((Y/N)'s POV)

I was walking down the street in New York, I just finished dealing with... A friend, when I looked at a TV store to see a new report, but not just any news report, it was Tony and he was calling out this Mandarin... I sighed to myself...

(Y/N): Is he just playing dumb or is he generally that stupid?

Venom: Well you do share his Genes...

(Y/N): Oh, so your talking to me now...

I was met with silence... I know why he's ignoring me but it wasn't my fault...

(Y/N): Look I'm sorry OK... I didn't know that was going to happen with Carnage... And how could we kill her, she did nothing wrong...

Venom: The Avengers has changed you...

He was right obviously... Normally I would have killed her without batting an eye lash, but now I'm apparently all about saving the innocent and all that shit... But at least we aren't being told what to do now, I still can't believe Fury betrayed me... But who cares, I was about to say something in return to what Venom said but I was interrupted by my phone ringing, I sighed thinking it was Nat again... Yes I've been avoiding her since the end of the fight with Loki and the Chitauri because her employers are trying to use me for there own personal gain and I don't want her to get in the cross fire when I bring S.H.I.E.L.D to it's knees and make the council beg for mercy... Maybe Venom was wrong about the Avengers changing me, because maybe I went a bit to far with that thought... I pulled my phone out my pocket and it said Jarvis... Now you might be wondering why Tony's personal AI is calling me, well, when I stayed at his place for a few weeks I may or may not have programmed Jarvis to tell me if Tony gets in trouble... I was a little bit worried as he did just threating a terrorist, so I answered the phone...

Jarvis: Mr. (L/N), Mr. Stark needs your help...

Of course he does.

(Y/N): Where is he now?...

But what he said next was a little bit of a surprise...

Jarvis: Mr. Stark is currently passed out whilst flying, he is near Rose Hill, Tennessee.

I didn't expect Jarvis to say that... I thought he was going to say hew was in Malibu or he was in New York... But wait that news report with Tony calling out the Mandarin said it was live, but it couldn't have been live if Tony is now in Tennessee... Not important right now.

Jarvis: His power is currently at 7% and is about to land...

(Y/N): Thanks for letting me know.

I then hung up the phone and looked to the roaring streets of New York when Venom spoke up.

Venom: Were going after him aren't we?...

I just sighed and we started to make our way to Rose Hill Tennessee...

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I finally made my way to Rose Hill Tennessee and I may or may not have stole a car... But I had to get here and Venom is being a dick, I got out the car and left a sorry note just in case it made it's way back to it's prepare owner... I walked into the middle of the town when I sore Tony making his way into a bar...

(Y/N): Right, let's get him home...

I followed him in to the bar to see him talking to someone I don't know, but hey... I also don't care, I got to Tony and put my hand on his shoulder and he looked at me and smiled.

(Y/N): Your looking pretty good for a dead guy...

He got up and hugged me... I was a little surprised but It was... Nice...

Tony: How did you find me?

He asked letting me go.

(Y/N): I'll tell you later...

I looked to the person he was talking to.

(Y/N): Who's this?...

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(3rd Person POV)

Tony and (Y/N) sat at the table and Tony and Mrs Davies... (Y/N) wasn't listening but Tony and Mrs. Davies continued their conversation, all (Y/N) did was look around the room drinking his favourite and silently wishing a fight broke out...

Mrs. Davies: Where would you like to start?

Tony: I just want to say, I'm sorry about your loss. I want to know what you think happened.

She just looked at him and smirked and grabbed a file sat next to her a put it in front of Tony and (Y/N) looked at it curiously and grabbed it and started to read it.

Mrs. Davies: Look, I brought your damn file. You take it, go. Whatever was in here, he wanted no part of it.

(Y/N) was done looking at it, why he looked he doesn't fully know as he didn't know what he was looking for, once he put it back down Tony slid it towards himself and started to look through it.

Tony: Clearly, you're waiting for someone else. Huh?

(Y/N) looked at him.

(Y/N): Wait you didn't ask her to give you this?

Tony looked at him and shock his head, Tony went back to looking through the file and (Y/N) got on edge and started to look around the room again. Tony looked back at Mrs. Davies.

Tony: Supposed to meet someone here?

Mrs. Davies: Yeah.

At this point (Y/N) finished his drink and Tony closed the file, after seeing someone in the file named 'J. Taggart'

Tony: Mrs. Davies, your son didn't kill himself. I guarantee you, he didn't kill anyone. Someone used him.

