Variant or Variants of the MCU?

Chapter 11: Back on Track

General: it's also an order.

Rhodey: yes, sir.

General: good work, Colonel. You've made your country proud. <walks away>

Rhodey: thank you, sir.

Rhodey looked back at the armor as he did need to get it out of Tony's hands but was it a good call to hand it over to Hammer or the U.S. Government?

Malibu Manor

Fury and Tony were talking as Wade was in his room with Bobbi.

Fury; that thing in your chest is based on unfinished technology.

Tony: no, it was finished. It has never been particularly effective until I miniaturized it and out it in my...

Fury: no. Howard said the arc reactor was the stepping stone to something greater. He was about to kick off an energy race that was gonna dwarf the arms race. He was on to something big, something so big that it was gonna make the nuclear reactor look like a triple-A battery.

Tony: just him, or was Anton Vanko in on this, too?

Fury; Anton Vanko is the other side of that coin. Anton saw it as a way to get rich. When your father found out, he had him deported. When the Russians found out he couldn't deliver, they shipped his ass off to Siberia and he spent the next 20 years in a vodka-fueled rage. Not quite the environment you want to raise a kid in, the son you had the misfortune of crossing paths with in Monaco. The one who hurt your son.

Tony: you told me I hadn't tried everything. What do you mean I haven't tried everything? What haven't I tried?

Fury; he said that you were the only person with the means and knowledge to finish what he started.

Tony: he said that? Hmm.

Fury: are you that guy? Hmm? Are you? 'Cause if you are, then you can solve the riddle of your heart.

Tony; I don't know where you get your information, but he wasn't my biggest fan.

Fury; what do you remember about your dad?

Tony: he was cold, he was calculating. He never tile me he loved me. He never even told me he liked me, so it's a little tough for me to digest when you're telling me he said the whole future was riding on me and he's passing it down. I don't get that. You're talking about a guy whose happiest day was when he shipped me off to boarding school.

Fury: that's not true.

Tony: well, then, clearly you knew my dad better than I did.

Fury; matter of fact, I did. He was one of the founding members of SHIELD.

Tony: what?

Fury; I got a 2:00.

Two agent brought a big metal case.

Tony: wait, wait, wait, wait. What's this?

Fury; okay, you're good, right? You got this, right?

Tony; got what? I don't even know what I'm supposed to get.

Fury: Natasha and Barbara will remain a floater at Stark with their cover intact. You remember Agent Coulson, right?

Tony: yeah.

Fury: oh, and Tony, remember, I got my eye on you. <walks away>

Nat: we've disabled all communications. No contact with the outside world.

Tony; and Wade?

Nat: he will have to ask Agent Morse permission to communicate with anyone. Good luck. I'm gonna go check on Wade and Agent Morse. <leaves>