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Sunnydale, California May 22nd 2010

Tony speeds through the Sunnydale sky searching for Buffy "Where is she Jar?"
"Five miles north."
Tony speeds ahead and spots the tower where he could currently spot Buffy and Dawn. Tony frowns in confusion however his eyes widen as he sees Buffy running towards the edge "Nooooo!" He screams as he speeds full speed towards Buffy as she jumps into the ball of energy bellow.

Tony watches as Buffy is consumed in the energy "Noooo!" He screams as he finally reaches the energy ball. The ball dissipates and Tony catches Buffy in his arms as she falls from it.
Tony lowers himself to the ground and rips off his mask placing her head in his lap "Buffy? Hey kid? Come on you gotta get up." He says practically begging.
Tony places his hand on her neck "Jarvis check vitals."
"Sir."
"Jarvis! Check her vitals now!"
"Sir, there is no pulse. I'm afraid she is gone."

Tony shakes his head in disbelief as he stares down at his daughter "No, no you're not—not—you're not dead. You can't." Tony clutches the girl to him as he weeps "Come on Buff, girl, I need you. You're my girl. Buffy! You're not dead!"
Tony falls apart clutching his daughter to him begging her to come back.

Tony stares at the grave of his beloved daughter, the others had left hours ago but here he had stayed merely staring at the grave of the person he cared most about in this world.
"Buffy Anne Summers Stark, Beloved Daughter, sister. Devoted Friend. She saved the world a lot." Tony reads her grave, smiling fondly at the words.
Tony crouches down by the grave, he places a hand on the headstone and let's a tear fall "I love you Buff." He says softly closing his eyes as the tears fall.
Slowly he places a bouquet of flowers on her grave before standing "Goodbye, Buffy." He says sadly before heading for his car.

Malibu, California

Tony climbs out of his car, his face completely void of emotion as he slowly makes his way up the driveway and to the house.
The billionaire closes the door behind him as he enters the house before merely standing in the doorway and staring at the mess that was his house.
For several minutes he stands there, unmoving, completely emotionless. His feet seem to finally come back to life and he makes his way down to the garage.

As he enters the room, he freezes, the place that had once been his place of solitude, the place where he could go to gather his thoughts...just seemed wrong.
He looks around at the room "It's not right." He mutters to himself as he starts wondering around the room, he pauses at Buffy's desk "It's not right." He says again before spotting her suit over in the corner.

A sudden burst of rage explodes inside him and he ends up slamming his hands on the desk before tilting it over. He grabs the jackhammer to the right of the table and starts smashing everything in the room to bits as he screams.
He smashes the computer screens before slamming the hammer down on several of the cars in the room.

Lastly he walks over to the glass cases, which kept his suits and Buffy's. He glares at the glass before raising the hammer once again and breaking the glass. As the glass shatters around him Tony continues to swing the hammer, managing to dent several of the suits, which if Buffy had not check for weaknesses would have likely been nothing but piles of scrape metal, caused by the amount of damage he was causing.

Tony continues to swing the hammer, destroying nearly everything in the room before he storms up the stares.
He slams the mirrors as he walks into the hall and breaks the bookshelfs on his way to the staircase.
Tony climbs the stairs to the second floor and makes his way to one of the bedrooms, he pauses momentarily at the one at the end of the hall.

Taking a deep breath he slowly pushes the door open, the rage slowly fades and the hammer drops from his hand.
Tony takes a hesitant step into the room staring at every aspect of the room. Buffy's room. He looks around sadly, soaking up everything from the posters on the wall to the small piggy currently sitting on one of the chairs in the corner of the room.

Tony walks over to the dresser and picks up a photo of Buffy with Xander and Willow. He stares at the photo for what felt like hours before he finally notices that the picture was wet due to his tears.
Tony falls to the ground and stares at the photo "You weren't supposed to die. I need you here Buff."

S.H.I.E.L.D Headquarters

Fury walks into his office reading the report Agent May had written on the trip to Sunnydale. He places the file on his desk before taking a seat, just as he was about to continue reading his computer starts beeping.
Fury raises an eyebrow and turns to the screen where he could now see security footage from Sunnydale.

His eyes widen as he watches the young slayer leap off the top of a tower into a large ball of energy, he watches shocked as Stark catches his daughter as she falls from the energy before he breaks down on the ground in grief.

Fury looks up at his celling "Whistler get your damn ass down here and explain to me what the hell is going on!"
When nothing happens Fury pushes himself away from his desk "Whistler!"

"Dude!" Whistler exclaims as he appears in the door way, rubbing his temples "I am nurseling one hell of a hangover over here, could you take it down a notch?"
Fury glares at the demon "I suggest you explain to me what the hell is going on otherwise that notch will be ripping off your head."
"Esh with the imagery." Whistler mutters before moving to sit in one of the chairs opposite's Fury's desk. Whistler just sits there causing Fury to glare at him, Whistler sighs "The slayer sacrificed herself to save the world. And would you look at that she did just that."
Fury just continues to glare at him, clearly not amused, Whistler sighs "Look I get it, you wanted her for you're oh so cool superhero team. Don't worry, you can still have her."
Fury frowns in confusion "What the god damn hell are you talking about, demon. You just said she was dead."
Whistler chuckles "Oh you simple minded mortal."
Fury's frown turns back into a threatening glare "What'd you just say?"
The look on Fury's face makes Whistler pause "I mean you oh so great director of SHIELD."
"That's better." Fury grins "But be less of a kiss ass next time though."

