"Are there any other options with the Tesseract?" Steve asks "No, no, no. There's no other options. There's no do-overs. We're not going anywhere else. We have one particle left. Each. That's it, alright? We use that– Bye, bye. You're not going home." Scott says "Yeah, well if we don't try, then no one else is going home, either." "I got it. There's another way. To retake the Tesseract and acquire new particles. We'll stroll down memory lane. Military installation, Garden State." Peter says "When were they both there?" "They were there at a– I've a vaguely exact idea." "How vague?" "What are you talking about? Where are we going?" "I know for a fact they were there–" "Who's they? What are we doing?" Scott again tries to understand what they're talking about. "And I know how I know." " Guys, what's up? What is it?" "Well, it looks like we're improvising." "Right. What are we improvising?" "Scott, get this back to the compound." he hands him the case with the Scepter in it.
"What's in New Jersey?" Scott asks " 0-4." "0-4– -" Steve mutters "Uhh, 0-7." 0-7. -" "Excuse me..." Scott says "1-9-7-0." "Are you sure?" "Cap. Captain. Steve, sorry, America. Rogers. Look, if you do this, and this doesn't work, you're not coming back." Scott explains "Thanks for the pep talk, pissant." Peter says before turning back to Steve "Do you trust me?" "I do." "Your call." "Here we go."
A man drives past Steve and Peter "Hey, man! Make love, not war!" he shouts as he disappears "Clearly, you weren't actually born here, right?" Peter asks "The idea of me was." "Right. Well, imagine you're SHIELD, running a quasi-fascistic intelligence organization. Where do you hide it?" "In plain sight." Peter and Steve are in a elevator with some lady "Good luck on your mission, Captain." Peter says leaving "Good luck on your project, doctor." "You're new here?" "Not exactly."
"Gotcha. Back in the game." Peter mutters "Arnim, you in there? Arnim? Hey! Door's this way, pal." a man yells after Peter tries going another way out, "Oh, yeah." "I'm looking for Dr. Zola. Have you seen him?" the man asks, then Peter realizes that it's Tony's Dad "Yeah, no, Dr. Zol– No, I haven't seen a soul. Pardon me." he says awkwardly bumping a chair. "Do I know you?" "No, sir. I'm a– a visitor from MIT." "Huh. MIT. Got a name?" "Howard." "Well, that'll be easy to remember." "Howard Potts." "Well, I'm Howard Stark." he hold his hand out for Peter to shake, Peter weirdly holds Howard's finger "Shake it, don't pull it." "Yeah." "You look a little green around the gills there, Potts." "I'm fine. Just, long hours." "Wanna get some air?" "Yeah. That would be swell." "That way." "Okay." "Need your briefcase?" Peter grabs the case and they start walking "You're not one of those beatniks, are ya, Potts?"
"So, flowers and sauerkraut. You got a big date tonight?" Peter asks "My wife's expecting. And, uh– Too much time in the office." "Congratulations." "Thanks. Hold this, will you?" Peter holds the banquet for a moment "Yeah, sure. How far along is she?" "I don't know– Uh– She's at the point where she can't stand the sound of my chewing. I guess I'll be eating dinner in the pantry again." "I have a little boy." "A girl would be nice. Less of a chance she'd turn out exactly like me." "What'd be so awful about that?" "Let's just say that the greater good has rarely outweighed my own self-interests."
"So, where are you at with names?" "Well, if it's a boy, my wife likes Elmonzo." "Huh, Might wanna let that stew awwhile. You got time." "Let me ask you a question. When your kid was born– were you nervous?" "Wildly. Yeah." "Did you feel qualified? Like you had any idea how to successfully operate that thing?" "I literally pieced it together as I went along, I thought about what my Dad did, and–" "My old man, he never met a problem he couldn't solve with a belt." "I thought my 'Father' was tough on me. And now, looking back, I just remember the good stuff, you know. He did drop the odd pearl." Peter says thinking of all the good and bad things that happened between him and Tony. "Yeah? Like what?" "No amount of money ever bought a second of time." "Smart guy." "He did his best." "Let me tell you. That kid's not even here yet, and there's nothing I wouldn't do for him. Good to meet you, Potts." "Yeah, Howard– Everything's gonna be all right. Thank you– for everything– you've done for this country." Peter awkwardly hugs Howard, as he's leaving he hears Howard talking to a man named Edwin Jarvis.
What if Tony dusted instead of Peter?
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