Well, here's a transition chapter, to just...yeah. I don't have anything to say, in fact, just that it's a transition chapter, to put in place some things. Sorry if you don't get some stuffs, or if it's confusing or whatever. Anyway.

-Yes Nathan Howard Stark, you are dead. You died just a few seconds ago. You received a piece of shrapnel right in the abdomen, and it made its way to your heart veryyyyy fast. And boom, death came upon you. Me. I'm Death. Nice to meet you.

...I always thought that Death would be a creepy little guy with nerdy glasses. Not...just a bright light.

-...Well that just plained hurt my feelings.

Sorry.

-Apologize accepted, especially because I'm actually not Death, I'm just messing with ya. The Bright light is the ambulance's light, and I'm a nurse. With a sick sense of humour. You're the fifth guy today that had to endure my stupid yet hilarious joke ah ah ah.

Wait...What ? Really ?

-Nope, I'm actually really Death, ah ah you should see your face. Don't you just love emotional rollercoaster ? I do. Yeah yeah yeah. I do...Roooollercoasteeer, of loOooove, Rollercoaster, yeah yeah yeah.

Are you singing Red Hot Chili Pepers ?

-...Maybe. ...Ok, yes, I love them. Hey, I could sing « Nathan's Death Song » wha' d'ya reckon ? (author note : there is a Red Hot's song called « Brendan's Death Song », listen to it, it's awesome)

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-...Alright, I can't lie to you man, you're not dead, but you're near it.

I'm really confused. What exactly the point of all this ?

-Hum...I don't remember...Oh yeah ! You know Wade Wilson right ?

Deadpool ? Yeah. My dad told me to stay away from him, so it's my friend.

-Tell him I love him, and I can't wait for him to finally die. Oh and, you really need to look into that shrapnel in the abdomen thing, if you actually don't wanna die. See you another day Nathan Howard Stark !

...Wait, wha...

Bright light. I mean, brighter than before.

Pain. A sharp goddamn pain. The worst pain I ever felt, and once, I walked on two legos at the same time, so I would know about pain.

A piercing, strong, terrible pain.

And then voices, voices everywhere.

Cries from my little brother.

Fear suddenly grasped me.

Why was he crying ? Please Ellyott, be alright.

I think the thought of living my sibling, the only one in the all world that could make me smile even in the worst situation, saved my life. I struggled, I fought, and I finally opened my eyes.

My mom was unconscious, layed right next to me, her arm across my chest, and it became obvious that she jumped and tried to save me from...something.

Ellyott was on his knees, right beside our heads, tears filling his bright blue eyes.

I couldn't see my dad, but I was hearing a bunch of things crashing into other...things.

And all kind of weapons from the Iron Suit's arsenal...

My brother saw me, opened eyes.

-Nate, what do we do ? Daddy's fighting and the house is broken, what do we do Nate ?

I tried to speak, I really tried, but I couldn't. His innocent eyes layed on my body, he closed them, and puked. And for some reason, I hated myself for being the reason he just vomited. While my abdomen was on fire, and I felt like I was slipping towards Death more and more.

But I guess she really wanted me to give Deady her message, because I got stuck right at the door of the afterlife, and just stared at my crumbling ceiling.

A familiar noise. Dad's suit. Mark 47. Right there. Silver and red. My favorite color, he made it on the day of my birth, and took my mom to the hospital with it. I love that suit. Such great design. And...Black.

All I can remember is black. Darkness. I got scared that I was dead again, but then, since no bright light appeared, and no voice was heard, I guessed I was still alive. I was just...in a very...dim place.

I think I stayed there quite a long time, just thinking about stuff, like « What it would feel like to drag your house everywhere you'd go, like a snail or a turtle ? » and « Why platypuses ? »...And I finally woke up. Really. No Pain.

My eyes took a while before being used to the white room I was in. Such a change of landscape eh.

I was in a bed. Alone. The smell of hospital told me exactly where I was...In a hospital.

-Mom ?

Yeah, I know, not very manly, but hey, what kind of person wouldn't call their mom when awoken in an unknown place right ? Also, I can afford not being manly, I'm still only 14, my voice hasn't even broke yet.

