Tony looked down at his bruised and bloody hands. He felt helpless and without Pepper, he was. Whenever he got into this state of mind she was always there to bring him back to reality. Without Pepper Tony was nothing, Iron Man was nothing, he was without a doubt, destructible.
Wiping the sweat and car grease off of his face a sudden memory flashed through Tony's mind.
Happy drove through the sea of reporters who were crashing down on the limo. Tony ignored them and leaned back against the soft leather of the seat. A loud bang jolted him and Tony sat up bolt right. The limo came to a screeching halt. Moving his sunglasses slightly down his nose, Tony peered out of the tinted window to see a clean shaven man in a cheap suit and tie being restrained by a few police officers. The man had thrown a brick at the side of the limo.
"You took everything from me! You took my father. You stole what was his! He died with nothing, Stark!" Before the lunatic could continue on, the police dragged him away.
Tony pushed his sunglasses back up. "It's fine, Happy. Just another fucking nut case. Get outta here."
"You got it boss." Happy pushed down on the gas and began trudging through the crowd of reporters.
Tony jumped to his feet. At the time he had thought nothing of the little incident. It was a just about a week after he announced he was Iron Man and the entire world was acting crazier than usual. Although the man in the video had, had a goatee, Tony finally recognized his thin lips, thick black eyebrows, and slicked back salt and pepper hair. He was the same crazy man who had thrown the brick. At the time though his salt and pepper hair was wild and unkempt but he had the same creepy thin lips and thick black eyebrows.
"Jarvis!"
"Yes, Sir?" The AI snapped to attention like he knew Tony had just figured out some urgent information.
"I need all of the video footage from the Washington Supreme Court's surveillance cameras and all news cameras that were present when I was arriving and leaving to my court dates for the ongoing Iron Man trial."
"Of course Sir, I will get them for you as quickly as possible."
"RUSH." Tony said between clenched teeth.
TBC...
