It was starting to feel like every time the quinjet took off it went slower yet faster at the same time. With every dire situation popping up one after another with growing intensity Clint and Natasha pushed to jet as fast as it would go. Though another side effect of needing to be somewhere urgently was how time seemed to slow down. It never mattered how fast they were going it still felt as if time was slower than it had ever been. Every one of them wanted the jet to go faster but they knew that it wouldn't, and with Tony's life hanging in the balance that wasn't something that sat easily in the minds of the Avengers.
"I called S.H.I.E.L.D.," Natasha said as she tried focusing on both flying and informing the team of her conversation with a very angry Nick Fury. "They'll be breaking down Hammer's door in the next minute."
Good, Steve thought, last thing we need if for him to get away. "Okay what about Tony?"
"Fury is sent his best people to get him." She informed. "We're going to meet with them on the Helicarrier sickbay." Glancing back at Bruce she gave the worried Doctor a small smile. "So doctor do you think you can help find out a way to disable tiny robots."
Though it wasn't his area of expertise Bruce knew a bit of robotics; thanks to Tony's crash course that he gave after Bruce merely remarked on the complexities of some of Tony's robots that roam Stark Tower. "I'll do my best."
"'Best' might not cut it." Clint said angrily as he gripped the steering of the quinjet so tightly his knuckles whitened. "We shouldn't have left him alone."
Steve cut him off. "And have done what? Tony was fine when we left and he showed no indication of being anything other than that. What happened is done let's just focus on getting him healthy and recovering."
They all knew that what Steve said was true, but it didn't take away from the guilt. Only thing that helped them live with it was knowing that Tony would be at the Helicarrier soon surrounded by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s best doctors. And soon his worried team.
Tony was barely aware of being moved onto a stretcher. He didn't even process when he eye was opened and a bright light was shown into it. Nothing really mattered except the temporary relief he felt at that moment. Every other sensation was an after thought to him. The sounds of people yelling around him, the take off of a jet, the landing which soon after brought the smells of disinfectant and more blinding lights. All of that was secondary to the relief, and third to the pain.
It came in flashes each one more intense than the last. They only lasted for less than a minute but each time it felt as though he was being cooked from the inside out. His body arched in pain as he tried to escape the prison it became for those long seconds. As a mechanic Tony was no stranger to being electrocuted so he knew that was exactly what was happening to him. A metallic taste in his mouth was evidence of that, but this was much more than getting zapped by one of his suits.
This was deliberate and made to hurt. Every zap came like clockwork meaning Tony could actually count down to the next unbearable burning infected his body. His heart beat dangerously and he knew it wouldn't take long for it to give out with the torture it was retrieving. Once they had arrived at the place that smelled distinctly of cleaning products he could hear a beeping that seemed to match his frantic heartbeat.
A forceful voice pushed through the fog, one that he couldn't recognize. " my name is Ford can you hear me?" Tony's eye was opened once again to be met with the light that shone down. He tried jerking his head away from the light but realised his head was being restrained by a plastic and foam device of some sort making it impossible to move. Though that didn't stop Tony from trying. " you need to calm down. You're at S.H.I.E.l.D.'s medbay you're safe."
Tony didn't believe him for a second. Sure the smell of the place he was in was that of a hospital, and it would make the most sense for S.H.I.E.l.D. to have picked him up that wasn't what he had an issue believing. He couldn't believe for one second that just because he was where he was that he was safe from what was happening to him. Something that was proven in a few more seconds when Tony found himself writhing in pain again.
"Hold him down." The doctor ordered which caused hands to clamp down on Tony's arms and legs keeping him pinned down. "Tony I'm going to give you something it's going to make the pain stop alright?"
Though he couldn't answer Tony practically begged for whatever was giving him. Anything to make this stop would have been fine with him. A small prick that barely got noticed at Tony's neck told him that relief would soon be on it's way. Sadly it wasn't as strong as he was hoping for even though it took the edge of until the wave of pain ended. The world came back into focus slowly letting him hear the middle of a conversation.
"-ow is he?" A familiar voice asked. Tony couldn't place it since his mind was still scattered.
"He's in a lot of pain." The next voice said solemnly. "We gave him enough sedative to knock him out but whatever is in his system seemed to counteract it. I've never seen anything like this."
"It's nanobots they infected his system. They're attacking him from the inside." The first voice explained. "I'm not sure it will work but the only thing I can think of is an EMP should take out the robots inside him. Of course they could also be protected in who knows how many ways, but this should work."
"Then let's do it." The second voice said. "Normally I wouldn't take medical advice from anyone who hasn't earned their PhD but if we don't do something quickly the pain will kill him."
(A/N) If you aren't super techy like me and don't know what an EMP is it stands for ElectroMagnetic Pulse it basically, in accordance with the info i got from Wikipedia, disrupts or damages technology. Any questions on it please use google I'm not a reliable source on EMP's or anything technical like I literally know nothing it is sad.