Thanks to Suga Bee (Yay! If I'm a god, i get to meet the Avengers! 8D ... wait, Hulk beats up gods... I'm feeling an odd sense of fear and excitement right now...) Evee (I had to add that, if I didn't, I would've exploded), and 8fangirl8. Especially 8fangirl8 just for reviewing BOTH chapters.

Prepare your tear ducts, because I sobbed when I was writing this.

The villains in this chapter were stolen from Spider Man. Sorry, peter. But, hey, at least now you won't get beat up by a bunch of girls! 8D


Hold me

"Bruce! Please, open your eyes." Tony begged, lifting the naked and battered doctor up, "Bruce!"

Bruce didn't respond. And Tony couldn't tell if he was breathing.

"Bruce, no. You promised you wouldn't leave. Bruce…"

He gently set the doctor down and stood, shooting off back into the fight that Bruce had been torn out of. He'd been shot, probably with an adrenaline nullifying type weapon, and had turned from Hulk to Bruce half way in a thirty-foot fall.

He was dead.

Bruce Banner was dead.

Thor grabbed the bright red, white, and blue shield from its place and tossed it back to its owner, who let it slide back onto his wrist like a glove. Steve looked so much more natural like this, in uniform and amongst battle. This was where he belonged.

Whiplash growled and glanced back at Mindblast. The girls ran at the blondes, and the pair braced for the attack.

It never came.

When Steve looked back from behind his shield, the pair was gone. He looked at Thor, who was watching…

Iron Man. He tossed the girls down, knocking them into Bloodlust, who shrieked in shock. He turned, leaving the three of them, caught off guard and slightly confused, to Hawkeyes and Black Widow, who easily wrapped them up.

"Where is he going?" the Captain asked.

"After Knockout." Thor grabbed Steve and used Mjilnor to follow the armored billionaire.

They found Iron Man and Knockout on top of a nearby building. Wait, wasn't this where Hulk had been?

What had happened to the big green guy?

"You whore!" Iron Man shouted, grabbing Knockout by her head and slamming her down into the ground. The girl slammed her knees into his stomach, but he got in a repulsor blast before stumbling back. "You disgusting piece of shit, how dare you?!" He ran at her, going and punching her straight in the face. She fell back, and Iron Man followed her, grabbing her and lifting her up before throwing her down again, "I should kill you! Your life is worth nothing compared to what you've taken!"

That was what made Thor and Captain America intervene. The Captain leapt in front of the broken girl, using his shield to stop Iron Mans attacks while Thor grabbed him from behind, pulling him back and away.

"Tony! What are you doing?!" Steve shouted, "We lock up the bad guys, we don't kill them!"

"Let me go!" Iron Man shouted, "I'm going to murder that fucking bitch! She killed Bruce!"

"What?" Thor stared at the billionaire in shock and horror, "You… you cannot be serious."

Tony stopped fighting Thor's grip. To know it was one thing, but to actually say that Bruce was dead… it was something much different. He fell limp in the gods arms and began to sob.

"He's gone… he's gone, he's dead, oh, God, why?!" He pulled his hands from Thor, who had gone still, and ripped off his helmet, taking in fresh air and falling to the ground. The gravel beneath him quickly darkened with his tears and the mere sight of Tony, someone Steve looked up to and admired, falling so low.

"There you are!"

Clint and Natasha had made their way up there.

"Hey… where's the big guy?" Clint asked, "I haven't seen or heard him for a little bit… did he… did he take off?"

Thor shook his head slowly, "I fear… that Doctor Banner has been declared deceased…"

Natasha froze, "What? That's not possible. Hulk doesn't die."

Tony pulled himself into a seated position, "He does when he's not Hulk…"

No one could bring themselves to disturb him. No one wanted to lift him or try to cover him…

He looked broken. Bones were obviously broken from the fall and he looked a bloody mess.

Tony had stripped out of his suit rather violently, as if it was Iron Man's fault that Bruce was dead. And that was how he felt. He should've been watching the big guy. He could have caught Bruce. He could've gotten him to safety.

He ripped off the last part of his gauntlet and threw it as hard as he could in his weakened state. He was a wreck. Tears streamed down his face and his clothes were already wrinkled and dirty. Even the glow of his Arc Reactor seemed dimmer.

Slowly, Tony slunk over to Bruce and fell to his knees. Carefully, he pulled the doctor into his arms and sobbed. No one said anything. Even the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that had shown up were silent.

"I'm sorry…" Tony choked out, "Bruce, I'm so sorry."

Coulson made his way over, putting a comforting hand on Clint's shoulder.

"I should've saved you. I should've been with you. I'm so sorry…"

"Tony!" Phil shouted, "Oh, my God!"

Everyone looked at the agent.

"What?"

"He… he's alive!"


*cries silently in a corner* Why do I always beat up my favorite characters?! Bruce! I'm sorry! Please forgive me, I love you! Hell, I'm going school clothes shopping tomorrow and looking for Tony Stark and Bruce Banner stuff.

OMG, I got the cutest Hulk doll and Hulk/Bruce key chain at Universal last week! I wear the key chain on my belt loop just so that I can walk around looking at it and watch it switch from Bruce to hulk to Bruce to Hulk to Bruce to Hulk!

And this kid I don't like tried being friendly to me and gave me a Captain America bracelet! 8D I was nice to him for a full six hours! I'm so proud of myself! But then we got to little groups and he started back talking me and I snapped like Bruce when someone shoots at him. LOL, the underclassmen started to have to tell me to calm down. 8)

Oops, totally delved into my life right there. Oh, well... what was I talking about before?

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NOOOOO! BRUUUUCE! TT_TT DON'T DIE, BRUCE, I LOVE YOU LIKE TONY LOVES BOOZE!

Please review! 8D