"This is what I would like, what I want to happen," Tony said as he stepped forward. "We need to stick together. To use each other's strengths to correct our flaws. Sure," Tony added as he set his glass down before standing up straight, "we could go off and do our own thing. However, the truth of the matter is we need each other and the world needs the Avengers. So we've got to come back together."
"This is going to require lots of training, getting used to each other's fighting styles," Steve added. "I also agree that the basic principle of the Avengers should be to not jeopardize the team. If we're going to fight as a team, then we need to work together as a unit."
"Hold on, let me ask," Rhodes said, "why don't you want the government involved in our affairs? I honestly don't think of it as a bad thing. They would…"
"Rhodes, I explained this on the helicarrier and if I need to explain it again, I will lose my temper," Harry said, cutting him off. "For over six hundred years, if not longer… could be a thousand years, governments of the world have lead Witch Hunts that have brought my people to the brink of extinction. As far as I know, Morgan and I are the last. We have no rights to protection and no civil rights. They hoped to use magic as a weapon against enemies of their choosing. My people refused. We have no quarrels with other countries and have no desire to get caught up in the middle of a war, one that has nothing to do with us. We have our own culture and ways. One thing you'll learn about us, Rhodes, is we prefer peace over violence. We only resort to violence, as a last resort. Unfortunately, that's what also killed off our people," Harry said darkly. Rhodes seemed to have a lump in his throat. "Because they knew if they fought, it would result in a war and that would mean death on an unimaginable scale. We wanted nothing to do with that. An entire civilization killed off because we didn't want to become soldiers for the rich."
"Now you see why he doesn't want to get involved with the government?" Steve asked. "He wants to fight enemies of his choosing and not of theirs. I also agree with him. If we do fight, it has to be people we think are bad and need to be taken down."
"If we sign with the government, we won't be able to take down the bad buys that we want to because the government could be protecting them, making them untouchable," Harry said, setting down a tablet on the table. Everyone watched as a bunch of faces and names appeared on the screen.
"Hold on, this is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s…" Romanoff began.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most wanted listed. I stole it a couple years back when I broke into the Helicarrier," Harry said. "Half the people on this list are politically untouchable. S.H.I.E.L.D. can't touch them because senators, congressmen, and even military leaders protect them from any kind imprisonment or investigation. These people are scum who don't deserve to walk free. Also, if we involve ourselves in politics, then we're going to endanger the team on a whole other level. Political backlash could destroy this team as blame could be shifted entirely onto us. Politicians will never admit they were wrong and try to find ways to distance themselves from the blame. If we get grounded because someone decided to use us as scapegoats, then the world will be defenseless against many dangers that it is not ready for. I know as soldiers you are servicemen, but you have to understand, you volunteer for to serve a country. The Avengers is not military nor are we military contractors. We're independent individuals who can do remarkable things. All we want is to make the world a better place."
"I think we're all in agreement. No government involvement," Steve said with finality.
"Do we all agree? Raise your hands if you do," Tony said as if they were in class. Almost everyone raised their hands. Only Rhodes didn't. He didn't look happy.
"Rhodes?" Steve asked.
"Look, they're going to want us to follow some kind of chain of command. We cannot do this forever."
"Rhodes, all we're saying is we don't outside parties controlling us. If they need our help for something that's one thing, but we will not listen to their chain of command. I'm not against helping them if they need us to do something and they are willing to pay us. However, I will not obey them as if I'm one of their soldiers," Harry said firmly.
"He's got a point, Rhodey. I know this isn't your usual cup of tea, but try to understand, we're not military. Also, it would be problematic if Point Break had to show up with the Asgardian Army because politicians want to control him," Stark said.
"How soon can you get the tower operational?" Harry asked.
"It could be a couple of months. I'm doing a lot of remodeling. I'm also thinking of removing 'STARK' from the side and putting 'Avengers', or simply an 'A' up instead. Speaking of which, that's my top priority right now. Well, that and getting my Mark VIII ready as my Mark VII is pretty banged up from the battle. Speaking of which, any chance you could fix the windows? You didn't get them when you did that mojo thing on the rest of the city," Tony asked.
Banner looked a bit uncomfortable as Tony mention the windows. Harry waved hand as the glass windows began to rearrange and fix themselves.
"You know, Avengers Tower sounds a lot better than Stark Tower," Barton said. Romanoff chuckled as she agreed with her partner.
"Oi!" Stark said in a loud voice. "I invite you into my home and all you do is insult me? Historically, not awesome."
"That would be one of the perks of living here: being all snarky and insulting," Pepper said with a sly smile.
"Right, party's over. You lot are corrupting my Pepper." Tony declared, eliciting a short round of laughter.
"I cannot stay. I must return to Asgard. I shall inform my father that the Seidhr are not gone as we originally thought. Do not be surprised if Lady Sif and the Warriors Three or other Asgardians come visit you," Thor said as he nodded his head to Harry.
After that, everyone got up as they escorted Loki, after fetching him from the cell where he was being held, to the pad where Thor took him and the Tesseract back to Asgard. One by one, they all shook hands and went their separate ways.
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