Rhodey laid in the pool of water in the planetarium, still trying to figure out how to fully use the suit now that it was no longer being controlled. The camera came on right when Tony began tapping the helmet. "Snap out of it, buddy. I need you." Melody came flying into the planetarium in the suitcase suit. Tony looked up at her as she took off the helmet and hurried to Rhodey with a worried look on her face. "They're coming. Come on, let's go. Get up."

Rhodey's helmet came off right when Melody reached the two. "Oh man," He spoke while rolling his eyes. "You can have your suit back."

Tony and Melody laughed as they both reached down, grabbing his hands to pull him up into a standing position. "Are you okay?" Melody asked him.

"Yeah, are you?"

She shrugged. "I just got here. It's a little too soon to be asking."

He rolled his eyes at her with a smile, pulling her into a quick side hug and then turned to Tony. "Tony, look, I'm sorry. Okay?"

"Don't be." Tony told him with a shrug.

"No. I should have trusted you."

"I'm the one who put you in this position. Forget it." Melody looked back and forth at them as she stood in the middle.

"No, it's your fault. I just wanted to say: I'm sorry."

"That's all I wanted to hear, partner."

A small moment of silence passed over them, Melody sighing because of it. "Are we done here, ladies?" They both turned to her with an annoyed glance so she threw her hands in the air. "They're coming in hot any second. What's the play?"

"Well," Rhodey spoke while looking around. "We want to take the high ground so let's get the biggest gun up on that ridge."

They all nodded in agreement and began walking to where Rhodey had pointed out. "Where do you want to be?" Tony asked both Rhodey and Melody.

"Where you going?" Rhodey asked, thinking he was the biggest gun.

"What are you talking about?" Melody asked, thinking she was the biggest gun. "You have a big gun." Melody spoke with her hands on her hips. "You are not the big gun."

"Don't be jealous." Rhodey spoke to both Tony and Melody while shaking his head.

"And that makes you the big gun?" Tony asked her.

"Obviously." She told him with an eye roll.

Tony pointed at the arc reactor and smiled to Melody. "I'm the bad ass."

"I'm the SHIELD legacy!" Melody let out an angry breath and turned back to Rhodey. "You go up top and we'll draw them in."

"What?!" Tony complained as Rhodey walked away.

Melody turned back to him, shoving her finger in his face. "Don't you question me!" Tony groaned like a teenager and began to walk off. "What are you doing?!" She asked him urgently. "Don't stay down here! That's the worst place to be!"

"What do you want from me?!" He yelled at her while throwing his arms in the air, absolutely done with her bossiness.

"It's the kill box, Tony." Rhodey spoke as he moved up to them, trying to convince Tony of Melody's point. "This is where you go to die."

A drone then landed behind Tony, all of them jumping to look at it. Another one landed behind Rhodey. And another behind Melody. Drones quickly began to land all around, all of them knowing there was no time to get a plan together. They stood with their backs together and brought their helmets down, ready to fight together.

It had turned into a full-fledged battlefield. The drones began shooting at them, but they were humans using a brain, the drones were just computers. They began blasting the drones and tearing them apart like they were nothing. Rhodey completely destroyed one with his bullets, Tony crushed one with his fist and Melody's suit detected a missile going straight for her, causing her to dodge and blow three drones with one of her missiles. "That's why I'm the big gun." Melody told Tony who was right behind her.

He rolled his eyes. "And who made the suit?"

"I actually made the suitcase suit, remember?"

"Can you two shut up for five seconds?!" Rhodey asked the two just as two drones got behind him. Tony and Melody ran to them, destroying them with their guns in seconds.

Rhodey was destroying them with his bullets, Melody with her missiles and Tony with his fighting skills, all having their own signature weapons, but the drones just kept coming. Tony then got an idea. "Melody, Rhodey, get down!" They both did as he said and a laser came out of his suit. He swiped it over the entire area, taking down all the drones and even some trees.

Rhodey and Melody slowly got up, half expecting a drone to come after them again, but the place was completely quiet. "I think you should lead with that next time."

Tony shrugged at Rhodey's comment in agreement. "Yeah, sorry. I can only use that once. It's a one off." Tony turned to Melody, smiling even if she couldn't see him with his helmet on. "That's why I'm the big gun."

Rhodey shook his head at their constant arguing. "It's not obvious that you're related or anything."

