"JARVIS, delete this memory from my brain."
"Sorry, sir. Biological memory deletion is beyond my service scope." JARVIS's voice came from Tony's watch.
"I actually... massaged that woman's feet?" Barton muttered in disbelief. "Laura's going to kill me. She's absolutely going to kill me. Or worse, she'll set that image as her screensaver."
Click.
The door opened.
Homelander walked in, with Ashley following behind him holding a tablet.
"Good afternoon, everyone."
His voice was light, as if he had come to a gathering of old friends.
"Looks like your 'post-battle psychological debriefing' has been going well?"
"Are you here to humiliate us?" Tony raised his head. His eyes were sunken, his beard unkempt; there was none of a billionaire's former flair left. "If so, congratulations, you won. Now can you turn off that damn video?"
"Humiliate you? No, Tony."
Homelander swiped across the screen, freezing the image at the moment Tony force-fed Hulk the drug.
"I'm here to save you."
"Save us?" Barton gave a bitter laugh. "Save us from the ocean of shame?"
"Look at the world outside."
Homelander's tone suddenly turned grave.
He took the tablet and tossed it onto the table, sliding it toward them.
The tablet displayed live broadcasts from major news networks.
CNN: Avengers: Fallen Heroes or Potential Terrorists?
FOX: <Iron Man Force-Feeds Hulk Banned Drugs! How Did He Create a Monster?>
BBC: <White House Spokesperson: Considering Crimes Against Humanity Charges Against Tony Stark and Bruce Banner.>
There were also wanted posters, each bearing their photographs.
"S.H.I.E.L.D., the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security are all lining up to arrest you."
Homelander tapped the table, his voice icy.
"Especially you, Tony. You fed T-VEX to Hulk? Do you know what you did? You created a biochemical weapon of mass destruction!"
Tony shuddered and closed