He was cold and still, not lifeless, just in cryostasis. I had soldered the doors so no one could get in. I called Benji.
"Mattie!? Why are you calling me?"
"They put Francis on ice, what do I do?"
"I have no idea." He was freaking out; I heard voices in the background and people scrambling around. The ceiling caved in and I put a shield around Francis and I. A suit of red and Gold armor stood in front of me, leaving a jagged hole in the ceiling.
"Mattie? You've certainly grown."
"Tony? I need your help." He slid up the mask on his suit and I scanned his mind to double check his identity, it was really him.
"Of course, that's why I came here, but I thought I'd get to save me friends, too. But you just had to take over that job." He went over to the control panel and plugged in a hacking device.
"Is he dead?"
"No, just comatose. He should be up in three… two…"
Francis bolted up and screamed. He held onto his head and started breathing irractivaley.
"Francis? Are you okay?" He looked at me with this horribly blank look in his eyes.
I scanned his brain. It was the same, except he had no memory of me, or our children. Most of his memories were intact, just smoothed over where I used to be.
"S.H.E.I.L.D. did this." The wall started to turn gold and then red, they were going to melt through the wall. I grabbed Francis's arm and Tony and I flew out of the hellicarrier.
We landed with the other and then I thought maybe Francis's memory had just taken some time to come back. I hugged him and then I kissed him with a fiery passion left over from the Phoenix power.
I pulled away and searched his eyes, I heard Hawkeye laugh and say, "Just like teenagers." But Francis backed away from me and muttered the worst question in the world, it just near broke me heart.
"Do I know you?"
