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"Ughh..."
I gagged a little since the rollercoaster I was forced into made my stomach churn. My hands were faced down on the ground as I found myself... levitating? Upon finally adjusting my eyes I was staring down at the spot that was entirely grass and leaves that would've 'cushioned my fall' by breaking my bones. Thankfully, the repulsors built in my suit's palms spat out repulsor blasts that held me in the air.
'Ah, I forgot the new toys Tony installed in this thing.'
I inhaled deeply; trying to ease my heartbeat as I levitated a few inches off the grass and aggressively blinked. I brought myself to finally look around, and as I did, the towering trees I saw before almost breaking my ribs surrounded me. The blinding sun shone specs of light onto my skin and suit through the thick leaves above me. And then... I gradually turned my head to look in front of me...
"Uh, that was... quite a show. Are you okay?"
"ACK!" I landed with a thud on my ass in surprise.
'Thank god I was hovering a few inches otherwise my ass would've been yesterday's news.'
"I'll take that as a no." The voice in front of me chuckled. He had Tony's way of speaking- sarcastic, kinda snarky too. He sounded younger though, and sounded almost like a surfer dude. I didn't get quite a good look at his face at that moment since I was kinda focused on... y'know... trying to figure out where I was. But as I was about to take his hand he held out to me to pull me up- I realized something.
"Y-your speaking in Japanese..." I furrowed my brows as my heart began to skip at the possibility of me being nowhere close to back home. He cocked his head to the side with a confused grin.
"Yeahhh what about it?"
"Uh... Where am I?" I started freaking out again.
"... Japan... What, did you take the wrong plane and get lost here?" He stopped waiting for me to take his hand and simply crouched down lower to grab mine and pulled me up.
"Fuck fuck fuck." I took a deep breath and began nervously pacing back and forth like an addict without their fix of crack.
"Hey, you good? You don't seem like you're having a problem speaking to me in Japanese yourself. Are you a lost foreigner or something?"
"I'm from Manhattan..."
"Uhhh... I don't know where that is-"
"Manhattan is in New York... In the United States."
"Oh shit."
"Yeah, you don't have to tell me that twice I'm not even in the damn country!" I raised my voice as I felt my heart spazz out again before taking another deep breath.
"Hey hey hey, don't freak out, we'll get you home." He assured me as he held me in place from pacing back and forth by my shoulders and lightly shook me. His eyes glanced down for a second as he still gripped me by the shoulders and widened immediately once seeing the dried red that stained my suit. "Uhhh on second thought we should freak out, you're literally bleeding out." He winced, there was a panicked look on his face. "I'll get you fixed up before we report you as a 'missing persons' at the station." He said finally upon putting his hand on my hip as I limped.
