Chapter One: A Hero Loses Everyday
Hey! I've lost everything,
But I'm gonna find a way out.
Hey! Nothing's left for me,
Except malady and hatred.
Tony, Pepper, and Rhodey, were in the hallway waiting for bell to ring. It has been 6 months since the sandman virus incident. 3 months since the last word from Allii.
"I'm so bored." Pepper whined.
"Well we got here so early." Rhodey said.
"Don't blame me." Tony stated.
"Whatever." Pepper said. Everyone in the school knew that Pepper and Tony were dating, but with Rhodey they looked just like friends.
"Hey guys!" Whitney exclaimed as she come towards them.
"Hey Whitney." Pepper said. Pepper and Whitney finally started to get along, after Whitney let go of clingyness towards Tony.
"Did you guys hear about the new girl?" Whitney asked.
"New girl?" Pepper asked.
"I heard that she was English, and she's a total punk!" Whitney said.
"Really? What's her name?" Rhodey asked.
"I don't know." Whitney said. Right when she said that heard a slam.
"What was that?" Pepper said looking at the direction that the sound was heard from. Then they heard a voice say; "I'M NOT ENGLISH, I AM AUSTRALIAN!" In a so familar accent, it was scary.
"Could it be...?" Tony said.
"Allii?" Rhodey asked. Then the bell rang. "Well, see ya later." Rhodey walked towards his first period class.
Pepper and Tony were in their 1st period class, whispering and laughing, quietly. While people were whispering, 'lovebirds', and snickering.
"Okay, class, today we have a new student here. Her name is Allii Saito." the Teacher explained. Tony and Pepper's head snapped up at the name 'Allii Saito'.
"Isn't she the one who's English?" a Student asked.
"I'm Australian..." A irritated voice said.
"Class, please stop saying she's English, when she clearly stated that's she's Australian." The teacher said. "This is Allii." She still had the same black-blonde hair. Lime green eyes, were still as bright as the last time. She still had those piercings on her bottom lip. She wasn't wearing the shorts, and tank top. She had dark black skinny jeans, with a pure black T-shirt.
"Hi." Alli said.
"Tell us something about you." The teacher said.
"First; I'm Australian! Well, I can play 4 different instruments; guitar, bass, drums, and piano. I guess I can sing, but it depends if you like it or not. Um...I know martial arts, I've studied it for as long as I can remember. Uh...Many people call me a genius, but I don't think that there is really fully a genius." Allii explained.
"What is your I.Q.?" Happy asked.
"Why?" Allii snapped back.
"Cause, you said your a genius, maybe you can beat Stark!!" Happy exclaimed.
"...My I.Q. is...If you must know...is 290..." Allii said.
"Ohh! You are a genuis!!" Happy said. "Dude! Tony, you just meet your match!!"
"Oh, just shut it will you? Only because you have a voice doesn't mean you have to talk." Allii said.
"Okay, Allii you can take a seat." The teacher said.
"Where?" Allii asked.
"Hmm, Take a seat next to Pepper Potts over there." The teacher said. Allii came to her seat next to the red-head.
"How you been?" Allii whispered to Pepper.
"Fine, you?" Pepper whispered back.
"Good." Allii whispered back.
"Awesome." Pepper whispered.
"I have some news for you guys." Allii whispered.
"What is it?" Pepper whispered.
"Can't tell you now." Allii whispered.
"Oh." Pepper whispered.
"What are you doing here?" Tony said intervening in the conversation.
"Can't tell you now." Allii said.
Tony and Pepper were sitting on the rooftop talking, laughing, and kissing.
"I see you guys don't show PDA" A voice said from above with that familar accent.
"What are you doing up there?" Tony asked when they seprated.
"Blushing's lame, bro." Allii said as she swinged down from where she was standing.
"Shut up. You said that you had something to tell us. So tell us." Tony snapped.
"You are going to have to wait until there are three of you." Allii said.
"You mean Rhodey? You wanna wait for Rhodey?" Pepper asked.
"Yeah." Allii said.
After a few minutes Rhodey came to the rooftop with Whitney clinging onto his arm.
"Well I guess everyone has gone mad!" Allii exclaimed.
"Allii?" Rhodey said.
"What? You don't believe your own two eyes?" Allii asked with a smirk on her face.
"What are you doing here?" Rhodey asked.
"Now that...Well we might have a little problem..." Allii said nervously.
"What kind of 'little problem'?" Tony asked.
"Like...maybe...who knows, like...Stane made a copy of the sandman virus, improved it and sent it to 5 different head computers around the world." Allii said in a rush.
"What?!" Tony yelled.
"Don't yell at me!! I didn't know that! I just found out a month ago!" Allii said.
"Why didn't you come earlier?" Tony asked.
"No! Why do you think my father did this?! How can we be so sure that was my father?!? Maybe it was you!!" Whitney said.
