Chapter Seventeen

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"Tony I need you to hear me when I say this was my choice

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"Tony I need you to hear me when I say this was my choice. I chose to stand by you and I need you to be a friend and do that for me now."

Suddenly suits are zipping everywhere over our heads

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Suddenly suits are zipping everywhere over our heads. I gaze around astonished as the Ironman suits barrel into men, knocking them off as they scream during their fall. Miniature missiles zip everywhere, one even breaking apart only to fully reassemble. Honestly, despite the violence of it all, it's quite remarkable to watch.

As one fly's low overhead I drop to the floor. My eyes following the suit only to watch it explode underneath us. Feeling the shudder ripple through the loose scaffolding I grab the railing to steady myself. Feeling it continue to sway Tony instructs Jarvis "Get Igor to steady this thing." Not a moment later I feel the wait cease to shift as one of Tony's suits lodges itself underneath.

"So", Rhodey realises "This is how you have been managing your downtime?"

I catch Tony's knowing look he shoots towards me before he mentions "Everyone needs a hobby."

Smirking I joke, "You couldn't have chosen something less violent? Like golf?"

Scoffing Tony shakes his head at my comment, "Not in this lifetime will you ever see me matching plaid with kaki Sparkles." Chuckling I revert back to watching the suits fly around overhead. "Heartbreaker help Snapper out would you", Tony throws out another instruction as the suit known as Snapper barrel rolls through the air, three men stuck on its back. Acting swiftly another suit fly's up, shooting a few repulse beams knocking them off. I cringe however when I see Snappers head yanked off by one of the Extremis men. Colliding into one of the aloft rooms, Snapper is sent out in a fiery explosion.

The explosion tears through the structure, oil which had been contained in barrels adding to the inferno. When fiery debris comes falling down atop out heads I'm quickly pulling in the energy around me before throwing my hands up. Spreading the golden shield over our heads I easily hold it as rubble and metal hit the top. "Now Sparkles makes sense", I hear Rhodey murmuring from Tony's other side. With a dignified smile, I drop the field as soon as rubble ceases falling.

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