Well that's one way to greet your friend after being missing for three months." Clint says.
Tony was about to ask how he knew that but then he remembered, spy.
[The plane lands in the air force base. Pepper is standing there with Happy right behind her. Inside the plane, Tony is now wearing a suit and is sitting in a wheelchair. ]
"Okay but like... where did you get the suit from?" Hawkeye asked.
[Rhodey helps him get up and tells him to be careful on the ramp.
Then two people come into the frame with gurney Tony asks if they're kidding with him and asks to get rid of them.]
"And so the refusal of medical treatment starts." Hawkeye said.
[Pepper looks over at him with a smile on her face. Tony walks up to her and says that her eyes are red and asks if she shed tears her long lost boss.
Pepper says that they're tears of joy and that she hates job hunting.Tony says that her vacations over.
He, Pepper and Happy all get into a car. Happy asks where he's taking them.
Pepper asks him to take them to the hospital.
Tony denies the request.]
"I mean I guess it makes sense, given what's in your chest now." Steve said. "But you still should receive medical treatment."
[Pepper tells Tony that he needs to.
Tony says that no is his complete answer.Pepper says that a doctor needs to have a look at him.]
"Listen to her." Steve said.
[Tony says that he doesn't have to do anything and tells Pepper that he's been in captivity for three months and that there are two things that he wants to do one of them is that he wants an American cheeseburger and the other is-]
"Really?" Hawkeye asked.
[Pepper says that he's said enough.
Tony says that its not what she thinks and tells her that he wants to call for a press conference.
Pepper asks what for.]
"About that-" Tony said.
"That little stunt you pulled really shocked the whole world." Hawkeye said.
"Yeah well, it needed to be said and I'm nothing if not dramatic."
"You can say that again. Hawkeye sighed.
"I'm nothing if not dramatic." Tony repeated.
[Tony tells Happy to drive.
Happy pulls into a parking lot. Obadiah is waiting outside of the building, he greets Tony as he gets out of the car then he hugs him.]
[Obadiah tells Tony that they were supposed to meet at the hospital. Happy comes up around the back of the car with a paper bag in his hands.
Tony tells Obadiah that he's fine.
Obadiah makes a comment about Tony stopping for a burger, then asks if they got him one.
Tony, and Obadiah are seen walking through the hallway to be met with a large group of reporters.]
"Oh! is this that press conference?" Hawkeye asked. Though he probably already knew the answer.
"Yes it is that press conference agent Hawkeye "Tony replied.
Some people were confused, namely the people of worlds .
[Tony walks up to the podium. Pepper stares at him. Agent Coulson appears beside her.
Coulson asks Pepper if he could speak with her for a moment.
Pepper tells him that she isn't a part of the press conference but it is about to start.]
"You thought he was a reporter? That's hilarious." Clint said, giggling.
[Coulson tells her that he isn't a reporter and then introduces himself, saying that he's from the Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division.
Pepper tells him that thats quite a mouthful.
Coulson says that he knows and they're working on it.]
"Sounds like someone really wanted to spell out shield." Steve said.
[Pepper tells him that they've been approached by the DOD, FBI and the CIA.
Coulson says that they're a separate decision that has a more specific focus, and that he needs to debrief Tony on the circumstances of his escape
Pepper says that she'll put something in the books.
Coulson thanks her.
Obadiah is standing in front of the podium and Tony is sitting down in front of it. Tony asks if everyone could sit down so it would be a little less formal. The reporters hesitantly sit.]
"Wow, I'm impressed. You actually managed to get everyone to listen." Steve said.
"Takes practice but it's real easy to command a room when you know what you're doing." Tony said.
[Rhodey asks what's up with the love-in.
Pepper says not to ask her because she doesn't know either.
Tony looks at Obadiah and says that its good to see him. Obadiah says the same about Tony.
Tony tells Obadiah that he never got to say goodbye to Howard. He turns to face the audience and repeats himself.]
Steve frowned. "You didn't even get a chance to say goodbye?"
"No and some little part of me has regretted it ever since." Tony said. He didn't like Howard all that much but he regretted not getting at least some closure with the man before the accident.
Others looked confused, 'why would you lead a speech with that?'
[Tony says that there are questions that he would have asked, he says he would have asked how Howard felt about what the company did and of he was conflicted or if he had doubts. Then says that maybe Howard was every inch of the man everyone remembers from the news reels.]
"I guess we'll never know." Tony said. "It always felt like he was putting on some sort of public persona... even when he was home."
[Tony says that he saw young Americans killed by the weapons he had created to protect them and says that he saw that he had become a part of a system that if comfortable with taking zero accountability.]
"Not anymore." tony said.
[A reporter raises his hand to ask a question, Tony greets him.
The reporter asks what happened where Tony was held captive.]