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𝐔𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏 𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄
𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐀, 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀
TONY
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'He took her?'
How much ever he tried to understand the situation it was the same problem. Elle was snatched under their noses and he was just too slow to prevent it from happening. Just too weak. He knew he was beating himself up for something that was inevitable but damn right, it was his fault. So when Colonel Rhodes came bursting through the tent at the bomb site in Tabora demanding an explanation, he was at a loss of words. The tent cleared out leaving the duo to themselves, knowing the worst was yet to come and Tony was on his own on this one.
'You mean a twink much lower in the danger-o-meter compared to a killer robot took Elle and disappeared into thin air?' He pressed again, his dark eyes prodding him for answers.
Tony was in a state of shock. Certainly, since Elle was the one thing that kept his shit together and now that she was in a position of life or death, Rhodey knew Tony was just as devastated as he was. He was irritated since Tony had not contacted Rhodey about it and he'd gotten to know through his peers and the media. But seeing Tony in a new light quite desperate and out of chances, he felt truly bad to come at him at such a pace.
'Look, Rhodey, we're all behind the eight-ball on this one,' he sighed and leaned onto the chair with a hand over his eyes. He saw blinking lights for a good few seconds to rid off the stress, finally facing his best friend. 'I've secured every single security camera in the subcontinent. I had JARVIS encrypt the files to airport clearances because that's where he was last sighted.'
'You didn't go after her,' he said, much of a statement rather than a question. Because it was the truth.
'If you didn't know, I was under five feet of rubble from the eight-floor blow but yes,' he shrugged, 'I'm fine, thanks.'
'Tony,' he said sternly. This wasn't a joking matter to Rhodey at all since Eleanor quite close to him. How much ever he owed most of his career incidents to her and her press-job, she was like a sibling to him. He knew about her more than anyone and that she had a past that was unlikely to happen to anyone, given she had messed with the wrong family. 'Who's the guy?'
Tony didn't want to say knowing it would only set Rhodey off even more. They had a Stane on their backs years ago and the trophy minority said that there would be no more chances of another younger and more technologically savvy Stane coming back to haul ass.
