Legends Never Die

XXI

I woke up with a gasp. My heart was pounding, and it felt like I was being pushed into the water , just like in Afghanistan.

"Dad! D-Dad!" I shouted out.

Suddenly Natalie barged inside the room. The room. It wasn't my room.

"This room isn't mine. Where am I ? Where did u take me , you. - you fly!" I screeched out.

Fly? You had no better thing to say?

Apparently Natalie thought the same as she raised a passive aggressive eyebrow at me, hands folded to her sides.

"You wanted to know who I was. Well, you can learn it here. "

"Where am I ? Wait, does my Dad know about this? Coz if he did I bet you that he won't agree to this whole, passive kidnapping thing?"

"You are in a secure SHIELD facility, your dad doesn't know about this. All he knows is that you are visiting your aunt Peggy in the DC, and quite frankly, they too want you away from all this chaos. And this isn't a kidnapping. " She answered all my questions in such a calm way, it irritated me.

"Then why the frack am I here?" I said, frustrated because of the vague answers she was giving.

"We know your dad is dieing. Have known about it for a while now. But unfortunately we haven't gotten anything to cure him, or even curb the symptoms. We were hoping you could, as you secretly have been doing for the past week. With our resources and your brain I'm sure we can come up with something." She said.

"Okay, I get that. Agree with it too , but why are you saying we again and again? Who do you work for? Is it that eye patchy guy from before?" I said, curious and interested. They did want to save my dad, I hope.

"You are correct on that assumption, but do not call me eye patchy dude ever again. " The black bald guy came in , his cloak blowing even though there was no air.

I jumped up a bit , " Woah. You know how to make an entrance. But , as it's gonna save my dad, count me in."

*******

It's been three days, I think , since I have been here, trying day and night to solve the palladium poisoning. I had done extensive research before on it, but now that my dad's life was on the line, I had to do something.

I was wearing my goggles , as I was welding a thin piece of glass, trying to make a new arc reactor which wouldn't react to Palladium like the other one is. Maybe by replacing the arc reactor might counteract the effect of the poison.

Till now I had only been able to find something to curb the symptoms. Not stop them entirely. But hopefully it will give me some more time.

Suddenly, Fury barged in. He had introduced himself to me the next day after our meeting. He might look all that tough, but in truth he was a big softie.

Don't tel him I told you that.

"Stark, let's go." He said, as he turned back to go outside.

"But I still haven't finished!" I protested.

"Doesn't matter. Grab what you made and come with me. Your dad made a big mess on his birthday. "

"Wait, I missed his birthday?!" I whisper- yelled.

I missed my father's potentially last birthday ever.