~One week later~

Claire's pov

I awoke in my room with the maid standing over me. "Good morning miss! I have a dress for you and master Raza has given me this bag for you. Would you like any help with changing?" I groaned and rolled over to face away from her.

"Oh I'm sorry miss, but there will be no going back to sleep. Master Raza would be furious if I allowed you to be late again." I sighed remembering the last time I talked the poor woman into letting me sleep in. Raza had raised a hand to her and would have hit her if I hadn't stepped in front of her.

Sure I got hit, but I'd rather it be me than this poor woman. I sat up and yawned before greeting her. "Good morning Mary, how are you today?" she places a small dark blue dress with long sleeves onto the bed beside me. "I am doing lovely madam and you?" I shuffle out of the dress I was in and slipped the new one over my head. Mary turned me around and tied the back of my dress.

Next she sat me down on the bed and pulled out a hair brush. Mary braided my hair as we made small talk as per our morning routine. Once done she walks with me to the door before walking off leaving me with Nadeem a.k.a my guard who makes sure I go where I'm supposed to and not where I'm not allowed to go. Nadeem and I walk off to the dining area where Raza was waiting with a smile.

"Ah there you are, might I say that blue looks wonderful on you." Raza greats opening his arms for me. I fake a smile at the compliment and walk up to him for the hug. Over this past week dad and Yinsen have been talking about Raza and how he treats them without me there.

I knew from the start that he was the leader of the guys who kidnapped us and when I told dad that Raza was being nice to me he made me promise to play nice.

This means that I have to befriend the terrorist. Sure he was being nice, but it was probably just to keep dad working. Either way I was pretending to be naïve in front of Raza as dad told me and as Yinsen suggested.

'Follow what you're told, don't argue, don't talk back. Be nice and smile when around him. Let him think he's playing you and you'll have the upper hand.' I let go of the hug and Raza guided me over to the table.

"So Claire. Today instead of going to hang out with your father I want you to go with Nadeem. He has orders as to what you will be doing so don't worry about a thing." I looked up surprised. "But I thought I had free reign of where I go. Please don't make me go with him." I say making a pouty lip.

Sure I was being whinny, but I don't want to go off with some terrorist I don't know. I'd much rather be with a terrorist I know... as weird as that sounds. Raza sighed and stood walking over to me. Before I could even think, his hand swiped across my face making a loud smack sound ring through the cave. Slowly I looked over at him with shock.

Raza had never hit me purposely. "I'm sorry... I don't know what came over me. Anyways you will do as I say. No arguing." I stared at him for a second before my look of shock changed to an angry glare. "Don't do that again." I growled lowly.

This shocked not only Raza, but myself. Why the heck did I just growl?! I saw movement from the corner of my eye and threw my hand up just in time to catch Raza's arm. He went to hit me again... Slowly I stood up with my grip still tight on his wrist.

I turned the wrist around making him spin to face away from me before I pushed him to the ground. Just as I was about to stomp on him, I felt a cold metal against my head and froze letting him go. Raza stood dusting himself off with a smirk.

"Well my dear, I'm impressed." I spat at him in anger and kicked behind me. There was a grunt and the gun was removed from my head as I spun, I kicked the person in the face sending them flying. I looked and saw Mary on the floor with a gun in hand and blood pouring from the side of her head.

My eyes widened staring down at her when a pair of arms reached around me putting and holding a gun in my hands. I stood frozen. The person placed my finger on the trigger and pointed the gun down at Mary.

She looked back at me with a small smile. "Pull the trigger Claire." A tear fell from my eyes and I could feel the tingle in my head and hands that I was getting used to. Looking around things sure enough were floating in the air and I saw Raza was the one holding the gun at Mary though me.

"No... no I won't do it. No!" I shout trying to get out of Raza's grip on me, but to no avail. "You made your decision Claire. Now pay the price. You will learn not to defy me." Raza whispered into my ear. I shook my head repeatedly, but no matter what I did I couldn't break from the hold on the gun. "Pull the trigger." Raza whispered again.

I was now full on crying and shaking with fear. "Please Raza, don't do this." I cried. He just tightened my finger on the trigger. Next thing I know a load bang rings throughout the room. Mary fell to the floor blood coming from a hole in her head and from the corner of her mouth. The hold on me stopped and I fell to the ground sobbing.

I killed her. I killed Mary. No. they killed her. He killed her. Suddenly an alarm began blaring and a voice rang through the guards radios. "Mr. Stark and Yinsen have a suit of armor and are escaping. I have men down everywhere!" I was lifted and thrown over someone's shoulder as I let them take me. I was in shock.

They made me kill her. She's dead by my hands. I was thrown down and left alone. Looking around me I was in a cell somewhere with some supply crate lying about. "We got Yinsen. He's down!" a voice shouted from somewhere. Looking around a bit better I saw a radio. Picking it up I brought it to my mouth pressing the talk button.

"1-2 Claire is coming for you." I whispered.

I stood up and felt a burning in my eye. Mary is dead, Yinsen is dead. Without noticing I approached the bars of the cage and ripped them open effortlessly bringing the device that had now gone silent back up to my mouth.

"3-4 I'm through the door." I whisper.

I had no control over myself it seemed. I went walking through caves sending things flying around me and cracking the cave walls with every pounding breath.

"5-6 you shouldn't have done it."

I come across armed men shooting at something. Without stopping I raise my hand and swipe it side to side and instead of the sound of guns there were loud snaps. As I walked past, each man fell to the ground dead, but it didn't seem to faze me. The only words in my head was 'their dead, Yinsen is dead. Mary is dead.' I raised the devise again.

"7-8 I'll make you pay."

I left the caves and made it into the sun light to see dad's suit setting boxes of our weapons on fire to destroy them. Then I saw him. Raza.

"9-10 this is your end."

I approached him as he paid attention to my dad's form, missile launcher in hand. I tap his shoulder and he spins in surprise, but quickly gets ready to fight. Without hesitation I bring my tingling hand up and close it in a fist. His neck started to contort visibly and his breathing became ragged and choked.

"You killed Mary. You killed Yinsen. You tried to kill my father. You killed American men. You are nothing, but a monster. You deserve to die in the worst way possible you filth." I lifted my arm and he lifted off the ground kicking his feet about.

"You used me as a lab rat, you kidnapped and threatened my father and I. Yet you seem to fail to see the monster that you have created." I saw dad fly off in the suit with explosions going off around us. "You're going to kill us both!" Raza choked out, but I just laughed.

"That's the plan." With that our bodies were enveloped with burning flames. I let go of Raza and walked through the flames with a small smile on my lips. "Claire!" I walked out of the flames untouched and kept walking until I found where the shout had come from. There dad laid collapsed in metal debris and sand from what looked to be a rough landing.

"I'm here dad." I whispered. Suddenly the tingling stopped and I fell face first into the sand unconscious.