The skies were dull, and it was raining, The thick paint seemingly looked untouched by the heavy pellets of rain. Tony looked outside of the window. There were dull colors everywhere, dull green, dull purple, it was bland.

All of it was.

That was just how it worked, the roads were made of cobblestones, the cars seemed like they were from the 40's. Yet they were dull too. The rain clung to the window, Tony could see his breath fogging up the window. He drew a smiley face with it, as it slowly disappeared. He looked at his desk, there were papers to the left, stacked neatly. A cup of pens and pencils, and erasers.

The desk was a dark ish brown, a Nougat color almost. It was smooth, and calming. The man sighed, why did he have to be born on the Dull side? It was horrible, if you had creative ideas, you'd make it nowhere here.

People say that everyone on this side are robots, mere machines, and nothing more. Tony sat up, he looked around, on the wall was a framed photo of his family...which was just him, his Father, Howard, who he truly hated...and...Jarvis.

Jarvis was amazing..he was nice, smart, creative, he was there for Tony when Howard wasn't. But now Howard wasn't a problem..why? Well...he died in a car crash years ago..Sure Tony hated him but...he still felt sad.

Then Jarvis died too, and he was left with Obadiah. Who...he...

Tony looked down at his chest, the Arc Reactor shining a bright blue. The memories...they tormented him..but...the color, it was like nothing he'd seen before, it was colorful, it looked full of life...It looked wonderful.

~Time Skip~

It was 1:34 AM. "Why'd you call me here Tones?" Rhodey whined, rubbing his eyes. "I.." "I'm sick of this." Tony stated, which earned a look from Rhodey. "I-wha..?"

"I'm sick of this lifestyle, it's dumb! The dull colors! The lack of creativity! The jobs! The people! I want this to change, Rhodes.." Tony muttered, "Tony...I know that it's bad...but we can't do much about it..." Rhodey frowned.

"I know we can't change this side...so I won't." Tony said. Rhodey was silent before realization hit him. 'Tones! You could get caught! It's illegal!" Rhodey said, gripping in Tony's shoulders. "Rhodes...I-I can't take this anymore..you don't understand" Tony looked up at him

"I know you want me to help you but..." "Rhodey think about it..Why should we stay here when we aren't meant to? We aren't meant to be restricted, to be chained down! We deserve to be free! Illegal or not, I'm doing it." Tony sternly said.

"I...fine. I'll help, but if we get caught I will kill you."