Point of No Return

Initialize and Approval

"Extremis and Nanobots are coming online, Boss, information readouts are on screen" FRIDAY spoke confidentiality "Extremis and Nanobots are working connectivity"

As she spoke Tony felt a twinge in his head, he tilted his head to the side at the feeling and then suddenly the whole world literally opened up to him.

He exclaimed in shock and fell out of his chair at the onslaught of... Everything coming at him.

As quickly as it came it stopped, he swore he heard FRIDAY laughing in his head

"What the hell was that?" Tony asked standing up his body felt like it was cooling down.

"That Boss was the Internet" FRIDAY's voice filled with mirth.

"Wait! What?" Tony asked in disbelief.

"This was a theorized possibility that the Bots and Extremis would allow you to mentally connect to the Internet" FRIDAY said softly, as if she was talking to a child.

"Y-Yeah... but that was only a theory, it was a stretch, it was some kind of sci-fi shit that I honestly thought was a joke" Tony was having a tough time grasping the reality of his situation.

"Boss, breath I can help you, I am helping you. I'm acting as a barrier into your mind" as she said this he could hear her in his head "we can ease you into this"

The following hours were spent learning about what had happened and how he would work with it. FRIDAY and Tony decided to keep his uplink to the Internet a secret for the time being.

By the time he was heading to bed to try go to sleep he was effortlessly browsing the World Wide Web, and was able to disconnect and reconnect with no issues.

It was something of beauty to him to be able to connect on a more tangible and intimate level with FRIDAY, and Tony looked forward to all of the possibilities.

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The next day found Tony in front of the Accords Council.

"So you're saying that Thaddeus Ross is hunting for Clint Barton's family? How does he even know about Mr. Barton having a family it's not on any records we have." One of the few dozen councilmen asked incredulously

"Because of a conversation Clint and I had on the RAFT, well that and the data dump Miss Romanoff pulled off, apparently Director Fury had made a," he paused to find the right word "mistake in some of his files on the Barton's." Tony finished his thought.

"We are aware of the threat that Secretary Ross possesses, so what are you able to do about it?" A different council member asked

"I have been monitoring him for years, basically right after Dr Banner and the Hulk incident occurred. I have mountains of evidence and I plan to reach out to Miss Betty Ross, to hopefully get her to testify against her father, if we can get a trial going against him that is" Tony explained.

Most of the faces around Tony nodded, some others still looked incredulously at the billionaire.

"I don't see why we can't approve of your plan of action against Mr. Ross" Eleanor, the head councilwoman said as she banged the gavel "unless there are any objections you are permitted to follow through with your family safety protocol as well, keep us in the loop and let us know if and when trouble arises and we will assist you to the best of our ability"

"Thank you ma'am" Tony sighed in slight relief, he hadn't really been asking permission but out of respect had been informing them on his plans. Though if they wanted to take it as him asking who was he to stop them. So long as he could save people at the end of the day, that's all that mattered. "Now on to the second order of business"

"Yes" Head Counselor spoke

"I have that plans you all requested and I think this will really help give the Accords committee some traction." Tony spoke, determined to show them that he wasn't playing around.

Tony went on to explain about creating a whole new team, built correctly and in a more controlled environment.
The counselors around the room seemed nervous that Tony wanted to get more people of power under his wings until Tony explained how he would be splitting up roles and leadership and he showed them Colonel Danvers' file explaining how he wanted her to be Head of the New Avengers with Colonel Rhodes as a co-leader. Tony was willing to stay as the liaison between the Avengers and the Accords but wanted to step back and work on his own company, observe and help with the new team, hoping to even be part of it, if accepted.
He went on to explain how he wasn't getting any younger and with as many close calls he has had in the past several years since becoming Iron Man he was looking forward to a trying to get a little bit of a break.

"Well you promised to have a plan, and goodness did you deliver" The Head councilwoman said impressed "does anyone object to Dr. Starks plan for the New Avengers"

No one raised their hand; everyone shook their head no

"Well in that case you have clearance in putting you plans into action Dr. Stark. I do hope to hear from you frequently though to let us know of the statuses of your recruits and how things are coming along. If you get Colonel Danvers on board we hope to be meeting with the both of you relatively soon"

"Thank you very much" Tony felt like a small weight had been lifted off his shoulders "I promise, I'll stay in touch"