-Tony POV-

"Your father is a thief just like you" I walked out of the room to stop myself from punching him but what met me was Coulson and Cap looking at me with concern.

I ignore their looks and rush towards the elevator. I hit the button to close door in a panic as Coulson started walking towards the elevator. The door closes just in time and I could be alone inside as it starts moving downwards.

I fall on my ass and lean on my left to take in deep breathes without having to use my shaking legs to lift up my body.

My whole life is a fucking lie. The one thing I couldn't fault my father about, the one thing that I thought father and I had in common might just have always been a lie. I am not responsible for my father's actions but I do have the responsibility to correct his wrongs.

That starts with returning the patent to it's rightful owner. With my mind set I stood back up and dusted myself off as the elevators doors opened. I smiled at Captain who must have ran the stairs. Captain looked serious as he asked me "What happened in there?".

I pat his shoulder and walk away as I said out loud "My eyes were opened" I got into my car and sped away from the prison. I reached home just in time to see Pepper getting out of her car so I got close and kissed her before she can unload on me about how irresponsible I am.

After she pushed me back, she immediately went on the offense "Are you ok? Are you hurt? Have you met a doctor?" I held her hands which were looking for any sign of injury on me as I assured her "Yes, No and not needed" She was about to argue but I held her mouth with my hand as I told her "I want you to write up a contract, giving up the patents of the arc reactor to one Anton Vanko"

Peppers eyes widened and she licked my palm making me pull back as I groan "Come on Pepper we are not children are we?" She glares at me as she orders "Then stop acting like one Tony. You can't give away your fathers legacy because you feel charitable all of a sudden and if you forgot all of a sudden, let me remind you that we are leaving the arms business to dip our toes in clean energy. We can't just give away our advantage to some unknown"

I shushed her lips as I told her "It wasn't made by my father alone, it was a joint effort and he deserves the full patent for the betrayal he faced against my father" Pepper looked confused so I told her the whole story and by the end of it she didn't have the heart to stop me but she still tried to put up a token protest "He is dead Tony, it wouldn't matter to him" I immediately denied "But he will live on as his legacy which he worked for is rightfully given back to him"

Tony kissed her once again to emphasize the point and make her stop protesting against the idea "The only thing that no one can ever take away from me is my mind Pepper. I can be the guy that people hate for his guts, for his faults, for his ego or any of the thousand other things I did but I would never want people to doubt my mind" Pepper sighed as she nodded in agreement before walking away while making a phone call.

I open the door to my home and find Coulson, Ricky and Captain looking at me weirdly "What, did somebody die?" I asked them hoping to inject humor into their boring faces but i seem to have failed spectacularly as Coulson comes forward while saying "You don't have to give away the patent Mr. Stark..." I hold a hand up because I know that Coulson is in Agent mode as he called me Mr. Stark instead of Tony like I asked him to.

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I watch as Coulson shuts his mouth waiting for me to speak "I always thought that dad wasn't a good father but I always held out this childish hope that he was just a scientist who didn't know how to raise a son. Now that I know he was just like every other greedy bastard in this world, I can understand how him and obadiah were friends" Coulson looked sad at my admission while Captain looked angry.

What right did he have to be angry? I should be the one who should scream and rage at knowing that my father wasn't a saint. I ignored those thoughts as I looked at Ricky the intern who nods at me in understanding, surprising me a little but happy none the less I continue "I know SHIELD thinks that the arc reactor technology should either be in their hands or no one's but it is currently mine and I can do whatever I want with it" Coulson gives me a nod and I walk away hoping that solves the issue with SHIELD.

-Nick Fury POV-

"I tried to get through him sir but he is dead set on this issue" I sigh as Coulson reports another one of Starks stupidity. He was much more easier to dealwith when he was just a horny, drug fueled mad scientist. I give out the final orders to Coulson "Delay the patent change as long as you can and buy yourselves some time to convince Stark and make him not share the patent with a dead person If you can Coulson. If this thing comes out as a provisional patent we will be in deep shit"

Coulson assures me that he will do something but assurances are worth as much as the price of diamonds. Why the hell do they cost so much when they can be made in a lab. Fucking ridiculous, I want results dammit. I get those results from very few agents under me but I am starting to have doubts ever since that fucking spiderman's words have reached my ears.

"Spy agencies hide so much from themselves that they don't even know themselves" The way Spiderman kept repeating it to my agents. It felt like he was sending a message straight to me without anyone else knowing about it. I had my own doubts sure but when someone who doesn't work for the top level of a spy organization starts to warn you about how your organisation is run, you start to get itchy.

Romanoff has went AWOL and I can't figure out where she went out with Banner. I didn't expect something like this from her, this usually doesn't happen with my agents. Falling in love with their missions is better left for Hollywood. My agents were professionals for the most part.

I have to reasses the security levels of each and every single one of my trusted agents. It's about damn time that I start to stop trusting my agents again. It is a sensitive time right now, with new discoveries regarding the tesseract being made everyday with the help of Dr. Selvig. Unimaginable power to defend against threats is what SHIELD is going to have in its hands. I cannot let it fall into the hands of an organisation that I don't trust with my one good eye.