Chapter 6

(Tony POV)

To my surprise, that Gary guy pulled through. He got me what I needed now I was on the road.

"Harley, tell me what's happening. Give me a full report."

"Yeah, I'm still eating that candy. Do you want me to keep eating it?"

"How much have you had?"

"Two or three bowls."

"Can you still see straight?"

"Sort of."

"That means your fine. Give me Jarvis." I heard the phone being set by the suit. "Jarvis, how are we?"

"It's totally fine, sir. I seem to do quite well for a stretch, and then at the end of the sentence I say the wrong cranberry."

Did he just say cranberry?

"And, sir, you were right. Once I factored in available AIM downlink facilities I was able to pinpoint the Mandarin's broadcast signal."

"What are we talking? Far East, Europe, North Africa, Iran, Pakistan, Syria? Where is it?"

"Actually, sir, it's in Miami."

"Okay, kid, I'm gonna have to walk you through rebooting Jarvis's speech drive, but not right now. Harley, where is he really? Just look on the screen and tell me where he is."

"Um, it does say Miami, Florida." Harley answered.

Well then. "Okay, first things first, I need the armor. Where are we at with it?"

"It's not charging."

What? I stepped on the brakes hard and pulled over to the side of the road, gasping for air.

"Actually, sir, it is charging, but the power source is questionable. It may not succeed in revitalizing the Mark 42."

"What questionable about electricity? All right?" I shouted into the speaker. My heart was pounding out of my chest and breathing was becoming impossible. "It's my suit, and I can't…I'm not gonna…I don't wanna…Oh, god, not again." I threw the door open just as another attack consumed me.

"Are you having another attack? I didn't even mention New York."

My attack got worse, as I shouted through gritted teeth. "Right, then you just said it by name while denying having said it." I tried to breathe through the frigid air as the attack in New York and my home flooded my mind. Was Pepper okay? What about Bailey? How's she-

"Just breathe. Really, just breathe." Harley told me and I tried to listen.

I grabbed onto the car door handle for support.

"You're a mechanic, right?"

"Right." I mumbled

"You said so."

"Yes, I did." I felt myself calming down.

"Why don't you just build something?"

I stood up. "Okay. Thanks, kid."

(Donnie POV)

"Where the hell could she have gone, Leo?" I shouted at my brother as my fingers glided over the keyboard.

"I don't know, Donnie, but we'll find her." Leo answered calmly.

I took a breath. This won't get Bailey back. I chucked Elek's blueprints to the side and covered what I finished. "Okay, let's do it."

(Bailey POV)

When I woke up about two hours ago, I found myself strapped to a standing table with only a sports bra and short on. People came into the small room a few times for a short amount of time. This time it was a man in a white coat and a syringe. There was and IV in my left arm which was put there forever ago, and the man injected the substance into the IV. Once the substance entered my bloodstream, the fire started. I squeezed my eyes shut to try and breathe through the agonizing pain, but it was becoming too much. My screams echoed throughout the room and my fists clenched.

It felt like hours, but eventually, I was out like a light. While I was in my phase of darkness, I felt this sensation of being transported. I was able to pull myself back into consciousness just to be face to face with Killian.

"Hi." He smiled.

I groaned. "What's your plan, huh? Take me as bait? Good one." I said sarcastically.

"No, you're the test." He smirked. "I have Pepper upstairs and the President here as well. Your father has to make a choice: Who will he save?"

My eyes widened. What?

(Tony POV)

After Air Force One was compromised and I got to play a game of Barrel of Monkeys. Yeah, fun. Thousands of feet in the air trying to rescue fourteen people from falling to their eminent death. We were close, but everyone was safe. Unfortunately, I lost Mark 42. Rhodey and I found the coordinates for where Pepper and the President was. I also sent the turtles the Mandarin's coordinates because Rhodey and I can't save both Pepper and the President on our own. We need some back up, now all we could do is put our trust in them. So, as we boarded the ship, I stayed close to Rhodey as he led me while the turtles snuck in another way.

"Come on." Rhodey whispered. "You're not gonna freak out on me, are ya?"

"I hope not."

We hid behind a variety of walls and vehicles before spotting the President.

Rhodes sighed. "He's strung up over the oil tanker. They're gonna light him up, man."

"Viking funeral. Public execution."

"Yeah, death by oil."

We were off again as a voice radioed overhead.

'Broadcast will commence shortly. Take final positions.'

"Get your gun up?"

"Yup, what do I do?" I asked my friend.

"Stay on my six, cover high and don't shoot me in the back."

"Six, high, back. All right." I faced my gun in the directions I'm covering. We rounding a corner and someone shot at us in my zone. I fired back before taking cover. "You see that? Nailed it."

"Yeah, you really killed the glass."

"You think I was aiming for the bulb? You can't hit a bulb at this distance."

Rhodey stood up and with one shot the bulb was out.

'All personnel, we have hostiles on east unit 12.'

"I'm out. Give me…you got extra magazines?"

"They're not universal, Tony."

"I know what I'm doing, I make this stuff. Give me another one. One of yours."

"I don't have one that fits that gun."

"You've got, like, five of them. Here's what I'm gonna do. Save my spot, ready?" I peeked over the top before coming back down.

"What'd you see?"

"Too fast. Nothing. Here we go." I went up again. "Three guys, one girl, all armed."

"God, I would kill for some armor right now."

"You're right. We need back up."

"Yeah, a bunch." Rhodey scoffed.

"You know what?" I nodded towards my army of suits.

"Is that?"

"Yep."

"Are those?"

"Yeah." I patted Rhodey on the shoulder. "Merry Christmas, buddy. Tell the turtles to look around the base." I spoke to Jarvis. "Jarvis, target EXTREMIS heat signatures. Disable with extreme prejudice."

"Yes, sir." His voice echoed.

"What are you waiting for? It's Christmas. Take them to church."

(Bailey POV)

The loud explosions outside snapped me into focus. My body ached and burned, I think they said this stuff was called EXTREMIS. I don't know what it's doing to me, but it wasn't good.

Dad? Where was he? I yelped as an arm fell through the ceiling. Oh, god! I looked around frantically. Help…

The door to the room I was in slammed open and I yelped.

"Please, no more!" I shouted as I struggled against the restraints weakly. Panting from the strain, tears streamed down my face.

"Whoa, whoa, Bailey, it's me. It's Donnie."

My eyes registered Donnie's face. "Donnie? Donnie, oh my god, where's the President, a-and Pepper? What about dad? Did he make it? A-and wha-"

"Hey, hey, calm down. We're getting you out of here." He turned to Leo. "Tell Tony they had her."

'Bailey's here?' I heard my dad shout through Leo's phone.

"We got her. She's safe. We're getting her off the boat."

Donnie held me bridal style after taking out the IV.

'Did he do it to her too?'

"Do what?" Leo asked, his face grew incredibly serious.

'The EXTREMIS.' I heard dad grunting as sounds of fighting echoed.

Leo looked at me. "We'll check when she's safe."

'Keep me updated.'