Chapter 3: you gotta be kidding me
Tony hears the doors of his room open
Tony: Look, I hate to leave a bad review but…. There's no bed, the company has been unpleasant and not at all friendly. No food or water and I think you should consider changing the theme of this hotel. With that being said, I like to check out of this place… I think I've overstayed long enough. Don't worry about turndown service, I'm good.
" Everything is a joke to you, isn't it Tony," a familiar voice says as footsteps get close to him.
Tony: you sound angry and familiar, not that I'm not used to people turning up and blaming me for stuff. I'm just stating a fact. What did I do?
Tony felt the blindfold being ripped from his eyes
Tony: geez! What the? (Tony stops mid-sentence when he sees who it is)
Are you surprised at this time? Did I catch your attention! Are you impressed!
Tony: no, not really. I'm not impressed with you kidnapping me and I'm sure not impressed by you doing all of this, for what? To reveal that your back from the dead. A phone call would've got my attention.
I don't appreciate the attitude, stark!
Tony: well, I don't appreciate being kidnapped, bound and held against my will. Killian! But it's just like you to do things half-ass and not have it make any logical sense. That! And you copying cartoon supervillain schemes.
Killian: shut up! I don't appreciate being disrespected in my place.
Tony: this is your place, I would consider getting a realtor. I mean what do you hope to accomplish here.
Killian: oh so you wanna know the plan?
Tony: that's why you've gone to all this trouble, that why you got me here, that's why you walked in here. Right?
Killian: you don't know me stark, not as much as you think.
Tony: oh, so you have no plans...yeah, that makes sense. I mean when you take into consideration the extreme measures you went to get me. People would've figured how great you are at extraction and planning. Not that smart, now are you?
Killian: I'm smarter than you'll ever be stark.
Tony: yet you didn't plan beyond this point.
Killian: we did! We've been planning this for years.
Tony: we? You're telling me that you have friends? I don't buy it.
Killian: were an organization, we've been festering for years. I was alive for a long time, pulling this scheme together. Just waiting for the right time.
Tony: you waited this long, for this?
Killian: not just you Tony, we had other jobs to do. We had a lot of tests to run, a lot of people had to die, a lot of buildings were bombed, a lot of viruses were spread.
Tony: that's one of the stupidest things I ever heard, to be honest, it also sounds familiar.
Killian: shut up! I've seriously have had enough of your games and jokes!
Tony: then tell me what you want! So we can get this over with.
Killian: I want to kill you
Tony: if that were true then I would've been dead. So let's stop playing around and just get to the point.
Killian: I want Pepper
Tony: well keep dreaming pal because that's never gonna happen.
Killian: baby steps
Tony: whatever
Killian: back to what I was saying
Tony: yes, let's get back to that.
Killian: well, people don't realize just how much they rely on other people. How much they rely on technology. That's their weakness, it's why this world is on the brink of being destroyed.
Tony: funny, I would say it's people like you that's the reason why people are on the brink of being destroyed. Also, can we please skip the big speech because you haven't noticed…. I haven't slept, ate or drank anything and then there's the bathroom situation. I feel like I'm in a cave all over again, minus the company.
Killian: the world needs a saviour, they don't care who it is or where it comes from ...all they want is someone to save them from despair. Companies have been doing it for years, crafting fake heroes and providing false hope. just so they can pull the rug out from under when the world is really in trouble, they will run to the one person that they should be running from. The person who was responsible for all the problems in the first place.
Tony: sorry but that just sounded cringy and cheesy. I mean who has the patience to wait decades helping people, just so when they need them they can turn them away. Sounds kind of lame.
Killian: we haven't just been waiting around, we've taken action! We've planted small traps but we also have one big plan ...waiting to be uncovered.
Tony: it's all seems overly complicated for no reason.
Killian: I don't know, you all seem to have fallen into the shield's trap. Funny thing is, it wasn't even harder.
Tony: your lying, there are too many good guys.
Killian: what about all of the secrets you've uncovered, you're telling me that nothing is going on.
Tony: I wouldn't know, I haven't found anything.
Killian: what did you find?
