When Downey Wears a Tin Can [Comprehensive British and American]

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Downey could hear the violent panting on the other end of the phone through the phone. For a moment, his mind was blank. After he realized it, a person had already appeared at the door of the Avengers Building with a flashlight.

The bright light shone on the man standing in the middle of the small square. He was not wearing a peaked cap this time, his black hair was wet with sweat and a few strands stuck to his forehead.

Seemingly not expecting Downey to run down suddenly, Tony Stark froze for a moment, then seemed to finally realize what he had just done, and looked away a little stiffly.

Downey also paused the moment his eyes met, and then, like Tony Stark, he subconsciously looked away.

——To be honest, it’s not that he hasn’t faced this situation, but if the object is Tony Stark.

No one knows better than him how difficult it is for a person to bow his head to others.

Friends who have quarreled and just reconciled will unconsciously reveal a cautious attitude in every word and deed, a little embarrassment, a little restraint and a little nervousness-but now there is obviously no time for them to slow down. Try slowly and find a balance point to get along again.

Downey hung up the phone and put the phone back in his pocket, then coughed lightly with his fists: "Are you—" He looked at Tony Stark again, "Run here?"

Tony Stark: "Yeah."

After a few more seconds of silence, Downey asked, "How long did it take?"

Tony Stark glanced at his watch: "One hour."

Downey: "Quite fast."

Tony Stark: "Yeah."

After finishing speaking, the atmosphere fell into a kind of unembarrassed silence again.

The Avengers in the lobby on the second floor stopped in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and they watched the scene downstairs.

Natasha: "Will it take them a century to reconcile? At a time like this?"

Dr. Banner pushed his glasses: "Anyway, we don't have anything else to do now, do we?"

Captain America frowned: "Didn't you just say that communication can be restored through some primitive methods?"

Dr. Banner: "Yes, but power generation requires a long start-up time. At Barton's current speed, it will take at least 10 minutes to fill the energy tank, and we only have one power generation device. Unless the energy reserve is foolproof, otherwise Any operation has the potential to run out of power half way through."

After finishing speaking, the three Avengers looked at Barton on the far right at the same time.Barton, who was ready to go, was carrying a quiver on his back, holding an emergency power generator in his hand, and quickly turned the handle on the device with one hand, staring intently at the two figures outside the glass window.

"At least we now have an extra helper, which is also good news." Hawkeye looked at the man standing next to the small flower bed, "And he seems to be very capable of fighting."

The small plaza of the Avengers Building.

The helper, who was very good at fighting, lowered his eyes, and his face was sharply illuminated by the light of the flashlight.

Downey shook the flashlight in his hand subconsciously. The inherited genius brain at least remembered their most important business now. He turned sideways: "Are you going up? The captain and the others are here too."

Tony Stark looked past Downey and glanced at the familiar Avengers Building behind him, except for the brightly lit second-floor lobby, which was engulfed in darkness.

Obviously there is no other choice now.

He paused, and followed Downey into the building.

Because of the power outage, the two could only take the stairs of the emergency passage, and stepped into the Avengers again. Tony Stark seemed to be in a relatively stable mood - Downey turned his head to observe when he went upstairs, and the man's face There is no expression.

After receiving Downey's gaze, Tony Stark subconsciously replied, "What are you looking at?"

After finishing speaking, he seemed to find that this not-so-good tone seemed likely to put their newly warmed up relationship into the bottom of the valley again. The man was silent for a while, and then irritatedly brushed his forehead hair: "Look Let's see."

Downey coughed lightly to cover up the laughter he almost blurted out, and slowed down his tone to try to make his words less preachy: "I just suddenly remembered something."

He stopped on the last step before the exit, turned around, Tony Stark was dazzled by the light of his flashlight, Downey said sorry, then removed the flashlight and continued: "Whoever you are What do they have, but this is a critical moment, please restrain your temper and be a polite adult." After finishing speaking, he confirmed in a low voice, "OK?"

Tony Stark: "...you're very long-winded."

The beginning of the second collision of the universe, the first minute.

The Pan Am building and the New York Stock Exchange outside the window stood in darkness, and Manhattan was silent.

At the coffee table in the Avengers lobby.

Natasha was still sitting on her armchair, Captain, Hawkeye and Dr. Banner sat on the left sofa, and Downey and Tony Stark sat across from them.

"Avengers, this is Robert Downey Jr. The captain has met him before. Downey, these are the Avengers." Downey briefly finished this introduction that was full of disobedience to him, and then put the The topic is brought to the point, "The only thing we can't be sure about now is that this event will start at a certain time today."

"Or it's already started and we're just not aware of it."

Captain America frowned: "Before those things happen, the first thing we need to do is restore power and communications in the area."

Dr. Banner glanced at the device in Barton's hand: "It's coming soon."

Tony Stark almost deduced their coping plan at the first sight of the device in Barton's hand.

