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Location: Atlas - Schnee Manor
Time: 1900

Weiss is in her home at night, she is in the living area. Just then she sat down and is waiting for a response from Jay, wondering how the mission he took had gone well.

Just then, her scroll got a call, it was Jay, she accepts the call as Jay's voice calls out, "Weiss? Weiss, are you there?" Jay's voice was slightly fretted.

Weiss is perked as she stands up hearing that he sounded worried, before she can reply, she soon hears a high-pitched noise, and suddenly, she can't move!

"Hello? Weiss?" Jay respond, but Weiss couldn't answer. Just then she stares back only to see is right behind her and is holding a familiar device while she is wearing a protective earpiece. Then her veins appear on her neck and are stuttering.

"Breathe. Easy, easy..." Lilith soothed Weiss with her soft voice, but Weiss struggles as she put her down on the couch.

"You remember this one, right?" Liltih showcase the device, Weiss doesn't respond, but Liltih knows what she's about to say. "I know, but I felt ashamed, the Military and the Council didn't approve it. There are so many applications for causing short-term paralysis."

Lilith walks around the couch, before facing Weiss who is still paralyzed. She smirked, "Oh dear, Weiss..." She shook her head. "When I ordered the hit on you, I worried that I was killing the golden goose. But, you see, it was just fate that you survived that." She revealed that she was the one who ordered the men to kill her.

Just then Lilith proceeds to take off Weiss' shirt which reveals the arc reactor as she took it off. Weiss' life support begins to falter as Lilith gleams at the small reactor, "You had one last golden egg to give."

Weiss glared as Liltih smiled at her, "Do you really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you?" She sneered. "Your mother has given us the Atlas Bomb. Now, what kind of world would it be today if she was as selfish as you?" She questioned.

Then Lilith stares at Weiss' arc reactor, "Oh, it's beautiful..." She remarked, "What a masterpiece. This is your legacy." She stated. "A new generation of weapons with this at its heart. Weapons that will help steer the world back on course, put the balance of power in our hands. The right hands."

Lilith sighed, "I wish you could've seen my prototype. It's not as... Well, not as conservative as yours." She boasted, "Too bad you had to involve Jay in this. I would have preferred that he lived..."

Weiss is in a mental panic, she's going to kill him! Liltih smiled, seeing her feared state, then she walks off, leaving the Schnee Manor, leaving her to soon die out.

Location: Atlas - Atlas City
Time: 1910

Meanwhile, Fenix is in the car, driving through the city. He's on the scroll, listening to Jay explaining everything.

"What do you mean, she paid to have Weiss killed? Jay bro, slow down. Why would Lilith..." But hears more panic from Jay, "Okay, where's Weiss now?" He asked as he now decides to change directions.

Somewhere in Atlas City, Jay is on his scroll talking to Fenix with five other agents besides Lucas heading towards his vehicle.

"I don't know. She's not answering her scroll. Please go over there and make sure everything's okay. Thank you, Fenix." He ends the call, before turning to Lucas, "I know a shortcut." He stated.

Now Fenix speeds up, heading to the Schnee Manor.

Location: Atlas - Schnee Manor
Time: 1915

Weiss is in the elevator, extremely weakened by the lack of her arc reactor, she needs to get to the replacement. And she knows where it is.

The elevator opens up, but Weiss stumbles down as she is in her workshop. Then she sees on the desk, the old arc reactor gift by Jay. She crawls on the floor, and cannot stand up while gasping for air.

She attempts to reach it from the desk. But to no avail, then she tries to use a tool basket nearby as support as her hand nearly reaches for the gift...

But once again, she can't reach it, only touching it. She then collapsed on the floor, as she was losing her breath.

She slowly was about to close her eyes, about to fade away, until a whir is heard, she turns to see it is Dummy holding the Arc Reactor case and giving it to her. She takes it before looking at Dummy.

Weiss weakly smiled, "Thank you." Which Dummy whirred happily as she smashes the case.

