Hope you enjoy this chapter! Please leave reviews! I'm slightly worried that everyone is slightly out of character but I've tried my best to keep it realistic and I've tried to make sure everyone says stuff each time. Anyway, Enjoy!
The scene cuts to Tony wrapping a scarf around him and walking towards a bar.
'Of course you're going to a bar.' Rhodey said with a smile.
'I'm offended that you would think that about me. First of all, I didn't have any money. Secondly, I was going to talk to Mrs Davies.' Tony replied.
'I apologise, I clearly underestimated you.' Rhodey said, sarcastically.
'Uh...Sorry.' Tony says as he knocks into a woman. He then notices that she's dropped something and he picks it up to give it back to her.
Rhodey smiled. Tony could be quite the gentleman when he wanted to be.
'Lady? Is this, uh...' he calls and he hands it to her.
'Thank you.' She replies as she takes it back.
'Why don't you ever show this kinda chivalry to me?' Natasha questioned, with a grin.
'Because you don't need my help. To be fair she didn't either, but I didn't know that at the time.' Tony replied.
'Nice haircut. It suits you.' Tony says.
'Nice watch.' She replies.
Rhodey suppressed a laugh.
'Yeah. A limited edition.' He answers.
'So what? You like it now?' Rhodey teased.
'Shut up.' Tony replied.
'Oh, I don't doubt it.' She replies 'Well, have a good evening.'
'She seems strange.' T'Challa commented.
'She was.' Tony replied, with a small smile.
Tony walks into the bar.
'Excuse me.' Tony says as he passes through a crowd of people.
'Since when were you so polite?' Clint said, with a grin.
'You know me. I'm always polite.' Tony replied with a smile.
'Mrs Davis?' Tony asks as he sees a woman drinking alone, 'Mind if I join you?'
'Well that's an amazing pick up line.' Sam commented, making Tony roll his eyes.
'Free country.' She replies.
'Sure is.' Tony answers.
'All right. Where would you like to start?' She questions.
'Why is she not asking who you are?' Thor questioned.
'You'll see.' Tony replied.
'I just want to say, I'm sorry about your loss. I want to know what you think happened.' Tony queries.
'Look, I brought your damn file. You take it, go. Whatever was in here, he wanted no part of it.' She says, passing him a file.
'So she was waiting for someone? Did they ever show up?' Steve asked.
'They sure did.' Tony replied.
'Clearly, you're waiting for someone else. Huh? Supposed to meet someone here?' Tony asks as he flicks through the file.
'Yeah.' She confirms.
'Mrs Davis, your son didn't kill himself. I guarantee you, he didn't kill anyone. Someone used him.' Tony tells her.
'I don't understand. How could someone use him?' Sam questioned.
'I think that he was given whatever drug it was that guy was given earlier that made him lose control. Someone is doing it on purpose.' Banner said.
'That's right. Except that it's only when people lose control that they blow up. They sign up for the trial and when it goes wrong the Mandarin takes the blame.' Tony explained.
'What?' She asks.
'As a weapon.' Tony continues.
'You're not the person that called me after all, are you?' She realises.
'So you're not as lucky as you seem to be.' Stephen commented.
'Definitely not. I'm actually extremely unlucky. The lucky breaks are few and far between.' Tony replied.
'Actually, I am.' As the woman from earlier, Brandt, puts her hand on the table.
'That's not good.' Thor commented.
Suddenly she grabs Tony's arm and twists it, forcing him face down against the table.
Rhodey flinched, having had that done to him in the past.
'Hey, hey, hey! What's all this about? What the hell is going on here?' A sheriff sitting at a nearby table asks.
'Why did he have to get involved?' Tony mumbled to himself as he remembered what happened. Steve overheard and frowned as he saw the guilty look on Tony's face.
'It's called an arrest.' She says as she handcuffs Tony and throws him to the floor, 'Sheriff, is it?' She asks.
'Yes, ma'am, it is. And you are?' He replies.
Tony sighed, remembering what had happened. Another death to feel guilty about. If he hadn't been there, that guy would still be alive. He didn't even know his name. Rhodey looked at Tony and realised from how guilty he was looking that the guy probably died and that Tony was blaming himself for it. He sighed, knowing that Tony was too stubborn to allow him to change his mind.
'Homeland Security. We good here?' She answers as she holds up a badge.
'No, we're not "good." I need a little more information than that.' He comments.
'This not going to end well.' Vision commented, looking at Tony's face. Tony sighed.
'Well, I think it's a little above your pay grade, Sheriff.' She mocks.
'Yeah? Well, why don't you get on the horn to Nashville and, uh, upgrade me?' He responds. As he says this, Tony nods to Mrs Davis and she slides the file across the floor so that it's out the way.
'Smart, that way you can find it later.' Vision commented.
'Why the tone of surprise? I can be smart.' Tony protested.
'Oh I know that. It's just not something I would have thought of.' Vision replied.
'All right. You know what? I was hoping to do this the smart way, but, uh, the fun way is always good.' She replies and her hand begins to glow around a metal object.
Tony frowned, trying to figure out what it was.
'Deputy, get this woman out of...' the sheriff orders but Brandt holds the metal thing to his face, making him yell. She then pulls him close and grabs his gun from his pocket and shoots him twice. Tony gets up and runs outside.
