"Go now." May orders as her Tony and Xander run at the wall of the estate Harley had told them to go to.
Placing her foot on the wall May leaps into the air flipping over the wall gracefully while Tony climbs over.
Xander on the other hand struggles, and as the billionaire and the spy land on their feet one after the other he doesn't do so as gracefully as the others, landing on his back and grunting in exhaustion.
"I need to work out more." He groans as Tony pulls him up and the three continue through the estate.
As they make their way through the gardens May raises her hands making the two pause as she signals them to stay quiet.
Running up behind the guard May drops to her knees and swings her arm out taking out the back of the guards knee, as he stumbles she stands and reaches around grasping his gun and twisting it out of his hold before driving her fist into his throat.
Grabbing his shoulder she then flips him over her shoulder tossing him to the ground before punching him in the face one last time.
Hearing another guard come up behind her with a gun aimed at her she throws her hands forward wrapping them around the gun and then yanks him around causing him to lose his balance. Allowing her to twist her wrist sending him twisting through the air before crashing onto his back.
Suddenly a bullet flies right past her causing her to turn her head only to spot the guard who had been about to come up behind her now quivering on the floor in pain.
Frowning she turns her head only to let out a shocked breath as standing their holding a smoking gun is Xander "Thanks."
Xander grins "No problem." He says before turning around and firing another shot at the guard to the side, shooting him in the kneecap.
"Damn boy." Tony whistles before he turns and grabs one of the guards with his gloved hand. The handmade weapon immediately lets out a burst of electricity, causing the guard to been convulsing before collapsing.
Grinning Tony nods at his two companions before they bend down out of sight and he quickly grabs the Christmas tree balls out of his bag.
"You gonna tell us what those do?" Xander asks.
"Let's just say Christmas is gonna be explosive this year." Tony grins before rolling the ball towards the two guards by the large waterfall.
May and Xander wait for some form of explosion to occur but there was nothing, the two of them turn to Tony only to spot him now firing a homemade stapler gun at the two guards.
May shakes her head before grabbing Xander and the two of them follow after Tony as the three of them make their way into the house.
As they walk around the large mansion Xander pulls out the device Selene had given him before he had left, "I can track Buffy's signal now." Xander tells the other two "Whatever magical barrier was keeping her location secret must have stopped the minute we entered this house. She's here. Somewhere."
Tony lets out a sigh of relief before moving over to the man in the suit who was sat on the couch talking to a complaining hooker, moving up behind him he places the electrical glove on the man's head sending enough electricity through him to render him uncounsious.
"I didn't want to be the only one without a stolen gun." Tony says with a small shrug as he picks up the man's gun in his hand.
"Now let's find the Mandarin."
The three keep moving through the house before they find a large bedroom dressed in the most expensive furniture and silk curtains.
"What the hell." Xander mumbles as the three of them keep their guns raised while making their way around the room.
Tony raises his hand before gesturing to the bed where clearly someone was moving under the duvet.
Tony takes a nervous step forward before yanking the bed covers only to reveal two women in underwear now glaring at him in annoyance.
"Okay this is some sick joke right?" Xander asks.
May shakes her head "Something is wrong here."
Suddenly the three jump as the noise of a toilet flushing fills the room, quickly the three hide just as in strolls the Mandarin "I wouldn't go in there for 20 minutes."
The Mandarin chuckles before moving around the bed to the side table "Now, which one of you is Vanessa?" He asks.
One of the brunettes in the bed quickly sits up "That's me."
The Mandarin laughs loudly before grabbing a fortune cookie off the table and tossing it towards her "Ah! Nessie. Did you know that fortune cookies aren't even Chinese?"
Tony and Xander immediately turn to May waiting for confirmation only making the Agent roll her eyes "Seriously?" She asks clearly unamused but their assumptions.
"Enough of this." She mumbles before standing raising her gun towards the Mandarin "They were made by the Americans." She finishes off for the Mandarin, causing him to scream like a girl and quickly hold up his hands in surrender.
The Mandarin clears his throat "Bloody hell, bloody hell."
"Don't move." Tony orders as he moves around May and glares at the terrorist "Where's my daughter?!"
The Mandarin frowns in confusion "What? Look you want something you take it. Although the guns are all fake those Wankers wouldn't trust me with the real ones."
