Tony wakes up with a gasp as he tries to remember what happened, he remembered the explosion then the men in the van getting shot at. Then all he had was flashes to a group of men standing over him, as they pulled out scraps of metal from his chest. Tony gasped again in pain then pulled the oxygen tube from his nose. He turns his head to see a cup of water and tries to reach for it but knocks it too the ground. It's only then he notices the man in the corner, looking at himself in the mirror. Tony reaches for the bottle of water on the table but can't move "I wouldn't do that if I were you." The man tells Tony.
Tony turns on the bed to try and see what is keeping him from moving, when he does he sees wires connected to a large battery. Tony pulls on the wires and follows them only to groan in pain when he realises the wires are connected to the metal object inside his chest.

A little while later, Tony is sat on the bed while the man is sat by the fire making the food. "What the hell did you do to me?"
The man looks over at Tony "What I did?" He chuckles slightly "What I did is to save your life. I removed all the shrapnel I could, but there's a lot left, and it's headed into your atrial septum. Here, want to see?" the man stands, picking up a small jar full of shrapnel "I have a souvenir. Take a look." He tosses the jar at Tony who lifts it up to inspect the contents while the man continues "I've seen many wounds like that in my village. We call them the walking dead because it takes about a week for the barbs to reach the vital organs."
Tony frowns at the man "What is this?" He asks gesturing to the large circular piece of metal in the middle of his chest.
"That is an electromagnet, hooked up to a car battery, and it's keeping the shrapnel from entering your heart." Tony sighs then zips up his jumper and looks around the room, spotting the cameras in the corners of the room. The man notices Tony looking at the camera and smiles "That's right. Smile. We met once, you know at a technical conference in Bern."
"I don't remember."
"No, you wouldn't. If I had been that drunk, I wouldn't have been able to stand, much less give a lecture on integrated circuits."
Tony ignores the comment "Where are we?" Before the man can answer a small hole in the door opens and one of the guards starts to yell. "Come on, stand up. Stand up!" The man tells Tony as he rushes over to him before the guards come in. Tony stands as the man pulls him up "Just do as I do. Come on, put your hands up." Tony copies the man, raising his hands above his head, as three guards walk in carrying large guns which are aimed at the two of them. Tony looks at the guns carefully "Those are my guns. How did they get my guns?"
The man leans closer to Tony and speaks with an urgent turn "Do you understand me? Do as I do."
One of the guards starts to speak to Tony in Arabic. "He says, "Welcome, Tony Stark, the most famous mass murderer in the history of America." He is honoured." The man next to Tony translates the guards words for the billionaire. The guard continues to speak "He wants you to build the missile. The Jericho missile that you demonstrated." The guard hands the man a photo "This one." He says showing the photo to Tony. Tony looks at the photo then back at the leader and glares at him "I refuse."

A second later Tony is having his head forced underwater by one of the guards. They pull his head back up for a second before shoving him back under the water. As Tony struggles he swears he can hear Buffy and Peppers' voices calling for him. When the men pull him back up they make him stand and put a bag over his head and drag him somewhere. When the bag is removed Tony is blinded by the light for a moment, before he looks around at the site where the men had brought him. He walks around and sees hundred of weapons with Stark Industries written on the boxes.
Tony stops in front of the guard and the man "He wants to know what you think." The translator tells him.
Tony looks at the guard "I think you go a lot of my weapons."
The guard circles Tony as he speaks, when he finished Tony looks at the translator who explains "He says they have everything you need to build the Jericho missile. He wants you to make a list of materials." The translator listens to the guard for a moment before turning back to Tony "He says for you to start working immediately, and when you're done, he will set you free."
The leader guard at Tony and holds his hand out, Tony takes the man's hand and shakes it "No, he won't" Tony says to the translator as he smiles at the leader.
"No, he won't." The Translator agrees.


Malibu, California

Buffy is in the gym with Happy training, with Happy dressed in lots of protective gear. It was still necessary, even though Buffy was holding back majority of her strength. Ever since Tony went missing Buffy started to train a lot more. It helped her get her mind off the thoughts that seemed to keep popping into her head. Buffy sent a kick to Happy's chest knocking him to the ground. Happy groans in pain as Buffy helps him stand "Sorry." Buffy says as she takes off her gloves and climbs out of the ring.
Buffy grabs her bottle of water and turns to Happy as he climbs out of the ring completely out of breath. Happy watched the small blonde, every time he helped her train he was always shocked by the strength and ability she had. "How are you doing?" Happy asked the blonde, Buffy just shrugged.
Happy gave he a pointed look causing Buffy to sigh "I'm worried. What if they don't find him. Or what if—" Buffy looks up at Happy sadly "I can't lose anyone else." Happy walked over to the girl and hugged her "Listen here Pepper is dealing with the company while Rhodey searches, why don't you go stay with your mum for a few days. Maybe see your friends."
Buffy smiles "That might be a good idea. Thanks Happy." Buffy ran upstairs to go pack a bag.