Use the only power generation device to establish a signal source in the Avengers Building, and then radiate to the entire New York State in a network, and then they can quickly contact relevant personnel to solve the power supply problem, which is better than running directly to the power plant or S.H.I.E.L.D. would have been much less time-consuming, but—

"Who came up with this plan?"

As a former member of the Avengers, even though he only got along with the Avengers for a week and then broke away from the group for half a month, Tony Stark was not too cautious when facing his former teammates. I never knew how to write the word polite.

The man leaned on the sofa: "The stable coverage of the temporary signal source established by the power generation is out of Wall Street. The transmission speed is slower than the communication speed of the 90s. Do you want to transmit word by word? This is the truth when I was six years old. -"

At this moment, there was a sound of clearing the throat.

Tony Stark: "..."

Downey straightened the bow tie on his collar naturally: "Sorry, my throat is a bit uncomfortable due to lack of sleep recently." He looked at Tony Stark, "Do you have any other ideas?"

The man glanced at the familiar red bow on Downey's neckline, then retracted his gaze and said concisely, "Don't you have two fragments of will?"

The hall fell into a brief silence. Dr. Banner was the first to speak: "That's too risky. We know nothing about it except that there is a lot of energy in those fragments."

Tony Stark: "Isn't that enough to know?"

Dr. Banner subconsciously looked at Downey, but to his surprise, after thinking for a moment, Downey said, "This is indeed a solution, and it's much more convenient."

The relevant knowledge was not in the field of other Avengers, so they listened with serious expressions.Dr. Banner expressed hesitation: "But we don't know what the consequences will be."

Downey: "We don't know what will happen if the current situation continues, and the fact that Hydra can use these fragments to support the operation of their branch proves that this approach is feasible."

Downey couldn't help but glance at Tony Stark as he spoke.

It is indeed the safest way to use a power generation device to establish a signal source in the Avengers Building, and the transmission speed is actually not so exaggeratedly slow. In addition to the slow startup speed, this is also what he and Dr. Banner made after a choice It was decided that they didn't think of the fragments of will in the first place just because their personality decided that they would instinctively avoid things they didn't understand at all.

He has to admit that sometimes radical thinking also has the benefits of radical thinking.

They didn't have much time to think about it. Dr. Banner's eyes stayed on the two of them for a while, and finally compromised: "Well, if you want to activate the communication source in this way. But it's not just anywhere The facilities can withstand such a huge amount of energy, and I remember that there is one of the largest private energy companies in Queens.”

"Steinway Edison." The captain immediately announced the name of the company.

Natasha: "SHIELD's land branch in the Bronx can also be used as a temporary communication point."

The tacit understanding established in a short period of time made them look at Steve immediately, and Captain Blonde confirmed: "So what we have to do is to bring the fragments to these two places separately, and then leave the rest of the technical work to you. ?"

Obviously, the word "technical work" is very suitable for Tony Stark: "That's right."

Dr. Banner: "The Union Building will still be the center of the signal source. After your regional signals cover the buildings, I will first spread these signal sources to the entire New York State."

Captain America said decisively: "Tony, you and I will go to the S.H.I.E.L.D. branch in the Bronx, Barton, you and—" the captain paused, looking at Tony Stark who was sitting across from the sofa, "—Mr. Robert to Steinway & Edison."

It was the first time to hear these two names from someone else's mouth at the same time. Downey and Tony Stark, who were sitting across from the sofa, were stunned for a moment, and then, after realizing the meaning of this sentence.

Downey sank when he saw Tony Stark's good face just now.

Tony Stark: "You mean me to talk to someone who only knows—"

There was a louder cough than before.

Tony Stark: "..."

Downey stood up from the sofa, patted Tony Stark's thigh twice in the process, and smiled at Tony Stark after the man's eyes followed the trend.

The warm brown eyes were slightly bent because of the deliberate smile on his face, and Tony Stark clearly saw a sentence from Downey's eyes.

— Be a polite adult.

Tony Stark: "..."

Barton next to him didn't realize that he was almost slapped with inexplicable words just now, and he swayed his sore arm from turning the generator quickly for a long time: "So the thing I turned is useless?"

Downey picked up the flashlight he had just now, and took the half-charged power generator in Barton's hand: "No, it's too powerful, at least he can use it to open the password door of the laboratory on the third floor. .”

After speaking, he turned on the flashlight, turned and walked into the dark corridor.

The hall fell into silence, probably out of curiosity, all eyes were on Tony Stark for a while.

The man sitting on the sofa: "..."

After being silent for half a second, Tony Stark stood up before anyone said anything, and followed Downey into the emergency passage.

He crossed three steps at a time, and within a few steps he caught up with Downey who was walking in front.

There was obvious dissatisfaction in the tone: "You let Rogers and that idiot go to that shitty Edison Company by himself."

Downey, who was walking ahead with a flashlight, said, "You should learn to obey the instructions of the team leader."

