Up in their apartment, Betty peered through her glasses at her computer screen. Her students were frantically sending her emails about this paper or that project, and she realized she may have to return to Virginia, even if only for a day or two. Suddenly, she heard JARVIS over the intercom,
"Dr. Ross?" the butler inquired, polite as ever.
"Yes JARVIS?" she replied, removing her glasses and rubbing her eyes, grateful for a break.
"Mr. Stark would like to see you on the fifty-first floor laboratory. He says it is most urgent."
Betty's heart began to race, Bruce was up there.
She immediately stood up to leave, asking of JARVIS on the way out,
"What's the matter?"
"Mr. Stark only said that, and I quote, 'Things are about to get a little green in here'."
Dear God, Betty thought to herself as she raced to the nearest elevator, what has he done?
Tony backed away from the transforming Hulk, pressing a button on his wristwatch that sent for one of his Iron Man suits. He silently reminded himself to never, ever, ever push Bruce's buttons again. The giant, green rage-monster stood up and roared, fully transformed. He looked around for something to destroy, and laid his green eyes on the prototype sitting in the middle of the room. He looked at it, then looked at Tony. Both made the connection, and in a split moment, Tony was sprinting down the hall as the piece of machinery crashed through the wall after him.
He kept running, and passed Betty just as she was exiting the elevator. He skidded to a stop and grabbed her by the arm,
"Never mind what JARVIS said," he said hastily, "you don't want to go in there."
Betty just shook her head, her eyes wide, and wrenched her arm from his grasp, sprinting in the direction of the lab. Tony let out a growl and followed her back, ready to try to distract the Hulk should he try to hurt her. When they got to the lab, it was empty, albeit utterly destroyed. There was an enormous hole in the wall, and they could see the Hulk bounding out to the east of the city.
Betty shook her head in horror, staring out after her lover. Suddenly, there was the sound of engines, and a red and gold capsule flew up the side of the building and into the room. It began to change and shift with a symphony of metal clankings as it began to form itself around Tony. Soon, standing next to her was the famous Iron Man. She heard Tony's metallic-filtered voice from within,
"Stay put, the others and I will get him back. And please," he added insistently, stepping out of the window, and hovering before her, "stay put." And with that, he soared out into the city after the Hulk.