(Y/N) looked at the other two sat at the table, not fully understanding what's going on.

Mrs. Davies: What?

(Y/N) looked just as confused as she did.

Tony: As a weapon.

(Y/N) was about to say something, but Mrs. Davies beat him to it.

Mrs. Davies: You're not the person that called me after all, are you?

(Y/N) looked to see a women with red hair and a nice looking suit walk up to them and slam a badge on the table making Mrs. Davies jump and Tony and (Y/N) look.

(Y/N): No... She is...

Brandt: Actually, I am.

(Y/N): Told you.

She then grabbed Tony and twisted his arm behind his back and slammed his face in to the table, (Y/N) going of instinct got up and pulled her off Tony and throw her into the wall, Tony got up and patted (Y/N) on the back as a thanks, Brandt got up and the Sheriff made his way to the commotion...

Sheriff: Hey, hey, hey! What's all this about? What the hell is going on here? 

Whilst all this was going on Tony slyly picked up Chad Davies' dog tags and put them in (Y/N)'s pocket, (Y/N) noticed and looked at Tony and Tony just gave him a nod and they both looked back at the Sheriff but (Y/N) kept an eye on Brandt.

Brandt: It's called an arrest. Sheriff, is it?

She said walking past (Y/N) and Tony and towards the Sheriff.

Sheriff: Yes, ma'am, it is. And you are?

She held up her badge and looked the Sheriff dead in his eyes.

Brandt: Homeland Security. We good here?

Sheriff: No, we're not 'good.'

(Y/N) looked at Tony and whispered.

(Y/N): I like this one.

Tony nodded agreeing with him and the two go back to the conversation.

Sheriff: I need a little more information than that.

Brandt: I think it's a little above your pay grade, Sheriff.

Tony looked at Mrs. Davies and silently told her to get rid of the file and she did by sliding it under the pool table.

Sheriff: Yeah? Why don't you get on the horn to Nashville, and upgrade me?

(Y/N) zoned out from the conversation for a second to speak to the voice in his head.

(Y/N): I know you aren't talking to me at the moment but I got a feeling that we will really need your help in a minute...

Nothing... Venom wasn't listening or responding to (Y/N), (Y/N) was brought out of his mental conversation by a yell of pain and looked to see Brandt pressing her badge in to the Sheriff's face, but that's not the thing that caught his attention, her hand was glowing... he thought quickly and grabbed Tony and throw him over the table, he jumped behind it and looked to see Brandt push her glowing hand through the Sheriffs stomach and pull his gun out of his belly and shot both him and the Deputy, Tony pushed (Y/N) out the door into the street with the glowing lady following them both, Tony stopped in the middle of the road and started to taunt the fire chick.

Tony: Hey, hot wings, you want to party?

(Y/N): What are you doing, let's go!

Tony: Come on, you and me, let's go.

Tony then ran down the street only to see another glowing person step out a car with a gun in hand, he turned to look at (Y/N).

Tony: New plan?

(Y/N) shrugged and ran with Tony following him, they both ended up taking cover behind a car when they heard a gun get fired and they both looked to see a guy laying on the ground.

Tony: Crazy, huh? 

Random Guy: Yep.

Tony: Watch this.

(Y/N) looked at him and asked.

(Y/N): What are you... Get back here!

He shouted after Tony as Tony just ran out from cover and throw a window and smashed the glass as Tony stood up he looked to see Brandt with a shotgun aimed at him but before she could fire the gun (Y/N) pushed her and throw her in to a car windscreen, (Y/N) then ran and jumped in to the window and he and Tony jumped behind a kitchen counter as Brandt shot the gun at hem after picking herself up, Tony looked through a hole in the counter to see her making her way to them as she took of her suit jacket and throw it to the ground but before the duo can get out the way she picks up Tony and pins him to a wall and punches his face she picks him back up and slams him back in to the wall and starts to glow, (Y/N) takes this moment to grab her again and pin her to the wall, (Y/N) just grinned and punched her and she went flying to the other side of the café, (Y/N) and Tony took this opportunity to try and get away through the kitchen but as they ran (Y/N) said.

(Y/N): That was really weird...

Tony looked at him confused, (Y/N) noticed this and said.

(Y/N): What? I've never hit a girl before...

Their conversation was interrupted when the kitchen doors flow open and Brandt stood there but this time she was fully glowing, Tony saw a bottle of oil and kicked it towards the door (Y/N) saw what he was trying to do and saw a boxes of matches on the side, he picked them up and looked at Tony as Tony looked back at him.