"You're British." Xander says in confusion.
The Mandarin grins "Yep. Blood hell, bugger, knickers...a complete and utter brit here."
Tony shakes his head in annoyance before moving forward holding his gun against the Mandarin's head "I've heard enough. You're not him." Clocking his gun Tony presses the gun against the brit's temple, he was done playing games, he needed to find his daughter and now "Where is he! Where's the Mandarin!"
As the brit stumbles away from Tony in fear May tilts her head as a thought occurs to her. It was all a hoax, the whole time all of it.
The Mandarin was nothing but a distraction.
"He's right here." The brit says as he falls onto one of the leather chairs and looks at Tony desperately "But he's not here. Here's here, but he's not here."
Tony frowns in confusion "What do you mean?"
"It's complicated."
Tony glares at him not liking the explanation "Uncomplicate it."
May sighs before turning the the terrified women who were still laid in bed "Bathroom now!" She yells causing the two girls to scamper out of bed and into the bathroom as May turns back to the two arguing men and Xander.
May then fires her gun at the wall by the Mandarin's head causing everyone to jump and the girls in the bathroom to scream "Explain!"
"My name's Trevor." Trevor tells them all as he sits on the couch staring at them all fearfully "Trevor Slattery."
"What are you?" Tony asks as he steps forward "What are you, a decoy? You're a double, right?"
Trevor frowns "What, you mean like an understudy? No absolutely not."
Xander frowns in shock "How many braincells have you had fried?"
Tony rolls his eyes before raising the gun again only causing Trevor to jump "Don't hurt the face! I'm an actor." He tells them all causing all three of them to freeze.
That had not been what they were expecting.
Tony turns to May and Xander who were as flabbergasted as him, when neither of them said anything he turns back to Trevor "You have one minute to live, fill it with words or I let little ninja kill you."
At his words May crosses her arms only making Trevor gulp and nods his head quickly "It's just a role. The Mandarin, see it's not real."
"Then how are you, you know here?" Xander asks in confusion as he slowly lowers his gun.
"Well, I , um, a little problem with substances. And I ended up doing things, no two ways about it, in the street, that a man shouldn't do."
Xander groans "I really wish I didn't have ears right now."
"That can be arranged." May tells him simply as she moves closer towards Trevor making the man quiver in fear "I um, then, they approached me about the role, and they knew about the drugs."
Tony frowns in confusion, non of this was making any sense "What, they said they'd get you off them?"
"They said they'd give me more." Trevor says with a grin "They gave me things. They gave me this palace. They have me plastic surgery. They gave me things."
"Plastic surgery?" Xander asks in a frown only causing May to lower her gun and tuck it into her holster "There was an underground ring in the 90's, level 10, rumour had it the leader was called The Mandarin, it's why Fury was so interested in this case. My guess, whoever is actually in charge wants a symbol people will fear but not one that will take control."
Trevor nods at that "Yep. The boss said the original didn't like women." He mumbles before he basically passes out right then and there.
All three of them stare at the actor in shock "Is he?" Xander starts only for May to finish "He's asleep."
Tony kicks Trevor's leg trying to wake him "Did you just nod off?"
Tony groans before kicking him again causing Trevor to shoot up in his seat "No, and a lovely speedboat. And the thing was, he needed someone to take credit for some accidental explosions."
As he begins mimicking explosions Tony clenches his jaw "He? Killian?
"Killian?"
"He created you."
May sighs shaking her head in disbelief "Custom-made terror threat."
"Yes, yes!" Trevor exclaims "They're own personal think tank!"
"They?" Xander asks in confusion this guy was making less and less sense "You said he."
"Yes! Two he's."
Tony's eyes widen at that "Killian's working with someone?"
"Two someone's. Actually many many someones. Guys in big suits. Really scary, they came up with the pathology of a serial killer. The manipulation of Western Iconography." Trevor chuckles before taking a deep breath "Ready for another lesson?" he whispers out in his Mandarin accent before shrugging it off "Blah blah blah."
Standing Trevor moves over to the mini fridge and pulls out several bottles of beer offering them around only getting no's from everyone.
Tony rubs a hand over his jaw as he sits down and tries to process all of this, trying to figure out what the hell was going on.
