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❪ MALIBU , CALIFORNIA ❫ December 2013
Belly felt her soul leave her body as she and Tony left the hospital, hand in hand. She swallowed thickly as she spotted all the reporters. Happy had been an explosion last night, they didn't know what happened but it was everywhere. As soon as some notices them, the reporters all begin to clamour, crowding around. Isabella pulled her hood up over her face, Tony held her close to his chest as he pushed the reporters out of their way.
But then, as Tony went to open the door to his car, someone came up with a camera right behind him, "Hey, Mr. Stark. When is someone going to kill this guy?" Her father turned, one hand on her lower arm and the other curled into a fist. "Will it be the Reaper?" Belly peered out from behind his shoulder.
"Is that what you want?" Tony asked. "Here's a little holiday greeting I've been wanting to send to the Mandarin. I just didn't know how to phrase it until now. My name is Tony Stark and I'm not afraid of you. I know you're a coward. So I've decided that you just died, pal."
"Papà, can we go now?" Belly whispered, gripping his hand nervously. He looked down at her, "Please. I don't like it here."
Tony nodded, "I'm gonna come get the body. There's no politics here. It's just good old-fashioned revenge. There's no Pentagon, it's just you and me. And on the off chance you're a man, here's y home address. Ten-eight-eighty Malibu Point. Nine-O-Two-Six-Five. I'll leave the door unlocked. That's what you wanted right?" He snatched the phone from the guy, "And my daughter is not the Reaper, we all killed as many aliens that day. She's just a child the world is trying to manipulate into slipping up but she's not afraid of any of you."
Isabella slipped her hood off her head, looking around at them all. Camera's clicked, faces shifted in shock. She nodded, "That means I'm not afraid of the Mandarin. You come after my family, you get the villain the media made. The Reaper. Don't be a pussy and come straight to the fight." And then she got into the car, sliding over into her chair as the reporters went crazy. Tony climbed in after her and drove off.
