A/N: This chapter was originally posted as a separate story but since it follows on directly from the events in this story, I've decided to add it here as a second chapter. The original can be found at "Shooting Star". This chapter also references (vaguely) the events of "Flight of The Archer".

Clint Barton stared at the falling object with disbelief. How many times does Tony Stark have to fall out of the sky before he learns his lesson?

There were only two instances that Barton had witnessed. The first being the infamous drop back down to earth through the wormhole. The second being the mostly invisible fall when Tony was testing out a new cloaking capable suit and stalking Barton, who was flying a helicopter at the time, to do this.

Clint reasoned that there were probably more falls that he did not know about. Which was why the reaction of Steve Rogers to Tony Stark's current fall took him by surprise.

"Banner get to Stark now! I don't care how angry you are." The Captain commanded over the intercom.

Clint was also quite surprised to see the Hulk complying immediately. Though the Hulk was usually not completely unreasonable, it usually did its own thing and when its own thing just happened to be what the group needed, that was considered to be following orders. Clint had never seen the Hulk follow a specific order like this before.

"Get his suit off!" Steve practically shouted and Clint wished that there was a volume control on his earpiece.

Once again, the Hulk showed incredible control despite his rage. He peeled off the front of Tony's suit, damaging most of the command centre.

Incredibly, JARVIS began shouting instructions to the Hulk on how to disassemble the suit knowing full well that by the end of it, there would not be enough wiring left for the for the AI to function in the it. JARVIS was basically instructing the Hulk to kill him.

Needless to say, Stark wasn't breathing. Captain Rogers did not wait for a medic to examine Tony Stark. Instead, he waited for the best (and only) defibrillator available on scene – Thor.

"Can you focus your lighting? We don't want to fry him to, we just want to restart his heart." Said Steve.

"Are you sure that his heart has stopped?" Thor asked to check.

"Yes, I'm fairly sure." Steve replied.

"Okay. I think I can do it." Thor nodded.

"What the hell happened?" Natasha Romanoff came up behind Clint.

For once the Avengers were not on a mission to battle against supervillains, they were in the area to help clean up after a hurricane.

"I don't know. I think Stark just had a heart attack." Barton replied.

There was a tense pause as everyone turned their attention to Thor. His eyes had changed to the colour of the sky again. Then he stopped and lowered his hammer.

"It's not going to work. There's going to be too much electricity." He said.

"Put it on his heart." Said Bruce Banner. Banner had just completed one of the quickest transitions back from the Hulk that Barton had seen.

"You don't want the charge to build up inside the hammer like a storage device, you want it to go through your hammer like a straight conductor." Bruce instructed.

What followed was one of the strangest (and funniest) uses of the hammer that Clint had ever seen by Thor. He lay on his back next to the partially exposed Iron Man with his hand on his hammer and the hammer resting on Stark's chest. Then his eyes were the colour of the sky again and a small bolt of lightning hit it, going straight through and into Tony who awoke yelling at the top of his lungs.

"What the? Why was I in Victorian London? What century is this?" Stark shouted.

"Glad to have you back." Captain Rogers smiled.

"I didn't just..." Said Tony.

"Yes you did." Steve replied.

"But it was better..." Tony looked uncertain.

"Guess not completely." Steve smiled

"What are you two talking about?" Asked Doctor Banner.

"The blood in his heart keeps clotting too quickly. He's supposed to take blood thinners but it looks like he forgot this time." Steve shook his head.

"But the tests came back normal." Said Tony as he tried to push himself up off the ground (and failed).

"Doesn't mean you should stop taking your meds." Steve countered.

"Why didn't you come to me?" Bruce asked.

"I was handling it." Tony objected.

"Not very well." Steve countered.

"How is it that you know so much about his heart problems?" Asked Natasha.

"He helped me once when I was sick so I thought I'd keep an eye on him. Knowing Stark, he's bound to get himself either seriously injured or seriously ill. Only a matter of time." Steve replied.

"This is not like human nature." Thor observed. "Most of the humans that I've met have an instinct for self-preservation. I do not see it in him."

"Great. You calling me a freak now?" Tony retorted.

"If that's how you want to interpret the 'lack of self-preservation' comment then yes we are." Said Bruce.

"You're angry with me." Tony observed. "Why are you angry with me?"

"Because you think that you can fix everything on your own." Bruce shook his head.

"I'm a mechanic. It's what I do." Said Tony

"Your body is not a machine, Stark." Said Bruce, trying to keep his voice calm.

"It might as well be." Tony shook his head. "I know that I could get a bionic heart and I would have less of these emergencies. But you're forgetting that I would also be less me."

"I don't think anyone could be as arrogant as you so don't worry. You'll never lose what it is that makes you Tony Stark." Clint pointed out.

"I need my heart." Said Tony, just to emphasise his point.

"You also need a doctor who actually knows what their doing." Said Bruce. "Now, I don't care how many databases JARVIS has access to, you are basically self-diagnosing and self-medicating. If you'd like to actually be able to stay in the air without falling out of the sky, you're going to need a proper doctor."