imafuturist | SHIELD Helicarrier, Monday Late Morning

Tony	Tony had possibly been in shock when SHIELD agents had dragged him away from the court house, still trying to process what happened there. Now he was out if that state and rapidly becoming alarmed at the fact that he'd been locked in one of the sparse rooms of the helicarrier that he'd venture was used for interrogations even without using the Extremis to confirm.
Norman	"It's been a rough day, Stark," Norman said as he sauntered over. For some reason, he sounded happy. And he was smiling. Weird. "How are you holding up?"
Tony	Tony sat up to give Norman such a look. One that strongly implied he wanted to punch that grin off his stupid face. But he was trying to be a mature adult here.
Norman	"We'll have some agents in shortly to take your statement on the tragedy," Norman said. "But I wanted to check in on you personally first."
Tony	"Did you." Tony in no way bought that.
Norman	"Of course, Tony," Norman said, just laying it on for fun. "We've been colleagues here for some time now, and this must have been extremely traumatic."
Tony	Norman, you are so full of shit, the toilet is jealous. "What do you actually want, Norman?" Tony demanded. "You know you're not getting my tech.
Norman	"I just want what's best for this country," Norman said. "Especially during such trying times. We need real leadership now more than ever."
Tony	"You want what's best for you."
Norman	"I don't believe the two things are mutually exclusive," Norman pointed out.
Tony	"Yeah," Tony agreed. "Because you're insane."
Norman	"You'll see soon enough, Stark," Norman said. "An era ended today. And with that, a new era must begin."
Tony	Well, at least he didn't say Reich? "Do you really think any of us are going to let you be a part of this so called new era?"
Norman	Please. He wasn't a Nazi. He was an insane capitalist. "I really don't think you'll have a say in the matter," Norman said. "You're an artifact. You'll recognize that soon enough."
Tony	Oh, so sorry. Red Skull was probably somewhere being super offended by that. "What have you done?"
Norman	"I'd hate to spoil the surprise," Norman said, flashing a mad smile. "But I promise it won't disappoint."
Tony	Tony reared back a little, checking the newest headlines. The expected 'Death of a Dream' headline with an image of the scene on the courthouse steps that had him quickly moving on to 'Stark Snapped?' that had an image of him with some not so figurative blood on his hands being pulled away by SHIELD personnel. "No."
Norman	"Those SHIELD agents will be by momentarily," Norman said. "I'd cooperate with them if I were you."
Tony	"No one is going to believe this," Tony insisted. "There's no way."
Norman	"There's always a way, Stark," Norman said as the agents approached. "If the Age of Heroes has taught us anything, it's that anything is possible. Including a man who turned himself into a new kind of experimental supersoldier fatally attacking the previous version. But that's progress, I suppose."
Tony	"You're insane." Yeah, they totally covered that already, Tony.
Norman	"And yet I'm not the one suspected of killing one of his dearest friends and national icon," Norman pointed out. "I'll be in touch, Tony."
Tony	As Osborn left him alone in the room, JARVIS suddenly dinged an alarm in his head. Unauthorized access to primary armory attempted. Followed quickly by, Unauthorized access to secondary armory attempted. Unauthorized access to server 35.8B attempted. He blinked, changing optic input from physical to digital to replace the room he was in with the security feeds from those locations. And look at that, there were SHIELD agents trying to force the way in, backed up by some of Norman's team of criminals and mercenaries. Probability of success estimated at 60%... 62%... 68%... "That son of a bitch," Tony muttered under his breath. "Initiate Disassembled Protocol." Disassembled Protocol accepted. And with that, Tony watched both his main armories as each suit within self-destructed. The men and women trying to access each location ducking out of the way once the rumble of explosions began. Because he had perfectly measured and logical reactions to things right now.

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Tony	"I already told you guys that I'm not talking until I have a lawyer..." Tony trailed off, sitting up straight once he recognized the 'SHIELD agent' who had stepped into the room. Awesome. It was the Winter Soldier. That was just the person Tony needed to talk to after being accused of killing Captain America.
James Barnes	Barnes barely gave him a glance as he turned to lock the door behind him. And then promptly gave the room a sweep for bugs. In no way was it possible to be too paranoid here. In no way.
Tony Stark	Okay. Awkward silence. Tony could handle that. "I didn't do it." Aw yeah, nailed that whole stoic silence thing.
James Barnes	"Unless you were hiding a high powered sniper rifle in your pants, that was pretty obvious" Barnes replied dryly. The room was as clear as it was going to get on this stupid helicarrier. "I'm not an idiot, Stark."
Tony Stark	"Then why are you here?"
James Barnes	Wow, for a smart guy, Stark could be pretty dumb. "This is what most people call a rescue mission," he said slowly, like he was speaking to a small child. "Unless you want to stay and get railroaded." If that was the case, awesome. Have fun.
Tony Stark	Rude, Bucky. So rude. "We're in the middle of the helicarrier, how do you expect to get me out of here?"
James Barnes	Barnes just gave him a look for that. Because seriously now. He'd managed to get on board here so many times already and had yet to even get noticed by the SHIELD agents scurrying around. He was the goddamn Winter Soldier.
Tony Stark	Fair point. "Okay," Tony replied, taking a breath. "We need to make sure Osborn doesn't get Steve's shield." Ugh, just the thought of that man using it.
James Barnes	"Did that already." Stark, in no way were you near the top of his to-do list here.
Tony Stark	"Oh." That was moderately hurtful. Not being added to the Christmas card list, Barnes. Not getting added at all. "What's your plan?"
James Barnes	"I was thinking about just shooting our way out of here," he replied dryly.
Tony Stark	"What?"
James Barnes	Barnes rolled his eyes and reached forward to put a pair of handcuffs on Stark. "Yeah, that's just what a covert operative would do. Prisoner transport, idiot.
Tony Stark	That... okay, that made way more sense. Tony frowned down at the handcuffs, testing them for a moment before nodding in agreement. "Thank you."
James Barnes	"Don't thank me," Barnes replied with a bitter little noise that might have been a laugh. In some weird world that lacked laughter. "I'm only doing it as one last favor to him."
Tony Stark	Tony had to clear his throat, dropping his eyes once more to the handcuffs rather than acknowledge that more than he strictly had to right now. "Let's go."

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