Yet Another Iron Man Fanfiction

by onyourleft126

The Avengers have saved the world, but to Tony Stark and his niece Isabella, this is just the beginning. When a mysterious new enemy emerges and threatens everything the Starks care about, Isabella pulls out all the stops to make things right by doing the exact thing she thought she'd never do: become Iron Girl again. PART 2 of the IRON GIRL SERIES!

8. Everything Burns

I whistled through the air, flipped over horizontally and slid across the tilted floor, grabbing Tony's arm as he was about to fall. A piece of armor whizzed past me and attached itself to Tony's free hand; more were on the way, but Tony wouldn't have a full armor in time. He must have used it to evacuate Pepper and Maya first! I'd just managed to catch him as an avalanche of cement, of steel and cracked plaster and broken furniture, collapsed over us, making the floor tilt even more.

I heard Tony yell faintly as I quickly shielded him from the debris. Pain exploded in between my shoulder blades and on the side of my head, making my helmet display rattle. We slipped a few more feet as I popped the steel blade out of my gauntlet, driving it into the cracked floor. Sparks flew from it, but gradually we stopped.

My vision blurred. I forced myself to stay conscious. Focus, Iz! Was Tony hurt? I could feel him stirring close to me, and I jerked my head up.

"Are you okay?" I said.

"Iz, you're hurt!" he said. "You need to get to safety-"

"N-no…" I mumbled, "not leaving without you."

"Iz, listen! You have to get out of here, now!" I shook my head in protest, unable to form words.

"FRANNIE!" said Tony urgently. "Accept Chrome armor override code 2279."

"What?" I said feebly. I could feel the engines on my boots lock into a reverse position.

"Access granted, Mr. Stark."

"Tony, NO!" I screamed as the armor unclenched my fingers from Tony's hand. The blade keeping us anchored to the floor snapped shut, and I had a split second's last look at my uncle before the thrusters kicked in and I shot like a bullet out of the crumbling mansion.

I landed on the driveway hard, on my back. The armor opened up around me and the sky reeled above as I lost focus on my surroundings.

I held on to my consciousness for just long enough to be aware of Pepper getting up and running, yelling Tony's name, and Maya looming over me in a panic.

"Isabella—stay with me!" she urged, but that was the last thing I heard before the pain in my head swelled and darkness swallowed my vision.