A Mild Teaser because I’m Garbage
She punches at him again, a blast of repulsor energy throwing him back and nearly off the building if his rockets hadn’t kicked in just in time to send him hurtling himself right back at her. She cartwheels out of the way and draws the blade from her back, turning on her heels to watch as he circles the roof.
“You don’t have to do this!” Iron Man shouts at her and Fire Light growls as she switches her gauntlets’ loadout from repulsor to electricity. “However much Stane’s promised you, I guarantee you he won’t pay you! Even if you do beat me, he’ll turn on you just like he has on everyone else! He won’t pay you any of what he’s promised you!”
“He’s not paying me anything.” She steps to the edge of the rooftop, scraping the cement with the tip of her blade. “He’s guaranteed me the only thing in the world I want. You can’t begin to understand my reasons, so I won’t bore your final moments with them.” She punches at him, electricity crackling as it strikes his armor, causing the other to scream and writhe in pain before blasting up into the air.
“You’re just a bounty to me Iron Man, a means to an end!” She calls to the air with teeth bared beneath her helmet, switching the loadout back. “Nothing personal, so why don’t you get back down here and take it like a man?!”
As if on cue, he comes slamming down at her. Just barely managing to flip out of the way, Fire Light flicks the switch on her sword which causes it to be engulfed in a blue flame. He stands from amidst the cracked cement and charges his repulsors, staring directly at her.
“Stane’s crooked!” He snaps, aiming one hand towards her. “He won’t give you anything!” A blast fired that she avoids easily with an over-exuberant acrobatic move. “You can help me fight him!”
“He’s not giving me anything! He’s promising to leave us alone!” She throws several punches at him that shoot repulsor shots. Two hit and send him into a tailspin he recovers from just in time to catch the flaming blade swinging down at him with his hand. “He’s going to stop coming after us! That’s what I want!”
“What?” Iron Man shoves her and the blade away. “Why- You’re working for him to make him leave you alone?! You seriously think that’ll work?!”
“I don’t have a choice!” She snaps, putting the blade away with a flick of her wrist and putting up her fists. "He took everything else! Everything we ever had!"
"And you think doing anything for him will make him stop?!" Iron Man aims another blast, only for his hand to be kicked to the side and tackled to the ground.
"It doesn't matter." Fire Light growls, pinning down the other and aiming one of her gauntlets at his head, charged with another repulsor blast. "It's the only option I have left. So you either give up your armor or I'll peel your bloody carcass out of it."
"No." He growls back, defiant and struggling to hold her hands away from his face. "He's not getting my armor. He's stolen enough from me!"
She scoffs. "Fine then." She yanks her arms away from his grasp and pins his arms beneath her knees. The sword is drawn from his back and Iron Man starts to squirm and panic beneath her. "Anything he has will be mine someday anyways."
He stops cold and stares up at for a moment before the faceplate of her mask splits open. A ponytail of brown hair drops to her shoulders, brown eyes burning with determination bore down at him. She raises the sword, aiming its point right for the center of his mask.
"I'm done being scared." She growls. "If i have to kill him, fine. But you're first." She slams the blade downwards.
"Ella, stop!" Tony shouts as his faceplate opens, squeezing his eyes shut so he doesn't have to watch his own end.
After a moment and upon realizing his head hadn't been split open, Tony opens his eyes. Staring up, past the shaking blade and trembling hands wielding it, Ella's eyes are wide with confusion and fear.
"T-Tony?"