Chapter 10: Free at last

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"YES!" Tony said screaming happily. All those bruises, cuts, and burns were worth every minute. "Free at last!" Tony said. He knew what he had to do. First of all, he needed to tell SHEILD about what had happened. If he got the villains caught, they would finally be put into the jails forever.

The aircraft was set on it's course to go to the Helicarrier. But Tony had an uneasy feeling. "What if they didn't believe me? What if they lock me up for knocking out the three SHIELD agents?" Tony thought to himself. Before he could change his mind, the Helicarrier appeared in front of him. Tony gulped before getting permission to land.

After he walked out of the aircraft, thousands of agents covered the ground with weapons in their hands. Tony clutched the collar in his hands and he stumbled onto the deck. "I want to talk to Nick Fury." Tony said. All the agents looked at each other before stepping aside to make an aisle in the middle. Nick Fury had his hands behind his back as he walked towards the teen.

"Fury, please listen to me." Tony pleaded. Fury showed no expression. Tony continued. "This collar," he gestured to the metal device. "It controlled me. Dr. Fix had put this on my neck after Whitney Stane disguised herself as a doctor while I was asleep in my room! And…" He was cut short by Nick Fury's hand in front of him.

"So is this another excuse?" Agent Fury said. Tony was shocked.

"What? Nick! I swear, the villains that had escaped and got together to get revenge on me! Here I'll prove it!" Tony said walking past the staring agents as he walked into the control room.

Tony started punching in random commands before pulling up a screen that showed him sleeping. "Whitney and Ghost had thought that they had gotten all the cameras in the room, but I specially placed a secret camera in each room. So, see?!" Tony said showing the doctor flickering back into Whitney. Fury saw Tony spazzing and flinching as the injection went into his body.

Nick Fury's eyes went wide as he noticed the villains. "That isn't possible. All the villains are in their cells. All of them are. Look for yourself Stark." Nick said as he lead the confused teen to the jail room.

When they walked in a number of insults rose as all the villains yelled to be let out, or that they were innocent. Tony was shocked. "You've got to be kidding me." He said as he noticed Whitney sitting in the corner with her blonde hair covering her hair. He even noticed Ghost putting up a fist to Tony. "This isn't possible! Nick, but I was stuck having to serve the villains in a warehouse. These guys can't be real!" But suddenly something dawned to Tony. "Or maybe those villains aren't real. Someone was playing me. They were playing us!"

"Something's going on Fury. Did you notice anything different about any of the villains while they were kept here?" Tony said pacing back and forth in the main headquarters on the Helicarrier. Nick was doing the same as he shook his head.

"No. I didn't notice anything. Agent Hill… Did you notice anything?" He said turning to his top agent. Hill shook her head as she resumed looking back at the monitors. Tony yawned and stretched a little.

"Nick, if you don't mind I'll like to go back home. I've had a long day or week or whatever. I just want to go back to the Rhodes house and get some sleep." Fury stared and Tony and his eyes suddenly had a look of pity. He nodded. But before Tony could turn away, Nick stopped him.

"Tony, you should give me that collar. We could analyze it and stuff." Tony shook his head and put his hand up.

"I can do that stuff. You know me and my technology." Tony got a ride back before stumbling back to his 'house'. He knocked on the door before suddenly feeling like knives were stabbing him. When the door had opened he heard someone yell, "MOM!" And he fell into someone's arms.

(TIME ELAPSE)

Tony woke up after feeling a cold cloth being placed on his head. His eyes fluttered open and noticed Roberta dabbing his forehead. "Hey sleepy head." She said smiling down at him. "Rhodey! Get me the bruise cream!" She screamed again down the hallway.

Rhodey walked in a little scared about what he was about to see. "Tony? Hey man, how are you feeling?" Tony smiled weakly at him and nodded his head. But his head throbbed from a bad headache. Roberta lifted Tony's shirt as she gasped.

"How did you get these Tony?" Roberta demanded. Tony sat up slowly and sighed.

"Guys, I didn't go to a special school. It was a villains warehouse." There was a sudden look of shock and terror on the Rhodes's faces. "Dr. Fix controlled me on the Helicarrier and made me work for them. And that's why I wore a tutle- neck Roberta. They put a collar on me, and I wasn't allowed to tell anyone about me working for them or else they would've killed you, and everyone else I knew. I just escaped… Yesterday? So yeah." Tony said looking down. Roberta put a hand on his shoulder before going back to rubbing the cream all over Tony's stomach, chest, neck, back, and his arms.

"Did you tell SHIELD?" Rhodey asked when Roberta left the room. Tony nodded. "Well what did they say?"

"Rhodey, don't you understand? We were played." Rhodey gave a confused look. "The villains that I had to work for were still in the jail room."

"What do you mean?"

"The villains were also in the jail room. Not only in the warehouse, but also in jail."

"You sure?"

"Yes, Rhodey, yes. I went into the cells to see them. It still doesn't make sense though. By the way, can you tell Roberta to send me back to school? I miss Tomorrow Academy." He said smiling. Rhodey smirked and left making a quick phone call.

About an hour later of resting, Tony woke up to a slam. He snapped up and looked at the door. He was crushed by a hug and a kiss. He groaned and moaned and he tried pulling away. "PEPPER! Let me get some air!" Pepper pulled away blushing to herself.

"Where were you?! I was so worried! You weren't at school, and you didn't even pick up your phone!" Tony chuckled.

"Rhodey will fill you in on the details. But until then I'm gonna get some rest and sleep." Pepper watched as Tony tucked himself in. When she noticed that he was asleep she gently stroked his bruises and cuts and burns. Pepper got up and walked out to Rhodey.

"What happened to him?" She asked. Rhodey sighed before telling her everything.

"But that makes no SENSE! I mean how can they be in two places at once?"

"That's what I'm trying to say Pep. Until Tony gets better we have to protect him from anybody. We can't trust anyone! A doctor was Whitney on the Helicarrier! How could anyone fall for that? But anyway, you should get home. Tony is coming to school tomorrow so we can talk about it then…" Pepper nodded and said her goodnights to the Rhodes before walking out the front door.

"No one hurts Tony. Looks like I have some researching to do." She said running back to her apartment.

Okay! Well there is Chapter 10! Please review! And once again… Thanks for the reviews!