A dude-that-I-never-seen-before's head appeared at the door.

-The boy's awake Charly, call Fury.

-'K.

Wow, talk about persona...WOOOOOW ! WHAT THE FUCK !

My heart suddenly sank. What happened ?

A light under my shirt attracted my eyes...What did Death said ? Shrapnel uh ? ...I guess now, I look ed even more like my old man, if that was even possible.

I then stared blankely at my arm...or...what used to be my arm. It was now...just like dad's suit. My arm was gone, replace by a robotic one. I tried to move it, worked just like my real arm...I gotta admit, don't know if I should grief the loss of my arm, or think I'm totally awesome for being the coolest cyborg on Earth, go home RoboCop ! I think I'll go for the aw...

-Mister Stark.

I looked around, excited, expecting my father to be there, because, you know, HE was mister Stark, I had so many questions for him right now...however, more questions were rised when I saw Nicholas Fury, head of the S.H.I.E.L.D, standing in front of me. I briefly wondered if his presence was due to my little habits of hacking into their servers, and if they were the one attacking us, until I remembered that if it was the case, the S.H.I.E.L.D and every one from it would be no more, after my parents, and all of their super friends would have take care of them.

-Hum...mister Bald.

-Your dad sense of humor eh ?

-And my mom's eyes. And boobs. ...Hey stop staring at them, I'm a person you know, I've got a great personality !

I saw him tightened his lips, he wanted to hit me in the face for sure. I wondered if that happened a lot with my dad too...Probably, given the fact that he's the most annoying guy of the Universe and beyond.

-Is this your way of dealing with a situation you do not understand ?

-Maybe...

-Maybe, he says. Do you even understand the f...

A Hurricane suddenly arrive, Nick Fury found himself thrown at the other side of the room.

-DON'T COME CLOSER TO HIM ! DO YOU HEAR ME ? NEVER. I don't care what would happened to me, I'll kill you if you ever speak to him again, without me being present. Do you get that Fury ? I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU !

-Well, here's Mister Stark senior. I was just trying to ask him if...

-You don't ask any question to MY son. And you leave, now.

-I w...

-NOW.

The noise of an Iron Man loading his ark gun blasted in the room. And I though that, you know, maybe I should try to calm my dad down.

-Hum...Could someone tell me what is happening ? I mean, one second I'm coming back from school, everything's fine, the next Death is talking to me, and I end up in some dark place, and finally, I wake up in an hospital room, being stalk by S.H.I.E.L.D agents, and visited by the one and only Nicholas Fury. Oh, and after that, my daddy-o arrives super-extra-mad like I've seen him, yells, and...NO ONE CARE TOO EXPLAIN WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING !

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Annnnd they just stood there, staring at me like some dummies.

I sighted, heavily, and looked at my dad, hoping for an answer.

My mom gave it to me.

-We've been attacked.

Well, she kinda did...

-Yeah, I noticed, look, I lost an arm and I have a weird ark reactor in my chest. Hey dad, now everyone can say I'm your clone, with reasons ! ...well except you still have your arm.

Their faces darkened...

-Hey relax folks, a robotic arm is hella cool ! Do you think it'll be as powerful as the Winter Soldier's one ? I hope so, it'll be great. And I...What ?! What is it ? It's not the first time we're being under attack ! And, I mean, an arm is not much, especially replaced with awesome stuff like that, so you...Seriously, what's the problem ?

But just as they were going to talk, a horrible pain pierced my chest, and suddenly, I couldn't breath.

And I faced the bright light once more.

-Hello again Nathan Howard Stark. Did you tell Wade what I asked you ?

Didn't had the time...

-Oh really ? I have no idea since how long you came, I mean, I lost track of everything when I take souls...Oh, by the way, I made a mistake, it's not shrapnel, it's a metal I don't know at all, that makes its way to your heart slowly, and painfully, and that your father couldn't stop. So, yeah, there's that. Maybe that's why you're here again...Sorry.

...I'm really getting tired of this shit.

To Be Continued.