"So is Mr. Bruce after Tony Stark?" Fury asked. Fury and Coulson have both arrived at the house of John to ask about Tony.
"Yes. Tony is rich. Batman is interested in his intelligence and knowledge. You might get a surprise when Tony comes back. Don't worry. Nothing will happen to Tony Stark" John said.
"Fine, I will wait for him" Fury said
Somewhere in Afghanistan
When Tony woke up he found himself in a cave. He saw that there was a small tube being fed inside his nose. He pulled it with some irritation. But then the reality stuck him. He saw a metal circle like device being attached to his chest. There were 2 wires connected to it and the wires were connected to a battery. He wanted to remove this but then he heard a voice
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" said a man who was was shaving his beard.
"What did you do to me?" asked Tony with a desperate expression.
"What i did to you? I saved your life Tony" said the man and then he explained how this device is stopping him from death but this battery would only last a week. Tony now was really scared. As Tony was lost in his thoughts, he heard a banging sound at the door.
Soon three people came inside and started speaking a foreign language. The man translated the language for him. They wanted Tony to make Jericho which he directly refused. As a result Tony was tortured and after that they brought Tony outside to show their weapons which was all provided by Stark Industries. The terrorist ordered again to build Jericho for them and this time Tony accepted the arrangement.
".....They will never find you in these mountains. Look what you just saw, that is your legacy Stark. Your life's work in the hands of these murderers. Is this how you want to go out? Is this the last legacy of the great Tony Stark?" the translator said.
"I shouldn't do anything. Even if I do they will kill me, you, in a week" Tony said.
"Well then this is a very important week for you" the man replied. Soon Tony got an inspiration and started building the famous miniaturized arc reactor for his chest. They both got acquainted during the building process and Tony came to know that the man's named was Yinsen.
"How much energy can it generate?" Yinsen asked after seeing arc reactor.
"Should be about three gigajoules per second" Tony replied.
"That could run your heart for 50 lifetimes"
"Or something big for 15 minutes" Tony added to it. Now Tony had enough energy to make a metal suit out of the energy from the reactor and started building on it immediately.
It took them almost two and a half months to almost finish building the first Mark 1. But soon the terrorists realized there was something wrong going on and confronted Tony and Yinsen. A bald guy approached them and threatened Tony that he would kill both if they don't give them the Jericho missile soon. Tony assured that he would finish it soon for them.
In a few days time the whole template of Mark 1 was ready and as Tony was getting ready in the suit the terrorists realized there was something wrong and came knocking heavily at the door. As the door was rigged with bomb when they tried barging the door blasted away. Tony ordered Yinsen to follow the procedure and load the functions.
They could hear that the other terrorists were coming after hearing the blast. But Tony insisted on continuing but soon Yinsen said that they didn't have time.
"We need more time. I will buy you time" Yinsen said after loading the whole procedure which would few seconds to upload and ran outside with a gun lying on the door step.
"Stick to the plan, Yinsen. Stick to the plan" Tony shouted as he knew what would happen when Yinsen ran out. Tony looked desperate but couldn't do anything. When the Tony was ready with his suit and started walking out he was barraged with bullets but they couldn't do anything to Tony.
As Tony came out near the mouth of the cave he saw Yinsen lying in a pool of blood.
"We had a plan. C'mon you have a family. We are going out to see your family"
"My family is dead. I am going to see them now Stark." Yinsen replied somehow. "It's Ok I want this, I want this"
"Thank you for saving me" Tony said with tears in his eyes
"Don't waste it. Don't waste your life" Yinsen said before closing his eyes. Tony got up with much anger and went towards the mouth of the cave. He didn't realize that after he got up Yinsen's body sank into the earth as if the earth swallowed him.
As soon as Tony came towards the entrance he was barraged again by loads of bullets. But as they were they were shooting there was a sudden explosion behind the gunmen who were shooting and it instantly killed many gunmen. The terrorists moved their head to see what caused he explosion only to see few missiles flying towards them. They couldn't even react before being blasted by the missiles.
