Chapter 15: We All Need Family.

                                    

                                          
At the Joint Counter Terrorism Center, Helmut Zemo is taken into custody by T'Challa and is now imprisoned in the same cell as Bucky as Everett Ross talks to him the rules of his imprisonment.
                          
"Meals at 8 and 5. Toilet privileges twice a day. Raise your voice, zap. Touch the glass, zap. You step out of line, you deal with me. Please, step out of line, hmm?" Everett said as Zemo just looks at him with a stern look on his face. "So how does it feel? To spend all that time, all that effort... to see it fail so spectacularly?"
                          
Zemo just smirked before saying...
                          
"Did it?"
                          
...
                          
Tony has arrived back at the New Avengers Facility. He knows things will be different now that most of them are at the Raft or on the run. Tony was helping Rhodey as he tries to take steps. Tony provides Rhodes with exoskeletal leg braces to let him walk again.
                          
"It's just the first pass." Tony said.
                          
"Yeah." Rhodey said.
                          
"Give me some feedback, anything you think of. Shock absorption, lateral movement. Cup holder?" Tony asked.
                          
"You may wanna think about some AC down in..." Rhodey said before he collapses down to the floor.
                          
"Let's go. I'll give you a hand." Tony offered.
                          
"No. Don't help me." Rhodey said before sitting down and goes silent for a moment. "138. 138 combat missions. That's how many I've flown, Tony. Everyone of them could've been my last, but I flew them. Because the fight needed to be fought. It's the same with these Accords. I signed because it was the right thing to do. And yeah, this sucks. This is, uh... This is a bad beat. But it hasn't changed my mind. I don't think." Rhodey said, explaining his role on signing the Accords.
                          
Tony then helped Rhodey up before asking...
                          
"You okay?"
                          
"Oh, yeah." Rhodey replied.
                          
Tony and Rhodey then heard knocking on the window. They see a old FedEx guy with shades holding a package.
                          
"Are you Tony Stank?" the guy said, mispronouncing Tony's last name, much to Rhodey's amusement.
                          
"Yes, this is Tony Stank. You're in the right place. Thank you for that!" Rhodey said to the guy before facing Tony. "Never dropping that, by the way. 'Table for one, Mr. Stank. Please by the bathroom'." Rhodey mocked, making Tony laugh.
                          
Moments later, Tony opened the package and finds a letter and starts reading it.
                          
'Tony, I'm glad you're back at the compound. I don't like the idea of you rattling around a mansion by yourself. We all need family. The Avengers are yours. Maybe more so than mine. I've been on my own since I was 18. I never really fit in anywhere, even in the Army. My faith's in people, I guess. Individuals. And I'm happy to day that, for the most part, they haven't let me down. Which is why Danny and I can't let them down either. Locks can be replaced, but maybe they shouldn't. I know I hurt you, Tony. I guess I thought by not telling you about your parents I was sparing you but I can see now that I was really sparing myself. And I'm sorry. Hopefully one day you can understand. I wish we agreed on the Accords. I really do. I know you're doing what you believe in and that's all any of us can do. That's all any of us should.'
                          
Tony stops mid-letter when he checks the box and finds a cell phone before FRIDAY starts to speak.
                          
"Priority call from Secretary Ross. There's been a breach at the Raft prison." FRIDAY informed.
                          
"Yeah, put him through." Tony ordered.
                          
"Tony, we have a problem." Ross said through the machine.
                          
"Uh, please hold." Tony said.
                          
"No, don't." Ross said before Tony cuts him him of.
                          
Tony then reads the rest of the letter from Steve.
                          
'So no matter what I promise you, if you need us, if you need me. I'll be there.'
                          
Moments later, Tony hears another knock on a window and sees a UPS guy with black hair at the door.
                          
"Tony Stark?" the guy asked.
                          
"Yes." Tony replied.
                          
"Sign here, please?" the guy said.
                          
Tony signs the board before the guy wish him a great day.
                          
Tony opens the box and sees a letter from Danny. He checks and also sees the Fenton cell phone and few other Fenton tech.
                          
'Dear Tony or Tin Can, if you're reading this, it means you're back at the compound and I'm glad that you are. I don't want hear that you're somewhere by yourself. We all need family. Heck, you and the other Avengers are all family to me. The Avengers are now yours. I'm sorry about my actions against you back at Siberia. Why I took it out on you when I heard about my father's parent's deaths, I don't know. Maybe it has to do with my loyalty to Steve since I've been a Captain America fan since I was 4 years old. I never really fit in anywhere back in my school days, the A-Listers like Dash Baxter, Paulina Sanchez, Kwan, Star, you name it, always bullying on me long before I had my powers and revealing myself. I only had my two best friends and my sister. My faith in God Himself, always attending Church on Sundays. Heck, guess you could say I have to thank Him for how I turn out in a way. And I'm happy to say that, for the most part, I have friends that haven't let Cap or myself down. Which is why Steve and I can't let them down either. Hopefully one day you can understand. I wish we agreed on the Sokovia Accords. I really do. I know you're doing what you believe is right. That's all any of us should. Anyway, hopefully, the Fenton tech that I send you can help you in case if you deal with a ghost attack of your own, but no matter what I promise you, if you need us, if you need Team Phantom, if you need Dani, if you need me. you are just one phone call away, and I'll definitely be there.'
                          
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At the Raft prison, Steve and Danny breached the Raft and takes down the guards before freeing Sam, Clint, Scott and Wanda before all goes on the run or going into hiding.