Iron Man 3 (Book 6)✅

Chapter 13✔️

Emoji Chapter:🤺 Fight/➕ Added/🗣 Mentioned Scenes/Chapter

Same Night: Rose Hills, Tennessee
Outside: Alley 🔬

Tony and Harley at the memorial site, the kid sitting down at the edge of the crater while Tony continues to look around the area, at the remains of the local explosion site that he read earlier, trying to figure out what happened.

Tony asks Harley, "Six people died, right?"

Harley nods a bit, "Yeah."

Tony asks again, "Including Chad Davis?"

Harley answers, "Yeah. Yeah."

Tony continues looking around at the remains of the explosion site as he walks over to the kid, "Yeah. That doesn't make sense." He sits next to Harley on his left, Harley gives him a questionable look and Tony explains as he points at the shadows, "Think about it. Six dead. Only five shadows."

Harley looks down, "Yeah. People said these shadows are like the mark of souls gone to Heaven. Except the bomb guy. He went to Hell, on account of he didn't get a shadow. That's why there's only five."

Tony not looking at Harley, "Do you buy that?"

Harley shrugs a bit, "That's what everyone says." They sit in silence for a moment before Harley breaks it, "You know what this crater reminds me of?"

Tony answers bluntly, "No idea. I'm not... I don't care."

Harley looks up with a smile, moving his hands a bit, "That giant wormhole, in um... in New York. Does it remind you?"

Tony uncomfortable about the subject, "That's manipulative. I don't want to talk about it."

Harley asks curiously, "Are they coming back? The aliens?"

Tony starts to raise his voice but tries to stay calm, "Maybe. Can you stop?" Harley looks away, "Remember when I told you, that I have an anxiety issue?"

Harley asks a bit nervously, "Does this subject make you... make you edgy?"

Tony starts to panic a bit but trying really hard to stay calm, "Yeah, a little bit. Can I just catch my breath for a second?"

Harley asks Tony, who takes a deep breath, "Are there bad guys in Rose Hills? Do you... do you need a plastic bag to breathe into? Do you have medication?"

Tony tells Harley simply, "Nope."

Harley continues to question, "Do you need to be on it?"

Tony agrees a bit as he tries to calm down, "Probably."

Harley asks again, "Do you have PTSD?"

Tony answers unsure, his eyes closed, "I don't think so."

Harley asks Tony, "Do you.. Do you want me to call Susie?"

Tony shakes his head as he takes a sharp breath, "No."

Harley turns to Tony and leans back a bit to look at him, "Are you... are you going completely mental?" Tony gives him a look, "I can stop, do you want me to stop? Do you want me to stop?"