Sorry for the super long wait guys! School has just been crazy lately so it took me awhile to get this up! But back to the story: I decided to put a little twist and a few extra details here and there so if you like it or don't, just tell me! Hope you enjoy! :)
As soon as I told him that, we were once again whisked away to the cave. Before Head Honcho left he told me, well Yinsen, that I needed to make a list of the supplies that I needed to tell him later. I already knew what I was going to need for the 'missile' so I really didn't need to write it down. While Yinsen was making us dinner, I sat back down onto my cot and started thinking about everything that happened to me since I got here like
"What am I going to do? Am I going to die here? Of course you are, car batteries don't last forever! Don't tell yourself that. You can't die known as the Merchant of Death. But how am I going to be able stay alive if I can't charge the car battery?" Then it clicked.
"The arc reactor at home. In my factory. That can power a lot can't it? All I have to do is miniaturize it, that can't be too hard can it?" I excitedly jumped off the cot at the thought of having a second chance at life. Maybe God wants to give me a second chance at life; to fix what I've done to all those innocent people I killed. Maybe He doesn't really hate me after all. I giggled under my breath at all the things I was thinking about at once. Suddenly, Head Honcho strode through the door with a group of people behind him. He started speaking in his foreign language and Yinsen translated that he wanted know what I needed to build the missile. I started rambling off the list of things I needed. While Yinsen was translating all that I said, all the people Head Honcho brought with him got everything I needed. Eventually, my list ended and everyone slowly exited. We stood there for a second in the silence.
"Dinner Stark?" he asked me. We both walked over to where he prepared our meal and it looked pretty gruesome. I eventually forced it all down my throat, I jumped up and fast-walked to the table that was set up with a bunch of blank papers on it. I could finally start working on the plans to the miniaturized arc reactor. I started penciling out calculations and sketching out what it would look like. About 10 minutes into my work, Yinsen spoke up.
"What are you working on Stark?" Should he know yet? Would it be safe to tell him? Maybe I should wait, just to make sure he isn't a traitor. I turned on my chair to tell him.
"Nothing," I said coolly.
"Well it looks like something to me. You've been completely silent since you sat down and that's rare from you. What is it?" he insisted. I had to make up something or else he will bug the heck out of me until I tell him.
"Plans for the missile," I lied. I spun back around in my chair while he tried to make a fire for the night to stay warm. The calculations were going good for a while but then I was running into all kinds of errors. I was starting to get frustrated.
"I really wished I had some alcohol right now to mellow out some," I thought to myself. Yinsen must have heard all my groans because he invited me over to the fire he made. I took up the offer because I myself was also getting cold in this cold damp cave. As I walked over, I couldn't get the thought out of my mind that I could possibly be dead in a week. I sat down by the fire. It was completely silent minus the crackling of the fire. I kept thinking about the same thing. I never got to say goodbye to Pepper, Happy or Rohdey. But Rohdey could possibly be dead. I shuddered at the thought of that. Out of the three of my friends, one could be dead because of my weapons.
"Stark? Are you okay?" Yinsen interrupted my thoughts.
"Yeah, just great," I sarcastically said.
"What is it?" he continued.
"What do you think it is? You think I just feel amazing right now with this rust bucket inside my chest and that I could die without saying goodbye to anyone I love? And if I die everyone will remember me as the 'merchant of death'? The man who killed innocents?" I said, every word getting louder and louder. I looked up to see Yinsen's stunned face from what I just said. We sat there for a minute just thinking to ourselves.
"My life is totally different now because of what happened in just a few days. It's never going to be the same if I even get out of here alive. Probably won't because they'll kill me before I even start." I stated.
"That's your life work out there Stark. In the hands of those murders. You can't let them have that satisfaction. You can't let yourself live with the thought that they are killing innocents with your weapons,"
"But it's been that way for my whole life, Yinsen. Ever since I started running the company, innocents are getting killed because of me from the weapons I made. I have to change that somehow."
"Well then you'll have to build the missile then, won't you?" he said. I still had the thought in the back of my head that I have a week and counting to live.
"But I only have a week to live," I whispered.
"Well this a very important week for you then," he replied. With that he got up and went to his cot and started fiddling with something. My mind wandered to Pepper. Is she even upset I'm gone; presumably dead? Probably not with the way I treat her sometimes. If I love her, why can't I even remember her birthday? I'm such a jerk sometimes. If I love her, why do I have affairs with other women? That probably is something she hates too and another reason God hates me. If Rohdey is still alive, he probably isn't looking for me either the way I talk and treat him too. I made a list in my head.
"Reasons to Stay Alive. 1: To get my life straightened out and have a second chance at life. 2: Pepper. Enough said. 3: Rohdey. If he's still alive,"
When I finished making the list inside my head, I stood up and shuffled to my cot on the other side of the room and silently cried myself to sleep.
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