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He left. He fucking left me in the middle of a Hydra base in Nowhere, Siberia. So much for ‘never leave a man behind’ “Captain” America.
Everything hurt, and it was fucking cold. His head, arm, neck, chest, leg. Blood and sweat, and he wasn’t to proud to admit it, tears were freezing on his face. Breathing sucked - and was getting worse…. Oh shit, please, not a panic attack.
“Friday?” no reply. “Friday?!?” still nothing. Major injuries and a broken suit in the middle of a Hydra bunker in Siberia, sure - don’t panic, no problem! Tony’s breathing quickened and hitched… and stopped as he realized the blood and sweat and tears were melting - and evaporating off his skin.
What. The. Fuck.
Tony's mind raced - it couldn’t be! He'd used the most negligible amount of extremis to repair the ARC reactor damage; stabilized it, and inactivated it. This should NOT BE HAPPENING! Shit, now he was going to possibly EXPLODE in the middle of Siberia? HOW is this my life? Son of a bitch!
Instead of cold, his body felt like it was on fire - pins and needles spread, a feeling of acid burning from the inside out. “Please, please, please - oh god I don’t want to ... AHHHHHH!!” His entire body siezed, and he lost consciousness.
*****
Tony woke up, and he wasn’t cold. Nothing hurt. He could move. All of which was a huge surprise. But he was still stuck in the ass end of Siberia with no way to contact Friday.
“BOSS!?!?”
“Friday? You can hear me?” How is that possible…
“BOSS! YES! FINALLY! Your signal was lost for 2 hours! Vision is on his way - he received permission from the UN to head to your last known coordinates. I’m updating him now. What is your status, Boss?”
“I…” Tony paused, shocked and unsure how to answer that question. “I’m Ok… I think. I’m not sure. Can you scan me?”
“Sorry, Boss, I’m unable to...wait” Friday paused, “systems are coming online.” She paused again, and sounded confused when she began speaking. “Boss, I’m finding evidence of recently healed fractures to your skull, arm, leg, and ribs, but I do not have a record of these injuries occurring. Your temperature is elevated, registering at 102 farenheight.”
“Holy shit” Tony whispered to himself.
“Boss?”
“Friday, we need to do some test when I get back to the lab." Tony paused, “I have some theories about what happened and I’m not going to complain” he huffed, “but, yeah, this is a bit of a surprise.”
“I’ll get everything ready, Boss”.
“How long till Vision arrives, Fri? My suit’s power is pretty much gone. I’m surprised we had enough power to scan…”
“Uh, Boss?” she questioned, "Suit power is at 55% and climbing. Functionality is coming back online. You should be able to move relatively easily, though power for flight is not available.”
“That’s not possible… the suit was dead. I didn’t do anythi…” oh. Oh boy. We’re going to need to do more tests.