An Assassin Never Tells

T W E N T Y - F I V E

May 16th, 2011

Dear God, was Tony Stark an idiot. I mean, racing in the Grand Prix? Not only is that dangerous, but it's incredibly reckless. He could get seriously injured, or worse, he could die.

"Natalie, Lilith," Pepper called us over.

"Yes, Ms. Potts," Natalie asked once we got over to her table.

"What do you know about this?"

"This is the first that I have known of it."

"And you, Lilith," she turned to me.

I shook my head, "No, but this is a very predictable move of his."

"This, this cannot happen," Pepper was basically fuming.

"Absolutely. I understand. How can we help you," responded Natalie.

"Where's Happy?"

"He's waiting outside," I rushed, knowing the seriousness of the situation.

"Ok. You go get him, Lilith stay with me."

"Right away," the redhead rushed off.

~~~

We had hopped into Tony's private car and gotten on the track with the drivers. A man dressed in pit clothes had walked out into the middle of the track and began stripping to reveal a "super suit." It was clearly a type of recreation of Tony's suit, and really anyone could tell based on the "arc reactor" alone. The man began to use this "suit" to attack cars, electricity slicing through them, sending them flying.

I was in the back with Pepper, and Happy had a case that was the same color scheme as the Iron Man suit. Their thoughts were loud, but they almost always were when it came to Tony.

"Give me the case," Pepper nearly yelled.

"Here," Happy reached into the seat next to him and grabbed the case, "take it."

"Where's the key!?"

"It's in my pocket!"

"Car," I screamed, causing Happy to swerve to the other side of the road.

When we got there, Happy ran right into the attacker.

"Are you ok," Tony asked as he approached the car.

"Yeah," replied Happy.

"Were you heading for him or me?"

"I was trying to scare him."

"'Cause I can't tell."

At this point, I guess Pepper had had enough, so she yelled, "Are you out of your mind?"

"Better security."

"Get in the car right now!"

"I was attacked. We need better security."

"Get in the car," said Happy, trying to stop a possible argument that would definitely last a while.

"You're CEO. Better security measures. God, it's embarrassing," Tony said as he walked around the car so he could get in, "The first vacation in two years," and as Tony opened his door, the attacker sliced it in half.

"Oh my God," yelled Pepper. Now, at this point, I knew where this situation would end up, so I sent a quick telepathic message to Pepper and jumped out of the car to run behind some rubble. I quickly pulled my dress off, rolled down the limbs of my suit, and pressed on my mask before jumping into action. Sure, I was weaponless, but I could still do a whole lot of damage.

I tuned out what Tony and Pepper were doing and grabbed the attacker from between the fence and Happy's car. We landed on the ground with a thud, and he began to try to shock me. And, I really do mean try, but I guess fire and electricity are too closely related for the latter to harm me. Rather than attacking him with my powers, I relied on my strength and agility to fight him. I weaved back and forth, seemingly narrowly dodging his attacks, but in reality, I was trying to wear him out. And it was working too. But then Tony just had to be the hero and put on his suit, which drew Electric Man's focus away from me. I kept trying to intervene until I got knocked back and nearly knocked out. In the end, Tony won, ripping out Electric Man's "reactor" and shutting down his suit.

Emergency aid came, and Tony looked to thank The Armed Assassin for the help and distraction, but she was nowhere to be found. In fact, he only saw me, Lilith Williams, and boy, was he angry at me.

A/N: Hi, my darlings! Happy Sunday! I hope you all had wonderful weeks last week! I've really gotten out of my writing groove, with finals and AP exams coming up, so I'm sorry if this chapter and the next few are a bit shorter. Anywho, that you guys so very much for all the reads and the votes and for adding this book to your reading lists! It really means a lot to me! I love y'all! :) <3