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Tony stood staring out the window at the compound grounds. He had been at the compound for two weeks already setting up for the big move before the incident at the tower with Ultron. Everything had changed since then. Tony realized that, like Clint, it would soon be impossible to keep his biggest secret from the team.
“The team,” Tony scoffed. If he had harbored any remaining doubts about whether or not the Avengers were the vaunted team that Fury and Steve liked to claim they were, he now knew for sure. And he had never been so glad that he had protected his secret from the likes of SHIELD, Fury, Natshalie, and Steve.
Recent events had changed everything. He knew now that he had to make the move to the compound. His employees, at what had first been Stark Tower and then later Avengers Tower, did not deserve the kind of danger that he seemed to attract. He also knew that he needed to fortify a much smaller space in order to enhance his security to the level that he needed. He would prepare for everything that he knew was coming. No more bowing to the good intentions of a soldier too stuck in the past to even understand how wars were fought these days. He would not risk his true family for anything or anyone, and that included the Avengers. That meant there had to be changes within the Avengers as well.