Helicarrier lab, later.

Banner is continuously tinkering with the gamma ray detection scanner on the scepter for radiation. Tony on the his side, looks at at his own monitors, shifting and solving many algorithms and equations.

" The gamma readings are definitely consistent with Selvig's reports on the Tesseract. But it's gonna take weeks to process."

"If we bypass their mainframe and direct a reroute to the Homer cluster, we can clock this around six hundred teraflops."

The two was discussing on how to find the Tesseract. Tony smiled, suggesting to Banner.

"You know, you should come by Stark Towers sometime. Top ten floors, all R&D. You'd love it, it's like the Willy Wonka's chocolate factory for people like you."

"Thanks, but the last time I was in New York I kind of broke...Harlem and didn't the kid that visit the factory end up badly? ." Banner rejected his offer, remembering the tragic past, Tony shrugs.

"Well, I promise a stress free environment. No tension. No surprises."

Suddenly, Tony pokes Banner with a electronic rod shocking him and angered Steve who just walks in on them, shout at Tony.

" Hey!"

" Nothing?" Tony ask curiously toward Banner while staring hard to see a sign of transformation.

"Are you nuts?" Steve said grabbing Tony shoulder.

"You really have got a lid on it, haven't you? What's your secret? Mellow jazz? Bongo drums? Huge bag of weed?" Tony still keeping a straight face.

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"Is everything a joke to you?"

"Funny things are."

" Threatening the safety of everyone on this ship isn't funny. No offense, doctor." Steve seriously speak to Tony.

Banner waved his hands.

"No, it's alright. I wouldn't have come aboard if I couldn't handle pointy things."

" You're tiptoeing, big man. You need to strut."

" And you need to focus on the problem at hand and not create more, Mr. Stark." Steve ordered.

"You think I'm not? Why did Fury call us and why now? Why not before? What isn't he telling us? I can't do the equation unless I have all the variables." Tony didn't care though and just keep on making small talk.

" You think Fury's hiding something?" Steve hesitant, asked.

" He's a spy. Captain, he's the spy. His secrets have secrets. It's bugging him too, isn't it?" he said pointing to Banner.

" Uh...I just wanna finish my work here and..." Brucd bobbling with his word.

" Doctor? "

After some hesitation, Banner decided to speak his mind.

" 'A warm light for all mankind' , Loki's jab at Fury about the cube." Banner said, choosing his word.

" I heard it." Steve nod

Banner, pointing at Tony.

"Well, I think that was meant for him. Even if you didn't post that all over the news."

"The Stark Tower? That big ugly..."

Tony gives him a look.

"...building in New York?"

"It's powered by Stark Reactors, self- sustaining energy source. That building will run itself for what, a year?"

" That's just the prototype. I'm kind of the only name in clean energy right now." Tony said proudly.

Banner then continue.

"So, why didn't SHIELD bring him in on the Tesseract project? I mean, what are they doing in the energy business in the first place?"

" I should probably look into that once my decryption programmer finishes breaking into all of SHIELD's secure files." Tony said while taking out his phone.

Steve taken aback by his words.

" I'm sorry, did you say...?"

" Jarvis has been running it since I hit the bridge. In a few hours we'll know every dirty secret SHIELD has ever tried to hide." Tony explained while controlling the device.

"Yet you're confused about why they didn't want you around?" Steve frown asking.

" An intelligence organization that fears intelligence? Historically, not possible."

"I think Loki's trying to wind us up. This is a man who means to start a war, and if don't stay focused, he'll succeed. We have orders and we should follow them." Steve still held on his belief.

" Following order is not really my style nor is it woder boy or Bruce here." it was brush aside by Tony though.

" And you're all about style, aren't you?" word of contempt....

... Hitting one of Tony nerve.

" Of the people in this room, which one is; A. wearing a blue spandex tight outfit that just crawl out from a dungeon, and B. not of use?"

Banner also chimmed in.

"Steve, tell me none of this smells a little funky to you?" After hearing their opinions, Steve takes in the possibility, but as an obedient soldier, he shakes it off.

"Just find the cube." Steve walks out of the lab leaving a few words . Still torn apart by the possibility, he walks away, towards the hull of the ship to find the truth on the matter.

Not noticing, Jay leaning on the wall nearby with a bag of raisin in hand and chewing.