•Night Angel•

CHAPTER LII - I CAN'T LOSE YOU

July 2008. 21:00. Malibu, Los Angeles. CA.

Third Person POV

Sophia parked her car at the front of the house. She got out and sprinted towards the mansion. After she had left the cave, she called Rhodey one more time, asking for explanations on what had happened, but he wasn't able to give her answers. At least not the ones she was looking for. She then spent her time at the supermarket buying things out of stress. It was kind of relieving.

-Tony?.- She shouted as soon as she was inside the house and she just got silence in return. She closed her eyes and grunted. -TONY!. -She shouted once again and her response was the same. Running a hand through her hair, she walked to the workshop.

-I swear to god, if he did something stupid...- She mumbled under her breath as she walked down the stairs. In the distance, the voice of her brother and Jarvis speaking was heard.

-Hey! Ow, ow! Ah ah ow!.- Tony's groans were making an appearance and Sophia scrunched her eyebrows for a second.

-It is a tight fit, sir.- Jarvis said to Tony and the sound of machines working in the back. -Sir, the more you struggle, the more this is going to hurt.- Now this was not something Sophia was expecting to hear and suddenly she just didn't want to see what was going on.

-Be gentle, this is my first time.- Tony said and Sophia raised her eyebrows. She was wondering if this was still something serious or just one of Tony's shenanigans.

When she was reaching the last steps, she saw broken glass on the floor. Squinting her eyes to make sure she was seeing properly, she turned to look at the doors. Now, nonexistent and turned into little pieces, the exact same ones that littered the floor. Walking carefully and inside the shop, she looked around, without really paying much attention to what was in front of her.

-I designed this to come off, so...- Tony said, trailing off and waiting for the machine to take off the suit. Sophia lifted her gaze and her mouth parted, her eyes widening.

-Ow! Hey! I really should be able to...- Tony once again trailed off, but not because he was fighting Jarvis, but because he heard his sister's voice.

-What are you doing?.- Sophia asked as she stood in front of Tony. The machine suddenly stopped and everyone, including the robots, turned as if to look at her.

-Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing.- Tony said as he kept on hanging from an awkward position because of the suit removal.

-I'm actually starting to question that right now.- Sophia said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest, lifting her eyebrows at Tony.

Tony kept on struggling with the suit, until just after a few more not so delicate pulls, the pieces started to come off. One by one. Painfully slow.

-Come on, Star. What's the worst that could happen?.- Tony asked, as a part of the suit was now completely off of his chest.

-Do you really want me to answer that?.- Sophia asked as she got closer to her brother.

She was actually starting to question why in the hell had Tony been in an active warzone mere hours ago. She wanted to explode and tell him he was an idiot and he was being an absolute moron by just flying to the other side of the country and exploding things, according to Rhodey.

-Yeah, you're right, I don't. Let's leave it like that.- Tony said, as he got one of his legs free. He was almost done, and he was actually starting to feel free again.

Now, in all honesty, just like Sophia was trying to contain herself from exploding, Tony was just waiting for her to explode. Her calm behaviour was putting him more on edge than if she was actually yelling at him right now. He was just waiting for her to say everything that was on her mind.