"Iron Patriot, such a stupid name," I growled remembering that it was actually the suit Norman Osborn wore during his time as 'the good guy'.
"Damn it," Tony hissed, "fine, we'll just have to hope Rhodey can take care of himself."
"Do you have the president's number?" I asked Tony, "we can warn him about the threat to his life."
"Good thinking Peter," Tony replied, "do it JARVIS."
"Yes sir."
The caller rang, Tony used my car's audio system and put his call on loudspeaker.
"Hello?" an older man's voice called out, one I recognized as the president's.
"Hey Ellis it's me Tony!"
"Tony? Oh, why are you calling me?" he asked.
"Well, you see, I've been dealing with the Mandarin and he's kind of coming after you."
"Yes, I know, he threatened me on national TV not ten minutes ago."
"Yeah, well I'm betting that he's coming after you in your damn plane! He's planning all of this Ellis! You need to get out of there!"
"It's alright Tony, I calculated for this threat," he sounded smug, "that's why I invited the Iron Patriot to be my bodyguard. In fact, he's arriving right now."
"What?!" Tony cried out, "no! No! That isn't Rodney! Someone stole his armour! It's not-"
"-ARGH!" we heard the president cry out, cutting the call short.
"Shit!" Tony cried out, "they got him!"
"Sir!"
"What now JARVIS?!" Tony cried out.
"The house in Malibu has just been attacked. Ms. Potts and Ms. Williams have been kidnapped. They destroyed the suits and the house sir...I'm sorry, but madam Maya Hasen did not make it."
Tony and I were stunned, the only reason we kept flying was because everything was on autopilot.
"S-show me."
Tony was silent for the longest time, he was seething in rage, I could feel it roll off him. I didn't know what he was seeing inside his armour, but the video feed made him more and more angry by the moment.
"Where are they?!" Tony roared, "where is Pepper and my daughter?!"
"Ms. Potts has activated her tracking beacon, it seems being taken somewhere up North along the Western coast."
"Where is the president being taken?" I asked.
"I'm tracking his phone currently sir, it seems he's being taken somewhere North East."
"Their on opposite sides of the country," Tony hissed.
"Tony," I shot him a look, "I'll save the president, you go save Pepper and your daughter."
"You sure?" Tony asked, but I could see his mind was already made up to leave this to me.
"I'm sure. Go, save your daughter," I nodded.
Tony nodded back, "thanks kid, JARVIS, stay with Peter and help him out with the remaining suits we have on hand."
"Understood sir," JARVIS's voice came from my dashboard, damn, he uploaded himself in seconds, now that was impressive.
Tony then broke off from our route and charged into his fastest speed as he bolted towards Pepper's location.
"Hey Tony," I called into his coms, "do me a favour will you?"
"What's that?"
"Put a damn ring on that woman's finger already," I smirked as I cut off the comns. I leaned back and sighed as Doc took over piloting.
I began to think. I was going to face an army of fire breathing monsters with super strength and heat powers. Oh, and let's not forget the guns. On my side I have around fifteen armour suits, myself and a flying car with no weapons...yeah, I really need to upgrade this thing.
Time to call for backup.
"Sexy, call Fury," I spoke.
The call went out, the phone rang twice before fury picked up. "What!?" Fury asked.
"The president is kidnapped," I statd.
"I know! And I'm working on it! So if you have something to say, say it quickly because I'm busy dealing with this damn mess!"
"I have his location on hand," I told him, "they're still transporting him. How soon can you assemble the Avengers?"
"Are you serious?" Fury asked.
"Deadly," I replied, "Tony and I were on the Mandarin's trail when he pulled this stunt. What did he do anyway?"
"Well for some reason the Iron Patriot armor just went crazy and kidnapped the president right out of the Air Force one runway! There wasn't a damn thing they could do!"
"AIM must have done something to the suit," I replied, "anyway, that doesn't matter. Avengers Fury, where are they?"
"Thor is off world and I'm guessing you don't want the Hulk in this mission right?"
"Oh hell no," I shot back.
"Well then I have bad news for you. Cap, Hawkeye and Widow were called out Afghanistan following a lead on the Mandarin."
"What?! But the Mandarin's base of operations is right in Miami!"
"Did you blow up that villa in Miami?" Fury asked.
"No, we didn't. But the place was set to blow up the moment we arrived. I'm guessing it was a trap. Who issued this order? Who pushed Cap, Hawkeye and Widow halfway around the world?"
"...The Vice-President of the United States."
"Fury, something's going wrong," I hissed, "the Vice President is in on all of this. Look, ready as many agents as you can," I looked on the screen, the dot was still moving, "I don't think they're going to stop any time soon. The moment they do, I'll send you the location, be ready to move at a moments notice, got that?"
"Right, stay in touch," Fury replied before slowly replying, "also kid...it's good to have you back."
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