Hammer stood behind the man working the computer as Pepper and Clint kept a safe distance away from him, only keeping him entertained until the police got there. "I told you that five minutes ago." Hammer complained to the man as the police made their way to them.

The officers went right to Pepper and Clint, in response they looked to Hammer. "That's our guy here."

Hammer stared at her for a second, not really comprehending what was happening. "Excuse me?"

"Sir, you're under arrest." The officer began to grab his hand and pull out his handcuffs.

"Are you kidding me?!" He yelled out at them. "I'm trying to help here!" He then looked to Pepper, laughing like it all started to make sense, causing Clint to stand in front of Pepper protectively in fear of what he would do. "I get it. I see what you're doing. You're gonna pin this on me." Pepper stared at him with a confused face, not understanding what he was getting at. "That's good. You're starting to think like a CEO. Taking out the competition." Pepper's face then hardened, knowing that was exactly what he wanted. He wanted her to feel like she wasn't doing the right thing, but he couldn't change her mind. "I like it." They began to take him away and Hammer was staring at Pepper viciously. "You think you're making a problem for me? I'm going to make a problem for you! I'm gonna see you again real soon."

Once he was gone, police officers moved to Pepper and Clint, getting ready to escort them out of the building. "He is such an ass." Clint commented, still looking at the direction they had taken Hammer as Pepper got her stuff.

Pepper scoffed at his comment and moved right to his ear. "Your girlfriend slept with him."

"What?!" Clint asked, spinning around quickly to see Pepper and the police officers already walking away from him. "That's not fair!" Clint called after her as he tried to catch up with them. "I'm injured!"

When Clint caught up to them, they were speaking about the other police officers that were on their way here. "When they get here, I think you should station them at the southeast and both west exits." Pepper advised.

"We shut down the train in and out of Willis Point already."

"Well, have city buses there to ferry people to operating lines."

"Yeah." The officer agreed with her as she and Clint stopped at the steps. "You coming with us?"

"No." Clint spoke while watching Pepper who was looking around worriedly, knowing she wanted to stay. "We'll stay until the park is clear."

The officer looked down at his leg and shook his head. "You should really get to the hospital."

Clint shook his head while looking down at it. "I've had worse. It's not life threatening. I'll be fine for now." The police officer smiled to them both and then turned away as Pepper and Clint looked out at all the damage that had been done.

Back at Hammer Industries, Natasha, Emily and Happy were all crowded around the computer because of one thing displayed on it. "Heads up!" Natasha called out to Tony. "You got one more drone incoming."

"This one looks different, guys." Emily told them as her eyes were fixed on the drone. "The repulsor signature is significantly higher."

When the "drone" landed in front of them, they quickly noticed that it wasn't like all the other drones. It didn't look like a drone at all. It looked like a suit. The helmet opened revealing Ivan Vanko. Melody began to get nervous, thinking about the last time she wore this suit around him and how well that turned out. "Good to be back." He spoke with a smile, referencing the Tony's opening ceremonies at Stark Expo.

"Oh," Rhodey spoke in the direction of Tony and Melody. "This ain't gonna be good." Ivan smiled at that, bringing out his electric whips like the sound of thunder. "I got something special for this guy." Rhodey moved forward, getting his armor ready. "I'm gonna bust him with the ex-wife."

"The what?" Tony asked him. When he didn't answer, he looked to Melody who shrugged. The missile grew out of the top of his armor and focused itself on Ivan. All of them waited in anticipation to see what the missile could do. Right when it hit Ivan, it just fell down next to the metal and fizzled in the water. "Hammer tech?" Tony guessed.

"Yeah." Rhodey spoke as the missile's holder went back into his suit, ashamed.

"That was very anticlimactic." Melody commented, still looking down at the failed missile.

"I got this." Tony spoke as he stepped forward, aiming at Ivan, getting ready to take him down, feeling like it was his responsibility. When he shot his bullets at Ivan, he put his helmet down, all of them not doing any damage to his suit which was bigger than all of theirs.

He brought his whips down on the water, sending them all flying back. Rhodey shot at him, but Ivan knocked his gun off of his suit. Tony flew in the air to get him from where he didn't expect it, but Ivan wrapped his whips around him and threw him into a rock. Melody looked over to Tony worriedly as Rhodey began shooting Ivan, giving Melody the chance to fly at him. Right when she got to him, he threw her over his head and she landed towards the end of the planetarium. He then grabbed her by the waist with his whips and threw her to the other side of the planetarium.

