"The shrapnel!" Bruce said.
"Oh my God! Oh my God!" Peter was repeating to himself.
Steve was watching the scene with wide eyes, worried for Tony.
Obadiah said this was Tony's legacy- a new generation of weapons with the Arc Reactor at its heart. Tony choked and gasped as some blood leaked out of his ear and Obadiah said the weapons would put the balance of power in his hands which were the right ones.
"Do you even hear yourself?" Rhodes said.
"He is insane!" Sam said.
"All villains are heroes of their own story." Peter said.
"He believes he is doing this for the greater good of humanity." Natasha said.
"But he just wants more money and more power." Clint finished.
"He is too self-righteous to see that." Aunt May said.
"Right you are." Fury agreed.
He smiled smugly, wishing Tony could see his prototype as he put the Arc Reactor in a black suitcase and said it was a shame Tony had involved Pepper, as he would have preferred if she lived. Tony's eyes slid over to him, the fury and distress visible in spite of the paralysis as Obadiah walked off.
Steve growled, "Don't you dare…."
"Just when I thought he couldn't sink any lower." Hill said.
Thor growled, his growl like the low rumble of far away lightning, "Coward!"
"Even I wouldn't do that." Loki said.
"I wouldn't spare anyone who said something like that to me." Clint snarked.
"Me neither." Scott said.
"How are you going to survive this one?" Wanda asked.
"You will see." Tony told her.
"This is getting more and more intense." Hope said.
"Yup." Professor Hulk agreed.
Rhodes was driving his car when Pepper told him everything over the phone in distress and he agreed to check on Tony.
"Quick!" Aunt May said.
"Not fast enough." Rhodes sighed.
"Then how?" Bruce asked.
"Just watch." Tony said.
Pepper, Coulson and some other agents drove away to arrest Obadiah as Rhodes swerved and drove off towards Tony's house. Tony managed to fling himself into the elevator and reached up, crawling out.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Scott bellowed.
"I don't believe it." Hope said, impressed by Tony's willpower.
"Son of a gun." Steve muttered.
"Where are you even going?" Fury muttered.
Tony managed to push open the door of his garage and crawled towards the desk where the old Arc Reactor was put as a gift from Pepper.
"You're an Angel, good woman." Aunt May told Pepper, who was gripping Tony's hand so tightly both of their knuckles were white.
"So this is how you did it." Hill said and Tony nodded.
Tony pulled himself up on a plastic bin and stretched up his arm, before falling back down on the floor.
"Oh no!" Bucky of all people muttered.
