Why did my defense mechanism have to be sarcasm?

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Tony's POV

When the dust began to clear from the air, I slowly got up from the explosion that had sent me flying backwards

"Fri, asses damages" I groaned, trying to brush debris and dust off my suit, which wasn't very effective

"Mild concussion and several minor fractures" she announced

That explained the shooting pain emitting from my head

"What the hell happened here" I asked, staring at the ruins round me

"Several chitauri energy cores seem to have detonated simultaneously, causing Toomes's facility to explode" Fri answered

"Wait" I said, stopping her short, "Toomes's facility?"

"Yes sir"

"The one that WE were going to?"

"Yes" she repeated once again 

"The one in which we were going to save Y/n from?" I asked, getting more worried by the second

"Yes!" she exclaimed, impatiently

I stared at the ruins in utter shock. This was what the kid was apologising for. She had blown up Toomes's facility... and probably herself with it.

"Fri, ch-check the ruins for signs of life" I asked quickly, my voice cracking in fear

"Scanning" she said, and a blue light flashed across the screen, searching for the only hope that the kid was still alive

The longer it took, the lesser hope I had for finding her alive

"Faint signs of life found at northwest corner of ruins" Friday finally said, sending a fresh wave of hope, even though I didn't know whether it was the kid or not

I flew over there as fast as I could, fearing that I might be too late

"Friday, target the rubble covering the life form" I said, not wanting to say that Y/nn was there, in fear of raising my hopes up too high

I blasted the highlighted area of rubble sending it flying off further north

I stared at the dust covered body, hoping above anything that I would see the recognisable face of Y/n, but instead I came face to face with a disgusting sight

"You have gotta be fucking with me" I groaned, staring at the mangled, but still very much alive body of a guy who was very hard not to kill on sight

"It's not like I'm happy to see you either" Toomes muttered from the ground

I shot a metal cable out of a special kind of blaster that I had made after the ferry incident with Pete

The cable wrapped around Toomes and did a good job of restraining him

"Stay down" I ordered threateningly, and I flew higher above the rubble

"Fri, you sure that was the only person alive?" I asked urgently, flying even higher, hoping to spot something, someone in the mass of the ruined building 

"No other living forms detected" she said sadly, crushing the last spark of hope

"Increase range" I asked desperately

If this didn't work, it was over. 

I couldn't handle another death on my conscience.

"Processing" she repeated, and it might've just been my imagination, but she sounded pretty hopeless as well

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