Short chapter to finish up the action. Sorry I suck at fight scenes T.T but this is just a buffer before the next chapter. NEXT CHAPTER: STEVE AND MAYBE A FEW OTHERS MAKE THEIR WAY IN :D

"This is why I hate kids." the old tin can ground out, voice sounding almost like a buzz. He was struggling to get up, chinks of red armor dented from the impact.

"Well aren't you a ball of sunshine." Jack shot back, not even glancing at him as the drone lumbered towards him. He raised his staff as a warning, eyes narrowed. He'd seen all sorts of new technology being developed throughout his life, but he had never had to fight anything like this before, nor had he seen a metal man face to face. He swore he recognized the other suit from somewhere, but the drone was a mystery. Was there person inside that one? It didn't seem like it. Just the red and gold one housed an actual man.

"Who might you be?" Jack asked, sounding oddly casual and still not glancing over. He couldn't afford to look away while silver robot was stepping dangerously close.

"Iron man." His red and gold companion answered arrogantly, as though it should be obvious.

"And the man under the mask?"

"Tony Stark. Wish I could say that it's nice to meet you but it seems we're a little busy at the moment." The drone's attention seemed to snap at his name, swinging in at the pair. Jack lunged left, swinging his staff and sending a burst of ice crackling through the air.

"The name's Jack." He answered, grunting as he danced away from the robot. The drone followed and Jack spiraled upwards into the sky, landing behind the drone and touching a hand to its back, sending frost down the cold metal. The drone whirled and with a hard crack a metal arm drove against Jack's shoulder, sending him cartwheeling backwards over the side of the building.

Tony darted after him, ready to spring out to catch him but just as he reached the ledge the kid sprang back up, impossibly hovering in the air.

"Nice trick." Tony muttered, and though he sounded sarcastic he was secretly impressed. The drone shot by and Jack made a clumsy scramble into the wind, rocketing away with the drone at his heels. Tony balled his hands into fists.

"JARVIS," he commanded, "begin a signature scan on that kid. I wanna know what the hell he is." Tony had already broken into the drone's coding and wild streams of numbers and warnings were flashing brightly in front of his eyes,

"Yes, Sir." There was a short pause before the AI continued with; "Sir, it seems the problem with the Stark Practice Drone was triggered by an outside source. " Tony blinked in surprise. It wasn't often that someone tried to mess with him, let alone get into his technological systems. A blast of blue from overhead drew his gaze and he stared, eyes wide. That head of white hair was struggling against the machine, gnarled stick in hand. Jack was putting up a fight, but one pause and the drone raised a glowing hand. At the last second the kid turned and met the attack, the two exploding at each other with a blinding power. With burst of white and the kid was falling, the stick slipping from his dead fingers. The drone was falling from the sky in pieces, all connections with the Iron Man suit abruptly going dead.

"Shit." There was a rush of smoke as Tony launched towards the scene, arm outstretched and jaw clenched. The staff whirled and he managed to snatch it in one hand, the other making a grab for the boy, managing to get him by the back of his hoodie, scrambling to heave him up into a suitable position.

"The staff," Jack demanded in a panic, "Where's my staff?" there was blood dripping down from his hair, strange marks burned his cheek as though the fire had touched ice. The two were losing altitude as Tony struggled to keep his grip on him.

"Calm it down a notch, dammit!" The billionaire shouted, handing the stick over. Like a bolt of electricity had struck him the boy was out of his arms as soon as his fingers met the wood, hovering a few feet away. A second or two passed as the pair seemed to take in the small victory. Jack was glancing around before looking up, smiling sheepishly.

"I think I might have…uh...broke it."

so yep, pretty short! But I've already finished the next chapter and it'll be up when I'm done putting the finishing touches on it :)

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