me and had a little sleepover at the holding facility." The man said grabbing Tony's arm. Tony thought that he should stay silent, running his mouth has gotten him into some bad situations before. (Ha suck it, Pepper, I do have a filter)

Before Tony knew it, he was cuffed and being escorted into a police car heading towards who knows where.

"Where am I?" Tony said,

"You were just in Wayne Park. Now we're heading towards a holding facility." The man-Police officer said.

Wayne, Tony thought.

"Who or what is a Wayne?" Tony asked the officer couldn't think he was any crazier.

"Wow, you really are as high as a kite, everyone knows who Wayne is." The man chuckled,

"Bruce Wayne is rich, smart, and an ex-playboy, pretty nice fella, superhero, philanthropist." Tony chuckled at this, Bruce seemed a lot like him. "About two years ago he said he was Barman." The officer scoffed at this. "And he said that he was in a relationship with Clark Kent, who is apparently Superman! I think they're married now." Tony processed this, is this guy even a cop? And okay, so this Bruce guy is a superhero? Maybe he can help me get back to my earth.

When they arrived at the station, the officer sat in a small chair by a desk. Throughout this entire...adventure Tony thought strategically. He knew that he couldn't use the armor because seeing a man in a yellow and red flying robot could be, well, terrifying, to say the least. Nevertheless, Tony thought that this would be a good time to use the Mark VII. He activated the wristbands and pulled the armor over his hand, soon the armor engulfed him. The mall-cop guy looked at him frightened as Tony looked towards the ceiling and launched to the sky leaving his cell behind. After all, he had a billionaire to find.