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I only have one more person left in my drafts.  But I'm not sure if they are going to come back anymore :(  Sad, I really was looking forward to interacting.  :(

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Hi I don't believe we've met. You look like this really hot guy I married though.

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Sniffles

"I'm infected and I don't know why." Tony groans as he covers himself in the blanket they share at hearing the door open and feeling the light against him. "Stay away or you'll get it too." 

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>> OOC: 'Because I'm Lazy', more like. But...you guys :) ♥

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that you are my tumblr crush. I know it's not much, but hey, I just hoped it would make you feel so much better. I'd love it if someone told me I was theirs. Please, if you have a few seconds, forward this to your 9 tumblr crushes; they'd love to see that you care. Have a wonderful day and keep blogging as wonderfully as you do- I appreciate you. <3

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>> Happy Birthday Tony - Brucie-bear

forestunpurged replied to your post: Happy birthday. We’re going to be eating in, and I’ll show you what I got you later. For now, I’ll give you something small.

{He holds out a small box that would be used for jewelry.}

[Tony refrains from shaking the box, he gives the man a grin before he opens the gift.]

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Happy birthday. We're going to be eating in, and I'll show you what I got you later. For now, I'll give you something small.

Huh. Oh god it is the third now isn’t it? I’m fine with that, definitely fine with that. Thank you honey 

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Call To Arms (Part 4)

Alarms blared around him, and Tony moved, targeting system locked on the location of the nuclear weapons. JARVIS had slipped into the systems of the station, the estimated time they were to be set off counting down slowly. But Tony knew all too well there was no time to waste. 

They'd taken his weapons. They'd played with them. They'd changed them. And now Tony wasn't entirely sure just how more capable they had made them - if they were capable of more. Regardless however, they were a force to be reckoned with, and too close to the surface of the ice to ignore and hope that maybe, just maybe the explosion would be absorbed by the water around them. 

And knowing him, knowing his luck and how Murphy's Law just loved fucking with him, this was going to end badly. He made it to the water, looking back to see his team. They'd one, taken men into custody, the hostages were safe, but the place was coming down and he knew that if they didn't move now, they'd be caught in the explosion. 

"GO." He said firmly, gesturing for them to leave. "We don't have much time. I can do this. I will do this. Go. I'll be fine." He said. There was hesitation, Tony saw it. Bruce knew he could deal with it, but Tony wasn't going to let the man risk his life more than he should, and the agents? He didn't want a repeat of Afghanistan. He didn't want any more blood on his hands. 

"I can do this." 

He was firm, determined, and they all knew it. Tony wasn't going to give them the option of staying. He looked to the Hulk. "You need to protect these people." And he could see him struggle with the concept, Tony was a friend, a man who had tried to understand him, believe in him.

"Please." 

Hesitation once more. But slowly and surely - and the trembling of the area around him probably helped - they all left, or so Tony thought. 

He took the dive, feeling the fear slowly seep into his being as he travelled down the icy water, eyes of the helmet glowing as he searched for the entrance to the cavern. He tried to keep calm. 

"Hey Bruce, well, wouldn't believe it but I'm in the water, took the dive. It's...okay it's a little more terrifying than anticipated but...well, I told you. I'm fine. I will be...I just...." He gulped. "Have to disarm a cavern full of nuclear weapons." 

There.

Tony saw it, a dark whole. He was 5000ft below the surface. Sounded about right. He thought to himself as he moved forward, heading into the cavern entrance before moving up, seeing a dim light ahead of him. 

Breaking surface, Tony saw what he was looking for. The weapons that Stane had procured, had sold off to the shady side of society. The ones that had kept him up at night, haunted him. He couldn't help but feel relief, it was finally all going to be over. He put a hand to the comm-link in his ear. 

"Bruce, I found it."  And god he sounded so happy, and he knew it. Quickly, he headed to the main computers. He swallowed, taking off the gauntlets and flexing his fingers. "Alright JARVIS. Looks like we have to do this manually." He said as he began to type, seeing a loading bar. 

He had five more minutes. 

He was in, and now he just had to get through their security, stop them from activating, at least, for a while. Buy the others time. Easy, right? Tony typed furiously, feeling the cold start to seep in through the thermo-electric material. 

Access Denied.

Fuck. He tried again.

Access Denied.

Jesus, they were better than he thought. "Well, you're good, but I'm better." Tony muttered to himself as he typed. 

"Sir, we have tw-" 

"I know JARVIS." He said, typing, the red letters forming once more. Okay, calm Stark. Calm, you have this. He said to himself, over, and over again.

Ten seconds. 

Access Denied.

Five seconds.

Access Denied.

Three...Two - there! 

The process was being reversed, they were being shut down. Tony let out a small laugh, relief washing over him. He looked at the weapons before slipping out of his suit. There was a reason why it was a little different to the others. It had another built in purpose, and that was to completely destroy the weapons internally, make them essentially the most useless pieces of metal on the planet. Harmless, scraps. He began to set up the machine, taking a few steps back as he heard the small whirr of it activating. 

He set up the diving gear left over and looked into the dark pool once more. He was grinning. It was over, people were safe and he could actually, finally go home. 

He took the dive again, heading to the diving bell as quickly as possible. He tugged at it and the rope began to extend up. He could see the light. And again, he repeated it in his mind, he was going home. 

Breaking the surface once more, Tony got up, he slipped off the oxygen tank on his back, connecting the comm-link back up. "See guys, what'd I tell you, told you I could d-"

He suddenly heard a soft puncture like sound, something whistled in the air. There was a thwak and Tony felt pain in the back of his neck. He froze, realising what it was. Something had impacted on his neck at a high speed. Tony felt his knees buckle and his vision blurring. He put his hand to his neck before looking at it. 

Blood.

Darkness crept up on him, and Tony collapsed with a sickening thought...

He'd just been shot in the throat. 

And then, finally, darkness overcame him entirely. The world completely, utterly, black.

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Tony hadn't come back. 

News on him not returning from the mission were on every form of media known to man. And to make matters worse, a video had been leaked, video surveillance from the Ice Station, showing Tony's death. 

He'd gotten up, put a hand to his comm-link, and then there was a shot. Tony had frozen, his knees buckled, he checked what had happened and then collapsed. But that wasn't it, that wasn't all. 

A man came into the picture, a snake emblem on his arm. He rested the gun he had in his hand, looking down at the body. Moments later, with a kick, he pushed Tony into the water before rushing off, disappearing from view of the camera. 

And the world thought  Tony Stark, Iron Man, was dead.