"Talk to me Jarvis. How much power do we have left?"
"21% power left, sir. We won't be able to make it back 'home' if you continue this battle."
"Understood Jarvis. It's time to end this." Tony Stark paused and let the Doom Bot get close enough to grab him.
"I enjoyed our little play date Doomy, but I gotta go home now." Tony smirked inside his helmet of the Iron Man suit because he knew Dr. Doom had a direct feed from his Robotic counterpart.
"Negative, you shall perish now." replied the Doom Bot.
"As much as I would like that, no… sorry, today is just not that day." Tony shot his repulsors rapidly into the DoomBot, successfully taking off its head and leaving a gaping hole in its chest.
"Jarvis, how much power is left?" Tony asked, watching the destroyed DoomBot fall into the Pacific Ocean.
"Exactly 11% power is remaining sir," J.A.R.V.I.S. replied, "We still-"
"Don't say it. Just revert all remaining power to the thrusters."
"Already done, sir."
"Great….thanks Jarvis" Tony replied taking off to his closest home base located in Malibu, California.
"Good evening, sire."
"Hm? Oh, good evening to you as well, Thomas." A dark haired merman replied to the other with a smile.
"Going out for another one of your 'solo' trips, I take it?"
"Mm… I'm afraid so. Can I trust you to take care of my kingdom while I'm away?" Green eyes met blue ones as they casually swam together through one of the many halls of the city of Pacifim, the capital city of the underwater kingdom of the Pacific Ocean.
"Of course, sire." Thomas replied with a curt bow.
"Excellent. I thank you Thomas. You are truly a great friend. One I am most honored to have."
"You are too kind sire. I am honored to just be in your presence." replied Thomas.
The king smiled softly and hefted his trident from one hand to the other. "You say that everytime I complement you Thomas."
"I-I do?"
"Mhm...you do. You didn't know, did you?"
"N-no sire. I apologize." Thomas' gaze shifted to the floor beneath his reddish-gray shark tail.
"What for? There is no need to apologize, Thomas, you've done nothing wrong…..right?"
"Huh?! Y-yes, of course! Wait… what?! I-I mean no…. Uhhhhh…."
"Relax, Thomas. I'm playing with you." The king chuckled and patted Thomas on the back.
"Heh….right… I knew that." Thomas smiled at the king. "But I believe I am keeping you from your trip so...I suppose I shall leave you now, sire." Stopping, Thomas bowed.
"Thank you, Thomas. Have a pleasant day."
"To you as well, sire." Thomas watched his king turn away from him and left. "Be safe…. The tides are getting strange these days…"
"4% left, sir. We're not going to make it." J.A.R.V.I.S warned.
"Any islands nearby? Any at all?"
"Er… Yes sir, but it's still several miles out."
"Tell me what it is, Jarvis…"
"San Miguel Island, sir."
"Huh….I could use the vacation…"
"WARNING 2% power left."
"Uh… Well shit….. Come on, Jarvis. Stay with me." Soon, however, Tony's repulsors flickered until they finally shut off.
"Well….Then…. Damn...3 miles out too…"
"Systems shutting dooown….."
"Jarvis?... Uh… Jarvis… Oh no…" With systems down, Tony began to fall towards the ocean, the suit now nothing but a powerless shell of armor Tony couldn't escape without help.
"DAMN YOU FURY. I BLAME YOU FOR THIS! Ugh, where's point break when you need him?! This is not how I wanted to go out! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"
"Hm...it's high tide already… Have I really been swimming that long?" The king looked up towards the surface of the water. "Well… I might as well go up to see if I'm anywhere near land." Swimming up, he poked his head out of the water only to gasp and dive under the water again as a screaming object fell directly towards him from out of the sky. Gripping his trident, the king glared at the red object. 'Strange… It looks like a land walker.' he thought as he swam closer. Reaching forward with his trident, he poked the sinking object and then immediately backed away again as the object moved its arms in hopes of, what he thought, swimming back up to the ocean's surface. 'Well… Now there is no doubt… It must be a land walker….. Just….Turn and leave…..' he thought as he turned and started leaving.
