Part 2
Turning slowly, Kara watched as the War Machine’s faceplate came down on Rhodey’s face. Everyone started to run for the door, and Kara decided that getting everyone out unharmed was the main priority. She wasn’t sure how the fight would go, and she was worried.
“What is happening?” Kit yelled to her friend and Pepper.
“That’s another one of his suits!” Kara told them. “He has extras downstairs just in case.”
“And now Rhodey is wearing it?”
Kara nodded. “Apparently.” Then she turned to them. “I need you guys to get everyone away from here as quickly as you can, okay?”
“What are you going to do?” Pepper asked hysterically.
The blonde looked at her. “What I should have done a long time ago.”
She was just pushing them out the door when they heard a massive crash, and everyone started running.
…
“You don’t deserve to wear one of these,” Rhodey told Tony. “Shut it down.”
Seemingly unfazed by his actions, Tony turned and faced the DJ. “Goldstein.”
The shaking man raised from his hiding place behind the desk. “Yes, Mr. Stark?”
“Give me a fat beat to beat my buddy’s ass to.” Tony started laughing suddenly as Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” played in the background.
Rhodey grabbed him from behind. “I told you to shut it down.”
Tony responded by flipping the microphone out of his hands, closing his mask, and sending the suit backward so that both he and Rhodey flew through the far wall. “Now, put that thing back where you found it before someone gets hurt.”
In lieu of a response, Rhodey threw a weight at his head and watched it ricochet into the window. Tony turned slowly and copied his action. Then he hit him again and flew over next to where the man lay on the floor.
“Sorry, pal, but Iron Man doesn’t have sidekicks.” Tony chuckled.
Rhodey stood and began hitting him. “Side…kick…this…” Then they flew into the living room, and Tony tried to get up. “Had enough?”
Rhodey rose over him with an arm outstretched to fire but was stopped as the wind picked up around them.
“Don’t even think about it.”
Rhodey looked up and was shocked. Kara hovered above them in her suit with her arms crossed. He’d seen her use her powers before, but in the air, with her protective stance, she looked otherworldly and vaguely threatening.
“Look, Tony. Two against one. Just give it up, man.” He told his friend.
“Do not tell him what to do,” Kara told him quickly. “I am not here for you.”
It was that moment he realized that he was alone. “You’re really going to do this? You’re going to stand with him even after all of this.”
“You know, I will.”
“You know this isn’t right! He’s gone too far.”
“Maybe, but so have you.” She said seriously. “I’ve seen what can happen when a world denies help from those who know how to keep it safe. I don’t want this planet to end up like Krypton.”
He watched her as she lowered herself to the ground. “So, I guess we’ll be seeing more of you from now on?”
She nodded. “I guess you will.” Then she paused. “This world is very big, Col. Rhodes. Bigger than you know, even in the Air Force. Even with where I’m from, I didn’t realize it until now. You need us.”
“Oh yeah? You got a name?”
“You can call me Supergirl.”
Then she flew forward and knocked him through the floor. Tony flew down and tackled Rhodey’s suit, so it rolled off of her, and she stood, blowing them away from the people. She waited as Tony knocked him out and then turned to the crowd and screamed.
She landed between them. “Tony, don’t do this! This isn’t you!”
Suddenly she was hit from behind and felt her body hit the wall. Blinking her eyes open, she watched as Tony turned slowly. “Don’t ever touch her again.”
He lifted his arm and powered up his weapons. Rhodey did the same.
“Put it down.”
“You think you’ve got what it takes to wear that suit?” Tony taunted.
“Put it down!”
“Both of you stop it!” Kara shouted as she stood, but she was ignored.
“You gonna take a shot?”
“Put it down!”
“No!”
“Drop it, Tony!” Kara yelled louder, but it was no use.
As soon as the blasts from both suits touched, the room filled with light. Kara’s body went flying, and she was thrown from the building. Her mind didn’t register anything until she crashed into cold water and hit a rock.
Back in the building, Tony and Rhodey looked at each other. Tony watched as his friend, the man who he considered a brother, walked to the balcony and shook his head. Then he took off into the sky.
Kara saw a light fly over the water and instantly shot into the sky. “Bring it back, Rhodey.”
“You know I can’t do that, Kara.”
“I said, bring it back!” She shouted again.
“Kara. Let him go.”
Her body halted as Tony’s whispering voice filled her ear. “But…”
“Just let him go.”
Kara watched as Rhodey flew away with her brother’s property and wondered when their lives got so messed up.