'Poor guy. He hadn't even done anything!' Scott protested.
'No. He hadn't.' Tony said sombrely.
'Hey, hot wings, you want to party? Come on, you and me, let's go.' Tony taunts as he turns to face the doorway he'd just come out of. As he turns away he sees Savin getting out of a nearby car with a hot drink.
'How did they know you were there?' Thor questioned.
'They were looking for that file and happened to come across me, I suppose.' Tony replied.
He throws it away and comes towards him. He pulls out a gun and shoots at him twice. However, he misses as Harley throws a snowball at him and then hides behind a lamppost.
'What was he doing there?' Bruce asked.
'He must have followed me.' Tony said, sighing.
'Crazy, huh?' Tony comments to a man hiding nearby as he takes cover behind a car.
'Yep.' He agrees.
'Definitely.' Rhodey agreed.
'Watch this.' Tony responds. He then runs and jumps through the window of a nearby building.
'Always a showoff.' Banner commented with a grin.
'Whatever.' Tony replied.
Meanwhile, Brandt walks towards him and a guy comes up behind her with a gun but she hears him load it and she turns around and rips it out his hand and she turns it on Tony who runs and slides behind a counter before she shoots.
'That was close!' Thor commented, letting out a huge breath as it was made clear that she had missed.
'I've had closer.' Tony said, as he shrugged.
She walks forward and takes off her jacket. Tony crouches with his back against the counter and he turns to see Brandt there.
'Woman almost gave me a heart attack, jumping me like that.' Tony mumbled.
'To be fair. You're doing well without your suit.' Clint commented.
She grabs him and pins him against the wall. She punches him and slams him against the table by grabbing his handcuffs. He rolls to a stand but she pins him against the wall again. She grins and grabs his face with her hands as they begin to glow.
Steve frowned and glanced at Tony, wondering how he'd gotten out of it.
Tony swings around and jumps over the counter and hooks his handcuffs around her head. Her neck begins to glow and the heat melts the handcuffs, freeing Tony's hands.
'Now that was clever. How you managed to keep going this far without your suit was impressive, let alone having your hands tied as well.' Natasha commented.
'Wow, a non sarcastic compliment. I am honoured.' Tony commented.
'Don't worry. It won't happen again.' Natasha replied, sarcastically.
Tony yells as he drops the glowing handcuffs. He then kicks over a bottle of oil and Brandt kicks the handcuffs into it, setting it on fire and blocking her off.
Tony smirked at the impressed looks on the others' faces.
However, she appears to be able to walk through it. Tony goes into the kitchen and sets the microwave.
'You walked right into this one. I've dated hotter chicks than you.' Tony mocks.
'Literally.' Tony said with a smirk.
'Even in the middle of a fight. You still have time to come up with one liners.' Sam said, with a smile.
'Yep. That's me. The one liner king.' Tony replied.
Brandt finally gets through the fire and opens the door, falling on her knees.
'That's all you got?' She replies, 'A cheap trick and a cheesy one-liner?'
'Obviously.' Steve said, with a smile.
Tony unplugs a gas cylinder.
Scott smiled.
'Clever.' He commented.
'Sweetheart, that could be the name of my autobiography.' Tony replies and he runs away.
The others all chuckled at that.
'It sorta works.' Rhodey commented.
It is revealed that there are two metal tags in the microwave. That and the gas then cause an explosion.
'That's quite an explosion.' Steve commented.
'You do remember how I used to make bombs for a living right?' Tony reminded him.
Tony, having sheltered behind a fridge door, comes out stumbling. Tony looks up and sees Brandt hung over an electric line, clearly dead. He then notices a water tower leaning slightly nearby. It is revealed that Savin is using his powers to melt the support column.
'That's not good.' Stephen commented.
Tony runs as it falls over but he gets caught behind a metal fence. The water tower falls and Tony's leg is caught underneath the rubble. He attempts to lift it but fails.
'Let me go!' Harley's voice distracts him and he sees Savin coming towards him with Harley slung over his back.
'Now that's just low.' Steve said, angry at the thought of him using a kid as a shield.
'I shouldn't have gotten him involved.' Tony muttered.
Tony frantically tries to free himself.
Steve looked at Tony, realising that he had underestimated how much he cared. He cared a lot more than he let on.
'Help me!' Savin says, mockingly, and he puts Harley down and sits him on his knee, 'Anyway- Hey, kid, what would you like for Christmas?'
'Mr Stark, I am so sorry.' Harley says.
'Kid didn't need to apologise.' Tony muttered.
'No,no,no. I think he was trying to say, "I want my goddamn file."' Savin says.
'It's not your fault, kid. Remember what I told you about bullies?' Tony asks.
'The device you gave him.' T'Challa realised. Tony smirked.
Harley suddenly remembers the device Tony gave him earlier. He twists away and activates it. A blinding light is set off, forcing Savin to drop him and Harley runs away.
Everyone relaxed, knowing that no harm had come to the kid.
'You like that, Westworld? That's the thing about smart guys, we always cover our ass.' Tony says as he activates a flight stabiliser and shoots Savin.
'Cut the wire, right Tony?' Steve questioned with a smile.
'Damn right.' Tony replied.
'Ah!' Tony yells as it melts and falls off.