Chapter 36

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The Suit lifted off the ground, both feet together, and began to glide as Tony leaned forward to steer it. It picked up speed, zooming through the driveway out of the garage, and he was flying. Scarlet groaned, she ran out of the garage, shifting into a dragon.

 Scarlet groaned, she ran out of the garage, shifting into a dragon

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"Ooh, YEAH!" Tony cheered as he zoomed out into the night. "Woooo!"

The Suit turned and twisted as it zoomed through the air, making Tony gasp.

Scarlet flapped her wings, trying to keep up with him.

Tony managed to steady his flight a bit. "Handles like a dream," he said as he flew through the air, circling Malibu.

As he came near the city, an icon on his screen zeroed in on a Ferris wheel some distance away, and from there it focused even further, allowing Tony a prime view of two small children in one of the seats. One of them was eating an ice cream cone, and the ice cream had just fallen out of the cone onto the seat beside him.

Scarlet followed after him. It did not take Tony long to put some considerable distance between himself and the Ferris Wheel covering what would take a car at least an hour to travel in heavy traffic before veering upwards.

Tony zoomed over the city's sparkling lights, and then he tilted his flight upward through a cloud. "All right, let's see what this thing can do," he said as he continued climbing higher. "What's S. R. 71's record?"

The altitude record for fixed-wing flight is eighty-five thousand feet, sir," J.A.R.V.I.S. informed him bringing up the relevant details on the SR-71 Blackbird up on the screen for him to see. The only other thing showing on the screen was the close up of the moon that Tony was steadily approaching.

"Records are made to be broken," Tony said excitedly. "Come on!"

The Suit zoomed straight up into the sky. He kept pushing himself. higher until ice began to form over the front of the HUD making the screen falter around the edges. From below, Scarlet froze in mid air, only flapping her wings to keep her airborne.

"Sir," J.A.R.V.I.S.. informed Tony. "There is a potentially fatal buildup of ice occurring."

"Ice?!" Scarlet cried in alarm.

"Keep going!" Tony ignored his AI. "Higher!" He added in a strained tone as the ice build-up only worsened almost completely covering the surface of the suit. Eventually it got so bad that one of her foot repulsors completely gave out.

"Higher?" Scarlet shouted. "Are you out of your mind?! Maybe high altitudes aren't the place to be breaking records!"

The Suit began to fail as the ice crusting over it reached the helmet. The lights blinked and went out, and the Suit began to plummet toward earth.

Tony let out a strained gasp and then began to fall unable to stop himself from screaming out loud.

"We iced up, J.A.R.V.I.S.! Deploy flaps!" Tony shouted, hoping the AI was still online. "J.A.R.V.I.S.?"

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