Hey guys sorry for the delay I had some homework this weekend to take care. Anyways this chapter is set when Tony gets kidnapped by the Ten Rings and he meets Yinsen. Enjoy!


Chapter 5: First Day in Hell

Tony wakes up in a dark room, his mind feels hazy and his body feels like it's been pulled apart. He pulls the long tube out of his nose and tries to reach for a drink when he saw that he wasn't alone, there was a bald man shaving in front of a small mirror and next to him was a Riolu. Tony tried reaching for the drink again only to feel a tug at his chest.

The stranger warned him, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Tony turned his head and saw a car battery that was directly connected to his chest. He panicked, tore off the badages and saw that something metallic and heavy was inserted in the middle of his chest to his horror.

After most of his shock died down Tony looked at the contraption with the mirror while Yinsen was making dinner and Riolu was making tea.

Tony asked, "What the hell did you do to me?"

"What I did? What I did is to save your life. I removed all the shrapnel I could, but there's a lot left, and it's headed into your atrial septum. Here, want to see?" Yinsen held up a small jar, "I have a souvenir. Take a look." Yinsen handed it to Tony who saw a few sharp projectiles inside.

Yinsen continued, "I've seen many wounds like that in my village. We call them the walking dead because it takes about a week for the barbs to reach the vital organs."

Tony refocused on the machine in his chest, "What is this?"

Yinsen explained, "That is an electromagnet, hooked up to a car battery, and it's keeping the shrapnel from entering your heart." Tony noticed a security camera aimed at him and his fellow hostage, "That's right. Smile." Riolu was simply mixing the herbs and sweets into the tea choosing not to engage this human.

Yinsen changed the subject, "We met once, you know, at a technical conference in Bern."

Tony didn't recall meeting him, "I don't remember."

"No, you wouldn't. If I had been that drunk, I wouldn't have been able to stand, much less give a lecture on integrated circuits."

Riolu suddenly stood in front of Tony holding out a cup of tea to the shocked billionaire who had never seen an actual Riolu until now. Riolu aren't legendary or pseudo legendary but they were still rare especially in the wild. Tony wondered if the attack had caused him some brain damage and that he was imagining a rare Pokémon here of all places.

Yinsen noticed his shock and chuckled, "You're not hallucinating there's really a Riolu handing you tea, you should try it it's quite good she adds a little something that gives you more energy than Red Bull."

Tony was curious, "She?"

"Yes, can't you tell?" Tony really couldn't as he kept staring at the emanation Pokémon still holding the cup of tea towards him, "You probably don't know this but it's bad manners to refuse a lady offering you a drink."

Tony quit his creepy staring and took the tea from the lady who walked off towards Yinsen. He slowly took a sip from the warm cup and actually found it flavorful and slowly perking him up.

Tony looked at the Riolu, "Thanks' the tea's not bad." He put the cup down and asked Yinsen, "Where are we?" The next second they heard the slit on the door open and a man yelling in Arabic.

Yinsen said, "Come on, stand up. Stand up! Just do as I do. Come on, put your hands up." Riolu knew the procedure as well and stood up with her hands up. A group of men barged in armed with Stark weapons making Tony confused.

"Those are my guns. How did they get my guns?"

Yinsen ordered, "Do you understand me? Do as I do." All of the men had a Houndour at their side to both intimidate them and fight off Riolu. She has an advantage over one Houndour but not against the seven right in front of her. A fat bearded man greets Tony in Arabic with only Yinsen and Riolu able to understand him, Yinsen translates for him.

"He says, "Welcome, Tony Stark, the most famous mass murderer "in the history of America."He is honored. He wants you to build the missile. The Jericho missile that you demonstrated." The man hands Yinsen the photo of the missile, "This one."

Tony knew his answer right away, "I refuse." The man punches him in the face and shouts at the other's in Arabic which Yinsen and Riolu interpret as "Take him away, we'll need to persuade him some more." Tony was dragged out of the room along with Yinsen and Riolu.


While Riolu was still untrustworthy of the man who was considered the most famous mass murderer by the terrorist group, she couldn't help but cringe as she and Yinsen were witnesses of "persuading" Tony. They drowned him repeatedly hoping to show him that they mean business with Raza sadistically watching. Afterwards the three of them were dragged outside to show Tony that they had the resources for him to build the missile, Riolu sat on Yinsen's shoulder as Abu asked while Yinsen translated.

"He wants to know what you think."

Tony said, "I think you got a lot of my weapons." Yinsen translated to Abu and the terrorist continued.

"He says they have everything you need to build the Jericho missile. He wants you to make the list of materials. He says for you to start working immediately, and when you're done, he will set you free."

Riolu knew better than anyone that neither Raza or Abu will let them walk away alive and she could see that this newcomer was smart enough to see that even as he shook Abu's hand.

The new human said in English so Abu wouldn't understand, "No, he won't."

Yinsen agreed, "No, he won't."

Riolu yipped, "No, he won't"

Back at the cave Tony was standing in front of a fire contemplating his predicament. Riolu and Yinsen sat next to him to see if he has a plan to get them out.

"I'm sure they're looking for you, Stark. But they will never find you in these mountains. Look, what you just saw, that is your legacy, Stark. Your life's work, in the hands of those murderers. Is that how you want to go out? Is this the last act of defiance of the great Tony Stark? Or are you going to do something about it?"

Tony bitterly stated, "Why should I do anything? They're going to kill me, you, either way. And if they don't, I'll probably be dead in a week."

"Well, then, this is a very important week for you, isn't it?" Riolu huffed in agreement hoping they got through to him as he maybe their ticket out of this hellhole.