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Explosions (Between two of us)

Chapter fifteen – Kidnapping

Chapter fifteen – Kidnapping

“It’s been a long time, Adeline,” Goth said.

“What are you doing here?” the woman said with an uncertain tone. The mobile in the pocket was still dialing Tony’s number. She clenched her fists and stayed still while looking into the devil’s face. Goth’s lips made an evil grin which brought shivers to woman’s back. He wore his special suit – unfortunately, this time, it was upgraded and that wasn’t a good sign. He had those big goggles on his nose, the gray hair was messy and his suit was on alert.

He took a step closer to her, hiding hands behind his back. “I think you already know the answer.”

While they were talking, Tony finally answered Adeline’s call. His eyebrows lifted up and he put the device to his ear. He already paid for the alcohol and was now heading to his car. “Hey babe, do you need anything else?” he smiled.

-What do you want from me?- he heard Adeline’s voice full of fear.

“Ad?” Tony was confused. He looked at his device and clicked on in. He was working with a better audio. Her voice was muffled. “Ad, you hear me?"

-Oh, little girl, you know what I want. And when I want something, I’ll do everything just to get it, - Goth’s voice said from the other side. Tony’s eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat. He wasn’t expecting this rapid change of a situation. With the phone in his hand, he ran to the car and opened it. It was a matter of seconds. What if he hurts her?

Goth was standing in the same place, looking at the brunette. His voice was confident and there was a dark spark in his eyes. He showed the woman his white teeth which made her unpleasantly shiver. “What did you think girl, that I am stupid and won’t find out you are the famous Guardian?” When he made a move forward, the brunette took a step back and surrounded herself with the shield. The purple color was shining and sparkling around her, protecting the feminine body. The man started to laugh. “Well, you are not that tough as I thought you would be.”

“Why are you doing this?” she had to ask. Adeline did everything she could to refrain the conversation. She was hoping Tony would appear any second. “You want my ability so you could threaten the world? Why?”

“Power is the strongest unit in this world. With power, you can have everything and everybody on their knees. The world would be looking up to me, claiming me as their God and leader,” he tried to explain. “I know what you are trying to do, Montana,” he said her surname. “Since I couldn’t find your family, I knew where to find you. The technology is brilliant these days. And here we are,” he saw the shield disappear. The woman was carefully listening to him.

“Leave my family alone,” she gritted her teeth. “This is just between you and me you son-of-a-bitch.”

“Oh, you are entertaining me? How lovely,” he laughed. “Now I have you and that’s all I ever needed.”

“How can you be so sure?” one of her perfectly fixed eyebrows went up. “I almost killed you…”

“Yeah,” he grinned, “almost. However, I got away and then you were attacked by the famous Iron Man. Darling, I know everything that had happened. I know about you from the beginning. I just needed to start a war. Yes, I have to admit my plans didn’t work as I planned them but,” he took a dramatic deep breath, “in the end, look where we are.” Goth stretched his arms, showing and pointing at the woman’s apartment. “I’m here and you are now mine.”

Before the brunette could fight back or protect herself, two strong hands grabbed her wrists and put them behind her back. She felt something cold and tights on the wrists. They put them in handcuffs. Her green eyes were wide opened from the unexpected situation. Goth brought two men to help them capture her. For the whole time, they were standing in the hallway, ready to attack her and Adeline didn’t even notice them. How could she be that blind? She painfully sighed, made a weird sound from the throat and looked at the man in front of her. “No! Let me go you motherfucker!” she screamed.

“Sobbing won’t help you.”

“No! You can’t….!”

He gently stroked her cheek. “Such a beautiful face,” he mumbled under his big nose. “You gave up so easily, little girl. I am thankful for that,” he winked at her. The last thing Adeline could remember was his stupid smile on the lips and then, with a strong punch right into her head, she was surrounded by darkness…

Tony was on his way to her apartment. He was cursing under his nose for not bringing the suit with him. How stupid could he actually be? It was only twenty fucking minutes – for twenty minutes he was gone and everything changed. Goth must have known about their plans. Back on the Gala, he said he knew everything about her and the Montana family. Tony had the phone in his ear, holding it with the left shoulder while he was driving. He could hear the whole conversation and he also heard the scream.

“Adeline!” he screamed too in the car. Everything was fucked up. When Tony finally got to her building, the line went off. He immediately called Rhodes while he was running to the elevator. He was lucky that it was already on the ground floor.

Before the door closed, James picked up the call. –What is it Tony?- he asked. –I am kind of busy at the moment. This better be good.-

“You have to fly here, now!”

-What’s going on Tony? What happened?-

The dark haired man punched the elevator wall with his fist. It was slow and it made him even angrier. “That motherfucker!” he yelled. “Rhodes, he got Adeline! Fuck!” he was yelling. The elevator stopped on her floor and he ran to her apartment. He remembered where she lived. When he got to the door they were already opened. “Fuck! Shit-fuck!”

-Are you serious? How is that possible?!-

Tony looked around. He saw his clothes on the bed, the door to the balcony were open and no one was present except him. “He has her,” he whispered, not believing his own words. “I can’t believe this happened.” He took the Black Sabbath shirt to his hands and put it to his face. He could still smell her scent. “Rhodes, come to my place as soon as possible. We have to find her.”