Trevor shrugs "Of course with my performance that brought the Mandarin to life. Oh the misses she was very smart came up with ides. Ways to scare people."
"The misses?" May asks in confusion.
Trevor nods before looking around the room in fear "Yeah. She scary. Can kill me from anywhere on earth. She scares them all, they bow at her feet."
"Who?" Xander asks.
"Killian. Marcus, the man in suits."
"Marcus." Tony mumbles not listening as Trevor continues to talk about the costumes and the green screen and movie magic.
At his words, Tony finds himself fed up and he stands turning on the Brit "I have a best friend in a coma who may not wake up, and a daughter who is currently being tortured by your boss. So you're still going down pal."
Trevor frowns at his words "Daughter, daughter...the blonde!"
At his words all of them freeze, hope finally returning to Tony "Yes! Yes, the blonde, she's hurt."
Trevor chuckles "No, no...that's all make-up, she's gonna be part of the act. All American girl threatened!" He says with a laugh but before another word could escape him Tony pushes him up against the wall, a hand around his throat "Where is she!"
"I, um, they, they keep her somewhere. I hear her rehearse, screaming."
Suddenly the lights in the room flicker before an echoing scream fills the room, Trevor grins "Just like that."
Trevor smiles at Tony only for slowly his smile to fall just as May suddenly goes flying across the room followed by Xander.
Tony gasps before spinning around raising his gun only to have a fist connect with his face
Buffy screams in agony again as the guard spins the controls all the way to top voltage, keeping it there for a good few minutes.
"Leave her be." A female voice says before suddenly the electrical flow comes to a stop.
As the guard leaves the room Buffy groans, her body going limp slightly before she looks over at the brunette woman in front of her.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Maya." Maya answers simply as she adjusts the needle in Buffy's arm stopping it from leaking, she then grabs a small first aid kit from her desk and walks towards the blonde, who glares down at.
"Don't touch me."
Maya sighs "Buffy if I don't dress that the infection is gonna spread, even you're susceptible to infection and natural causes."
Buffy clenches her jaw before nodding allowing the brunette to pour alcohol on the wound "Impressive, how you put the bone back yourself."
"Wasn't too fun." Buffy mumbles winces slightly as Maya wraps a bandage around the oozing leg.
"I'm sorry about all of this."
Buffy lets out a humourless laugh only making Maya sigh "You've grown so much."
At her words Buffy tenses "Excuse me."
Maya smiles kindly at the young woman "I saw you with your father, when you were a kid, it was New Years Eve, Switzerland. You couldn't have been older 10, and you were confused as to why you weren't allowed to be seen."
Buffy clenches her jaw before pulling violently at her restraints "Don't speak to me about my father."
"Buffy."
Buffy growls at the woman before pulling at the binds again causing Maya to gasp and quickly back away.
As Maya makes her way over to her work station Buffy goes limp again relaxing her body, she could feel herself losing more and more blood. God knows how long she would last now, they had taken at least two or three bags of her blood now, so it wouldn't be long.
Pepper groans in agony as she finally wakes only to find herself strapped to an upright bed. As panic settles in she begins struggling and calling for help, hoping and praying for someone to come and release her.
"Help!" She screams as she struggles again only to pause as she spots the large tank beside her, frowning in confusion, her eyes trail the pipes coming out of it only to realise where they were leading.
It was hooked up to her.
They were experimenting on her.
"Ah I see you're awake." Killian says happily as he strolls over to the red head and smiles at her "How you doing sleeping beauty?"
At his question she glares at him causing him to sigh "I know it's not ideal but it could be worse."
Pepper scoffs only for Killian to shrug, slowly he reaches over and grabs onto the table, wheeling it over.
On the table was a computer, quickly typing into the computer he turns it towards Pepper "You better be a good girl."
Switching on the camera footage Pepper's eyes widen as she spots a bloodied screaming Buffy being tortured on the screen.
"Where is she?!" Pepper screams as she pulls at her restraints only for Killian to cup her cheek sweetly, almost taunting her "For now she's alive. That's all you need to now. So as some motivation for you to remain on your best behaviour I'm gonna leave this here with you. If you're good. I'll let you say goodbye to your surrogate daughter, before we drain her."