Rhodey
CHAPTER-03
RHODEY
Ah, what a riveting day it is, or at least as riveting as any other day can be for him. And let me tell you, normal days are about as rare as a unicorn sighting for this guy. I mean, come on, he's a Colonel
and War Machine! Talk about a double dose of excitement. It's like winning the lottery and finding a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory all at once. But hey, who needs normal when you can have explosions, adrenaline, and a whole lot of action-packed mayhem? Not this guy, that's for sure!
Ah, the reason he had taken some time off was because those Rogue Avengers were making their way back into the Tower. He couldn't bear the thought of leaving poor Tony all alone during this
chaotic transition. So Rhodey was staying in the tower.
Rhodey had decided to go for a walk since things had simmered down for the day.
Suddenly he heard a yell followed by a gunshot. The sound echoed through the quiet city.
“What the hell?!” he cursed under his breath, taking off toward the source of the commotion.
Colonel Rhodes rushes towards the sound of a gunshot, only to hear a woman's desperate cry for help.
"help, somebody help, He's been shot" a young women leaned over a young boy not more than 15 .
He was covered in blood. His arms hung limp by his sides. The bullet wound looked deep.
The teenager looked up to see the man run toward them.
"Oh my god!" he gasped. "you're war Machine"
“Hey kid, you with me?” Rhodey asked.
“Yeah…” he managed to answer in a weak voice. “Yeah I'm ok.”
“Are you sure? Let me get you somewhere safe. We need to call an ambulance. what's you're name? "
"P-Peter..."
“Hey Peter, Do you have someone I can call?”
“Yup… uh... yeah. You could. You could use my panic button…”
“Good enough. I need to do that while we wait for help. Don't move. Ok?”
"e's go'na 'ill m'e" Peter slurred
"who?"
"'ony"
"Tony?"
"Mmhmm"
Peter reached into his wrist for his watch. Rhodey didn’t really take notice that it was a brand new StarkWatch But what he did notice was that the kid pressed a button the Watch shouldn’t have had.
He watched as the screen lit up. Then, suddenly,he heard a familiar voice.
"“Peter? What’s wrong? -“
"Tony?"
A beat
. Then another.
He hears the billionaire breathe .
“Rhodey? What's wrong? "
“Kid here‘s alright. Just had a small mishap. He got shot."
There was another pause.
Then he heard Tony curse. Then the billionaire spoke again, this time sounding concerned.
"ok don't move him and don't let the paramedics take him I'm on my way"
"why the heck this random kid have panic button connects right to you?"
"Not now Rhodey bear"
Tony and the ambulance showed up at the same time. Tony shooed them away.
“Hey platypus. I see you met the kid.”
“Tony this isn’t funny,” Rhodey scolded
The billionaire looked up at him, looking exasperated.
"Who's the Kid, Tony?"
Tony leaned down to examine Peter, running an armored hand through the boy’s hair.
"I'll explain later"
Peter curled against the older man. The Iron Man helmet took form around Tony’s head once more and they took off into the sky.
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Tony was sitting in an uncomfortable plastic chair When Rhodey reached the med bay.
He sat next to the billionaire. “So Is he yours?"
Tony sighed, leaning his head against the backrest. “sort of"
Rhodey furrowed his brows. “Sort of?”
"His Aunt died in a car accident, So I took him in," Tony said. Rhodey noticed the tears in his eyes.
Rhodey put a hand on his shoulder. "he's a great kid he saved that women in the alleyway"
“You sure?” Tony asked. "He seems like such a sweetheart” he added sarcastically.
Suddenly Rhodey’s eyes snapped towards Tony’s
“Tell me you didn’t, Tony.”
Tony shook his head, sighing again. “I might have”
Rhodey stood abruptly. “No. No way. There’s no way. There's no way this kid is Spider-Man”
"Yes he is," Tony sighed
“I know what I did, Rhodes!” Tony looked up, “I’m not proud of it"
Rhodey saw the tears on his friend’s face, and decided against lecturing.
"huh I'm an Uncle"