"It's not my fault a land walker is….drowning… It's its own fault!... I dont have to…do…anything…." With a sigh, the king turned and looked back at the sinking land walker as it slowly stopped its movements. "Damn… Why must I be kind hearted?" The king asked the open sea as if it could answer. With another sigh, he swam behind the land walker and wrapped his arms around its midsection. Beating his tail fiercely, he launched both of them to the ocean's surface.
"By the seven seas, you're heavy!" He exclaimed as he poked his head out in search of land. Then his eyes caught sight of a small island. "Perfect!" Adjusting his grip on his trident and the land walker, the king swam as fast as he could towards the land while making sure the land walker's head was above the water.
~*At S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ*~
"Sir! I got here as soon as I could, what-"
"Stark's signal just went offline, Captain. I need you and Thor to go get him or find out what happened to him." replied Director Fury as he looked Steve dead in the eye. "His last known coordinates were three miles away from San Miguel Island."
Steve paled slightly. Sure, Tony was a pain, but he was a friend; and a good one at that. "Yes, sir."
"Is something wrong, my friends?" Fury and Steve turned to look at the thunder god.
"Take a Quinjet out, Captain Rogers. Brief Thor on the way there."
"Yes, sir." Replied Steve as Fury nodded, turned and left with his hands clasped behind his back.
"Come on Thor, I'll fill you in on the way there." said Steve as he patted Thor on the shoulder.
"Um….alright." answered Thor as he followed Steve out.
~*at San Miguel Island*~
In the half position of sitting up and laying down,Tony looked around himself confused and dazed. "...Now how the hell did I get here? Last thing I remember is drowning…..and some sort of large fish….huh….might have been a dolphin." Tony smiled to himself until he hit his armored hand on something that caused a ringing sound. Looking over, he stared down at the object.
"What... The… Hell… A trident?!" The trident was a long, slim staff made of a gold material with three spikes forming from it. Only two deep blue orbs decorated the entire staff. One of the orbs was placed on top of the smaller middle spike with two rounded daggers surrounding it, which reminded Tony somewhat of Loki's own staff, the other orb was placed at the very bottom of the staff itself, which was also surrounded by two daggers. Standing up, Tony bent down and picked up the trident, looking it over carefully in his hands. "Damn…. This thing ain't light…..but how the hell did it wind up here? It looks old enough to be in a museum … Weird…."
The king sighed mentally as he headed back out to sea. 'Finally free from that outrageously heavy land walk-...' he paused as he heard a familiar ringing sound erupt from behind him. "No… I didn't…" The king looked around himself furiously and paled. "Shit….I did…. DAMN IT!" turning around swiftly, he swam back towards the coast where he had left the strange land walker. Getting as close as he dared, the king poked his head out of the water and cringed. The land walker was holding his trident in its armored hands. "Well, damn…."
Tony swung the trident around until he got a feel for it. "Damn. It sucks to be the guy who lost this…." Tony mused to himself, swinging it around again. Then he stopped mid swing when he realized he was being watched. Lifting the HUD of his helmet, he tried to look closer at the person.
"HEY YOU!" he shouted. Though, from what he could tell, he obviously startled the said person looked around himself frantically, then looked back at Tony, pointing to himself.
"Yeah you. Come here!"
The king looked down, unsure if he should actually heed the land walker's request. The land walker did have his trident. He could just reach out his hand and call for it like any sensible merking would; yet he didn't. Instead he just sat there like an idiot. 'Uhhh, what do I do?! Should I really go over there? But if I do… He'll find out I'm a merman, and that won't be any good. All that'll do is get me killed on the spot...' While the king was debating on going over there or not, the land walker grew tired of waiting. So instead, it decided to walk over to the unknowing king.
"WHAT THE HELL?! LOKI?!"
(( ~*~* END OF CHAPPY 1 *~*~ ))
