Phantom | S. Rogers

-𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘-

december twenty third, 2012
rose hill, tennessee;
and malibu, california

"Sir? Ma'am? Sir!" Jarvis called before Brooke and Tony woke up, shaking their heads as they groaned softly. 

"Alright, kill the alarm." Tony said as he opened his eyes. "We got it."

"That's the emergency alert triggered by the power dropping below five percent." Jarvis said, Brooke and Tony realizing that they were falling straight toward the ground.

"Shit!" Brooke and Tony let out screams before they dodged a car, both of them flying into the forest. Brooke flipped to her back, trying to catch her breath as she took her mask off, Tony doing the same. "It's snowing, right? Where are we? Upstate?"

"We are five miles outside of Rose Hill, Tennessee." Jarvis said, making their eyes widen.

"Why? Jarvis! Not my idea!"

"What are we doing here? This is thousands of miles away!" Tony said, his eyes looking at the trees around him. "I gotta get Pete. I gotta get Pepper. I gotta—!"

"Fuck!"

"I prepared a flight plan." Jarvis reminded. "This was the location."

"Who asked you?" Brooke said, shaking her head when she recalled the previous afternoon. "Open the suits."

"I think I may be malfunctioning, ma'am."

"Open em, J!" Brooke said before the suits opened, letting her and Tony sit up. "Shit! It's cold!"

"That's brisk." Tony shuddered, him rubbing his hands together before he put some snow on his sore left arm. "Maybe we should just cozy back up for a—" Tony started before Jarvis interrupted him.

"I actually think I need to sleep now, sir." Jarvis said before he powered down.

"J?"

"Jarvis. Jarvis?" Tony shared a look with Brooke, who sighed before she flopped down into her armor. "Don't leave us, buddy." Eventually, Brooke and Tony found some rope, which they tied around their suits to make them easier to pull. After walking a few miles, the siblings came across a gas station with a phone booth, Tony dropping his rope to take two ponchos from the wooden Indians out front. Tony gave Brooke her poncho, giving her a kiss on the head before he headed into the phone booth. "Pepper, it's me. I got a lot of apologies to make and not a lot of time, so first off: I'm so sorry I put you in harm's way. That was selfish and stupid and it won't happen again." Tony said before he let out a sigh, leaning against the wall of the booth. "Also it's Christmastime and the rabbit's too big. Done. Sorry. I'm sorry in advance because Brooke and I can't come home yet. We need to find this guy. You gotta stay safe. That's all I know. I just stole two ponchos from a wooden Indian." Tony pulled the phone away from his ear, looking at if before he hung it up and walked out of the booth, nodding for Brooke to go in.