OH MY GOD! THE FINAL CHAPTER! :D
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"Hope informed me they about to come back," Carol said to Tony glancing at a screen.

"Unharmed?" Tony asked immediately. Carol frowned.

"She didn't say." At Tony's face, Carol quickly continued. "That implies that they weren't, if there was anything serious then she would've said." Tony nodded still uncertain. There was a startled yell from outside the compound. Tony looked towards the open window.

"That'll be Stephen's portal." He smirked at the sound made by the shocked government officials here to pick up the arrested Rogues.

"Let's go then." Carol smiled and began to walk towards the door. Tony quickly overtook her and went outside. He let out a sigh of relief as he saw the Rogues held down by some of Stephen's Eldritch magic that quickly turned to a grin at the sight of the Sorcerer himself handing the Eye of Agamotto to a highly irritated Wong. Tony moved up to him and instantly began to babble.

"Are you okay? What happened? And don't give me that 'im fine' bullshit I can clearly see your bleedin-" he stopped abruptly as in response to his babbling Stephen had kissed him with so much enthusiasm that Tony completely lost track of every thought running through his head (which is quite an achievement.)

Completely forgetting where they were and how they were surrounded by almost a hundred government officials, several news reporters that had managed to get in, and the Rogue Avengers Tony put his arms around Stephen and answered with an amount of enthusiasm to rival Stephen's.

"Honestly." Wong scoffed. "I'll just go put the Eye in the Sanctum then." Stephen didn't answer, not exactly focusing on his friend at the moment. Wong shook his head fondly before opening a portal back to the Sanctum.

Considering Stephen and Tony weren't exactly showing any sign of stopping their make-out session (the cloak had actually wrapped around both of them, the collar shielding them from the eager and astounded press.) Loki and Natasha had begun to explain what had happened to Carol, Rhodey, and several of the government officials there.

"You won't have to worry about containing the witch's powers." Loki was saying, sounding immensely bored as he balanced a knife on the tip of his finger, gaining cautious looks from almost everyone there.

"Why is that?" asked Carol, glancing at Wanda, who was staring at the floor a shocked, vacant expression on her face.

"Witch tried something a bit too advanced for her meagre talents," Loki smirked, letting the knife fall and catching it by the blade. Natasha rolled her eyes.

"That's a simplified way of putting it." As she spoke she was dabbing at some blood on her forehead with a damp cloth.

"Short version." Loki straightened, eyeing the officials with a calm expression. "She tried to use the Time Stone, failed miserably and now no longer has her 'powers.'" At this news, Tony and Stephen finally broke apart.

"Hang on. What?" Tony questioned confused.

"Ah, Mr Stark, nice of you to return to reality," Rhodey smirked, Tony glared at him.

"Just some magical mumbo-jumbo without any scientific explanation whatsoever that you won't understand," Loki said casually. Tony gave the man an immensely dramatic eye roll.

"Just explain it, brother," Thor ordered, appearing next to them. Loki sighed.

"So," Loki began, "Do you remember when I tried to control your mind before?" At these words, there were several startled cries and Stephen and Rhodey, in particular, looked ready to curse/beat up Loki on the spot.

"Yeah." Tony nodded, ignoring the reactions.

"Your Arc Reactor, it was based on the Tesseract?" At Loki's question, Tony nodded again.

"Basically." A look of understanding graced his features. "The Arc Reactors similar energy to the Tesseract meant you couldn't use the Mind Stone. They cancelled each other out basically." Loki nodded.

"The same thing sort of happened when Maximoff tried to use the Time Stone." Stephen continued for Loki. "Although it was a stronger reaction, one might say, as he powers came from the Mind Stone however the Arc Reactor was just based on the Space Stone."

"So what exactly happened then." Vision murmured softly. Looking at Wanda an unreadable expression on his face.

"Her powers are gone, I double checked and it's almost as if she didn't have them in the first place."

"She also appears to have Amnesia," added Loki, still in the same bored voice. "That's probably temporary though." Vision didn't say anything, his eyes turning away from the girl and focusing back on the conversation.

"We will make sure that she isn't given the same treatment as the raft then." One of the officials said with certainty. Rhodey nodded retaining a respectful mask.

"We'll contact you about the trial." one of the officials said, Isn't he one of the many, many, Ross's? Tony thought dully barely listening to the conversation.

"Thank you." Carol smiled politely at them and as all the officials turned around she gave the Rogues the middle finger, somehow she managed to hide it from the press. Roger's face reddened and he aimed the glare he had been using on Stephen and Tony on her instead.

"If that is all." Tony clapped his hands together, the press clambered forward but Tony gently waved them off, a winning smile on his face. "Sorry guys, you'll have to wait for the press conference after the trial to get answers out of us." He smirked at Stephen. "Even for questions not related to the arrest." He bade a final goodbye to the press and turned back to the compound. The grin on his face remained though. He was finally free.

-o-

The trial took place a week from the Rogue's arrest. Tony had forbidden the kids from coming despite the pestering, specifically from Harley, instead giving them the compromise of a flight/swing around New York later. An hour before the trial Tony stood in front of the mirror in his room since he didn't exactly need his suit today, he was making sure the glow of the Arc Reactor was hidden from sight. Satisfied he buttoned the dark suit jacket over his dark red tie.

