Amara and her friends had a great summer in Europe they went all over. One of their last stops was going to be in Romania. They had all wanted to go to Bran Castle which was also know as the Dracula's Castle. They took the train up the day before so that they could enjoy the scenery and still get the entire castle tour which started at eight in the morning. It was a 12-hour tour so they had breakfast early and were going to have lunch in the Casa de ceai restaurant. As the day wore into night Amara stopped to admire the weaponry in one of the rooms she didn't notice that the tour group had moved on without her.

"Hey guys, guys?" She turned around and her friends were gone, "Well, shit." She said with a sigh.

Amara began to wander the castle looking for her friends and the tour group she was in. She ended up in the courtyard overlooking the forest and decided that it was time just to call it a day.

"Fuck it, I'll meet up with them at the hotel."

Amara made her way out of the castle and started walking down the road towards the town. It turned out that the town was further away than she thought and it was getting dark. By this time she could see the bats flying around catching their dinner. Things were starting to get a little bit creepy.

As Amara rounded the bend she could see the lights of the town just a little ways ahead. She let out a sigh of relief. Suddenly she was hit by something hard. Whatever it was hit her so hard that it knocked clean off the road over an embankment. She rolled end over end until she hit the bottom where Amara's head smashed into a stone. Lights exploded in her head and that was the last thing she saw before she passed out.

Amara woke up when she felt that she was being dragged through the underbrush further into the forest. Whatever had a hold of was powerful and was moving at a fast pace. Amara could feel her skin being ripped where it was catching on rocks and roots. She started struggling against it trying to grab onto anything she could. Finally, she was able to grab onto a small sapling and hold on for dear life. Amara heard a fierce growl and the creature yanked on her shirt violently making her lose grip of the tree and tossing her into the air. She landed several feet away with a thud.

Amara groans and tries to stand up but the minute she got to her knee the creature was on her. It growled viciously and took a swipe at her back shredding her back with its claws. Amara screamed and tried to scramble away. Suddenly the attack stopped Amara lifted her head and looked around. Amara strained her eyes to see if she could see anything in the darkness. The full moon was out so there was some light just not enough to make anything out. She slowly got up and started to stumble her way back the way she came.

She only got a few steps when she knocked off her feet again by the creature. She landed hard on her back and cried out in pain. Rolling over slowly Amara started to crawl through the underbrush, she froze when she heard growling coming from behind her. Panic started to set in and her fight or flight response kicked in, she lurched to her feet and ran.

She didn't get very far when she was knocked down again. That's when she realized that whatever this thing was it was playing with her. At any moment it could have killed her but it hadn't. Amara rose unsteadily to her feet once again only this time she had a branch in her hands. She suddenly heard growling coming from in front of her and the swift movement of paw hitting the earth. With all her might Amara swung and hit the creature in the face. That was the biggest mistake of her life. Instantly the creature was on her knocking on her back. Suddenly it bit into her side and started shaking her like a rag doll. She screamed out in agony hitting the creature with all her might.

Suddenly her mind cleared and she remembered the bracelets, "Emergency protocol 619!" She yelled.

The bracelets began to cover her hand and turn into gauntlets. They immediately fired at the head of the creature. The creature yelped and dropped Amara. The last thing Amara saw before she blacked out was the creature which she was finally able to identify as a big ass wolf grin at her and disappear into the forest. Amara lay there in the forest bleeding to death as a distress signal went out to Tony.

Tony and Bruce were in Budapest waiting for Amara and her friends to arrive. They were going to go to Vienna together then from there head home. They weren't scheduled to arrive until the following day so Tony and Bruce decided to go out for a nice romantic dinner. Amara had been right, by the end of summer, Tony and Bruce had confessed that they had feelings for each other and were now dating.

**Sir, there has been discharging from Miss Stark's gauntlets and a distress signal has been received.**

Tony nearly spit out his wine, "What, where is she?"

**Satellite imagery shows that she is located in the middle of the forest in the Carpathian Mountains.**

"What the hell is she doing there at night?"

**I don't know, sir, but her vital signs are dropping.**

"Holy shit!" Tony stood up threw money on the table and ran out, with Bruce following behind.

He reaches the car and opens the trunk takes out his suitcase and throws it on the ground. Jumping on it an Iron Man suit instantly wraps around Tony.

"Tony, what's going on, where are you going," Bruce asks.

"Brașov, Amara's bracelets went off and a distress signal went out. She dying." Without any further explanation, Tony takes off.

It's an hour flight to Brașov from Budapest but in Tony's suit going supersonic, he got there in 10 minutes.

"JARVIS scan for Amara."

**To your right, Sir, 20 feet ahead.**

Tony flies over to her and lands next to her. What he sees almost makes him vomit. Amara has been badly mauled and is covered in blood, dirt, and saliva.

"Oh my god, JARVIS?"

**She's still alive, Sir, but barely.**

"Plot me a course to the nearest hospital."

**Yes, Sir.**

Tony kneels down and carefully picks up Amara. She whimpers and opens her eyes, "Bubba?"

"It's me, Kiddo, I'm getting you out of here."

Amara's eyes roll back and she passes out. Tony starts to panic.

**Sir, she has only fainted, but if you don't hurry she won't last much longer.**

"Right," Tony blast off and heads for Brașov. Landing at the hospital he marches inside.

"Somebody help, my sister is hurt!"

The nurses rush forward with a gurney and take Amara from Tony, "What happened," They ask him.

"I don't know I found her in the forest, it looks like she was attacked by an animal."