-You owe me an explanation, Stark – James snarled and with that the line went off.

Tony stood there for another minute. He was looking around, trying to find something that might help him with the search. His eyes landed on a picture frame, standing on the bookshelf. There was a photo of her with her friends. Adeline was smiling there, holding a drink, probably vodka or martini, in her hand and she wore a birthday hat. She was the birthday girl. There was another woman he knew – she worked with Adeline and died a few weeks ago when Goth attacked the bar where they worked. There was another photo. It was just a younger Adeline with shorter hair, holding a dog in her hands. She had that beautiful smile on her lips which made him sigh sadly.

“I’ll bring you back to me, baby,” he said those words to himself, being dead serious.



When Tony came to his workshop hidden in his mansion, Rhodes was already there in the War Machine suit. The mask was lifted up and he was angrily looking at his friend. His dark eyes were even darker. “Are fucking kidding me, Tony?” those were his first words. “Tell me how that happened. How is it possible that Goth has Adeline?”

Tony sat on the office chair and took a mobile device from the pocket of the jeans. “She wanted to go home…”

“And you just let her?” James interrupted him; his voice was high and unpleasant.

“For Christ sake, Rhodes, let me finish!” he barked. While he was talking to his friend, he was working on the device. “She wanted to go home. I didn’t agree but we made a deal. She went to her apartment just to pack some clothes and her suite while I went to the local shop and bought us a bottle of vodka because we wanted to have a nice evening together. It was just twenty-fucking-minutes, Rhodes…” he put his fingers into his hair and brushed them. “Fuck, I can’t believe this happened.” His right hand was suddenly on his chest. Somewhere inside of him, there was this unpleasant feeling which made him close the chocolate eyes for a moment. He had to take some deep breaths before he could continue with the work.

They were both quiet for a minute. Tony was looking on the ground, silently thinking about the situation. He threw the device on the table and sighed. James, on the other hand, scanned Tony’s workshop with his dark brown eyes. Slowly moving in the suit, thinking about some plan, he asked: “Didn’t she have something with her? You know something we can track – a mobile or a tracking device that you gave her?”

Tony’s eyes were suddenly sparkling with hope. “JARVIS?!”

~Yes, sir?~

“I need you to track down my old mobile phone I gave to Adeline. I think she might still have it with her. She called me about half an hour ago. Search for the number from my device and try to track it. If we are lucky enough, there is a chance she might have it with her,” he stood up and started to work with his hands when a blue hologram appeared in front of him. “It’s a matter of seconds, JARVIS.”

~As you with, sir. I found a signal, sir. The mobile is fully operational. I’m showing you the map with the location of the device.~

A giant map was shown to the men. James came closer to Tony and looked at the hologram. At first, there was a map of the whole world and it was slowly getting closer to the map of America. When there was a map of California, a red spot appeared near the state. Tony moved his hands and clicked on the spot. It was pointing at Santa Catalina Island. The map showed him an island where were two small towns and nothing more.

~Sir, the signal which weakens is coming from the middle of the island. There is an old abandoned house, so it is possible that Miss Montana is there. I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold the signal for too long. The flight to this place in your suit is less than fifteen minutes, sir.~

“Save the location and prepare my suit,” Tony put down an expensive watch from the left hand and got ready for the Iron Man suit. “I’m coming for my girl and I’m going to kill that son-of-a-bitch,” Stark took a deep breath. “This ends once and for all.”

“Wow, you must really like her,” James smiled.

“You bet I do!”



Such a beautiful young woman and look at her… Her destiny ends right here…

Adeline slowly opened her eyes. Those words were ringing in her head, making the body wince. Arms and legs were belted against the thing she was lying on. Was it a bed or a table? Before she could clearly see, she heard someone talking. “Secure the place and kill if you have to. I don’t want anyone to disturb me while I’m working.” And another sound of was heard in the room – a brisk walking. When she could finally see clearly, a man came closer to her and looked into her pale face. Goth was smiling; his devilish eyes had a happy spark which made the woman wince once again. “Don’t worry, Adeline. You won’t be able to escape. Your arms and legs are well-tightened. However, if you are expecting someone to save you, I’m afraid that won’t happen.” He was wearing his suit that was for sure.

The brunette didn’t say anything. She was looking at him, keeping her own thought for herself. Was everything useless? Was her life at the end of the path she was walking on for thirty years? All she was doing was partying, enjoying life and protecting the innocent women and girls. Even though it was fun and wild, she missed so many things – spending time with the family, mocking her sister, finding the perfect guy for a stable relationship. She had to roll her eyes. Why was she thinking about this right now?

“You look very amused, Montana. Your last minutes in this world and you are rolling your eyes,” he laughed. “What are you thinking about? How you let your family down? How you disappointed your father? Don’t worry. When you’re gone, I’ll personally call and inform him of your death.”

The woman hummed. “I’m just thinking,” she started to talk, “why is my death so amusing? Doesn’t it bother you, seeing a young person dying?”