Location: Atlas - Schnee Industries Headquarters
Time: 1920

Inside one of the buildings in HQ, Liltih is all alone since the area is closed down, but here she sees her own Iron suit in its glory.

She is holding the Arc Reactor, as she moves up to the suit, and inserts where the Arc Reactor is supposed to be. Then the armor starts to hum in as it powers up, she gleamed at this sight.

Location: Atlas - Schnee Manor
Time: 1930

Fenix has arrived at the Manor and heads downstairs to the workshop. He looks around for Weiss.

"Weiss?" Fenix calls out, "Weiss?" He runs around until he saw Weiss slowly getting up, "Weiss!" He exclaimed as he helps her get up, "Weiss! Are you okay?"

Then it reveals Weiss has her old Arc Reactor inserted, as she slowly buttons up her shirt. "Where's Jay?" Weiss asked.

"He's fine. He's with five agents. They're about to arrest Lilith." Fenix explained.

Weiss widens her eyes, "That's not going to be enough." She said.

Location: Atlas - Schnee Industries Headquarters
Time: 1935

The agents have arrived along with Jay, then later on they are inside one of the buildings with Jay leading them.

"Section 16. Section 16..." He muttered, then he sees a yellow vault-like door with the number 16 on it. "There it is." He pointed out as he and the agents walks with him.

He used the keycard on the door but gives him access was denied. "My key's not working. It's not opening the door." He worried, then one of the Agents reveal a device.

"What's that?" Fenix asked as the Agent placed it on the door, "So, it's supposed to pick the lock?"

"You might want to take a few steps back." Clover advised as Jay joined him and the other agents back up. Then, later on, the device exploded as the door has been opened.

Inside, Sector 16, Liltih hears the explosion, she worked on the computer as she types 'command', thus the suit is ready and activated.

Location: Atlas - Schnee Manor
Time: 1935

Inside the workshop, Weiss gets suited up in her repaired Mark III armor. Fenix meanwhile watches this happen.

"That's the coolest thing I've ever seen." Fenix remarked with impression.

"Not bad, huh?" Weiss smirked as the suit-up is complete.

"You need me to do anything else?" Fenix asked.

"Keep the skies clear." Weiss replied as she flies off from the hole she made from her test flight.

"Damn..." Fenix remarked, then he notices the Mark II armor, "...Man, I really wanted to have one of those..." He smiled, but he knows this isn't the time, he get in one of Weiss' cars and headed to the base.

Location: Atlas - Schnee Industries Headquarters
Time: 1938

Jay, Clover, and the other agents explore the section until they arrived to see the suit of the original one made by Weiss.

"Looks like you were right. She was building a suit." Clover said.

"I thought it'd be bigger..." Jay replied as he stares at the suit. Just then the agents spread around to find Lilith, Jay joins in, he turns and sees cables and writes dangling as if they were handing something else... Something big, and it's missing...

Then a jingle of chains causes him to turn around and see chains dangling around, he goes closer and gazes behind the chains which is a dark room.

Just then two square eyes glow as it slowly towers over him. He panicked as he made a run for it, the large figure reveal to be Lilith's suit of armor as it chased him down.

Agents noticed and shoot, but the armored behemoth knocks them away as if it continues to chase Jay. He managed to escape to the exit, as the suit crashed onto the exit, due to its size, remaining temporarily stuck.

Meanwhile, Weiss is flying to the Headquarters, "JARVIS, how long is the Mark One piece going to hold up?" Weiss asked.

"The suit's at 48% power and falling, sir. That chest piece was never designed for sustained flight."

Weiss seemed troubled but decides to go for it, "Keep me posted." She said as she continues the flight.

Outside of the building, Jay is here, frightened until a call from his scroll appears, it's Weiss! He takes the call, hearing Weiss' voice, "Jay?" She asked.

"Weiss! Thank the gods, are you alright!?" Jay worried.

"I'm fine. How are-" Weiss explained.

Jay interrupted, "It's Liltih, she's gone insane, she has a suit!"

