AN: Hey guys! Soooo sorry I haven't updated in the last two months things have been kinda crazy and I've been working on other projects but here is a new story i hope you guys will enjoy!"
Chapter 16: Saving Gulmira
Nine was increasingly getting worried when Tony entered the wide garage in a skintight black bodysuit made for his armor, he was approaching the platform with an angry expression that Nine found unsettling. She already knew what he was planning to do the second that he started shooting with that arm blaster, and she could not be more against it. She stood in front of Tony hoping that it will be enough to stop him from getting himself killed.
"Get out of the way." Tony says harshly pushing her out of the way with his leg, although he didn't outright kick her the gesture still stung. Rani was watching the scene from on top of Claw's head, she felt bad for Nine who was numbly walking to the other side of the room with Z while Tony approached her and Claw.
Tony pulled a pokéball and a great ball from his forearm holster, pointed it at Rani and Claw and the red light put each Pokémon into their ball. He knew that Rani wouldn't have a problem going with him to end their mutual enemies in Gulmira and Claw was his strongest Pokémon according to the battle logs. However, he wasn't going to bring Nine after she made it clear that she didn't want to participate in his crusade and Z is one of the rarest Pokémon in the world so bringing him to a third world country will raise suspicion and lead the authorities to him.
Once he had his team ready, he stood in the middle of the platform where it breaks apart revealing robotic welder's underneath that rise up and assemble the new armor. Nine and Z could do nothing but stand back and watch as the mask is put in place hiding Tony's face. The thin glowing eye slots were the last things they saw before Tony flew out of the garage to fight in his one-man war.
It took half a day for Tony to reach Afghanistan which speaks volumes to him regarding the improvement of his new suit, but now wasn't the time to be boastful. When he first saw the news something in his brain switched and the next thing he knows he's in a recently developed armor looking to fight a terrorist group with a small foreign Pokémon and a giant metal Pokémon.
He was five miles away from Gulmira when he asked, "Jarvis, zoom in on visual in Gulmira." Suddenly the blue skies were replaced with a small village filled with families terrified as Abu and his henchmen are attacking them with their new weapons, Tony felt angry when Abu took a man away from his family to put him with others he sees as somewhat useful. He reached a boiling point when Abu cruelly tossed the son away when he ran to hug his father, and his Houndour helped by tackling the man to the ground where his master sadistically kicked him before ordering his men to kill him.
Tony got there just in time and was met with bullets from one of the men before punching him into a building.
"Jarvis give me Rani and Claw." He installed a pokéball extractor in his suit which allows him to store the pokéball's inside his suit and put them in the palm of his hand through a small hole that opens and closes on demand.
Both palms held the great ball and pokéball which Tony then pointed at the ground and both Pokémon came out to help him with Tony giving them one order, "Give them hell."
Rani saw Abu's Houndour recognize her and give her a sinister snarl before running toward her before she can react Claw used his metal claw on the dark Pokémon who was thrown into a wall. Rani nodded to her friend gratefully before using her high jump kick on another Houndour while Claw took out the rest with his meteor mask they both turned in Tony's direction and were shocked to see the remaining terrorists and Pokémon holding the women and children at gunpoint while their Pokémon stood guard of their respective masters.
They said something that Claw couldn't understand, "What are they saying?"
"They're saying put down your arms or we'll shoot them." Rani clarified angrily.
Tony put his arms down and stood still for a few second before tiny missiles came from his shoulders and shot the terrorists and their Pokémon out cold with tranquilizer darts. Rani and even Claw stood amazed over how much Tony's armor has evolved until Tony put them back in their balls when he no longer needed them.
He walked past the reunited father and son, scanned the area with his infrared system and saw his target inside a rotting building trying to hide. He approached the building, smashed the weak wall with his hand and pulled Abu to the other side, Tony's only regret is that Abu won't know that his downfall is because of him.
Tony started flying before darkly saying to the villagers, "He's all yours."
Rani was relaxing inside her pokéball when she heard a distinct rumble that sound like an explosive caught her attention, she observed her virtual desert surroundings looking for the origin. Another rumbling sound came that was definitely from an explosive.
Rani sighed worriedly, "I wish I knew what was going on out there."
"Perhaps I could be of assistance." Rani jumped at the familiar sound, she looked around but couldn't find the source.
"Jarvis?" Rani asked cautiously.
"Yes, it's me Rani, Mr. Stark has uploaded me into every pokéball in order to make sure you and the other Pokémon are comfortable and that your needs are met."
Rani was still confused, "But how are you speaking to me? How can you understand me?"
"I am equipped with universal language of all humans and Pokémon, now then on to more pressing matters do you wish to see what is currently happening outside of your pokéball?"
"Yes."
