(About 4 hours later - it's night and the sun has already set)

Lexi POV:

"You guys sure this is a good plan?" I ask them. "Just sneak in and hope for the best?"

"You got any better ideas Lexi?" Tony asks.

"No, not really," I say.

"Come on." Tony says and the three of us quietly sneak around the corner, my bow drawn and ready to fire.

"You aren't going to freak out on us are you?" Rhodey asks.

"I sure hope not." Tony says until my eyes land on something.....someone hanging from two thick wires.

"Oh, my gods," I say, my hand flying to my mouth in shock.

"He's strung over that oil tank..." Rhodey says. "They're gonna light him up guys."

"Viking funeral. Public execution." Tony says.

"Yeah, death by oil." Rhodey finishes.

"Come on, we're running out of time," I mention and start moving deeper into the oil rig.

"Broadcast will commence shortly. Take final positions." Killian's voice says over the speakers.

"Is your gun up?" Rhodey asks.

"Yep," Tony says, quickly pointing his gun up. "What do I do?"

"Stay on my six, cover high, and don't shoot me in the back." Rhodey orders. "Carson, just do what you do. I've seen the footage."

I smile as Tony tries to understand what he just said. "Thanks, Rhodes."

Before he can reply, one of Killian's men notices us and starts shooting. We get down and Tony tries shooting the man down after  five shots but still misses and knocks out the light.

Rhodey rolls his eyes and I shoot down another guard creeping up on us with an electric arrow. "Yeah, you really killed the glass."

"I was aiming for the bulb! You can't hit a bulb at this distance." Tony defends.

Rhodey and I aim immediately and two different lights and shoot them out with one try.

I smirk. "And I have a bow."

"Shut it, Carson." Tony responds. "I'm out. Give me...give me...you got an extra magazine?"

"They're not universal, Tony." Rhodey replies, eyeing the president.

"I know what I'm doing, I make this stuff. Give me another one."

"I don't have one that fits that gun," Rhodey says. Tony looks at me and I shake my head.

"You both got like five of 'em. Come on."

"Too fast, nothing. Here we go." Tony says and I sigh, taking out another Extremis soldier who was running toward us from below. "Three guys, one girl, all armed."

"Great." I sigh.

"God I'd kill for some armour now." Rhodey sighs.

"You're right we need back up." Tony says, his eyes on the skies."But you know what?"Rhodey and I look up to see a bunch of firey lights flying toward us.

"Is that?" I start as a ton of suits come into view.

"Yep."

"Are those?" Rhodey confirms.

"Pretty much. Merry Christmas guys." Tony smiles. "Jarvis, target Extremis heat signatures. Disable with extreme prejudice."

"Yes, sir." Jarvis responds in our earpieces.

Tony starts to instruct the suits as each of them fly off to an Extremis soldier. He then calls one of them to him and steps right in it, the suit closing in around him.

"Oh yeah, that's awesome," Rhodey says and holds his arms out for a suit to come flying in. "Give me a suit okay?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. They're...they're only coded to me." Tony replies.

"And what does that mean?" I smirk, realizing what Tony's going to do.

"I got you two covered." He says and flies away.

Another suit flies int and wraps its arms around Rhodey.

"Good evening, Colonel. Can I give you a lift?"

Rhodey groans. "Very funny."

I laugh and start making my way up the stairs to the catwalk. Shooting down Extremis soldiers as I go. At least, until a voice scares the living daylights out of me.

"Ma'am?"

"OH MY GODS! Jarvis!" I screech, my stealth presence gone.

"My apologies Miss Carson. Mr. Stark has asked me to give you this." Jarvis says and the suit takes off its hand, giving it to me. Because you know, metal suits that take off their hands are normal and everything. "You should be able to use the repulsor and still wield your bow, Ma'am."

"Thanks, Jarvis," I smile as I carefully place my hand in the glove. The metal wraps around it and secures. And let's just say that wearing this metal glove is a lot more comfortable than it looks.

Gunfire erupts from above and I duck behind a metal wall only to be cornered again.

"Hey, boys," I say as the Extremis soldiers start to me. "Can we talk this out?"

The first one tries to grab at me, but I duck  and kick him in the gut. I block the next person's punches and blast him with Tony's repulsor. After about three minutes all four men are on the ground. I pull out an arrow and shoot the one person in the top of the rig.

"Good talk," I smirk and continue on. "Rhodes? You get to the president yet?"

"I'm almost there. Just some people standing in my way. Can you lend a hand?" He replies.

"No problem," I reply and sprint off in the president's direction. I end up on the opposite side of Rhodey and the President. I see Rhodey trying to fight off three Extremis soldiers, before jumping onto a container. He fights then and then one of them take out one of the cables.

"Hang on Rhodey!" I call and aim an arrow to one of the cables. It snaps the remaining cable on that side and the container dips, swinging toward the president. Rhodey takes the opportunity to jump onto the President and I shoot out the left side cable.

