Tony picked up the coffee from the table while walking towards Arthur with his head lowered to conceal his face. He saw Arthur wasn't paying attention to him, so he deliberately tripped, splashing the coffee on the guard, and grabbing the sword on his fall. He managed to pull the sword and drop it on the ground which brought him anxiety that Arthur might guess his identity.
" Are you alright?"
Arthur said, extending his hand with a worried look on his face. Tony could tell this bastard didn't guess his identity despite his peculiar abilities. He was kind of offended by his negligence, but that wasn't the mission objective.
" Somebody, help! Mr. Stark is down."
The secretary shouted, attracting others to her, including Arthur who was just smiling a few seconds ago. He gently pulled him up and dusted him while looking at fallen Tony with urgency.
" Sorry, pal. It seems my friend is in quite a predicament."
He spoke, running to Tony and inspecting his condition.
5 minutes prior to this event, Steve was waiting at the glass bright when he saw his past self coming out from the elevator. Steve 2 narrowed his eyes because he saw a person whose face and body were an exact replica of him.
" Who are you?"
He asked, believing it was one of Loki's tricks because he was fooled once and he was thinking Loki was doing the same trick again.
" I am sorry for this, but I need to take the space cube."
Steve said, walking towards him with a serious face. Steve 2 knew this wasn't going to end well, so he pushed the case to the side and ran to Steve, but to his surprise. Right before he hit him, Steve grabbed his arms, nailing him down on the ground with ease. Steve 2 didn't sit idly as he kicked him back while throwing his shield with a quick reaction.
" You need to train better than this, buddy."
Steve said, bouncing his shield off with his shield and using his super strength to knock him out. Steve 2 thought they were similar in strength and speed, but he was completely wrong.
Future Steve was strengthened by the various technologies of the city, thus he was easily able to suppress his old self. He was even confident enough to hold his ground against Arthur and Tony this time without his shield.
" Well, the mission has been completed successfully. I think they should have done the job, right?"
Steve mumbled, turning his head in the direction of the elevator. He clicked his tongue when he saw his unconscious self, especially since that ass was huge even for a man.
" No wonder, they said I had the ass of America and Arthur got the British one."
He sighed, trying to forget Peggy's mockery when he went back home. He remembered she harassed him all day every time she saw his butt.
Although he didn't hate it, he didn't enjoy it either rather it hurt his pride as a household head.
Ding*
The elevator opened the door and he walked out from it without any suspicious movement. He was acting like his past self and he was walking with his dead serious face since he was carrying one of the deadliest things on this planet.
" Steve, you are right on time. Tony has collapsed mysteriously before your arrival."
Pierce said, masking his inner self with a caring look. Steve was deeply disgusted by his paranoia, but he suppressed it inside him and acted normally.
" Is he alright?"
He asked, handing the suitcase to the agents. He saw Arthur who was helping Tony with a worried expression. No wonder how hard he tried, Steve couldn't hold back his emotion as he looked at Arthur with guilt. His body trembled slightly due to the immense feeling of shame and regret because of his failure.
" What is wrong, Steve? Are you alright?"
Arthur asked, smiling brightly like he usually did in the past. Steve didn't say anything as he walked to the exit with heavy determination on his face.
" Nothing. I need to breathe some air."
He spoke with a gentle tone and left for the exit which puzzled Arthur and Tony.