"I know." Weiss replied, "Listen, you'd better get out of there." She demanded.

Just then the ground crumbled in front of him, as the giant metal behemoth emerged from it, "Where do you think you're going?" Lilith's deepened voice spoke through the armor, as Jay took some steps back as the armor stands.

Then Lilith aims at Jay with a minigun as it spins, "Your services are no longer required." She replied coldly.

And before she can fire, "GRIMHIDLE!" A shout occurs as Lilith turns to see Weiss flying towards her, she tries to shoot her with the minigun but Weiss crashed onto her, causing the two suits to crash into the walls, and the ground, until they reached a highway.

On the highway, the two crashed into the large truck's trailer and landed on the road. The car with a family inside screamed and manage to stop right in front of Lilith.

Lilith sees the car and picks it up. Weiss slowly gets up and sees Lilith has the car. "I LOVE THIS SUIT!" Lilith screamed with mad glee.

"Put them down!" Weiss demanded.

" Collateral damage, Weiss..." Lilith snarkily replied as she walked toward her.

"Divert power to chest RT." Weiss whispered to JARVIS as the glow occurs on her arc reactor, then it fired a powerful blast that knocked Liltih. The car is flung out as Weiss rushes and grabs the car before it crashes.

"Power reduced to 19%." JARVIS informed Weiss is on her knees as she slowly place down the car. The driver immediately drove off while dragging Weiss.

"Lady!" Weiss yelled but the driver didn't listen, then she slipped and went under the car, as it drives away.

Lilith in her armor makes a leap as Weiss gets up. Then Lilith grabs a motorcycle from a civilian who gets flung away. She uses the motorcycle and smacked Weiss which knocked her into a car.

Lilith walks up and picks up Weiss, "For 30 years, I've been holding you up!" She throws her down on the ground, then slammed her armored giant foot on her, "I built this company from nothing!"

"Nothing is going to stand in my way." She grabs Weiss and tosses her into the bus, "Least of all... you!" A missile appear on her shoulder and fired at the bus which caused a big explosion.

Weiss flew out of the explosion before she emits her thrusters.

"Impressive. You've upgraded your armor! I've made some upgrades of my own!" Lilith remarked. Then her suit reveals its own thrusters, as it hovers up from the ground.

"Ma'am, it appears that her suit can fly." JARVIS informed.

"Noted." Weiss remarked. She makes her next plan, "Take me to maximum altitude." She commanded.

"With only 15% power, the odds of reaching that-" JARVIS warned.

"I know the math! Do it!" Weiss demanded as she flies up with Lilith chasing her. Jay is still here as he sees the two flying to the sky.

Meanwhile, in Atlas Base, the soldiers noticed the same signal, "Sir, you're not going to believe this. That thing is back." One of the soldiers informed.

"Get me, Specialist Allen. Scramble the jets!" The second soldier demanded.

Just as one of the soldiers attempts to call, Fenix comes up and stops them, "Not necessary, people. Just a training exercise." He said with a smile.

"...Yes, sir." The soldier replied.

Back in the city, Weiss still flies up, even passing the clouds. But Lilith soon catches up.

"Thirteen percent power, ma'am." JARVIS informed.

"Climb!" Weiss yelled as she keeps flying.

Slowly the power reduces, "Eleven percent." JARVIS reported.

"Keep going!" Weiss replied.

Liltih gains even closer...

"Seven percent power." JARVIS stated.

"Just leave it on the screen! Stop telling me!" Weiss replied with an annoyed tone.

Then, Lilith's armor begins to ice up, and she manages to grab Weiss' leg and grab at her sides, "You had a great idea, Weiss, but my suit is more advanced in every way!" She yells with pride.

Weiss smirked behind her mask, "How'd you solve the icing problem?" She asked.

"Icing problem?" Liltih is confused by that, just then her displays are shut down as her suit powers down.

"Might want to look into it." Weiss remarked as she wack on Lilith's armor head as it let go and fell down.

