As the night sky darkened, casting a dim, purple light onto the city of New York, a battle was waged in one of the tallest buildings in the city, Stark Tower. Inside, Iron Man was clambering out of a giant crater that he was just blasted into, as an unknown team had broken in, and was attempting to steal an Iron Man suit. The one thing they didn't account for, was F.R.I.D.A.Y., an A.I. that controls the Iron Man suits, that was created by Tony Stark.
Currently, Marks 7, 13, and 19 were battling this ragtag team of four men, dressed in various black clothing and body armor. Three of them were carrying various assault rifles; the fourth was carrying a rocket launcher, which was what had just catapulted Mark 13 into the wall. Gunshots, and the loud 'Ping!' sounds from the bullets hitting the armor could be heard throughout the building. Mark 19 and Mark 13 both were firing back, Mark 7 was waiting by the door.
Tony had heard the shots, and been informed of the break in by F.R.I.D.A.Y., and was on his way upstairs. "C'mon…" He muttered as he stood in the elevator, looking at his wristwatch, which doubled as a controller for the suits. He was still staring at it when he heard the loud 'Ding!', and the doors opened to the Mark 7 waiting for him at the elevator, the Marks 13 and 19 keeping the thieves busy, having knocked out the one with the rocket launcher. Tony quickly stepped into the Mark 7, taking the five seconds to let it fit onto his body, and lock into place. He couldn't help but to grin as he saw the targeting systems lock onto the three remaining men, and the loud ACDC started playing in his ear. He sent rockets after the two in the heavy body armor, and just knocked the final one out with a quick repulser blast.
As he moved over, and bent down to look at them, F.R.I.D.A.Y. spoke up "Boss, I don't think that was all of them." Her faint Scottish accent showed through, though Tony never programmed that into her. She had developed that all on her own. She continued "I'm pickin' up a readin' from the floor below this one. It's a normal heat signature, but it's gettin' warmer…"
As Tony snapped his mask back on to look down, the floor exploded, as a bearded man wearing parts of an Iron Man suit clambered out of the hole in the floor, and armed with a large cannon, looking somewhat like the War Machine shoulder cannon, except alien. He grinned softly, glaring at the three suits. "Hello, Mister Stark…" He spoke with a faint southern accent, and a huge scar running along his chin "D'you remember me? I was in one of the buildings you so carelessly destroyed…"
Tony stepped forward, and the cannon fixed itself on Mark 7 immediately. Tony drawls lightly, knowing that F.R.I.D.A.Y. had the guns fixed on the man "If I remember correctly, those buildings were being controlled by gang lords."
The man snarls "Exactly! We were doing business, when you dropped seventeen stories on my head! You ruined my tech, and my life, so now I'm here to ruin yours!" The cannon began humming lightly, an orange light gleaming from the end.
Suddenly, F.R.I.D.A.Y.'s words could be heard in Tony's ear "Boss! He's… He's pulling my data out of the suits! He's erasing me!"
Tony calmly raised his hand, but just before his repulser could fire, his suit suddenly locked, and his face mask unlocked, so he could watch what was happening. "Yeah, I don't think so, buddy."
"I found these pieces after New York… I put them together, after what happened to me. E en I don't know what they do!" He laughs, as he focuses the cannon on the Mark 19.
Suddenly, a stream of numbers, and trails of things that could really only be described as magic shot out of the cannon, as well as the suit, crashing into one another in between them. A look of horror swept over the man's face, as he suddenly screamed. "N-no! No! Not me!" He screamed once more, no words this time, just noise, before his body slowly turned into this vapor trail, and followed the cannon, which now hung by itself in midair, all of it forcing itself into a single small ball, which rumbled with the apparent power from the cannon.
Tony yelled into his helmet, as it was getting quite loud in here "Friday! Friday, answer me! Are you there?" The floor and ceiling began tearing, and falling into the ball, causing it to grow larger
A sad voice would ring in Tony's ear, speaking only two words "Goodbye, Boss." A larger, red wisp would drift out from all three suits, into the ball. The ball almost burped as the wisps hit it, and it pulsated, before it stops, and implodes, shrinking into itself an infinite times over. And then only the wisps remained, glowing almost happily, they moved in front of Tony, and began to grow and move together, glowing so brightly it was impossible to see anything.
As the light died down, Tony would blink, as both the rest of his armor powered back up, and as his eyes adjusted to the normal lighting once again. And, at the edge of the crater where the ball had been, stood a woman, completely nude, red haired, and staring at her hands in confusion. She looks up at Tony, her eyes showing nothing but fear. "Boss?"