Tony's panic attacks

Panic attack and cardiac arrest

Tony's head was spinning, he was gasping for breath. it was another panic attack, but it wasn't a bad one. he was still conscious. he could barley register that someone was holding him, but he could tell it was Natasha, he could see her red hair. his arc reactor had set him off this time. it had started flickering and had shocked him.

"get him up onto the table!" a voice shouted. Tony couldn't make out whose voice it was but it sounded like Bruce. suddenly Tony was being moved. from the cold against his side he guessed it was Thor carrying him.

"he's bleeding!" another voice shouted, could it have been Steve or maybe Clint?

"get the arc out!" a third shouted, that was definitely Natasha, the only female voice.

"I don't know how." that was Thor, he could see his lips moving. Tony brought his hands up shakily, grabbing at his shirt. Natasha ran over to help him. together she, Thor, and Tony got his shirt off. they could feel his heart thundering in his chest and could see the fear in his eye's. he looked between them, as if trying to decide. he grabbed Natasha's hand and put it over the arc. Bruce was too busy looking for the spare with Clint and Steve. Natasha or Thor were his only options, not that Tony knew that. he could only make out two people in his blurry vision and those two were the only one on the planet at that moment.

"how do I get it out Tony?" Natasha ask. Tony's trembling hand made a jerky twisting motion. "twist?" Natasha ask. Tony gave a weak nod. "twist okay." Natasha muttered. she gently twisted it and Tony gritted his teeth, clenching his eye's shut as she pulled it out. he hated seeing that. "Bruce its out now what?!" Natasha ask.

"we can't find it!" Bruce shouted, tearing up the lab. it had to be here some where. "where the hell did he put it?!" Bruce added. his eye's and skin were a lit shade of green and getting darker by the second. Tony weakly grasp Thors hand and the demi god looked down at him. he was pointing with his other hand. Thor followed his finger.

"Dum-E!" Thor shouted, pulling his hand from Tony's. Dum-E was holding the spare. Tony gave a strangled scream, latching onto Natasha's hand. she held his hand gently. Bruce ran over grabbing the arc from Thor and running back to Tony. he'd done this before, he knew just what to do, but with Tony shaking like that, he was afraid of hurting him. he couldn't wait though, Tony was already going into cardia arrest. Bruce worked quickly, installing the knew arc reactor. it gave Tony a stabilizing shock. Bruce patted Tony's hand gently.

"just stay with him Nat. I need to get some stuff to bandage his head." Bruce said.

"go get some air. I know basic first aid." Steve said. Bruce shook his head.

"no. it's fine. I'm fine." Bruce said. "the other guy is staying out of my way." Bruce added.

"then let me do the first aid, look at your hands." Steve said. Bruce's hands were shaking, much like Tony's body.

"never gets any easier replacing that thing." Bruce muttered, wiping his eye's. he nodded at Steve, helping Natasha lift Tony enough for Steve to bandage his head. they laid him back down gently. Tony let go of Natasha's hand and grabbed onto Bruce's wrist tightly, when the doctor hugged him. Tony curled up and clung to him. Bruce winced at his nails digging into his arms, but didn't say anything. the others simply watched, not knowing what to do. as the panic attack came to an end, Tony slumped against Bruce, burying his face in his shoulder. "what happened?" Bruce ask. he'd been sleeping when the others had woken him in a panic.

"he said the arc was shocking him." Natasha replied. "he fell and hit his head, me and Thor brought him down here while Clint and Steve went after you." Natasha added. none of them were really sure what had happened. "by the time we got him down here the arc was flashing and shocking him harder." Natasha said. Bruce tightened his hold on Tony.