Weiss remains to hover up, as her suit is not icing up due to her improvements, then one thing faltered, "Two percent." JARVIS stated as her armor thrusters flicker as she slowly drops down to the ground. "We are now running on emergency backup power." JARVIS added.

Weiss' thrusters begin to turn on and off constantly, later on, she finally reached the ground level as she landed on top of the building where the Arc Reactor is.

Weiss pants her breath as she gets up while calling Jay, "Jay!" She said.

Jay picks up from his scroll, "Weiss! Are you okay?" He asked.

Weiss takes off her armored gauntlet, "I'm almost out of power." She replied, "I've got to get out of this thing. I'll be right there."

Then out of nowhere Lilith lands behind her as she quickly turns, "Nice try!" Liltih mocked.

Weiss manages to duck under an overhead punch, she tries to shoot, only to realise her gauntlet is gone due to her removing it. Then she gets smacked by a backhand punch from Lilith.

Weiss slides on the roof and then gets up, she rushes and jumps using her thrusters to hover up before delivering a punch on Lilith's giant suit's head.

But Lilith grabs Weiss and tries to give her a bone-crushing hug. Weiss screams in pain as her armor sparks and gets crushed.

"Weapon status!..." Weiss speaks with a strained tone.

"Repulsors offline. Missiles offline." JARVIS informed.

But there's one option... "Flares!" Weiss shouted, as her suit begin to fire multiple flares. This caused Lilith to get her visual stagger, as she grunted in frustration, seeing Weiss escape her grasp.

"Very clever, Weiss..." Liltih snarked, as she looks around through a large cloud of smoke from the flares. Meanwhile, Weiss is hiding, and she decides to call Jay.

"Jay..." She whispered from the call.

"Weiss?" Jay responded, only confused by hearing her whispered voice.

"This isn't working. We're going to have to overload the reactor and blast the roof." Weiss suggested.

"Well, how are you going to do that?" Jay asked.

"You're going to do it. Go to the central console, and open up all the circuits. When I get clear of the roof, I'll let you know. You're going to hit the master bypass button. It's going to fry everything up here." Weiss instructed.

Jay nodded, "Okay. I'm going in now." He goes inside the building.

"Make sure you wait till I clear the roof. I'll buy you some time." Weiss replied as she tries to sneak behind Liltih.

Inside, Jay reaches the Arc Reactor, he goes to the controls and follows Weiss' instructions.

On top of the roof, Liltih looks around for Weiss, then she got jumped behind by Weiss, trying to reach but failing, Weiss notices an exposed wire behind the helmet.

"This looks important!" Weiss then grabs it and janks it out, then Lilith's display blackens out, she lost visual contact. But then Lilith manages to grab her and toss her over to the glass roof above the reactor. Just then Weiss has her helmet taken off.

Then Lilith's suit opens up, revealing the upper half, Lilith smirked as she holds out Weiss' helmet.

"I never had a taste for this sort of thing, but I must admit, I'm deeply enjoying the suit!" Liltih stated as she crushed the helmet and tossed it to Weiss as she stares at it. "You'd have made your family proud!"

Jay has finished setting it up and is ready to press the button, "It's ready Weiss! Get off the roof!" He called out.

Then Lilith raised her right arm, which has the minigun, and opens fire at Weiss. Weiss raises her right arm and uses the armor to block off the shots. Then the bullets hit the glass as it shatters. Jay covers his head as shards fell down. Then Weiss slips due to the glass surface being gone and grabs onto the beam ledges.

Jay looks up once it's over, "Weiss!" He fretted.

"How ironic, Weiss! Trying to rid the world of weapons, you gave it its best one ever!" Liltih reclaimed. "And now I'm going to kill you with it!" She raised her left arm that has missiles aiming at Weiss.

Then Liltih fired but the missile hits only the part of the roof.

Liltih gritted her teeth, "You ripped out my targeting system!"

"Jay! Hit the button!" Weiss demanded.

Jay widened his eyes at Weiss' command, "You told me not to!"

"Hold still, you bitch!" Liltih scolded as she fires another missile but it misses once again and causes Weiss to nearly slipped.

