One Marvelous Guidebook to Defeating Galactus

Meeting in Tony's Room: Help is on the Way

Rhodes blasts a beam of energy at Ebony, but he easily dodges. The alien uses his telekinesis powers to lift up a piece of the floor and send it flying at the human. Rhodes rolls to the right, but then quickly turns and blasts the piece of floor to pieces, since it was going to land on Tony.

Pieces of rubble rain down on Tony's head, bringing him back to consciousness. Tony props himself with his elbows and turns himself onto his back. He sees his friend Rhodey fighting with Ebony, and many questions form in his mind.

Deciding not to dwell on how the alien is alive, Tony tries to think of a way to escape. He manages to crawl over to the debris that's blocking him from the door to the hallway. Tony tries to find anything that could help him, and he notices two wires sticking out of the ground.

Acting fast, Tony pulls the wires out and wraps them around the arc reactor in his chest. Now he just needs a magnet. Luckily, they are trapped in Tony's room, and he has a lot of magnets lying around.

Tony sneakily crawls over to his desk and grabs a metallic magnet that fell onto the floor. He wraps the other end of the wires around the magnet, and uses his arc reactor to give it a boost of energy. Tony shakily stands up just as his friend is thrown down right in front of him.

"You'll join us one way or another, both of you!" Ebony folds his hands and glares at Tony. Rhodes groans but doesn't get up, which tells Tony he won't be getting any help from him.

"You talk too much." Tony quickly grabs the wires and rips them off his chest. He throws them at Ebony, the magnet still wrapped around the wire. Ebony catches the magnet, but the energy is too strong. It pins his hand to the metal wall behind him.

Tony dashes over to his friend and thankfully feels a heartbeat. He takes his Iron Man hand off Rhodes, now that it's damaged and mostly useless. Ebony wraps his fingers around the magnet keeping him in place and says, "I can control inorganic matter, you fool!"

Using his powers, Ebony throws the magnet back to Tony and it hits him right in the chest. The glass protecting his arc reactor smashes, and he falls right next to his best friend.

Knocking and yelling can be heard from the other side of the rubble, but no one can get through. They would destroy the debris that's keeping the Avengers from their two teammates, but they don't want to risk hurting Tony or Rhodes, or having the ceiling completely collapse on them. One of the members of the group thinks fast and runs into another room where hopefully she can get in from the balcony area.

Ebony lifts up the floor to carry Tony and Rhodes over to his ship. He pays no mind to the flickering light in Tony's chest, not really caring if he dies. However, before he can leave the room, a golden boomerang smacks him in the face. Ebony drops his hostages and clenches his fists, looking for his attacker.

A girl that he's never seen drops down onto the balcony. She doesn't fit the description of any of the Avengers he has never faced either, which makes him think this girl is new to the team.

"Out of my way. You are just postponing the inevitable, child." Ebony uses his powers to make many of Tony's mechanical tools float next to him threateningly.

Leah cringes at being called a child and spins her silver boomerang between her fingers. "Ugh and I thought the Skrulls were ugly. What even are you?"

"Superior to you!" Ebony shoots the dangerous building tools at Leah. Her eyes widen and she jumps backward off the balcony. Ebony floats down after her.

Doctor Strange helps Lauren stumble through the halls until they get outside Tony's room. Together they use their Sling Rings to open a portal to the inside of the room, and everyone follows them.