The staff look at each other and wheel her away, Tony starts to follow but he's stopped by a nurse, "Mr. Stark," Of course she knows who he is, "You can't go back there, I need you to fill out paperwork for your sister. We need to know if she has any allergies to medication."

"What, no she doesn't. When can I see her?"

"We need to get her stabilized first then we will let you know."

Tony nods and sits down, He doesn't even bother to get out of his Iron Man suit, just retract the gauntlets so he can write. He's so out of it that JARVIS has to tell him what to fill out.

About 30 minutes later the doctor comes out to the waiting room, "Mr. Stark?"

Tony stands up, "Yes?"

"We were able to stabilize your sister but her wounds are extensive and we are not a trauma center. She needs to be flown to Bucharest. We are prepping her right now."

"Alright, I'll meet you there," With that, Tony walks out of the hospital and takes off. A little while later the helicopter carrying his sister takes off as well.

"JARVIS, call Bruce."

It rings once and Bruce answers, "Tony, what happened?"

"Mara was mauled by I don't know what, when I got there she was barely alive. They're flying her to Bucharest to a trauma center. Bruce can you-"

"I'm on my way to the airport now."

"Thank you, Baby."

"You don't have to thank me, Tone, of course, I'm going to be there for you. I'll see you soon."

"Okay."

Tony hung up and flew to the hospital in Bucharest. He, of course, got there first and had all the paperwork filled out and had donated blood for his sister by the time they had arrived. The minute they landed Amara was taken straight into surgery. Tony sat in the waiting room with his head in his hands. He had packed away his Iron Man suit and it was in its case by the chair. An hour and a half later Bruce comes rushing in, he spots Tony and makes a beeline for the Billionaire.

The minute Tony sees Bruce he hugs the man and burst into tears. Bruce holds on to him tightly and lets him cry, he whispers in his ear, "She's going to be okay, Tony, Mara's a fighter. You'll see she'll come out of this alright."

Tony pulls away from Bruce, "Do you really think so?"

"Yes I do, she's a fighter, Tony, she's not going to give up."

Bruce leads Tony over to the chair they sit down and Tony leans his head against Bruce's shoulder, "Oh, Bruce, you should have seen it, it was awful. There was so much blood, her skin was ripped to shreds. It was so bad I almost vomited."

"What do you suppose did it?"

"I don't know, a bear maybe she had teeth marks on her side, JARVIS can you identify the teeth marks?"

**Judging by the bite mark it looked to have a wolf of considerable size.**

"A wolf, I didn't know there were wolves here."

"Yeah, there are wolves, bears, lynxes," Bruce tells him, "I wouldn't think that one would attack a human, though."

"Do you think it was rabid?"

"Let's hope not. Maybe we can get some hair and saliva samples. I'd like to make sure that it really was a wolf."

"That's a good idea, Bruce, I'll let the nurse know," Tony got up and went to the nurse's station. He let them know that he wanted hair and saliva samples if it were possible.

"Or maybe just my sister's clothes?"

"Yes, sir, that we can provide for you."

"Good."

It took six hours to stitch up all of Amara's wounds and several pints of blood. When they were finished the doctor came out to inform Tony.

"Mr. Stark, your sister is out of surgery."

"Can I see her now?"

"Not just yet, she's in recovery. I'll send a nurse to come get you when you can go see her. I suggest that when she leaves here she follow up with her own doctor once you reach the United States."

"Alright, Doc."

Tony goes back out to the waiting room. At this point, Amara's friends call Tony and tell him that she's missing. He tells them what happen and that they're in Bucharest.

"Is there anything we can do for you, Mr. Stark?"

"No, thank everything is taken care of if you guys want to head up here to the city you can take the Stark jet back home."

"Yeah I think that might be for the best, I really don't want to continue on without Amara. Thank you, Mr. Stark."

After Tony hung up the phone the nurse came out and told him that he was allowed to go up to see his sister.

"Can Bruce come with me?"

The nurse looked between the two men and could see that Tony was barely holding it together, he was definitely going to need the support when he saw his sister.

"Yes, Mr. Stark, Dr. Banner can go with you."

Tony reached out for Bruce's hand and together they followed the nurse to Amara's room. The minute he walked into his sister's room his eyes began to fill with tears. She looked like a mummy, she was wrapped from head to toe in bandages. She was still unconscious and she was on a respirator. Tony rushed to Amara's bedside and took her hand in his.

"Oh, Mara, I'm so sorry this happened to you. I should have been there to protect you."

Bruce walks over, he places a hand on Tony's shoulder, "It's not your fault, Tony, you couldn't have possibly known this was going to happen."

"I had a feeling something bad was going to happen, I admit I didn't think it was going to be something like this. Maybe she'd get arrested for disorderly conduct in Rome and I'd have to come bail her out."

Bruce chuckled, "Mara's not like that."

"I know she's more responsible than I am," Tony said through his tears.

At that moment the doctor walked in, he walked over to Tony and Bruce and shook their hands.

"So, Doc what's the prognosis?"

"She has a little swelling of the brain, we discover a head wound probably from hitting her head on a rock. Nothing too severe and it's already starting to come down. She had gashes on her arms and legs from what looks like being dragged through the forest. They're not deep but they needed to wrap anyway. We had to a number of stitches and skin graphs there will be considerable scarring on her back and stomach where the bite is."

Tony just nods as he listens to the doctor never once taking his eyes off his baby sister. When the doctor finished explaining everything, Bruce thanked him and he left. Tony and Bruce sat there all night with Amara waiting for her to wake up.