Whistler chuckles before going on "Like I was saying, there is a lot you mister don't know about the supernatural world. This isn't going to be like your little T.A.H.I.T.I project—"
Fury cuts him off astonished "That's level 10, how did you know about—"
"The Powers tell me things that interest them. Your little project interests them. And when I say interests I mean, they don't like people playing god with life and death. Unless they are—well them."
Fury rolls his eyes "I don't give a damn bout what the powers like and don't like about me and mine. Just explain."
"Well let's just say mark October 2nd on your calendar."
Whistler stands and makes his way to the door but Fury's question makes him pause "What happens on October 2nd?"
Whistler turns to him "You know how I said that the god in Sunnydale would make Buffy different, how the events that take place would change her forever." Fury nods "Good, cause in 147 days you are gonna see exactly what she changed into. Cause I can honestly say the happy bubbly blonde you knew, well when we see her again she's not gonna be that innocent girl anymore."
Whistler gives him a wave before heading out of the door.

Fury sighs and flops back down into his chair, he then reaches out calls his assistant "Call Agent Romanoff there is something she needs to know."

21 days After Buffy's Death

Pepper wipes the tears from her face for the third time that day, she sniffles slightly before taking a small breath and turning back to her computer.
Pepper had been trying to run Stark Industries but ever since Buffy's passing she just couldn't focus. Tony was shutting himself off and digging himself into a hole much deeper than the one he had dug himself into for years after his parents had passed.

Pepper had no idea what to do for him, Tony had lost his daughter, there was no way she could help him, she couldn't even imagine the pain he was experiencing.
As she continues to stare at the computer neglecting her work her phone begins to ring.
Pepper reaches out a shaky hand and answers it "Hello?"
"Hey Pepper." Rhodey says, his voice as equally sad as hers.
"James, how are you?"
"Bout as good as you I recon." Rhodey takes a deep breath before asking the dreaded question, "How is Tony?"
Pepper sighs sadly "His daughter is dead, James. I don't—I don't think he's going to recover from it this time. He's just lost too much."
Rhodey sighs "I talked to Dawn."
Pepper's eyes widen "How is she?"
"Miserable but Pepper...she asked Tony not to let anyone find out that Buffy was dead."
"What?!" She exclaims "Why—why would she do that?"
"Apparently something to do with Sunnydale. They have a robot, which looks like Buffy, they are using it to make everyone believe Buffy is still alive, so they can't let anyone find out she's dead. She asked Tony not to let the press know."
Pepper sighs "No wonder he won't answer our calls. He doesn't want to go out in public and pretend that he's daughter is still—"

"Miss Potts." Her assistant calls as she enters the room "Your meeting with the council is in five minutes."
Pepper sighs, she had completely forgotten about the meeting "Thank you Allison." Pepper says before taking a deep breath and turning her attention back to her phone.
"James, I have a meeting, I'm sorry I have to go."
"I'm going to go see him, Pepper."
Pepper shakes her head "I don't think that's a good idea—"
"Look if he tries to kill me I'll know you were right, but—Buffy was my god daughter and Tony is my best friend, I don't want him going through this alone."

Rhodey walks into Tony's place and freezes at the sight of the living room. The place was completely trashed, broken glass and furniture covering every corner of the floor. The place looked as bad as it had after their fight months ago.
Rhodey sighs sadly as he spots the picture of him, Tony and Buffy when she was five, it seemed to be the only thing in the whole room that wasn't destroyed.

Slowly Rhodey walks towards the garage, as he climbs down the stairs he winces slightly at the loudness of the blasting music currently playing, making it hard for him to hear his own thoughts.
"Stairway to Heaven?!" Rhodey yells over the music as he enters the room "Thought you were an AC/DC man?!"
Tony who was currently battering one of the old cars with a hammer, looks over at his best friend and simply says "Didn't feel right." Before turning back to the car.

Rhodey sighs before turning down the music and looking around the room, just like the living room there was glass all over the floor as well as scrap metal and broken computer pieces. The two desks in the middle of the room where even cut in half "God, what did you do Tony?" Rhodey breaths.
Tony who had heard the question continues to batter the car in front of him as he whispers "I wasn't fast enough."
Rhodey frowns and moves closer to his friend, cautiously "Wasn't fast enough to what Tony?"
Tony shakes his head, refusing to answer the question and just continues to beat on the car.
Rhodey makes his way over to his friend "What weren't you fast enough to do Tony?"
"Can't change it now. Why does it matter?" He asks as he slams the hood of the car again.
Rhodey moves in front of Tony blocking him from hitting the car again, "Get out of my way Rhodes." Tony hisses.
"No." Rhodey says stubbornly "Tell me Tony."
Tony just glares at him "Get out of my way. I'm not gonna say it again."
"What you gonna do?" Rhodey asks, knowing that he was pushing but he just couldn't help it, he wanted to see if he could get a rise out the man, "Come on Tony what you gonna do? You gonna hit me? You gonna actually express some sort of emotion for once?"

Tony growls before tossing the hammer at the wall, leaving a gaping hole.
He moves towards his half broken desk and slams his hands down, breathing heavily "I couldn't—I—Couldn't save her."
Rhodey's eyes widen "You think it's your fault." He sighs sadly "Tony it was not your fault. You heard what Dawn said, Buffy chose to sacrifice herself...to save the world."
Tony shakes his head "She's—" He pauses "She was 20 years old. She didn't deserve this life... My daughter didn't deserve to die."
Rhodey takes a deep breath before approaching his friend, more cautiously this time "You're right. She didn't deserve this but she died a hero Tony and—"
Rhodey is caught off guard as Tony chuckles angrily "Died a hero yeah. A hero that can't be given a proper burial, can't have an actual funeral." Tony takes a long deep breath "She's gone and I have to keep pretending that she's still here. And—it's killing me."