'Cause I'm back, yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well, I'm back in black
Yes, I'm back in black'
"Hold on, pause the movie, please. I've gotta get that," Tony says.
Tony gets up to get his phone.
"Too late," Clint yells "I've got it … hey, Tony who is Lady Raider?"
"Oh, shit, who's calling! Clint give me the phone," Tony exclaims.
"Whoa, calm down. Just tell us who it is," Clint smirks.
"It's a friend! Now give me my phone!"
"Clint, just give him his phone he has to answer his girlfriends call." Natasha grins.
Tony snatches back the phone
"She's not my girlfriend," Tony says while clicking the green phone button.
"Hello, sunshine," Tony says in a false happy tone.
Everyone snickers.
*On the call*
Lara gags, "Hello sugar plum, you know I hate the name sunshine. It sounds so happy and domestic, makes me want to gag."
"And you know how much I hate being called sugar plum," Tony throws back.
(More giggles in the background. Tony glares at them.)
"Anyway… Tony… sweetheart … you know how we agreed to never be seen out in public unless it was at an emergency, so you know no one will make a big deal about it." Lara starts.
"Yeah," Tony repeats.
"So if I were to land a helicopter on your hangar being oh, I don't know *cough* severely injured *cough* in about 15-20 minutes, you wouldn't mind right?" She asks her voice getting higher by each word.
"No, I don't mind if you… severely injured ….. oh god, honey, what happened?" He asks suddenly dejected.
"Tony, sweetie, I can't go into the specifics right now, all I can say is that I've lost a lot of blood, I'm barely conscious, and at this point in time, I have no clue how I am still flying this thing. You'll see me in 15 minutes give or take. I have to go now, I need to focus on flying right now. Bye." She breathes.
*End Call*
"No don't ….. hang up," He sighs.
"Everything okay in paradise?" Rhodey questions softly.
"First of all, not my girlfriend. Second of all, no, not okay. Lastly, we need to get all of the medical supplies we can up to this floor within 15 minutes," He announces.
"Why can't we just bring whoever is injured down to the hospital level?" Steve asks.
"She doesn't like hospitals," Tony replies.
"Who's injured?" Steve implored.
Tony is italicized and Bruce is bold.
"A friend, and Bruce I need you to help fix her."
"I'm not that type of doctor."
"Please, Bruce. My friend is landing here soon and she doesn't like hospitals. I can't do that to her. Please, Bruce, I'll really owe you one."
"It's fine Tony, how bad is it?"
"I don't know, but if she admits to being severely injured, hell injured at all, then it's really bad."
"You never know it could be a bad injury, but a quick fix." (Trying to comfort)
"She says she lost a lot of blood and doesn't know how she is still conscious." (Says deadpanned)
"Well, that's never any good. Let's just hope for the best."
*15 Minutes Later*
"That is all, friend Tony?" Thor questions.
"Yeah, that's all big guys. Now, all we can do is wait." Toyn says anxiously.
"I am sure your Lady Raider will be all right, son of Stark," Thor says solemnly.
"I hope so" Tony mumbles.
"Stark, I see the helicopter," Natasha yells from the hangar.
"K, guys stay near the supplies and be ready to help Bruce. Bruce can you bring the stretcher and follow me onto the platform. I'm gonna go to the helicopter and see how bad things are." Tony says taking charge.
The helicopter lands in bad shape. It was missing 2 propellors and the other 2 were bent in bad shape. All of the doors had been ripped off and the nose looked smashed in. The plane landed with a crash and destroyed the skids completely.
'How in gods name did she fly this plane here?' Tony wonders.
A figure starts to make its way out of the helicopter but stumbles on the way down the step.
"Lara!" Tony quickly makes his way over to her to help her down, while bringing the stretcher.
Tony gets to her, carries her bridal style and lays her down on the stretcher before he gets a good look at her. Thor was wrong she was not all right. He had never seen her look worse. She had a cut across each of her cheekbones, her right eye was swollen, and her nose was bruised and bleeding; it was probably broken, and that was just her face. Her neck was starting to show bruising in the form of fingers and was swelling up. Her shoulder was definitely dislocated, at the top of her arms she had cuts and bruises everywhere, at the bottom she had marks that looked like cuts but were made out to be expressions and her right wrist was so twisted and beaten it was clearly broken. Her stomach doesn't look so bad with a few bruises and cuts until he sees it, a bullet lodged into the left side of her hip and bleeding profusely, 1 of the 3 he would later find. Another one was located in the back of her left shoulder and another one in her lower left calf. The right knee was separated so badly that you could see the bone poking out of her skin and her left foot was absolutely crushed.
"Oh, shit," Tony chokes out.
"Tony?" Lara croaks.
"It's okay, sweet pea. I'm here." Tony reassures while taking her hand into his and caressing her hair. He wheels the stretcher inside to the others.
"Holy crap, Tony," Steve says.
Bruce gasps in the background.
"Yeah, I know," Tony sighs, "Can you fix her Bruce?"
Lara groans, "No, no fix only sleep. I'll be fine Tony."
"Lara" Tony reprimands. 'How is she still awake?' He thinks in awe.
"I know, I know, you know my conditions don't let them…" Lara trails off.
"Shh…. I know, you can go to sleep now, you're safe." Tony cards his fingers through her hair. Lara slowly closes her eyes.
"Conditions?" Bruce asks.
"Yeah, I know this sounds bad, but you can't give her anything for pain. She's allergic to a lot of the components in medicine." Tony replies.
"But that sounds… inhuman. Isn't there something we can give her?" Bruce pleads.
"There are a few things that she can use, but she refuses to use it because it gives her nightmares and it means she isn't in control. It's a terrible reality, but that's the truth and Bruce she's losing blood." Tony says urgently.
"Oh! Sorry, Jarvis, can you give her a scan and show the results on my tablet?" Bruce preps his tablet.
"Already done, sir," Jarvis responds.
"Oh, dear. She has a concussion and some brain trauma to her limbic system, which works with memories so we will have to deal with that when she wakes up. There is a major strain in her neck, so she will need a neck brace. We are going to have to pop her shoulder bone back into place and she broke her collar bone so we need a wrap for that. She has 13 broken ribs and a broken right knee. 3 bullets: 1 in her left shoulder, 1 in her left hip, and the last 1 in her left calf. The tarsals in her left foot are shattered and her liver is destroyed. Okay, I need you guys to roll the utility cart and straps over here now!" Bruce states, "I'm sorry Tony, but I'm gonna need to strap her down in case of spasms and I need peace and quiet so you guys have to leave."
"But…" Tony starts.
"Come on Tony, we'll leave you to it, Dr. Banner," Steve says leading Tony and the other Avengers to the elevator.
*In Tony's Room*
'God I hope she's alright.' Tony thinks while downing a glass of scotch.