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Explosions (Between two of us)

Chapter seven – Unconsciousness

It was strange. Everything that happened was weird, like an unbelievable reality, but it did happen. Adeline and Tony became work partners, and it was him who suggested it. One day, they wanted to kill each other, and all of a sudden, after a “normal” conversation, they were working together. The past was erased like nothing ever happened before.

Adeline thought about it for days. It was so unbelievable for her. She never liked him. He was known as the arrogant billionaire, who slept with girls, and as Iron Man – protecting the people with this special suit. She was so judgmental. But her opinion changed a little. He wasn’t that bad at all, and he was great in bed - once again she had to admit this fact. They slept together only once, even though he wanted to have another one night stand. She didn’t care if he was a womanizer because she did the same thing – slept with various men when she had the opportunity. The only thing that mattered was their mission – kill Goth.

An enemy brought them together.

“Seriously, Adeline, what’s between you and Stark?” Monica asked while they were working together. She was cleaning the glasses and preparing another order. Adeline was cleaning the coffee maker. “Yesterday, he was once again here, looking for you. I think he has a crush on you.”

Adeline laughed. “Who, Tony, crush on me? Oh please, honey,” she rolled her green eyes. “There is nothing going on between us,” she moved her shoulders as a sigh of not being interested in him. “We just have some similar interests, that’s all.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you say that you slept together,” she chuckled and put the drinks on the tray. But the brunette didn’t confirm, or denied it. She remained silent and rather went to the warehouse just to check the supplies. The only thing she heard was: “You did not!”

“Oh gosh, don’t be so judgmental!” said Adeline to her friend when she got back. Monica had already been back with an empty tray and scanned her friend with eyes. She wanted to hear all the details. “Oh, you have got to be kidding me. I am not going to tell you about it. It’s not your business, my friend.”

“Come on, Ad! Please?”

“No.”

“It will be just between us girls, I promise!” she was jumping in front of the brunette, holding her hands, and begging with her puppy eyes. “Come on, tell me!”

“Okay, fine!” she said quietly. “But it’s just between us, okay? If you tell anyone, I will personally kill you, is that clear?” Monica almost screamed when she heard that sentence. “Calm down!”

“Sorry,” she laughed. “I’m listening,” she whispered.

Adeline looked around the bar. The people were talking to each other, not paying attention to the waitresses. She cleared her throat, a smirk appeared on her face, and she started to talk about that one night. “It happened when I was working with Dan, and…”

Other words were interrupted by a noise. It was very loud and strong. That wouldn’t be the worst thing. All the windows broke, some people were hit by the broken glass, and some of them were thrown away by a pressure wave – including Adeline and Monica. A new attack was happening – this time, it was somewhere near the bar. Adeline fell on the floor. She landed on the ground, but nothing happened to her. However, Monica hit her head against the edge of the marble. There was a big wound on the back of her head, and it was bleeding. A dark dust was floating in the damaged room. The conscious people were shocked, talked to each other about the situation and tried to help one another. The brunette slowly pushed her body from the ground, and looked around. Her sight was blurry, and she couldn’t see what was happening until she saw a body lying next to her.

“Monica!” she screamed and immediately moved to her. She could see the blood on the floor, the pale face of her friend, but she was conscious, looking around, mumbling something under her nose. “Mon, I’m here,” she breathed heavily. The brunette grabbed her hand. “Please stay with me, Mon. Talk to me.”

“Ad?” it sounded so sweetly. “What’s going on?”

“I’m here with you. Everything will be alright. I promise.” Adeline looked around. She couldn’t see anyone near them. Trying to make a screaming noise, another explosion, which was much more dangerous, happened. The woman shot her hand in front of herself, and the shield protected both her and Monica.

“You are the guardian,” said the bleeding girl quietly. “You are the one…”

“Yes, I am,” Adeline quickly nodded. “But it’s our secret, alright? You can’t tell it to anyone. Promise me that,” she tried to smile at her. The shield disappeared when the situation was calmer, and both of them were safe. The next thing she did, Adeline took a dishcloth and put it on the friend’s wound. “Mon? I’ll be back in a second. I have to check the other people, okay?” and she saw how her friend slowly nodded.

