Chapter 9: Some Hope
Hooray! Another chapter! Thanks for the reviews! I'm so happy that I have about 24 reviews! I'm so happy, and so…. I'm hoping to put in 2 chapters! Okay… here you go chapter 9!
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It was almost lunchtime, meaning Tony needed to hurry up. Swift scared him more than the whole entire Villains gang. And he couldn't believe why Whitney did all the things she did. But at the moment, Tony's main concern was lunch.
He still had burnt marks as well as some bruises. It was the most painful experience that he had ever had. IT had felt like every muscle and bone in his body was melting. None of the villains gave him time to stop screaming, nor some time to breath, they kept going on, one by one. By now, Tony's voice was raspy and very dry. Dr. Fix had told him that he wouldn't get water after lunch, or food. Speaking of food, Tony was starving. He tried asking the villains but they just hissed at him and went off.
Tony sat in the corner of his bed, hugging his knees in hunger. He wasn't crying or upset, in fact he was devising a plan. Maybe a bottled note? NO. Oh, maybe I can find a way to go into Fix's room and then steal some supplies. But if I get caught, goodbye Tony Stark. I have to get to Pepper and Rhodey, but if these stupid villains find out that I talked about this, I'm a dead man. Seriously, I don't have a lot of options. He sighed and stood up; he tried pacing around the room. There was a knock on the door. Tony tensed up and suddenly had a feeling that it was lunchtime.
"Hello handsome." Tony rolled his eyes and crossed his arms across his chest.
"Get out of here Swift. I don't want you here, I don't want anyone here." Swift took her claws and stroked his arm, he backed away. "I said: GET AWAY!"
"Oh please. The only reason I'm here is because, Dr. Fix called you in for lunch. Boy, you're surely gonna get the best lunch ever." She said with sarcasm. "And the best part is… I'm your escort." Tony paled and nodded waiting to follow the girl to lunch. He decided that the best thing to do was to go home and tell Roberta. He had to; he didn't want to become a fried genius.
"Hello Tony. How are you feeling?" Dr. Fox said in a different room. There was a chair in the center. It was a regular wooden chair with a hand rest. "Please have a seat here."
"There? I… I don't want to." Tony said hesitantly. He eyed the chair and knew it was a trap. He would sit down, and be locked down to it.
"Oh, I know that you should sit in that chair. I hate to see you in pain early." Dr. Fix said with his finger hovering over the button.
"Okay! Okay…" Tony went to the chair and slowly sat down. He closed his eyes waiting for the clamps, but nothing happened. He looked up at Dr. Fix who was smiling.
"You are hungry right? Why don't you have some lunch? Steak? Burgers? Fries? Here have all of it!" Dr. Fix gestured over to a cart full of food. Tony's eyes went wide and he looked back at Fix who hadn't changed his expression. He got up and bolted to the food, hungrily eating anything that he could get his hands on. He had skipped dinner and breakfast, so he was starving.
But by the time he finished his second batch of fries he started to get drowsy. He looked at the food and realized that it was another trap. "Sleeping pills? Why…. How dumb are…" He fell back limply before being lifted off the ground.
Tony woke up and wasn't surprised by the fact that he was strapped down to a lab table. "What's up with people and lab tables?" He shouted. He checked out the room only to let his gaze fall on a huge remote. That must control the collar! He thought. He couldn't believe the fact that he was so close yet so far. The remote was so big and it even had the words, "COLLAR CONTROL."
"Lunchtime!" Rhino said walking up to the teen. He was the only on one in the room. There wasn't anyone else, not even Dr. Fix. He smiled menacingly. If I could convince the dimwit and let him get me out of here, I could quickly access the remote and get this thing off of me! And the best news, the SHIELD aircraft is outside; I could get out of here and tell them what went wrong! This is too perfect.
"What are you laughing at punk? I hope your laughing at… THIS!" Rhino pushed a button which sent Tony in a twitching frenzy. He screamed but he kept his hopes up and didn't show his fear.
"I'm… not laughing at you." Tony said in between gasps. "I was just thinking that if you let me stand up… you could have more fun torturing me. I mean, there isn't anything else I could do! I'm SCARED!" He said with sarcasm. Luckily for Tony Rhino was so stupid that he convinced him.
"You are right. You could be in so much pain that it would be the best revenge antidote ever!" Rhino went to a switch and pushed it. It automatically released the strap around Tony, who stood up and went really close to the Control switch.
"Haha! Yeah. Torture me all you want buddy. I'm just gonna stand here while you work your magic." Tony silently and swiftly reached for the red "RELEASE" button. Rhino was so busy getting ready to torture him that he didn't realize the fact that Tony had already gotten the collar off. In fact, he was already making his way around Rhino.
"I'm glad I did this to a SHIELD agent. Okay well I meant the technique not the agent thing." Tony found the spot instantly and quickly pinched it. Before Rhino could react, he was on the floor out cold. Tony grabbed the collar and slowly went out the door of the room.
Like last tie, all the villains were too busy doing what they had to do, to pay any attention to the fact that Tony was ready to escape. He had crept along the shadows for about 30 minutes until he found a light indicating the exit. Tony sprinted the rest of the way hoping to reach the exit without anyone catching him. But one person did. She was up in the shadows eyeing him carefully. She didn't want to stop him nor tell anyone that he was escaping; she knew that Tony's day would come.
"YES! I'm FREE!" Tony said happily running towards the aircraft. He pulled it off; he was so close to freedom, that he could almost feel it. He didn't even think about the fact that Rhino could wake up and spill the beans about him. He didn't even acknowledge the fact that a spy was right behind him, watching his every move. All he knew was that he was free. Taking one last look around him, Tony boarded SHIELD aircraft and flew off into the sun setting night.
He was finally free.
YAY! Okay. To me I felt that this chapter dragged a little. But at least it's done and hopefully another chapter will come very soon. I have to manage two stories which are giving me major writer's block…. But I will fix that! So as always…. REVIEW!
