Another one of my stories. Though i dont have a lot. But this came to me after reading something and thought i would share it so READ and please like...
"Why is it always red. Can't you try something new?" Rhodey asked.
"What's wrong with red?" Tony asked. He was working on yet another armorer. Yes it was red and gold. Only this armor was meant to go underwater.
"Nothing. Its just you normally go with a different color if the armor has a specific function. Snowy or icy climates; white. Space; black. How 'bout water; blue?" Rhodey replied with reason.
"You know what? Your right!" He smiles. He goes to his computer and says, "Computer paint the armor blue and gold when I'm finished."
[noted] The computer said.
Then Tony continued on his suit. Soon enough he was done. And he began to paint it. It was quite easy to make but also difficult because he had to make sure it was a hundred percent water proof. If not his own heart monitor could electrocute him and he'd be done. At least in theory.
"So why are you making a water suit anyways?" Pepper asked.
"Their have been distress calls sent out from a small unknown island and any boat or plane that goes in to save them is attacked by something. So I need to go there and save them. But I need to hurry. But I need to be 100% sure that my armor won't get water in it otherwise my heart monitor might shock me." Tony said as he took a look at the group that was stranded on the island from satellite imagery.
"So what was the distress call?"
"Well it was pretty much saying that a small speed boat sunk after they ran out of gas and were starting to pedal to the closest island when their boat was hit by something and it got a hole in it and sank and The people on it had to swim their way to the island but the island had no cities or houses on it. A boat near by saw them and called for help and went to help also, but they also get hit and swam to the island. So now they need me."
Rhodey began to pace. He had his thinking face on and was beginning to think that it wasn't worth it. Tony was risking to much. If any water got on his heart monitor he'd die. There was no doubt about it. He only was able to take a shower by covering it up very carefully. (I really don't know if his heart monitor is waterproof or not but I'm gonna have it so it isn't) So if he made a mistake in the armor or it cracked and he was in the water he'd most likely die. As he thought before.
"Dude how many people is it?" Rhodey asked.
Tony looked at the screen and counted."If I'm right... About 9. wait no 11 there's two more over there."
Rhodey sighed. That's too much to be left behind. But even if it was just one person it would still be to much to leave behind. "Okay I'm coming with you though. It could be dangerous."
"I thought you'd say that. But it's fine. I will need help carrying them back. And to carry food and blankets."
"Blankets?" Pepper asked as if he was crazy.
"Yeah When we fly them back they may be a bit cold and it can help."
She nodded in agreement and started spinning in the controller chair that she made herself so comfortable in. which could get on Rhodey's nerves, but made Tony smile. She stopped and put on a thinking face. Which was different than Rhodey's. Then she jumped up out of her seat.
"When are you leaving!" She almost shouted.
Shocked at her outburst, they just stared. They were used to it, but it was just a bit random for her. She looked at them expecting her answer. But none came. At least until Tony broke the silence.
"So why do you need to know?"
"Just answer it!" She cried out.
"Okay! As soon as it's done drying which will be in an half hour. So soon."
"DANG IT!" She yelled.
The two boys jumped. She could get loud when she yells. They really are used to the random out bursts or rambling but not all the yelling when nothing was wrong.
"I promised my dad I'd watch my baby cousin! At 2 o'clock!" She stressed.
"Pepper that's in an hour." Rhodey said.
"I know! That's the problem! What if something goes wrong and you need me?"
Both of the boys couldn't pull it together. She normally wasn't this picky if she wasn't there for the action. Sure she was upset, but not screechy mad. That was new.
"We'll be fine. We can call you!" Tony reasoned with her and checked on the process of the paint. Luckily it was close to being dry enough that the wind would dry it off. Plus the paint he used was one of the fastest drying paints ever.
"Fine." Pepper pouted quiet now.
She began to spin again and Tony and Rhodey went to the house and packed up four blankets and Tony grabbed some money from his wallet to buy food. When Roberta saw that they were carrying a bunch of blankets that they were trying to shove into packs.
"What are you two doing?" She asked putting her hands on her hips as she shifted from one foot to the other.
"Camping. Pepper invited us." Rhodey lied quickly.
"Is that so?"
"Yep!" Tony piped in.
She sighed knowing that they'd probably just sneak out anyways. "Just be careful."
They ended up with three packs filled. Mainly with blankets and food that Tony bought. It was all canned or sandwiches. Rhodey was in a smaller armor that was also waterproof, but just not as well as Tony's. Pepper had already left so they called her to say goodbye. It was 4:30 when they left and called pepper. She sounded bummed that she wasn't there, but she knew that they needed to do their job and she couldn't interfere with it or she could be risking lives.