Adeline stood up; she finally saw the damage of the whole place. It was a disaster, everything was ruined – the tables were flipped, some chairs were broken. “Shit,” she said. A lot of people were still lying on the floor, but the other did their best to help them. Adeline could ask them for help, but she needed to look outside, and check the situation there. What if Goth was there?
The scenario was the same like every time. People were screaming for help, panicking, praying to God for help. Another building was destroyed – not completely. The brunette took a deep breath of a fresh air. She couldn’t see the villain through the crowd of people. Adeline found a cap on the ground and put it on her head. Then she found a yellow kerchief, and put at around her face, just to be undercover.

“Give me the cure!” someone screamed near her. When she turned around, she saw Goth fighting with Iron Man. The fight was happening on the ground. Goth’s technique was upgraded, which wasn’t a surprise at all.

“What the fuck are you talking about?” Tony asked him and punched him in the face. “I don’t have your damn cure you, psychopath!”

The brunette looked around. She was looking for some kind of a weapon. There were only rocks, pieces of the building, and then she found some kind of a thin sharp iron stick. His back was facing her – this was a great opportunity for her. She could attack him from behind. Adeline took it, clutched it in her fist, and quietly, very carefully ran to them.

Tony saw what she was about to do. He did his best and tried to keep Goth the same way as he was. He put his hands in front of himself; the repulsors were loaded, ready to strike. When Adeline was close enough, she made a fast, but strong move with her hand, and hit him straight in his right unarmoured shoulder. The thin iron sharp went through the skin and muscles. The man made a painful scream.

“That’s for Jen, you motherfucker!” she growled into his ear, and turned the shaft to the left, causing him more pain. She had his blood on her hands. Adeline forgot she didn’t have her voice changing device, so she could be revealed.

Goth made a quick turn to her and punched the woman right into the stomach. She was immediately on the ground lying. “You bitch!” said Goth grumpily. “That was a dumb move!” He rapidly pulled out the stick from his shoulder and looked at it. “You thought this would hurt me?” he laughed.

When he was talking to Adeline, Tony attacked him from behind and shot him into the armor. Nothing much happened, only the left side wasn’t working correctly. “What a dynamic duo,” said Goth with a laugh. “Do you think this can stop me?”

“What do you want?!” Tony yelled at him.

“I told you, Stark. I want the cure!”

“I don’t have any. You ran into the wrong person!”

Goth rolled his eyes. One of his fire tentacles was aiming at Adeline, the other on Tony. “He said he gave it to you.”

“Who said that? Seriously, octopus, who said that?”

The older man sighed. He was annoyed by everything. “My very old friend, the greatest scientist Martin Montana,” he said with a sarcasm in his voice.

“Oh no,” Adeline quietly sighed, and slowly stood up on her feet, ready to fight if necessary. Her eyes were locked at Tony, waiting for his reaction.

“Who the hell is that? I’ve never heard of that name.”

“You are lying!” he growled once more. “Give me the cure, Stark, or many people will die,” and he took a small device from his armor. There was a red button on the top of it. A bomb was hidden somewhere near them. “I can blow this whole place up, or maybe the shops, or the cute bar, which is pretty much devastated.”

“No!” Adeline screamed out loud. “Monica!” she started to run towards the bar. There was her injured friend, and she promised her, everything will be alright. “Monica!”

“Well, I think I just made my choice,” Goth smiled at Tony devilishly and pushed the button. Iron Man shot the man down, right into his chest, where was the center of the suit. Maybe he didn’t kill him, maybe he did, but he needed to save the woman.

“Ad!” Tony screamed and immediately flew to her.