Tony Stark sneered: "Me too—" He paused here, and changed his words, "You are also the leader."

Downey: "Yeah, the one who was sent down, it's all thanks to you—"

He walked out of the stairs, stopped in front of the tightly closed storage room door in the laboratory, plugged in the power generating device, and stretched out his hand to crack the randomly generated code on it after the screen on it lit up: "—Didn't beat Nick Fury himself at that time Don’t stop, or hit the captain harder, or kidnap a high-ranking official, so that I may have the honor to experience whether the prison food in American prisons is as bad as those gourmet reviews.”

Tony Stark watched Downey's movements. Although they had the same thoughts in their minds, their physical proficiency would not be changed by the knowledge of their brains.

He reached out and pressed on the screen, cracking the code faster than Downey, and said with a blank expression, "Otherwise, the two of us can go to S.H.I.E.L.D."

Donnie paused for a moment, then withdrew his hand: "What's the difference between this and the last proposal?"

Tony Stark: "The difference is that I don't want to do anything with a fool, I have nothing to say to him."

Downey shrugged: "To be honest, apart from having nothing in common, I think the Bartons are not bad, and you know very well that only the three of us are capable of those 'technical tasks', and we are destined to split up."

Tony Stark certainly knows that.

he just-

"You just don't know how to get along with them." Donnie looked at Tony Stark's hand that was so fast that he didn't seem to need to think, "Actually, you don't need to think too much, although I don't know how you suffered that week. The impact of the Extremis virus is great, but if it is now, they will understand what kind of person you are after getting along for a long time."

After Downey finished speaking, he added: "Of course, the premise is that you can control your temper or apologize to someone in time after losing your temper."

Tony Stark denied without thinking: "Impossible, they don't even think about it."

Donnie paused, and raised his eyebrows when he thought of the back of Mark 20's head on the picture Tony Stark had sent him.

He considerately did not bring up this topic again, because he knew that it would be easy for a person like Tony Stark to bring up these things with high self-esteem, which would easily make the other person angry, but he had to admit--

This kind of "special treatment" feels really good.

But obviously this is actually not too good for the current situation.

So the password in front of you is entered in the last two rows.

Downey: "The captain said he wants you to join the Avengers."

Tony Stark glanced at Downey quickly, and then continued to look at the long string of codes on the light screen: "He came to me."

Downey: "I thought about it carefully, and it's actually a good thing."

The slender, well-knit big hands that entered the password on the light screen paused for a moment, and then resumed their movements.

Downey continued: "I can't say how well I get along with the Avengers, but at least our relationship is not as tense as it was when I first came here. We all know that you can't be an actor for a lifetime, Tony, sooner or later you will One day I will return to the Avengers, and sooner or later I will return to Tony Stark."

He looked at the man: "No one is perfect, you are a genius, so it is normal to be lacking in some aspects, I don't know if you can accept that, but the part you are lacking happens to be what I am good at, so in In the first week I even thought, is it because of someone's arrangement that I am here?"

Tony Stark didn't speak.

He didn't know whose arrangement this was, but he could vaguely guess what Downey was going to say later, and he had to admit——

When Downey came here, it was indeed the most embarrassing time in his life.

Downey smiled: "I don't know what I will face in the future, whether it's going back to my original universe or something else, at least before that—"

He thought about his wording, but it seemed that the way of talking that had to take into account each other's emotions in every sentence was a bit tiring, and it also made people feel that they were unfamiliar, so Downey finally decided to say whatever came to mind: "You know I also Having experienced those media smears, I know how terrible it is, or yours may be even more terrifying than what I experienced at the beginning, but at least I have a little experience in facing these things, so I will understand the things you don’t want to face. Help you face, those bad things I will try my best to help you get better, everything is not so bad."

After Downey finished speaking, before Tony Stark opened his mouth, he said, "Don't you hate hearing these words?"

Tony Stark was silent for a while before speaking: "What?"

After the password was entered, several doors of the storage room opened one after another. Donnie looked at the two airtight cabins inside: "Nothing."

He walked into the small door with blue lighting and picked up the two bullet-shaped airtight capsules.During the process, Tony Stark stood at the door and looked at Downey's back. When the other party turned around and walked out, he naturally took the two airtight capsules in his hand.

"I think this proposal is very constructive." Downey patted the dust on his hands that didn't exist, and looked at Tony Stark again, "Do you want to join the alliance?" After speaking, Downey added, "Second Second-rate."

Tony Stark looked into those warm brown eyes.

After a while: "OK."

As if he didn't expect him to agree so readily, those beautiful warm brown eyes widened for a moment, then slightly curved: "OK, I will notify them after this matter is resolved."

Downey picked up the flashlight and walked into the corridor: "Which room do you plan to live in?"

Tony Stark followed behind him: "Next to you."

Downey: "Are there any decoration and furniture requirements?"

Tony Stark: "I hate sleeping on tin beds."