"Then direct your attention to screen in front of you." The next second a holographic screen appears in front of Rani that shows her nothing but the color blue, "What you see on the screen is a direct visual and audio link with Mr. Stark's latest armor, in other words you see and hear what Tony sees and hears. Right now, what you see is Tony flying after successfully blowing up the remaining Jericho missiles, believe it or not this is the least scandalous video you will see of your master."
Rani chuckled at the joke, "So were heading back home then?"
"That is correct."
"Okay good I need a hot bath to wash this day away and a poffin to cheer myself up." Rani laid down on her side and used her hands as a pillow, "Wake me up when we get there Jarvis."
"Will do Rani."
Rani didn't even get five minutes of peace when a ringing sound woke her up, she groaned and sat up to see what it was.
She heard Tony answering his phone, "Hello?"
"Tony?" A male voice said on the other end.
"Who's this?" Rani and Tony couldn't hear the caller with the turbulence making noise.
"It's Rhodes."
"Sorry, hello?", Tony asked.
Rani used her heightened hearing to know who's calling Tony, "I said it's Rhodes." Rani realized that it was Tony's friend Rhodey.
"Speak up, please."
"What in the hell is that noise?" Rhodey asked.
"Oh, yeah, I'm driving with the top down." Tony lied.
"Yeah, well, I need your help right now."
"It's funny how that works, huh?" Tony said sarcastically.
"Yeah. Speaking of funny, we've got a weapons depot that was just blown up a few clicks from where you were being held captive." Rani tensed over the military spotting them.
"Well, that's a hot spot. Sounds like someone stepped in and did your job for you, huh?" Tony answered breathing heavily unfortunately Rhodey was onto him.
"Why do you sound out of breath, Tony?"
Tony quickly thought of an excuse, "I'm not, I was just jogging in the canyon."
"I thought you were driving." Rhodey said suspiciously making Rani facepalm over her master's mistake.
"Right, I was driving to the canyon, where I'm going to jog." Rani rolled her eyes.
"Nice save." Rani said sarcastically.
Rhodey persisted, "You sure you don't have any tech in that area I should know about?"
"Nope!"
"Okay, good, 'cause I'm staring at one right now, and it's about to be blown to kingdom come." Rani eyes widened, she was scared to say the least, at least she's inside an impenetrable pokéball unlike Tony who has to face two F22 Raptors coming to strike him down.
Tony ended the call saying, "That's my exit." The pokéball slightly rumbled indicating the Tony was flying in circles hoping to lose their new friends.
Tony said, "Hit it." Rani fell on her back as the turbulence inside increased indicating that Tony just went supersonic, she used most of her strength to be able to sit up and watch what's happening.
"Inbound missile." Jarvis informed Tony who took immediate action.
"Flares!" the flares hit the missile, but the resulting explosion led to Tony losing balance for a moment before he was able to fly normally again but the guys behind them still went after them. They started shooting them which led Tony to do something drastic, "Deploy flaps!" the flaps jerked Tony back leaving the soldiers confused and having no sign of their target.
The turbulence inside eased as Tony was now in normal speed, Rani stood up to look at what's happening and saw what looked like gray metal.
An incredulous thought came to her, "Jarvis, is Tony hanging onto one of the planes?"
"Yes he is." Jarvis answered and Rani shook her head at Tony's ridiculousness, "It's sufficed to say that your master does not do well under immense pressure." As if he could hear them, Tony spoke.
"Jarvis, call Rhodey." Rani heard the phone ringing a couple of times before Rhodey answered.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Rhodey, it's me."
"It's who?" Rhodey asked.
"I'm sorry, it is me. You asked. What you were asking about is me." Rani hoped that this man she just met can be trusted with something like this.
Rhodey misinterpreted Tony's words, "No, see, this isn't a game. You do not send civilian equipment into my active war zone. You understand that?"
"This is not a piece of equipment. I'm in it. It's a suit. It's me!" The dead silence at the other end implied that Rhodey finally understood and was too shocked for words. It took less than a minute for the pilots to see Tony and it resulted in his ride spinning around to get him off, he was successful but Tony flew back and crashed into the other Raptor's wings making it lose control. Rani sees the pilot exit the aircraft on time but his parachute didn't come out making Tony dive in after the pilot, unfortunately the surviving Raptor was on their tail.
Jarvis gave a warning, "You've been reengaged. Execute evasive maneuver."
"Keep going!" Rani stood by and watched intensely as Tony sped up to rescue the pilot, he reached the man in time and punched the chute out to Rani's relief, Tony exited the scene. Rani flopped on her back hoping that that was the last challenge of the day.
Rhodey was back, "Tony, you still there?"
"Hey, thanks."
"Oh, my God, you crazy son of a bitch." Rhodey laughed under his breath, "You owe me a plane. You know that, right?"
Tony chuckled, "Yeah, well, technically, he hit me. Now are you going to come by and see what I'm working on?"