She was almost there when a new explosion came right from the bar. It was massive; a fire came out from the broken windows and even another pressure wave. Because Adeline was very close, the pressure threw her away, and she landed on some car. The only thing she heard was a screaming sound from somewhere, and a sound of a flying thing coming to her…



Adeline… Adeline… Adeline…

The sound of her name was soft and feminine. But it was changing, becoming more masculine. She could recognize the voice, even when she was somewhere in the dark. It felt like an eternity - being trapped in the darkness, only able to hear her name, and not able to wake up from this weird dream. And suddenly, she resuscitated and opened her eyes. For the first seconds, she could only see a white light, making her blind. It slowly became much less painful, and she could recognize a weird unfamiliar ceiling. The brunette took a deep breath. “Monica?” that was the first thing she said. Her voice was low.

“Good morning, Sleeping Beauty,” said a masculine voice near her. A person appeared next to her. It was Tony. His chocolate, dark eyes were gazing into her green orbs. “How do you feel?”

“Stark,” she gulped, and immediately sat down. It was a mistake. Her whole body was in pain, even her head hurt. She sighed. “Not good,” she rolled her eyes. Her face was frowning. “What happened? I can’t remember much.”

“You landed on a car, and I took you away from there because you needed help, and I bet you didn’t want to go to the hospital, because of your identity, so I took you here,” he explained very quickly. There was a smirk on his face. “You don’t need to thank me.”

“What about Goth?” she slowly stretched her arms and spine. Her clothes were covered in dust, and dirt.

“Eh,” a sound escaped his lips. “You hurt him, I destroyed his armor – I think – and he probably ran away. There was a chaos, another explosion. This city isn’t safe anymore. While you were sleeping for over a day…”

“What?!” she was shocked. “For over a day?!”

“Let me finish, drama queen,” he stopped her. “I was talking with the air force, the police, and after some negotiations, and discussions, we created a plan, which also includes you – The Guardian.”

“Oh?” she wasn’t sure about this.

“I explained to them that you are the one protecting the people,” he smirked at her. “The Guardian will be with us, helping with this mission, protecting the people as much as she can.”

“With us – that means?”

“Me – the Iron Man, you – the Guardian, and my friend James Rhodes – the Warmachine,” he explained. He was suddenly smiling brightly at her. “He will be now available for this mission.”

“James Rhodes? That man from the bar, your friend, is the Warmachine? Wow. This is unexpected,” Adeline said surprisingly. “Why didn’t he help earlier? There is another Iron Man…”

“No – no. I’m the only Iron Man,” he corrected her.

Adeline rolled her eyes once again. “Whatever. He could have been with you this whole time! Goth could be dead like weeks ago! Another question of mine is: how did he get away from the prison? You should have killed him when you had the opportunity!”

“Whoa! What’s with the attitude and yelling?” he frowned at her and crossed his arms on chest. “How should I know he would get out of there, and try to devastate this whole city, just because of some stupid cure? I didn’t even know he put a bomb somewhere near your bar!”

And then she remembered. She ran toward the bar, because Monica was there, injured, waiting for her help. She gave her a promise, but she couldn’t keep it. “What happened with the bar, Tony?” she asked with a fear in her voice. He didn’t reply. The man was just looking at her; his face was without any emotions. “Tony?!” her green eyes widened. “Tony, please tell me…”

“He blew up the bar, Adeline,” he dryly swallowed. “I’m sorry, but nobody…”

“No,” she shook her head. “No, no, no!” her eyes began to water. “That’s impossible. He didn’t,” her lower lip was shaking.

“I’m sorry, Adeline,” he whispered. “Five people died, and your colleague was one of them too.”

“No,” she began to cry. Adeline covered her face with palms. “Not Monica, no!” she couldn’t believe it. “W- Why is he doing this? She was my friend. He killed another friend of mine!”

Tony took a step closer to her. He didn’t know how to react, so he just put his hand on her right shoulder, and softly stroke it. “He did it obviously for some dumb cure, from this guy, whom I don’t know,” he said softly. “Hey, don’t worry. We will stop him, okay? We will kill him because I won’t let that dick destroy this city. And you can avenge your friends,” he patted her on the shoulder, and slowly went away from the woman.

“Tony?” she sobbed. The man turned to her. “There is something I need to tell you.” She took a deep breath. “I-,” she sighed and wiped a tear from one eye. “I am Adeline Montana.” This information made him squint his eyes and listen carefully. “I am the daughter of Martin Montana,” she sighed.