'Hello, Boss.' FRIDAY said cheerfully as he slid some glasses onto his face and the lenses lit up with a mini HUD.

"Hey Fri," Tony answered softly. He sighed and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. Tony smiled as familiar arms wrapped around him from behind.

"You ready?" Stephen asked as leaned back into the man's embrace.

"Yep." Tony turned to face Stephen and smirked. "Wow, you look good in a suit. It's a nice change from your hobo wizard look." Stephen scoffed, a slight smile on his face.

"I'm sorry that my hobo wizard look is so disappointing." He answered, calmly straightening Tony's tie.

"Oh, you'd look hot in anything don't worry." Tony grinned. "Or in nothing for that matter."

"I thought we already established I look good in nothing?"

"I don't know." Tony put his arms around Stephen's waist smirking. "I might need to check again." Tony pressed his lips to Stephen's and sighed in contentment.

'Boss, sorry to interrupt, but you just got your clothes back on and I doubt the Court would appreciate you being late.' Tony groaned at FRIDAY's interruption, pulling away from Stephen and doing up the button on his suit jacket.

"Right you are baby girl. Although you completely ruined the moment." Tony smiled slightly, he could practically hear FRIDAY sighing.

'Right I forgot, you and Dr Strange have so few of those.' FRIDAY answered dryly. Stephen's mouth twitched as he fiddled with his sling ring.

"Shall we?" he asked gesturing to Stephen's Sling ring. Stephen nodded, slipping it on and raising his hands to open a portal.

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The entire trial was hilariously humiliating for the arrested Rogues. They got to give their side of the story and Rogers gave his usual rant about how he just wanted to do what was right, about how this was bigger than all of them, and he didn't want to harm anyone.

But then it was the other sides turn. It was quite entertaining albeit depressing to hear Tony relay event after event after event of the Avengers hostile attitude towards him and whatever he did.

With each word, Rogers and the others got paler and paler. Maximoff had been excused from the trial due to her current state (the amnesia) but it was satisfying enough to watch Barton and Rogers steadily become white as sheets.

Then Tony reached Ultron.

At the news of Wanda Maximoff influence on Tony to create Ultron, the tenseness of the room increased so it was as if no one was making any sound spare Tony. Tony then relayed how she had manipulated all the Avengers, also causing Hulk's rampage in Johannesburg.

By the time Tony had reached the subject of Siberia Roger's looked ready to faint.

"Heinrich Zemo revealed to me that the Winter Soldier had actually killed my parents, Howard and Maria Stark, under the orders of Hydra." At this statement, the silence broke and people began to speak and yell over the news.

"Then, it was also revealed that Steve Rogers knew this already but neglected to tell anyone." Tony continued ignoring the outbreak of words, instead just raising his voice.

"Since they returned Rogers, Barton, and Maximoff have committed several more acts of assault, mostly towards me, and then they decided to steal an incredibly powerful artifact they had no right to because according to them it was safer in their hands than the Avengers." Sometime during the long speech Tony's voice had became detached, he had probably rehearsed this, maybe in his mind for years. A hopeful plea in his mind that something someday would be done about Steve Rogers.

They were going away for an incredibly long time, Tony almost cheered but decided to keep some air of professionalism.

"That was exhausting." Tony smiled as he and Stephen talked, in the hallway outside the courtroom.

"But… you won." Stephen reminded him, Tony's smile widened.

"I won." he closed his eyes and lent his head on Stephen's shoulder. They stayed there in silence for several minutes, just enjoying each other's company when.

"Tony?" The horribly recognizable voice pleaded with him and Tony's eye immediately snapped open. Steve was at the end of the hallway, being led by half a dozen guards who were now having trouble moving the super soldier planted firmly on the ground.

"What?" Tony practically snapped at the man. No fake courtesies anymore.

"I just, want to fix this."

"Bit late for that," Tony answered simply.

"Also incredibly stupid timing considering you are about to be locked up for most, if not all your life." Stephen pointed out, putting an arm around Tony protectively.

"We were friends Tony." Steve pleaded, "We are family."

"No we aren't" Tony did snap this time, breaking free from Stephen's hold to point a finger angrily in Steve's direction. "We never were family, we weren't even friends. I was just a doormat to you, you'd walk all over me, manipulate me, and take advantage of my resources. But we were never friends so don't fucking kid yourself." Steve stared at him, fake remorse in his eyes.

"Tony be reasonable."

"I am being reasonable. I am being the most reasonable I've been in years. I'm wiping myself clean of you, I don't ever want to think of you again."

"You can't forget me, Tony, you can't forget the original Avengers."

"No, you know what, I will remember the original Avengers, but not the people, not you, but the promise we made. We would protect our world, we would protect the people. No matter the cost. Just putting aside our ego's and avenging the damn Earth. And in several generations time people won't remember Captain America or Steve Roger's, he'll just be a name in a history book that people flip by because they don't care about the hero turned terrorist. They won't even bother to remember you, but god…" Tony grinned, opening his arms wide in triumph, much like he once did on a hot day in the desert back in 2008, on the day Iron Man was born.

"They will remember Iron Man. They will remember Tony fucking Stark."

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So it's over then... A couple of people requested a sequel but I don't think that's going to happen, (sorry guys) I might do a one shot if there is a high demand and I can actually think of something to put in it but apart from that...

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