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Chapter 4: The World They Live In
I opened my eyes to a low white metal ceiling. My body felt really heavy. I heard the clanking of metal to my right and slowly turned my head towards it. I saw a black haired man in uniform messing with things on a metal shelf. He turned his head back to me. Seeing me staring at him seemed to catch his attention. Crouching over he came towards me.
"Hello Miss. How are you feeling?" He asked. I opened my mouth and looked around me and saw that I was in a truck laying on a gurney. Then my memory kicked in. I remembered that giant monster at the hotel, the running, the screams...and, Iron man. I scrunched up my eyebrows and my breathing increased. Using my arms I lifted my upper body up slowly. The man by my side put his hand on my lower back and helped to sit my up.
"Take it easy." He said looking down at me with his brown eyes. I nodded while holding myself up with my arms. "Do you feel any pain or dizziness?" He asked. I shook my head.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"We're outside the Bellagio, it was attacked by some creature. Your friends had dropped you off here. I was told that you had fainted." He said. I nodded. Laying here on this thing in the back of a truck was becoming increasingly uncomfortable.
"Can I leave now?" I asked him.
"Yes, you can leave as soon as I examine you." He said. I slide my feet off of the gurney and sat there and let him listen to my heart and look at my eyes.
"You're all done. And you seem to be just fine." He said opening the door of the truck. Las Vegas had bright lights everywhere, I had no problem seeing a were so many people outside talking lively. Mostly cops and reporters.
"Okay. Thank you." I said getting down slowly. After I hopped out of the truck I saw that the hotel that I was in had gigantic whole in it's side. "Whoa..." I said. When I walked passed a group of young guys I over heard them talking about the event.
"Did you see the way Iron man hi that monster in the face! That was awesome!" A boy in a blue jacket said.
"Yeah! Oh did you see when the monster wrapped his tail around Iron man's leg and threw him into the air. Iron man just used his rockets to slam back down on it!" Another guy with a red hod-die said. And a couple feet away in the opposite direction was a blond reporter woman pretty much saying the same thing that they were. Iron man saved the day. How is this possible? How is Iron man real? I asked myself. I looked around wondering where the man that I had thought was Robert Downey Jr.. I couldn't see him anywhere but I did spot a certain red head, she was talking to a reporter. I looked down at the ground, then back at her. It didn't take long for me to decide to go talk to her. After the reporter went away I went up to her.
"Oh,hey it's you." She said." How are you feeling? You nearly hit the ground before." She said.
"Yeah, i'm okay now..." I said. I was trying to make a real conversation but my Gwyneth Paltrow's face was kind of distracting."Anyway, I wanted to tell Mr. Dow...I mean, Mr...Stark thank you." I said.
"Oh, i'm sure he knows it. Well, I better be off." She said as a black car came around beside her. I nodded. What am I going to do now?
"Hey Potts! Wait for me!" A voice said behind me. It was Robert...I mean Tony! Tony Stark! Now that I know,I saw him in a new light. I can't believe that this is happening. I saw that he was wearing another suit. He looked down at went as he passed me and went to stand next to... and hold the door open for her.
"Better late than ever Tony." She said looking at him then getting in the car.
"One of many things i'm known for." He said glancing at her. I felt like my time here has wound down and thought that I should say goodbye than leave. looked back at me.
"You know it's funny. We had a miniature road trip to Las Vegas and faced an attacked against some mutant dog... And I realize that i don't know your name." He said. Oh yeah..
"I'm Jessica. And I wanted to say thank you for saving me in that desert." I said.
"You're welcome. Good night Jess." He said as he got into the car.
"Bye." I said stepping away from the car. After it drove off I turned around back at the scene at hand. And I just stood there for about five minutes and people were now going home and the television crews were wrapping up. I sighed. How the heck am I going to survive in a state i've never been in? When I took a couple of steps forward someone caught my attention.
"So, how long do you plan to stand out here?" Someone asked me. I turned to my left and saw Tony Stark with his window down talking. He couldn't be talking to me now, could he? I looked around me and saw no one close by and pointed to myself.
"Me?" I asked.
"Yes, why else would I be here?" He asked sitting up so that he had a proper view of me through the window.I walked closer to the window.
"I don't know." I said.
"Well I did drive you here. And I guess after everything I was required to take you home like I said I would. So come on." He said getting out of the car. I had no choice, I don't really have a place to go to. I tried to conceal a smile as I got in and waved at the lady named Pepper. I'm riding with Tony Stark. I thought. As we started to drive out of the hotels parking lot the driver spoke to me. I recognized him to be Tony's bodyguard from the movies with the odd name.
"So... Where are going?" He asked. I looked at my fore arm and thought...Of course nothing came up. I wrapped my arms around my stomach.
"I don't live here." I said.
"Okay, where do you live?" He asked.
"Miami." I said. The driver blew out a breath. I feel my seat mates looking at me.
"How did you get you get to Las Vegas than?" asked me and I looked at her.
"That's what worries me I don't know how I got here." I said.
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