Tony was shocked when he saw it and thought the military finally found him. After the dust settled he saw a medium sized black colored aircraft with exquisite finish was hovering in front of Tony. And from the glass panes of the aircraft he could see a person sitting inside wearing a black half covered mask with pointed ears.
After the glass panes slid out the person in the mask came out of his seat and jumped to the other edge of the aircraft. and sat down on the edge while the aircraft hovered by itself in front of him and the person just looked at Tony from head to toe.
"Who are you?" Tony said. He had some guesses in his mind but he could hardly believe his own guess.
"I thought John informed you about me." the main in the mask said.
"You are Batman? You really are Batman?" Tony blurted out.
"Yes, I am Bruce Wayne" the man replied. "I have been watching you for over a month Tony. I have to say I am impressed" he continued.
"What? You have been spying on me? Then why didn't you save Yinsen before? He was innocent. I thought you are a superhero" Tony said with some anger.
"Relax Tony, Yinsen is alive. He is being treated now by someone. Come in . I need to send you to the military base. They are going haywire looking for you." Bruce said.
"What? Yinsen is alive? How is that possible? I watched him die. Are you sure you are speaking the truth?" Tony said with some agitation.
"Relax. I am not the only one here to monitor your situation. Even though I haven't met the other guy I knew he was there to protect you. He took away Yinsen. I am sure he will be sent to you soon when he will be fit." Bruce said.
"Fine! I will trust you for now. Wait let me remove my suit." Tony said. He chose to trust Bruce because he knew if Bruce really wanted to kill him he could have used his aircraft to blow him up. By what he could see, he was sure the aircraft had powerful weapons system that could kill him even when he was in suit.
After removing the suit he climbed up to the hovering aircraft and proceeded to sit on the co-pilot position. Bruce too sat on his position.
"Don't you want to destroy your suit?" Bruce commented.
"It doesn't matter. This suit is useless without my reactor." Tony said nonchalantly with a hint of pride it. Bruce already knew the whole story from John's memories so he didn't comment anything more. Tony was too naive for this world. He needed a wake up call and Obadiah would give him that.
After tying the seat belts they flew away. Tony was curiously looking at the inside of the plane and he could see that the technology was of high level. Tony had sparkles in his eyes as he thought of many things. He had many questions but he knew that it wasn't the right moment to ask.
He needed to get back home and find out who was selling his weapons to terrorists. And more importantly he needed a cheeseburger. Living there for 3 months was like a hell for him. Soon the Batwing arrived near the base in a stealthy manner.
"Go on Tony. Go home. John will soon come to speak with you. We have a lots to discuss." Bruce said as Tony climbed down the plane. After that Bruce flew away without saying a farewell.
"This guy has more attitude than me." Tony murmured.
As Tony approached the base he could see the guard tower outside. He waived at the guards. At first the guards were pointing their guns at him but as his face became clear he immediately called his superiors. After a few minutes Rhodes came running with worry on his face
"How was the fun-vee? Next time you ride with me. Okay" Rhodes said as he hugged Tony.
The next day a military airplane landed in LA at Stark Industries's private airport. Tony came out of the plane only to see Pepper waiting for him.
"Your eyes are red. Few tears for your long-lost boss?" Tony said to Pepper.
"Tears of joy. I hate job hunting." She replied.
"Yeah vacation's over." Tony replied.
"Hogan take us to an hospital." Pepper said to Happy.
"No. There are two things to do. First I want a cheeseburger. And second I want to hold a press conference" Tony interjected.
"A press conference? why?" Pepper asked with
"Hogan drive. Cheeseburger first" Tony didn't answer her.
When they arrived at the press conference, Obadiah was waiting for him. Tony hugged him while eating the burger. Then he saw John standing and watching him a little far away.
Tony, Obadiah and Pepper walked towards John with a smile. "Thanks for the heads up. You saved my life." Tony said.
"I am just a messenger Mr. Stark. I am glad that you are safe." John said.
Obadiah who listened to the conversation was shocked as he didn't know what happened in Afghanistan. From the conversation it seemed like John helped saving Tony. After thinking this he clutched his hands in anger but didn't show any impressions on his face.
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