Chapter 3-Tony and Steve

By: MsyticFantasy

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With a final hit, the punching bag flew across the gym to land on the floor with sand pouring out of the ripped side.

Panting lightly, Steve brushed his bangs from his forehead and moved to grab another punching bag from the line up. He grabbed a brown punching bag and hooked it up. He got four punches in when he was disturbed.

"You are everything my father described and more."

Steve looked over to the entrance of the gym to see a man dressed in an expensive looking suit as he slowly walked over. He didn't fail to see the resemblance the man had to Howard Stark.

"I take it you're up at this hour for a reason." he said.

"Sleeping for seventy years lets you catch up on whatever sleep you missed." Steve replied.

"I would need more than seventy years for the sleep I've missed. I'm Tony Stark by the way." he said putting a hand forward.

"Stark?" Steve gaped, ignoring the outstretched hand.

"As in the son of one Howard Stark."

"That's why you look familiar. You look almost exactly like him." Steve said and finally shook the offered hand.

"I hear that a lot." Tony said.

"Is there something I can do for you, Mr. Stark?" Steve asked.

"Please, call me Tony and there is something you can do. Not really for me but for SHIELD." Tony answered. "I'm here on behalf of Nick Fury. He wants me to explain to you that a situation has come up and we need your help."

"What kind of situation?" Steve asked as they walked over to the bench that held his gym bag.

"Do you recall the secret weapon that Hydra used during the war?" Tony asked.

Steve paused. Memories of the blue cub and Johann Schmidt flashed through his mind before he forced them back.

"What about it?" he asked removing the white bindings from his hands.

"My father found that little cube when he was looking for you. It's called the Tesseract. I don't know if that's what it was called during the war but that's what we call it. It's been stolen by someone who wants to use it for the same reason that Hydra had."

"Who took it?" Steve asked.

"A guy by the name of Loki. Says he's from a place called Asgard and he needs the cube for something. Didn't say what but we have a very strong belief that he wants it to start a war."

"So where do I fit in?"

"You've seen what this cube can do and know it better than a lot of us. Fury's trying to form a team to find the cube, bring it back into SHIELD custody and stop Loki. He wants you to lead that team."

"Me?" Steve questioned. "He wants me to lead a team? Hate to break it to him but I'm seventy years behind the current needs for a leader."

"You're not actually." Tony said. "You're exactly the person who can lead a team into war. Everyone knows how successful you were during the war. I heard about it almost every night as a kid. My father never shut up about you."

"He was a good man." Steve said. "A little show offy but he was a good friend."

"Showing off is a family trait I guess." Tony said. "Anyway, would you be on board for something like this Captain?"

"Well, I can't just sit by while the weapon Hydra once used is out there being used for the same purpose again." Steve said.

"Good. There's a few things we'll need to inform you on. As you can imagine, a lot of things have changed since the forties."

"I saw a few things when I first woke up." Steve said grabbing his gym bag.

"You know, my father wanted you to be my godfather." Tony said causing Steve look at him questioningly. "He said that if you had managed your way back, he was going to ask you to be the godfather to his first born child. Me."

"Sounds like Howard." Steve said as he started to leave the gym.

"There anything else about that cube that you can tell us about?" Tony asked.

"It should have stayed in the ocean." Steve answered.