Tony: I didn't. What did you find?
Killian: a lot of lies, cover-ups and a big plan on the front burner. You're telling me that a smart man like you didn't know that?
Tony: I'm not saying anything, you are.
Killian: only because you're not leaving here alive.
Tony: with the technology your company uncovered, I won't stay dead for long.
Killian: it's not a pleasant feeling coming back from the dead, your yourself. It does something to your brain.
Tony: I don't know, you seem the same to me. Your still a conveying, arrogant, manipulative jerk.
Killian: yet everything feels so clear, especially with the new plan falling into place. Getting rid of the useless humans and replacing them superhumans but, first, we have to destroy this world so we can build a new one.
Tony: I don't understand why you constantly steal other people's plot but continue.
Killian: Pepper is one of my proudest creations, she was flawless.
Tony: she was before you kidnapped her and injected those toxins in her body.
Killian: they weren't toxins, they were the cure.
Tony: they cure to what?
Killian: the cure to the poisons that people are reduced to every day. You guys don't see it because you've gotten used to it. That's because our company has laced it with stuff that we see every day. They knew that wouldn't notice or ask questions, they just trust it and never think about it again. It's in the smog, it's in the wind, it's in the water, in your clothes, it's everywhere. The shield was a big help with that, they were the reason why we were able to access all of the big company's. Agents just follow blindly without asking any questions, I love a good soldier.
Tony: How did you come across this company?
Killian: they introduced themselves to me, they helped me find you. They asked me to kill you as a way in but they let me in regardless. The leader was a friend of yours, I believe you know him it was Obadiah stane?
Tony: so, you're telling me that you and this organization have spent years trying to destroy the world?
Killian: not destroy...more like rebuild but first we have to knock down a few buildings, so we can create our new world. Of course, some people will have to go but, you don't need to worry about that. Don't worry Tony I will make this quick and…..don't worry about Pepper, she will be well taken care of.
Tony: you son of a-
Machine: interrogation phase: complete
Tony: what the-
Everything around Tony disappears, when everything is wiped away, Tony sees it's just a training room. Once he looks back at Killian, he sees a huge smile on his face.
Tony: what the hell is wrong with you
Killian slowly disappears and is replaced with a blue woman with red hair. What the hell Tony thought to himself. The woman walked up to him slowly and untied his hands.
Woman: congratulations! You passed!
Tony: this was a test! Are you kidding me! This test couldn't have waited until after my anniversary! Today is my anniversary! I had a big day planned for me and my wife and you guys ruined it!
Woman: calm down, calm down…. Your wife is here and she is safe.
Tony: what?!
The woman changes to maria hill
woman:( in maria hill's voice) is well taken care of.
Tony: is she ok?! Is she safe?
woman:(as maria) she's better than ok, she pregnant!
Tony: what( he says as he smiles) are you sure (he smiles with a huge grin on his face)
Woman: (maria) yes! Oh, wait I forgot that she wanted that to be private. sorry( she smiles at him)
She changes back into the blue woman
Woman: Hello, I'm mystique and we need your help.
Tony: you could've just called.
Mystique: no, we couldn't have called. This was important.
Tony: I can't believe all of this was fake, you set all of this up just so you can get my help. I don't know if I should trust or help you.
Mystique: like we told you, the fate of our world depends on your help.
Tony: what else is new.
Mystique: not your world, our world. We live in an alternate universe.
Tony: that still doesn't explain why you did all of this.
Mystique sits down and smiles at tony, directing him to do the same thing. Tony rolls his eyes and sits down. This is the last place that he wanted to be, he couldn't believe that they had taken him away ...for this. They could have chosen anyone but they choose me…. And the way they did it! Really! This was too much and it was obvious he wasn't happy another obvious thing. Why him? Just as Tony thought that a woman walked into the room and the door closed behind him.
Jean grey: that's because you're our only connection to Logan and Professor Xavier.
Tony: I didn't say anything
Jean grey: but you were thinking it
Tony: oh geez. That's an invasion of privacy, by the way, that's not nice to do to people. You might want to reconsider how you communicate with people, that doesn't involve forcing your way into their lives.
