[1] Taeyong Lee-Stark and the League of Heroes

12 - Having our first Boss Battle

PREVIOUSLY ON: League of Superheroes

Taeyong was supposed to be sent away from his dad, heading to the safest place at the moment... Johnny and Mark's apartment. But, something doesn't' fit right with the younger, he made a promise not to leave his dad, so he isn't. Johnny manages to get Taeyong out of the car and distract his mom long enough for Taeyong to quickly run back home. It's good that he made it on time, because Tony was lying almost lifeless on the ground, an arc reactor missing from his chest.

Now all they have to deal with is Obadiah Stane.

***

Rhodey came to the mansion quickly, with Mrs Seo, Johnny and Mark all standing and watching the billionaire slowly get up. "Where's Pepper?" Tony asked, looking over at Rhodey once he got off the phone with her.

"Don't worry, she's with the Feds. They're on their way to Stark to arrest Obadiah," he said.

Tony looked down at Taeyong who gave his father a grim look. "Dad we need to help."

"We?" Rhodey asked. "Tony you can't-"

"He's staying. Mrs Seo, I think it's best you drive your boys home, thank you for everything." The mother nodded gravely, ushering Johnny and Mark to the door. Johnny quickly slid out of his mom's grip, running to Taeyong and hugging his friend close.

"Don't get yourself killed okay?" he said, cupping Taeyong's cheeks together. The younger merely nodded and watched as Johnny ran back to his mom and they all left. He looked up at his dad and gave him a firm smile.

"What do we do now?"

Tony looked back at Rhodey, "they're going to need a lot more than a few Agents. Give me a hand," he said. Both Taeyong and Rhodey helped Tony start to walk back into his workshop, supporting his back. A door opened, revealing The Hall of Armor. Rhodey and Taeyong's eyes widened in disbelief, looking at the hanging Mark II suit but also the weaponised battle-ready Mark III. Many different gauntlets and other future designed prototypes littered the hall. But it seemed like Tony was getting ready to build himself an army of suits.

Both Taeyong and Rhodey looked at each other as Tony walked over to his Mark III suit. The two of them started to wire Tony's suit together, making sure that the man was comfortable in his gear as Rhodey helped rivet the last panel in place. Taeyong walked over to a new pair of headsets, smiling widely when he realised that they were custom made to fit his head size. He placed them on and grinned, linking up to his dad's suit.

"Do you read me dad?" he asked.

"Loud and clear," Tony said back. He gave Taeyong a smile as Rhodey handed him his mask. Watching Tony put on the mask for his final Mark III design was that moment that Taeyong read about in his books. His father was a hero and he was having his superhero moment. It was his own and he was going to save the day. "Taeyong, you help me online. Rhodey, you know what you gotta do."

Rhodey nodded and got inside one of the non-crashed cars of Tony's and drove away whilst Taeyong sat in his father's car and connected himself to his father's screens. The holograms floating around him and glowing a faint blue that brought Taeyong back to familiarity even though his heart was racing. He looked over at Tony, giving his father a thumbs up as he flew out of the previous hole he made nights ago.

"Jarvis, make sure someone patches that up," Taeyong asked over the now silence of the lab.

"Yes Sir."

***

Tony flew to the Stark Industries lab building, the main site that Obadiah would use for creating his own suit. He relied on his new and improved flight stabilizers to get him there faster as he tried to connect his in phone system to Pepper. He couldn't get to her, "Taeyong make sure to pick up in Pepper calls," Tony said.