Hey guys, hope you enjoy this next installment! Wow! Only like two more chapters to go in this story!
If you ask nicely I might just post them both today, along with a sneak peak of my next work. A sequel! That's right a sequel to this story already in the works! ;) But you're gonna have to ask me nicely to get it! :P
This chapter and note is dedicated to my minion! I have a minion now. Minions are cool!
"I'm gonna go and try to get some sleep." I announced after two hours of watching Tony work on his suit. I got up off the couch and stretched before walking over to Tony. "Come and join me when you ready. I'll be in the guest room with Peter." I kissed his forehead before heading up the stairs.
I heard him mutter a 'goodnight' halfway up the stairs. Peter was dead asleep when I entered the guest room and slipped into the bed next to him.
I couldn't have been asleep long before the sound of voices echoing through the empty halls awoke me. Slowly, as to not disturb Peter, I slipped out of the bed and tip toed into the hall in the direction of the voices.
"When I ordered the hit on you." Was the first thing I was able to hear clearly as I came closer to the living room. Peaking around the corner I was able to see Obadiah Stane standing over an immobile Tony.
"I worried that I was killing the golden goose." Stane continued to say as he moved a case onto the coffee table. "But, you see, it was just fate that you survived that. You had one last golden egg to give." He said pulling out some weird claw contraption from a small suit case.
"Do you really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you? Your father, he helped give us the atomic bomb. Now, what kind of world would it be today if he was as selfish as you?" He ranted, boy this guy could talk, before pulling out Tony's arc reactor forcibly with the claw. I placed a hand to my mouth to cover my gasp, but Stane was too busy staring at the reactor to care about anything else.
"Oh, it's beautiful. Tony, this is your Ninth Symphony. What a masterpiece. Look at that. This is your legacy." He praised sitting next to Tony as he gazed at the arc reactor throwing his arm around him. Get your creepy paws off of him. I thought angrily as I watched. "A new generation of weapons with this at its heart. Weapons that will help steer the world back on course, put the balance of power in our hands. The right hands." He placed the reactor into his case along with the claw. "I wish you could've seen my prototype. It's not as... Well, not as conservative as yours. Too bad you had to involve Pepper in this. I would have preferred that she lived." With that he left, not even noticing me as I slipped out of my hiding place to run to Tony's side.
"Tony!" I gasped coming to his side. "Oh my gosh!" Taking in his whole condition, he needed his arc reactor right away. "You need a reactor!" I yelped before running down to the workshop.
It only took me a few moments to pull out the old reactor out of its hiding spot and dash back up the stairs.
"Thought this might come in handy someday." I commented as I positioned the reactor back into his chest.
Tony took a deep, gasping breath as he clutched my arms. "Did you know?" He asked hoarsely.
I looked at him in confusion before understanding what he meant. Did I know about that Stane was coming tonight.
"I didn't know when it would happen. Then it was too late. I was going to tell you Tony, I swear but it just never seemed like the right time and I really didn't have any proof…" I ranted desperately
"I would have believed you." He said his voice becoming stronger.
"Not then."
He looked at me as my eyes pleaded with him to believe what I was saying. "Maybe not then, but I do now. Please don't hide anything from me." He pleaded, brown eyes echoing that plead.
"I'm not trying to, but you have to trust that I'll never hide anything from you that isn't necessary. I can't change the big things but I can change the small ones." I tried to make him understand.
He stared at me for a bit before sighing and leaning his forehead against mine. "We need to communicate more."
I chuckled a bit. "That we do." I agreed.
"Tony! Tony!"
We both turned to see Coronal James Rhodes run through the front door in a mad dash.
"Ton… oh." He stopped once he caught view of Tony and I sitting on the couch, practically on top of each other, staring at him. "Pepper told me that there was a problem, with Stane or something." He muttered.
"There was. You missed it." Tony said getting on his feet, a bit unsteady. "I swear you and Pepper and your timing."
I chuckled as I helped him make his way down to the workshop.
"Tony hey, where are you going? You look like you need to go to a hospital." Rhodey cautioned as followed us down the stairs.
"No time, gotta stop Stane." Tony replied moving away from me as we stepped over the glass shards in the doorway.
"We really need to take care of this glass Tony." I commented, he hummed in response as he made his way over to the Iron Man armor. "I'm serious, Peter could come down here, bare feet, not thinking and just run into…"
"Yeah, yeah I hear you. I'll have Butterfingers and Dum-E take care of it." Tony promised as the suit encased him.
"You better." I warned pointing at him. He gave me two thumbs up in response.
"That's the coolest thing I've ever seen." Rhodey breathed as he looked at Tony in his armor.
"Not bad, huh? Let's do it." Tony responded getting into position to blast off through the, yet to fixed, hole in the roof.
"You need me to do anything else?" Rhodey yelled as Tony charged his repulsers.
"Keep the skies clear." Tony responded closing the face plate. "I'll see you later, baby." With that he took off through the roof.
"Damn!" Rhodey whistled as he watched Tony take off.
"I really have to get him to fix that." I commented eyeing the hole.
"Who are you, exactly?" Rhodey asked, turning his attention on me.
"Elynea Brown, Tony's girlfriend." I responded holding my hand out for him to shake.
He took it a little gob-smacked. "Really?"
"Yep." I answered cheerfully. "If you would excuse me, I've got a seven-year-old boy to check on. Dum-E, you heard the boss, start sweeping." I ordered making my way back up the stairs.
Dum-E beeped in response as he went to get the broom.
"What? Oh! Next time, baby." I heard Rhodey mutter as I reached the top of the stairs. He must have seen Tony's first suit, the silver one.
Checking on Peter I found him somehow still sound asleep. He must have been absolutely exhausted to sleep through all that racket. Leaving him to rest I made my way back to the kitchen. This long night would require coffee, a lot of coffee.
As the pot brewed the Coronal came bounding up the stairs.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got to make sure that the Air Force doesn't blow Tony out of the sky. Rein check?" He burst out.
"Of course Coronal Rhodes."
"Call me Rhodey." He insisted.
"Rhodey," He paused on his way to the door. "Go keep our boy safe."
"Will do, ma'am." He saluted before making a break for the door. The sound of screeching tires followed the sound of the door slamming.
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