(Y/N): Convenient...

He said with a shrug and Tony shrugged back, (Y/N) lit a match and throw it on the oil and it set a light and both Tony and (Y/N) breathed a sigh of relief thinking they are in the clear... But they were wrong as Brandt just walked throw the fire as if it was nothing... Tony started to press buttons on the microwave as (Y/N) watched him put Chad's dog tags inside, Tony closed the microwave door and they both took cover...

Tony: You walked right into this one. I've dated hotter chicks than you.

(Y/N) just smirked at the joke and continued to watch the door to see Brandt stumble through it, both Tony and (Y/N) were in a bit of shock to see her literally on fire and just continue as if it wasn't bothering her. Tony and (Y/N) stepped out from their cover and looked at her.

Brandt: That's all you got?

They made their way to the exit and as they walked past (Y/N) pulled a gas pipe out and gas started to fill the kitchen.

Brandt: A cheap trick and a cheesy one-liner?

(Y/N): You have no idea, how useful those cheap tricks and cheesy one-liners are in England... Those girls are very easy to impress.

Tony looked at him.

Tony: When did you go to England?

(Y/N): It was a while ago, you should go sometime...

Brandt: Enough!...

Both (Y/N) and Tony looked at her, then to the microwave which was about to go ping..

(Y/N): It's ok now...

Tony: Yeah, we just needed a distraction.

He said and then Tony and (Y/N) ran out of the café and out the building as Brandt looked in the microwave to see Chad's dog tags inside she then looked to see the gas pipe as it spewed gas in to the room and she didn't have time to move ass the microwave exploded and Brandt was sent out the kitchen window, Tony and (Y/N) took cover outside the exit with Tony hidden behind a ice machine door and (Y/N) hiding behind a dumpster as the kitchen door came flying off it's hinges, when the explosion died down Tony stood up and the ice machines door came off and (Y/N) made his way to Tony, Tony throw away the door and both men looked up to see Brandt on a set of electric wires... She fried, Tony and (Y/N) stood in the middle of the street and just continued to look on until the water tower started to fall Tony and (Y/N) looked to see another one of the glowing people doing the damage and they both ran through a bunch of Christmas trees, Tony and (Y/N) took cover as the tower came down and washed away everything around them, once the water disappeared Tony found his foot stuck in a metal beam and (Y/N) made his way towards him to get him out, but he stopped when they both heard a cry of a young boy.

Harley: Let me go! Help me!

Both Tony and (Y/N) look to see Coldblood carrying Harley on his shoulder , Coldblood sat on a chair and put Harley down but kept a good grip on him, (Y/N) tried using his tendrils but Venom was still being a dick...

Coldblood: Hey, kid, what would you like for Christmas?

Harley: Mr. Stark, I am so sorry.

The young kid said as Tony tried to get the rubble off of himself as (Y/N) slowly made his way towards Coldblood.

Coldblood: No,no,no, I think he was trying to say, 'I want my goddamn file.'

(Y/N): The only file you have is podophile, I mean you are currently hold a young boy on your lap and not letting him go... So it doesn't look to good for you right now...

He looked at me.

Coldblood: Who are you?

(Y/N): That is normally a question where I would normally do something badass and all that cool stuff but my friend is kinda being a ass at the moment all because I let someone he used to know live...

As (Y/N) rambled on Tony and Harley looked at each other and Tony silently hinted towards the device Tony had given Harley earlier on in the night and Harley understood and as Coldblood was being distracted by (Y/N) Harley grabbed the device and blinded Coldblood and Harley ran off, (Y/N)went back to Tony and Tony continued.

Tony: Yeah, you like that Westworld... That's the thing about smart guys, we always cover our ass. 

Tony then activated on of his blasters on his wrist and shot Coldblood in the head and sent him into a pile off rubbish, (Y/N) knelt down to Tony and asked.

(Y/N): You couldn't have used that earlier?

Tony: It only has one...

It starts to burn him and Tony pulls it off his wrist and throws i to the side where smoke come off it and the light slowly fades.

Tony: ... Use.

(Y/N) just shrugs and helps Tony get out the rubble once they got him out Tony made his way to Coldblood and took his car keys.

(Y/N): I like your thinking...

Tony and (Y/N) share a smile and make their way to the road and towards their new car... Once there (Y/N) waited by the car and Tony made his way back into the bar to get the file, but as he came back so did Harley...

