Chapter 8: Getting Along

Rani sat in front of the fire watching the flames produce sparks because it was the only entertainment allowed in here. Tony sat next to her to her silent annoyance, she still didn't trust this man enough to know that he wouldn't betray them. Yinsen was out of the cave for a short time to persuade Raza and Abu more time to work on the "missile". They were clever enough to make it seem like they were working on the weapon in front of the camera keeping their real invention out of the terrorist's view. They were almost done with the iron suit that Tony dubbed "mark 1". The emanation Pokémon and the billionaire sat there for what seemed like an hour silently watching the flames.

Tony broke the silence first, "Yinsen told me that your family was probably killed by the men outside our cage." Rani eyes widened in shock over how Yinsen figured out her tragic origins, "It that true?" Rani mourned her family for a moment before grimly nodding at the stranger's question.

"I'm sorry, my parents are dead too. They died when I was 21, they were on their way to the airport but their car hit a tree the impact killed them both." Rani felt sympathy for this man for the first time as he understands what it's like to lose your parents.

"I was close with my mom…dad not so much." Rani gave him a questioning look, "If you met my dad you would understand, he wasn't exactly the warm cuddly type." Rani gave a look saying like father like son. "He focused on his work all the time and when he wasn't focused on work, he was focused on Captain America." Tony said the heroes the name with disdain over how his father saw him as being more important than his own son.

"He didn't make a lot of time for me or Nine, Nine is or was his Ninetales now she's mine. He never told me he loved me and I'm pretty sure the happiest day of his life was sending me to boarding school." Rani saw his anger turn to grief and his eyes narrowed, "I didn't get to say goodbye to him, on the day they died we gave each other the cold shoulder after another one of our petty fights…he died thinking that his own son didn't love him." Rani expressed sadness because at least she got to say goodbye to her parents while Tony has to live the rest of his life wondering "what if".

"What I'm trying to say is that I get it, I know what its like to lose people that you love in an instant and you should know that your not alone in your misery were all pretty damn miserable down here. You, me and Yinsen we need each other to survive and get out of here so can you trust me enough to know that I'll do everything to get you out of here?" Rani was silent for a moment before standing up, putting her paw above the man hands and nodded.


I know its short but i decided to make up for my brief absence with a short passage so hope you enjoyed.