What If Tony Stark Was The Villain

Part 16 - Defense Mode

"What?" her eyes darted immediately.

Tony stays serious next to her, looking straight into her eyes.

"Don't what me" he seems and sounds unentertained.

"I didn't break into your lab" she disagrees.

"Yeah, you're right. Technically you just got in since Banner has given you the codes" he chuckles.

"Tony, I don't know what you think I did" she still acts innocent.

"This is not a debate on whether you did something or not. I know for a fact that you got in my lab and I also know what you stole" he scowls, feeling all the anger rise into him.

"This is a misunderstanding" she tries to pull her hands but they're still successfully tied onto the baluster.

"How long have you known?" he clenches his jaw.

"How long have I known what?" her acting like she doesn't know only manages to piss him off more.

"You know exactly what" he grabs her from her neck.

"Okay, fine, fine" she gasps to stop him as fear crosses her face.

"I've had my suspicions for a few days now" she confesses.

"Is this why you started sleeping with me?" the veins on his neck start showing because of his anger.

"No, I swear. I only suspected you after the first few times" she pulls her hands harder in order to break free.

She's sensing the danger, she's not a fool. By now she's certain that her suspicions were right. And the look on Tony's face isn't exactly hiding his intentions.

"Who else knows?" he grips her neck tighter.

"Noone" she shakes her head.

"I wasn't expecting you to say the truth either way" he chuckles.

"Why did you do it?" she asks through her teeth.

"Barnes deserved it after all he did to me. Sam was collateral damage, I wasn't really looking for him at the time. And Clint, he never helped when Loki attacked. He's part of the reason Pepper's gone" he's almost shaking in anger.

"And you thought that killing everyone will help with your pain? You're crazy" her heart is beating like it never has before.

"It's better than doing nothing" he says like it's something normal.

"Are you going to kill me?" her breathing is shaking.

She already knows the answer to that question, she's just buying time to break her hands free.

"I never wanted to but you leave me no choice" he tightens the grip around her neck.

"You don't have to" she's barely breathing.

"I do. I just wanted to f*ck you one last time" he says deeply and now strongly grips her.

Natasha's eyes are red, she's really asphyxiating. She's fighting with her hands but they're still tied up and with her legs but Tony's sitting on them to keep them still.

"Please" she begs.

"I'm sorry" he says.

She's running out of breath, her eyes are teary and red. But just then, she manages to break her hands free and catch Tony by surprise. She uses the belt to wrap it around his neck and he instantly lets go of her neck to free himself. That's when she finally takes a deep breath to recover.

"This is why I planned on doing this in the bedroom with the handcuffs" he complains as he fights off the belt from his neck.

He has more strength than her, that's why it's easier for him to free himself. Natasha then hits him hard in the face and runs down the stairs, wearing her shirt that she managed to grab.

"You can't run from me" he says loudly and follows her quickly.

"Who says I want to run from you?" she exhales heavily, looking straight at him.

He barely had time to narrow his eyes before she started running towards him. With all her speed, she jumps on top of him and throws their bodies on the floor. He tries pushing her away but it takes him a while because of the way she's hitting him.

But when he finally throws her on the floor, he has time to prepare himself enough to fight her. He knows that he can't win in a physical fight against her, but he has the upper hand when his hand is armed. She also knows her chances are not good now.

"Still sure you don't want to run?" he tilts his head.

"I'm going to fight you 'til my last breath" she says seriously.

"That's not actually so long" he mocks her.

"We'll see about that" she breathes deeply.

He rose his eyebrows and when he put them down again he used his glove to blast at her. With her quick reflexes and skills she manages to escape it. She stretches her arms and grabs whatever she can find and attacks him with it. But of course this all seems like a target practice to Tony, who just hits everything before it even reaches him.

"You're going to have to try harder than that" his confidence is peaking.

"I know" she admits.

She starts running and suddenly slides on the floor, going past Tony's body. He sighs and watches her as she runs towards his lab downstairs.

"Are we going to play hide and seek here?" he yells.

He takes his time walking towards there. It's not because he's not in a rush, it's because he knows she can't access it anymore. When he goes downstairs he finds her trying to get into his lab using another one of the flash drives that she used to hack him the last time.

"You really thought that you could use something like that against me twice? The last one only took me like 2 days to figure it out" he says casually.

"I had to try" she shrugs.

"Any last words?" he asks, standing a few meters away from her with his hand stretched and aiming straight at her.

"F*ck you" she says with all her heart.

"You want to go again?" he chuckles.

She doesn't reply but she runs towards him, clearly wanting to fight. This time, though, she doesn't make it close to even touching him. He's prepared and he shoots at her with his glove without a second thought. The blast makes her fly back and hit her back against one of the glass walls.

Her head is bleeding, her chest is bleeding and she feels extreme pain. Tony looks at her, now relaxed because she's not a danger anymore, and slowly approaches her as she slides down the wall and leaves her blood mark behind.

"Believe it or not, I'm going to miss you" he kneels to look in her eyes.

"They're...after...you" she says between coughs and pauses.

"Yeah, thought so" he shrugs.

She doesn't say anything else. Tony can even tell the exact time that she passed away. He closes her eyes and breathes in and out slowly.

"JARVIS, even if there's a suspicion of an attack or someone trying to get in our system, you tell me immediately" he says.

"Okay, sir. Defense mode activated" he gets the confirmation back.

And with that he throws his head in between his shoulders and starts thinking of his next moves.