"Just do it!" Weiss shouted.

"You'll die!" Jay worried.

Then Lilith aims closer to her, "Push it!" Weiss yelled.

Jay closes his eyes, then opens them again, and presses the button.

Then a huge energy beam surges up from the Arc Reactor, this causes Weiss to get launched away. However, the electricity and energy course through Lilith's armor as Lilith herself is screaming in pain.

After the energy is stepped, dozen of lights in the huge chunk of the city went dark. Lilith was limp and dead, she fell through the roof, crashing through each beam and wire, she finally fell onto the large Arc Reactor and then a final explosion occur, Liltih is no more.

Weiss lies on the roof motionless, her eyes closed with her suit nearly destroyed, and the arc reactor on her chest goes dark...

"Weiss!" Jay's voice shouted out in the background.

Then her arc reactor flickered on...

This next morning Fenix is on the press on the podium at another section in the Headquarters.

"You've all received the official statement of what occurred at Schnee Industries last night. There have been unconfirmed reports that a robotic prototype malfunctioned and caused damage to the arc reactor. Fortunately, a member of Weiss Schnee's personal security staff..." Fenix informs.

Meanwhile, Weiss has another ice pack on her head as she reads the news on her scroll saying the last night's incident. She noticed what the locals called her: 'Iron Maiden'.

"Tch, that armor isn't even made out of iron. The suit's a gold-titanium alloy." Weiss chastised.

Jay walks in with a smile as he hears her words, "But it's kind of evocative, the imagery, anyway." He smirked.

Weiss glares but then later on smiles, then Clover arrived and hands Weiss the cards, "Here's your alibi." He said.

Weiss takes it, "Okay?" She replied.

"You were on your yacht. We have port papers that put you in Avalon Island all night, and sworn statements from 50 of your guests." Clover assured.

Weiss takes a read at the cards, and notices something, "There's nothing about Grimhilde here." She said.

"That's being handled. She's on vacation. Small aircraft have such a poor safety record." Lucas smiled.

"...That's kind of flimsy, don't you think?" Weiss questioned.

Clover remains smiling, "This isn't my first rodeo, Miss Schnee. Just stick to the official statement, and soon, this will all be behind you. You've got 90 seconds." He stated.

Jay walks up and gives a handshake, "Thank you very much for all of your help."

"That's what we do. You'll be hearing from us." Lucas replied.

"From the Strategic Homeland..." Jay tries to say the name.

"Just call us S.H.I.E.L.D." Clover stated.

Jay nodded, "Right. Let's get this over with it."

Weiss smirked, "You know, if I were Iron Maiden, I'd have you worried as a wreck." She assumed.

Jay rolls his eyes, "Just read the cards." He replied with a smile.

Weiss looks at her cards, tho mentally she doesn't seem convinced by this, then Fenix calls up, "And now, Miss Schnee has prepared a statement. She will not be taking any questions." He announced.

Then Weiss goes up to the stage as reporters clap, "Thank you, everyone." She spoke as she began reading the cards, "There's been speculation that I was involved in the events that occurred on the freeway and the rooftop..."

Then a hand is raised, revealing to be Carl, "I'm sorry, Miss Schnee, but do you honestly expect us to believe that that was a bodyguard in a suit that conveniently appeared, despite the fact that you..."

Weiss interrupted, "I know that it's confusing. It is one thing to question the official story, and another thing entirely to make wild accusations, or insinuate that I'm a superhero."

"I never said you were a superhero." Carl respond.

"Well, good, because that would be outlandish and fantastic." Weiss replied. "With this laundry list of character defects, all the mistakes I've made, largely public..."

Fenix whispered out, "Just stick to the cards, Schnee."

"Right..." Weiss muttered, before going to her normal volume, "The truth is..." She reads the last card and then makes a decision...

"I am Iron Maiden." Weiss stated. And everyone went nuts, as pictures are taken everywhere and many questions are asked.

The secret identity has already been revealed...

The End?