"God, Woman!! How longer do you have to be in denial?! Your father is an evil man!!" Allii yelled at her.
"NO! What about your father!?" Whitney yelled back at her.
"My father? My father's dead! He died when I was 7" Allii said, her voice filled with anger.
"Oh...I didn't know..." Whitney said, filled with guilt.
"Right. Now I have scheduled a plane to arrive and take me to China. Can I count on you to help me?" Allii said.
"Yeah. I'll help you." Tony said.
"Thank you"
"Now what do you need help with?" Tony asked, when they entered the place they usually hang out.
"I know what I'm asking for is tough, but I just figured out what Stane is after." Allii said.
"What is he after?" Rhodey asked.
"He's after this hero, Iron Man. Better to say the armor of this man." Allii said.
"What?" Pepper asked.
"I need to talk to him, if he wants to keep his armor and his life." Allii explained.
"His life?" Tony asked.
"Stane has made the virus to attack the heart, not the brain. The virus shuts down the armor and attacks the wearer, it kills him almost instantly. Plus if this person is flying, the impact of the ground will kill him." Allii said, tonelessly.
"You act like it's nothing!!" Tony exclaimed.
"It's a hero that doesn't show his face, why should I worry over a person I don't know." Allii said.
"He's saved people all over the city! He doesn't deserve to be killed like that." Pepper said.
"Hey, If this man had true courage he would show his face, but I don't think he deserves to die. So, I have to give him a warning." Allii said.
"How are we gonna do that?" Rhodey said, a lie.
"We need to cause trouble." Allii said.
"Why?" Tony asked.
"Cause, Iron Man appears at trouble. Therefore, I may speak to him. Got any better ideas?" Allii said.
"Uhh...No." Rhodey said.
"For the last 6 months I've been working on a mobile suit." Allii said.
"What's a mobile suit?" Tony asked.
"Well" Allii took out a laptop from her bag. "It's a suit. Much bigger than this Iron Man. It can actually just break this dude in half. Anyway, it can do many things." Allii said.
"What kind of things?" Pepper asked.
"...It has a shield, it has this red beam, never really found a name for it, it's made by tiny particles that when it touches something it explodes. Um, also just a machine gun. It's very simple. I completed in 6 months. It usually takes about 2 or 3 years just to make one." Allii said.
"Red beam?" Tony asked. "Are you gonna use it?"
"Nope. He won't take it." Allii said.
"Okay. What now?" Rhodey said.
"I start it up!" Allii said.
"Where is this mobile suit?" Pepper asked.
"Home." Allii said. "It's on it's way. Now, who's gonna pilot it?"
"I thought you knew how!!" Pepper said.
"I do. I'm just asking if you guys wanted to pilot it..." Allii said.
"No thanks." Tony said.
"Maybe later." Rhodey said.
"No way!" Pepper said.
"Okay, Hey Potts, do mind being my 'watcher'?" Allii asked.
"What's that?" Pepper asked. Allii showed Pepper the screen of her laptop.
"See here?" Allii pointed to where a meter was on the screen. "That shows the power I have left if it gets any lower than a three tell me." She then pointed to another meter. "This shows my brain activity if it gets any higher than a 700 tell me."
"Brain activity?" Pepper asked.
"Explain later." Allii said. "It's almost here."
"Why couldn't we just tell her that your Iron Man?" Pepper asked.
"Because, I don't want to tell her. She just came for that anyway." Tony said.
"Got her. Better go." Rhodey said.
"Not yet. Don't want to raise questions." Tony said.
"Be careful." Pepper said.
"I always am." Tony said, before he planted a kiss o her lips.
"Uhh..." Rhodey said.
"What Rhodey? I can't kiss my girlfriend?" Tony asked.
"Uhh..." Rhodey said again.
"Hmm, I think I like the sound of that." Pepper purred. As Tony kissed her again.
"Uhh...Tony...What about Allii?" Rhodey said intervening in their little make-out session.
"Right." Tony said separating from Pepper.
Tony flew around Stark Tower. He saw the mobile suit that she was talking about. It was white and green. And like she said it was big, and looked like it break him in half.
"What are you doing?" Tony said in his Iron Man voice.
"Came to warn you." Allii said.
"About what?" Iron Man asked.
"Stane's out for blood." Allii said.
"So?" Iron Man asked.
"Your blood, he wants your armor, and you dead." Allii said.
"And he's gonna do this how?" Iron Man asked.
"With the Sandman Virus, it'll attack your heart." Allii said.
"Yeah, right..." Iron Man said.
"God, stop acting like a cocky idiot! He will kill you! You will be dead, you coward!" Allii yelled at him.
"Coward? Cocky?" Iron Man said.
"Yeah, coward, cowards don't show their true face!" Allii yelled at him.
Meanwhile...
"So, how do think Allii's gonna handle all this?" Rhodey asked.
"Who knows?" Pepper said.
