A few hours had passed, Hank, Steve and Natasha were badly beat up. Being the only ones that weren't immortal and couldn't heal themselves VAIN decided they would be the three nearly dead. Tony was getting a strange green almost glowing ring around his open ark reactor cylinder from the car acid. Wolverine was still clawing at the diamond titanium walls to escape, Thor and his hammer had been separated making him weaker,
"Give it up Logan." Hank sighed, "You won't scratch that."
"At least I'm doing something bug boy." Wolverine growled,
"Oh tough talk, why don't you come over here and say that." Hank said growing as big as he could.
"Why don't you smash the roof?"
"I tried it its the same material."
"Well then shut up and sit down!"
"Make me!"
"GUYS!" Natasha yelled, "Grow up and shut up both of you." She looked them in the eyes, they recoiled instantly. "You should be coming up with a plan to get him out of here, not on killing each other." She said inclining her head to Tony. He was aimlessly fiddling with the car batteries settings. Hank sighed and shrunk down.
"I, pardon thine, hast got an idea of escape." Thor said.
"Pointless," Tony said still playing with the battery, "They might panic and start shooting, bring the death toll higher than one, not a good idea."
"And what does thou suggest? Leavist thine here to die?"
"Uh...yeah pretty much." He was still messing with the battery not looking at any of them, his hair blocking out his face. Natasha got suspicious,
"Tony, what are you hiding?"
"What? Nothing." His head remained down. With a smiled, Natasha quickly raced over a held his head up. Tony's eyes were going black, the blue barely visible, the claw mark had a strange purple row of blisters appearing, his skin as cold as ice,
"Oh my gosh Tony. Why didn't you say anything?" She gasped,
"No point." Tony shrugged her off. Hank was getting angry,
"Do you even care? About any of this?"
"Hrm, lets see. You all get out alive, a bit mentally scared but not much. Nope don't care."
"You left out that part about you dying." Hank growled,
"Oh that, yeah don't care."
"Stark, since when did you go emo?" Logan asked sitting next to him.
"I'm not, I just shouldn't be alive anyway so death doesn't really freak me out."
"Shouldn't be alive, Tony what are you talking about?" Natasha asked.
"The plane crash, the assassin, the armour trying to kill me...well succeeding, but that's complicated. I should have died a lot of times, I know what its like, it isn't that bad."
"Tony, your alive doesn't that mean thy should be?" Thor asked, Tony shrugged,
"If I should be I'll walk out with you guys, if not I wont."
"But what about, Pe..." Hank began
"Don't."
"I get it." He smiled, "You're trying to get anything worth living for out of your head so you don't feel guilty about leaving them."
"I said don't."
"Or maybe you just don't care," He was trying to push buttons, "You don't care if Pepper is heartbroken."
"Leave it alone Hank."
"If she grows up completely different to the Pepper you know."
"Don't."
"Maybe Gene will come back."
"Who ah, you're going to far." Steve warned,
"Maybe he'll bring her back. The Pepper you know and love. Then she'll end up with Gene..." Natasha noticed Tony boiling red,
"Hank, stop." She commanded,
"She'll move in with him, marry him."
"Hank." Thor barked,
"She'll forget you ever existed. She'll probably be better off, and when she gets killed for the Mandarin's rings then who cares, huh? Tony Stark clearly didn't because he let that happen. Tony Stark was a failure, Tony Stark..." Tony launched at Hank. Punching him and fighting him. "Now we're getting some emotion aren't we? Stop it Stark, someone might think you care." Tony landed a solid kick in Hank's jaw before Steve pulled him off whilst Thor pulled Hank away, Tony started to yell,
"You can call me a lot of things Pym, and you have. But don't you dare say I don't care about her. You know why I've given up, Hank? Because the green ring around my chest means that the battery acid is only a few days away from consuming the blood stream, if they don't kill me first, I'm dead by the weekend. So yeah I want to stay detached so I'm not wallowing in self pity for the next few days so I can focus on getting you out. Logan hit that part of the wall that i was sitting at." Logan did so, part of the wall crumbled away, leaving a part Logan could easily claw through. "I don't even know why I try, Hank. Your there just to knock me down every time. It's fun to you isn't it." Tony shrugged Steve off, Steve noticed the blood left on his shirt that wasn't his own,
"Tony, your back is still bleeding, let me check it..."
"It isn't blood, it's acid, I'd wipe it off you if I were you." As if on cue Steve noticed his shirt burning away where the 'blood' was.
"Tony." Hank started, but was ignored. "Tony turn around and listen to me."
"If I wast the boy, I'd block thy out also." Thor spat.
"I'm with Hammer-time, you messed up Pym." Natasha said with venom,
"You really did screw up big, bub." Logan said sitting near Tony who just continued playing with the battery acid on the wall. It was damaging diamond titanium alloy, and it was inside him?
"Damn it Tony, I'm sorry. How was I ment to know?"
"You could ask!" Tony snarled, "You sit in that corner just thinking about how were all doomed. Logan has been doing something constructive. Natasha has been looking out for me and Thor. Thor had been trying to see what he can do without his hammer. I've been making an escape route. You don't do anything but wallow in your stupid little mind, thinking of ways to push peoples buttons. I honestly don't know how Janet hasn't killed you with a bug swatter yet."
"Yet?" Hank chuckled,
"You're still alive aren't you?" Tony smiled. Apparently smiling to soon. Ten minutes later he felt an unbearable pain in his chest. He looked and saw the gaping hole bubbling with acid. His breathing became heavy, Thor noticed,
"Tony? Hark art thou alright?" Tony's sight was blury, he couldn't breath. "Tony? Alas, Natasha, something est wrong."
"Tony, Tony what's going on?" He only heard a faint mumbling and saw blurred figures in front on him. The acid bubbled out burning his shirt. He dropped to his knees then fell forward on all fours. "Logan!"
"What Tash? Oh my, Tony." He felt a hand on his shoulder, another wrapping around him to pull him up onto his knees. He grabbed his throat, fire. It was burning. He needed air, something, "He's burning up."
"Logan, there is acid gushing out of his chest his temperature is the least of our problems." Natasha cried,
"What's happening?" Steve asked rushing over,
"Something is not well with young Stark." Thor said with a worried voice.
"Hank, do you know what's happening?" Steve called him over,
"It's what he was talking about, but he said he had days not minutes!" Hank panicked, "The kid is normally pretty good with math." Tony felt his heart pounding, the same feeling he felt in the plane crash. He couldn't think of anyone, anything he'd lose. He had to focus on the pain, that way he wouldn't feel like he was letting him down. He kicked his foot out to show the crumbled wall, they had to know they could escape.
"Tony, Tony look at me." Logan said grabbing his face. He saw blurs, "His eyes are totally black and glazed." Logan panicked.

