Any Time Now
Chapter 4
Thank you so much to Katdog, Jimenush, and Koalamarch for making my day with reviews! I was tired of waiting for somebody to write a fanfiction like this so I decided to do it myself! Please Enjoy! Also, warning for descriptive torture in this chapter. Please review! I had this crazy idea of adding in other villains from the movies! (not the comics because I never read them... please don't kill me) Like Red Skull(it's fanfic so who cares if he's dead), Justin Hammer, HYDRA, and others if you guys REVIEW! (That's a hint)
Crap, I forgot the disclaimers... nobody noticed right? This isn't mine! If it was, I wouldn't be writing from this crappy laptop!
Tony shuddered as the sound of a knife against clothing was heard. He was still laying face down bloody and bruised from being hit, still gasping for air. Loki grabbed him by his neck and pulled him up so Tony was face-to-face with him.
"So Tony," Loki sneered maliciously. "How are you? Oh, don't worry. We'll have fun."
Loki dropped Tony, who crashed to the ground with a loud grunt. Loki snapped his finders and instantly the chains holding Tony shortened so Tony,gasping and scrambling his toes to hold up his weight as to not suffocate from the chain around his neck, was hanging by his wrists as well as his neck. Loki rounded around him as the knife was raised and pressed the point to Tony's spine. Tony wold have added a snarky comment in at this point, put the chains made him painfully aware of his position as a prisoner.
Slowly, ripping the white cotton shirt Tony was wearing, he dragged the point down, making Tony arch his back in pain, but made no noise. Loki pressed harder, Tony still making no noise. Soon, when the knife was about halfway down his back he let out a cry of pain and scrunched his eyes closed. Loki, seemingly satisfied took the knife away and walked around to face Tony. Then he paused and looked the trembling man in the eye.
"Are we having fun yet?" he sneered. "Don't worry, I haven't started yet." He cut a circle around the arc reactor through Tony's shirt, having not a care in the world if he cut Tony, who started breathing heavily when he finally understood what Loki was doing. When he finished, a blood-stained, ragged strip of cloth fluttered to the ground.
The glow of the reactor shone through the room, making it brighter than before. Loki hovered his hand over it, making Tony shudder. "So, Tony, do you want me to pull this out? Come on... No?" When Tony still did not make a reply, he yelled in his face, "Answer me!" Loki raised the knife again and cut a few gashes across Tony's face. "No? I guess I'll do it anyways."
And Loki pulled out the arc reactor and examined it while Tony shuddered and his face twisted in agony. About a minute later, he started groaning as the shrapnel shifted through is body, not doubt hitting muscles. Beads of sweat rolled down his head and down his neck. In another minute, he screamed and thrashed around in his restrains, tears of pain dripping down his cheeks.
Loki, unflinching from the scene before him, decided not to loose his toy on the first day and put the reactor back in. He snapped his fingers again and the chains holding the hanging billionaire lengthened again and Tony crashed to the ground, seemingly still.
"So, Tony, what do you feel? I doubt you feel happy or anything else on the positive side." Leaning down towards the still man he sneered, "I hope I taught you a lesson worth remembering," and with that Loki left the room.
Tony shuddered and, with great effort rolled himself on his back, at the sound of the door slamming and the lights blinked out again, this time the only light being the arc reactor, unprotectedly shining throughout the cold, silent room.
"Hey, this is Pepper! Sorry, I'm not able to call you right now, so leave a message and I'll call you back. Sorry and thanks!" Tasha sighed and left her message.
"Hey, Pepper, it's Natasha. I need to talk to you about something very urgent. Probably not the best idea to say it over voice mail, seeing as it could be hacked into by the public and that would be a very bad idea. Please call me back and I'll tell you in person as soon as possible. Thanks."
Tasha sighed, bit her lip, and put down the phone. She looked over to the corner where the Iron Man stood, keeping a nonexistent silent watch over them. She got up and went to go find Fury among the vast helicarrier.
When she found Fury, he was standing at the table in the conference room, leaning on his arms, his head bowed. She walked in he raised his head.
"Well?" he asked, clearly implying about the call.
"She didn't pick up. I left a message and said to call me back so we could meet in person."
Fury simply nodded and went back to staring into oblivion. Tasha left to find the other Avengers.
About 1 hour later...
Tasha's phone buzzed while sitting at the table in the debriefing room with the other Avengers. They weren't debriefing, just sitting and waiting for Pepper to call back. Tasha picked up the still buzzing phone, and sure enough, it was Pepper.
Tasha put the phone to her ear and heard Pepper's voice through the receiver.
"Hi Tasha! Yeah, I can come whenever you need me to. I'm free this weekend, so is that okay with you?" Pepper's bright voice was strained, as if she already knew something was wrong.
"Yes, that's great. Where do you want to meet?"
In a few minutes, they had made plans to meet on Saturday (two days from them because it was Thursday) at the Avengers Tower in New York. Seeing as it had previously been the Stark tower, Pepper shared a suite there with Tony.
Saturday at the Avengers Tower...
Tasha walked into the tower and went over to the elevator. She went up to the suite floors where she had planned to meet Pepper. Upon getting there, she walked out of the elevator, alone. The guys had said that all of them being there would have raised suspicion. Using her I.D. from when she had worked at the tower as Tony's assistant would have been the only reasonable explanation for her being there, because no citizen knew where the Avengers spent their free time.
She walked in to find Pepper standing in the middle of the floor in a dress and pumps, staring down at the floor with a handbag clutched in her hands.
"Pepper."
Pepper turned to see Tasha standing in the doorway. "Natasha," came a relieved reply. "I tried... He won't... Tony won't answer his phone."
Tasha felt a pang of guilt that she had to tell Pepper what she dreaded. "I know. That's what we need to talk about."
Major cliffie, I know, but I realize you all have been waiting since Monday for an update and more hurt Tony because I know that's all you guys are reading this for. (most of you) I promise Tasha will tell Pepper next chapter, but so far I haven't gotten to the good parts in either point of view. I realize some of you are thinking that me asking you if I should add more villains was the question I was talking about in the beginning and the answer is no! Please Review!