Jean: ok, I know you're mad but we had a good reason.
Tony: you try to justify what you did to me but what you did was unnecessary!
Jean: your right but Logan and the professor are the only one who can solve this, your our connection to them.
Tony: I'm not anyone's connection to anything!
Jean: the system proved that you are a 100% match to both.
Tony: I never even met these people
Jean: your relationship to them doesn't matter, your bond on the other hand. Has to do with the power that you possess, it goes beyond your smarts and resources.
Tony: can't tell you how many movies I've heard from. Yours just trying to butter me so I would help you. I don't like you to handle things but I will help you if the world is at stake.
Jean: thank you
Mystique: and we will take care of your wife.
Tony: thank you but next time, please don't involve my wife in your lies.
Jean: we didn't have any choice.
Tony: there were a lot of choices you didn't have to make but you did it anyway. But thinking about it only pisses me off, so let's move past it and let's just get to the mission.
As soon as Tony says that, the door burst open and everyone looked towards the door. Pepper burst through the door and storms towards Tony. Tony is wearing a smug smile as pepper approaches him.
Pepper: honey! Are you ok?
Tony:( hugs her and closes his eyes) now I am
Pepper: what happened? Are you ok?!
Tony: well after you left I was kidnapped by these people because they wanted my help.
Pepper: are you kidding me! Have you ever heard of a phone?
Tony: that's what I said but it's all very important and blah, blah, blah.
Pepper: and now you have to go?
Tony: unfortunately.
Pepper: hurry back home. I love you.
Tony: I love you too. I'll be back soon.
Tony pats Pepper on the shoulder and then kisses her on the head. She faints a smile and then closes her eyes. She didn't want to think about where they were going or what they were going to do. Why did they need Tony? It's not like he would tell her, he never told her because he knew how she got. She tried not to worry because she knew Tony had it under control. But she couldn't help but worry about Tony, she always worried about him...she couldn't stop it.
Tony got on their weird plan and looked around, oh gosh! It was an alternate version of them. A red-headed captain America, a blond black widow and so on…. Tony pulled out the ETA and examined the team's profile, he read up on the guys that they said were like him. He could see a lot of similarities, the attitude, intelligence, the big heart and all of the other similarities. But how did having this connection help them, how were they able to trace this bond? What power? There were so many things that he still didn't know but the questions would have to wait. He had a mission to do and all of his emotions need to process flew out of the window. That's what he always did, it's what all of the heroes did. He shut the thought out oh his mind when he felt the plane land.
Tony: were here already?
Scott: I'm afraid not. We got hit with some unexpected issues.
Tony: issues?
Mystique: we call him magneto
Tony: such a horrible name.
Quicksilver: why? Are you afraid that you might get magnetized?
Everyone looks at quicksilver
Tony: yep. Same!
Quicksilver: what?
Beast: that's such a terrible joke
Scott: quit while you're ahead.
Quicksilver: you guys are buzzkills.
Tony: we have work to do, let's get this over with so I can go back home.
They marched off of the plane, surveying the place but he was nowhere in sight. All of this was for nothing, he could've been with Pepper right now. Tony sulked as he looked around and saw that the plane had crashed and, the person responsible was nowhere in sight. He examined the ship and tried to figure out how he could fix it when all of a sudden...he returned.
Magneto: well if it isn't my best friend incarnate.
Tony: I'm sorry are you talking to me?
Magneto: yes, I am.
Tony: I don't even know you.
Magnet: yet I can already feel our connection. It's so strong within you, I'm surprised you don't feel it. Especially being here in our world.
Tony: can we skip the bad guy speech and just get to the fight.
Magneto: you can't compete with me, I practically outmatch you in every way.
Tony: that has never stopped me before, I fought against aliens, gods and super-powered humans. Your just another walk in the park, you control metal? Your a regular chic magnetic.
Quicksilver: (laughs)
Magneto looks at him
Quicksilver: sorry dad.
Tony: what?
Quicksilver: it's complicated. Resume, please
Tony (sighs): I didn't come all of this way to deal with your family issues.
Magneto: and I didn't stop the plane to fight.