"So you'll help." Janet smiled,
"No." Gambit snarled. "Deadpool double agent, shocker. Logan choose to go find Stark, it serves him right."
"Gambit," Ben started, "What if Logan gets killed?"
"Impossible."
"Yeah well what about the rest of them?" Ben asked,
"They followed Stark, they knew the risks at being heroes." Jonny now lit up,
"You don't care if they all get killed!"
"No."
"Gambit you ass..." Ben covered his flaming mouth.
"We'll help." Ben said, Jonny nodded. Ark angel led the rest of the X-Men and Xavier over.
"As will we." They made noises of agreement.
"I don't wanna know." Gambit stated, "because I don't care."
"Gambit please." Rogue begged, "Logan could get hurt. Please." He looked at her big sad brown eyes and sighed,
"Just this once." He waved his hand. Rogue hugged him, thankful for her long gloves. Gambit smiled and hugged her back, "Where we heading?"
"Latverian Embassy." The Fantastic four said together.
"Oh course." Gambit laughed. He then felt his hand freeze,
"Keep your cards off my girl." Bobby whispered. Gambit just smiled.

Every part of his body burned. The acid had replaced nearly all of his blood. Tony felt the easy blackness coming, ready to consume him,
"Tony please, hang in there." Steve begged. Tony mentally sighed, he would hold on as long as he could, but the burning hurt so bad.
"It really hurts." He choked out.
"I know it does, bub. Hang on please." Logan said. Thor's ears pricked up.
"There is a disturbance." He stated,
"In the force?" Hank asked sarcastically. Thor stuck his tongue out.
"Ney, there is much shouting. I think invaders may have occured." He listened closely,
"Where's Hank?" He heard being yelled,
"Janet?" He asked, Hank looked at the door. Thor listened again,
"Thor! Logan! Where are you?"
"Storm!" Thor smiled, "Tis our fellow heroes, they found us."
"A couple of hours ago would have been better." Logan snarled, trying to keep Tony away. "There coming, bub, hold on."