They swing toward my direction and Rhodey takes out the final wire with the suits's hand repulsor. I will some water to break Rhodey's fall and the president.....well let's just say he lands upright in the Patriot armour. 

With style, I might add. Yeah, I can feel the judgement right now.

"You look damn good, Mr. President, but I'm gonna need that suit back," Rhodey says as I pull him up.

"Uh, how do I do that Colonel." The president replies I let out a smile.

"You can cover us Lexi?" Rhodey asks.

"Please, I got this," I smirk back before nodding at the Commander in Chief. "Mr. President."

"Ma'am." He nods gratefully back as Rhodey ejects him out of the suit.

"Tony the president is secure," I say into my earpiece. "Rhodey's clearing the area in two."

"Nice Work Carson. Can you sweep up the floor?" Tony replies.

"Ugh, fine." I say.

"Don't give me that girly teenager sass." Tony jokes.

"Excuse me?!" I say and shoot down an Extremis enhanced.

"Agent Carson" Rhodey says, back in the Iron Patriot armour.

"Colonel Rhodes." I nod.

"Ready sir?" He asks.

"What do you mean 'ready'?" President Ellis questions.

I start running away at the sound of screaming, letting me know that the President's out.

I make my way to the bottom of the place and fight off any soldiers in my way. Finally I find myself at the wreckage of the container that Rhodey jumped off of. I will some water to start dousing most of the fire around me.

That's when I look up. And I see a figure hanging upside down....and Tony reaching out to her. "Oh my gods that's Pepper." I think to myself. Suddenly, the rig holding her up moves and she falls. Tony tries to reach for her, but misses and she plummets toward the ground.

Almost without thinking, I send a surge of water to her to slow and break her fall. She disapears into the fire and I pray to the gods that she's alive. I can feel the strain as I force the water to stay in liquid form until I pull it all back out. Pepper tumbles out of the water and I race to her side.

"Ugh..." she groans as I help her sit up.

"I would ask if you were alright, but that was quite a fall," I say as she steadies herself.

"Well, the thought is appreciated." She says, letting out a breathless laugh. "Have we met?"

"Actually, I don't believe so." The rig above us explodes and I pull Pepper aside. "And we need to move."

"You here with Killian?" Pepper asks.

"Nah," I say, my eyes scanning the wreckage above. "I'm here with the idiot who is currently jumping off of the top of this boat."

Pepper looks up and smiles. "Tony."

I grab an arrow  and start walking around the fire.

"Can I help?" Pepper asks.

"Can you fight?" I respond. Pepper, with Extremis flowing through her veins, picks up a long metal pole and shrugs.

I smirk and beckon her, walking around the fire. Killian, who is a charcoal black and slowly reforming towers over Tony. "No more false faces," He says. "You said you wanted the Mandarin, you're looking right at him. It was always me, Tony, right from the start. I am the Mandarin!" 

I nod at Pepper and she whacks him across the rig. While I take the opportunity to shoot him with an ice arrow.

"I got nothing," Tony says, looking at us both shocked.

I hear a suit flying from above us I spot it heading straight for Pepper.

"Jarvis, subject at my twelve o'clock is not a target, disengage!" Tony says, not realizing that his earpiece fell out.

Noticing, Pepper runs at a confused Tony and uses him to rip the suit down. Pepper looks at me and fits her hand inside the suit's arm. I nod, understanding and she kicks a missile at Killian who just recovered. Right as it hits him, we both blast our hand repulsors at him. 

Effectively blowing him up.

"Honey." Tony says kinda cautiously.

"Oh, my God. That was really violent." Pepper says and I laugh.

"You just scared the devil out of me. I thought you were..." Tony says, getting up.

"I was dead. Why? Because I fell two hundred feet? Who's the hot mess now?" She says.

"It's still debatable. Probably tipping your way a little bit. Why don't you dress like this at home? Hmm? Sport bra, the whole deal." Tony asks.

"You know, I think I understand why you don't want to give up the suits. What I am gonna complain about now?"

"Well it's me, you'll think of something." Tony smirks.

He walks up to her and after some protests hugs her. And I smile awkwardly in the corner. I tap my earpiece and change it to Director Fury's frequency.

"Mission Accomplished. The Mandarin has been eliminated." I say. "Extraction unnecessary, I'll make my way back on my own."

"No, you're in a relationship with me, everything will never be okay," Tony tells Pepper. "But I think I can figure this out, yeah. I almost had this twenty years ago when I was drunk. I think I can get you better. That's what I do, I fix stuff."

"And all your distractions?"

"Uh...I'm gonna shave them down a little bit."

I watch Tony give the order to blow up all of his suits for Pepper.

"I think he's going to be alright Director," I say into my earpiece. "It's over."

HOLLA!! JUST LIKE SCHOOL IRON MAN 3 IS FINALLY DONE.

This took like forever.....I seriously need to start rethinking how I want to write these books.

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