Another Mallen; Chp 1: The Beginning of the End

I own nothing! So, sorry the prologue was so short. Continuing powers, ACTIVATE!

His eyes were red. Blood red. He grinned like a madman, staring at the agent in front of him. She readied the gun and shouted,

"Stark! Don't move!" He looked at the gun and frowned. "Why?" Agent Hill thought in despair, "How could Stark be so foolish as to take the serum? The last thing we need is another Mallen (pun intended!) on our hands." Then, with impossible speed, Tony ran up to the agent and bent her gun into a knot. She gasped, and shouted to the two former friends of Stark, "Run! Run now! The serum has made him like Mallen. There's no stopping him!" Pepper and Rhodey stood there, frozen in fear. Agent Hill mentally screamed in frustration, "Unless you would like to die, LISTEN TO ME AND GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW!" This convinced the two who took off, sprinting. The woman turned to Stark, and the door shut to the room. Rhodey and Pepper heard her tortured screams, while Tony left the room, his clothes soaked in the dead agent's blood. He laughed, joyous. "This power is incredible!" He thought. "I can do anything I want. Stop Gene, all of my enemies. I don't even need my suit anymore! Anyone who stands in my way will be slaughtered like that pathetic excuse for a life form, Hill. But first…" He grinned, "I'll kill Mallen."

Pepper was dying inside. As she and Rhodey ran to find an escape pod, she couldn't help thinking, "What's Tony going to do now? We have to warn Nick Fury! What if Tony tries to take over the world? How could I fight my best friend? …The one who I've begun to think of as more than a friend?" She was taken out of her thoughts when Rhodey stopped at an escape pod door.

"Quick!" He shouted, "Get in!" He and Pepper entered, powering up the vehicle. It blasted off to the land below. Rhodey had somewhat similar things in his mind as he thought,

"Oh Tony. Why'd you have to take that serum? Pepper and I need you…the world needs you! Please come back to your senses." Just then the pod landed in an alley, and the two stepped out, only to see a human shaped figure fall out of the sky and land some meters ahead of them. The person stood up and tilted his head towards his "friends" then said,

"Going to take care of Mallen, then find Gene." Before he looked straight ahead and ran with impossible speed towards a cloud of smoke, which, Pepper and Rhodey realized, was where the crazed former agent Mallen must be. Pepper looked at Rhodey, a small fire of hope flaring in her chest.

"He's going to stop the bad guys! Maybe he is in control! We should help him!" She said. Rhodey looked at her sadly and whispered,

"But…Remember what he did to agent Hill. I don't think he's in control at all." Pepper looked at him the flame slowly dying. She stared at him, determination in her eyes,

"There must be something we can do." She said, "We have to save him Rhodey. Let's get the Iron Man armor out. I don't think Tony needs his anymore, so I'll just…borrow it for a bit." Rhodey nodded, and the two ran to the armory. Meanwhile, Tony ran towards the smoke, his blood boiling for battle. The places where good were left in him hoped that Shield wouldn't fight back, he didn't want to kill all of them. Just then he heard Nick Fury's voice,

"Give it up, Mallen. You cannot escape." Tony heard Mallen laugh before he said,

"Fool! I've destroyed your mandroids with ease, you can't stop me! No one can!" Then, Mallen knocked out both Nick Fury and Black Widow with a flying jump kick, their heads slamming into the wall behind them. Mallen laughed, then Tony stepped out into the open to see his enemy.

"Mallen!" Stark shouted, "Your battle is with me now!" Mallen turned to look at his challenger, and laughed hysterically. Tony smiled a bit, much to Mallen's annoyance.

"Why do you grin before your death, Stark?" The former agent sneered, "Going to join your father? I'll make it quick then." Mallen ran up to Tony to break his neck, but Tony caught the man's hands and threw him into a wall nearby. As he fell to the ground, Mallen's eyes widened in shock, but before he could say anything, Tony sprinted up to him, put his foot on Mallen's head, and stomped down. Mallen had no time to scream, his brains and blood spreading everywhere like a dropped watermelon. Tony smirked in success. "Even Mallen could do nothing to me." He then laughed softly and pondered what to do about Nick Fury and Black Widow. He decided to let the fools live, but walked over to them and used his amazing-extremis powers to completely wipe their memories. Although this drained him greatly, he was satisfied. This way, Pepper and Rhodey would be stalled for a while if they decided to tell shield about his little "power up." Tony decided quickly what to do next: Pay a visit to his favorite villains around the city. He grinned as he walked towards the city lights, plotting the best ways to torture his enemies. He would make them pay. BIG time.

So, uh, hoped you liked it. I felt that the Mallen death was fun! Next chapter: Mr. Fix, Justin Hammer, Unicorn, and all your favorites meet the new Tony Stark…..and probably die. I need advice whether I should kill everyone at the end, or will Tony be stopped/saved? REVIEW. Next chapter: Coming soon! (Two days at most.)