With a scream, Tony jumped from behind him, punching him in the head and landing in front of him. Ivan then head butted Tony and wrapped his whips around his neck. He moved to where Melody was laying and put his foot on her chest, beginning to crush her armor with the pressure he was putting on it and take her out of consciousness. Tony then remembered what Melody had done in Monaco. He grabbed onto the whips with one hand and began pulling him away from her. Rhodey got in front of Melody, managing to grab the other whip, leaving Ivan with nothing to do. "Rhodes!" Tony called out, thinking of something else. "I got an idea. You want to be a hero?"

"What?!" He asked in a confused voice.

"I could really use a sidekick." He brought his hand out, the palm facing Rhodey.

"This is your idea?" He asked him, unimpressed.

"Yup."

Rhodey brought his hand out anyway, knowing their hands were tied and this was the only thing they could do. Together they made a huge explosion, breaking all the glass and sending them all back. When Tony got up, he looked across from him where Rhodey pried open Melody's helmet to revel her still unconscious. "Melody!" Tony yelled as he got up, worry spreading throughout his entire body, knowing that explosion was not good for her in the state she was in, hoping she was still with them. When he got to her, he opened up his helmet and put his ear to her chest, but quickly pulled away, knowing he wouldn't be able to hear anything with the thick metal. He looked to Melody's face, grabbing it in his hands, giving her face a little shake while feeling the most scared in that moment than he had ever been in his entire life. "Melody? Honey?"

Her eyebrows began to knit together and Tony smiled at the fact she was waking up. With a grown, her eyes slightly opened, causing Tony's smile to get even wider. "Tony?"

"Yeah," He spoke while stroking her face with his thumb. "I'm here, Melly. I'm always here for you."

Her eyes fully opened and she began to look around as Rhodey put his hand out for her to grab, trying to help her stand up as Tony kept watch on her, ready to catch her if she fell over. "What happened?"

They all looked over to Ivan lying on the ground and began to walk over to them with both of the boys wrapping their arms around Melody to help her stand and walk. He looked so broken on the ground, losing the threat status completely as sparks began to go off on his broken suit. "You lose." He spoke weakly with his last breath before his head fell back.

Like it was a cue, right when he died, his arc reactor began blinking as did all the others in the drones. "All these drones are rigged to blow. We have to get out of here!" Rhodey told them.

All bit of weakness faded away from Melody's body and she went cold, thinking about where all the other drones were. "Clint!"

"Pepper!" All three of them flew out of the planetarium, Tony and Melody in the way of the Stark Expo.

Both Pepper and Clint were still standing on the steps, Clint working on telling her everything she had missed out on without including Tony's condition, knowing Tony wanted to tell her himself. That's when they heard the beeping. "Pepper, run!" Clint told her.

She began to run, but Tony came and scooped her up, following Melody with Clint. They flew in the air as multiple drones exploded in the Stark Expo, both of them finding a building to keep of them safe. "Oh, my god!" Clint yelled once Melody set him down.

He began limping and Melody took off her helmet. "Did you land on the leg that was stabbed?"

"Yes, I landed on the leg that was stabbed!" Melody moved to him, easing him down so they were both sitting on the roof of the building. Clint looked to her, breathing heavily. "Are you okay?"

Melody nodded as she checked him all over. "Are you?"

Clint nodded and the two looked to each other, staring right into each other's eyes. "We didn't die." Clint told her in a cheery voice.

Melody smiled at him and shook her head. "Jarvis, dissemble the suit." The suit came off around her and took the form of a suitcase again.

Clint looked down on it with a slight smile. "Did you make that?" She nodded when he turned to her and Melody began to lean in, wanting to just be with him, feeling like this was the moment they finally got to be together. "Melody," He spoke, stopping her with the shake of the head. "Don't."

She studied him with a confused face. "Why?"

Her voice was so cracked and broken, it tore Clint apart. "I can't do this to you." She studied him with a confused face, not understand this. "I'm going to New Mexico. I can't start this now. I can't start this here. I can't start this and be gone all the time on new assignments." Melody felt like her heart was breaking as she looked away from his face, trying not to let him see the tears in her eyes. "And after everything I did to you…"

He trailed off and Melody finally looked up at him, Clint finally seeing her tears, causing his eyes to water. "But you're my soul mate."

He smiled at her and the first tear came out of his eye as he put his hand on her cheek, wiping off a few of her tears. "And you're mine, but maybe we'll meet again when we're better for each other."

