The Man with no Heart (Tony Stark) - ON HOLD

Get a roof

"Ouch..."

I fell to the floor the moment I decided to get out of the suit. I felt pain all over my body and a terrible headache.

I guessed the hangover was starting to kick in.'

"Sir, your palladium levels are constantly increasing to..."

"Get me back in the suit, J" I mumbled, breathing hard

"Sir, I believe the more you use the suit, the faster the poisoning will be..."

"C-Can't move, help me out" I breathed.

Did Rhodey just took off with my suit?

I never thought he would actually do that.

That really hurt.

I might deserve it, yes. But it hurt.

He was going to hand the suit over to the military.

Hammer would access it with no problem.

Ugh.

Bad move, Rhodey.

"Hmmm, thanks, J" I breathed, taking the helmet off. "That's better."

"I would say Miss Potts is not happy with..."

"It was nothing... with Rushman. Her name is Rushman, isn't it?"

"Sir..."

"...though I got to admit... she's damn good"

"Sir, Miss Potts is not happy with yesterday's events."

"Oh, yeah..." I mumbled

Of course she was not.

I am constantly letting her down.

I guess it was the best I could come up with, knowing I would never have her and knowing it would be my last birthday.

I would not be in that place to live and tell the story for much longer.

"Is there something to eat?" I mumbled

"I believe half the house is broken, Sir"

"Thanks, J." I breathed "Take me to Randy's"

Of course, I felt ashamed once the guy with the eyepatch came out of nowhere with these formulas to ease my symptoms. I felt a lot better, instantly. How could I never came up with those?

I will not even mention Natalie Rushman aka Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow undercover, as you may understand my motives.

When I returned back home, escorted by the SHIELD agents, I was more intrigued than ever. I wondered why did Fury constantly showed up, trying to keep me on track and preach about my decisions. I knew he wanted me in his latest superhero project, but was he after some other freaks, as well?

I could not be sure, he seemed to know a lot more than I did.

"There will always be someone wanting to kill you, Stark" he mentioned

"Did they kill my parents as well?"

"They? Who? We were never able to identify who was the responsible for your parents' death. But you know they were killed"

I looked down "I had my suspicious"

"Or don't you remember you would also have been killed if one of your agents hadn't taken you out of that car?"

I stared at him "That big guy?"

"Mac. I see you remember him"

I shocked my head "I was just a kid"