Glory and Gore [3]

Chaper 12: Tony "Stank"

Third Person POV-
Tony looks at the freez frame of a secluded road and the date, December 16 1991. His eyes rove, anxiously. "I know that road. What is this?" Tony asks.

The video plays. That car that the Winter Soldier forced off the road crashes into a tree. Tony watches intently as the Winter Soldier rides up and gets off his motorbike Soldat on his back. Steve watches Tony's increasing unease. The driver lies on the ground beside the car. It's Tony's father,

Howard.

"Help my wife. Please. Help." Howard pleads. Soldat walks over and hoists him up by his hair. They stare at Howard's bloody face. Howard's stares back pleadingly.

"Sergeant Barnes? Rogers?" Howard asks in disbelief Soldat jerks her head to the left as he says that. "Howard!" Maria crus struggling to get to him.
Tony glares at the two. In the video Soldat kicks Howard hard in the face with her metal leg.

"Howard!" Maria cries again.

In grief Tony closes his eyes for a moment. On screen his father slumps dead. The Winter Soldier puts him in the driver's seat with his face against the stearing wheel. Tony stares in horror. Maria's in the passenger seat with blood streaked down her face. The Winter Soldier walks around and grips her throat. Expressionless he strangles Maria. Tony watches the screen stunned. Soldat walks up and aims a gun at the surveillance camera. Steve watches Tony anxiously. Tonly lunges towards Bucky and Audrey but Steve stops him.

"Tony. Tony." Steve tries to calm him down. Consumed with grief and tears glistening in his eyes he turns and looks at Steve. "Did you know?" Tony asked. "I didn't know they did it." Steve said defending himself. "Don't bullshit me, Rogers! Did you know?" Tony asked sternly.

"Yes."

Tony steps back, his chin jutting upwards twitchily. Tony reengages the Iron Man helmet. He punches Steve to the floor and defelects gunfire from Bucky, diarming him. he grabs Bucky and flies across the chamber. He slams him onto the floor, then jumps on his arms. Audrey throws a knife into his suit distracting him.

Steve barges him backwards, Iron Man shoulders him to the floor and shackles his ankles. Audrey kicks Iron Man who shoots her with his beam making her fly into a nearby wall with a grunt. Bucky punches Iron Man who just lifts him and slams him against a machine.

Iron Man raises a fist but Butcky twists it. A rocket shoots out of Iron Man's arm, a fireball explodes.

Steve slices his shackles as a towering struckture of pipeworks collapses. Tony and Bucky are thrown down a level as twisted metal falls around them, showering sparks.

"Get out of here!" Steve says to Bucky. Who grabs Audrey and bolts. Iron Man fires, but misses. Steve lands in front of him. Bucky hits a control panel and the silo-styled door overhead starts to open.

"It wasn't them Tony. Hydra had control of their minds." Steve said trying to reason with him. "Move!" Tony demands. "It wasn't them!" Steve yelled. Steve grabs Iron Man's ankle in mid air and smashes it. Iron Man blocks Steve by shooting down rubble, then faulteringly flies up the tower.

"Left boot jet failing. Flight systems compromised." FRIDAY informs. "Ah crap." Tony mutters.

Above him Bucky and Audrey leap from platform to platform. With stuttering jets Iron Man gives chase, then kicks Bucky and takes aim, but the energy bold rebounces on Steve's shield onto himself. Iron Man drops like a stone and lands on a lower platform.

"He's not going to stop. Go." Steve says as Audrey helps Bucky up. As Iron Man soars upwards, Steve lepas and shoots a wire which wraps around Iron Man's neck and drags him back down. He defelcts Steve's shield, then tries to target Audrey.