A sudden feeling of a pair of hands on his back wakes Tony up. His hands attack the person behind him before he even opens his eyes. He pulls them away when he realizes it's just Rhodey behind him, definitely not seeming like a threat.
"Hey" Tony clears his voice and gulps.
His throat feels sore and weak. That's what he gets for screaming his lungs out last night after what he did. He drank and screamed and threw things over and over. The house seems like a war zone, but that's kinda true. There was indeed a fight going on in here last night.
"Hey? HEY?" Rhodey asks loudly, obviously annoyed.
"Yes, hey. Why are you shouting at me first thing in the morning?" Tony shakes his head with closed eyes and a headache.
"First th-Do you have any idea what time it is?" Rhodey's shocked.
"It's afternoon, whatever" Tony rolls his eyes.
"You haven't replied to my texts or calls since yesterday, JARVIS almost attacked me when I tried to come in and you look like a mess. What's going on? And what the hell happened around here?" he sounds desperate.
"Get off my back, Rhodes. I was busy" Tony still sounds pissed off.
"Busy with what? Did you work on something new?" Rhodey asks and takes a few steps towards the stairs to the lab.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't go there" Tony immediately jumps from his seat.
"Why? What's wrong with you today?" he doesn't listen to him and starts taking some steps.
"I can't really explain it, you just shouldn't go there" Tony reaches him and stops him from going further downstairs by placing his hand in front of him and resting it against the wall.
"Oh, I see" Rhodey smiles and goes back upstairs.
"You see what?" Tony creases his eyes in confusion.
Rhodey walks around for a bit and it doesn't take him long to find what he was looking for. He takes the bra that was laying by the stairs towards the upper floor and looks at Tony with a smirk.
"There's a woman down there, that's why you don't want me to go" he says proudly, like he solved the mystery.
"Well, yes, you're right. You got it" Tony nods, realizing that technically he isn't even lying.
"Since when do you have sex with random women in the lab? I thought that was off limits for you and didn't trust them in there" Rhodey questions.
"It-it-it just happened" Tony shakes his head.
"Who is she? Do I know her?" he tries to take a peak.
"You know her, yes. That's all I will say" Tony replies.
"Come on, I want to see her" Rhodey teases him.
"Trust me, you don't want to see her like that" Tony insists.
"You freak! Rough night?" he hits Tony's arm playfully.
"Things got ugly" Tony admits.
"Okay, fine. I don't need more details about you and your secret lover. I'll leave you two to it" he says.
"We'll talk" Tony says before Rhodey gets out.
"JARVIS, what the hell? I thought we're on defense mode" he argues immediately when he's alone.
"We are, sir. But defense mode is about danger and there was no indication Mr. Rhodes was a threat" the A.I. replies.
"You should've prepared me, this visit could've gone bad very easily" he sighs.
"I tried waking you up but it was like you were in a coma, sir" the sarcastic ways of Tony have affected JARVIS as well.
"Ha ha, very funny, JARVIS" Tony laughs ironically and walks towards the kitchen.
He fills himself a glass of water and finds an aspirin. He takes it and waits for a bit for it to cure his hangover. For this time, all he does is think about what he's going to do now that he's practically compromised.
"JARVIS, how's that thing I asked from you going?"
"I've almost completed it, sir"
"I want the results within an hour. I need to come up with a plan" he sounds stern.
"I'll let you know as soon as I have them"
Tony nods and takes a deep breath. He knows what he has to do now and it's not pleasant at all. He slowly walks to the stairs and even slower goes lower and lower with each step. He finds Natasha's body just how he left it last night but with even more blood surrounding it.
He sighs and kneels next to her, reaching her level since she's sitting on the floor. He closes her eyes and holds back the emotions. Yes, he did that to her, but it's not something he planned on doing and it's hurting him.
"We had some great moments, didn't we?" he speaks.
Of course he doesn't get a reply. He just hides his face in his palms and moves the body so that he can clean up the spot and prepare his next move. By the time he's done with that, JARVIS speaks again.
"I have the locations, sir"
"About time" Tony comments and gets in the lab, sitting in front of a screen.
With very few movements, he opens some tabs and comes across all the locations Natasha visited the last few weeks that she suspected him. It's easy to delete many of them from the suspicious places he's looking for and only focus on a few that intrigue him.
"He has to be in one of them" he murmurs.
"These are all abandoned places, perfect for a hiding spot" JARVIS adds.
"Mark those 4 locations down. We're going after each one tomorrow"
"Done, sir"
"I want all the suits charged and ready for battle tomorrow" Tony orders.
"On it, sir"
"He can't hide anymore" Tony pushes his hand into a fist, indicating the strong rage inside of him.
"Rogers dies tomorrow" he continues with a deep, determined tone.
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What If Tony Stark Was The Villain
FanfictionWhat if the events after Civil War were different? What if Tony's anger led to a very alternative series of events where he was considered a villain?