Harley: You're welcome.

Tony was walking to the drives side of the car reading the file when he looked and saw Harley.

Tony: For what? Did I miss something?

Harley: Me, saving your life.

Tony: Yeah. A, I saved you first. B, thanks. Sort of. And C, if you do someone a solid, don't be a yutz. All right? Just play it cool. Otherwise you come off grandiose.

(Y/N): What the hell is a yutz?

He said to himself.

Venom: You.

(Y/N) ignored him this time and got in the car once Tony unlocked it.

Harley: Unlike you?

Tony looked at him and throw the file on my lap.

(Y/N): Hey.

Harley: Admit it, you need me. We're connected.

Tony: What I need is for you to go home, be with your mom, keep your trap shut, guard the suit, and stay connected to the telephone, because if I call, you better pick up. Okay?

He said taking a cowboy hat off the kid and (Y/N) just opened the file and started to read it.

Tony: Can you feel that? We're done here. Move out of the way, or I'm gonna run you over. 

He patted Harley on the shoulder and got in the car.

Tony: Bye, kid.

Tony got in and started the car (Y/N) put the file in the back seat and looked out the window waiting for Tony to start driving but when the car didn't move (Y/N) looked out the drivers side window to see Harley, he didn't move... Tony rolled down the window and both Tony and (Y/N) looked at Harley.

Tony: I'm sorry, kid. You did good.

Harley: So, now you're just gonna leave me here, like my dad?

(Y/N) got a little uncomfortable, he knows what it's like to live without a father but that's not Tony's fault, and if (Y/N)'s gut is right then he and Tony aren't going top some beach resort.

Tony: Yeah. Wait, you're guilt-tripping me, aren't you?

(Y/N) looked back at Harley to see he had a shit eating grin on his face.

Harley: I'm cold.

Tony then put on a voice as he pretended to care.

Tony: I can tell. You know how I can tell?

Tony leans his head out the window and Harley looks back.

Tony: Because we're connected.

Tony then drove off as Harley just watched on...

Harley: It was worth a shot.

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(Air Force One)

Meanwhile on the presidents personal airplane, Air Force One, a broadcast from the Mandarin came on all Televisions across America, all anyone can do is watch one.

Mandarin: Mr. President. Only two lessons remain. And I intend to finish this before Christmas morning. Meet Thomas Richards...

The camera pans out to show the Mandarin pointing a gun towards a mans head who is crying on the floor.

Mandarin: Good strong name. Good strong job. Thomas, here, is an accountant for the Roxxon Oil Corporation. But I'm sure he's a really good guy. I'm going to shoot him in the head, live on your television, in 30 seconds.

When he said this Thomas let out a loud cry as the Mandarin continued.

Mandarin: The number for this telephone is in your cell phone. Exciting, isn't it, imagining how it got there? America, if your president calls me in the next half-minute, Tom lives. Go!

The president instantly grabbed his personal phone and opened it up to see the number to the phone that the Mandarin was talking about, the President looked to a man on his right and showed him the phone.

President: How did they hack my phone?

Random guy: We can't allow terrorists to dictate...

President: I have to make this call. 

Random guy: I'd strongly advise against that.

The President stood up and put the phone near his ear.

President: This is the right thing to do.

The President pressed the call button and held the phone to his ear fully and waited for the call to connect, after a few seconds the phone next to the Mandarin started to ring but he didn't move, he just continued to look into the camera, then the Mandarin shot Thomas in the head killing him... Nobody can do anything but look on in shock...

Mandarin: There's just one lesson left, President Ellis. So run away, hide, kiss your children goodbye. Because nothing, not your army, not your red, white and blue attack dog, can save you... I'll see you soon...

President: Tell Rhodes, find this lunatic right now...

Random guy 2: Sir, we tracked the signal. WE have a possible point of origin in Pakistan and the Patriot is ready to strike. 

President: Right now.

Random guy: Yes, sir.

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(With Tony and (Y/N))

(Y/N) was driving as Tony was sat on the passenger seat looking through the file.

Tony: So, you gonna tell me why you and Venom are having problems.

(Y/N): It's a long story...

Tony: Well, it's a long drive... And you never did tell me or Pepper what you did in San Francisco...

(Y/N) looked at Tony for a split second and saw that he generally wanted to know, so he caved and started to spill the beans...

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(To Be Continued)

(Sorry this took so long, but hey... Better late then never, right?)