Toni knew she wasn't going to make it. There was no way. JARVIS was gone, the suit was down. It was so quiet, she hated the quiet. Her chest hurt, she could feel herself slipping into the darkness. If only Pepper had picked up, she wished that one person who knew who she was would have said goodbye to her. She needed to hear someone say good-bye to her, not the suit.

The only consolation she could feel was that now was that they would have to eat the words they said about her. No, she wasn't selfish, eccentric yes, but never selfish. And who cared if she liked to sleep around, hell it was fun and no one was hurt. Truthfully, she gave way more than she took.

She was awake long enough to know she fell back through before she blacked out.

Captain America saw Iron Man fall. He was completely hopeless. "He's not slowing down." He heard Thor say as the sound of his spinning hammer whirled beside him. He couldn't fly. He was useless right now. Unable to help his teammates, more useless than when he loss Bucky.

He was beyond relieved when Hulk got him and brought him down. Steve ran towards the body, stopping dead in his tracks when he saw who was behind the iron mask. Toni Stark.

He took a step forward, hand shaking slightly. It wasn't that he didn't believe that women could fight; Peggy and Natasha had convinced him that they could. But this person, this woman, he never thought that she'd fight on the behalf of others, let alone sacrifice herself.

The light on her chest was fading, he had no clue what that meant. But her face was pallid, the suit blocking him from seeing if she was breathing.

Suddenly, Hulk roared and that woke Toni. She looked around, breathing deeply. "What the hell? No one kissed me, right?" She looked at Steve and Thor, he face a picture of panic, "Oh, shit. What happened to my face plate?"

Thor picked up the face plate and handed it to Toni. "I am sorry, Lady Toni. I knew of no other way to remove it."

Steve could see the disturbed look on Toni's face as she looked at the face covering. It was dented and Steve even knew it was no going to be able to be put back in place.

Tony looked at the others, sitting up. "Well, we can't just sit here and gawk, don't we need to find the Jolly Green Reindeer?" Everyone looked at her like she was crazy and she sighed, saying "Loki. Last time I saw him, he was in my tower."

Toni tries to get up and Steve goes to help her. There seems to be something wrong with the suit because Toni's movements are stiff and not at all like the humanlike movements that he was used to when Iron Man moved. No one says anything and they see a helicopter coming down. Fury steps out.

"Good job team." He says, voice sounding tired but there is a positive emotion in his words. "Barton and Romanov have Loki in Stark Tower, I'm here arrest him and bring you back to base."

They all nod and get into the helicopter.

"No word of yet on what happened in the end of the battle; but reports and videos are coming in of Toni Stark's bodyguard, dubbed Iron Man, was seen flying into the hole in the sky right before the fighting stopped. Here is some amateur video capturing the Hulk catching the armored hero."

Toni feels groggy as she wakes up. She hears sounds, beeps and what sounds like air being pumped. She feels like her body is made of lead as she tries to rub her face. There is a tug in her left arm and she opens her eyes to see an IV sticking out. "The fuck am I?" She says, sitting up. "And why does my face hurt?"

"Your suit was messed up and you fell flat on your face, Toni." A voice says from Toni's right, which Toni knows is Pepper's. "You're lucky it wasn't worst, that looks like it would have hurt."

Toni wonders what he is taking about when she turns to look at the TV and sees herself being caught by the Hulk, the big green monster slamming into a building. She flinched. "The suit? Please tell me that they didn't rip it off me like Thor did the face plate?"

"No, they got it off you with the right way." Pepper chuckled, standing up. "I think you scared Captain America. The look on his face is rather priceless. Barton is having a field day."

Toni groaned, "That's great." She looked at the IV and pulled it out.

"Toni! You have to leave that in." Pepper said, a look of alarm on his face.

"Calm down Pep." Toni said, her right hand pressing a blanket where the catheter had been to stop the bleeding. "If they wanted me to keep it in the doctor would have never left me alone."

Pepper shook his head. "You aren't alone Toni. I was in here to wait till you woke up. I paged the moment you started to talk in your sleep."

"I don't talk in my sleep Pep." Toni said, moving the blanket away from her arm as the bleeding seemed to stop.

"Yes, you were. Just a bunch of words, but I distinctly heard the words, 'Jolly Green god'." Pepper said as a S.H.I.E.L.D. nurse walked in.

"How are you feeling Ms. Stark? That was quite fall you took." The blonde said, looking at Toni before turning to Pepper. "You shouldn't have let her take the IV out."

Pepper shrugged, "There was nothing I could have done. Once she thinks of something, it takes an act of God to stop."

"I'm right here." Toni said crossing her arms. "And I have a question, how long am I stuck here?"

The nurse looked at Toni and shrugged, "As soon as the doctor can see you. Not sure when that will be though. He's still seeing people from this morning's attack."

"Well, I'm leaving right now." Toni said, standing up. She was a bit unsteady, but righted up in a few seconds. "You can tell Fury that I'm all right. I just need to get out of here."

Toni walked out of the room, ignoring the protest of the nurse and Pepper.