The whole thing is Sam's idea. It turns out that Bucky is very, very good at flying under the radar, and there was only so long they could follow him before running into the proverbial wall. Sam had a job he needed to get back to eventually. Steve had been perfectly willing to continue the search by himself, but he had to admit that he needed some help. Sam's suggestion that he ask Tony Stark, though, doesn't sit particularly well with him. They had been teammates of a sort, acquaintances at best; shaken hands and exchanged meaningless pleasantries after seeing off the Asgardians. Not the kind you'd ask favours from, and certainly not ones as big as this.
Stark seemed to be admired by the majority of military personnel Steve had met since waking up. They might be torn between opinions of Stark Industries leaving the weapons business, but it was universally acknowledged that they had the best tech you could ask for. Even SHIELD had him on board as a consultant, though in retrospect, Steve would like to know just how much Stark had been aware of what his repulsor engines would be used for.
He had been in Zola's algorithm, Hill had confirmed that much. She wouldn't have gone to work for Stark if he was Hydra. Steve suspects she and Fury are up to something that involves Stark, but he isn't particularly interested any more. All he wants to do is find Bucky, and for that, he needs help. It wouldn't hurt to ask, Sam had said, the implied 'what have you got to lose' loud and clear. The worst Stark could say was no.
Steve makes the elevator ride to the top of Stark Tower accompanied by burly security guards and wonders briefly if this is Stark's idea of a joke. They step out into the penthouse, which looks markedly different from the last time he had been there. Stark is busy pouring himself a drink and Steve watches his reflection in the enormous glass windows taking up one side of the room till he turns around.
"I took a dip afterwards, it's fine," Steve replies dryly.
Billions worth of damage aside, SHIELD's files being dumped onto the internet is what's causing more trouble. The downside of exposing Hydra had been airing SHIELD's dirty laundry as well. Steve isn't all that concerned about what's out there about him. The life of Captain America, both before and after Project Rebirth, has been scrutinized and picked apart in the years he spent in the ice, and he has nothing to hide about the type of missions he ran for SHIELD. The rest of the Avengers, though, might have more of a problem with it.
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Stark seemed to be admired by the majority of military personnel Steve had met since waking up. They might be torn between opinions of Stark Industries leaving the weapons business, but it was universally acknowledged that they had the best tech you could ask for. Even SHIELD had him on board as a consultant, though in retrospect, Steve would like to know just how much Stark had been aware of what his repulsor engines would be used for.
He had been in Zola's algorithm, Hill had confirmed that much. She wouldn't have gone to work for Stark if he was Hydra. Steve suspects she and Fury are up to something that involves Stark, but he isn't particularly interested any more. All he wants to do is find Bucky, and for that, he needs help. It wouldn't hurt to ask, Sam had said, the implied 'what have you got to lose' loud and clear. The worst Stark could say was no.
Steve makes the elevator ride to the top of Stark Tower accompanied by burly security guards and wonders briefly if this is Stark's idea of a joke. They step out into the penthouse, which looks markedly different from the last time he had been there. Stark is busy pouring himself a drink and Steve watches his reflection in the enormous glass windows taking up one side of the room till he turns around.
"I took a dip afterwards, it's fine," Steve replies dryly.
Billions worth of damage aside, SHIELD's files being dumped onto the internet is what's causing more trouble. The downside of exposing Hydra had been airing SHIELD's dirty laundry as well. Steve isn't all that concerned about what's out there about him. The life of Captain America, both before and after Project Rebirth, has been scrutinized and picked apart in the years he spent in the ice, and he has nothing to hide about the type of missions he ran for SHIELD. The rest of the Avengers, though, might have more of a problem with it.