“Seeing you dying – actually no. You have something that belongs to me. I want it and you have to die so I can have it,” he explained calmly. “Would you like to hear a story before you close your sweet eyes forever?”

“Do I ever?” she replied sarcastically.

He clenched his fist. Before Goth could speak, he took a deep breath. She was annoying him with her sarcasm. “Did your father ever talked about our friendship? I bet he didn’t. We were best friends,” he started to explain the past whilst he was moving with an object Adeline couldn’t see. “We studied together, attended the same university. Later, we worked for the same organization.” A rattling sound came from her left side. What was he doing? “When we were twenty, we decided to create something unique. Something that would change the world and we would be famous for it. We had many brilliant ideas and some of them were realized. One day, your father came with the idea of creating a serum – similar to the one that created the famous Captain America.”

“Captain America?” she was laughing. “Please, don’t start with a funny fairytale while you are talking about this romantic, heart-breaking story about you and my father.”

In a second, he was standing above her, looking into the green orbs and smirking. “Such a sassy mouth,” he stated.

“I know. That’s my hidden talent,” the woman smiled.

She felt a hand around her neck. The fingers were roughly digging into the skin, making her choke. Her eyes were wide open, looking at the man above her. She tried to catch a breath. “One more word girl and I will kill you with my bare hands,” and then he let her throat be. Adeline took a deep painful breath. “If you really wish to die, all you have to do is ask.”

The brunette remained quiet, her eyes focusing on the ceiling above her. It was better than the face of that monster. Very slowly and inconspicuously, she tried to turn her hands, so the back of it would touch the table. It was very hard to do, but while Goth was talking about his life, and preparing a machine for the woman, she set her hands to protect herself.

“Now, my sweet child,” once again, he was standing next to the table where she was lying. “Let’s begin with the surgery, shall we?” he laughed. He took a needle from a small table and showed it to her. “Don’t worry, this won’t sting.” Before he could proceed, Adeline tried her best and made a move with hands, creating the shield around her. When the purple beauty surrounded her, Goth made a contact with it and he was suddenly on the other side of the room, cruelly falling on a table with a computer on it. All she heard was a smash.

“Hold it, hold it, hold It,” she was talking to herself, focusing on the shield. Now she had some time to think about a plan – plan that would get her out from this place. Her hands were hurting her; there was a drop of sweat on her forehead.

“Well, would you look at that,” Goth grunted and slowly got up on his feet. There was a wound on his eyebrow and it was bleeding.

“Unexpected, wasn’t it?” Adeline said sarcastically.

“Don’t fight, girl. You will lose this fight,” said the man and went back to her, but not way too close. “It’s just a matter of minutes when you will turn it down and I will kill you,” he smirked. A weird noise was coming from the outside. It made the man frown.

“I’m not going to give up, old man. I will fight until I can breathe,” the woman hissed. “I never give up!” she said it out loud, trying to encourage herself. Another banging noise was heard. This time, it was closer, almost knocking on the entrance door. With another crunched sound, the door forcibly opened and two men in suits stepped inside. “Tony!” she had to scream.

The Iron Man looked around and found his girl surrounded with the purplish shield. He had to frown. “That’s it, flame boy! Give me back my girl,” one of his arms was aiming at him, ready to attack. War Machine was standing behind him, scanning the room. “Rhodes, get Adeline. I’ll handle this bastard.”

Rhodey moved forward to Adeline. She was just waiting for him to be closer, so she could turn down the shield. Tony, on the other hand, made his way to the man, still aiming at him. “Stark,” said Goth calmly, “we meet again. Unfortunately, this will be for the last time.”

“You are annoying, has anyone told you that?” Tony sighed behind the mask.

Adeline canceled the shield. Rhodey ripped off the belts and put her closer to his armor. She was ready to protect her or even the men. The brunette wasn’t hiding in Rhodey’s arms. She was facing Goth. They have to end it once and for all – they have to end him. She was scanning the room with her eyes, looking for any weapon or an iron stick. “Are you alright?” James asked her.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she nodded.

“You want to finish it, Stark?” Goth stretched a little bit. “Okay, let’s finish this,” and his arms made a quick move. It activated his odd but sophisticated, dangerous suit. Tony held his breath for a moment. Last time he saw Goth’s suit was just a piece of technology, which was powerful, but this time, it was much more advanced than before. One of the tentacles attacked Tony. He had to jump and he immediately started with the blasting. There was no way he would let that bastard win.

In a minute, there was a small explosion and fire. Adeline protected her and James with the shield, while Tony was flying around, trying to knock him down. “Get her out of here!” Tony said to his best friend through a speaking device installed in the suit. “Get her out of here!”

“What about you?” Rhodes asked and Adeline could hear it.

“I’m not leaving you here, Tony!” she growled.

“Just go!”

Notes

Comments

@AutumnRose
Well, there is Explosions 2, but I don't have much time for writing it. I believe I'll continue (there are four chapters) with it. I just need to find more time for it. Thank you for your comment. :)

FameFox FameFox
10/30/16

I LOVED this story. Please, don't let it be the end. They deserve to be happy!

AutumnRose AutumnRose
10/30/16