As Iron Man and Captain America faced each other, Captain America insisted that nothing would change what happened all those years ago. Here Iron Man stated in no uncertain terms that he was done listening to Rogers as the Winter Soldier had killed his own mother which he would not forgive before Stark then charged forward and attacked his former friend, willing to even kill him in order to get to the Winter Soldier.
Iron Man quickly overpowered him in melee combat before Barnes intervened by striking him with Captain America's Shield, turning the fight into a two on one brawl. Iron Man responded to the uneven odds by blasting Captain America with a repulsor before he was forced against the wall by Barnes. The Winter Soldier attempted to remove the suit's Arc Reactor with his robotic arm to which Iron Man unleashed a Unibeam disintegrating the majority of the arm.
A recovered and enraged Captain America then stormed at Iron Man in order to defend Bucky from being executed, deflecting repulsor fire with his shield before forcing Iron Man back against the wall and pummeling him relentlessly. Despite having the Mark XLVI to protect himself from all of the attacks, Iron Man soon found himself outmatched due to the Super Soldier Serum that had given Captain America all of his strength and his superior fighting skills.
Realizing he was incapable of competing with Captain America in close quarters hand to hand combat, Iron Man ordered F.R.I.D.A.Y. to analyze Captain America's movement patterns to find weaknesses to exploit. Iron Man overpowered Captain America in combat and then blew away the shield and brutally beat him into submission, using his suit's strength and repulsors to give himself the advantage and attacks Rogers. Unable to counter them all, Rogers is overwhelmed.
Exhausted from the fight, Captain America tried once again to reason with Iron Man, defending Bucky Barnes as his friend before Tony commented that he had also once been his friend. Iron Man then beat Captain America down even more and tossed him aside. When Captain America got to his feet to continue the fight, claiming that he could do this all day, Iron Man aimed his repulsor beam directly at his face and gave Captain America a final chance to stand down and end the fight.
As Rogers stood unyielding, Tony realized he would never stand down and charged a repulsor. A wounded Barnes grabbed Tony's boot, distracting him and Stark kicked Barnes in the face. This diversion allowed Rogers to turn the tide of the battle, using his own shield to destroy the Mark XLVI's helmet. Instead of killing Stark however, Rogers smashed his shield into the main Arc Reactor, destroying it and leaving his armor now completely powerless.
Left covered in blood and now running purely on the suit's backup miniature Arc Reactors, Tony was unable to continue fighting as Rogers reclaimed the shield and helped Bucky onto his feet. But as he watched them leaving, Stark claimed that Rogers did not deserve his shield, since his father had made it in World War II. Rogers then dropped his vibranium shield, returning it to the Stark family, and left the scene with Bucky, leaving Stark behind alone.
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The Story of Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
ActionThis story tells the entire life of Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how he became Iron Man and joined the Avengers and became their leader alongside Captain America. My 2nd favourite MCU superhero and Avenger.