"How's she doing?" Rhodey asked.
"She's fine, her power is at 9 and her brain activity is at 500." Pepper sighed.
"This boring. Their just talking. Allii called Tony, cocky and a coward." Rhodey said, with a chuckle.
"Ha Ha." Pepper said as she rolled her eyes.
"I wonder why she needs her brain activity checked." Rhodey said.
"Yeah. Me too" Pepper said.
With Allii and Tony...
"Isn't a coward a little to much?" Iron Man asked.
"Maybe. But I think cocky, is much better." Allii said.
"Why?" Iron Man said.
"Because only a cocky person would underestimate their opponent. A cocky person would be so fucking mean to the only person who knows about this!" Allii said.
"Listen I take your little warning. Thank You." Iron Man said.
"Yeah, yeah" Allii said in response.
With Rhodey and Pepper...
"I think its almost over..." Rhodey said.
"Yeah?" Pepper said.
"How's she doing?" Rhodey asked.
"Why do keep asking!!" Pepper said.
"I know you'll forget to check." Rhodey said.
"Fine, fine. Her power is at 7, and her brain activity is at...oh no..."
"What?" Rhodey said.
"Her brain activity is at 750!" Pepper said.
"What?! Tell her!" Rhodey said.
"Okay! Gosh I was going to that, you don't have to be such a freakin' mother all time." Pepper muttered.
"Pepper!" Rhodey said in annoyance.
With Allii and Tony...
"Okay, I think I should go now." Allii said.
"Allii!!" Pepper's voice came from inside of the suit.
"What?" Allii asked.
"Your brain activity, its at 750!" Pepper said. When Tony heard that, a wave of worry washed over him.
Inside the armor...
"Rhodey!" Tony said.
"What?" Rhodey said.
"Is it true?" Tony asked.
"Uh, that Allii's brain activity is over 700 than yes." Rhodey said.
"Oh my god, what's gonna happen?" Tony said.
"I don't know, we don't know anything about her!" Rhodey said.
Inside the suit...
"Allii what's gonna happen to you?" Pepper asked, worry in her voice.
"Nothing, don't worry." Allii said.
"What? you said-" "Just don't worry!" Allii said interrupting Pepper.
"Allii, we're going to help you, you need to tell us..." Pepper said.
"Nothing...Nothing is gonna happen, just tru-" Allii stopped in midsentence.
"Allii? Allii?! ALLII?!" Pepper yelled.
"I'm-I'm fine" Allii said.
"Allii, what's going on?" Pepper asked.
"I'm coming back." Allii said.
Tony and Allii...
"Is everything okay in there?" Iron Man asked.
"Ye-Yeah" Allii responded.
"Are you sure?" Iron Man asked.
"Yes!" Allii yelled back.
"Okay then." Iron Man said.
"See you around." Allii said, before she 'flew' away.
Allii entered, the garage/shack thing, that they usually hang out in.
"Hello?" Allii said.
"Allii!!" Pepper said, then gave her hug.
"Hey." Allii said.
"What happened out there?" Tony asked.
"Nothing." Allii said.
"Are you sure your okay?" Rhodey asked.
"Yeah. Don't worry. I just came here for my laptop, then I'm on my way to China" Allii said.
"Why China?" Pepper asked.
"The have an infected computers over there, I need to fix them before the pass on the virus." Allii said.
"Let us come with you" Tony said.
"It's too dangerous." Allii said.
"Please?" Pepper asked.
"No. I don't want you guys getting infected or hurt, so I think it's best if you guys just stay here" Allii said.
"Your not alone in this Allii, you have us" Tony said.
"That's why I don't want get you guys mixed up in this" Allii said.
"We already are" Rhodey said.
"No." Allii said, before she left.
Allii sat on the chair looking outside the window, listening to her iPod. Thinking about how she just flew away from 3 possible friends. She didn't care anymore about having friends, all she cared about is getting rid of that virus once and for all. She tugged and her bottom lip. Feeling her snakebites. She felt someone sit next to her. She was about to tell that person to leave her alone, and she didn't want to be annoyed by the talk of ex-boyfriends, it was her own plane and wanted peace and quiet. Instead of seeing a flight attendent suit, it was a red shirt and blure pants.
"Tony..." Allii said.
"Yes?" He said with a cocky smile. Allii sighed.
"I'm guessing your all here" Allii said, with warm familar accent.
"Yep." Pepper said, sitting in the seat across from her.
"Yeah." Rhodey said, sitting in the seat next to Pepper.
"I'm guessing, We'll be going to China?" Allii said.
"You guessed right." Tony said. Allii sighed again before looking out the window again.
Hope you guys liked it!! The mobile suit, isn't really my idea. It's like the knightmare's in Code Geass, and this one looks like Suzaku's knightmare. If you haven't seen Code Geass, and Suzaku's knightmare, then your screwed. He he...Anyway reveiw please! :)