She was feeding her cousin when she realized she forgot her bag in the armory and decided that it wouldn't harm anything if she brought her cousin with her. She was only 1 yr and a half. So When she arrived at the armory she grabbed her bag and noticed Rhodey forgot his phone so she thought that she'd bring it over to Roberta.
When she got to Rhodey's house she knocked on the door three times. And she waited til Roberta came to the door. "Hey Mrs. Rhodes. Rhodey forgot his phone and I wanted to bring it to you."
Roberta narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "I thought they were camping with you. Couldn't you just give it to Rhodey?"
"What?" Pepper asked in confusion.
"So they aren't with you. So where are they?"
Pepper's eyes widened as she realized that she just gave away Tony and Rhodey. She moved her cousin to the other hip and and began her lame excuse. "Um.. They are … at the park!"
She mentally slapped herself as she came up with one of the most horrible lies ever. Could even be worse than how Tony lies.
"Really? Tony is at the Park?"
Darn it! She knows I'm lying! "No...Hes at um... his lab!"
Still the worst lie ever! She should find somebody that could lie perfectly and learn their secrets.
"Never mind I don't think that I'm gonna get a strait answer from you. I guess I would just have to let you by. But I will give it to the two when they come back."
Pepper nodded and left with haste and called The two boys.
"Hello?" They both answered at once.
"Tony I accidentally blew your cover. So now you guys are in trouble. And SOMEBODY COULD HAVE TOLD ME!"
"Sorry Pep! Just we came up with it so fast that we forgot to tell you!" Tony said apologetically.
"And we didn't know you'd be talking to my mom." Rhodey said.
She sighed and said her goodbyes and went home to return to watching her cousin.
(With The boys)
They were carrying the packs over the ocean when they saw the island. It was right where the police scanners said they would be. They saw them all on the beach. Trees were everywhere on the island. The sun was setting and they were all sprawled out in the shade. It was hot. It was by the equator after all.
They were about just above the the shore and were just about to land when something came darting out after them and hit Tony in the back. They sped up hoping that once they landed they wouldn't be in danger anymore. They were right after all because just as they land on the sand the darts stopped shooting.
They walked over to the group of stranded people and they looked up at them and when they saw who it was they gave out a cheer.
"Here you guys go." Tony said handing over the pack of food to them. "This should be enough to fill you up til we're ready to head out."
They opened the pack and smiled when they saw it filled to the brim with snacks. They ate with happiness and they chit chatted and they even invited Tony and Rhodey to join them. Once they all finished they all sat in front of Tony waiting for instructions for how they were going to get out.
"Now that you guys of fed up we need to get you guys out of here. But we can only take two at a time if we want to keep everyone uninjured." Tony said.
"How would we get harmed?" One man asked. The others said 'yeah' in agreement.
"There is a long ride to land and we cant just squish everyone together and not hurting you." He explained. "So stand up and stand in a line we will choose at random who will go first."
They did as told and Tony chose two kids that were about six years old. Children first right? Rhodey grabbed a couple that stood next to each other and once they were wrapped in the blankets, they set out for land. Of course on the way back they had to dodge the darts again but this time it was harder. Rhodey managed to snake around them and already grabbed his next group and head out to land not wanting to waste time and do this as fast as possible while Tony struggled to get back.
A dart hit one of Tony's foot jets (Or what ever it was that made him fly) and he began to fly out of control and got hit multiple times. As much experience that Tony had with flying, he had no idea how to fly with only one jet. So, he crash landed.
Right into a tree; head first. And everything went black for Tony Stark.
Rhodey was getting tired. It was late and he had at least 3 more trips (6 if you count going there and back.) He was glad Tony over bought with the food and that they brought big blankets, because he needed sleep and didn't want to fall asleep while holding someone. That wouldn't be good. At all. Again when he got close enough to the island the darts hit him but it was nothing fatal. And he landed safely not knowing that his friend wasn't as lucky.
"So who's next? This is my last trip before stay here the night and we go again in the morning." Rhodey said enthusiastically.
They all were screaming 'ME!' and Rhodey grabbed the remaining Girl and the last old man. It only seemed fair.
So he went there and back and literally fell back and groaned. Man was he tired. He didn't even bother at what time it was and called Pepper. Who answered with a groggy 'Hello?'
"Hi Pepper we may be a bit late tomorrow. I'm pretty much dead on my feet."
"What about Tony?" She said with a yawn. It was also very tiring to watch over a crabby baby. He wasn't crabby at first but she sure was later on.