A cave somewhere in Afghanistan

Tony sits staring at the fire as the translator comes to sit by him "I'm sure they're looking for you, Stark. But they will never find you in these mountains. Look, what you just saw, that is your legacy, Stark. Your life's work, in the hands of those murderers. Is that how you want to go out? Is this the last act of defiance of the great Tony Stark? Or are you going to do something about it?"
Tony doesn't look at him "Why should I do anything? They're going to kill me, you, either way. And if they don't, I'll probably be dead in a week."
"Well, then, this is a very important week for you, isn't it?"
Tony thinks of Buffy. Of all the damage that his life's work will cause her. Then he thinks about the kids he saw, some of them were around her age, maybe even younger. Tony knew he had to do something, and he only had a week to figure out what.

"If this is going to be my work station, I want it well-lit." Tony says as the guards bring in the equipment the next day "I want these up. I need welding gear. I don't care if it's acetylene or propane. I need a soldering station. I need helmets. I'm gonna need goggles. I would like a smelting cup. I need two sets of precision tools." The men continue to bring in the equipment while Tony instructs them.


Sunnydale, California

Buffy drove down the road on her bike, she had finished it right after she got the news that Tony had disappeared and since then she had either worked out or worked on Howard's old car that her and Tony had started working on when she moved in.
Buffy drives around town till she sees Xander, Cordelia, Oz and Willow walking out of the school. Buffy drives right in front of them and stops the bike.
Xander and Oz stare at the motorcycle in front of them and smile "Cool." They both say at the same time. At that moment the group is shocked when the person on the bike climbs off and takes off their helmet. The driver is Buffy.
Buffy shakes her hair and turns to her friends "Hey guys."
Xander and Willow run over to Buffy and wrap their arms around her "Buffster, man we missed you." Xander tells her as him and Willow finally released the blonde slayer.
Willow looks over at Buffy and smiles "Glad to see you Buffy but shouldn't you be in Malibu away from Sunnydale and the council. You just being here is dangerous."
Buffy sighs "I'm only here for a few days, I wanted to see my mom I haven't really spoken to her in a while, plus with my father missing it's slightly weird being in the beach house."
The four look at her sadly "We heard, I'm sorry Buff." Xander says rubbing a hand on her back. Buffy gives her friends a smile before the four of them decided to go grab some lunch.

Later that night after Buffy had diner with her mother, she went out on a Patrol as the new slayer was apparently out of town for a while. She was wandering through the graveyard and somehow she had ended up at Angel's mansion, she stepped inside and looked around the room. Buffy walked around the house when she realises something. The bookshelf should be covered in dust but they were spotless, Buffy stepped closer "What the hell?"
"Buffy." A voice says from behind her.
Buffy spins around only to see Angel she gasped "Wha—how...I killed you." Buffy stuttered out the words.
Angel tries to step towards her but Buffy backs away "No, explain now!"
Angel sighs "They didn't tell you."
Buffy realises, who he means and an angry look crosses her face. "They knew?"
Angel nods, Buffy clenches her fist then heads for the door Angel goes after her "Buffy." Buffy turns only to have Angel standing right in front of her.
The two of them look into each others eyes a few moments pass and the two start to lean in but Buffy's phone rings. "I –I gotta go." Buffy says before running away.

Buffy ends up at the school library not caring about the fact that she's not allowed on school property. She barges into the library where the gang are sat researching, none of them notice her so Buffy takes her knife from her pocket and throws it at wall right beside Giles. The gang all gasp and turn to see a very pissed off Buffy standing at the doorway. "Angel's back and you didn't tell me!" Buffy yells looking at her friends in disbelief. Willow stands trying to explain "Buffy—"
"How could you do this to me?" Buffy says tears in her eyes "You knew, you knew what it did to me killing him. The guilt and the pain and you let me stay like that."
All of them froze when Giles turned to her "Buffy you have to understand. When it comes to Angel, you don't think straight. What would you have done if it wasn't Angel that came back would you have been able to do what was necessary."
Buffy looks up at Giles "You should have told me. What else have you all been keeping from me? How am I supposed to trust you? Any of you!"
Buffy turns and leaves the room ignoring the calls of her friends and heads back to the house.

A few days later Buffy went to see Angel again, against her better judgement, when she walked into the house she found him doing tai chi. The next thing she knew she was doing Tai Chi with him as she raised her arms she felt Angel place his hands on top of her and as the two lower their arms Buffy looks up to Angel who is now standing directly behind her. Right before they kiss Buffy backs away "I gotta go. I told my mum I would help her out at the gallery so I'm meeting her at the house before."
Angel nods then looks at Buffy "What are we doing?"
Buffy turns to him "Training. And almost kissing. Again. Sorry. It's just...old habit. Bad...bad habit...to be broken."
Angel nods as he puts on his shirt "It's hard."
Buffy shakes her head "It's not hard. Cold turkey. That's the key to quitting. Anyway I'm heading back to Malibu the day after tomorrow so..."
The two look at each other for a moment, Buffy sighs "Do you think they make a patch for this."
The two stop when they realise they are moving closer together "You should go." Angel says.
Buffy nods "Yes, I have to go, mom, gallery, stuff." Buffy turns away and walks out of the mansion and heads home.

When Buffy opens the door at home she places her jacket on the side table "Mum. Hey you ready?"
Buffy walks up to the staircase and calls for her mother again but there was no answer, she then turned to see her mother lying down on the couch. Buffy smiles and walks towards her "Hey, mum what are you doing, I thought you wanted to be at the gallery by 2."
When Joyce doesn't respond Buffy walks closer "Mum. Mum. Mummy."