"Mr. Stark, I was hoping you could help me contact Doctor Strange."
After leaving the glass cell, Nick Fury found Tony Stark working with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hackers to attack H.E.R.B.I.E.'s servers.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. and Kamar-Taj were technically partners, Kamar-Taj had its own code of conduct. Nick Fury had asked them for help several times, but had never succeeded.
So Nick Fury decided to let Tony Stark, who was on good terms with Strange, give it a try.
"Strange? Why do you need him?"
Stark stopped what he was doing and asked in confusion. If possible, he would rather not turn to Doctor Strange, because doing so made the scientific knowledge he took such pride in seem like a joke. What Stark really wanted was to pit Jarvis against H.E.R.B.I.E.
While Stark was distracted by his conversation with Nick Fury, his computer screen quickly turned blue. A moment later, Skye started yelling beside him.
"Aaaah! We failed again! Mr. Stark, unplug the network ca-before you leave... Ah! Hello, sir!"
Nick Fury waved at Skye without looking back, then began explaining to Stark.
"Dr. Richards believes these players' souls are trapped inside the game..."
Tony Stark initially wanted to scoff at that claim, since he belonged firmly to the camp that did not believe in souls. But he swallowed the words before they left his mouth.
After a brief silence, Stark nodded. "I'll give him a call, but I can't guarantee he'll come."
With that, Stark stood up and walked outside the cordon.
"Tony, you know we have our own responsibilities at Kamar-Taj."
Having received Tony Stark's call, Strange politely declined. "Besides, computer programs and things like that aren't my specialty. Before I became a sorcerer, I was just a doctor. You should know that."
"Of course, of course. You were the one