Melody nodded, feeling a little bit of happiness even if her heart was breaking at the fact that her and Clint were going to be separated for this long. Her heart held the happiness of the thought of the future. "If we're meant to be."

He leaned in, putting his forehead to hers. "We are."

She stared into his eyes, taking deep breaths, trying to rest her breaking heart. "Kiss me."

"Melody-"

"I know." She told him while looking down, but then back up into his eyes. "I don't care. Kiss me." The two leaned in and shared a very teary kiss.

When Tony and Pepper landed on the roof, she began screaming, Tony taking off his helmet as she put her hands on her face, trying to comprehend what had just happened. "Oh, my god! I can't take this anymore!"

"You can't?!"

"I can't take this!"

"Look at me!"

"My body literally cannot handle the stress! I never know if you're gonna kill yourself or…or wreck the whole company!"

"I think I did okay!"

Pepper threw her hands down, finally saying what had been on her mind. "I quit. I'm resigning. That's it."

Tony looked at her for a moment, letting what she had said sink in. "What did you just say? You're done?" She nodded. "That's surprising." He shook his head. "No. That's not surprising. I get it. You don't have to make any excuses."

"I'm not making any excuses." She clarified as she took a few steps toward him.

"Well you actually were just making excuses."

"No. I was not making an excuse." He began talking over her, trying to calm her down. "I think it's very justified."

"Pepper," He began as he grabbed her hand. "You've taken such good care of me and Mel." Pepper began to feel her eyes watering, not expecting this to ever happen. She would miss him. "I've been in a tough spot and you got me through it. Right?"

She nodded as she sniffed. "Thank you." Tony looked out at the city, trying not to let her see how much this hurt him. "Thank you for understanding."

He turned back to her, shaking his head, not wanting to talk about her leaving anymore. "Let's talk clean up."

"I'll handle the transition." She told him with a nod.

"Okay, what about the press because you only had the job for a week?"

"Well with you it's like dog years." She argued while all Tony could do was stare at her lips. "I mean, it's like the presidency."

He pulled her in for a kiss that she wasn't expecting, but enjoyed. She was finally kissing Tony Stark. A man she hated sometimes. A man who infuriated her in every way, shape and form. A man who she understood completely, sometimes better than he did. A man she loved. "Weird?" Tony asked her once they pulled away.

She sighed lovingly as she shook her head. "No. It's not weird."

"It's okay, right?" She nodded and pulled him in for another kiss.

"I think it was weird." They both jumped and turned to see Rhodey sitting down on the roof, watching them. "You guys look like two seals fighting over a grape."

"It's not weird!" They both jumped and Tony turned around to see Melody and Clint leaning on the edge of the building, watching the two. "It's what I've been waiting for since I was ten and don't fuck with it, Rhodey!"

Tony looked back and forth at all of them. "Have you three been watching the whole time?"

"Yeah," Clint told him with a nod. "And it was super cute."

"Shouldn't you be getting to a hospital?" Pepper asked Clint, causing him to smile as he wrapped his arm around Melody.

"You should get lost." Tony told Rhodey.

"I was here first." He argued. "Get a roof."

"I thought you were out of one liners?" Melody asked him.

"That was the last one." He told her.

Tony laughed at the two as he wrapped his arm around Pepper. "You two kicked ass back there."

"Thank you." Rhodey told him. "You too."

"I know I kicked ass." Melody told Tony with a shrug so he just made a face at her.

"Listen," Rhodey began in a cautious voice. "My car got taken out in the explosion so I'm gonna have to hang on to your suit. Okay?"

Tony shook his head. "Not okay. I'm not okay with that."

Rhodey stood up and shook his head. "Wasn't a question." His helmet came back on and he flew off the building and into the dark night.

"You're not resigning." Tony told Pepper as she laughed and pulled him in for another kiss.

"Yes!" Melody cheered while looking back to Clint. "You don't understand." Clint smiled at her, knowing that he was going to miss her more than anything while he was gone. Especially the way she could talk on and on. "They're like my own personal version of Rachel and Ross; I've been waiting for them to get together forever and-" He cut her off by pulling her into a kiss and she kissed back. When he pulled away from her, she shook her head. "You're such a fucking tease."

He laughed as he pulled her in again and she wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped his around her lower back, picking her up, constantly reminding himself that all they had was tonight.

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