"Where are they?" Ben and Hulk said together, holding Deadpool to a wall,
"I'm not telling..." They both punched him, one in the face one in the..."HOLY CRAP! Down the frickin hall, the vault room I swear, Holy..." They dropped him,
"Jan, Storm," Ben called, "This way!" They ran down the hall to meet Hammer and more goons,
"Kill them." Hammer instructed and the goons raced forward. Pepper stood forward, with two guns in her hand. With one shot she took two out, another shot, one down. Knee shot at Hammer and left the rest for the Hulk's to deal with. She grabbed Hammer,
"Where's Tony?"
"I'm not going to tell you anything." He smiled, Pepper raised her gun, shoulder shot,
"Now?"
"Never."
"Kay." Elbow and other knee, "You see where this is doing?" She smiled,
"Yeah, I kinda do." Hammer smiled, then the guns flew out of her hands. "Metal control thanks to doom." The bullets fell from his body. Hulk then punched him knocking him out cold,
"Hulk!" Pepper squealed,
"What? Hammer going hurt Pepper, Hulk smash!" Hulk smiled.
"Can you start tearing down doors?" She asked, he nodded. He and She Hulk ripped off door after door, until they heard yelling from one door,
"Were in here! Hurry please, Stark's hurt!" Hulk ran towards the yelling and pulled the door off.

"Hank!" Janet smiled, then her eyes dropped to where they were all crowded, "Oh lord, Keep Pepper out of here!" She instructed running in. "What happened?"
"The battery acid from the car battery, it took over his blood stream." Hank panicked, "I suggested the battery, this is all my fault."
"No it isn't, they captured him you would have replaced the reactor by now." Janet soothed hugging him tightly. Storm ran in and locked her arms around Thor.
"Are you ok?"
"Aye, I don't have my ham..." Storm smiled and pulled out from behind her back his hammer,
"You uh, left this back at the armory." She smiled. He took it from her and kissed her forehead than ran over to Tony,
"Would lightening help?"
"Would start up the battery, keep the acid pumping." Hank said,
"Is that good?" Thor asked,
"It keeps a heartbeat so yeah, work away."

"Hulk let me in!" Pepper pounded on Hulk's chest.
"Pepper no in." Hulk nodded. She quickly smiled and punched Rick in the face, causing the hulk to jerk forward just enough for her to leap over his back and get in.
"Ha, success. Is Tony awake..." Pepper asked turning around. Her face dropped. "Tony!"
"Easy," She Hulk had grabbed her from behind. The kicking Pepper tried to break free,
"Let me down! Let go of me!" Peter Parker pushed past her.
"You need mesh, netting, web or something like that?" He asked,
"Can you cover the hole in his chest, try to block some of the acid?" Steve asked,
"I'll try."

TONY!, Crap Pepper had got there. Tony couldn't bear the thought of her face seeing him like this. She'll marry Gene. She'll forget about you...because you don't care. Tony shock the thoughts out of his head. His eyes were still open, he felt the lightening, the webbing. They helped but barely. He was aware he hadn't spoke in a while, but just didn't have the energy.
"Tony, you still there?" Reed? What was he doing there?
"Shell-head, wake up come on." Ben? Wait...webbing? Parker? But they had all spilt up. Had they got together just to break the six of them out? He smiled but then suddenly jerked forward, wincing in pain. He screwed his eyes shut. The mumbling voices became louder and more panicked. He could make out his name being called, he could hear someone fall with a thud and someone land and run in his direction,
"Tony! Tony, c'mon don't do this!" Pepper, why did it have to be Pepper? His eyes got heavy, the blurs blending into one color, the yelling drowned out. He could only hear his heart beat, one that was slowing more and more as he drifted into unconsciousness.

Wu-uh oh. That can't be good ;)

For anyone who didn't get the A/N in the last chapter, Pepper Interrupted was the name of episode 18 hence the lol

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