[Jade]After Tony had announced himself as Iron Man, his popularity had somehow grown even more. Jade was happy for him, but she was still a little worried since this could possibly mean that he had a bigger target on his back than before.
During the past few week Tonys cousin -Ryder- had been coming around a lot more. He had decided that he wanted to stay for a while, not only to see how Tony was doing but he also took this chance to train Jade even more.
A month or two ago, Jade hadn't really liked the man but she was slowly warming up to him and at least she didn't snarl at him during their training sessions. She still thought there was something weird about him. Especially since in their training sessions he sometimes twitched as if something hurt and he watched her more closely than before. She usually only shrugged it off, only thinking that he had been bitten by another dog.
Other than that she hadn't really "opened up" to anyone else (which was kind of hard to do as a dog). She thought Pepper was nice and she liked her, but Jade didn't fully trust her yet.
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"I still can't fully believe that my cousin's Iron Man." Said Ryder as he admired Tony's suit.
Tony gave him a grin while he continued to work on a new suit. "Well it hasn't been easy, I'll tell you that."
Jade let out a bark of agreement from where she was laying on the couch, even though she believed he meant more than what she knew had happened to him.
Ryder made his way over to Tony and sat down on a chair beside him. "That's what I want to know. The true story of how you became Iron Man."
Tony stopped his movements and waited a few seconds before continuing. "I don't want to talk about it." That made Jade become worried. If he didn't want to tell his cousin about it, then how bad was it?
"Tony, one of these days you'll have to tell me so that I can help you, or at least understand." She knew that Ryder meant well, but this was something that she knew Tony didn't want to talk about. She was unsure if even Pepper knew, and she was one of the people closest to Tony.
Jade decided that she would give them some privacy, because even if they didn't know that she could understand what they were saying she still felt like she was intruding on their conversation.
She went out of the workshop and up the stairs to lay on the couch in the living room instead. After making herself comfortable and laying there for a few minutes she started to focus on a certain smell in the room.
She jumped down and walked towards a bag that Ryder had brought with him. She was just about to open it when Ryder himself rushed past her and out of the door. She thought it seemed a little weird, so instead of looking inside the bag, she followed him instead.
He had a phone to his ear and was in the middle of a heated discussion with the person on the other line. At first, she couldn't hear what he said because he was at least trying to be quiet, but she hid behind a bush and stilled her movements before focusing her hearing.
"He still feels like he can't tell me why he became Iron Man," He started, but she couldn't make out what the other person said. "It would be a risk to use drastic measures, especially when the shapeshifter is at his side at all times."
Jade felt her insides freeze when he spoke. How did he know that she was a shapeshifter? She almost let out a growl of the thought that she was right. There was something weird about him from the start and for some reason, he and whoever he spoke to were desperate to know what had happened to Tony.
"I know my first priority is to kill the shapeshifter! Don't you think I know that?!" He had started to become louder and Jade knew that she somehow had to warn Tony without alerting Ryder or revealing herself. But she wondered if her revealing herself mattered anymore, Ryder already knew and she didn't want to find out what 'drastic measures' meant.
She started to back away from the bush, but just as she turned around to walk back inside, her tail got caught in the bush and made Ryder stop his conversation. She crouched down even lower and backed back behind the bush so that he wouldn't see her.
"I could have sworn that I hear something." He said, not letting his eyes off the bush as he listened to the other person speaking and this time she could pick up what they said. "Right now you have the best opportunity to kill the shapeshifter than anyone else has had in decades. Either do your job which is to kill the shapeshifter and get the information, or you'll leave and let someone else carry out your revenge for you."
Jade saw his grip tighten on the phone at the word 'revenge' before he responded with an "I won't fail, I've waited far too long for anything but revenge."
He went back inside and towards his bag to pick out something from it. Jade knew that Tony was in danger and that she needed to do something. She knew that it would be a bad idea to attack him from behind in case he had a weapon on him, so instead, she slowly made her way to the car entrance to the workshop in hope to surprise him.
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She thought the two of them would just be talking, but what she found surprised her. Tony was had fallen to the floor and was sitting up with his hands supporting him, but in front of him stood Ryder with a gun pointed towards Tony.
Jade slowly made her way closer before letting out a bark, earning her the attention of both men and the gun as she continued to growl. Ryder let out a smirk while Tony looked at her with fear. "Lola, get out of here!"
Ryder only let out a menacing laugh in response before turning the gun back to Tony, Jade's eyes never leaving him. "Are you stupid enough to believe that your dog just came from out of nowhere, or that she just appears at your side when you're in danger?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Tony looked more confused now as Jade continued to walk towards them.
Ryder looked back at Jade before smirking at her. "How about we show him, Jade Dawson? He said before pulling the trigger, the gun still aimed towards Tony.
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There you have it, chapter nine! And boy, did that go downhill quickly or what?
I hope that you enjoyed the chapter even though I left it on a cliffhanger (insert evil laugh) and remember: until next time, Stay Awesome!
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