Log Date: Post-Battle of New York, Day 17 Location: Stark Tower (Under Reconstruction), Sub-Level 3 R&D
The XTM Avengers 1.8 never went to market. Tony built exactly seven units—one for each original Avenger, plus a prototype for Fury (which he promptly “lost” in a drawer). It became the unspoken bond of the team. When Thor went to Asgard, his unit kept a slow pulse, waiting. When Natasha went dark, her unit’s signal was the only thing Fury trusted. xtm avengers 1.8
But the XTM Avengers 1.8 units flickered. Their arc batteries hummed louder, compensating. Log Date: Post-Battle of New York, Day 17
And in the tower, in a glass case, sits the original prototype—the one that saved Captain America. Engraved on its broken backplate are four words: When Thor went to Asgard, his unit kept
Steve looked at Tony, then at the broken, heroic little device. “That’s a good phone,” he rasped.
“JARVIS, pull up the telemetry from the Nexus 6P I was carrying,” Tony said, wiping grease from his chin. “The one that got crushed under the Leviathan’s tail.”
Then, disaster. A Chitauri leviathan corpse, left over from the battle and still carrying unstable energy cores, fell from a cargo helicopter. It crashed directly onto Captain America’s position. Steve was buried under 40 tons of alien flesh and twisted metal.