“What?” he sounded surprised.

“Martin Montana is my father. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you, but I couldn’t.”

“Why? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” he frowned at the woman. “This information changes the whole situation.”

“It does not!” she protested. “You don’t know nothing from their past - from our past.”

“Then you better start singing, young lady,” he was suddenly in front of her, looking into her eyes, and waiting for some answers. “So there is this war between your father and that weird flame-boy…”

“But I don’t know what exactly is happening between them. I know something, but it’s not enough!” she stood up on her feet, but she almost fell down on the ground. Every wound, every bruise was hurting her like hell. Tony helped her sit back down on this table of his. “They used to be friends, best friends,” she sighed, “but one day, something happened between them. My father was a successful scientist with many creations. Probably Goth was jealous.” She wanted to talk about it, for the first time in her life, but she was afraid.

“Ad, you can tell me,” he gave her this little smile. “I need to know, because then we can figure things out, okay? I-“ there was a pause, “I trust you. I need you to trust me, okay Adeline?”
She nodded. “Okay. J.A.R.V.I.S.?” Tony said some name out loud. “I need you to write down information from Adeline.”

~Yes, Sir.~

“What was that?” she asked him. Her eyes were wide open, looking around the whole unknown place. She just realized where she was. A room where were various luxury cars, computers, technique, and Iron Man suits. This was probably Tony’s laboratory / garage.

“That’s Jarvis, my buddy; it’s a system I’ve created. He’s very intelligent. J.A.R.V.I.S. means Just A Rather Very Intelligent System,” Tony explained.

“Oh, okay,” she nodded in agreement. She brushed her messy hair with fingers and scanned the place. “This is a horrible day,” she sighed. “Why them? Why not me?”

“Okay, Ad, relax. Inhale and exhale. I think you need a glass of water, and maybe some food.”
“What I need is a bottle of rum.” There was an emptiness in her eyes. Those green orbs were without any emotion like her soul just died. “Or maybe two bottles.”

“As much as I would like to get drunk with you, I don’t think this is the best idea at the moment,” he laughed a little. “Come,” he set his hand to her. “We’ll sit over there,” he showed her the leather sofa he had near the entrance glass door. “It’s much more comfortable.”

She didn’t say a word. Adeline, with Tony’s help, stood up, and together they slowly went to the sofa, where Adeline sat down, and Tony went to the kitchen counter. He had a small kitchen in his garage. She immediately hugged her knees and put the chin on top of them. “I hate my life.”
“And why is that, Adeline?” he asked and gave her a glass of fresh cold water.

“Because I have to lie, I have to keep secrets, and I can’t even have friends. My girls are both dead!” A tear appeared in her eye. “They are dead, and I couldn’t even help them! I can create a shield, but I can’t even protect the people I care about!” she blamed herself. Tony was listening to her the whole time. “It’s not easy, living with these powers I have. I never had real friends. I was born with these abilities; I was trained to protect myself, but never showed who I really was.” Adeline was surprised; she could speak about herself that easily. “I never had a life like any other child. My sister’s life was, and still is amazing. She has friends, she can do all these girly stuff. She doesn’t even have these special abilities. Oh, my god, I’m panicking like a teenager.”

“But does she know me? Of course not!” Tony tried to make Adeline smile a little.

“Tony, I don’t know what is really going on between my father and Peter,” said the brunette.

“Peter?”

“Peter Tunderbalt – that is Goth’s real name.”

“Jarvis?”

~I’m looking for Peter Tunderbalt, sir. ~

Adeline looked around like she was looking for another person. “I love this system,” she smiled a little. “I think this is my new life now - a life where people, friends die, there are attacks on this city, and we cannot do anything with it. Is it possible, we can’t beat one old guy?”

Tony gave the brunette a glass of water and sat down right next to her. “Listen, gorgeous,” he put one palm on her knee, “we’ll kill him. He has taken so many lives; we don’t know how many people will die next. But we won’t let that happen. Okay? Now, I suggest we’ll have some food, and we’ll start to work, what do you say?”

Adeline gave him a simple nod. “Let’s do this.”

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