Did anyone catch the Captain America shield in Iron Man? That was pretty cool. Well here's another update. A huge thanks to all my readers! You all rock!
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Chapter 9: How could this happen to me?
Song title is Untitled by Simple Plan. The lyrics are in italics.
I open my eyes I try to see but,
I'm blinded by the white light.
I can't remember how,
I can't remember why,
I'm lying here tonight.
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't the pain…
"Tony wake up man," Rhodey said desperately.
"C'mon Tony we need you to stay with us," Happy said trying to get Tony to open his eyes.
Tony could hear them. He tried to get his eyes open but he couldn't. He felt too weak to do so. He felt delirious as he tried to remember what had just happened. Was he in school? Was he working? What was going on? Tony racked his mind trying to figure out what the heck was going on. He felt the pain all over his body and he just wished that it were all gone.
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes,
I've got nowhere to run.
The night goes on as I'm fading away.
I'm sick of this life,
I just want to scream,
How could this happen to me?
'What happened?' Tony kept asking himself over and over again in his mind.
And then he remembered Pepper. Almost instantly everything came rushing back to him. He felt like he was getting hit in the head by a train as the past events filled his mind.
Everybody's screaming,
I try to make a sound,
But no one hears me.
I'm slipping off the edge,
I'm hanging by a thread.
I want to start this over again.
So I tried to hold,
Onto a time when,
Nothing mattered.
And I can't,
Erase the things that I've done.
No I can't.
Tony heard everyone around him calling his name, trying to get his attention. He tried so hard to make himself heard but he was slipping in and out of consciousness. He tried to hold onto his rope but he was reaching its end. In his mind he pictured himself dangling at the end of a rope with a huge black hole below him just waiting for him to fall in. He wished so much that he could turn back the clock and go back to where they all used to be; happy and carefree. He wanted to take back all of his mistakes but he knew he couldn't. What's done is done.
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes,
Got nowhere to run,
The night goes on
As I'm fading away.
I'm sick of this life,
I just want to scream,
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
the night goes on
as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
"Hurry and get him into OR1," a doctor shouted to the patient transporters.
Rhodey, Happy, Greg, Matt, Jenny, and Kristine watched helplessly as the doctors wheeled Tony away.
"Is he going to be okay?" Jenny asked staring down the hall.
"I hope so," Rhodey replied.
They all walked into the waiting room and sat down. All they could do now was to wait.
--
Beep. Beep. Beep.
"I've got a trauma case coming in. I'll talk to you later al right Mr. Wayne?" Dr. Reyes asked as he checked his pager.
"Yes of course," Bruce replied.
Bruce had been sitting with Pepper for two hours when Dr. Reyes came in half an hour ago to check on them. He told Bruce that Pepper was doing okay for now.
"Why would someone do this to you?" Bruce asked in a low whisper grabbing Pepper's hand and giving it a squeeze.
"I'm sorry to interrupt Mr. Wayne we need to do a check-up and run some tests on Ms. Potts," a female nurse said in a low voice.
"You can stay hear if you like," the nurse added.
"Um that's alright. You two do your thing. I'm going to go down to the café to grab something to eat," Bruce replied getting up grabbing his jacket.
"Okay; we wont take too long," the nurse said as she escorted Bruce outside.
"He's hot," the other nurse giggled once Bruce was gone.
"Oh yeah,"
--
"What do we got?" Dr. Reyes asked walking into the OR after scrubbing in.
"Forty-three year old male with blunt trauma to the head, separated shoulder, and a open fibula fracture. He also has some third degree burns to the left side of his neck and chest," another doctor replied handing Dr. Reyes the man's charts.
Dr. Reyes nodded as a nurse gloved him.
"Whoa,"
"What is that?"
Dr. Reyes looked up to see what the other doctors, nurses, and interns were so amazed by. He caught a glimpse of a bright white/blue radiating from the operating table and walked over.
"Get out of the way," Dr. Reyes said pushing aside some interns.
He was amazed with what he saw. He looked up to see whom the person was and he was definitely in shock. He wanted to say something but decided not to in case the person lying on his operating table distracted his surgical team.
"Holy bologna, its Tony Stark," one of the interns said in excitement.
Everyone immediately started looking around and whispering.
"Get out; all of you. I just need nurse Betty to monitor him and Dr. Storm to keep him under," Dr. Reyes said looking up at everyone.
No one moved, "NOW!" Dr. Reyes shouted.
--
Happy was getting antsy just waiting around. He stood up to pace and his eyes fell on someone he hadn't seen in years walking down the hall.
"Bruce?" Happy asked as loudly as he could.
The figure stopped and turned around, "Happy?" the figured asked.
Happy started walking towards Bruce as he walked closer to him. Once they got closer Bruce threw his arms around Happy.
"Aw man I haven't seen you in years," Happy said glad to see his old high school friend.
"Who is that?" Jenny asked back inside the waiting room.
Matt and Greg shrugged as they watched as Happy and Bruce talked and laughed for a while.
"That's Bruce Wayne," Kristine said excitedly.
Matt and Greg looked up in disbelief.
"Who?" Jenny asked.
"He's…The Bat Man," Matt and Greg said in awe.
"Who are you here for?" Bruce asked.
"Oh just a friend. You?" Happy asked glancing down at the floor at bit.
"I'm here for Pepper," Bruce replied.
When Happy heard this he looked up in shock.
Okay well yeah. Did anyone notice that Tony and Pepper both have an open fibula fracture? )