"No, no, no, no, no, no, the less I know, the better. Now, what am I supposed to tell the press?" Rhodey asked.
"Training exercise. Isn't that the usual BS?"
"It's not that simple."
Nine and Z gathered in front of the TV when they saw Rhodey making a statement to the press regarding an F22 Raptor being destroyed in the sky, "An unfortunate training exercise involving an F-22 Raptor occurred yesterday." The fire and normal type have been around military men long enough to known what cover ups they use to tell the public, "I am pleased to report that the pilot was not injured. As for the unexpected turn of events on the ground in Gulmira, it is still unclear who or what intervened, but I can assure you that the United States government was not involved." While Rhodey continued speaking both Pokémon regarded each other with a knowing look.
"Tony." They both said in unison, coincidentally a booming sound entered the garage and they both ran to see Tony flying above the platform with the helpers ready to take off his suit. First thing he did was take both pokéballs out with Rani and Claw exiting to greet the others.
"Thank Arceus your both alive! What happened out there?" Nine asked.
Claw answered, "Short version, we beat the bad guys, made explosions happen, got chased by raptors and came back home."
Z floated around them and excitedly asked, "How was Tony's new suit working?"
"It kept us alive and gave scars to a lot of terrorists, so I say it worked pretty good." Rani answered when Tony yelped, they all turned and saw in amusement as Tony struggled with the welders.
Nine grinned, "Putting the suit on was easy taking it off on the other hand…"
Tony continued struggling, "Hey!"
"It is a tight fit, sir. Sir, the more you struggle, the more this is going to hurt." Jarvis stated.
"Be gentle. This is my first time." Rani snickered at Tony flailing on the platform, "I designed this to come off, so ow! Hey! I really should be able to..."
"Please, try not to move, sir." Jarvis recommended again to no avail.
"What's going on here?" a feminine voice caught them off guard, Tony and his Pokémon turned around to see Pepper and Eddie standing there.
Tony missed a beat before saying, "Let's face it. This is not the worst thing you've caught me doing." Nine, Claw and Z know that to be sadly true.
Finally a shocked Pepper asked, "Are those bullet holes?"
Meanwhile
Raza stood in front of his tent with his Houndoom and Mandibuzz waiting for their supplier to arrive to negotiate new terms, right on the dot a line of black trucks arrived, and Obadiah Stane was the first to come out. He let Liborio and Angelo out for obvious reasons, all three of them approached the leader who greeted them.
"Welcome." Stane looked at the fresh scar on Raza's face who noticed the staring, "Compliments of Tony Stark." He said with a bitter tone.
Obby merely smirked, "If you'd killed him when you were supposed to, you'd still have a face."
"You paid us trinkets to kill a prince." Raza retorted to an impatient Stane.
"Show me the weapon."
"Come. Leave your guards and Pokémon outside." Stane held his hand up with his men and Pokémon taking the command, with that the two partners went into the tent alone.
Obadiah saw the weapon the second he entered the tent, "His escape bore unexpected fruit."
Obby stood in front of the metal armor impressed at how Tony was able to build this impressive weapon in a cave with the objects he was given, "So this is how he did it."
"This is only a first, crude effort." Raza explained, "Stark has perfected his design. He has made a masterpiece of death that is complimented by the powerful Pokémon at his disposal. A man with a dozen of these can rule all of Asia and you dream of Stark's throne. We have a common enemy." Obadiah knew what Raza was going to say next as the murderer sat down to pour Stane a drink "If we are still in business, I will give you these designs as a gift. And in turn, I hope you'll repay me with a gift of iron soldiers." He held the glass out to Obby confident that he will agree with his terms. Obadiah approached with a grin on his face, put his hand on Raza's shoulder and used a handheld device that made Raza paralyzed with his veins appearing blue. Obadiah was unaffected due to wearing ear plugs.
Obby coldly stated in Urdu, "That is the only gift you shall receive." He switched back to English, "Technology. It's always been your Achilles' heel in this part of the world." He switched off the device and pulled his plugs out, "Don't worry. It'll only last for 15 minutes. That's the least of your problems." Obby exited the tent with his plan in full motion, his guards held Raza's minions at gunpoint, Liborio held Houndoom's neck in his hand at ease the same way Angelo has Mandibuzz as well. The fighting and water type incapacitated their rivals with the device Obadiah gave them.
"Crate up the armor and the rest of it." Obby commanded, "All right, let's finish up here." The guards shot the men and his Pokémon snapped their victims' neck instantly killing them, after the kills Stane put them both back in their pokeballs.
Obadiah called his people as they were driving, "Set up Sector 16 underneath the arc reactor, and I'm going to want this data masked. Recruit our top engineers. I want a prototype right away."
AN: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I will have another one ready by this weekend!
