Disclaimer: We own nothing but Benni, Peaches, and Jack. And Alec.

Okay, sorry about the wait. Again. I'm in the midst of a six-paged paper about why the Boston Massacre brought the American Revolution. And It's not fun. Ash is doing her's on why the Enlightenment brought the American Revolution. I don't care for Dual Credit US History class, it's so boring. All we do is notes...Also, I'm sorry if it says Evan, it is supposed to be Benni. Her original name was Evan, but I felt like changing it. And here is the next chapter!

When Benni woke up, it seemed to be days later. Her eyelids felt heavy, like she had just woken from a deep sleep or a coma. When she finally did open her eyes, it was dark. Light was miniscule, only enough the somewhat see. It was a cave-like room, rough walls and ground. Since her hearing aids were out, she couldn't hear anything.

Pain radiated from her stomach, and her T-shirt was slightly bulging. Benni slowly pulled it up, revealing layers and layers of gauze, reddish liquid leaking through. She could tell it was the dark red pigment of her blood. It spread from her navel upwards, branching out.

Then a hand laid on her thin shoulder. Benni jumped slightly, turning.

It was an older man, one she recognized from his research papers, Ho Yinsen.

"Don't touch that." He said.

Benni just read his lips. "What happened? Where's Tony?"

"You were ambushed, taken here. And Tony?"

"Anthony Stark, I was with him earlier, when we were attacked."

"Oh, yes. He's still unconscious, but should be waking soon. I'm Ho Yinsen, you are?"

"Evangeline Howard, but I go by Benni. And I know who you are, I've read your work, it's fascinating."

Yinsen opened his mouth, but he heard a groan from nearby.

"He's waking." Yinsen said.

Benni slowly got up, following Yinsen to her brother.

Tony was sitting up, glaring at a car battery attached to his chest.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Yinsen commented.

Tony pulled off the bandages over his heart. "What the hell did you do to me?"

"What I did... What I did was 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" Yinsen answered. He held out a jar to Tony. "Here, want to see? I have a souvenir. Take a look. 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."

"What is this?" Tony asked.

"That is an electromagnet, hooked up to a car battery, and it's keeping the shrapnel from entering your heart. [Tony notices the CCTV in the cave]. That's right. Smile. We met once, you know, at a technical conference in Bern."

"I don't remember."

"No, you wouldn't. lf I had been that drunk, I wouldn't have been able to stand, much less give a lecture on integrated circuits.

"Where's Benni?"

"Right here, Tony. I'm fine." Benni said.

"No, she is not. She just had a bullet removed from her stomach. She needs to rest." Yinsen said.

"Where are we?"

Yinsen opened his mouth to answer, but a group of men entered the cave-room.

"Come on, stand up. Stand up! Just do as I do. Come on, put your hands up." Yinsen said.

Tony stood up slowly, doing as Yinsen did, and Benn followed.

"Those are our guns. How did they get our guns?" Tony asked.

"Do you understand me? Do as I do." Yinsen instructed.

The man at the head of the group spoke in a different language, and Yinsen translated.

"He says, 'Welcome, Tony Stark, the most famous mass murderer in the history of America. He is honoured. He wants you to build the missile. The Jericho missile that you demonstrated. This one'."

Almost immediately, Tony answered. "I refuse."

Within seconds, a man grabbed Benni's shirt collar, and dragged her out of the room. Another man shoved the car battery into Tony's arms, and dragged him out as well.

They were taken outside, where the head man grabbed Benni from the one who dragged her out. He shoved her to a bin of water, and immediately stuck her head into it.

He held her under for a moment before pulling her soaked head out, Benni gasping for air. Then he shoved her back in. Benni flailed her thin arms, trying to pull herself out.

Eventually, she was pulled out.

"Fine! I'll do it!" Tony cried, not being able to handle it anymore.

The pair were taken back inside, where Tony hugged his sister tightly. "I'll do it as long as she stays with me.'

Yinsen relayed the message. The head man nodded, agreeing. "She will be of use to you." Yinsen translated his words. "He wants to know what you think." Yinsen gestured to all of the weapons.

"I think you've got a lot of my weapons."

"He says they have everything you need to build the Jericho Missile. He wants you to make the list of materials. He says for you
to start working immediately, and when you're done, he will set you free."

"No, he won't." Tony disagreed.

"No, he won't." Yinsen replied.

"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?" Yinsen asked.

"Why should I do anything? They're going to kill me, you, Benni either way. And if they don't, I'll probably be dead in a week." Tony answered.

"Well, then, this is a very important week for you, isn't it?"

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Eventually, all the weapons were in the cave-room, ready to be used to make the Jericho. Tony and Yinsen worked, while Benni slept. The near-drowning had taken a lot out of her, and both Tony and Yinsen ordered her to sleep.

Benni woke up just as Yinsen put an object, the arc reactor, into her brother's chest. Afterwards, Tony and Yinsen played a game, while Benni watched.

"Good roll, good roll." Yinsen said.

"You still haven't told me where you're from." Tony commented.

"I'm from a small town called Gulmira. It's actually a nice place."

"Got a family?"

"Yes, and I will see them when I leave here. And you, Stark?"

"Benni. She's my sister."

Yinsen looked confused. "You're parents died long ago, no?"

"DNA used years later. Still not sure how it was done."

"You are the man who has everything and almost nothing."For the next few months, the trio worked on the weapons, and Tony's suit that would get them out.

Eventually, it was time. Still not able to hear due to the dead hearing aids, the explosions and gunfire didn't affect her. Yinsen was left behind of his own free will, and Tony and Benni made it out. After awhile in the hot desert, a helicopter picked the pair up, Rhodey among the ones on it.

A/N: Sorry we haven't updated, we've been busy. Both of us have papers due, and a project in English. NOT FUN. But t o help, here is a admitably short chaper, mostly dialogue. More to come soon, after the papers are turned in, and the project is done! And we know, Benni was supposed to use her freaking awesome powers, but we decided to save it for Obie. So, goodbye!

-Jack and Ash