"Tony? I don't know. We kinda went our own speeds. The thing that kept sinking any attempts at saving the people was dart like things. Tony was a bit off on the dodging-"
"Is he alright?" She said with worry.
"Yeah he was just a bit slow is all."
But something then came into his mind. If Tony was taking his two people every time he came back, there shouldn't be any more people. If he had his math right. But he still had 3 people who were now munching on something. They all had their own blanket.
"Pepper I actually change my mind." He began not sure at how to say it.
"About what?" She asked as she yawned.
"I don't know where Tony is. I don't think he's taking people back. He should be."
This woke her up. "Ohmigod! You have to find him! I knew I should have been there!"
"Okay Pepper I have to ask you to go to the armory."
"Okay I'm on it!" Then she hung up and snuck out of her house and ran as fast as her legs could carry her to the lab.
Rhodey in panic woke up the now sleeping people. "Do you know where Iron man is?"
They shook their head and one man said, "We last saw him trying to avoid those darts thing's and flew to the other side of the island. We haven't seen him since."
"Thanks" And with that he flew to the other side in hope that he would find his friend and he was just fine. But was majorly disappointed when he couldn't find him anywhere. He tried calling him on the con systems but their was no reply.
(With Pepper)
She rounded the corner and ran into a person that was walking the corner in the opposite direction. She quickly helped him up and said sorry before returning to her sprint. She had to get there as fast as she could. She didn't know why but she just had to.
She was worried. More than she was when she already knew what happened. It's always worse when you don't know what it is that could be hurting Tony. Or Rhodey. She hated it when they got in danger and she wasn't there to do anything about it. And when she saw the Armory she smiled in relief that it wasn't too far.
She would have taken a cab if she wasn't in such a hurry to get out of the house. She didn't even bother to grab any money. So she just sprinted even faster. It was good to know that she could run fast. That could help when she was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent.
As she entered the armory she called Rhodey back. He didn't answer. She even tried calling Tony but with absolutely no luck. This was just her day. First she can't be where the action was at, then she was with a crabby baby (Which she didn't mind it was just stressful.), then she couldn't get a hold of Tony. He may be in trouble. Even worse. He could be hurt. And badly. What if his heart monitor gave out?
She sat in the controller chair and looked to where the Iron man armor should've been and it was in a small crater that Tony must have made. A tree was fallen down and there laid the armor half way under the tree. He had a huge dent in his helmet.
She remembered earlier that day when Tony said that the armor wasn't as strong but it had to be that way in order to be waterproof. So it was a weaker metal than the usual stuff. That made her worry. Really he should have just sent her. She could wear the stronger armor and not have to worry about getting a heart monitor wet.
She looked to see if he was conscious on the internal camera that was luckily still intact. Though it was a bit red visioned. Now she was really worried. That was blood. His eyes were closed and blood was dry and fresh. His heart was still beating but slowly because he wasn't awake.
She quickly redialed Rhodey praying that he would answer this time.
(With Rhodey)
He began to search the trees for his missing friend. He got a call from Pepper but ignored it because he didn't want to deal with any yelling that she may do. But when she called back minutes later he answered hoping that it had something to do with Tony.
"Pepper! Did you find anything?"
"Yes.. I did..." She said and took a deep breath. "He's hurt. His heart is fine but he must have hit his head really bad. He probably crash landed and it was into a tree. It left a large dent in the armor. He's some where to the left of the island." Then as the words escaped her mouth she let out a soft sob. "Rhodey there was blood. He's not awake!"
"Don't worry Pepper. Tony will be fine. I know it. He has to be." He said half to Pepper and half to himself.
He found him and wish it had been a better sight. It would be better if it was just a sand crater. It was worse when there was a tree in the way and on top of him. As he switched angles and went by his head to pull him out he noticed the dent and it wasn't pretty.
Rhodey had him slung over his shoulder when he flew off to land after he told them that he'd be back. He couldn't just leave them so. He hid Tony in a tree. Rhodey was so tired that he wasn't thinking straight. If he was than Tony would be at a hospital but no. He wasn't thinking right. Neither was Pepper who didn't speak up about it.
He went back and dared take them back all at once and luckily nobody got hurt. Sure, they would be sore but who said they were hurt. He found Tony and undid both of their armor and called 911. They came at lightning speed. Well, not literally.
Rhodey rode in the ambulance with him and they worked intensely on his head to stop the bleeding and cover it up. Any Rhodey just prayed that his friend would be fine as they said he was in a coma. So that was why he wouldn't wake up...
Rhodey held Tony's hand all the way to the hospital wanting to give his friend some faith that he knew he'd be alright.