As Tony's sight dimmed he looked once again on the family he made; his beautiful Pepper, Rhodey his best friend, and Peter the son he barely got to raise. He looked at them for a long time as his sight went dark and the arc reactor on his chest blinked out. Then he was falling through darkness. Great I'm going to Hell. With that his conscious faded.

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When Tony came to he was staring at a white ceiling sporting the weirdest get Well poster he had ever seen. "Your awake, finally." Tony jerked his head to the right before groaning at the pain the movement. The boy that spoke was devoid of all color; his hair, eyes, and clothes were the deepest of blacks while his skin was so pale that it couldn't have been healthy. The boy that probably wasn't even sixteen years old was hunched over in a chair with his feet propped on the edge of the bed. On his face was a frown that was all to familiar with, it screamed I'm doing this because I like the person who asked but I'm not going to be happy about it. Tony had worn that very same expression so many times. Leaning against his chair was a sword that was so dark it reminded Tony of space.

"Am I dead?" Tony whispered.

"No, but you have it your best shot. Your lucky Percy was there to see you fall in the water. He was able to get you to the infirmary. Unfortunately there was nothing Will could do for your arm or most of the ribs on your left side. He also had to remove some parts of your lung tissue that had burned beyond repair and replaced one of your heart valves." With that the boy got up.

"Hey where are you going?" Tony croaked.

"To get your doctor. I need to tell him your awake." Tony went back to staring at the ceiling trying to figure out the what the creature on the poster was. His mind vaguely whispered that it was from a mythology but he couldn't place which one. As he had narrowed down the species to be a human combined with a goat or a donkey the door opened and the boy walked back in, behind him was another boy that couldn't have been more of an opposite if he tried. Compared to the boy Tony woke up to the newcomer was bright, for a lack of a better word. His clothes were all bright cheerful colors that accentuated his tan skin and blonde hair.

"Hello I'm Will, your doctor." Tony chuckled as much as he could with the waves of pain overriding his body.

"Yeah right kid. Your way too young to be a doctor much less fix up all the shit I had." The blonde kid, Will, smiled knowingly.

"I'm Will Solace, son of Apollo and head medic of Camp Half-Blood. You'll find during your stay here that things don't work like they usually do in the mortal world. With that he walked towards Tony and began changing his bandages, despite Tony's objections, with the ease of an experienced medic. As Tony watched him work he started to relax a bit. Then his right arm was uncovered and Tony froze, where his arm had been was a cybernetic construct that was eerily reminiscent of the Winter Soldier's. The panels were made of interlocking bronze and gold chunks covering the wires Tony knew were underneath connected to his nervous system. Will and the other boy who still hadn't offered his name paused as Tony stared at the arm. It was what felt like an hour but must have been a few seconds before Will took hold of the limb. He started to ask Tony to try to move his fingers, then his wrist, and finally his elbow. Well everything looks fine, you should have more control over your arm after a few weeks of rehab.

"Hey kid, not that I don't appreciate the check up and everything but is there an adult that I can talk to?" Will smiled.

"I'll tell Chiron your awake. In the meantime your going to eat; Nico here will help you." The boy, Nico apparently, glared at Will. Will returned the glare with one of his own until Nico backed down. As Will gathered up the dirty bandages Nico stomped out of the room.

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As Tony took his final breath his family gathered around him. They were all crying looking on with blurry eyes. Peter was the first to notice it. "Tony?" He sobbed using the name Mr. Stark had been trying to get him to use since they first met. His small whimper was caught by James Rhodes as the colonel wiped his eyes and looked a Tony. The body of his best friend was starting to glow a golden color as it faded.

"Tony!" He yelled in a panic scrambling towards his friend's body as it disappeared, leaving only the husk of his damaged suit behind.